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William James Blacklock (1816 – 1858)"Hermitage Castle", a romanticised impression of the brooding Scottish Borders stronghold warmly illuminated by the glow of the setting sun, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1855, the stretcher bearing a period label inscribed "No 2. Hermitage Castle. W J Blacklock. Cumwhitton. Carlisle", in ornate gilt frame, 32 cm x 55 cm sight size, (torn and punctured.) [One of four works Blacklock submitted to the Royal Academy exhibition in 1855, the others being ‘The Border Keep,’ ‘Elter Water, and the Langdale Pikes,' and ‘Belted Will’s Tower, Naworth Castle'. An extract from The Dictionary of National Biography reads "His works are principally views of the landscape scenery of the north of England, and their chief characteristics are picturesqueness and truthfulness. Lonely border towers, deeply embosomed in waving foliage, and bathing in the light of a golden sunset", this work being an exemplar of such.] Important Notice: On the fall of hammer any sale will be provisional dependent on a positive result of an Art Loss Register survey, which was commissioned prior to the auction and is still in progress.
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Three: Private E. Firth, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who received a rare Mentioned in Despatches for his services on the Caspian Sea during the Russian Intervention 1918-19 1914-15 Star (Ch.15006, Pte. E. Firth, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Ch.15006 Pte. E. Firth. R.M.L.I.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 11 November 1919: ‘Honours for Services in the Caspian Sea, 1918-19.’ One of only 42 ‘Mentions’ for the Caspian Sea, 1918-19. Edward Firth was born at Deal on 12 January 1892 and joined the Royal Marine Light Infantry as a Bugler on 19 March 1906. He served in H.M.S. Hardinge from 26 October 1916 to 16 July 1918, and was then borne on the books of H.M.S. Mantis from 17 July to 31 December 1918, being Mentioned in Despatches for his services on the Caspian Sea during the Russian Intervention. He was awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1925, and was shore discharged on 1 January 1931. He saw brief further service during the Second World War, before being released, no longer of the physical standard for Royal Marines, on 19 September 1941. Sold with copied service record.
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Three: Acting Captain F. W. Pearce, Royal Horse Artillery, later Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (99628 Bomb: F. W. Pearce. G Bty: R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. W. Pearce.) mounted court-style for display purposes along with the riband for the 1914 Star, good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Frederick William Pearce was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in 1879, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Crownhills Fort on 4 October 1893. Sent to depot as a Boy, he transferred to the Yorkshire Artillery as Trumpeter on 25 May 1896 and joined “G” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, in South Africa during the Boer War campaign. Advanced Acting Bombardier 27 August 1900, Pearce completed a short course in gunnery on 13 March 1901 and was promoted Sergeant in 1902. His left foot having been crushed by a horse at Newbridge, Ireland, on 4 September 1901, he was sent to India for a little over 4 years from 1905-10, and fought in France with 3rd Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery from 15 August 1914 (also entitled to a 1914 Star). Appointed to a commission in the Royal Field Artillery 5 March 1916, Pearce witnessed extensive service on the Western Front and Italy; his officer service record further states that he suffered from gastritis. He later joined the Army of the Rhine at Gemund and is recorded in 1919 as having been court martialed and demoted. Transferred to Irish Command, attached 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, his commission was promptly terminated a short while later following financial problems which were brought to light by the Manager of the Tralee branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. Sold with copied service record and extensive copied research.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Gunner F. Ideson, Royal Horse Artillery, who was discharged on account of wounds Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (45919 Gnr: F. Ideson. ‘N’ By: R.H.A.); 1914 Star, copy; British War and Victory Medals (45919 Gnr. F. Ideson. R.A.) mounted court-style for wear, light pitting from Star, VM officially re-impressed, nearly very fine and better (4) £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the battery was in action, supporting a counter-attack, this man for some time served his gun alone, thereby keeping it in action at a very critical time. The battery was under heavy shell fire, and had suffered several casualties.’ Frank Ideson was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, around 1889 and enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery on 21 November 1906. Posted to France as Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery on 5 October 1914, Ideson’s name was later listed in the Bradford Daily Telegraph of 6 October 1915 as one of 3000 ‘gallant sons’ of Keighley who answered the call. Transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery, he was awarded the D.C.M. in 1918 whilst serving with “N” Battery; this unit of 6 guns later claimed the highest number of shells discharged in a single month by one battery during the Great War, firing 115,360 shells in August 1917 in support of the Canadian Corps on the Western Front. Discharged from 5th Army Brigade and awarded a Silver War Badge in consequence of wounds on 28 August 1919, it is possible that Ideson witnessed his former comrades of “N” Battery bear the coffin of the Unknown Soldier to Westminster Abbey on 11 November 1920. Sold with copied research.
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Three: Sailmaker’s Mate F. Miles, Royal Navy Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (F. Miles. Sailmrs. Crew. H.M.S. Rattlesnake. 73-74.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (F. Miles. Sailrs. Mte. H.M.S. “Humber”); Khedive's Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Approximately 90 no clasp medals awarded to H.M.S. Humber. Frederick Miles was born in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, on 5 November 1844, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 24 September 1861. He served in H.M.S. Rattlesnake from October 1870 to 25 March 1874 and having been appointed Sailmaker’s Crew on 13 December 1870 saw active service in this ship on the Gold Coast during the Ashantee campaign of 1873-74. Promoted Sailmaker’s Mate on 1 April 1874, he served in H.M.S. Humber from 13 June to 10 October 1882, seeing active service in this ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882. He was shore pensioned on 6 November 1882. Sold with copied service record and medal roll extracts.
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India General Service 1908-35, 4 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lt. A. W. V. Hendy, 57/Rfls. F.F.) light contact marks, therefore very fine £260-£300 --- Arthur William Victor Hendy was born in January 1900, and was commissioned on the Unattached List for the India Army, 15 April 1919. He was posted to the 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force) six days later, and served with them on the North West Frontier for several years. Hendy advanced to Lieutenant in April 1920, and the regiment was re-designated as the 4th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles in 1922. He transferred to the South Waziristan Scouts in January 1923, and served with them until his retirement in November of the same year. Sold with copied research.
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A Great War ‘Gallipoli’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Gunner H. J. Clarke, Royal Horse Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (63376 Gnr: H. J. Clarke. ‘Y’ Bty: R.H.A.); 1914-15 Star (63376 Gnr. H. J. Clarke. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (63376 Gnr. H. J. Clarke. R.A.) mounted court-style for display, light pitting from Star, nearly very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.C.M. London Gazette 16 November 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry on the 13th July, 1915, on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Owing to the fire gear of a 12 pr. naval gun breaking down, it became necessary to cock the lock with a drag rope. This was done by Gunner Clarke, who was obliged to stand in a very exposed position and under an extremely heavy fire, but he continued to fire the gun until ordered to get under cover. His coolness and bravery were most marked.’ M.I.D. London Gazette of 5 November 1915. Henry John Clarke served as Gunner during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre of operations from 31 March 1915. Posted to “Y” Battery, 15th Brigade, R.H.A., during the Gallipoli campaign, Clarke served in a unit initially equipped with four 18-pounder guns. Repeatedly facing the attention of the Turks, “Y” Battery is recorded in June 1915 as losing 2 men killed and 12 wounded, alongside two pack horses detailed to haul the heavy guns and ammunition up the cliff faces. Engaged at the Battles of Gully Ravine and Krithia Vineyard from June to August 1915, 29th Division placed increasing demands on artillery support which resulted in the utilisation of naval guns and anything else at hand; for his gallantry at this time, Clarke was awarded the D.C.M. and was further Mentioned in Despatches. Sold with copied research.
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Three: Bandsman Hashtabahadur Rai, Staff Band, late 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (21145475 Rfn. Hastabahadur Rai. Staff Band.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (21145475 Bdsm. Hastabahadur Rai. A Major Staff Band.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (21145475 Rfn. Hastabahadur Rai 2 GR.) mounted as worn, edge bruising and light contact marks, very fine (3) £200-£240 --- Raised in November 1859, as part of an Indian Army Gurkha Regiment called the Sirmoor Rifle Regiment, the Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas comprised of 16 Bandsmen and one Naik in command, and soon became a part of Regimental life. When India was partitioned in 1947 the Gurkha Regiments chose their new affiliations to either Britain or India; the 2nd Goorkhas - as the Regiment was now called - chose Britain and sailed for Sungei Patani in Malaya with the Band Instruments; in 1949 sanction was given to raise the band again, with some 56 recruits keen to commence training. In May 1951, Captain J. P. C. Bailey, M.B.E., was appointed as the first Director of Music to the Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas. At around the same time the decision was made to raise a Staff Band for the Brigade, hence by 1958 there were two flourishing Gurkha Bands; Hong Kong and the United Kingdom provided dual bases and for the next 12 years the two bands operated independently of each other to delighted crowds. This happy state of affairs continued until 1963 when, due to financial stringency, the bands were amalgamated. Withdrawn from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom permanently in 1994, the Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas continues to perform around the globe today with their fast and slick marching displays, lively concert music, Nepali folk tunes and colourful traditional dances.
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Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (F. Measures. Ord: H.M.S. “Eclipse”) light pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine £80-£100 --- Approximately 224 no clasp medals awarded to H.M.S. Eclipse. Fred Measures was born in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, on 6 August 1863 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 15 August 1878. Appointed a Bugler on 17 December 1879, he served in H.M.S. Eclipse from 17 January 1880 to 28 September 1883, seeing active service during the Egyptian campaign of 1882. Promote Able Seaman on 1 May 1885, he deserted from H.M.S. Myrmidon on 11 March 1886. Sold with copied service record and medal roll extract.
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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Pk. Maloney, Qr. Mr., H.M.S. St. Vincent.) impressed naming, edge bruise and light contact marks, very fine £80-£100 --- Patrick Maloney was born in the coastal town of Skull, County Cork, Ireland, on 6 February 1858. He joined the Royal Navy at Portsmouth and served aboard H.M.S. Revenge as Ordinary Seaman from 31 May 1877. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 20 March 1889, he was shore pensioned in 1898, his conduct noted as ‘exemplary’.
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Waterloo 1815 (Jonathan Jones, 23rd Regiment Foot, R.W.F.) fitted with original steel clip and silver bar suspension, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Jonathan Jones was born in the Parish of Llangoidmore, Cardigan, and attested for the 23rd Foot at Sheerness, Kent, on 3 September 1807, ages 23, a tinman by trade. He was promoted to Corporal on 25 June 1815, and to Sergeant on 25 December 1816. He served ‘with the Expedition which proceeded under Lt. General Sir David Baird to join Lt. General Sir John Moore in Spain in 1808 - was present at the Battle of Corunna 16th January 1809, when he returned to England & in 1815 went to the Netherlands & was present at the Battle of Waterloo - & remained in France until the Army of Occupation was withdrawn - Went to Gibraltar in 1823 & remained until 1825, since which period he has been in the situation of Acting Serjeant Major to the Reserve Companies.’ He was discharged as Colour-Sergeant on 8 June 1831, and lived to claim the M.G.S. for Corunna. Sold with copied discharge papers.
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Pair: Rear-Admiral the Hon. T. S. Brand, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches and recommended for advancement for his services during the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July 1882 Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Comdr. T. S. Brand. R.N. H.M.S. “Bittern.”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting, very fine (2) £1,000-£1,400 --- Approximately 95 medals with clasp Alexandria 11 July awarded to the gunboat H.M.S. Bittern. The Hon. Thomas Seymour Brand was born on 20 September 1847, the second son of the 1st Viscount Hampden, and joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet on 11 June 1861. Appointed Midshipman on 20 September 1862, he was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant on 20 March 1867, and was promoted Lieutenant on 4 April 1870, and Commander on 5 August 1878. He held the command of H.M.S. Bittern from 8 March 1882 to 31 March 1883, seeing active service in this ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882, including the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July; for his services at Alexandria he was Mentioned in Admiral F. Beauchamp Seymour’s Despatch (London Gazette 29 July 1882) as being ‘well deserving of advancement, the duties which had fallen on him before and since the action having been unusually severe.’ Promoted Captain on 8 March 1883, Brand served as post-Captain of H.M.S. Swiftsure from 7 August 1884 to 18 December 1885, transferring to the Half-Pay List on 19 December 1885. He transferred to the Retired List on 12 November 1892, and was promoted Read-Admiral on 31 March 1898. He died on 10 November 1916. Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extract, and other research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
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A Great War ‘Salonika operations’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain Sir Douglas S. Gibbon, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. D. S. Gibbon. R.W. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. D. S. Gibbon.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, these unnamed, mounted court style for wear, nearly extremely fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.C. London Gazette 4 June 1917. Sir Douglas Stuart Gibbon was born in Swansea, Glamorgan in 1882. Serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Welsh Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 4 August 1915. Later, as a Captain serving in Salonika, he was to earn his Military Cross. An extract derived from the Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, by Major C. H. Dudley Ward, D.S.O., M.C., describes the ‘raid on the Mitrailleuses’ and Gibbon’s part in it which resulted in the M.C. - ‘Towards the end of January 1917 it was suspected that the German 59th Regiment had been relieved by Bulgars, and the Commander-in-Chief ordered the 67th Brigade to secure prisoners and confirm the report. The task was given to our battalion..... It was decided to Raid. The final plan was to bombard the Mitrailleuses for three days. All guns were in the required position by the 17th February, when the bombardment opened. The 18 pounder wire cutting batteries commenced their task on the 19th. The light was poor and in spite of good shooting, the wire proved obstinate.... On the 20th the wire was smashed and rolled into heaps so successfully, that three gaps in the wire were found to be sufficient for the raid. Some 100 men took part in the raid, which was under the command of Captain J. W. McKill. These were divided into two search parties, under Captain D. S. Gibbon and Lieutenant J. L. W. Craig, four blocking parties, and a left flank guard. The 8th South Wales Borderers provided a right flank guard. Captain McKill continues: the raiding party started at 9 p.m. The enemy were apparently nervous-they sent up Verey lights and their searchlights played over ''No Man's Land". The raiding party reached the Bangor ravine. I got a green Verey light from Lieutenant Goulder and we fired off the arranged signal together. The artillery reply to our signal was very smart the first shells being over us before the Verey light went out. Under the artillery fire we crawled up to the wire and got through the opening of both belts of wire; the gap appeared to be about 12 yards wide. On our right was a huge mass of tangled wire about 12 feet high. We lay down in the opening until our guns lifted off the front-line trench, then we immediately rushed into the trench; it was at once seen to be well filled with men, in fact to contain a strong garrison. Our men were at hand grips with them at once; some, refusing to surrender, were bayoneted, others were seized and hauled out by the raiding parties. As soon as the prisoners were well clear of the wire, I blew the signal to retire. The prisoners were secured in under five minutes... From my observation of the party with me I remarked specially Captain D. S. Gibbon, Lieutenant Farrant and Lieutenant Goulder R.F.A. ... Our total casualties were 3 officers and 16 other ranks wounded. The prisoners were all of the German 59th Regiment.’ Gibbon was admitted a solicitor in 1908, and in 1921 was appointed Master of the Supreme Court Taxing Office. In 1932 he was appointed Chief Taxing Officer and was also a member of the Lord Chancellor’s Committee on the Cost of Litigation. In 1946 he was made a Knight Bachelor. Sir Douglas Gibbon died in Tripoli on 13 September 1960. Sold with copied research including m.i.c. and the full extract concerning the ‘Raid on the Mitrailleuses’.
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Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes (W. Counsell, Royal H. Arty.) edge bruising and marks to obverse, traces of lacquer, nearly very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Baldwin’s 1934; Glendining’s 1980 William Counsell, a labourer, was born in the Parish of Mallor, Blackburn, in 1792, and enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery on 10 February 1809. He initially travelled overseas with “C” Troop, Royal Artillery Drivers, transferring to “A” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, on 1 June 1812. Serving under the command of Captain Ross, Counsell fought at the Battle of Salamanca on 22 July 1812 where British forces under Wellington charged downhill and subjected the French columns to a storm of bullets and grapeshot; supported by the artillery, 3rd Division rushed the French square at the point of the bayonet, broke the enemy formation and scattered them in confusion. The subsequent rout was further compounded by the drowning of large numbers of French infantry in the River Tormes. Surviving the engagement unscathed, Counsell went on to fight at Vittoria on 21 June 1813, where the artillery particularly distinguished itself through a rate of fire which broke and destroyed the enemy columns; the French suffered 8000 casualties, losing 151 artillery pieces and 415 waggons - including all the French ammunition and baggage. Sent to the Pyrenees in pursuit, Counsell later witnessed the Light Division engaging the enemy in the gorge of a pass. Driven from their last positions in Spain, casualties amongst the French rose a further 15,000 killed and wounded, the Allies losing 888 killed, 5500 wounded and 705 missing in the mountains. As the winter of 1813-14 set in, the rivers and streams soon became impassable to infantry and artillery and active operations ground to a halt; on 14 February 1814, the British took advantage of a lull in conditions to pursue Marshal Soult’s forces to Orthes. Caught in a deep morass of mud and water - often up to the waist - the British infantry and artillery doggedly gained the heights, but at considerable cost. Operations concluded, Counsell was later transferred to the detachment of Lieutenant and Adjutant W. Saunders, Royal Horse Artillery. He was discharged at Woolwich on 10 April 1816 following 7 years and 60 days’ service with the Colours, upon reduction of the British Army following the cessation of the Peninsular War. Sold with copied service record and other research.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Lance Bombardier F. J. Barnes, Royal Horse Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (139966 Dvr: F. J. Barnes. ‘T’ By: 14/A.Bde: R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (139966 Dvr. F. J. Barnes. R.A.) mounted court-style for wear, light contact marks throughout, generally very fine (3) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.C.M. London Gazette 15 November 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When a shell killed or wounded the five other signallers with him and broke the telephone he ran back, and, after being knocked down by another shell, got another telephone and opened up communication with the observation post. His cool determination and devotion to duty were beyond praise.’ Frederick James Barnes, a milkman of 131 Morland Road, Croydon, attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Kingston upon Thames on 11 December 1915. Initially posted to “P” Battery as Driver 12 May 1916, he qualified 1st Class Signaller and Telephonist at Woolwich on 7 September 1916. Sent to France from 15 September 1916 with “T” Battery, his unit is later recorded in the summer of 1917 as serving as part of 14th Brigade R.H.A. near Ghyvelde on the Channel coast. According to author K. T. L. Rhodes in The Battery: A Story of 150 Years of T Battery (Shah Sujah’s Troop), Royal Artillery, 1838-1988 (1991): ‘The gun position was an unpleasant one on marshy ground. No dugouts could be made and the Battery lived in little tin shelters along the bank between a road and a canal. The waggon lines were thirteen miles away and ammunition came up by barge, although a ration cart came to the position daily. Enemy shelling was very active and prolonged and in order to reduce casualties personnel were withdrawn from the gun position from time to time. Aircraft from both sides were also very active, with enemy aircraft coming in to attack from the sea.’ Transferred briefly to the Italian theatre of operations from 30 November 1917 to 27 March 1918, Barnes and his Battery returned to the Western Front as reinforcements to plug the gaps in the lines during the German Spring Offensive. Awarded the D.C.M. and advanced paid Lance Bombardier, he survived the Great War and was discharged on 12 October 1919. Sold with copied service record and private research.
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Pair: Surgeon-Major R. C. Anderson, 90th Regiment of Foot, later 13th Light Dragoons and Deputy Inspector of Hospitals Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Surgeon, H. C. Anderson. 90th. Foot.) Hunt & Roskell engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (J [sic]. C. Anderson Surgeon 13th Light Dragoons.) contemporary impressed naming, plugged and fitted with a small swivel ring suspension, with a contemporary silver two-prong top riband buckle; together with a matching set of miniature dress medals, housed in a fitted display case, nearly extremely fine (2) £500-£700 --- Robert Carew Anderson was born in 1815 and was commissioned Assistant-Surgeon on 22 May 1840, Posted to the 90th (Perthshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, he was promoted Surgeon on 18 May 1849 and served with them in the Crimea. Transferring to the 13th Light Dragoons in 1857, he was promoted Surgeon-Major on 22 May 1860, and later served as Deputy Inspector of Hospitals. He died in 1885.
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Pair: Chief Engine Room Artificer E. P. Barrett, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (E. P. Barrett. E.R. Artfr. H.M.S. “Condor”.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting from Star, very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Approximately 104 medals with clasp Alexandria 11 July awarded to H.M.S. Condor. Edwin Pratt Barrett was born at Landport, Hampshire, on 5 November 1855 ands joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer on 6 March 1876. Confirmed in that rate on 6 March 1879, he served in H.M.S. Condor from 5 August 1880 to 27 December 1883, seeing active service in this ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882, being present at the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer on 15 May 1888, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 April 1891 whilst serving in H.M.S. Terror. He saw further service in H.M.S. Barrosa from 29 August 1894 to 10 February 1896 (also entitled to an East and West Africa Medal with clasp Brass River 1895), and was finally shore pensioned on 5 May 1896. Sold with copied service record and medal roll extracts.
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Waterloo 1815 (Q-.Master James Palmer, 2nd Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with replacement silver clip and steel ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Payne Collection 1911; Glendining’s, November 1940, August 1945, and Oakley Collection, July 1953. James Palmer joined the Litchfield Volunteer infantry as a Lieutenant on 21 April 1807, and was promoted Captain in the Worcester Local Militia on 2 May 1809. He entered the regular service on 10 November 1809, at the age of 39, being appointed Quarter-Master to the 2nd Light Battalion, King’s German Legion on 18 November following. He served in the Peninsula and South of France from March 1811 to April 1814, being present at Albuhera, the 2nd siege of Badajoz, Vittoria, Tolosa, St Etienne, and Bayonne. He also served the campaign in the Netherlands in 1814, the campaign of 1815 and the Battle of Waterloo, where the 2nd Light Battalion K.G.L. were particularly distinguished in the defence of La Haye Sainte. Palmer retired on the reduction of the Legion, 24 February 1816, on half-pay, and chose to remain in London rather than go to the Kingdom of Hannover to join the army being re-established there. He died at Brompton, London, on 12 November 1831, aged 60. Sold with further research copied to a USB flash drive.
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The Victorian campaign group of three awarded to Staff Veterinary Surgeon William Lamb, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Vet. Surgn. W. Lamb. 3rd Lt. Cavy.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Vte. Surgn. W. Lamb, 3rd Regt. Bombay Cavy.); Abyssinia 1867 (Vety. Surgn. W. Lamb Bomb: Army) suspension crudely repaired below the crown on this; together with two prize medals: a. Edinburgh Veterinary College, Session 1848-49, engraved silver circular medal with stepped rims, 50mm, hallmarked Edinburgh 1848, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to Mr William Lamb for the Best Set of Notes of a Portion of Professor Dick’s Lectures’, fitted with floral scroll and ring for suspension; b. Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, struck silver medal, 45mm, the reverse engraved ‘To Mr William Lamb Worcestershire 1850’, the edge additionally engraved ‘For best examination on veterinary medicine and surgery Edinburgh Veterinary College.’, generally very fine or better (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- William Lamb was born at Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire, on 24 June 1832. He arrived in India on 10 March 1853, where he was appointed Veterinary Surgeon to the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry. He served with the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry in the Persian campaign of 1856-57, including the taking of Reshire and Bushire in December 1856; capture of Borazgon, 6 February 1857, and battle of Khooshab, 8 February 1856. In Central India in 1857-58 and 1859, including siege of Ratghur, relief of Saugor, and siege of Gurrakota, January 1858; siege of Jhansie, March & April; battle of Betwa, April; battle of Koonch, siege of Calpee, and attack on rear guard at Elora, May; taking of Morar, siege of Gwalior pursuant to Jowree and Alipore, June 1858; taking of Mhow and Mahoni, 1859. Mentioned in GGO 272 of 1859, ‘Vetry Surgeon Lamb 3rd Lt. Cavalry... most useful to me in getting on the baggage and conveying orders. Mr Lamb rode into camp at my request to report the presence of the enemy and returned at very considerable risk of being cut off.’ Also mentioned ‘as having led up a Troop of the 3rd Lt. Cavalry in the charge which resulted in the capture of the enemy’s guns &c,’ Served in the Abyssinian campaign of 1867-68, in general supervision of the Veterinary Department Land Transport Train; mentioned in despatches London Gazette 30 June 1868, and promoted to Staff Veterinary Surgeon for ‘valuable services with the Abyssinian Expeditionary Force.’ He died in October 1888. Sold with original vellum commission as Veterinary Surgeon from 10 March 1853, Statement of Services to September 1873, three portrait photographs, including one in uniform wearing medals, and marriage certificate. For the recipient’s miniature dress medals, see the following lot (Lot 187).
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Four: Captain J. W. Sloan, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, later Royal Scots, late Highland Light Infantry, who was twice wounded 1914 Star (2331 Pte. D. Sloan. 9/High: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. D. Sloan.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (David Sloan.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted for wear together with the recipient’s brother’s Victory Medal 1914-19 (2. Lieut. J .W. Sloan.) this last officially re-impressed; good very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 4 September 1919. David Sloan, an insurance agent in Glasgow, was educated at Glasgow University and following the outbreak of the Great War attested for the Highland Light Infantry, serving with the 9th Battalion on the Western Front from 5 November 1914. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Third Battalion, Special Reserve, King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 11 November 1915, and having appeared on the wounded list of 9 September 1916 was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1917. He took part in the Battle of Langemarck in August 1917, and was again wounded in action 22 November 1917. Proceeding to Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland in December 1917 and then to Claremorris in May 1918, he was appointed Acting Captain whilst commanding a Company of the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers from 16 October 1918. Awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre, he resigned his Commission on 1 April 1920. His address was given as Templemore, Tipperary, but his medals were sent to Whitesands, Dumfries (also his brother’s address). Following the outbreak of the Second World War he was commissioned Second Lieutenant, National Defence Companies, General List, on 18 October 1939; the National Defence Companies of the Territorial Army were a voluntary military reserve force of the British Army, for the purpose of home defence in the event of war. James Whittaker Sloan, brother of the above, was born in Dumfries on 1 December 1884 and was educated at Dumfries Academy and Merchiston Castle Private School in Edinburgh. He attested to the 17th (Glasgow City of Commerce) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry on 30 December 1916, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 April to 17 July 1917. Returning home, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve, King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 30 January 1918, and relinquished his commission on 21 April 1919.
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Pair: Major J. H. Hussey, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh Fourth Class Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Capt: J. H. Hussey. 4th. Dn. Gds.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse contemporarily (rather crudely) engraved ‘J H H 4DG’, light contact marks, good very fine (2) £400-£500 --- John Hubert Hussey was commissioned Second Lieutenant, by purchase, in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 22 October 1870, and was promoted Lieutenant on 28 October 1871, and Captain on 14 December 1878. He served with the 4th Dragoon Guards in the Egyptian campaign of 1882, and was present in the engagements at El Magfar and Tel-el-Mahuta, the two actions at Kassasin, the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, and the capture of Cairo. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches, promoted Brevet Major on 18 November 1882, and was awarded the Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh Fourth Class.
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Four: Private E. R. Williams, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, later Welsh Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State (5818 Pte. E. Williams, R. Weslh Fus:) last clasp attached with wire; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5818 Pte. E. Williams. Rl: Welsh Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (1460 Pte. E. R. Williams. Welsh R.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (4) £140-£180 --- Sold with cap badges for both regiments.
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Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (P. Ridley, 24th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Peter Ridley served with the 24th Foot for 12 yaers 6 months, including 7 years 11 months in the East Indies, and was admitted to an out-pension of 6d per diem, at Newcastle, on 26 November 1823. He died on 29 May 1851, aged 53.
![The British War Medal 1914-20 awarded to Captain E. R. Tempest, [M.C., D.F.C.], 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force, late King’s Own](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e823f40a-85a9-42ff-9aba-b0d900c4d01d/e47cd551-42d2-45ed-8877-b20d00ec359f/468x382.jpg)
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The British War Medal 1914-20 awarded to Captain E. R. Tempest, [M.C., D.F.C.], 64 Squadron, Royal Air Force, late King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, a Great War ‘Western Front’ 17 ‘Victory’ flying Ace, who was killed in a flying accident in Baghdad, 16 December 1921 British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. E. R. Tempest. R.A.F.) very fine£400-£500 --- M.C. London Gazette 13 May 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He attacked a formation of seven enemy machines, firing on one from a distance of a few feet and destroying it. On another occasion with his patrol he engaged thirteen enemy machines. Though both his guns were out of action, he continued fighting for fifteen minutes in order to enable the rest of his patrol to keep up the fight. Having driven off the enemy, he brought his patrol back safely. He showed splendid courage and initiative.’ D.F.C. London Gazette 2 November 1918: ‘Since March last this officer has destroyed nine enemy machines. A daring and most capable officer, who never hesitates to engage the enemy. By brilliant leadership he achieves success with the minimum of loss.’ Recommended for a Belgian Croix de Guerre, 18 December 1917: ‘He fought in Flanders as Flying Officer in No. 6 Squadron from December 1915 to May 1916, and from May 1916 to August 1916 also in Flanders in No. 29 Squadron, doing valuable work in both these units shooting down 5 E.A. in all. He has been Flight Commander in this Squadron [64] during its tour of France, and has displayed great gallantry and skill during operations especially subsequent to November 20th on the Cambrai front, shooting down 1 E.A., on November 30th, and carrying out reconnaissance and low bombing work under all conditions of weather. He has not previously received a foreign decoration.’ Edmund Roger Tempest was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire in October 1894, and educated at The Oratory School, Edgbaston. He was the third son of Mr and Mrs Wilfrid F. Tempest, J.P. of Ackworth Grange, Ackworth, Yorkshire. Edmund and his brother Wulstan were both farming in Saskatchewan, Canada, with the advent of the Great War. Both returned home and each was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 30 November 1914. Edmund gained secondment to the Royal Flying Corps first, and received his Royal Aero Club Certificate (No. 1604) in August 1915 (Wulstan followed suit later, and went on to be awarded the D.S.O. for shooting down Zeppelin L.31 over Potters Bar in October 1916 and an M.C.). Tempest carried out initial training as a pilot, gained his ‘Wings’, and advanced to Flying Officer in November 1915. The following year he was posted to France, and saw service with 6, 29 and 15 Squadrons. Tempest was posted to 64 Squadron (D.H.5’s), 1 July 1917, and gained his first ‘Victory’, 30 November 1917. The Squadron re-equipped with S.E.5a’s, and Tempest immediately found the new aircraft to his liking - adding 16 further enemy aircraft, the vast majority of which were scout planes, to his tally between 8 March - 14 August 1918. In that total, he shot down 2 enemy aircraft in one day on two occasions - 17 March and 11 August - and shot down 5 enemy aircraft in four days in August. His leadership and fearless, aggressive flying were recognised with the award of the M.C. and D.F.C., and example of which can be seen in the following combat report, 21 March 1918: ‘Capt. Tempest. While leading patrol, flying S.W. at 15,000 feet, observed 2 Fokker triplanes flying N.E. at about 1,000 feet below. Dived on one machine firing from Lewis Gun only, Vickers having jambed previously. Lewis Gun fell down after 25 rounds, so ‘broke off’ to adjust. Gained height and again dived at E.A. firing about 30 rounds, when E.A. went down in a spin...’ Tempest returned to the UK at the end of August 1918, and remained in the Royal Air Force after the war. He advanced to Flight Lieutenant, and was serving with 216 Squadron in Mesopotamia when he died in a flying accident whilst flying his Airco DH.10 Amiens, 16 December 1921, ‘Tempest died on Saturday last at Baghdad from burns received while testing a new flying machine.’ Sold with extensive copied research, including combat reports and a photographic image of recipient.
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Buttons. A good selection of mostly Edwardian British Officer’s & Other Ranks Buttons, across four cards, including Royal Marines Artillery, Royal Marines Light Infantry, The Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars, Grenadier Guards, Royal Scots, South Staffordshire Regiment, Wiltshire Regiment, King’s Own Shropshire Light Infantry, Irish Volunteers, York & Lancaster Regiment, Sussex Regiment, Suffolk Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, etc, assorted sizes, some duplicates, generally good condition (lot) £100-£140
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Four: Private E. C. Braillard, Royal Sussex Regiment, later Durham Light Infantry India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3471 Pte. E. Braillard 2d. Bn. Ryl. Suss Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3471 Pte. E. Braillllard, 1st. Rl. Sussex Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (109687 Pte. E. C. Braillard. Durh. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £240-£280
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Pair: Able Seaman E. McAfferty, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (E. Mc.Afferty, A.B. H.M.S. “Mosquito.”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting and contact marks, very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Approximately 63 no clasp medals awarded to H.M.S. Mosquito. Edward McAfferty was born in Pollockshaws, Renfrewshire, on 10 June 1862 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 12 June 1877. He served in H.M.S. Mosquito from 2 March 1881 to 7 November 1882, seeing active service in this ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882, and was promoted Able Seaman on 1 August 1882. He was finally shore pensioned on 10 August 1913, his service punctuated by numerous periods in the cells. Recalled for War service on 2 August 1914, he was shore discharged, medically unfit, on 7 September 1914. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.
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Four: Corporal L. A. Richmond, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, later 7th Dragoon Guards 1914-15 Star (D-9548, Pte. L. A. Richmond. 4th. D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (D-9548 Pte. L. A. Richmond. 4-D. Gds.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (D-9548 Cpl. L. A. Richmond. 7-D. Gds.) traces of verdigris to Star, light contact marks, very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Leonard A. Richmond attested for the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 December 1914. He subsequently transferred to the 7th Dragoon Guards and saw further service in post-War Iraq.
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Five: Fusilier A. Couzens, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1914 Star (8001 Pte. A. Couzins, 4/R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (6001 Pte. A. Couxens. R.W. Fus.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (4180224 Pte. A. Couzens, R.W. Fus.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200064 Fsr. A. Couzens. 4-R.W. Fus.) mounted on card for display, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (5) £200-£240
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Four: Sergeant T. Brannan, Royal Highlanders, later Highland Light Infantry 1914 Star, with copy clasp (899 Cpl. T. Brannon [sic]. 2/R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (899 Sjt. T. Brannan. R. Highrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (3302383 Pte. T. Brannan. H.L.I.) edge bruise to last, contact marks, polished, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Thomas Brannan attested for the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 October 1914. He subsequently transferred to the Highland Light Infantry, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1927.
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Family Group: Four: Gunner W. Swannell, Royal Horse Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (223803 Gnr. W. Swannell. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (223803 Gnr. W. Swannell. R.A.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style for wear, light contact marks, very fine Pair: Gunner C. H. Swannell, Royal Horse Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (223802 Gnr. C. H. Swannell. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (223802 Gnr. C, H. Swannell. R.A.) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (6) £160-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Swannell served in India with the Royal Horse Artillery during the Great War and later with “M” Battery on the North West Frontier during the Third Afghan War. Sold with copied research confirming entitlement and noting home service during the Second World War with an anti-aircraft unit. Charles Henry Swannell was the brother of the above.
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Buttons. An extremely good selection of West Indies Military Buttons, over four cards, including New Providence Rifle Volunteers, Barbados Yeomanry Cavalry, Belize Volunteer Artillery, Jamaica Volunteer Rifles, St Lucia Volunteers, St Vincent Light Cavalry, Burnley Carabiniers (Trinidad), 1st Royal Demerara Militia, etc., generally good condition (lot) £200-£240
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Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (Thomas Greenwood, 43rd Foot.) edge bruising and light surface marks, otherwise better than very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Thomas Greenwood was born in the Parish of Cown, near Manchester, Lancaster, and enlisted into the 43rd Foot on 1 April 1809, a weaver by trade. He served 4 years 68 days and was discharged on 9 June 1813, aged 25, in consequence ‘of a gunshot wound of left knee at Badajoz, 6 April 1812. He was admitted to an out-pension of 9d per diem on 14 June 1813. Sold with copied discharge papers.
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Pair: Boatswain W. Glover, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (W. Glover, Bosn. R.N., H.M.S. Serapis.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, very fine and better (2) £140-£180 --- Approximately 220 no clasp medals awarded to H.M.S. Serapis. William Glover was born at Soberton, near Fareham, Hampshire, on 26 April 1840, and joined the Royal Navy on 17 June 1859. Advanced Able Seaman on 1 February 1962, whilst serving in H.M.S. St. George, he transferred in the same rate to H.M.S. Royal Sovereign on 10 February 1864, and was advanced Leading Seaman on 1 October 1865. Transferring next to H.M.S. Malacca on 28 November of that year, he was advanced to Captain of the Forecastle on 22 October 1868, and was promoted Acting Boatswain, in H.M.S. Excellent, on 10 September 1869. Confirmed as Boatswain on 20 January 1880, he served in H.M.S. Serapis from 17 July 1883 to 17 July 1886, seeing active service in this ship during the Sudanese campaign of 1884. Promoted Chief Boatswain on 4 November 1891, he was pensioned on 26 May 1893, having reached the age limit. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.
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Cap Badges. A good selection of Great War, Second War and current issue Cap Badges and Insignia to African Regiments, including East Africa Army Service Corps, 1st South African Reserve Brigade, King’s African Rifles in gilding metal, Royal Sierra Leone Regiment, Rhodesian Light Infantry pre & post UDI, Regiment De Wet in gilding metal, Royal Rhodesian Regiment, 8th Transvaal Scottish Infantry in Bronze, Greys Scouts in white metal, etc., some restrikes, generally good condition (31) £120-£160
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Cap Badges. A good selection of Scottish Regimental & School Cap Badges, over two cards, including Scottish Horse, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) Victorian (2), 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, Cameron Highlanders, Tyneside Scottish, Queen Victoria School, etc., some restrikes, and fixings missing in part, otherwise generally good condition (41) £120-£160
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A Great War ‘Ypres 1915’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private J. Paul, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, who was also awarded the Russian Cross of St George Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8495 Pte J. Paul. 1/H.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (8495 Pte. J. Paul. High. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (8495 Pte. J. Paul. H.L.I.) minor edge bruising, therefore generally very fine (3) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2019. D.C.M. London Gazette 5 August 1915: ‘For great gallantry on the 27th April, 1915, near Ypres, when he left the advanced trench under a very heavy shell and rifle fire to assist in bringing up ammunition to the firing line, nine out of ten of the party carrying the ammunition being wounded.’ Russian Cross of the Order of St George, 4th Class London Gazette 25 August 1915: ‘For gallantry and distinguished service in the field.’ A contemporary news cutting stated [not with medals anymore]: ‘Pte. John Paul is a native of Glasgow, and joined the 4th Battalion H.L.I., in which he had previously served, soon after war was declared, at the age of 34. He went out with a draft to the 1st Battalion in December. On the 19th of June he was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Conduct in the Field.’ John Paul served during the Great War with the Highland Light Infantry on the Western Front from 2 December 1914. His m.i.c. notes that he also served in the Corps of Hussars (51292) and the Northumberland Fusiliers (51911).
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Pair: Major G. F. Mappin, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieut. G. F. Mappin 4th Dragoon Gds:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (Capt. G. F. Mappin. 4/Drgn. Gds.) engraved naming, light contact marks, very fine and rare to unit (2) £600-£800 --- George Frederick Mappin was born on 8 September 1868 and was commissioned Ensign in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 29 November 1890. Promoted Lieutenant on 23 April 1892, he served in India with the Tirah Expeditionary Force on the North West Frontier, and was promoted Captain on 16 February 1898. He saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War as one of three officers and twelve men from the Regiment attached to the 5th Dragoon Guards, and served as a Staff Officer to Colonel Gore at Elandslaagte and at Ladysmith. He remained with the 5th Dragoon Guards throughout the Defence of Ladysmith, participating in the sorties of 7 and 10 December 1899, ands that on 6 January 1900, but was invalided home following the town’s relief the following month. For his service in South Africa he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 8 February 1901). Promoted Major on 14 October 1904, he retired on 8 August 1908, and later joined the 2nd Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry, serving with them during the Great War from 1 February 1915, and as Brigade Major form 3 July 1915. He died on 15 November 1949. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
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The Egypt and Sudan Medal awarded to Able Seaman W. Martin, Royal Navy, who personally received his medal from the hands of Queen Victoria at Windsor on 21 November 1882 Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (W. Martin, A.B., H.M.S. “Penelope.”) edge bruise, light contact marls, very fine £200-£240 --- Provenance: Collection of Medals to H.M.S. Penelope, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. Martin received his Medal from Queen Victoria at Windsor on 21 November 1882, one of only 31 Royal Naval personnel so honoured. William Martin was born in Romsey, Hampshire, on 10 January 1854 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in January 1869. Promoted Able Seaman on 1 January 1874, he served in H.M.S. Penelope from 2 May 1882 to 30 September 1885, seeing active service in this ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882, including the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July. He transferred to the Coast Guard on 1 October 1885, being based at Southwold, and was invalided ashore as a Commissioned Boatman ‘from Melville Hospital’ in May 1891. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.
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Three: Private J. Griffin, Royal Welsh Fusiliers India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1891 (1360 Pte. J. Griffen 1st Bn. R.W. Fus.) note spelling of surname ; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Transvaal (1360 Pte. J. Griffin, R. Welsh Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1360 Pte. J. Griffin. Rl: Welsh Fus:) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £280-£340
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