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Pair: Lieutenant C. B. L. Lefroy, Canadian Forestry Corps, late 30th British Columbia Horse and 225th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. B. L. Lefroy.) mounted as originally worn on silver riband buckle, generally very fine or better (2) £60-£80 --- Christopher Benjamin Langlois Lefroy was born in London in December 1871. He was a Postmaster, who resided in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. Lefroy was initially commissioned in the 30th British Columbia Horse before transferring to the 225th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry. He subsequently served with the Canadian Forestry Corps.

Family group: The British War Medal awarded to Private D. J. McGlashon, 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action during an enemy attack on trench positions at Fouquescourt, 11 August 1918 British War Medal 1914-20 (636418 Pte. D. J. McGlashon. 47-Can. Inf.) good very fine Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Sgt. D. McGlashon. Argyll L. Infantry.) good very fine (2) £80-£120 --- David James McGlashon was born in London in October 1897. He was the son of Mr and Mrs David James McGlashon (see Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal) of 301 MacDonald Avenue, Belleville, Ontario, Canada. McGlashon had one year previous service with the 49th Regiment, Hastings Rifles, before serving with the 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private McGlashon was killed in action, 11 August 1918, while acting as a machine gunner doing duty with his section during an attack on a block established by the enemy in a trench (Fouquescourt). He was wounded and was seen to fall. The fighting was of such a close nature that it was impossible to get him out. No further information as to the actual circumstances under which he met his death are available. He is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Six: Corporal F. Hezzell, York and Lancaster Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War in Norway on 28 April 1940 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4744364 Pte. F. Hezzell. Y. & L.R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (4744364 Cpl. F. Hezzell. Y. & L.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £200-£240 --- Frederick Hezzell was born in Frampton, Lincolnshire, on 5 June 1910 and attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment on 5 December 1930. He served in pre-War Palestine and then with the Regiment during the Second World War in Iceland and Norway. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War in Norway on 28 April 1940. Held at Stalag IX-C at Dorndorf Rohn, where he was detailed to a forced-labour Arbeitskommando for carpentry and cobbling, his M.I.9 Questionnaire states: ‘Any other matters: Yes. Clothes and boots sent to me by the British Red Cross was taken from me by the German Military and I was given wooden boots and old French clothes to wear. For the first two years I was badly handled (kicked around etc.) for the whole period the food was poor and insufficient.’ Repatriated in 1945, Hezzell was advanced Corporal and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 June 1950. He died in 1979. Note: Both the France and Germany Star and the Defence Medal are unconfirmed, but the group appears mounted as worn by the recipient. Hezzell possibly qualified fro the Defence Medal through his service in Iceland, prior to embarkation with the British Expeditionary Force to Norway, and he may have qualified for the France and Germany Star by being posted on attachment for liaison duties with the Allied liberating armies in April and May 1945. Sold with copied research.

Five: Signalman H. Clay, 3rd Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals, late Leicestershire Regiment, who died of wounds on D-Day, 6 June 1944 India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (5047231 Pte. H. Clay. Leic. R.) official corrections to rank and unit; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (5) £200-£300 --- Harry Clay was born in Hanley, Stoke on Trent in June 1913, and was the husband of Eva Clay of Hinckley, Leicestershire. He briefly served with the North Staffordshire Regiment prior to attesting for the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in May 1932. Clay served with the 14th Company, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps as part of the B.E.F. in France from November 1939, and transferred as a Signalman to Royal Corps of Signals in August 1941. He died of wounds serving with 3rd Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals on D-Day, 6 June 1944, buried in the Hermanville War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Sold with copied service papers.

Four: Leading Seaman C. R. Ringer, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Ajax during the Battle of the River Plate on 13 December 1939, and was wounded by shrapnel during the Battle of Cape Passero, off Sicily, on 12 October 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with fiver R.A.O.B. Masonic Jewels, all named to the recipient as a member of the Ormond Lodge, nearly extremely fine (9) £300-£400 --- Clarence Russell Ringer was born in Hethersett, Norfolk, on 10 September 1922 and enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Ganges on 15 August 1938. He joined H.M.S. Ajax on 9 June 1939, and served in her for the next four years, being present in her engagement along with H.M.S. Achilles and H.M.S. Exeter against the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee at the Battle of the River Plate on 13 December 1939. He was granted a Hurt Certificate from ‘Shrapnel wounds to back of neck, right shoulder, and back received in action on 12 October 1940’, during the Battle of Cape Passero, off Sicily, and was advanced Acting Leading Seaman on 1 June 1943. He was discharged from H.M.S. Pembroke on 4 December 1943, physically unfit for Naval Service. Sold with the recipient’s original Parchment Certificate of Service; original Certificate for Wounds and Hurts; Admiralty enclosure; an H.M.S. Ajax Naval Cap Tally; a small family photograph album; and various postcards; Press Photographs; and magazine and newspaper cuttings relating to the recipient’s service career, especially regarding the Battle of the River Plate.

Four: Seaman Radar Operator A. J. Brock, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Admiralty enclosure and named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. A. J. Brock, Pillmere Gardens, Burraton, Saltash, Cornwall’, mounted for wear; together with the recipient’s cloth riband bar, nearly extremely fine Three: Attributed to Ordinary Seaman H. G. Eddleston, Royal Navy, who was killed when H.M.S. Duchess was accidentally rammed by H.M.S. Barham in thick fog off the Mull of Kintyre on 12 December 1939 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. F. Eddleston, Flat 6, Cardigan Court, Cardigan Road, Leeds 6, Yorks’, extremely fine (7) £80-£100 --- Arthur John Brock was born in Canada on 24 January 1926 and served during the Second World War as a Radar Operator in H.M.S. Chaser. Sold with a large number of photographs of the recipient’s deployment in the Philippines and at the Japanese surrender of Hong Kong. Herbert Griffith Eddleston was born on 4 September 1920 and served during the Second World War as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Duchess. He was killed at sea when Duchess, escorting the battleship H.M.S. Barham back to the British isles, was accidentally rammed by the latter vessel in thick fog off the Mull of Kintyre on 12 December 1939, and sank with heavy loss of life. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Sold with a copy Memorial Scroll and copy Admiralty enclosure; and a copy of the book ‘Collision in the Night - the Sinking of H.M.S. Duchess’, by Richard Jones. Note: The recipient’s entitlement to the Atlantic Star is unconfirmed.

Four: Attributed to Lieutenant D. B. Sharverin, Royal Navy, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches, including for Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. D. B. Shaverin, 39 Paramount Court, University Street, London, WC1’, extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 2 October 1942: Engineman David Benjamin Shaverin, T/JX.109920. ‘For gallantry, daring, and skill in the combined attack on Dieppe.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 11 December 1945: Temporary Lieutenant (E) David Benjamin Shaverin, R.N.V.R. ‘For distinguished service during the War in Europe.’ David Benjamin Shaverin was born in Southwark on 25 March 1916 and served during the Second World War in the Royal Navy, being Mentioned in Despatches for his services during Operation Jubilee whilst serving as an Engineman borne on the books of the Combined Operations base H.M.S. Tormentor. He was granted a temporary commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 9 November 1942, and was promoted Lieutenant on 9 November 1943, seeing further service in H.M.S. Hamilcar, the Combined Operations base at Djedjelli, Algeria; indeed it would appear that he served his entire time in small boats and landing craft. He died in Richmond, Surrey, on 13 December 1995. Shaverin is mentioned in the book ‘Canadian and Allied Jews at the Raid on Dieppe, compiled by Martin Sugarman. Sold with copied research.

Seven: Attributed to Lieutenant J. A. Creed, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who survived the sinking of H.M.S. Hermes by Japanese aircraft on 9 April 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star, 1 copy clasp, Pacific; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, reverse officially dated 1946, with Second Award Bar, E.II.R., mounted court-style as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards and miniature-width riband bar, good very fine (7) £200-£240 --- On 9 April 1942 H.M.S. Hermes, the Royal Navy’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, was steaming north up the east coast of Ceylon returning to Trincomalee in company with the Australian destroyer H.M.A.S. Vampire when the two ships were spotted by a reconnaissance aircraft from the Japanese ship Haruna. Within an hour Admiral Nagumo launched a force of some 85 dive bombers against Hermes and Vampire which at the time were without any air cover; some 40 bombs hit Hermes in the space of ten minutes. The guns of the ships managed to shoot down four enemy aircraft between them, but the token force of British fighters arrived on the scene too late, and within 15 minutes of the attack starting both ships had been sunk. The hospital ship Vita which was fortuitously in the vicinity picked up most of the survivors. A total of 306 officers, ratings and Royal Marines of Hermes’s crew of some 600 lost their lives, including the ship’s commander, Captain R. F. J. Onslow. Sold with a H.M.S. Hermes naval cap tally; a copy of the book H.M.S. Hermes 1923 & 1959, by Neil McCart (together with a letter from the author to the recipient); a large photographic image of Hermes having been torpedoed; and newspaper cuttings and other ephemera.

Three: Master T. A. Russell, Mercantile Marine, who died on 8 September 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Memorial Scroll ‘T. A. Russell, Master, Merchant Navy’, this last in OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. T. M. Russell, 3 Milton Grove, North Shields, Northumberland’, extremely fine (3) £60-£80 --- Thomas Arthur Russell was born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 2 December 1889 ands served during both the Great War and the Second World War in the Mercantile Marine. He died in service on 8 September 1942, whilst in command of the S.S. Easton, and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Tynemouth (Preston) Cemetery. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, and other research.

Four: Battery Sergeant Major E. Barker, 107 (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Army), who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Bir Hacheim in North Africa on 6 June 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (4910987 Sjt. E. Barker. R.A.) nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- Edgar Barker was born in Nottingham on 3 October 1907. He sometime joined the South Staffordshire Regiment, and later transferred to the South Nottinghamshire Hussars (Territorial Army), and served with the 107th (South Nottingham Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery during the Second World War in North Africa as a Battery Sergeant Major. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Bir Hacheim, during the Battle of Knightsbridge, on 6 June 1942, on which date the Regiment was over-run and wiped-out during the action. He was transferred to Italy for detention and was held at Campo 98 at San Giuseppe Jato, Palermo, until September 1943, before being further detained at Stalag XVIlI-A at Wolfsberg. He was liberated from Stalag 357 at Kopernikus. Barker was awarded his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 204 of 1941, and the Second Award Bar per Army Order 157 of 1949. He died in Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, in November 1988. Sold with copied research.

Three: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant J. Largan, Royal Artillery, who died in France on 5 January 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1017758 B.Q.M. Sjt. J. Largan. R.A.) last officially re-impressed, good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- James Largan was born in Dublin in 1898 and served with the 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War in France from 1939 during the ‘Phoney War’. He died in France of heart failure, asthma, and bronchitis, and is buried in Gezaincourt Cemetery Extension, one of only 2 British soldiers recorded as having died in France that day. Sold with copied research.

Five: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant A. G. V. Bottle, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and died of Malaria in captivity on 27 June 1945 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1007380 Sjt. A. G. V. Bottle. R.A.) extremely fine (5) £180-£220 --- Arthur George Victor Bottle was born at Faversham, Kent, on 24 May 1906, and served with the 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery during the Second World War. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and held at Camp 4, Thailand. He died of malaria whilst still in captivity on 27 June 1945, and is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Sold with copied research.

Three: Motor Bus Driver A. E. Gilmore, Motor Transport Company, Royal Naval Division - one of 140 drivers and mechanics of the London General Omnibus Company who volunteered to accompany the 100 ‘B’ Type London Transport buses that the Admiralty had commandeered to take the men and equipment of the recently formed RND from the ports of Dunkirk and Ostend to Antwerp in September 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (111.S. Driver. A. E. Gilmore. M.T.R.N. Div.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.A.111-S- T. Dr. A. E. Gilmore.) generally good very fine, scarce (3) £400-£500 --- Approximately 56 1914 Stars and Clasps issued to the Motor Transport Company, Royal Naval Division. Albert Gilmore was born in Kilburn, London in March 1890. He attested for ‘P’ Company, Royal Marine Artillery in September 1914, and was one of 140 drivers and mechanics of the London General Omnibus Company who volunteered to accompany the 100 ‘B’ Type London Transport buses that the Admiralty had commandeered to take the men and equipment of the recently formed RND from the ports of Dunkirk and Ostend to Antwerp. They drove their vehicles down to Dover or Southampton, stopping en route at Chatham or Eastney, where they were given a suit of uniform and a few articles of kit and then on to Dunkirk. Thus it was that the fleet of buses from the London General Omnibus Company began their wartime service and earned their unique place in the annals of war. The buses, which were decorated with garish advertisements just as they had left the London streets, and their drivers, wearing a mixture of civilian and military uniform, made a remarkable impression on the people of Flanders which was never forgotten. Similarly, their role in transporting troops was crucial in the early stages of the war, as was the part they played in the supplying of the Naval and Marine Brigades in Antwerp, along with the evacuation of the wounded. After the R.N.D. had returned to England, the unit was lent to the Army and proceeded initially to St Omer. From there it rendered particularly valuable service during the first battle of Ypres and, from then on, it was continuously employed in every aspect of troop transportation. In August 1915, it was eventually decided that the Army would take over the unit and incorporate it into the A.S.C. The Non Commissioned Officers and men of the RMA Motor Transport Company were given the option of discharge or transfer to the A.S.C. at the lower rate of pay; not surprisingly very few transferred. Gilmore returned to London and was discharged from the R.M.A., 10 September 1915. Sold with copied research.

Four: Sergeant J. McM. Boyd, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, attached No. 4 Commando, who was wounded and taken Prisoner of War in the Dieppe Raid on 19 August 1942; he subsequently escaped from Stalag VIII-B at Lamsdorf in February 1944, but was recaptured 12 days later 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (6980161 Sgt. J. McM. Boyd. R. Innisks.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £600-£800 --- John McMaster Boyd was born at Ballymena, County Antrim, on 10 May 1922, and enlisted into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 29 December 1938. During the Second World War he was attached to No. 4 Commando and underwent training at Troon, Ayrshire, under Major the Lord Lovat. No. 4 Commando under Lord Lovat, with Lord Louis Mountbatten in overall command, was embarked aboard the Prince Albert for Operation ‘Jubilee’, the raid on Dieppe, 19 August 1942, with the specific task of attacking and destroying the Hess Battery, the success of which was one of the few positive results of the raid. Captain Pat Porteous was awarded the V.C. for leading a bayonet charge through withering machine-gun fire and despite wounds led the commando unit to the destruction of the final gun. Boyd was wounded and taken prisoner during the raid. His M.I.9 debrief report states that he was held at Lamsdorf Oberschlessa (Camp VIII B) from 28 August 1942 to 18 March 1945, and at Terletz (Camp IV C) from 18 March to 7 May 1945. Upon capture his interrogation comprised ‘encirclement of armed German[s] using brutal threats which were not carried out’. During his time at Lamsdorf Boyd was put to work mining coal in a working camp, from where he made a ‘partly successful escape from Sasonowitz, Poland on 8 February 1944. Civil clothing. Map. Compass. Walked to near Lemberg. Recaptured with German Gestapo on the 20 February 1944. Good assistance from Poles’. Sold with copied research.

Six: Sergeant G. Oliver, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Army Air Corps, late Essex Regiment and later Northamptonshire Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War during Operation Husky, the Airborne Assault on Sicily, and thrice attempted to escape, being re-captured on each occasion 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (6030014 Sgt G Oliver Northamptons) last marked ‘R’ for Replacement, mounted as worn; together with an Allied Ex-Prisoner of War Commemorative Medal, good very fine (7) £140-£180 --- George Oliver was born in London on 2 April 1922, and attested prior to 1941 into the Essex Regiment. He volunteered for Parachutist training in 1942, and transferred to join the newly formed Army Air Corps. He passed Course No. 35 at the Parachute Training School, Ringway, in November 1942, and was then posted to the 2nd Parachute Battalion, in North Africa. He took part in Operation Husky - the Airborne landings in Sicily - on 13-14 July 1943, where he was captured and made prisoner of war. Sicily and Italy 1943 - 1st Airborne Division Operations The first aircraft took off at 1901 hours on 13 July 1943. By 2200 hours a total of 113 paratroop aircraft and 16 tug-glider combinations were airborne and heading for Sicily. All went well until the aircraft neared the Sicilian coastline, when anti-aircraft fire from Allied naval vessels was encountered. Some aircraft were hit, while others took evasive action or returned to base. Those aircraft which reached the dropping zones met heavy enemy anti-aircraft fire and searchlights. In the event, only 39 aircraft dropped their 'sticks' of troops, and 12 others were unable to find the drop zones. Eleven aircraft were shot down, eight of which had succeeded in dropping their 'sticks', and several suffered severe damage. Of the 16 gliders carrying the brigade's heavy equipment, six crashed into the sea and six crashed on landing. Four succeeded in reaching their landing zones, while seven others landed safely some distance away. By the time it had rallied and mustered on its drop zone, 1st Parachute Brigade numbered only 12 officers and 283 other ranks, out of a total of 1,856 all ranks. 2nd Parachute Battalion had been scattered in the drop, and by the time it rallied near the dropping zone it numbered only 170 of all ranks. Only A Company, commanded by Major Dickie Lonsdale, was able to muster most of its strength, and the Adjutant, Captain Victor Dover, and the Second in Command, Major Johnnie Lane, were both missing. By 30 July 1st Airborne Division was once again concentrating at its base at Sousse in North Africa. During the following month many of the missing men of 1st Parachute Brigade made their appearance, all of them recounting how they had been dropped up to 30 miles from the dropping zone. The Adjutant of 2nd Parachute Battalion, Captain Victor Dover, and his stick had been dropped on Mount Etna and most of them had been captured. Dover and another man managed to avoid being caught, and for nearly a month had made their way back to British lines, at the same time trying to cause as much damage to the enemy as possible.’ (Para! Fifty Years of The Parachute Regiment, by P. Harclerode refers). Oliver was captured on 14 July 1943 and was initially held at Stalag VIl-A, at Moosburg, from 23 July 1943. He was transferred to Stalag IV-B, at Muhiberg (Isar), a month later, and whilst there he seized the opportunity to escape on three separate occasions; though he was recaptured and re-admitted each time, being captured on 9 May, 15 September, and 19 September 1944. Stalag IV-B was liberated by the Soviet Red Army on 23 April 1945. Oliver remained in the Army after the war, and leaving the Army Air Corps transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment, with whom he served in the 1950s as part of the Peace-Keeping Force in Korea, and later, on active service in the Arabian Peninsula with the rank of Sergeant. Sold with copied research.

Four: Warrant Officer Class II R. R. Smith, Royal Pioneer Corps, late Manchester Regiment and Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps attached Cyprus Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Crete on 1 June 1941 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (3523717. W.O. Cl.2. R. R. Smith. R.P.C.) edge bruising and contact marks to last, otherwise good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Reginald Robert Smith was born on 3 October 1910 and attested for the 10th (Oldham) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (Territorial Army) on 19 September 1929; the 10th Manchester Regiment was subsequently converted to an armoured unit and restyled the 41st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment. Following the outbreak of War Smith was transferred to the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, and being posted to Cyprus was attached to the Cyprus Regiment. he served with the unit in North Africa before they were utilised in Crete in 1941, and he was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Crete on 1 June 1941. He was held at Stalag VIII-B at Lamsdorf from 22 August 1941 to 3 March 1945, and then at Stalag 383 in Bavaria from 17 March to 22 April 1945. Smith was awarded his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 1010 of 1949, with the clasp being authorised per Army Order 45 of 1950. He died in Oldham in 1978. Sold with a sand cast Cyprus Regiment cap badge; and copied research.

Three: Flight Lieutenant R. A. Malcolm, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War after his Liberator was shot down over Benghasi, Libya, on 23 July 1942, and was subsequently held at Stalag Luft III at the time of the ‘Great Escape’ 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘F/L R. A. Malcolm, c/o Oil Storage Co. of Apapa Ltd., 39, Marina, Lagos, Nigeria, W. Africa.’, extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Ronald Alexander Malcolm, a native of Pollokshields, Glasgow, was born on 26 February 1921 and enlisted into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 1 May 1939, an Aeronautical Engineer by trade. He served during the Second World War as a Bomber Pilot in 159 Squadron, and on 23 July 1942 his Liberator aircraft was engaged and shot down by a Macchi 200 of the Regia Aeronautica over Benghasi, Libya. Two of the crew were killed, with Malcolm and three others surviving and being taken Prisoner of War. Malcolm was transferred to mainland Italy for detention and was held at Campo P.G.78 at Sulmona and P.G.19 at Bologna until Armistice with Italy in September 1943, before being seized by the occupying German Forces and transferred into Germany for further detention. On arrival, he was initially held at Oflag V at Weinberg, before moving to Stalag Luft Ill at Sagan, in November 1942. He remained at this camp until January 1945, when evacuated on the westward forced-marches of Allied Prisoners of War to Stalag/Marlag Tamstadt-Bremen to 5 April 1945. He was at Stalag Luft Ill during the period of 'The Great Escape' in March 1944, but his M.I.9. Questionnaire states: ‘Escapes attempted: No.’ Malcolm was awarded the Air Efficiency Award on 28 February 1946. Sold with copied research

Four: Leading Aircraftsman A. M. Hennis, Royal Air Force, who served with the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit during the Second World War 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure and ‘ticker tape’ entitlement slip, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘A. M. Hennis, Esq., 202 Capel Road, Manor Park, E12, London’, extremely fine and scarce to unit (4) £100-£140 --- Archibald Martin Hennis was born in Stepney, London, on 16 February 1908 and enlisted in the Royal Air Force on 29 January 1941. He served on Special Duties with the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit, based at R.A.F. Speke, during the Second World War, and was discharged on 29 December 1945. Sold with copied research including redacted copy M.O.D. Second World War R.A.F. Service Record.

Four: Leading Aircraftsman M. W. Pigott, Royal Air Force, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese in Java on 8 March 1942, and was held captive as part of the ‘Haruku Draft’ in the Spice Islands 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure and rank/number slip, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘M. W .Pigott, Esq., 5 Renishaw Avenue, Rotherham, Yorkshire’, extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- Maurice Winston Pigott was born at Clowne, Derbyshire, on 12 September 1908, and joined the Royal Air Force in April 1941. After his initial training he was posted to 84 Squadron in the Middle East, mustering as an Aircraftsman Second Class. At the time, the Squadron was equipped with Blenheim Mk.I’s and was assigned to the Desert Air Force. Throughout 1941, it had been active in several regional theatres, including the campaigns in Greece, Iraq, Syria and Persia. On the 3rd January, 1942, the Squadron was temporarily withdrawn from active service to re-equip with Blenheim Mk.IV-F’s, during the course of which, it received orders for urgent transfer to the Far East. The Squadron flew its new Blenheims to Palembang, Sumatra, in the Dutch East Indies, and from there, commenced its attacking role upon Japanese targets. During the ensuing operations, it was compelled to move to Batavia, and thence, to Java, where, on 8 March 1942, it was surrounded and forced to surrender following the Japanese invasion of the island. Over the ensuing three and a half years, Pigott suffered the privations common to all Far East Prisoners of War, but on 4 May 1943, he had the misfortune to be sent to one of the worst places for prisoner treatment - Haruku, in the Spice Islands. Transferred to a forced labour party of just over 2,000 men for construction of an airstrip at Haruku, Molucca Islands, through deprivation, disease, and routine Japanese brutality, less than half of the workforce of the ‘Haruku Draft’ survived the ordeal. Pigott was finally liberated on 2 September 1945 Sold with copied research.

A rare Great War campaign group of four awarded to Lance Corporal R. S. Mackintosh, Royal Marines Light Infantry, who was attached to the R.N.A.S. Armoured Car Division at Ostend and Antwerp in August-October 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Ply. 8514. Pte. R. S. Mackintosh, R.M.L.I. Armoured Cars.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply 8514 L. Cpl. R. S. Mackintosh. R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ply. 8514 R. S. Mackintosh, Private. R.M.L.I.) with Armoured Cars silver cap badge, with motto ‘Per Ardua Stabilis Esto’, and 2 collar badges, generally good very fine (4) £500-£700 --- Robert Sutter Mackintosh was born in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland in May 1879. He attested for the Royal Marines at Edinburgh in March 1897, and was posted as a Private to the Plymouth Division in December 1897. Mackintosh was posted for service with H.M.S. Monarch in November 1899, and landed as part of the Naval Brigade that fought in the Second Boer War (entitled to Q.S.A. with ‘Paardeberg’ and ‘Driefontein’ clasps). Mackintosh returned to the UK in November 1900, and served with the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert from July 1901 (entitled to Coronation Medal 1902, whilst serving with her). Subsequent service included with H.M.S. Pomone from March 1910, for which time his service record gives ‘Rendered commendably good service in saving life during boat accident on 9th July 1910.’ Mackintosh was also awarded his L.S. & G.C. in August 1912. He was posted for service with the Royal Marine Brigade in August 1914, and was a member of a small detachment of Royal Marines who were attached to the Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Section from September to October 1914, taking part in the defence of Antwerp. Mackintosh served with the Royal Marine Brigade in Gallipoli, and then returned to the UK served with H.M.S. Hannibal (battleship) from March 1916 - September 1919. He was demobilised, 11 September 1919, having completed 22 years service. Sold with copied research.

Three: Corporal B. J. D. Hockley, Royal Air Force, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese in Java on 8 March 1942, and was held captive as part of the ‘Haruku Draft’ in the Spice Islands 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with ‘ticker tape’ medal entitlement and rank/number slip, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. B J D Hockley, 84 Uplands Road, Woodford Bridge, Essex, IG8 8JW’, all somewhat later issues, extremely fine (3) £60-£80 --- Basil James Dennis Hockley was born at Halstead, Essex, on 22 April 1920, and joined the Royal Air Force on 5 October 1938. Sent out to Malaya, he was stationed at R.A.F. Alor Star, near the border with Thailand, in the north of Malaya, when the Japanese attacked on 8 December,1941. He was evacuated by road with the ground personnel from R.A.F. Alor Star, and over successive months, they made their way down through the country, to Singapore. Before the Garrison fell on the 15 February 1942, he and his colleagues were embarked for Java, where, at Tasikmalaya, on 8 March 1942, following further Japanese operations in the Dutch East Indies, he was captured, and taken prisoner of war. Over the ensuing three and a half years, Hockley suffered the privations common to all Far East Prisoners of War, but on 4 May 1943, he had the misfortune to be sent to one of the worst places for prisoner treatment - Haruku, in the Spice Islands. Transferred to a forced labour party of just over 2,000 men for construction of an airstrip at Haruku, Molucca Islands, through deprivation, disease, and routine Japanese brutality, less than half of the workforce of the ‘Haruku Draft' survived the ordeal. After further spells in camps in Batavia and Singapore, Hockley was finally liberated on 2 September 1945, and his M.I.9. Questionnaire states: ‘Sabotage. Did you do any sabotage: Carried out at every available opportunity general sabotage such as emptying drums, mixing seawater with petrol, tipping bombs in the sea when unloading ships, slight damage to motor vehicles, covering up faulty work when building bridges, runways, filling bomb craters etc., etc.’ A life-long member of the Far East Prisoners of War Association, Hockley died in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, in 1999. Sold with the recipient’s F.E.P.O.W. Association Life Membership Card and copied research.

Three: Sergeant R. Bucknell, 83 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Hampden was lost without trace during a raid on Berlin, 14-15 November 1940 1939-45 Star, 1 copy clasp, Bomber Command; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and ‘ticker tape’ medal entitlement, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘J. D. Bucknell (Mrs.), 49 Fishponds Road, London, SW17’, extremely fine (3) £300-£400 --- Ronald Bucknell was born on 3 November 1916 and enlisted in to the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 19 November 1938. He served with 83 Squadron, based at R.A.F. Scampton, during the Second World War, flying Hampdens, and was posted missing, presumed killed in action, when his Hampden L4057 was lost without trace during a mission to Berlin. He is commemorated along with his crew on the Runnymede Memorial. He was a contemporary in 83 Squadron with Guy Gibson, and Gibson himself flew Hampden L4057 on at least one occasion. Sold with a copy Memorial Scroll; and copied record of service.

Three: Captain T. B. G. Welch, Nigeria Regiment, who played First Class cricket for Northamptonshire Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Nigeria, the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. Thomas B. G. Welch, Supp. Res. Nigeria Regt.’, mounted as originally worn, generally good very fine (3) £200-£240 --- E.D. London Gazette 9 September 1954. Thomas Bacon Gascoigne Welch was born in Reigate, Surrey, on 31 July 1906 and played 33 First Class matches for Northamptonshire from 1922 to 1931. He subsequently held a Government appointment in Nigeria, and died in London on 16 March 1972. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient.

Pair: Private T. A. Barry, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was taken prisoner at the battle of Imjin River Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (5049642 Pte. T. A. Barry. Glosters.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, this privately impressed with details as the first, mounted as worn, extremely fine (2) £400-£500 --- T. A. Barry was taken prisoner at the battle of Imjin River, 24-25 April 1951.

Four: Lieutenant Colonel R. D. Beith, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who commanded the Deal Battalion, Royal Marine Brigade, 12 September 1914 - 15 April 1915, and the Royal Naval Division Base in Gallipoli Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (Capt. R. D. Beith. R.M.L.I. H.M.S. Monarch.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut. Col. R. D. Beith, R.M. Brigade.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. R. D. Beith. R.M.L.I.) mounted for wear by Hayward & Hall, light contact marks overall, therefore nearly very fine or better (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- Robert Douglas Beith was born in Plymouth in November 1864, and was the son of Robert Beith, Deputy Inspector General of the Royal Naval Medical Service. Beith was commissioned Lieutenant, Chatham Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry in September 1884. He saw various service afloat and on shore, and advanced to Captain in March 1895. Beith was posted to the Royal Marine Depot, and appointed Acting Superintendent, Gymnasia North East District in July 1900. He was posted for service with H.M.S. Monarch in November 1900, and landed for service in South Africa. Beith was attached as a Staff Officer to the Colonial Defence Force, serving in the North East Cape Colony, April 1901 - August 1902. He was promoted to Major in August 1902, and returned to the Portsmouth Division. Beith served with H.M.S. Albion, on the China Station, July 1903 - November 1905. He was made Brevet Lieutenant Colonel in August 1909, and advanced to Lieutenant Colonel the following September. Beith was posted to the R.M. Depot at Deal in October 1911, and transferred to Portsmouth two years later. He was appointed to the command of the Deal Battalion, Royal Marine Brigade in September 1914, and took part in operations at Dunkirk, Cassel and Antwerp. Beith served with the Royal Naval Division in Gallipoli, and was graded as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General whilst in command of the RND Base there, April 1915 - March 1916. He was seconded for service with the War Officer in September 1917, and held a special appointment at the Press Bureau. Beith was held a special appointment as Officer Commanding British Troops, Turin, Italy from July 1918, and was demobilised in February 1919. Colonel Beith died at the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar in 1937, and is buried in Clayhill Naval Cemetery, Gosport. M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Acting Chief Petty Officer J. Todd, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (P/JX. 882559 J. Todd. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (JX.882559 J. Todd. A/C.P.O. H.M.S. Vidal.) mounted as worn, light polishing and contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £160-£200 --- H.M.S. Vidal was a survey ship in the Royal Navy and was unarmed except for four 4-pdr saluting guns and the first small ship designed to carry a helicopter. She was launched at Chatham on 31 July 1951, and broken up at Bruges in June 1976. Named after the nineteenth century surveyor Alexander Vidal, who had surveyed much of the coast of Africa, the crew of the ship formally annexed the islet of Rockall on 18 September 1955.

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. Wm. Turner, 27th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, toned, good very fine £1,600-£2,000 --- Lieutenant William Turner escaped from Peacock Hill when it was overrun by Gurkhas, escaped a Gurkha patrol in the hills, wandered the jungle for two days and was taken in by a hill woman and her son who guided him back to Nahan. Cadet Bengal Establishment 1807; Ensign 3 December 1808, after Barasat Cadet College posted to 27th N.I.; Lieutenant, 16 December 1814; Captain, 1 May 1824 with 54th N.I. (late 2/27th); Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, then 2nd A.A.G.; Agent for family money and Paymaster of Native Pensioners at Barrackpore 1834-35; Major, 24 February 1835; retired to England, 26 January 1837; appointed Agent in England for Bengal Military Orphans Society; Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel, 28 November 1854. He died at Wimbledon on 2 February 1871 (Medals of British India, Robert Puddester, volume two, part III refers).

The Waterloo medal awarded to Private John Walker, 1st Life Guards, who was severely wounded in the shoulder at Waterloo Waterloo 1815 (John Walker 1st Regiment Life Guards.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, light edge bruising and surface marks, otherwise very fine £2,400-£2,800 --- John Walker was born in the Parish of Bingley, Yorkshire, and was enlisted into the 1st Life Guards at the age of 22 years on 7 January 1812. He was promoted to Corporal of Horse on 10 August 1815, and was discharged at Hyde Park Barracks on 16 February 1816, in consequence of ‘impaired health from sickness in the Peninsula, and being disabled in the shoulder from a severe wound at Waterloo. He was then aged twenty-six and was admitted to an Out-Pension of 1s per diem on 6 March 1816. Sold with copied discharge papers.

The Waterloo medal awarded to Private Joseph Jackson, 1st or Royal Dragoons, who was wounded by a sabre in the left side and bayonet in the left hand Waterloo 1815 (Joseph Jackson, 1st or Royal Dragoons.) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, nearly very fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Joseph Jackson was born in the Parish of Aldingham, near Ulveston, Lancaster, and enlisted into the 1st or Royal Dragoons at Preston on 25 December 1799, aged 24, a cordwainer by trade. He ‘served 5 years in the Peninsula and was wounded at the battle of Waterloo by a sabre in the left side and bayonet in the left hand & is recommended for the Bounty of the Royal Hospital of Kilmainham’. He was consequently discharged at Dublin on 14 November 1818, and duly admitted to an out-pension at Kilmainham. On 18 November 1819, he enlisted into the 1st Royal Regiment of Veterans at Chatham, Kent, aged 44, and continued in that regiment until it was disbanded on 26 June 1821. Sold with copied discharge papers.

Five: Major C. Brooke-Short, Portsmouth Division, Royal Marine Brigade, a veteran of Dunkirk, Lille and the defence of Antwerp, who was wounded in action serving in Gallipoli, 28 April 1915, and later was recognised by the Greek Red Cross for his services in the aftermath of the Corinth Earthquake of 1928 1914 Star, with clasp (Act. Lieut. C. Brooke-Short, R.M. Brigade.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. Brooke-Short. R.M.L.I.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed; Greek Red Cross Society’s Commemorative Medal for the Corinth Earthquake 1928, silver and enamel, slightly worn, generally nearly very fine (5) £800-£1,000 --- Cecil Brooke-Short was born in Woodford, Port of Spain, Trinidad in May 1895. He was the son of Richard Brooke-Short, a Cocoa planter. Brooke-Short studied at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and passed out as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marines in June 1914. He was appointed to the Portsmouth Division and posted as Temporary Lieutenant to the Royal Marine Brigade in August 1914. Brooke-Short served with the latter at Dunkirk, Lille and the defence of Antwerp. He ‘landed in Gallipoli on 27th April, 1915, where he was wounded. He served in H.M.S. Malaya from 4th July, 1916, to 8th November, 1917, when he was promoted Captain.’ (Obituary refers) Brooke-Short was wounded in action the day after landing (28 April 1915), when he received shrapnel wounds to the upper part of both legs. After service with the Malaya, ‘he was A.D.C. to the Governor of Bombay from 25th September, 1919 to 29th December, 1921. He then served in H.M.S. Marlborough. He was Adjutant of Portsmouth Division from 9th January, 1925, to 30th September, 1926, and then served in H.M. ships Eagle, Marlborough, Erebus and Norfolk, being promoted Major on 30th November, 1931. He was serving in H.M.S. Cumberland as F.R.M.O., China, at the time of his death.’ (Obituary refers) Brooke-Short was serving with the Eagle, when after lending valuable assistance in the aftermath of the Corinth earthquake, he was awarded the Greek Red Cross Society’s Commemorative Medal - a distinction that Their Lordships permitted him to accept, but not wear. Major Brooke-Short was awarded the King George Prize Scholarship of £20 in 1935, and died at the Naval Hospital at Wei-Hai-Wei, China in June 1937. Sold with copied research.

Four: Company Sergeant Major J. Devitt, Plymouth Battalion, Royal Marine Brigade, who was a veteran of the defence of Antwerp and Gallipoli 1914 Star, with clasp (Ply. 10181. Sergt. J. Devitt, R.M. Brigade); British War and Victory Medals (Ply. 10181 C.S.M. J. Devitt. R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ply. 10181. John Devitt, Sergeant, R.M.L.I.) generally good very fine (4) £240-£280 --- John Devitt was born in Killcommon, County Mayo, Ireland in August 1879. He attested for the Royal Marines at Glasgow in January 1900, and was posted as a Private to ‘B’ Company, Plymouth Division. Devitt advanced to Corporal in January 1902, and subsequent service included with H.M.S. Emperor of India. He advanced to Sergeant in November 1906, and served at the Plymouth Depot as an instructor, May 1910 - August 1914. Devitt sailed for Ostend with the Royal Marine Brigade, 27 August 1914, and served during the defence of Antwerp. Having returned to the UK, he then served with the Royal Marine Brigade in Gallipoli (awarded L.S. & G.C. in July 1915). Devitt advanced to Colour Sergeant in December 1915, and returned to the Deal Depot, Plymouth Division. He advanced to Company Sergeant Major in April 1918, and was transferred to the Depot Establishment. Sold with copied research.

Five: Company Sergeant Major S. A. Holliday, Royal Marine Artillery, Royal Marine Brigade, who was interned in Holland after the fall of Antwerp, October 1914, and was undoubtedly one of the characters of H.M.S. ‘Timbertown’ China 1900, no clasp (S. A. Holliday, Sergt. R.M.A., H.M.S. Goliath.); 1914 Star, with clasp (R.M.A. 3722. Col. Sergt. S. A. Holliday, R.M. Brigade.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.A. 3722 C.S.M. S. A. Holliday.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (S. A. Holliday, Sergt. No. 3722 R.M.A.) mounted for wear, remnants of adhesive to reverses, contact marks overall, generally nearly very fine or better (5) £500-£700 --- Stanley Albert Holliday was born in London in January 1871. He enlisted in the Royal Marine Artillery in January 1889, and was posted to ‘L’ Company in May of the same year. Holliday advanced to Corporal in March 1896, and to Sergeant in May 1898. He was posted for service with H.M.S. Goliath on the China Station in March 1900 (awarded his L.S. & G.C. in March 1904). Holliday subsequently served as Colour Sergeant at R.M.A. Headquarters, Eastney from April 1907. Holliday was discharged after 21 years service in January 1910, and transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve. He was mobilised in August 1914 and embarked with the Royal Marine Brigade to defend Antwerp where, in early October, having belatedly received the order to withdraw, he was one of many forced to take refuge in neutral Holland in order to prevent unnecessary casualties or capture by the enemy. Holliday was interned under International Law on 9 October 1914 and housed in barracks in Groningen where, other than periods of leave from Holland he was so detained for the duration of the war. He received the following mention (as well as a sketch of him in uniform) in No. 22 The Camp Magazine, January 1917: ‘Although, comparatively speaking, we are only a small community, made up of the odds and ends of practically every trade and profession of the world, our institutions have yet taken a concrete form that redounds in a most creditable manner to the organising ability of those who are at the helm. In the domestic realm of Timbertown no figure stands out with greater popularity than that of Col. Sgt. Holliday, R.M.A., the Commander in Chief of the Culinary Department. His gentle persuasive address, invariable prefixed with ‘my friend’, always takes one off one’s guard, putting a curb on the most unruly tongues and softening the most diabolical expressions. With a smile and a pleasant word, which silences all ‘taps’ and protests, he negotiates his thankless job with a candour and fairness which would do honour to a born diplomat, while his knowledge of ‘Mrs Beeton’ is peculiarly adapted to present circumstances. We have no wish to embarrass this friend of ours who so carefully and conscientiously conducts the intricate duties of apportioning our rations, but we have much to thank him for, and in tendering this small appreciation we trust he will accept it in the same spirit of affection in which it is proffered.’ Holliday was eventually repatriated in November 1918, and promoted Company Sergeant Major in February 1919. He was demobilised in April 1919, aged 48, having served three Monarchs and his country for 26 years. Holliday died in Bournemouth in August 1960. Sold with copied research.

The Crimea medal awarded to Private Edward Wilcox, 11th Dragoons, who was slightly wounded in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava on 25 October 1854
 Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (E. Wilcox. 11th Dragns.) officially impressed naming, fitted with a ‘Bailey’ style silver top suspension brooch, toned, nearly extremely fine £6,000-£8,000 --- Edward Wilcox was slightly wounded in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava on 25 October 1854 (London Gazette 16 December 1854 refers). Conveyed by ship to hospital at Scutari, he eventually died of cholera at Kadikoi on 25 June 1855.

The Crimea Medal awarded to Private William Davies, 11th Hussars, who was killed in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava on 25 October 1854
 Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Wm. Davies. 11th. Hussars.) officially impressed naming, sometime very lightly plated, nearly extremely fine £7,000-£9,000 --- William Davies was a porter prior to enlistment and was killed in action at Balaklava on 25 October 1854. The 11th Dragoons converted to Hussars shortly after the Crimean War and medals are found officially impressed to Dragoons and Hussars.

Family Group: Four: Yeoman of Signals T. Cheal, Royal Navy, attached Royal Naval Air Service, and Leading Boatman, H. M. Coast Guard, who was awarded the 1914 Star for his Special Service at Nieuport - one of only 6 1914 Stars to be so awarded to the Royal Navy 1914 Star (179537 T. Cheal, Yeo. Sigs. Attd. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (179357 T. Cheal. Y.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (179357 Thomas Cheal, Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard.) mounted as worn, contact marks nearly very fine, the 1914 Star rare to unit Five: Attributed to Gunner T. J. Cheal, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these similarly mounted; riband bar; cap badge; ring; ansd a photograph of the recipient in later life, nearly extremely fine Pair: Ordnance Electrical Artificer First Class T. W. Cheal, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (D/MX.888937 T. W. Cheal. E.A.4); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (MX.888937 T. W. Cheal. O.E.A. (L). I. H.M.S. Triumph.) mounted as worn, rate partially officially corrected on latter, good very fine Voluntary Medical Service Medal (Mrs. Winifred Cheal) good very fine (12) £500-£700 --- One of only 6 1914 Stars awarded to the Royal Navy for Special Service at Nieuport. Thomas Cheal was born in Camberwell, London, on 27 February 1879 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 13 April 1894. He was advanced Yeoman of Signals on 13 June 1905, before transferring to H.M. Coast Guard on 21 September 1906. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, whilst stationed at Ipswich, on 26 February 1912, and was promoted Leading Boatman on 1 October 1913. He was recalled for War service on 17 August 1914, and served during the Great War initially attached to the Royal Naval Air Service, for special service at Nieuport, followed by a variety of ships and shore based establishments. He reverted to the Coast Guard on 12 May 1919, and finally retired on 6 June 1923, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Thomas John Cheal, son of the above, was born at Devonport on 12 May 1906 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 2 October 1922. He was commissioned Gunner on 1 July 1936, and served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Dauntless from 8 July 1940, and also in H.M.S. Rodney. T. W. Cheal was the son of Thomas John Cheal and his wife Winifred Cheal. Sold with copied research, including a photograph of T. J. Cheal in later life.

The Crimea Medal awarded to Private W. Baker, 17th Lancers, who was killed in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava on 25 October 1854 Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (W. Baker. 17th. Lancers.) officially impressed naming, two edge bruises and light surface marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £8,000-£10,000 --- William Baker attested for the 17th Lancers in 1842 and was killed in action during the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava on 25 October 1854. Sold with copied research.

A rare group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Class, H. Little, Royal Naval Air Service, one of Commander C. R. Samson’s ‘Dunkirk Circus’ or the ‘Motorised Bandits’ as they were also known - who was later commissioned in to the Royal Air Force, and served as a Wing Commander in the Technical Branch during the Second War 1914 Star, with copy clasp (272011. H. Little, C.P.O. Mech. 2. R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (W.O. 2 H. Little. R.N.A.S.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, with brass R.N.A.S. Armoured Car Division cap badge, 2 buttons and cloth R.N.A.S. insignia, generally nearly very fine or better (5) £500-£700 --- Herbert Little was born in Barton Regis, Bristol in February 1890. He joined the Royal Navy as Boy Artificer 3rd Class in August 1905, and advanced to Engine Room Artificer 4th Class in June 1911. Little was attached to the Royal Naval Air Service in May 1913, and advanced to Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class in the same month. He was reclassified as Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Class, 1 July 1914. Little was attached to the R.N.A.S. at Eastchurch in September 1914, and served on the Western Front with 1 and 3 Squadrons as part of Commander C. R. Samson’s ‘Motorised Bandits’. Little returned to Eastchurch, and advanced to Chief Petty Officer 1st Class in August 1916. He was posted as Warrant Officer Class II for ‘Engineering Duties’ at R.N.A.S. Calshott (Seaplane School) in May 1917. Little transferred to the Royal Air Force in April 1918. He advanced to Squadron Leader in April 1937, and served in the Technical Branch of the Royal Air Force during the Second War, advancing to Wing Commander. Sold with copied research.

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Bt. Col. A. F. Macdonell. C.B. 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.) extremely fine and rare £800-£1,000 --- Alexander Macdonell entered the Army in 1837 as Second Lieutenant. He was promoted Lieutenant, 11 May 1841; Captain, 24 October 1845; Brevet-Major, 12 December 1854; Major, 22 December 1854; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 17 July 1855; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 June 1857; Colonel, 20 July 1858; Major-General, 6 March 1868; Lieutenant-General, 1 October 1877; General, 1 April 1882; Colonel-Commandant Rifle Brigade, 24 January 1886. He served with the Rifle Brigade in the Kaffir War of 1846-7 (Medal). He also served throughout the Eastern Campaign of 1854, as Aide-de-Camp to Sir George Brown, and was present at the affair of Bulganac, capture of Balaclava and at the battles of Alma and Inkermann. He commanded the 2nd Battalion from May 1855 to the fall of Sebastopol, including the defence of the Quarries on 7th June and the assaults on the Redan on the 18th June and 8th September (Medal with three clasps, brevets of Major and Lieutenant-Colonel, C.B., Knight of the Legion of Honour, Sardinian and Turkish medals, and 5th Class of the Medjidie). He commanded the 3rd Battalion during the Indian Mutiny, including the skirmish of Secundra, siege and capture of Lucknow and subsequent operations (Medal with clasp). He also served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India in command of the expedition against Sultam Muhammad Khan who attacked the fort of Shabkadar with a body of Mohmands and Bajauris (Medal with clasp). Made K.C.B. in 1881, Sir Alexander died on 30 April 1891.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Chas. McKenzie, A.B. Shannon.) good very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Charles McKenzie was a merchant seaman who was signed on for Shannon’s Naval Brigade at Calcutta from the Empress Eugene.

An Order of St. John group of six awarded to Senior Reserve Attendant J. E. Fitzgibbon, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve, attached Royal Naval Division, who aged 49 served during the defence of Antwerp, and went on to serve with the hospital ship Magic during the Gallipoli campaign The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s, breast badge, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; 1914 Star, with clasp (M.9647. J. L. Fitzgibbons. Sen. R. A. R.N.A.S.B.R.); British War and Victory Medals (M.9467 J. E. Fitzgibbon. S.R.A. R.N.); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Pte. J. E. Fitzgibbon.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with three Additional Award Bars (4174 Sgt. J. Fitzgibbon. No. 40 Becton Div. No. 1 Dist. S.J.A.B. 1924.) mounted for wear, note spelling variations of name, slightly worn overall, generally nearly very fine, scarce (6) £400-£500 --- John Elias Fitzgibbon was born in Gosport, Hampshire in February 1865. His employment prior to the Great War is given as Time Keeper, having served with the Rifle Brigade for 16 years and 233 days previously. Fitzgibbon was one of the many members of the St. John Ambulance who volunteered to serve in the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve during the early part of the 20th Century. He was mobilised, 2 August 1914, aged 49 years old and must have been one of the oldest members of the Sick Berth Reserve to have seen service at Ostend and Antwerp in 1914. Fitzgibbon was posted as Senior Reserve Attendant to H.M.S. Pembroke at Chatham. He was one of 85 men of the RNASBR that were sent for service with the Royal Naval Division, and one of just 41 men of the RNASBR to be issued with the 1914 Star and Clasp. Fitzgibbon returned to the UK, and was posted to the hospital ship Magic in December 1914. He served with the latter as part of the Dardanelles Operations of 1915-16, and advanced to Acting Sick Berth Steward when he returned to the UK in May 1917. Subsequent postings included with H.M.S. Sachem, and at H.M.S. City of Perth. Fitzgibbon was demobilised in June 1919, aged 54 years old. Sold with copied research.

Four: Chief Sick Berth Steward H. Keeble, Royal Naval Hospital, Belle Vue, Dunkirk 1914 Star (135654. H. Keeble, Ch. S.B.S. Dunkirk.); British War and Victory Medals (135654 H. Keeble. Ch. S.B.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Henry Keeble. S.B. Stewd., H.M.S. Auroa.) mounted for wear, generally very or better, scarce (4) £400-£500 --- Henry Keeble was born in London in 1870, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy in 1885. He served with the Sick Berth branch, and was promoted to 2nd Sick Berth Steward ‘for meritorious service’ in April 1892. Keeble advanced to Chief Sick Berth Steward, and was pensioned in 1910. A Freemason, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve, and was mobilised at Chatham Hospital in August 1914. Keeble was a member of the team of Sick Berth Reservists who were sent to the Naval Hospital at Belle Vue, Dunkirk. Keeble returned to the UK in October 1914, and was posted for service at Chatham Hospital where he spent the rest of the war until demobilised in May 1919. He was engaged as a crew member (’Hosp. Attd.’) of the S.S. Aquitania, travelling from Southampton to New York, in October 1920. Keeble died at 50 Leighton Road, Itchen, Southampton in March 1939. Sold with copied research, including a group photographic image with the recipient amongst the other Sick Berth Reservists at Belle Vue, Dunkirk.

The Second Afghan War Medal awarded to Private W. Reid, 92nd Highlanders, who was killed in action at the Battle of Kandahar, 1 September 1880 Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (B/111. Pte. W. Reid. 92nd. Highrs.) minor edge bruising, good very fine and scarce as a single clasp award to unit £500-£700 --- William Reid attested for the 92nd Highlanders and was killed in action by gunshot to the abdomen during the Battle of Kandahar, 1 September 1880. He was one of 11 men of the Regiment killed during the Battle; the Regiment suffered a further 71 officers and men wounded. He is confirmed on the medal roll as being entitled to the single clasp Kandahar (which in itself is scarce), and was therefore not additionally entitled to the Kabul to Kandahar Star. The 92nd Highlanders at the Battle of Kandahar After taking part in several other small expeditions into the country round Kabul, the regiment formed part of the force which marched under General Roberts from Kabul to Kandahar. Immediately after the arrival of Sir Frederick Roberts’ troops at Kandahar on 31 August, the 92nd took part in the reconnaissance of the Afghan position; and in the battle of the following day formed part of the 1st Brigade, which led the advance, and succeeded, after severe fighting, in sweeping the enemy out of the closely wooded enclosures along the western slopes of the hill on which the village of Gundi Mullah Sahibdad stood, and finally in attacking and carrying the village itself at the point of the bayonet. The latter feat was accomplished in dashing style by two companies of the Gordon Highlanders under Major White, and two companies of the 2nd Goorkas. This movement brought the brigade in rear of the Bala Wali Kotal, and in front of an intrenched post which was on the south, and which, from the way in which reinforcements were being pushed forward, the enemy was evidently prepared to hold with great determination. Major White, who was leading the advanced companies of the 92nd, recognising, with true soldierly instinct, that this position must at once be taken by storm, called on his men for just one charge more to finish the business. His call was brilliantly responded to, and the work was at once captured, the gallant Major being himself the first to reach the guns. The casualties, which were somewhat numerous, show the severe nature of the fighting, 11 non-commissioned officers and men being killed and 2 officers and 69 non-commissioned officers and men wounded. The Gordon Highlanders, with a total strength of 643 of all ranks, left Kandahar on 28 September 1880, en route for India and under orders for home.

Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (56/1111 Prive. M. Mc.Laughlin 92nd. Highlanders) light contact marks, very fine £500-£700 --- Martin McLaughlan attested for the 92nd Highlanders and was severely wounded by sword cuts to the head and arm at the Battle of Kandahar, 1 September 1880, on which date the Regiment suffered 11 non-commissioned officers and men being killed and 2 officers and 69 non-commissioned officers and men wounded. The Life of A Regiment - The History of the Gordon Highlanders 1816-98’ by Lieutenant-Colonel C. Greenhill Gardyne gives the following account: ‘The regiment, having the 23rd Pioneers to their left, advanced skirmishing, first over a bit of open ground, then through orchards and enclosures intersected by water cuts, some dry, but some containing water which, though muddy, was welcome in the great heat to the thirsty soldiers. One of them, Lance-Corporal Martin McLachlan, setting his rifle against a hut, knelt down to drink and rose to find himself confronted by a tall, fierce-looking Afghan between him and his arms, who at once attacked him sword in hand; McLachlan received the stroke on his left arm, then dashed at the Afghan's throat, and bayoneted his opponent, when he coolly rejoined his company, but soon had to fall out from loss of blood. Sold with copied research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Johannesburg, Belfast (3066 Pte. W. Rawlinson, 10th. Hussars) minor edge bruise, polished, nearly extremely fine and rare to unit £800-£1,000 --- W. Rawlinson served during the Boer War as the private servant to Brigadier-General J. P. Brabazon, 10th Hussars, who Commanded the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa from 11 February 1900, and was present at the Defence of Wepener.

A rare Great War campaign service group of three awarded to Lieutenant E. S. Wise, Royal Navy, who commanded the Machine Gun Party of 30 Marines drawn from H.M. Monitors Severn, Humber and Mersey, landed to assist the Belgian Army at Nieuwpoort. Lieutenant Wise was killed in action whilst leading his men, 20 October 1914, and was posthumously mentioned in despatches for his gallantry 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Lieut. E. S. Wise, R.N. Machine Gun. Pty.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. E. S. Wise. R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Edward Selby Wise) in card envelope, generally very fine or better (4) £800-£1,000 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 16 December 1915. Edward Selby Wise was born at Bedford Park, Acton, London in October 1887. He joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet in May 1904, and on passing out was posted to H.M.S. Glory on the China Station. Wise studied at the Royal Naval College, advanced to Sub Lieutenant, and was promoted Lieutenant in September 1909. He served with the survey ship Waterwich in January 1910, and then at H.M.S. Tamar, Hong Kong for duty with the West River Patrol. Wise was appointed to the gunboat H.M.S. Bramble on the China Station in August 1912, and returned to the UK in January 1914. Wise returned to the navigation school, before being appointed to the Cressy in July 1914. He was appointed Navigation Officer of the Monitor H.M.S. Severn in August 1914, serving with the latter as part of the Dover Patrol bombarding the Belgian coast. Wise was landed from this vessel in charge of a Machine Gun Party which consisted of 30 Marines drawn from H.M. Monitors Severn, Humber and Mersey to assist the Belgian Army at Nieuwpoort. Lieutenant Wise was killed in action whilst gallantly leading his men, 20 October 1914, and was posthumously mentioned in despatches. He is buried in Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery, Nieuwpoort, Belgium. Wise had a younger brother, Lieutenant Stacey Wise, R.N., who was killed in action when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, 22 September 1914. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private A. E. Dale, East Kent Regiment, who died in Mesopotamia on 14 May 1916 British War and Victory Medals (3417. Pte. A. E. Dale. E. Kent R.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Ernest Dale) traces of verdigris to VM, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Albert Ernest Dale was born in Snodland, Kent, and attested underage for the East Kent Regiment at Chatham. He served with the 1st/5th Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia, and died on 14 May 1916, aged 17. He is buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Three: Private J. E. Palmer, 2nd Battalion, East Kent Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War in 1940 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6285011. Pte. J. E. Palmer. The Buffs.); 1939-45 Star (6285011 Pte. J. E. Palmer 2nd. Battalion The Buffs) privately engraved naming; War Medal 1939-45 (6285011 Pte. J. E. Palmer The Buffs) privately engraved naming, good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- J. E. Palmer attested for the East Kent Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion in pre-War Palestine and subsequently as part of the British Expeditionary Force in France. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Dunkirk between 10 May and 16 June 1940, being held at Stalag Thorn Podgorz.

The Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C. awarded to Seaman F. S. Martin, D.S.M., who served in H.M.S. Salamander for the duration of the War, and twice survived his ship being hit in air attacks, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (10051B. F. S. Martin. Smn. R.N.R.) extremely fine £100-£140 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1944: ‘For gallantry or outstanding service in the face of the enemy, or for zeal, patience, and cheerfulness in dangerous waters, and for setting an example of wholehearted devotion to duty, upholding the high tradition of the Royal Navy.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 11 June 1942 and 1 January 1944. Frederick Stanley Martin was born in Liverpool on 1 January 1909 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Reserve on 20 January 1932. Called out by proclamation on 7 October 1939, he was posted initially to H.M.S. Drake, and then to the Halycon-class Minesweeper H.M.S. Salamander on 16 October 1939, serving in her until 31 January 1945. Present at Dunkirk, in the Atlantic, the Russian Convoys, and in action on D-Day, he twice survived Salamander being hit in air attacks, the first time by the Luftwaffe off Dunkirk on 1 June 1940, and the second time mistakenly by the Royal Air Force off Le Harve in August 1944. He was awarded his Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 17 August 1943, and having returned to H.M.S. Drake on 1 February 1945 was invested with his Distinguished Service Medal on 2 March 1945. He was shore released on 16 October 1945 and died in Liverpool in 1983. Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extracts, and other research.

A Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross Second Class group of five awarded to Boy Scout R. W. Alford, later Lance-Bombardier, Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery, for his gallantry in rescuing a 7 year old boy from drowning in Bristol Docks on 10 September 1933 - for his gallantry he was also Commended by the Bristol Humane Society 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross, 2nd Class, 2nd issue, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘R. W. Alford 15-11-33’, with integral top riband bar; together with a Bristol Humane Society Testimonial on Vellum (Richard William Alford); and a silver presentation watch, by Kemp Brother, Bristol, the inside reverse inscribed ‘Presented by Bristol Humane Society to Richard William Alford, Age 14 Years, for Saving Life on 10th. September 1933’, in case of issue, extremely fine (6) £400-£500 --- Bristol Humane Society: ‘Resolved that a Silver Watch together with this the Honorary Testimonial of the Society inscribed on Parchment be given to Richard William Alford, age 14, of 39 Colston Rod, Easton, Bristol, for having on the 10th Day of September 1933 gone to the rescue of Kenneth William Rundle, age 7, of 22 Wellington Street, Cathay, Bristol, who was in imminent danger of drowning in the Floating Harbour, Bristol, and whose life he gallantly saved.’ Richard William Alford was born in Bristol on 5 March 1919, and at the time of his gallant rescue was a member of 123rd Bristol Scouts Troop. A detailed account of his rescue appeared in the Bristol Evening World: ‘Richard Alford, of Colston Road, Easton, dived fully dressed into 20 feet of water, swam under a barge, and rescued a child of seven who was sinking for the third time. Kenneth William Rundle, aged seven, of Wellington Street, Cathay, was playing with other boys in the Grove, near the City Docks, when he fell in. Young Alford heard the cries of the other boys and ran to the spot where he saw Rundle disappearing. Without a moment’s hesitation he dived in fully dressed, swimming under a barge to reach the lad. He towed the boy to the bank and both were taken to the river police station. Dry clothes were brought by their parents and they were taken home apparently unharmed after their experience. Alford’s chief concern was in the fact hat he had ruined his new suit and lost his weekly pocket money consisting of a shilling- the coin apparently slipping out of his pocket as he dived into the water. When his mother arrived with fresh clothing at the riverside police station he apologised for spoiling his suit, adding: ‘I did not have time to think when I saw the chap drowning’. (Bristol Evening World, 11 September 1933 refers). For his gallantry in rescuing Kenneth Rundle, as well as having previously rescued a 22-year-old man who had got into difficulties whilst bathing at Easton the previous month, Alford was awarded the Boy Scouts Association Silver Cross, and was presented with his medal by the Lord Mayor of Bristol on 20 November 1933. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Alford attested for the Somerset Light Infantry on 19 October 1939, and after three years’ service at home was posted to the Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery, on 21 November 1942. He served for the rest of the War at sea in the Defence of Merchant Shipping, and was promoted Lance Bombardier. He was released to Class ‘A’ Reserve on 2 May 1946, and died in Bristol on 23 July 1988. Sold with copied research.

A Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross Second Class pair awarded to Patrol Leader J. Findlay, Winnipeg Troop, Manitoba, Boy Scout Association Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross, 2nd Class, 2nd issue, silver, the reverse impressed, ‘Scout Jack Findlay, age 15, 7th Winnipeg Troop, Manitoba, July 1929’, with integral top riband bar; Boy Scout Long Service Medal, bronze and silver, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (2) £400-£500 --- Jack Findlay, of St. James’s Rectory, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada was a Scout 2nd Class (later Patrol Leader) in the 7th Winnipeg Troop. Aged 15, he effected the rescue of a Mr Albert Withers who was in danger of drowning. Mr Withers writing of the incident in a letter dated 6 January 1930 (letter not included with lot) stated: ‘One day last summer one of your scouts (Jack Findlay) was spending the day at Winnipeg Beach with me. I was floating on a tube & did not notice that I had drifted so far from shore, suddenly the tube shot from under me & down I went. I cannot swim & should have been drowned had it not been for Jack’s help. He held me up till we got to shallow water. I take pleasure in recommending him for life saving badge. I would have written before but did not know Jack was a scout till lately. Should you need any more information I shall be glad to give same.’

Memorial Plaque (Edward McEwan) good very fine £60-£80 --- Edward McEwan served during the Great War as a Private in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, and was killed in action during the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914, when H.M.S. Monmouth was lost with all hands. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. One other man with the name Edward McEwan appears on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour for the Great War - a Private in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 10 May 1915. However, since the plaque in this lot has a narrow ‘H’ in ‘He Died...’ it is more likely that it was issued by the Admiralty rather than the War Office.

A rare Great War campaign service group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer, later Sub Lieutenant, H. A. Stevens, Royal Navy, who served in H.M’s Armoured Train Déguise in support of the Royal Naval Division in Belgium, 1914-15, and was twice decorated for his service by the Belgian Government 1914 Star, with clasp (201399. H. A. Stevens, Act. C.P.O. Armd. Trains.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S. Lt. H. A. Stevens. R.N.V.R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Military Decoration, A.I.R., 1st class, gilt, with palm emblem on riband, on bravery and devotion riband; Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with Naval Armoured Trains badge, bronze, and bullion cap badge generally very fine or better (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- Only 77 1914 Stars issued to R.N. Armoured Trains. It is believed that only 2 Belgian Military Decorations were awarded to the Royal Navy, and 1 to the Royal Marines, for the Great War. Henry Adolphus Stevens was born in Schull, County Cork, Ireland in May 1883. He was educated at Greenwich Hospital School, from which he entered the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class in October 1898. Stevens advanced to Able Seaman in May 1902, and to Petty Officer in September 1912. He served with H.M.S. Royal Arthur from October 1912, and H.M.S. Excellent from February 1913. Whilst serving at the latter, Stevens was drafted for service with the Royal Navy Armoured Trains in Belgium. He served with H.M.A.T. Déguise in Belgium, September-December 1914. Three Heavy Armoured Trains were built in Antwerp in September and October 1914, mounted with British naval guns, and placed under the overall command of Commander A. S. Littlejohns, R.N., with Lieutenant-Commander P. H. Riddler, R.N., as his second-in-command. Known from 9th November as H.M. Armoured Trains Jellicoe (Cdr. Littlejohns) with three 4.7-inch guns, H.M.A.T. Déguise (Belgian Captain Servais) with three 4.7-inch guns, and H.M.A.T. Churchill (Lt.-Cdr. Riddler) with two 6-inch guns, these three armoured trains fought around Antwerp until 7th October, then retreated via Ghent, in support of General Rawlinson’s advance to Ypres. H.M.A.T. Churchill became operational at Oostende after the retreat from Antwerp and in December went into action in the area around Oostkerke against German batteries to the south of Dixmude. From the end of December 1914 to March 1915, the three trains were continuously in action, sometimes in support of an assault (Jellicoe at la Bassée on 10 January), but in particular in counter-battery or bombardment missions in action to neutralise trench lines (Jellicoe at Beuvry 20-24 January, Churchill at Oosterkerke on 28-29 January, and against an observation post at Ennetieres on 11 February, Déguise at Beuvry firing on a rail junction on the 15th, among other targets, and Churchill against a battery at Fleur d’Ecosse on 3 March). The guns of the trains were extremely effective, notably against troop concentrations. On 18 February, H.M.A.T. Déguise fired seven shells at German troops to the South-West of la Bassée. These actions brought the trains within range of the German artillery. The Germans scored hits, but the armour protection and swift manoeuvring of the trains normally protected the crews, except on 25 January when Jellicoe was hit, wounding two men and killing the Belgian engine driver. Between 10 and 13 March, the three trains supported the action at Neuve Chapelle. On that occasion, Field Marshal Sir John French paid a surprise visit to H.M.A.T. Churchill, which was the command train for Commander Littlejohns. Towards the end of March 1915, the three trains were withdrawn from service. Stevens advanced to Acting Chief Petty Officer in December 1914, and was commissioned Temporary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in March 1915. He advanced to Temporary Lieutenant in March 1917, and was attached to the Royal Naval Depot at Crystal in 1918. Stevens was demobilised in January 1920. For his services with Déguise he was awarded the Belgian Military Decoration - ‘awarded by Belgian Govt. for service while connected with armoured trains in Belgium’; and the Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 14 September 1918). M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with copied research, including correspondence from Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris from when the above group was in his collection.

London, Midland & Scottish Railway General Strike Medal 1926, by E. Gillick, 51mm, bronze, the obverse featuring Britannia seated left holding laurel branch and shield, with the emblems of England, Wales, and Scotland above, and the inscription ‘For Service in National Emergency May 1926’ to side, the reverse showing three females holding up two railway locomotives, with the inscription ‘Largitas Muneris Salus Reipublicae’ below, unnamed as issued, extremely fine £30-£40 --- These medals were struck by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company for presentation to those volunteers who had given service to the company during the General Strike, 3-12 May 1926, and were presented together with an accompanying letter of thanks. The initial letters of the Latin inscription on the reverse (which translates as ‘The immensity of the task, the well-being of the country’) spells out L.M.S.R. Sold with a General Strike Special Constable’s Certificate of thanks, signed in facsimile by the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and the Home Secretary W. Joynson Hicks, dated Downing Street, May 1926, and named to Special Constable Thomas Huntington, Lancashire Special Constabulary.

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (Lieut. W. G. Jackson; G-24038 Pte. H. W. Sargent. E. Kent R.; 203081 Pte. L. W. Smith. E. Kent R.) good very fine and better Pair: Lance-Corporal W. Croft, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 31 July 1917 British War and Victory Medals (G-11452 Pte. W. Croft. R.W. Kent R.) nearly extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- Wilfred George Jackson was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Kent Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 January 1915. He was wounded in action and taken Prisoner of War on 27 April 1915; an eyewitness reported that ‘this Officer was shot through the stomach at St. Julien, and taken Prisoner. Informant thinks that recovery was impossible.’ Jackson was promoted Lieutenant on 4 August 1915, but clearly had not survived his wounds, and was regarded for official purposes as having died on or since 27 April 1915. He has no known grave ands is commemorated on the Ploegsteert memorial, Belgium. Herbert Walter Sargent was born in Braintree, Essex, and attested for the East Kent Regiment, serving with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. The Historical Records of the Buffs 1914-19 by R. S. H. Moody states: ‘On 23 September 1917 the Buffs moved to St. Janter Biezen. Five days later enemy aircraft flew over in the dark and dropped six bombs in the camp causing great devastation, killing 1 officer and 26 men, and wounding 3 officers and 63 men.’ Sargent was amongst those wounded, and he died of his wounds two days later on 30 September 1917. He is buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium. Leonard Walter Smith, a native of Stone-in-Oxney, Ashford, Kent, attested for the East Kent Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the western Front. He was killed in action on 9 April 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. William Croft, a native of the Isle of Sheppey, was born in 1896 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Sheerness on 29 November 1915. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 May 1916, and was appointed Lance-Corporal on 16 June 1917. He was killed in action on 31 July 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research.

The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Brigadier J. P. Girvan, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., V.D., 15th Canadian Infantry Battalion, the most decorated officer of the 15th (48th Highlanders of Canada) Infantry Battalion in the Great War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 2nd type badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with Second Award Bar and integral top ribbon bar; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R., mounted as worn, very fine (12) £200-£300 --- Also entitled to Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration, G.V.R. C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946: ‘Brigadier J. P. Girvan, D.S.O., M.C., V.D., Canadian Army.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 1 February 1919: Maj. (A./Lt.-Col.) John Pollands Girvan, M.C., 15th Bn., Can. Inf., 1st C. Ont. R. ‘For conspicuous gallantry opposite Cherisy on 1st September, 1918. He commanded his battalion with the greatest skill and ability, pushing resolutely forward in face of extreme machine-gun fire, and after a personal reconnaissance continuing his advance and capturing and consolidating a position some 6,000 yards in front of the jumping-off line. His courage and leadership were admirable.’ D.S.O. Second Award Bar London Gazette 8 March 1919; citation published 4 October 1919: Maj. (A./Lt.-Col.) John Pollands Girvan, M.C., 15th Bn., Can. Inf., 1st C. Ont. R. ‘For marked gallantry and ability in the attack on Canal du Nord on 27th September, 1918. Crossing the canal on light bridges, and the River Agache by planks, under heavy machine-gun and sniping fire, he pushed on. He personally attacked and captured an enemy machine gun, shooting the gunner and turning the gun on the enemy. He went on and assisted in capturing Chapel Corner and the village of Marquion, and then gained his final objectives. His courage and dash were a fine example to his command.’ M.C. London Gazette 18 October 1917; citation published 7 March 1918: Capt. (A./Maj.) John Pollands Girvan, M.C., Canadian Inf. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Throughout an attack he led his company with the greatest skill and courage, continually going forward into our own barrage at great personal risk in order to check men who were advancing too fast. He directed his men amidst the fiercest shelling, and it was due to his gallant personal example that hostile counter-attacks were fruitless. His reports were invaluable, and it was largely due to him that the enemy were held back from the captured ground.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 16 March 1916. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 1 May 1917. John ‘Jack’ Pollands Girvan was born born on 28 November 1887, at Kingarth, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. In 1907, he became a clerk in the Civil Service. He was a fine athlete, winning numerous championships as a member of the Argonaut rowing club. He belonged to an active militia when he attested on 14 September 1914, at Valcartier, Quebec. During the Great War, he married Nursing Sister Jean Elizabeth Sword. Girvan sailed on 3 October 1914, with the first contingent, arriving in England on 16 October 1916. On 4 February 1915, the 15th Battalion battalion paraded in light marching order for ‘Inspection & Review’ by H.M. the Kin, followed by the March Past, at North Larkhill camp. The following week, they boarded S.S. Mount Temple, at Avonmouth, on 12 February 1915. After a very rough voyage with high seas, they arrived at St Nazaire, in France, on 15 February 1915. Two days later, they arrived at Hazebrouck in Belgium, moving into billets at Caestre the next day and into billets in Armentieres on 23 February 1915. The 15th Battalion entered the trenches for the first time on 24 February 1915, suffering their first casualty on the night of the 27th. They entered the trenches at Rue Petillon, on 6 March 1915, pulling out three days later. In April 1915, the Canadians moved to the Ypres area and took part in the battle of Kitchener’s Wood (Second Battle of Ypres). The 15th Battalion held the line against the German chlorine gas attack, but suffered heavy casualties. The battalion was at the apex of the Canadian position on 24 April. The 15th Battalion suffered the heaviest casualties of any Canadian unit, with over 647 casualties, being hit by the heaviest of the gas, and was overrun by the Germans. Girvan’s No. 1 Company, was on the extreme right flank of the Battalion’s three forward companies and was very lucky to have survived. In the battle of Festubert, on 15 May 1915, the battalion again suffered heavy casualties. Girvan was promoted to be Sergeant, in the field, ‘A’ Company, 15th Battalion, on 11 June 1915. He was appointed to Temporary Commission, and posted to 15th Battalion on 26 September 1915; granted 5 days leave, 17 October 1915; granted 7 days leave, 5 January 1916; to be Captain, 27 April 1916; granted leave of absence from 25 May to 2 June 1916. On 3 June 1916 the Battalion conducted the first Canadian counter-attack of the war against Observatory Ridge, in opening stages of the battle of Mount Sorrel, again suffering heavy casualties. Now a Major commanding No. 3 Company, he was wounded during the battle of Flers–Courcelette on 24 September 1916, by a bullet wound which penetrated his right chest at the sternum, and travelled down and lodged in abdominal muscle. He was admitted to 2nd Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, on 27 September 1916, and to Yorkhill War Hospital, Glasgow, on 1 October 1916. He was discharged on 18 October 1916, but was declared unfit for service for three months and granted leave to Canada, 21 October 1916 to 21 January 1917. Girvan returned to England in late March of 1917, and was appointed Acting Major on 28 April 1917. Then, awarded the Croix du Guerre, on 1 May 1917. Here he spent several months in Bramshott Camp, Hampshire, where his future wife Jean Sword was undergoing training at the camp hospital, and they undoubtedly spent some time together. Girvan returned back to France where, on 30 July 1917, he was indemnified for loss of kit. He was in command of No. 1 Company leading the forward assault of the 15th Battalion during the battle of Hill 70, and was awarded the Military Cross for this action in which the 15th Battalion assaulted and captured Puits 14 and Bois Hugo as part of the Canadian Corps assault on Hill 70 near Lens, France. The battalion was in the first wave of the assault on the Corps’ exposed and vital left flank. Having secured all their objectives on the morning of 15 August 1917, the battalion defended its position for a day and half against numerous German counter attacks until it was relieved and withdrawn from the line. Girvan was struck off the strength of the 15th Battalion to attend a Command Officers Course at Aldershot on 27 June 1918 for 8 weeks, and during this time married Nursing Sister Jean Sword. Girvan, now second in command of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, proceeded overseas to the 15th Battalion, from Witley, on 20 August 1918. For the third time, he landed in France, on 23 August 1918, and rejoined his unit on 26 August. With the Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Bent severely wounded, Girvan took command as the Acting Commanding Officer. Upon the C.O.’s return, several times Girvan acted as C.O. while the commander was away. On 30 August 1918, he narrowly escaped death when the Battalion H.Q. dugout took a direct hit from a German artillery shell. Gir...

The mounted group of four miniature dress medals worn by Nursing Sister J. E. Girvan (née Sword), Canadian Army Medical Corps, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel J. P. Girvan, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., V.D., Commanding the 15th (48th Highlanders of Canada) Battalion Canadian Infantry Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn, together with an unidentified miniature (nursing cape badge?) silver-gilt and enamelled badge, GR cypher, with motto ‘Ducit Amor Patriæ’, the reverse stamped ‘Wanless Sterling’, mounted on brooch pin, good very fine (5) £60-£80 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 21 June 1918: ‘Miss Jean Elizabeth Sword, Nursing Sister, Can. Nursing Service, No. 12 Can. Gen. Hospl., Bramshott, Hants.’ On 24 October 1916, Nursing Sister Jean Elizabeth Sword returned to England from No. 2 Canadian General Hospital, Le Treport, France. On 3 November 1916, she was posted to Canada, where, during the following three months it is presumed she and Major John P. Girvan came to know one another. Jean returned to England, before John, on 2 February 1917. Nursing Sister Sword had acted as a blood donor on 22 April 1918, but due to general weakness and an irregular heartbeat, she was hospitalised following the transfusion until 26 April, and then granted sick furlough until 6 May 1918. She married Major John P. Girvan, M.C., 15th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, in London on 6 July 1918, whilst he was attending a Command Officers Course at Aldershot and shortly before he returned to France to take command of his battalion, going on to win the D.S.O. and Bar. Sold with copied research including Marriage Certificate dated 6 July 1918; Buckingham Palace Telegram and War Office letter concerning award of the Royal red Cross; two photographs of Nursing Sister Sword in nursing uniform, one with R.R.C. medal ribbon; a news cutting announcing the death of their elder son, John Maybin Girvan, late Captain and Adjutant, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, who jumped into Normandy before the landings, was wounded and taken prisoner, continued his profession as a mining engineer after the war until killed instantly by a falling rock at El Aguilar, Argentina, where he was superintendent of a mine; and a letter of condolence from the High Commissioner for Canada, London, upon the death of her husband in 1961. For the recipient’s husband’s medals and his related miniature awards, see Lots 80 and 551. For the recipient’s related full sized awards, see Lot 103.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a rare and interesting G.C.B. (Military) Knight Grand Cross ‘button-hole’ badge, 29mm x 29mm, gold and enamel, with a gold ‘Bath’ crown on riband as worn by a Knight of the Garter, and top gold riband buckle, nearly extremely fine, rare £1,200-£1,600 --- By Order of H.R.H. The Prince Regent, Badges of those Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath who were also Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter were to be surmounted by a crown. The group was small and select. The only persons qualified were the Prince Regent; the Royal Dukes of York, Kent, Clarence, Cumberland, Cambridge, and Gloucester; and the Duke of Wellington. Although the custom soon lapsed, four different badges were produced; one for the Collar Chain; one for the Sash; another for wear around the neck; and a small version for wear from the button-hole. (The History of the Order of the Bath, by J. C. Risk refers).

Eight: Commander E. D. P. Pinks, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, a veteran of the defence of Antwerp and Gallipoli, he went on to serve with H.M.S. Chester during the Battle of Jutland, where his crew mate Boy 1st Class J. T. Cornwell, was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Pinks served with the Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, and was Naval Liaison Officer to Charles de Gaulle 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut E. D. P. Pinks, R.N.V.R.. Drake Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. D. P. Pinks. R.N.V.R.); France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1923, unnamed as issued; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Lt. Comdr E. D. P. Pinks, R.N.V.R. London Div.) with Cross of Lorraine rosette and enamel badge, generally good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Edward Dennis Picton Pinks was born in Brixton, London in November 1888. He was educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University, where he won the Colquhoun Sculls in 1909. Pinks also won the London Sculling Cup in 1913, and was runner up in the Diamond Sculls at Henley in 1913. He was commissioned Sub Lieutenant in the London Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in March 1909, and mobilised in August 1914. Pinks was posted to the Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division and served with them during the defence of Antwerp. He returned to the UK, advanced to Acting Lieutenant and served at the RND Headquarters at Crystal Palace. Pinks served with the Drake Battalion in Gallipoli, and advanced to Acting Lieutenant Commander in August 1915. He was posted for service with H.M.S. Chester (light cruiser) in January 1916, and was present with her when she served as part of the 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron during the Battle of Jutland, 31 May - 1 June 1916. The Chester came under heavy German fire during the battle, receiving 18 direct hits, and she suffered total casualties of 29 killed and 49 wounded, including Boy 1st Class J. T. Cornwell, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Pinks advanced to Lieutenant in February 1917, and served with H.M.S. Tomahawk for the remainder of the war. He was demobilised in 1919, and advanced to Lieutenant Commander in April 1920. Pinks retired as Commander in November 1928. He was employed by the Anglo Persian Oil Company in 1921, and became Manager of its marketing organisation in Belgium. Pinks was recalled for war service in January 1941, and appointed to H.M.S. President for Special & Miscellaneous Services with the Naval Intelligence Division. He was appointed to the Admiralty for service on the Staff of the Principal British Naval Liaison Officer to the Allied Navies in June 1942. Pinks served in France in 1945, and was Naval Liaison Officer to Charles de Gaulle. Commander Pinks was demobilised in 1946, died in December 1949, and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium. Sold with copied research.

Richard O Sullivan signed 6x8 white card. O'Sullivan is an English comedy actor, who is known for his role as Robin Tripp in the 1970s sitcoms Man About the House and Robin's Nest. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Slash lead guitarist for Guns and Roses signed 8x3 white card. Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), better known as Slash, is a British-American musician who is best known as the lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99