Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (150 Sjt: J. E. Nicholls. Denbighs: I.Y. Husrs.) toned, light contact marks, very fine £400-£500 --- Approximately 19 Imperial Yeomanry Long Service and Good Conduct Medals awarded to the Denbighshire Hussars. John Edward Nicholls was born in Everton, Liverpool, and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Wrexham on 12 January 1900, having previously served in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, a fine art dealer by profession. He served with the 29th (Denbighshire) Company, 9th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 9 February 1900 to 28 January 1901 (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and South Africa 1901), and was awarded his Imperial Yeomanry Long Service Medal per Army Order 24 of February 1906. Sold with copied service papers.
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British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (Capt. J. D. B. Warwick; 2. Lieut. A. Bennett.; 2. Lieut. W. H. Flory.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. S. Wiseman) generally very fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- John Douglas Barford Warwick was born in 1894 and was educated at King’s School, Peterborough and Gresham’s School, Holt. He first obtained a commission in the 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment on 3 November 1910, and transferred to the Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion on its formation in the Spring of 1914, being promoted Captain on 31 August that year. He served during the Great War on the Western Front attached to the 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from 10 September 1916, and commanded ‘A’ Company. He was killed by a gas shell exploding in his dugout on 10 March 1917 - it is recorded in the Regimental History that on 10 March the Battalion was at Barleux, and on that date a gas shell, fired from a German Minenwerfer, landed and exploded inside the entrance of ‘A’ Company Headquarters’ dugout. There were at the time inside the dugout three officers (Captain J. D. B. Warwick, Second Lieutenant S. Wiseman, and Second Lieutenant R. B. Cooper-Smith), as well as Company Sergeant Major Watts, two corporals, five orderlies, three signallers, and four batmen. The first impression of those inside (presumably caused by the flash of the shell) appears to have been that the dugout was on fire, and a large dose of poison was inhaled before they adjusted their box respirators, while those who were asleep were killed. Warwick is buried at Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, France, and is included in the De Ruvigny Roll of Honour, together with his portrait photograph. Archie Bennett attested originally for the Leicestershire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 September 1914. Advanced Sergeant, he was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 22 August 1917, and for his services during the Great War was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (London Gazette 3 June 1919). Note: Although the medal is believed to belong to his Archie Bennett, there are several other possible recipients with this rank, initial and surname. William Henry Flory, a member of Fitzwilliam Hall, Cambridge University, who was preparing to take Holy Orders, was the son of the Revd. Henry William Flory, Vicar of Isleham, Cambridgeshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 September 1917, and was killed in action on 21 March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France. His two brothers also fell. Stanley Wiseman was born in 1885 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment, but served during the Great War on the Western Front attached to the 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry fro 12 September 1916. He was killed by a gas shell exploding in his dugout on 10 March 1917, in the incident referred to in Captain Warwick’s biographical entry above, and is buried at Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, France.
British War Medal 1914-20 (7) (11055 A. Cpl. C. E. Daniels. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 1540 Pte. F. H. Andrews. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 15928 Pte. G. H. Chandler. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 30766 Pte. S. A. Douglas. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10660 Pte. C. J. Kilby. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 21572 Pte. G. T. Skuse. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 28724 Pte. S. Vickery. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marked and edge bruising, generally nearly very fine (7) £120-£160 --- Charles Edward Daniels was born at Wellingborough, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Rugby. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915, and was killed in action on the Ypres Salient on 25 September 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Frank Herbert Andrews was born at Stoney Stratford and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Wolverton, Buckinghamshire. He served with 2nd/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front and was killed in action in France on 19 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France. George Henry Chandler was born at New Hinksey, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 16 February 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sydney Arthur Douglas, a native of Brighthampton, Witney, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 December 1917. He was discharged on 23 September 1919. Charles James Kilby attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915. He later transferred to the Labour Corps. George Thomas Skuse was born at Easton, Gloucester, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Bristol, having previously served with the Somerset Light Infantry. He served with the 1st Battalion in Mesopotamia, and was killed in action in the Persian Gulf on 6 April 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
Three: Private J. R. Day, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 Star, with copy clasp (8278 Pte. J. R. Day. 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8278 Pte. J. R. Day. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Joseph R. Day, a native of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 August 1914.
British War Medal 1914-20 (8) (5934 Pte. A. J. Bennett. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 6797 Pte. E. Hine. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 11436 Pte. W. Jackson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 13442 Pte. F. Knight. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 4916 Pte. T. Madden. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 2172 Pte. W. Peacock. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 19382 Pte. A. Serman. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 22144 Pte. W. T. Turner. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) generally nearly very fine and better (8) £120-£160 --- Arthur James Bennett was born at Fritwell, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 21 March 1918. He is buried at Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon, France. Edward Hine was born at St. Clements, Oxford, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Gosport, Hampshire. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 September 1914, and was killed in action on 28 April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. William Jackson was born at Smethwick, Staffordshire, and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 30 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Frederick Knight was born at Birdingbury, Warwickshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 23 October 1918. He is buried at Poix-Du-Nord Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Thomas Madden attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford, and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War. He died of wounds in Italy on 16 June 1918, and is buried in Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy. William Peacock attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War, being re-numbered 200386. Albert Serman attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Garrison Battalion, the British War Medal being his sole medal entitlement. He was discharged on 2 December 1919. William Tuffrey Turner was born at Old Woodstock, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Bicester, Oxfordshire. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 8 May 1917. He is buried at Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Clasp: Azoff, in its original card box of issue with printed label ‘AZOFF’, the lid inscribed in ink ‘Capt E M Lyons’, extremely fine and extremely rare £300-£400 --- Edmund Moubray Lyons was born on 27 June 1819, second and youngest son of Admiral Lord Lyons. He entered the Royal Naval College on 10 July 1829, passed his examination in 1838, and obtained his first commission on 11 June 1841, as Mate in the Melville. In this ship he was present at the capture of the forts at the Bocca Tigris, and subsequent operations against Canton in 1841 (China medal). He was promoted to Lieutenant on 11 June 1841, and subsequently served in various ships on the Mediterranean station. As first of the Siren, to which he was appointed on 10 April 1846, under Captain Harry Edgell, Lyons took part in operations against the Moorish pirates, and, later that year, the boats of the Siren, under his command, captured four piratical craft, with sixty men, near the Turkish island of Stanchio. For these services he was promoted to Commander on 9 November 1846. Serving once more on the China station as Commander of the Pilot cruiser, Lyons was actively engaged against the Chinese pirates. In the spring of 1849 the main pirate fleet, consisting of more than seventy sail, under Shap’n’gtzai, made its rendezvous at Tienpakh, and ravaged commerce and the coast from Macao to the Gulf of Tongking; while another part of it, forty sail strong, under Chuiapoo, made its headquarters in Bias Bay, and preyed upon the trade between Hong Kong and Amoy. On 13 May 1849, Lyons chased six pirate junks, and, with his boats, captured and destroyed two. On 25th May, he destroyed a third, and two days later, a fourth. On 2nd June, a fifth, and on the 3rd the sixth fell to him. A little later, three more of Chuiapoo’s squadron having been reported against, he went in chase, and, on the 25th, destroyed one in Red Bay, and another off the Lamyat islands. All these affairs cost him only three people wounded. In consequence, Chuiapoo, with his division, returned to Bias Bay. For his services against these pirates, Lyons was made post-captain on 4 October 1849. In May 1854, shortly after the outbreak of the Russian war, Lyons was despatched in command of the Miranda, as part of a small squadron, with Eurydice and Brisk, to Arctic waters with the purpose of blockading the Russian ports in the White Sea, including Archangel and other places in the Kola Inlet. Archangel was considered to be too strong for attack by so small a force, but on 18th July, while the Miranda and Brisk were rounding Solovetskoi island, it was perceived that troops and artillery were stationed in the woods there. The following morning, after unavailing negotiations, the ships opened fire. A smart action followed, the Russians replying from a battery, from two towers of the monastery, and with small arms from the beach. Fire continued until the early evening, by which time red-hot shot, shell, and musketry had silenced all opposition. On 31st July a landing was effected on Shayley island, where the public buildings were burnt, and nine guns were taken or destroyed. On 23rd August, Lyons took his ship up to Kola and anchored her off the town, which was fortified and contained large storehouses. Lyons sent Lieutenant Cecil Buckley, under a flag of truce, to demand a surrender, to which no answer had been received by the dawn of the following day. Lyons accordingly opened fire from the Miranda, the Russians briskly replying. “The guns,” says Lyons in his despatch, “were shortly dismounted, and the battery reduced to ruins; but, although our shells burst well into the loopholed houses and stockades, an obstinate fire of musketry was kept up from various parts of the town. This allowed me no alternative, and I was obliged to destroy it. It was soon in flames from our shell and red-hot shot, and burned furiously, being fanned by a fresh breeze. The ship, at this time, became critically situated. The violence of the tide caused her to drag the bower and stream anchors, and the two kedges laid out to spring her broadside; and, the passage being too narrow for her to swing, she grounded at less than three hundred yards from the burning town, fragments from which were blown on board. However, by keeping the sails, rigging and decks well wetted until the ship was hove off, no bad consequences ensued.” The squadron returned to England in October 1854, and, for unknown reasons, the Miranda appeared in the Admiralty list of ships eligible for the Baltic Medal, despite never having sailed or steamed anywhere near those particular waters. On 25 May 1855, Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons despatched a light squadron, comprising 14 vessels under the overall command of Captain Lyons, in the Miranda, into the Sea of Azoff. Captain Lyons proceeded to inflict tremendous losses on the enemy. Within four days after the squadron passed the straits of Kertch they had destroyed 245 Russian vessels employed in carrying provisions to the Russian army in the Crimea, many of them of large size and fully equipped and laden. Immense magazines of corn, flour and breadstuffs were destroyed at Berdiansk and Genitchi, comprising altogether more than 7 million rations, and the stores at Taganrog were set on fire and much corn destroyed. Arabat was bombarded and the powder magazine blown up. At Berdiansk the enemy were forced to run on shore and burn four war steamers, under the command of Rear-admiral Wolff. At Kertch the enemy destroyed upwards of 4 million pounds of corn and 500,000 pounds of flour. The allied fleet seemed able to strike with impunity at any Russian town, depot, fishery or fortification and destroyed staggering quantities of shipping, armaments, equipment, provisions and stores of all kinds, destined for use by the Russian forces in the Crimea or in the Caucasus. Their success had a decided effect on the ability of the Russians to supply and reinforce their armies in the Crimea, and Lyons’ services in the Sea of Azoff repeatedly drew the admiration and approbation of the Admiralty. These commando type raids on the northern shores of the Sea of Azoff were recognised by the award of no fewer than nine Victoria Crosses, two of them going to the Miranda. On 15th June, the troops and major line-of-battle ships which had successfully taken Kertch and Yenikale, were recalled to the Crimea in view of a planned assault on the Redan and Malakoff bastions of Sebastopol on 18th June. In the naval bombardment on the 17th June, that preceded the assault planned for the following day, the gallant Captain Lyons was severely wounded. He was sent to hospital at Therapia, and, though he at first made light of his injury, gangrene set in and he died of his wounds on the 23rd June.
British War Medal 1914-20 (8) (26242 Pte. C. L. Brooks. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 27800 Pte. J. W. Puddifoot. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 17401 Pte. A. G. Rawlings. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 9473 Pte. F. Robinson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 11270 Pte. W. Timms. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 22712 Pte. F. Waddup. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 19226 Pte. J. Wingrove. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 27972 Pte. C. F. Woodley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks and edge bruising, generally nearly very fine and better (8) £120-£160 --- Christopher Lawrence Brooks was born at Eynsham, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 4 February 1918. He is buried at Metz-En-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, France. Alfred George Rawlings attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He later transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment, was re-numbered 50726, and was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 19 March 1918). Frank Robinson was born at Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia, and died on 22 November 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. Frank Waddup was born at Fritwell and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Deddington, Oxfordshire. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front and was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. John Wingrove attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He later transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, and was re-numbered 45402. Charles F. Woodley attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He later transferred to the 14th Entrenching Battalion, attached 9th Battalion, Scottish Rifles (Cameronians), and was re-numbered 43740.
Victory Medals 1914-19 (10) (8718 Pte. A. Adey. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 28560 Pte. C. W. Cooper. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 24994 Pte. G. Fowler. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 3079 Pte. H. R. Goddard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 20438 Pte. E. Grigg. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 16405 Pte. O. H. Lansley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 16361 Pte. T. Shaw. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10891 Pte. G. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 28596 Pte. F. W. Tanner. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 16864 Pte. W. Tasker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, traces of verdigris, generally nearly very fine and better (10) £120-£160 --- Albert Adey was born at Birmingham, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 November 1914, and was killed in action on 1 May 1918. The regimental journal indicates that he had been recommended for the Military Medal for the Somme, 23 March to 5 April 1918. He is buried at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France. Herbert Richard Goddard attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. Octavius Henry Lansley, a native of Slough, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 19 November 1914. He served during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from September 1915, and was discharged medically unfit on 27 September 1916. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 161147. Thomas Shaw, a native of Coventry, Warwickshire, attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 17 November 1914. He first served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 18 September 1915 and subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps, before reverting to the 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He was demobilised in June 1919. George Smith attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 30 August 1914 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was twice wounded in action. William Tasker attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915.
Waterloo 1815 (Serg. Maj. I. Bambrick. XI. Reg. Dragoons) naming re-engraved in upright plain capitals, fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and heavy contact marks, therefore fine £300-£400 --- John Bambrick was born at Windsor, Berkshire, and attested for the 11th Light Dragoons at Bellfound, Sussex, on 20 August 1814. He served in the East Indies for 18 years 332 days from 12 July 1819, and was discharged as Regimental Sergeant-Major on 31 July 1838. He was present at the Battle of Waterloo and the Siege of Bhurtpore. In addition to the medal for Waterloo, Bambrick also received the Army of India medal for Bhurtpore in the rank of Troop Sergeant-Major. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (8) (2681 A. Cpl. H. T. Harris. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 2801 Pte. H. Bunce. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 24685 Pte. J. Hunt. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 45898 Pte. J. L. Hunt. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 26687 Pte. W. J. Judd. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 18942 Pte. J. Massey. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 3636 Pte. W. J. Speaks. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 3527 Pte. C. G. Tyrrell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) generally nearly very fine and better (8) £100-£140 --- Harold Thomas Harris, a native of Witney, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford, and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. Promoted Acting Corporal, and re-numbered 200659, he was killed in action on 5 April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Special Memorial B.2, Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, France. Herbert Bunce, a native of Osney, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford, and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was killed in action near Pozieres on 23 July 1916, and is buried at Serre Road Cemetery No.2, France. James Hunt was born at Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Woodstock, Oxfordshire. He served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 17 June 1918. He is buried at St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery, Robecq, France. Joseph Leslie Hunt attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He later transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment, and was re-numbered 50519. Walter James Judd was born at Shilton, Oxfordshire, in 1898, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died on 20 September 1917. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. John Massey was born at Bicester, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Woolwich, Kent. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action during the German Spring Offensive near the Bertincourt-Hermies road on 23 March 1918. He is buried at Bancourt British Cemetery, France. William John Speaks, a native of New Hinksey, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford, and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was killed in action at Ovillers on 26 August 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Charles George Tyrrell, a native of Grandpont, Oxford, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was killed in action on 31 December 1915, and is buried at Hebuterne Military Cemetery, France.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (9) (4173 Pte. A. Aldridge. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 15732 Pte. P. W. Ashmall. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 10374 Pte. A. E. Baker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 30027 Pte. W. P. Chotter. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 19028 Pte. G. Clarke. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 9498 Pte. H. J. Iremonger. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 20938 Pte. W. Scrivens. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 6779 Pte. A. J. Williams. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 20817 Pte. H. H. [sic] Ellis. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) last with crude replacement wire ring suspension; edge bruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine and better (9) £100-£140 --- Percival William Ashmall attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 2 November 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 263536. Arthur Ernest Baker was born at Oxford and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 17 October 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. William P. Chotter attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion during the Great War. He later transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment and was re-numbered 38444. Gilbert Clarke attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion during the Great War. He later transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment and was re-numbered 394863. Henry Joseph Ironmonger attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 5 December 1914. Walter Scrivens was born at Great Malvern, Worcestershire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Birmingham. He served with the 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia, and was killed in action on 27 June 1916. He is buried at Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Herbert Neville Ellis was born at Paddington, London, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Reading. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 28 April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Waterloo 1815 (Capt. Fras. Minchin 51st Regt. Light Infantry.) naming re-engraved in large serif capitals, fitted with rusted clip and contemporary replacement silver bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £400-£500 --- Francis Minchin was appointed Ensign in the 51st Foot on 10 October 1807, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 October 1809, and to Captain on 22 June 1815. He served in the campaign and battle of Corunna, 1809; in the expedition to Walcheren and siege of Flushing, 1809; embarked with the 51st for Lisbon in 1811, and served in the Peninsula campaign, being present at the battle of Fuentes D’Onor, covering the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, two sieges of San Christoval, covering second siege of Badajoz, action near Val Moresco, battle of Salamanca, capture of Madrid and the Retiro, covering the siege of Burgos, actions of Monasterio and Quintana Pulla, and retreat into Portugal, battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, covering the siege of San Sebastian, action of Lezaca (severely wounded) and occupation of Bordeaux; served with the 51st L.I. in the Waterloo campaign in 1815; present at Waterloo, capture of Cambrai and capitulation of Paris; Medal; Also M.G.S. medal for Corunna, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca and Pyrenees; retired 26 March 1822; appointed Barrack Master at Boyle, July 1843; appointed Barrack Master at Sheffield, 1857; appointed Military Knight of Windsor, June 1862; died at Windsor Castle on 5 March 1865.
Waterloo 1815 (Iohn Knott 1st Battn. 52nd Regt.) naming re-engraved in large upright serif capitals, fitted with replacement silver hinged bar suspension, light contact marks, very fine £400-£500 --- John Knott was born at Kidderminster, Worcestershire, and enlisted into the 52nd Foot on 1 April 1809, aged 36. He served in Captain George Young’s Company at Waterloo, and was discharged in France on 12 June 1816, being shown in the muster as servant to Brevet Major York. Sold with various copied Pay and Muster lists.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (9) (22448 Pte. F. Barrett. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 2022220 Pte. W. Beasley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 11303 Pte. W. R. Bridgman. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 23999 Pte. J. T. Clarke. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 8922 Pte. A. Hartwell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 20734 Pte. A. Howard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 21349 Pte. J. Pitchford. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 5494 Pte. J. Rogers. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 11434 Pte. W. G. Coles. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) last with small hole drilled to lower edge, generally nearly very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Frederick Barrett was born at Waterferry, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War, and died of wounds at Salonika on 27 April 1917. He is buried at Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. Walter Beasley attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War. He later transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and was re-numbered 55205. Walter Richard Bridgman was born at Witney, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 November 1914, and then transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. He was posted missing presumed dead at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey. Albert Hartwell attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915. He later served with the Labour Corps, and was re-numbered 340764. Alfred Howard was born at Barkham, Berkshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Camberley on 5 October 1915. He served with the 6th and 2nd/4th Battalions during the Great War, and was discharged medically unfit on 26 October 1919. James Pitchford, a native of Littleworth, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Aylesbury on 17 November 1915 and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War. He was released from service in April 1919. John Rogers was born at Cowley and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 31 March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France. William George Coles attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, before transferring to the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Advanced Lance-Sergeant, he was killed in action on 27 March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.
Victory Medals 1914-19 (10) (18407 Pte. A. J. Cozens. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 20892 Pte. G. M. Day. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.; 9276 Pte. H. Dunn. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 5790 Pte. A. E. Franklin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 7990 Pte. W. T. Howard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I; 202805 Pte. D. Humphrey. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 22519 Pte. A. James. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 29160 Pte. R. Palmer. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 22553 Pte. A. W. Porter. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 16757 Pte. J. T. Strong. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine (10) £140-£180 --- George Malcolm Day, a native of Burford, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in Oxford on 4 November 1915. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from July 1916, and subsequently transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was wounded by gun shot to chest and face on 24 March 1918. Harry Dunn was born at Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia, and died of enteritis on 4 August 1916, on the march in captivity following the siege of Kut. He is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Walter Thomas Howard was born in Wolvercote, Oxford, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in Oxford. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia and died on 12 August 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Nisbin Memorial, Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Daniel Humphrey was born on 15 October 1898 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front and was reported missing in March 1918, subsequently being confirmed as a prisoner of war, and was held at Stendal. Reginald Palmer attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 9 June 1916, and was discharged due to sickness on 20 October 1919. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B328375. Albert William Porter attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 3 February 1916, and was discharged due to wounds on 25 April 1917. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 171011. John Thomas Strong, a native of Foleshill, Coventry, Warwickshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Coventry on 8 December 1914. He served with both the 3rd and 5th Battalions during the Great War, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 218622.
Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2136 Pte. W. A. Harris. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) with crudely repaired replacement suspension, minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine £100-£140 --- William Arthur Harris attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 2 April 1914 and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 July 1916. He was slightly wounded by a shell on 16 August 1916, and again on 27 August 1916, and was then severely wounded by gunshot to the knees on 20 April 1917. Evacuated to the U.K., after recovering he was posted to the 4th Reserve Battalion for service in Ireland, and was demobilised in March 1919. Sold with a T4 O.B.L.I. cap badge.
68th (Durham Light Infantry) Regiment, Officer’s Shoulder Belt, Plate, Whistle, Chains and Guard c.1853-55. Superb examples, the 71cm buckskin belt complete with all mounts, the magnificent plate being in gilt metal with silver mounts (Parkyn 463) is complete with leather liner. The other elements in gilt metal, short pattern whistle, lion’s mask and floral border to the guard, double chains, very good overall condition £1,500-£2,000 --- Note: A pasted in period newspaper cutting states, ‘The death is announced in Portsmouth of Colonel Anthony Tucker C.B. ex-commandant of the 68th Durham Light Infantry and the 41st Regimental District. The deceased officer joined the Durhams in 1853 and served throughout the Crimean Campaign receiving medal and clasps for Alma, Inkerman, Balaclava and Sebastopol, and the French Legion of Honour. He was also mentioned in despatches, later he served in the New Zealand War.’
71st City of Glasgow (The Highland Light Infantry) Shoulder Belt Plate c.1841-81. Rectangular gilt back plate with seeded ground, silver mounted bugle horn with 71 to the centre, standard hook and stud fasteners to the rear, gilt tarnished, otherwise good condition £300-£400 --- A description of this item appears in Parkyn, page 285.
Boxing Roy Jones Jnr signed Ampro white boxing glove. Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer, commentator, and trainer who holds dual American and Russian citizenship. He competed in boxing from 1989 to 2018, and held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including titles at middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and heavyweight, and is the only boxer in history to start his professional career at light middleweight and go on to win a heavyweight title. As an amateur, he represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the light middleweight division after one of the most controversial decisions in boxing history. Good condition Est.
Boxing Canelo Alvarez signed 12x8 colour photo. Santos Saul Álvarez Barragan ( popularly known as Canelo Álvarez, is a Mexican professional boxer. He has won multiple world championships in four weight classes from light middleweight to light heavyweight, including unified titles in three of those weight classes and lineal titles in two. Álvarez is the first boxer in history to become undisputed champion at super middleweight, having held the WBA (Super), WBC and Ring magazine titles since 2020, the WBO title since May 2021, and the IBF title since November 2021. Good condition Est.
Boxing Maurice Hope 16x22 signed Sporting Masters b/w photo picturing Hope after retaining his World Light Middleweight title in 1980 limited edition 316/500. Maurice Hope (born 6 December 1951 in St. John's, Antigua) is a former boxer from England, who was world Jr. Middleweight champion. Hope lived in Hackney most of his life, but now lives in his place of birth, Antigua. He represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Minor rip, Otherwise Good condition Est.
Highland Light Infantry Militia Officers Shoulder Plate c.1881-1901. A fine example, the rectangular gilt back plate with seeded ground mounted silver star of the Order of this overlaid with a silver coiled bugle horn, gilt HLI monogram and KC at the top, blank gilt scroll and Elephant, standard hook and stud fasteners to the rear, very good condition £200-£240
Highland Light Infantry Officers Shoulder Belt Plate c.1900-53. Rectangular back plate with seeded ground mounted silver star of the Order of the Thistle overlaid with a silver coiled bugle horn, gilt HLI monogram and KC at the top, gilt scroll with ‘Assaye’ and Elephant, standard hook and stud fasteners to the rear, gilt worn, otherwise good condition £120-£160
74th City of Glasgow (The Highland Light Infantry) Shoulder Belt Plate c.1841-81. Rectangular gilt back plate with silver mounted Order of the Thistle with Battle Honours on the arms, to the centre a laurel wreath with gilt title circle, ’Highlander’ and ‘74’, gilt elephant over ‘Assaye’, standard hook and stud fasteners to the rear, very good condition £300-£400 --- A description of this item appears in Parkyn, page 285.
Three: Private J. W. Garrett, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 Star, with copy clasp (7883 Pte. J. D. Garratt [sic]. 2. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7883 Pte. J. W. Garrett. Oxf. & Bucks., L.I.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- John William Garrett was born at Priors Marston, Warwickshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Banbury on 24 February 1905, at the age of 21. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914, and later served with 44th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps. His service record also notes service with the Dorset Regiment. The Medal Index Card for the star is annotated ‘correct initials ‘J. W.’ and is also curiously noted that he was ‘presumed dead’, even though he was discharged in 1919, surplus to military requirements, very much alive.
The Territorial Force Efficiency Medal awarded to Company Sergeant Major F. Smith, M.C., 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry on the Somme on 23 August 1916, during which he was mortally wounded, and died of his wounds the following day Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (212 C. Sjt: F. Smith. Bucks: Bn: Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) minor official correction to number, nearly extremely fine £200-£240 --- M.C. London Gazette 26 September 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry during operations. During a successful bombing attack on the enemy’s trench he showed great determination, and subsequently, when the captured trench was heavily bombarded, he was largely instrumental in maintaining the position. He has done other fine work and has always shown great coolness under fire. He has been seriously wounded.’ Frederick Smith was born at Watford, Hertfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Wolverton, Buckinghamshire in 1900. He served as Company Sergeant Major of “C” Company, 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915, and was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry on the Somme on 23 August 1916, during an attack on the enemy’s forward positions between Ovillers and Thiepval. Severely wounded in the attack, in which the Battalion suffered total casualties of 2 officers and 24 other ranks killed, and 2 officers and 71 other ranks wounded, Smith died of his wounds the following day, on 24 August 1916, and is buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Sold with the other four medals representative of the recipient’s full entitlement, viz. Military Cross, G.V.R., this a copy; 1914-15 Star, naming erased; British War and Victory Medals, both officially named ‘26754 Pte. F. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.’ [Note: the pair, whilst correctly named, are to a different recipient]; along with the original named Record Office enclosures for the recipient’s campaign medals; cap badge and unit insignia; and copied research.
A small collection of Italian Fascist Side Caps and Badges An Italian Fascist Youth Bustina Side Cap, with badge attached as worn, of simple design with no flaps or piping, grey olive wool with grubby blue grey rayon lining with fasces and CIL (Italian Labour Confederation/ Confederazione Italiana del Lavoro) alloy badge, a couple of small moth holes and worn through to bottom edge in a couple of places, liner grubby, otherwise good condition A Second War Italian Senior Officers, 17th Infantry Army Bustina Side Cap, coarse greyish-green wool, the rear and sides with a fold down flap with two tabs, lined in lighter olive green fabric, with two snap closures. Gold Bullion wire badge sewn in place to front bearing crossed rifles with the number ‘17’ to centre and crown above, on an olive green woollen felt backing pad. Three gold-coloured bullion stars placed on an olive-grey felt panel, sewn in place on the left side. The rank badge of three stars denoting the rank of Generale di Corpo d’Armata (Tenente Generale). The interior is lined in a lighter green fabric, probably rayon, no size markings but a partial name inscribed in ink, possibly reading ‘Cas…’, light soiling, bullion wire a little tarnished, otherwise good condition An Italian Fascist black woollen sidecap the rear and sides with a fold down flap and two tabs, lined in black fabric probably rayon, with two snap closures. Silver and gold Gold Bullion wire fasces badge sewn in place to front on black woollen panel, with Brown leatherette sweatband, sweatband brittle and cracked with some loss and a couple of tears, otherwise good condition An Italian Fascist black woollen felt oval cap with black rayon trim and large artificial silk tassel. The cap features all around side panels with black rayon trim to the top edges which encompass the central oval crown. Multi-strand black artificial silk tassel. The front right centre of the cap features a gilt metal fasces badge. The interior of the cap is unlined with a wide brown leatherette sweatband, sweatband is largely detached and is fragile and split, otherwise very good condition A 1930s or early Second World War cap badge in bullion for an official of the Italian Fascist party, or PNF (Partito Nazionale Fascista). Gilt bullion wire badge on black felt patch, of eagle surmounting a fasces, Badge of a political leader in the Italian National Fascist Party, or PNF (Partito Nazionale Fascista). The badge is a great eagle in golden bullion perched upon a fasces, and would have been worn upon the visor cap of a functionary leader of the Ministries of the Fascist government, heavy verdigris throughout, therefore reasonable condition An Italian Army Senior Officer’s cap badge in bullion. The badge retains the monarchy crown, and bullion wire embroidered eagle perched upon a fasces, bullion wire a little tarnished, otherwise very good condition An Italian Regimental medallion of the 13 Artillery (Sardinian Grenadiers), brass and enamel, good condition and an interesting collection overall (7) £200-£240
A Great War C.M.G., pre-War M.V.O. group of nine awarded to Vice-Admiral A. K. Macrorie, Royal Navy, who commanded the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert 1911-14, and was later Mentioned in Despatches for his services during the Dardanelles Campaign The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘424’; 1914-15 Star (Capt. A. K. Macrorie, M.V.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. A. K. Macrorie. R.N.); Denmark, Kingdom, Order of the Dannebrog, Third Class neck badge, C.X.R. (1912-47), silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband complete with usual fitments; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, Third Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamel, with rosette on riband, mounted as worn, minor enamel damage in parts and the campaign medals lacquered, generally very fine and better (9) £2,400-£2,800 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered during the War.’ M.V.O. Fourth Class London Gazette 12 August 1913. Danish Order of Dannebrog awarded September 1913 on the occasion of the Royal Visit to Copenhagen (not gazetted). Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure London Gazette 6 April 1918. Greek Order of the Redeemer London Gazette 17 April 1918. French Legion of Honour London Gazette 21 June 1918. Arthur Kenneth Macrorie was born on 6 June 1874, the son of the Rt. Rev. W. K. Macrorie, Bishop of Maritzburg, and was educated at H.M.S. Britannia. He entered the Royal Navy in January 1888 and was appointed Midshipman in 1890. He was commissioned Lieutenant in 1896, and served in a variety of ships, being given his first command, that of H.M.S. Thrasher, in November 1900. He subsequently served in command of H.M.S. Osprey and H.M.S. Panther, and was advanced Commander in 1907. In August 1911 Macrorie was appointed to command the Royal Yacht H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert, and held the appointment for the usual three years, being awarded the Royal Victorian Order, Fourth Class, in 1913, on the conclusion of H.M. The King’s visit to Cowes for the annual regatta. Promoted Captain on 1 August 1914, on his departure from the Royal Yacht he was given the command of the light cruiser H.M.S. Juno, and served during the Great War in the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915 for which he was Mentioned in Despatches ‘for the period from the landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula in April until the withdrawal in December 1915’ (London Gazette 14 March 1916). Appointed next to H.M.S. Theseus, Macrorie served in her until August 1918 and then, at the conclusion of the war, was employed as Superintendent of the Signal School, Royal Naval Barracks , Portsmouth from 15 November 1918. His final appointments was as Captain of the drifter Columbine, for command of Port Edgar base, from 20 November 1921 and then as Captain of H.M.S. Emperor of India the following year. Appointed Aide-de-Camp to H.M. the King on 2 November 1923, Macrorie retained the appointment until placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 September 1924. A Justice of the Peace for West Sussex, he was advanced Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August 1929, and died in Chichester on 25 November 1947. Sold with copied research, including two group photographic images of the recipient with Their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary and the officers of the Royal Yacht. Note: The recipient’s original insignia of the Order of the Dannebrog was returned to the Danish Orders Secretary in Copenhagen upon his death, in line with the statutes governing the Order, and the insignia included in this lot was subsequently acquired as a representative example.
Three: Private F. W. Haynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 Star, with clasp (7647 Pte. F. W. Haynes. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7647 Pte. F. W. Haynes. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) sewing holes in clasp enlarged, polished, therefore good fine (3) £80-£100 --- Frederick W. Haynes attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He later served with the Labour Corps, being re-numbered 370016. Sold with some original paperwork and other ephemera.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. V. Hunt, Army Service Corps, late Behar Light Horse and Shropshire Light Infantry Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, lacking integral top riband bar; 1914 Star (Capt: G. V. Hunt. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. G. V. Hunt.) good very fine (4) £700-£900 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917. M.I.D., London Gazette 4 January 1917. Granville Vere Hunt was born in India at Mian Mar, Bengal, on 2 April 1875. He was commissioned from the Behar Light Horse as 2nd Lieutenant into the Shropshire Light Infantry on 19 September 1900, and transferred to the Army Service Corps on 19 September 1901; Lieutenant, 19 September 1902; Captain, 1 May 1905; Major, 30 October 1914; Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, 11 January 1917 to 2 March 1920. He served in France and Flanders from 23 September 1914, at which time he was an Inspector of Subsidised Transport Vehicles, and in command of Heavy Repair Shops from 11 January 1917. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and some other research.
A rare Second War ‘Somaliland 1940’ D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. B. Harris-Rivett, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, attached Somaliland Camel Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse of suspension bar officially dated ‘1941’, with integral top riband bar; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Lt. Col. A. A. B. Harris-Rivett, D.S.O., Bedfs. Herts.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, minor official correction to regiment on the GSM, generally very fine and better (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2014. D.S.O. London Gazette 11 February 1941: ‘For distinguished service in Somaliland.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘For conspicuously gallant services from 10 June to 15 August 1940 in commanding under most difficult conditions, a column on the right flank of the Force. He, with his company, was situated some 70 miles from the nearest troops and, on his own initiative persistently worried the enemy and reported their strength and movements, until forced to withdraw by the advance of the main columns. When ordered to withdraw, he had to make his way by forced marches, nearly 80 miles to Berbera. He courageously won his way through to the coast with a small party of European and local Somalis.’ Adrian Andrew Brodie Harris-Rivett was born in Streatham, London, in April 1908, the son of a clergyman, and was originally commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (Territorials) in August 1926. Subsequently obtaining a Regular Army commission in the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment in August 1930, he gained attachment to the Somaliland Camel Corps (S.C.C.) in September 1936 and, having been advanced to Captain in August 1938 and onetime attached to the King’s African Rifles, was similarly employed at the time of the Italian invasion in June 1940. Somaliland 1940 When the Italians, with 350,000 troops stationed in Abyssinia and Eritrea, invaded British Somaliland in August 1940, with an army of 25,000 men, the Local Defence Force comprised just 1,500 men, supported by a battalion of the Black Watch, the 1/2 and 3/15 Punjabis and the 2/K.A.R. - in total less than 6,000 men. Surrounded in the landward side, the British fell back to Berbera, inflicting heavy loss on the Italians as they went, not least at the gallant stand made in the Tug Argan Pass, where Captain Eric Wilson of the Somaliland Camel Corps was awarded the Victoria Cross for his defence of “Observation Hill”. For his own part Harris-Rivett commanded “Northcol” of the Somaliland Camel Corps - comprising two Camel Troops of ‘A’ Company - initially in the north to defend the Dobo Pass, and afterwards in the retreat to Berbera, with a small party of Europeans, in addition to his Somalis. Recommended for a Military Cross, the award was upgraded to a Distinguished Service Order, a rare distinction indeed to a Captain. Mutiny and Malaya Following the evacuation of Somaliland, Harris-Rivett was granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and given command of the Somaliland Camel Corps, in which capacity he oversaw the Corps’s conversion to an armoured car role. But it was an unhappy period in the unit’s history owing to increasing resentment among its ranks, who felt they should be accorded the same rights as members of the Indian Army and, in June 1943, on the eve of the unit departing for a training exercise in Southern Rhodesia, where the rank and file feared they would not be accorded what they thought to be their proper status as Moslem troops, about 150 men mutinied - taking with them 223 rifles, one light machine-gun, seven Sten guns and three pistols. In the event, it proved to be a bloodless mutiny, but, nonetheless, a subsequent Court of Inquiry ordered that the Somaliland Camel Corps be disbanded. Advanced to substantive Major in July 1946, Harris-Rivett next witnessed active service in the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in Malaya in the early 1950s, when he commanded the 1/2nd Gurkha Rifles. He left the Army in March 1955. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, comprising the recipient’s London Chamber of Commerce Commercial Education Certificate, dated Spring 1928; his commission warrants for the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (Territorials), dated 6 August 1928, and in the same rank in the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment, dated 29 August 1930; and his Coronation Medal 1953 certificate; together with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
1860 Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers Birmingham Presentation Sword. This example of the regulation pattern Light Infantry pattern sword bears an etched presentation script to the blade. PRESENTED BY THE NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF No VI COMPY W.R.V. BIRMINGHAM BATTALION TO CAPT GEO. A EVERITT JUNE 2ND 1860. Also etched with a crowned reverse entwined VR cypher and cutlers details of Robert Mole Birmingham. Complete with original scabbard. Blade and etching near VGC, small amount of age wear to the hilt and scabbard. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
1821 Pattern Light Cavalry Trooper's Sword 35 1/4 inch, single edged, slightly curved blade. Large fuller. Steel, three bar knuckle bow and downswept quillon. Plain steel backstrap with grip ears. Leather covered, ribbed grip. Contained in its black repainted steel scabbard with two loose hanging rings. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards Officer 1871 pattern helmet. A fine scarce example. The gilded skull surmounted by a crosspiece base and four inch high plume socket supporting a replacement white horsehair plume with gilt rose boss. Skull ornamented with a laurel wreath above the front peak and an oak leaf band rising from the edge of the neck piece and terminating under the crosspiece at the top. To the front a cut silver eight pointed star of the Most Illustrious Order of St.Patrick mounted with pierced gilt motto on a light blue enamel ground. To the voided centre, St.Patrick cross in red enamel on a lined silver field. To the centre of the cross, a green enamelled shamrock with three gilt, red enamelled crowns. Gilt rose pattern ear bosses support the black velvet backed chin chain. Red quilted silk lining to the interior. The gilt finish to the skull remains in near parade condition. Actual example illustrated in Head Dress of the British Heavy Cavalry by Rowe. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
British 1821 Pattern Light Cavalry Sword 35 1/2 inch, single edged, slightly curved blade with large fuller. Back edge with maker "Deakin". Steel, three bar guard with downturn quillon. Steel pommel and backstrap with grip ears. Ribbed wooden grip. Contained in its steel scabbard with two loose hanging rings. Steel with pitting and now with dark patina. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
British 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Trooper's Sword 32 1/2 inch, single edged, slightly curved blade with wide fuller. Back edge with faint maker. Steel, downturn quillon. Double langets and stirrup knuckle bow. Steel pommel and backstrap with grip ears. Wooden ribbed grip. Contained in its steel scabbard with two loose hanging rings. Scabbard and langet with faint regimental number. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Continental Model AN1X Light Infantry Hanger 23 1/2 inch, single edged, slightly curved blade. The forte with maker "R Borer Rems. Heid". One piece, cast brass, downturn quillon, D shape knuckle bow, backstrap and ribbed grip. Contained in its black leather scabbard with brass throat and chape. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
British 1796 Pattern 22nd Light Dragoons Trooper's Sword 32 1/2 inch, single edged, slightly curved blade with wide fuller. Blade etched "XXIILD" within a panel (possibly later). Back edge with maker "Dawes Birmn". Steel, downturn quillon, double langets and stirrup knuckle bow. Steel pommel and backstrap with grip ears. Leather covered, ribbed grip. Contained in its steel scabbard with two loose hanging rings. Throat stamped "XXIILD". Some external pitting. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Napoleonic War Period 1796 Light Cavalry Officers Sword. A fine quality example. The 27 inch, unfullered curved blade with 3/4 length etched blue and gilt decoration. This depicting a crowned GR cypher, trophies of war and floral decoration. The hilt with a single bar steel guard and leather grip with twist wire binding. Complete with steel scabbard with two loose rings. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Napoleonic War Period 1796 Light Cavalry Yeomanry Officers Sword. A fine quality example, the 27 inch unfullered curved blade with 3/4 length etched blue and gilt decoration. This depicting a crowned GR cypher, trophies of war and Royal Coat of Arms. The hilt with a single bar steel guard and chequered grip. Complete with black leather and steel scabbard with two loose rings. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
French Model 1822 Light Cavalry Sword 36 inch, single edged, slightly curved blade. Large fuller with narrow rear fuller. Back edge with maker dated 1853. Brass, three bar guard. Large brass pommel. Leather covered, wooden grip with copper twist wire binding. Minor rusting to blade and part of leather grip covering absent. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Victorian Staffordshire (Patshull) Rifle Volunteers Officer's Presentation Sword. A magnificent example of a presentation Light Infantry pattern sword. The 32 inch slightly curved blade with three quarter length etched decoration. This including a crowned VR cypher, strung bugle with Stafford knot, Armourial crest and presentation. TO CHARLES EDWARD MOLINEUX ESQ. FROM HIS BROTHER NON-COMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE 27TH STAFFORDSHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS 1860. The forte with the cutler's details of Thomas Lawrence of Birmingham. The hilt is of the regulation pattern, the steel three bar guard with the addition of engraved decoration, which can also be seen to the backstrap of the grip. Complete with steel scabbard, this again engraved with the Armourial crest which can be seen to the blade. Overall GC good clean condition. Lieutenant Charles Edward Molineux in 1860 joined the 27th (Patshull) Corps of the Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers, of which he was a lieutenant until shortly before his death in 1880, he was also a Justice of the Peace for Worcestershire and Staffordshire. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
1847 Presentation Sword From the King of Hanover to the Duke of Beaufort An impressive Light Cavalry style sword, with a 81 cm piped back blade, with an etched presentation script "THE GIFT OF ERNEST AUGUSTUS KING OF HANOVER TO HENRY 7TH DUKE OF BEAUFORT KG 30TH OCTOBER 1847" to each side. The hilt with a gilt, single bar guard, lion head pommel and shagreen grip with twist wire binding. Complete with original steel ring, with two loose rings. Blade near VGC etching clear. Ernest Augustus was King of Hanover and was the fifth son of King George III. Major Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort, KG had served with both the 14th Light Dragoons and the 10th Hussars. He also served as ADC to the Duke of Wellington during the campaigns in Portugal and Spain between 1812 and 1814. He died age 61 in 1853 PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
W. A. S. BENSON (1854-1924) ARTS & CRAFTS HANGING LIGHT, CIRCA 1900 copper and brass, with frosted glass shade, stamped BENSON(23.5cm high)Provenance: The Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan CollectionFootnote: Literature: Hamerton, I. (ed.) W. A. S. Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, ACC, 2005, p. 142, pl. 120 where this example is illustrated
W. A. S. BENSON (1854-1924) ARTS & CRAFTS HANGING LIGHT, CIRCA 1900 copper and silvered metal, opalescent glass shade, stamped registration number 386811(57cm high approx.)Provenance: The Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan CollectionFootnote: Literature: Hamerton, I. (ed.) W. A. S. Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, ACC, 2005, p. 141, pl. 119 where this example is illustrated
W. A. S. BENSON (1854-1924) SINGLE ARTS & CRAFTS WALL LIGHT, CIRCA 1900 brass and copper, with opalescent glass shade, 41cm tall; and a W. A. S. BENSON-STYLE CEILING LIGHT, brass and copper, with associated opalescent and cranberry glass shade, 25.5cm diameterProvenance: The Peter Rose and Albert Gallichan CollectionFootnote: Literature: Hamerton, I. (ed.) W. A. S. Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design, ACC, 2005, p. 138, pl. 115 where the wall light is illustrated
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