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Los 92
H E BATES: THE VANISHED WORLD – A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY, 1969, 1970, 1st edns, orig cl, d/ws + JOHN STEWART COLLIS, 2 ttls: PATHS OF LIGHT, 1959, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w, MARRIAGE AND GENIUS, 1963, 1st edn, sigd and insc, orig cl, d/w + MICHAEL DIBDIN: DIRTY TRICKS, 1991, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + one other (6)
Los 325
STEPHEN BUNGAY: THE MOST DANGEROUS ENEMY A HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, 2000, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + ALLEN WHEELER: FLYING BETWEEN THE WARS, 1972, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + JOHN SWEETMAN AND OTHERS: THE DAMBUSTERS, 2003, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + MICHAEL DONNE AND CYNTHIA FOWLER: PER ARDUA AD ASTRA SEVENTY YEARS OF THE RFC AND THE RAF, 1982, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl, d/w + DAVID BEATY: LIGHT PERPETUAL AVIATORS MEMORIAL WINDOWS, 1995, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + six others similar (11)
Los 463
KENNETH WILLIAMSON: THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS, 1948, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w (tatty), + A T CLUNESS (Ed): THE SHETLANDS BOOK, 1967, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w, + STELLA SHEPHERD: LIGHT A MANTLE THE SEA, 1971, 1ST edn, orig cl d/w, + JOHN LISTER-KAYE: THE WHITE ISLAND, 1972, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + 4 Others Orkney and Shetland Interest, (8)
Los 572
A LONDON COLT .36 'MODEL 1851' SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION PERCUSSION NAVY REVOLVER, serial no. 22375 for circa 1855, with 7 1/2in. octagonal sighted barrel with London address, cylinder with clear naval engagement scene, frame retaining some blued finish, iron trigger-guard and grip-strap retaining some original nickel-plated finish, one-piece walnut grips, and matching numbers throughout (some light surface corrosion to barrel), London proof marks.
Los 586
*COLT .36 'MODEL 1851' SIX-SHOT SINGLE-ACTION PERCUSSION NAVY REVOLVER, serial no. 103093 for circa 1861, 13 1/4in. overall, with octagonal sighted barrel with New-York address, cylinder with faint naval engagement scene, frame marked 'COLT'S PATENT', brass grip-strap and trigger-guard each retaining traces of original nickel-plated finish, one-piece walnut grips, and matching numbers throughout with the exception of the wedge (some light surface corrosion throughout).
Los 926
A U.S. .56-50 (SPENCER RIMFIRE) WARNER PATENT CAVALRY CARBINE, serial no. 2951, circa 1865, with 20in. round sighted barrel, brass action stamped 'GREENE RIFLE WORKS. / WORCESTER. MASS. / PAT'D 1864' on the left side and retaining much original plated finish, iron cartridge extractor beneath the barrel, walnut half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end (some light pitting to iron parts), contemporary London black powder proof marks.
Los 1310
COGSWELL & HARRISON - A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'EXTRA QUALITY VICTOR EJECTOR' HAND-DETACHABLE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 56632 / 3, 30in. nitro chopperlump barrels, ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2' and engraved 'COGSWELL & HARRISON LTD. 'THE EXTRA QUALITY VICTOR EJECTOR', 168 PICCADILLY. LONDON.', no. 2 barrels replacements and spuriously engraved, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, hand-detachable lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, rolled-edge triggerguards, bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright finish overall, 14 1/2in. figured stocks, no.1 gun with light damage to fore-end wood, weight 6lb. 8oz., in their lightweight leather double motor case
Los 1320
WILLIAM POWELL & SON - A COMPOSED PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 9781 / 10259, 27in. nitro barrels, ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, treble-grip actions, automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', best bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright finish overall, 14 1/2in. figured stocks including 1 1/8in. wooden extensions, fore-ends with light repairs to woodwork, weight 6lb. 8oz., in a brass-cornered oak and leather double case with W.J. Jeffery & Co. trade label
Los 1732
LINSLEY BROS. 12-BORE BOXLOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 2477 28in. nitro barrels, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, scroll-back action, automatic safety, retaining some original colour hardened finish, 14 1/8in. stock with drop-points, bolstered fore-end wood, weight 6lb. 2oz., in a light leather guncase with Linsley Brothers trade label.
Los 867
Four: Private W. Gillard, 60th Rifles, late 90th Regiment crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (90th Regt.), officially impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (90th Lt. Infy.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (1850 2nd Bn. 60th Rifles); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine and better (4) £800-900 William Gillard was born in Upper Ottery, near Honiton, Devon. A Corkcutter by occupation, he attested for service in the 90th Light Infantry (Perthshire Volunteers) on 6 December 1854, aged 18 years. With them he served in the Crimean War and in the supression of the Indian Mutiny. Gillard transferred to the 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles on 1 August 1869. He was discharged in October 1874, his intended place of residence being Chard, Somerset. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research. £800-£900
Los 900
A Great War O.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Major I. S. C. Rose, Grenadier Guards, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Lieut., K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lieut., K.R.R.C.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (Lieut., King’s Rl. Rif.); 1914 Star with clasp (Lieut., G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, these three inscribed (Maj. I. S. C. Rose, Gren Guards); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ivor Rose), mounted on pad for display, early medals with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (11) £750-850 O.B.E. London Gazette 22 March 1919. m.I.D. London Gazette Not confirmed. ivor Sainte Croix Rose was born on 16 March 1881 and educated at Eton. He was commissioned into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in February 1900 and was promoted to Lieutenant in March 1901. Serving in the Boer War with the 3rd Battalion, he was present at operations in Natal, March-June 1900, including the action at Laing’s Nek, and was in the Transvaal, November 1900-May 1902. He then served in operations in Somaliland, 1902-04, being employed as a Transport Officer to the Somaliland Field Force. In 1907 he was placed on the Reserve. As a Lieutenant in the Special Reserve he was transferred to the Grenadier Guards in August 1908. With the onset of war he ranked as a Temporary Captain in the Grenadier Guards, 16 September-1 November 1914, and was promoted to that rank on 2 November. Serving with the 2nd Battalion, he was wounded in November 1914 during the 1st Battle of Ypres - having to be dug out of a collapsed trench that had been hit by shell-fire. During the battle his ability as a marksman was much appreciated in holding off German snipers. In May 1915, still with the 2nd Battalion, he was serving as Divisional Observation Officer during the Battle of Festubert. He was employed by the Ministry of Munitions in 1917 and retired in 1919. During the Second World War he was re-employed as a Temporary Major with the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, receiving the brevet of Major in September 1939. £750-£850
Los 904
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant W. H. Benbow, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, attached Royal Berkshire Regiment, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action, 23 August 1918 military Medal, G.V.R. (Y-964 Sjt., 1/K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (Y964 Pte. (A. Sjt.), K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); Memorial Plaque (Walter Harold Benbow), this in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (5) £800-1000 M.M. London Gazette 17 April 1917. walter Harold Benbow was born in Brueton, Somerset, on 10 February 1889 and educated at King Edward’s Grammar School, Camp Hill, Birmingham. A Clerk by occupation, he attested for service on 27 August 1914. With the 1st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps he served with the B.E.F. in France, 3 August 1915-12 March 1916. Suffering a gun-shot wound to the chest on 7 March 1916, he was evacuated to England and remained there until 15 August 1916. He returned to further service in France, 16 August 1916-31 May 1917 and was awarded the M.M. for bravery in the field during 10/11 March 1917 which resulted in the capture of the Grevillers Trench Line and capture of Bailleul Village. After attaining the rank of Company Quartermaster Sergeant with the K.R.R.C. he was commissioned into the 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Returning once more to France, and attached to the 7th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, he was killed in action on 23 August 1918, aged 29 years. He was buried in the Bienvillers Military Cemetery. He was the son of Mr H. Stewart Benbow of ‘Chadshunt’, Lyttleton Road, Stechford, Birmingham. Sold with a quantity of copied service papers and other research. £800-£1000
Los 939
A Second World War D-Day operations M.M. group of five awarded to Private R. J. Brennan, 7th Parachute Battalion, Army Air Corps, who landed behind enemy lines on the night of 6 June 1944 military Medal, G.VI.R. (4462955 Pte. R. J. Brennan, A.A.C.), an official replacement with attempted erasure of the ‘R.’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, together with a Parachute Regiment badge, good very fine or better (6) £600-800 m.M. London Gazette 31 August 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘Private Brennan was one of the parachute troops who landed behind the German lines on 6 June 1944. His battalion was in continual action for 21 hours. Throughout this time, Private Brennan’s courage and cheerfulness were an inspiration to his comrades and made an important contribution to the success of this unit.’ Ronald James Brennan, a native of Darlington, is listed among those members of his battalion who were wounded in the period leading up to 5 August 1944 (W.O. 171/1239 refers). the 5th Parachute Brigade, a glider-borne force which included the 7th Parachute Battalion, was charged with seizing the crossings over the River Orne and the canal at Benouville and Ranville, in addition to clearing landing zones north of Ranville for the arrival of reinforcements later on D-Day. Famously, of course, the capture of the former objective was carried out by six platoons of the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment, commanded by Major R. J. Howard, but it should be added that it was the 7th Parachute Battalion who arrived on the scene a little later, in order to help secure the area. of the fate of Brennan’s original M.M., and his replacement award, the following extract from a Northern Ireland Branch S.S.A.F.A. newsletter is not without interest: ‘At a simple ceremony in the Northern Ireland War memorial Building on Thursday, 8 January 1987, Mr. Ronald I. Brennan, M.M., was re-presented with the decoration awarded to him for gallantry in Normandy in 1944 ... an Englishman who has been living in Northern Ireland for some years, he served in the 7th (Light Infantry) Battalion, the Parachure Regiment in North-West Europe 1944-45. The original medal was presented by the then General Montgomery at an investiture in the field in 1944 ... After the War, during the course of his travels as an entertainer, Mr. Brennan lost his Military Medal, and it was not until S.S.A.F.A. came to his assistance on another matter, that Mrs. Grace Herbert, the Secretary for Northern Ireland District, heard the story and applied to the Army Medal Office for a replacement.’ £600-£800
Los 952
Five: Major W. L. Forbes, Royal Fusiliers and Imperial Light Horse, who was severely wounded at Elandslaagte afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (2nd Lieut., 2/7th Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieut., 2d Bn. R. Fus.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Elandslaagte, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt., R. of O.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt., R. of O.); Coronation 1911, privately engraved, ‘Major W. L. Forbes, Gold Staff Officer, Westminster Abbey’, edge brusing, generally very fine or better and a rare combination of awards £1600-1800 william Lachlan Forbes was born in Aberdeenshire in August 1859, the son of General Sir John Forbes, G.C.B., and was educated at Clifton and the R.M.C. Sandhurst. Originally commissioned in the 106th Foot, he transferred to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Foot in March 1879, and quickly saw action at the defence of Kandahar and in the battle of September 1880, when he served as Orderly Officer to Colonel Daubeny. advanced to Lieutenant in July 1881, he next witnessed active service as an Assistant to the Brigade Commissariat Officer in the Burma operations of 1886-87, and received advancement to Captain in July of the latter year. Having then been placed on half-pay, he served as Adjutant of the 1st (Volunteer) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders 1890-96 and was transferred to the Reserve of Officers in 1898. but with the outbreak of hostilties in South Africa, he gained appointment as a Lieutenant in the Imperial Light Horse, and was severely wounded at Elandslaagte. Thereafter, he was employed in the Remount Service, and was granted the rank of Major on being placed back on the Reserve of Officers. Onetime a J.P. for Aberdeenshire, Forbes died in the 1930s. £1600-£1800
Los 953
Three: Captain W. A. B. RusswŸrm, Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts, late Bulawayo Field Force and Natal Mounted Rifles british South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Sergt., ‘G’ Troop, B.F.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (317 Capt., Natal M.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Cpt. & Adjt., Kitchnr. F. Scts.), the second with officially corrected rank, light contact marks and edge nicks, otherwise generally good very fine (3) £600-800 After serving with the Natal Mounted Rifles at Elandslaagte and Ladysmith, William RusswŸrm was temporarily transferred to the Natal Volunteer Composite Regiment before joining 2nd Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts; sold with Medal & clasp roll verification. £600-£800
Los 955
A most unusual Spanish War 1898, Boer War and Great War group of five awarded to Major S. Norton-Taylor, 10th Canadian Infantry, late 1st Florida Infantry and Imperial Light Horse queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., I.L.H.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut., 10/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); U.S.A., Spanish War Service Medal 1898, the edge officially numbered ‘30475’, generally good very fine and rare (5) £1200-1500 seymour Norton-Taylor, who was born at Bovey Tracey, Devon in November 1878, first saw active service as a Private in ‘C’ Company, 1st Regiment of Florida Infantry in the Spanish War of 1898, having enlisted in that corps at Tampa, Florida that May. Discharged at Tallahassee at the end of the same year, he next travelled to South Africa, where he enlisted in the 1/Imperial Light Horse and was present at Elandslaagte and the defence of Ladysmith, and participated in later operations after being commissioned in the 2nd Battalion. having then made his way to Canada where he worked as a rancher, Norton-Taylor volunteered for the Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier, Quebec in August 1914 and was quickly commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 10th Battalion Canadian Infantry. Embarked for England in the following month, and thence for France, he was wounded by shrapnel in his right hand on 13 March 1915, and evacuated to the U.K. rejoining his unit in the Field as a Temporary Captain a month or two later, he was seriously wounded by an explosion in his dugout at Ploegsteert on 23 October 1915: ‘During the month of October 1915, Private Clutterbuck found a nose-cap of a shell. He took it into the dugout, where he accidentally dropped it. An explosion followed with the result that Captain Norton-Taylor, who was in the dugout, was severely wounded in the legs and Private Clutterbuck was also severely wounded - he afterwards died as a result of his injuries’ (an official witness statement refers). rushed to a Casualty Clearing Station at Bailleul, and thence to the Red Cross Hospital at Le Touquet, both of Norton-Taylor’s legs were amputated below the knee, but, after gangrene set in, it was necessary to amputate the right leg above the knee. Yet the latter still caused problems by the time he was strong enough to be transferred to a hospital in the U.K., and a further ‘shortening operation’ took place in December 1916. Indeed Norton-Taylor did not return to duty until May 1917, having by then mastered the use of his artificial limbs, and was seconded to the Adjutant-General’s Branch as, appropriately enough, a Hospital Representative. He was honourably discharged as a Major in October 1919, and, given his terrible wounds, lived to a ripe old age, dying at Westgate, Kent in December 1963; sold with a quantity of research. £1200-£1500
Los 978
Pair: Lieutenant A. E. Swann, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry british War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80 Alfred Ernest Swann was born on 14 December 1879. He served for 91/2 years in the Natal Police. He was commissioned into the 6th Battalion K.O.Y.L.I. in October 1914 and was later a Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) in the 11th Battalion. Lieutenant Swann resigned from the Army on 23 February 1916 following an adverse report on his fitness to command. Sold with copied service papers, several of which report on his unfitness to command. £60-£80
Los 984
A British War Medal awarded to Second Lieutenant C. V. Holder, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, late London Regiment, who was killed in action at Delville Wood, 24 August 1916 british War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut. C. V. Holder) good very fine £40-50 Charles Vincent Holder was born on 29 May 1885 at Cornwall House, Lavender Hill, London. On leaving school he went to the Royal Academy to study painting and after qualifying became a professional artist. With the onset of war he volunteered for the Army on 8 August 1914, joining the 1st Battalion London Regiment. As a Private he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 6 January 1915. With them he saw action at the battle of L'Epinette, the defence of Ypres and the actions at Hooge and the Menin Road. On 25 October 1915 Private Holder returned to England to be commissioned, and on 1 November became a 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. After training, he returned to France and was posted to the 5th (Service) Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. as part of the Somme offensive, South African forces in the face of bitter opposition had captured Delville Wood suffering 766 dead. The Wood was however not totally cleared and in August 1916, 42 Brigade, 14 (Light) Division that included the 5th Battalion K.S.L.I. were given the task. By 21 August the Battalion had reached trenches at the edge of Delville Wood and at 05.45am went ‘Over the Top’. They had initial success but were not supported from the flank and in the face of severe artillery and machine gun fire were forced back to their original trench and then to the second line trench. They had captured two officers and 115 German soldiers but had suffered 201 casualties. 2nd Lieutenant Holder was among the seven 2nd lieutenants killed in the attack. in 1917 when the Allies advanced through Delville Wood Holder's identity discs were found on his body. However his body was not recovered for official burial and his name was commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Sold with copied service papers, m.i.c., and other research. £40-£50
Los 986
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (Lt. Col. W. L. Forbes; Capt. T. Law; 2 Lieut. A. Ramsay) very fine and better (3) £60-80 Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. Forbes, Black Watch, served in the Afghan War 1879-80 at Kandahar (Medal with clasp); the Burmese Expedition 1886-7 as Assistant to the Brigade Commissariat Officer (Medal with two clasps); the South African War 1899 Ð 1902, serving with the Imperial Light Horse, serving in operations in Natal 1899, including the action at Elandslaagte, where he was severely wounded. He was afterwards employed with Remount Department (Q.S.A. with four clasps, K.S.A. with two clasps). On 20 May 1915 he is shown as Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 4th (City of Dundee) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). t. Law became a 2nd Lieutenant in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry on 19 September 1914. In the August 1916 Army List he is shown as a Temporary Captain with effect on 1 July 1915 in the 2nd Battalion Queens Own Royal Glasgow Regiment. In December 1918 while still in that regiment, he is shown as having been attached to the 13th Battalion Essex Regiment since 1 June 1916. £60-£80
Los 988
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (Lt. Col. J. H. Cooke; Major E. P. Donaldson; Bt. Col. J. M. Ransom) good very fine and better (3) £60-80 Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Cooke, 4th Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. major E. P. Donaldson, Rifle Brigade. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 15th (Service) Battalion Rifle Brigade, 12 January 1915; promoted to Lieutenant, 7 July 1916. In the April 1917 list shown as serving with the Machine Gun Corps. In the December 1918 list shown as an Acting Major, Rifle Brigade, attached to Machine Gun Corps. james Mann Ransom was commissioned into the Royal Marines but transferred to become an officer in the 12th Bombay Native Infantry, Indian Army. He then served in the 114 Mahrattas and was promoted Major in February 1901. He then retired. In November 1914 with the onset of war he was re-employed as a Brevet Colonel and in the August 1916 List he is shown as in command of the 9th (Reserve) Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry based at Pembroke Dock. In April 1917 he is shown as a Brevet Colonel in command of the 48th Battalion K.S.L.I. and Training Reserve. £60-£80
Los 1000
Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (Lieut. G. C. W. O’Carroll; Major J. D. Shepherd; Capt. W. J. Symes; Lieut. R. B. Walker), second with M.I.D. oakleaf on ribbon; last lacking suspension ring, good very fine and better (4) £80-100 Lieutenant G. C. W. O’Carroll, 4th, attached 1/5th Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry; wounded at the Battle of Lys. captain W. J. Symes, Royal Army Medical Corps. £80-£100
Los 1006
Pair: John Blakely, 12th Light Dragoons military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria (John Bleakley, 12th Light Dragoons); Waterloo 1815 (John Blakely, 12th Reg. Light Dragoons) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, the first with considerable edge bruising and contact wear, fine, the second with some contact wear, nearly very fine (2) £3000-3500 John Blakely/Bleakley was born at Clones, County Monaghan, and attested for the 12th Royal Lancers at Clones on 2 November 1808, aged 17. He served ‘Three years and two months in the Peninsula; Three years and seven months in France with the Army of Occupation; One year and two months in Portugal. Was present at the Battles of Salamanca & Vittoria. Wounded by a Musket Ball in the neck at Burgos.’ He was discharged at his own request on 20 July 1832, having served a total of 24 years and 264 days, including 2 years extra service for Waterloo. Sold with copy service papers. £3000-£3500
Los 1010
A rare Kelat-i-Ghilzie group of four to Sepoy Emambux Khan, 43rd Bengal Native Light Infantry defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Sepoy Emambux Khan, 43rd regt. N.I.) fitted with steel clip and straight bar suspension; Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Sepoy Emambux Khan, 43rd regt. N.I.) fitted with steel clip and straight bar suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Sepoy Emam Bux Khan, 43rd Regt. N.I.) with brass hook suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (Sepoy Emambux Khan, 43rd L.I.) impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine and a very rare group (4) £3500-4000 First sold by Debenham’s in August 1900. 55 Europeans and 877 Indian troops took part in the defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie, including 247 men of the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry. sepoy Emambux Khan is confirmed on the roll of the 2nd Company 43rd N.I., under the command of Lieutenant R. A. Trotter, as being ‘present during the investment and blockade of the Fort of Khelat i Ghilzie in 1842’. following the disastrous retreat of the British from Cabul in January 1842, Ghuznee was retaken by the Afghans, and the isolated garrison at Kelat-i-Ghilzie was invested. The garrison consisted of 600 of the Shah’s 3rd Infantry, three companies of the 43rd N.I., totalling 247 men, forty-four European and twenty-two native artillery, twenty-three Bengal Sappers and Miners, and seven British officers, all under Captain John Halkett Craigie. the total strength of the garrison of Kelat-i-Ghilzie, situated about eighty miles north east of Candahar, was fifty-five Europeans and 877 natives. In spite of ‘cold and privation unequalled by any of the troops in Afghanistan’ the garrison put up a successful defence through the whole winter till relieved on 26 May 1842. On the 21st May, however, the garrison had repulsed a particularly determined attack by some 6,000 Afghans: ‘Khelat-i-Ghilzai was attacked at a quarter before four o’clock’, reported Craigie, ‘The enemy advanced to the assault in the most determined manner, each column consisting of upwards of 2,000 men, provided with 30 scaling ladders, but after an hour’s fighting were repulsed and driven down the hill, losing five standards, one of which was planted three times in one of the embrasures ... The greatest gallantry and coolness were displayed by every commissioned and non-commissioned officer, and private (both European and Native) engaged in meeting the attack of the enemy, several of whom were bayoneted on top of the sandbags forming our parapets ...’ Colonel Wymer and his relieving force consequently were only engaged in destroying the defences and caring for the sick and wounded, until the 1st of June when they returned to Candahar. £3500-£4000
Los 1033
Three: Serjeant-Major J. B. Jolly, Cape Police, late Cape Mounted Rifles cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 2 clasps, Basutoland, Bechuanaland (Pte., C.M. Rifles); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (22 Serjt., Cape Police); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, ‘a’ cypher (Sgt. Mjr. J. B. Jolly, Cape Police D2), complete with brooch bar, good very fine and better, the first scarce (3) £500-560 Only 77 medals issued with the combination of Basutoland and Bechuanaland clasps. no research has been done on James Buchanan Jolly's earlier service in Basutoland and Bechuanaland. During the Defence of Kimberley, he was attached to the Headquarters Staff and Depot of the Cape Police Mounted Branch; his low regimental number (22) indicates he was probably one of the earliest members of that Unit. He was attached to District 2 of the Cape Police, which was headquartered at Kimberley. A priority function of the detachment was to patrol the line of rail from the Modder River in the south to the town of Mafeking in the north. Elements of the Cape Police from King William's Town (District 1) were drafted in to support their sister District in this function on orders from the Corps Headquarters in Cape Town. on 12 October 1899, orders were issued to those Cape Police elements in the field to fall back on Kimberley to boost that small garrison's strength as hostilities were believed imminent. The bulk of them were able to comply with the order whilst others, particularly those closer to Mafeking, were prevented from doing so as a result of the activity of Republican Forces. Consequently, they were forced to fall back on Mafeking, thus the reason for the presence of the Cape Police in both besieged towns. as one of only two Sergeant Majors (local rank) then on the corps strength in Kimberley, Jolly was attached to the Headquarters' Staff and Depot of the Cape Police's Mounted Branch (350 all ranks) during the defence of the town. About 5,500 men, and a few women, participated in the defence. The majority were positioned in fixed defensive positions, or redoubts, whilst an elite group made up of the Kimberley Light Horse (433 all ranks), Loyal North Lancs Mounted Infantry (22 all ranks), Cape Police Mounted Branch (350 all ranks), Diamond Fields Artillery (114 all ranks), De Beers Maxim Battery (35 all ranks), and mounted elements of the Kimberley Regiment of Volunteers (styled the Diamond Fields Horse, about 200 from a total roll strength of 585 all ranks) made up the mounted branch under the command of Captain (local Lt. Col) Scott-Turner of the Royal Highlanders. the Branch saw major actions on 25th and 28th November 1899 (at the time, the garrison commander, Lt. Col. Kekewich, believed that the relieving force was close at hand), when they sustained a number of casualties. Scott-Turner's probable reckless conduct on 28th November 1899 resulted in both his death and that of a number of his men. £500-£560
Los 1046
Seven: Pioneer Manoah Young, Royal Engineers, late Corporal, Grenadier Guards queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (6422 Pte., 1/Gren. Gds.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (6422 Pte., Gren. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (6422 Corpl., Grenadier Guards); 1914-15 Star (118783 Pnr., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (118783 Pnr., R.E.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (Pte., Gren. Gds.), mounted as worn, edge bruising, contact marks, fine and better (7) £550-600 manoah Young was born in Bensington, Wellingford, Oxfordshire. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the Grenadier Guards, aged 21 years. He had previously served in the 4th Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry. With the 1st Battalion he served in Gibraltar, September 1897-July 1898; Egypt and the Sudan, July-October 1898, and South Africa, October 1899-October 1902. Transferred to the Army Reserve in February 1904, he was discharged having completed his period of service on 22 March 1909. With the onset of the Great War he rejoined the Army, serving as a Pioneer in the Royal Engineers, entering the France/Flanders theatre of war on 18 September 1915. He later served as a Private in the Labour Corps. sold with copied service papers and m.i.c. £550-£600
Los 1047
The group of five medals awarded to Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) R. H. W. Brewis, 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, late Oxfordshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 18 December 1914 queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Lt., 1/R. War. R.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Major, R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (Lieut., 1st Royal Warwickshire Regt.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Henry Watkin Brewis), first and last with edge bruising and some contact marks, very fine and better (6) £2000-2500 m.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1915. robert Henry Watkin Brewis was born on 29 September 1873, the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Brewis of Ibstone, Oxfordshire. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry (Militia) on 24 March 1892; he was advanced to Lieutenant in January 1894. Transferring then to the Regular Army, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regimet on 28 August 1895, being promoted to Lieutenant in April 1898. With the 1st battalion he served in the Sudan Expedition and was present at the battles of Atbara and Omdurman. Promoted to Captain in March 1900, he served as Adjutant, July 1907-July 1910. In April 1911 he was appointed Adjutant and Quartermaster (graded as Staff Captain) at the Staff College. In December 1912 he was promoted to Major. With the onset of war he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war. There, with the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and in command of the 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he was killed in action on 18 December 1914, aged 41 years, whilst leading an attack on the German trenches at Bois Grenier before Le Maisnil. In the attack, of the 22 officers and 939 other ranks mustered, Lieutenant-Clonel Brewis and eight other officers were killed, two were wounded and one missing, and the total casualties to the other ranks neared 300. General Capper in a Divisional Order congratulated the battalion on their ‘gallant effort, which though unsuccessful had been of great use and service to the general plans of the Allied Army’. Lieutenant-Colonel Brewis was originally buried in the Fleurbaise Churchyard and later reburied at Sailly-sur-la-Lys Churchyard, near Armentieres. sold with a quantity of copied photographs, copied letters, newspaper cuttings and documents and other copied research. Amongst them is a copied letter from a brother officer to Mrs Brewis of 86 Cromwell Road, London, S.W.7, ‘... On December 19th the Germans allowed us a short time to collect our dead from off their wire. Lt. Col. Strevens M.C. or lieut. as he was then found Major Brewis’ body on their wire & was able to bring it to our trenches. He was the only body the Germans allowed us to bring in. The rest were buried as they fell. We were able to carry his body back to the Regimental transport and he was buried with as full military honours as was possible in Fleurbaise churchyard ....’ The five medals in a wooden glass-fronted case; the Plaque and Memorial Scroll in a matching wooden glass-fronted case. Note: glass not suitable for posting. £2000-£2500
Los 1050
Eight: Colour Sergeant Fred Watson, Royal Marines Light Infantry queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Pte., R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Sappho); 1914-15 Star (Ch.10348 Sgt., R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch.10348 Cr. Sgt., R.M.L.I.); Defence; Jubilee 1935; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ch.10348 Fred Watson, Sergeant, R.M.L.I.); Italy, Mesina Earthquake Medal 1908, unnamed, mounted for display, last with contact marks, nearly very fine; others good very fine and better (8) £260-300 Fred Watson was born in Hulme, Manchester on 23 November 1880. He entered the R.M.L.I. in June 1898 and attained the rank of Colour Sergeant in February 1918. He was demobilized in November 1919 and died at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire on 25 September 1954. Sold with a folder of research including service papers. Messina Earthquake Medal not confirmed. £260-£300
Los 1082
Pair: Private W. Thompson, Royal Marine Light Infantry africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (Pte., R.M., H.M.S. Scout); British War Medal 1914-20 (Po.8469 Pte., R.M.L.I.) very fine and better (2) £220-260 A total of 15 men of the 3rd class cruiser Scout were entitled to the A.G.S. with clasp for ‘Jubaland’. £220-£260
Los 1084
Pair: Private W. Harty, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (23039443 Pte. W. Harty, KOYLI.) officially re-impressed later issue; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (23039443 Pte. W. Harty, KOYLI.) probably a later issue, good very fine (2) £80-100 £80-£100
Los 1091
Three: Private C. Edwards, Royal Fusiliers, killed in action, 27 September 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (L-15512 Pte., 1/R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (L-15512 Pte., R. Fus.), last two late issues in card boxes of issue, extremely fine (3) £100-140 Charles Edwards was born and lived in High Wycombe and enlisted at Hounslow. Formerly serving with the 3rd Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry, he transferred to the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers before the war. Serving with them, he was killed in action on 27 September 1914, aged 27 years. He was the son of Mr and Mrs A. Edwards of 31 Brook Street, High Wycombe. Sold with copied newspaper cutting bearing obituary with photograph. £100-£140
Los 1120
Three: Private C. Hutton, Durham Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1852 Pte., Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1842 Pte., Durh. L.I.) worn (4) £20-30 Private Colin Hutton, Durham Light Infantry, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 20 April 1915. He later served with the R.A.O.C. and gained the G.S.M. with clasps for Iraq and Palestine. Sold with D.L.I. cap badge and copied m.i.c. £20-£30
Los 1131
Four: Captain E. W. Daniel, Essex Regiment, late Royal Fusiliers, who was severely wounded in August 1918 1914-15 Star (6069 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.); Coronation 1937, privately engraved, ‘Capt. E. W. Daniel’, mounted as worn, generally very fine (4) £180-220 Edward Welley Daniel, who was born in West Ham, London in April 1895 and educated at St. Paul’s College, Cheltenham, enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers in December 1914. Posted to the 19th Battalion, he served out in France, onetime being attached as a ‘batman’ to 2nd Lieutenant de la Rue, 98 Light Trench Mortar Battery (his service record refers), but in late 1916 he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Sometime thereafter joining the 10th Battalion out in France, he was severely wounded at Morlaucourt on 8 August 1918, when shot in the face, the bullet entering his lower left jaw at an angle and exiting at the outer side of his nose (Medical Board report refers). He was duly evacuated from Le Havre, saw no further active service and was demobbed in March 1920. daniel was awarded his Coronation 1937 Medal while employed as the Assistant Director of Education in Trinidad - the official roll refers - so his privately engraved rank of Captain might well suggest additional service in the Local Defence Force. £180-£220
Los 1154
Three: Captain G. Chubb, 6th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment 1914-15 Star (Capt., The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) very fine or better (3) £300-350 Geoffrey Chubb was educated at Leys School and King’s College, Cambridge, by profession a solicitor he also played rugby for Kent and the Old Leysians. He was killed in action on 12 July 1915, aged 46, whilst serving with the 6th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment and is buried in Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Ploegsteert, France. His eldest son, Francis, had been killed in action less than three months previously on 18 April 1915 whilst serving as a Second Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Light Infantry. £300-£350
Los 1163
Family group: three: Able Seaman R. D. Robb, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1914-15 Star (CZ.4840 A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (C.Z. 4840 A.B., R.N.V.R.) pair: Private J. M. Robb, Highland Light Infantry british War and Victory Medals (4506 Pte., H.L.I.) good very fine (5) £60-80 Robert Dickson Robb died on 11 March 1917 whilst serving with the Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division and is buried at Cathcart Cemetery, United Kingdom. £60-£80
Los 1171
Three: Corporal R. Jones, Somerset Light Infantry, subsequently Dorsetshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (13841 L. Cpl., Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (13841 Cpl., Som. L.I.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-100 Richard Jones was born and lived in Nelson, Glamorgan and enlisted at Pontypridd. He was killed in action in France and Flanders on 1 October 1918 whilst serving with the 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. £80-£100
Los 1193
Four: Air Corporal F. C. Healey, South African Air Force, late South Aftican Mounted Rifles 1914-15 Star (Pte., 1st S.A.M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Rfm., 1st S.A.M.R.); Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (No.1707 Air Cpl., S.A.A.F.) nearly very fine and better (4) £180-220 Frederick Charles Healey (variously spelt as ‘Heally’ or ‘Healley’ on documents) was born at Potchefstroom, Transvaal, on 10 October 1890. A Farrier and Blacksmith by occupation, he attested for service with the South African Mounted Rifles on 15 January 1916, having previously served for 6 months with the Rand Light Infantry. With the 1st Battalion S.A.M.R. he served until September 1920 when he was transferred to the Artillery. Transferred to the S.A.O.C. in March 1930 and then to the S.A.A.F. in December 1933, he applied for his Long Service medal in July 1935. Transferred to the T.S.C. in January 1940, he was discharged in October that year. sold with copied service papers. £180-£220
Los 1198
Pair: Private G. Bright, 12th Australian Light Horse british War Medal 1914-20 (80 Pte., 12 L.H.R. A.I.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (80 Pte., 1-L.H. A.I.F.) nearly very fine (2) £120-160 George Bright was born in Battersea. A Station Hand by occupation, he enlisted into the 1st Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force on 13 January 1915, aged 20 years. He transferred to the 12th Light Horse Regiment in March 1915 but returned to the 1st L.H. R. in October the same year. He served for a short period in Gallipoli, August-September 1915 but was invalided to Malta suffering from dysentery on 21 September. Still suffering from the disease, he was returned to Australia in August 1916 and was discharged from the A.I.F. on 14 April 1917. He died from the effects of chronic dysentery on 2 August 1918. He was buried in Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery. Entitled to a 1914-15 Star. sold with a quantity of copied service papers. £120-£160
Los 1211
Family group: pair: Private J. Pearman, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry late Military Foot Police, killed in action, 22 August 1918 british War and Victory Medals (P-1739 Pte., M.F.P.); Memorial Plaque (John Pearman) extremely fine pair: Private H. Pearman, South Staffordshire Regiment british War and Victory Medals (3057 Pte., S. Staff. R.) good very fine (5) £120-160 John Pearman was born in Walsall. Prior to the war he served in the Walsall Constabulary. With the onset of war he enlisted at Walsall into the Military Foot Police as Private P-1739. Transferring then to the 10th (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry as Private 31870, he was killed in action on 22 August 1918. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. He was the son of John and Matilda Pearman of 94 New Mills Street, Palfrey, Walsall. Sold with a folder containing a commemorative scroll, copied m.i.c. for John and his brother Harry Pearman and copied photographs of John and his father, with other research. for their father’s medal, see Lot 259. £120-£160
Los 1215
Seven: Chief Petty Officer W. T. D. Downham, Royal Navy british War and Victory Medals (J.73138 Boy 1, R.N.), late issues; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (J73138 A/P.O., H.M.S. Nelson) nearly extremely fine (7) £200-240 M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1941 & 1 January 1943. william Thomas Drayson Downham was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, on 17 March 1902. A Farm Boy by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 5 July 1917 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in December 1917. Posted to light cruiser Centaur in January 1918, he was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in 1920 and Able Seaman in February 1921 when on the Shakespeare. In the Second World War he was a Chief Petty Officer aboard the destroyer Dainty when she was bombed and sunk by German dive-bombers off Tobruk, on 24 February 1941. In the inquiry into the loss of the ship, Downham, who was at the ship’s wheel in the wheel house, reported: ‘I was able to steer the ship for approximately two minutes when the steering gear failed and I reported to the bridge. The order was given ‘Stop engines; abandon wheel house’. The telegraph appeared to be in action and I received a reply from the Engine Room by gong. The First Lieutenant gave the order ‘Flood the foremost magazine’. This was carried out by myself and two Able Seamen - Able Seaman Taft and Able Seaman Burns. The next order from the Captain was ‘Everybody to the fo’csle; stand-by to abandon ship’. I assisted in tying the Hasty alongside and about 60 men jumped inboard’. For his services during the action, he was mentioned in despatches. He was further mentioned in despatches in 1943, for services as C.P.O. aboard the destroyer Wells. sold with copied service papers; report on the loss of the Dainty; gazette extracts; and medal roll. This latter shows Downham was issued with a duplicate pair of British War and Victory Medals in 1952. £200-£240
Los 1231
Pair: Private W. Baldwin, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry british War and Victory Medals (43610 Pte., K.S.L.I.) very fine £40-50 William Baldwin was born and enlisted at Lancaster. He died of wounds in France and Flanders on 9 February 1916 whilst serving with the 5th Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. £40-£50
Los 1259
Four: Corporal G. Clynes, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, late King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry general Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22275325 Pte. G. Clynes, K.O.Y.L.I.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22275325 Pte. G. Clynes, K.S.L.I.); U.N. Korea; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (22275325 Cpl. G. Clynes, K.S.L.I.) mounted as worn, very fine or better (4) £350-400 £350-£400
Los 1280
An emotive Second World War group of three awarded to Petty Officer P. H. Kissane, who was killed in action aboard H.M.S. Glowworm during her remarkably gallant clash with the heavy cruiser Hipper off Norway on 8 April 1940: her captain, Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Roope, R.N., was subsequently awarded a posthumous V.C., while Churchill famously announced in the House of Commons ‘Glowworm’s light has been quenched’ 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed as issued, together with a Royal Life Saving Society bronze medal (P. H. Kissane, Sept. 1932), and a quantity of original documentation, as listed below, extremely fine (Lot) £600-800 patrick Henry Kissane was born in Southampton in March 1908 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in September 1923. Advanced to Ordinary Seaman in the Tiger in March 1926, to Able Seaman on the Warspite in June 1927 and to Petty Officer at the gunnery establishment Excellent in August 1938, he was serving in the cruiser Belfast at the outbreak of hostilities. A brief period ashore at Drake IV followed in the new year, and thence his appointment to the destroyer Glowworm, in which ship he was killed in action on 8 April 1940. the Glowworm, in company with Greyhound, Hyperion and Hero, was screening the battlecruiser Renown as part of operation ‘Wilfred’, a minelaying operation off Norway. After becoming separated whilst searching for a man overboard, the Glowworm made contact with two German destroyers that were carrying troops for the invasion of Norway, and quickly went into action, gaining some notable hits. Shortly afterwards, however, the German heavy cruiser Hipper appeared on the scene and began to shell Roope’s command with accurate fire. John Winton’s definitive history, The Victoria Cross at Sea, takes up the story: ‘As usual, the German initial gunnery ranging was excellent and Hipper hit Glowworm with her first salvo. The weather made escape or evasive shadowing almost impossible, so Roope sent off an enemy sighting report (his second, both of which were received by the C.-in-C.) and closed the enemy. The destroyer Glowworm, 1,345 tons and armed with four 4.7-inch guns, therefore advanced upon the 10,000-ton Admiral Hipper, armed with eight 8-inch and twelve 4.1-inch guns. Glowworm was hit again, in the Captain’s day cabin, where the doctor and his action sick-bay party were all killed or wounded. Another shell brought down part of the foremast and the wireless aerials, which fouled the siren on the funnel, and Glowworm went into action with the strange mournful banshee wailing of her steam siren. She fired a spread of five torpedoes, all of which ran wide, and was hit again, forward and in the engine-room, where a large fire broke out. Glowworm made smoke and prepared for another torpedo attack. At some time now, Roope decided to ram his enemy. Glowworm emerged from the smokescreen, crossing Hipper’s bows from port to starboard, and fired another spread of five torpedoes, four of which got away and one of which just missed Hipper by yards. Glowworm was still making about twenty knots when Roope ordered a sharp turn to starboard and headed for Hipper’s starboard side. Helmuth Heye, Hipper’s captain, alarmed by the possibility of another torpedo attack, also tried to turn to starboard and ram Glowworm, but Hipper was much slower under helm and Glowworm struck her amidships, tearing away about 100 feet of her armoured plating, damaging the starboard side torpedo tubes, killing one man at his gun and puncturing two fresh-water tanks. glowworm drew clear after her collision and although her decks were swept by a storm of fire from Hipper’s 4.1-inch and 37mm. close-range weapons, got off another salvo and hit Hipper from a range of about 400 yards. She was by then losing way, settling by the bows, with a major fire raging amidships and all steam pressure lost. Roope ordered his ship’s company to abandon ship. He stayed on the bridge, smoking a cigarette. heye chivalrously stayed for over an hour to pick up Glowworm’s survivors. Roope was seen in the water, helping men to put on their lifejackets and he actually reached Hipper’s ship’s side, where a rope was thrown to him. He caught it, but was not able to hang on. He sank back exhausted and was drowned. One officer and 30 men of Glowworm’s total ship’s company of 149 were picked up. Two men died in captivity.’ Aged 32 years, Kissane left a widow, Nora, a resident of Eastleigh, Hampshire. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. sold with a quantity of original documents, including the recipient’s Certificate of Service; R.N. Certificate for the Educational Test, Part I, to ‘Patrick H. Kissane, Boy 1st Class, O.N. J.108276’, dated 2 March 1926; Queries in Seamanship, Gunnery and Torpedo booklet, with pencil written notes; Wightman’s Arithmetical Tables booklet, inscribed, ‘P. H. Kissane’; the recipient’s H.M.S. Tiger and H.M.S. Warspite Qualification Cards; his H.M.S. Greyhound Identification Card; postcards and photographs of ships including H.M.S. Glowworm; a photograph of the recipient; newspaper cuttings mostly regarding the loss of the Glowworm; cloth badge; a metal name-plate inscribed ‘P. Kissane’ and a quantity of copied research. £600-£800
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