Four: Captain J. W. Sloan, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, later Royal Scots, late Highland Light Infantry, who was twice wounded 1914 Star (2331 Pte. D. Sloan. 9/High: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. D. Sloan.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (David Sloan.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted for wear together with the recipient’s brother’s Victory Medal 1914-19 (2. Lieut. J .W. Sloan.) this last officially re-impressed; good very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 4 September 1919. David Sloan, an insurance agent in Glasgow, was educated at Glasgow University and following the outbreak of the Great War attested for the Highland Light Infantry, serving with the 9th Battalion on the Western Front from 5 November 1914. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Third Battalion, Special Reserve, King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 11 November 1915, and having appeared on the wounded list of 9 September 1916 was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1917. He took part in the Battle of Langemarck in August 1917, and was again wounded in action 22 November 1917. Proceeding to Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland in December 1917 and then to Claremorris in May 1918, he was appointed Acting Captain whilst commanding a Company of the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers from 16 October 1918. Awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre, he resigned his Commission on 1 April 1920. His address was given as Templemore, Tipperary, but his medals were sent to Whitesands, Dumfries (also his brother’s address). Following the outbreak of the Second World War he was commissioned Second Lieutenant, National Defence Companies, General List, on 18 October 1939; the National Defence Companies of the Territorial Army were a voluntary military reserve force of the British Army, for the purpose of home defence in the event of war. James Whittaker Sloan, brother of the above, was born in Dumfries on 1 December 1884 and was educated at Dumfries Academy and Merchiston Castle Private School in Edinburgh. He attested to the 17th (Glasgow City of Commerce) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry on 30 December 1916, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 April to 17 July 1917. Returning home, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve, King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 30 January 1918, and relinquished his commission on 21 April 1919.
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India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (6220 Driver W. Brooks. ‘F’ By. R.H.A.) nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Brooks, a gardener, was born in Finchampstead and is confirmed on the roll as serving with “F” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery during operations on the Punjab Frontier from 10 June 1897 to 6 April 1898. He is later recorded in the UK, Army Register of Soldier’s Effects, 1901-1929, as having died at Rawalpindi on 13 June 1902.
Four: Acting Corporal C. W. Burn, 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles), London Regiment 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (1075 Pte. C. W. Burn. 1/28 Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1075 A. Cpl. C. W. Burn. 28-Lond. R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (760068 Pte. -A. Cpl.- C. W. Burn. 28-Lond. R.) good very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Approximately 730 1914 Stars awarded to the 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles) Cyril W. Burn attested for the 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles), London Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 October 1914. He was awarded his Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 190 of 1922.
Five: Major-General R. N. Tinley, 39th Regiment of Foot, later Cape Mounted Riflemen, who was severely wounded at the battle of Mahrajpoor on 29 December 1843, and led his Regiment’s attack on the Grand Redan during the Crimea War Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Captn. Robert N. Tinley H.M. 39th. Regt.) original hook adapted and now suspended from a straight bar suspension, with contemporary silver riband buckle; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. Colonel R. N. Tinley. 39th. Regt.) depot impressed naming; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with poincon mark to base of tassel; Ottoman Empire, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, unmarked, of ‘bazaar’ manufacture; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, fitted with an IGS-style suspension, mounted for wear, significant enamel damage to the tips of points of LdeH, otherwise generally very fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- Robert Newport Tinley was born in 1811 and was commissioned Ensign in the 39th Regiment of Foot on 4 April 1832. He was promoted Lieutenant on 19 July 1833, and Captain on 15 December 1840. He served with the Regiment during the Gwalior campaign, and was severely wounded at the battle of Maharajpoor on 29 December 1843. Promoted Major on 11 November 1851, Tinley saw further service during the Crimean War, going out to the Crimea with a draft of the 39th Regiment aboard H.M.S. Princess Royal, sailing from Queenstown on 13 January 1855, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 9 March 1855. He led his regiment's attack on the Redan on 18 June 1855, and commanded the Trench Guard, left attack, where a strong sortie of 2,000 Russians was made against the chevaux de frise, Woronzoff Road, on the night of 2 August, and which was successfully repulsed; he was also present at the attack on the Redan on 8 September, and Commanded and brought out the 39th Regiment of Foot at the end of the war. For his services he was awarded the Fifth Classes of both the French Legion of Honour and the Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh. Promoted Colonel on 28 May 1858, Tinley went on to serve with distinction with the Cape Mounted Rifles before going on half pay on 1 May 1866. Promoted Major-General on 6 March 1868, he died at St. Helier, Jersey on 10 July 1877. A fine watercolour of Tinley in the uniform of the Cape Mounted Rifles, by Richard Simkin, is held in the collection of the National Army Museum. (Accession No. NAM.2014-02-43-1). Sold with the eight Commission Documents covering most of the recipient’s promotions from Ensign to Major-General. For the Maharajpoor Star named to the recipient’s brother, see Lot 359.
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (P. Ridley, 24th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Peter Ridley served with the 24th Foot for 12 yaers 6 months, including 7 years 11 months in the East Indies, and was admitted to an out-pension of 6d per diem, at Newcastle, on 26 November 1823. He died on 29 May 1851, aged 53.
Buttons. A good selection of Military Buttons to the Royal Army Chaplains Department and other Corps, across five cards, including Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Military Police, Royal Army Pay Corps, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, etc., generally good condition (lot) £60-£80
The Distinguished Service Cross 1901-1938
Compiled by W. H. Fevyer, published by the London Stamp Exchange, 1991, 91pp., hardback, with plastic dust jacket, very good condition The Distinguished Service Medal 1914-1920.
Compiled by W. H. Fevyer, published by J. B. Hayward & Son, 1982, 121pp., hardback, with dust jacket, very good condition The Distinguished Flying Medal 1918-1982. Compiled by I. T. Tavender, published by J. B. Hayward & Son, 1990, 623pp., hardback, with dust jacket, reasonable condition The China War Medal 1900 to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
Compiled by W. H. Fevyer and J. W. Wilson, published by London Stamp Exchange, 1985, 205pp., hardback, good condition The Africa General Service Medal to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
Compiled by W. H. Fevyer and J. W. Wilson, published by London Stamp Exchange, 1990, 130pp., including numerous appendices, hardback, very good condition The Air Efficiency Award 1942-2005. Compiled by Christopher Brooks, published by the Orders and Medals Research Society, 2006, 426pp., hardback, with dust jacket, very good condition The Naval Good Shooting Medal 1903-1914.
Compiled by R. J. Scarlett, published by London Stamp Exchange, 1990, 113pp., hardback, very good condition Honours and Awards to Women - The Royal Navy. Compiled by N. G. Gooding, published by the Orders and Medals Research Society, 2017, 132pp., softback, very good condition Fire Brigade Awards of the Second World War. Compiled and published by the Life Saving Awards Research Society, 2017, 284pp., softback, very good condition White Russian Awards to British & Commonwealth Servicemen during the Allied Intervention in Russia 1918-1920 Compiled by Ray Brough, published by Tom Donovan, 1991, 174pp., hardback, very good condition (lot) £60-£80 --- Sold with a privately compiled list of Royal Marines Honours and Awards 1900-1970; a bound copy of O.M.R.S. Journals 1969-70; a Part 2 (Supplement) to Honour to the Airborne, by David Buxton; Battle over Britain, by Francis K. Mason; and Japanese Army Air Force Fighter Units and their Aces 1931-1945, by Ikuhiko Hata, Yasuho Ozawa, and Christopher Shores.
A rare and outstanding Korean War ‘Commando (Amphibious Raiding Force)’ M.M. group of four awarded to Marine A. A. H. Harper, 41 Independent Commando, Royal Marines, attached 1st U.S. Marine Division One of ‘The Chosin Few’ who served in ‘Hellfire Valley’ at the battle of Chosin River – in which his unit won the rare distinction of earning both the United States and South Korean Presidential Unit Citations – he took a bullet in the chest in the act of storming an enemy machine-gun post in December 1950 Military Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (P.O.X.6207 Marine A. A. H. Harper. R.M.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (PO/X .6207 A. A. H. Harper. Mne. R.M.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (PO/X.6207 A. A. H. Harper Mne. R.M.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (4) £20,000-£30,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- One of nine M.M.s awarded to the Royal Marines for the Korea War, all for the Chosin Reservoir campaign, and four of which reside in the collection of the Royal Marines Museum. Marine Harper’s award is unique, being the only one for a direct combat action on 7 December 1950, the remainder having been awarded for the ‘hell fire valley’ ambush that occurred on 29 November 1950. M.M. London Gazette 18 May 1951: ‘For gallant and distinguished service with 41 Independent Commando, Royal Marines, in operations in Korea.’ The original recommendation states: ‘On 7 December 1950, Marine Harper was a member of a Troop which was ordered to capture a hill on the road between Hagaru-Ri and Koto-Ri. On the way up the Troop were held up by an enemy M.G. position. Marine Harper worked his way forward alone until he was in a position to throw grenades into the position. This he succeeded in doing, but, while doing so, he was himself wounded. This Marine’s outstanding example and complete disregard for his personal safety was instrumental in enabling the Troop to complete its task successfully.’ Arthur Alexander Henry Harper was born in Kent on 7 May 1929 and, as a recent entrant into the Royal Marines, first witnessed active service in post-war Palestine. But it was for his subsequent services as a member of 41 Independent Commando, R.M., in Korea, that he was awarded the M.M. ‘Task Force Drysdale’ and the Chosin Reservoir Campaign In August 1950, following the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, Admiral C. T. Joy, Commander United Nations Naval Forces, suggested the British provide a small, specialist and highly skilled force capable of raiding the coasts. A few days later - on 18 August - No. 41 Commando was reformed under Lieutenant-Colonel D. B. Drysdale, but it would total just 300 men – ‘half a commando’. Harper was among the new intake and joined the Commando at Camp McGill, Yokosuka, where the men were issued with American arms and underwent intense familiarisation and training before entering the fray. The unit went operational on 12-13 September when it assisted in the Inchon landings, offering beach reconnaissance from H.M.S. Whitesand Bay. Under the command of Lieutenant D. G. Pound, the men of ‘Pound Force’ were attached to the United States Army Special Operations Company. They were subsequently employed for three daring raids to cut railways along the north-eastern coast, 67 men being landed at Chongjin on 2 October from the American submarine Perch. With her torpedo tubes removed, Perch took her raiding party close into the coast before they boarded 10 inflatable boats to lay anti-tank mines to blow sections of vital coastal railway. In so doing, they suffered their first casualty of the war - Marine P. E. Jones - but the operation was a success overall. Subsequent - similarly daring - raids in the following days saw the Commandos being landed from the U.S.S. Wantuck, again to blow tunnels, bridges and lines. Returning to Japan at the end of the month, the men gained valuable time to re-group and undertook training on the slopes of Mount Fuiyama. ‘Hellfire Valley’ Having re-joined the United States X Corps, comprising 1 Marine Corps and 7th Cavalry, the Commandos next landed on the north-east coast. They pushed toward the Chosin Reservoir in late November 1950, crossing the 38th Parallel which in turn resulted in the Chinese Army entering the war. By 25 November, two American Regiments had reached the east side of the reservoir and intended to push north to the Chinese border. 1 Marine Corps were posted on the main supply route, from Hagaru and Koto-ri. Little did they know that a full-scale Chinese offensive was about to break. That very night Chinese attacks came along the entire 30 mile stretch they held and a further 70 miles to the coast. By the morning, they held three isolated perimeters, at Yudam-ni, Hagaru and Koto-ri. The 235 men of 41 Commando, Royal Marines arrived on the scene at Koto-ri, the furthest south, on 28 November, initially in a reconnaissance role. This was soon out of the question, since mere survival was the only option. On the morning of 29 November, ‘Task Force Drysdale’ was mustered. It numbered 922 men and 141 vehicles, having been bolstered by U.S. Marines and Infantry. Their mission was simple: reach Hagaru and reinforce. There was no time to feed the men before they marched off and they soon met resistance, just 4 miles north of Koto-ri. What was to follow was remarkable, the Task Force coming under constant and destructive attack for the following 17 hours. They were ambushed as soon as they reached ‘Hellfire Valley’ above the Changjin River. A phosphorous bomb obliterated the ammunition vehicle, splitting the rear of the convoy and dropping a number of American Infantrymen who thought better than to continue. In bitter temperatures, the casualty rate was over a third that night. Commandos and U.S. Marines fought side by side along the road, with the commander being wounded on the way. A number were forced to surrender but 556 made it through. Harper was one of the lucky ones. ‘The Chosin Few’ Having reached the surrounded Hagaru, the plan was for the reinforcements to rest up and then assist in the withdrawal through enemy country. It was not to be, for 32 of ‘B’ Company were sent to take a hill on the entrance to Hagaru that very same day. They did eventually set out on 6 December, with some 15,000 men on the road back to Koto-ri, once again in dreadful weather. It was summed up well by the Divisional Commander: “Gentlemen, we are not retreating. We are merely advancing in another direction.” Having marched for 38 hours to reach Koto-ri, 41 Commando were sent into a snowstorm to patrol around the surrounding high ground on 7-8 December, only to be called back with the 5th U.S. Marine Column to the Hungnam Bridgehead. Here, then, the action for which Harper was awarded his M.M. The survivors finally reached the port on 10 December and were embarked with 22,000 U.S. Marines to Pusan, Harper clearly as a stretcher case. He was discharged from the Royal Marines in 1952, likely on account of his chest wound, and died in Newport in the Isle of Wight in August 2004. During those few short weeks, the men of 41 Commando had played a vital role in the retreat. They had suffered losses of 13 killed and 39 wounded, with another 27 posted as missing - almost a third of the force. Harper and his fellow Marines are to this day are referred to as ‘The Chosin Few.’ Resultant Honours & Award...
Four: Sergeant A. R. Greenfield, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army), late Royal Tank Corps Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial, with Three Additional Award Clasps (309104 Sjt. A. R. Greenfield. R.A.); Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, good very fine and better (4) £70-£90 --- Arthur Reginald Greenfield was born in 1902 and attested for the Royal Tank Corps at Clapham on 20 October 1920. An engineer by profession, he transferred to 98th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Army) on 31 March 1922, and witnessed extensive home service during the inter-war years and Second World War. Appointed to Civil Defence, he was later awarded the Civil Defence Long Service Medal.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4252 Pte. E. Wheway, 1: Leic: Regt.) initial officially corrected, edge bruising, very fine £160-£200 --- Edwin James Wheway attested for the Leicestershire Regiment on 29 November 1894 and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 May 1896 to 28 October 1902 (additionally entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal). He transferred to the Army Reserve on 31 October 1902, and was discharged on 28 November 1906, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M., Second War ‘Civil Division’ B.E.M. group of six awarded to Corporal J. Marsh, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (16429 Cpl. J. Marsh. R.G.A.); British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (John Edward Marsh) in card box of issue; 1914 Star, with clasp (16429 Gnr: J. Marsh. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (16429 Cpl. J. Marsh. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1402328 Cpl. J. Marsh. M.M. R.G.A.) minor edge bruise to last, nearly very fine and better (6) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 23 July 1919. B.E.M. London Gazette 4 June 1943: John Edward Marsh, Storeman “A”, Anti-Aircraft Command, War Office. John Edward Marsh attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery and served with the 24th Heavy Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 September 1914.
Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Lieutenant William Tinley H.M. 39th Regt.) fitted with a replacement silver bar suspension, good very fine £300-£400 --- William Newport Tinley was born in 1819 and was commissioned Ensign in the Royal African Colonial Corps on 15 November 1839. He transferred to the 39th Regiment of Foot on 31 December 1839, and was promoted Lieutenant, by purchase, on 11 June 1841, serving with the regiment in the Gwalior campaign of 1843, including the battle of Maharajpoor on 29 December 1843. He was promoted Captain on 27 May 1853, and was awarded the Royal Humane’s Society’s Silver Medal for his action on 9 August 1853: ‘During the morning of 9 August 1853 Mortimer Flynn (27), a Private in the 39th Regiment, got into difficulties while bathing in Cork harbour and sank in some ten feet of water. Captain Tinley, who was based at Fort Camden, Cork, was himself going out to bathe, when, shortly after passing the barracks, he spotted Flynn struggling in the water. He ran down to the rock at the edge of the water and jumped in full dressed. Having swam to where Flynn had last appeared, Tinley managed to grab his hair and thus pull his head above the surface. He then held him and swam back to the rock were other soldiers from the guard room helped take the unconscious Flynn ashore and into the guard room to recover. No medical assistance was available. Details of the rescue were quickly brought to the attention of the Royal Humane Society by Lieutenant W Greesham and Lieutenant J Dixon, both of the 39th Regiment, as well as others. The Society initially considered the circumstances at its committee meeting on 21 September 1853 who then referred it on to their General Court. They approved the award of the Society's silver medal to Captain Tinley. The Society sent Tinley's medal to the War Office on 6 April 1854 for them to arrange its presentation.’ (R.H.S. Case no. 15,419 refers) Tinley saw further service during the Crimean War, going out to the Crimea with a draft of the 39th Regiment aboard H.M.S. Princess Royal, sailing from Queenstown on 13 January 1855. He was present at the siege of Sebastopol and the attacks on the Redan of 18 June and 8 September 1855 (entitled to a Crimea Medal with clasp Sebastopol and Turkish Crimea Medal - these medals, together with an unnamed Maharajpoor Star, were sold at auction in November 2014). He retired from the Army on 20 May 1864 and died at Bruff, County Limerick, on 8 February 1874. Sold with copied research. Note: At least one other Maharajpoor Star named to this man is known to exist. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s brother, see Lot 197.
A well-documented Defence of Lucknow and Egypt campaign group of four awarded to Colonel W. Cleland, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow (Lieut. W. Cleland, 1st Madras Fusrs.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Lieut. Col. W. Cleland, 1/Rl. Dub. Fus.); Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, Third Class neck badge, by Paul Stopin, Palais-Royal, silver, gold, and enamel, maker’s cartouche to reverse, minor enamel damage to crescent suspension, with small section of neck riband for display purposes; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, contact marks and pitting from the star, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Gordon Everson Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2002. William Cleland was born at Perth, Scotland, on 26 April 1818, and was educated at Perth Academy. He was commissioned as an Ensign in the 1st Madras Fusiliers on 4 March 1857, and embarked the same day for India. He was actively engaged in the suppression of the mutiny in Bengal in 1857-58, and was present with Havelock’s Column in the actions of Futtehpore, Aoung, Pandoo, Nuddee, Cawnpore, Bithoor, Mungarwar, and Alumbagh, relief of Lucknow, and defence of the Residency, occupation of the Alumbagh under Outram, capture of Lucknow, and the campaign of 1858 in Oude. He was slightly wounded during the attack on the fort at Rehora on 23 November 1858. During his passage home in 1859, Cleland compiled a journal of his experiences during the mutiny, much of which survives in transcript form today. Of the entry into Lucknow on 25 September 1857, he wrote: ‘The distance to the Residency was about three quarters of a mile through a narrow street, the houses on either side of which had two or three rows of loopholes, the street being cut by deep trenches too broad to leap, so that one was compelled to jump to the bottom and scramble up the other side. On the order to advance the 98th rushed through the gateway followed by the Sikhs, the rear being brought up by the Madras Fusiliers, but before the Residency gate was reached the three regiments were left as one. Two guns also were taken along with us, but were brought to a stand on reaching the first trench. Under such a storm of bullets it would have been certain death to anyone who remained stationary for a moment, the guns were consequently left in the street, and we pushed on to the Residency. Those who were wounded lay where they fell, and amongst them were several officers poor fellows. The greater number were massacred during the night by the enemy who issued from their houses for that purpose. It was here that General Neill fell. Having seen his Brigade all pass through the gateway headed by Generals Outram and Havelock, he prepared to follow. On passing through the gateway he was struck on the temple by a bullet which passed through his head and he fell dead to the ground. We reached the Residency gateway about 7 o’clock, were greeted with a cheer and the Residency was saved. Having scrambled over the parapet and gained the interior we were met by numbers of the Garrison who attacked us eagerly with questions concerning Cawnpore. An officer came up to me who I subsequently learned was a doctor, he asked me eagerly who were saved at Cawnpore, and on my telling him all were massacred, he ejaculated “Oh God, my wife and child,” and left me.’ Cleland was promoted to Captain on 8 July 1867, became Major on 1 September 1877, and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 July 1881. Returning home from a visit to Australia in 1882, Cleland found himself in Egypt at the time of the uprising by Arabi Pasha, and immediately offered his services. He was appointed Chief of Police in Alexandria, a duty which he carried out with an iron rule; ‘Every other day, under the superintendence of Col. Cleland, Chief of Police, Arabs who had been found guilty of the murder of Europeans were executed...’ He was mentioned in despatches for his services and awarded the Order of the Medjidie Third Class. Cleland was appointed to the command of the 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, on 7 June 1884, and became Colonel on 1 July 1885. He relinquished command of the Battalion on 1 July 1887, and went on Half Pay, finally retiring from the Army on 15 April 1888. After an active life as a bachelor, Cleland married in July 1895, and had one child. He died at Overton, Flintshire, on 14 June 1909. Sold with a very large quantity of extensive research including many transcripts of the recipient’s letters home and reminiscences during the mutiny.
Four: Sergeant T. Brannan, Royal Highlanders, later Highland Light Infantry 1914 Star, with copy clasp (899 Cpl. T. Brannon [sic]. 2/R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (899 Sjt. T. Brannan. R. Highrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (3302383 Pte. T. Brannan. H.L.I.) edge bruise to last, contact marks, polished, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Thomas Brannan attested for the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 October 1914. He subsequently transferred to the Highland Light Infantry, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1927.
Pair: Gunner E. J. Bartington, Royal Field Artillery, who died on the Western Front on 8 October 1918 British War and Victory Medals (L-44527 Gnr. E. J. Bartington. R.A.) good very fine Pair: Driver T. H. Cole, Honourable Artillery Company (Artillery) British War and Victory Medals (625935 Dvr. T. H. Cole. H.A.C. -Art.-) nearly extremely fine Pair: Driver F. J. S. Hunter, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (T4-142672 Dvr. F. J. S. Hunter. A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Gunner S. Steer, Honourable Artillery Company (Artillery) British War and Victory Medals (624232 Gnr. S. Steer. H.A.C.-Art.-) nearly extremely fine (8) £100-£140 --- Edwin John Bartington died on 8 October 1918 whilst serving with “B” Battery, 181st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He is buried at Anneux British Cemetery in the Pas-de-Calais, France.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse, edge dated, impressed naming (W. McAdam, Serjt. R. Arty. 1853.) replacement small silver ring suspension, with modern keyring loop to facilitate riband, nearly very fine £120-£160 --- William McAdam served in Plymouth with the 12th Brigade, Royal Regiment of Artillery, from 23 August 1853. He is later recorded as serving at Bristol before being discharged on 19 July 1881 at termination of his second period of engagement after 21 years’ service.
Collar Badges and Service Badges. A selection of Collar Badges and Service Badges including enamel badges (8) to the Police Auxiliary, Second War Messenger Service, National Savings Movement, Civil Nursing Reserve. Women’s Land Army. British Legion. Civil Defence Corps, with assorted badges, some silver, including fobs, Collar Badges, Lapel Badges etc., including 20th Lancers in Silver, Royal Marines, Army Reserve (2), Royal Malta Artillery, Merchant Navy, Loyal Service, a Sailor’s Pension Relief Badge in paper, a Victorian Valise Plate, a quantity of military badge backing plates and an unworn pair of printed cloth formation signs, generally good condition (21) £50-£70 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
The outstanding and excessively rare post-War ‘Yangtze Incident’ D.S.C. pair awarded to Flight Lieutenant M. E. Fearnley, Royal Air Force, who was flown-in under heavy fire in a Sunderland to take up appointment as Medical Officer in the stranded H.M.S. Amethyst, remaining aboard until the Amethyst ‘rejoined the Fleet’ Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, reverse with hallmarks for London 1949 and officially dated ‘1949’; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (Flt. Lt. M. E. Fearnley, R.A.F.) mounted for wear, extremely fine (2) £14,000-£18,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.C. London Gazette 1 November 1949. The original recommendation states: ‘This Officer joined Amethyst when the R.A.F. Sunderland Flying Boat was under fire. Without his assistance I doubt whether we could have kept going for so long. His mere presence gave considerable moral uplift to all Ratings. Though short of medical supplies he managed to keep going, and it is to his credit that the physical condition of all on board was maintained at such a high standard.’ Michael Edward Fearnley was born in Greenwich, London in January 1924, and was serving as an R.A.F. Medical Officer at Kai Tak, Far East Air Force Command, at the time of the famous Yangtze incident. The Yangtze Incident On 20 April 1949, H.M.S. Amethyst was shelled by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (C.P.L.A.) from concealed positions on the north bank of the Yangtze River and driven aground on Rose Island with numerous casualties. Under an unrelenting Communist fire, orders were given aboard the frigate to get the wounded across to Nationalist-held ground in the starboard whaler, the only undamaged boat. But as the injured were being collected on the quarter deck another direct hit rocked Amethyst killing the ship’s doctor, Surgeon Lieutenant Alderton, and his Sick Berth Attendant, S.B.A. Baker. To prevent yet more casualties, a white flag was hoisted on Amethyst’s yard arm and the order to abandon ship was given. Some 60 ratings swam ashore, of whom about 50 eventually reached Shanghai. Next morning the frigate cleared the mud and proceeded upstream under small arms fire to a sheltered position at Ta Hsen We, where Chinese Nationalist Officers offered to evacuate the wounded by sampans to an R.A.F. Sunderland from Kai Tak which was expected that afternoon. The Sunderland, captained by Flight Lieutenant Lettford of 88 Squadron, and with Group Captain Jefferson, Flight Lieutenant Fearnley and a ‘naval doctor’ on board, touched down near Amethyst, cut engines and dropped anchor at 16.30. There was no activity on the Communist north bank, though Nationalist troops could be seen digging in on the south bank. A sampan carrying five Chinese and Amethyst’s Gunner approached and on reaching the Sunderland the Gunner boarded the aircraft, exchanging places with Fearnley. ‘Accurate shell fire then began,’ Jefferson afterwards reported, ‘and the sampan pulled away with Flight Lieutenant Fearnley and the morphia supply only; aircraft straddled by shell fire uncomfortably close. About ten shells burst nearby and the aircraft would certainly have been hit had a rapid take off not been made down wind and down [a] seven knot current’. As soon as Fearnley was aboard the frigate, his first duty was to go straight to the large number of injured, who, according to one member of Amethyst, then numbered 25. As Fearnley went about his work, the frigate weighed anchor and proceeded up river still under fire to Hsiao Ho Creek with her ‘Gunner stranded on the aircraft’. That evening, Fearnley arranged with a Chinese doctor for the evacuation of the serious cases in 12 sampans. 20 wounded were landed in total, including the frigate’s mortally wounded Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Commander Skinner, and able Seaman Winter, who was also to die of his wounds. Of the badly wounded only the Number One, Lieutenant Weston, D.S.C., remained on board, together with those suffering from minor injuries, and Weston only until the following day when Lieutenant-Commander Kerans arrived from Nanking to take command. An attempt by the flying boat to assist that afternoon was prevented by accurate small arms fire and heavy shell fire from Pu Shun Wei, and, as the C.P.L.A. made gradual territorial gains, Amethyst became effectively isolated. Three months of deadlock ensued, with Kerans struggling in vain to secure unconditional safe passage. Fearnley’s presence aboard during those uncertain weeks was warmly appreciated, as the private log of Petty Officer Leslie Frank, D.S.M., Amethyst’s Coxswain, testifies: ‘Thursday 9 June: King’s Birthday, but not for Amethyst, no flags, no holiday, no salute, in fact no nothings ... We learnt today that our mail has reached Shanghai, and that the Air Attaché [at Nanking] is going to try and bring it up for us by jeep. Good Luck to the Air Force, we already have one of their doctors staying with us, and how thankful we are that he is here.’ ‘Monday 20 June: ... Then we had a medical inspection by our R.A.F. Doctor, thank heavens he got on board here, but what a time to spend with us ...’ ‘Sunday 3 July: ... Today we heard a programme of records played for us by the B.B.C in Listeners Choice request programme. Conditions are excellent and we heard it loud and clear, we all really enjoyed it, but I think the first one was the masterpiece, A Life on the Ocean Wave, played for Fearnley our R.A.F. Doctor’. When Amethyst finally broke out of the Yangtze on 31 July to rejoin the Fleet in spectacular style and make world headlines, Fearnley made his own entry in Frank’s private log: ‘Thanks for steering us down so well. The very best of luck,’ to which Frank responded, ‘All I can say is “Thanks for coming, Sir”, may you too, either in the R.A.F. or as a civilian doctor, have all the success you deserve’. In the first instance Fearnley was recommended for the M.B.E., though it was later thought by the Air Ministry that this award was not ‘sufficiently high’ for his services aboard Amethyst and ‘at the last moment’ the Admiralty acted promptly to include the award of a D.S.C. in the list of honours for the Yangtze operation. Fearnley returned to civilian life in 1950 and specialised in the treatment of rheumatic diseases in London until 1969, when he emigrated to Canada. He died at Windsor, Ontario, in June 1972. Sold with a quantity of original and copy documentation, including newspaper cuttings and photographs; and a facsimile edition of Coxswain Frank’s Private Journal.
Five: Company Quartermaster Sergeant W. T. Darrell, Royal Engineers 1914 Star, with clasp (21095 L.Cpl. W. T. Darrell. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (21095 T.Sjt. W. T. Darrell. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1852698 C.Q.M. Sjt. W. T. Darrell. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (21095 2.Cpl. -A. Sjt:- W. T. Darrell. R.E.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better (5) £240-£280 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’ Walter T. Darrell attested for the Royal Engineers and served with the 23rd Field Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 August 1914, being awarded an Immediate Meritorious Service Medal.
Cap Badges. A good selection of Great War, Second War and current issue Cap Badges and Insignia to African Regiments, including East Africa Army Service Corps, 1st South African Reserve Brigade, King’s African Rifles in gilding metal, Royal Sierra Leone Regiment, Rhodesian Light Infantry pre & post UDI, Regiment De Wet in gilding metal, Royal Rhodesian Regiment, 8th Transvaal Scottish Infantry in Bronze, Greys Scouts in white metal, etc., some restrikes, generally good condition (31) £120-£160
Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2) (36913 Bmbr: J. W. Connor. R.H.A.; 37436 Cpl. L.Sjt.- A. J. Frost. R.H.A.) the first polished and worn, this good fine; the second very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- James William Sykes, alias James William Connor was born in Wakefield around 1862, and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 7 March 1883. Posted to India for more than 20 years, he was discharged on 6 March 1904. He later re-attested for the Royal Horse Artillery and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in April 1921. Arthur John Frost served in France with the Royal Horse Artillery from 11 November 1914, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in October 1920.
Army L.S. & G.C. (2), G.V.R., 1st issue (27429 Sjt: A. H. Finn. R.E.); G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Capt. J. K. Wren. I.A.) good very fine and better (2) £80-£100 --- Alfred Henry Finn was born in Rochester, Kent, in 1873, and attested for the Royal Engineers at Chatham on 19 May 1893. Present at the Battle of Belmont on 23 November 1899, he returned home from South Africa on 19 June 1900 and was subsequently wounded in the head; the subsequent court of enquiry held on 18 February 1902 later deemed the affair an accident. Re-engaged to complete 21 years’ service 25 January 1905, Finn was raised Sergeant Volunteer Instructor and posted to the Cheshire R.E. Railway Battalion. Transferred to the South West, he ended his career as C.S.M. at Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, with the 18th Cornwall Fortress Company, Royal Engineers. James Kenneth Wren served on the North West Frontier as Sergeant in the 17th (Rifle Brigade) Field Company, Indian Engineers, and was awarded the India General Service Medal 1936-39. He was later appointed to an Emergency Commission in the Indian Army in March 1943.
Three: Regimental Sergeant Major A. W. Keefe, Royal Field Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (88672 T.W.O.Cl.1. A. W. Keefe. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (88672 B.S.Mjr: -T.R.S.Mjr:- A. W. Keefe. R.F.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (88672 Sjt: A. W. Keefe. R.F.A.) lightly polished to high relief, generally very fine (3) £120-£160 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. Arthur William Keefe was born in Shorncliffe, Kent, around 1878, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Trimulgherry, India on 4 January 1892, his age given as 14 years 9 months. Posted to 49th Field Battery, he was appointed Trumpeter on 1 January 1893 and mustered as Gunner on 17 June 1895. Transferred to the 1st West Lancashire Brigade on 28 July 1908, Keefe was advanced Battery Sergeant Major on 4 January 1913 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 September 1915 to 30 October 1918. Awarded the M.S.M. whilst serving with the R.F.A., attached Headquarters, 275th Brigade, he was later discharged surplus to military requirement on 3 January 1920. He died in Liverpool in 1948.
Three: Farrier Staff Sergeant G. Crick, Royal Horse Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (66906 Corpl. Shoeing S. G. Crick B. By. R.H.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (66906 Far. St.Sjt. G. Crick. R.H.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (Far.S.Sjt. G. Crick. R.A.) mounted court-style for display, good very fine and better (3) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- George Crick, a blacksmith, was born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, around 1867, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Colchester on 10 April 1888. Initially sent to “A” Battery Depot, Royal Horse Artillery, he was posted overseas to India and raised Shoeing Smith on 29 July 1891. Returned home to barracks at Aldershot, his Army Service Record notes ‘wounds of head & hands’ in April 1895. Crick was later promoted Corporal Shoeing Smith on 11 August 1897 and served on the North West Frontier Expedition of 1897-98. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1906, he was discharged at Aldershot on 9 April 1912. His reference adds: ‘An excellent farrier possessing a thorough common sense. Thoroughly sober, industrious and reliable.’ Crick later took employment as a publican in the Thingoe and Thedwastre Parish of Bury St. Edmunds. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal with Annuity per Army Order No. 227 of 1941, he died of acute bronchitis on 11 January 1949. Sold with copied research.
Buttons. A good selection of Military and Civilian Buttons to assorted Army Corps and small units, over six cards, including the Intelligence Corps, Army Physical Training Corps, Small Arms School Corps, Military Provost Staff Corps, Royal Army Education Corps, Royal Army Pay Corps, Royal Pioneer Corps, Army Catering Corps, etc., including War Prison (1855-56), Victorian Garrison Staff, Windsor Castle Constable, The War Office Club, etc., generally good condition (lot) £80-£100
Four: Naik Miran Shah, 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force), late 4th Punjab Infantry Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (1641 Sepoy Miran Shah, 4th Punjab Infy.) suspension slack; China 1900, no clasp (1641 Sepoy Miram [sic] Shah, 4th Pjb. Infy.) ‘m’ or first name officially corrected; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (1641 Sepoy Miran Shah, 57th Rifles FF) edge bruising; Indian Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1641 Naick Miran Shah, 57th Rifles (FF)) generally nearly very fine or better (4) £360-£440 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2013.
Three: Captain S. J. Hawthorn, North Staffordshire Regiment and Royal Air Force, a Balloon Officer who served with the 10th Balloon Company, No. 5 Section on the Western Front, and whose balloon was shot down by the German ‘Ace’ Unteroffizier Hans Nülle of 39 Jasta - leading to Hawthorn parachuting down from the flaming balloon, and suffering a head wound in the process 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. S. J. Hawthorn. N. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. S. J. Hawthorn. R.F.C.) last two officially renamed, very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Stephen John Hawthorn was born in Hanley, Stoke on Trent in January 1891. He was employed as a Pottery Manager at Pearl Pottery Co. Ltd, Hanley, where his father was a partner in the business. Hawthorn enlisted in the 5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, 12 September 1914. He was appointed Acting Lance-Corporal in October 1914 and was then discharged on 25 February 1915, to take a commission having served 168 days at home. Hawthorn was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 2/5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, 27 February 1915. Hawthorn served attached to the 10th Battalion K.R.R.C. in France from August 1915. He was seconded into the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) as a Balloon Officer on 1 October 1917 (Army List for January 1918 lists him as being with Royal Flying Corps Military Wing, Balloons, from 1 June 1916 to 1 October 1917). Hawthorn served as an Observer with 10th Balloon Company, No. 5 Section, and was appointed Acting Balloon Commander in June 1918. He was wounded in action, 15 September 1918. His casualty card gives him as suffering an injury to the head on the latter date: ‘Whilst in Balloon observing was attacked by enemy aeroplane - balloon set fire - he jumped out in parachute & landed in trench.’ The above action was the result of a balloon raid carried out by Jasta 39. Hawthorn’s balloon was one of four shot down that day by Unteroffizier Hans Nülle, who shot down 7 balloons and 2 aircraft during the course of the war. Hawthorn was invalided with Concussion to the 4th Southern General Hospital, England, 23 September 1918. Hawthorn relinquished his commission in the R.A.F., and advanced to Captain with the North Staffordshire Regiment (T.F.) in 1920. He resigned his commission two years later, and in later life resided in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Hawthorn died at the National Hospital, Queens Square, London in October 1955. 
Sold with comprehensive research including copied record of service for both Army and R.F.C./R.A.F., censuses, birth, marriage, death, divorce, civilian employment history, etc., also saved to CD.
Three: Private Joseph Payne, 43rd Foot South Africa 1834-53 (J. Payne. 43rd Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Josh. Payne, 43rd Lt. Infy.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1459. J. Paine. 43rd Foot) scroll suspension partially refixed with glue on the first, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and better (3) £1,000-£1,400
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Delhi, Lucknow (John Paton, 1st. Eurn. Bengal Fusrs.) very fine £400-£500 --- John Paton attested for the for service with the H.E.I.C. at Cork on 18 March 1854 and arrived in Calcutta on 11 September 1854. Posted to the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers, he saw active service during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and subsequently volunteered for continued service in the 101st Regiment of Foot after the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers’ transfer to the British Army. Awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, he was finally discharged on 19 August 1873, after 21 years and 155 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (J. Mc.Nellan, R.H.Arty.) nearly extremely fine £700-£900 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Glendining’s, October 1952. John McNellan fought at the Battle of Corunna on 16 January 1809 as a Gunner in Captain Thomas Downman’s “B” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery. The obituary of Captain Downman, as published in the Morning Herald (London) on 13 August 1852, adds a little more detail regarding the experiences of his men at this time: ‘In October, 1808, he embarked with his troop for Corunna, and on his arrival was attached to the cavalry under Lieutenant General the Marquis of Anglesey. He marched with that corps in its forced march to Zamerga, and was present at most of the cavalry affairs which took place in the advance and retreat of that army, particularly Sahagun and Benevente; he was also frequently engaged while attached to the rear-guard of the late Sir John Moore’s army in covering its retreat to Corunna.’ Sold with copied medal roll entry.
Four: Acting Bombardier J. Shaw, Royal Horse Artillery, late Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star (51717 Gnr: J. Shaw. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (51717 Gnr. J. Shaw. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (51717 A.Bdr. J. Shaw. R.A.) the last officially re-impressed, mounted court-style for wear, good very fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- John Shaw was born in 1889 and enlisted for the Royal Artillery at Stratford on 8 August 1908. He served in France from 27 September 1914 with “N” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, and likely witnessed extensive action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle from 10-13 March 1915. Initially successful in destroying the German wire, the engagement proved that trench defences could be breached with careful preparation and disguise, but any significant advance was impossible owing to the shell crisis of 1915. Transferred to the Royal Field Artillery as Acting Bombardier, Shaw was transferred to Section B Army Reserve on 24 December 1919, his character noted as ‘honest, sober, intelligent, good’. He later served on the North West Frontier of India with “M” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery and was discharged in 1922. Sold with three original Certificates of transfer and demobilisation, Third Class Certificate of Education and correspondence from the War Office confirming entitlement to IGSM and clasp, recording the recipient’s address in 1924 as 47 Shelley Avenue, Manor Park, London.
Four: Captain and Quartermaster J. Ellis, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Capt. J. Ellis. Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. J. Ellis. Ches. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2282 C. Sergt: J. Ellis. Cheshire Regt.) some staining, slightly polished, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £160-£200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette, 22 January 1919. Joseph Weeks, alias Ellis, was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, around March 1868. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment on 3 June 1886 and served mostly at Home. Advanced Colour Sergeant, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity and was later discharged, with exemplary conduct, to a commission on 31 July 1914. Commissioned Quartermaster and Lieutenant he served during the Great War at Gallipoli with the 1/4th Battalion from 7 August 1915. Advanced Quartermaster and Captain, he was later Mentioned in Despatches for his services. Sold with an original photograph of the recipient in uniform, and copied Medal Index Card.
Five: Wheeler Quartermaster Sergeant W. H. J. Wheeler, Royal Horse Artillery, who was severely wounded in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme 1914-15 Star (1788 Whlr. S.Sjt. W. H. J. Wheeler. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (1788 S.Sjt. W. H. J. Wheeler. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1021238 W.O. Cl.II. H. J. W. Wheeler. R.H.A.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (1021238 S.Sjt. W. H. J. Wheeler. R.A.) mounted court-style for wear, generally good very fine and better (5) £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Henry John Wheeler, a carpenter, was born in Weston-super-Mare in 1881 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Bristol around 1899. Posted to France as Wheeler Staff Sergeant from 14 December 1914, he is recorded in Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942 as suffering a severe gunshot wound to the body on 31 August 1916. Evacuated from the Western Front, the wound ended his Great War campaign overseas but he remained in the service of the Royal Horse Artillery and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in April 1921. Wheeler continued to train new recruits in the Territorial Army until discharge at Blackheath on 9 April 1937, his service noted as ‘exemplary’.
Four: Gunner G. Merriott, alias W. Stevens, Royal Horse Artillery Baltic 1854-55 (Gr. Wm. Stevens. A. Troop. R.H.A.) contemporarily impressing naming; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (W. Stevens. Gr. Rl. Horse Ar--) officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (110 Gunnr. G. Merriott A.Bde. R.H.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, neatly plugged with a small ring suspension, mounted court-style for wear, heavy contact marks, generally fair to fine, the LS&GC better (4) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- George Merriott, alias William Stevens, was born in Havant, Hampshire, around 1835, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Queenborough in Kent on 15 January 1855. Posted as Gunner and Driver to the 1st Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, he is named on the Crimea Roll attached to “A” Troop, one of 229 men of that unit entitled to Medal and clasp Sebastopol. Re-engaged at Woolwich 22 May 1865, he was finally discharged from “A” Battery on 23 October 1876, his conduct rated as ‘very good’. Sold with two cabinet photographs believed to be the recipient as an elderly man, one wearing all four medals; and copied research.
Four: Corporal W. A. Burton, Military Foot Police 1914 Star, with clasp (973 L.Cpl. W. A. Burton. M.F.P.); British War and Victory Medals (973 Cpl. W. A. Burton. M.F.P.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (973 Cpl. W. A. Burton. M.F.P.) very fine (4) £140-£180 --- Approximately 197 1914 Stars awarded to the Military Foot Police. W. A. Burton attested for the Military Foot Police and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 October 1914.
Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2) (6701 Serjt. G. Bryon. R.H.A.; 59257 A/Bmbr: H. J. Davis. R.H.A.) edge knock to second, very fine and better (2) £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- George Bryon was born in King’s Heath, Birmingham, in 1865, and served 14 years with the Royal Horse Artillery prior to re-enlistment at Aldershot on 7 June 1900. Sent overseas to India from 5 December 1900 to 22 April 1905, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity per Army Order No. 68 of 1905. Hiram John Davis was born in Kamptee, Madras, in 1873, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 17 January 1887. Posted to South Africa from 28 October 1899 to 20 December 1902, he was discharged after 23 years’ service on 12 February 1910.
A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Major P. B. Welton, 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was wounded three times during the war Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘1st January 1917. Captain P. B. Welton. Royal Welch Fusiliers’; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (5241 Serjt: P. B. Welton. 2nd Rl: Welsh Fus:); 1914 Star, with clasp (5241 R.Q.M. Sjt. P. B. Welton. 2/R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Major P. B. Welton.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5241 C.Q.M. Sjt. P. B. Welton. R.W. Fus:) mounted court-style for display, the China medal nearly very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917. Percy Bertram Welton was born on 16 October 1878, in Newcastle upon Tyne. He had a long, varied and distinguished career with the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Joining the ranks in 1896, he served continuously until 1919, retiring with the rank of Major. He served 18 years in the ranks with the 2nd Battalion and saw action in China at the relief of Peking, then Burma and India. He had a fascination with sport and he was a part of his battalion winning three Regimental Boxing Championships of India. Returning to the UK in 1914, he embarked with the battalion for France on 28 October 1914. He became a Second Lieutenant in October 1914 for services in the field to the Second Battalion. Welton continued in action and was in the Fromelles area when he was wounded by a sniper in November 1914. He was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant in February 1915, Lieutenant (May 1915) and Temporary Captain (July 1915), serving until he was wounded at the battle of Loos in September 1915. In December 1915, he became adjutant to the 17th Battalion and returned to France. He saw action at Mametz Wood when he was wounded again in July 1916. He won the Military Cross and became Acting Major in January 1918 before rising to Temporary Major and taking command of the battalion in September 1918. Welton received the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1917. Percy lived his later life at 11, Neville Crescent, Acton Park, Wrexham. He was a keen Freemason in his spare time and a member of numerous lodges while serving with The Royal Welch Fusiliers in India. In Wrexham, he was a member of Bromfield Lodge, which still exists today. He retired on 28 May 1921, but his connection with the regiment did not cease there. He assumed the duties of Recruiting Officer for the Regimental Area. In that capacity, he served until a fortnight before his death on 19 March 1923.
Three: Chaplain to the Forces Second Class the Reverend H. T. Malaher, Army Chaplains’ Department 1914 Star (Rev: H. T. Malaher. A.C.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Rev. H. T. Malaher.) polished and worn, fair to fine (3) £80-£100 --- Approximately 130 1914 Stars awarded to the Army Chaplains’ Department. The Reverend Henry Thomas Malaher was commissioned Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class on 31 December 1913, and served during the Great War attached to the Durham Light Infantry on the Western Front from 2 September 1914. Advanced Chaplain to the Forces Second Class on 8 October 1930, he retired on 16 October 1941.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4728 Dvr: F. Taylor No:2. Local Ammn: Col: R.H.A.) polished to high relief, nearly very fine £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Fred Taylor was born in Bury, Lancashire, around 1882, and enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery at Manchester on 16 February 1900. Sent to depot at Woolwich, his Army Service Record states that he deserted on 23 July 1900; returned to his unit a month later, he was tried and imprisoned with hard labour for 28 days by the C.O. of “A” Depot Battery. Released and posted to “X” Battery on 26 October 1900, Taylor served six further terms of imprisonment ranging from 2 to 14 days before being sent overseas to South Africa from 19 June 1901 to 4 April 1902. He survived the Boer War, but continued to fall foul of his superiors; imprisoned in March 1903 for 14 days and further convicted of a crime in May 1903 - for which he received his longest term of incarceration of 112 days - the Army finally grew weary of his behaviour and discharged Taylor as ‘incorrigible and worthless’ on 20 June 1903. The medal roll notes that he forfeited his QSA Medal at the time but that it was later restored under Army Order No. 353 of 1915. Sold with copied service record and research.
Cap Badges. A good selection of British Military Cap Badges, including Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division, Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division, Nelson Battalion Royal Naval Division, Army Remount Department, Royal Military Police, Armoured Motor Battery, Auxiliary Transport Service GVI, a Mixed Service Organisation 15 year service award British Army Of the Rhine, etc., some restrikes, otherwise good condition (22) £60-£80
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (96740. Q.M.Sgt: A. R. Bastick. R.A.; 6454 Sergt. H. Brothers R.A. Ordce. Deptt.) minor official correction to unit on second, good very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Albert Richard Bastick was born in Thetford, Norfolk, in 1855, and attested for the Royal Artillery on 5 November 1883. He served in Bermuda in 1884 and South Africa from 22 June 1895, his Army Service Record noting repeated bouts of ill health, notably blood poisoning and injuries caused by accident. Henry Brothers was born in Dursley, Gloucestershire, in 1854, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Birmingham on 2 August 1877. A carpenter by trade, he died in service at Dum Dum on 4 June 1898 of pneumonia.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Gunner W. L. Gale, South Midland (Warwickshire) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial Force), late Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (314592 Gnr: W. L. Gale. 1/1 War: Hy: By: R.G.A.- T.F.); 1914-15 Star (37 Pte. W. L. Gale. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (37 Pte. W. L. Gale. R.A.M.C.) very fine (4) £600-£800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 4 March 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in rescuing a gunner who had had his arm blown off, fetching a stretcher and carrying him into a small iron shelter where he and a comrade remained with him keeping pressure on the artery, as it was impossible to apply a tourniquet. The whole of the time the shelling was most intense.’ William Leonard Gale attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps in Birmingham and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 April 1915. He subsequently transferred to the South Midland (Warwickshire) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial Force), and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Sold with copied research.
Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (30049 Cpl. C. G. Smith. R.G.A.) very fine £60-£80 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 September 1920. Charles George Smith served in India during the Great War at Headquarters, 2nd Mountain Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery. Raised Sergeant, he was posted to the North West Frontier in 1919 and was awarded the M.S.M. for service in India.
Indian Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3869 L-Nk. Asam Khan, 4-13 F.F. Rif.); Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (3261 Hav. Pir Bux, 4-13 F.F. Rif.) generally very fine or better (2) £100-£140 --- Note: a group of eight (excluding his L.S. & G.C.) to 3869 Lance Naik Asam Khan was sold in these rooms in September 2004.
Buttons. A good selection of mainly Edwardian British Officer’s & Other Ranks Buttons, over four cards, including Royal Marines, Coldstream Guards, Welsh Guards, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, South Staffordshire Regiment, North Staffordshire Regiment, Bedfordshire Regiment, Royal Artillery, Royal Army Education Corps, Devonshire Regiment, Royal Berkshire Regiment, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Wiltshire Regiment, Lothian & Border Horse Yeomanry, Gordon Highlanders, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), etc., assorted sizes, some duplicates, generally good condition (lot) £100-£140
Five: Driver C. W. Farrow, Royal Horse Artillery, later Army Service Corps and Labour Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (6899 Dr: C. W. Farrow. J, B, R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6899 Dvr: C. Farrow. R.H.A.); 1914-15 Star (SS-18553 Pte. C. W. Farrow. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (18553 Pte. C. W. Farrow. A.S.C.) mounted court-style for display, edge bruise to KSA, otherwise good very fine and better (5) £160-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Charles William Farrow, a boot finisher, was born in North Heigham, Norwich, in 1874, and attested for the Royal Regiment of Artillery in his home city on 14 November 1894. Appointed Driver in the Royal Horse Artillery he served in India and South Africa from 11 January 1900 to 6 October 1902. Discharged upon termination of his first period of engagement on 13 November 1906, he re-enlisted for the Army Service Corps on 7 October 1915 and disembarked per S.S. Princess Victoria at Le Havre on 24 October 1915. Farrow transferred to the Labour Corps on 1 August 1917 and returned home to 8 Beamont Place, Eagle Street, Norwich, at the cessation of hostilities.
An Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal awarded to Private D. R. Urquhart, Seaforth Highlanders, later Army Service Corps, who was wounded in action during the Boer War at the Battle of Magersfontein Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (22029 Pte. D. R. Urquhart. A.S.C.) edge bruise, very fine £70-£90 --- David Ross Urquhart was born in the Parish of Kincardine, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, in 1872. A shoeing smith by trade, he joined the Seaforth Highlanders at Fermoy on 15 September 1892 and served overseas during the Chitral Campaign of 1895. Subsequently serving in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 October 1899 to 4 November 1902, his Army Service Record notes that he was wounded in the thigh at Magersfontein on 11 December 1899. Re-engaging for the Army Service Corps at Dublin on 12 November 1903, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 92 of 1911, and was discharged on 7 September 1913. Sold with copied research.
Five: Regimental Sergeant Major E. W. Tulett, Royal Horse Artillery, later Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (81661 Serjt: E. Tulett. R.H.A.); 1914-15 Star (38762 S.Mjr. E. W. Tulett. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (38762 W.O.Cl.1. E. W. Tulett. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (81661 B.Q.M. Sjt: E. W. Tullett [sic]. R.H.A.) mounted court-style for display, contact marks to first, generally very fine and better (5) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Edward William Tulett, a labourer, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, in 1872, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 22 November 1890. Posted as Driver to “N” Battery on 6 December 1892, he was raised Acting Bombardier on 25 November 1897 and Corporal whilst stationed at Umballa, India. Returned home to England, he passed a short course in gunnery - judged as ‘fair’ - and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 29 December 1899 to 3 January 1901. Released from service with “D” Ammunition Column 13 September 1911, his superiors were keen to extol his virtues: ‘I can recommend him thoroughly in every way!’ Tulett subsequently took employment as a caretaker in Hampshire, but volunteered his services at the London recruitment office of the Royal Artillery on 16 September 1914. Posted to France with 46th Battery, Royal Field Artillery from 19 May 1915, he was advanced R.S.M. on 5 January 1917 and served as a pivotal figurehead for new recruits at the Northern Army Training Centre; he was finally released from the army in November 1918 in consequence of being physically unfit. Sold with copied service record and extensive research.
Three: Acting Sergeant A. Redford, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 1914 Star (4910 Pte. A. Redford. 6/Dns.); British War and Victory Medals (4910 A. Cpl. A. Redford. 6-Dns.) very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Approximately 323 1914 Stars awarded to the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. Albert Redford attested for the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. He subsequently transferred to the Army Veterinary Corps, was advanced Acting Sergeant, and saw further service with them in post-War Mesopotamia (entitled to a General Service Medal with clasp Iraq).
Four: Sergeant L. A. Barrett, 15th/19th Hussars India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (545336 Tpr. L. A. Barrett. 15-19-H.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (545336 Sjt. L. A. Barrett. 15/19.H.); together with the recipient’s Dunkirk Medal, good very fine (5) £120-£160
Pair: Gunner J. V. Symonds, Royal Horse Artillery, late Royal Field Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (119147 Gnr. J. V. Symonds. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (119147 Gnr. J. V. Symonds. R.A.) the latter officially re-impressed, mounted court-style for display, very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- John Victor Symonds was born in Weymouth on 24 May 1898 and served in India as Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War. Transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery, he is later recorded as serving on the North West Frontier of India with “M” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, and was transferred to Army Reserve in September 1922. His MIC confirms entitlement to a pair and further notes his address as South Buckland Farm, Nr. Dorchester, Dorset. A married man, he is later recorded in 1939 as still living in the County and working as a cordite worker - almost certainly at the Royal Naval Cordite Factory located between Poole and Wareham. He died on 11 December 1980. Sold with copied research.
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