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Three First World War photograph albums: Egypt and Palestine: small album with 32 original photographs and a few British domestic one. A small album, perhaps assembled by a nurse or Voluntary Aid Detachment woman at an unidentified hospital near Eastbourne, with 33 original photographs including nurses (two are named); named officers with their regiments (Captain Cole, London Scottish; Captain Newport, Leinsters; Lieutenant Jones, Royal Welch Fusiliers). There are also 12 domestic photos at the end. An unusual post-Armistice album, April-July 1919, showing part of the British Fourth Army Headquarters at Namur, Belgium. With 91 photographs, almost all captioned, including the Duke of Connaught inspecting Belgian troops (5 May 1919); General B. Williams; Belgian generals; motor cars; the London Scottish Regiment; the Birthday Honours decoration of British soldiers; the Officers' Rest House with named lady volunteers; Church Army Huts with volunteers, staff and Reverend L. J. Tatham; 'Belgian civilian procession. Protest against Hun atrocities'; the return to Namur of the 'Glorious 13th' Belgian division; Belgian religious processions. There are also two real photographic postcards showing interior details of the 'Station encampment' and 'Station canteen'; and two loose, finely detailed real photographic postcards showing soldiers, food supplies, a library, writing room etc. in what is probably a Church Army Hut. A few photographs at the end show Cologne in July 1919

A folder of First World War letters, Royal Naval Division, Drake Battalion and Royal Naval Air Service interest, May 1917 to November 1918. Seventeen letters were sent to his aunt in Birmingham by A.S. George Brierley, R.N.D. (service number R/1108) while training at Blandford Naval Camp, from the Western Front (recording enemy shelling), and from three hospitals in England. Some letters have the decorative letterheads of the Y.M.C.A., the 'Church Army Recreation Hut or Tent' on the Western Front, and the Soldiers' Christian Association. Two of A.S. Brierley's letters are from a hospital in France, with a further eleven from hospitals in England where he was recovering from various injuries in the trenches to his foot, leg and eye. The hospitals are 2nd Southern General Hospital, Southmeads, Bristol ('I suppose I shall be getting up one of these days. I have been in bed five weeks'); the Red Cross Hospital at Tewkesbury (a page is missing from one letter); and the Red Cross Hospital at Portishead, Somerset. On 23 October 1918 George describes 'a very bad attack of flu' during a second spell at the Bristol hospital; he survived the devastating Spanish Flu, as by 14 November, three days after the end of the war, he records a further transfer to the Portishead hospital ('I suppose you went balmy [sic] at Brum when the news came through about peace ... we are having a procession tonight and whist drives and concerts ... and we are all going to a free show at Bristol this afternoon'). There is also a Field Service postcard sent from France by George Brierley.Another letter is from George's brother or cousin, Francis Horace Brierley (service number F41364), also sent to their aunt, from the Royal Naval Air Service training camp at Withnoe, Plymouth. He writes that this was his third RNAS training camp since Crystal Palace and Fort Tregantle: 'Our camp is right on the sea front at the top of the cliffs. It's three hundred feet high and we have to go down every day to drill on the sands'.

Limited edition, handmade and hand painted figure of an officer from the Indian Army holding a metal sword, sitting on his horse. Black and orange coloration, gold gilt accents. Michael Sutty signature backstamp. Michael Sutty backstamp. This item has a base included. Base measures: 14"L x 5"W x 1.25"H Artist: Michael J. SuttyIssued: 20th c.Dimensions: 13.25"L x 4"W x 14.75"HManufacturer: Michael SuttyCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

Color print entitled Yom Kippur Rest by artist and physician Ferdie Pacheco (The Fight Doctor.) It depicts a Jewish army fighter dressed in a military uniform in an instance of rest. Signature in the plate: Pacheco. Housed in a brushed silver frame. Sight dimensions: 19.50"L x 15.75"H. Frame size: 20.50"L x 16.50"H x 1"W. Artist: Fernando Pacheco Jimenez (Cuban/American 1927-2017)Issued: c. 1980Country of Origin: Cuba/United StatesCondition: Age related wear.

Two boxes of plated ware tea set, brassware, stirrups, diecast Army vehicles, Nicholson & Son Ltd boiler plate etc

30 Medium size 19th/20th century assorted royal uniform button.This lot includes a large assortment of British royal infantry, regiments, intelligence corps. , Army, Air Force and more. Mostly brass and silver along with three nice black dyed horn examples. Issued: DIVISION 1=PRE 1918 AND DIVISION 3 IS AFTER 1918Dimensions: SM=Less than 3/4", Medium=3/4" to 1 1/4". Large=1 1/4" and above, extra large=1 3/4" and above

Military and social history including 1910 roll call 'God Save The King' coronation, 1st Queen's Dragoons Guard beer mats, QEII silk, lots of Army and Navy WW1 and WW2 photographs, battlefield tour programme, shipping postcards, Salonica army Christmas greetings and hand drawn map

Six Airfix 1:35 scale plastic model tank kits comprising three British Challenger II 07360 and three US Army M1 A2 Abrams 07361, in original boxes, some still sealed.

Nine Airfix 1:32 scale plastic model kits with mostly WW2 themes to include Rommel's Half Track 06360, German Infantry 03582, British 8th Army 03580 and German Afrika Korps 03581, all in original boxes.

Five Klaatu Rock / Prog Rock albums comprising Magentalane, Endangered Species, Sir Army Suit, Hope and Klaatu, condition appears generally at least VG+

Zvezda Age of Battles 'Battles of Alexander The Great' table top wargame 8223 together with eleven historical army plastic model kits, all in original boxes.

A small collection of first day covers in two folders, some signed including examples by Spike Milligan, the cast of Dad's Army, Vera Lynn, John Pertwee, Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwick

Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Lt. G. R. Strong.) good very fine £80-£100 --- Sold with the recipient’s R.E.M.E. Pass, dated 1947; National Registered I.D. Card; riband bar; and three Army Cadet Forces lapel badges.

A Great War 1916 ‘French theatre’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant J. Rogers, Essex Regiment, a veteran of the Boer War - when he was severely wounded at Hartenbosch, 8 April 1902 Military Medal, G.V.R. (4490 Sgt. J. Rogers. Essex. R.) officially renamed; 1914 Star (47010 Sgt. J. Rogers. Essex. R.); British War and Victory Medals (47010 Sgt. J. Rogers. M.M. Essex. R.) area of erasure before number on BWM, number on VM officially corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (4490 Pte. J. Rogers. Essex. R.) mounted for wear, generally good very fine (5) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916. John Rogers served with with the Essex Regiment, and was attached to No. 3 Section, Burma Mounted Infantry in South Africa from 24 January 1900. He was severely wounded near Hartenbosch, 8 April 1902. Rogers served with the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front as a Private from 22 August 1914. The Battalion took part in the battle of the Somme in 1916, where they Battalion advanced at 8.35am on the 1st July; and were beaten back by strong enemy counter-attacks. The Battalion’s strength at the close of the day was 2 officers and 192 other ranks, out of a total of 24 officers and 606 men who had gone into action. Sold with copied service papers. Note: Another M.M. group to this man, correctly named in all respects, was sold at Spink in 2005, including a Q.S.A. with ‘Cape Colony, Driefontein, Transvaal’ clasps and a K.S.A. with two clasps, possibly indicating that the above is a replacement or duplicate group.

Seven: Second Lieutenant I. S. Thomas, Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. I. S. Thomas. R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, good very fine and better (7) £140-£180 --- Ivor Somerville Thomas, a native of Formby, Lancashire, was born on 20 August 1896 and joined the Royal Flying Corps on 10 August 1917. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 16 December 1917, he served as an Observer with 8 Squadron during the Great War in France from that date, before being hospitalised on 25 March 1918 and returning to England. He held further non-operational appointments at home, and transferred to the Unemployed List on 23 April 1919. Sold with copied Great war service papers.

Miscellaneous Lapel Badges. A good selection of On War Service lapel badges 1914-18 including, James Edgar Co., H.C &Co., Great Western Railway, London Telegraph Service, Navy and Army Canteens, C.C & Co., 6th Recruiting Area, Speed up Munitions and Guns, 1939-45 RSPCA Auxiliary AVC., Gas and Power Supply on public service, Women’s YMCA Auxiliary; together with sundry other lapel badges, generally good condition (20) £180-£220

Three: Private W. T. Lyndon, Royal Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 8 October 1916 1914-15 Star (36689. Pte. W. J. [sic] Lyndon. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (36689 Pte. W. T. Lyndon. R.A.M.C.) good very fine Pair: Private C. C. Betts, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (31295 Pte. C. C. Betts. Essex. R.) nearly extremely fine 1914-15 Star (S-16334. Pte. A. Robertson. Cam’n Highrs.) good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Walter Thomas Lyndon was born in Birmingham and attested there for the Royal Army Medical Corps. He served with the 47th Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 July 1915, and died of wounds on 8 October 1916. He is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. C. C. Betts attested for the Essex Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 9 April 1917, during the First Battle of the Scarpe, and is buried in Fampoux British Cemetery, France. Alexander Robertson attested for the Cameron Highlanders and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 March 1915. He was killed in action on 23 April 1915, and is buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Four: Warrant Office Class II W. J. Parminter, Gloucestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2466 Sjt. W. J. Parminter. Glouc. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2466 Sjt. W. J. Parminter. Glouc. R.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5178823 W.O. Cl.II. W. J. Parminter. 6-Glouc R.); together with an Army Rifle Association Bronze Medal, the reverse engraved ‘R.Q.M.S. W. Parminter 1936’; and a silver pocket watch, the reverse engraved; Recruiting Prize 1930 C.S-M. W. Parminter (6) £400-£500

An early ‘Northern Ireland’ Q.G.M. group of four awarded to Lance Corporal P. B. J. Broome, 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry, for his gallantry during an ambush on his patrol in the Lower Falls area of Belfast, 21 May 1974. Broome rescued his wounded patrol commander whilst under fire, and forced the ambush to break up as a result of his accurate return fire - the latter wounding the IRA gunman, and forcing him to retreat within the gathering large civilian crowd Queen’s Gallantry Medal (24246502 Pte. Paul B. J. Broome, L.I.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24246502 Pte. P. B. J. Broome LI.); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const Paul B Broome) mounted as originally worn, and housed in custom made wooden case, with regimental emblem and recipient’s details embossed on lid, cleaned, very fine or better (4) £5,000-£6,000 --- Q.G.M. London Gazette 6 January 1975: ‘In recognition of services in Northern Ireland during the period 1 May 1974 to 31 July 1974.’ The following extract from a letter of congratulation upon the award of the Q.GM. to the recipient, written by Lieutenant General Sir Jack Harman, K.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., adds the following: ‘Your presence of mind and coolness in the face of considerable danger in the Lower Falls on 21 May 1974 were an example to us all.’ The recipient’s account of the above incident adds: ‘The award was issued following an ambush in the Lower Falls area of Belfast in May 1974 by the IRA upon a patrol in which l was a private soldier. Hand grenades were used on a covert observation post during which a soldier was seriously injured. The patrol l was part of came across the ambush and challenged a gunman who fired and wounded the patrol commander who fell in to the street in direct line of fire of the gunman. I ran into the street and managed to get the wounded NCO back into cover under fire from the gunman. I then returned fire and hit the gunman who was taken away by a large crowd that gathered and substantially outnumbered the soldiers on the ground. In the ensuing follow up no trace was located of the gunman as was common at that time.’ Paul Brian James Broome served with the 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry in Northern Ireland. After leaving the army, he served as a Police Constable. Sold with the following related documents: Letter of congratulation from Lieutenant General Sir Jack Harman, K.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., Headquarters 1st British Corps, dated 3 January 1975; Letter to the same effect from General Sir Harry Tuzo, G.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., Commander-In-Chief British Army of The Rhine, dated 6 January 1975; Copy of Commanding Officer’s Orders [Lieutenant Colonel J. D. G. Pank, 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry] announcing award, dated 6 January 1975; 2 photographs of recipient in uniform serving in Northern Ireland, including one which was taken a few days prior to the ambush and shows the recipient and the soldier that he rescued.

Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1027787 W.O. Cl.II. B. K. Kendall. D.C.M. R.A.) light contact marks, good very fine £50-£70 --- B. K. Kendall was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 150 of 1927. No trace has been found of a Distinguished Conduct Medal being awarded to this man; however, the naming on the medal is entirely correct.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt: H. Harvey. R.A.) good very fine £70-£90

1914-15 Star (Lieut: K. D. Wilkinson. R.A.M.C.) good very fine £50-£70 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. Kenneth Douglas Wilkinson was born at High Legh, Cheshire, on 17 April 1886, the son of the Rev. H. C. Wilkinson, and was educated at Berkhamsted and Birmingham University, qualifying as a doctor in 1912. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War on the Western Front; was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 10 July 1919); and was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He relinquished his commission on 30 September 1921, and was granted the honorary rank of Major. Post-War, he resumed his medical career, and was a consulting physician to both the Birmingham General Hospital and the Children’s Hospital, specialising in cardiology. He acted as group officer for Birmingham and as regional consultant in medicine to No. 9 Region of the Ministry of Health during the Second World War, and died on 12 April 1951, a few days before his 65th birthday. Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient; and copied research.

Pair: First Class Master Gunner W. Lown, Royal Artillery Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1C1. Mr. Gr. W. Lown. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2080. 3rd. Cl: Mr. Gunr. W. Lown. 3rd. Div: Cst. Bde. R.A.) very fine and better (2) £140-£180 --- William Lown was born in Markham, near Great Yarmouth, around 1853. He attested for the Royal Regiment of Artillery in the Guildhall at Norwich on 19 December 1870, his profession noted as ‘schoolmaster’s assistant’. Appointed 2nd Class Master Gunner on 21 January 1892, he was raised 1st Class Master Gunner in Ceylon and returned home to Tynemouth in February 1900. His Army Service Record confirms the award of his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 305 of 1889, and notes the recipient as father to 9 children born between 1878 and 1892.

A post-War M.V.O. group of seven awarded to Lance-Corporal E. V. Schopman, Royal Army Service Corps, attached British Army Newspaper Unit, later Royal Household Account Executive, Harrison & Sons, Printers The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver nad enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘1487’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, with Defence Council enclosure and named card box of issue for the Second War awards, addressed to ‘Mr. E. V. Schopman, M.V.O., Horizons, 1b Anthony Close Poughill, Bude, N-Cornwall, EX23 9HD’, the Second War awards all later issues, extremely fine (7) £400-£500 --- M.V.O. London Gazette 3 June 1978. Edward Victor Schopman was born on 17 August 1918, and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to a firm of printers. He attested for the Royal Army Service Corps on 16 July 1939, and served during the Second World War with the British Army Newspaper Unit, latterly stationed in Venice. Post-War, he was employed by Messrs Harrison & Sons, Printers (a firm that held three Royal Warrants as Printers for the Royal Household and various Government Departments), and was latterly the firm’s Royal Household Account Executive. For his services he was created a Member of the Royal Victorian Order shortly before his retirement to Cornwall. Sold with a copy of the Statutes of the Royal Victorian Order; three Central Chancery letters regarding the M.V.O.; Bestowal Certificate for the Silver Jubilee Medal; and a large quantity of copied research, including copies of the recipient’s Army record of service.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (11953 Far: Sjt: H. C. Gale. R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. Henry Charles Gale was born in Christchurch, Hampshire, in 1879. A game keeper, he served in France from 27 November 1915 with the 1/4th N. Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Awarded the M.S.M. as Farrier Sergeant, he was discharged to Army Reserve on 28 April 1919.

An ‘underage’ Great War pair awarded to Private J. Green, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was somewhat economical with the truth regarding his age at enlistment and immediately struggled to cope with the appalling conditions found on the Western Front in the lead up to the Battle of the Somme British War and Victory Medals (G-6804 Pte. J. Green. The Queen’s R.) patches of staining to VM, nearly very fine (2) £70-£90 --- James Green was born around 1898 at Chobham, the son of Harry Green and brother of Albert Green of Highland’s Cottage, Ripley, Surrey. A farm labourer, his Army Service Record notes that he attested for the Royal West Surrey Regiment on 15 November 1915, giving his address as ‘Proos Farm, Send’ and his declared age as 19 years and 1 month. His medical notes further confirm that he was illiterate: ‘Can’t read or write but can count dots.’ Sent to Guildford for training, Green served in France from 3 May 1916 and soon began to struggle with the appalling conditions on the Western Front. On 3 June 1916 he suffered a self-inflicted (accidental) gunshot wound to the left hand which was relayed by the C.O. of the 19th Battalion to higher military authorities two weeks later. Admitted to hospital at Boischope with a shattered left hand, Green was soon placed under arrest awaiting trial. Tried by F.G.C.M., his Army Record makes the statement of case: ‘G.S.W. left hand (accidental) self inflicted... was cleaning his rifle when it went off and shot him in the hand. 3rd and 4th metatarsals broken. The hand is almost useless, no grip, complains of useless hand.’ Found guilty of neglect to the prejudice of good order and military discipline for careless wounding, Green was sentenced to 28 days Field Punishment No. 1. Returned to his unit, it wasn’t long before he was admitted to No. 30 General Hospital at Calais on 14 July 1916 with a gunshot wound suffered in the field. A note accompanying his Record states: ‘G.S.W. l-foot, 4th toe shot off.’ Rejoining his Battalion, the young man was wounded again on 7 June 1917 (G.S.W. shoulder) and again on 31 July 1917 when he received a shrapnel wound to the right leg. He was discharged just 5 days before the Armistice, no longer physically fit for war service - on account of the first wound to his hand. Returned home to Surrey, Green was later married at the Parish Church, Send, on 17 February 1919. Interestingly, the details in the marriage register correspond with many of those in his Army Service Record, with his brother Albert serving as witness (his father being deceased). With the groom’s profession described as ‘labourer’, the marriage to 19 year-old Miss Unity White was further signed with a mark (’x’) and his declaration of age as 21 years.

Pair: Warrant Officer Class I R. W. Murray, Royal Army Dental Corps Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (7536302 W.O. Cl.1 R. W. Murray. R.A.D.C.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-£80

Four: Warrant Officer Class I R. J. Newson, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (110728 Dvr R. J. Newson. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1040086 Sjt. R. J. Newson. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1040086 W.O. Cl.1. R. J. Newson. R.A.) the first three mounted as worn, the last in named card box of issue, light contact marks, very fine, the MSM extremely fine (4) £140-£180

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (278335 3/Cl: Mr: Gnr: G. Brooks. R.G.A.) minor edge nick, very fine £120-£160 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. George Brooks was awarded the M.S.M. for home service with the 11th Fire Command in the ‘Peace Gazette’ of 1919.

Six: Warrant Officer Class II A. T. Hasler, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (988406 W.O. Cl.2. A. T. Hasler. R.A.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (6) £120-£160 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 11 January 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ Sold with the recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate and a portrait photograph of the recipient, these both housed in a leather ‘African’ photograph frame.

Miscellaneous Women’s Services Insignia. A good selection of cap badges to the Women’s Services including, bronze Forage Corps, another gilding metal example, Queen Mary’s AAC, Women’s AAC, Navy & Army Canteen Board, another lapel for 1917, Women’s volunteer Reserve, a pair of Expeditionary Force Canteen shoulder titles, 1915 Women’s Land Army workers arm band, another badge, another 1939-45 example, and a Women’s Army Pensions Department Cloth badge, generally good condition (12) £200-£240

Five: Sergeant A. F. Holgate, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (15489 Cpl. A. F. Holgate. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (15489 Sjt. A. F. Holgate. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1017795 Sjt. A. F. Holgate. R.F.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1017795 Sjt. A. F. Holgate. R.A.) the first four mounted as worn, the last loose in named card box of issue, good very fine, the last extremely fine (5) £160-£200 --- Arthur Fred Holgate was born in 1884 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Colchester on 15 April 1903. He served in Mesopotamia and Bushire from 29 December 1915, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 12 January 1920). Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal the following year, he was discharged at Woolwich on 11 December 1924, his conduct noted as ‘exemplary’.

A Crimean War C.B. group od seven awarded to Vice Admiral Arthur Parry Eardley-Wilmot, C.B., Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘TD’ over ‘HD’ for Thomas and Henry Davies, fitted with later silver-gilt ribbon buckle; Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (A. P. E. Wilmot, Lieut. R.N.); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 3rd Class neck badge converted for breast wear, silver, gold and enamel; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver-gilt; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, the first with one or two very minor blemishes to enamel, light contact marks but generally good very fine (7) £4,000-£5,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur Parry Eardley-Wilmot was born in April 1815, the fourth son of Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Bart., M.P. for Warwickshire, and Governor of Van Diemen's Land, and entered the Royal Naval College in 1828. He joined H.M.S. Wolf, fitting for the East Indies, in 1830 as a 1st Class Volunteer, and subsequently saw active service against the Malay Pirates and in the blockade of the fortress of Quedah. In 1832 he was at Canton when the Chinese 'first displayed the symptoms of insolence and aggression'. He returned to England in October of the latter year as Midshipman in the Crocodile, and next joined Sir William Parker's Flagship, Asia, at Lisbon where he witnessed the expulsion of Don Miguel from Portugal during the Civil War with Don Pedro. Having passed for Mate in 1833, he visited 'the South Sea Islands, protecting British interests in the Sandwich Islands, the missionary interests at Marquesas, and the peace and good order in the Rio de la Plata'. During this latter commission a group of islands was discovered and named after the Actaeon. Promoted Lieutenant in July 1840, he was appointed to the Powerful the following November, and, under Commodore Sir Charles Napier, served off Syria and in the blockade of Alexandria. In the Wolverine he sailed for China, and was employed at the close of the Opium War in the blockade of the Canton River. He then served as Flag-Lieutenant to William Parker in the Cornwallis on the East Indies Station and in the Hibernia in the same capacity in the Mediterranean. Advanced to Commander in 1847 he was nominated acting Captain of the Spartan off the coast of Syria and then second Captain of the Superb. In 1851 he was appointed Commander of the Brig Harlequin, and, as there was no standard uniform for sailors at that time, he followed the lead of other Captains who dressed their crew, particularly the crew of the gig boats, according to their own taste. Wilmot's gig, manned by 'multi-coloured Harlequins', was consequently never hard to make out. In the Harlequin Wilmot distinguished himself in anti-slavery operations on the coast of West Africa, where he made several treaties, and subsequently received from the King of Dahomey, as 'a tribute of esteem and friendship', an ornamental purple velvet Cap and Silver Staff in the form of an alligator Fetish. In December 1853 The Illustrated London News wrote of this prize, 'The Staff is an emblem of high rank, and gives to the possessor the title of Great Chief. Whenever the person carrying the Staff is seen, the natives fall prostrate upon the ground, and, according to the homage paid to Royalty, throw dirt over their heads ...' Promoted Captain in 1854, Wilmot went aboard the Royal William (Captain Kingcome) as a volunteer for operations in the Baltic ending with the capture of Bomarsund. At Fort Nott, 'owing to the truce having expired', he was taken prisoner but the Russians chivalrously agreed to release him and he returned home in the Royal William to take command of the Paddle Steamer Sphinx, destined, with a cargo of ammunition and explosives, for Sebastopol. Commended in numerous despatches and created a C.B. for services in the Crimea, especially for organising the expedition to Kertch and superintending the landing of the Turkish army at Eupatoria. He was appointed in 1862 Captain of the wooden Corvette Rattlesnake, in which he was instructed to hoist the Broad Pennant of Commodore on the West Coast of Africa, where he spent the next four years stamping out the slave trade. On his return to England he was nominated a Naval A.D.C. and appointed Superintendent of Deptford Dockyard until his promotion to Rear-Admiral in 1870. On 2 October of that year he was appointed Second-in-Command of the Channel Fleet under Admiral Wellesley and hoisted his flag on board the Agincourt. In 1871 during a visit to Gibraltar, the Agincourt, leading the inshore Squadron, ran on the Pearl Rock and became stranded, causing considerable comment and controversy at the time. The mishap proved 'a deathblow' to Wilmot's seagoing career, and he retired as Vice-Admiral on 18 June 1876. He was author of The Midshipman’s Friend, or Hints from the Cockpit, 1845; Manning the Navy, 1849; and Complete and Universal Dictionary of Signals, 1849. He died at Torquay on 2 April 1886.

Miscellaneous Economy Plastic Cap Badges. A selection of 8 economy plastic cap badges, mostly to various Corps, including Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps &c.; together with a pair of Royal Artillery collar badges, all complete with fold-over tangs, very good condition (10) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Five: Warrant Officer Class I J. Reidy, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia), who was Mentioned in Despatches during the Boer War and served a remarkable 32 Years with the British Army Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (29620 Rl: Sgt. Maj: J. Reidy. Durham R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (24-62 W.O. Cl.1. J. Reidy. North’d Fus.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (S Mjr J Reidy RA); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (29620. Q.M. Sgt. J. Reidy. R.A.) light contact marks to first, generally very fine (5) £200-£240 --- James Reidy was born in Deptford, Kent, in 1858. He attested for the Royal Artillery on 23 March 1876 and re-engaged at Cork on 21 January 1886 for further service as Battery Sergeant Major. Awarded his Long Service ands Good Conduct Medal in 1894, he served in South Africa from 22 March 1900 to 28 November 1901, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901). Remaining with the Colours, the U.K. Military Campaign and Award Roll for South Africa adds: ‘At present serving on P.S. [Permanent Staff], Northumberland R.G.A. (Militia)’. Discharged at the age of 50 years on 23 September 1908, Reidy returned to service with the Tyneside Irish during the Great War, his papers stating ‘Max 55/’, and ‘over age 2/11’. Reidy was eventually discharged for a second time due to arthritis on 11 January 1919 and was later awarded an annuity M.S.M.

Six: Warrant Officer Class II R. Fitzjohn, Royal Artillery Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1408792 Sjt. R. Fitzjohn. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1408792 W.O.Cl.2. Fitzjohn. R.A.) the last lacking recipient’s initial, mounted court-style for display in this order, good very fine and better (6) £140-£180 --- Robert Fitzjohn was born in Earlsfield in 1893, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Kingston on 5 July 1913. A plate layer’s labourer, he later re-enlisted for the Royal Artillery (T.A.) on 12 April 1939.

Family Group: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (14114 Dvr: M. Moore. 17th. Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (72252 Dvr: J. Moore. R.F.A.) edge bruising, very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Maurice Moore served in South Africa with the 17th and 66th Batteries, R.F.A. John Moore was born in Woolton, Lancashire, around 1867. His Army Service Record shows that he was repeatedly imprisoned, including a term of 84 days for committing a crime in May 1901.

Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Books pertaining to Wing Commander J. G. Calvert, D.F.C., 640 Squadron, Royal Air Force, a Halifax pilot who completed a tour of 33 night time and daylight sorties against some of the most heavily defended enemy targets in the Ruhr valley; post-War, he subsequently flew another 163 sorties during the Berlin Airlift 1948-49 Five Log Books, the first a Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Log Book covering the period 5 September 1942 to 7 June 1948, well-annotated with details of all operational sorties undertaken; the second to fifth the recipient’s post-War Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book covering the periods August 1948 to June 1951; July 1951 to September 1953; September 1953 to December 1958; and May 1959 to March 1965, some pages slightly loose, and the spines damaged and reinforced with sellotape throughout, otherwise good condition (5) £400-£500 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 22 May 1945. The original Recommendation states: ‘On the night of the 2nd February 1945, this Captain was detailed to attack Dusseldorf and during the bombing run his aircraft was attacked by a J.U. 88. In spite of this Flying Officer Calvert was determined to hold the same course, in order to allow the Bomb Aimer to release his bombs on the objective. The decision on the part of the pilot to disregard the danger of fighter attack called for the highest degree of fortitude and determination to successfully conclude his mission. Once again, on the night of the 17th December 1944, the target being Duisburg, this Captain's aircraft was attacked by an enemy night fighter a few miles from the target, and a running fight followed, with the result that the enemy aircraft was claimed as destroyed. Although considerable height was lost during the combat, Flying Officer Calvert settled down to a bombing run and it was not until his bombs had found their objective that the pilot set course for base. The above are but two of the instances where this officer has shown the utmost disregard for his personal safety, placing the satisfactory completion of his mission before all other considerations. He has also led his Squadron on daylight attacks to the most heavily defended Ruhr cities, displaying leadership and courage of the highest order. I therefore have no hesitation in recommending this officer for the non-Immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. Remarks by Station Commander: During his operational tour this Officer has carried out a number of varied and difficult sorties which have included a series of attacks, both by day and by night, on Ruhr targets, and others of equal importance throughout Germany which were vital to the enemy's war effort and where the opposition was powerful. During this time Flying Officer Calvert has displayed consistent flying skill and efficiency of a high order, and his courage and dash have always served as a valuable example to other crews. His fine offensive spirit and operational record fully merit the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’ James Gordon Calvert was born in August 1923, and commenced his training at No. 32 E.F.T.S. in Alberta, Canada in September 1942. Returning to the U.K. in October 1943, and having attended further courses, he was posted to No. 640 Squadron, a Halifax unit operating out of Leconfield, Yorkshire, in early October 1944, in which month he completed six sorties, including two strikes against the Krupps works at Essen, a raid on Cologne, and two trips to Holland against enemy gun positions in support of the 1st Canadian Army. Calvert flew another half dozen operations in November, all against German targets, the first to Dusseldorf on the night of the 7th-8th, when his Halifax was coned by searchlights amidst heavy flak - and attacked by a Ju. 88. Bochum having been attacked on the 8th-9th (’Intense flak. Two searchlights’), and Gelsenkirchen on the 9th-10th (’Heavy flak. Saw several a/c go down’), he flew on strikes against Julich, Munster and Sterkrade. In December, after a sortie to Solst, Calvert and his crew were ordered to attack Osnabruck on the night of the 6th-7th, his Flying Log Book once more noting heavy flak - and a feathered port outer engine. Duisburg ten days later proved even more challenging, his Halifax being attacked on four occasions by an enemy night fighter ... ‘Destroyed same. Lost 6,000 feet.’ And a sharp reminder of ever present threat of enemy night fighters came again on the night of 5-6 January 1945, during a raid on Hannover, Calvert noting ‘Bags of N. Fighters. 32 lost on this night’s sortie.’ Luckily his trips to Dortmund, Ludwigshaven and Stuttgart in the same month appear to have been of a smoother nature. February 1945 witnessed Calvert flying several more sorties, including strikes against Mainz, Goch and Wanne Eickel, but it was an attack against Worms on the night of 21st-22nd that proved the highlight, his Flying Log Book noting, ‘Intense searchlight activity. Moderate flak. Saw seven a/c shot down by fighters.’ While in March, the final month of his operational tour, he appears to have enjoyed smoother trips against Hemmingstedt, Homburg and Witten. Tour expired, he was awarded the D.F.C. and posted to Transport Command. Post-war, Calvert joined No. 47 Squadron, a Hastings unit based at Dishforth, in which capacity he flew a remarkable tally of 163 sorties during the Berlin Airlift, between November 1948 and August 1949. He then instructed on Meteors with Flying Training Command, in addition to similar duties on secondment to the Luftwaffe in the early 1960s. Having then been advanced to Wing Commander, and attended the N.A.T.O. Defence College in Rome, he was posted to N.A.T.O’s Southern Europe H.Q. in Naples, from which latter establishment he returned to the UK in 1975; shortly after which, as a result of ill-health, he was placed on the Retired List. Sold with details of the recipient’s operational sorties, taken from the Squadron Operations Book; copied birth and death certificates; various newspaper cuttings; and other ephemera, including a NATO Defense College bronze medallion embossed ‘Wing Commander J. G. Calvert’.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1235 Gunr. J. Spyers 17th. Bde. R.A.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £60-£80

Four: Gunner J. Flynn, Royal Garrison Artillery, later Irish Local Security Force Ireland, Free State, Emergency Service Medal 1939-46, Local Security Force issue, with one Additional Award Bar (J. Flynn.) lacking integral top riband bar; Great Britain, 1914-15 Star (6597. Gnr. J. Flynn, R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (SR-6597 Gnr. J. Flynn. R.A.) mounted court-style for display in this order, nearly very fine (4) £70-£90 --- John Flynn served in France with the Royal Garrison Artillery from 12 October 1915. He received medical treatment for pyrexia in October 1916 and was later discharged to Army Reserve on 9 May 1919.

The extremely well-documented campaign group of seven awarded to Captain C. H. Wilkinson, Royal Corps of Signals, late Wireless Operator, Mercantile Marine and Sergeant Mechanic (Wireless Telegrapher), Royal Naval Air Service British War 1914-20 (F.11559 C. H. Wilkinson. P.O.M. R.N.A.S.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (C. H. Wilkinson); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (6) £260-£300 --- Cecil Howard Wilkinson was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, in July 1896. He was educated at The Greystones School, Scarborough, and joined the Merchant Navy as a Wireless Operator in 1913. Wilkinson made several Atlantic crossings in early 1914, before serving as a Sergeant Mechanic (Wireless Telegrapher) with the Royal Naval Air Service from 11 February 1916 to 1 April 1918, and then transferring to the Royal Air Force, his last posting being No. 1 Marine Observers School, Aldeburgh. Wilkinson’s Log Book records various W/T test flights at Aldeburgh with him in a Observer capacity in mainly DH6 aircraft between August 1918 and March 1919. He returned to the Merchant Navy in December 1919, and was still serving in April 1921. Wilkinson re-engaged for service during the Second War as a Company Quarter Master Sergeant with the Royal Corps of Signals. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in September 1943, and advanced to Captain in the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers in January 1948. Wilkinson was discharged with the honorary rank of Captain in August 1951. Sold with the following related original documentation: Board of Trade Continuous Certificate of Discharge; British Mercantile Marine Identity and Service Certificate; Signal Card 1908 (reprint 1914); First Class Certificate of Proficiency in Radiotelegraphy granted by the Postmaster General, dated 25 November 1913, complete with photograph and various travel stamps; Pilot’s Flying Log Book (Army Book 425), covering the period from 16 August 1918 to 6 March 1919; Certificate of Employment During the War; Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity (Soldier Not Remaining With The Colours); Second World War campaign medal enclosure slip; The Greystones School, Scarborough, School Report for Easter 1911; Membership Certificate for The Incorporated Radio Society of Great Britain, dated 8 September 1947; a number of photographs from Second World War service; and other ephemera.

Pair: Captain R. A. Maby, Gloucestershire Regiment, Parachute Regiment, and Royal Army Ordnance Corps Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (2/Lt. R. A. Maby. Glosters.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (Capt. R. A. Maby. RAOC.) mounted as worn, edge bruising to AGS, toned, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2015. Rene Alexis Maby was born in Headington, Oxford, on 22 July 1932, the son of the physicist Joseph Maby, the scientist who helped develop the early radar systems. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Gloucestershire Regiment on 22 July 1953, he was promoted Lieutenant on 22 July 1955, and served with the 1st Battalion in Kenya in 1955 as commander of the Anti-Tank Platoon. Undergoing parachute training, he transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment in 1958, and was promoted Captain on 22 July 1959. He served with them in Cyprus from December 1959, before transferring to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 29 August 1961, and saw further service in Malaya. Sold with array of the recipient’s unit cloth badges ands patches, including his Pegasus patch and Parachute Wings; and three photographic images.

Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2) (68123 Gnr: E. Farman. R.A.; 47901 Dvr: J. E. Feary. R.F.A.) minor edge bruising to latter, good very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Ernest Farman was born in Peckham in 1868 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 26 July 1888. He served overseas in India, Gibraltar and Malta and was awarded the LSGC Medal with gratuity in 1908. James Elliott Feary was born in Plaistow in 1866 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Colchester on 10 March 1885. He served in India and South Africa from 1 January 1900 to 23 March 1900, being further entitled to the QSA Medal, clasp Cape Colony.

A R.V.M. awarded to Bombardier C. Piggin, Royal Horse Artillery Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., bronze, contemporarily engraved ‘93769. Br. C. Piggin S. Baty. R.H.A.’ crown suspension loose, nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- George Piggin was born in Norwich and attested for the Royal Artillery on 25 October 1892. Transferred to the Military Mounted Police, he was invalided from the Service as Corporal on 21 January 1911. A letter contained within his Army Service Record notes that he later spent time at the Surrey County Asylum (Netherne Hospital) and died in consequence of a bad fall in 1930.

A Second War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant and Paymaster J. E. de la Motte, Royal Army Pay Corps, late Suffolk Yeomanry The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (2-Lieut. J. E. de la Motte.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, court-mounted for wear, lacquered, very fine (5) £160-£200 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946. Jack Edward de la Motte was born in Wandsworth in 1898. He served from 28 October 1915 as a Second Lieutenant in the Suffolk Yeomanry and later returned to service during the Second World War with the Royal Army Pay Corps. Raised Lieutenant and Paymaster in the London Gazette of 18 August 1942, his work was later recognised with the award of the O.B.E. in the New Year’s Honours’ list of 1946. Retired to north London, de la Motte later devoted his time to the pursuit of golf, his name regularly appearing in the contemporary press in consequence of winning the ‘longest drive’ at Wyke Green golf club (typically around the 230 yards mark).

Delhi Durbar 1903, silver (90298 Tptr.: E. J. Hill R.H.A.) contemporarily engraved naming, lacking integral silver riband buckle, minor scratches, generally very fine £160-£200 --- Ernest John Hill was born in Devonport in 1878. He attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 19 May 1892 and witnessed extensive service as Trumpeter with “E” and “M” Batteries, Royal Horse Artillery, including a 6 year posting to India from 12 October 1899 to 19 February 1906. His Army Service Record notes 10 days confined to barracks for ‘ill-treating Boy Hedley’, neglecting to obey orders, drunkenness, using obscene language, and breaking away from Military Police.

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (2119 Pte. R. Gorman 1st. Bn. E. Lanc: Regt.) edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- Robert Gorman was born in Shankhill, Belfast, in 1869 and attested for the East Lancashire Regiment at Belfast on 14 October 1887, having previously served in the 4th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 12 October 1891 to 2 December 1895, and took part in the Relief of Chitral campaign. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 8 December 1895, and was discharged on 13 October 1899, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service papers.

Four: Sergeant A. F. C. Child, Corps of Military Police General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (1416803 Sjt. A. Child. C. of M.P.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1416803 Cpl. A. F. C. Child. C. of M.P.) cleaned, good very fine (4) £100-£140

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.S.M. awarded to Sergeant C. Humphreys, one of the original cohort of the 4th Battalion, “The Mad Fourth”, Canadian Expeditionary Force, who survived the first German gas attack at Ypres in April 1915 - when the Battalion strength was less than halved - and was later transferred behind the lines and decorated for valuable service as Sergeant Cook Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (11583 Sjt. C. Humphreys. 4/Bn. 1/C. Ont. R.) minor contact marks, very fine £200-£240 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 20 May 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in France and Flanders.’ Charles Humphreys was born in Colchester, Essex, on 30 July 1888. A carpenter by trade, he attested for the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Central Ontario) at Valcartier on 22 September 1914, one of four Battalions which would eventually make up the 1st Brigade, 1st Canadian Infantry Division. Interestingly, many of the first officers and men to attest for the 4th Battalion came from up to a dozen of the pre-war Canadian Militia Regiments; the recipient’s Canadian Army Service Record confirms 1 years’ previous service with the [38th] Dufferin Rifles of Brantford. Initially appointed Private, Humphreys was sent to staff as Pioneer at Bustard on 2 November 1914. He subsequently boarded the S.S. Atlantian and docked at St. Nazaire with the 4th Battalion on 11 February 1915. After a train ride to Strazeele, the men marched to Outtersteene and spent the next few days in billets; here they learned of their first loss, Private Frederick Norris, who fell from the train enroute and was killed. Sent to Hazebrouck the troops soon suffered from scarlet fever and other health complaints; Humphreys spent 4 days suffering from stomach problems. On 22 April 1915, the German Army changed the nature of warfare by employing lethal chlorine gas on the battlefield for the first time. Lacking protective clothing and masks, French Colonial troops suffered appalling casualties and left a dangerous gap in the lines for the enemy to exploit. Leaving Vlamertigne at 2130hrs on 22 April 1915, the 4th Battalion moved to occupy the Mauser Ridge. At 0525hrs the following morning the Canadians emerged from the front line trenches and moved to leapfrog towards their objectives. Details of the attack were later printed in The Times: ‘It is safe to say that the youngest Private in the rank, as he set his teeth for the advance, knew the task in front of him, and the youngest subaltern knew that all rested upon its success. It did not seem that any human could live in the shower of shot and shell which began to play against the advancing troops.’ In his 1920 History of Brant County, author F. Douglas Reville noted that the 4th Battalion won its nickname just as its commanding officer went down in Battle: ‘As [Birchall] turned he fell dead at the head of his battalion. With a hoarse cry the battalion rushed forward to avenge him, and thus earned the title of “The Mad Fourth”. The Battalion War Diary for 23 April 1915 lists 505 killed, wounded or missing, the survivors - including Humphreys - being forced to dig in to consolidate their meagre gains. Having weathered this onslaught, Humphreys likely witnessed further action at Observatory Ridge from 12-14 June 1916 and the larger Canadian effort to capture Mont Sorrel. Promoted in the field to the unusual rank of Sergeant Cook 31 August 1916, he was thus removed from front line duties, likely being seen as having ‘done his bit’ and being one of the last of the original cohort still in the field. His Service Record subsequently notes the award of the M.S.M. after ‘49 months of service in France’. Returned home to Quebec per S.S. Metagama, he was struck off strength at Quebec Depot Clearing Service Command on 9 July 1919.

A fine ‘Mekran Expedition 1898’ C.B. group of nine awarded to Colonel R. C. G. Mayne, Bombay Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Lt. R. C. G. Mayne, 29th Bo. N.I.); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (Lieut: R. C. G. Mayne 29th Bombay N.I.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: R. C. G. Mayne, 2nd Belooch: Regt.); China 1900, no clasp (Lt. Col: R. C. G. Mayne, C.B., A.D.C., 30 Belooch: Inf:); Coronation 1902, silver; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Coronation 1911; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, mounted court-style, minor enamel chips to the first, the earlier campaign medals with pitting from star, otherwise very fine and better (9) £2,800-£3,400 --- Richard Charles Graham Mayne was born on 27 August 1852 in Simla, India, the son of Major Robert Graham Mayne, and Eliza Anne Landale. He was sent back to England to be educated at Wellington College, and then attended the Royal Military College Sandhurst, being commissioned as an Ensign into the 83rd County of Dublin Regiment of Foot in 1872. Mayne then transferred to the Indian Army, and was appointed a Lieutenant with the 29th Bombay Native Infantry, which was otherwise known as the Balooch Regiment. He saw service during the Second Afghanistan War of 1878-80, being present during Lord Robert's famous march from Kabul to Kandahar during August 1880, and was then present at the capture of Kandahar on 1 September 1880. Mayne was then present with the Indian Contingent sent to Egypt during the Egyptian War of 1882, being present in action at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir on 13 September 1882. Mayne was promoted to Captain in 1884, and then to Major in 1892, followed by Lieutenant Colonel in 1898, and appointed to command the 30th Bombay Native Infantry which was otherwise known as the 3rd Balooch Regiment. It was in this year that Mayne performed his most distinguished services for the Indian Army when he commanded the forces during the little known but important Mekran Expedition. At the turn of the 19th Century, the Mekran area of north-west India (now Pakistan) and adjacent south-east Persia was a remote dry strip of land running along the northern coastline of the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. This was, and remains today, one of the most hostile and inaccessible regions in the world. Mountains rising to over 10,000 feet formed a backdrop to the coastal desert. Habitation inland followed watercourses that ran through gorges in the hills where date gardens could be irrigated. Coastal communities existed on fishing and smuggling, with Muscat, in Oman across the Straits of Hormuz, being a major source of illegally-imported weapons. The camel provided a transport resource, as well as milk and meat. The standard of living was very low, bordering on wretched, for many inhabitants. The people were hardy and lawless Muslim Baluch tribesmen who resisted outside interference and who constantly intrigued and fought amongst themselves. In the British-administered portion of Mekran government of a sort was achieved by tribal treaty supervised by British Political Agents. The British presence was most evident on the coast where a telegraph line ran from Persia to Karachi. However, by 1898, British survey parties were working inland. In January 1898, conflict broke out in Kej, where the Hindu Nazim Diwan Udho Das (a district administrator who reported to the ruler of the region, the Khan of Kalat) was disliked and disrespected by the Baluch sardars (leaders) Baluch Khan and Mehrab Khan Gichki. The latter, with the complicity of Baluch Khan, attacked Diwan Udho Das on 6th January, imprisoned him in Kalatuk Fort and looted his treasury. Meantime, the unsuspecting British had deployed four surveyors, with Punjabi civilian support staff, into the Kolwa and Kej valleys, depending on the Baluch sardars' levies for security. On 9th January, the camp of one of the surveyors, Captain J. M. Burn, Royal Engineers, was attacked by local tribesmen. The fifteen-man levy escort team, commanded by Rhustam Khan, brother of Mehrab Khan Gichki, stood aside as sixteen support staff were slaughtered. The attackers and the escort party then seized thirty-five rifles and 15,000 Rupees. Captain Burn had been sleeping on a hill three miles away, and he was alerted by one of his men who had escaped from the camp. Burn started off on foot to Balor, thirty-five miles away. At Balor he sent messengers to alert the other surveyors, and he obtained a camel to ride to Urmara, whence on 11th January he telegraphed a report to Brigadier-General T. A. Cooke, the Officer Commanding Sind District, at Karachi. Within two hours of the report's arrival, a military response was initiated. Lieutenant-Colonel R. G. C. Mayne, commanding 30th Bombay Infantry (3rd Baluch Battalion), was ordered to proceed with 250 men to Urmara, seventy-five miles east of Pasni. Transportation was provided by the tug Richmond Crawford, with a local boat in tow carrying followers, baggage, 400 rounds per rifle, and rations for one month. Three British officers and one medical officer accompanied Mayne. Parties from the 21st Bombay Infantry were despatched to Chabbar and Jask in Persian Mekran to protect British telegraph facilities in those locations. Meanwhile those sardars wishing to avoid direct conflict with the British escorted the three remaining surveyors and their men into Urmara. At Urmara, Colonel Mayne landed his men, horses and supplies by using local bunder boats (ship-to-shore coastal boats). More troops were being organised to join Colonel Mayne, and Pasni was chosen as the operational base. From Pasni, a direct route led north to Mehrab Khan's fort at Turbat and the nearby fort at Kalatuk where Nazim Diwan Udho Das was jailed. Colonel Mayne marched on 19th January with his men along the 100 miles of telegraph line to Pasni, repairing the line as he went. The hostile sardars had sent instructions that the British were not to be offered camels to assist with transportation, but the British Political Agent for South-East Baluchistan, Major M. A. Tighe, quickly found camels for Colonel Mayne. None of the beasts were strong due to recent droughts in the region and many died under the pressure of work. By 27th January, Colonel Mayne had under his command at Pasni the 30th Bombay Infantry (400 rifles), a section of No 4 Hazara Mountain Battery (two 7-pndr guns), and eighty-eight transport mules. Two days later the following troops left Karachi to join Colonel Mayne: 6th Bombay Cavalry (half-squadron); 30th Bombay Infantry (eighty rifles, tasked with guarding telegraph facilities at Urmara, Pasni and Gwadur); Bombay Sappers and Miners (one British and one Indian officer with twelve other ranks); No 42 Field Hospital ('C' and 'D' Sections); an additional twelve transport mules. Colonel Mayne left Pasni with his men and the two mountain guns on 27th January, knowing that Baluch Khan intended to block his advance to Turbat. Four dry and dusty days later at 08.00 hours, the column came across the hostile Sardars and 1,500 of their men on hills 300 feet above the mouth of a narrow six-mile long defile. When the advance guard under Lieutenant N. R. Anderson got within 850 yards of the enemy, it came under breech-loading rifle fire. Captain A. Le G. Jacob, with fifty rifles, was deployed onto a hill on the enemy's left flank where he met stiff opposition. Lieutenant J. H. Paine and his gunners now delivered destructive blows by blasting the sardars' forces with shells. Colonel Mayne sent Captain R. Southey with fifty rifles to drive the enemy off low hills to the left (west) of the defile. At that moment Lieutenant H. T. Naylor appeared with thirty-two sabres from the 6th Bombay Cavalry. ...

A Medal of the Order of the British Empire group of seven awarded to acting Warrant Officer Class II A. J. Nutting, 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), London Regiment, who was thrice honoured in the Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Military), unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (161 Sjt. A. J. Nutting, 1/16 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (161 A.W.O. Cl. 2 A. J. Nutting, 16-Lond. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (161 Sjt. A. J. Nutting, 1/16 Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., named to another recipient ‘562118 Spr.-A.S. Sjt. E. Paine, R.E.’; Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style with new ribands but on original wearing bar, together with four related Queen’s Westminster Rifles’ prize medals 1909-12, two in gold and two in bronze, all named to the recipient, dated and in fitted cases of issue; and a silver prize award from the Metropolitan Territorial School of Arms Association, 1912, this also in fitted case, good very fine and better (12) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2009. Medal of the Order of the British Empire London Gazette 23 January 1920: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders. M.S.M. London Gazette 18 October 1916: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered during the present War.’ Alfred James Nutting was from Merstham, Surrey, and by profession a director of an old family business, the seed merchants Nutting and Sons Ltd. But he was also a keen Volunteer and Territorial, originally having joined the 13th (Queen’s) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers at Buckingham Gate in London several years before the Great War. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal shortly before the outbreak of hostilities (AO 216 of July 1914 refers), he went out to France as a Sergeant with the 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) in November of that year, where, no doubt, he witnessed events of the famous Christmas Truce - gifts were exchanged in No Man’s Land and one of the German officers encountered by the Battalion was originally from Catford. Remaining actively employed on the Western Front, Nutting was to be decorated on three occasions, namely with the Army Meritorious Service Medal; the Royal Victorian Medal in silver, on the occasion of George V’s visit to the Army in the Field in July 1917; and the Medal of the Order of the British Empire. Returning to his family firm after the War, of which he rose to be Chairman of the Board, Nutting was appointed as the Horticultural Trade Association’s representative to the Ministry of Agriculture on the renewal of hostilities, but following the complete destruction of his business premises in Southwark Street, London in 1942, his health declined. He died in Redhill, Surrey in July 1946.

Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (James Wilfred Harrald), in Royal Mint case of issue; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23823131 Bdr D J Cook RA), in named card box of issue; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (George W. F. Jefferson) nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- I.S.M. London Gazette, 10 April 1980: Harrald, James Wilfred, lately Telephonist, Scotland West Telephone Area, Glasgow.

Miscellaneous Women’s Insignia. A good selection of insignia to the Women’s Services including, OSD bronze FANY cap and collar badges and buttons, ATS cap, collars and shoulder titles, WRAC caps collars and shoulder titles, scarce lapel badges Women’s Royal Naval Services, Scottish Women’s Hospital, St. Dunstan’s Hallmarked Birmingham 1934, Women’s Imperial League, Food Preservation & Naval Transport Service 1915, Board of Agriculture Women’s Branch, another example Land Worker, Women’s Land Army cloth shoulder titles, brassard and lapel badge; and sundry cap, collar, and lapel badges, very good condition (lot) £300-£400

Five: E. L. Chescoe, Australian Forces 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘VX43285 E. L. Chescoe’, very fine 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal (2), one in named card box of issue address to ‘Mrs. E. I. Oliver, 7 Lonsdale Avenue, Romford, Essex’; War Medal 1939-45 (2) generally very fine (12) £100-£140 --- Sold with a War Medal 1935-45 planchet only, an Army Council Second World War bestowal slip, a boxed Dunkirk veteran’s commemorative medal, with certificate named to ‘Mr. W. McLennan’, a boxed National Service Medal, two Masonic medals and a Royal Navy Cap Tally.

Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant J. Hicks, Royal Artillery, who served a remarkable 34 years with the Colours Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Q.M. Sjt. J. Hicks. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (132. Sergt. J. Hicks. R.A.) good very fine and better (2) £140-£180 --- James Hicks was born in Westminster in 1853 and attested at Woolwich for the Royal Artillery on 17 September 1870. He served in 1884 as Sergeant with the 1st Brigade, North Irish Division, transferring the following year to the Southern Division and subsequently the London Division. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in 1891, he was later issued an annuity Meritorious Service Medal per Army Order No. 231 of 1925.

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (168 C. Sjt: A. E. King. 5/Essex Regt.) nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- A. E. King served with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment, from 1898. Transferring to the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, on the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908, he was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 255 of October 1910, one of only 41 E.VII.R. Territorial Force Efficiency Medals awarded to the 5th Battalion. He did not serve overseas during the Great War (the Essex Regimental Museum has a photograph of him with 3/5th Battalion taken during the War, and he is noted as a Sergeant Major), he later served as President of the 5th Battalion Old Comrades Association.

Pair: Corporal R. W. Webb, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, later Royal West Surrey Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (11957 A. Cpl. R. W. Webb. The Queen’s R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (379 Cpl. R. W. Webb. 5/Essex Regt.) the TFEM mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Robert W. Webb served with the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 8 of January 1911, one of only 41 E.VII.R. Territorial Force Efficiency Medals awarded to the 5th Battalion. He served during the Great War with the Royal West Surrey Regiment (also entitle to a Victory Medal), and later with the Labour Corps. Sold with copied Medal Index Cards.

The group of eight mounted medals attributed to Major-General N. A. Aferi, Ghanian Forces, late Royal West Africa Frontier Force Ghana, Republic, Every Ready Medal, silver; Ghana United Nations Medal, with Congo bar; Ghana Independece Medal 1960; Long and Efficient Service Star; Great Britain, Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; U.N. Medal, 1 clasp, Congo, all unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (8) £200-£240 --- Nathan Apea Aferi was born at Mampong-Akuapen, Gold Coast, on 21 September 1922, and served during the latter stages of the Second World War with the Royal West African Frontier Force. He was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, in 1954, and later trained at the Staff College, Camberley. Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel in the Ghanian Forces, he served with the United Nations Operation in the Congo, where he is reported to have been on guard at Radio Congo when Patrice Lumumba attempted a broadcast in the confusion around the time of Congo's independence in 1960 from Belgium. Promoted Major-General, he was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces in July 1965, and retired from the Army on 7 June 1966. Subsequently pursuing a diplomatic career, he served as Ghanian Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1972 to 1975. In addition to his mounted group of medals he was awarded the Honour of Merit First Class in 1963, and the Ghanian Distinguished Service Order in 1965, as well as receiving various honorary foreign awards. Twice married, firstly to Miss Rose Obeng in 1946, and then to Mad Wilhelmina Classpeter in 2001, in later life he was an enthusiastic Gospel singer at the Soul Clinic International Church in Accra. He died in Accra on 8 April 2003, and was buried with full military honours. Sold with the recipients Burial and Funeral Programme, containing many tributes to and photographs of the recipient; and a post-mortem photograph of the recipient in his open casket wearing his medals.

Three: Captain R. H. Rogers, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached Burma Mounted Rifles British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R. H. Rogers.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Lieut. R. H. Rogers.) good very fine (3) £160-£200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 20 January 1920: ‘For valuable service rendered in India during the War.’

A ‘double issue’ Queen’s South Africa Medal group of three awarded to Gunner W. Hales, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (34515 Gnr: W. Hales, 39th. Bty: R.F.A.); 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (34515 Gnr: W. Hales. 38th. Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (34515 Gnr: W. Hales. R.F.A.) light contact marks, very fine and better (3) £200-£240 --- Walter Hales was born in Bow, London, in 1881. A carpenter, he initially attested for the Royal Engineers as Sapper on 11 April 1899, before transferring to the Royal Field Artillery a couple of days later. Posted to South Africa from 5 September 1900 to 4 March 1907, his Army Service Record confirms entitlement to the QSA Medal with 3 clasps.