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Los 845
ENGLISH NAIVE ARTIST, 1853 - PORTRAIT OF A LADY, FULL LENGTH IN PROFILE, IN A BLACK DRESS HOLDING A ROSE IN HER LEFT HAND, SIGNED HUSTON AND DATED, INK AND WATERCOLOUR ON CARD, 22.5 X 17.5CM, ROSEWOOD FRAME Several worm holes lower left, frame of the period and possibly original, good overall condition
Los 878A
JOHN SAMUEL (OR SAMUELSON) TEMPLETON (1806-1863) - PORTRAIT OF A LADY; PORTRAIT OF A BOY OF THE TURNOR FAMILY, PENDANTS, BUST LENGTH, BOTH SIGNED AND DATED (TEMPLETON FECIT 1849), BLACK, WHITE AND COLOURED CHALK ON COLOURED PAPER, ARCHED TOP, 57 X 44.5CM (2)Exhibited: RA, 1849 (probably) Lady Caroline Turnor (No. 830) and Algernon Turnor 4th son of Mr and Lady Caroline Turnor (No. 908). It is here proposed that the present portraits are those of Lady Caroline Finch-Hatton (1817-1888) daughter of the 10th Earl of Winchilsea and his wife Lady Georgina Charlotte Graham. She married Christopher Turnor on February 2, 1837. Their younger child, and only son, Algernon, was born in November 1845. Good condition, in the original but slightly damaged Victorian gilt frames with reason, presumably acid free, window mounts, original wooden backboards with chalked artist's name and a room location number
Los 157
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MINIATURE TORTOISESHELL AND WIRE INLAID BOX WITH COFFERED LID, 68MM L, A VICTORIAN BLONDE TORTOISESHELL CARD CASE, A MINIATURE MOTHER OF PEARL TIMEPIECE, A CAST SILVER PENDANT SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF GENTLEMAN, A GOLD PLATED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH, ETC Variable condition
Los 456
A VIENNA STYLE THREE HANDLED CYLINDRICAL CUP ON GILT LION PAW FEET, TRANSFER PRINTED IN THE MANNER OF ANGELICA KAUFMAN ON CLARET AND GREEN PANELS, 19CM H; A DRESDEN STYLE POTTERY BALUSTER VASE OF PANELLED FORM PAINTED WITH COURTING COUPLES AND FLORAL SPRAYS ON TURQUOISE PANELS WITHIN GILT BORDERS, THE DOMED COVER WITH BUD FINIAL, 33CM H, A QUANTITY OF OTHER DECORATIVE CERAMICS IN VIENNA STYLE, INCLUDING PLATES, DISHES, CARLSBAD TEA SERVICE COMPRISING TEAPOT, COVERED SUCRIER, CREAM JUG AND SIX CUPS AND SAUCERS, A VICTORIAN CASED CRANBERRY GLASS PEDESTAL WITH HEAD AND SHOULDER PORTRAIT TO ONE OVAL PANEL TO THE REVERSE WITH FLORAL SPRAY WITHIN LAPPET BORDERS ON A GILT FOLIATE GROUND, 20CM H, TOGETHER WITH A TERRACOTTA POTTERY EWER, THE PALE OLIVE GREEN GROUND PAINTED WITH PRUNUS BLOSSOM, THE WAISTED NECK WITH FOLIATE WRAPPED HANDLE Continental porcelain items with signs of wear to gilding, other wear consistent with age. Victorian cranberry cased pedestal cracked and re-glued. Other wear consistent with age
Los 526
THE ARCHIVE OF CLARENCE WINCHESTER (1895-1981), AVIATOR, ESSAYIST AND PUBLISHER, COMPRISING FLIGHT: FIFTEEN GLASS WHOLE PLATE AERIAL NEGATIVES OF THE SUSSEX COAST, INCLUDING BRIGHTON AND HOVE TAKEN BY CLARENCE WINCHESTER IN 1913 FROM “ERIC PASHLEY’S BI-PLANE”, FIVE VINTAGE GELATIN SILVER PRINTS FROM THE PRECEDING NEGATIVES, TOGETHER MOUNTED, COMPRISING VIEWS OF THE HOVE LAWNS, WESTPIER AND FRONT BRIGHTON AND APPROACH OVER THE HARBOUR AND RIVER ADUR TO SHOREHAM-BY-SEA AERODROME, FURTHER INSCRIBED “PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN 1913 BY CLARENCE WINCHESTER WITH A SANDERSON BELLOWS CAMERA FROM A HENRY FARMAN BOX-KITE TYPE BI-PLANE WITH FRONT ELEVATOR AND 50 HP ROTARY GNOME ENGINE AT REAR HEIGHTS VARY FROM 500 TO 1200FT…”, TOGETHER FRAMED, PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WINCHESTER-BRYNILDSEN GLIDER 1922, ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY SCROLL AWARDED ON WINCHESTER’S ELECTION AS AN ASSOCIATE 11 JANUARY 1938, SEALED, WINCHESTER’S ROYAL AERO CLUB LICENCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GLIDING CONTEST 16TH – 21ST OCTOBER 1922, , WINCHESTER’S POEMS OF AN AIR PILOT, UNPAGINATED, DUST WRAPPERS, 1921 AND NINETEEN REAL PHOTOGRAPHIC AND PRINTED POSTCARDS OF BI-PLANES OR AERIAL VIEWS AND ONE OF WINCHESTER STANDING BEFORE HIS AEROPLANE, MOSTLY SENT TO MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY, THE MESSAGES RELATED. LETTERS AND ARTICLES: INCLUDING A.L.S AND COPY T.L.S, MANY ANNOTATED, MANUSCRIPT AND TYPESCRIPT POETRY AND PROSE, FIVE ALBUMS OF WINCHESTER’S ARTICLES FROM THE ARGONAUT, PALL MALL GAZETTE, SUNDAY EXPRESS, THE WORLD, DAILY MAIL, EVENING MAIL, FLIGHT, ET AL, LETTERS FROM HIS LITERARY AGENT AND OTHER BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE AND CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION BY SIR JOHN WILSON (DESIGNED AND EDITED BY WINCHESTER) 1953, INCLUDING A LETTER TO HIS WIDOW ON BEHALF OF QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER, “THE QUEEN MOTHER KNOWS SO WELL THE AFFECTION AND ADMIRATION FELT FOR YOUR HUSBAND BY THOSE OF EVERY AGE AND BACKGROUND. HIS BOOK, THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TREASURED BY HER MAJESTY…“ [SIGNED MARTIN GILLIAT], WWII BRITISH PATRIOTIC BOOKLETS, THREE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS OF WINCHESTER AS A YOUNG MAN, ONE INSCRIBED GREETINGS FROM THE GOLD COAST… 1945 AND A STUDIO PORTRAIT. BOOKS AND PRINTS: INCLUDING THE SECOND BOOK OF THE OMAR KHAYYAM CLUB 1910-1929, PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY MARTIN HARDIE RA, NUMBERED 9 OF THE EDITION OF 125. BOOKS BY WINCHESTER: NOVELS AND VERSE BUT INCLUDING FLYING MEN AND THEIR MACHINES 1916, GEORGE BAKER (B.1895, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR FROM BURY, NEAR ARUNDEL) – THE SOUL OF A SKUNK THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR 1930, CAT’S MEAT AND KINGS AND THREE OTHERS BY THE SAME, PART WORKS EDITED BY WINCHESTER IN THE INTER-WAR PERIOD, INCLUDING WONDERS OF WORLD AVIATION AND RAILWAY WONDERS OF THE WORLD, BOOKS PUBLISHED BY WINCHESTER’S INPRINT (WINCHESTER PUBLICATIONS LIMITED) INCLUDING THE CROWN JEWELS AND OTHER REGALIA IN THE TOWER OF LONDON BY MAJOR GENERAL H D W SITWELL, EDITED BY CLARENCE WINCHESTER BY WHOM SIGNED ON THE TITLE, 1953, ETON MEDLEY, HARROW SCHOOL YESTERDAY AND TODAY, THE PERMANENT WAY AND SEVERAL PAPERBACK BOOKS. MEMORABILIA AND WORKS OF ART: COMPRISING WINCHESTER’S HAND SEAL WITH INITIAL W, E ELLIOT LTD BROWN BAKELITE VP TWIN CAMERA, PASTEL PORTRAIT OF THE HEAD OF CLARENCE WINCHESTER BY ADRIAN BURY (1891-1991), SIGNED, DATED OCTOBER 10, 1932 AND INSCRIBED ‘TO MY DEAR FRIEND CLARENCE WINCHESTER FROM ADRIAN BURY’, 29 X 19CM, LIFE SIZED BRONZE-PAINTED GLASS FIBRE PORTRAIT BUST OF WINCHESTER AFTER THE SCULPTURE BY ANTHONY GRAY FRBS, 1962 AND TWO ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE COVER OF THE ARGOSY, C1930, BY ‘OLICK’ (?), SIGNED, GOUACHE, FRAMEDProvenance: Clarence Winchester; thence by descent to the present vendor
Los 620
A LOUIS XVI GOLD MOUNTED COMPOSITION BOITE-A-MINIATURE, THE BLACK AND GOLD DECORATED BOX INSET WITH A CONTEMPORARY OVAL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF A YOUNG MAN WITH LIGHTLY POWDERED HAIR AND WHITE CRAVAT, SKY BACKGROUND, IN GOLD SURROUND, PIERCED THUMBPIECE, TORTOISESHELL LINED, 58MM DIAM Some professional restoration; fine appearance. Miniature in apparently very good condition, unexamined out of box
Los 576
R Buckner, 19th century, oil painting, portrait of Isabella Catherine May, countess of Suffolk and Berkshire, 2nd daughter of Lord Molineux Howard, the canvas 75 cm x 62 cm in gilt floral leaf and acorn moulded frame (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The portrait has not been relined. There are no holes in the canvas. As you will see from our image there is some craquelure to the paint surface. This is most evident in the darker areas of the shoulders and arms and around the extremities of the picture. There is no significant paint loss, simply shrinkage. There are no lifting areas. The picture frame is contemporary with the portrait and is in generally very good order. There are one or two minor losses to the gesso and minor scuffs and nibbles, but other than being dirty the frame is in generally good order.
Los 577
R Buckner, 19th century, oil painting, portrait of Charlotte Julianna Jane, 3rd daughter of Lord Henry Molineux Howard, wife of James Wentworth Buller Esq of Downes Co Devon, the canvas 75 cm x 62 cm, in gilt floral leaf and acorn moulded frame (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The painting has not been relined. There are no holes in the canvas. The paint finish is in generally good order although there is some shrinkage to the left hand side particularly to the left and above the shoulder and into the top left hand corner of the painting. There is no lifting paint, simply paint shrinkage. The original gilt frame is in generally very good condition with only minor blemishes. The principle issue is dust and surface dirt.
Los 586
19th century English School, oil painting, portrait of the racehorse "Brayton by President aged 8 1/2 years 1843", the horse pictured in landscape with a castle to the horizon, the canvas 61 cm x 74 cm in bevelled maple frame with gilt inner slip (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: Slight surface damage to canvas.
Los 587
19th century English School, oil painting, portrait of the racehorse "Skiddaw, by Corinthian (1843)", the canvas 42 x 51 cm in bevelled maple frame with gilt inner slip (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The painting has not been relined. The white marks that you refer to above and below the horse head are scratches and minor losses to the paint surface. There is one very small hole in the canvas to the right hand side of the stirrup. The white streak to the left hand side by the water trough was simply dirt and has rubbed off. The painting is actually signed on the water trough W Burrows and dated 1846.
Los 588
E W Webb, oil painting, portrait of the racehorse "Rory Bean, by Canopus, aged 14 years, June 1832", the canvas 62 cm x 74 cm, signed in full and dated 1832 in figured maple bevelled frame with gilt inner slip (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The painting has come in for sale from Greystoke Castle, the home of the Howard Family since 1520. The painting as not been re-lined. There are two small patched to the rear of the canvas. There is poor overpainting corresponding to these patches. The areas in question when viewed from the front are approximately 6 cm up from the top hat and 2 cm below the angled forearm. The canvas is generally flat with no significant undulation. The painting has slightly moved in its frame exposing the canvas a little on the left-hand side. There is some crazing to the paint surface but this is not serious. We have looked at the canvas under a UV light and there is minor overpainting corresponding to the two patches. There is also a very small half cm square section approximately 3 cm above the narrow part of the horse's tail that has also had overpainting.
Los 662
Three portrait miniatures, "Peggy Neale" 1797 and two others, each with ebonised frame and acorn hanger. CONDITION REPORT: Lady in red dress with blue shawl - we have not removed the miniature from the frame as it is sealed at the back with brown paper. We have looked at the image under a x10 loupe. There appears to be a hairline crack running from the left hand side of the hair bun down through the black band across the inner edge of the ear down through the shoulder to the bodice. This is not visible to the naked eye. The paint condition seems generally very good. There is a small possible loss to the top right hand drape over the pillar and another small discoloured area to the left of the mouth in the brown background. The ivory does not appear bowed. There are some minor surface scratches down the left hand side of the image, again only visible with a loupe. The acorn hanger is a little loose but in good order. The gilding to the brass oval is rubbed. There are numerous stress fractures to the ebonised frame and there are small losses to the extremities. We can see no evidence of any repair or restoration.
Los 663
A rectangular portrait miniature of a gentleman in a frock coat. 10.5 cm x 8 cm in brass frame (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The brown mark to the upper right of the edge is a curtain framing a window. The frame looks to be early 20th century. It is difficult to age the miniature. It looks earlier than the frame and we would have thought circa 1860-80, although the costume does look a little earlier.
Los 13
EIGHT PORTRAIT ENGRAVINGS to include three by J Houbraken - "Joannes van Schelle" after J. Regters, "Hermannus Venema" after B. Accama c.1735, and "Francis Lord Cottington" c.1743 together with "Samuel Johnson" by Heath, "Charles Lawton" (no details), "Richard Reynolds" by H. Meyer after N. Branwhite c.1817, "George Croft" by F. Eginton after George Heape c.1810 and "Le Petit Physicien" by J. G. Wille after Gaspar Netscher (8)
Los 474
The Queen’s South Africa Medal pair awarded to Lord Cecil Manners, War Correspondent for the Morning Post, who was taken prisoner by the Boers near Johannesburg on 30 May 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Lord Cecil Manners, M.P.) officially engraved naming; Coronation 1902, silver issue, unnamed as issued, nearly very fine (2) £1,200-£1,600 --- Lord Cecil Reginald John Manners was born on 4 February 1868, the second son of John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland, by his second marriage to Janetta, daughter of Thomas Hughan, and half brother of Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland. He was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Lord Cecil went to South Africa in early 1900 to serve as press correspondent for the Morning Post, the paper that also employed Winston Churchill, and was with General Ian Hamilton’s force when he was captured following a fight with the Boers near Johannesburg on 30 May 1900. The following report of the action, written by General Rundle, appeared in the Morning Post on 1 June 1900: ‘The brunt of the fighting yesterday fell on Ian Hamilton’s column. I had sent him, as already mentioned, to work round to the west of Johannesburg in support of French’s Cavalry, which was directed to go to the north near the road leading to Pretoria. I have not heard from French yet but Hamilton, in a report which has just reached me, states that at about one o’clock in the afternoon he found his way blocked by the enemy strongly posted on some kopjes and ridges three miles south of the Rand. They had two heavy guns, several field guns, and “pom-poms.” Hamilton at once attacked. The right was led by the Gordons, who after capturing one extremity of the ridge, wheeled round and worked along it until after dark, clearing it of the enemy, who fought most obstinately. The City Imperial Volunteers led on the other flank and would not be denied. But the chief share of the action, as in the casualties, fell to the Gordons, whose gallant advance excited the admiration of all.’ Having been reported as missing on 30 May, Lord Cecil arrived as a prisoner at Pretoria on 1 June and was immediately liberated. Returning to England shortly afterwards, he succeeded his brother as Member of Parliament for Melton in September 1900, holding the seat until 1906. He served as assistant private secretary to the Secretary of State for India and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Derbyshire in 1902. Lord Cecil Manners died in an accident at Crowborough train station in 1945, aged 77. Sold together with a small file of copied research and a portrait photograph of the recipient.
Los 476
The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to ‘painter, etcher, raconteur and rifle-shot’, Mortimer Menpes, who accompanied the City of London Imperial Volunteers to the front during the Boer War as war artist for Black & White illustrated weekly magazine Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp, (Mr. M. Menpes “Black & White.”) very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Mortimer Luddington Menpes was born in 1855 at Port Adelaide, South Australia, the son of property developer James Menpes and was educated at John L. Young’s Adelaide Educational Institution, although his formal art training began at the School of Art in London in 1878 after his family had moved back to England in 1875 and settled in Chelsea. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1880, and, over the following 20 years, 35 of his paintings and etchings were shown at the Academy. He met James McNeil Whistler on a sketching tour of Brittany in 1880 and became Whistler’s pupil, learning the etching techniques that were to become evident in much of his later work. In 1886 he stood as godfather to Oscar Wilde’s son and the following year, a visit to Japan led to his first one-man exhibition at Dowdeswell’s Gallery in London. In 1900, following the outbreak of war in the Transvaal, Menpes sailed to South Africa as a war artist for the weekly illustrated magazine Black & White, in which, on 3 February 1900, the following appeared: ‘Accompanying the City of London Imperial Volunteers to the front is an artist whose name is known the whole world over, because he is first of all an artist, and secondly a reporter of events. This is Mr. Mortimer Menpes, who is entitled to tag after his name a list of honours and titles of which few artists can boast. Mr. Menpes is the inventor of a process of colour etching, in which, to the sharpness and definition attained by the tools of the etcher, he has added the softness and brilliance of all the rich colours that may be laid on the painter’s palette. Mr Menpes will be able to send us from the front portraits of all the principal Generals and notabilities of the war.’ Menpes’ sketches from the campaign were subsequently transcribed by his daughter Dorothy Menpes and published by Charles Black of Soho Square in 1901 under the title ‘War Impressions, being a record in colour by Mortimer Menpes’. After the war Menpes travelled widely and and many of his illustrations were published in books again accompanied by text written by Dorothy. He painted in oil and watercolour as well as being a prolific printmaker, producing over 700 etchings and drypoints during his career to great acclaim. A definitive catalog raisonné of his printed works was published in 2012 which also included an extensive biography and his exhibition history. He died at Pangbourne in 1938. ‘Menpes, Mortimer, F.R.G.S.; painter, etcher, raconteur, and rifle-shot; inartistically born in Australia; war artist for Black and White in South Africa, 1900. Educ.: nominally at a grammar school in Port Adelaide, but really on a life scheme of his own. His career as a painter began when he was one year old; he is still a painter. He had held more one-man exhibitions in London than any other living painter: viz Japan, India, Mexico, Burmah, Cashmere, France, Spain, Morocco, Egypt, Venice, Beautiful Women, Beautiful Children, The War in South Africa, Venice, exhibitions of Black and White, and of Etchings in colour, thereby reviving a lost art. Publications: a whole series of etchings at different periods; Essays (one called the Actualists, a skit on the Impressionists); War Impressions, 1901; Japan 1901; World Pictures, 1902; World’s Children, 1903; The Durbar, 1903; Venice, 1904; Whistler as I knew Him, 1904; Brittany, 1905; Rembrandt, 1905; India, 1905; Thames, 1906; Sir Henry Irving, 1906; Portrait Biographies, Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener. In the preparation of World Pictures he did the world in record time, being unsurpassed even by Jules Verne. Founder of the Menpes Press; Founder of the Menpes Great Masters, which are reproduced under his direction; Founder and Managing Director of the Menpes Fruit Farms, Pangboume.’ (Who’s Who, 1932) Sold together with a copy of Black & White magazine (cover loose), dated 3 February 1900, containing the above quoted reference to Menpes and his portrait picture; copy of Black & White magazine, dated 5 May 1900, cover loose; a quantity of copies of Menpes’ illustrations and sketches appearing in Black & White magazine during 1900; a letter from Menpes to a Mr Head, written from the Vicarage, Gorelstone in 1902, regarding a sold painting; other copied research and the following 8 hardback books: Deluxe Edition (No 86 of 350 copies and signed by Mortimer Menpes) of War Impressions, being a record in colour by Mortimer Menpes transcribed by Dorothy Menpes published by Adam & Charles Black Soho Square, London 1901, very good condition; another, standard 1901 edition, binding loose; Japan a record in colour by Mortimer Menpes transcribed by Dorothy Menpes published by Adam & Charles Black , Soho Square, London 1901, binding loose; World Pictures by Mortimer Menpes text by Dorothy Menpes published by A. & C. Black Soho Square London 1902; World’s Children by Mortimer Menpes text by Dorothy Menpes, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1903, 1st edition, Westbourne School Sheffield 1908 prize label inside front cover - awarded to Dorothy A. Nash, cover of spine weak; India by Mortimer Menpes text by Flora Annie Steel published by Charles Black Soho Square London, 1912 edition, ex public library, spine sun faded; Paris by Mortimer Menpes text by Dorothy Menpes published by Adam and Charles Black 1909, with partially torn dust jacket, inscribed inside front cover ‘with love and good wishes from all at Netherley, Xmas 1909’ Venice by Lonsdale and Laura Ragg illustrated by Mortimer Menpes, published by A. & C. Black Ltd. 4,5 & 6 Soho Square, London, 1916.
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Five: Private C. E. Filler, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5379379 Pte. C. E. Filler. Oxf, & Bucks. L.I,); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine (5) £100-£120 --- Sold with a small portrait photograph, OBLI cap badge, Dunkirk Veterans enamelled lapel badge, Belgian Veteran Association cross and Dunkirk 1940 Commemorative medal, the last two mounted for wear.
Los 723
Honourable East India Company’s Edwardes Medal 1848, a later striking in bronze-gilt of the unique gold medal presented by the H.E.I.C. to Lt. and Brevet Major H. B. Edwardes, C.B., for his services in the Punjab, by William Wyon, 45 mm., fitted with swivelling scroll suspension and Punjab ribbon, minor scuffs and marks, otherwise good very fine £400-£500 --- Provenance: The Dr. Arthur B. King Collection, October 2003. In 1850, when word reached England of the exploits of Lieutenant Herbert Edwardes in bringing order to the wild inhabitants of Bannu and uniting them against Mulraj, whom he had defeated in a series of actions in 1848, he became a household name, and the Court of Directors elected to reward his highly cost-effective services with a ‘special gold medal’, the design of which was entrusted to Wyon. On the obverse is the head of Queen Victoria, ‘the fountain of all honour’, and on the reverse the Edwardes family arms surmount the inscription, ‘To Lieutenant Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, Brevet-Major and C.B., for his services in the Punjab, 1848’. The inscription is flanked by the figures of Valour and Victory, and beneath the inscription, the figure of the infant Hercules (emblematic of Edwardes’ youth) strangles the serpent. The medal was intended as a unique honour and instructions were issued from the Court that once struck, the die was to be broken, but these instructions were evidently not obeyed and a number of specimen strikings exist in silver, bronze-gilt and bronze, both with and without suspension. Edwardes received the medal from the hands of the Chairman, John Shepherd, at a formal presentation held at East India House, Leadenhall Street, on 12 February 1851. In his short address Shepherd ‘confidently’ anticipated that ‘the same energy, skill, and bravery would distinguish’ Edwardes’ future career. Unfortunately, Edwardes, a man who worked at ‘white heat’, became fanatical after the Mutiny and ‘wished to give no recognition to either Hinduism or Islam.’ Sold with copied Cadet papers and biographical details of H. B. Edwardes, together with a copied portrait photograph.
Los 759
A Belgian Korean War group of fifteen awarded to Captain-Commandant J. A. P. de Schodt, Belgian Army, who was taken Prisoner of War during the Second World War, and served with the Para-Commando unit in Korea, where he was wounded Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Order of Leopold, Knight’s breast badge, Military Division, silver and enamel, bilingual motto; Order of Leopold II, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel, bilingual motto; Military Cross, Second Class, gilt and enamel, with Belgian lion to both obverse and reverse centres; Korea, Republic, Order of Military Merit, Fourth Class, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘873’, with Star emblem on riband, with fitted case of issue; United States of America, Bronze Star, reverse engraved ‘J. A. P. de S.’; Belgium, Kingdom, Commemorative Medal for the Second World War 1940-45, bronze, 1 clasp, Chatkol, with crossed swords, crown, and red cross emblems on riband; Korea Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, Coree-Korea; Medal of the War Volunteer, bronze, 2 clasps, Pugnator, Korea-Coree; Volunteer’s Medal 1940-45, bronze, 1 clasp, 1940-1945; U.N. Medal for Korea 1950-54, French language issue; Korea, Republic, Korean War Participation Medal, bronze; Netherlands, Kingdom, Four Day March Cross, silvered and enamel, these all mounted as worn on two riband bars; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, L.III.R., bronze, with bronze palm on riband; King Albert Commemorative medal, bronze, these both loose; together with the recipient’s Chevalier’s badge of the Order of the Crown, silver and enamel, with silver palm on riband, generally very fine and better (16) £600-£800 --- Jean Alphonse Paule de Schodt was born in Serinchamps on 16 July 1911 into a prominent Brussels family (at least one of his ancestors had their portrait painted by van Dyck), and joined the Belgian Army just after his 19th Birthday, enlisting into the prestigious 1er Guides Cavalry Regiment. Advanced Sergeant on 20 December 1932, he transferred to the Reserve on 15 November 1937, but was recalled following the outbreak of the Second World War. Captured and taken Prisoner of War on 29 May 1940, he was released soon after. Joining the ‘Mouvement National Royaliste’ Resistance Movement as a Second Lieutenant on 6 March 1945, de Schodt was subsequently assigned to the Belgian Occupation Forces in Germany, and was promoted Lieutenant on 26 September 1949. Proceeding to Korea, he served with the Para-Commando Regiment, arriving in Korea on 14 February 1953. On the night of 9 March 1953, whilst second in command of a Company, he was supervising two sections in preparation for a counter-attack when a mortar shell landed and exploded close by. He suffered a pierced right arm, diagnosed as ‘acuptic trauma’. On 2 April 1953 he was appointed commanding officer of the HQ Company, and was promoted Captain on 26 September 1953. For his services in Korea de Schodt was appointed a Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II (Royal Decree 15 May 1954); the United States of America Bronze Star; and the Korean Order of Military Merit. The citation for the Bronze Star states: ‘Captain de Schodt, a member of the Belgian United Nations Command, is cited for meritorious service in connection with military operations against an armed enemy in Korea during the period 19 February 1953 to 10 February 1954. As Headquarters Company Commandant, Captain de Schodt performed his duties in a highly commendable manner. He also assumed numerous additional responsibilities, displaying unusual resourcefulness and initiative in performing every phase of his tasks with the utmost of efficiency, When approached by the logistical and tactical problems inherent in such a command position, Captain de Schodt put into practice his comprehensive knowledge of military techniques and procedures, and through his untiring efforts and superior leadership contributed materially to the combat effectiveness of the Belgian Battalion. His loyalty, initiative, and devotion to duty earned him the respect and admiration of all those with whom he served. The meritorious service rendered by Captain de Schodt throughout this period reflects great credit on himself and the Belgian Battalion.’ De Schodt was appointed a Chevalier of the Order of the Crown on 15 November 1954, and a Chevalier of the Order of Leopold on 15 November 1957, the latter whilst serving in the Congo. Returning to Belgium, he was promoted Captain-Commandant on 26 March 1960, and was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the Crown on 15 November 1961. He was awarded the Military Cross, Second Class, in recognition of twelve years’ service as an Officer on 6 April 1962, and finally retired on 1 October 1965. For his Military service during the reign of King Albert (1909-34), de Schodt subsequently received the King Albert Commemorative Medal by Royal Decree on 12 July 1962. Following changes in the statutes to the Order of the Crown, he was further entitled to the Croix de Guerre, with palm, and received this, by Royal Decree, on 7 April 1967. He died two days later, on 9 April 1967. Sold with the recipient’s riband bar for the first thirteen medals; various other cloth and metal insignia; a portrait photograph of the recipient; and copied research.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant H. A. I. B. Stokes, 3rd Battalion, attached 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Royal Fusiliers, who died in November 1918 of the wounds he received whilst in the act of winning the M.C. Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (STK-843 Pte. H. A. Stokes. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. A. I. B. Stokes.) extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.C. London Gazette 15 February 1919; citation London Gazette 30 July 1919: ‘While forming up for the attack near Rumilly on October 1st, 1918, he was wounded but remained with his platoon and advanced with it to the attack. Under very heavy rifle and machine-gun fire from three sides he reorganised his men into groups, thereby avoiding many casualties and enabling the advance to proceed. Later, when further advance became impossible, he, though wounded a second time, stayed and encouraged his men until every other wounded man had been got away. He showed great courage and devotion to duty.’ Hugh Adrian Innys Blyth Stokes served as a Private with the 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, in France from 31 July 1915, and was then commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the 3rd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and later into the 2nd Battalion. He was wounded on 1 October 1918, and died of his wounds on 28 November 1918. He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey. He was the son of Hugh Innys Stokes and Kate May Stokes of 46 Baker Street London. Sold with a rather faded portrait photograph.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., M.C. group of five awarded to Brigadier-General F. S. Thackeray, Highland Light Infantry, attached Royal Dublin Fusiliers and West Riding Regiment, who was five times Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War, and later served as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Lincolnshire Regiment, and Commander, Shanghai Area, British Troops in China Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: F. S. Thackeray. High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Brig. Gen. F. S. Thackeray.) mounted court-style, light contact marks, very fine (5) £2,800-£3,200 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917. M.C. London Gazette 23 June 1915. M.I.D. London Gazettes 17 February 1915; 22 June 1915; 4 January 1917; 24 May 1918; 28 December 1918. Frank Staniford Thackeray was born in Cardiff in 1880, the son of a stockbroker, and was educated at Charterhouse and Oriel College, Oxford, where he was also a keen golfer. He joined the University’s Officers Training Corps and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry on 4 December 1901. Advanced Captain on 18 December 1912, he served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. Wounded in early 1915, he was twice Mentioned in Despatches within the first year of War, as well as being awarded the Military Cross, and in July 1915 he was seconded for service as Brigade Machine-gun officer. Thackeray was promoted to temporary Major, before being attached to the 9th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers as Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1916 for some eighteen months. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the New Year's Honours’ List of 1917, and was Mentioned in Despatches a third time in February of that year. Next attached to the 7th Battalion, West Riding Regiment as Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1917, shortly afterwards he was Mentioned in Despatches for a fourth time. Subsequently attached to the 20 (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry for two months, July to August 1918, before returning to the 7/West Riding Regiment, he was a Brigadier Commander (temporary Brigadier-General) by the time the war ended, and received a fifth Mention in Despatches in December 1918. After a brief spell with the 6th and 15th Battalions, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, from April to August 1919, he was subsequently appointed Chief Instructor at the Junior Commanders School at Strensall from August to December 1919. In April 1920 Thackeray was appointed Brigadier Major, London District, a post he held until October of 1921, helping to organise the Territorial Force. He became a Colonel in 1923 enjoyed a year’s secondment in India from 1926 to 1927, before taking-up his next role as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Lincolnshire Regiment in June 1927. This he clearly enjoyed as there are many references to him in the Lincolnshire newspapers, organising and appearing at various social events. In November 1931 he was selected to command the 138th (Lincolnshire and Leicestershire) Infantry Brigade, Territorial Army. He also had his image included in the National Portrait Gallery in London in December 1931. Thackeray’s final military appointment was as Commander, Shanghai Area, British Troops in China, a posting he held from July 1933 to March 1936, and for which job he was granted the temporary rank of Brigadier and appointed an Aide de Camp to the King. He retired in August 1936, and was granted the rank of Honorary Brigadier General. He returned home and settled with his wife in Minehead in Somerset. There was clearly still a little bit of ‘commanding’ left in him, as in May 1938 he was appointed as the new Scout Commissioner for West Somerset. He died in Winchester in August 1960. Sold with a large quantity of copied research, including various photographic images of the recipient.
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A Second War 1944 ‘Italian operations’ M.C. group of six attributed to Lieutenant D. J. C. King, Royal Artillery Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the six related miniature awards, riband bars, and Ministry of Pensions The King’s Badge in box of issue, nearly extremely fine (6) £600-£800 --- M.C. London Gazette 19 April 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘On the 8th July 1944 Lieut. King was a Forward Observation Officer supporting the attack on Filottrano by the 5th Polish Infantry Brigade and Italian Forces. In accordance with his orders, he proceeded along the road leading to Filottrano, which was under heavy mortar and shell fire. His vehicle was damaged and immobilised by mortar bombs, but he continued to advance towards the village on foot, with a No. 38 Wireless Set. The situation at the time was very obscure, but he managed to gain contact with the Italian Commander in the village, part of which was held by enemy infantry and AFVs. During this period Lieut. King was under continuous shell and mortar fire, but he carried on with his duty with remarkable coolness and courage and passed back valuable information and useful hostile shelling reports. On the 7th August 1944 Lieut. King was performing the duties of G.P.O. at his Troop position, when a direct hit was sustained on one of the gun pits, killing three men and seriously wounding two others, at the same time setting alight the charges in the gun pit. Lieut. King immediately went to the scene and assisted by one other rank carried the two wounded men to safety, at considerable danger to himself from blazing charges and the possibility of exploding shells.’ David James Cathcart King was born in 1913, and was educated at the University of Bristol. He served during the Second War as a Lieutenant with the 26th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. After the war King taught History at Walton Lodge Preparatory School, Bristol. He was an authority on Castles, and his papers are held in the University of Bristol Special Collections. In later life he resided in Clevedon, and he died in September 1989. Sold with the following documentation: a portrait photograph of recipient in uniform; a publicity pamphlet advertising Castellarium Anglicanum by D. J. King, available 1981; The Pembrokeshire Historian, Journal of the Pembrokeshire Local History Society, No. 7, 1981, front cover inscribed ‘Mrs Vowles as a ‘get well’ present. KD’, also features an article by King; four Cambrian Archaeological Association academic publications - all with work by King, two signed by the latter; The Carmarthenshire Antiquary, featuring work by King, and also signed by the latter; with other ephemera and copied research - including a photographic image of the recipient in uniform.
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A Second War A.F.C. group of five attributed to Flight Lieutenant A. Weatherstone, Royal Air Force Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1945, with named Buckingham Palace enclosure, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Bomber Command; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, extremely fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- A.F.C. London Gazette 7 September 1945. Andrew Weatherston was born in 1921 and enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Advanced Flight Sergeant, he was commissioned Pilot Officer on 26 April 1943, and was promoted Flying Officer on 26 October 1943, and Flight Lieutenant on 26 April 1945. A typed note with the lot states that he served during the Second World War with ‘190 Training Unit, 78 Squadron, and later 138 (Special Duties) Squadron, R.A.F. Tempsford.’ Awarded the Air Force Cross for his service during the Second Wold War, he was released from active service on 8 August 1946, and died in 2017. Sold together with the recipient’s Royal Air Force Service and Release Book; riband bar and Pathfinder Force Badge; Aircrew Association and Pathfinder Club Membership cards; and a portrait photograph of the recipient.
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A good Second War ‘Anzio Landings’ M.M. group of six awarded to Lance-Sergeant J. F. Thornton, Royal Signals, who died in Anzio on 16 February 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2031148 L.Sjt. J. F. Thornton. R. Signals); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with a boxing prize medal, bronze, the reveres engraved ‘T. Bn. R. Signals. Runner Up Light Heavy. 1935. Sgn. Thornton.’, good very fine (7) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.M. London Gazette 15 June 1944: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘In the assault landing on Anzio, Lance-Sergeant Thornton landed with assault Brigade Headquarters on 22 January 1944. Since that day he has carried out his duties with complete disregard of personal safety and has set a magnificent example in leadership and devotion to duty both to the line detachment and to the whole of the Signal Section. When the Brigade was holding the left Sector of the Beach Head on 23 January Lance-Sergeant Thornton was ordered to lay lines to forward Battalions. Owing to the nature of the country the possible line routes to the left Battalion were under observation and were subjected to enemy shell and mortar fire. Lance-Sergeant Thornton was continually called upon to repair breaks and his maintenance work whilst under enemy fire was beyond praise. On 1 February the Brigade was ordered to move at night to the Right of the Divisional front. 1 Loyals had previously moved to this sector and at 1130 hrs Lance-Sergeant Thornton was dispatched with one lineman to the new area to prepare line communication in advance of the move of Brigade HQ. The sector of the front which 1 Loyals were holding was under observation and the line routes to both 1 Loyals and 67 Field Regiment Royal Artillery were continuously being cut by enemy fire. Brigade HQ was established in the new area at 1945 hrs and by 2345 hrs lines were through to 1 Loyals and to the Field Regiment. Enemy fire, however, continued and the lines were in constant need of building and repair. Lance-Sergeant Thornton continued on duty in the forward areas throughout the night repairing the forward lines and also repairing the rearward route to the Divisional Signal Centre. He did not return to HQ until all the lines were reported through again at 0530 hrs on 2 February. During the subsequent eight days which the Brigade was in the line the enemy continued to shell and mortar the Brigade area and Lance-Sergeant Thornton was indefatigable in repairing and maintaining the 16 miles of cable laid in the area. That line communication on this scale had been maintained, with a detachment of only three men, under most difficult conditions, in both sectors in which the Brigade has been committed, has been entirely due to the example, set by Lance-Sergeant Thornton, of leadership, personal courage, and devotion to duty, whilst under fire. Brigadier E. E. J. Moore, D.S.O., Commanding 2 Infantry Brigade concurs in the above report and adds: “From my personal knowledge this N.C.O. has performed his duties regardless of his personal safety and has been conspicuous by his untiring energy throughout the operations in maintaining line communication. I strongly recommend the award of the Military Medal”.’ John Frank Thornton attested for the Royal Corps of Signals and served with 1 Divisional Signals during the Second World War in both North Africa and Italy. Awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry during the Anzio Landings, he died on 16 February 1944, and is buried in Anzio War Cemetery, Italy. Sold with a a portrait photograph of the recipient.
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Pair: Chauffeur F. C. Papworth, British Red Cross Society and Graves Registration Commission, later Army Service Corps 1914 Star (F. C. Papworth. B.R.C.S. & St. J. J.); British War Medal 1914-20 (F. C. Papworth. B.R.C. & St. J. J.) with damaged named card box of issue and outer transmission envelope, good very fine (2) £80-£120 --- Frederick Charles Papworth was born at Chesterton, Cambridgeshire on 17 March 1884. He served as a Chauffeur during the Great War for 12 months from 4 November 1914; firstly with Motor Ambulance Unit No. 2 of the British Red Cross Society, later with the Graves Registration Commission. Following his return to England, Papworth attested for the Army Service Corps at Battersea, London on 11 December 1915 and returned to the Western Front as a Driver attached to a succession of different units with the British Expeditionary Force from 23 July 1917. Sold with the following original photographs and documents: a portrait photograph, 85mm x 130mm, of the recipient in the uniform of the British Red Cross Society, taken March 1915; a photograph, 105mm x 82mm, of a fleet of motor vehicles inside a large hangar, reverse captioned ‘The Workshop, Le Cateau, 1918’; the recipient’s ‘Annexe du Passeport’ with portrait photograph attached, issued by the République Francaise authorising entry into France via Boulogne before 2 June 1915; a certificate issued by the French Ambassador to London authorising passage to France for the recipient’s automobile - Vauxhall, chassis Number 216; a letter of reference from Brigidier-General Fabian Ware, Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries at the War Office; a letter from the British Red Cross Society regarding overseas service Chevrons earned by the recipient; the damaged lid to another card box of issue for BWM and VM named to “Pte F. C. Papworth, A.S.C.’ Note: The medal rolls and index cards indicate that the recipient’s service with the Army Service Corps resulted in him being issued with a second pair of British War and Victory Medals.
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Three: Commander O. J. Prentis, Royal Navy, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry in the Dardanelles, and was killed in action when his ship H.M.S. Wolverine, minesweeping in support of the Gallipoli Landings, was hit by a Turkish shell on 28 April 1915 1914-15 Star (Commr. C. [sic] J. Prentis. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Commr. O. J. Prentis. R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Osmond James Prentis) all mounted for display purposes; Memorial Scroll, ‘Commander Osmond James Prentis, R.N.’, extremely fine (5) £240-£280 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Osmond James Prentis was born in Maidstone, Kent, on 17 July 1874, the son of Captain W. T. Prentis, Royal Scots Greys, a veteran of the Crimean War, and entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman on 15 January 1889. Present at the Bombardment of Crete in 1898, he was advanced Commander on 31 December 1908, and served during the Great War in command of the Torpedo-Boat Destroyer H.M.S. Wolverine. For his services during the Great War Prentis was twice Mentioned in Despatches, firstly in Vice-Admiral S. H. Carden’s Despatch of 17 March 1915 (London Gazette 29 April 1919: ‘The skilful manner in which Wolverine (Commander O. J. Prentis) and Scorpion (Lieutenant-Commander A. B. Cunningham) ran close inshore after dark, and sent whalers ashore to bring off the remaining officers and men is highly commended.’); and secondly in Vice-Admiral J. M. de Robeck’s Despatch of 1 July 1915 (London Gazette 16 August 1915: ‘On 25 and 26 April 1915 Wolverine (Commander O. J. Prentis) (killed in action) carried out mine-sweeping operations under Captain Heneage inside the Dardanelles in a most satisfactory manner, being frequently under heavy fire.’) On 28 April 1915 Wolverine was mine-sweeping in the Dardanelles in conjunction with H.M.S. Racoon, when she was hit on the ship’s bridge by a Turkish shell, which killed three men on the Bridge, including Prentis. Buried at sea, he is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Sold with the recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated 16 August 1915; a hand-tinted photograph of the recipient, mounted in a glazed display frame; various newspaper cuttings, including a portrait photograph of the recipient; and copied research.
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Three: Second Lieutenant J. Kilby, Gloucestershire Regiment, attached 7th Mortar Battery, who was one of the original members of the 12th (Bristol’s Own) Battalion, and died of wounds on the Western Front on 21 August 1916 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. Kilby Glouc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. Kilby); Memorial Plaque (John Kilby) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; together with the recipient’s identity bracelet ‘2d. Lieut. J. Kilby C. of F. 10th. Glosters attd 3rd. Worcesters’, extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. John Kilby was born in Southville, Bristol, in 1888 and attested for the 12th (Bristol’s Own) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment at Bristol on 14 September 1914, as one of the Battalion’s original members. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment on 17 June 1915, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He died of wounds on 21 August 1916, whilst attached to the 7th Mortar Battery, and is buried in Forceville Cemetery, France. Sold together with the recipient’s Commission Document and War Office enclosure; named Record Office enclosure; Buckingham Palace telegram regarding the recipient’s death; a copy of ‘City and County of Bristol Roll of Honour’; a fine portrait photograph of the recipient; a ‘New Bristol Battalion, Gloucestershire Regt.’ badge; the recipient’s whisky flask; and copied research.
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Three: Acting Corporal J. W. Baxter, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 10 April 1918 1914-15 Star (12633 Pte. J. W. Baxter. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) in named card box of issue; British War and Victory Medals (12633 A.Cpl. J. W. Baxter. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (John William Baxter) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (4) £140-£180 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. John William Baxter was born in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire in 1892, and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 2 September 1914. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915, and subsequently in Salonika from 26 November 1915, where he was wounded (newspaper cutting with lot refers). Invalided home from that front with fever, he transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 26 December 1916, and saw further service with them on the Western Front. He was mortally wounded on 8 April 1918, and died of his wounds two days later. Lieutenant Lang wrote to the recipient’s parents thus: ‘Your son came to me as a Private in September 1917 and went through all the fighting with us at Ypres during the winter. We are awfully sorry to lose him, and you can judge what a fine soldier he was by his getting his two stripes almost at once. Why he hadn’t received promotion before I don’t know, as he was certainly the most efficient man I ever had in the section.’ Baxter is buried in Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, France. Sold with a framed ‘In Memoriam’ card, containing a portrait photograph of the recipient; and copied research.
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Pair: Private A. N. Bloomfield, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (S-12689 Pte. A. N. Bloomfield. Rif. Brig.) both in named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque )Allan Nelson Bloomfield) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Rifleman Allan Nelson Bloomfield, Rifle Brigade’, in OHMS transmission tube, addressed to ‘Mr. C. Bloomfield, 72 Brook Street, Erith, Kent’, extremely fine (4) £180-£220 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Allan Nelson Bloomfield was born in Eltham, Kent, and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Chelsea. He served initially with the 9th, and subsequently with the 16th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the first day of the German Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France. Sold together with extensive ephemera, including a number of postcards and embroidered cards written by the recipient home to his sister Elsie; sweetheart brooch and locket photographs; a portrait photograph of the recipient, in a glazed frame, together with a large copy of this, also in a glazed frame, and various other photographs; the recipient’s diary for 1916, with sporadic entries from the Front in the Arras region; C.W.G.C. Memorial Scroll; and copied research.
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Pair: Company Sergeant Major G. W. T. Price, 5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (1274 W.O. Cl.2. G. W. T. Price. 5-Lond. R.) in named card box of issue, with outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr. Norman L. T. Price, 28 Warley Road, Brentwood, Essex’; Memorial Plaque (Gerald William Tudor Price) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Coy. Serjt. Maj. Gerald William Tudor Price, London Regt.’, extremely fine (4) £240-£280 --- Gerald William Tudor Price was born in Forest Gate, London, and prior to the Great War had served for nine years as a Volunteer and Territorial in the London Rifle Brigade, where he was a crack shot. He re-joined the 5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment in November 1914, was promoted Colour Sergeant Instructor of Musketry, and for three and a half years was kept in England training recruits. He proceeded to France on attachment to the 1st Battalion on 10 May 1918, was promoted Company Sergeant Major, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 August 1918, being shot through the head by a sniper whilst in the trenches. He is buried in the Honourable Artillery Company Cemetery, Escoust-St. Mein, France. Sold with the recipient’s silver vesta case, inscribed ‘L.R.B. G. Coy. Pte. C. W. T. Prices 1905’; a London Rifle Brigade Shako badge; named Record office enclosure; a Musketry Instruction Book; copy of ‘The War Record of the Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. 1914-1918’, containing a portrait photograph of the recipient’; Northern Assurance Co. Ltd. card Roll of Honour; and copied research.
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The group of five awarded to Sergeant Edward Wylds, 13th Light Infantry and Army Service Corps, later Yeoman of the Guard Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Edwd. Wylds, 1st Bn. 13th Lt. Infy.); Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (1825 Lance Serjt. E. Wylds, A.S.C. 1873-4); Jubilee 1897, bronze; Coronation 1902, bronze; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1825 Sergt. E. Wylds. A.S. Corps.) the first two with edge nicks and contact marks, good fine, the remainder generally very fine or better (5) £600-£800 --- Edward Wyld was born in the Parish of Widcombe, Bath, Somerset and enlisted into the 13th Light Infantry at Bath on 9 February 1858, aged 18. He quickly witnessed active service out in India, serving in Brigadier-General Kelly’s Column in the Nepaul Terai (Medal). He transferred to the Military Stores Staff Corps on 1 August 1868, and then transferred to the Army Service Corps on 1 April 1870. Promoted to Corporal (Lance-Sergeant) in May 1872, he served at Cape Coast Castle during the Ashantee campaign of 1873-74 (Medal). Wyld was discharged as a Sergeant on 2 April 1879, and joined the Yeomen of the Guard 29 December 1889, in which capacity he added the Jubilee 1897 and Coronation 1902 medals to his accolades. He died in September 1905. Sold with copied service record and portrait photograph.
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A 19th century bronze inkwell in the form of a mythical sea snail: the lion's head with antennae on an elongated neck with snail shell enclosing interior well, the scalloped base with four webbed feet and scroll tail/handle, indistinct maker's mark to the base of one foot in the form of a man's portrait within a scroll cartouche, 10.2cm high (appears to be missing a piece from the top of the head, interior section to shell missing)
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