Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Captn. F. C. Tombs 18th Bengal N.I.) toned, nearly extremely fine £500-£700 --- Frederick Cooper Tombs was born at Calcutta on 8 February 182, son of Major-General J. Tombs, 6th Bengal Light Cavalry, and Mary, an elder brother to Sir Henry Tombs, V.C., K.C.B., Bengal Horse Artillery (see Dix Noonan Webb sale, 6 December 2017). Frederick Tombs was educated at Soton & Mayer, Wimbledon, and was gazetted Ensign in the Bengal Army on 9 December 1837; Lieutenant, 12 April 1848; Captain, 7 June 1854; Major, 10 June 1861; Lieutenant-Colonel, 25 March 1862. Lieutenant-Colonel Tombs served in the Punjab campaign of 1848 and 1849, and was present at the siege and surrender of Mooltan and the battle of Goojerat (Medal and clasps). Served in the Indian Mutiny as Field Pay Marshal at Lucknow. ‘Captain F. C. Tombs, 18th Native Infantry. Field Pay Marshal. Was present at Benares when the native troops mutinied on 4 June 1857, at Futteghar and siege and capture of Lucknow. Dated 5 September 1859. Calcutta.’ (Indian Mutiny medal roll L/MIL/7/77 Folio 181.’ Record of an officer of the late 18th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry who was employed in the suppression of the Mutiny in India.’ refers) ‘Not long before his death, Hodson had applied to the paymaster, Captain F. C. Tombs, for two months’ pay for his regiment. General Mansfield, then Chief of Staff to Sir Colin Campbell, had sanctioned the application. At Hodson’s request the sum of Rs. 60,000 was paid to him in the shape of bills on Calcutta, for which at that time there was great demand among the upcountry bankers. “That they were duly paid”, writes his brother, “all allow... It is perhaps needless after this to say that it can be proved that no such sums came into the hands of his bankers at Calcutta or was found by his executors”.’ Lieutenant-Colonel F. C. Tombs died at Long Marston, Bishopsteignton, South Devon, on 22 May 1905.
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A Great War ‘Mesopotamian theatre’ M.S.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant H. V. Straker, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (7194 Sjt. H. V. Straker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (7194 A. Cpl. H. V. Straker. 1/O. & B. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5373063 Sjt H. V. Straker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) suspension claw re-affixed on BWM, last with official corrections, generally very fine or better (4) £120-£160 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917 (Mespotamia). Henry V. Straker attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Asiatic theatre of war from 5 December 1914 (entitled to 1914-15 Star).
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (T. Christopher, A.B.) light pitting and minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine and rare £180-£220 --- Tom Christopher was born at Sytchett Minster, Dorset in November 1865 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in February 1882. Advanced to Ordinary Seaman in November 1883 and to Able Seaman in March 1884, he was awarded his Egypt and Sudan Medal for services in the Nile Flotilla during the Gordon Relief Expedition. Christopher transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve as a Petty Officer First Class in November 1903, but was recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. He subsequently served at the Rosyth depot ship Columbine from December of the same year until March 1916; at the Devonport torpedo school Defiance from October 1916 until February 1917; and, latterly, from June 1918, at the Devonport training establishment Powerful. He was finally demobilised in May 1919.
Pair: Private B. Angliss, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died of disease in the Mesopotamian theatre of war, 1 September 1916 British War and Victory Medals (22269 Pte. B. Angliss. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Benjamin Angliss) generally very fine or better (3) £60-£80 --- Benjamin Angliss was the son of Mr and Mrs J. M. Angliss of 4 Louth Street, Caversham, Reading. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and died of disease in the Mesopotamian theatre of war, 1 September 1916. Private Angliss is buried in the Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Sold with a photographic image of recipient in uniform.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (4503 Pte. C. Hurlock 1st R. Dragoons) light contact marks, nearly very fine £100-£140 --- Charles Hurlock was born in Bromley, Kent, and attested for service in the Dragoons of the Line at London on 6 October 1899. He served in South Africa during the Boer War with the 1st Dragoons, before transferring to the 2nd Dragoons in July 1904, and then to the Army Reserve on 8 November 1904.
Family Group: Pair: Private S. T. White, 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 August 1916 British War and Victory Medals (4884 Pte. S. T. White. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Sidney Thomas White), the reverse of the plaque privately engraved ‘Brother of W. G. White, Pte. Sidney Thomas White, 1/1st Bucks. K-I-A 23rd August 1916. Born Truro Cornwall’, good very fine Memorial Plaque (William Gordon White) the reverse of the plaque privately engraved ‘Brother of S. T. White. 6145 Pte. William Gordon White. 1/4th Oxford & Bucks. L.I. D-O-W 20th December 1916. Born Lydford Devon’, good very fine (4) £140-£180 --- Sidney Thomas White was born in Truro, Cornwall, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Falmouth, Cornwall. He served with the 1st/1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, and was killed in action on the Somme on 23 August 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. William George White, brother of the above, was born in Lydford, Devon, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Falmouth, Cornwall. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 20 December 1916. He is buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (112145 Bdr. J. C. Fay. R.F.A.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (T/22644199 Dvr. R. Corlett. R.A.S.C.) light scratches to obverse of latter, contact marks, generally very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Joseph Christopher Fay, a native of Port Sunlight, Cheshire, attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Preston in October 1915, and served with them during the Great War, and with 387 Brigade during the Third Afghan War.
Pair: Private J. W. Perry, 2nd/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 19 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (5331 J. W. Perry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (John William Perry) nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160 --- John William Perry, a native of Kirkdale, Liverpool, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He was killed in action on 19 July 1916, aged 19; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.
British War Medal 1914-20 (Major J. W. Burt. R.A.F.) good very fine £70-£90 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’ John Wotherspoon Burt, a native of Bothwell, Scotland, was born on 29 April 1890 and attested for the Highland Light Infantry, serving with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914. Commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps on 6 February 1916, he served with 40 Squadron, and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 November 1916, and Captain on 1 January 1917. He transferred to the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, and was promoted Major on 6 June 1918. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 13 March 1918) and was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He moved to the Unemployed List on 10 February 1919. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Sergeant W. J. Smith, 2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (5431 Sjt. W. J. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (William James Smith); together with a small black Bakelite crucifix pendant hand engraved ‘R.I.P. W. Smith 24 March 1918’, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- William James Smith was born at Bampton, 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 24 March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.
The Victory Medal awarded to Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class H. S. Burton, Royal Navy, who was killed in action during the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, when H.M.S Defence exploded after being hit by two salvoes from SMS Derfflinger and several other German battleships, and sank with the loss of all hands Victory Medal 1914-19 (M.11415 H. S. Burton. E.R.A. 4. R.N.) edge nicks, good very fine £100-£140 --- Hugh Stanley Burton was born in Islington London, on 1 February 1888 and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class on 12 January 1915. Posted to H.M.S. Defence on 9 February 1915, he was confirmed in his rate on 23 February 1916, and served in the Defence, the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot, at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May - 1 June 1916. At Jutland the armoured cruisers H.M.S. Defence and Warrior were closing with the disabled German light cruiser Wiesbaden, when they came under concentrated fire from the battlecruiser Derfflinger and four battleships at less than 8,000 yards. The Defence was hit by two salvoes which caused the detonation of a magazine and surrounding ammunition, and she exploded, with the loss of all hands. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Ply.12260. Pte. A. Tait, R.M.L.I. H.M.S. Perseus.) good very fine £140-£180 --- Alexander Tait was born in Glasgow on 7 December 1883 and enlisted into the Plymouth Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in Liverpool on 15 July 1903. He served in H.M.S. Perseus from 24 February to 19 September 1913, and during the first year of the Great War in H.M.S. Active. He was discharged on 1 January 1920, his character rated ‘Fair’. Sold with copied medal roll extract.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (292313 Gnr. A. E. Luck R.A.) light polishing, nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Albert Edward Luck is confirmed on the medal roll as entitled to the G.S.M. with clasp for Iraq, and his Medal Index Card shows no entitlement to any Great War medals. He is noted on the roll as Signaller, also having service number 292315, for service with the Royal Field Artillery.
Three: Corporal R. Harding, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 19 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (2191 Cpl. R. Harding. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) BWM officially renamed; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2191 Cpl. R. Harding. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) with regimental cap badge, very fine (3) £200-£240 --- Reginald Harding was the son of Mrs L. Harding of 28 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. He served during the Great War with the 2/4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and was killed in action, aged 18, on the Western Front, 19 July 1916. Corporal Harding is buried in the Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private F. C. Ward, 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who received his decoration for the action in which Corporal F. C. Wilcox was awarded the Victoria Cross Military Medal, G.V.R. (265994 Pte. F. C. Ward, 4/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2970 Pte. F. C. Ward. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), edge bruising, very fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919. F. C. Wardle, a native of Princess Risborough, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. The battalion was broken up in April 1918 and the remaining men were posted to the 2nd/4th Battalion. Regimental records suggest that Wardle’s Military Medal was awarded in November 1918 for the action in which Corporal F. C. Wilcox, of the same Battalion, received his Victoria Cross. V.C. London Gazette 15 November 1918: ‘For most conspicuous bravery and initiative in attack [near Laventie, France , on 12 September 1918]. When his company was held up by heavy and persistent machine-gun fire at close range. On his own initiative, with four men he rushed ahead to the nearest enemy gun, bombed it, killed the gunner, and put the gun out of action. Being then attacked by an enemy bombing party, Corporal Wilcox picked up enemy bombs and led his party against the next gun, finally capturing and destroying it. Although left with only one man, he continued bombing and captured a third gun. He again bombed up the trench, captured a fourth gun, and then rejoined his platoon. Corporal Wilcox displayed in this series of successful individual enterprises exceptional valour, judgement, and initiative.’
Pair: Private F. Berry, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (5590 Pte. F. Berry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Berry) generally good very fine (3) £80-£120 --- Frederick Berry was born in Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire. He served during the Great War with the 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 August 1917. Private Berry is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Pair: Warrant Officer Class II G. Tinker, 6th Dragoon Guards Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (2372 W.O. Cl.2. G. Tinker. 6-D.G.) number and surname partially officially corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2372 S.S. Mjr: G. Tinker. 6/Dgn. Gds.) light contact marks, good very fine and better (2) £140-£180 --- G. Tinker attested for the 6th (Carabiniers) Dragoon Guards, and saw active service with them as a Sergeant in South Africa during the Boer War. Promoted Squadron Sergeant Major, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1907, and his Meritorious Service Medal per Army Order 121 of 1943. Note: The recipient’s Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps or Relief of Kimberley and Paardeberg was sold in these rooms in July 2020.
Pair: Lance Corporal W. F. Burton, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at Arras on 9 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (22634 Pte. W. F. Burton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Wilfred Frank Burton); Memorial Scroll, ‘L/Cpl. Wilfred Frank Burton Oxf. and Bucks. L.I.’, plaque with small hole neatly drilled at top, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £180-£220 --- Wilfred Frank Burton, a native of Burford, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action at Arras on 9 April 1917 and is buried at Tilloy British Cemetery, France. Sold together with the recipient’s cap badge and shoulder titles.
Pair: Private F. Mills, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (20820 Pte. F. Mills. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Fred Mills) good very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Fred Mills was born in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. He served during the Great War with the 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 March 1918. Private Mills is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Hy. Oliver, Cr’s Mte. H.M.S. Temeraire) light pitting, very fine £100-£140 --- Henry Oliver was born in Blackwall, Middlesex, on 7 September 1859 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 10 September 1875. He served in H.M.S. Orion in 1882, receiving the Egypt and Sudan Medal and Khedive’s Star, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 23 February 1888. Shore pensioned on 17 September 1897, he re-entered naval service in 1914 in his old rank of Chief Petty Officer, serving until May 1916.
Three: Colour Sergeant A. E. Weymouth, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (8859 C.Sjt. A. E. Weymouth Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (5373148 C. Sjt. A. E. Weymouth. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) with lid of named card box of issue, good very fine and better (3) £70-£90
Twelve: Lance Corporal H. Purkins, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was one of the longest serving soldiers in the regiment and a noted regimental personality British War and Victory Medals, both neatly erased; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5374454 Pte. H. Purkins. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (5374454 Pte. H. Purkins. Oxf. & Bucks.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5374454 Pte. H. Purkins. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine and better (12) £300-£400 --- H. ‘Polly’ Purkins: A Private Herbert Purkins served in the Great War with 1/7th Middlesex Regiment as Private No. 9684, transferring to 1/9th Highland Light Infantry as Private. No. 334003, and lastly with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry as Private No. 49884, and is possibly the same man, entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. Purkins was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July 1943, and served with the 2nd Battalion O.B.L.I. in Normandy, being wounded on 8 August 1944. The regimental journal in December 1945 states: ‘A Celebrity. L/Cpl. Perkins [sic], who in his own way is one of the regiment’s celebrities, had quite a long talk with the General [General Sir Bernard Paget]. L/Cpl Perkin’s arm is a study in stripes; one for his appointment, six ‘upside down’ stripes for long service (they reach up to his elbow) and two wound stripes, one for World War One (second battle of Ypres) and the other for World War Two (Normandy). He is 46. When it came to the point of doing an air-landing he wouldn’t be left behind, so went in with the rest of them although he was twice their average age. L/Cpl. Perkins [sic] joined up in 1915 and has been with his present regiment since 1919. He went to India in 1922 and was there until 1940 with never a leave. When this war finished he volunteered to go to Japan. When his time comes for demobilisation he is going to do his best to stay in the army.’ Sold with copied research.
Three: Private W. Chambers, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Dorsetshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (34380 Pte. W. Chambers. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (5719627 Pte. W. Chambers, Dorset. R.) nearly very fine (3) £100-£140
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (225 Pte. G. Goddard. Bucks: Bn. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) good very fine £70-£90 --- George Frederick Goddard was born in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in 1875 and served with the Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force), being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal on 1 April 1911. He died in Wycombe in 1934.
Four: Private J. S Elsom, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (2968 Pte. J. S. Elsom. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (John Elsom) good very fine (4) £60-£80
Seven: Private A. W. Fribbence, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Wiltshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (01526 Pte. A. W. Fribbence. Wilts. R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., Regular Army, G.VI.R., 1st issue (5563244 Pte. A. Fribbence. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) minor official correction to last, very fine (7) £80-£120 --- Albert Fribbence was born in 1900 and enlisted into the Shropshire Yeomanry on 13 April 1918, later transferring to the Wiltshire Regiment. Discharged in March 1921, he re-enlisted in May 1925 in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and his trade on enlistment was labourer. His inter-war service was at home, in Germany, and in India. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1941, and subsequently transferred to the Pioneering Corps in March 1943 and later to the Army Catering Corps. Sold together with recipient’s Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book and other ephemera.
The Poignant, Historically Important Manuscript Journal, Peking Siege Commemoration Medal and Archive of Doctor Wordsworth Poole, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his devoted and gallant services as Physician to the British Legation during the Siege at Peking, having previously served as Principal Medical Officer in Central Africa and Southern Nigeria. Poole’s Journal, lavishly illustrated by sketches, diagrams, and tables, is a fascinating account of the rising tension between the foreign Legations and the Qing Court, the appearance of anti-foreigner ‘Boxers’, and the daily struggles of the defenders of the International Legations, all from the perspective of ‘the fighting doctor’ who set up and ran the improvised International Hospital and was a close confidante of, and advisor to, Sir Claude Macdonald, British Minister to the Qing Emperor, and his wife Ethel, Lady Macdonald. i) Peking Siege Commemoration Medal, 57mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the Ch’ien Men engulfed in flames, in the exergue a cannon, ‘junii xx - augusti xiv’, the reverse featuring Britannia and Germania standing facing, clasping hands, a Chinese female standing behind; below a dragon, ‘mene. mene. tekel. upharsin. ichabod!’ impressed on the edge (Dr Wordsworth Poole C.M.G.) ii) Dr Poole’s Personal handwritten Journal (marked ‘Private’) in two volumes, the first (rebound) running from January 1896 to May 1901, the second covering the period May 1901 up to November 1901, when he fell ill prior to his death in January 1902, the several hundred pages of acute observation and commentary contain much of historical, medical and mental health interest iii) Dr Poole’s personal photograph album, covering the period 1895-1901, a fascinating companion to the Journal, 26 pages with hundreds of images in excellent condition, annotated and covering many of the personalities and places mentioned in his Journal and letters, including the Siege of the Legations iv) Dr Poole’s personal letters to his family, mostly typed transcripts but some of the later ones from 1900 onwards are handwritten originals v) Two framed original portrait photographs of the recipient vi) Obituaries, notices, and much other ephemera relating to Wordsworth Poole, generally very good condition and an important and rare archive (lot) £12,000-£15,000 --- Dr Poole’s medal group, comprising The Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s breast badge; Central Africa Medal 1891-98 with clasp Central Africa 1894-98; East and West Africa Medal 1887-1900, with clasp 1897-98; and China Medal 1900 with clasp Defence of Legations, was sold in these rooms in March 2021. Wordsworth Poole was born at St. Paul’s Cray, Kent, on 7 December 1867, the son of Samuel Wordsworth Poole, an M.D. of Aberdeen and Vicar of St. Mark’s, Cambridge, and the grandson of Richard Poole, an eminent physician, psychiatrist and phrenologist, who practised in Edinburgh. He was educated at St. Olave’s School, London, where he won several scholarships, and St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. Completing his medical training at Guy’s Hospital, an organisation to which he developed a lifelong loyalty, qualifying as an M.B. and B.C.H. and serving time as house surgeon, he went overseas in search of adventure, first to Africa, then to China. Africa Poole kept a private Journal and wrote many letters to members of his family, providing a rare insight into an important period of British rule in the interior of Africa, dealing with the final overthrow of the armed forces of the African and Arab leaders who conducted a huge traffic in slaves. They also contain much of interest from a medical and mental health perspective and many references to the life led by the early Europeans in the interior of Africa (and subsequently, China). One of Poole’s first tasks was to make and fit a prosthetic for an African whose leg had been bitten off by a crocodile. Poole found his work with the indigenous peoples highly rewarding; he considered many of the European missionaries and soldiers less likeable as patients and companions. The sickness and mortality rate amongst the Europeans must have been one of the highest in the world, an overall annual death rate of around 10%. The death rate among officials was particularly high. In 1897-98 out of the total of 65 in the country around Lake Nyasa there were 12 deaths (18%), practically all in the prime of life. Kinetic injuries abounded, especially in rural areas. Dr Poole joined Major C. E. Edwards on his campaign against Zirafi, a powerful slaver chief based on a steep, easily defended hill covered with boulders, which was tough to approach ‘with people potting at you from good cover.’ The skirmishing en-route was described by Poole in a letter to his mother: ‘I and my hospital carriers were passing a clearing when about 70 yards away from us two guns blazed off from behind rocks. The porters threw down their loads and hooked. My boy ran up to me with my rifle, and I was trying to catch sight of someone to fire at (I’m fairly steady with the rifle now) when I saw a flash and some smoke, followed by another, and a bullet fell near my feet, knocking up dust into my face.’ Poole performed several operations in the field: ‘Last Saturday I took off a man’s hand. He had been shot through the wrist by one of Zirafi’s men about six weeks ago. Since then he has had Tetanus… He is doing well now and it has all healed up by primary union.’ On 24 November 1895, Poole accompanied Major Edwards, Smith and Bradshaw of 35th Sikhs on the German Steamer S.S. Hermann von Wissman on their way up to subdue the Arab slaver strongholds of Mloze, Kopa Kopa and Kapandanser; their force of 400 soldiers arriving in detachments. Stopping on the way at Likoma, a missionary station, Poole reflected on the psychology of Europeans who came to Africa: ‘There is a peculiarity about the men who have been in Africa some time. You get into a groove of your own and can’t bear anyone else to be running the show with you. Look at Livingstone and his fearful temper and quarrels with other white men. Kirk, Stanley and all of them the same. One’s temper must become ruined. It is so noticeable with every head of out-stations; they are all bears in one way and brook no interference. I see that one must make enormous allowances for people out here. The circumstances are so adverse. There is no public opinion and such a fierce light of criticism beats upon the actions of a handful of white men out here.’ Poole described in his letters the appalling outbreaks of severe dysentery, malaria and blackwater fever and the difficulties he had in dealing with them single-handed: ‘Just now there is a great deal of sickness about. In the last fortnight I have had about 40 cases of very acute dysentery, some cases of pneumonia and other minor ones.’ He too succumbed to recurrent bouts of fever in the Nyasa region and in Nigeria, to extent that he had to return to England as a convalescent. He recorded his options in his Journal on 6 June 1899: ‘1. Another billet from Colonial Office in a healthy climate. Such a billet as would be worth my while accepting would probably be a long time turning up. 2. Stay at home and try and get on Tropical School of Medicine - but pay poor. 3. Foreign Office said there was a possibility of post of physician to Legation at Peking falling vacant. Worth about £700 a year. Climate good. Drawbacks to this appointment not allowed private practice… and no further advancement. But an easy well-paid billet. My prospects in Nigeria were good...
The Memorial Plaque and Messina Earthquake Medal to Leading Stoker F. C. Rowe, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Good Hope was sunk at the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914 Memorial Plaque (Frank Charles Rowe) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued, edge bruise to last, generally very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Frank Charles Rowe was born in Kensington, London, on 1 January 1888 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 10 August 1903. Advanced Stoker First Class on 5 September 1907, he served in H.M.S. Euryalus from 10 September 1907 to 3 May 1909, and took part in the rescue operations following the Messina Earthquake on 28 December 1908. Advanced Leading Stoker on 1 June 1914, he served in H.M.S. Good Hope from 1 August 1914, and was killed in action on 1 November 1914 when H.M.S. Good Hope was sunk during the Battle of Coronel. Early in August 1914 a force, consisting of the old armoured cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth, the light cruiser Glasgow and the armed merchant cruiser Otranto, all under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, R.N., was sent to protect the southern trade routes and to intercept German cruisers operating on the high seas. In October 1914 the squadron was reinforced by the addition of the old battleship Canopus but reports of the ship’s lack of speed led the admiral to leave her behind as he searched for the German East Asiatic Squadron. The German squadron, commanded by Admiral Graf von Spee consisted of the armoured cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the light cruisers Leipzig, Nurnberg and Dresden. Both admirals became aware of the proximity of the other on 31 October. At 6.40 p.m. on 1 November the squadrons made contact off Coronel, Chile and at 7.04 p.m. the battle opened at a range of 11,500 yards. As the German ships had a greater number of heavier guns, Cradock’s tactics were to close the range to allow his ships’ more numerous smaller calibre guns to come into play; this however was partly negated by the rough seas and high speeds which prevented many of the British armoured cruisers’ casement guns being brought into action. The British armoured cruisers were repeatedly hit as the range was reduced. As the range reduced to 5,500 yards, the Good Hope was on fire in several places and in a bad way. Endeavouring to reduce the range even further, so as to be able to fire torpedoes in a last ditch attempt to do damage to his adversary, the ship was repeatedly hit by heavy calibre shells and at 7.53 Good Hope blew up, taking the Admiral and all hands with her. At about 9.30 the Monmouth too was hunted down and sunk; the Glasgow and Otranto were able to make their escape under the cover of darkness. Rowe is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Three: Private H. M. Parsons, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (28157 Pte. H. Parsons. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (7817610 A. Sgt. H. M. Parsons. M.G.C.) number and rank officially corrected on last, very fine (3) £60-£80
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Corporal R. G. Angell, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in France on 3 May 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (11543 Cpl. R. S. Angell. 5/O. & B.L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (11543 Pte. R. S. Angell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (2) £280-£320 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. Richard Sidney Angell was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 April 1915, and was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Three: Private A. W. Partridge, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Royal Berkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (34734 Pte. A. W. Partridge. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (5328750 Pte. A. W. Partridge. R. Berks. R.) good very fine (3) £60-£80
An original Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book appertaining to Flight Lieutenant R. H. Orlebar, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who saw much action in Spitfires with 145 Squadron during the Italian Campaign in 1944, covering the period July 1941 to August 1957: extremely well annotated and together with numerous assorted inserts and a quantity of additional ephemera including photographs, letters, cards, medical reports, newspaper cuttings, the spine a little frayed; covers and contents in good condition £200-£300 --- Rupert Hale Orlebar was born in 1920 at Steyning Sussex and joined the Royal Air Force in November 1940. He commenced his pilot training in July 1941 in Texas, U.S.A., and, having been commissioned Pilot Officer on 6 December 1941, was selected to continue training on Spitfires at No. 53 O.T.U., based at Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan from March 1942. The following month Orlebar was involved in a mid-air collision at 1000ft. His log book noting ‘undignified descent on golf-course - 4 months in hospital after collision - most awkward.’ Upon recovery, he completed his training and went operational at No. 504 Squadron, Ibsley, on 29 January 1943. Flying the Spifire Mark V he partook in a variety of sorties over the next six months, his logbook noting, inter alia, sweeps over France, convoy patrols and a shipping strike on barges. On 3 May he states ‘Escort to 12 Venturas to Amsterdam docks. Attacked off Dutch coast by 190s. Phew!!!’ After a posting to R.A.F. Setif in North Africa in July 1943 he received promotion to Flight Lieutenant in December and then joined No. 145 Squadron flying the Spitfire Mark VIII ‘a lovely aircraft...oceans of power’ in Italy on the front line of the Italian Campaign in March 1944. Here Orlebar’s logbook takes on a diary like form, often containing lengthy paragraphs to describe the day’s events and usually including details of kills and incidents relating also to other pilots in the squadron. His first month in Italy consists of sweep patrols over the Anzio Invasion and Cassino Battle Areas with much action and a forced landing due to engine failure at Lago being noted early on. Involved in a kill on 24 March 1944, Orlebar’s log book entry - not atypical - reads: ‘24 March 1944 - Sweep-Patrol Cassino Battle Area. Blooded! Jimmy Minto, Mac McDonald, and ‘Blackie’ each got a destroyed this morning! Terrific show. Took off 15.45hrs in Green section, Hughie Wells leading 2/10 cloud, very good visibility. We were bottom section of 4, at 12000 ft. 2 stray huns cam down - Jock Sterling destroyed one - a 109. Jock Sutherland, Tommy Thomp and Hughie Wells shared the other - I had a shot at it from about 300 yards giving 3 rings deflection - didn’t see the strikes, but it started smoking and crashed. Pilot baled out.’ After a six week course at the Advanced Bombing and Gunnery School at El-Ballah, Egypt, Orlebar returned to Italy to rejoin 145 Squadron, now a fighter-bomber squadron, at Lago, Italy on 27 May and proceeded over the remainder of the year to undertake a variety of sorties including bombing rail targets and gun positions, bomber escort, bombline patrol, scrambles, fighter sweeps, armed reconnaissance and strafing. Detailed logbook entries continue to describe each day’s activities, e.g.: ‘29 March - Sweep Patrol Anzio Invasion Area. W/O Jerry McCully (Canada) destroyed a long nosed 190, and F/O ‘Brook’ Harrington got a probable and a damaged (long-nosed 190s) this morning before breakfast off Anzio these were both later confirmed as ‘destroyed’ by ships - very fine.’ ‘3 April - Sweep Patrol Anzio Invasion Area. Good weather and thin layers of cloud 5/10 - Bandits reported north of Frosinone - Blue Section saw their smoke trails - Jock Sutherland and Tommy Thompson closed to engage them, two short nosed 190s - they were at 20000 ft, the huns at 22000. Enemy aircraft dived steeply - Tommy followed his and shot him down ‘on the deck’ - Jock lost his - I was yellow 2 to Hughie Wells. ‘2 August - Bombing Road-Rail junction and strafing goods train on Bologna-Pesaro R/R - Weather good but towering masses of cumulus up to 14000 ft south of Bologna and over the hills. C.O.’s bomb failed to release on his bombing dive, coming off and exploding underneath him when he was strafing, blowing a hole in his wing. I was only a hundred yards behind him! - My bomb also hung up and was eventually jettisoned. Strafed train but it was empty and would not burn - no flak.’ Orlebar’s wartime operations tail off sharply after 21 November 1944. Aside from a series of internal flights in Italy in the summer of 1945 and a single solo flight in a Messerchmidt 108 in 1946, the only further entries in the logbook are local flights in light trainers in 1957.
Three: Private J. A. Stringer, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (9209 Pte. J. A. Stringer. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (9209 Pte. J. Stringer. Som. L.I.) suspension loose on BWM, edge bruising, nearly very fine, scarce (3) £70-£90 --- James A. Stringer served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in the Asiatic theatre of war from 5 December 1914 (entitled to 1914-15 Star). He was subsequently attached to the Somerset Light Infantry.
Pair: Private B. P. Day, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (18780 Pte. B. P. Day. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private W. Gunn, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (1746. Pte. W. Gunn. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) light contact marks, very fine Pair: Private W. Sumner, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (267241 Pte. W. Sumner. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), very fine (6) £80-£120
Pair: Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant J. Willey, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Military Foot Police and Iraq Levies British War Medal 1914-20 (23506 A-Sjt. J. Willey. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (J. Willey.) good very fine (2) £80-£120
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Pair: Sergeant W. W. Caudrey, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War Medal 1914-20 (7277 Sjt. W. M [sic]. Caudrey. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (7277 Sjt: W. W. Caudrey. 3/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Walter William Caudrey was awarded his Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 94 of April 1911. One of only 8 Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medals awarded to the 3rd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Family group Pair: Private J. Bryne, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War Medal 1914-20 (6078 Pte. J. Bryne. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6078 Pte J. Bryne. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine Pair: Special Constable R. Bryne Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R, 1st issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1949, Long Service 1956 (Horace R. Bryne) good very fine (4) £80-£120
Six: Quartermaster Sergeant A. L. Bromley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (7337075 Pte. A. L. Bromley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) minor official correction to unit; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Lt. A. L. Bromley R.A.M.C.) good very fine and better (6) £140-£180 --- Arthur L. Bromley attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with them in India and Burma, and during the Second World War. Advanced Quarter Master Sergeant, he was appointed Lieutenant (Quartermaster) in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 25 March 1945, and saw further service with the R.A.M.C. in post-War Palestine.
Six: Warrant Officer Class I G. Wilson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5376641 Sjt. G. Wilson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5376641 W.O. Cl. 1 G. Wilson. Oxf. & Bucks.) good very fine and better (6) £120-£160
Seven: Corporal H. W. Mellors, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5378585 Pte. H. W. Mellors. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) suspension claw re-affixed; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5378585 Cpl. H. W. Mellors, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with the recipient’s Second World War ‘For Loyal Service’ lapel badge, heavy edge bruising, contact marks and polishing to first, otherwise generally very fine and better (7) £140-£180 --- H. W. Mellors served as a Bandsman in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (September 1928 Regimental Journal refers).
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private E. Horton, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Army Cyclist Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (23824 Pte. E. Horton. 5/O. & B.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (3265 Pte. E. Horton, A. Cyc. Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (3265 Pte. E. Horton. A. Cyc. Corps.) light pitting, very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. Ernest Horton originally attested for the Army Cyclist Corps, and served with the 14th Divisional Cyclist Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 September 1915, before transferring to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and seeing further service with the 5th Battalion. He was discharged Class ‘Z on 10 March 1919.
Five: Private B. Castle, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk on 20 May 1940 India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5375852 Pte. B. Castle. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R, 1st issue, Regular Army (5375852 Pte. B. Castle. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a Dunkirk Commemorative Medal, very fine or better (6) £140-£180 --- Benjamin Castle attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with them in Burma, and during the Second World War with the British Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk on 20 May 1940, aged 36. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial. Sold together with the recipient’s Certificate for the Dunkirk Commemorative Medal.
Seven: Corporal H. J. West, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5376508 Pte. H. J. West. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5376508 Cpl. H. J. West. Oxf. &. Bucks. L.I.) contact marks and edge bruising, very fine and better (7) £140-£180
Three: Private H. W. Eele, 1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War during the retreat to Dunkirk on 31 May 1940 India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5378324 Pte. H. W. Eele. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160 --- H. W. Eele attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion during the Second World War as part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was taken Prisoner of War on 31 May 1940, during the retreat to Dunkirk, and was held in camp 20A (Thorn Podgorz, Poland) with P.O.W. number 11739.
Six: Private W. Clarke, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5379294 Pte. W. Clarke. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5379294 Pte. W. Clark [sic]. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with a bronze British Army of the Rhine, Small Arms Meeting, shooting prize medal for 1927, nearly very fine (7) £200-£240 --- W. Clarke appears on a medal roll of 26 reservists of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry mobilised in 1936 and appointed to the 2nd Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry for service in Palestine.
Five: Private H. Fuller, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5378126 Pte. H. Fuller. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Sold together with five regimental sports medals, silver and bronze, one to 43rd L.I., and three to 52nd L.I., and the recipient’s cap badge, shoulder titles, and unit insignia.
Six: Private W. Holdsworth, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5173068 Pte. W. Holdsworth, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5173068 Pte. W. Holdsworth, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a 5th Army Commemorative Medal for the Entrance of the Allied Armies in Naples, 1 October 1943, light contact marks, good very fine and better (7) £140-£180
Seven: Private H. W. Llewellyn, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Worcestershire Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5379613 Pte. H. W. Llewellyn. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5379513 [sic] Pte. H. Llewellyn. Worc. R.), number partially officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, edge bruising and contact marks, generally very fine (7) £120-£160 --- H. W. Llewellyn penned an article for the Regimental Journal of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, titled ‘My Experiences in Palestine’, a copy of which is included in the lot.
Family Group: Five: Private F. J. Martin, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5377237 Pte. F. J. Martin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (23386527 Pte. P. J. Martin. Oxf. & Bucks) polished, very fine (6) £140-£180
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Company Quartermaster Sergeant F. Grimshaw, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later a Prisoner Warder at Dartmoor Military Medal, G.V.R. (6564 Sjt: F. Grimshaw. 5/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6564 C. Sjt. F. Grimshaw. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5374367 C.Q.M. Sjt. F. Grimshaw. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) polished, nearly very fine (5) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 20 May 1918. Frederick Grimshaw joined the Regular Army from the Militia in November 1900, and was posted to joined the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in India in 1903. On mobilisation for the Great War Grimshaw was appointed Sergeant Master Cook at the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Depot, prior to being posted to the 5th (Service) Battalion for service in the French theatre of war. Grimshaw stayed in service after the war, and was employed in Army Recruitment at High Wycombe before being posted with the regiment to Ireland. He was discharged to Pension in November 1920, and joined the Prison Service. Grimshaw was first posted to Dartmoor, and helped to suppress a mutiny of Irish prisoners there. He died in Osney, Oxford in May 1949. Sold with a photographic image of recipient Prison Warder’s uniform.
Three: Private N. Pilkington, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk on 26 May 1940 India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5379279 Pte. N. Pilkington. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, edge bruising to first, otherwise good very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Norman Pilkington was born at Birkenhead, Cheshire, in 1909, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma, and subsequently with 1st Battalion during the Second World War as part of the British Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action in the retreat to Dunkirk on 26 May 1940. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial, France.
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