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Copper plate for Bristol Bank Cheque, and two other plates, : plate 22 x 9 cm screwed into a decorative wooden mount. plate engraved by Johnson Co. Copper plate 21.5 x 28.5, Central portrait of the Duke of Richmond by Henry C.Shenton, 1826, plate stamped on reverse "shafe Littlemoorfields London", The Braendlinn Armoury Company Limited, Birmingham, gunsmiths Trade plate, 20.5 x 18.8cm. Good very fine .
Los 874
Bjorn Wiinblad-A small hand decorated bowl of rounded square section with a girls portrait to the interior in pink on white tin glazed ground, full signature and comic doodles to the base, width 10 cms, S/D, together with four Nymolle month plaques and a small square box and cover with figurative designs.
Los 668
Seven: Colour-Sergeant E. Pearce, Royal Sussex Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (2080 Pte. G. Pearce, 1/R. Suss. R.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (2....rgt. A. Pearce, 2d Bn. R. Suss. R.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4..... Colr. Sergt. A. E. Pearce, 2d Bn. Ryl. S... Regt.), unofficial rivets between clasps, suspension rod loose; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (... C. Sgt. E. Pearce, R. Suss. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (C. Sjt. E. Pearce, R. Suss. R.); Khedives Star 1882 (E. P. 2080, 1st Bn. The R.S. Regt.); Corps of Commissionaires Badge (E. Pearce), silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1905, note variation in initials, some enamel damage to last, edge bruising and some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £1400-1600 E. Pearce, a marksman, was a Colour-Sergeant in "F" Company 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment at the end of his Army service. He served in the Corps of Commissionaires from 1903 to 1936. Egypt Medal and clasps confirmed to 2080 Lance-Sergeant E. Pearce, Royal Sussex Regiment; India General Service Medal and clasps confirmed to 4466 Color Sergeant A. E. Pearce, 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. The group is listed in The Annuity Meritorious Service Medal 1847-1953, by Ian McInnes, p.245. Sold with photocopied portrait photograph of the recipient and some photocopied research.
Los 742
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel E. McFarlane, Gloucestershire Regiment 1914-15 Star (Capt., Glouc. R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); together with three miniature dress medals, minor contact marks, very fine (6) £160-200 M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. (Field Marshal French, for France) Second Lieutenant (temporary Major) Sold with a portrait of Major E. McFarlane, 1/6th Gloster Regt., by Alfred Bugby, 8 May 1917, Catterick, glazed and framed, 371 x 189mm.
Los 749
An interesting and well-documented Great War group of four awarded to Sergeant B. G. Greenup, Royal Air Force, late Territorials, who was employed on important work as a "Lewis Gun Expert" for the Royal Flying Corps 1914-15 Star (2443 Sjt., R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (2443 F. Sgt., R.F.C.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (501 Cpl., 6-R. War. R.), mounted as worn, one or two edge bruises otherwise good very fine, together with metalled Warwickshires shoulder title, his silver identity disc (with engraved R.F.C. Wings and details of next of kin on reverse), embroidered R.F.C. shoulder title, overseas chevrons, and a pair of embroidered R.F.C. pilots Wings, the whole contained in an old wooden box made from an aeroplane propeller blade, and the catch from a German machine-gun cartridge belt box (Lot) £400-500 Britton G. Greenup was born at Sparkhill, Warwickshire in 1888, and served in the 3rd Cheshire Volunteer Rifles 1902-08, and in the 6th Royal Warwickshire Territorials 1908-14, in addition to pursuing a civilian career as a Mechanical Engineer. In November 1914, having been exempted from further military service, he was approached by the Directorate of Birmingham Small Arms to volunteer as a Lewis Gun Expert to the Royal Flying Corps - I was passed A.1 into the R.F.C. on 1 December 1914 and went over to France on 12 December as a Sergeant in charge of 20 men, and remained there until September 1916, when he returned to the U.K. to take up an appointment at the School of Aerial Gunnery, Hythe: for his work out in France he was mentioned For gallant and distinguished services in the Field in Sir Douglas Haigs despatch dated 30 April 1916, a distinction that undoubtedly stemmed from his work in the field of aerial gunnery. Indeed it is clear from accompanying documentation and photographs that he was closely involved in the design and manufacture of machine-guns and gun cameras, and numerous related components, a case in point being a letter received by him from the Air Inventions Branch at the Air Ministry in September 1920, by which stage he was employed as Foreman of the Barrel Department of B.S.A. at Parkhill, Birmingham: I am directed to inform you that an appreciation for an award made by Flying Officer E. Ling in respect of a model gun camera, stated to resemble the Mark III Hythe Gun Camera, which he made in June 1916 at Grand Redoubt near Hythe, is being considered, and it has been stated that you may be in a position to give information as to the circumstances under which the model was made and to give details of the actual construction ... Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipients M.I.D. certificate (Haigs despatch dated 30 April 1916); his R.A.F. Certificate of Service; his Army Book 137, the outer cloth cover with ink inscription, Flgt. Sgt. B. Greenup, S. of A.G., Hythe, Kent, but with further ownership inscriptions inside, including 2443 Sergt. B. Greenup, G.H. 2nd R.F.C., B.E.F. France, the contents comprising numerous handwritten notes relating to the fitting, testing and syncronisation of machine-guns (Vickers, Lewis, etc.) in R.F.C. aircraft, the whole to ensure safe operation of such weapons between propeller blades, together with observations on the "Aeroplane Aiming Model", used for judging an enemy aircrafts speed and range, a table of deflection shooting observations, copious notes on rifles, binoculars and telescopes, including detailed technical drawings, through to actual reports on frontline activities (e.g. Abeele, Jan. 19th 1916: Lt. Green had his gun stopped at a critical moment by a primer coming out of empty case), 112 pp., and the back of the book with around another 30pp. of notes, drawings and observations relating to gun sights, in all a most unusual and fascinating record of the technical side of R.F.C. gunnery; a letter addressed to the recipient at the Barrel Department, B.S.A., Parkhill, Birmingham, from the Air Inventions Branch of the Air Ministry, dated 23 September 1920, in which they request details of the Mark III Hythe Gun Camera, which was designed in June 1916 (see above extract); together with a fascinating array of Great War period photographs, including several of machine-guns, related components and sights, some of them officially stamped, Machine Gun School, Royal Flying Corps, Photo. Dept., 18 October 1916, through to portrait images of the recipient in his Territorial and R.F.C. uniform.
Los 792
Bates family group: Three: Captain F. Bates, Merchant Navy British War and Mercantile Marine Medals (Frederick Bates); France, Medal of Honour, Ministry of Marine, 2nd class, gold (F. Bates, 1915), complete with wire embroidered ribbon, in case of issue; Memorial Plaque (Frederick Bates) Pair: Telegraphist W. F. Bates, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (M.Z.223 Tel., R.N.V.R.) Pair: Forewoman E. Bates, Queen Marys Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (16065 Fwn, Q.M.A.A.C.) Pair: Gunner J. D. Dickens, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (168876 Gnr., R.A.) very fine and better (lot) £600-700 Frederick Bates was born in Liverpool in 1861 and educated at the Brunswick School, Erskine Street, Liverpool and at the Liverpool Institute. He entered the Merchant Navy as an apprentice in 1876, learning his trade on the Indefatigable. In 1887 he entered service with the Moss Line as a Third Officer and in 1896 was appointed to the command of the steamer Sphynx. He subsequently commanded the Moss Line ships Osiris, Osmanli, Tabor, Menes, Seti and Mero‘. He came to public notice in 1915, when as Captain of the S.S. Mero‘, he was instrumental in rescuing over 200 passengers and crew from the torpedoed French liner Ville de la Ciotat. The ship was in the Mediterranean, en route from Japan to Marseilles, when on 24 December 1915 she was torpedoed by an Austrian submarine off Crete. The stricken liner sank quickly. Of the 135 passengers and 181 crew on board, 35 passengers and 45 crew were either killed in the explosion or drowned. Most of the survivors were picked up by the Mero‘ which bravely cruised around for about an hour and a half, finally landing 208 persons at Malta. The remainder were rescued by other vessels. For his services in rescuing a large number of passengers and crew with an enemy submarine known to be in the vicinity, he was awarded a French Medal of Honour and received a Testimonial from the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society. The attack and rescue was widely reported in the newspapers. On 2 November 1916 the Mero‘ was sunk by a German submarine. A newspaper report states that Bates suffered severely from shell shock and exposure, being in an open boat for some 36 hours before being recovered and taken into Gibraltar. The details of the loss are few but it was recorded, somewhat ungenerously, in the Digest of Admiralty In-Letters, 1916 that the ship was was prematurely abandoned by the Master who did not take the best steps to save his vessel. However, as a result of the privations he endured in the loss of his vessel, Bates began to suffer from a growing paralysis to his spine, which led progressively to his death on 17 February 1919. He was buried in Eccleston (St. Thomas) Churchyard Extension. William Frederick Bates was the son of Frederick and Maud Elizabeth Bates, born c.1895. Following his fathers profession, he served two years as a Cadet on H.M. Training Ship Conway and in 1911 began his naval apprenticeship on Messrs. Hogarths Baron Steamers. Circa 1916 he entered the R.N.V.R. The medals to Captain F. Bates sold with a number of original documents, including the recipients Certificate of Competency as Master, dated 14 February 1891; a Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Testimonial mounted on card, to Captain Frederick Bates, S.S. "Mero‘" for Praiseworthy and Humane Service in rescuing 238 Passengers and Crew of the French S.S. "Ville de la Ciotat", torpedoed in the Mediterranean on December 24th 1915; also with Certificate of Award for the French Medal of Honour, Ministry of Marine, 2nd Class in gold, for the same event, dated 2 March 1916; two photograph albums, pre-war, containing photographs of family and places visited, one album inscribed to Maud E. Bates (wife of Captain F. Bates); several loose portrait photographs and two sketches of the recipient; plus a quantity of newspaper clippings relating to the rescue, his naval service and death. The medals to William Frederick Bates sold with his original Ordinary Apprentices Indenture (Scotland), dated Glasgow, 14 August 1911, and several postcard photographs of the recipient and the ships on which he served. Medals to Emmie Bates sold with two Q.M.A.A.C. metal badges, a cloth W.A.A.C. badge, and several postcard photographs of the recipient. In addition to the above are sundry medal card boxes of issue, lockets and badges, the booklet, To Egypt by Moss Line S.S. Mero‘; together with copied research. An impressive medal group and archive.
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An excessively rare Great War airship pilots D.S.C. group of four awarded to Flight Commander W. F. Horner, Royal Naval Air Service, who, having served in the Airship Expeditionary Force in the Aegean 1915-16, was killed on an operational flight in the SSP.4 over the North Sea in December 1917 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1917; 1914-15 Star (S. Lt., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Flt. Cr., R.N.A.S.), together with original illuminated Memorial Scroll in the name of Flight Commander William Frith Horner, D.S.C., R.N., with date Dec. 21 1917 added later, and a fine quality studio portrait photograph, the whole contained in a contemporary folding, part-glazed fitted leather display case, extremely fine (Lot) £4000-5000 D.S.C. London Gazette 1 May 1918: To officers of the Royal Naval Air Service for zeal and devotion to duty in the period 1 July to 31 December 1917. The original recommendation states: Flight Commander Horner has displayed great zeal and energy as Commanding Officer of Caldale Airship Station. He has carried out many submarine and convoy patrols in the North Sea under trying conditions. William Frith Horner, a native of Warlingham, Surrey, who was born in December 1894, was appointed a Midshipman in May 1912 and was serving in the battleship H.M.S. Vanguard on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Shortly afterwards, however, he transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service, being appointed a Flight Sub. Lieutenant in March 1915 and trained as an airship pilot at Kingsworth, Polegate and Dover. Once qualified, he joined the Airship Expeditionary Force in the Aegean at the end of 1915, initially with a posting to Mudros, on the Island of Lemnos, but such was the attention paid to the sheds used for the forces Sea Scout Airships by Turkish bombers that the base became known as the "Pepper-pot". In due course, therefore, the force was transferred to a new base at Kassandra, where, as confirmed by the following report, Horner assumed command sometime in 1916: He is a most excellent Sea Scout Airship pilot, and has been constantly patrolling Kephalo and Mudros. He is now in command of Kassandra. He attempted a night spotting flight over Gallipoli. A most excellent officer with a good command of men. He is recommended for promotion (Report of the Wing Captain, Eastern Mediterranean, refers). Horner was accordingly advanced to Flight Commander soon after his return to the U.K. and commenced his next operational posting at Kirkwall Airship Station in April 1917. Transferring to Caldale Airship Station in the Orkneys, as Commanding Officer, that July, he flew many anti-submarine and convoy patrols in the period leading up to his death on 21 December 1917, mainly in Sea Scout Pusher SSP.4, which airship had been placed on the strength of the Caldale establishment on 12 June 1917, and carried a crew of three, comprising pilot, W./T. Operator and Engineer. Official records further reveal that the SSP. 4 had amassed 165 airborne hours prior to her disappearance in December 1917, many of them with Horner at the helm, a record saved for posterity in Caldales "Airship Daily Reports" (now held in the National Archives at Kew). Thus her very first flight under Horner on 5 July 1917: On SSP.4s first patrol today, magneto drive seized up owing to choking of oil pipes. Leading Mechanic Anthony took down magneto and drive, and started engine off Remy by cranking propellor. Airship was drifting for 40 minutes. She was ready for flight two hours after landing. Notwithstanding such mechanical defects, Horner took SSP.4 on a submarine patrol of 220 miles less than a week later, and followed up with another patrol of similar distance on the 21st. Then on 12 August he flew a 170 mile mine-searching and convoy escort patrol, while on the 17th - following a few local flights for dummy bomb dropping and Lewis gun pratice - he flew 110 miles in the course of another convoy escort patrol. And so his work continued right up until his demise on 21 December 1917, when the SSP.4 failed to return from patrol - wreckage was subsequently discovered on Westray Island, and Horner, who was 22 years of age, was posted missing, believed drowned. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Sadly, too, the aforementioned Leading Mechanic E. F. Anthony, himself an "Airship D.S.M." Sold with four original wartime photographs, one of them showing a Sea Scout Pusher about to embark on patrol, the reverse captioned, Orkneys, 1917, Fritz in centre.
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The Great War Western Front M.C. & Bar group of four awarded to Major C. P. L. Balcombe, Royal Engineers, who was mortally wounded on 25 October 1918 and died four days later Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major); together with an original studio portrait photograph thought to be of the recipient good very fine (4) £1800-2200 M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918. Bar to M.C. London Gazette 16 September 1918 For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty while commanding his company. Under heavy machine-gun fire he selected sites for and constructed strong points. He also personally went out in front of the lines to bring in a small detachment who were isolated. Owing to his fine example of coolness his company, besides carrying on their own duties, made a counter-attack and captured several prisoners. M.I.D. London Gazette 2 January 1917 Charles Percy Lionel Balcombe was wounded in action at he Battle of the Selle on 25 October 1918 and died of wounds four days later on 29 October 1918, whilst serving with the 11th Field Company, Royal Engineers. He is buried at Awoingt British Cemetery, France. Sold with a quantity of copied research detail, including copy of news cutting announcing his death, taken from The Cornish Post and Mining News, which states that he was previously a student of the Camborne School of Mines. His name is also mentioned in the book, The British Volunteers of Latin America Roll of Honour.
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A Great War Western Front M.C. group of four awarded to Brigadier R. L. Withington, Royal Engineers Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, R.L.W., Yser Canal, July 6th 1915; 1914 Star (2 Lieut., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.), mounted as worn, very fine (4) £850-950 M.C. London Gazette 25 August 1915. Lieutenant, 9th Field Company, Royal Engineers. For conspicuous gallantry and ability during operations south of Pilkem between 6th and 8th July, 1915, when he assisted in bringing an 18-pounder gun across the Yser Canal under fire, and getting it into position in a gun pit which he had dug in the fire trenches within 60 yards of the enemys sap. When the enemys sap was blown in he superintended the joining up of our sap with that of the enemy under heavy and close fire. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Richard Leigh Withington was born on 2 August 1893, the son of Edmund and Louisa Withington, of Guildford, Surrey. Educated at Boxgrove Preparatory School, Guildford and Uppingham (1908-11). Commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 1 April 1914, he served in the Great War, in France/Flanders, 18 November 1914-16 November 1915 and 1 September 1916-17 August 1918. For his services he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross. After the war he attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and Cambridge University. Continuing his military service in the interwar years, he became Officer commanding of the 12th Field Company R.E. at Aldershot and in 1936 became Commander of the Royal Engineers at Hong Kong. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1937 and to Colonel in 1940. In France at the begining of the Second World War, he made his escape to England from St. Malo on 17 June 1940 and was later the Chief Engineer of 11 Corps. After service at H.Q. A.A. Command, Stanmore as Engineer Advisor and a period at the War Office, in September 1945 he was appointed Chief Engineer, East Africa Command. The following year he returned to England and on 15 July 1946 he retired with the rank of Brigadier. In August 1946 he was appointed Bursar of Kelly College, Tavistock, Devon, a position he held until 1955. Brigadier Withington died suddenly whilst playing golf on 10 January 1969. Sold with portrait photograph of the recipient; a photograph album and photographs (some loose); photocopied extracts from a family diary listing family and military matters; a copied summary of service and other research; together with a General Strike issue of the Daily Telegraph, dated 10 may 1926.
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A rare Great War period D.C.M. group of nine attributed to Gunner M. Kriz, a Czech Legionnaire Czech War Cross 1918; Czech Revolutionary Medal 1918; Czech Victory Medal 1918; Czech F.I.D.A.C. Medal for Veterans of the Great War; Czech Commemorative Cross for Volunteers 1918-19; Czech Zborov Memorial Medal 1917-47; Czech Bachmac Memorial Medal 1918-48; Austria, Empire, Karl Troop Cross 1916; Great Britain, Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as issued to foreign nationals, this last with refixed suspension claw, generally very fine or better (9) £1200-1500 As is nearly always the case, no verification has been found for this particular award of the D.C.M., but it is worth noting that Abbott & Tamplin state some 290 such decorations were issued to Czech Legionnaires. Miloslav Kriz was born in Marsovicich, in the district of Benesov, near Prague in April 1888, and joined the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1910. Sent out to the Eastern Front on the outbreak of hostilities, he was wounded and taken prisoner at Tschemenovka in July 1915, and signed up for the Czech Legions at a P.O.W. camp near Kiev in October 1916. Assigned to the 4th Company of the 1st Gunner Regiment, he subsequently fought in the famous battle of Zborov in July 1917, and afterwards in the actions at Kungut, Omsk, Nikolsk, Usurrijsk, Perm, and Tagil, in addition to other skirmishes against the Bolsheviks. In February 1918, having been posted to a reserve unit, he participated in the engagements fought during the Siberian retreat, all the way to Vladivostok, and was finally demobilised back in Czechoslovakia in March 1920, having returned there via Canada and Western Europe. Kriz died on 18 March 1937, so presumably his Zborov and Bachmac Medals were issued posthumously at a later date. Sold with his original Ministry of Defence, Czech Legions Office service certificate, bearing an official stamp, signature and the date 18 March 1937, together with a contemporary portrait photograph, in uniform, by F. Wokac of Roznov.
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Wazirforce 1919-1920, Fifty Five Sketches by Captain C. G. Borrowman, 4th Gurkha Rifles, original card folder, New Commercial Press, Dera Ismail Khan, n.d. [1920], containing fifty-five, 303 x 216mm., lithographed illustrations, loose sheets each bearing a caricature portrait of a named officer of the staff, spine splitting, folder worn and damaged, sketches in good condition, scarce (lot) £140-180 The officers portrayed include the illustrator - Captain C. G. Borrowman, 4th Gurkha Rifles, G.S.O.III Operations, and Brigadier-General H. C. Tyttler, C.M.G., D.S.O.; Major-General S. H. Climo, C.B., D.S.O.; Brigadier-General F. G. Lucas, C.B., C.S.I., D.S.O. and Wing Commander W. G. S. Mitchell, D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C., to name but a few.
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Gordon Highlanders Regimental Medals (4), silver medal for Strathspey and Reel; bronze medals (2), for Tossing the Caber and Seven A Side Football 1931; silver watch fob with gold shield, reverse inscribed "E" Coy. 1st V.B. G.H., 2nd Class; together with silver Boer War commemorative medal with portrait of Sir George White, and two medals commemorating Queen Victorias reviewing of the Scottish Volunteers in 1881, bronze and white metal, generally very fine (7) £20-30
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The superb Army Gold Cross group to General Sir Ulysses Bagenal Burgh, G.C.B., K.T.S., Second Lord Downes, 92nd Foot, Aide de Camp and Assistant Military Secretary to the Duke of Wellington throughout the Peninsular War The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1814, makers mark IN for John Northam, and breast star in silver, gold and enamels, enamel damaged on upper reverse arm, otherwise a magnificent set; Army Gold Cross 1806-14, for Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive, and Toulouse, 1 clasp, Nivelle (Lt. Coll. Ulysses Burgh / Aid de Camp to the / Comr. of the Forces) with additional clasp, Pyrenees, with original gold swivel-ring bar suspension, but lacking intermediary gold suspension ring and usual ribbon fitments; Field Officers Gold Medal 1808-14, for Vittoria (Lt. Coll. U. Burgh, Aid de Camp) lacking gold ribbon buckle; Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes DOnor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca (Lord Downes, K.C.B. Capt. 92nd Foot & A.D.C.); Portugal, Military Order of the Tower and Sword, Knight Commanders set of insignia, comprising neck badge in solid gold, and breast star by Beaugeois, Paris, silver and enamels with gold motto and central device and gold applique tower, together with engraved portrait print of Lord Downes, in uniform wearing decorations, in gilt frame surmounted by Barons Coronet, the whole displayed in an ornate gilt frame, generally good very fine or better (7) £35000-40000 Ulysses Bagenal de Burgh was born in Dublin on 15 August 1788, the only son of Thomas Burgh, Comptroller-general and Commissioner of the revenue of Ireland. After attending Trinity College, Dublin, Burgh was commissioned as Ensign into the 54th Foot on 31 March 1804, being promoted Lieutenant in the following November and Captain in October 1806. During this period he served at Gibraltar, where he was spared the ravages of yellow fever, and afterwards in the West Indies. In November 1808 he transferred, as a Captain, to the 92nd Highlanders, and went to Portugal as Aide de Camp to Sir John Craddock. On the latters recall home he stayed in Portugal as A.D.C. to Craddocks successor, Sir Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, a close friend of his fathers. Burgh was also Wellingtons Assistant Military Secretary and remained on his Staff for the remainder of the Peninsular War. Burgh was present at the battle of Talavera, was slightly wounded while at Sir Arthurs side, and was mentioned in his despatch. After the battle of Busaco he carried Wellingtons victory despatch to England and was promoted Major in March 1811. On returning to the Peninsular he took part in the actions of Fuentes DOnoro, El Boden, the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, and the battle of Salamanca. After Wellingtons triumphal entry intyo Madrid in August 1812, he again carried home a despatch to England and was consequently advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel. Once more back with Wellington, he was at the battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, the storming of St Sebastian, the battle of Nivelle, where he had a horse killed under him, the battles of Nive and Toulouse, where he was once again wounded. At the conclusion of hostilities in 1814, Burgh transferred, as Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, to the 1st Foot Guards, and served briefly with his Company at Brussels. For his services in the Peninsular he was made a Knight Commander of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword and, on 2 January 1815, one of the first Knight Commanders of the Bath. He also received the Gold Cross and one clasp for Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse, and, once it became available in 1848, the Military General Service medal with clasps for Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes DOnor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and Salamanca. In March 1820 he was appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance and an Executive Member of the Board of Ordnance, remaining in that post until 1830, when Wellingtons administration came to an end. In addition to his military duties, he served as Member of Parliament for County Carlaw from 1818-26, and for Queensborough from 1826-30. He succeded his second cousin once removed as the 2nd Baron Downes in 1826, the title formerly held by William Downes, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1803-22, and created with special remainder to Ulysses Burgh. Inheriting a substantial residence in County Kildare, he became a representative Irish peer in 1833, but was not poliotically active, although he did support Peel over repeal of the corn laws. He advanced to Major-General in January 1837, and to Lieutenant-General in November 1846. He had been appointed Colonel of the 54th Foot in April 1845, and was then Colonel of the 29th Foot from August 1850 until his death. He was married twice; firstly, in 1815 to Maria, daughter and heir of the late Walter Bagenal of Athy, County Kildare, and thereafter added Bagenal to his name; and secondly, in 1846, to Christopheria, widow of John Willis Fleming and daughter of James Buchanan. In 1848 he was authorized to take the name de Burgh in lieu of Burgh. Downes acted as pallbearer on 28 July 1855, at the funeral of Lord Raglan, Wellingtons military secretary in the Peninsula and more recently commander of British troops in the Crimea. Promoted to General in June 1854, two years later Downes received the Russian Order of St Anne, 2nd Class, and was appointed G.C.B. in May 1860. He died on 26 July 1863 at Bert House, Athy, County Kildare, and with no male heir, the peerage became extinct. Sold with some further research including an original manuscript note, signed by Downes, admitting the bearer to the Gallery of the House of Lords, dated 11 July 1862.
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Family group: Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1900 (Sergt. A. Burt, Langman Hospital), date on last clasp (to which the recipient was not entitled) privately altered to 1900, rank re-engraved and otherwise officially re-impressed, polished, nearly very fine Four: Acting Staff Sergeant W. H. Burt, Army Service Corps, late Langman Hospital Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Corpl. W. Burt, Langman Hospital); 1914-15 Star (S4-091005 Pte. W. H. Burt, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (S4-091005 A.-S.-Sjt. W. H. Burt, A.S.C.), the first with officially re-impressed naming, generally very fine and rare (5) £400-500 Established by Mr. John Langman, this private hospital opened its tented wards for the first time in April 1900, on the cricket ground at Bloemfontein, where, a few days later, it was inspected by Lord Roberts, V.C., who said of it in a telegram to Langman back in London, that its value to our R.A.M.C. and wounded cannot be overestimated. Indeed, under the efficient command of Langmans son, Archibald, actually a Lieutenant in the Middlesex Yeomanry, the hospital eventually treated 1211 cases, latterly at a new location in Pretoria. Of these patients, 278 returned to duty, 875 were transferred to other hospitals and 58 died. Among the handful of Surgeons employed on the 45-strong staff, 18 of whom were from the St. John Ambulance Brigade, was Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle, M.D., he of Sherlock Holmes fame, who had, from the outset, been invited by John Langman to assist in the selection of suitable personnel - it is not without interest therefore that Corporal Weston Burt was, like Conan Doyle, a resident of Southsea, a fact that suggests they may well have been local friends. Be that as it may, both men would certainly have shared in the horrific scenes caused by ever-growing numbers of enteric victims, the famous author being compelled to write: Our hospital was no worse off than the others, and as there were many of them the general condition of the town [Bloemfontein] was very bad. Coffins were out of the question, and the men were lowered in their brown blankets into shallow graves at the average of sixty a day. A sickening smell came from the stricken town. Once when I had ridden out to get an hour or two of change, and was at least six miles from the town, the wind changed and the smell was all around me. You could smell Bloemfontein long before you could see it. Even now if I felt that lowly death smell compounded of disease and disinfectants my heart would sink within me. The Hospital was eventually given as a free gift by John Langman to the Government in November 1900, complete with all its equipment, tentage and supplies - he was created a Baronet in 1906, while his son, Archibald, received prompter reward by way of a C.M.G. in 1902. Conan Doyle, too, was among the ex-Langman staff honoured, receiving a knighthood, although he later claimed this was in response to the publication of his pamphlet, The War in South Africa: Its Cause and Conduct. Sold with an original printed letter, and an old copy thereof, from John Langman, forwarding Corporal Weston Burts Queens South Africa Medal, dated 14 November 1901, and addressed to him at 77 Castle Road, Southsea (I greatly appreciated all the good work you did in the Hospital and would have liked to have been able to tell you so personally if a presentation could have been arranged ... ); together with original portrait photographs of both brothers, the one of Weston Burt by Barkshire Brothers of 233 Albert Road, Southsea, further evidence of a direct link with Conan Doyle.
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A Pair of Medals for the South African War, comprising Queen's South Africa Medal with bars Cape Colony, Laing's Nek, Transvaal, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, and Tugela Heights, and King's South Africa Medal with bars South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, the former named to 2832 Private B Lane 2/Dorset Rgt, together with service documents, chocolate tin, cap badge and portrait photograph See illustration
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