Early 20th century grouping to a highly respected figure in the Nursing profession Miss Ruth Eveline Darbyshire,medal group includes the C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire) on Ladies bow mount held in fitted case by Garrard & Co London, unnamed as issued, Royal Red Cross 1st Class , bow mounted, unnamed as issued, Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem Badge of a Lady of Grace, bow mounted,1935 Silver Jubilee Medal, Territorial Force Nursing Service Tippet Medal, Nightingale Badge (Nightingale Training School, St Thomas’ Hospital ) named to the reverse 'Ruth E. Darbyshire' and dated 1904, miniature medal bar consisting of the Royal Red Cross 1st Class, Kaisar i Hind Medal 1st Class in Gold, Order of the Hospital of St John, and 1935 Silver Jubilee Medal, mounted as worn, together with 1935 Jubilee medallion, leather nurses belt with silver plated buckles, and portrait photograph/postcard of Ruth Darbyshire, born in 1878 in England Miss Darbyshire moved to Australia with her family, she began training as a nurse in Adelaide and returning to England around the beginning of the Boer War continued at St Thomas' Hospital in London , during her long nursing career Miss Darbyshire was Matron of the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary Derby, Matron of St Mary's Hospital Paddington, Matron of the 2nd London General Hospital Territorial Army Nursing Service, member of The Army Nursing Board, and in 1917 was sent out to India to become Chief Lady Superintendent of Lady Minto's Indian Nursing Association, she was Matron of University College Hospital London, and Matron in Chief of the British Red Cross Society from 1940 to 1943 in London, she was also a founder member of the College of Nursing, she was awarded the Royal Red Cross 1st Class in 1916 by King George V and the Kaisar i Hind Medal in Gold for her First World War services,she was also appointed Lady of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St John and in January 1942 was awarded the C.B.E. in the New Years Honours List for services to nursing, Miss Darbyshire retired in 1935 due to ill health and passed away on 7th March 1946 at Bromley, Kent, a wonderful grouping to a remarkable Lady
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Scarce officers cap badge to the 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force), Kings Crown,locally made in white metal with two integral lugs and makers details (partially reads 'Johnson co, Aligarh') to the reverse, together with a '56 /Rifles' shoulder title in white metal with two integral lugs to the reverse, the badges belonged to Major H.S.L. Wolley of the 1st Battalion 56th Punjabi Rifles, a veteran of the Boer and First World Wars, raised in 1849 the regiment was designated the 56th Punjabi Rifles in 1906 and then became the 2nd Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles in 1922, (Major Wolley was educated at Charterhouse School and was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers in 1901, he served with the 2nd Battalion of the Regiment and the 9th Mounted Infantry Company during the 2nd Boer War, in 1904 he transferred to the 2nd Punjab Regiment in the Indian Army, raised in 1849 this regiment was designated the 56th Punjabi Rifles Frontier Force in 1906, during the First World War the 1st Battalion 56th Rifles F.F. served in Egypt and Aden and then in Mesopotamia where it fought in the battles for the relief of Kut Al Amara, the capture of Baghdad, and operations at Istabulat, Daur and Tikrit, Wolley was badly wounded during the operations in Mesopotamia forcing his early retirement from the army in 1921, he was an active member of the British Legion becoming Vice Chairman of the Cheltenham branch, during WW2 as part of the Local Defence Volunteers he was a staff officer at the HQ of General Sir Reginald Stevens, Major Wolley was also an active member of the Not Forgotten Association, he passed away on March 3rd 1957 at Godalming in Surrey) (2)
Scarce Officers cap badge to the 2nd Punjab Regiment, Queen Victoria Crown, locally made in white metal with two loops to the reverse, the badge belonged to Major H.S.L. Wolley of the 1st Battalion 56th Punjabi Rifles, a veteran of the Boer and First World Wars, raised in 1849 the regiment was designated the 56th Punjabi Rifles in 1906 and then became the 2nd Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles in 1922, (Major Wolley was educated at Charterhouse School and was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers in 1901, he served with the 2nd Battalion of the Regiment and the 9th Mounted Infantry Company during the 2nd Boer War, in 1904 he transferred to the 2nd Punjab Regiment in the Indian Army, raised in 1849 this regiment was designated the 56th Punjabi Rifles Frontier Force in 1906, during the First World War the 1st Battalion 56th Rifles F.F. served in Egypt and Aden and then in Mesopotamia where it fought in the battles for the relief of Kut Al Amara, the capture of Baghdad, and operations at Istabulat, Daur and Tikrit, Wolley was badly wounded during the operations in Mesopotamia forcing his early retirement from the army in 1921, he was an active member of the British Legion becoming Vice Chairman of the Cheltenham branch, during WW2 as part of the Local Defence Volunteers he was a staff officer at the HQ of General Sir Reginald Stevens, Major Wolley was also an active member of the Not Forgotten Association, he passed away on March 3rd 1957 at Godalming in Surrey)
Boer War/First World War casualty grouping to an Indian Army Officer, to include The Queens South Africa Medal with four clasps 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State', 'South Africa 1901', 'South Africa 1902', (LIEUT. H.S.L. WOLLEY. RL. FUS.) 1914-15 Star ( CAPT. H.S.L. WOLLEY. 1/56/RFLS. F.F.) 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal (CAPT. H.S.L. WOLLEY) Defence Medal, mounted as worn, together with a group of miniature medals to the same awards, a medal ribbon bar with pin fitting for the QSA Medal,1914-15 Star, BWM and Victory Medal, a locally made officers cap badge with Kings crown to the 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force) with two integral lugs to the reverse, officers rank stars and crowns, British Legion lapel badges, Not Forgotten Association lapel badge, a brass button stick by 'Hall & Sons stamped '5MF 1039', British Legion cap badge, Major Wolleys monocle, a cutting from the Gloucestershire Echo dated March 4th 1957 announcing the death of Major H.S.L. Wolley and giving details of his life and career, all held in a leather case stamped 'H.S.L.Wolley', (Major Wolley was educated at Charterhouse School and was commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers in 1901, he served with the 2nd Battalion of the Regiment and the 9th Mounted Infantry Company during the 2nd Boer War, in 1904 he transferred to the 2nd Punjab Regiment in the Indian Army, raised in 1849 this regiment was designated the 56th Punjabi Rifles Frontier Force in 1906, during the First World War the 1st Battalion 56th Rifles F.F. served in Egypt and Aden and then in Mesopotamia where it fought in the battles for the relief of Kut Al Amara, the capture of Baghdad, and operations at Istabulat, Daur and Tikrit, Wolley was badly wounded during the operations in Mesopotamia forcing his early retirement from the army in 1921, he was an active member of the British Legion becoming Vice Chairman of the Cheltenham branch, during WW2 as part of the Local Defence Volunteers he was a staff officer at the HQ of General Sir Reginald Stevens, Major Wolley was also an active member of the Not Forgotten Association, he passed away on March 3rd 1957 at Godalming in Surrey), (qty)
Second World War British plastic economy cap and collar badges, Royal Air Force, Royal Corps of Signals cap badges and Royal Marines, Royal Artillery collar badges marked to the maker 'A Stanley, Walsall', Royal Army Ordnance Corps cap badge marked 'F&G' for Fraser & Glass, all badges with two blades to the reverse, (7)
A WWII British Army Uniform, and accessories including a 1940s pattern battel dress blouse, dated 1945, another size 1 dated September 1945, an Engineers overcoat, a pair of trouser cotton khaki knee length shorts size number 7 dated 1943, a scarf and two pairs of gloves, two cotton gym singlets dated 1945, gym shoes, Royal Artillery side cap another green side cap, two pairs of military issue sunglasses, a cloth army FA referee blazer badge, an artillery cap badge and three black and white photographs of the gentleman in uniform
Miscellaneous Military & Other Ephemera - Lot comprises embroidered souvenir 1944 mats with the allied flags and reference to Roosevelt & Churchill. Also included is a Suffolk Regiment embroidered crested badge, a 1935 King George V silver jubilee printed handkerchief, a studio photograph of a pre World War 2 army officer with pith helmet, 3 shipping photographs and a leather bound autograph album covering the period 1909-1917 with numerous sketches and a RAMC silk postcard
AN INTERESTING SCRAP BOOK OF PRE-WORLD WAR II RUGBY UNION EPHEMERA relating to Army officer and Harlequins Rugby Player (John) Brian Birkett (1916-2013), including Marlborough College photographs, military rugby items, match-day programs, official team photographs, newspaper cuttings together with cloth badges etc.Summary of notable entries as follows:1. 1945 Rosslyn Park v Harlequins program2. 1945 Harlequins v Guy’s Hospital3. 1945 Harlequins team photograph4. Photograph of 1933 Marlborough College rifle team in cadet uniforms and with Birkett pictured together with a successful hoard of trophies, inscribed with names verso, with associated embroidered 1933 Bisley cuff-badge (visible in the photograph)5. Photograph of 1932 Marlborough College Pieshute Rugby XV, names verso6. As above for 19337. Photograph of 1933 Malrborough 2nd XV, names verso8. Photograph of 1934 Marlborough College Pieshute XV9. Photograph of 1934 Marlborough College 1st XV10. 1934 Marlborough College RFC Fixture card with signatures and results added11. 1935 Brighton Football Club v Harlequins program12. 1935 Royal Military Academy v Royal Air Force dinner menu card, signatures13. 1935-6 RMA fixture booklet14. 1935 RMA v Royal Military College program and dinner menu card, signatures15. 1936 Brighton Football Club v Harlequins program16. 1937 Harlequin FC dinner menu card17. 1937 Headingley RUFC v Dublin University program18. 1938 Headingley RUFC v Sale program19. 1938 Lansdowne v Headingley program20. 1938 Bradford v Headingley program21. 1938 Bath v Headingley program22. 1938 Bristol v Headingley program23. 1938 Harlequins v London Scottish program24. 1938 United Services RFC v Rest of Hants program25. 1938 Devonport Services RFC v Aldershot Services program26. 1946 Harlequin Football Club dinner menu card, signed27. Group of cloth badges including Marlborough College mitre, numbers ‘4’ and ‘19’ etcProvenance: the vendors of the Birkett Sporting Archive are the grandsons of Brian BirkettSee our digital catalogue for this collection with further images here https://bit.ly/2PixOMn
Thirty six cap badges and buttons including Royal Dragoons, Royal Army PT Corp, Assistant Secretary of the Army Challenge coin, two RAF Eagle cap badges, Royal Irish Fusiliers cap badge, Habilete Moralite Labor mint medal 2nd class, Essex Regiment, Egypt cap badge, Royal Engineers and Naval cap badges and Kings Hussars amongst others.
Forty nine cap badges and buttons, including R.N.A.S Armored car cap badge, two Royal Artillery cap badges, two Royal Engineer GVI KC badges, 3 x Kings Crown and Army badge, Royal Artillery Snr NCO's, Gun Arm badge, Essex Regiment, Egypt badge, Lancashire Fusilier's Egypt badge, Royal Artillery Ubique cap badge, Royal Arm Service Corps amongst many others and a selection of regimental buttons.
Cap badges, medallions, pips and brass buttons, this lot includes a Jordanian Hashemite 'In Gratitude' medal, Coronation medallion June 22 1911, Italian Star, Parachute regiment enamel badge, drum major cloth badge, cloth epaulettes, Women's Land Army badge, Army Catering Corps, various pips and brass and other buttons.
A collection of 26 Australian metal cap badges, to include: Australian Commonwealth Military Forces badge, Australian Army Public Relations Service, Melbourne University Regiment, Queensland University Regiment, Australian Army Apprentice's School, 11th/44th City of Perth Regiment, Royal Queensland Regiment, Wide Bay Regiment, City of Newcastle Regiment, etc. (26)
A collection of 31 American metal insignia badges, to include: Judge Advocate Badge, Civil Affairs, USA Medical Corps, Artillery Ordnance, Finance, Transport Corps, Naval Officers cap badge, Enlisted Man badge, Army Officers badge, 116th Armoured Force, Aviation Machinists, Cavalry, Armoured Forces, etc. (31)
A collection of approximately 50 Military cloth badges and Regimental embroideries, to include: Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment, Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Princess of Wales Own Regiment, Aircraft Handler 1st Class, Leading Hands, Petty Officer Photographer, Petty Officer Fitter & Mechanic, Landing Hands Air Crew, Radio Operator 1st Class, Canadian Royal Armoured Corps, Netherlands Army sleeve badge, Staff Sergeants stripes, Supply Rating, Engineer Mechanic, Marine Engineer; together with Regimental embroidered postcards and embroidered handkerchiefs. (approximately 50)
A collection of approximately 140 WWII Military cloth badges, to include: War Office Controlled Unit, War Office Allied Forces South East Asia, GHQ Home Forces, 1st Army Badge, 2nd Army Badge, 8th Army Badge, 21st Army Group, South East Command, Western Command, Eastern Command, Infantry, Royal Engineers, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Military Police, Royal Corps of Signals, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, South Wales District, Hants, Dorset & Aldershot District, North Midland District, East & West Riding, Ayrshire, British Troops Northern Ireland, Rhine Army Training Centre, British Troops in Austria, Cyprus District, British Troops in Malta, etc. (approximately 140)
A German Third Reich Army Marksman's Lanyard, in plaited silver coloured metal thread set with a white metal badge with silvered finish and backed by green wool, with an `artillery shell' toggle, the whole backed with silver grey ribbon.. The silver metal thread has oxidised and become dull and stiff, the ribbon and wool backings both appear to have been restitched.
A First World War ''Mons'' Trio, awarded to A-831 DVR:W.(Winford) B.LLOYD, A.S.C., comprising 1914 Star with clasp 5TH AUG.- 22ND NOV.1914 and rosette, British War Medal and Victory Medal, bar mounted, together with an Army Remount Service cap badge, printed research material including his Medal Index Card on which it is recorded that he served with 1/Advanced Remounts Depot and information on the Army Remount Service who were responsible for the provisioning of horses and mules to all other army units; also, a Labour Corps cap badge, a Royal Engineers cap badge and lapel badge
Family Group: A rare ‘Crowned Head’ M.S.M. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant G. T. Gascoyne, Northamptonshire Regiment, late Regimental Sergeant-Major, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2380 C. Sgt. T. Gascoyne, K.R.R.C.) suspension claw reaffixed; 1914-15 Star (R-222 S. Mjr. T. Gascoyne, K.R.Rif.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (R-222 W.O. Cl. I. T. Gascoyne. K.R.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19, erased; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver (2380 C/ Sgt. G. T. Gascoyne. 2nd K.R.Rif) engraved naming, lacking integral riband buckle; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2380 Clr:-Serjt: T. Gascoyne. K.R.R.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd ‘crowned head’ issue (Col. Sjt. T. Gascoyne. K.R.R.C.) edge bruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine or better, the last rare British War Medal 1914-20 (775 Wkr. P. M. Gascoyne Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Only 55 George VI ‘Crowned Head’ M.S.M.s. are believed to have been awarded, all being notified in Army Orders 44 of March and 106 of June, 1942. George Thomas Gascoyne was born in Lambeth, Surrey and using his second Christian name ‘Thomas’ attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Winchester on 15 September 1884, aged 18 years. He was promoted Corporal in February 1889, Sergeant in September 1891 and Colour Sergeant in May 1898, serving in the latter rank with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 11 September 1899 until 21 July 1900 (medal and 3 clasps). Proceeding to India in January 1903, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity under Army Order 10 the same month and, in his capacity as the senior non-commissioned officer, he was one of eight 2nd King’s Royal Rifle Corps Recipients of the 1903 Delhi Durbar Medal. In 1905 he elected to extend his army service beyond 21 years and the same year was recommended for the M.S.M. and posted Sergeant Instructor of the 2nd (South) Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps, transferring in 1908 to the Permanent Staff, 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment from which he was discharged to a pension on 8 February 1914. Gascoyne served during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 July 1915 as Regimental Sergeant-Major with the 11th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and was discharged to a commission with the Northamptonshire Regiment on 10 November 1915. He was awarded a Silver War Badge as a Lieutenant in the Northamptonshire Regiment. Phyllis Maud Gascoyne, eldest child of the above, was born in Malta on 21 October 1896. She enlisted in Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps on 14 May 1917 and served as a Worker on the Western Front from 1 June 1917 until 9 August 1917. She was discharged on medical grounds on 20 January 1918 and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold together with a silver match box engraved ‘H. Gozzett to C/Sgt. Gascoyne. 1902.’
The medals awarded to Eric Sawyer and Barry Dierks, two charmers who established and ran a successful architectural practice at Cannes, which flourished at the heart of 1920s and 30s Riviera Society Eight: Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Sawyer, Intelligence Corps 1914 Star (2. Lieut: E. G. Sawyer); British War and Victory Medals (Major E. G. Sawyer); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, poincon mark to base of tassel; together with the recipient’s riband bars, with rosette on 1914 Star riband, and M.I.D. oak leaves emblem on Victory Medal riband, very fine and better Four: B. Dierks, American Red Cross United States of America, Freedom Medal, bronze; France, Red Cross Medal, First Class, gilt, the reverse inscribed ‘Offert Par la Croix Rouge Française a Mr. Barry Dierks’, with integral top riband bar; Red Cross Medal, Second Class, silver, the reverse inscribed ‘M. B. Dierks’, with integral top riband bar; Italy, Kingdom, Italian Red Cross Merit Medal, bronze, unnamed as issued; together with the recipient’s Red Cross identity bracelet, silver, this inscribed ‘Barry Dierks Cannes Anglo-American Ambulance Corps’, on fitted chain; and a ‘Liaison Française’ lapel badge, bronze and enamel, good very fine (12) £1,800-£2,200 --- French Legion of Honour, Chevalier London Gazette 21 April 1917. Eric George Sawyer was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, in 1889, and was educated at Cheltenham College. After graduating as an engineer from the Royal School of Mines in London, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant, General List, on 6 August 1914, and served with the Intelligence Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He was promoted temporary Captain on 20 April 1915, and was Mentioned in General Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch of 30 April 1916 (London Gazette 15 June 1916). He was promoted temporary Major on 1 April 1918, and temporary Lieutenant-Colonel on 8 March 1919. For his services during the Great War, where he latterly held a post in the Claims Commission, he was awarded the French Legion of Honour. He relinquished his commission on 4 July 1919, and was granted the honorary rank of Major. Following the cessation of hostilities, Sawyer remained in Paris, and was appointed managing director of the Choilet Bank. Whilst in Paris he met the American architect Barry Dierks, and soon after they opened an architectural practice together on the French Riviera, with Dierks the architect and Sawyer the manager. With family money they built their home, a villa called ‘Le Trident’, named after a local rock feature on the beach, overlooking the sea at Theoule-sur-Mer. Hewn into the rock, ‘Le Trident’ was an extraordinary achievement. Not only was it the first building that Dierks had designed, but, as it was situated precariously on a steep and rocky cliff, Sawyer’s engineering and mining skills had been vital. Greatly admired, their house became the focal point for both their entertaining and in the cultivation of prospective clients. Their first commission came later that year from the author Somerset Maugham, and over the course of the inter-War period their practice flourished, and they designed and built over 100 houses and villas in and around Cannes and Antibes, of which 28 were for members of the aristocracy. Described as ‘the two charmers’, Sawyer and Dierks were at the centre of Riviera society, and their guests included the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Simpson, Winston Churchill, and various Hollywood stars. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Sawyer initially remained on the Riviera, under the Vichy regime, and attended early meetings of the Resistance movement. Although unconfirmed, it is probable that he was working for the Special Operations Executive during this period, and he assisted in various clandestine operations. In January 1943 his cover was blown, and he fled France across the Pyrenees, his last act at ‘Le Trident’ being to write in the visitors’ book: ‘End of an Epoch. Exeunt Eric and Barry.’ Returning to the U.K., Sawyer formally re-joined the Intelligence Corps on 15 March 1943, and served in North Africa and Italy as a Staff Officer in Civil Affairs, before joining the French section of the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, set-up to plan the invasion of Europe. He relinquished his commission on 18 September 1946, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Returning to ‘Le Trident’ following the cessation of hostilities, he and Dierks resumed their practice, and their social life, the highlight of which was the invitation to the wedding of their near neighbour Prince Rainier to Grace Kelly in 1956. He died at ‘Le Trident’ in 1985, 25 years after Dierks’ death, and is buried alongside him. Barry Dierks was born in Butte, Montana, in 1889, and served during the Great War as a Sub-Lieutenant in the American Army, without seeing active service. Studying architecture at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, he graduated in 1921, and emigrated to Paris. Newly arrived in Paris he met Eric Sawyer in the Ritz bar, and soon afterwards they opened their architectural practice together on the French Riviera. Dierks subsequently served during the Second World War with the American Red Cross, as part of the Anglo-American Ambulance Corps at Cannes, before being interned in Baden Baden after America’s entry into the War, and then, in 1943, being deported, along with the rest of the American internees at Baden Baden, to America. Returning to the south of France following the end of the War, he continued working until his death at ‘Le Trident’ in 1960. Sold with a copy of the book ‘Riviera Dreaming’ by Maureen Emerson, which gives an account of Sawyer’s and Dierks’ lives on the French Riviera from 1920 onwards, the title page inscribed ‘To the keeper of these artefacts- remember two audacious lives’ and signed ‘Maureen Emerson’.
An interesting Great War group of five awarded to Captain M. W. Hilton-Simpson, the noted African traveller and ethnologist who served with the Royal Army Service Corps during the war 1914-15 Star (Lieut: M. W. Hilton-Simpson. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. M. W. Hilton-Simpson.); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamels; Belgium, Royal Order of the Lion, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, good very fine (5) £500-£600 --- Melville William Hilton-Simpson was born in 1881, oldest child of Rev. William Hilton and Emma Ellen Soames; surname of Simpson added in 1888. He was educated at Wellington College and Exeter College, Oxford, B.Sc. Travelled the Barbary States and Sahara, 1903-06; accompanied Mr Emile Torday on an ethnological expedition to the Kasai Basin, Belgian Congo, to collect for the Department of Ethnography, British Museum, and first traversed the country of the Bakongo and Bashilele, 1907-09; from 1912, excluding the period of the war, has, with his wife, been engaged in a detailed ethnological study of Berber hill tribes in Southern Algeria, among whom they have spent seven winters to date. Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, 1927; Chevalier of the Royal Order of the Lion, 1930; Corresponding Member of the Royal Belgian Geographical Society, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., F.R.A.I.; Rivers Medallist, 1932; member of the Geographical Societies of Paris, America, and Algiers, and of other scientific bodies; served in European War on Western Front; retired with rank of Captain. Publications: Algiers and Beyond; Land and People of the Kasai; Among the Hill-Folk of Algeria; Arab Medicine and Surgery; numerous papers for the journals of various societies, mainly on geographical and ethnological subjects. He died on 17 March 1938. Sold with a first edition (1911) of Land and Peoples of the Kasai, inscribed by the author ‘To E. L. Gowlland in memory of auld lang syne, Nov. 9th 1911’.
Three: Lieutenant H. S. Middleton, Lincolnshire Regiment, late Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (33096, Pte. H. S. Middleton. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. H. S. Middleton.); Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, Fifth Class breast badge, by Lattes, Cairo, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, scratch marks to reverse of Star, nearly very fine (4) £220-£260 --- Herbert Shelton Middleton was born in 1891 at Stamford, Lincolnshire. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War in the Egyptian Theatre from 27 July 1916 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Lincolnshire Regiment on 29 August 1917. Serving with the 6th (Service) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, he was subsequently attached to the 1st Reserve Garrison Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and relinquished his commission on 1 September 1921, retaining the rank of Lieutenant. Order of the Nile not confirmed. Sold together with an “Active Service” New Testament 1917, inscribed by hand inside the front end leaf ‘To my godson. A memento of the Great War from the Rev: H. W. Kingsley. Chaplain to the Forces.’
Pair: Chief Motor Mechanic R. A. Clark, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (M.B. 2320 R. A. Clark. C.M.M. R.N.V.R.) good very fine Pair: Major E. L. Heywood, Middlesex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. E. L. Heywood.) edge bruising, nearly very fine Pair: Private W. J. Grey, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (11561 Pte. W. J. Grey. K.R. Rif. C.) good very fine Pair: Private H. W. Fisk, Rifle Brigade British War and Victory Medals (S-21934 Pte. H. W. Fisk. Rif. Brig.) with named lid of card box of issue; together with the recipient’s daughter’s L.C.C. King’s Medal, 1 clasp, 1919-20 (E. Fisk) nearly extremely fine (9) £120-£160 --- Richard Augustus Clark was born on 14 October 1898 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 18 February 1918. He served during the Great War as a Motor Mechanic in various Motor Launches and Coastal Motor Boats, and was promoted Chief Motor Mechanic on 1 November 1918. He was shore demobilised on 14 January 1920, and died in Haringey in 1982. Everard Lemprière Heywood was born on 26 August 1898 , the son of Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Heywood, Royal Army Medical Corps, and was educated at Haileybury. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 29 August 1917, he served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 25 January 1918. Remaining in the Army following the cessation of hostilities, was saw further service during the Second World War, and was advanced to Major. He died in 1967. Walter Joseph Grey attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star), subsequently transferring to the Machine Gun Corps. Henry William Fisk was born on 25 August 1885 and attested for the Rifle Brigade on 11 December 1915. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was discharged on 28 August 1917 due to inflammation of the kidneys aggravated by service. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, and died in Bromley on 8 September 1929. The King’s Medal was awarded to the recipient’s daughter, Ellen Fisk. Sold with some original ephemera for the last group, and detailed copied research for all.
Seven: Warrant Officer Ian McInnes, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, later honorary Consul of Belgium at Mombasa, Kenya 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7596406 S. Sjt. I. McInnes. R.A.O.C.); Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, mounted court style as worn, very fine (7) £100-£140 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946 (Mediterranean Theatre). Crown of Belgium, Chevalier, Edinburgh Gazette 2 February 1968. Sold with original Warrant of Appointment as Consul at Mombasa, dated 7 February 1962, and original Licence to wear the Insignia of Chevalier of the Order of the Crown, dated 25 January 1968.
A fine group of five awarded to Captain Sir W. Maxwell, K.B.E., who, during a most adventurous career, served as War Correspondent for the Standard at the Battle of Omdurman, and also subsequently during the Boer War where he was shut up with the British forces at Ladysmith. Having witnessed some of the momentous opening exchanges of the Great War on behalf of the Daily Telegraph, he accepted a commission and served as Chief Field Censor on Sir Ian Hamilton’s Staff in the Dardanelles; he was recruited into the Secret Service after the war Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no claps (Mr. W. Maxwell. “Standard”); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Fifth Class breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with central cabochon; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued; Japan, Empire, Russo-Japanese War Medal 1904-05, unnamed as issued, about very fine (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby’s February 1990, when sold together with K.B.E. neck badge and breast star, and Turkish Order of the Medjidjie Commander’s 3rd Class neck badge; and Spink May 1991 when sold with Turkish Order of the Medjidjie Commander’s 3rd Class neck badge. K.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 8 January 1919: ‘Captain William Maxwell’ William Maxwell was born in 1860 in Workington, Cumberland to Irish born parents. He was described in the 1881 census as a ‘Newspaper Reporter’ and in 1885 he was assigned by the morning Standard to replace John Cameron in the Sudan, the latter having perished with Hicks relief expedition in 1885. As war correspondent, he experienced the march to Khartoum with Kitchener’s army in 1898 and witnessed the defeat of the Mahdi at the Battle of Omdurman (Queen’s Sudan medal). After describing the spectacular tour of the German Emperor through Palestine and Syria, and covering the first peace conference at the Hague, 1899, he was packed off by his employers to cover the Boer War where he was shut up with the British Forces under White at Ladysmith. Undaunted by this trying experience, he then went to Kimberley and was with Robert’s army in every engagement from the capture of Bloemfontein to the Battles of Lydenburg and Komati Point (medal). He then served as the Standard’s correspondent on the Prince and Princess of Wales’s tour around the Empire, March to November 1901 and the following year published his own account of the voyage - With the “Ophir” Round the Empire. In 1903 Maxwell joined the Daily Mail with which paper he was assigned to cover the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05. He accompanied General Kuroki’s Army from the Battle of Yalu to the Battle of Shaho and was with General Nogi at the surrender of Port Arthur (Order of the Rising Sun and medal), the campaign was described in his book From the Yalu to Port Arthur: a personal record (1906). This was followed by a number of Eastern trips including the Prince of Wales’ Indian tour and his attendance at the Coronation of the Shah and the Delhi Durbar of 1911 (medal). A journey up the Yangtze to cover the revolution in Peking was then followed by a visit to Borkum to report on the German island defences and he accompanied the Bulgarian forces whilst reporting on the Balkan Wars, 1912. At the outbreak of the Great War Maxwell was in the service of the Daily Telegraph attached to the Belgian Army and, in the first of many adventures during that war, he was arrested by a British patrol outside Mons after fleeing Brussels as it fell to the German Army in August 1914. He was present at the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne and received a commission as Captain on the Special List attached to the Imperial General Staff on 16 April 1915 (London Gazette 16 April 1915). He immediately embarked for the Dardanelles where he joined the Headquarters Staff of Sir Ian Hamilton as Chief Field Censor. Under regulations drawn up and enforced by the British Army, press correspondents at Gallipoli were required to submit all their writings to Captain Maxwell, whose approval was required prior to their transmission. Maxwell therefore played a central role in the unsuccessful attempt to palliate reports about the events unfolding in the Gallipoli Campaign. After the war he became a section head in the Secret Service. Captain Sir William Maxwell died at Wraysbury in 1928, aged 66. Sold with a 1902 copy of With the “Ophir” Round the Empire. Note: No Great War Medal Index Card or medal roll entries for Maxwell have been found. His Great War campaign medal entitlement is therefore not confirmed.
A Great War ‘Western Front 1918’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major William Hedley, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Coldstream Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (34123 C.S. Mjr.-T.R.S. Mjr. - W. Hedley. 2/4 Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (4653 Sjt. W. Hedley. C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (4653 T.W.O. Cl. 1. W. Hedley. C. Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5373884 W.O. Cl. II. W. Hedley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (5) £1,000-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1920: ‘He has always set a very fine example of smartness and discipline to all ranks under the most trying conditions. On several occasions his coolness and steadiness under fire has been most noticeable. On consecutive nights during April and May, 1918, near Robecq, he, by the able execution of his duties, rendered valuable service to his battalion.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 22 May 1917: Company Sergeant-Major, Coldstream Guards. William Hedley served in France with the Coldstream Guards from 21 December 1915. He joined the 2/4th Battalion O.B.L.I. in France with a draft from England on 7 April 1918. The regimental history records that he was gassed in the Nieppe Forrest area on the night of 7/8 August. Sold with cap badges and tie pins for both regiments, and a D.C.M. League enamelled lapel badge.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of eight awarded to Major W. G. Older, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (9639 Sjt. W. Older. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9639 Pte. W. Older. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9639 Sjt. W. Older. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (5373215 W.O. Cl. II W. Older M.M. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (5373215 W.O. Cl. 2. W. Older. M.M. Oxf & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine, the last nearly extremely fine (8) £400-£600 --- M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919. According to his obituary this was awarded for action in the operations on 23 October 1918, at Capelle Village, on the river Escaillon. M.S.M. awarded under terms of Army Order 98 of 1953, without annuity. Walter George Older served in France with the 2nd Battalion from 13 August 1914, and was wounded later that year at Ypres, and evacuated to England. On leaving hospital he was posted to the 3rd Battalion and promoted Sergeant. Rejoining the 2nd Battalion in August 1917, he became Signalling Sergeant and was awarded the Military Medal for action in the operations on 23rd October, 1918. He embarked for India in 1922 and on 16 July was promoted to Warrant rank as Company Sergeant-Major of “D” Company, an appointment he held until transferred to the 1st Battalion in the same capacity with Headquarters Wing. In 1930 he went to the Bucks Battalion as acting Regimental Sergeant-Major, where he served with great success until discharged to pension in November 1936. The outbreak of war in 1939 found him once again wearing the bugle horn as Regimental Sergeant-Major of the 5th Battalion. In July 1940 he was commissioned as Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the 4th Battalion. He afterwards served at the Depot, the ITC, and the end of the war saw him at Cowley Barracks. When he retired in 1947 he was a Major commanding a training company. He was afterwards employed as a civilian administrative officer at Regimental Headquarters, Cowley Barracks, until his final retirement at the end of 1957. His total service covered 46 years. Leaving Oxford he took over a sub-post office and business at Freemantle, Southampton, and was so employed when he died, after a sudden and short illness, on 17 July 1962, aged 67 years. Sold with OBLI cap badge mounted with pin, Bucks Battalion cap badge, Bucks Battalion silver and enamel sweetheart brooch, and copied obituary from The Gorget.
An unattributed O.B.E. group of seven miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type badge; British War Medal 1914-20; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, mounted as worn, good very fine An unattributed Boer War and Great War group of six miniature dress medals Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., mounted as worn, good very fine (13) £60-£80
A well-documented Belgian Great War group of seven awarded to Major U. Guffens, 8th Belgian Infantry Regiment, who was mortally wounded at Tervaete on the Yser Front on 21 October 1914, and died of his wounds on 20 November 1914 Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Military Division, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, French motto, with rosette and silver palm emblem on riband; Military Cross, Second Class, A.I.R., silver-gilt and enamel; Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with bronze palm emblem on riband; King Leopold II Commemorative Medal 1865-1905, bronze-gilt; Yser Medal 1914, bronze and enamel; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-1918, bronze; Allied Victory Medal, bronze; together with the recipient’s Chevalier’s badge for the Order of Leopold, Military Division, silver and enamel, French motto, good very fine and better (8) £300-£400 --- Ulysse Guffens was born in Namur on 18 February 1870 and was admitted to the Army Orphans’ School on 26 September 1881. Enrolling into the Belgian Army on his fourteenth birthday, he was promoted Corporal on 7 August 1886, and after a short period of service was selected for admission to the Royal Military College, arriving there on 4 January 1888. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 4 January 1900, he was posted initially to the 11th Infantry Regiment, before transferring to the 14th Infantry Regiment. Promoted Lieutenant on 25 March 1896, Guffens attended the Staff College, and upon graduating was posted to the 2nd Guides Cavalry Regiment on 24 November 1898. After further Staff postings he was promoted Captain on 26 June 1904, and Captain-Commandant on 27 December 1908. He served with the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front, fighting with his unit all the way from Namar, to Antwerp, to the Yser Front. Holding the line at Tervaerte, waiting for British and French reinforcements to arrive, he was wounded on 21 October 1914 whilst repelling a massive German attack that had followed three days of bombardment. Evacuated to London, he died of his wounds on 2 November 1914. In 1920, Guffens was posthumously promoted Major, backdated to 19 November 1914. The 8th Infantry Regiment was awarded ‘Tervaete’ as a Battle Honour. Sold together with an extensive archive, including the Award Document for the Order of Leopold, Officer, with palm, and the Croix de Guerre, both retroactively awarded on 15 February 1915; Award Document for the Order of Leopold, Chevalier, dated 26 November 1910; Award Document for the Military Cross, Second Class, dated 8 May 1911; Award Document for the King Leopold II Commemorative Medal, dated 17 March 1906; Award Document for the Yser Medal, dated 1 June 1920; Award Document for the Great War Commemorative Medal, dated 15 May 1922; and the Award Document for the Allied Victory Medal, dated 15 May 1922; together with various commission and service record documents; a photographic image of the recipient; and copied research.
A Belgian Korean War group of fifteen awarded to Captain-Commandant J. A. P. de Schodt, Belgian Army, who was taken Prisoner of War during the Second World War, and served with the Para-Commando unit in Korea, where he was wounded Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Order of Leopold, Knight’s breast badge, Military Division, silver and enamel, bilingual motto; Order of Leopold II, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel, bilingual motto; Military Cross, Second Class, gilt and enamel, with Belgian lion to both obverse and reverse centres; Korea, Republic, Order of Military Merit, Fourth Class, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘873’, with Star emblem on riband, with fitted case of issue; United States of America, Bronze Star, reverse engraved ‘J. A. P. de S.’; Belgium, Kingdom, Commemorative Medal for the Second World War 1940-45, bronze, 1 clasp, Chatkol, with crossed swords, crown, and red cross emblems on riband; Korea Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, Coree-Korea; Medal of the War Volunteer, bronze, 2 clasps, Pugnator, Korea-Coree; Volunteer’s Medal 1940-45, bronze, 1 clasp, 1940-1945; U.N. Medal for Korea 1950-54, French language issue; Korea, Republic, Korean War Participation Medal, bronze; Netherlands, Kingdom, Four Day March Cross, silvered and enamel, these all mounted as worn on two riband bars; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, L.III.R., bronze, with bronze palm on riband; King Albert Commemorative medal, bronze, these both loose; together with the recipient’s Chevalier’s badge of the Order of the Crown, silver and enamel, with silver palm on riband, generally very fine and better (16) £600-£800 --- Jean Alphonse Paule de Schodt was born in Serinchamps on 16 July 1911 into a prominent Brussels family (at least one of his ancestors had their portrait painted by van Dyck), and joined the Belgian Army just after his 19th Birthday, enlisting into the prestigious 1er Guides Cavalry Regiment. Advanced Sergeant on 20 December 1932, he transferred to the Reserve on 15 November 1937, but was recalled following the outbreak of the Second World War. Captured and taken Prisoner of War on 29 May 1940, he was released soon after. Joining the ‘Mouvement National Royaliste’ Resistance Movement as a Second Lieutenant on 6 March 1945, de Schodt was subsequently assigned to the Belgian Occupation Forces in Germany, and was promoted Lieutenant on 26 September 1949. Proceeding to Korea, he served with the Para-Commando Regiment, arriving in Korea on 14 February 1953. On the night of 9 March 1953, whilst second in command of a Company, he was supervising two sections in preparation for a counter-attack when a mortar shell landed and exploded close by. He suffered a pierced right arm, diagnosed as ‘acuptic trauma’. On 2 April 1953 he was appointed commanding officer of the HQ Company, and was promoted Captain on 26 September 1953. For his services in Korea de Schodt was appointed a Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II (Royal Decree 15 May 1954); the United States of America Bronze Star; and the Korean Order of Military Merit. The citation for the Bronze Star states: ‘Captain de Schodt, a member of the Belgian United Nations Command, is cited for meritorious service in connection with military operations against an armed enemy in Korea during the period 19 February 1953 to 10 February 1954. As Headquarters Company Commandant, Captain de Schodt performed his duties in a highly commendable manner. He also assumed numerous additional responsibilities, displaying unusual resourcefulness and initiative in performing every phase of his tasks with the utmost of efficiency, When approached by the logistical and tactical problems inherent in such a command position, Captain de Schodt put into practice his comprehensive knowledge of military techniques and procedures, and through his untiring efforts and superior leadership contributed materially to the combat effectiveness of the Belgian Battalion. His loyalty, initiative, and devotion to duty earned him the respect and admiration of all those with whom he served. The meritorious service rendered by Captain de Schodt throughout this period reflects great credit on himself and the Belgian Battalion.’ De Schodt was appointed a Chevalier of the Order of the Crown on 15 November 1954, and a Chevalier of the Order of Leopold on 15 November 1957, the latter whilst serving in the Congo. Returning to Belgium, he was promoted Captain-Commandant on 26 March 1960, and was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the Crown on 15 November 1961. He was awarded the Military Cross, Second Class, in recognition of twelve years’ service as an Officer on 6 April 1962, and finally retired on 1 October 1965. For his Military service during the reign of King Albert (1909-34), de Schodt subsequently received the King Albert Commemorative Medal by Royal Decree on 12 July 1962. Following changes in the statutes to the Order of the Crown, he was further entitled to the Croix de Guerre, with palm, and received this, by Royal Decree, on 7 April 1967. He died two days later, on 9 April 1967. Sold with the recipient’s riband bar for the first thirteen medals; various other cloth and metal insignia; a portrait photograph of the recipient; and copied research.
Croatia, Republic, Order of the Croatian Morning Star, for Culture, breast Star, silvered with gilt centre, with Marki Marulic at centre, in fitted case of issue, with riband bar but lacking miniature award, nearly extremely fine Romania, Socialist Republic, Order of Military Merit, Second Class breast badge, for 20 Years’ Service, silvered and enamel, with riband bar, in fitted case of issue; together with the Bestowal Document named to Lieutenant-Colonel Iulia I. Szirmai, and dated 1968, in scroll holder, good very fine Yugoslavia, Federal People’s Republic, Order of Labour (2), First Class breast Star with Gold Wreath, silver with gilt centre; Second Class breast Star with Silver Wreath, silver with gilt hammer and sickle, retaining pins of both stamped ‘Zin-Kovnica’ (Belgrade Mint), both in cases of issue, nearly extremely fine (4) £60-£80 --- Sold together with a German Third Reich badge for the German Army in Corsica, silvered base metal and enamel, unmarked, with original pin.
A Japanese pair awarded to Gunto (Sergeant) Masaaki Yorioka, Imperial Japanese Army, who died of wounds in China in October 1937 Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Eighth Class breast badge, silver, with lapel rosette, in original rio-nuri lacquered case of issue; China Incident Medal 1937, bronze, in case of issue, extremely fine (2) £60-£80 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2010. Masaaki Yorioka was born on 17 July 1909 in the Kochi Prefecture. As a Gunto in the Imperial Japanese Army, he died of wounds in the 2nd Imperial Field Hospital on 29 October 1937. Sold with the recipient’s original named Service Book; ‘Gunto’ collar rank patch; and a photograph of the recipient in uniform.
A Second War C.I.E. group of four awarded to Captain G. L. Vivian, C.S.I., Indian Army Reserve of Officers and Indian Civil Service The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck riband, minor red enamel damage to extremity of one petal, otherwise nearly extremely fine; British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. G. L. Vivian, I.A.R.O. Attd. 12 Cav.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, very fine and better unless otherwise stated (4) £800-£1,000 --- C.I.E. London Gazette 1 January 1944: ‘Graham Linsell Vivian, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Officiating Chief Secretary to the Government of the United Provinces, and lately Commissioner, Allahabad Division, United Provinces.’ C.S.I. London Gazette 13 June 1946: ‘Graham Linsel Vivian Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, lately Advisor to His Excellency the Governor of the United Provinces.’ Graham Linsell Vivian was born on 1 August 1887, the son of Richard Thomas Vivian of Roseville, Winchmore Hill North. He was educated at Epsom College, from where he won a open classical scholarship to Selwyn College Cambridge. Appointed after examination to the Indian Civil Service in 1910, he arrived in India, 25 November 1911, and served in the United Provinces as Assistant Magistrate and Collector and Assistant Settlement Officer in October 1916 and Joint Magistrate in June 1917. He then took leave from the civil service while serving as a Captain in the Cavalry Branch of the Indian Army Reserve of Officers from 13 September 1917 (London Gazette 25 January 1918). Vivian returned to the Indian Civil Service in the United Provinces in 1919 following military service and was assigned special duties at Lucknow from October 1922 to February 1923. Appointed Settlement Officer in October 1923, he served for one year until appointed Officiating Magistrate and Collector in October 1924. Confirmed in July 1928. Vivian was briefly appointed Officiating President, Court of Wards, from February to November 1935, and was appointed Commissioner, Allahabad Division, United Provinces from 1941 to 1943. He was Officiating Chief Secretary to the Governor of the United Provinces, 1943-44, receiving recognition in 1944 when he was created a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire. He served as Advisor to the Governor of the United Provinces until retirement in 1946 for which services he was further rewarded, this time as a Companion of the Star of India. He died at Hastings on 18 February 1978 at the age of 91. Sold together with an Epsom College Propert Prize Medal, 1867, a bronze award medal by J. S. & A. B. Wyon, bust of John Propert left, rev. legend in and around wreath, 57mm, edge impressed (G. L. Vivian, 1906.)
A rare ‘Rhodesia 1896’ D.S.O. group of nine awarded to Brigadier-General R. H. F. McCulloch, C.M.G., Royal Artillery, who remained with his gun after having been wounded in the attack on Skimbo in August 1896 Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar converted for mounting; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Lieut. R. H. F. McCulloch. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (Capt: R. F. H. McCulloch, D.S.O., R.G.A.) last letter of surname officially corrected; 1914 Star, with clasp (Major R. F. H. McCulloch. D.S.O. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Brig. Gen. R. F. H. McCulloch.); Italy, Kingdom, Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus, Officer’s breast badge, gold, silver-gilt, and enamel, with rosette on riband; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamel, with rosette on riband; Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, mounted court style for display, nearly extremely fine (9) £4,000-£5,000 --- One of only 7 Distinguished Service Orders awarded for this campaign, this being unique to the Royal Artillery. D.S.O. London Gazette 7 May 1897: ‘In recognition of services in the recent operations in South Africa, 1896.’ Italian Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus London Gazette 12 September 1918. French Legion of Honour London Gazette 13 February 1917. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 17 August 1918. Robert Henry Frederick McCulloch was born in October 1869 and joined the Royal Artillery in 1888, receiving promotion to Lieutenant in 1891. He commanded a section of 10 Mountain Battery, R. A., during the Matabeleland operations of 1896, was slightly wounded, Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the D.S.O. In his report, Major-General F. Carrington stated that McCulloch ‘worked his gun with great coolness and steadiness when the enemy were in force within 50 yards of him in the attack on Sikimbo on 5 August 1896. He remained with his gun after having been wounded.’ McCulloch's section had been operating in co-ordination with a force of men raised by the British South Africa Company. He had already witnessed a great deal of fighting during the advance on Bulawayo, which culminated with the capture of the Matabele strong holds in the Matoppo Hills. The incident referred to in Major-General Carrington’s report was probably the biggest of the campaign, five Impis being attacked by a combined Imperial Force of 800 men. The enemy were completely routed. However, at the outset of the action, when McCulloch and another gunner subaltern were ordered to detach themselves from the main force, and set up position on a ridge, the fast moving Matabele swept in for the kill, creeping up gullies under the cover of the bush. But for the prompt actions of McCulloch and his compatriot, it is probable the detachment would have been wiped out. Promoted to Captain in 1899, McCulloch served throughout most of the Boer War as D.A.A.G. on the lines of communication in Cape Colony. He afterwards became a Divisional and Militia Adjutant and held the rank of Major by the outbreak of hostilities in 1914. Picked out for command of heavy artillery, he held several senior positions, ultimately as Brigadier-General, Heavy Artillery, 11 Army Corps, France. He was created a C.M.G. in 1918, was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 15 June 1916 and 30 May 1918) and was decorated by the French and Italians. He retired in 1921 and died in Hayling Island, Hampshire, on 16 October 1946.
A post-War O.B.E. group of nine attributed to Colonel A. A. Duncan, Welsh Guards; a keen sportsman, he played First Class cricket for Glamorgan, and captained the Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup golf team in 1953 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, French motto, with bronze palm on riband; Croix de Guerre, L.III.R., bronze, with bronze palm on riband, mounted as worn, enamel damage to motto on Leopold II, otherwise good very fine (9) £400-£500 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1959. Belgian Order of Leopold II and Croix de Guerre London Gazette 25 September 1947. The original Recommendation states: ‘Major A. A. Duncan was Brigade Major, 231 Infantry Brigade, from July 1944 to February 1945 during which time he had to issue many orders and instructions for important, fast, and long advances in face of enemy opposition which necessitated him being under fire for long periods. On 2 September 1944, the Brigade arrived at Arras, having advanced from Amiens on the same day. On arrival orders had to be got out for the advance of the Brigade Group (mechanised) to Brussels, a distance of 90 miles. This entailed a great deal of work and organisation to get all units rested and re-fulled and tactically disposed. Hardly had this been planned when the 1st Belgian Brigade Group came under command. Late at night very strenuous efforts had to be made to get sufficient supplies of all kinds (petrol, food, and ammunition) in order that the Brigade Group could carry out its task early the next morning so that both British and Belgian Groups were able to reach the outskirts of Brussels the next evening despite heavy fighting. This great triumph was greatly due to the magnificent staff-work, tack, drive, and courage of Major Duncan, who later became Brigade Major, 6th Guards, Armoured Brigade, and completed the victorious advance of this Brigade to its final objective in Germany.’ Anthony Arthur ‘Tony’ Duncan was born in Cardiff on 10 December 1914, the son of Newspaper Proprietor, John Duncan. Educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford, he was a successful schoolboy batsman, scoring 58 and 94 against Marlborough at Lord’s in 1933, and played three First Class matches, two for Glamorgan, and one for Oxford University. However, it was as an amateur golfer that he made his name, and was awarded a Blue in each of his three years at Oxford, later winning the Army Golf Championship at Princes in 1937 and Muirfield in 1938. The Welsh Amateur Championships came his way, as well as a place in the international team for the annual amateur home nations championship. In May 1939 he reached the final of the British Amateur Championship at Hoylake, Liverpool, losing to Alexander Kyle of Scotland. Whilst at Oxford, Duncan joined the Officer Training Corps and at the end of his studies proceeded to Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards in 1936. Initially on the outbreak of war, Duncan found himself on home duties. In 1941 he was appointed adjutant to the 2nd Armoured Brigade, Welsh Guards, later joining the 231 (Malta) Infantry Brigade in Normandy in June 1944 as a Brigade Major. In July of 1944 he was part of Operation Market Garden as part of XXX Corps, which struck from Belgium through Holland towards the bridge at Arnhem. His organisational work during the period July 1944 to February 1945 came to the notice of the Belgian allies and he was made a Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II (with palm) and awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre with palm. Duncan was in the thick of most of the actions as Brussels was retaken, then into 1945 with actions at Haversum, Kassel and Hassum amongst others before returning to the UK in March. Duncan later became Brigade Major to 116 Royal Marine Brigade, then after the war to 6/Guards Tank Brigade. Between 1947-50 he was regimental adjutant, Welsh Guards. In 1947 he commanded a parade at Windsor Castle with the 2/Welsh Guards and was advanced to Major in 1948. Duncan continued to play top-level amateur golf through the post war years and in 1953 was chosen as the captain of the Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Golf team to play the United States of America in Massachusetts. He later acted as a judge in many major golf tournaments around his home area of Surrey, and on one occasion incurred the wrath of Jack Nicklaus. Between 1950-53 Duncan was an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley, then later became non-NATO staff officer to the chairman of the British defence staffs in Washington DC, including being secretary of the British delegation to the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations. During 1956-58 he was manager for the rebuilding of the new Guards Chapel at Wellington Barracks, as well as Chelsea and Knightsbridge Barracks. He also fulfilled the role of Assistant Quarter Master General for the London District between 1957-1960, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year’s Honours’ List of 1959. Advanced Colonel in June 1960, Duncan was later Army representative to the RAF Staff college at Bracknell, and between 1968-1970 he was commandant of the Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Warfare School. He retired in 1970, but remained at the Staff College in Camberley until 1979. He died in Farnham, Surrey, on 3 January 1998. Sold together with the recipient’s Bestowal Document for the O.B.E.; Central Chancery enclosure for the O.B.E.; named Certificates for the Coronation and Jubilee Medals; the recipient’s Officers Training Corps Certificate; a group photograph and a photographic image of the recipient; a gold Staff Officer’s Baton, E.II.R.; the recipient’s riband bar and various buttons and rank insignia; various newspaper obituaries; and a large quantity of copied research, the majority dealing with his golfing exploits. For the recipient’s brother’s medals, see Lot 418.
A Boer War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Warrant Officer Class I G. F. Walker, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (4145 Lc. Serjt: G. Walker, 1/L.N. Lanc: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (4145. Cpl. G. F. Walker. 1st. L.N. Lnc: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4145 Serjt: G. Walker. L.N. Lanc: Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4145 C.Sjt: G. F. Walker. L.N. Lanc: Regt.) contact marks and minor edge bruising throughout, therefore nearly very fine (4) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 1999. D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. George Frederick Walker was born in Beckton, Eseex, in 1874 and attested for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at Woolwich on 21 July 1893, having previously served in the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 7 February 1895 to 19 February 1896; in Ceylon from 20 February 1896 to 10 February 1899; and in South Africa from 11 February 1899 to 17 September 1902, being promoted Corporal on 29 December 1897. He served with the Mounted Infantry Company during the Boer War, was promoted Sergeant on 15 September 1900, and was Mentioned in Lord Roberts’ Despatch of 4 September 1901, as well as being awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Promoted Colour-Sergeant on 16 March 1907, he was awarded his Long Service Medal per Army Order 104 of 1912, and was discharged on 20 July 1914, after 21 years’ service. Re-enlisting into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment following the outbreak of the Great War on 28 September 1914, Walker spent the entire War at home, being advanced Warrant Officer Class I. He was finally discharged on 8 February 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with a Loyal North Lancashire Regiment cap badge; and copied research.
A Great War ‘Gallipoli’ D.C.M. group of nine awarded to Acting Regimental Sergeant Major D. Christie, Highland Light Infantry, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry under fire during the Occupation of Crete in September 1898, and received a further Mention during the Great War. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4737 A.R.S. Mjr: D. Christie. 1/6 H.L.I. -T.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Wittebergen, Transvaal, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (4737 Sgt. D. Christie, 1st. High: Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4737 Clr:-Serjt: D. Christie. Highland L.I.); 1914-15 Star (4737 C.Sjt. D. Christie. High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (4737 C-Sjt. D. Christie. High. L.I.); Coronation 1937 (David Christie.) contemporarily engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (4737 C.Sjt: D. Christie. H.L.I.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (David S. Christie.) edge bruising to the QSA and KSA pair, light contact marks throughout, generally very fine and better (9) £800-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 19 August 1916: ‘For conspicuously good work rendered during the performance of a difficult operation. He has set a fine example to his Battalion.’ David Christie was born in Edinburgh in 1874 and attested there for the Royal Scots on 20 June 1892. He transferred to the Highland Light Infantry on 30 November 1892, and served with them during the Occupation of Crete, 31 July to 26 December 1898, being Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 24 January 1899). Major I. C. Conway-Gordon, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, was an eye-witness to Christie’s act of gallantry, and later wrote the following testimonial: ‘On 6 September 1898 fire was suddenly opened on the troops stationed at Kandia, Crete, by the Bashie Bazouks. Sergeant D. Christie immediately turned out “A” Company, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, of which Captain A. G. Balfour was in command. Captain Balfour took up a position with his Company and shortly afterwards Private Walton was wounded. The Hospital was situated about 100 yards from the position occupied by “A” Company, and the ground between was open all the wire to fire. Sergeant Christie volunteered to take Private Watson to the Hospital. He succeeded in doing so although exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy. Against the advice of the Medical Officer he returned across the zone of fire and rejoined his Company. I was an eye-witness of this action on the part of Sergeant Christie and consider he showed the utmost bravery and coolness under fire in carrying out the duty he had volunteered for. Throughout the remainder of the action he continued to display the same gallant spirit and much assisted and encouraged the men by his example.’ Christie saw further action in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 October 1899 to 11 January 1903, and received the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Wittebergen, and Transvaal (his entitlement to the Transvaal clasp appearing on a supplementary roll), as well as the King’s South Africa Medal with both date clasps. Remaining with the Regiment, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, before transferring to the permanent staff of the 6th Battalion (Territorial Force), and served with them during the Great War in Gallipoli from 2 July 1915 as Acting Regimental Sergeant Major. For his services in Gallipoli he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, as well as being once more Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 25 September 1916). Embarking for England from Alexandria on 3 September 1916, he was discharged at Hamilton on 20 October 1916, after 24 years and 123 days’ service, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.
A Second War ‘Italian theatre’ Immediate M.M. group of seven awarded to Private John Hopkins, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late The Queen’s Regiment, for gallantry in attempting to save two badly wounded men under enemy fire Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5384688 Pte. J. Hopkins. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) mounted on original investiture pin; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5384688 Pte. J. Hopkins (M.M.) Queens.) nearly extremely fine £800-£1,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 January 1944. The recommendation states: ‘Pte. Hopkins was a stretcher bearer in A Coy on morning of 16 September when heavy mortaring caught a section on a forward area, killing four outright and seriously wounding two others. Despite the fact that this crest was under aimed MG fire Pte. Hopkins crawled forward alone to the two wounded men and remaining under fire did what he could do to allay their suffering and bring them to safety. After a time it became clear to him that he could do nothing more to save them. They died before he left them. He had shown the utmost courage in going forward to them, and though his efforts were of no avail, they are deserving of the highest credit.’ Sold with OBLI cap badge and copied recommendation.
Three: Sapper D. O’Connor, 1st Siege Company, Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Special Reserve) 1914 Star, with clasp (385635 Sapr: D. O’ Conner. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (385635 Spr. D. O’Connor. R.E.) very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Daniel O’Connor was born in St. Anne’s, Lancashire in 1884 and attested for the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Special Reserve) in 1908. He served with the 1st Siege Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 November 1914, and was hospitalised and repatriated to England in both 1915 and 1916. Having transferred to the Labour Corps, he was discharged, no longer physically fit for war service, on 3 January 1918 and awarded a Silver War Badge. His medal roll entries and medal index card also refer to service with the 1st Battalion, Liverpool Regiment and the Royal Army Service Corps.
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