Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Sahagun & Benevente, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse (J. Dwyer, Corporal, 18th Light Dragoons ) nearly extremely fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Payne Collection 1911; Phillips Collection 1925. Jeremiah Dwyer was born in the Parish of Michelstown, County Cork, and enlisted into the 18th Light Dragoons at Dublin on 23 January 1802, aged 18. He served a total of 21 years 231 days, including 2 years for Waterloo, and was discharged at Newbridge on 10 September 1821, in consequence of the ‘disbandment of the regiment & having received a wound in the right shoulder at Waterloo. He was admitted to an Out-Pension of one shilling per diem at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on 12 September 1821. He subsequently received his pension at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and died there on 22 February 1851. Dwyer, it would seem, was Orderly to Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Henry Murray at Waterloo and is mentioned by that officer in his letter (then a Major-General) to H. T. Siborne concerning the charge of the 18th Light Dragoons: ‘... But soon we came into ground entirely covered with French infantry retreating, not in a body, but individually, yet with none of the hurry and confusion that might be imagined when thus suddenly ridden in upon, and especially some of the Ancienne Garde might be remarked upon for their coolness and bold countenance (one nearly bayonetted me as I passed). Numbers of these were cut down , and my Orderly (a man named Dwyer) cut down five or six in rapid succession, the pursuit of the Cavalry continued.’ (Waterloo Letters by H. T. Siborne, refers) Sold with copied discharge papers (very poor quality) and other research.
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Three: Private R. S. Beechey, 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War in 1940, whilst serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5384018. Pte. R. S. Beechey. Oxf Bucks.) very fine Four: Private A. W. J. Lay, 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry who was taken Prisoner of War in 1940, whilst serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5384760. Pte. A. W. J. Lay. Oxf. Bucks.) nearly extremely fine (6) £120-£160 --- R. S. Beechey served with the 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Second World War, and was taken Prisoner of War in 1940. He was held at Stalag 20B, Marienburg. Alfred William James Lay was born at Headington, Oxford in 1913. He served with the 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Second World War, and was taken Prisoner of War in 1940. He was held at Stalag 8A, Gorlitz, Lower Silesia. He died in Oxford in 1987.
The Army of India medal awarded to Colour-Sergeant, later Regimental Sergeant-Major, James Kerr, 59th Foot, who distinguished himself and was wounded at Bhurtpore; he was previously present at the capture of Java as a Private in the 89th Foot and was a member of the storming party at the successful attack on Fort Cornelis. He emigrated to Australia in 1854, where he obtained employment in the Constabulary at Geelong, where he died in 1867 Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Color Serjt. J. Kerr, 59th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, May 2016. James Kerr was born on 14 February 1792, in the Parish of Desercreate, Cookstown, County Tyrone. He was a labourer by trade when he enlisted into the 89th Foot at Monymore, County Derry, on 14 February 1807, aged 15 years. He was taken onto the men’s establishment as Private from 14 February 1810, and served with the regiment in the East Indies from 10 February 1810 until 22 August 1818. He was promoted to Corporal in October 1813 and to Sergeant in October 1816, and was discharged from the 89th on 10 October 1818, probably due to army reductions. He re-enlisted on 11 November 1818, at Rochester, for the 1st Battalion, 59th Foot, aged 26 years, in the rank of Private. He was promoted to Corporal in March 1820, to Sergeant in July 1821, and to Regimental Sergeant-Major in June 1829. He served in the East Indies with the 59th from 10 February 1820 until 28 June 1829, and, being found unfit for further service, was discharged on 6 December 1832, after service totalling 31 years and 246 days. Kerr’s record of gallant service is stated on his discharge papers in the following terms: ‘Served Seventeen Years Three hundred and Twenty Seven Days in the East Indies - Wounded in the Left Hip at Bhurtpore. Was present at the Capture of Waltervreden on the 10th August 1811. Was one of the Storming party at the Afsault and Capture of Fort Corneilus on the 26th August 1811, and Subsequent Surrender of the Island of Java, and also the Capture of Bhurtpore in January 1826. Distinguished himself at the Storming of that place.’ In 1831 he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal as Sergeant-Major in the 59th Foot, and in 1833 he received a reference from his commanding officer stating, ‘In the course of my war service I never found a better man...’ He was appointed superior Barrack Sergeant at Blackburn on 18 September 1839, at a rate of 2s/6d a day with an allowance for one room, coals and candles. Married with a son, also James, and 2 daughters, father and son went to Australia to seek employment. They sailed from Liverpool aboard the James Carson on 4 April 1854, and arrived at Port Phillip Bay on 13 July, apparently fully intending to return to Ireland once their circumstances had improved. He was unaware, however, that his wife had died during the voyage to Australia. He seemed to settle at Geelong and joined the constabulary there in August 1854, continuing off and on until December 1861. He was married a second time in August 1859. James Kerr died on 20 August 1867, aged 75 years 6 months, at Ashby, West Geelong, from chronic dysentery, and was buried in Geelong Eastern Cemetery. In addition to the medal for Bhurtpoor, Kerr received the Military General Service medal with clasp for Java. He was also awarded the medal for Long Service which was sent to the Chief Constable of Cookstown on 22 June 1833. This latter medal remains in the possession of his descendants in Australia. Sold with extensive research.
A rare Kelat-i-Ghilzie group of four awarded to Sepoy Emambux Khan, 43rd Bengal Native Light Infantry Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Sepoy Emambux Khan, 43rd regt. N.I.) fitted with steel clip and straight bar suspension; Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Sepoy Emambux Khan, 43rd regt. N.I.) fitted with steel clip and straight bar suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Sepoy Emam Bux Khan, 43rd Regt. N.I.) with replacement brass hook suspension, these last three all with naming officially engraved in running script; Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (Sepoy Emambux Khan, 43rd L.I.) Calcutta Mint impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine and a very rare group (4) £14,000-£18,000 --- Provenance: Debenham’s August 1900 and March 1902; Glendining’s, November 1956 [suspender hook of Star broken]; Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008. Also see Dix Noonan Webb, December 2017 (Lot 907) for a similar group less Maharajpoor Star. 55 Europeans and 877 Indian troops took part in the defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie, including 247 men of the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry. Sepoy Emambux Khan is confirmed on the roll of the 2nd Company 43rd N.I., under the command of Lieutenant R. A. Trotter, as being ‘present during the investment and blockade of the Fort of Khelat i Ghilzie in 1842’. Following the disastrous retreat of the British from Cabul in January 1842, Ghuznee was retaken by the Afghans, and the isolated garrison at Kelat-i-Ghilzie was invested. The garrison consisted of 600 of the Shah’s 3rd Infantry, three companies of the 43rd N.I., totalling 247 men, forty-four European and twenty-two native artillery, twenty-three Bengal Sappers and Miners, and seven British officers, all under Captain John Halkett Craigie. The total strength of the garrison of Kelat-i-Ghilzie, situated about eighty miles north east of Candahar, was fifty-five Europeans and 877 natives. In spite of ‘cold and privation unequalled by any of the troops in Afghanistan’ the garrison put up a successful defence through the whole winter till relieved on 26 May 1842. On the 21st May, however, the garrison had repulsed a particularly determined attack by some 6,000 Afghans: ‘Khelat-i-Ghilzai was attacked at a quarter before four o’clock’, reported Craigie, ‘The enemy advanced to the assault in the most determined manner, each column consisting of upwards of 2,000 men, provided with 30 scaling ladders, but after an hour’s fighting were repulsed and driven down the hill, losing five standards, one of which was planted three times in one of the embrasures ... The greatest gallantry and coolness were displayed by every commissioned and non-commissioned officer, and private (both European and Native) engaged in meeting the attack of the enemy, several of whom were bayoneted on top of the sandbags forming our parapets ...’ Colonel Wymer and his relieving force consequently were only engaged in destroying the defences and caring for the sick and wounded, until the 1st of June when they returned to Candahar. Sold with a copy of the hand-written nominal roll referred to above and other copied research.
Four: Sergeant E. F. Walker, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (11910 Sjt. E. F. Walker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1947 (Sergt. Ernest F. Walker.) good very fine Five: Private G. L. Wheeler, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Graham L. Wheeler); together with O.B.L.I. and Oxfordshire Special Constabulary cap and lapel badges, good very fine (9) £80-£120 --- Ernest F. Walker attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 June 1915.
Three: Private T. J. Parkinson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late West Riding Regiment and Oxford Light Infantry 1914 Star (8431 Pte. J. [sic] J. Parkinson. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8431 Pte. T. J. Parkinson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine Three: Private A. Lambourne, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (2128 Pte. A. Lambourne. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2128 Pte. A. Lambourne. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks and edge bruising, lightly polished, nearly very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Thomas J. Parkinson had prior service with the West Riding Regiment from 1900 to 1906, and then with the Oxford Light Infantry from 1907 to 1913. He re-enlisted for service from the Army Reserve, joining the Depot of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 7 February 1914. During the Great War he served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He later transferred to the Labour Corps in July 1918 before again transferring to the Army Reserve on 31 March 1919. His home address was at Charlotte Villa, Cowley, Oxford. Alfred Lambourne attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He later transferred to the Labour Corps, and then to the Army Reserve on 12 April 1919. His home address was at 43 Oxford Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
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Four: Private P. Millin, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1922 Pte. P. Millen [sic]. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1922 Pte. P. Millin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze; together with a British Legion lapel badge in gilt brass and enamel, very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 July 1918: ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’ Percy Millin 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. Advanced Lance-Corporal, he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre, and was disembodied on 9 March 1919.
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Pair: Private R. Johnston, 18th Hussars Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (3633. Pte. R. Johnson [sic] 18/Hrs.) engraved naming, latter part of surname officially corrected - see footnote; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3633 Pte. R. Johnston. 18/Hrs.) light contact marks, good very fine (2) £160-£200 --- Robert Johnston was born in Dublin in 1871 and attested there for the 18th Hussars on 13 February 1890. He served with the Regiment in India from 23 January 1892 to 14 October 1898, and in South Africa during the Boer War from 15 October 1898 to 31 May 1900, presumably being invalided home on the latter date. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 57 of 1 July 1908, and was posted to the Reserve Cavalry Regiment on 15 August 1914. He discharged on 4 May 1917, after 27 years and 81 days’ service. He was not entitled to any Great War medals. Note: The Medal roll for the Queen’s South Africa Medal incorrectly list the recipient’s surname as Johnson - the spelling of the recipient’s surname on his QSA has been altered to this, presumably having been originally (correctly) named Johnston. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.
Three: Sergeant J. Webb, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (5615. Pte. J. Webb. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5615 Pte. J. Webb. Oxford. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (15072 Sjt. J. Webb. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, the BWM better (3) £140-£180 --- John Webb attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion in the South Africa during the Boer War. He re-enlisted for service in the Great War on 14 September 1914 and served the with 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on the Western Front from 1 October 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 11 July 1917 and was awarded Silver War Badge No. 125231. He died on 17 April 1962.
Six: Private W. Johnson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6035 Pte. W. Johnson. Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6035 Pte. W. Johnson. Oxford: L.I.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6035 Pte. W. Johnson. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6035 Pte. W. Johnson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6035 Pte. W. Johnson. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) mounted as worn, very fine (6) £240-£280 --- Walter Johnson was born in Farnborough, Kent, in 1879 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 18 March 1899. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 19 March 1900 to 28 February 1902, and subsequently in India from 1 March 1902 to 30 October 1913. He saw further service with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1918. He was finally discharged on 16 April 1920, after 21 years and 28 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and an original character reference from Major R. B. Crosse, D.S.O.
Four: Private F. G. Gerring, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action in Italy on 16 December 1944 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine Five: Private W. H. Wheeler, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, the 1939-45 Star a later issue, good very fine (9) £80-£120 --- Francis George Gerring enlisted into the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 13 December 1939 and was transferred into the 2/5th Battalion of The Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment on 25 September 1944. He was killed in action on 16 December 1944 and is buried in Forili War Cemetery. His company commander wrote: ‘Your husband was leading a Platoon attempting to cross the River Lamone, he was giving covering fire to his section when the enemy put down an Artillery and Mortar concentration and a shell landed right by him. He was killed instantly and I assure you he knew nothing at all about it, I was with him immediately he was hit and he died without knowing what had happened.’ Sold with various original documents, including named transmittal slip, notification and certificates of death and the letter referred to above. William Herbert Wheeler served with the 2/6th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment, Queens Brigade which was part of the 56th London Division. Sold with a small quantity of original documents, to include Wheeler’s pay book, release book and photographs.
Three: Lance-Corporal H. J. Daw, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 25 October 1918 1914-15 Star (8531 Pte. H. J. Daw, D. of Corn. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8531 Pte. H. J. Daw. D.C.L.I.) good very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Henry James Daw, a native of Redbridge, Hampshire, attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914. Transferring to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, he died of wounds on 25 October 1918, and is buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (2) (3634 Pte. W. Bunting. 2nd V.B. Oxford L.I.; 2512 Pte. A. Chaundy. 2/V.B. Oxford L.I.) a few light surface marks, very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Arthur Bossom Chaundy was born in Oxford on 29 December 1864 and enlisted there at the age of 49 into No. 1 Supernumerary Company, 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Oxfordshire National Reserve, for home service on 5 October 1914, having previously served in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He transferred to No. 258 Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps, on 29 April 1916, and was demobilised on 20 February 1919.
German Second World War Third Reich Documents. Comprising an Army Wehrpass to Erich Pohland, an NCO in an artillery unit, winner of the Winter War Medal, Iron Cross Second Class, Iron Cross First Class, Wound Badge in black, who saw service on the west front, Russia, Sicily, Casino, France, photograph in civil dress. A full English translation available to the interior of the Wehrpass. Second Army Wehrpass marked Heer to the cover, photograph of recipient in civil dress, born 1893, called to the colours in 1943, sparse details to the Wehrpass. Third Army Wehrpass in its original cover, recipient in civil dress, born 1914, page 12 showing entry of units mainly serving within a Pioneer Company, from 38 through to 43 details of weapons issued, winner of the Iron Cross Second Class, Wound Badge in black and Infantry Assault Badge, page 32 and 33 showing service on the invasion of France and subsequently the invasion of Russia. Arbeitsfront book, recipient named, many payment stamps to the interior from 1935 through to 1942, otherwise sparse details; an A5 size citation to an Army Gefreiter for the Winter Medal in the East serving on the staff of an artillery battery; and an A5 size citation, some light age foxing to a Gefreiter in Grenadier Regiment 130 for the Wound Badge in black dated 1944, folded twice; accompanied by four Great War and Second World War death notices and other photographs, generally good condition (lot) £80-£120
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (4427 Pte. A. Huckins. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming, edge bruising and heavy abrasions to both fields, hence good fine £100-£140 --- Albert Huckins was born at Stonesfield, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, and enlisted into the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, on 18 September 1895, at Oxford. He joined the Militia Reserve on 28 May 1897, but re-joined in June 1897 and was embodied for service in the South African War on 1 May 1900. He died of enteric fever in South Africa on 31 August 1900, at Kroonstad.
Pair: Captain’s Coxswain George Stevens, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Navarino, Syria (Geo. Stevens.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension, dated ‘1848’ below bust (George Stevens. Cap: Cox: H.M.S. Victory. 24 Ys.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) (2) £3,000-£4,000 --- Only 100 medals with the 1848 obverse were issued, of which about 20 are known to have survived. George Stevens is confirmed on the rolls as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Albion at Navarino, and as Captain’s Coxswain aboard H.M.S. Wasp at Syria.
Three: Captain H. E. Stephens, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (Capt. H. E. Stephens. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. E. Stephens.) good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Harold Edric Stephens was born at Cape Town, South Africa in 1886. He seems to have made his home in the U.K. and in the 1911 Census he is recorded as a solicitor’s articled clerk aged 24, and was head of the household at Apartment D2, Albany, Piccadilly. He was later a barrister in Marylebone, London. On a trip to the U.K. in 1896 both his parents and his sister died on the ill fated S.S. Drummond Castle, which sank off the coast of France. He was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the 6th (Service) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 4 November 1914, and was promoted Temporary Captain on 5 February 1915. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from July 1915, and relinquished his commission on account of ill-health caused by wounds on 26 July 1919, retaining the rank of Capt. In 1928, at the age of 42, he was appointed to be Managing Director of the family business of Henry C. Stephens Ltd., trading as Stephens Inks, and was admitted a Freeman of the City of London. He died in 1950 and his home Snoddington Manor, Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire.
Three: Private E. L. F. Gibbs, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (29405 Pte E. L. F. Gibbs. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal, with named card box of issue, addressed to Mr. E. L. Gibbs, Harwyn, Chapel St., Stourbridge, very fine Five: Corporal L. W. Groves, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (53826 Cpl. L. W. Groves. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (8) £80-£120 --- Edward L. F. Gibbs was born on 11 November 1896, and served with the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War, and later with 1st/4th Battalion. In the 1939 Register he is shown as a Relief Signalman for the Great Western Railway, residing at 22 Pearson Street, Stourbridge.
A very rare Second War ‘Normandy’ M.M. and post-War 1946 ‘Java’ Second Award Bar group of five awarded to Corporal W. H. Bartle, Royal Army Medical Corps attached 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion: having been decorated for making repeated journeys into the open to bring in casualties at Bois de Bavent in Normandy on 18 June 1944, he added a Bar to his award for his subsequent gallantry in charge of stretcher bearers when his section was ambushed and pinned down in the open at Tembalang, Java in March 1946 Military Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (7403502 Cpl. W. H. Bartle. R.A.M.C.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the first with minor contact marks, otherwise generally good very fine and better (5) £5,000-£7,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 31 August 1944: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Normandy’. The original recommendation states: ‘At Bois de Bavent on 18 June 1944 this NCO was a stretcher bearer with a company which raided a strong enemy post. The enemy fire was heavy and accurate and several casualties were suffered. Cpl Bartle showed no regard whatsoever for his own safety and made repeated journeys into the open to bring in casualties. The CSM was killed beside him by a mortar bomb in a forward position. He was not killed instantly and hoping to save him Bartle worked his way back, got another bearer and went forward again to try and bring him back. When the raiding party returned Bartle found that two casualties had not been brought back so he immediately joined a party that was going out to bring them in. He showed the party the way out and back and left them under cover while he did the final locating of the casualties himself. His sense of duty was outstanding.’ M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 1 August 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Far East.’ The following details are extracted from the report by Lt. Col. Pine-Coffin of the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion’s action at Tembalang, Java in March 1946: ‘Late in the month [March] they ran into a bit of trouble and on one of their patrol actions a section got pinned in the open as it was approaching a wood which was occupied by Indonesians. Sgt. ..., one of the veterans of the battalion who had been through all its actions with it, was killed at once and several others were wounded. Meanwhile the Independent Para Company, which was working round a flank, also ran into difficulties and suffered four fatal casualties. The extrication of the troops from this position involved the use of the artillery and some tanks and took most of the day but fortunately was carried out without further loss. Excellent work was done while the section was pinned in the open by Cpl. McCormick of the platoon and Cpl. Bartle who was in charge of the stretcher bearers, both of whom moved about freely and did very valuable work. Both were later decorated for their work; McCormick being awarded the MM and Bartle a bar to the MM which he had already won in Normandy.’ William Henry Bartle was born on 4 September 1920 at Nottingham. He served during the Second World War with the Royal Army Medical Corps and having passed the Parachute Training School long course at Ringway in September 1943 he was posted to 225 Parachute Field Ambulance. Corporal Bartle was attached to 7th Battalion Parachute Regiment and dropped with them at 00.45 hours into Normandy on ‘D-Day’ 6 June 1944. He was awarded the M.M. for gallantry in Normandy on 18 June 1944 for making repeated journeys into the open to bring in casualties. After the Japanese surrender, the 7th Battalion, as part of the 5th Parachute Brigade, was posted to the Far East, arriving in Singapore on 21 September 1945 as part of XV Corps, the island’s garrison. By 17 December the brigade was moved again, sent as reinforcements to assist the Indian division on Java. The brigade's mission was to restore law and order and disarm the Japanese military forces in the area. They were told to expect to remain in Java until relieved by units of the Royal Netherlands Army. Under the command of the 23rd Indian Infantry Division, the brigade carried out Operation Pounce, clearing Batavia and surrounding region of dissidents. In January 1946 they were moved to garrison Semarang. At the time Semarang’s population of around 210,000 was a mixture of Indonesians, Chinese, Koreans, Dutch and Japanese. During the fighting before the brigade's arrival considerable damage had been caused to the town's infrastructure which the brigade's engineers and medics were tasked to rectify. To protect the inhabitants from Indonesian nationalists whose stated aim was to "slaughter all the Dutch and Chinese", the brigade's three battalions established a defensive perimeter around the outskirts of the town. To assist with security, a Japanese battalion was rearmed and given a sector of the defences to man. Corporal Bartle was awarded a Bar to his M.M. when, on 24 March 1946, the 5th Parachute Brigade Mortar Battalion attached to a 22 Independent Parachute Company patrol was ambushed by dissident Indonesian nationalist troops outside a wood at Tembalang, near Semarang. With the section pinned down in the open and taking casualties, Bartle did excellent work in charge of stretcher bearers, moving about freely as the extrication of the troops from the position took most of the day. The 5th Brigade remained in Semarang until relieved by the Dutch 'T' Brigade Group on 26th April 1946, and then returned to Singapore. Sold with a letter from the Army Medal Office confirming that no GSM was ever issued to Bartle.
Three: Private C. Gibbons, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds at Salonika on 17 May 1917 1914-15 Star (11597 Pte. C. Gibbons. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (11597 Pte. C. Gibbons. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Private C. C. Norcott, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 February 1916 1914-15 Star (17625 Pte. C. C. Norcott, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (17625 Pte. C. C. Norcott. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine Three: Private F. Webster, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (13270 Pte. F. Webster, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20, this erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (13270 Pte. F. Webster. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a Regimental Sports Medal, bronze, engraved ‘Recreational Training - Macedonia - March 1918 - 7 (S) Battalion Oxf. & Bucks Lt. Infty, Pte. F. Webster’, very fine (9) £140-£180 --- Charles Gibbons was born at Kennington, Oxford, and resided at Cowley, Oxford. He attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War in Salonika. He died of wounds on 17 May 1917, and is buried in Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece. Charles Cyrus Norcott was born at Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Slough, Buckinghamshire. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 11 February 1916, aged 17. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Frank Webster attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War. He later served with the Royal Fusiliers and transferred to the Army Reserve on 1 February 1919.
1914-15 Star (4) (18073 Pte. E. Buller. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.; 10710 Pte. S. T. Perkins. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.; 18741 Pte. H. A. Robinson. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.; 1396 Pte. E. Schen. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) very fine and better (4) £80-£100 --- Edward Buller was born at Banbury, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died on 12 September 1915. He is buried in Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie, France. Samuel Thomas Perkins was born at Erdington, Warwickshire in 1897 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 26 August 1914. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915, and was discharged on 13 June 1919. He subsequently enlisted into the Royal Air Force on 26 August 1919. Harry Arthur Robinson, a native of Bloxham, near Banbury, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 31 May 1915. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and suffered shell shock on 28 June 1916. He was discharged medically unfit on 10 November 1916, being classified as totally incapacitated, and was awarded Silver War Badge no. 10566.
A ‘Korea’ M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major and Quartermaster, later Major and Quartermaster, L. W. ‘Uncle Len’ Green, 5th (Royal Inniskilling) Dragoon Guards The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (7883963 W.O. Cl. 2. L. W. Green. 5 D.G.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, South Arabia (Major L. W. Green. M.B.E. 5 Innis. DG.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (7885963 W.O. Cl. 2. L. W. Green, M.B.E. 5 D.G.) mounted as originally worn, housed in a leather Spink & Son Ltd case, remnants of lacquer, generally very fine (9) £400-£500 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 24 April 1953: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Korea during the period 1st July to 31st December, 1952.’ The original recommendation states: ‘This Warrant Officer has served as RQMS for three years the last one of which has been in Korea. The high reputation achieved by the Regiment has been due in great part to the work of this Warrant Officer. At no time during the service of the Regiment in the Commonwealth Division has any man gone short of equipment or necessary which it is the Quartermaster’s responsibility to provide. His skill and enthusiasm have been outstanding and his personal example of hard work has been reflected in the efficiency of his department. He is an exceptionally loyal man and under all circumstances and conditions he has always placed his duty beyond any thought of personal discomfort or hardship. Throughout his service with the Regiment he has always maintained the highest standards of military conduct and efficiency and he has made a big contribution in preparing the administrative staff of the Regiment for war and on active service in maintaining it as far as is in his power at full operational efficiency.’ Leonard William Green was born in October 1916, and ‘was known throughout the Regiment as Uncle Len and particularly for his geniality. Many owe him a debt of gratitude for his ability to sort out a loss or for arranging with a local contractor to supply such luxury items as soft bread rolls! These were items on the troops’ menu never seen in any past years. He joined the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Tank Corps in 1937 and rapidly established himself as an outstanding boxer, footballer, basketball and rugger player. He became the Light Heavyweight Champion of the Army by 1939. Throughout the war he served wit a TA Tank Regiment in Europe with the 79th Armoured Division, (Hobbarts Funnies). At the end of hostility in Europe, all TA Regiments were disbanded and regular soldiers with time to serve were transferred to a regular regiment. It was to the benefit of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards that he was posted as SQMS to our A Squadron, then in York Barracks, Münster, for the first time. By 1949 he had been promoted to RQMS and formed a very highly professional sporting duo with the Quartermaster, the late Major Maurice Peters. Together they organised our athletics team to win the BAOR Championship in 1950. Len served as RQMS in Paderborn, Korea and Egypt and was awarded the M.B.E. for those services. In 1954 when the Regiment took up the Training Regiment Role in Catterick he was promoted RSM and Quartermaster in 1957. Throughout his career he was always to the fore of football and held the appointment of OIC Football until he retired in 1967. Perhaps his ability to organise Regiment social events will remain as another of his outstanding services. He was a perfectionist, demanding the highest standard of decoration and buffet and there had always to be a theme. He was the ‘Len will fix it’, of the Regiment. After service in Benghazi he retired but was soon back in Germany as Housing Commandant of the Soest Garrison...’ (Regimental Journal refers) Green served 12 years and 49 days in the ranks. He was commissioned Lieutenant and Quartermaster in January 1957, and advanced to Major and Quartermaster in November 1965. Green retired in March 1968, and died in October 2005. Sold with a copy of 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, Change and Challenge 1928-1978, in which the recipient is mentioned and photographed. 1 of 3 M.B.E.’s awarded to the Regiment for service in Korea.
Pair: Private C. H. Woodward, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps, British War Medal 1914-20 (29572 Pte. C. H. Woodward, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (177037 Pte. C. H. Woodward, M.G.C.), good very fine (2) £80-£100
Five: Chief Ordnance Artificer W. H. Stockdale, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (M.37938 W. H. Stockdale. A/C.O.A. H.M.S. Cornwall.) nearly extremely fine (5) £120-£160 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 30 January 1945: ‘For courage, leadership, and skill in H.M.S. Belona in the destruction of an enemy convoy off the coast of Norway.’ William Harry Stockdale served as a Chief Ordnance Artificer during the Second World War, and was Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry in Operation Counterblast, a spectacular night action off Norway on the night of 12-13 November 1944 when nine enemy ships were destroyed, an action described in the following terms in Gordon Holman’s The King’s Cruisers: ‘The luck came shortly after 11 p.m. as they were off Egersund Fjord. It was very dark, but there was good visibility and a calm sea, and keen eyes that had got used to the darkness had no difficulty in making out an enemy convoy steaming north. With the escort, which included “M” class minesweepers, it stretched over a distance of several miles, and was directly in the path of the British warships. For a few tense minutes, Admiral McGrigor allowed his force to close the enemy, the guns ranging all the time. Then, at about two miles range, the Kent fired her first 8-inch broadside. The shells fell like a sledgehammer blow among the vessels of the convoy. One leading escort ship was hit straight away and began to sink. The Bellona and the destroyers had opened fire, too, and other enemy ships were hit. One, probably filled with ammunition, blew up, lighting the whole scene with a vivid red flash. Tracer shells weaved an odd pattern in the darkness, and some of the German vessels sent up distress signals. The convoy had scattered and, probably not knowing the strength of the opposition, survivors of the escort were attempting to fight back. One approached firing hard, but was hit aft and then lost in the darkness. Shore batteries designed to protect these convoys joined in the action, but in the words of the Admiralty communique, “their fire, although spectacular, was ineffective and none of H.M. ships sustained any material damage”. It was estimated that at one time our cruisers and destroyers were engaged within two and a half miles of the Norwegian coast. After 20 minutes there was a lull, but when several vessels were seen drawing away, Admiral McGrigor sent in the destroyers. They delivered the final attack by the light of starshells and well under the German shore guns. Of 11 ships in the convoy, nine were either blown up or sunk and one was driven ashore. In the whole of our force the casualties were two killed and less than a dozen wounded. Summing up afterwards, Admiral McGrigor said, “We caught the Hun in his nightshirt”.’
A fine M.G.S and Army of India pair awarded to Private William Anderson, 11th Light Dragoons, who also served at Waterloo Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Salamanca (W. Anderson, 11th Light Dragoons.); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (W. Anderson, 11th Lt. Dragns.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £3,600-£4,000 --- Provenance: M.G.S.: W. E. Gray Collection 1898; Sang Collection, Glendining’s, January 1931; Glendining’s, April 1932; Baldwin, March 1963. Army of India: Carlton S. Gifford Collection, Glendining’s, May 1985. M.G.S., Army of India pair, Chelsea Military Antiques, May 2008. Waterloo medal not sighted. William Anderson was born in the Parish of Walton, Yorkshire, and attested for the 11th Light Dragoons at Hounslow, Middlesex, on 28 July 1808, aged 17, for unlimited service. He served in the Peninsula, at the battle of Salamanca, and at Waterloo, where he was in Captain James Bourchier’s Troop. He served afterwards in India from July 1819 to June 1829, where he participated in the siege of Bhurtpoor. He was discharged on 8 July 1829, in consequence of ‘a fracture of the neck & the thigh bone by a fall from his horse on duty.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2249 H. C. Brailey. Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming, nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- Henry Charles Brailey was born in Birmingham in 1866 and attested there for the Oxford Light Infantry on 29 September 1885. He served in South Africa during the Boer War from 6 February to 6 June 1900, and was discharged on 30 April 1902, after 16 years and 218 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service.
Five: Corporal R. G. Valentine, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Royal Pay Corps, whose group is accompanied by a typescript memoir by the recipient 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5382549 Cpl. R. Valentine. R.P.C.), mounted as worn; together with seven commemorative medals, including the recipient’s Dunkirk Medal; and a quantity of badges, good very fine (lot) £80-£120 --- Reginald George Valentine was born in London in 1911 and was employed as a gardener at Worcester College, Oxford. Attesting for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, ‘he was part of the British Expeditionary Force which crossed into France in 1939 and was one of only a handful of his battalion’s survivors of the German blitzkrieg to be evacuated from Dunkirk the following year. After taking part in the 1944 D-Day landings, he saved a group of Belgians from death at the hands of the Nazis’ (recipient’s obituary refers). He died in Oxford in 1992. Sold with various certificates, photographs, an obituary cutting and a 22 page typescript memoir, modestly entitled ‘the orphan who became a hero’.
Three: Private J. Jones, Somerset Light Infantry, who killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915 1914-15 Star (16999 Pte. J. Jones. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (16999 Pte. J. Jones. Som. L.I.) very fine (3) £70-£90 --- James Jones was born at Resolven, Glamorgan, and attested for the Somerset Light Infantry at Neath. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 September 1915, and was posted missing, presumed killed in action, only a few weeks later on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915, at the age of 20. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.
Three: Sister Emmie E. R. Newcomb, Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Sister E. E. R. Newcomb. P.M.R.A.F.N.S.) light contact marks, good very fine, rare (3) £280-£320 --- Emmie Edith Ruth Newcomb was born in Epping, Essex, in 1921, and trained at the Middlesex Hospital, London, from 1939 to 1942, Registering as a Nurse in London on 28 May 1943. She was commissioned Sister in Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service Reserve on 1 May 1945, and served with this unit in post-War Palestine.
Three: Corporal W. F. V. Parr, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his service with 54 Light Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (26059 Cpl. W. F. V. Parr. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (343125 Sapr. W. F. V. Parr. 54/L.R.O. Coy. R.E.); together with an unofficial 1919 Peace Medal, bronze, bearing the conjoined busts of King George V and Queen Mary to one side, and the winged figure of Victory to the other, better than very fine, the M.S.M. extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 14 June 1918. William Francis Vinnicombe Parr was born at Clyst St. Mary, Devon, in 1890, and attested for the Worcestershire Regiment at Axminster on 14 February 1916. He transferred to the 2nd Garrison Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, before transferring again to the Royal Engineers. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his service with 54th Light Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers. He later served with 232 Light Railway Forwarding Company, R.E., with a specialist role as stretcher bearer as well as his engineering duties, and was demobilised in September 1919.
The 1914-15 Star awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. G. H. Hughes, who served as Commanding Officer of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry from 1904 to 1907, and later commanded the 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. R. G. H. Hughes.) very fine £100-£140 --- Reginald George Hutton Hughes was born on 22 November 1860 and was educated at Rugby School, Brasenose College, Oxford, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 9 September, 1882 and joined the 52nd at Limerick, two months later. He served in Gibraltar, in 1884 and went to India in 1886, becoming a Special Service Officer in Burma, for which he was awarded the medal with clasp. He was promoted Captain on 27 February 1892 and was Station Staff Officer at Naini Tal 1893-95, being appointed Adjutant of the 4th Battalion (Oxfordshire Militia) 1896-1901. He was promoted Major on 7 July 1900, and was appointed to be Second in Command of the 43rd, which he commanded on the voyage to India in 1903. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 2 September 1904, and was for three years in command of the 52nd at Chatham and Tidworth, until he retired on retired pay in 1907. In September 1914 he was appointed to command the new 7th (Service) Battalion of the regiment. In 1914 he took command of the newly formed 7th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. On the 21st of January 1915 he resigned the command of the Battalion owing to ‘Ill health’. He returned to service as a Draft Conducting Officer, first landing in France on 23 December 1915. He would later take command of the 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers and accompany them into action for the remainder of the war. At the time of his death on 9th September 1935, he was residing at The Barn House, Watlington, Oxford. Sold together with a photographic image of the recipient.
Six: Warrant Officer Class II H. Morris, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Royal Warwickshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901, date clasp loose as issued (6215 Sgt. H. Morris, Rl. Warwick: Regt.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1908, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, second clasp loose as issued (6272 Cr. Sergt. H. Morris. 1st. R. War. R.) rank partially officially corrected; 1914-15 Star (9541 Q.M. Sjt. H. Morris, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9541 W.O. Cl. 2 H. Morris. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6215 C. Sjt: H. Morris. R. War: R.) edge bruising and light contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £300-£400 --- Henry Morris served with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in South Africa, during which period he was attached to the Rand Rifles as an instructor. He subsequently served with the 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. Sold with original letter from members of the Rand Rifles thanking him for his work as instructor and a copied group photograph dated March 1915.
Five: Warrant Officer Class II A. Birch, Royal Military Police Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 4 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Cyprus, Malaya, Near East, top clasp a tailor’s copy (14459789 L.Cpl. A. Birch. R.M.P.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (14459789 Sgt. A. Birch. R.M.P.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (14459789 W.O. Cl.2. A. Birch. RMP.) traces of lacquer, light contact marks, good very fine (5) £300-£400
British War Medal 1914-20 (8) (16555 Sjt. S. H. Owens. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 233556 Pte. C. W. Day. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 8598 Pte. W. J. Hall. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 16535 Pte. G. Hinton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 27431 Pte. D. Lee. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 4196 Pte. F. G. Ralph. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 5519 Pte. G. Richardson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 21292 Pte. G. C. Steward. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) generally very fine and better (8) £120-£160 --- Charles William Day was born at Dover, Kent and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915, and was killed in action on 25 September 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. William John Hall was born at Woodstock, Oxfordshire and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 November 1914, and subsequently in Salonika, where he was reported missing presumed killed in action on 9 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial. George Hinton was born at Horspath, Oxford in 1893 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915 and was killed in action on 22 June 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. George Richardson was born in Oxford and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 16 August 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. George Charles Steward, a native of Windsor, Berkshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 18 November 1915. He served with the 1st Garrison Battalion during the Great War in India, and was discharged suffering from Malaria in May 1919. The British War Medal is his sole medal entitlement for service in the Great War.
Three: Corporal E. N. Hindmarsh, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died of pneumonia, after the cessation of hostilities, on 23 December 1918 1914-15 Star (14937 Pte. E. W. [sic] Hindmarsh: Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (14937 Cpl. E. N. Hindmarsh. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) with named lids from original boxes of issue, extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Edric Noel Hindmarsh was born at Bredon, Worcestershire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and subsequently in Salonika, and died of pneumonia on 23 December 1918, aged 23. He is buried at Dedeagatch British Cemetery, Evros, East Macedonia, Greece. Sold together with the named Record Office enclosures for both the 1914-15 star, and for the British War and Victory Medals.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1144 Sergt. J. Williams. Oxf: L.I.) minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- John Williams was born at Dublin and attested for the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Light Infantry at Westminster in May 1868. He was appointed Bandsman on 9 October 1872, and was promoted Corporal on 19 March 1879, and Sergeant on 28 June 1882, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1886. He was discharged medically unfit for further service in 1887.
Four: Private F. Hutchings, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later 9th (Queensland) Battalion, Australian Imperial Force Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6656 Pte. F. Hutchings Oxf. & Bucks. [sic] L.I.) this a later issue, with lugs removed from top clasp; 1914-15 Star (887 Pte. F. Hutchings. 9/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (887 Pte. F. Hutchings. 9 Bn. A.I.F.); together with a related badge, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Frederick Charles Hutchings was born in Marylebone, London, in 1882 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 4 December 1900, serving with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 14 April to 4 October 1902. He enlisted in the A.I.F. on 18 August 1914 and was discharged in 1919.
Five: Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant B. A. Palmer, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (5257 Sjt. B. A. Palmer. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (5257 Sjt. B. A. Palmer. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5257 Sjt. B. A. Palmer. O. & B.L.I.) very fine and better (5) £140-£180 --- Bernard Arthur Palmer was born in 1879 and attested for the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers at the age of 17, on 20 June 1896. A few months later, on 10 August 1896, he sought a regular army engagement, and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Much of his regular army service was spent in India, with the 2nd Battalion O.B.L.I., serving there from 1898 to 1914. Having initially landed in France on 5 December 1914, Palmer served during the Great War in Turkey and Asia. He again served in India from December 1915 to April 1919, and was appointed Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant of the 1st (Reserve) Battalion, O.B.L.I. on 1 December 1917. He returned to the United Kingdom for demobilisation on the termination of his second period of engagement on 9 May 1919, and died in Bristol in 1955.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, date clasp loose on riband (3070. Pte. E. A. Woodward. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming, good very fine £120-£160 --- Ernest Albert Woodward was born at Coombe, Woodstock, Oxfordshire and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at the age of 18, on 22 October 1888. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he transferred to the 1st Battalion on 30 November 1896, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War. He was discharged in December 1901, on termination of his engagement.
Four: Able Seaman Edward Butters, Royal Navy China 1842 (Edward Butter, H.M.S. Blonde.) original suspension; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, no clasp (E Butters H M S Princess Royal) privately impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with replacement bar suspension, light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £800-£1,000 --- Edward D. Butters is confirmed on the rolls of H.M.S. Princess Royal for both the Baltic and Crimea medal.
Four: Lance-Corporal H. R. Ayres, Royal Marine Light Infantry, later Royal Fleet Reserve 1914-15 Star (Ply.11170, Pte. H. R. Ayres, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply.11170. L-Cpl. H. R. Ayres. R.M.L.I.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ply.11170 (B.448) H. R. Ayres. Pte. R.F.R.) generally very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Henry Richard Ayres was born in Dauntsey, near Malmesbury, on 11 July 1883 and attested for the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Swindon on 2 September 1901. He transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 15 October 1905, and was mobilised on the outbreak of War on 2 August 1914. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Caesar and Impregnable, before reverting to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 8 March 1919. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1921, and was discharged on 11 July 1923. Sold with copied record of service.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Sergeant T. Dickson, 15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7878 L.Sjt: T. Dickson. 15/High: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (7878 Pte. T. Dickson. High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7878 Cpl. T. Dickson. High. L.I.) nearly very fine (4) £700-£900 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack. He went forward with one man to reconnoitre the enemy strong point which was holding up the attack, and then led his platoon with great dash and skill, mopping up the post and capturing three machine guns and fourteen prisoners. Throughout the advance he set a fine example of initiative and courage.’ Additionally annotated: ‘Ayette 2-3.4.18.’ Thomas Dickson attested for the Highland Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion, a regular army battalion based in India prior to the war, during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 January 1915. The battalion was part of the Sirhind Brigade, Lahore Division, and took part in the Battles of Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert and Loos in 1915 before transferring to Mesopotamia to fight against the Ottoman Empire, arriving in January 1916. At some point Dickson transferred to 15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, a new army battalion, which served with 14th Brigade, 32nd Division. Landing at Boulogne on 3 January 1916, the battalion served the remainder of the war on the Western Front and at the time of the Armistice was east of Avesnes. It was while serving with this battalion that Dickson, by then a Lance-Sergeant, was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions at the capture of Ayette, during the German Spring Offensive, on 2-3 April 1918. The Battalion War Diary gives the following account: ‘2 April 1918: Preparations for the attack of Ayette were then hastened and Operations Order No 17 was issued. The CO held a conference of company commanders at 9am at Bn HQrs in Douchy and the details of the arrangements were thoroughly gone into. The enemy displayed little activity during the day and the preparatory work proceeded smoothly, all ranks displaying great energy and determination. The arrangements for artillery and M.G. support were most carefully made by 14th Inf Bde and these arrangements made known to all ranks. Orders were received that after completion of operations, the frontage held by D and B Coys of the 15th H.L.I. would be taken over by the 5/6th Royal Scots. Operational Order No 18 was issued. 3 April 1918: The operation was carried through in the most enthusiastic and determined fashion, all ranks being inspired with the greatest dash and gallantry and the village captured despite the large number of the enemy found to be in it. It was subsequently discovered that a Battalion and a M.G. Battn of the enemy were in the village. The Battalion commander and Adjutant being amongst the prisoners. Owing to the length of time taken to mop up the enemy cellars and dug outs in the village the relief of D and C Coys by the 5/6th Royal Scots had to be carried out during the fighting and this was successfully done, thanks to the fine spirit shown by the relieving troops. Our casualties were slightly heavier than at first thought, 5 officers and 180 OR’s killed wounded or missing.’ The appendix report in the War Diary on the action makes particular mention of the difficulties caused by enemy machine guns / strong points and the gallantry of the men in successfully tackling these. Sold with copied research.
Three: Sergeant J. G. Muddle, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (4446 Pte. J. G. Muddle. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4446 Pte. J. Muddle. Oxford: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4446 Sjt. J. G. Muddle. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), suspension post loose and slightly bent on KSA, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £120-£160
Pair: Private C. Taylor, Oxfordshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5602 [sic] Pte. C. Taylor. 1/Oxfd: L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2602 Pte. C. Taylor. Oxford. L.I.) nearly extremely fine (2) £160-£200
Four: Corporal P. H. E. Bowers, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6101 Pte. P. Bowers. Oxford: Lt Infy:); 1914-15 Star (8356 Cpl. P. H. E. Bowers, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8356 Pte. H. E. Bowers. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Percival Henry Ernest Bowers was born in Oxford in 1881 and attested there for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 6 September 1899, having previously served in the Regiment’s 4th (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 August 1901 to 5 March 1902, and saw further service during the Great War.
Four: Private J. A. Salmon, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, laterRoyal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (5516, Pte. J. A. Salmon, 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5516 Pte. J. A. Salmon. Oxford: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (L-46666 Dvr. J. A. Salmon. R.A.) nearly very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Joseph Albert Salmon was born about 1878, and having attested for the Oxford Light Infantry served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He re-enlisted for service in the Great War on 13 October 1915, at Shepherds Bush, London, to serve in the Royal Field Artillery, serving in 4th and 33rd Divisional Ammunition Columns. He was discharged due to sickness on 24 October 1918, and was awarded Silver War Badge No. B23649. Sold with copied research.
Three: Private D. Evans, Royal Marine Light Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884 (D. Evans. Pte. R.M. H.M.S. “Orion”); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin River 1894 (D. Evans. Pte. R.M. H.M.S. Phœbe.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £500-£700 --- David Evans was born at Neath, Glamorgan on 21 February 1857, and enlisted into the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Neath, on 21 September 1875, at the age of 18, being numbered Ch.915. He first served at the R.M. recruiting depot at Walmer, and subsequently in H.M.S. Royal Adelaide and H.M.S. Shannon from 1877 to 1881. He served in H.M.S. Orion from June 1882 until June 1883; in H.M.S. Dryad from December 1883 until November 1884; and in H.M.S. Kingfisher from November 1884 until May 1888. He subsequently served at Chatham, and then in H.M.S. Phoebe from December 1892 until January 1896, and H.M.S. Sappho from January 1896 to April of the same year. He was discharged from the Chatham Division, on completion of service in September 1896. He had been appointed Lance Corporal in 1894, and Acting Corporal in 1895, but had reverted to Private by the time of his discharge. His service record shows entitlement to prize money for vessels captured by H.M.S. Kingfisher, whilst undertaking anti slavery and piracy patrols off East Africa and Zanzibar, and also confirms that he was employed in the operations at Benin River, and had served in the Naval Brigade in operations against Chief Nibaruk, in British East Africa. Sold together with the recipient’s original parchment certificates of service, in two parts (Admiralty Forms R-138 and R-138A).
Three: Captain F. C. W. Wynter, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at the battle of Ctesiphon on 22 November 1915 1914-15 Star (Lieut. F. C. W. Wynter. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20, this erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. F. C. W. Wynter.) very fine (3) £80-£120 --- Francis Constantine William Wynter was born at Witney, Oxfordshire, in 1888 and was educated at Harrow and Hertford College, Oxford. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 19 May 1911, he became Staff Officer G.S.O.III in the Indian Expeditionary Force, as Censor at Basra, in December 1914, before rejoining his regiment in May 1915. Promoted Captain on 27 October 1915, he was serving as Battalion Transport Officer when he was instantly killed at Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia on 22 November 1915, while leading his Company against the Turks. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. He is also commemorated on the War Memorials at Harrow and Hertford College, Oxford, and is included in the De Ruvigny Roll of Honour. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
Pair: Chief Shipwright Artificer A. S. Maullin, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (P/MX.60165 A. S. Maullin. Shpt. 2. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (MX.60165 A. S. Maullin, Ch. Shpt. Art. H.M.S. Vanguard.) light contact marks, good very fine (2) £300-£360 --- H.M.S. Vanguard was the last British battleship, built during the war but commissioned in 1946, the biggest and fastest battleship in the Royal Navy, decommissioned in June 1960.
Three: Sergeant J. Kemp, Royal Marines Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Balaklava, Sebastopol (J. K ergt. R.M. H.M.S. Agamem ) Agamemnon style impressed naming, suspension crudely re-affixed and no longer swivels, unofficial replacement rivets; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (J. Kemp. Sergt. R.M. 24th Coy. 21 Yrs.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Sergt. J. Kemp. 84 Co. R.M.L.I.) plugged and fitted with Crimea type suspension, the first with heavy edge bruising and contact marks and some loss to naming, the second with light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine, the last better (3) £600-£700
A Second War ’Home Guard’ B.E.M. pair awarded to Sergeant H. L. Gibbs, 1st Oxfordshire (Banbury) Battalion Home Guard, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sgt. Hubert L. Gibbs, H.G.); Defence Medal, good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 8 June 1944. The original Recommendation states: ‘Sergeant Hubert Lewis Gibbs, No. 3 Platoon, No. 3 Company, 1st Oxon. (Banbury) Battalion, Home Guard. An old soldier who has done excellent work for his Section since his present promotion - shown by a marked increase in the efficiency of his men and their attendance on parade. He never fails to attend all courses for N.C.O.’s and takes every opportunity of increasing his knowledge. In spite of advancing years, he is as active as the younger men of his Section and is always well to the front on the most strenuous exercises. A standing example of what enthusiasm and determination can achieve.’ Hubert Lewis Gibbs attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 11th (Garrison) Battalion during the Great War (entitled to the British War and Victory Medals). He served with the Home Guard during the Second World War, and was later the Secretary and Chairman of the Balcote and Shutford (North Oxfordshire) British Legion Branch. He died on 12 May 1968.
Militia L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (6202 Pte. D. Griffin. 4th Oxford. L.I.) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £300-£400 --- D. Griffin served with the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, and was awarded his Militia Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 24 of February 1906. Approximately 9 Medals awarded to the 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry.
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