Cook (H. C. B.). The Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1662-1982, 1st edition, London: Leo Cooper, signed by the author to the limitation page, ex-libris bookplate to the front pastedown, original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, 8vo, limited edition 334/750, together with:Franklin (Carl), British Army Uniforms from 1751-1783, including the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, 1st edition, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2012, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, coves very lightly rubbed to the head of the spine, large 8vo, plus Renfrew (Barry & Margaret, & Bill Cranston), British Colonial Badges, military insignia of the Land Forces of the Colonies, Protectorates and Dependencies, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Amersham: Terrier Press, 2011-14, numerous colour illustrations, original boards, large 8vo, and other modern military medals, badges, & uniform reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
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Action Soldier Vintage Action Man by Palitoy 1964, with original box , cat no 93530000, black painted head, doll in very good condition, cracks to both lower legs near knee, uniform is excellent, identity tag, with Army manual, Equipment manual, star card, box is in fair original condition, missing one inner tab, sellotaped one end, plus Action Man Action Command Form, you free Action Man with our compliments letter, Action Man is here 45rmp vinyl single, official wooden kit locker box, with boots, helmet, M! Rifle, .45 pistol, holster, bayonet, field telephone, belt, fatigue cap, canteen and ness tin, box is in good original condition, some rusting to catch.
A Quantity of Vintage Action Man Clothes and Accessories, including Ski Patrol, complete, with nice transfer on helmet, Medic set complete, M1 Rifle, three belts, helmet netting, foliage, grenades, field jacket, cartridge belt, ammo box and machine gun on tripod, bivouac sleeping bag, cape, field telephone, beachhead assault flame thrower ,MP helmet, 45 pistol, holster and belt, Bazooka with two shells, basic army fatigues shirt & trousers, map with case, British army helmet, trousers & tunic, two pairs of boots, radio set, ten equipment manuals, Brutus leaflet, The Royal Canadian Mounted police uniform complete, with leaflet (fading to jacket & trousers) and Action Man Action Command Form, you free Action Man with our compliments letter. (A Lot.)
Dinky Toys Gift Set 699 Military Vehicles (1) contents, 621 3-Ton Bedford Army Wagon, 641 1-Ton Cargo Truck, 674 Austin Champ, and 676 Armoured Car, miltary green, all in very good to near mint original condition, no inner packing, blue carded base with inner card stand, some sun fading, blue/white striped box is good some edge wear.
Three Corgi Major Toys, two 1118 International 6x6 Army Truck, military green, British Army markings, removable canopy, both in very good to excellent original condition,one model with some wear, with good to excellent original illustrated lidded boxes, one lid has wear and 1119 H.D.L. Hovercraft SR-NI, Experimental Hovercraft built by Saunders-Roe Ltd for Hovercraft Developments, blue/white/silver body, in excellent original condition, illustrated lidded box is good, with some edge/age wear.(3 items)
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee and Poona (T. Hamlin, 65th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, traces of lacquer, very fine £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, May 1902; Needes Collection 1940; Elson Collection 1963; Clive Nowell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. Approximately 88 clasps awarded to European recipients, including 17 to the 65th Foot. Thomas Hamlin was born in the Parish of St. Nicholas, Liverpool, in 1797, and enlisted in the 56th Foot on 7 July 1811. Arriving in India on 7 July 1815, he transferred to the 65th Foot on 3 November 1816 and was raised Corporal 19 July 1821. He served with this Regiment throughout the entirety of the Deccan War, and is noted upon his Army Service Record: ‘also in the Persian Gulph at Rafs al Khy-ma in 1819. - and at Benboo-Ali in 1820.’ Reduced to Private in April 1822, Hamlin volunteered for the 20th Foot on 25 June 1822, but his service was terminated at Belgaum on 31 October 1833 on account of visceral (artery) disease: ‘Has for the last two years been almost constantly in hospital with severe & long protracted attacks... without deriving the least benefit from medicine, there is also great irregularity in the functions of the bowels. He has been sixteen years in India and I attribute his complaints to the effects of climate and am of the opinion that they will disqualify him permanently from Military Service. His conduct whilst in hospital has been good.’ Sold with copied Army Service Record and the Proceedings of a Medical Board detailing his discharge and transfer home to England.
Six: Captain H. L. Reynolds, Nilgiri Volunteer Rifles, late India Miscellaneous List, Indian Army, and 18th Royal Hussars India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Sergt. H. L. Reynolds Bl. Unattd. List.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. & Asst Comsy H. L. Reynolds. I.M.L.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. H. L. Reynolds.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Condtr. H. L. Reynolds India Misc List); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Captn H. L. Reynolds Nilgiri Vol Rfls) minor contact marks, generally good very fine (6) £600-£800 --- Harry Lewis Reynolds was born in Laxton, Nottinghamshire, on 17 December 1865. A clerk, he attested for the 18th Hussars at Manchester on 31 January 1890, transferring as Lance Corporal to the Bengal Unattached List whilst in India on 20 October 1894. Raised Sergeant at Simla, Reynolds was allocated to the administration of the local Volunteer Rifles and served during the Relief of Chitral with the Bengal Unattached List. Likely present in the actions at the Malakand Pass and at Khar, Reynolds was mentioned in the supplementary list and promoted Sub Conductor 27 July 1896. Raised Conductor on 15 February 1905, Reynolds soon proved himself a talented shot, winning four Punjab Provincial shooting medals awarded for best shot among the Volunteers. It was around this time that Lord Kitchener’s reforms of the Indian Army began to come to fruition, the four original armies of the Punjab, Bengal, Madras and Bombay, being transformed into a Northern and Southern Army. In consequence, Reynolds was posted to the 9th (Secunderabad) Division in the Southern Army, and sent to Ootacamund as Head Clerk in the Divisional Staff Office. Commissioned Assistant Commissary (Honorary Lieutenant) 1 April 1913, and Captain in the Nilgiri Volunteers 1 January 1914, he was awarded the Volunteer Force LSGC Medal under Indian Army Order 485 of 7 September 1914. Sent to Mesopotamia on 23 April 1915, Reynolds was fortunate to not fall into enemy hands at the surrender of Kut on 29 September 1916. Serving with Force D, he was Mentioned in the Despatch of Sir Percy Lake from Basrah, dated 24 August 1916. An earlier despatch, dated 12 August 1916, noted: ‘I wish to record my appreciation of the valuable work performed by the Officers of General Headquarters and my personal Staff, to whom I am much indebted for their loyal assistance on all occasions’. Sold with four Provincial ‘Best Shot’ silver medals, the first with Punjab suspension: ‘1906-07 Won by Sergeant H. L. Reynolds Simla Volunteer Rifles’; the second to fourth with Madras, Mysore & Hyderabad suspensions: ‘1908-09 Won by Sergt. H. L. Reynolds Nilgriri Volr. Rifles’, ‘1910-11 Won by Sergeant H. L. Reynolds Nilgiri Rifle Volunteers 63 Points’, and ‘1912-13 Won by Cr. Sergt. H. L. Reynolds Nilgiri Volunteer Rifles 42. Points.’, these in nearly extremely fine condition and most attractive; and copied research.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (3447 Sgt. C. Worth, Devon: Regt.) edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £180-£220 --- Charles Worth was born in Eggesford, Devon, in 1876. A gardener by occupation, he attested at Exeter for the Devonshire Regiment on 5 February 1892. Posted to the 2nd Battalion stationed at Plymouth, he was advanced to Sergeant in November 1897, and was discharged to the Army Reserve in February 1899 as ‘a good clerk and well acquainted with accounts’. Recalled for the Boer War in October 1899, Worth rejoined the 2nd Battalion and embarked for South Africa, arriving at Durban on 19 November 1899. He took part in the actions at Colenso on 15 December 1899; Vaal Krantz on 4 February 1900; and Pieters Hill on 22 February 1900, being wounded by a Mauser Bullet in the right buttock in action near Groblers Kloof, Natal, on 24 February 1900. Admitted to Pietermaritzburg General Hospital, he was operated on in an attempt to remove the bullet, before being invalided home in the Hospital Ship Avoca and admitted to the Royal Herbert Hospital, London. Discharged due to permanent unfitness on 24 April 1902, in later life he was employed as a School Attendance Officer by London County Council. He died in Caterham on 5 January 1967, aged 90. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Four: Private John Edmunds, 16th Lancers Ghuznee 1839 (J. C. Edmunds. 16th Queen’s Lancers) naming engraved in reverse centre, fitted with contemporary replacement silver bar suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Private John Edmonds H.M. 16th Lancers) note surname clumsily corrected from ‘Edwards’, fitted with adapted silver bar suspension with loss to upper point of star; Sutlej 1845-46, for Aliwal 1846, 1 clasp, Sobraon (John Edmunds 16th Lancers); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse, engraved naming (No. 646 John Edmunds Private 16th Lancers) together with a fine presentation silver snuff box, hallmarked Birmingham 1847, maker’s mark ‘F.C’ for Francis Clark, 85mm x 55mm x 18mm, the lid engraved ‘Presented by the inhabitants of Cambridge to their fellow townsman John Edmunds, (16th Lancers) in appreciation of his services under Majr. Genl. Sir Harry Smith, Bart. G.C.B. at Aliwal, Jany. 28th 1846.’, the base engraved with the arms of Cambridge, the first three with contact pitting, these therefore fine, the L.S. & G.C. nearly very fine (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- John Edmunds was born in December 1810 at Swaffham-Bulbeck, a small village between Newmarket and Cambridge. He attested for the 16th Lancers at Maidstone on 21 January 1831, aged 20 years 1 month, a servant by trade. Brought before a Regimental Court Martial in 23 May 1832, he was charged with gross insubordination and sentenced to 14 days’ solitary confinement. He was released and restored to rank on 8 June 1832, embarked for India on 29 June, and took up duties there in December 1832. He fought with the regiment in the First Afghan War at the capture of Ghuznee, in the Gwalior campaign at the battle of Maharajpor, and in the Sutlej campaign at the battles of Aliwal and Sobraon. Following his return from India in August 1846, Edmunds went through a bit of a bad patch. In 1847 he went absent without leave in March, May and August, receiving imprisonment and defaulters’ room, and forfeiting the good conduct pay he had accumulated in India in 1838, 1845 and 1846. In 1848 he went absent twice in July and again in February 1849. In May 1849 he received 48 hours’ solitary confinement and 14 days’ Marching Order Drill for quitting stables and breaking out of barracks to avoid riding school drill. This seems to have been the end of his troubles. His good conduct pay was restored in 1851, 1853 and 1855, and he received the ‘silver medal for long & meritorious service.’ Edmunds was discharged at Dublin on 7 June 1856. Sold with copied discharge papers.
An unattributed pair of miniature dress medals Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R., mounted for display, good very fine An unattributed pair of miniature dress medals Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R., mounted for display, nearly very fine An unattributed pair of miniature dress medals Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, on R.A.F. riband, mounted for display, polished and worn, nearly very fine An unattributed pair of miniature dress medals Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R.; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., mounted for display, good very fine An unattributed pair of miniature dress medals Colonial Police Forces Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue; Colonial Police Forces L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, mounted for display, good very fine Army Meritorious Service Medal (2), G.V.R., 1st issue; E.II.R., 2nd issue, good very fine (12) £100-£140
A group of thirteen miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Corporal A. Greenwood, Seaforth Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum; Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful), lacking integral silver riband buckle, mounted for display in the incorrect order, nearly very fine and better (13) £140-£180 --- Archibald Greenwood was born in Airdrie on 23 May 1859 and attested for the 72nd Highlanders at Paisley on 23 November 1878. Posted to India, he served during the Second Afghan War as part of the Kabul and Kandahar Field Forces. Proceeding to Egypt in 1882, he was present at the battle of Tel el Kebir on 13 September 1882 as part of the Indian Brigade, and later served in the Sudan Campaign of 1898, culminating with the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898. Prior to this he had been awarded a Silver Royal Humane Society Medal on 21 April 1898 for rescuing two privates from the Nile. He was subsequently awarded the Royal Humane Society’s gold Stanhope Medal for the most outstanding rescue of that year. Discharged, he was recalled for service during the Boer War and served with the 3rd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in South Africa during the latter stages of the conflict, being Mentioned in Despatches. Greenwood saw further service during the Great War with both the Seaforth Highlanders and the Labour Corps, being Mentioned in Despatches and awarded an ‘Immediate’ Meritorious Service Medal for good work during a bombing raid (London Gazette 1 January 1917). Invalided home in January 1919, he died at Torrance near Glasgow in July 1932, aged 73. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; and copied research.
A fine post-War ‘Civil’ O.B.E., Inter-War ‘Military’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Allbones, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was decorated as an intelligence officer in Northern Ireland and was later recognised for his recruitment work with Northern Command The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1917; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. F. W. Allbones); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted court style for wear, very fine (7) £300-£400 --- O.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 1 January 1952: ‘Chief Recruiting Officer, Northern Command, York, War Office.’ M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1924. Frank William Allbones was born in Lincoln on 18 August 1892 and was educated at Heighington Endowed Elementery School from 1906 to 1909. Taking initial employment as a junior bank clerk, he was appointed to a commission in the Lincolnshire Regiment as Second Lieutenant on 10 December 1915. Posted to the 8th Battalion from 18 September 1916, he witnessed extensive service in France and Flanders, most notably at the Second Battle of the Scarpe from 23 to 24 April 1917 whilst under the command of Major D. Davies-Evans. Serving as part of 37th Division, the 8th Lincolnshire Regiment lost 2 officers and 20 other ranks killed, with 102 men wounded and 14 missing in action, whilst attempting to attack Greenland Hill and the Plouvain-Gavrelle Road (”The Black Line”). According to the 1928 Gradation List of Officers of the British Army, Allbones returned home following this engagement, almost certainly on account of wounds. Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette of 22 May 1917, he was raised Captain in the 8th Battalion on 24 September 1917 and was appointed Battalion Adjutant from September to October 1918. He survived the war and was later specially employed as Intelligence Officer in Northern Ireland from April 1923 to January 1924 - valuable work which was later recognised with the award of the Military M.B.E. in the King’s Birthday Honours List. Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel, Allbones died at his home, White Gate, Washingborough, in February 1966. Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. Certificate, framed and glazed bestowal document for M.B.E., and copied research.
Family group: A well-documented and interesting Great War ambulance driver’s group of three awarded to Lieutenant A. T. Bruen, Royal Army Service Corps, late Ambulance Driver with the British Red Cross 1914-15 Star (A. T. Bruen. B.R.C. & St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut A. T. Bruen.) mounted as worn, extremely fine The outstanding Second World War naval ace’s Operation ‘Pedestal’ D.S.O., Cape Matapan D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Commander (A.) J. M. ‘Bill’ Bruen, Fleet Air Arm. Lucky to have emerged unscathed from the severely damaged carrier Indomitable during ‘Pedestal’ and indeed from numerous air-to-air combats, he ended the war with a final score of ‘four enemy aircraft destroyed, four shared destroyed, two damaged and two shared damaged’. One of a dozen or so Irishmen to gain ace status in the conflict, Bruen has been described as ‘probably one of the best naval fighter leaders of the war’ Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse of suspension bar officially dated ‘1942’; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1941’, hallmarked London 1940, and additionally engraved, ‘Lt. Cdr. J. M. Bruen RN, HMS Formidable’; I939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1943-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, the last five all privately named, ‘Cdr J. M. Bruen, DSO DSC RN‘, mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (10) £2,000-£3,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur Thomas ‘Shuvva’ Bruen was born in Dublin on 23 November 1873 and, being above the age limit for military service, volunteered – at his own expense – to serve as an ambulance driver for the British Red Cross in France in April 1915. As verified by accompanying documentation, he was for the next six months heavily engaged in transporting casualties, and his accompanying narrative – see below – makes for fascinating reading in this often neglected ‘civilian chapter’ from Great War history, as indeed does the related documentation, such as lists of the wounded conveyed, and their possessions, the whole immaculately recorded. He was employed in No. 2 Motor Ambulance Convoy, which consisted of about 50 ambulances under the command of an R.A.M.C. captain, with three other medical officers. And their brief was to clear casualties from all the Field Ambulances in the 1st Army area to the three Casualty Clearing Stations in Merville, and thence to hospital trains and barges. In January 1916, Bruen was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps, in which rank he remained actively employed on motor transport duties for the remainder of the war, latterly in an M.T. section attached to 36th Ulster Division. His narrative refers to his unit being enrolled to assist with the transportation of casualties from the Somme offensive in July 1916: ‘The wounded began to arrive in Rouen in greater numbers than could be dealt with by the ambulance cars and our lorries were called on to move the sitting cases. It was reported that 10,000 wounded arrived in six hours at one time … ’ Bruen’s section was generally employed in shifting artillery ammunition, in which role his section sometimes came under fire. However, at 9 p.m. on 10 November 1918, he happily noted: ‘The news came through that the Armistice applied for by the Germans had been granted: great rejoicing, cheering, rockets, Verey lights, etc.’ Sold with a large leather-bound album containing a highly impressive archive of original documentation and his handwritten narrative (1915-19), the former including photographs, maps, field messages, patient delivery slips, tickets, passes, permits, transport orders, and postcards, and supplemented by uniform insignia, including a rare embroidered ‘B.R.C.’ shoulder flash, a stamped and numbered B.R.C.S. arm band, a 3-years-overseas service chevron and an original Haig Fund poppy. Bruen’s extensive narrative makes for interesting reading, as does the accompanying documentation, but worthy of special mention would be his British passport, dated 14 April 1915, with portrait photograph, and numerous French stamps; his ‘Army Certificate of Identity for Civilians wearing the Red Cross Brassard’, issued at Pall Mall, London on 16 April 1915, with portrait photograph; his British Red Cross ‘Form of Declaration’ to serve as a chauffeur ‘in the British Isles and on the Continent’, dated 14 April 1915; and his commission warrant for the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, Land Forces, dated 15 January 1916. Commander (A.) J. M. ‘Bill’ Bruen, Fleet Air Arm D.S.O. London Gazette 10 November 1942: ‘For bravery and resolution when an important convoy was fought through to Malta in the face of relentless attacks by day and night from enemy submarines, aircraft and surface forces.’ The original recommendation states: ‘As Commanding Officer of No. 800 Squadron he had six weeks in which to re-equip his squadron with Hurricanes and bring them to a proper state of battle efficiency. In this he achieved conspicuous success, his squadron accounting for 14 enemy machines, shot down on 12th August. Of this number Lieutenant-Commander Bruen was responsible for the destruction of three. His courage and determination were an inspiration to all, and his ability as a pilot unexcelled.’ D.S.C. London Gazette 29 July 1941: ‘For bravery and enterprise in the Battle of Cape Matapan.’ The original recommendation states: ‘He was responsible, with his section, for the very well-timed attack on the screening destroyer during the second attack on the Veneto. This gave the aircraft a clear approach and contributed largely to their success. Later, during the bombing attack on the fleet, his section forced a number of the enemy to jettison their bombs before they had reached the fleet. He maintained his squadron in a high state of serviceability throughout the operations, enabling a continuous patrol to be kept up in spite of the limited number of aircraft available.’ John Martin ‘Bill’ Bruen was born in Dublin on 10 December 1910, son of Arthur Thomas ‘Shuvva’ Bruen, and entered the Royal Navy as a 13-year-old cadet in September 1924. Appointed a Midshipman in January 1929, and advanced to Sub. Lieutenant in May 1931 and to Lieutenant in April 1934, he held several seagoing appointments on the Atlantic, Mediterranean and East Indies stations. Having also earlier obtained a flying certificate, he transferred to the Fleet Air Arm, then under the auspices of the Royal Air Force, and was posted as a fighter pilot to 802 Naval Air Squadron (N.A.S.) in the summer of 1936. The squadron was embarked for the Mediterranean in the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Glorious in the same month, a tour of duty which ended with Bruen’s return to the U.K. in August 1938. Shortly afterwards, he transferred to 801 N.A.S. in the carrier Courageous and was likewise employed when the newly formed and independent Fleet Air Arm was established on the eve of hostilities. His subsequent wartime career was of an exceptional nature, encompassing as it did his claim to four enemy aircraft destroyed, four shared destroyed, two damaged and two shared damaged. And that impressive tally of air-to-air successes commenced with his appointment to the command of 803 N.A.S. in the Ar...
Pair: Private S. Fraser, Royal West Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (64433 Pte. S. Fraser. The Queen’s R.) edge digs, nearly very fine Pair: Private J. W. Winchcole, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (34381 Pte. J. W. Winchcole. M.G.C.) contact marks, some staining, nearly very fine Pair: Private P. J. Potter, 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (205281 Pte. P. J. Potter. 24-Lond. R.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine Pair: Acting Corporal J. Douglas, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-020524 A-Cpl. J. Douglas. A.S.C.) contact marks, very fine Pair: Private R. M. Pennel, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2- 222461 Pte R. M. Pennel. A.S.C.) contact marks, very fine (10) £100-£140 --- Sold with a Queens Regiment lapel badge, a Machine Gun Corps cap badge, a Machine Gun Corps sports medallion, bronze, and an MMG lapel badge.
Cabul 1842 (Carsan Alexander Lieutt. 60th. Regt. B.N.I. 5th. April 1842) contemporary engraved naming in serif capitals, fitted with replacement small ring and swivelling straight bar suspension, better than very fine £400-£500 --- Carsan Alexander was born on 4 December 1819, the fourth son of oculist Henry Alexander of Cork-street, Burlington Gardens, London. Baptised at the Church of St. James, Westminster, on 8 February 1820, he was privately educated by Dr. Granet of Chelsea and Mr. Amble of Shooters Hill. Appointed Ensign in the Army of the East India Company 31 December 1836, he was raised Lieutenant in the 60th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry, in 1838, and served during the First Anglo-Afghan War in operations against Dost Mohammad Khan. He is later recorded in the Monthly Times of 24 May 1848 as having died on passage to England, whilst aboard the sailing vessel Ellenborough.
A scarce Great War ‘Warrant Officers’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Captain (Quartermaster) H. J. Anderson, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches in the early months of the Great War, and was one of the very first 99 Officers and Warrant Officers to be awarded the Military Cross in the first London Gazette of 1 January 1915 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (10434 Cpl. H. J. Anderson. R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (10434 Corpl: H. J. Anderson. R.A.M.C.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (10434 S. Mjr. H. J. Anderson. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. H. J. Anderson.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Q.M. & Capt. H. J. Anderson.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (10434 S. Sjt: H. J. Anderson. R.A.M.C.) mounted court-style for display, contact marks to the Boer War pair, these nearly very fine; the rest good very fine (8) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1915: Serjeant-Major H. J. Anderson, Royal Army Medical Corps. M.I.D. London Gazettes 19 October 1914 (Field Marshal Sir John French’s Despatch of 8 October 1914) and 17 February 1915 (Field Marshal Sir John French’s Despatch of 20 November 1914) . Henry John Anderson was born on 18 October 1879 and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Boy soldier in March 1895. Promoted Corporal, he served with the R.A.M.C. in South Africa throughout the Boer War, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct medal in March 1913. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 August 1914 (entitlement to the clasp to his 1914 Star confirmed), and within the space of five months on the Western Front had been twice Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Military Cross. Advanced Warrant Officer Class I in January 1915, he was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) on 9 May 1915, and was promoted Captain on 9 May 1918. Appointed temporary Major on 20 February 1919, he finally relinquished his commission on 25 June 1919. Sold with a Royal Army Medical Corps silver and enamel lapel badge; and copied research.
The Nepaul and Gwalior campaign pair awarded to Major P. L. Dore, 3rd Foot (The Buffs), late 24th Foot Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Ensign P. L. Dore, 24th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, fitted with engraved silver top brooch bar; Punniar Star 1843 (Captain P. L. Dore, H.M. 3rd Regt.) fitted with original brass hook and silver bar suspension with silver ribbon slide and top brooch bar, the pair contained in a contemporary E & E. Emanuel, Portsmouth fitted leather case, this with scuffs and some damage, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £1,800-£2,200 --- Peter Luke Dore was born in Middlesex on 15 May 1797, and was appointed Ensign in the 24th Foot on 8 April 1813, aged 15 years 11 months. He arrived in India in April 1814 and served with the regiment in the Nepaul campaign in 1815 and 1816 under Generals Marlay and Wood, and in the Deccan campaign in 1817 and 1818 under Brigadier-General Toone (India Medal). He was promoted to Lieutenant, without purchase, on 19 August 1819, and returned to England upon reduction in the regiment on 25 February 1824. He was appointed Lieutenant in the 3rd Foot on 26 March 1826, and promoted to Captain on 29 August 1838. He returned to India in March 1839 and served with the 3rd Foot in the campaign against the Gwalior State in 1843 and 1844, and was present at the battle of Punniar on 29 December 1843 (Bronze Star). He exchanged to half-pay unattached on 13 February 1846, was appointed Staff Officer of Pensioners at Portsmouth on 16 July 1845, and was promoted to Major on 11 November 1851. Major Dore died at Southsea on 22 March 1855. Sold with copied Statement of Services and extracts from regimental histories.
A Polish Second World War ‘Monte Cassino’ group of seven attributed to Sergeant Tadeusz Rodziewicz, 15th Poznanski Lancers, 5th Kresowa Division, 2nd Polish Corps Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour 1920, bronze, unnumbered; Army Medal 1945, bronze; Monte Casino Cross 1944, bronze, the reverse officially numbered ‘24 174’; Great Britain, 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display, very fine (7) £500-£700 --- Sold with research which states that the Monte Casino Cross No. ‘24 174’ was awarded to 1923/42 Corporal Tadeusz Rodziewicz, 15th Poznanski Lancers, part of the 5th Kresowa Division, 2nd Polish Corps. Accompanying letter from The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum confirms that Rodziewicz was afterwards promoted to Sergeant and was awarded the Cross of Valour in 1944 and the Medal Wojska (Army Medal) in 1946.
Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal (2), G.V.R., 1st issue (1842 Hav. Labha, 38 Dogras.); G.VI.R. (3313 Hav. Saidan Gul, 4-13 F. F. Rif.) generally 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 ---
Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (2), 1st issue (7732426 Cpl. C. L. Winter. R.M.C.); 3rd issue, Regular Army (3592469 Bdsmn. H. G. Preece. R.M.C.) contact marks and polishing to first, this fine, the second very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Cyril Launcelot Winter was born in West Hackney on 21 February 1888 and is recorded in 1911 as a Musician in the 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving at the Royal Military College, he later took employment as a map store keeper for the Ordnance Survey, and died at Southampton on 19 December 1945.
Five: Sergeant Major 1st Class E. ‘Turk’ Fowles, Royal Flying Corps, an ‘early bird’ of the Corps, and later Captain with the British South Africa Police British War and Victory Medals (80 S.M. 1 E. Fowles. R.A.F.); War Medal 1939-45; Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (2034 Staff Cpl. Ernest Fowles, B.S.A. Police.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (80 Sjt: E. Fowles. R.F.C.) mounted for wear, nearly very fine, a rare combination (5) £800-£1,200 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917. Approximately 140 Army Meritorious Service Medals were awarded to Royal Flying Corps personnel.
 Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C. Southern Rhodesia Gazette 21 October 1927. Ernest ‘Turk’ Fowles was born in Bracknell, Berkshire, in 1887. He initially served with the Grenadier Guards between August 1909 and June 1912, prior to transferring to the newly formed Royal Flying Corps on 27 June 1912. Fowles advanced to Corporal in September 1914, and to Sergeant in March 1915. He served during the Great War in the French theatre of War between February 1916 and July 1917, and between May 1918 and February 1919. Fowles served with the British South Africa Police after the War. The following (which probably includes embellishments regarding his RFC career!) appeared as his obituary in the B.S.A. Police Journal Outpost in 1974: ‘With deep sorrow we record the death in Durban on April 17 of Ernest ‘Turk’ Fowles at the age of 82. Mr Fowles was born in Berkshire and joined the Grenadier Guards on leaving school. In May, 1912, Turk was one of the first applicants for transfer to the embryo Royal Flying Corps, military aviation in Britain up to then having been the responsibility of the 55th (Balloon) Coy., Royal Engineers. Mr. Fowles joined No. 1 Squadron then equipped with balloons, kits (man-lifting) and four airships. In early 1913 he was sent to the Central Flying School at Upavon to join the select band that included virtually all the British air aces of World War I and other notables such as a ‘Major’ Trenchard (who was to influence the future of not only the Royal Air Force but also the British Police Force in later years) and a gentleman named Winston Churchill who was taught to fly at Upavon and also signed Turk’s navigation certificate. In March 1919 having survived the development flights and other vagaries of almost every type of allied fighter and bomber aircraft, and having been awarded the Meritorious Service in 1916, Turk opted for the ‘peace and quiet’ of a career in the B.S.A. Police. Mr Fowles attested on April 26, 1919, and served with distinction for 14 years in Mashonaland before transferring the Permanent Staff Corps. He spent a further 12 years with the Staff Corps before retiring with the rank of Captain in 1945. He then spent some time with the Native Department at Wedza, ranched at Marandellas and worked on the Salisbury Tobacco Floors before seeking retirement in Natal in 1957. To his widow, Connie, and daughter Jean, we extend the sincere condolences of all who were privileged to know such a wonderful character.’ Sold with copied research.
Four: Wheeler Sergeant R. Slocombe, Royal Army Service Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded an ‘Immediate’ M.S.M. for Egypt 1914-15 Star (T4-058781 Whlr: Sjt. R. Slocombe. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (T4-058781 Sjt. R. Slocombe. A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (T4-058781 Whlr: Sjt. R. Slocombe. R.A.S.C.) very fine and better (4) £240-£280 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. Robert Slocombe was born in Bridgwater in 1893, and is recorded in 1911 as a French polisher and cabinet maker living with his parents at 28 Angel Crescent, Bridgwater, Somerset. Attesting for the Army Service Corps at the outbreak of the Great War, Slocombe served in Egypt from 31 March 1915 and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 22 January 1919). Later recognised with the award of the M.S.M., he was demobilised in July 1919 and died in his home town in 1928. Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. Certificate and copied research.
Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (30310 Sergt: Maj: J. Cuffling. R.A.) heavy toning, nearly extremely fine £50-£70 --- J. Cuffling was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal without gratuity in 1902, and is believed to have later served as Librarian at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Pair: Colour Sergeant E. A. Tempest, 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers), later Kent Volunteer Rifles, who was recognised as a fine drill instructor South Africa 1834-53 (E. A. Tempest. 90th. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (No. 1616 Color Serjt. Edward Alfred Tempest.) contact marks and polishing to first, this good fine, the second nearly very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Edward Alfred Tempest was born in the Parish of St. Mary’s, Hull, on 16 December 1822. A labourer by trade, he attested for the 90th Regiment of Foot at London on 16 November 1839, whilst underage. Posted to Ceylon, Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope, he witnessed one year and nine months of active service during the Kaffir Wars and was raised Colour Sergeant on 15 June 1852. Awarded the L.S & G.C. Medal with £15 gratuity on 18 March 1859, he was discharged from the 90th Foot at Canterbury after 22 years with the Colours on 11 January 1862, his conduct stated as ‘very good’. Keen to serve his local community, Tempest joined the Kent Volunteer Rifles and caught the attention of the Kentish Chronicle on 24 May 1862: ‘Presentation of a Testimonial to Sergeant-Major Tempest, Drill Instructor to the 5th Corps, K.V.R. - On Tuesday last, those members of the Kent Rifle Volunteers who have joined this last winter met at Sergeant Norman’s, for the purpose of presenting their drill instructor, Mr. Tempest, with a testimonial. Mr. Thomas Southee presided and read the following address:- “This testimonial was presented, together with a gold breast pin, to Sergeant-Major Edward Alfred Tempest of the 4th Battalion of the Kent Volunteer Rifles, by the under mentioned members of the 5th corps, as a mark of their esteem and satisfaction for his kindness and unceasing attention in perfecting them in their drill during the winter of 1861 and 1862.”’ Released from service on 15 July 1876, Tempest’s Army Service Record later lists a number of minor indiscretions, notably drunken & dissipated in Canterbury on 3 July 1879. Admitted to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on 1 February 1887, Tempest died on 8 April 1889. Sold with copied service record.
Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive (H. Marshall, Serjt. 43rd Foot.) left-hand side of lowest clasp facing sprung and with old solder repair, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015. Henry Marshall was born at Otley, Leeds, and enlisted into the 43rd Foot at Faversham on 28 November 1807, aged 24 years. He was promoted to Corporal in December 1814, to Sergeant in November 1815, and to Colour-Sergeant in June 1827. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Portugal and Spain from August 1808 to January 1809, and subsequently transferred to the 1st Battalion for the remainder of his service in the Peninsula, being wounded at Bayonne in 1814. He later served one year six months with the Army of Occupation in France, and three years at Gibraltar. He was discharged at Devonport on 1 September 1830, with a total service of 22 years 281 days. He went on to the Chelsea Hospital out-pension list on 8 September 1830, residing at Leeds, and died on 23 April 1852. Sold with research notes provided by the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Museum.
Three: Sergeant William Blevins, 9th Foot Cabul 1842 (*No. 1135 Sergt. William Blevins HM 9th Regt*) naming correctly engraved in the regimental style, original steel clip and straight bar suspension; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse, edge dated, impressed naming (William Blevins, Serjt. 9th Regiment Foot 1847) original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension; 9th Foot Regimental Medal, struck silver with applied figure of Britannia seated, the right hand extended holding a branch of laurel, the left arm supported by a shield holds a trident, the British lion crouches at her feet; beneath applied Roman numerals ‘IX’; the reverse, within an engraved wreath the inscription ‘Sergeant William Blevins Presented by the Sergeants H.M.s 9th Regt. as a token of esteem.’ fitted with integral rings and rectangular bar suspension, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine and rare (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Cheylesmore Collection 1930; Tilling Collection. William Blevins was born in the Parish of Kilmore, Co. Armagh, and originally attested for the 12th Foot on 23 May 1825, aged 17 years. During his service with the 12th Foot he served for 8 years 11 months at Gibraltar, being promoted to Corporal on 20 February 1833. He transferred to the 9th Foot on 28 May 1835, reverting to the rank of Private, the regiment preparing for overseas service in India. He landed there on 22 October 1835, was promoted to Corporal in January 1837 and to Sergeant in January 1840, whilst proceeding on service to Afghanistan. He applied for discharge at Meerut which became effective on 30 September 1846, and then proceeded on repatriation. His service terminated at Chatham on 8 June 1847, his L.S. & G.C. medal being awarded the same year. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Three: Corporal H. Johnson, Royal Engineers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2385 Sapr. H. Johnson R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2385 Sapr: H. Johnson. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2385 Cpl. H. Johnson. R.E.) suspension claw loose on QSA, light contact marks and minor edge bruising, very fine (3) £240-£280 --- Henry Johnson was born in Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in 1878 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Newcastle on 11 October 1898. He served in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 October 1899 to 21 October 1901, and again from 9 April 1902 to 15 April 1905. Promoted Corporal on 1 April 1915, he saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 May to 15 October 1915, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity on 1 October 1918. He was finally discharged on 22 April 1920, after 21 years and 195 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
A D.C.M. group of eight miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Sergeant Major J. Tudor, 68th Regiment of Foot, later Yeoman of the Guard Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol; Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R.; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse; Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R.; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, mounted for display in this order, generally nearly very fine and better (8) £160-£200 --- D.C.M. Recommendation submitted to the Queen 23 August 1866 (For actions at Tauranga, New Zealand, 21 June 1864). Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp (2), Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (D-33668 Pte. J. Omeara, 1.K.D. Guards.) named officially corrected; North West Frontier 1930-31 (769484 Pte. E. W. Evans. R. Suss. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5514 B.Q.M. Sjt: J. L. Power. R.F.A.) last lacquered, very fine and better (3) £100-£140 --- Joseph Lionel Power attested for the Royal Field Artillery ands served in the ranks for in South Africa during the Boer War, taking part in the operations in Natal, including the action at Elandslaagte and the Defence of Ladysmith; and in operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, including the action at Belfast. Advanced Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, he saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 September 1915, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 27 December 1915. He died on 1 September 1930. Sold with copied research.
A Great War M.M. awarded to Sergeant W. Lomas, Army Cyclist Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (6176 Sjt: W. Lomas. VII C.C. Bn: A.C.C.) good very fine £240-£280 --- Provenance: Bill and Angela Strong Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2011. M.M. London Gazette 12 June 1918. William Lomas attested for the Army Cyclist Corps and served with them in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 6 August 1915. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 8 February 1919.
An unattributed group of seven miniature dress medals Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901; Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R.; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue; France, Third Republic, Upper Silesia Medal 1920-22, bronze, mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £80-£100 --- The French Commemorative Medal for Upper Silesia was given to those who participated in the Inter-Allied Government Commission following the Upper Silesian Plebiscite of March 1921 and the ceding of the eastern part of Upper Silesia to Poland in 1922.
Pair: Corporal F. Hardy, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SB-800622 F. Hardy); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (SB-800622 F. Hardy); together with United States of America, Distinguished Unit Citation riband bar, with gilt surround, traces of lacquer, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Francis Hardy served with the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, in Korea, and received the United States Army Distinguished Unit Citation (subsequently renamed the Presidential Unit Citation) for successful actions at the Battle of Kap'yong on 14-25 April 1951. The Battle of Kap'yong occurred during the Chinese Spring Offensive and saw the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade establish blocking positions in the Kap'yong Valley, on a key route south to the capital, Seoul. The two forward battalions, the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry occupied positions astride the valley and hastily developed defences. As thousands of South Korean soldiers began to withdraw through the valley, the Chinese infiltrated the brigade position under the cover of darkness, and assaulted the Australians on Hill 504 during the evening and into the following day. Although heavily outnumbered, the 27th Brigade held their positions into the afternoon before the Australians were finally withdrawn to positions in the rear of the brigade, with both sides having suffered heavy casualties. The Chinese then turned their attention to the Canadians on Hill 677, but during a fierce night battle they were unable to dislodge them. The fighting helped blunt the Chinese offensive and the actions of the Australians and Canadians at Kap'yong were important in assisting to prevent a breakthrough on the United Nations Command central front, and ultimately the capture of Seoul. The two battalions bore the brunt of the assault and stopped an entire Chinese division during the hard fought defensive battle. The next day, the Chinese withdrew back up the valley. Sold together with a copy Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea; Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry cap badge, collar tabs, and shoulder flash; Canadian and Commonwealth Forces patches; Canadian Parachutist Wings; and an embroidered U.S. Distinguished Unit Citation riband bar.
United States of America, Distinguished Service Cross, bronze, unnamed as issued; Silver Star, gilt with central silver star, unnamed as issued; Bronze Star, bronze, unnamed as issued; Purple Heart, gilt and enamel, unnamed as issued; Army Commendation Medal, bronze; Army Good Conduct Medal, bronze; Spanish Campaign Medal 1898, bronze, this a later striking; Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal 1919, bronze; American Defence Service Medal, bronze; American Campaign Medal, bronze; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, bronze; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, bronze; Medal for Humane Action, bronze; National Defense Service Medal, bronze; Vietnam Service Medal (2), bronze; together with a Medal for Exemplary Civilian Service to the Department of the Air Force, extremely fine Miscellaneous World Medals. A miscellaneous selection, including a Hungarian War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, silvered; a Kuwaiti Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, bronze and enamel, in case of issue; an Omani General Service Medal, 1 clasp, Dhofar, gilt; various post-Independence Pakistani Medals; a Rhodesian General Service Medal (R668011 Pte M. Mohamed) silvered; a Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, bronze, with Palm Unit Citation emblem on riband; a South Vietnam Medal 1964, 1 clasp, 1960-, unnamed; and a Republic of Zaire Commemorative Medal for the 1977 operations, bronze, generally very fine (lot) £80-£100
Three: Driver C. B. Hooper, 2nd Devon Battery, 4th Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (765 Dvr. C. B. Hooper. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (765 Dvr. C. B. Hooper. R.A.) good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Charles Beare Hooper was born in Torquay, Devon, in 1896. An apprentice motor engineer by occupation he enlisted into the 2nd Devon Battery, 4th Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery at Paignton, Devon, on 14 May 1912. Embodied for service during the Great War on 5 August 1914, he embarked for India on 9 October 1914; transferring to the Royal Artillery (Regular Army) on 1 January 1917, he was appointed Acting Corporal (DR Section) at Poona on 16 March 1917. Disembarking at Mesopotamia on 12 October 1917 he was posted to Army Signal Company at Margil on 29 October 1917, and subsequently transferred to the Army Signal Company, Baghdad. Demobilised on 31 March 1920, he returned to his previous occupation as a Motor Mechanic, and died at Yeovil, Somerset on 24 January 1972, aged 75. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Captain C. N. M. Hamilton, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. C. N. M. Hamilton.) nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Charles Norman Maclean Hamilton was born in India on 19 October 1885 and lived at ‘Sherwood’, Ravensbourne Avenue, Shortlands, Kent. Posted to France with No. 70 Siege Battery 24 March 1916, his unit was initially equipped with four 8-inch howitzers improvised from the cut-down and bored out barrels of 6-inch coast defence guns. It joined the Northern Heavy Artillery Group, part of X Corps, Fourth Army, in readiness for the Battle of the Somme. Twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 18 May 1917 and 23 December 1918), Hamilton served as Adjutant to 40th H.A.G. and was released from service on 17 July 1919. He is later recorded in 1939 as a Golf Club Secretary living at Godstone; he died at Limpsfield, Surrey, on 7 July 1957. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private J. Habershon, 45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot South Africa 1834-53 (J. Habershon. 45th. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1225. J. Habershon. 45th. Regt.) edge bruising to first, nearly very fine and better (2) £300-£400 --- John Habershon was born in Sheffield in June 1814 and attested for the 45th Regiment of Foot in his home city on 5 October 1837. A scissors’ smith by trade, he was posted to Gibraltar, Montevideo and the Cape of Good Hope, a period of overseas service with the Sherwood Foresters spanning over 15 years. In possession of the Kaffir War Medal for 1846-47 and 1853, Habershon was discharged unfit for further duty at Chatham on 20 June 1859 in consequence of chronic rheumatism and being ‘worn out from long service and climate.’ Sold with copied service record.
Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada (S/Sgt J. F. Clarke, RCASC); together with Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Canada (SM (WO 1) R. A. Gretton) last double-struck in places, nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
A fine and unique Sierra Leone 1898-99 D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel N. J. Goodwyn, Devonshire Regiment, attached West African Regiment, who was severely wounded at the Battle of Colenso and was four times Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Coronation 1902, unnamed as issued; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (Capt. N. J. Goodwyn, 2nd. Bn. Devon. Regt.); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Capt. N. J. Goodwyn, 2/Dev. R.) officially engraved naming; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Capt. N. J. Goodwyn, D.S.O. Devon Rgt.) officially engraved naming, King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. Col. D.S.O. N. J. Goodwyn. Devon Rgt.) officially engraved naming, mounted court-style as worn, enamel damage to DSO, with obverse centre slightly depressed, otherwise generally good very fine and better (6) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Christie’s, November 1990. D.S.O. London Gazette 9 January 1900: ‘In recognition of services whilst employed in Sierra Leone.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 29 December 1899 (Sierra Leone); 8 February 1901, 10 September 1901, and 29 July 1902 (all South Africa). Norton James Goodwyn was born at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, in 1861. Educated at Clifton College, he was an Honorary Queen’s Cadet at the Royal Military College Sandhurst. A keen sportsman and gymnast, he was commissioned Lieutenant in the Devonshire Regiment on 9 September 1882, and embarked with the 1st Battalion for Egypt in February 1891 before being posted to the 2nd Battalion in Burma on 24 September 1891, where he commanded the Irrawaddy Column from December 1891 to April 1892. Appointed Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion in Burma and Egypt in 1892, he was named as a joint co-respondent in the high society divorce case, Alston v. Alston, at the High Court of Justice in November 1894, and was subsequently employed with the Egyptian Army between 1894 and 1896. Attached to the West African Regiment for operations in Sierra Leone from 9 April to 24 June 1899, Goodwyn took part in the Mendiland Expedition, including Songo Town-Kwalu Expedition, and also in the Karene and Protectorate Expeditions. With the assistance of the Royal Navy he landed a small party of West African Regiment at Shenge and on the Bumpe River, and between these places and Kwalu in July 1898. He was in command of two Companies of the West African Regiment during the successful capture of Bai Bureh, Chief of the Timmini tribe, Sierra Leone, on 11 November 1898, and for his services was Mentioned in Despatches and appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Rejoining the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment in 1899, Goodwyn embarked with them to Durban in October 1899 only to be severely wounded in the Battle of Colenso on 15 December 1899. Having recovered from his wounds he rejoined the Battalion in August 1900 and was appointed to command Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry in Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony. Promoted Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in recognition of his services in South Africa on 26 October 1902, he was also Mentioned in Despatches on a further three occasions. Appointed to the Staff, Indian Army as Inspector of Gymnasia on 19 May 1904, he travelled home to the U.K. on leave via Australia in March 1906, but was taken ill and diagnosed with enteric fever whilst at Sydney in April 1906, and died after five weeks’ sickness at Point Piper, Sydney, on 6 May 1906, at the age of 44. He is buried at the Church of England Cemetery, Waverley, overlooking Bondi Beach and the Pacific Ocean, and is also commemorated on a Memorial Tablet at All Saints Church, East Budleigh, Devon. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, and extensive copied research, including a photocopy of The Illustrated London News, 24 December 1898, which includes a photograph of ‘A’ Company (Captain Goodwyn’s) of the West African Regiment, which has just caught Bai Bureh, the Chief of the Timmini Tribe.
R.M.C. Sandhurst Prize Medal (2), 44mm, bronze, the reverses engraved ‘Inter Coy Relay Meeting March 1923 Tug-of-War Won by No.3 Coy H. S. A. Grainger; Inter Coy Relay Meeting March 1923 high Jump Won by No.3 Coy L. G. Man’; Army Rifle Association Medal, bronze, engraved to reverse ‘R.M.C. Sandhurst. G.C (Sgt) E K Squire Winner Combined Score Lewis Gun Revolver & Rifle No.13 Platoon. Summer Term 1921’; R.M.C. Drill Competition Medal (2), 22mm, silver, the first engraved to reverse ‘1889 Won by F. Company’, and edge ‘Gentleman Cadet T. E. Madden’; the second engraved to reverse ‘Won by E Company November 1894’, and edge ‘Gentleman Cadet A. C. S. Durnford.’, the last lacking small ring suspension, generally very fine and better (5) £80-£100
Three: Private T. Reed, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on 7 June 1917 on the first day of the Battle of Messines 1914-15 Star (7255 Pte. T. Reed. North’d Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (7255 Pte. T. Reed. North’d Fus.); Memorial Plaque ‘Thomas Reed’, good very fine and better Memorial Plaque (Cyril Henry Leney) minor staining to obverse, very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Thomas Reed, a native of Elswick, Newcastle-on-Tyne, was born in 1892 and attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 August 1915, and was killed in action whilst serving with VII Platoon, “B” Company, on 7 June 1917, on the first day of the Battle of Messines. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Cyril Henry Leney was born in West Hoathly in 1900 and attested for the Army Service Corps Motorised Transport at Devizes on 26 October 1916. Subsequently transferring to the 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, on 31 March 1918, he was killed in action on 27 May 1918 and is buried at Hermonville Military Cemetery, France.
Family Group: Pair: Sergeant Major Taylor A. Craigie, Dorsetshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Transvaal, second clasp loose on riband (5926. S. Mr: Tlr: A. Craigie. Dorset Rgt.) engraved naming, rank officially corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (5926 Sjt: Tlr: A. Craigie. Dorset Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Alexander C. Craigie) very fine (3) £160-£200
Pair: Private G. E. Ansted, East Surrey Regiment 1914-15 Star (2172 Pte. G. W. Ansted. E. Surr: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2172 Pte. G. E. Ansted. E. Surr. R.) good fine Pair: Acting Sergeant W. Kelly, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (S-312271 A. Sjt. W. Kelly. A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine Five: Attributed to C. R. Morgan 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. C. R. Morgan, 31 Four Ash Street, Usk, Mon.’, nearly extremely fine 1914-15 Star (No. 3499 Sepoy Ghazi Shas, 128/Pionrs.); 1939-45 Star (190195 P. J. Clark); Atlantic Star; Africa Star; copy Burma Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45 (2); together with a Royal Air Force Walking and Road Marching Association 2-Day March Medal; a Toronto Scottish cap badge; and a British Legion Women’s Section lapel badge, the reverse numbered ‘288558’, the 1914-15 Star heavily worn, this fair; the rest better Copy medals (4): Victoria Cross, reverse of suspension bar engraved ‘Pte. Henry Hook 1373 B. Co. 24th Regiment’, reverse of Cross dated ‘22nd-23rd Jan 1879’; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, unnamed; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860, bronze issue [sic], unnamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Defence of Ladysmith, Wittebergen, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (2366 Pte. J. Lynch. Bedford Regt.) all poor-quality non-Museum quality copies, with some of the clasps loose, fair to fine (lot) £80-£100
A Great War 1916 ‘Battle of the Somme’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant P. Harrod, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (924 Sjt: P. Harrod. 1/R. War: R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (924 Pnr: Sjt. P. Harrod. R. War. R.) official correction to rank; British War and Victory Medals (924 Sjt. P. Harrod. R. War. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5094087 Sjt. P. Harrod. R. War. R.) light contact marks, generally very fine and better (5) £360-£440 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916. Percy Harrod was born in Essex in 1889, the son of John Harrod, a former soldier of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Educated locally, he joined the 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment in India, and then returned home and served with the Regiment in France as Pioneer Sergeant from 22 August 1914. Traditionally responsible for carpentry, joinery and related work, the role of a Pioneer Sergeant soon encompassed field defences, obstacles, explosives and demolitions, water supply and general engineering tasks. Surviving the Battles of Le Cateau and Marne, Harrod fought at the Second Battle of Ypres and caught the attention of the Essex Newsman on 30 December 1916 whilst stationed in front-line trenches to the east of the village of Lesboeufs on the Somme: ‘Sergt. Percy Harrod, 1st Warwicks, awarded the Military Medal, is the son of Mr. John Harrod, of Mitchell Avenue, Halstead, and formerly a carpenter at Halstead Factory.’ Surviving the War, Harrod remained in the service of the Army and is listed in 1921 as a Pioneer Sergeant living with his wife Muriel at the Lower Barracks in Chatham. The couple later took residence at 31 Chart Road, Folkestone, and it was here that Harrod died following a short illness in January 1935. According to The Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald of 12 January 1935: ‘The late Mr. Harrod had many friends and was held in great respect, especially in the Morehill district.’
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private T. Aldridge, 19th Hussars, later Sergeant-Major, South African Constabulary Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Pte. T. Aldrdge. 19th. Hussars.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3801. Pte: T. Aldridge. 19/Hrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (813 T. Sjt. Mjr. T. Aldridge. S.A.C.) contact marks and heavy edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. Thomas Aldridge was born in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, in 1873, and attested for the 19th Hussars in London on 11 January 1892, aged 18 years 1 month, a carman by trade. He served with the Regiment in India from September 1895 until October 1899, and then in South Africa throughout the Boer War. He transferred to the Army Reserve in South Africa on 22 September 1902, and was discharged on attaining the rank of Sergeant in the South African Constabulary on 30 April 1903, after 11 years and 110 days’ service, and subsequently rose to the rank of Sergeant Major. Sold with copied record of service.
Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (171 Bndsmn: W. Aselby. Band of the R.M.C.) good very fine £60-£80 --- William Aselby was born in Lambeth, Surrey, in 1874, and attested for the Royal Scots Regiment at Aldershot on 27 September 1889. A musician by profession, he served ten years in Malta and the East Indies before being discharged from ‘D’ Company depot at Glencoe on 12 March 1903. Two months later he attested for the Band Corps of the Royal Military College at Sandwich and was further awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1908. Aselby was finally discharged from the Staff of the Army after 21 years of service on 31 August 1913, his reference noting: ‘A good musician... thoroughly sober & reliable.’ Sold with copied research.
An ‘Indian Mutiny’ C.B. pair awarded to General H. Macan, 17th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry and Rajpootana Field Force, who was fired upon by a rebellious mutineer in an early and fruitless show of defiance The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 18ct gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1857, with later narrow swivel-ring suspension and integral gold riband buckle; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Brigdr. Hy. Macan, Rajpootana Fd. Force) with silver top riband buckle, displayed in a fine glazed silver frame, hallmarked Birmingham 1918, extremely fine (2) £2,600-£3,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 1 March 1861. Henry Macan was born at Dhaka on 20 December 1804 and was privately educated by Mr. Howard at Tamerton on the Devon and Cornwall border, specialising in Greek, Latin, French, Mathematics and Hindustani. Orphaned at a young age, Macan was placed in the custody of his uncle, Major Thomas Macan of Bath, who proved keen to recommend him for a Cadetship in the Indian Army; thanks to his linguistic talents, Macan was appointed Ensign on 4 January 1821 and served as Interpreter in the 2nd Battalion, 9th Native Infantry from 23 May 1822. Advanced Lieutenant on 1 February 1822, Macan then transferred to the 17th Native Infantry where he qualified as Interpreter in Hindustani and Mahratta. On 23 February 1831, he was placed in command of a detachment of the Regiment employed in the concan against the Ramoosees - the concan being that part of Maharashtra located between the Ghauts and the sea, extending from Sewdasheogurh to the Taptee on the western peninsula of India. Recorded as arriving at the Presidency from Poona in the Government of India Gazette 20 October 1831, Macan was raised Captain on 27 November 1834 and Major on 17 October 1841; it was at around this time that he was appointed to act as Persian Interpreter to Major-General Brooks, Commanding the Scinde Field Force. Made President of the Annual Invaliding Committee on 17 February 1842, Macan was recognised as an ‘able and zealous’ commanding officer. Further advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 29 December 1846 and Second Class Brigadier on 16 April 1854, his leadership qualities were soon put to the test during the Mutiny. An extract from The History of the Indian Mutiny by Kaye and Melleson (page 387), notes: ‘Slight Outbreak at Nasirabad Easily Suppressed by Brigadier Macan On 10th August 1857, the military class showed its teeth. One of the regiments accompanying the force for which Gen. G. Lawrence had made a requisition on Disa, and which had reached Nasirabad on 12th June, was the 12th Bombay N.I. A trooper of the 1st Bombay Lancers, suddenly mounting his charger, had galloped in front of the lines of his regiment, endeavouring by cries and threats to induce his comrades to mutiny. The Bombay Lancers, however, were staunch, and some of them mounted their horses to pursue the rebel. Noting this, the trooper discharged his carbine at the native officer superintending the mount, and fled to the lines of the 12th Bombay N.I. where he was received and sheltered. Meanwhile, the Brigadier, Henry Macan, had come onto the parade ground. He at once ordered the men of the 12th to turn out. Only 40 obeyed. Upon this, the Brigadier called out the guns, and bringing up a company of the 83rd, proceeded to the line of the 12th. The original mutineer, the trooper of the 1st Cavalry, fired at him but missed. The rebel himself was then shot by an artillery officer. The men of the 12th were paraded, and all who had disobeyed the order to turn out were disarmed. Their muskets were found loaded. The ringleaders were then tried by court-martial, five were hanged and three sentenced to imprisonment for life. Twenty-five had previously deserted. To the remainder, their arms, on their expression of contrition, were restored, and they behaved well in the field afterwards.’ According to the Magnet (London) on 27 April 1885, Macan went on to command 1st Brigade at the Siege, Assault and Capture of Kotah in March 1858. Permitted to resign his command at Nasirabad 1 October 1858, Macan took furlough to Europe for 18 months. Promoted Major-General on 5 March 1859, and General on 24 May 1877, he died in his 81st year on 20 April 1885.
The exceptional Peninsula War group of three to Sergeant Jacob Cove, 88th Foot (Connaught Rangers), together with a fragment of the 2nd Battalion Regimental Colour Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (J. Cove, Serjt. 88th Foot); Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (Jacob Cooe, Serjeant 88th Regiment Foot. 1836) official correction to one letter of surname, fitted with original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension; 88th Foot Order of Merit, 2nd Class for 11 actions, these as for M.G.S. (Jacob Cooe) fitted with original ‘shell’ claw and bar suspension inscribed ‘Peninsula’, together with an embroidered silk fragment of the 2nd Battalion Regimental Colour cut up in 1816, the Order of Merit very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare (3) £9,000-£12,000 --- Provenance: Tombs Collection 1918, Phillips Collection 1925, and Jourdain 1934 Collection. Jacob Cove (also variously spelt Covy, Cov, and Cooe) was born at Hastings, Sussex, and enlisted as a Boy on 4 July 1805, aged 11. His brother Isaac enlisted at the same time and both boys were employed as Bandsmen. He was appointed Drummer on 15 April 1809, and proceeded with the Regiment to Portugal, serving throughout the war in the Peninsula and Southern France until early in 1814, when he accompanied the regiment to North America. He returned to France in June 1815 and served with the Army of Occupation until May 1817, when the regiment returned to Edinburgh, remaining there until June 1819. He was appointed Private on 24 February 1820 and remained stationed in England until June 1821, when the regiment removed to Ireland. Appointed Corporal on 24 April 1825, and to Sergeant on 21 August 1826, he accompanied the regiment to Corfu and remained there until February 1832. Back in England, stationed at Chatham and then Dover, he fell sick in February 1835 and was sent to the Regimental Hospital at Charles Fort, Kinsale. In June 1836 he proceeded to the Invalid Depot at Buttevant and was discharged at Dublin on 29 June 1836, suffering from ‘impaired health’. He entered Kilmainham as a pensioner the following month, 13 July, at which time he had total service of 24 years, which did not include seven years under age. He was then aged 42 and his conduct was described as ‘most exemplary’. He died at Galway on 1 October 1858. Both the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 88th fought in the Peninsula with great distinction. The 2nd Battalion returned home after the capture of Badajoz, its effectives being transferred to the 1st Battalion, and continued as a home battalion until disbanded at Clare Castle in January 1816. The colours were lodged with the Agent of the regiment acting on behalf of the Colonel, Lord Beresford. ‘Ultimately,’ it is recorded in the regimental history, ‘it would appear - between 1820 and 1830 - the Colours of the 2nd Battalion, 88th, were cut up and distributed among officers of the regiment. A large piece is now in the possession of a descendant of one of the officers then serving in the Connaught Rangers, General W. H. Eden, C.B., who joined the 88th as a captain from half-pay of the 6th Foot in August 1826, and served with the regiment until August 1839... Two other fragments of the 2nd Battalion Colours are in Lieut.-Colonel Jourdain’s possession.’ The medals are accompanied by Jourdain’s old ivorine display label which reads ‘Fragment of the Regimental Colour which was in the possession of Sergt. Jacob Cooe, 88th Regt. and his medals for services in the Peninsular War’.
Three: Gunner J. Whitfield, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star (26517 Gnr: J. Whitfield. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (26517 Gnr. J. Whitfield. R.A.) light contact marks, very fine Three: Private F. E. Davis, Army Service Corps 1914 Star (CMT-2762 Pte. F. E. Davis. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (CMT-2762 Pte. F. E. Davis. A.S.C.) contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £100-£140 --- James Whitfield attested into the Royal Field Artillery and served during the Great War with the 40th Brigade on the Western Front from 19 August 1914. The brigade saw action with the 3rd Division at Mons, the subsequent retreat, at Le Cateau, the Marne and other early battles. He was discharged time expired on 15 September 1915. Frank Ernest Davis, a motor driver with Rolls Royce in Derby, was born in Nottinghamshire on 7 November 1889. He joined Rolls Royce around 1910 and later attested into the Army Service Corps as a ‘Category C’ Reservist at Derby on 30 April 1914. Mobilised on 6 August 1914, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914, possibly working in one of the 18 Rolls Royce Armoured Cars. He was discharged upon the termination of his engagement on 11 May 1916. Sold with copied Medal Index Cards and copied research.
Three: Lieutenant C. W. Hebron, 1-129th Beluch Regiment, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. W. Hebron.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lt. C. W. Hebron, 1-129 Beluch. Regt.) toned, good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Charles W. Hebron was commissioned into the 5th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps from the ranks of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Private 5901/252780) on 28 August 1917, and subsequently transferred to the Indian Army in October 1919 as a Lieutenant in the 1-129th Baluchis. Sold with copied Medal Index Card.
Five: Private J. F. Taylor, Royal Berkshire Regiment and Devonshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya G.VI.R. (22285754 Pte J F Taylor Devons) mounted as worn, the GSM a somewhat later issue, good very fine and better (5) £60-£80 --- John Frederick Taylor was born in Hay Mills, Birmingham, in 1924. A Drivers Mate by occupation, he attested into the General Service Corps on 21 November 1942; transferring to the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 18 February 1943, he was posted to the 6th Battalion, before disembarking in India on 13 February 1944, where he was attached to EE Battery, 69 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery on 26 April 1944. On 27 March 1947, he disembarked in the U.K. and was admitted to Battle Hospital, Reading, being released to the Reserve on 4 September 1947. Taylor attested for the Regular Army and was posted to the Wessex Brigade Training Centre at Exeter on 23 June 1949. Posted to the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, he embarked for F.A.R.E.L.F. on 5 October 1949, where the battalion was stationed at Temerloh, Malaya. Subsequently posted to the Wessex Brigade Depot at Exeter on 16 March 1950, he was permanently attached to the Regular Commissions Board on 26 February 1952, and was discharged on Termination of Engagement on 22 June 1961. His primary Second World War awards were claimed in 1949, his Defence Medal in 1989; and his General Service Medal in 1990, all sent to a Birmingham address. Sold with copied service records and other research.
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