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Seven: Sergeant L. Kent, Kings Own Scottish Borderers, late Army Air Corps, who was wounded and taken prisoner at Arnhem Bridge while serving in H.Q. Company, 2nd Parachute Regiment in September 1944 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53 (6200750 Sjt. L. Kent, K.O.S.B.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, mounted as worn, generally very fine or better (7) £800-1000 Kent is among those listed as having been wounded and taken prisoner at the Bridge itself in the official casualty return submitted by the Commanding Officer, 1 Airborne Division, to the Deputy Adjutant-General of 2nd Echelon, 21st Army Group, on 30 October 1944 - his name having been among those recorded by Major J. A. Hibbert, R.A., of H.Q. 1st Parachute Brigade, prior to making his escape back to our lines. In the official published roll of British Army P.O.Ws 1939-45, Kents name appears without a P.O.W. No. or camp, strongly suggesting that he was still recovering from his wounds in an enemy hospital at the time of the German surrender in May 1945.

A Second World War Middle East operations M.B.E. group of five awarded to Group Captain O. E. Bartlett, Royal Air Force, a long served Explosives Officer (X) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Members 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed, generally good very fine (5) £250-300 M.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1942. The recommendation states: This officer has been responsible for the organisation of the forward supply of fuel, ammunition and explosives to the Squadrons. By his pertinacity and resourcefulness he has overcome many unforeseen problems. There have been many instances when he has navigated not only the first R.A.F. convoys but also Army convoys. On one occasion he was successful in overcoming Army opposition to a certain journey which he carried out and ensured sufficient petrol for immediate operations. An example of his coolness is found when he took a Royal Air Force convoy through from Maddalena to the Army Co-Operation Squadron attached to XIII Corps, whilst the Army was carrying out a local withdrawal. This action saved the bulk of the aircraft from being lost and ensured reconnaissance for the Army. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1943 and 8 June 1944. Owen Edward Bartlett, who was born in Forest Hill, London in January 1917, was granted a short service commission as a Pilot Officer in the R.A.Fs Equipment Branch in September 1939, his earlier ambition of qualifying for his ôWingsö having been dashed at the Civil Flying School at Reading, where his examiner noted that his general flying was very dangerous. Possibly encouraged by this ôdangerousö assessment, he decided to pursue a career as an Explosives Officer, in which field he qualified in early 1940, and in March of the following year he was embarked for the Middle East. In his capacity as an explosives expert, Bartlett subsequently served in this theatre of war until January 1944, when he was evacuated home on the sick list, a period that witnessed him serving as an Acting Squadron Leader in command of assorted Maintainance Units (M.U.), in addition to periods of attachment to R.A.F. Headquarters in Malta, and in the Levant, Palestine, in 1943. And while ôMalta G.C.ö must have offered plenty of scope for an officer of his trade, it was in fact for his earlier work in command of No. 121 M.U. in North Africa that he was awarded his M.B.E. and two ômentionsö. He ended the War as an Explosives Officer at Greenham Common. Granted a permanent commission as a Flight Lieutenant in September 1945, Bartletts post-war career encompassed many commands, including nuclear bomb storage sites at R.A.F. Barnham and Faldingworth, and having been advanced to Group Captain in January 1967, he was placed on the Retired List in February 1972. He died in July 1979. Sold with the recipients original M.B.E. warrant and M.I.D. certificates (2), these in original envelopes; together with what would appear to be a wartime photograph of him taken in North Africa.

A Second World War Norway 1940 operations D.S.C. attributed to Sub. Lieutenant W. A. George, Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1940, hallmarks for London 1939, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue, extremely fine £600-700 D.S.C. London Gazette 26 September 1940: For services in Norway. The original recommendation states: On 8 May 1940, being landed with a party from the Northern Spray to examine a German troop-carrier down in Efjordan, the party was surprised and attacked by some 30 Germans, the late occupants of the plane, with machine-guns and grenades. After all their ammunition was expended, the party surrendered, except Skipper George, who, eluding his captors, made his way to the wrecked plane, in which he spent the night. He collected all books and papers he thought might be of value and, launching the india-rubber boat, crossed the fjord and eventually rejoined his ship. William Arthur George received his D.S.C. at a Buckingham Palace investiture held on 3 February 1942; sold with a photocopied image of a wartime family photograph, including George in R.N.R. officers uniform, the caption erroneously giving his first name as Wilfred - only one R.N.R. officer received the D.S.C. in 1940, namely the above cited William Arthur George.

Family group: A Great War Western Front M.C. and Bar group of three awarded to Lieutenant Aubrey Causton Strachan, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action on 28 March 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., R.F.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut.); Memorial Plaque (Aubrey Causton Strachan); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. E. A. Strachan) this last with edge bruising, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £1600-2000 M.C. London Gazette 26 September 1917; Citation 9 January 1918. 2nd Lt., R.F.A. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in an advanced position with his battery. He commanded his section for five hours under heavy fire and in pouring rain, during which time he removed the killed and wounded himself, and by his personal example of gallantry and coolness kept his men in action at a very critical time. Bar to M.C. London Gazette 4 February 1918; Citation 5 July 1918. Lt., M.C., R.F.A. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He brought his section into action under heavy artillery and machine gun fire, and assisted with the greatest skill in the capture of a village. He did most valuable work. Aubrey Causton Strachan was born on 14 August 1894. He was educated at Cheltenham College and at McGill University. Strachan was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the R.F.A. on 22 April 1915 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 July 1917. As a Lieutenant with ôCö Battery, 70th Brigade, R.F.A., he was killed in action, on 28 March 1918, aged 23 years. He was buried in the Faubourg dAmiens Cemetery, Arras; his name is listed on the Memorial at McGill University. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel E. A. Strachan (late Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - see British War Medal above) and Beatrice Strachan, of Moorfield, Bodorgan Road, Bournemouth. Medals in wooden case; with copied research.

A rare Great War Arras operations D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private H. W. Green, 10th Hussars Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11558 Pte. H. W. Green, 10/Hrs.); 1914-15 Star (11558 Pte. H. W. Green, 10th Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (11558 Pte. H. W. Green, 10-Hrs.), generally good very fine (4) £1800-2200 D.C.M. London Gazette 18 June 1917: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He formed a dressing station in a dug-out and got a large number of wounded into it, and for several days continued to render assistance to wounded men, exposing himself continuously. Only eight D.C.Ms. and one Bar won by the 10th Hussars during the Great War. Harold Green, who first entered the French theatre of war in October 1915, enacted the above cited deeds at Monchy-le-Preux in early April 1917, during ongoing operations on the Arras front.

A Great War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private T. C. Cawthorne, East Yorkshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8669 Pte., 1/E. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8669 Pte., E. York. R.); together with an erased 1914 Star, nearly extremely fine (4) £800-1000 D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1920. On 21st March 1918, near Saulcourt, for cool courage and devotion to duty. Whilst the camp was being heavily shelled and later on in the day for eleven hours, he assisted, under heavy shell fire, in evacuating the wounded. On 24th March and again on 28th March, it was largely due to his fine example and energy that many vehicles and horses amongst the transport were saved under heavy fire. Thomas Cawthorne came from Bethnal Green, London. A pre-war regular soldier serving with the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 8 September 1914. Serving throughout the war, he was awarded the D.C.M. for several acts of gallantry near Cambrai during the first few days of the German Spring Offensive in March 1918. Sergeant Cawthorne was one of only about a dozen men who served continually with the 1st Battalion between September 1914 and the end of the war in November 1918. He survived the war and took his discharge. Entitled to the 1914 Star and clasp. With copied m.i.c., roll extracts and other research.

A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Corporal H. Withers, Royal Field Artillery, who died of wounds on 3 July 1918. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (925173 Cpl., 290/Lond. Bde. R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine £600-700 D.C.M. London Gazette 17 April 1918. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of signallers. He has invariably displayed the greatest courage and ability, and his initiative has been most marked. Hugh Withers was born in Hornsey, Middlesex and enlisted at Bloomsbury. As a Corporal with the 290th Brigade R.F.A. he won the D.C.M. As a Sergeant with the same Brigade, he died of wounds having been invalided to England, on 3 July 1918, aged 28 years. He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery. Sergeant Withers was the son of Charles and Isabella Withers of 25 Creighton Avenue, Muswell Hill, London. With some copied research.

A Second World War D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman R. C. Such, Royal Navy, for services aboard the frigate H.M.S. Affleck, in which ship he witnessed the destruction of no fewer than four U-Boats, including U-392 in March 1944 which resulted in the award of his decoration Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A.B. R. C. Such, P/JX.187683); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal, extremely fine (4) £1200-1400 D.S.M. London Gazette 15 August 1944: Able Seaman Ralph Coyston Such (Croydon). For leadership, skill and determination in H.M. Ships Affleck, Brecon, and Forester and H.M. Canadian Ships St Laurent, Swansea and Owen Sound in operations against U-boats. The official recommendation states: Working in co-operation with a Catalina aircraft and other forces H.M.S. Affleck made a good attack which probably destroyed a German submarine on 16th March 1944. This operator has, during our previous two successes, shown a most admirable proficiency in the presence of the enemy. On this occasion he found, classified and held a genuine contact until relieved by the H.S.D. under the very difficult circumstances usually obtaining in the Straits of Gibraltar, with other Escort Vessels leaving their wakes in the vicinity of the enemy. In addition to the award of the D.S.M. to Able Seaman Such, the Commander, First Lieutenant, and two ratings from H.M.S. Affleck were mentioned in despatches. Sold with a contemporary news cutting with small portrait of Able Seaman Such, titled He Helped ôKillö U-Boats - Croydon sailor wins D.S.M. It goes on to state: When Mr H. C. Such, of Burdett road, Croydon, was informed by a Croydon Times reporter that his 24-years-old son, Able Seaman Ralph Coyston Such, had been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for leadership, skill and determination in operations against U-boats, he was pleasantly surprised. His son had not spoken of his work while on leave. Able Seaman Such, who was educated at Tavistock School, Croydon, is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Such. He joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and was posted to the destroyer H.M.S. Janus, in which he served for three years. He has seen active service in South African waters and took part in the evacuation of Greece and Crete. Early this year Able Seaman Such was transferred to the frigate H.M.S. Affleck, which has taken an active part in the anti-submarine campaign. In May this year, the frigate sank two U-boats in one night. When the frigate arrived at Belfast, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Sir Basil Brooke, was there to congratulate the crew. During her World War II service Affleck figured in the destruction of four U-Boats; U-91 on 25 February 1944, in company with H.M. Ships Gore and Gould; U-358 on 1 March 1944, in company with Gore, Gould and Garlies; U-392 on 16 March 1944, in company with the long range escort vessel Vanoc and three U.S. Catalina flying boats from VP-63; and U-1191 on 25 June 1944, in company with H.M.S. Balfour.

A Great War Western Front M.M. group of four awarded to Private G. Bains, 16th Battalion Manchester Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (6828 Pte. G. Bains, 16/Manch. R.); 1914-15 Star (6828 Pte. G. Baines, Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (6828 Pte. G. Bains, Manch. R.) note variation in surname, good very fine (4) £800-850 M.M. London Gazette 23 August 1916. George Bains, a Warehouse member of Messrs. Simpson & Godlee Ltd., enlisted on 1 September 1914 and is shown in the Manchester Battalions Book of Honour as being a member of XI Platoon, C Company, 16th (Service) Battalion Manchester Regiment. Private Bains entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 9 November 1915. Awarded the Military Medal for the 16th Manchester Pals attack on Montauben, 1 July 1916 - one of the first Military Medals awarded to the battalion. The War Diary for 1/2 July 1916 reports, Captured two guns and 16th Manchester Regt. written on them, also names of the men who captured them and about a hundred prisoners. It is possible that Bains was one of the two men responsible. Later wounded and invalided to the U.K., he was then transferred to the Welsh Regiment and posted to their 52nd (Graduated) Battalion. He was discharged from the Army on 28 October 1918 and was awarded the Silver War Badge (not with lot). With a quantity of copied research, including m.i.c., gazette, roll and war diary extracts.

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Serjeant Thomas L. Brown, 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the 1st Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (6930 Sjt., 1/Hants. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8930 Sjt., Hamps. R.) mounted court style for wear, very fine (3) £400-450 M.M. London Gazette 19 February 1917. .... for bravery in the Field to the under-mentioned Non-commissioned Officers and Men, since deceased, who have been killed in action or died of wounds or disease subsequent to the date of the award .... Lance-Corporal Thomas L. Brown, 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 23 August 1914. The Hampshire Regimental Journal of February 1915 records that as a Sergeant he had sprained his left elbow at Boulogne on 7 January 1915. The Journal of June 1915 records Sergeant Brown as being recommended for distinguished service within the period, 25 April-4 May 1915, for gallant command of section. Sergeant Brown was killed in action on 1 July 1916, the first day of the battle of the Somme. He was buried in the Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France. With copied research including modern photo of headstone.

A Great War Western Front M.M. / M.S.M. pair awarded to Serjeant Alfred O. Edwards, 10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (the Stockbrokers Battalion), awarded the M.M. for a V.C. action on 8/9 March 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (Stk.-389 Sjt., 10/R. Fus.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Stk-389 Sjt., 10/R. Fus.) good very fine (2) £340-380 M.M. London Gazette 25 April 1918. M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. ... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in France during the present war. On 12 August 1914 the Lord Mayor of London raised the first of many Pals Battalions from the businessmen of the City of London. It was the 10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, known colloquially as the Stockbrokers Battalion. One of those who joined at that time, reporting for duty at the Throgmorton Street Recruiting Centre was Mr Alfred O. Edwards who came from Balham. Alfred Edwards was accepted and given the early 10th Battalion number ðSTK/389. On 22 July 1915 after an inspection by King George, the Battalion landed at Boulogne and concentrated near Tilques; Private Edwards landed on 30 July 1915. The 10th Battalion Royal Fusiliers became part of 111 Brigade, 37th Division. The battalion remained in France and Flanders for the whole of the war. From 9 July to 17 November 1916 they took part in the Battle of the Somme, fighting at Poizieres, High Wood and Mametz Wood. In 1917 they fought in the Third Battle of the Somme, at the Menin Road, Polygon Wood and Passchendaele. On the night of the 8/9th March 1918 the Battalion was heavily involved in the intense fighting following the launch of the last major German assault. In this battle Lance-Corporal Charles G. Robertson earned an immediate Victoria Cross ôFor most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in repelling a strong attack by the enemy - although severely wounded he mounted his gun on the parapet of a shell hole and although alone, put up the most determined resistance and undoubtedly prevented the enemy from making a more rapid advanceö. Twelve days later on 21 March, the Corps Commander Lieutenant-General Sir A. J. Godley inspected the Battalion and presented Sergeant A. O. Edwards with the Medal Ribbon of the Military Medal and congratulated the battalion on its fine work on the night of the 8th/9th March. He went on to say that he was proud to have such a battalion under his command and that he felt that wherever the battalion was, the line would be safe. In 1923 Quarter Master Sergeant Alfred O. Edwards retired from the Army. He was one of 219 soldiers awarded both the M.M. and M.S.M. for the Great War. With copied m.i.c. and roll and war diary extracts.

A Great War Western Front M.M. awarded to Private Charles Frowley, 7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action on 3 October 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (10571 Pte., 7-E. Surr. R.) good very fine £280-320 M.M. London Gazette 21 September 1916. Charles Frowley was born in Watford, Warwickshire; after joining the Army in Birmingham he was given the regimental number 94119 and posted to the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch). He subsequently transferred to the R.F.A. and finally to the 7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment and given the regimental number 10571. As part of the 37th Brigade 12th (Eastern) Division, the 7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment moved to the Front Line on 7 July 1916 and very early on 8 July attacked South West of Ovillers. The Division adopted the sensible tactic of advancing across no-mans land while the artillery bombarded the enemy and then rushing the last few yards when it lifted. From 8 July to 13 August the Battalion were heavily engaged in attack and counter attack and lost 169 casualties. On 1 October 1916 the 7th Battalion East Surreys took over the forward trenches at Guendecourt, which were described as in Appalling Condition. Private Charles Frowley was killed in action on 3 October 1916. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. At the time of his death his next-of-kin was his sister ð Mrs A. M. Thomas who lived in Canada at Okanagaw Falls, near Penticton, British Columbia. With copied research.

A Great War Western Front M.M. awarded to Private W. Bonnar, 1/5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, who was killed in action on 23 July 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (201087 Pte., 1/5 Sea. Highrs.); Memorial Plaque (William Bonnar) M.M. extremely fine (2). £320-360 M.M. London Gazette 7 October 1918. William Bonnar was an Irishman born in County Antrim. He joined the Army in Belfast and was posted to the 1/5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. In July 1918 the 1/5th were fighting alongside the French near Chalons in the final battles of the War. At 0800 hrs. on 21 July the 5th Seaforth Highlanders and the 6th Gordons advanced into the Bois de Coutron which was strongly held by the enemy, an advance of 400 yards was achieved and the line consolidated. At 0630 hrs. on the 23rd in the open ground near Bullin Farm with its right flank on the River Ardre, the 1/5th attacked again with the 6th Seaforth on their left. As they moved across the River they were met by enfilade machine gun fire but this was overcome using the bayonet. Six machine guns were captured and their crews destroyed. During this battle on 23 July, William Bonnar, aged 19 years, was killed and was later buried in Marfaux Cemetery. On 28 July the Battalion was relieved and moved back to Bullin Farm. During the eight days of the heaviest fighting ever experienced by the 1/5th Seaforth Highlanders, the casualties had been 7 officers killed and 8 wounded, and 67 soldiers, including William Bonnar, killed with 275 wounded. His Next of Kin were his parents, George and Helen Bonnar who lived at 2, Oldpark Village, Belfast. With Memorial Scroll mounted on card, together with copied research.

A Great War Western Front M.M. awarded to Private C. Goldfarb, 7th Battalion East Kent Regiment, who died of wounds on 1 October 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (G. 25211 Pte., 7/E. Kent R.) edge bruising, very fine £240-280 M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919. Cecil Goldfarb was a brave Jewish Soldier who was born in Warsaw, Poland. His Family moved to London but by 1915 he was living in Canterbury, Kent. In 1917 he enlisted into his local Regiment, the 7th East Kent Regiment (The Buffs), and joined them in France as part of the 55th Brigade, 18th (Eastern) Division. In 1918, the 18th Division took part in the battles at Crozat Canal, Baboeuf, Villers-Bretonneux, Murlancourt Ridge, Trone Wood and Ronssoy but their last major battle was the breaking of the Hindenburg Line. This was a combined attack using American, Australian and British Divisions. At 0530 hrs on the 29th September after a "terrific bombardment" the attack began. At 0845 hrs. the 55th Brigade were ordered forward but came under intense fire from Guillemont Farm and eventually the Brigade Commander ordered the 7th Buffs to halt in the Fleesceall-Pomponious Lanes area. Although German morale was low, troops were hungry and ammunition in short supply the German soldiers fought with bravery and determination. The Buffs came under "withering machine gun and artillery fire". As darkness fell the battalion was ordered to hold the line of Cochrane Avenue- Lion Trench- Egg Post and prepare for a counter attack. Gradually the German resistance slackened and on the night 30th September/1st October the 7th Buffs were ordered to advance to Vendhuile. On 1 October 1918 Private Cecil Goldfarb died of his wounds and was buried in the Doingt Communal Cemetery near Peonne. He was the husband of Mrs W. F. Goldfarb of 5, Stour Street, Canterbury. In the year of 2000, the British Legion in Canterbury realised that Private Cecil Goldfarbs name was not recorded on the Canterbury War Memorial. To remedy this situation a ceremony was held on the 82nd Anniversary of his death when a new memorial plaque bearing Private Goldfarbs name was dedicated. The Lord Mayor of Canterbury, the Chairman of the Canterbury Branch of the Queens Own Buffs and representatives of the British Legion laid wreaths. The Mayor stating that ôIt was fitting that this plaque has been dedicated on the anniversary of his deathö. With copied research.

A Great War Western Front M.M. awarded to Leading Seaman G. R. F. Rees, Anson, late Nelson Battalions, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, three times wounded in action, who died of wounds, 1 October 1918. Military Medal, G.V.R. (B.Z.145 L.S. G. R. F. Rees, Anson Bn. R.N.V.R.) nearly extremely fine £800-900 M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919. George Richard Francis Rees was born on 13 December 1896. Living in Cardiff and a Gasman by occupation, he enlisted into the R.N.V.R. on 17 October 1914. Posted to the Nelson Battalion in December 1915, he joined the unit at Mudros in January 1916. In July 1916 his unit was posted to Alexandria but he remained at Mudros being treated for acute appendicitis. After rejoining his unit he was posted to France in September 1916. Rees was admitted to hospital at Dannes Chamiers in January 1917 suffering from Trench Feet and was later invalided to England. He returned to his unit in the field in July 1917. Rees was wounded on 3 January 1918, being buried by shell explosion and suffering from shell shock. Posted to the Anson Battalion in March 1918 he was wounded in action on 26 August 1918 - receiving a mild gunshot wound to his cheek. Returning to duty he was wounded for the third time - receiving gunshot wounds to his buttocks and leg. Sadly his wounds proved to be fatal and he died of his injuries on 1 October 1918. He was buried in the Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux St. Marc, near Arras. He was the son of James Francis and Kate Elizabeth Rees of 169A Clive Street, Grangetown, Cardiff. With copied service papers and war diary extracts - these covering the period 10 September-8 October, when the Anson Battalion, part of the 63rd (R.N.) Division, was in action in the Cambrai Sector.

A very rare Second World War Chindit operations M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant C. McCluskey, Black Watch, a veteran of Crete and Tobruk who was twice wounded in the act of winning his M.M. in Burma in June 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2752845 Sjt. C. McCluskey, Black Watch); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, minor double-stamping to unit on first, some contact wear but generally good very fine or better (6). £2500-3000 M.M. London Gazette 4 January 1945. The original recommendation states: On 10 June 1944, Sergeant McCluskey was ordered to take two infantry sections from his platoon and carry out an offensive patrol in the valley east of the Kysenlei Pass. The patrol encountered enemy in the position in an unnamed village near Kontha and came under heavy and accurate fire, which wounded Sergeant McCluskey and caused other casualties in the patrol. In spite of his wound, however, Sergeant McCluskey retained full control of his small force and hotly engaged the enemy, and only when it became apparent that the enemy was present in considerably superior force did he start to organise a withdrawal. This he did with inspiring coolness and disregard for his personal safety going from one section to another and organising the evacuation of our wounded. While engaged on this task, Sergeant McCluskey was again severely wounded, and although in considerable pain, continued to retain full control of his force. Sergeant McCluskey had for some weeks been in command of a platoon and has on many occasions shown himself to be an outstanding leader, while his conduct on 10 June was beyond all praise. He has previously served with distinction in the Carrier Platoon in Crete and Tobruk. Charles McCluskey was born in Cumbernauld, Dumbarton in January 1914 and enlisted in the Black Watch in June 1932, direct from the Territorials. Originally posted to the 1st Battalion, he transferred to the 2nd sometime before the outbreak of hostilities, and saw action in the Carrier Platoon in Crete and Tobruk, prior to joining Order Wingates Chindits in Burma in March 1944. The following extracts, taken from The Black Watch, by Philip Howard (part of the Famous Regiments series), neatly summarise the actions and experiences shared by McCluskey and his comrades in the 2nd Battalion: Crete In May 1941, after a tremendous battering by dive-bombers, the sky suddenly filled with puffs of thistle-down. There was a gasp of amazement, and a moments hush along the whole Black Watch position. It was the first big parachute invasion in history. The Black Watch picked off the German paratroops as they fell, like plump pigeons. But for the next ten days more and more were dropped, prudently behind the mountains now, and out of range of Heraklion. The Battalion hung on grimly by its finger-nails, in isolated pockets unable to move by daylight, except for the piper who always played Reveille around the airfield after the dawn air raid. At last London decided to evacuate the island. At midnight the Highlanders crept down to the beach to the cruisers waiting to ferry them away. They had a terrible journey to Alexandria, dive-bombed and torpedoed all the way through the narrows at the eastern end of Crete. More than 200 of the Black Watch were killed on the voyage. A year later the Commanding Officer of the first German parachute battalion dropped at Heraklion was captured in Libya. He told his interrogators: My first surprise was when I found the position held. The second was when I discovered who the infantry were. The battle continued with great ferocity for two days. The Black Watch never surrendered. Had it been any other regiment, any other, all would have been well. I had but 80 men left of my 800, no food, little ammunition; our food was being eaten by the Jocks. Tobruk Next the Battalion was put into Tobruk to relieve the Australians, who had been besieged in that bull-dogged citadel for six months. The short dusty perimeter was defended by wire, mine-fields, and subterranean galleries. Dismembered vehicles and litter lay everywhere. The big German gun called ôBardia Billö barked and boomed over the fortress. In November the Battalion broke out of Tobruk on a sortie to link up with the Eighth Army advancing from Egypt. The plan was far more complex than the things which the Black Watch had been asked to do in old-style battles of far-off forgotten wars. But for once the Highlanders had been given a generous ration of infantry tanks. In fact the tanks lost themselves in the flat, featureless desert, in which the only landmarks were tangles of wire. And there was plenty of wire around to confuse the issue. So the Black Watch had to go in alone with the bayonet, as they had been doing ever since Fontenoy. The pipers played the Battalion in with ôHighland Laddieö, the regimental march, and ôThe Black Bearö. This last tune has a pause for a yell at intervals, and is traditionally played when a final effort is needed from tired men. Two hours later 8 officers and 60 men were left to take the final objective out of 32 officers and 600 men who set off from the Start Line. A Gunner Major wrote after the battle: I class this attack of the Black Watch as one of the most outstanding examples of gallantry combined with high-class training that I have seen. Not one of us who was there will forget such supreme gallantry. Burma and the Chindits Over on the other side of the world, the 2nd Battalion had become guerillas themselves - Chindits dropped for long range penetration beyond the Chindwin. The Battalion was split into two columns, numbered, inevitably, 73 and 42. They were flown into blind green jungle in March 1944, and for the next six months skirmished, and marched, and survived the monsoon, the steaming heat, and accidents by flood and field. It was probably the most unpleasant terrain for fighting into which the Black Watch had ever been plunged, worse even than the fever-swamps of the West Indies in the eighteenth century, or the dense jungles of Kandy. They were gnawed by starvation and disease. In one month alone 70 men died of typhus. It was a dripping world where clothes were never dry, and leeches had to be stripped from bodies at night. Tracks were often waist-deep in water and mud. Leather girths rotted on mules. A 10-mile march took four days. And once it took two days to haul their tottering half-dead bodies to the top of a four-mile pass. Most of the actions were small and untidy - the general strategy of the Chindit campaign lost direction after the death of Wingate. In May, at an ambush to cover the evacuation of ôWhite Cityö, 200 Black Watch scattered 1,200 Japanese. In August the last emaciated remnants charged and captured the village of Labu with the bayonet, played in on pipes specially dropped by parachute for the occasion. They were then flown back to India to recuperate. And of McCluskeys individual heroism near Kontha in June 1944, The Black Watch & The Kings Enemies states: There were reports, however, that the Japs were in various villages below the pass; and it was in one of these, Kontha, that the second patrol was sent. It consisted of a weak platoon under Sergeant McLuskey. Leaving at 8 a.m. on 10 June, he approached Kontha and was engaged by fire. The paddy round the village was three feet under water, but he took up his position in elephant grass and returned the fire with Bren guns and grenades from a cup discharger. As the enemy began to work round them, the patrol withdrew, having had one man killed and several wounded, but having got their information. They returned with their wounded at 6 p.m. The difficulty of keeping weapons in a working condition in circumstances such as these may be imagined.

A Second World War North Africa operations M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. A. Evans, Royal Artillery - who was originally recommended for a D.C.M. for his gallant deeds in an anti-tank unit in April 1943 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (1064397 Sjt. W. A. Evans, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, minor contact marks, good very fine or better (5) £800-1000 M.M. London Gazette 22 July 1943. The original recommendation - for a D.C.M. - states: Sergeant Evans is Troop Sergeant of K Troop, 88th Anti-Tank Battery, 14th Anti-Tank Regiment. Two guns of K Troop were ordered into action on Sidi Amellah (?) ridge during the morning of 29 April. The route for the Troop was through a minefield, and then over an open slope which was exposed to shell and small arms fire. The position was just below and defiladed by the lip of the top of the ridge, firing backwards. The guns which should have covered the top of the ridge were either destroyed or unable to occupy the selected positions because of accurate machine-gun and mortar fire. Tanks were reported on the far side of the ridge. It was necessary to manhandle the gun over the crest of the ridge. Sergeant Evans collected some infantry and assisted to manhandle the gun over the top of the hill onto the forward slope which was in full view of the enemy. Enemy tanks were engaged by the gun and two tanks were destroyed in three rounds. Just after this gun opened fire, Sergeant Evans and the infantry he had collected manhandled the second gun on to the crest and the gun opened fire and destroyed a tank. Early in the tank attack, the Troop Commander had been wounded, and Sergeant Evans took over command of the guns. He collected the infantry to assist in manhandling, helped load the guns, and later conducted the most dangerous operations in order to get the guns and ammunition under cover. William Alfred Evans was a native of Rotherham.

A rare and impressive Palestine 1947 operations B.E.M. awarded to Gunner F. D. Keillor, Royal Artillery, for great gallantry in responding to a terrorist attack in Haifa - severely wounded by two through and through revolver shots fired at close range, and in great pain, he nonetheless drove his wounded comrades in a jeep to the nearest hospital British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (14148108 Gnr. Frederick D. Keillor, R.A.), minor official correction to surname, nearly extremely fine £800-1000 B.E.M. London Gazette 2 July 1948: In recognition of gallant conduct in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner. The original recommendation states: On 12 December 1947, at about 1300 hours, Gunner Keillor was driving a jeep along Herzl Street, Haifa, proceeding north in the direction of Acre. An officer, together with two other gunners who were acting as escorts to the party, were also travelling in the vehicle. Opposite the New Cinema, the jeep was stopped in a small traffic jam. At this moment two or three dissidents, believed to be Jews, came out of a side turning and, at point blank range, fired at them with revolvers. All were hit several times and seriously wounded; one of the escort later died after admission to hospital. Gunner Keillor received a through and through gun shot wound of the right upper arm and a through and through gun shot wound of the left shoulder. Despite the severity of his wounds, which had the effect of almost completely paralysing his arms, and of causing him very considerable pain, Gunner Keillor drew his revolver to return the fire but the attackers, in keeping with their character, had disappeared. One effect of the firing was completely to clear Herzl Street of all traffic, shoppers and pedestrians. No one, therefore, either Jew or Arab, came forward to render assistance to the wounded men though some could be seen peering fearfully at them from doorways and windows. The officer was seriously wounded, having been shot in the stomach, and the two escorts were already unconscious. Gunner Keillor, realising the necessity of reaching medical assistance as soon as possible, managed to start the engine and get the jeep going. By this time his right arm had become completely useless and little strength remained in his left. Nonetheless, however, he drove the jeep to a British Military Hospital, a distance of some two miles, along a route with many turns and steep inclines. The conduct of this young soldier throughout this incident is deserving of the highest praise. Though severely wounded, he showed that he had in him the best qualities of the British soldier of courage, determination and devotion to duty. Frederick Davidson Keillor was from Angus, Forfar. On the day he won his his B.E.M., Haganah terrorists launched a series of attacks against Arab and British targets in Haifa and Ramleh, over 20 people being killed and another 30 wounded - two of the former were British soldiers, and one of them, as cited above, a comrade of Keillor.

THE BEATLES: An Autograph Book with stuck down lined paper signed `BEATLES. John Lennon Ringo Starr George Harrison Paul Mccartney` (this was signed by The Beatles in 1962 when they played at the Riverside Dance Club in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire according to the vendor who still lives in the town), the book is also signed by many others including Screamin Lord Sutch, Bob Monkhouse, Leslie Crowther, Tony Wright and a number of mainly Aston Villa 1960`s Footballers

A collection of ten Beswick Beatrix Potter`s figures, comprising `Jemima Puddleduck`, BP-2, `Mrs Tiggy Winkle`, BP-2, `Timmy Willie from Johnny Town-Mouse`, `Hunca Munca`, `Mrs Rabbit`, `The Old Woman who lived in a Shoe`, `Ribby`, `Old Mr Brown`, all BP-3a, `Tom Kitten` and `Mrs Rabbit and bunnies`, both BP-3b (minor faults).

An Ottoman Royal presentation gold watch. keyless wind, glazed double sided case with visible movement, glass dial with Turkish numerals, skeleton movement below, plain blued hands, milled bezel, the reverse cream ground dial with four dials and inscribed in Ottoman Turkish `Sahib Mehmed Rasim` translated to `Owner; Mehmed Rasim`; the next cartouche `Eser-i Mehmed Sukri` translated to `The work of Mehmed Sukri` the bottom cartouche `min telamiz-i Seyyid Ahmed Dede` translates to `a pupil of Seyyid Ahmed Dede` the dials reading from right to left, top right month showing lunar calendar, day indicated in the outer ring; top left dial shows the month according to the Julian calendar; bottom left shows days of the week; the bottom left dial for seconds, engraved border of foliate scrolls and inscribed ` Presented to Sir Henry Layard by the Sultan 1879`. Dial, 48mm diameter . Layard was born in Paris, France, to a family of Huguenot descent. Much of Layard`s boyhood was spent in Italy, where he received part of his schooling, and acquired a taste for the fine arts and a love of travel. After spending nearly six years in the office of his uncle, Benjamin Layard, he was tempted to leave England for Ceylon by the prospect of obtaining an appointment in the civil service, and he started in 1839 with the intention of making a journey across Asia.. After long travels chiefly in Persia, he returned in 1842 to Constantinople, where he made the acquaintance of Sir Stratford Canning, the British Ambassador, who employed him in various unofficial diplomatic missions in European Turkey. In 1845, Layard left to make those explorations among the ruins of Assyria with which his name is chiefly associated. This expedition excited his curiosity in the ruins of Nimrud on the Tigris, and by the great mound of Kuyunjik, near Mosul. Layard discovered the world famous Cyrus cylinder, circa 539-530 BC now in the British Museum. Layard now turned to politics. Elected as a Liberal member for Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in 1852, he was for a few weeks Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, but afterwards freely criticized the government, especially in connection with army administration. He was present in the Crimea during the war, and was a member of the committee appointed to inquire into the conduct of the expedition.. After being defeated at Aylesbury in 1857, he visited India to investigate the causes of the Mutiny. He was elected for Southwark in 1860, and from 1861 to 1866 was Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs After the Liberals returned to office in 1868 under Gladstone, Layard was made First Commissioner of Works and sworn of the Privy Council. . Layard resigned in 1869, on being sent as envoy extraordinary to Madrid. In 1877 he was appointed by Lord Beaconsfield, to Ambassador at Constantinople, where he remained until Gladstone`s return to power in 1880, when he finally retired from public life. In 1878, on the occasion of the Berlin Congress, he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.. Layard retired to Venice, where he devoted much of his time to collecting pictures of the Venetian school, and to writing on Italian art. His collection of Venetian paintings were donated to the nation.

A 1948 Stuart Surridge & Co. Limited cricket back autographed to front side with the Australia and England full cricket team members. Listed under Australia are 15 names headed by Don Bradman and under England 11 names headed by N Yardley. The 1948 Australia team gained notoriety for being undefeated for the entire tour. Bradman was making his fourth and final tour of England. This bat was signed at the Oval test match when Bradman played his last test for Australia. He needed only four runs from his final innings to have a test batting average of 100 but was out for a duck bowled second ball by Eric Hollies. The reverse of the bat is inscribed with six various county teams and team members including Surrey, Leicester, Kent, Yorkshire, Middlesex and Nottinghamshire. The bat belonged to the vendor`s father, Stanley Squires, who played for Surrey and who collected all the signatures himself.

A WWII German Officer`s dagger hilt together with a German Nazi pin badge. The dagger was brought back to this country by the vendor`s father who witnessed the blade being broken.

A 19th century carved wood Deed box, the lid decorated with portrait medallions and scrolls, the sides with scrolls and stylised flower head decoration. This box was reputedly owned by Royal Navy Commander Jack Harrison who served during WWI and the Battle of Jutland. The box was taken with him on his travels (Ref: Provenance note to inside of lid).

A 19th century gilt and enamel brooch reputedly belonging to King Edward VII who when Prince of Wales gifted the item to Elizabeth Smith who was the housekeeper at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight from 1859 - 1887. An original letter in her hand accompanies this item describing how the brooch was given to her and her bequeathing it subsequently to a friend.

2 Beatrix Figures having gold back stamps, The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Hunca Munca (2)

Walter Goodin (1907 - 1992), Hull Docks, view from Sammy`s Point, Holy Trinity Church in the background, barges and trawler in the foreground, signed on board, 19 1/4" x 23 1/4", painted wood frame. ****This painting is believed to have been purchased in the early 1960s by our vendor`s father, who was a friend of Walter Goodin`s, the trawler depicted was built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell at Grove Hill, Beverley by the grandfather of our vendor. This painting is similar to one included in the recent Walter Goodin "Above all, the Sky" exhibition, catalogue no.34

One Box: LP Records including DIRE STRAITS, THE WHO, CREAM, GENTLE GIANT

Autographs - The Beatles - A 1964 black and white promotional photograph signed by all four members of the Beatles, 16.25cm x 21cm. Together with a ticket application form/flyer for the Royal World Premier of `A Hard Day`s Night` held at the London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus, Monday, July 6th 1964, 18.75cm x 28.25cm and a Daily Sketch black and white press photograph showing the Beatles meeting Princess Margaret at the premier, 16cm x 21cm. Provenance - these items were formerly the property and were obtained by the vendor`s aunt Irene Edwards, a charity fund raiser and socialite who took park in organising the ticketing for the premier of `A Hard Day`s Night` and whose details are printed on the ticket application form as the remittance address. The premier was a charity event held in support of the Variety Club Heart Fund and the Docklands Settlements. It was attended by The Beatles and their wives and girlfriends together with a host of important guests including Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden. Piccadilly Circus was closed to traffic as 12,000 fans jostled for a glimpse of the group.

A finely painted small famille rose Bowl with steep rounded sides rising to an almost straight rim, the outside enamelled with Shou Lao, the Daoist god of longevity, riding on a stag towards a rocky outcrop, accompanied by Lan Caihe, one of the Eight Immortals, the god shown wearing turquoise coloured trousers under a bright pink coat secured by a leafy waist-band, the saddle cloth in blue and his spotted mount in pale yellow with brown details, the young bare-footed Lan Caihe carrying a basket of flowers and precious objects tied to the shaft of a hoe resting on his shoulder, his robe coloured in opaque turquoise and blue, and his trousers in pink, the rocky outcrop in soft translucent blue with black outlines and details, rising from a grassy slope washed in very pale green with shrubs emerging from behind the rocks, the six character mark of Yongzheng written in underglaze-blue in three columns enclosed by a double circle on the base of the bowl, period of Yongzheng (1723-1735), 4in. (10cm.) diameter. * The enamelling of this bowl is of exceptionally fine quality using a wide range of colours drawn from both the famille verte and the recently introduced famille rose palettes. The reign mark, written in three columns, is characteristic of imperial wares from the early years of Yongzheng and this type of figure subject composition is most often found on late Kangxi wares decorated in famille verte enamels. The subject of Lan Caihe, who is depicted as a much older man, appears on a Yongzheng mark and period famille rose meiping in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains with Cloisonne Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration, cat.no.50.

Alfred Robert Hayward (British, 1875-1971) `Faith` oil on canvas, signed and dated 1939 21 x 27in (53.5 x 68.5cm), within a gilt frame and mounted as part of a mahogany cased triptych, the doors opening to reveal the painting flanked by two giltwood panels with blue lettering by Percy Smith, giving a list of remembrance throughout history. * This triptych was commissioned by Frederick Konig from Alfred Hayward in 1938, for the `Temple of Music` at Tyringham House, Buckinghamshire. The lot includes a fascinating collection of letters, invoices and other paperwork dating from 1927 to 1940, relating to the design of the painting and its triptych case. Included is correspondence between Mr. Konig and Alfred Hayward, Harold Harvey, Percy Smith and Sir Edwin Lutyens, who was responsible for much remodelling of the house in the early 20th century, including the Temple of Music and Temple of Peace in the grounds. The mahogany case for the triptych was to Lutyens` design and there are letters in the provenance relating to this fact. It would appear from the file that Mr. Konig originally commissioned the Cornish artist Harold Harvey in the late-1920s, and indeed Harvey appears to have completed a pair of paintings which were rejected by Mr. Konig upon their arrival via train at Tyringham in 1928. Glyn Philpot was then approached before Alfred Hayward was commissioned over ten years later.

George Wickes (1698 - 1761) was perhaps the leading English goldsmith and silversmith of the second quarter of the 18th century, his work being only rivaled by the Huguenot silversmiths such as Paul de Lameire and David Wuillaume. Wickes gained the Freedom of The Goldsmiths Company in 1720, after having been apprenticed to Samuel Wastell in 1712, and registered his first marks in 1721-2. In 1735 Wickes was appointed as Goldsmith to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and moved his business to the King`s Arms in Panton Street. Wickes" business flourished as he counted many members of the aristocracy amongst his clients, including Lord North, and Thomas Fane (8th Earl of Westmorland from 1762) who opened an account with Wickes in 1743. There were important family and social connections between the Fane Family and George Wickes through his wife, Alder Wickes, who was directly related to the Scrope family of Bristol, and whose line passed to descendents of Henry Fane of Wormsley, younger brother of Thomas, in 1786. These important connections were backed up through the Wickes" family connections to the Bristol Merchant Venturers, of which Thomas Fane was secretary until 1762. Thomas Fane`s younger brother Henry had been a client of Wickes since the mid-1730`s when he ordered the large tureen, lot 24 in this sale, and a further quantity of house-hold plate and jewellery, just before his marriage to Charlotte Rowe in 1735. Lot 23 in this sale, a pair of cast candlesticks, were made in 1747, one year before Wickes" business was taken over by Edward Wakelin. During the second half of the 18th century, George Wickes" business evolved through a number of partnerships and the Fane family seemed to have been very loyal to the firm (see lots 19-22 in this sale). The firm became Wakelin and Parker in 1758 when another of Wickes apprentices, John Parker became a partner, and lot 19 and 20 in this sale, the important silver table and en suite salvers date from this partnership. In 1776 the partnership changed to Wakelin & Taylor under John Wakelin and William Taylor, and the large oval meat dish, lot 22 in this sale, which the Wakelin & Taylor ledgers in Garrard Archives show was made for John Fane (1751-1824). In 1792, the partnership again changed when Robert Garrard became a partner. Robert Garrard took sole control of the company in 1802, and the Garrard name continues to trade today in Albermarle Street in London. An important George III silver circular table by Parker & Wakelin, London 1760, the edge with alternating gadroon and rococo shell and leaf scroll, a rococo engraved band incorporating scenes in the Louis XV picturesque style representing the Four Elements with a man tending a garden (earth), a flying dove (air), dolphins in the sea (water) and a basilisk walking through flames (fire), with a central engraved rococo cartouche with an armorial, on four rococo cast open work scroll feet, scratch weight 246oz 9d, 70cm (27in) diameter, 7614g (240.45oz) The armorial is for LUTHER quartering (2) DAWTREY and (3)CHAMBERLAYNE and impaling BENNET. They are for the marriage of John Luther of Myles`s to Levina Bennet on the 10th January 1762. In what was recorded as one of the severest contested election, costing him £50000, John Luther was elected MP for Essex. As John Luther died childless, the representation of this family became vested in the descendants of Henry Fane of Wormsley, younger brother of Thomas, 8th Earl of Westmorland and of John Taylor, MD of Clifton. With a hexagonal wooden traveling case, En suite to the next lot, Lot 20. See Lot 240 which includes a print of John Luther`s former home Myles`s, Essex Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

A George III silver oval meat dish by John Wakelin and William Taylor, London 1777, with a lobed border, engraved on each side with the arms of Fane and Parker within an oval neo-classical border, scratch weight 105oz 3d, 59.5cm (23.25in), 3224g (103.65 oz) The Armorial of Fane and Parker may have been engraved on this meat dish for the marriage on 16th November 1773 of JOHN FANE (1751-1824) DCL MP of Wormsley, Watlington, Oxon, to Lady Elizabeth PARKER, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Macclesfield of Shirburn Castle, Watlington. John Fane was the son of Henry Fane, brother of the 8th Earl of Westmorland, who had married Rebecca Taylor in 1748. The Garrard Legders in the Victoria & Albert Museum Archive Library show that this meat dish was ordered from Wakelin & Taylor by John Fane March 26th 1778, "a gadrooned serving dish for meat" 105oz. 0. 6/11. cost £36.6s.3d. "to engrave two coats in ornat (sic) 5/- each" total "10s.0d". Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

An important George II silver oval tureen and cover by George Wickes, London 1737, on four lion-mask and claw and ball capped feet, the handles cast as the crest of Fane (a bull`s head), the body applied with cast amorials of Fane and Rowe within rococo cartouches, the stepped and domed lid with cast and applied the crests of Fane in rococo cartouches and classical heads within rococo shell and foliate decoration on textured backgrounds, the cast scroll handle with highly stylised lion mask, paw and leaf decoration, fully hallmarked on the lid and body, scratch weight 151 oz 3d, 42cm (18.5in) long, 4035g (129.7oz) The arms are those of Henry Fane of Wormsley, Watlington, Oxon., MP for Lyme Regis (1757-1777) and his first wife (17 July 1735) Charlotte, daughter of Nicholas Rowe, the celebrated poet and dramatist (born 1674) who was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1718. Nicholas Rowe held an appointment of Clerk of Presentations to Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield. Charlotte bore one child but died on 29 Sept 1739, and in 20 May 1742 Henry Fane married Ann Wynn, daughter of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Ann bore one daughter and disappears from the record. In 1748 Henry Fane married Charlotte, daughter and co-heir (with her sister, Rebecca Taylor) of John Luther of Myles`s, Essex. See lot 77 in the sale for a marble bust of Nicholas Rowe after John Michael Rysbrack. The Garrard Ledgers in The Victoria & Albert Museum Archives Library show the following entry in George Wickes" accounts: "Henry Fane August 4th 1737 "Turreen & cover" (sic) 131ozs .10; cost £55.0s.0d.". The accounts state that Henry Fane paid for the tureen August 20th 1737, in cash the sum of £57. 15s., which included other work carried out. The castings of the handles on this tureen had been used by Wickes on an earlier tureen for Lord North in 1735. Another tureen, made for Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1743, employed the same cast handle and lion masks and paw feet. Similar handle and feet castings were later used by Paul de Lamerie on a tureen of 1751. Literature: Barr, E. "George Wickes", Studio Vista/Christie`s, 1980, p 123, 151 and 154 for illustrations of the tureens made by Wickes for Lord North and Frederick, Prince Of Wales Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

A rare George III satinwood mercury wheel barometer, Vecchio, Nottingham, early 19th century, the 10 inch rosette centred circular silvered register calibrated in inches beneath arched Fahrenheit scale mercury thermometer and hygrometer to the swan neck pediment, the rounded base with spirit level signed VECCHIO, Nottingham and setting pointer adjustment disc, the case with line inlaid borders to front edges, 107cm high. Probably by James Vecchio who is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working in Nottingham circa 1810-30 Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

A fine and rare George III inlaid mahogany double tube or contra-barometer, Balthazar Knie, Edinburgh, dated 1800, the case with broken triangular pediment and parquetry inlaid chevron frieze above rectangular silvered scale inscribed MADE BY MR. KNIE, 1800 to lower centre, applied with visible syphon tube with bulb to top of mercury column on the right and to cistern end on the left, above which is an oil filled narrow bore extension tube against a scale calibrated in reverse 28 to 31 inches divided into hundreds and calibrated in tenths over this range, with the usual engraved annotations and sliding brass recording pointer, the whole within line inlaid and gilt cavetto moulded surround and behind glazed door, the base with inverted cavetto moulded foot, 114cm high. The development of the double tube barometer is generally attributed to Robert Hooke (1635-1703) who in 1668 demonstrated a related instrument to the Royal Society. By having bulbs at each end of the mercury filled cistern tube, relatively small movements within the mercury level would occur with changes in atmospheric pressure due to the increased surface area of the mercury within the bulbs in relation to the bore of the tube. However, by filling the narrow bore extension tube with a coloured oil on the syphon side, amplified movement will be observed. Due to the fact that the oil level will drop with increase in atmospheric pressure, the barometer scale and associated comments work in reverse, which is why this type of barometer is referred to as a "contra-barometer". A similar instrument by Knie is illustrated in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETERS Stick or Cistern Tube on page 209 alongside an example signed T. Thompson EDIN"r (which was sold in these rooms The Banfield Collection of Barometers Tuesday 4th September 2007 lot 185). Another comparable instrument by B. Brown of Edinburgh is illustrated in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 page 102 which Goodison suggests could have been supplied to Brown by Knie. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

A Regency mahogany bowfronted cistern tube stick barometer, Dollond, London, early 19th century, with cavetto moulded caddy upstand above brass edged glazed rectangular silvered vernier register annotated and calibrated in inches and signed DOLLOND, LONDON to upper margin, the trunk with vernier adjustment squares and hygrometer above brass edged bowfronted mercury Fahrenheit and Reaumur scale thermometer flanked by ebony line inset edges above ebonised urn-shaped cistern cover to the shaped rectangular base with ebony line lozenge inlaid canted angles and cavetto moulded underside, 101cm high. Peter Dollond is recorded by Banfield as born 1730 and died 1820. He was the son of John Dollond, a Huguenot silk weaver, and started business as an optician at the age of twenty in 1750. He was joined by his father in 1752 until the latter`s death in 1761 and then by his brother, John, until his death in 1804. The family business was continued by Peter Dollond`s nephew, George Huggins, who subsequently changed his surname to Dollond. Peter Dollond was appointed optician to George III and the Duke of York and the workshop was renowned for producing high quality instruments. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

A pair of leather postillion`s boots, 60cm high.Provenance: Wormsley Park; Colonel Adrian Scrope who inherited Wormsley Park had a distinguished career in the Parliamentarian Army during the Civil War and was a signatory on the death warrant to Charles I. These boots are reputed to have belonged to Cromwell and stood in the Hall at Wormsley Park Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

Follower of Robert Walker, Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Adrian Scrope, Half length, wearing armour, Oil on canvas, 72cm x 59cm. Provenance: Wormsley Park, Literature: (unpublished) Catalogue of The Collection of Pictures & Drawings at Wormsley, The Property of F. W. Fane as "Coll. Adrian Scrope, painted by Robert Walker". . Colonel Adrian Scrope (1599-1660) of Wormsley, Oxfordshire. Adrian was the twenty-seventh of the fifty-nine Commissioners who signed the Death Warrant of King Charles in January 1649, at the end of the civil war. At the restoration of Charles II in 1660 all the men responsible for the death of Charles I were in grave danger. Scrope was one of those arrested, tried and found guilty and suffered the penalty for high treason. He was hanged, drawn and quartered around 13th October 1660. There is a portrait of Adrian Scrope in full armour in the collection at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

Thomas Gainsborough R.A. (1727-1788) Portrait of Henry Fane, Half length wearing a lilac coat embroidered with gold, a tricorn under his left arm, in a feigned oval, Oil on canvas 74cm x 62cm. Provenance: Wormsley Park, Literature: E.K. Waterhouse, "Preliminary Check List of Portraits by Thomas Gainsborough", Walpole Society 1948-50, XXXIII, 1953, p. 38 (2); E.K. Waterhouse, Gainsborough, London 1958, p. 66 (no. 248); (unpublished) Catalogue of The Collection of Pictures & Drawings at Wormsley, The Property of F. W. Fane as "Portrait of Richard Luther Esq., Painted by T. Gainsborough". It is unusual for a regional auction house to offer a fine portrait by Thomas Gainsborough from the early 1760s. The portrait was painted at a time when the artist was rapidly establishing a national reputation in Bath. Gainsborough had visited Bath in the autumn of 1758 and decided that with so many visitors attracted by the spa it could sustain an ambitious artist better than Ipswich where he was then living. He returned to East Anglia in the spring of 1759, sold his belongings and returned to the West Country and set up his studio. Early the following year he leased a large property opposite the west front of the Abbey, renting out rooms to tourists and, a little later, his sister, Mrs Gibbon, opened a millinery shop in part of the building. The location was perfect. It provided a showcase for his work and a visit to his studio became an essential part of visiting Bath. Amongst his visitors in the early 1760s was Henry Fane who took the opportunity to commission two portraits from him. The canvases are almost identical, presumably made at the same time and painted brushstroke by brushstroke on two separate easels set up in front of the sitter. Fane, plump and self-possessed, wears a long bob wig with a pinkish-brown suit decorated with volutes of gold embroidery Ñ "lace" as the eighteenth-century termed it Ñ with, as contemporary etiquette dictated, his right hand is tucked into his waistcoat and his black tricorn held under his left arm. The better known portrait of Henry Fane, in a private collection, descended in the family of the sitter`s daughter, Mary, who married Sir Thomas Stapleton, 5th Bt. The painting on offer remained with the sitter and must have been one of the first pictures to decorate Wormsley Park on the border of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, an estate Fane had inherited in 1757, via his brother, from his maternal uncle. Henry was the third son of a Henry Fane born in 1669 and his wife Anne. In April 1752 John Scrope, Anne`s unmarried brother, died and, to quote Lord Pelham, he left "a vast fortune to Frank Fane; he will in all [probability get] at least £2000 a year in land and above £100000 in money". Frank was the eldest son and, together with his fortune, he inherited the two parliamentary seats at Lyme Regis which he shared with his brother Thomas. Frank died in 1757 and had property passed to Thomas and the parliamentary seat to his younger brother, Henry. In 1762 Thomas, now the eldest surviving son, succeeded a distant cousin and became the 8th Earl of Westmorland and marked his elevation by sitting to Thomas Gainsborough in his newly-acquired peer`s robes. It would have been at about this time that Henry sat for his two portraits. We would like to thank Hugh Belsey MBE for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. The present lot shall be included in Hugh Belsey`s forthcoming catalogue on portraits by Gainsborough which will be published by Yale University Press. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

Follower of Thomas Gainsborough, Portrait of John Luther, Half length, wearing a grey coat and short white wig, in a feigned oval, Oil on canvas 74cm x 51cm. Provenance: Wormsley Park, Literature: (unpublished) Catalogue of The Collection of Pictures & Drawings at Wormsley, The Property of F. W. Fane as "Portrait of John Luther Esq. of Essex, painted by T. Gainsborough". John Luther of Essex (d. 1786) married Levina Bennet in 1762 and was brother of Charlotte Luther who married Henry Fane Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

Lennox (Charlotte) The Greek Theatre of Father Brumoy, 3 vol., erratum leaf at end of vol.3, endpapers a little stained, contemporary red morocco, spines gilt in compartments with green morocco labels, rubbed, a few worn patches especially vol.1, also small chip to head of spine, 4to, Millar, 1759. *** The Dissertation on Greek Comedy and the General Conclusion were both translated by Samuel Johnson, who is also believed to have written the dedication to George, Prince of Wales Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

Cruikshank. Monstrosities of 1819 & 1820 absurdly costumed characters in Hyde Park including the Persian Ambassador original hand-coloured engraving 250 x 350mm. some browning framed and glazed [B.M. Satires 13445A] G. Humphrey c.1820 § Heath (William) “Paul Pry”. Modern Peeping Tom`s who Deserve to be sent to Coventry!!! etching with original hand-colouring 235 x 370mm. some browning framed and glazed T. McLean c.1829(2)

AN EDWARDIAN SILVER TOBACCO BOX FOR THE YACHT `NYAMA`, STOKES & IRELAND LTD. OF BIRMINGHAM, CHESTER, 1907 oval, the pressure release lid enamelled with signal flags attached to a cutaway mast spelling the vessel`s name -- 10cm wide, 116gr (3oz) Nyama was an eleven ton wooden cutter built in 1902 by W. Fife & Son of Fairlie, with sails supplied by Ratsey & Lapthorn, for a Mr H. Marzetti, who registered her at Cowes.

A Naval general service medal, 1848, with three bars for Trafalgar, St Vincent and the Glorious 1st of June inscribed to William Hodge who was recorded as a Boy 2nd class who served on HMS Prince at the Battle of Trafalgar under Captain Richard Grindall.

Jean Shepeard (British, 1904-1989), Study of an Unknown Girl, Portrait of Josef Herman, RA (1911-2000), Portrait of Ronald Ossory Dunlop, RA (Irish, 1894-1973), all signed lower right with initials "JS", charcoal, 35 x 31cm; 28 x 19cm; and 29 x 23cm (3). Jean Shepeard was a noted beauty and a multi-talented Renaissance woman - an actress and painter, she captivated a range of admirers and the artists Frank Dobson and Ronald Ossory Dunlop were both her lovers, and they encouraged and supported her in her painting career. Shepeard first studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and then went on to RADA in 1925. Jean Shepeard`s first exhibition was in 1929 with her friend Francis Bacon. They shared the exhibition with Roy de Maistre, an Australian painter (1894-1968), and held it at Francis Bacon`s own house at 17 Queensbury Mews, South Kensington - it attracted critical acclaim with one critic writing: "Miss Shepeard`s drawings of heads show great sensibility and beauty of line and are, in their bold, unhesitating treatment, full of vigour and character". Later that year Shepeard exhibited at the Redfern Gallery in a joint exhibition with Augustus John, Lucian Pissarro, Paul Nash and Eric Gill. Constantly sketching, Shepeard`s drawings became sought after in theatrical and artistic circles. The Redfern Gallery exhibition was followed by an exhibition at the Modern Picture Library in Bloomsbury with Ben Nicholson, Frank Dobson, Ronald Ossory Dunlop and Epstein. The great collector Lucy Carrington Wertheim was a great admirer of her work. In 1920 Shepeard`s lover, Ronald Ossory Dunlop, founded the Emotionist Group, consisting of painters, musicians, philosophers, poets and actors, including Jean`s friend and flat mate, Peggy Ashcroft. Jean Shepeard had a one woman exhibition at the Alex Reid and Lefevre Gallery in 1933, when the art critic Gui St Bernard wrote: "Miss Shepeard is already mistress of the difficult art of elimination and art lovers who like the excitement of mild speculation should not miss the chance of what might prove very profitable investments in the near future. Why doesn`t everyone with a few spare pounds rush out and buy Jean Shepeard`s drawings?".

Greek School (18th Century), Saint Nicholas of Myra holding a Patriarchal Cross and Restoring Life to the Three Children, oil on canvas laid to board, 70 x 58cm (27.3 x 22.62in). Saint Nicholas of Myra is also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker. Nicholas of Myra had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him; he thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose English name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas. St Nicholas is also known for many legends which has been written about him, where he is helping young people and the poor. One of the most famous tales says that a butcher chopped up three little boys and pickled them in salt intending to sell them for food. Nicholas, who was told of this horrendous act by an Angel, hurried to the butcher`s house and restored the boys to life.

Lucien Adrion (French, 1889-1953), L`Exposition Internationale de 1937, Paris, signed lower right `Adrion, 37`, titled and numbered en verso, oil on canvas, 53 x 64cm (20.67 x 24.96in). The French Impressionist Lucien Adrion was born in Strasbourg in 1889, where he trained as a draughtsman, moving in 1907 to Paris to work as an architect, but realised quickly that he wanted to become an artist. He left Paris for London, followed by Munich and Frankfurt. After the First World War he began studying copper engravings in Berlin under Franz Ritter von Stuck (1863-1828) who also taught Marc Chagall. He moved to Strasbourg and Paris where he opened his first Atelier. Adrion exhibited internationally in Europe and in the States in several galleries with artists such as Paul Singnac. Adrion died in Paris in 1953. Several memorial exhibitions in Strasbourg, Paris, Munich and Cologne have been held since his death.

Cook * - half length portrait of a gentleman with powdered wig, wearing a navy blue jacket and white shirt, signed, on ivory, 2.5" x 2", within a fine quality gold, blue enamel and seed pearl set oval frame, bearing the monogram initials of the sitter W B verso set in seed pearls and within a gold frame surmounted by doves over floral swags, with plaited hair set behind. *Some research has been undertaken with regard to the sitter whose monogram W B appears verso. There is a possibility that it could be William Bligh who bears a close resemblance in later years*

ATTRIBUTED TO, JOHN THEODORE HEINS SNR (1697- 1756), Portrait of a Gentleman, traditionally identified as Joseph Banks, three-quarter length, wearing a brown Coat, and long, surcoat with lavish embroidery , holding a staff in his right hand, oil on canvas, 47 x 40 1/2in (119.8 x 101.6cm). Provenance : The Property of The Lady Beryl Gilbert, removed fom Revesby Abbey, Boston, Lincolnshire. Christie`s 8 February 1918. Lot 122 as J. van der Banck . Portrait of Joseph Banks, Esq. sold for £14 14 sh to Schroder. The Property of H.J. Banks-Davis, Esq. FRCP, deceased, late of 8 Portman Square, London W1. Christie`s 20 April 1936 as J. Van der Banck. Portrait of Joseph Banks, Esq. Sold for £8 18sh 6d to Porter. The presumed sitter in this portrait is Joseph Banks 11 (1695-1741) of Revesby Abbey, near Boston, Lincolnshire.Thanks to his marriage to an heiress, he was an extensive landowner , and was M.P. for Peterborough from 1728-1734, He was the grandfather of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) who financed and accompanied James Cook on his 1768 voyage to the South Pacific.He also was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire. The staff that he is holding in this portrait may indicate his appointment to that office, A Portrait depicting Lettice Mary Banks ( Joseph`s Banks daughter) by William Hoare ( Holburne Museum at Bath ) shows a fair likeness to the sitter in this painting. The attribution to Heins remains tentative. A degree of studio involvement is also likely.

Silver vendetta badge with coral handle, this badge was awarded to Corsican who fought against the Germans during WWII, tested (0.07oz)

A rare Minton Parian group of Atala and Chastas, by J Pollet, inscribed and numbered o. 251 loss to axe handle, 30cm. This group was commissioned for The Great Exhibition of 1851. The subject is from Chateaubrian`s Atala, a Christian convert who saves Chastas from his enemies but is unable to marry him due to a vow taken by her mother. She takes poison and dies. See the `Parian Phenomenon` figure 108.

A Martin Brothers stoneware oil lamp, 1880, two sides pierced for mounts and incised `R`, inscribed round lower section `R.W.Martin London 1880`, fitted Hinks no. 2 Duplex burner, 56cm to top of shade. This vase is interesting for the bird decoration, which is not by the hand of any of the three Martin brothers who worked in the pottery, nor akin to any of the assistants the Martins employed. Visitors would occasionally decorate pots, and this is presumably one of them.

A rare Martin Brothers stoneware vase, c. 1875, of elongated cylindrical form, boldly incised with a crane under a fruiting branch, a mountain peak at the rear, with a plated mount, mouth restored, incised RW Martin Southall by Edwin Martin and WFM, London, by Walter Frazer Martin, 22cm. It is extremely rare to find a piece of Martinware decorated and signed by Walter, who was the thrower, chemist and kiln firing overseer.

After Cecil Alden, "The Warwickshire: Who-whoop at Shuckburgh" and "The Blackmoor Vale: Near Rod Grove", coloured Hunting Prints, (2)

The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Thee American commemorative Naval envelopes addressed to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten each containing a card from Admiral Rickover (3). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world

Five 1970s stamped envelopes addressed to Earl Mountbatten of Burma including some commemorative covers including Winston Churchill Memorial library (5). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world

Five 1970s stamped envelopes addressed to Earl Mountbatten of Burma with some commemorative covers including Winston Churchill, two Lord Mountbatten commemorative covers and postcard sent to Lord Mountbatten`s butler (8). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world

Edwina Countess of Mountbatten of Burma signed book The World We Live In by Louis Bromfield. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world

James Bond 1sts:- `Thunderball`, 1961, `The Spy Who Loved Me`, 1962 and `On Her Majesty`s Secret Service`, 1963, with dust jackets. Pub. Jonathan Cape