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A selection of military items, to include Vickers 303 machine gun ammunition box, stirrup pump, straps, canteen, water bottle, etc.

Various military machine gun oil canisters, Vickers machine gun leather ammunition case, etc.

A World War II American webbing set, 30 cal ammunition box, and hat.

A selection of Russian militaria, to include belts, ammunition pouches, water bottle, etc.

A WWI PAIR OF MEDALS AND MEMORIAL PLAQUE TO THE Gough family, the pair of medals are named to 41647 George Gough Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and the memorial plaque is named to Richard Henry Gough who is buried in the Brimingham cemetery, Carstone Lane, he died on the 23rd November 1918 and served with the 2nd battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, he had the service number 20279, Richard was born around 1892 in Birmingham, the medals and plaque have been polished but all names are legible still, also included in the lot are one small folding knife, two medal ribbon bars, some cap badges without their lugs, a trench art bullet and a small ammunition box, Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request

A heavy artillery brass ammunition shell casing, various engraved markings to base, diameter at base 14.5 cm, overall height 62 cm.

A collection of boxes and crates, including Coopers dipping powder advertising crate and metal ammunition box.

A BRITAINS Set 79 - Royal Navy Landing Party [1897 version] - comprising of a running petty officer with a drawn sword, 8 running mates, an ammunition limber and a RA Gun - F/G, ammunition limber is damaged (13)

A group of early 20th Century BRITAINS, to comprise of an incomplete Set 113 'The East Yorkshire Regiment' (1907 version), a Set 44 2nd Dragoon Guards ' Queens Bays' (1919 version) and a Ammunition Limber & RA Gun with Shield from Set 39 - overall G, however slight damage to ammunition limber and one horse from Set 44 is missing a leg, Set 113 and Set 44 in P incomplete boxes, gun is unboxed (3)

A boxed air ministry ammunition counter, serial number 879/42, MK 1A, a left/right slip dial & brass pressure gauge

A raised chest formed from a 7.62 mm ammunition crate attached to iron supports, approximately 72 cm x 67 cm x 26 cm.

A .450 (Black Powder Express) hammer rifle by Alex Martin, no. 2674Underlever, rebounding backlocks, percussion fences, foliate-scroll engraving, lever-latch forend, well-figured stock with semi-pistolgrip, horn pistolgrip-cap and butt-plate, sling-eyes, the barrels engraved 'Alex Martin, Glasgow' with flat, file-cut top rib with bead foresight, fixed rear sight and folding for 200 & 300 yardsWeight 8lb. 7½oz., 14½in. pull (14in. stock), 28in. barrels, 3½in. chambers, London Black Powder proofThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S58S58 Lots are obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition is held.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .500 (Black Powder Express) hammer rifle by Holland & Holland, no. 12746Underlever, rebounding backlocks, percussion fences, border-scroll engraving, figured stock with semi-pistolgrip, horn pistolgrip-cap, cheek-piece and horn butt-plate, sling swivel, the barrels engraved 'Holland & Holland, 98 New Bond Street, London' with sling-swivel, flat, matt top rib with folding bead foresight (insert missing), fixed rear sight for 50-150 yards and folding for 200 & 250 yardsWeight 8lb. 12oz., 14¼in. stock, 26in. barrels, 3¼in. chambers, London Black Powder proofFootnotes:The makers have kindly confirmed that this rifle was completed in 1890 for a Mr. C. Warner and later sold second-hand to a Mr. G. R. Irwin in 1896This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S58S58 Lots are obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition is held.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .250 (C.F.) smooth oval-bore hammer ejector rook rifle by Charles Lancaster, no. 8352Snap-forward underlever, plain reblacked action, automatic ejector, well-figured stock with steel butt-plate, the reblacked octagonal barrel engraved Charles Lancaster, 151 New Bond Street, London and Non-fouling smooth oval-bore rifling with matted top, bead foresight and open rear sights fixed for 50 yards and folding for 150 yards Weight 5lb. 4½oz., 27⅜in. barrel, London Black Powder proofThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S58S58 Lots are obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition is held.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .300 Martini-action rifle by BSA, no. 31185The left side of the action stamped with maker's mark, stock with B.S.A. butt-plate, the barrel mounted with sling swivels and canvas sling, target-foresight and flip-up target rear-sightWeight 6lb. 1oz., 13in. stock, 25in. barrel, Birmingham nitro proofThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S58S58 Lots are obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition is held.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .300 side-lever hammer rook-rifle by G. P. Graham, no. 66519Sidelever, the action with foliate and border-scroll engraving, much hardening-colour remaining, well-figured stock with pistolgrip and pistolgrip-cap, horn-tipped forend, the octagonal barrel with half file-cut top-rib engraved 'G. P. Graham, Cockermouth', blade-foresight and rear-sights fixed for 50 yards and folding for 100 & 150 yardsWeight 5lb. 5½oz., 14¾in. stock, 26⅛in. barrel, Birmingham Black Powder proofIn a canvas caseThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S58S58 Lots are obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition is held.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An exceptionally rare .360 (1½in.) single-barrelled hammer rifle by Thomas Horsley, no. 1166Incorporating T. Horsley's opening lever patent no. 374 of 1862 and his breasted hammer patent no. 1138 of 1867, the action-body and hammer engraved with foliate scrollwork, integrated opening-lever to the front of the trigger guard, slanted knurled trigger, the stock with skeletal pistol-grip, cheek-piece and steel butt-plate, horn-capped forend and later lever-latch, the octagonal barrel engraved 'Patent 374 & 1138' and 'Thomas Horsley Maker York', with bead foresight and fixed notch rear-sight, modified block mountsWeight 6lb. 8oz., 14¼in. stock, 26½in. barrel, 1½in. chamber, London Black Powder proofFootnotes:This rifle is believed to be one of a kind and was originally made for Lord Stourton in 1863, a prolific customer of Horsley's, he had the rifle modernised and re-listed in 1870LiteratureJ. G. Kirton, The British Falling Block Breech loading Rifle From 1865, 1997This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S58S58 Lots are obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition is held.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .577 (Black Powder Express) hammer rifle by E. & G. Higham, no. 4033Rotary underlever, treble-grip action-body, percussion fences, rebounding backlocks, border-scroll engraving, traces of hardening-colour, the stock with pistolgrip, steel pistolgrip-cap, cheekpiece, rubber recoil-pad (perished), sling-eyes, the barrels engraved E. & G. Higham, 9 Ranelagh Street, Liverpool with matt flat-rib, bead foresight and open rear-sights fixed for 100 yards and folding for 200 and 300 yardsWeight 10lb. 3oz., 28in. barrels, London Black Powder proofIn its leather case with trade-labelThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S58S58 Lots are obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition is held.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An exceptionally rare .450 (3¼in.) falling-block lever-action trials musket by William SoperNo serial number visible, in three-band military configuration, incorporating William Soper's patent no. 2151 of 1865, the walls engraved 'W. Soper, Reading' on the left and 'Inventor & Patentee' on the right, the lever with grip safety and lever release-catch, the stock with steel butt-plate, sling swivels and leather sling, the round barrel engraved 'Sopers Single-Action Safety Breech Loader' with shallow rifling, block-mounted front sights, adjustable folding ladder rearsight, three barrel-bands, and cleaning rodWeight 8lb. 9oz., 13¾in. stock, 36½in. barrel, London Black Powder proofFootnotes:This rifle is one of only three known examples. The rifle was submitted for the 1866 Trials but was ultimately rejected due to its complexity. An almost identical example can be seen in the Royal Armouries, LeedsLiteratureJ. G. Kirton, The British Falling Block Breech loading Rifle From 1865, 1997, p. 69 and 71, fig. 50 and 52a&bThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S58S58 Lots are obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition is held.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .500/450 (No.1 Express) falling-block rifle by R. B. Rodda & Co., no. 38545Incorporating Fields' falling-block patent no. 1927 of 1877, the action-body engraved with a lion on the left and a deer and tiger on the right, surrounded by fine foliate-scrollwork, the left wall engraved 'The Scott-Field', matt detonating, some hardening-colour remaining, the stock with pistol-grip, engraved pistol-grip cap, steel butt-plate, sling-eyes and horn-capped forend, the round barrel engraved 'R. B. Rodda & Co., London and 7 & 8 Dalhousie Square, Calcutta' and 'Henry's Rifling' with flat matt top-rib, bead foresight, rear-sight fixed for 100 yards and folding for 200 yards7lb. 9oz., 14¼in. stock, 27½in. barrel, London Black Powder proofFootnotes:LiteratureJ. G. Kirton, The British Falling Block Breech loading Rifle From 1865, 1997, p. 201ProvenanceThe Ron Winfer CollectionThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S58S58 Lots are obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition is held.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .500/450 (No.2 Musket) falling-block rifle by Westley Richards & Co., no. 672The action-body with bold foliate-scroll engraving, the left side with 'Westley Richards & Co. Ltd. London' and the right side with 'Deeley-Edge Patent' both in scrolling banner, the stock (crack to the rear of top-tang) with sling-eyes and steel butt-plate, horn-capped forend with ramrod, the refinished octagonal barrel with ramp-mounted bead foresight, six folding leaf rear-sights from 100 to 600 yards, and folding ladder rear-sight for up to 1000 yardsWeight 9lb. 11oz., 14⅜in. stock, 29¼in. barrel, 2½in. chamber, London Black Powder proofFootnotes:LiteratureJ. G. Kirton, The British Falling Block Breech loading Rifle From 1865, 1997, p. 159, fig. 137, ProvenanceThe Ron Winfer Collection, Weller & Dufty, Birmingham, 18 September 1996This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S58S58 Lots are obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition is held.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A fine .350 (2¾in.) falling-block rifle by Daniel Fraser & Co., no. 2613Incorporating D. Fraser's falling-block patent no. 5403 of 23rd December 1880, patent use no. 331, best foliate-scroll engraving, virtually full hardening-colour, sliding manual safety with red enamel inlay, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, horn pistolgrip-cap, cheek-piece, recoil-pad and horn butt-plate, sling-eyes, detachable horn-capped forend with Deeley & Edge patent forend-catch, the circular barrel with matt sighting-rib, engraved 'DanL Fraser & Co, Gun and Rifle Manufacturers, 4 Leith St. Terrace, Edinburgh', 100 yard fixed-sight and folding leaf-sights for 200 and 300 yards, folding peep-sight, ramp-mounted blade-foresight with folding beadWeight 7lb. 3½oz., 14½in. pull (14⅛in. stock), 26in. barrel, 2¾in. chamber, London Black Powder proofIn its brass-mounted leather caseFootnotes:LiteratureJ. G. Kirton, The British Falling Block Breech loading Rifle From 1865, 1997, p. 241ProvenanceWeller & Dufty, Birmingham, 6 November 1985The Estate of Major R. L. Benson, April 1940A quantity of .400/360 (Nitro Express) ammunition can be made available to the buyer with the appropriate firearms certificate variationThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S1S1 Section 1 lots require a valid British Firearms certificate, RFD (Registered Firearms Dealer) Licence or import licence.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .50-110 (Winchester Express) 'Model 1886' lever-action rifle by Winchester, no. 51513Plain receiver, the top tang stamped '-Model 1886-', the figured stock with steel butt-plate, forend with split and repair, the octagonal barrel indistinctly engraved, full-length magazine-tube, 'Winchester Express' front 'Jack Sight' and 'Winchester Express' platinum line rear sightsWeight 8lb. 15oz., 13in. stock, 25½in. barrelThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: S58S58 Lots are obsolete calibres and no licence is required unless ammunition is held.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

1955 metal ammunition tin 303 BDR

The regimentally unique and important ‘West Africa 1898’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Major-General Weir de L. Williams, Hampshire Regiment, a gallant and oft-wounded Channel Islander whose adventurous early career ranged from the North West Frontier of India, through the jungles of West Africa to the South African veldt; during the Great War he landed at Gallipoli from the SS River Clyde and played a prominent role in the bloody fighting at V beach, later holding Brigade and Divisional commands on the battlefields of the Western Front Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut. W. de L. Williams 1st Hamp: Regt.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1898 (Capt. W. de L. Williams D.S.O. Royal Niger Constably) renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (Capt. W. de. Le. Williams D.S.O. Hamps Rgt.) official corrections to post-nominal letters and unit; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. W. De L. Williams, D.S.O. Hamps R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Maj. Gen. W. De L. Williams); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914-15, with palm; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., mounted court-style; together with a contemporary duplicate India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, this with officially re-engraved naming (Lieut. W. de L. Williams, 1st Bn. Hampshire Regt.), light contact marks, otherwise good very fine and better (12) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Spink, March 1992, when sold with ‘Niger 1897’ clasp on the renamed East and West Africa medal. C.B. (Military) London Gazette 1 January 1921. C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1917: ‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field’ D.S.O. London Gazette 30 June 1899:
‘In recognition of services with the Royal Niger Constabulary during the recent operations in the Benin Hinterland, Siama, &c.’ French Legion of Honour London Gazette 21 August 1919. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 24 February 1916. Roumanian Order of the Crown, Grand Officer London Gazette 20 September 1919. Belgian Order of the Crown and Croix de Guerre London Gazette 24 October 1919. M.I.D. London Gazettes 30 May 1899; 10 September 1901; 5 August 1915; 4 January 1917; 15 May 1917; 11 December 1917; 20 December 1918; and 5 July 1919. Weir de Lancey Williams was born at St Peter Port, Guernsey, on 2 March 1872, son of Lieutenant-General Sir William “Devil” Williams, K.C.B., Royal Artillery. He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and the United Services College, from which he entered the Royal Military College in 1889 as a Queen’s Cadet. He was commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment in 1891 and was sent to India to join the 1st Battalion. His first opportunity for active service presented itself in 1897, when he obtained an appointment as Assistant Transport Officer to the Second Division of the Tirah Field Force, formed to quell a series of tribal uprisings on the North West Frontier. One of only a handful of members of his Regiment to participate in these operations, during which he was shot through the foot on 11 December 1897, when Afridi tribesmen attempted to overwhelm the baggage train during a march down the Bara Valley. Shipped back to England to recuperate, he lost little time in arranging his next adventure, and in August 1898 headed to West Africa, on attachment to the forces of the Royal Niger Company. The appointment provided plenty of opportunities for action. As part of its efforts to establish control over the lower Niger, the Company conducted numerous expeditions – 63 in all between 1886 and 1899, when its charter was revoked on establishment of the Northern and Southern Nigerian Colonial Protectorates. Few of them involved more than three or four officers and 200 Royal Niger Constabulary troops, but the casualty returns show the risks to have been real, quite apart from the challenges presented by terrain and climate. In October 1898, quite soon after Captain Williams’ arrival, a particularly serious outbreak of fighting flared up around Asaba, a principal station of the Company, 150 miles up the Niger river. Fugitive chiefs fostered a revolt in opposition to the interference of the Company’s officers with sacrificial customs; the mission at Illah was ransacked and an attack made on the Company’s station. The disaffected district was extensive, requiring the despatch of a column of 400 Company troops, with three Maxims and two seven-pounder field pieces. Several fierce engagements were fought, resulting in casualties of eight killed and 34 wounded on the Company’s side. Williams was among the wounded, having commanded a force of 120 men which left Asaba on 2 November to deliver food and ammunition to the garrison at Isele, about 15 miles away. The narrow paths allowed single file as the only formation in which to move, and led through the thickest of forest, drastically reducing the field of view and rendering superior weapons such as the Maxims of little use. En route they met with some resistance but fought their way through and achieved their objective, with the loss of one man. However, by the time they started their return the following day the enemy had concentrated from surrounding districts and they faced some quite desperate fighting. Three miles from a town named Uburu Kiti they found the path blocked and were compelled to cut their way through the bush, under continuous attack. By the time they reached the town eight men had been wounded and ammunition was running short; here they met a strong party of the enemy defending a row of houses. The more open ground allowed the Maxim to be brought into action, but two gunners were killed in doing so, and the gun jammed after half a dozen shots. So, with 50 men, Williams charged the houses and cleared the enemy out. By the end of the day four men had been killed and 29 wounded, Captain Williams being shot in the side. Out of ammunition, and with the prospect of further fighting before reaching Asaba, the column made camp and a runner was sent ahead to ask for assistance. The relief found them after a four-hour march, very ragged, tired and blood-stained from their five-day ordeal. In June 1899 Captain Williams succeeded as commandant of the Royal Niger Company’s troops, in place of Captain H. W. E. Parker, South Wales Borderers, recently killed attempting to impose order in another remote and troublesome part of the territory. It fell to Williams to avenge his brother officer’s death, in leading a punitive expedition of 150 Hausa troops against the Suntai. This band were based about 50 miles south-east of Ibi, on the upper part of the Benue River (a tributary of the Niger), and had for some time been raiding their neighbours, who had appealed to the Company for protection. Marching from Ibi, Williams’ force attacked the town of Suntai, which put up a most determined fight. The town wall was found to be quite unclimbable, and where it was breached the defenders attempted repairs under fire in a very daring manner. The final assault through this breach cost the Company troops five men killed and 25 wounded; when the town fell and the captured chief was brought before him, Williams is said to have expressed his admiration of the plucky defence. Williams’ time with the Royal Niger Constabulary ended in September 1899 on his return to regimental duty, taking with him a D.S.O. in recognition of his services (presented to him by the Queen at Windsor, on 30th November 1899). He...

The important ‘Defence of Lucknow’ Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to James Luffman, a 15-year scholar at La Martinière School - a ‘Ragged Fusilier’, one of only two boys wounded during the siege and one of the six senior boys who bore arms Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (James Luffman.) fitted with contemporary silver ribbon brooch; together with the Punjab 1848-49 medal awarded to his father with clasps for Chiliamwala and Goojerat (James Luffman.) this correctly impressed but with rank and regiment neatly erased, toned, good very fine (2) £2,000-£2,600 --- Luffman’s mutiny medal has always been associated with a two-clasp Punjab medal, also named to James Luffman. It has a well executed erasure both before and after the impressed naming consistent with the rank and regiment having been obliterated. Research by Major H. E. Dadley in conjunction with A. J. Farrington of the India Office Records confirms that the Punjab medal belongs to James’s father Staff Sergeant James Luffman, 3rd Company 1st Battalion Bengal Artillery, with the medal roll confirming the clasps for Chilianwalla and Goojerat. It further transpires that there is only one man named Luffman on the Punjab medal roll. Fifty-eight medals were awarded to the Foundation boys and staff of the La Martinière School and are highly prized for their uniqueness and rarity – this one to James Luffman more so as he was one of only two boys wounded during the Defence. These boys boarded at the school and came under the auspices of the Claude Martin Charities being deemed as being from straightened but deserving families. On 13 June 1857, at the command of Sir Henry Lawrence, the scholars all marched from the Martinière to the Residency on a journey that, over the next 6 months, would turn these schoolboys into men and earn for them the soubriquet “The Ragged Fusiliers”. The siege commenced on the 1st July 1857 when Luffman was just a few days shy of his sixteenth birthday. With the firing of the first shots most of the servants fled the Residency so the military authorities impressed the younger boys of the Martinière to undertake domestic chores including, sweeping the compounds, the drawing of water, grinding the daily rations of corn to make bread and some to cook the boys meals. Others tended to the sick officers and others to take messages between garrisons. Later, Brigadier Inglis requested that as many boys as possible should be sent to pull the punkahs over the sick and wounded at the General Hospital. For this purpose 36 were told off in reliefs of 12 each and changed every 12 hours. The boys’ health suffered greatly and two died. The junior boys were used as night watchmen and for digging the wells for the “filth” of the Establishment whilst six senior boys bore arms defending the Martinière Post, operating the semaphore system on top of the Residency Tower and in supervising the younger pupils. L. E. R. Rees wrote of their plight:
‘The poor Martinière pupils, who go about the garrison more filthy than others, and apparently more neglected and hungry even than we are, are made use of to drive away these insects (flies) from the sick in hospital, and others. That they, too, should contribute their share of usefulness is but just and fair; but that they should be placed in menial attendance upon the healthy great in the garrison is, in my opinion, far from right. But I shall say nothing more on this subject, lest I assume a tone of censure.’ The Martinière Post, after the Judicial Garrison, was the most exposed defence in the Residency. Johannes’ House kept up an incessant rifle fire from just outside the perimeter with “Bob the Nailer” causing the most nuisance. The Post was defended by men from the 32nd Regiment of Foot, civilians and six armed senior boys from the Martinière named as: James Luffman, Edward Henry Hilton, David Aratoon, John Hornby, George Roberts and Samuel Wrangle. The wounding of Luffman is best described by Edward Hilton from his book “The Tourist's Guide to Lucknow”. Hilton spent much of his latter years given tours to local visitors and is well placed to give the most accurate account. The boys who carried arms used to take 20 or 30 rounds and go to the top of the house in which we were located and fire through the loopholes at the enemy and at whatever seemed a fair target. There were pumpkins and other vegetables which would have made a welcome addition to our cuisine growing in Johannes’ garden outside the line of our defence. We found it very tantalising to know that we must not venture to forage in this garden for the vigilance of the enemy’s marksmen was untiring and they never lost an opportunity of picking off any member of the garrison who was so incautious to expose himself. Seeing that the coveted vegetables were not available for us we did our best to make them unfit for the enemy and found some diversion in firing at the gourds. This “sport” was put an end to by the following circumstances: ‘Shortly after the boy Smith had been hit by one of the enemy’s marksmen, known to the boys by the soubriquet of “Jim the Rifle” located in the Johannes’ warehouse facing our post, Luffman and myself, with the intention of avenging this, went on the the roof of the building in which we were quartered and which overlooked the enemy’s position to try and get a shot at the rascal; we both used the same loophole. While on lookout one of the lads, S. Hornby, came to the roof with a supply of ammunition, and, while our attention was thus diverted our mutinous opponent across the way fired at us. His bullet struck Luffman’s musket, [which was in the loophole], glanced along the barrel and lodged in his left shoulder. As already mentioned he fortunately recovered but our target practice had to be discontinued owing to the ammunition being put out of our reach.’ 
James Austen Luffman was born on 5 July 1841, the eldest of three sons to Sergeant James Luffman, Bengal Artillery, and his wife Mary (née Bowers). Mary died on 4 August 1852, at Peshawar leaving James with the unenviable task of taking care of his three children. He sought assistance from the Claude Martin Charities who accepted the two elder brothers, James Austen and John Thomas, at the Martinière at Lucknow, with the younger, William Collins, being accepted at the sister Martinière School at Calcutta. The boys were orphaned on 11 June 1858, when their father died at Raneegunge, where he had been working as a Dak Agent for the Inland Transport Company. The Principal Registry of Probate, England, handed guardianship, until full age, to their lawful aunt Anne Still who, with her husband John, had been resident in India before returning to England living in Sudbury, Middlesex. At the denouement of the mutiny James Luffman joined the East Indian Railways together with “partners in crime” John Hornby and Edward Hilton, an understanding expected of all Martinière boys that they serve at least a year within the railway establishment. On 26 March 1859, he joined the Indian Police and performed non-gazetted appointments in and around Oudh until being gazetted on 16 January 1879 with the rank of District Superintendent of Police, a position he held until retirement on 25 October 1894. His record of service showed he worked variously in Bahraich, Hardoi, Partagarh, Jalaun, Gorackpur and Rae Barelli. It should be noted that at this time gazetted appointments in the police were generally filled by military officers or appointees from England making promotion and gazetting of locally enlisted officers discriminato...

The 1914-15 Star awarded to Battery Quartermaster Sergeant P. J. Murphy, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, who was awarded the D.C.M. for his gallantry on the Somme in 1918 1914-15 Star (5498 Gnr. P. J. Murphy. R. Can. H.A.) very fine £80-£100 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1919: ‘His cool courage and great keenness under the most dangerous conditions have on several occasions helped greatly to keep up the morale of his battery during the operations. On the Somme, from the 21st March to 5th April, 1918, he kept up the supply of ammunition to his battery under the heaviest shell and machine-gun fire. On 8th August, 1918, at Beaucourt, his great coolness under heavy machine-gun fire had a great effect in steadying and encouraging the drivers in the wagon line.’ Patrick Jack Murphy was born in County Tipperary, Ireland in November 1885. He emigrated to Canada, and resided at 112 1/2 Queen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Murphy had served with the Royal Field Artillery for over 7 years, and served during the Great War as a Battery Quartermaster Sergeant with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery on the Western Front.

Four: Private C. C. Airey, Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 14 April 1945 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure ‘C. C. Airey’, extremely fine Memorial Plaque (Joseph Goss) in card envelope; together with a silver prize medal, the reverse engraved ‘The Champion Medal of the 30th. W.Y.R.V. Birstal.’, traces of verdigris to plaque, nearly very fine (6) £70-£90 --- Charles Cormack Airey served with the 10th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry during the Second World War, and was killed in action in North West Europe on 14 April 1945. He is buried in Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. Four men with the name Joseph Goss are recorded on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour: a Sergeant in the 56th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery; a Corporal in the 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry; a Private n the 2nd/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters; and a Private in the 50th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant F. H. Knowles, Canadian Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (331650 Sjt: F. H. Knowles. 1/D.A.C. Can: F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (331650 Sjt. F. H. Knowles. C.F.A.) edge bruise to BWM and light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (3) £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 23 February 1918. Fred Hayes Knowles was born in Alford, Aberdeen, on 11 July 1888 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Vancouver, B.C., on 21 February 1916. He served with the 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Canadian Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front, and was awarded the Military Medal. He was demobilised in Toronto on 14 May 1919.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Corporal J. Edwards, Royal Lancaster Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (23531 L.Cpl. J. Edwards. 1/4 R. Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (23531 Cpl. J. Edwards. R. Lanc. R.) edge bruising and minor contact marks, polished, very fine (4) £600-£800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 15 November 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and initiative in an advance. When all his men had become casualties he collected some others, and carried out his orders, making a successful reconnaissance of part of the enemy’s position. On returning, he brought a captured trench mortar into action and fired it until all the ammunition was expended. He showed great courage and resource throughout.’ Sold together with the following family medal: British War Medal 1914-20 (22232 Pte. W. Edwards. R. Lanc. R.) polished, very fine

A particularly fine Second World War Mosquito navigator's D.F.M. group of four awarded to Pilot Officer L. J. Etheridge, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who completed 50 sorties over France, Holland and Germany in 1944-45, an action packed tour that included a brace of crash-landings back in England after damage sustained in action - once on one engine with a hung-up 500lb. bomb: so, too, the spectacular daylight raids on the S.S.-occupied Chateau de Fou in August 1944 and S.S. barracks at Arnhem in the following month Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1603309. F/Sgt. L. J. Etheridge. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, generally good very fine (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008. D.F.M. London Gazette 8 May 1945. The original recommendation states: 'Flight Sergeant Etheridge has completed 50 sorties with his pilot, Flight Lieutenant Gasson, including three daylight operations. This N.C.O. has proved himself to be an excellent operational Navigator. He has never failed to bring his pilot to the target area, often despite poor weather conditions and without navigational aids. Some of the sorties in which he was engaged involved very deep penetrations into enemy territory, where accurate navigation, without Gee facilities, was vital to the success of the missions. The results obtained by this Navigator and his pilot have been outstandingly good as the following examples will show. On the night of 6-7 August 1944, a moving light was attacked in France and due to the fact that the attack was pressed home to a low level the port engine was hit by a ricochet and caught fire at 1500 feet. The port propeller was feathered and the graviner switch operated. The return flight was made on one engine and Flight Sergeant Etheridge's accurate navigation brought them safely to England. It was found that height could not be maintained with the result that the English coast was crossed at 400 feet and a crash landing made at Ford. On the night of 4-5 October 1944, when carrying out a patrol over Holland and Germany, two trains were found in a railway station at Millingen, which were attacked with bombs and cannon. A large explosion followed the attack and later a fire started. During the same patrol a tug and six barges were found and successfully strafed. Flight Sergeant Etheridge also took part in the successful daylight operations against the chateau south of Chatellerault on 2nd August, trains at Chalons on 25 August 1944 and on the barracks at Arnhem on 17 September 1944. Flight Sergeant Etheridge possesses great determination and coolness in times of crisis. His fine offensive spirit, which is equal to that of his pilot, has gone to make an ideal Mosquito crew. In view of his fine operational record, I strongly recommend him for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.' Laurence James Etheridge was born in Hampshire in January 1921. He commenced his operational career with 107 Squadron, a Mosquito unit of 2nd Tactical Air Force's 138 Wing, operating out of Lasham, in July 1944, when, with his New Zealander pilot, Flight Lieutenant L. Gasson, he completed an offensive patrol over Vire-Falaise-Trouville sector on the night of the 24th-25th. Indeed it was to prove the first of a spate of such patrols in support of the Allied landings, 107’s Mosquito VIs targeting enemy troops, transport and communications, often with great success, according to the Squadron's Operational Record Book (O.R.B.), by means of bombing and cannon fire delivered from altitudes as low as 500-1000 feet. Success was also dependent on a bright moon, a case in point being Etheridge's third sortie - against targets in the upper reaches of the Seine, from Rouen on the night of 30-31 July - when 107's Mosquitoes strafed and bombed a variety of trains, bridges, roads and in fact, any moving lights, but not without interference from the usual flak concentrations which had a habit of 'creeping up on the unwary'. Etheridge's next sortie was of the daylight variety, one of a series of famous strikes against the S.S. and Gestapo, in this case an attack on troops of the notorious 158th “Security” Regiment - who had recently murdered members of the S.A.S. - in the Chateau de Fou, south of Chatellerault on 2 August, a spectacular raid captured on camera, and one in which his aircraft, Mosquito A-NT. 136, formed part of the third wave - never the best place to be with aroused defences: ‘In the woods to the immediate south of the Chateau, one large explosion was seen after a cannon attack, possibly from motor transport. Bombs landed all round the Chateau but no direct hit was claimed. Strikes were obtained on the roof in a cannon attack and a small fire was seen to start inside. Aircraft ‘D’ sustained the loss of one engine over the target and crash landed at Thorney Island - crew unhurt. The trip back was uneventful except for a little flak soon after leaving the target, which was successfully avoided by all except F./O. Staple in Aircraft ‘J’ ... It is doubtful if the Chateau was entirely destroyed but troops possibly hiding in the woods would have been eliminated’ (107’s Squadron Operational Record Book refers). Two days later Etheridge was part of a Squadron effort to lend support to the Army in the Caen sector, when 'much activity was seen in the battle zone and flak was very considerable', while on the night of 6-7 August, as cited above, he and Gasson were compelled to return from France on one engine, the other having been set alight by a ricochet from their own low-level cannon-fire - not mentioned, however, is the fact they were carrying a hung-up 500lb. bomb as they made their crash landing at Ford in Sussex and that said bomb exploded just two minutes after they had scrambled clear of the wreckage. Notwithstanding such a close-call, both were back in action over France, chasing trains out of Paris, the very next night. So, too, on the 8th-9th, evidence indeed of 107's constant operational agenda, another three nights of successive operations taking place between the 12th-15th, in one of which further trains were shot up in the Falaise sector. And as if this "three-nighter" agenda were not punishing enough, Etheridge and Gasson were called upon to carry out two sorties on the night of 16th-17th, both of them strikes against barges on the Seine - such was the ferocity of the flak that neither could see the results of their attacks. Bad weather then having intervened, their next sortie was flown on the night of 23-24 August, on a line between Cap D'Antifer and Lens, another on the 24th-25th, and a daylight operation against railway targets at Chalons in the afternoon of the latter date - a spectacular mission in which a number of oil-trains were hit, exploding 'with a terrific mushroom of flame and black smoke', but a mission, too, in which most of the participating aircraft were also damaged by return fire: a vivid portrayal of 107’s Mosquito VIs on a low-level railway strike over France, by David Pentalnd, is available as a limited edition print from Cranston Fine Arts. The Squadron now having moved to Epinoy, France, September started with a deep penetration sortie into Holland and Germany on the night of the 5th-6th, severe jamming preventing the use of GEE and making Etheridge's navigation role all the more difficult, while on the 9th-10th eight of 107s aircraft destroyed a brace of ammunition trains between Metz and Morhange, taking it in turns to carry out devastating cannon and machine-gun attacks. A successful sortie to Holland followed on the night of the 11th-12th, a less successful one on the 13th-14th, while on the 17th Etheridge and Gasson, piloti...

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant W. H. Holmes, 282nd London Brigade Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (47620 Sjt. W. H. Holmes, 282/Lond. Bde. A.C. R.F.A.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (47620 Sjt. W. H. Holmes, R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (47620 Sjt. W. H. Holmes, R.F.A.) good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008. M.M. London Gazette 21 August 1917. W. Henry Holmes attested for the Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 October 1915. He was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 282nd London Brigade Ammunition Column, R.F.A., and subsequently transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery.

Rare Longines C.O.S.D. British Military Paratroopers 'Tuna Can' gentleman's wristwatch, circa 1940s, silvered dial with black Arabic numerals, inner red 24 hour chapter, luminous markers within outer tracking, military arrow, signed gilt cal. 12.68N 16 jewel manual wind movement, no. 6990xxx, nickel plated case with fixed bars, original crown, Company Ordnance Supply Depot issue markings 'C.O.S.D. 2340', expanding bracelet, 36mm (requires repair)-** This watch was inherited by a former Royal Navy Engineer Officer from Mrs Jean Harris, the widow of the original owner in 1944, Captain N H Harris MBE MN following his death in 1976.-** Captain N H Harris MBE MN was the Second Officer of the SS Fort Stikine, an armed merchant Liberty Ship. On 14 April 1944, the ship, carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, timber, oil, gold, and ammunition including around 1,400 tons of explosives with an additional 240 tons of torpedoes and weapons as well as two Spitfires, caught fire in Bombay harbour and was destroyed in two massive explosions. This resulted in the sinking of a further 11 ships in the vicinity and vast devastation in the city surrounding the port area. Some 800-1300 people were killed and 80,000 made homeless in consequence. For his actions in trying to control the fire and subsequently to minimise the impact of the coming explosion, Mr Harris was awarded the Lloyds of London Silver Medal for Meritorious Service. Quite how he survived the incident is beyond comprehension.     -Movement - the movement is clean and functions but will require attention as the crown is currently seized.Dial - original dial with nice patina as expected for the period - see image.Glass - surface marks and small crack.Hands - original hands with nice patina.Case - well worn case as expected - please view images for general guidance.Crown - appears to be the original crown, but is seized and it is not possible to change hands at present.Bracelet - later replacement.-Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained 

A German ammunition pouch for six sub-machine gun magazines and a loading tool, possibly for the Schmeister M40. In Olivedrab canvas with brown leather straps *Condition: Slightly worn but good condition.

A Second World War German Ammunition pouch in canvas and leather for two rifle magazines, the brown leather straps on back stamped 'G43' and a small German eagle over 'bcb 43'. 13 x 23cm *Condition: Good condition with light signs of use/age.

With a 74.5cm slightly curved blade with fuller and spear point, the blade sharpened for active service and etched with a battleship, Imperial Reichs Crown over a fouled anchor, all amongst scrolling foliage. The guard with double folding inner and outer sections, the larger with fouled anchor, all with further scrolling foliage, with an ivory grip with wire binding, the pommel with lion's head set with red and greed eyes. Mounted with a second World War Kriegsmarine sword knot. The leather scabbard with engraved brass mounts, with twin ring suspension loops. With a black leather sword belt and twin hangers with Reichsmarine buckle marked for A.W. & S. Berlin. The grip engraved internally 'M. Tikrem C.L.' (?) and 'Dohnka'. 89cm overall. With copied research and images of some of Dohnka's ships. Research accompanying the sword suggests that Dohnka relates to Emil Dohnke who was born on the 22nd May 1879, he joined the Imperial Navy in 1896 as an artillery mechanic being promoted to the officer's rank of Lieutenant Ordnance Specialist (Feuerwerks-Leutnenat) on the 19th July 1911. He served in the artillery department of the Imperial Shipyard (Kaiserliche Werft) in Kiel and on the 22nd March 1914 he was promoted to Feuerwerks-Oberleutnant (Lieutenant Senior Grade). Following the beginning of the First World War he was posted to the ammunition depot of the German Navy Corps in Flanders. He appears to have retired from active service on the 30th October 1915 retiring from the Navy in 1918. By July 1st 1934 he had rejoined the Reichsmarine as a Lieutenant Commander and Erganzungs-Offizer (Supplement Officer), a branch of the Navy created for specialists in Artillery, Mine Sweeping or Torpedo operation. He remained at the Naval Arsenal in Kiel rising to the rank of Fregattenkapitan (Commander Senior Grade). He seems to have left the Navy at this time and celebrated his 100th birthday in Hamburg in 1979. A photocopied report of his 100th birthday celebrations is included with copied research relating to this combatant from the First and Second World Wars . A Cites License has been applied for MUVZ2SVW *Condition: Repair to split in scabbard, part of wire grip binding lacking, some light marking to blade.

4 ammunition boxes

Newspaper-Nov 3rd 1945-The Illustrated London News-Story U Boat pens and German Ammunition Demolished also Rockets and Flying bomb as Seaborne Weapons of Further Navies etc-excellent condition

A wooden ammunition box, a German red cross box and a brass conical timer. The wooden box with rope handles, L72cm, the red cross box painted black with a plaque attached to the top, L42.5cm

A pair of trench art ammunition shells, height 18 cm.

Circa 16th-19th century A.D. Composed of shots of different gauges and dates; together with ammunition of a different type. 2.46 kg total, 8-57 mm (22 x 12 cm including box) (1/4 - 2 1/4 in. (8 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)). Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.[No Reserve]

Impressive Modern Made Model of the German Ammunition Tracked Transporter for the Karl Gerät Giant Mobile Howitzer’s, In the Gert Duscha style for use with Lineol and Elastolin figures. Camouflage paint finish to the body, Complete with large shells and other accessories mounted. 28cms in length.

German Afrika Korps jacket by Marquarot & Schulz, cap, leather belt and ammunition pouches. Complete with mannequin for ease of display

Horse wearing robes bearing lion rampant, the Royal emblem for Scotland. Black base. Heavy silver and gold tone elements of ammunition.Michael Sutty backstamp. Artist: Michael SuttyIssued: 1980sDimensions: 10.5" L x 5" W x 10.5" HEdition Number: 240 of 500 Manufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Good.

* RAF Hawkinge. WWII enamel sign 'Danger High Voltage Transformer No 3', white font on red ground, 38 x 61 cm, together with 'No Live Ammunition To Be Brought Into This Building', white font on black and green ground, 46.5 x 69.5 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Important Notice: All lots from the Tonbridge Battle of Britain Museum (lots 401-557) will remain in situ in the Museum and will only be available for viewing and collection from there in Tonbridge, Kent. All viewings and collections are strictly by timed appointment - please see front of catalogue or contact the auction office for details.Provenance: Tonbridge Battle of Britain Museum, Malcolm Pettit.Both were originally displayed at RAF Hawkinge.

* Dornier Do 17. Leading edge wing slat recovered from Dornier Do17 Z-2 1176 which was shot down on 15 September 1940 by Pilot Officer Patrick Stephenson of 607 Squadron. Having exhausted his ammunition supply he rammed his Hurricane into the Dornier which exploded over Goudhurst, aluminium rivetted construction with battle damage, retaining original paint, approximately 130 cm longQTY: (1)NOTE:Important Notice: All lots from the Tonbridge Battle of Britain Museum (lots 401-557) will remain in situ in the Museum and will only be available for viewing and collection from there in Tonbridge, Kent. All viewings and collections are strictly by timed appointment - please see front of catalogue or contact the auction office for details.Provenance: Tonbridge Battle of Britain Museum, Malcolm Pettit.Dornier Do 17Z-2 1176 was shot down over the Thames Estuary on 15 September 1940, one crew was killed and the other taken prisoner.Pilot Officer Patrick Stephenson of 607 Sqaudron exhausted his ammunition supply and rammed Dornier 17-Z2 which exploded over Goudhurst on 15 September 1940. The wing slat was from this aircraft and was given to Malcolm Pettit by an eyewitness who saw the whole incident from the top of a hill in the village of Goudhurst. He said he was a young lad who had just left school and started working as a gardener of a large house in Goudhurst. He told Malcolm Pettit how he was working in the garden on this particular day of the 15 September, which we know as Battle of Britain Day. He said everybody was used to the sound of aircraft overhead and also the sound of many battles in the skies above Goudhurst, he said you just didn't take much notice of it. However, on this day he heard a huge bang which made him look up and what he saw was two aircraft that had just collided with each other as they went down he remembered seeing a parachute and of course we now know this was pilot officer Stephenson. The aircraft veered off in different directions and bits of debris falling off as they went down together in a dive one of the pieces fell in the garden not far from where the young lad was working, which turned out to be this wing slat from the Dornier. The damage that Stephenson's Hurricane caused when he rammed it is still quite evident and there are two small fragments of his propeller where he must have impacted the Dornier stuck in the cracks of the wing slat.

Small group of diecast guns, to include boxed Hot Toys Modern Firearms Collection P90, boxed Dong San M-16A1 Assault Rifle, a machine gun with base and toy ammunition & two rifles

Collection of Action Man and Action Man style accessories to include Hasbro Action Man scuba diving equipment, Hasbro Action Man guns, spare body parts, boots, grenades, ammunition box, etc; together with a small group of plastic figures & accessories, 1980's onwards, to include Star Wars 4-LOM, He-ManKobra Kahn, A-Team, etc. Some play wear (2 boxes)

A 19th Century cross belt with whistle and badge and ammunition pouch for The Queens Westminster Rifle Volunteers - on a card mount with typed label

TWO VINTAGE EASTERN EUROPEAN / RUSSIAN HANGING POSTERS OF WARHEAD / AMMUNITION DIAGRAMS

A LATE 19TH CENTURY BROWN LEATHER PISTOL HOLSTER two other pistol holsters; a black leather ammunition belt; a canvas military ammunition pouch; a Scottish leather and white metal horse hair ammunition pouch; and a brass telescope in a fitted leather case (7)

A LATE 19TH CENTURY LIGHT INFANTRY LEATHER AMMUNITION POUCH 16cm long

A collection of mid-20th century militaria, including a painted wood sign for the '47 Inf. Workshop REME', another sign for the same regiment, detailed 'The Stirring Spoon', two metal vehicle plates, a 'Sergeants Mess' sign and a .303 ammunition box.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

A cased vintage brass telescope, another telescope and a ammunition box

An ammunition tin marked Amm Box Cal 50M2 and US Flaming Grenade to side.

A Boxed Britains American Civil War Field Piece #9726. With Ammunition.

An early 20th century bowie knife having a shaped steel blade with antler handle in leather sheath, together with various other knives and spent ammunition shells etc.

Miscellaneous items to include two ammunition crates, a Royal Oak wall plaque, and sporting photographs

Five Military Metal Ammunition Boxes, 55cm long x 2cm high together with one smaller box

A British Army WWII P60 ammunition box, 1943, to/w military ditty box (no key) and brass coal scuttle (3)