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Lot 131

Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5357 S. Mjr. R. Lyon, Ches. R.) slight edge bruise to reverse, nearly very fine £50-70 M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919. Robert Arthur Lyon joined the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment in 1896, and remained with the Colours until he was discharged from the Army as medically unfit, in December 1919. He served in India, December 1898-November 1904. With the onset of the Great War, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war as a Company Quartermaster Serjeant on 16 August 1914 but was back in England on 29 August and after a spell of hospital treatment in Sheffield was detailed for duty at the Depot, Chester Castle for a while. He returned to France in September 1915-April 1917 and became Regimental Serjeant-Major of the 1st Battalion. In April 1917 he was posted R.S.M. of the 3rd Battalion in England, and in December 1917, R.S.M. of the 15th Battalion in France. Whilst serving with them he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in action and was treated for shell concussion in July 1918. He returned to the U.K. in April 1919, was awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. by Army Order 130 of April 1919 and was invalided out of the service in December 1919. With a quantity of copied service papers and other research. In addition to the above, Lyon was awarded the Military Medal; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals and Silver War Badge.

Lot 133

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (101 Sjt. J. Lyon, Fife & Forfar Yeo.) with replacement straight bar suspension, good very fine £40-60

Lot 167

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (G. Alcock, Grenadier Gds.), officially impressed naming, edge nicks and occasional bruising, otherwise good very fine £750-850 Alcock served in the 3rd Battalion, and was entitled to the above described Medal & clasps, the units roll further stating in the remarks column, Dead. W.O. 29.4.56.

Lot 189

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Major G. S. Nash, R.M.L.I.) minor contact marks, good very fine £300-350 George Stevens Nash was born in 1840, the son of a Clergyman from Chatham. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Marines in April 1859 and was promoted to Lieutenant in February 1861; Captain in September 1874, and Major in July 1881. Going to Egypt in 1884, he was in command of Port Said, 22-30 May 1884. Then in command of Island Town of Suakin, 9 June-15 July 1884 and of Fort Euryalus and Carysfort, 15-25 July 1884 - the three posts being subject to frequent attacks from the enemy. Major Nash was then placed in command of Suez, 12 August-8 November 1884; in command of the 2nd Battalion Royal Marines, 8-19 November and in command of Suakin & Reserve Depot, 11-29 March 1885. He was then present at the taking and burning of Tamaai, 3 April 1885 and in the operations around Handoub in defence of the railway, 5-14 April 1885. Returning to the U.K. later in the year, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1886. Placed on the Retired List on 21 April 1890, he died on 5 April 1919. With copied service papers.

Lot 200

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897 (1442 Sapper Subrahmaniyan, Q. O. Madras S. & M.) some slight scratches to obverse, very fine £140-180

Lot 218

Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (8509 G. Glen, 19th Coy. 6th Impl. Yeo.), last clasp unofficially riveted, very fine £150-200 Graham Glen, a well-known Scottish portrait artist who was active in the years 1897-1925, was born in Edinburgh and enlisted in the Imperial Yeomanry in January 1900, aged 22 years. Posted to the 19th (Lothian and Berwickshire) Company, 6th Battalion, he served in South Africa from February of the same year until June 1901, and was discharged on his return to the U.K. in the following month; sold with copied service record which verifies the above described Medal & clasps.

Lot 229

Tibet 1903-04, no clasp, bronze issue (527 Cooly Ras Dass, S. & T. Corps) good very fine £60-80

Lot 273

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companions 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels, in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue, extremely fine £500-550

Lot 275

The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commanders set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered K65; and breast star, silver, gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered 65, complete with neck crevat in its Collingwood & Co case of issue, this also numbered K 65, in need of a good clean, otherwise nearly extremely fine £600-700

Lot 276

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commanders 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard & Co Ltd case of issue, the case scuffed and clasp defective, otherwise extremely fine £180-220

Lot 284

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse (W. Bacon, Serjeant 33rd Regiment Foot 1838) initial corrected, fitted with silver straight bar suspension, some edge bruising, very fine £150-200

Lot 285

Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (2873802 Sjt. R. McRobbie, Gordon) minor scratches to obverse, good very fine £30-50

Lot 286

Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (Lieut. G. Ryan, R.A.S.C.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (1906556 Sgt. P. J. Ryan, R.A.F.) very fine and better (2) £50-70

Lot 287

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), V.R. (Volr. J. E. Holt, Bangalore Rifle Voltrs.) engraved naming, good very fine £80-100 Award dated Simla 21 May 1897.

Lot 288

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), V.R. (Volr. H. A. Percy, Bl. & N.W. Ry. Volr. Rifles) engraved naming, official correction to surname, very fine £70-90 Award to Volunteer H. A. Percy, Bengal and North-Western Railway Volunteer Rifles, dated Fort William, 21 February 1902.

Lot 289

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), V.R. (Volr. B. Daniels, N.W. Ry. Volr. Rifles) engraved naming, very fine £80-100 Award to Volunteer B. Daniels, North-Western Railway Volunteer Rifles, dated Fort William, 22 February 1901.

Lot 290

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), E.VII.R. (Sergt. A. Moffat, Assam Valley Lt. Horse) engraved naming, extremely fine £70-90 Awarded by India Army Order 293 of 23 May 1910.

Lot 291

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), E.VII.R. (Reservist W. Mullins, Bangalore Rifle Voltrs.) engraved naming, an erasure between Rifle and Voltrs., nearly extremely fine £60-80 Awarded by India Army Order 103 of 4 March 1907.

Lot 292

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), E.VII.R. (1069 Volunteer William Herbert Fitzgerald Britts, Simla Volunteer Rifles) engraved naming, good very fine £70-90 Awarded by India Army Order 655 of 19 November 1906.

Lot 293

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Cpl. C. Phillips, Agra Contgt., A.F.I.) impressed naming, minor edge bruising, good very fine £50-70 Awarded by India Army Order 378 of June 1928.

Lot 294

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte. L. D. Rebeiro, A.B. Ry. Bn., A.F.I.) impressed naming, slight edge bruising, very fine £50-70 Assam-Bengal Railway Battalion (Auxiliary Force, India).

Lot 295

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte. E. A. Reeves, 2 B.N. Ry. R., A.F.I.) impressed naming, correction to I of A.F.I., good very fine £50-70 Awarded to Private E. A. Reeves, Bengal-Nagpore Railway Regiment (Auxiliary Forces, India) by India Army Order 568 of 31 August 1928.

Lot 296

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Trpr. A. B. Shakespear, Cawnpore A.F.) impressed naming, minor edge bruise, good very fine £50-70 Trooper A. B. Shakespear, Cawnpore Auxiliary Force, awarded by India Army Order 556 of 24 August 1929.

Lot 297

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Gunner W. E. Low, 1st (Cossipore) Bde. Mobile Arty. (I.D.F.)) engraved naming, good very fine £60-80 Awarded by India Army Order 350 of 13 May 1919.

Lot 298

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Serjt. A. S. Westwood, 1st (Cossipore) Bde. Mobile Arty. (I.D.F.)) engraved naming, official correction to surname, good very fine £50-70 Awarded by India Army Order 350 of 13 May 1919.

Lot 299

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Voltr. T. Shaw, Kolar Gold F.R. Voltrs.) engraved naming, good very fine £60-80 Awarded to Volunteer T. Shaw, Kolar Gold Fields Rifle Volunteers, by India Army Order 290 of 1 June 1914.

Lot 300

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Capt. A. R. Harrer, Mussorie Voltr. Rfls.) engraved naming, good very fine £80-100 Awarded by India Army Order 290 of 1 June 1914.

Lot 301

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte. F. J. F. Wilson, 20th Nilgiri Malabar Bn. I.D.F.) engraved naming, rank and name re-engraved, very fine £40-60 Awarded by India Army Order 715 of 16 September 1919.

Lot 302

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Maj. J. Mitchell, The Punjab L. Horse. A.F.I.) impressed naming, slight edge bruising, very fine £80-100 Awarded by India Army Order 289 of 8 May 1923.

Lot 303

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Rflmn. A. J. Hoggan, 1st Pjb. Vol. Rfls.) engraved naming, good very fine £60-80 Awarded by India Army Order 398 of 14 May 1918.

Lot 304

Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Capt. F. F. Mackay, S. Prov. M. Rif. A.F.I.) impressed naming, very fine £80-100 Captain F. F. Mackay, Southern Provinces Mounted Rifes, Auxiliary Force, India, awarded by India Army Order 505 of 15 June 1924.

Lot 305

Four: Lieutenant A. R. de Hoxar, United Provinces Light Horse Coronation 1902, bronze; Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed; Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), E.VII.R. (Lieut., United Prov. Lt. Horse) engraved naming; Indian Volunteer Forces Officers Decoration, G.V.R., reverse engraved, Lieut. A. R. de Hoxar, U.P. Horse 1st (Southern) Regt., lacking brooch bar, very fine and better (4) £240-280 A. R. de Hoxar, an Indigo Planter, was awarded the Coronation 1902 as a Sergeant in the Ghazipur Light Horse. As a Lieutenant in the 1st United Provinces Horse, he was awarded the Delhi Durbar. Lieutenant de Hoxar was awarded the Volunteer Long Service Medal by I.A.O. 110 of March 1908. With copied research.

Lot 306

Pair: Captain J. Greig, Assam Valley Light Horse Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Lt., Assam V.L.H.) impressed naming; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India, reverse engraved, Capt. J. Greig, Assam V.L.H., A.F.I., good very fine (2) £120-160

Lot 324

Honorary Captain Rambahadur Limbu, V.C., 2nd Battalion 10th Princess Marys Gurkha Rifles Riband bar created for display purposes, bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross, with bronze V.C. emblem; General Service 1918-62; General Service 1962; Jubilee 1977; Army L.S. & G.C., the riband bar on card bearing the signature of the recipient, dated 3 December 1983, together with two copied photographs of the recipient in uniform, good condition £30-50 V.C. London Gazette 21 April 1966. Lance-Corporal Rambahadur Limbu, 2nd Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles, won the V.C. for his gallant action in Sarawak on 21 November 1965. With booklet:My Life Story Rambahadur Limbu, V.C. and other copied photographs and cuttings.

Lot 326

Group Captain Sir Max Aitken, Royal Air Force, D.S.O., D.F.C. Ribbons mounted for display to represent those of the recipient: Distinguished Service Order; Distinguished Flying Cross; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe, with silver rosette; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. emblem; Czechoslovakia, War Cross 1940; together with a signed photograph of the recipient in uniform Air Vice Marshal D. C. T. Bennett, Royal Air Force, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. Ribbons mounted for display to represent those of the recipient: Order of the Bath; Order of the British Empire, 2nd issue, military; Distinguished Service Order; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals; U.S.S.R. ribbon, mounted on card with a copied photograph of the recipient and two cloth badges Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick William Bowhill, Royal Air Force, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. Ribbons mounted for display to represent those of the recipient: Order of the British Empire, 2nd issue, military; Order of the Bath; Order of St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order, with silver rosette; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Africa General Service 1902-56; Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Foreign ribbon with crossed swords emblem; U.S.A. Legion of Merit, with Commander emblem; Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, with Grand Cross rosette; Norway, Order of St. Olaf, with Grand Cross rosette; Poland, Order of Poland Restored, with Grand Cross rosette; mounted on card with a copied photograph of the recipient and signature of the recipient on a separate card, good condition (lot) £70-90 Sir (John William) Max Aitken (1910-85), 2nd Baronet, a fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain, commanded a night fighter squadron, 1941-42, and was a Group Captain commanding Strike Mosquito Wing, Norgegian Waters, 1943. latterly President of Express Newspapers Ltd. Air Vice Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett (1910-86), was the Air Officer Commanding the Pathfinder Force of the R.A.F. Bomber Command, 1939-45. With newspaper obituary. Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill (1880-1960), was an officer in the Merchant Navy, 1896-1912 and in the Great War served in the R.F.C. (Naval Wing), R.N.A.S., and R.A.F. During W.W.2 he was Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Coastal Command, 1937-41, and Air Officer Commanding Transport Command, 1943-45.

Lot 328

Lance-Sergeant Robert Bennett, M.M., B.E.M., Special Air Service, late Grenadier Guards Original riband bar (in three strips) bearing the ribbons: Military Medal; British Empire Medal, 2nd issue, military; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62; Army L.S. & G.C.; Imperial Service Medal, fair condition £20-40 Ribbons attributed to Bennett with booklet The S.A.S. Elite Forces; a letter to Judge Pownall from Lieutenant-General Sir Peter de la Billiere, dated 28 May 1990, relating to Bennetts M.M. citation, for the second raid on Tamet Aerodrome, December 1941. - a copy of which is with the lot, together with other related letters and copied research. Citation: This NCO in the second raid on Tamet Aerodrome, showed the highest qualities of determination. Although silhouetted against the light of burning aircraft and thus easily visible to the enemy, he continued his task in the face of heavy fire from automatic weapons, until demolition charges had been placed on all the aircraft. On completing his task he managed to shoot his way clear of the aerodrome. This NCO has successfully participated in five other raids. It is requested that no details should be published of these operations owing to their secrecy.

Lot 329

Admiral Humphrey Wykeham Bowring, C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order; East & West Africa 1887-1900; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; France, Legion of Honour, with 4th Class rosette; Italy, Order of the Crown, with 4th Class rosette; Romania, Order of the Star, 1st issue ribbon, with 4th Class rosette; Belgium, Order of Leopold I, with 4th Class rosette; together with a miniature (Naval) riband bar with pin-fitting bearing the above (less the Order of the Bath) good condition (2) £30-50 Ribbon bars attributed to Admiral Humphrey Wykeham Bowring, Royal Navy, C.B., D.S.O. (1874-1952). Entered the Royal Navy in 1887 and served in the Witu Expedition of 1890. Served as a Captain during the Great War, was twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. in 1916. Promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1924; Vice-Admiral in 1929, and Admiral (Retired) in 1933. Awarded the C.B. in 1927. With some copied notes and certified provenance of riband bar.

Lot 330

Sir Ernest James Lennox Berkeley, K.C.M.G., C.B., Colonial Administrator Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath, Jubilee 1897; Coronation 1902; Coronation 1911; East & West Africa 1887-1900; East & Central Africa 1897-99, good condition Sir John Vaughan, K.C.M.G., M.V.O., Diplomatic Service Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Royal Victorian Order; Coronation 1902; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; Denmark, Order of the Dannebrog, good condition (2) £40-60 Ribbon bar attributed to Ernest James Lennox Berkeley (1857-1932). Vice-Consul East Coast of Africa. 1885; Consul Zanzibar, 1891; Administrator of British East Africa Companys Territories, 1891-92; H.M. Commissioner and Consul-General for Uganda, 1895-99; Consul-General for Tunis, 1899-1920. Awarded the C.B. in 1897 and K.C.M.G. in 1921. With some copied research and certified provenance of riband bar. Ribbon bar attributed to Sir John Vaughan, Diplomatic Service, who was Assistant Private Secretary to Lord Milner in 1899 and Political Secretary to Lord Roberts in South Africa in 1900. With some copied research and certified provenance of riband bar.

Lot 332

Brigadier-General John Byron, C.B., C.M.G., Royal Artillery Riband bar, buckram, mounted on card, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath; Order of St. Michael & St. George; India General Service 1895-1902; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Italy, Order of St. Maurice & St. Lazarus; Italy, War Cross; with cloth badge, good condition £20-30 Riband bar attributed to John Bryron who was born in 1872. After attending the Royal Military Academy, he entered the Royal Artillery in 1893. He served with the Malakand Field Force in 1897 and in the Boer War and was mentioned in despatches in both conflicts. Appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1915, he was Assistant Superintendent of the Royal Arsenal, 1914-15; held a Special Appointment with the Ministry of Munitions, 1915-16; was Deputy-Director of Artillery at the War Office, 1916-18, and commanded the Divisional Artillery in Italy, 1918-19. After the war he commanded the Royal Artillery in Palestine and Egypt, 1920-24. Placed on Retired Pay in 1925. For his war services he was awarded the C.B. in 1918 and C.M.G. in 1919. Brigadier-General Byron died in 1944. With some copied notes and a photograph of his insignia.

Lot 336

Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Edwards, C.M.G., D.S.O., T.D., D.L., J.P., Welsh Horse, late 15th Hussars, 6th Baron Kensington Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Order of St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Territorial Decoration, good condition £30-40 Hugh Edwardes was born in 1873, the son of the 4th Baron Kensington. He succeeded his brother in the title in 1900. He entered the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 15th Hussars and served in South Africa, 1899-1901, as A.D.C. to Lieutenant-General Sir H. M. L. Rundle, for which he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He became Lieutenant-Colonel of the Welsh Horse in 1914 and saw service in the Dardanelles and in the Sinai and Jerusalem campaigns for which he was again mentioned in despatches. In 1918 he was awarded the C.M.G. With some copied research and certified provenance of the riband bar.

Lot 340

Captain Sir Edward Headlam, C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., F.R.G.S., Royal Indian Navy Riband bar, on buckram, in two strips, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Star of India; Order of St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order; China 1900; Naval General Service 1915-62; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1911, ribbons a little faded, fairly good condition £20-30 Edward James Headlam was born in 1873 and educated at Durham School and H.M.S. Conway. He entered the Royal Indian Navy as a Sub-Lieutenant in 1894 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1900 and Commander in 1913. Headlam served with the Marine Survey of India, 1897-1914 and was Assistant Marine Transport Officer, British Expeditionary Force, North China, 1900-01, for which he was mentioned in despatches. During the Great War he was Naval Transport Officer, East African Forces, 1914-17; then Principal Naval Transport Officer, South and East Africa, 1917-19. For his services he was specially promoted to Captain, four times mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. in 1916 and C.M.G. in 1919. Post-war he was Director of the Royal Indian Marine, 1922-28 and was awarded the C.S.I. in 1924. Additionally awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal in 1900 for saving the life of a Sepoy who had fallen overboard from the transport Wandha off Taku; also the American Military Order of the Dragon. Captain Headlam died in 1943. With copied research and certified provenance of the riband bar.

Lot 341

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Frederick Hotham, G.C.B., G.C.V.O. Lengths of ribbon: New Zealand 1845-66, 85mm.; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 115mm.; Jubilee 1887, 45mm.; Coronation 1902, 112mm.; Coronation 1911, 85mm.; Turkey, Order of Osmania, neck ribbon, with one tapered end, 100mm.; Khedives Star, 80mm. (all dimensions approximate), ragged and stained, fair condition General Sir (Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., late Royal Artillery Lengths of ribbon: Distinguished Service Order, 118mm.; South Africa 1877-79, 270mm.; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 285mm.; Queens Sudan 1896-98, 280mm.; Queens South Africa 1899-1902,280mm.; Kings South Africa 1901-02, 275mm.; Jubilee 1897, 136mm.; Coronation 1911, 26mm. wide, 187mm. long; Khedives Star, 240mm.; Khedives Sudan 1896-1908, 270mm. (all dimensions approximate), ragged and stained, fair condition £30-40 With some copied research and certified provenance of the ribbon taken from the insignia of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Frederick Hotham. With some copied research and certified provenance of the ribbon taken from the insignia of General Sir Leslie Rundle. Insignia sold Glendinings, 2 March 1989. With Black & White Budget, 12 May 1900 - which featured Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Rundle who commanded the 8th Division in South Africa.

Lot 347

General Sir Richard Nugent OConnor, K.T., G.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., Commander of the Western Desert Corps, 1940-41 Photograph of the General with Bedouin Arabs and others, signed, R N OConnor, general in Comd. Western Desert Force; together with a leather wallet/notebook cover, inscribed, Dick, photo with fold mark, notebook cover in good condition (3) £50-70 Richard Nugent OConnor was born in 1889. Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He served in the Great War being mentioned in despatches on nine occasions, and was awarded the D.S.O. and Bar. M.C. and Italian Al Valor Militare in silver. Between the wars he was GSO 2nd Grade, War Office, 1932-34; Commander of the Peshawar Brigade, India, 1936-38 and Military Governor of Jerusalem, 1938-39. In the Second World War he commanded the Western Desert Corps in the successful Libyan campaign, 1940-41. OConnor was captured by the Germans on 7 April 1941 and spent two years as a prisoner-of-war of the Italians until he escaped in 1943. He then commanded VIII Corps in Normandy and in Operation Market Garden. For his wartime services he was mentioned in despatches, awarded the C.B. in 1940; and K.C.B. in 1941. He was further honoured with the G.C.B. in 1947 and K.T. in 1971. Post-war he was A.D.C. to the King, 1946; Commandant of the Army Cadet Force, Scotland, 1948-59; Colonel of the Cameronians, 1951-54; and Lord Lieutenant for the County of Ross and Cromarty, 1955-64. General Sir Richard OConnor died in 1981. With a letter hand-written by General OConnor to a Mr Woodcock: Dear Mr Woodcock, I am afraid I have not got anything of the things you want. And the best I can do is first a photograph taken in the Western Desert of Bedouin Arabs. And secondly a note book I carried part of the War & partly in peace. It is a personal one which I hope you wont mind (signed) R. N. OConnor.

Lot 352

General Sir Harry Tuzo, G.C.B., O.B.E, M.C., late Royal Artillery Riband bar created for display purposes, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; Military Cross; 1939-45 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62; General Service 1962, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Brunei, Order of Setia Negara, mounted on card with a photograph of the General with paper slip bearing his autograph, good condition Lieutenant-General G. Peter Walls, G.L.M., D.C.D., M.B.E., Commander Combined Operations, Rhodesia Rhodesia, Legion of Merit, Military; Defence Cross for Distinguished Service; General Service Medal; Exemplary Service Medal, with silver rosette; G.B., Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62; Coronation 1953, mounted on card with a photograph of the General, the card signed, W. P. Walls, Lt. Genl. Commander Combined Operations Zimbabwe Rhodesia, 16 Nov. 79, good condition £30-50 General Sir Harry Tuzo, was born in Bangalore, India, in 1917. He joined the Supplementary Reserve of Officers in 1939 and in 1943 was given a Regular Army commission in the Royal Artillery. In the Second World War he saw service in N.W. Europe and in 1944/45 he commanded a battery of 21 Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. in the Guards Armoured Division. After the war he held a number of Staff appointments. In 1967 he was appointed Chief of Staff, H.Q. British Army of the Rhine with the rank of Major-General and in 1969 he was appointed Director, Royal Artillery. In 1971 he was appointed General Officer Commanding and Director of Operations, Northern Ireland, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1973 he was appointed Commander Northern Army Group and C-in-C. British Army of the Rhine. Having been granted the K.C.B. in 1971, he was promoted to G.C.B. in 1973. With some copied biographical details. Peter Walls was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1926. He enlisted into the Southern Rhodesian Army in October 1944 and was commissioned into the Black Watch, British Army, in 1946. Commissioned into the Southern Rhodesian Permanent Staff Corps in 1948, he raised the Southern Rhodesian Far East Volunteer Unit for Malaya, 1950, and commanded C (Rhodesia) Squadron 22nd Special Air Service in Malaya, 1951-53. At the time of U.D.I. in 1965 he was Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion The Rhodesian Light Infantry, 1964-67. He was later appointed Commander, Rhodesian Army, 1972-77, and Commander, Combined Operations, Rhodesia, 1977 onwards. With copied research and copied photographs and with a signed note from Peter Walls which accompanied the above ribbon-bearing card.

Lot 353

Dame Leslie Whateley, D.B.E., Director of the World Bureau of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, late Chief Controller of The Army Territorial Service Riband bar, on buckram, in two strips, bearing the ribbons: Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; France & Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Decoration; France, Legion of Honour; France, Resistance Medal; U.S.A. Legion of Merit, with gilt Officers emblem; together with a miniature riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the above ribbons in incorrect order and Efficiency Medal instead of Efficiency Decoration, good condition (3) £20-30 Dame Leslie Whateley, D.B.E. was Director of the World Bureau of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, 1951-63. Prior to this, she had risen through the ranks to become a Major-General in the British Womens Army. Her medal were sold in Christies, 17 November 1987. With some copied research and certified provenance of riband bars

Lot 355

Brigadier Peter Young, D.S.O., M.C. and 2 bars; No. 3 Commando, late Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment and latterly 9th Regiment, Arab Legion Riband bar, pin-backed (lacking pin), bearing the ribbons: Distinguished Service Order; Military Cross, with two silver rosettes; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62; Jordan, Order of El Istiqlal, a little faded, good condition £40-60 Peter Young was born on 28 July 1915 and educated at Monmouth School and Trinity College, Oxford. A 2nd Lieutenant with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment in 1937, he served with the B.E.F. and was wounded at Dunkirk. Then volunteering for special service, he spent over four years with No. 3 Commando, taking part in raids on Guernsey, 1940; Lofoten and Vaagso, 1941; Dieppe, 1942, and Sicily and Italy, 1943. He commanded No. 3 Commando, 1943-44. He then served in Normandy, 1944 and Arakan, 1944-45, and commanded the 1st Commando Brigade, 1945-46. For his war service he was awarded the D.S.O. in 1942; the M.C. in 1942 and two bars to the M.C. in 1943. After the war he commanded the 9th Regiment, Arab Legion, 1953-56, being awarded the Order of Istiqlal in 1954. He was Reader in Military History at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 1959-69 and a notable author and editor of a number of publications on military history. He died on 13 September 1988.. Ribbon bar attributed to Brigadier Peter Young. With a signed photograph of the recipient in uniform.

Lot 356

Full Sashes (3): Order of the Garter; Order of the Thistle; Order of St. Michael & St. George, good condition (3) £60-80

Lot 446

Clark, F., The East India Register and Army List for 1856, Allen & Co., London, 1856, rebound modern red half calf and marbled boards; [Government of India], Army Department Dress Regulations (India) 1931, 124pp., original boards; Booklets (13) 6th Queen Elizabeths Own Gurkha Rifles Regimental Association, Winter 1969; Spring 1970; Winter 1970; Spring 1971; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 2000; 2001; 2002; together with The Journal of the 2nd King Edward VIIs Own Goorkhas, 1976; and The Brigade of Gurkhas 1965, generally good condition (15) £70-90

Lot 447

Hay, Commander The Hon. Sereld, History of the R.N.V.R., South African Division, Juta & Co., Cape Town, 1920, 1st edition, xv, 193pp., plus b/w plates, with original boards and white cloth spine, browned throughout, boards scuffed and worn but internally generally good, scarce £60-80

Lot 460

Four: Captains Coxswain T. J. Webber, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Ts. J. Webber, Captns. Coxn. H.M.S. Fisgard 20 Yrs); Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, toned, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-600 Thomas James Webber was born at Falmouth, Cornwall, on 1 February 1832, and entered the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. William and Mary on 15 July 1846. He served as an Able Seaman aboard the Trafalgar at Sebastopol, and aboard the Russell in the Baltic. He served subsequently aboard the Vigilant and, from December 1859, in the Fisgard, continuously until his discharge, except for a period of nearly two years in 1860-61 when he was employed as a Rigger at the Woolwich Dockyard. He was discharged from Fisgard on 29 October 1870, having been recommended for his Pension, Medal & Gratuity. Sold with copy service papers.

Lot 461

Four: Stoker John Burns, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (John Burns, Stoker, H.M.S. Vanguard 20 Yrs); Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, the first with light contact marks, otherwise, extremely fine (4) £500-600 John Burns was born in Saltash, Cornwall, on 6 September 1835, and entered the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. St George on 22 February 1851. He joined the Sans Pareil in June 1852 and served in her at Sebastopol, as a Boy 1st Class, and at Canton as an Ordinary Seaman. He was rated Stoker in October 1858 and discharged to Impregnable in February 1859, subsequently serving aboard H.M. Ships Exmouth, Wellington, London, Indus, Ocean, Audacious and, finally, Vanguard. He entered this last ship in July 1871 and was discharged from it on 10 September 1873, having been recommended for his Pension, Medal & Gratuity. Sold with copy service papers.

Lot 467

Pair: Private John Haverfield, Royal Marine Light Infantry China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension ((Jn. Haverfield, Pte., 23 Co. R.M.L.I. 21 Yrs.) extremely fine £400-450 John Haverfield was born in Walton, Glastonbury on 27 November 1832. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the Royal Marines at Glastonbury on 27 January 1850, aged 19 years, 2 months. He saw active service in the Second China War with the Royal Marine Battalion, and was awarded the Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal with gratuity in 1873. Sold with a quantity of copied service papers and research.

Lot 469

A pair of medals awarded to Band Sergeant H. Tovell, 94th Foot, who was killed in action during the First Boer War at Bronhorst Spruit, 20 December 1880 South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (3327 Band Sergt. H. Tooell, 94th Foot); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (3327 Sergt. H. Tovell, 94th Foot) note variation in surname, good very fine (2) £1000-1200

Lot 473

Three: Bandsman Salvo Pace, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (S. Pace, Bandn. H.M.S. ôTemeraireö); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R. (Salvo Pace, Bandsn., H.M.S. Trafalgar); Khedives Star, 1882, unnamed, contact marks, edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (3) £240-280 Salvo Pace was born in Cospiqua, Malta, on 1 September 1860. A Musician by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy on 17 October 1878, serving as a Domestic 2nd Class aboard the Black Prince. In March 1880 he was rated as a Bandsman when on Euryalus, after which he served on Temeraire, March 1882-April 1884, seeing service at Alexandria, 11 July 1882. He was advanced to Band Corporal in January 1899 when on Revenge, and to Bandmaster in December 1902 when on Ramillies. Pace was pensioned ashore at Malta after service on the Montagu in September 1903 but re-entered the Royal Navy to complete time for a pension, ranked as a Bandsman on the Bulwark, December 1903-September 1904. With copied service paper.

Lot 479

Six: Serjeant G. E. Gray, Royal Engineers, late Royal Scots Fusiliers India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4222 Pte., 1st Ryl. Sco. Fusileirs (sic)); China 1900, no clasp (4222 Lce. Corpl., 1st Ryl. Scots Fus.); 1914-15 Star (56663 Sjt., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (56663 Sjt., R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4222 Cpl., R. Scots. Fus.) first two with some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (5) £280-320

Lot 484

Three: Serjeant J. McDonald, Royal Garrison Artillery Queens Sudan 1896-98 (67594 Bombr, R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C.,E.VII.R. (67594 Sjt., R.G.A.); Khedives Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (67594 Bombr, 16 Coy. E.D. R.A.) some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £280-320 John Christie alias John McDonald was born in Alford, Aberdeen. A Farm Servant by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Aberdeen on 9 June 1888, aged 18 years, 2 months. With the Royal Artillery, he served in Egypt and Sudan, December 1894-March 1905. He was discharged on 8 June 1909. With copied service papers.

Lot 486

Four: Stoker Petty Officer E. L. Bull, Royal Navy Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (286447 Sto., H.M.S. Terrible) impressed naming; China 1900, no clasp (Sto., H.M.S. Terrible); British War Medal 1914-20 (S.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (286447 Ldg. Sto., H.M.S. Blake) first two with contact marks and edge bruising, good fine; other good very fine (4) £340-380 Erwin Leigh Bull was born in Shanklin, Isle of Wight, on 17 April 1877. He entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 25 November 1897. Bull served on H.M.S. Terrible, December 1898-October 1902, and was advanced to Stoker in April 1899. He was promoted to Stoker 1st Class when on the Prince of Wales in July 1906 and to Leading Stoker on the same ship in October 1907. He attained the rank of Stoker Petty Officer in August 1910. During the Great War he served on the Spanker, July 1914-February 1915 and March 1915-September 1917. Stoker Petty Officer Bull was demobilised on 12 March 1919. With copied service papers..

Lot 487

Three: Leading Seaman S. L. Evans, Royal Navy Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (167411 A.B., H.M.S. Powerful); British War Medal 1914-20 (167411 L.S., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (167411 Lg. Sea., H.M.S. Victory), the first with minor official correction to surname, one or two edge bruises, minor contact wear, generally very fine (3) £500-600 Samuel Lindop Evans was born at Landport, Hampshire in January 1877 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in June 1892. Landed with the Naval Brigade in South Africa during his subsequent appointment in H.M.S. Powerful, he was present at the defence of Ladysmith. Having then been advanced to Leading Seaman in June 1904, Evans was invalided from the service in July 1907. Recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he served at H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth until being demobilised in July 1917. He had, meanwhile, been awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in April of the same year; also see Lot 627 for his sons Honours & Awards.

Lot 491

Three: Serjeant D. McNeill, Highland Light Infantry Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (4111 Cpl., 1st High. Lt. Infy.); Kings South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4111 Serjt., Highland L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (4111 Sjt., H.L.I.) mounted as worn, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £140-180 With copied roll extracts.

Lot 495

Pair: Sergeant C. Elsee, Coorg & Mysore Rifles, late Lumsdens Horse Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (214 Tpr., Lumsdens Horse); Volunteer Force Long Service, G.V.R. (Sergt., Coorg & Mysore Rifles) engraved naming, minor edge bruising, good very fine (2) £180-220

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