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Four: Acting Warrant Officer Class II J. L. Davis, Hampshire Yeomanry, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919 British War and Victory Medals (1008 A.W.O. Cl.2. J. L. Davis. Hamps. Yeo.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1008 Cpl. J. L. Davis. Hamps. Yeo.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (100216 Cpl. (A. Sq: S.Mjr. - J. L. Davis. Hants: Yeo.) nearly extremely fine, the MSM rare to unit (4) £500-£700 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’ John L. Davis attested for the Hampshire Yeomanry and served with them during Great War - the Regiment served in France from June 1916 before being dismounted and joining the 15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment in September 1917. It went to Italy in November 1917, before returning to the Western Front in March 1918. Sold with an original photograph of the recipient mounted on his horse; copied Medal Index Card; and other research. For the recipient’s related miniature awards, see Lot 575.

Pair: Private W. J. Edwards, Scots Guards, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 30 July 1917 British War and Victory Medals (15979 Pte. W. J. Edwards. S. Gds.); Memorial Plaque (William James Edwards) edge nick to BWM, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- William James Edwards was born in Liverpool and attested there for the Scots Guards on 1 December 1915, having previously served for four years with the 2nd Liverpool Volunteer Artillery. He was mobilised for active service on 30 September 1916, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 30 July 1917, aged 31. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Pair: Private A. E. Linklater, 9th Battalion, Royal Scots, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (351895 Pte. A. E. Linklater. R. Scotts.) generally very fine or better Three: Attributed to Flight Lieutenant M. S. Donne, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with card box of issue addressed to, ‘Mrs C. S. Wolstenholme, Chernwood, 37 Aultone Way, Sutton, Surrey’, box later annotated ‘Clarence House, 2, The Vineyard, Richmond’ and ‘Michael’s War Medals’, good very fine Three: Attributed to Guardsman T. Dinning, Grenadier Guards 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. T. Dinning, 5 Hanover Square, Thurnscoe East, Rotherham, Yorks’, with hand written letter from recipient’s son of the same name, and also an address in Rotherham, dated 24 March 1979, good very fine (8) £300-£400 --- Alexander Edgar Linklater was the son of Mr J. Linklater of 11 Comely Bank Grove, Edinburgh. He served during the Great War with the 9th Battalion, Royal Scots, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 23 April 1917. Private Linklater is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Michael Stephen Donne served during the Second War as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force. He was posted as a pilot to 17 Squadron (Hurricanes), and was shot down and killed, 11 May 1940, whilst in combat with Me. 109’s near Ypres. Donne is buried in Numansdorp Protestant Cemetery, Netherlands. ‘C. S. Wolstenholme’ is believed to be Donne’s sister. T. Dinning ‘was in the Grenadier Guards from 14th January 1941 and he was discharged on the 2nd June after being injured by a land mine and losing his left eye.’ (Letter included in lot refers)

Pair: Private J. Lolley, 1/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 12 October 1918 British War and Victory Medals (307409 Pte. J. Lolley. R. War. R.); Memorial Plaque (John Lolley) last silvered and with a small drill hole at 12 o’clock, very fine (3) £80-£100 --- John Lolley was born in Redditch in April 1890. He served during the Great War with the 1/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment in the French theatre of war, and died of wounds on the Western Front, 12 October 1918. Private Lolley is buried in the Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Three: Sergeant H. Mallinson, West Yorkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (203289 Sjt. H. Mallinson. W. York. R.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, light contact marks, very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (6447 Pte. F. T. Chambers. 9-Lrs.; 3329 Pte. H. S. Moody. Derby. Yeo.; 20349 A. Sjt. E. Sutton. A. Cyc. Corps.; A. Sister A. V. Jackson.; 2339 Dvr A Howell. 4 M.G. Sqs. A.I.F.) generally nearly very fine or better (8) £120-£160 --- Ernest Sutton attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment at York, and subsequently transferred to the Army Cyclist Corps. He served during the Great War with the 18th Battalion, and died of wounds on the Western Front on 22 October 1917. He is buried in Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with Home Secretary’s enclosure for the Defence Medal; copied Medal Index Cards; and a full set of copied service and medical records for Howell, who seemed to spend most of the Great War sick in hospital.

Pair: Private T. E. Bryant, West Yorkshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 18 September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (52024 Pte. T. E. Bryant. W. York. R.) edge bruise to BWM, very fine Pair: Private R. M. Watts, Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (3118 Pte. R. M. Watts. Durh. L.I.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Lieutenant W. Pearson British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. Pearson.) very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (5363 Pte. G. E. Brazier. R. Ir. Regt.) good very fine (7) £100-£140 --- Thomas Edward Bryant was born in Camberwell, London, and attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment at Deptford. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 18 September 1918. He is buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France. Roger Moffat Watts was born at Hetton, co. Durham, and attested for the Durham Light Infantry at Stockton-on-Tees. He served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 12 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Sold with three embroidered postcards sent home by the recipient from the front.

Three: Private D. Morgan, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War at St. Quentin in March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (6745 Pte. D. Morgan. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (202845 Pte. D. Morgan Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Dudley Morgan was born at Weston Turville, Buckinghamshire, on 18 November 1898 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served in ‘A’ Company of 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was taken Prisoner of War at St. Quentin on 21 March 1918, being held for the rest of the War at Mannheim P.O.W. Camp.

Pair: Private S. G. Eley, Monmouthshire Regiment, later Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 30 October 1918 British War and Victory Medals (60791 Pte. S. G. Eley. Monmouth R.) very fine Pair: Private W. J. Hardman, Monmouthshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (230331 Pte. W. J. Hardman. Monmouth R.) toned, good very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Sidney George Eley was born at Tiddickstone (Tythegston) Higher, Cefn Cribwr, near Bridgend, Glamorgan, and attested for the Monmouthshire Regiment at Cardiff. Subsequently transferring to the 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, he died of wounds on the Western Front on 30 October 1918, and is buried at Awoingt British Cemetery, France. The Glamorgan Gazette of 15 November 1918 carried a report of Eley’s death, recording that he had been severely wounded in the head and had died in hospital. He had apparently only served for about six months and had been in France for three weeks, but that during that time he had taken a full share in the fighting before he laid down his life. William James Hardman served in the 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Pair: Sergeant L. Bates, 2nd Battalion, Rhodesia Regiment, who died on 11 March 1916 British War and Victory Medals (327 Sjt. L. Bates. 2-Rhodesia Regt.) extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Lewis Bates attested for the Rhodesia Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion in the East Africa, Nyasaland, and Northern Rhodesia theatre of War from 15 March 1915. He died on 11 March 1916, and is buried in Taveta Military Cemetery, Kenya.

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel John Emeris, 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (Capt: J. Emeris. 1st S. Staff. R.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed, minor pitting from star, otherwise very fine (2) £500-£700 --- John Emeris was appointed Lieutenant in the 38th Foot on 12 November 1873; Captain, 12 January 1881; Major, 9 July 1884; Lieutenant-Colonel, 15 June 1885. He served with the 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment in the Egyptian war of 1882 (Medal); served with the Nile Expedition in 1884-85, and was present at the action of Kirbekan (two Clasps); also served with the Soudan Frontier Field Force during the operations on the Upper Nile in 1885-86. Lieutenant-Colonel Emeris died whilst on active service on 7 March 1886, and is commemorated by name on the memorial in Lichfield Cathedral to those who were killed or died in the Campaigns of 1884-5-6.

Five: Lieutenant J. A. C. Taylor, Royal Navy, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who commanded LBK4 (Landing Barge Kitchen 4) on D-Day and afterwards saw service in minesweepers 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Minesweeping 1945-51 (S. Lt. J. A. C. Taylor. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (5) £400-£500 --- John Andrew Cochrane Taylor was born in Edinburgh on 21 August 1925. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and enlisted into the Royal Navy on 1 March 1943, when a student. Whilst an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Lochailort he was commissioned as a Midshipman in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 10 June 1943, and posted to H.M.S. Copra, the Combined Operations Pay Records & Accounts shore base for all Combined Operations Duties including Landing Craft. After training on H.M.S. Tennyson he was posted to the command of LBK6 and shortly afterwards to LBK4 which he took to Gold Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. When the enormous scale of the D-Day invasion force became known, it was realised that many small craft operating off the landing beaches would not be equipped with a galley to prepare their own hot meals, or indeed any meals. The Landing Barge Kitchen was designed and developed to satisfy the anticipated demand. They had a capacity to provide 1,600 hot meals and 800 cold meals a day. It also had the capacity to bake fresh bread. These craft were all commanded by a young Midshipman and totalled 24 crew. LBKs were constructed of steel with a hull 79 feet long and 21 feet wide - the proportions and characteristics of Thames lighters, including flat bottoms and a shallow draft of only 3.5 feet. Unlike the lighters or barges the LBKs were fitted with engines, so could move independently. Four ovens were installed aft of a kitchen space with stores for bulk and perishable goods forward. A ten-ton fresh water tank was fitted in the hold with additional fresh, sea water and diesel tanks on the accommodation roof. In the after section of the hull were two Chrysler petrol engines separated by a diesel tank. The engines developed a total of 130bhp giving a speed of 6 knots. The estimated endurance was 300 miles at 5 knots on 600 gallons of petrol carried in tanks fitted in the after peak. A toilet and coal storage were provided in the forepeak, while at deck level aft was the steering shelter which, along with the various fuel tanks, was provided with 2.5-inch plastic armour. The middle section of the deckhouse above the galley was the servery area with accommodation for the one officer, aft, over the engines, and accommodation for the 24-man crew, forward over the storage areas. H.M. LBK4 was commanded by Midshipman Taylor from 15 May to 27 August, 1944, and saw service off Gold Beach on 6 June 1944. This was part of 36th Landing Barge (Supply & Repair) Flotilla, which also included other converted Thames barges of assorted designations to provide the specialist vessels needed to form Supply & Repair (S&R) flotillas, such as Oil (LBO), Water (LBW), Emergency Repair (LBE) in addition to Flak (LBF) and Gun (LBG) Barges.     After his service in Normandy Taylor was promoted to Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 21 February 1945, with further service in the minesweeping trawler H.M.S. Runswick Bay. Promoted to Temporary Sub-Lieutenant on 21 August 1945, he next served in H.M.S. Niger, an Algerine Class minesweeper until 25 February 1947, when he transferred to the Royal Navy as Sub-Lieutenant and to H.M.S. Truelove, another minesweeper, in which he served in Palestine. Promoted to Lieutenant on 21 August 1947, he then served in H.M.S. Fierce, minesweeping in the Aegean and Red Sea. He served in H.M.S. Barrosa from 4 August 1948 until he voluntarily went on the retired list of emergency officers on 17 June 1950. ‘Jock’ Taylor became a successful sales director after the war and died on 29 January 1973 in Alderly Edge, Cheshire. Sold with full R.N. record of service and Medal Index Card confirming WWII medal entitlement.

Five: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant R. D. Channon, Royal Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in North West Europe 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1435803. B.Q.M.S. R. D. Channon. R.A.) last digit of number officially corrected, nearly extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- Reginald Donald Channon was born on 4 September 1907 and attested in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) at Finchley, Middlesex, on 18 October 1938. Posted to 272/90th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, he was embodied on 2 September 1939, and was advanced War Substantive Battery Quartermaster Sergeant on 9 May 1942. He served overseas in North West Europe from 4 July 1944 to 11 September 1945, and was posted to 90th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment on 30 August 1945. For his services during the Second World War in North West Europe he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 April 1946). He was released to the Reserve on 26 November 1945, and was discharged on 26 November 1951. Emigrating to South Africa, he died in Durban on 25 June 1980. Sold with copied M.O.D. Record of service; a photograph of the recipient; Masonic Certificate; and copied research.

A well-documented campaign group of five awarded to Sergeant A. MacLeod, Royal Artillery, late Merchant Navy, who was taken prisoner of war in France, 15 June 1940, and later mentioned in despatches for services in Malaya 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R., with M.I.D. oak leaf (866076 Sjt. A. McLeod [sic]. R.A.); U.N. Korea 1950-54; Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (866076 Gnr. A. MacLeod. R.A.) mounted for wear, very fine (5) (5) £300-£400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 4 April 1952. Alexander ‘Sandy’ MacLeod was born in Stornoway, Western Isles, Scotland in February 1920. He joined the Merchant Navy as a Deck Boy in April 1938, and served with S.S. Pikepool, and with S.S. British Gunner, before being embodied in the Royal Artillery in January 1940 (he had joined the Royal Artillery - T.A. in March 1937). MacLeod was taken prisoner of war in France, 15 June 1940, and imprisoned in Germany for the remainder of the war. He was discharged in April 1946, only to re-enlist in the Royal Artillery later the same month. MacLeod served in Europe, April 1947 - February 1948, Hong Kong, August 1949 - March 1951, and in Singapore, March 1951 - August 1952. He was discharged in June 1959, later emigrated to Australia and died in Victoria. Sold with the following original related documents: M.I.D. Certificate, dated 4 April 1952; Regular Army Certificate of Service; Board of Trade Continuous Certificate of Discharge; several typed employment References; several photographs of recipient; MOD typed certificate of service; Funereal Card, and other ephemera.

Four: Captain C. S. C. Sandys, South Lancashire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in Burma 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with Army Council enclosure, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 19 September 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ Sold together with the recipient’s original Mention in Despatches Certificate; War Office letter enclosing the M.I.D. emblem; and named War Office letter on the occasion of the recipient relinquishing his commission, dated 2 October 1946.

Four: Private K. A. Broadbent, York and Lancaster Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for Italy 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn, with Army Council enclosure, nearly extremely fine (4) £60-£80 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 11 January 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy’. Sold with the recipient’s original Mentioned in Despatches Certificate.

Six: Warrant Officer Class II G. P. Nicholls, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches for services in Malaya 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R., with M.I.D. oak leaf (7589837 W.O. Cl.2. G. Nicholls. R.E.M.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (7589837 W.O. Cl.2. G. P. Nicholls. R.E.M.E.) mounted as worn, very fine (6) £160-£200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1958: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Malaya for the period 31 August to 31 December 1957.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 30 September 1958: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Malaya for the period 1 January to 30 June 1958.’

Three: Pilot Officer C. J. Allsup, Royal Air Force, a Hudson pilot, who served with 220 Squadron, and was killed returning from an anti-shipping raid, 1 August 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and ticker tape, in card box of issue addressed to ‘W. P. Allsup, Esq., 121, Chatsworth Court, London, W.8.’, with Memorial Scroll, in OHMS envelope addressed to the same recipient, portrait photograph of recipient in uniform and Commission dated 27 January 1939, with other ephemera, extremely fine (lot) £180-£220 --- Charles James Allsup was the son of William Percy Allsup, and was commissioned Acting Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force in January 1939. He served as a pilot with 220 Squadron as part of Coastal Command during the Second War. Operating in Hudson’s from Thornaby, he took off in B/220 on an anti-shipping raid, 1 August 1940. On the return, ‘B/220 crashed when coming in to land off patrol - the aircraft hit a H.T. cable and burst into flames and the A/S bombs exploded and killed the two pilots and the wireless operator while the Air Gunner sustained only slight injuries.’ (Squadron Operations Record Book refers) Pilot Officer Allsup is buried at Sanderstead (All Saints) Churchyard (CWGC gives the date of death as 2 August 1940).

Three: Warrant Officer Air Gunner R. G. Newman, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was shot down over Holland and taken Prisoner of War during an operation to Cologne on 2-3 February 1943, joining the Caterpillar Club in the process 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the related miniature awards (the 1939-45 Star with Battle of Britain clasp); and the recipient’s Caterpillar Club Badge, gold with ’ruby’ eyes, the reverse engraved ‘W/O R. G. Newman’, extremely fine (3) £500-£700 --- Reginald Graham Newman joined the Royal Air Force on 13 October 1937 and served as a Warrant Officer Air Gunner with 7 Squadron during the Second World War. On the night of 2-3 February 1943 his Stirling R9264, piloted by Squadron Leader W. A. Smith, DFC, was shot down by an enemy night fighter piloted by Oblt Reinhold Knacke whilst on an operation to Cologne, and crashed at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Holland, 13km south east of Rotterdam. Five of the crew, including Smith, were killed, and the two survivors, Newman and Flight Sergeant J. P. Bragg, Royal Canadian Air Force, were both taken Prisoner of War. Knacke himself was killed in action later that same night. The Stirling was equipped with the new experimental H2S radar system (the Cologne raid was only the second operational raid in which it had been used), and the set from Newman’s Stirling was the first set to fall into enemy hands. An account of how Squadron Leader Smith tried to save his aircraft was communicated by Newman from his P.O.W. Camp. Newman was liberated on 22 April 1945 and was discharged from the Royal Air Force on 25 September 1945. Sold together with a group photograph of the recipient with his crew.

Family group: A poignant Second War Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot’s campaign group of three awarded to Flight Sergeant L. R. Carter, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who survived a mid-air collision during a dog-fight serving with 66 Squadron, 11 October 1940 - only to be shot down and killed, aged 21, whilst carrying out a fighter sweep over northern France with 74 Squadron, 6 July 1941 1939-45 Star, 1 copy clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Caterpillar Club badge, in gold with ‘ruby’ eyes, reverse engraved ‘Sgt/Pilot L. R. Carter’, with named Air Council enclosure and portrait photograph of recipient - both mounted on thick card for framed display purposes, enclosure cut for purpose, good very fine Three: Sergeant A. W. Carter, Bedfordshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (12886 L. Cpl A. W. Carter. Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (12886 Sjt. A. W. Carter. Bedf. R.); Defence Medal, mounted with Cap Badge on card for framed display purposes, very fine (lot) £2,000-£3,000 --- Leslie Raymond Carter was born in Shenley, Hertfordshire, and was the son of Albert William Carter. He was educated at St. Alban’s School, Shenley, and after school was briefly an engineering apprentice at Rolls Royce in Derby. Carter joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 18, in 1939. He was mobilised with the outbreak of the Second War, and carried out pilot training. Carter was posted as a Sergeant Pilot for operational flying with 66 Squadron (Spitfires) at Coltishall, 28 August 1940. Carter was posted to 610 Squadron in September 1940, and to 41 Squadron at Hornchurch, 1 October 1940. Ten days later he was involved in a fatal mid-air collision: ‘11 Aircraft ordered to patrol base at 30,000 feet. About 50 Me. 109’s were sighted at 30,000 feet and the squadron climbed to attack. During the combat F/O O’Neill and Sgt. Carter collided. F/O O’Neill crashed near West Kingsdown and was killed. Sgt. Carter baled out and landed uninjured. P/O Lecky did not return from the engagement and was later found dead near West Kingsdown. P/O Lock [later an ‘Ace’ and D.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar] shot down 1 Me. 109 in flames.’ Carter described the incident in a letter to his mother, written shortly after the incident (this letter was printed in the book Despatches From The Heart - An Anthology of Letters From The Front, by A. Tapert, and later reprinted in The Sunday Express, 4 November 1984): ‘Sergts. Mess R.A.F., 41 Squadron, Hornchurch. Dear Mother, Herewith a line to let you know that I reached my base alright yesterday, & also an adventure to thrill the youth of the next generation & this one too I should imagine. After lunch we went off on a “flap” & were patrolling London to Maidstone when we get the “tally-ho” & there is the old 109 stooge trap all laid open to the boys of 41 Sqdn, being clear we could see gangs right, left, up & down so off we go into line astern & climb into the sun so that the swine can’t get can’t get such a big dive on us. Next minute something hit me amidships & most everything goes quiet after a few seconds of bumps, swings & jars & there I am sitting in the cock-pit of my Spitty with no engine & the tail & about a yard of fuselage hanging on by the tail control wires, & altimeter reading 28,000 ft. I sat still as I knew I wouldn’t catch fire & I saw the other Spit tearing towards the deck, smoking slightly. Next moment however there is a bang & the tail comes over & bangs the cockpit by my ear, & swings back & takes another crack. So I lowered the seat & sat with all my straps undone, & wireless disconnected breathing in the oxygen which luckily is still coming through, & watching the tail having a crack at me. At 17,000 I decide to get out & grabbing the tail on one of its frequent swings, held on until I am standing on the edge of the cockpit & then let go & jumped backwards. At this time the wreck is going slowly round & the starboard main planes plonks itself under my back, & there I lay for about ten seconds wondering what I had landed on & looking around I decide to get clear by going to the wing and stepping off by the trailing edge. I could now hear the battle above & so decided to do a delayed drop. I couldn’t get my head up for a start until I decided to do what I had heard previously, double up my legs, & it worked. I started rolling. I whizzed down to lower cloud level at 4,000 feet & looked for the ripcord & pulled it, according to regulations. For less time than it takes to write a couple of letters I thought I was being strangled, there being no jolt, & then was leisurely floating down to South Kingsdown, ten miles from Maidstone, into the arms of about ten L.D.V’s & forty women & kids demanding to know if I was British. I only had one minutes anxiety & that was when my wreckage came past, after I had pulled the ripcord, about fifty feet away. I have not a single cut or bruise thank the Lord & the parachute packer, whom I have just been round to thank in the normal way. Cheerio. Love to All at Home. Keep smiling. Les. P.S. I must get the adjutant to send off for my caterpillar, as it was an Irving air chute.’ Having survived that encounter, Carter was back on flying duties 17 October 1940. Five days latter, he suffered severe frostbite to his fingers - the canopy of his Spitfire being frozen partly open whilst flying a patrol at 35,000 feet. Carter was unable to fly for several months, and was placed on light duties. He was posted to 58 O.T.U. early the following year, prior to returning to operational flying with 74 Squadron (Spitfires) operating from Manston. Carter took off for a sweep over northern France, 6 July 1941. He was presumed shot down and killed over Wormhoudt, near Lille. Aged 21, Flight Sergeant Carter is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Albert William Carter was the father of the above, and served during the Great War with the Bedfordshire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 30 July 1915. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 December 1917). Sold with copied research.

Three: Warrant Officer R. Hawkins, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who completed 44 sorties as a Bomb Aimer in Lancasters of 186 Squadron, including the famous “firestorm” raid on Dresden in February 1945 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. Ronald Hawkins, who was born in February 1921, enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in March 1942 and was 186 Squadron, a Lancaster unit operating out of Tuddenham, Suffolk in November 1944, when he flew in Flying Officer R. J. Gogler’s crew in a daylight strike against the Meerbeck oil plant at Homburg on 2 November. And no less than 11 further sorties were flown by him before the end of the same month, all bar one of a daylight nature, his targets including Solingen (twice), in addition to further trips to Homberg and another to Cologne. The Squadron having moved to Stradishall in December, Hawkins, still as Bomb Aimer in Gogler’s crew, completed another four daylight sorties, namely attacks on Witten, Trier, St. Vith and Cologne, his Flying Log Book noting that his aircraft ‘nearly bought it’ over the latter target on the 28th. And on his very next sortie - a night strike against Vohwiekel on New Year’s Day 1945 - his Lancaster was twice attacked by enemy fighters and diverted to Linton on reaching the U.K. Four further day and two night operations were flown before the month’s end, his targets including Neuss, Saarbrucken and Krefeld (twice). February witnessed Hawkins completing four day and three night sorties, thrice being called upon to set his sights on Dortmund, one of these latter trips being described by him as ‘very tough’. Gladbeck, Gelsenkirchen and Wesel were among the other targets that month, but most memorable of all was Dresden on the night of 13-14 February, the famous raid in which “firestorms” were created and around 40,000 killed - Flying Officer Gogler had to carry out an emergency landing on their return. Now with nearly 40 sorties under his belt, Hawkins participated in four more daytime attacks in March, one against Cologne on 5 March being described by him as ‘Touch and go’, in addition to another ‘very tough’ night operation against Dessau on the night of 7-8 March. This latter raid marked the end of his operational tour and he was “rested” at a conversion unit before finally being demobilised in July 1946. Sold with a large quantity of original documentation and wartime photographs, including his R.C.A.F. Flying Log Book (for Aircrew other than Pilot), covering the period February 1943 to June 1945; a rare silk Russian translation sheet with Union Jack motif and an equally rare series of Bomb Aimer raid observation sheets (33), the whole representative of more or less every sortie undertaken by the recipient, together with a quantity of related target photographs (12), and a target map of Solingen; his R.A.F. Service and Release Book; and other ephemera.

Three: Leading Aircraftman R. C. Hamblin, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was taken prisoner of war whilst serving with 211 Squadron in Java, 8 March 1942, and died in Japanese captivity 21 September 1944 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and ticker tape, in card box of issue addressed to ‘E. Hamblin Esq. Oatleys Road, Ledbury, Herefordshire’, good very fine or better (3) £160-£200 --- Reginald Charles Hamblin was the son of Ernest Hamblin, he served during the Second War as a Leading Aircraftman with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Hamblin served with 211 Squadron (Blenheims) in Java, and was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese there, 8 March 1942, four days before the fall of Java. He was held in a POW camp in Java, and died in captivity, 21 September 1944. Hamblin is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.

Pair: Private A. W. Clarke, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Imjin River in April 1951 Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22530151 Pte. A. W. Clarke. Glosters.) middle initial officially corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, edge nicks, good very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Albert William Clarke was born in Fulham, London, on 24 March 1927 and was conscripted into the Army on 5 April 1945. Posted initially to Worcestershire Regiment, he was subsequently sent to various other training establishments, and ultimately joined the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, serving with them post-War in Egypt. He was discharged in April 1948. Following the outbreak of the Korean War, Clarke volunteered for service on 24 August 1950 and served in Korea with 6 Platoon, ‘B’ Company, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Imjin River in April 1951. Released from captivity on 14 August 1953, he arrived home on board the Asturias on 16 September 1953. He died in London on 9 September 1989. Sold with copied research, including correspondence regarding his release as a P.O.W. in 1953; and copied Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates.

Pair: Private F. G. Simpson, Gloucestershire Regiment, late Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at El Alamein during the Second World War on 25 October 1942; and was subsequently captured again at the Battle of Imjin River during the Korean War in April 1951 Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (6087709 Pte. F. G. Simpson. Glosters.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; together with the recipient’s Gloucestershire Regiment back badge, extremely fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, November 2000. Frederick George Simpson was born in Peckham, London, on 10 May 1920, and enlisted in the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment (Territorial Army) in July 1937. Discharged on 24 January 1938, he re-enlisted in the same Regiment on 4 April 1939, and served during the Second World War in the 1st/6th Battalion, as part of 131st Brigade, 44th Division, arriving in North Africa via the Cape in May 1942. On the night of 24-25 October, during Operation Braganza, part of the El Alamein offensive, Sappers and two Battalions of the Royal West Surrey Regiment carried out a night breach of ‘February’ minefield under cover of a heavy barrage. Owing to a difference of opinion in map reading, the Sappers and the Queens followed different assault directions, which resulted in the formation of strong pockets of enemy resistance. These were rapidly reinforced, bringing about further heavy casualties to the two Royal West Surrey Battalions, which were not relieved until after dark on the evening of 25 October. The Regiment suffered 172 casualties in October, most of them at El Alamein, and Simpson was amongst those captured and taken Prisoner of War on 25 October 1942. Simpson was initially held at Campo 70, located at Monturano, near Fermo. Following the Italian surrender he was initially moved to Stalg 4B at Mulberg in the Sudentenland (today known as Lesik in the Czech Republic) in October 1943, and then to Stalag 4C at Brux in Bohemia in January 1944, where he was employed as a brickworks labourer at the Sudentenlandishe Treibstoffe Werke factory, a coal hydrogenation facility known as the ‘Herman Goring Works’ that was the subject of numerous R.A.F. bombing raids. Whilst there, Simpson took part in the destruction by hammer of the control mechanism of two railway engines, both of which remained out of use for the rest of the War. Repatriated at the end of the War, having completed his M.I.9 Intelligence Questionnaire on 15 May 1945, he was subsequently transferred to the Hampshire Regiment prior to his discharge. Recalled from the Reserve following the outbreak of the Korean War, Simpson was posted to the Gloucestershire Regiment, and served with the 1st Battalion in Korea. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Imjin River in April 1951, and held at Camp One. Whilst in captivity he was imprisoned alone in a hut without bedding whilst snow lay on the ground as a punishment for digging up some potatoes in an attempt to supplement the meagre rice diet. Damage to the ‘People’s Crops’ was one of the most serious charges a prisoner could face- even the mere act of walking (let alone running) through a field of grain was a crime. Simpson was finally released along with 56 other prisoners on 13 August 1953, and returned home in the Asturias in September of that year. He died in London on 12 November 2010. Sold with copied research, including M.I.9 Questionnaire; correspondence regarding his release as a P.O.W. in 1953; and copied Marriage Certificate.

Four: Lieutenant-Colonel E. B. Peacock, 31st Bengal Infantry, who was present at the defence of Malakand and was severely wounded at Inayat Kili in September 1897 India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897 (Lieut. E. B. Peacock. 31st Bl. Infy.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. E. B. Peacock.); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver (Captn. E. B. Peacock. 31st P.I.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed, light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (4) £300-£400 --- Edward Barnes Peacock served with the 31st Bengal Infantry on the North West Frontier of India 1897-98; was present at the defence and relief of Malakand, the action of Landakai, and operations in the Mamund country. He was severely wounded by a gunshot in the thigh at Inayat Kili on 30 September 1897 (Medal with two Clasps).

A well documented N.G.S. 1793-1840 awarded to Commander S. F. Short, Royal Navy, who was officially noticed for his services in operations on and off the coast of Syria and promoted Lieutenant Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Saml. F. Short, Mate.) light cabinet marks, good extremely fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Buckland, Dix & Wood, June 1994. Samuel Frederick Short was born in Yorkshire on 4 April 1804, and joined the Royal Navy as a Volunteer 1st Class for service in H.M.S. Brazen on 14 March 1823. He served as a Volunteer 1st Class in H.M.S. Beaver from 5 July to 18 October 1823; as a Midshipman in H.M.S. Cambridge from 25 December 1823 to 21 June 1826; in H.M.S. Gloucester from 26 June 1827 to 23 June 1828; and in H.M.S. Hyperion from 1 October 1828 to 19 July 1829, before being discharged to Haslar. Short then attended the Royal Naval College and passed his examination in 1830. He was appointed Midshipman and Mate on H.M.S. Weazel in 7 April 1830, and subsequently served as a Mate in the Charybdis, Brisk, Revenge, Megaera, Talbot, and Barham, before being appointed Mate aboard the steam vessel H.M.S. Cyclops on 9 January 1840. He served in that ship during operations on and off the coast of Syria. The Cyclops, a six-gun paddle frigate, delivered the ultimatum to Mehemet Ali in Alexandria, 9 August 1840, and delivered the subsequent rejection to Admiral Stopford, 7 September 1840. The ship was involved in the bombardment of the fort at Djebel, 11 September 1840; the bombardment and capture of the fort at Batroun, 15 September 1840, the bombardment and capture of Sidon, 28 September 1840, and the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, 3 November 1940. Short was officially noticed for his services and promoted Lieutenant on 5 November 1840. Short transferred to the Coast Guard as a Lieutenant on 6 September 1844, based at Ramsgate, and was posted to Southampton on 2 February 1857. He retired with the rank of Commander on 4 December 1863. Sold together with the recipient’s original ‘Passing Certificate’ for Lieutenant, and eight original ‘Appointing Letters’ from his first appointment as Mate of the steam vessel Cyclops in 1840, to the rank of retired Commander in 1863.

Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Kirkee and Poona, Corygaum (Private. Sonjee Gowday. 2nd Btn. 1st Rt. N.I.) long hyphen reverse, Indian style impressed naming, small edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £3,000-£4,000 --- Whilst marching with a detachment from Sirur to strengthen the garrison of Poona, Captain F. F. Staunton, 2-1st Bombay N.I., encountered the Peishwa’s army; seizing the village of Corygaum he held it against all attacks, and although heavy losses were sustained he succeeded in withdrawing his force by night in safety to Sirur. For their gallantry the 2-1st Bombay N.I. were constituted Grenadiers, and Captain Staunton was made A.D.C. to the Governor-General, and presented by the H.E.I.C. with a sword of honour and 500 guineas. A monument was erected at the site in 1821 to commemorate the action, inscribed with the names of all who lost their lives in it.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (6852 Pte. A. Sadler. Rl. Warwick: Regt.) crude (and ineffective) solder repair to lower right hand side of clasp carriage, otherwise very fine £70-£90 --- There are service papers for a William Henry Sadler, No. 6852, 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, a resident of Hurst Street Warwick, who attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Birmingham on 7 July 1898. His service papers confirm service in South Africa during the Boer War in 1902, having been embodied for service on 2 December 1901. The medal rolls additionally confirm that Pte. No. 6852 A. Sadler, was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony and South Africa 1902.

A Second War Coastal Command M.I.D. campaign group of six awarded to Stranraer and Catalina Air Gunner Warrant Officer F. C. Davis, Royal Air Force, who flew on a large number of Atlantic Convoy escorts and anti-submarine operational sorties with 240, 190 and 210 Squadrons - including as part of the flight that located and shadowed the Bismarck prior to her eventual sinking 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Canal Zone (FS F C Davis (618376) RAF); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (W/O F. C. Davis (618376) R.A.F.) mounted for wear, very fine (6) £500-£700 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 11 June 1942. Frederick Cecil Davis was born in March 1921, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in August 1938. After initial training he was posted as Leading Aircraftman, Air Gunner to 240 Squadron in July 1939. Davis served during the Second War with the Squadron as part of Coastal Command, flying Stranraer flying boats and Catalinas on a large number of anti-submarine and convoy escorts from Scotland between July 1940 and April 1942. Amongst these was, 26 May 1941, ‘Search for German Raider. Located German Battleship “Bismarck.” Attacked by Anti-Aircraft Fire. Contacted Three Enemy Aircraft. Shadowed “Bismarck” for Five Hours’ (Log Book refers) On the latter date aircraft from 209 and 240 Squadrons were sent up to find the Bismarck, and shadow until she could be engaged by further naval forces. She was sunk on 27 May 1941. Other notable sorties included whilst on patrol over the Atlantic when Davis’ Catalina was holed by anti-aircraft fire, 4 September 1941. He was posted to No. 4 (C).O.T.U., R.A.F. Alness, in May 1942, before returning to operational flying with 190 Squadron (Catalinas), Sullom Voe, in November 1943. Davis stayed with the Squadron when it was renumbered 210 Squadron and continued to carry out anti-submarine patrols, including 29 June 1944, ‘Sighted Periscope. Dropped 5 DC’s on Norge Coast (Submerged Sub)’ (Ibid). Davis stayed in the Royal Air Force after the war and advanced to Flight Sergeant (awarded L.S. & G.C. in August 1956). He was Commended by AOC No. 205 Group, M.E.A.F. for his devotion to duty, 29 January 1959. Davis was discharged as Warrant Officer in August 1959, after 20 years and 363 days service. Sold with the following original documentation: M.I.D. Certificate, dated 11 June 1942, framed and glazed; Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book (18 July 1940 - 26 March 1945) spine damaged; Royal Air Force Certificate of Service; Telegram from 15 Group congratulating 209 and 240 Squadrons on ‘A Great Days Work’, framed and glazed; with several group photographs including recipient in uniform.

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (C. Harris, Lieut. Bengal Arty.) nearly extremely fine and scarce £1,600-£2,000 --- Provenance: Tombs Collection, Glendining, April 1918; Glendining, July 1927; Spink July 1972; Dix Noonan Webb, June 2000. Only 46 M.G.S. Medals issued to officers and men in the Honourable East India Company Service, mostly for Java including 3 officer and three men of the Bengal Artillery. Charles Harris was born in Madras in January 1788. He was a Cadet of 1804, and was appointed Lieutenant in the Bengal Artillery in May 1805. He became Captain-Lieutenant in April 1812, Captain in February 1818, and resigned from the service in March 1819. Lieutenant Harris served in the operations against Dhundia Khan in October 1807, in the attacks against the forts at Komona and Ganauri, Lieutenant Harris being wounded in the assault of the former place on 18 November, whilst acting as engineer; in the operations against the Jats in 1809, including the settlement of Hariana and action at Bhawani; as Lieutenant, 7th Company 1st Battalion, Bengal Artillery, at the capture of Java in 1811 (Medal); in the expedition to Borneo in 1813 for the operations at Sambas; and in the operations against the Rajah of Boni, in Celebes in June 1816. Captain Harris married at Sourabaya, Java, and had a son, Charles, born at Sourabaya in October 1817, who became a General in the Indian Army. Captain Harris died at Pembridge Square, London, on 30 January 1871, aged 83.

1914 Star (L-14134 Pte. E. Foster. 4/Middx R.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Ernest Foster attested for the Middlesex Regiment and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. He was taken Prisoner of War at Mons in 1914, one of 397 ‘Regulars’ of the Regiment (approximately half a Battalion) who were taken Prisoner of War prior to Christmas Day 1914. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research.

The British War Medal awarded to Steward W. H. Waugh, Mercantile Marine, who was killed in action when the S.S. Normandy was torpedoed and sunk on 25 January 1918 British War Medal 1914-20 (Wallace H. Waugh); Memorial Plaque (Wallace Helier Waugh) in card envelope; the BWM mounted for display purposes alongside a copy Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Wallace Helier Waugh was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1872 and served during the Great War as a Steward in the Mercantile Marine. He was killed in action when the S.S. Normandy was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-90 in the English Channel 8 miles from Cap de la Hague, France, on 25 January 1918, whilst carrying general cargo and mail from Southampton to Cherbourg. A number of the crew were rescued by a French destroyer, but 14 men, including Waugh, were killed. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial. Sold with copied research.

A Second War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Flight Sergeant R. Clacher, Royal Air Force British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (568716 A/Flt. Sgt. Robert Clacher R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 13 June 1946 The original Recommendation states: ‘Acting Flight Sergeant Robert Calcher, R.A.F. Station Scampton, is a Fitter II who has been employed on the duties of inspection of operational aircraft since July 1940. In this capacity he has worked with commendable efficiency. His ability, initiative, and keenness have been of the highest order and an inspiration to those working with him. He has shown exceptional qualities of leadership. In recent months the shortages of N.C.O.s and the relative inexperience of personnel have entailed constant supervisory vigilance and instruction. His technical ability, initiative, and reliability, and his willingness to undertake responsibilities beyond those normally required of him have made him an outstanding figure in his section. He has a splendid record of achievement and has set a magnificent example of devotion to duty.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 2 June 1943. Robert Clacher served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War at R.A.F. Scampton, and subsequently in civilian life with Monarch Airlines. Sold together with the recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated 2 June 1943; a group photograph of members of No. 617 Squadron taken outside the Officer’s Mess, R.A.F. Scampton, with G. P. Gibson at centre, the reverse dated in pencil ‘17/5/43’ (the day after the Dambusters’ Raid); a No. 617 Squadron R.A.F. lapel badge; and the recipient’s Monarch Airlines Retired Employee identity card.

The General Service Medal awarded to Marine H. C. Hopkins, 45 Commando, Royal Marines, who was wounded in action in Radfan in May 1964 whilst attached to the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Borneo, Radfan, South Arabia (RM.19268 H. C. Hopkins. Mne. R.M.) about extremely fine £600-£800 --- H. C. Hopkins enlisted in to the Royal Marines in 1961 and was wounded in action by shrapnel to the left hand at Wadi Dhubsan in Radfan on 26 May 1964, while serving as a Signaller with ‘X’ Company, 45 Commando, Royal Marines, attached to the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment. His patrol was advancing down a steep-sided valley to assault tribesmen when it came under fire from several directions simultaneously with several commandos wounded and killed. The following account of the action appears on the Britain’s small wars website under the title ’45 in the Radfan’: ‘On 25 May, X Company, Four Five, flew up to join 3 Para on Arnold’s Spur. The Wessex helicopters of 815 Squadron, H.M.S. Centuar, had now come into the theatre of operations to relieve the R.A.F. Belvederes. X Company, once established on Arnold’s Spur, began to make final plans for the raid on the Wadi Dhubsan. The Wadi Dhubsan lay some 2,000 feet below the Bakri Ridge and the sides were steep. To the west of Dhubsan, and half a mile south of the Bakri Ridge, lay the Jebel Haqla, a flat topped feature rising to over 1,500 feet, which dominated the surrounding wadis. It was known that the Wadi Dhubsan was a stronghold of the dissidents and was therefore the next objective. Throughout the afternoon, sections of X Company moved cautiously to the edge of Arnold’s Spur and began to reconnoitre their routes for the following day. C Company, 3 Para, moved to establish pickets on the Jebel Haqla as A Company, 3 Para, descended the steep escarpment to secure the western end of Dhubsan. X Company’s task was to advance 1,000 yards and conduct a sweep as far as the village of Hawfi. The pickets of 3 Para reported some fifty dissidents coming up the Dhubsan and did not make their presence felt. For the next 600 yards, X Company progressed in silence until suddenly Sergeant W. Patterson of 1 Troop spotted a group of dissidents way up on the steep ridge to the right. 3 Troop was in the lead on the wadi floor. The leading sections under command of Corporals Jan Bickle and Terry Warterson took cover behind a wall and opened fire, sending the well armed dissidents scuttling behind a rock, dragging their wounded with them. The dissidents, from the protection of their well-concealed sangars, opened up from all directions to the front of X Company. The Marines slowly picked their way up the slope, dodging from rock to rock with the enemy fire increasing every minute. The high-pitched drone of a Scout helicopter, carrying the Commanding Officer and Intelligence Officer of 3 Para, could be heard approaching from the rear. The Scout became the target for a strong barrage of enemy fire and was hit on several occasions. The pilot, Major Jackson, skilfully kept the helicopter under control and landed it safely in front of 3 Troop and the Marines dashed forward to give it protection. Lieutenant-Colonel Farrar-Hockley then ordered A Company, 3 Para, to move up on the high ground. Air strikes were authorised and X Company began to lay out bright red and orange fluorescent panels with the panels pointing towards dissident sangars, thus giving the Hunter pilots, approaching at over 400 m.p.h., a clear reference point to the target. Moving out from behind cover with the bright panels, Captain R. Brind, Second in Command, X Company, soon became the target for heavy fire and was shot through the thigh and stomach. He completed his task and was dragged to safety, before sustaining further injury through steady sniper fire, by Marines Brownett and Robertson and was treated for his wounds by one of X Company’s Naval Sick Berth Attendants, S.B.A. Williams. 1 Troop, commanded by Lieutenant J. Barr, came under the heaviest fire. The majority of the troops were down in the bottom of the wadi near the wall, where Marine Kimber with the G.P.M.G. had been keeping up a steady rate of covering fire; the Marines approached the top of the knoll. Marine David Wilson, the troop signaller, was shot through the chest by enemy fire and died almost immediately as Lieutenant Barr began to drag him behind a rock. 1 Troop suffered another casualty when Marine Dunkin was shot in the knee and his leg was later amputated. As is the custom in the Marines on these occasions, the kit of Marine David Wilson was later auctioned amongst his comrades in X Company and the proceeds forwarded to his relatives. The Company group of 150 men raised £700 in the auction. His cap badge (on his green beret) fetched £100.’ Note: Marine David Wilson’s General Service Medal was sold in these rooms in May 2016. Sixteen Royal Marines died on active service in Radfan 1961-67. Sold with copied research.

A ‘Volturno Disaster’ Sea Gallantry Medal awarded to Lawrence O’Neill, Quartermaster of the S.S. Devonian of Liverpool Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (Lawrence O’Neill. “Volturno” 9th October 1913) mounted as worn on original investiture pin, good very fine £300-£400 --- Lawrence O’Neill, a Quartermaster on board the steamship Devonian, of Liverpool, was awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal in Silver and £3 on the occasion of the Volturno disaster of 9 October 1913. The Volturno, a British steamer, chartered by the Uranium Steamship Co. of Rotterdam, and bound thence to New York, was engulfed by fire in mid-Atlantic during a heavy gale. Of the 657 on board, 521 were saved by a fleet of eleven steamers that sped to her aid. Heavy seas interfered with the launching of boats, but the difficulty was eventually overcome by the use of oil; those who perished were mostly lost in the boats. The hull of the Volturno was eventually found by a Dutch steamer and scuttled as a dangerous derelict. O’Neill was presented with his Medal by King George V on 29 June 1914. He also received the bronze medal from the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society. Numerous awards were made for this famous rescue, including 78 Sea Gallantry Medals in Silver to crew members of the six British vessels. Eighteen Sea Gallantry Medals were awarded to the Devonian. In addition the Board of Trade also awarded 152 silver Sea Gallantry Medals (Foreign Services) to the crews serving on foreign vessels at the rescue.

Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (David Howells. 15th Nov. 1915) complete with bronze brooch buckle, extremely fine £200-£240 --- ‘Awards to Glynea Heroes - At its first meeting for the year the Committee of the Royal Humane Society awarded bronze medals and certificates to Daniel Thomas, under manager, and to Evan Thomas, Griffith Davies, Thomas Daniel, and Daniel Howells, miners at the Glynea Colliery, Llanelly, for their heroic action on November 15th in rescuing David Bowen, who had been caught by a sudden fall of roof while on his way to work. Finding it impossible to remove the debris, his rescuers buried underneath, and after working for three hours in the greatest peril, they succeeded in reaching Bowen, and liberating him from his living tomb.’ Sold with copied page from the Llanelly Argus, January 22, 1916, reporting the incident as given above, and copies from R.H.S. Case book.

Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (successful) (Go. Callow Jr. Vit. Ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 1841) fitted with small unofficial ring for suspension, very fine £140-£180 --- The only entry found for Callow relates to a William Callow for the rescue of John Coppins at Canterbury on 1 October 1841: ‘W. Callow jumped into the river and saved him. Hon. Bronze Medal. The Silver Medallion has already been awarded to this brave man.’ R.H.S. Case No. 13,062: ‘On the 11th January 1837, when the rush of water down the river Stour was very great after the heavy fall of snow, George Lacy, a boy aged nine years, fell in, and floated down the river, passing over the floodgates, where his head was cut, into the depth below: he there became insensible. Although there were nearly fifty spectators on the spot, no one offered the poor child any assistance, until William Callow, who was then suffering from a severe cold, fearlessly plunged into the stream and, notwithstanding the impetuosity of the current, saved the boy’s life.’ Silver Medallion.

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George R. Hinchley, 19 March, 1870.) lacking brooch buckle, very fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case No. 18,488: ‘George Richard Hinchley, 24, of Shoreditch, rescued John Bentill, 10, who fell into the water at the East London Railway cutting at Spitalfields, 8 to 10 feet deep. Hinchley jumped from a wall, a height of 16 feet into the water and rescued the boy, then swam 15 yards before being able to land.’

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George Fordham, 24th October, 1891.) complete with bronze brooch buckle in its Warrington fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine £120-£160 --- R.H.S. Case No. 25,704: ‘George Fordham, Ship Worker, saved H. Williams from the Thames at Limehouse. Williams threw himself into the River at a point where the current rushes round a bend like a torrent. 10 feet deep. Fordham threw off his coat, sprang across the barges and plunged in after the drowning man who was being carried down by the tide. He reached the man as he was sinking for the 3rd time and held him up until a boat came.’

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Peter John Sargeant. 24th June 1952.) complete with bronze brooch buckle in its Elkington case of issue, good very fine £200-£240 --- ‘The rescue took place on 24 June 1952 on the mud flats at the mouth of the River Colne, at Ray Creek, Point Clear, St. Osyth, Essex. Barry Trevor Stock, aged 10 years, attempted to ride his cycle across the mud flats as a short cut to the far shore starting at about 9.00p.m. About 200 yards out, the front wheel dropped into a hole of soft mud and the boy fell into the hole with the bicycle on top of him. He struggled but could not get up, so he shouted for help. It was nearly an hour before his cries were heard and by that time it was quite dark. William Norman Station-Bevan, his wife and others tried to find the boy without avail. Station-Bevan then brought his car to the cliff top and lit up the flats with his headlights. This helped Peter John Sargeant and Harold Benjamin Glynn who were having difficulty in locating Stock from the sound of his cries. They sank to their waists in a soft patch, tried a fresh cast and reached the boy. Here Sargeant borrowed Glynn’s stick, clambered into the soft hole and freed the boy whom he carried to safety. Glynn, a sick man, could not assist in this being exhausted by his efforts. For their efforts in rescuing Barry Stock, Peter Sargeant, a schoolboy aged 15 years, was awarded the R.H.S. Bronze Medal and Harold Glynn, a window cleaner, aged 27 years, was awarded the R.H.S. Certificate on Vellum’ (Case No. 62,653).

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 2nd type oval medal with replacement R.N.L.I. double-dolphin suspension, inscribed on reverse centre ‘To Thomas Bull. Mate schooner “Kitty Glidden” 27: Dec: 1872’ and around the edge ‘For Courage & Humanity in Rescuing 22 men from the “Sailor’s Home” abandoned in a gale 26 Nov 1872’, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £280-£340 --- ‘To Captain Edward Snell, of the schooner “Kitty Glidden,” Thomas Bull, mate, David J. Evans, A.B., John Banks, A.B., and James Clatworthy, ordinary seaman, silver medals; and to two boys, Pecuniary Awards; for their skill, courage, and humanity in having rescued, in four trips in a small boat in a heavy sea, the crew of the “Sailors’ Home,” twenty-two in number, in a gale of wind, on the 26th of November, 1872; and again, on the 4th of December, for rescuing the crew of the “Julia,” twenty in number. The little schooner was herself almost knocked to pieces in the terrific storms she encountered, and too much praise cannot be given to the gallant seamen who brought her safely into port with the forty-two precious lives they had rescued.’ Pecuniary rewards were also made to these men, including £10 to Captain Snell, and £5 to Thomas Bull. Sold with copied pages from the L.S.H.S. annual report.

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (D. Adams, Chf. Offcr. S.S. “Bramham” for Having With Boat’s Crew Rescued The Crew of Ship “Ryerson.” Oct. 17. 1891) complete with silver brooch buckle, extremely fine £200-£240 --- ‘A silver medal and vote of thanks to Captain Henry Lawson, steamship Bramham, for having rescued the crew of the ship Ryerson, which vessel was waterlogged and dismasted in a heavy westerly gale in the Atlantic, and for five days the crew had to lash themselves in the mizzen rigging to save their lives, during that period living on a wineglassful of water and a bit of biscuit three times a day. On the 17th ultimo the Bramham fell in with the wreck and succeeded in rescuing the whole of the Ryerson’s crew, 19 in all. A silver medal and vote of thanks to Mr. D. Adams, chief officer of the Bramham, who with a boat’s crew rescued ten of the Ryerson’s crew, the remainder having got from the wreck in their own boat. The weather had somewhat moderated during the rescue, but owing to the increasing wind and sea the boats had to be cut adrift when every soul had got on board the Bramham. 30s each were voted to the four seamen who, with the chief officer of the Bramham, effected the rescue.’ (The Liverpool Mercury, December 29th, 1891, refers)

A Fine Portrait Miniature, Silver Flap Pouch, and Indian Mutiny Diary of Surgeon General W. H. Muschamp, who served as Assistant Surgeon with the 82nd Regiment of Foot in both the Crimea and in the North West Provinces during the Great Sepoy Mutiny i) A fine Portrait Miniature of Surgeon General Muschamp, in Military Dress, wearing the Crimea Medal, 110mm x 80mm, housed within a gilt frame in a rectangular dark brown leather case, the inside of the case with red velvet lining and gilt tooled, the two sections of the case detached, the portrait in excellent condition ii) Silver Flap Pouch, the engraved front with indistinct hallmarks and surmounted by an ornate crowned VR cypher in gilt, with superimposed eagle, with black Moroccan leather pouch, and complete with side belt fixings, the securing leather tab no longer present, generally good condition iii) The recipient’s Indian Mutiny Diary, 39pp, loose pages later bound within paper covers, covering the period 20 May 1857 to 27 May 1858, with brief sporadic entries to the early 1860s, a full and interesting account giving accurate with regards to both the date and place of entries, some of the earlier entries slightly difficult to decipher, as usual for the period, overall good condition (3) £600-£800 --- William Henry Muschamp was born in 1816 and entered the Army as an Assistant-Surgeon on 23 January 1855. He served with the 82nd Regiment of Foot in the Crimea from 30 August 1855, and was present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol and attack of the 8 September (Medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and Turkish Crimea Medal). He saw further service with the 82nd Foot on the North West Provinces in suppressing the Great Sepoy Mutiny including the operations at Cawnpore under General Windham and the defeat there of the Gwalior Contingent; the actions of Kalee Nuddee and Khankur; the capture of Bareilly; the relief of Shahjehanpore; and the affairs of Mahomdee, Shahabad, and Bunkagahon (Medal). Promoted Surgeon on 9 November 1867, he was advanced Surgeon Major on 1 March 1873; Brigade-Surgeon on 26 May 1880; and Deputy Surgeon General on 10 September 1883. He retired with the honorary rank of Surgeon General on 12 May 1886, and died in Brompton, London, in August 1897.

Memorial Plaque (2) (John Henry Lawson Fisher; Frank Sydney Foreman) good very fine (2) £80-£100 --- John Henry Lawson Fisher served during the Great War in the Mercantile Marine Reserve and was aboard H.M.S. India when she was on duty intercepting and inspecting neutral shipping in the North Sea. On 8 August 1915 she was torpedoed by German submarine U-22 near Helligvaer, Norway; breaking in two she sank quickly with the loss of an estimated 160 lives. Fisher was amongst those killed, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Frank Sydney Foreman, a native of Chadwell Heath, Essex, served during the Great War as a Butcher in the Mercantile Marine, and was aboard the Mercantile Marine Ship SS Arcadian when she was torpedoed by the German submarine UC-74 in the eastern Mediterranean on 15 April 1917, and sank within six minutes with the loss of 279 lives. The Arcadian had originally been launched as the SS Ortona but had been renamed when she was sold to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and used as a cruise liner, undertaking her first world cruise in January 1912; she was the largest cruise ship in the world at the time. Following the outbreak of the Great War she was hired by the Admiralty and used, alongside the battleship H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, as the headquarters of General Sir Ian Hamilton during the early stages of the Gallipoli campaign. She was later used as a troop ship in the Mediterranean. On 15 April 1917 the Arcadian was en route from Salonika to Alexandria with some 1,335 men on board when she was hit by the torpedo. The lifeboats were lowered before she sank but many of the men who died were cooks and stewards serving below decks. Foreman was amongst those killed, and he is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.

Memorial Plaque (3) (Walter Garton; Reginald Bell; William John Maskell) last in card envelope, good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Walter Garton (also recorded as Gartan or Garten), a native of Kingsland, London, attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 14 October 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Numerous men with the name Reginald Bell appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour. Two men with the name William John Maskell appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour: A Private in the Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 April 1917; and a Rifleman of the Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 20 November 1917.

The Great War Memorial Plaque and Scroll to Sergeant S. C. Smith, Royal Air Force, who died at home on 25 March 1920 Memorial Plaque (Stanley Clarence Smith) in card envelope of issue; Memorial Scroll, inscribed ‘Serjt. Mech. Stanley Clarence Smith, Royal Air Force’, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Stanley Clarence Smith served during the Great War at the Central Flying School, Upavon, Wiltshire, and died at home on 25 March 1920. He is commemorated on the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton. Sold with various original postcard photographs.

Memorial Plaque (Guy Richard Worstenholme Dickinson) good very fine £80-£100 --- Guy Richard Worstenholme Dickinson was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, on 31 August 1878 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Vernon, British Columbia, on 15 July 1915. He served with the 27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitobia Regiment) during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 April 1916, and was killed in action at Passchendaele on 6 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. For his gallantry on the same date, Private J. P. Robertson, also of the 27th Canadian Infantry, was awarded the Victoria Cross (London Gazette 8 January 1918): ‘For most conspicuous bravery and outstanding devotion to duty in attack. When his platoon was held up by uncut wire and a machine gun causing many casualties, Private Robertson dashed to an opening on the flank, rushed the machine gun and, after a desperate struggle with the crew, killed four and then turned the gun on the remainder, who, overcome by the fierceness of his onslaught, were running towards their own lines. His gallant work enabled the platoon to advance. He inflicted many more casualties among the enemy, and then carrying the captured machine gun, he led his platoon to the final objective. He there selected an excellent position and got the gun into action, firing on the retreating enemy who by this time were quite demoralised by the fire brought to bear on them. During the consolidation Private Robertson’s most determined use of the machine gun kept down the fire of the enemy snipers; his courage and his coolness cheered his comrades and inspired them to the finest efforts. Later, when two of our snipers were badly wounded in front of our trench, he went out and carried one of them in under very severe fire. He was killed just as he returned with the second man.’ Sold with copied research.

Memorial Plaque (2) (Reginald Abbott Bunell [sic] Pitcher; William Lambkin) the first polished, the second with some small verdigris spots, otherwise very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Reginald Abbott Burrell Pitcher was born in Warbleton, Sussex on 17 July 1871, and having emigrated to Canada was living in Balmoral, Manitoba, when he attested for service with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 30 March 1916. He was accepted even though he was in his mid-40s and was given a clean bill of health (apart from missing a toe), serving during the Great War on the Western Front. He survived the War and returned to Canada; however, by 1921 his health had deteriorated and he died at Westminster Hospital, London, Ontario on 12 February 1921, with the immediate cause of death listed as ‘cochexia’, a muscle wasting disease that has been associated with mustard gas poisoning. His ‘Circumstances of Casualty’ form states ‘Death due to service’, and he is buried in London (Mount Pleasant) Cemetery, Ontario. At the age of 49 he was one of the oldest recipients of a Memorial Plaque. Two men with the name William Lambkin appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour: A Lance-Corporal in the East Kent Regiment who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 August 1915; and a Quartermaster Sergeant in the Canadian Ordnance Corps who died at home in Canada on 30 May 1917.

A scarce post-War ‘Military Division’ B.E.M. group of four awarded to Senior Aircraftwoman I. L. E. Hunt, Women’s Royal Air Force, for work as a Mosquito airframe mechanic at R.A.F. Sylt, Germany, and who flew at least 100 hours as a Target Towing Operator British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (2131353 Sen. A.C.W., Ivy L. E. Hunt, W.R.A.F.); War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (W2131353 Sgt. (W). I. L. Hunt. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (2131353 Cpl. I. L. Hunt. W.R.A.F.), mounted for wear, contact marks overall, nearly very fine (4) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2017, when sold with typed carbon copy of Citation used for presentation ceremony as quoted below. This document is no longer present. B.E.M. London Gazette 9 June 1955. ‘Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to award the British Empire Medal to Senior Aircraftwoman Hunt in the Birthday Honours List for her outstanding services at Royal Air Force Station Sylt. Senior Aircraftwoman Hunt served as an airframe mechanic in a target towing squadron and her duties involved the servicing of Mosquito aircraft. She was the only W.R.A.F. engineering tradesman in a squadron whose work was carried out under arduous and cold weather conditions. Throughout she worked readily and willingly and as hard as any airman. She never sought nor accepted any considerations as a woman in squadron work. Indeed, she set a high standard of efficiency and was a cheerful example to the ground crew. In addition to her ground duties Senior Aircraftwoman Hunt often flew as target towing operator on sorties of up to 3 hours duration. In these duties she proved extremely competent and rendered good service particularly when established operators were scarce. In a year and half she flew 100 hours in Mosquito aircraft. Off duty Senior Aircraftwoman Hunt entered into Station activities with equal enthusiasm and effect. In the field of sport she set a fine example to airmen and airwomen younger than herself. On one occasion when competitors were lacking she trained with great determination and made a major contribution to the Station athletic team’s success in the Command Championships. This was followed by an impressive display of determination and ability in the Stations Sports. In addition to athletics she is keen on shooting and was placed third and second respectively in the Individual Women’s Royal Air Force Special Shoot at Command Championships in 1953 and 1954. Senior Aircraftwoman Hunt also took a great interest in the children of the married personnel and worked hard for their happiness and edification. Each week she taught the Station Sunday School and escorted children to and from all church services. When special entertainments were arranged for children she was tireless in watching and caring for them. Senior Aircraftwoman Hunt cheerfully and unassumingly performed her duties in a manner far above the standard that would normally be expected of her. Her zeal, efficiency and confidence in all tasks were a fine example to others.’ Ivy Lillian Ellen Hunt was presented with her B.E.M. by Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine at R.A.F. Shawbury, 27 September 1955.

Memorial Plaque (3) (James Holder; William Langford; Charles Henry Stephenson) first two in card envelopes, some staining to first, otherwise generally good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Four men with the name James Holder appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour, including a October 1914 casualty and two men killed on the Somme Four men with the name William Langford appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour; however, the remnants of an addressed OHMS envelope of the type used to send medals to recipients and next of kin included with this lot indicates that this is the Plaque to a member of the 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 June 1915. Two men with the name Charles Henry Stephenson appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour: A member of the Royal Naval Reserve who was lost at sea when the Trawler Arfon struck a German mine on 30 April 1917; and a Private in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers who was killed in action on the Somme on 30 July 1916.

Memorial Plaque (3) (Alexander Robertson; William Warren; Andrew Wylie) all in card envelopes, good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Numerous men with the name Alexander Robertson appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour. Numerous men with the name William Warren appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour. Two men with the name Andrew Wylie appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour: A Private in the Royal Scots who was killed in action on the Somme on 14 July 1916; and a Private in the 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. A postcard photograph included with the lot shows a man in the uniform of the Tyneside Scottish along with his family.

A Memorial to Lieutenant R. H. Montague, Hampshire Regiment A privately produced bronze small plaque in memory of Lieutenant Richard Headley Montagu, 8th (Isle of Wight Rifles) and 15th (Hampshire Carabineers) Battalions Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action at the Third Battle of Ypres on 21 September 1917, 95mm x 68mm, bearing the crests of Rugby School, Balliol College, Oxford, The Hampshire Regiment, the Scales of Justice, the Masonic Square and Compass, and a King David Harp, residue on reverse from removed clip and slight damage at six o’clock, where a tassel emblem has bent, otherwise good condition £50-£70 --- Richard Headley Montagu, Hampshire Regiment, was killed in action having been struck by a shell at the Third Battle of Ypres on 21 September 1917. A solicitor, educated at Rugby School (where he became Head of his House) and Balliol College, Oxford, he was a son of the distinguished numismatist Hyman Moses, who later changed his surname to Montagu. A Freemason and member of Royal York of Perseverance Lodge (No. 7), he is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, the Rugby School Memorial, the Balliol College Memorial and the Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-18. A photograph of him, available online, is held by the Imperial War Museum. Sold with copied service papers.

A selection of Miscellaneous Documents and other ephemera, including the Officer’s Record of Service Book for H. Smith, Royal Garrison Artillery; the Soldier’s Service and Pay Books for 6083859 E. T. Bayford and 5180027 A. W. C. Wetherall; a lightly used Field Message Book; a white metal Medallion commemorating the death of John Fuller Esq., of Rose Hill, Sussex, who died on 11 April 1834, aged 78, in fitted leather case; and an empty card box for the British produced replica of the German Lusitania Medal, with paper enclosure, generally good condition (lot) £60-£80 --- John ‘Mad Jack’ Fuller, Esq., M.P., was Squire of Brightling, Sussex. Sold with a large quantity of copied research.

Three: Major-General E. K. Money, Bengal Horse Artillery, who was dangerously wounded at the siege of Delhi in July 1857 Cabul 1842, unnamed as issued, fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and bar suspension; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Capt. E. K. Money. 9th Battn. Arty.) naming rubbed overall; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Captn. & Bt. Major E. K. Money, 2nd Tp. 3rd Bde. Bl. H Art.) toned, nearly very fine, the last better (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Ernle Kyrle Money was born at Shirehampton, Gloucestershire, on 18 February 1818, son of Vice-Admiral Rowland Money, C.B., R.N. He was a Cadet at Addiscombe from 5 February 1830 till 8 December 1831, and arrived in India on 16 October 1832; 2nd Lieutenant, 8 December 1831; Lieutenant, 29 April 1840; Captain, 5 May 1849; Bt. Major, 19 January 1858; Lieutenant-Colonel, 6 February 1861; Colonel, 24 January 1865; retired as Hon Major-General, 1 August 1872. Posted to 3rd Troop 1st Brigade Bengal Horse Artillery, 29 September 1838, he served in the First Afghan war in 1842 under General Pollock, including the forcing of Jugdulluck Pass, action of Tezeen, forcing the Huftkotal Pass, and recapture of Cabul Medal). Commanded the Artillery at Rangoon during the Second Burma war (Medal with Clasp). Transferred to the 2nd Troop 3rd Brigade in 1854, and was present during the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857 at the battle of Budleekeserai and throughout the siege of Delhi, where he was dangerously wounded on 23 July 1857 (Medal with Clasp). Major-General Money died at Bromley, Kent, on 21 January 1883.

A Second Afghan War C.B. group of three awarded to Major-General J. H. P. Malcolmson, Sind Horse, late Bombay Horse Artillery; he commanded the Sind Horse at the battle of Maiwand and was twice wounded during the War, firstly at Khushk-i-Nakhud (slightly) and secondly at Deh Khoja outside Kandahar (severely) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1859, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and replacement gold ribbon buckle; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lt. J. H. P. Malcolmson, 2nd Tp. H. Bde. Bombay Arty.) fitted with replacement suspension rod; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Col. J. H. P. Malcolmson. C.B. 3rd Sind Horse) minor enamel damage to centres of the first, otherwise better than very fine (3) £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: Baldwin 1964; Dix Noonan Webb, December 2013. John Henry Porter Malcolmson was born at Ahmedabad, Bombay, on 20 October 1832, son of John Porter Malcolmson, Assistant Surgeon, Bombay Establishment, and Wilmot, his wife. He was nominated to the E.I.C. Military Seminary at Addiscombe by Lieutenant-Colonel Sykes, and joined Addiscombe on 2 August 1847. He passed the Public Examination on 8 June 1849, and was admitted to the service and gazetted a 2nd Lieutenant. He proceeded ‘overland’, via Suez, to Bombay on 20 August and arrived there on 29 September. On 20 October 1849, he was appointed to 2nd Company, 1st Battalion Foot Artillery. From 8 February 1850, he was with 4th Light Field Battery at Ahmednuggur and in 1832 he was appointed to 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion, which was a Golundauze, or Native Battalion. In 1853 he transferred to 3rd Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 29 August 1854. In 1856 he transferred to the 4th Battalion, also a Golundauze Battalion. In May of that year he was sent to Europe on a Sick Certificate, and on returning to India in 1857, he was appointed to 2nd Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery. During the Mutiny campaign in Central India he served with 2nd Troop and as Acting Brigade Major of Artillery and Adjutant of Bombay Artillery with the Rajputana Field Division under Major-General Sir H. G. Roberts, K.C.B. He was present at the siege and capture of Kotah, 24-30 March 1858, and the pursuit of the garrison under Colonel Owen. On 14 August he was present at the battle of the Bunnass River, where Tantia Topi was defeated, and in the pursuit of the rebels which ended in the cavalry affair at the Khooshani. During this time he acted as Orderly Officer to Brigadier-General Honner, C.B., who, in his despatch, stated that Malcolmson was conspicuous by his forward gallantry and had his charger wounded by sabre cuts. He was promoted to 2nd Captain on 27 August 1858, and mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 May 1859). In 1860 Malcolmson was sent to Europe on a Sick Certificate with discharged soldiers. Upon his return he was appointed to 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion. When the E.I.C. Artillery regiments were absorbed into the Royal Artillery in 1863, he was commanding 2/2nd Battalion, now designated 3rd Battery, 21st Brigade R.A. at Belgaum. On 1 September 1863, he transferred to 18th Brigade R.A. (also ex-Bombay Artillery), and on 7 October was admitted to the Bombay Staff Corps. In November 1864 he was appointed Assistant Engineer, Public Works Department, Belgaum. After returning to Europe again on a Medical Certificate in 1868, he was promoted Major and appointed to the P.W.D. at Kulludghee in June 1869. On 19 August 1871, he transferred to the Poona Horse as Officiating Squadron Officer, and on 12 April 1873, he took command of 3rd Sind Horse. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 8 June 1875. In September 1878, the 3rd Sind Horse was at Jacobabad and was warned for service in Afghanistan, as part of the Cavalry Brigade under Brigadier-General Palliser in the Quetta (or 2nd) Division under Major-General Biddulph. War was declared on 22 November, and the force moved through Pishin to Kandahar, where it arrived on 8 January 1879. On 16 January the 2nd Division was sent to carry out a reconnaissance towards Girisk and the Helmand, which it reached on 2 February. It began to retire on 23 February and Malcolmson was placed in charge of a small force to cover the fords over the river, and then became Divisional rearguard. On 26 February he was encamped at Khushk-i-Nakhud with his force - detachments of 3rd Sind Horse, 266 sabres, and 29th Bombay N.I., 118 rifles - when the enemy were reported to be advancing to attack his camp. An action developed in which the enemy lost 200 killed out of 1500, and the force lost Major Reynolds (commanding the detachment of 3rd Sind Horse) and 4 men killed, and Malcolmson and 23 men wounded. The following day the general and his staff arrived, and the withdrawal continued until Kandahar was reached on 2 March. In May 1879, Malcolmson was placed in command of the Pishin Moveable Column, consisting of 3 troops, 3rd Sind Horse, half of No. 2 Mountain Battery, 2nd Sikhs and one company 19th Punjab N.I. The duties of the Column were to guard the lines of communication to India. He was awarded the C.B. on 19 July, and on 7 November was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette. In January 1880, 3rd Sind Horse was relieved of these duties and in May was at Kandahar with a strength of 5 officers and 391 sabres. On 8 June 1880, Malcolmson was promoted to Colonel. The 3rd Sind Horse was detailed as part of the force to march under Major-General Burrows to Girishk to try to prevent the mutiny of the troops of Sher Ali Khan, Wali of Kandahar. Brigadier-General Nuttall commanded the cavalry, which moved from Kandahar on 4 July and reached the Helmand River on the 10th, where it was found that the Wali’s troops had joined the army of Ayub Khan. There was an action at Girishk on 15 July, where the mutineers guns were recaptured, and the force then retired on Khushk-i-Nakhud. On 27 July the disastrous battle of Maiwand was fought, where Ayub’s army of 25,000 overwhelmed Burrows’ force of about 2,500. The cavalry, 3rd Sind Horse and 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry, were divided into small detachments and left exposed to heavy artillery fire, which caused many casualties, particularly among the horses. When finally ordered to charge the enemy, neither regiment went straight, but reared off to the right and retired. An eyewitness describes the action as follows: ‘Whatever men were still available were in a somewhat irregular formation. There was no time, however, to wait for a well-dressed line and General Nuttall ordered the cavalry to advance and charge, placing himself with his staff in front of the line. The men, instead of advancing straight to their front, inclined to the right and fell on the Ghazis who were attacking the Grenadiers, who were undoubtedly saved by the cavalry charge from heavy loss. After doing this much, the cavalry, retreating and the guns all gone, wheeled about and retired, to the best of my belief without orders. I certainly heard no orders. After wheeling about the cavalry retired steadily’. In spite of attempts by the officers to rally their men, the troopers would not turn and charge again. The casualties of 3rd Sind Horse were 14 killed and 5 wounded, out of a strength of 4 officers and 207 sabres. 56 horses were also lost. Burrows had given orders that the cavalry was to remain with the guns, but despite Nuttall’s efforts to check them, they pushed on without halting to Ashakan. Colonel Malcolmson, commanding 3rd Sind Horse and Major Currie, commanding 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry, were afterwards placed under arrest on charges of misbehaviour and cowardice on this occasi...

A Great War ‘Langemark 1914’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Major S. J. Steward, Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, in its R & S. Garrard & Co case of issue, the inner silk lining with ink inscription, ‘With love to my wife 1914’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, South Africa 1901, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6587 Pte. S. J. Steward, Vol. Coy. Suffolk Regt.) clasp carriage block loose on ribbon and mounted in order listed; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: S. J. Steward. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major S. J. Steward.) extremely fine (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 December 1914: ‘Went with a party of stretcher-bearers across ground swept by rifle and shell fire to Langemark village, and removed 11 wounded men.’ The War Diary of No. 1 Field Ambulance for 25 November 1914 states: ‘Captain Steward on his return from Langemarck stated he collected eleven wounded of the Welch Regt. there, east of the village - just to the right of his position, he found 22 bodies in a heap, all dead - the position was too exposed, just behind the trenches, to remove identity discs as sniping and shell fire was going on, but a Corporal Maxwell of the Regt. who (with Ptes. Evans & Ruderick) had stood by in the village for medical aid) recognised some of the bodies & identified them. The wounded were carried by the six stretcher squads sent to the village where they were dressed in a cottage & removed then by 3 ambulance wagons I had sent out to follow Capt. Steward as far as the village of Langemarck.’ Captain Steward was decorated by the King in person on 3 December 1914, on the occasion of H.M.’s visit to the Expeditionary Force. M.I.D. London Gazette 17 February 1915 (Field-Marshal French’s despatch of 20 November 1914). Sidney John Steward was born at Worcester in 1879, son of John A. Steward, J.P. He was educated at Cathedral King’s School, Worcester; Downing College, Cambridge, and St Thomas’s Hospital, London. He served in the European War from 17 August 1914, was present at the retreat from Mons; advance on the Marne and Aisne; Ypres, 1914; Loos, 1915 (with No. 1 Field Ambulance, 1 Division until March, 1916); Medical Officer, No. 5 Infantry Base Depôt, Rouen; Senior Medical Officer, Paris (March, 1917); Second-in-Command, 24th Field Ambulance (8th Division) (October, 1917), and with this unit (Acting Major, January 1918) at Villers Bretonneux, March, 1918, and retreat to Marne, 1918; O.C., 31st Motor Ambulance Convoy (June, 1918), and with this unit (8th Corps) in advance during October, 1918, reaching Mons on Armistice Day, 1918; also served as a combatant in the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, in the South African War, 1899-1901. Sold with original warrant for D.S.O., this dated 28 November 1914 and with its registered envelope, together with a War Office letter approving the resignation of his commission in 1922, and a large file of copied research including complete War Diaries of his various Field Ambulance postings throughout the war from August 1914.

An ‘Edwardian’ M.V.O. group of three awarded to Engineer Captain A. J. Nye, Royal Navy, who served in the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert from 1903-09, and who recorded his service in the Royal Yacht in a remarkable photograph album The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘285’, in Collingwood, London, case of issue, the case similarly officially numbered ‘4 285’; Russia, Empire, Order of St. Stanislas, Civil Division, Second Class neck badge, 48mm, gold (56 zolotniki) and enamel, maker’s mark and gold marks to reverse and suspension ring, with short section of neck riband, in embossed case of issue; Norway, Kingdom, Coronation Medal 1906, silver, minor white enamel chipping and restoration work to MVO, otherwise good very fine; the foreign awards about extremely fine (3) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.V.O. London Gazette 30 December 1904: Engineer Commander Alfred John Nye, R.N., of His Majesty’s yacht “Victoria and Albert”. Alfred John Nye was born on 3 September 1855 and was appointed Assistant Engineer in H.M.S. Asia on 1 July 1877. He was advanced Engineer on 1 March 1883, and joined the Royal Yacht Osborne on 12 January 1884. Returning to ships of the line on 12 January 1889, he was advanced Chief Engineer on 7 June 1890; Staff Engineer on 7 June 1894; and Fleet Engineer on 7 June 1898. He was promoted Engineer Commander on 1 April 1903, and served in the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert from 13 May 1903. Transferring to the retired list with the rank of Engineer Captain on 17 June 1908, he was permitted to remain in Victoria and Albert in this rank until the end of the year in order to complete the yachting season. He finally retired on 7 December 1908, and died on 11 August 1932. For his services in the Royal Yacht, Nye was appointed a Member Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1905 New Year’s Honours’ list, and also received the Russian Order of St. Stanislas Second Class, and the Norwegian Coronation Medal. Sold together with the following archive: i) A remarkable Edwardian photograph album compiled by the recipient whilst serving aboard the Royal Yacht, quarter bound in leather board covers, the spine gilt blocked ‘Engineer Captain A. J. Nye, M.V.O., R.N.’ Photographs include: Group photographs of the Gun Room Officers, H.M.S. Aboukir, dated 1902; Officers Smoking Circle, H.M.S. Aboukir; Several photographs of the officers on deck, H.M. Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert; the Officers, H.M.S. Aboukir, 1902; Internal photographs of the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert including the King’s bedroom; photograph of the ‘King’s Coffee Maker’ in middle eastern garb; the wheel and compasses and silver bell of the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert; the pet Bear of H.M.S. Aboukir, together with several photographs of places visited by H.M.S. Aboukir circa 1902, including Gibraltar and Cyprus; holiday photographs of a similar era taken in Pembrokeshire, of Tenby, Carew Castle, Picton Castle, Freshwater, Broadhaven, St. Govan’s Chapel, Manorbier Castle, and others; photographs of Brecon and district; several photographs of the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, including in Norway and passing through the Kiel Canal; the officers and crew, including the Emperor of Germany, H.M. King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra; several photographs of Captain Nye, in uniform on board the Royal Yacht; several panoramic photographs stated by marginal notes to have been taken by H.M. The Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria, in Norway; several photographs of H.M. King Edward VII, and Queen Alexandra visiting Algiers; other photographs of personalities visiting the Royal Yacht, including Miss Charlotte Knollys, Lord Salisbury, Admiral Milne, General Brocklehurst, H.M. the King and Queen of Norway, Princess Victoria, Lord Farquhar. In all over 160 photographs all pasted into a luxury bound album, some yellowing to pages, annotated by hand throughout, with some later additions, photographs very good, the album with tight binding, and a remarkable photographic record. ii) The recipient’s Bestowal Document for the Royal Victorian Order, together with Privy Purse Office enclosure iii) Bestowal Document for the Russian Order of St. Stanislas, together with Admiralty enclosure, dated 20 March 1909, and Buckingham Palace Private Permission to Wear Document, dated November 1910 iv) Buckingham Palace Private Permission to Wear Document for the Norwegian Coronation Medal, dated January 1911 v) Various invitations and musical programmes to Banquets, both aboard the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert and on shore vi) Various postcards and photographs; and copied research.

An inter-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major E. G. Baker, Hampshire Regiment, later The Princess Beatrice’s (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army, who was severely wounded at the First Battle of Dorian on 24 April 1917 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. E. G. Baker. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. G. Baker.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1947, with integral top riband bar, mounted court-style, generally very fine and better (7) £300-£400 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 2 January 1939: Major Ernest George Baker, The Princess Beatrice’s (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army (Captain, Retired Pay, Regular Army Reserve of Officers, the Hampshire Regiment). T.D. London Gazette 25 July 1947. Ernest George Baker was born in 1894, the son of the Quartermaster of the 12th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 12th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment on 7 December 1914. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915, before proceeding with the Battalion to Salonika in November of that year, and continued to serve in the Balkans, being severely wounded in the chest on 24 April 1917 during the First Battle of Dorian. Invalided home, in April 1918 he was appointed an Instructor at the School of Instruction, Osborne, Isle of Wight, where he remained until the end of the War. Promoted Captain in January 1925, he was appointed Adjutant of the 8th Battalion (Princess Beatrice’s Isle of Wight Rifles), and remained in that post until November 1929. After a brief spell with the 1st Battalion in India, he transferred to Princess Beatrice’s (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army in December 1932, and saw further service with the Royal Artillery at home during the Second World War. Appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Hampshire in 1956, he died at Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight, on 14 October 1968. Sold with copied research.

A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. Stedman, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 56th Punjab Rifles and 1/4th Gurkhas, who was wounded in three places whilst leading his men in a frontal attack on a stockade during the Kuki Rising, 1917-1919 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lt. H. Stedman, I.A.R.O.); British War and Victory Medals (2-Lt. H. Steadman [sic].) BWM partially officially corrected; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. H. Stedman, 1-4 Grks.) traces of lacquer, light contact marks, very fine or better (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2001. M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917. Howard Stedman was born in March 1887, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers in November 1914. He served during the Great War attached to the 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) from 11 February 1915, and later with the 56th Punjabis, and was awarded the Military Cross. He was appointed to the Civil Department in April 1917, and was employed by the Military Police in Burma from October 1917. He served in the Chin and Kuki Hills, 1 December 1917 to 15 May 1919, and as Assistant Commandant, Military Police, Chin Hills Battalion, Tiddim from 1918. During the latter period the Kuki Rising took place, and Stedman was to play a prominent role in the suppression of the Kukis. Troops under the overall command of Colonel L. W. Shakespear of the Assam Rifles were engaged, and ‘by the 22nd January, 1918 both Columns were ready, each of 120 rifles and a gun - one under Captain Coote, and Mr Higgins, L.C.S., was to move through the Mombi and Longya area, and with this went the D.I.G., as it was intended to join hands with a Burma Column from Tiddim in the northern Chin Hills under Captain Steadman [sic], with whom further arrangements for co-operation could be personally made. Steadman was to make for and deal with Longya; the junction of both Columns, it was expected, might be about Khailet. The second Column from Imphal under Captain Hebbert, with whom was the Political Agent, was to proceed towards Tammoo, reopen the Burma road, and punish rebel villages in that neighbourhood.’ (History of The Assam Rifles, Colonel L. W. Shakespear, refers) Coote’s column captured Mombi, and ‘the first night at Mombi the camp was fired into but no damage was done, and the next day those left on the hill heard faint sounds of distant firing, but as a high wind was blowing the actual direction of the sound was not easy to locate, but it was thought to be Steadman in action somewhere. A recconnoitring party discovered the new village of Mombi, some 4 miles along the ridge to the east, which was destroyed unopposed, and the camp had a few more shots fired into it at night. On Coote’s return with fresh supplies the Column moved towards Longya, being fired at on two successive days at Letkulon and Khailet, both places being destroyed. At the latter place the first view was obtained across the Manipur river of Longya, which was seen to be in ashes, and the signallers, climbing the hill near by, flashed their helios all round trying every likely hill-top for the Burma Column. After a couple of hours of this a faint answering flicker of a helio was seen far to the south, and a message was received from the Subadar at the Lenakot post (north Chin Hills) from which Coote learnt that Captain Steadman’s Column had got to Longya quicker than expected on the 27th January and burnt it without opposition. He then descended, crossed the Manipur river and climbed to Haika en route to Khailet, where the two Columns were to have met. A very long stockade barred his path, against which Steadman made a frontal attack and failed to take it, losing 11 killed and many wounded. Steadman, the only British officer with them, was badly wounded in three places.’ (Ibid). The British casualties suffered for the duration of the rising, December 1917 - May 1919, amounted to 59 all-ranks killed and 135 wounded. Promoted Captain in August 1919, Stedman was attached 1/4th Gurkha Rifles from November 1918 and served with his new unit in Waziristan, being Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 30 May 1924). He subsequently served as Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General, Southern Command, S. Eastern Circuit, Poona, May 1927 - February 1930; Assistant Judge Advocate General for the same command, February 1930 - May 1937, and Deputy Judge Advocate for the same command, May 1937 - March 1942. He advanced to Major in August 1933, and to Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1937. He retired in March 1942. Sold with copied research.

A superb Second War immediate ‘Gold Beach’ D-Day M.C. group of seven awarded to Major J. L. G. Littlejohns, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, for his actions at Le Hamel on 6 June 1944 Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1944, and additionally privately engraved ‘69150 Major J. L. G. Littlejohns.’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Lieut J. L. G. Littlejohns. Hamps. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the Second War awards all privately engraved ‘69150 Major J. L. G. Littlejohns’, mounted as worn, some contact marks and light scratches, otherwise nearly extremely fine (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- M.C. London Gazette 31 August 1944. The original Recommendation, dated 16 June 1944, states: ‘Major Littlejohns landed at Le Hamel with his Reserve Company at about 0830 hrs 6 June 1944. On landing the company came under intense small arms fire on the beaches. He succeeded in crossing the beaches, and without hesitation organised his company for an attack on an artillery battery dominating the whole beach area. Despite very heavy shell and machine gun fire Major Littlejohns led his company forward. The fire increased in intensity, and the company was held up. Major Littlejohns once more took the company forward, and finally succeeded in capturing the position. The success of this attack was vital to the assault of 231 Brigade, and Major Littlejohns, by his coolness, imperturbability and determination set such a fine example that his men willingly followed him.’ John Leslie George Littlejohns, a pre-war officer who first saw active service as a Lieutenant in Palestine, was later awarded an immediate Military Cross during the Second World War for his actions with the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, in the Gold Beach sector on the first day of the D-Day landings, 6 June 1944. Sold together with supporting paperwork, medal riband bar and a name badge from his subsequent employment with Messrs GKN.

An outstanding Second War ‘1945’ D.F.C. and Second Award Bar, ‘1943’ D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Wing Commander S. A. R. Taylor, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 79 operational sorties, with 106, 83 and 7 Squadrons - of which 68 were with the Path Finder Force, all as a Lancaster Visual Bomb Aimer of a Marker Crew Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1945’; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1391937 F/Sgt. S. A. R. Taylor. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Radfan (Sqn. Ldr. S. A. R. Taylor R.A.F.) mounted as originally worn, very fine (7) £6,000-£8,000 --- 1 of only approximately 20 D.F.C. and Second Award Bar, D.F.M. combinations awarded for the Second World War. D.F.C. London Gazette 23 March 1945. The original Recommendation states: ‘This officer is on his third operational tour, having completed 60 sorties - 49 of which have been in a Marker Crew, being safely concluded in the Path Finder Force. Flight Lieutenant Taylor’s keenness and coolness in facing the enemy has set a high standard of morale in the crew with which he operates, and has helped to a considerable extent in making the crew such a successful one. Never at a loss to overcome difficulties, his steadfastness; determination to give of his best at all times is highly commendable. He possesses courage of a high degree, cheerfulness under all circumstances, and these exceptional qualities have set a high example to the Squadron.’ D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 16 November 1945. The original Recommendation states: ‘This Officer has now completed 79 operational sorties, of which 68 have been with the Path Finder Force, all as Visual Bomb Aimer of a Marker Crew. Of a very cheerful disposition, Flight Lieutenant Taylor has always displayed courage, skill and efficiency and great determination in action, often under the most trying and hazardous conditions. His strong devotion to duty and untiring efforts to give of his best have inspired the utmost confidence amongst the rest of his crew.’ D.F.M. London Gazette 10 December 1943. The official Press Release states: ‘Flight Sergeant Taylor is a Bomb Aimer of a crew which has acquired a fine reputation on many operational missions. He has completed sorties over many heavily defended targets, always displaying outstanding determination and coolness. During a recent attack on Hanover, five runs were made over the target area before Flight Sergeant Taylor was satisfied that he had identified the target. Recently while engaged in operations against Mannheim and Kassel, he again made several runs in the face of heavy opposition to ensure accuracy of aim. His behaviour has been exemplary at all times.’ Stanley Alfred Robert Taylor was born in March 1922, and educated at Battersea Grammar School. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1941, and carried out initial training as a navigator/bomb aimer, including at No. 42 A.S., Port Elizabeth; No. 26 O.T.U., North Luffenham and No. 1660 Conversion Unit, Swinderby. Taylor flew a Nickel raid, whilst stationed at the latter, 20 December 1942. He was posted for further operational flying to 106 Squadron (Lancasters) at Syerston in January 1943, and flew in at least 10 operational sorties with them, including: Frisians; Berlin (3); Hamburg; Essen (2); St. Nazaire; Duisburg and Kiel. Taylor transferred, with his pilot Sergeant D. N. Britton, to 83 Squadron (Lancasters) as part of the Pathfinder Force at Wyton in April 1943. He flew in at least 36 operational sorties with the Squadron between April 1943 - April 1944, including: Stettin; Duisburg; Essen; Dortmund; Munster; Cologne; Monchanin; Krefeld; Mulheim; Wuppertal; Turin; Hamburg (2); Turin-Genoa; Nuremburg; Milan; Berlin (4); Mannheim; Munich (2); Hanover; Darmstadt; Hanover; Kassel; Modane; Mannheim; Texel (2); Leipzig; Stuttgart (3) and Frankfurt. After a rest, Taylor returned to Pathfinder Force and was posted to 7 Squadron (Lancasters) at Oakington in October 1944. Taylor flew in at least 32 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Dusiburg (2); Wilhelmshaven; Stuttgart (2); Essen; Oberhausen; Gelsenkirchen; Dortmund; Wanne-Eickel; Freuberg; Karlsruhe; Osnabruck; Ulm; Koblenz; Ludwigshaven; Hanau; Leuna; Zeitz; Chemnitz (2); Dessau; Dortmund; Homberg; Hagen; Rheine; Hildesheim; Hamburg; Nordhausen; Harburg; Bayreuth and Bremen. After the war, Taylor’s subsequent postings included as part of the B.A.F.O. at R.A.F. Lubeck, Esche, and Wunsdorf. He was posted to A.H.Q. Hong Kong in September 1949, after which he spent several years posted at R.A.F. Technical College and at Air Electronics School, Hullavington. Taylor was appointed a Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1959, and a Member of the Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers in 1960, becoming a Chartered Engineer in 1967. He served at H.Q.M.E.C., Aden, May 1964 - April 1966, advanced to Wing Commander and filled a number of engineering and communication roles including a posting on attachment to the Kenyan Armed Forces, 1968-1971. He retired in 1978, and moved to Brisbane, Australia. Sold with the following original related items and documents: 7 related miniature awards, mounted as originally worn; Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators Air Bombers Air Gunners Flight Engineers (20 February 1952 - 9 January 1981) including civilian entries, inside cover annotated ‘Certified that Volume I of Log Book was lost at No. 7 Sqdn, R.A.F. Oakington in June, 1945 as a result of a sudden posting at the end of the war’; Path Finder Force Badge Award Certificate, dated 7 April 1944, glazed and framed, with Path Finder Force Badge and Observer’s Brevet; D.F.C. Royal Mint case of issue; named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the award of the Bar to his D.F.C.; Second War Campaign Medal enclosure; a photograph of 7 Squadron, R.A.F. Oakington, April 1945, individually named, framed and glazed; 2 photographs of recipient in uniform from later life, and one group photograph including him which is glazed and framed; and a signed farewell card from R.A.F. Langenhagen.