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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private J. E. Mincher, 17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, late Liverpool Regiment, for his gallantry as a Company Runner during the attack west of Courtrai on 14 October 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (62953 Pte. J. E. Mincher. 17/Lan: Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (8866 Pte. J. E. Mincher. L’pool R.) light pitting to MM, otherwise good very fine (3) £260-£300 --- M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919. The original Recommendation, dated 18 October 1918, states: ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty as Company Runner prior to and during the attack west of Courtrai on 14 October 1918. Throughout the attack he displayed utter disregard of personal safety. Despite the thick mist which made it impossible to see more than a few yards, he went continually forward and to the flanks, keeping touch between sections and platoons, often under very heavy hostile machine gun fire. The example of courage he set inspired his comrades, and contributed in a large measure to the success of the operations.’ Joseph Edward Mincher was born in Birmingham in 1880 and attested for the Liverpool Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914, and was admitted to the 4th Stationary Hospital on 17 May 1915. Transferring to the Lancashire Fusiliers, he was subsequently awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 17th Battalion. He died in Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 6 April 1961. Sold with the original hand-written Recommendation for the M.M. (Army Form W.3121); and copied research.

Three: attributed to Major R. S. T. Sandberg, Royal Army Dental Corps, who committed suicide on 11 June 1948 Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated ‘1946’, all unnamed, extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013. Reginald Samuel Thomas Sandberg served six years in the school cadet force and attained the rank of C.Q.M.S. He later served in the London University O.T.C. Gained qualification as a Dental Surgeon (L.D.S., R.C.S.) 1927. Commissioned a Lieutenant in the Territorial Army on 1 July 1931, Sandberg was posted to the 8th London Hygiene Company, R.A.M.C. (T.A.) in July 1931, and promoted to Captain in May 1934. He was embodied at the outbreak of the Second World War, when he was 2i/c of the 8th London Hygiene Company R.A.M.C. (T.A.). Posted to the Army School of Hygiene, Aldershot, as a Specialist in Sanitation on 6 September 1939, he later transferred to the Army Dental Corps in October 1939 with the rank of Captain, and from November 1939 was 1i/c of the Dental Centre, Martinique House, Bordon. Major Sandberg died in Northwood on 11 June 1948, having committed suicide by inhaling nitrous oxide gas. The coroner’s findings were that he had ‘killed himself not being of sound mind’. Sold with medal forwarding box addressed to ‘Mrs M. Sandberg, Brambledown, 20, Batchworth Lane, Northwood, Middlesex’; Army Council enclosure slip named to ‘Major R. S. T. Sandberg’; together with the recipient’s original commission document appointing him a Lieutenant in the T.A., dated 1 July 1931, and with copied research.

A C.M.G. mounted group of four miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Brigadier-General C. W. Clark, Royal Garrison Artillery The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted as worn on a Spink, Piccadilly wearing pin, extremely fine A C.B.E mounted group of four miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Colonel C. E. T. Rolland, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn on a Spink, Piccadilly wearing pin and housed in a contemporary Spink & Son Ltd., fitted case, extremely fine A D.S.O. mounted group of three miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Major G. R. de la C. Corbett, Royal garrison Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., gold (18ct) and enamel, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine An M.C. mounted group of five miniature dress medals representative of those worn by the Reverend W. Drury, Army Chaplains’ Department Military Cross, G.V.R.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star and clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted on modern ribands, nearly extremely fine (16) £180-£220 --- C. W. Clark was born in Oxton, Birkenhead, and was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1885 and served in India, Malta and Gibraltar, before being appointed Private Secretary and Aide de Camp to the Governor of Trinidad in 1893. Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel in 1913, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 August 1915, and was Brigadier-General, Heavy Artillery, Headquarters, 15/Army Corps. For his services during the Great War he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 4 January 1917 and 15 May 1917) and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1917. He retired in 1922 and died on 21 November 1944. Charles Edward Tulloch Rolland was born on 28 November 1874 in Madras, India, the son of Colonel Alexander Tulloch Rolland of the Madras Staff Corps. Emulating his father, he was Commissioned on 16 December 1893 and promoted to full Colonel on 3 June 1921. Whilst serving as Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel during the Great War he was seconded to the Research Department on 19 June 1916, and for his services he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (London Gazette 3 June 1919). He was appointed a Member of the Ordnance Committee on retirement on 1 January 1926. Garnet Robert de la Cour Corbett served with the 206th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War, and for his services was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette 3 June 1918). The Reverend William Drury was born in Burton on 19 June 1876 and was educated at Christ’s Hospital and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Ordained a Priest at Worcester in 1900, he was employed as Acting Chaplain to the Forces during the Boer War and was appointed Chaplain to the Forces at Woolwich, Singapore, Aldershot and Crownhill. Raised Deputy Chaplain General 1916-18, he was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 22 June 1915, 4 January 1917, 15 May 1917) and later served as Chaplain to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, from 1918-23. He died at Binstead Rectory on 24 October 1943. Sold with copied research.

A fine Second War ‘Western Desert - Siege of Tobruk’ M.M. awarded to Bombardier C. W. Lowe, Royal Horse Artillery, who was originally recommended for the D.C.M., after he engaged enemy tanks with a Boys Anti-Tank Rifle in open ground. He was killed in action during the Second Battle of El Alamein on 25 October 1942 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5246917 Bmbr. C, W. Lowe. R.A.) mounted on original investiture pin, extremely fine --- M.M. London Gazette 18 July 1941. The recommendation states: ‘I wish to bring to your notice and to recommend for the D.C.M. No. 5246197 Bdr Charles William Lowe, A/E Bty, 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery. Early on the morning of 14th April, A/E Bty was heavily attacked by enemy tanks who had broken through the outer defences of TOBRUK. He was in opposition with a Boyes [sic] rifle on the exposed flank of the troop, and had been ordered into a new position when the attack began. He immediately got his rifle into action, and lying in the open in an exposed position, he fired until all his ammunition was expended. He scored direct hits, and caused one tank to withdraw, as it was endeavouring to outflank the guns. His coolness and courage was a fine example to all ranks in the Bty.’ Charles William Lowe was the husband of Mrs E. Lowe, and resided in Coventry. He served during the Second War as a Bombardier with the Royal Horse Artillery, as part of the 20th Australian Infantry Brigade, 9th Australian Division, Western Desert Force. After his gallant exploits during the siege of Tobruk between April and November 1941, he went on to serve with the 76th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second Battle of El Alamein, and was killed on 25 October 1942. He is buried in the El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, and commemorated at Christchurch, Great Malvern and St. Andrews Church, Poolbrook. Sold with a portrait photograph of recipient in uniform wearing M.M. ribbon, together with contemporary copied letter of congratulations from Australian Imperial Force H.Q, Tobruch Fortress, on award of M.M., date 2 June 1941; and a similar message from Eighth Army Commander for 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, dated 28 December 1941 - ‘Whole EIGHTH ARMY admires beyond description the wonderful display of courage and fighting qualities shown by your Regiment throughout the whole of the siege of TOBRUK. It will live in the annals of history of the Royal Regiment, and adds to the glory of your unit tradition as right of the line of a British Army. Well done, indeed.’ ‘To: Bdr. C. W. Lowe. M.M. The above message from the Army Commander is passed to you for your information and retention. It is doubtful whether an Army Commander, even Wellington after Waterloo, has ever singled out an individual Regiment for higher praise, and you, Bombardier Lowe are one of those who has personally contributed so much, and so well earned it.’

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (15763 Pte. G. Reid. R.A.M.C.) good very fine £60-£80 --- George Reid was born in Edinburgh in 1883 and attested for the the Royal Army Medical Corps at Warrington, Lancashire, on 6 June 1901, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. He served in South Africa from 3 February 1902 to 10 May 1905, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 17 February 1906. He was discharged on 5 June 1913, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service.

Pair: Private A. Crawford, Gordon Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front in April 1918, one of three young Scots brothers to die in the Great War British War and Victory Medals (6096 Pte. A. Crawford. Gordons.) patches of staining to VM, good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Alexander Crawford was born in the Parish of Eastwood, Renfrewshire, around 1896, the son of printfield labourer John Crawford and his wife Elizabeth. Widowed at a young age, Elizabeth set about raising alone four sons and two daughters at 11 Main Street Back, Thorliebank, Glasgow. Posted to the Western Front with the 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, Alexander soon heard the news of the death of his brother Richard (S/40918 Private, Gordon Highlanders), who was killed in action on 9 April 1917. A few months later, news would have filtered through of the death of his brother John (278571 Private, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), who died on 15 July 1917. Remaining in the trenches, Alexander Crawford was killed in action during the opening attacks of Operation Georgette sometime between 9 and 13 April 1918, as fast-moving German infantry attempted to overrun the Portuguese-held front line and force the British back towards the Channel ports. Aged 22 years, he has no known grave and is commemorated upon the Loos Memorial. A letter from Elizabeth contained in the Army Service Record of Richard Crawford details her feelings: ‘I lost 3 sons in this cruel war, all I had...’

Three: Captain G. H. Tapper, Transport Officer, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, late Staff Sergeant, 1st Wessex Field Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. H. Tapper.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (6 S.Sgt. G. H. Tapper. 1/Wessex F.A. R.A.M.C.) good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- George Hutchings Tapper was born in Teignmouth, Devon, in 1884. A tailor by occupation, he enlisted into the Devonshire Brigade Bearer Company, Royal Army Medical Corps, and was discharged on the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908, re-enlisting with Regimental Number 6 into the 1st Wessex Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., and was promoted Sergeant on 20 April 1908. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in July 1913, he was embodied for service during the Great War at Exeter in August 1914, and was appointed Transport Officer in the 1st Wessex Field Ambulance with the honorary rank of Lieutenant on 28 October 1914. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, as Transport Officer he embarked for France on 16 April 1916. On the Somme he was kicked by a horse, suffering a compound fracture to his left tibia, and was evacuated to England. He subsequently joined the 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment ‘In the Field’ on 4 February 1918, and was admitted to No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital suffering an ‘old fracture of Left Tibia’, and was appointed Adjutant and Acting Captain of a Reception Camp on 27 June 1918. Disembodied on 7 July 1919, he resumed his career in the tailoring industry, being advanced Buying Controller, Messrs Lewis’s Stores, Liverpool. He died at his place of work in Liverpool on 11 January 1938, aged 54. The 1st Wessex Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, was recognised as a unit of the newly formed Territorial Army on 25 June 1908, Headquartered at Exeter. Sold with copied research.

A group of seven miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Corporal of Horse E. S. Tomney, 2nd Life Guards, later Yeoman of the Guard Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R.; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, mounted for display, the LS&GC heavily polished and worn, this fair to fin, pitting to the Egypt Medal, this fine; the reset nearly extremely fine (7) £100-£140 --- Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C. notified per Army Orders of May 1906. M.S.M. notified per Army Order 93 of 1922, without Annuity. Edward Stephen Tomney was born in 1849 at Spike Island, Cork, and enlisted as a Boy, aged 14, into the 14th The King’s Hussars on 15 January 1863. He was appointed Trumpeter in December 1868 and transferred to the 2nd Life Guards in 1875. He served with the 2nd Life Guards, as Corporal of Horse, in the Egyptian campaign of 1882, including the infamous ‘moonlight charge’ of the Household cavalry at Kassassin and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, where he had his horse shot from under him, and at the capture of Cairo. In 1883 he transferred to the Permanent Staff of the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and was appointed Trumpet-Major of that unit upon his discharge from the Life Guards in September 1895. Tomney was appointed to Her Majesty’s Yeomen of the Guard on 5 January 1899, and received his M.S.M. whilst still holding that appointment in 1922. Note: The recipient’s full-sized awards (the 1902 Coronation Medal a bronze award, not silver) were sold in these rooms in September 2008, as part of the John Tamplin Collection.

A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant E. S. Voice, Royal Field Artillery, who repeatedly tackled burning shell dumps under heavy enemy fire Military Medal, G.V.R. (8492 Cpl. E. S. Voice. D.64/A.Bde: R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (8492 Gnr: E. Voice. R.F.A.) number officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (8492 Cpl. E. Voice. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (8492 Sjt: E. S. Voice. D.64/A.Bde: R.F.A.) minor edge bruising, generally very fine (5) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 19 November 1917. The official citation states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty and consistently setting a fine example to his comrades under the most dangerous and adverse circumstances. Has extinguished burning shell dumps under heavy fire on more than one occasion.’ M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. Ernest Sydney Voice was born in Burgess Hill in 1894 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 May 1915 and was awarded the Military Medal. Further recognised with the award of the M.S.M. for devotion to duty, he returned home to Sussex and married Alice Ada Furlonger at Godstone in 1925; widowed just three years later, Voice took employment as a gardener and died in Surrey in 1969. Sold with the recipient’s original Military Medal award certificate from the Officer Commanding 64th (Army) Brigade, R.F.A., the ink citation faded and reapplied by hand at a later date.

A Great War M.C. attributed to Captain J. A. M. Pringle, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue, good very fine £500-£700 --- M.C. London Gazette 7 November 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He attended to the many casualties of two battalions, working in the open under heavy fire for thirty-six hours without rest. During ten days’ hard fighting he was untiring in his efforts, and it was very largely due to his excellent organisation in one locality that the wounded of five battalions were successfully evacuated. He set a splendid example.’ Sold with an original newspaper cutting that attributes the M.C. to Captain J. A. M. Pringle, M.B., Royal Army Medical Corps, the son of the late Mr. George Pringle, chemist, Pathhead, Kirkcaldy.

Eight: Subadar G. Khan, Pakistan Army, late 8th Battalion, Punjab Regiment, Indian Army Pakistan, Tamgha-I-Khidmat, Second Class neck badge, silver and enamel; General Service Medal, 1 clasp, Kashmir 1948, unnamed; Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (13086-10 Sub Gheba Khan 8 Punjab.R.); Pakistan Republic Day Medal 1956, unnamed; India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (9159 Naik Gheba Khan, 4-8 Punjab R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, minor loss of white enamel to first, very fine (8) £80-£100 --- Gheba Khan served with the 4/8th Battalion, Punjab Regiment, during the campaign in Waziristan from 1936-40 against the Fakir of Ipi. He is later believed to have fought in the Middle East as part of PAI Force during the Second World War.

Three: Gunner J. Andrews, Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Gunnr. Josh. Andrews Rl. Arty.) officially impressed naming; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1861 to 1866 (272 Gunr. Josph. Andrews, C Batty. 4th. Brigde. R.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with small ring suspension, edge bruising and light contact marks to first and second, nearly very fine and better (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Joseph Andrews attested for the Royal Regiment of Artillery at Coventry on 29 June 1853 and served with No. 8 Battery in the Crimea from 22 March 1854. Confirmed upon the recipient’s Army Service Record as present at the Battles of Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann and Sebastopol, he transferred to 4 Brigade as Gunner 1 May 1859 and served in New Zealand from 4 March 1861 to 29 October 1866. It was here that he became ‘injuriously affected’ by exposure whilst on active service, the hardships in the field and inclement weather resulting in disease of the heart valve; discharged at Aldershot on 24 November 1871, having been found unfit for further service, it appears that Andrews returned home to Warwickshire and took employment as a labourer. Sold with copied service record and other research.

The M.G.S. and Waterloo pair awarded to Lieutenant William Crawley Yonge, 52nd Foot, related by marriage to Sir John Colborne (later 1st Baron Seaton) and father of Charlotte Mary Yonge, the noted Victorian novelist Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (W. C. Yonge, Lieut. 52nd Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. W. Crawley Yonge, 1st Batt. 52nd Reg. Foot.) third letter of Crawley corrected from ‘o’, fitted with replacement silver bar suspension, both medals fitted with silver ribbon buckles, light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (2) £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, June 1971, with other family medals. William Crawley Yonge was born on 26 June 1795, the eighth of nine children of the Reverend Duke Yonge and Catherine (née Crawley) of Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire. He grew up in Cornwood, Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor, where his father was the rector from 1793 to 1823, and was educated at Ottery St Mary, where the head was George Coleridge, of the poet's family, and then on to Eton College. He was gazetted by purchase as an ensign in the 52nd Regiment in May 1812 and joined the regiment outside San Sebastian in September the following year, having been promoted to Lieutenant the previous April. He was present at the crossing of the Bidassoa and at the battles of Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Tarbes, Toulouse and Waterloo. William was placed on half pay for an Ensign following the reduction of the regiment after its return from France early in 1818. Although he rejoined the 52nd on full pay in the following November, it was marriage that led him to resign his active commission in February 1823, having served for a time with the 17th Regiment in Ireland. William married Fanny Bargus on 25 October 1822, at Otterbourne Old Church, Hampshire. Fanny was a stepsister of Sir John Colborne, and William was the brother of Sir John’s brother-in-law the Reverend Duke Yonge. John Colborne and Sophia Leeke, sister of Ensign Leeke of the 52nd, were witnesses. William was father to Charlotte Mary Yonge, born in August 1823 and destined to become a famous and successful novelist who dedicated her talents as a writer to the service of the church. In her autobiography she makes many mentions of her father and several interesting comments on his military service: ‘He joined in the midst of the siege of St Sebastian and his first experience of war was crossing a bridge on which the enemy’s guns were firing. He hesitated to bend his head below the shelter of the parapet and old soldiers had to advise him not to expose himself to danger unnecessarily. He kept a journal [since lost] dutifully at that time but in dreadful schoolboy writing and with wonderfully little in it, though the sight of it served in after life to assist his recollections.’ Charlotte also recounts what happened to William in the hours and days following the battle of Waterloo: ‘That night of victory was spent in the open field, in the clothes the officers and men had fought in, all the officer’s luggage was plundered by the Belgium’s during the battle. The only thing ever recovered was William Yonge’s box empty of all save his bible and prayer book, which was found in a loft in Brussels. His friend Mr Griffith’s found a pony tied to a post, with a saddle bag containing two coarse women’s shifts and this was the only change of linen anyone had as they marched straight on for Paris. In preparation for entering the City they halted at St Cloud and there all the officers got into one pond and passed the single razor in their possession from chin to chin.’ In his account of Lord Seaton and the 52nd, William Leeke, a junior ensign and nephew of Mr Bargus, gives the following account: ‘Our servants made a bed of straw on the wet ploughed field and all four of us. Yonge and I lay down, and being covered in our boat cloaks tried to go to sleep. It was very hot and there was heavy rain I think it was a little after four, we were ordered to fall in again. We piled arms and remained for the night... My friend Yonge shared my boat cloak and straw with me and we consequently both of us got very wet.’ Many commentators at the time and subsequently have written about the retreat of the French Guard and what caused it, but it is instructive to see what one junior officer who was there felt. In his privately published Memoir of the Services of Field Marshal Lord Seaton, William Yonge wrote: ‘Then too, was invented the story of “Up Guards and at them.” It was a piece of gossip picked up in the Camp by Sir Walter Scott, on his visit to Paris, first appearing in his “Paul’s Letters to his Kinsfolk” and from then adopted by Alison as a historical fact, in truth they never came in contact at all with the Imperial Guards, and were in no way instrumental in their repulse.’ Leeke quotes from a letter written by William Yonge to Colonel Bentham in November 1853: ‘He [Colborne, later 1st Baron Seaton] kept watching the heavy column advancing saw no attempt at preparation to meet it. He said there is nothing else to do but to endeavour to stop them by a flank attack and that if something of sort not done our line would be penetrated. How is it possible that this fanfaronade of Guards charging the head of this column can have the smallest foundation in truth. As to Lord Seaton I think there was never a man so ill used.’ William's daughter Charlotte also wrote of this issue in her autobiography: ‘He [Colborne] thought the final exchange would have been fully explained and the honour awarded to the 52nd... Gossip has picked up and invented “up Guards and at them”… But the crisis of Waterloo has become a vexed question.’ Of this injustice William wrote many letters to the Secretary of War. In one letter he wrote: ‘While the ensigns of the Guards were made lieutenants on the pretence of the 1st Guards having repulsed the Imperial Guard, the lieutenants of the regiment that actually did the work were made ensigns.’ This, of course, had a financial consequence for William, for an ensign’s pay was lower than that of a lieutenant’s. Retiring to the Hampshire village of Otterborne, he was a J.P. for many years and a Cornet in the North Hants Yeomanry from 1836 to 1840. On the death of the Duke of Wellington in 1852, William was among an elite group of old Waterloo veterans who were in the funeral procession, as was also his son Julian, who was in the Rifles. He clearly remained vexed by Waterloo and the injustice to the 52nd and to Lord Seaton himself. William Crawley Yonge died at Otterborne on 26 February 1854; among those attending his funeral was Lord Seaton. His daughter Charlotte was also clearly influenced by her father’s interest in matters military. In March 1896, 81 years after Waterloo and 41 years after her father died, she wrote to an American admirer: ‘My father fought at Waterloo and I grew up with many army traditions from him and his colonel Lord Seaton.’ In her novel Clever Woman of the Family, published in 1865, perhaps reflecting her father’s attitude to life, she wrote: ‘It is the discipline and Constant Duty that make the soldier and are far more valuable than exceptional doings.’ From the beginning to the end of her life, Waterloo remained a topic of key importance for Charlotte. It figured in her very first book published in 1839, Le Chateau de Melville. Several other of her books also had a military theme. With acknowledgement to Ian Yonge and his excellent biographical work available online...

Three: Corporal J. Strachan, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (M2-099503. Pte. J. Strachan, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-099503 Cpl. J. Strachan. A.S.C.) mounted as worn, good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (172349 Gnr. F. W. Leek. R.A.; 736392 Cpl. C. Craigen. 43-Can. Inf.) good very fine (5) £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- James Strachan attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 September 1915. Promoted Corporal, he was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 21 April 1919. Charles Craigen was born at Lossiemouth, Morayshire, in 1892 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Calgary, Alberta. He served with the 43rd Battalion (Canadian Cameron Highlanders), Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action by a sniper at Amiens on 9 August 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France.

A group of twelve miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Staff Sergeant M. B. Matheson, Indian Army Ordnance Corps British War and Victory Medals; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24; India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, India; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Russia, Empire, Medal of St. George for Bravery, Third Class, silver, mounted for display, very fine and better (12) £80-£100

A Great War ‘Italian theatre’ Piave River Crossing M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant O. J. Olding, 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. O. J. Olding.); together with the recipient’s Italian Armata Altipiani Medal 1918, silver, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- M.C. London Gazette 10 December 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on 27th October 1918, near Cimadolmo. The courage and leadership of this officer throughout the whole action were most praiseworthy. At the critical stage during the wading through the Piave river, and the continuation of the advance upon reaching the mainland under heavy machine and rifle fire, he led his platoon forward with great skill and control. Later by the tactical handling of his platoon, he captured several enemy strong points with a large number of prisoners and machine guns with the minimum number of casualties. He did fine work.’ Oliver James Olding was born in Southampton in 1891. A shopman by occupation, he attested at Portsmouth as a Private in the Hampshire Regiment for the duration of the War on 17 November 1915. He joined the 15th Battalion at Etaples on 1 June 1916; attached to the 9th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on the Somme on 11 July 1916, the battalion took part in the actions at Bazentin Le Grand, High Wood, and Ginchy between July and September 1916. Olding was formally transferred to the 9th Battalion on 9 October 1916 with the rank of Corporal. Posted to an Officer Cadet Battalion at Oxford on 9 March 1917, he was commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the Devonshire Regiment on 27 June 1917 and transferred the 8th (Service) Battalion near Bullecourt on 27 June 1917. The 8th Battalion entrained for Italy on 18 November 1917 and took over the trenches along the River Piave on 26 January 1918, subsequently transferring to the Asiago Plateau in April 1918. He commanded No. 4 Party, ‘C’ Company during the raid on Vaister, on the Asiago Plateau, on 4 May 1918, and served as Second in Command of ‘C’ Company during the operations to cross the River Piave on 26-27 October 1918, for which services he was awarded the Military Cross. Advanced Temporary Lieutenant, he relinquished his commission on completion of service on 21 February 1920, and retained the rank of Lieutenant. Following the Great War he obtained employment as a Hotel Steward and died in hospital at Coulsden, Surrey, on 3 February 1929, aged 36. Note: The Armata Altipiani Medal 1918 was awarded for the Battle of the Piave, Asiago Plateau, on 15 June 1918. About 450 of these medals were awarded to British Officers. The medal is not official but was created by the Italian authorities on the initiative of General Montuori, commander of the Italian 6th Army, and awarded early in 1919 to Italian, British and French officers of the forces that had fought in the Battle of the Piave from 15 to 24 June 1918. The medal, when attributed, is scarce. Sold with the recipient’s Identity disc (2nd Lt. O. J. Olding C.E. 8th Devons); and copied research.

Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Sepoy Doorga Roy. 18th N.I.) Indian Army engraved naming, suspension post re-affixed, very fine £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1891, Hazara 1888, clasps mounted in this order, with top lugs removed (1723 Sergt. D. Main 2d. Bn. Sea. Highrs.) polished, nearly very fine £140-£180 --- David Main was born in St. Andrews, Fife, in 1866 and attested for the Seaforth Highlanders at London on 12 May 1885. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 30 December 1885 to 27 March 1893, and was promoted Corporal on 27 April 1887, and Sergeant on 16 May 1888. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 5 April 1893, and was discharged on 11 May 1897, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service records.

Three: Corporal J. Howe, 43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot South Africa 1834-53 (John How [sic]. 43rd. Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59 (Corpl. John How [sic], 43rd. Lt. infy.); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (1959 John Howe, 43rd. Foot.) edge bruising and contact marks to first, this good fine, the remainder very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- John Howe, a shoemaker by trade, was born in the Parish of Leamore, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, on 3 November 1825. He enlisted in the 43rd Regiment as an under-age Private soldier on his 17th birthday, 3 November 1842, and witnessed two years and three months of active service in South Africa in operations against Chief Sandilli who was blockading Fort Cox in Kaffraria. Following intermittent but severe fighting, the rebel Kaffirs were driven into the mountains until they sued for peace under Chief Moshesh and Chief Mocomo on 20 December 1852. Peace was proclaimed on 12 March 1853; 592 Medals were awarded to the Regiment. Transferred to India as Corporal for the following ten years, Howe witnessed his Regiment being heavily engaged in the suppression of the Mutiny. Sent to New Zealand from December 1863 to March 1866, his Army Service Record notes a lapse in conduct and character when arrested for being drunk on duty; imprisoned and Court Martialed, he was reduced from Sergeant to Private on 12 October 1863. Sent back to England, Howe was discharged at Portsmouth at his own request ‘free’ and with pension for 22 years’ service. He subsequently returned home to Ireland. Sold with copied service record and medal roll extract.

Four: Colour Sergeant H. Bright, Essex Regiment, who landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, and was wounded at Gully Ravine on 28 June 1915 1914-15 Star (7825 Cpl. H. Bright. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (7825 Sjt. H. Bright. Essex R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5999816 C. Sjt. H. Bright. Essex R.) minor edge bruise to last, good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Harry Bright attested for the Essex Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War at Gallipoli, landing at Cape Helles on the first day of the campaign on 25 April 1915. Wounded at Gully Ravine on 28 June 1915, he was subsequently posted to the Bedfordshire Regiment, before returning to the Essex Regiment, and is individually identified in a unit photograph of 1924 showing the Officers and Men of the regiment who had landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, and who were still serving with the regiment.

R.M.A. Woolwich and R.M.C. Sandhurst Athletics Prize Medal (2), 50mm, bronze, 50mm., the reverses engraved ‘L. J. Wood. Second in Pole Jump 1886.; Wide Jump. Sandhurst D. C. E. Grose. 1893.’ minor edge bruising to second, very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Daniel Charles Evans Grose was born in Gwalior, India, on 30 March 1874. Appointed Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Derbyshire Regiment, in 1895, he served during the Boer War as a Captain in No. 9 Company, Army Service Corps, and rose to the rank of Colonel during the Great War.

A Second War ‘Italian Campaign’ G.M. group of six awarded to Gunner J. Heaney, Royal Artillery, who entered a German minefield to save the life of a severely wounded Indian soldier; recognising the importance of haste, he repeatedly swam across a fast-flowing river, enabling his charge to receive hospital treatment in time to save his life George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (930511 Gnr. John Heaney, R.A.) officially re-impressed naming in small capitals; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- G.M. London Gazette 8 June 1945: ‘In recognition of conspicuous gallantry in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner.’ The original recommendation states: ‘On the 7th November 1944 on the bank of the River Savio, close to Cesena, an Indian other rank walked into a minefield and was blown up on a mine. Gunner Heaney saw the accident from the opposite bank, and as there was no bridge, and although the river was flowing very fast at this point, without hesitation he plunged in and swam across. He picked his way through the minefields, applied dressings to the wounds and swam back across the river, where both were pulled out in an exhausted condition by means of a rope. The river at this point was 150 feet wide and swift running. Gunner Heaney showed great endurance and superb disregard for his personal safety and by his action undoubtedly saved the life of the wounded man.’ John Heaney was born in Anfield, Liverpool, on 14 December 1913. A livestock transport motor-driver, he attested at Birkenhead for the Royal Artillery on 11 December 1939 and was posted to the 11th Field Training Regiment soon thereafter. Transferred to the 22nd Field Regiment 20 June 1940 and briefly attached to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 24 February 1941, he married Miss Winifred Knight at Hambledon, Hampshire, before being sent to North Africa on 11 March 1943 with the 22nd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Joining the First Army in Tunisia, Heaney was appointed Driver in Charge on 13 April 1943 and was present during Operation Vulcan when a final ground attack effectively ended the campaign against the Axis Forces with the surrender of nearly 250,000 German and Italian soldiers; at around the time of the capture of Djebel Bou Aoukaz, the Germans were down to just 69 operational tanks, including 4 Tiger Tanks, in the entire Tunisian beachhead. Admitted to No. 72 General Hospital at Souk Ahras from 26 June to 3 July 1943, reason unknown, Heaney was later admitted for a short time to No. 69 General Hospital at La Reunion, before being transferred to the 8th Convalescent Depot on 1 November 1943. Returned to to the 22nd Field Regiment on 29 March 1944, Heaney was posted to Italy midway through the Allied attacks upon Monte Cassino and the Gustav Defences. Here the Germans made excellent use of the mountainous topography and fast-flowing rivers, and successfully held back the British XIII Corps for months on end; it fell to the ingenuity of the Sappers at Amazon Bridge on the night of 12-13 May 1944 to finally make the decisive breakthrough, a scene later immortalised by the artist Terence Cuneo in his painting Crossing the Rapido. Advancing up the Adriatic Coast, the Allies captured Ravenna on 5 November 1944, but faced still opposition from troops of the German 10th Army, established upon the raised banks of the River Senio. In support of 4th Infantry Division, it was at this time that Heaney determined to save the life of an Indian soldier, his troubles likely made worse by extremely cold water and the onset of early winter conditions. Severe fighting along the spine of Italy would continue until the Gothic Line was finally breached in April 1945, barely one week before the formal German surrender on 8 May 1945 which ended the war in Europe. Admitted to hospital in Athens from 21 March to 7 April 1945, Heaney was struck off strength, Central Mediterranean Force, on 16 November 1945, and likely returned home to his wife in Hambledon. He remained in the Royal Artillery Reserve, but his health finally got the better of him in April 1952 when he was discharged medically unfit for further service. Sold with copied research.

A fine Second War ‘Battle of Kohima’ M.M. awarded to Private K. G. Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.VI.R. (7517259 Pte. K. G. Williams, R.A.M.C.), in its named card box of issue and forwarding box, and named Buckingham Palace forwarding letter, extremely fine £1,800-£2,200 --- M.M. London Gazette 22 March 1945. The original recommendation for an immediate award states: ‘Whilst at Kohima on 5 May 1944, Private Williams went forward with Staff Sergeant Davies on F.S.D. [Field Supply Depot] Ridge under heavy automatic weapon and mortar fire and succeeded in getting back a wounded N.C.O., Lance-Corporal Harris of the 1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers. On the same day, when it was impossible to evacuate casualties from the Advanced Dressing Station (A.D.S.), owing to small arms fire, on his own initiative he went alone down Hospital Hill and contacted a tank, which he brought back to the A.D.S. to give cover to the stretcher bearers while carrying down the hill. Note: Private Williams was recommended for a Mention in Despatches for services in the Arakan Campaign on 20 May 1943; this recommendation, however, was not approved by higher authority.’ Kenneth George Williams, who was born in December 1917, enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Nursing Orderly in September 1939. By the time of the above cited deeds at Kohima in May 1944, he was serving in 6 (British) Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., a component of 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, 33 (Indian) Corps. The Second Battle of Kohima, May-June 1944 With the lifting of the siege of Kohima in mid-April 1944, another major battle for that famous ridge commenced, only on this occasion the British and Indian forces found themselves on the offensive against an enemy who excelled in defensive warfare. Defending every bunker with extraordinary determination, the surviving elements of Sato's 31st Division reaped heavy casualties on the men of 4th, 5th and 6th Brigades who had been allotted the unenvious task of taking the Allied advance forward. In scenes reminiscent of the famous siege, fierce hand-to-hand fighting, sniping, grenade/phosphorous bomb attacks and bayonet charges were all part of everyday life, with Williams’ 6th Brigade being given the task of clearing the area of the District Commissioner's bungalow, the scene of so much bloody fighting in the original siege. Unsurprisingly, the men of the R.A.M.C. found themselves working round the clock, often in great danger and always in atrocious conditions. Of earlier exploits by the Medics on this very ridge, one historian described such courageous deeds being carried out amidst ‘horrible scenes of carnage ... in a welter of severed limbs, blood, excrement and scattered entrails’, facts no doubt well known to Private Williams. The 5th May found 6th Brigade embroiled in fierce fighting on the Field Supply Depot ridge, its component Infantry in the form of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, Royal Berkshires and Durham Light Infantry taking terrible casualties - it was on this day that Williams rescued a Lance-Corporal of the former Regiment, in addition to laying on protection for the gradual evacuation of the Advanced Dressing Station. But, as summed up in Kohima, by A. Swinson, worse was to come: '7 May and the three days that followed were probably the bitterest time in the whole battle of Kohima. After thirty-four days and nights of close and bloody fighting, after hunger, thirst, discomfort, after appalling casualties, the enemy still held the main bastions of their position. No bombs, shells, mortars, flame-throwers, or grenades could seem to shift them. The 3.7 howitzers which could have reached many of their positions were silent through lack of ammunition; no amount of railing, correspondence, argument or anything else, could produce any. The Japs had lost thousands upon thousands of men, and reports kept saying they were weak and diseased and running short of ammunition. But all the British, Gurkhas and Indians knew was that as soon as they got near a bunker, the fire poured out of it as mercilessly as ever. The British Battalions were now reduced to three or four hundred men; some had less ... It would be untrue to say that the Division had faltered; but in these days, Officers and men would sometimes look at the great ring of mountains encircling them, and wonder how on earth it could be taken, how flesh and blood could possibly stand much more'. It would not be until early June that General Sato and his 31st Division were finally put to flight. Williams was discharged at Hereford in February 1946. Sold with the recipient’s original Soldier’s Release Book, Class ‘A’, together with a letter of reference from Major R. E. Johnson, R.A.M.C., dated 1 September 1944, in which he refers to Williams’ gallantry in the Imphal and Kohima actions.

Four: Orderly W. G. Parker, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem 1914-15 Star (W. G. Parker, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (W. G. Parker, B.R.C. & St. J.J.); Belgium, Kingdom, Civic Medal, First Class with swords, silver-gilt, 1 clasp, 1914-1915, good very fine, the last scarce to a British recipient (4) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012. William G. Parker served as an Orderly with the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem during the Great War on the Western Front from on 2 November 1915. Sold with an original letter informing Mr Parker that he had been awarded the Belgian Civic Medal in recognition of his valuable and devoted work during the war; and other research. Note: Only four Civic Medals, First Class, were Gazetted to British personnel for service during the Great War (three to the Royal Army Service Corps and one to the Royal Army Medical Corps, all London Gazette 18 August 1920); the vast majority of awards were not gazetted.

An unattributed mounted group of four miniature dress medals Military Cross, G.VI.R.; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, very fine An unattributed mounted pair of miniature dress medals British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, extremely fine Miniature Medals: Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R.; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, all of contemporary manufacture, nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- Sold with a bronze token of gratitude medallion, presented by Citizens of Lincoln, 30 August 1919, in fitted case of issue; a 1915 ‘On War Service’ enamel and base metal oval badge, No. 70637; a small R.A.F. sweetheart brooch, marked ‘silver’ to reverse; 16th Lancers cap badge and shoulder title’; ‘In memoriam’ black enamel cross with top loop, commemorating Captain R. F. Scott & Comrades, March 1912; miniature clasp to 1914 star; a copy Victoria Cross; and other ephemera.

South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24417826 LCpl G S Fisher R Anglian) in named card box of issue, court mounted as worn, official correction to regiment, good very fine and rare to unit £1,200-£1,600 --- G. S. Fisher, a member of the Royal Anglian Regiment, is believed to have served during the Falklands War on attachment to the Army Air Corps.

A Great War 1918 ‘French theatre’ M.S.M. awarded to Staff Sergeant J. L. Robertson, Canadian Army Medical Corps, attached 1st Divisional Headquarters Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (33165 Sjt: - A. S. Sjt: - J. L. Robertson. Can. A.M.C.) very fine £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918.

Three: Private A. R. Warner, Rifle Brigade, later Argyll and Surtherland Highlanders British War and Victory Medals (46129 Pte. A. R. Warner. Rif. Brig.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (538219 Cpl. A. R. Warner. A. & S.H.) nearly very fine (3) £60-£80

Pair: Gunner W. Blackman, Royal Horse Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (--- Blackman 6 C 2B. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2958 Gunner W. Blackman D. Bde. R.H.A.) the first with edge bruising and contact marks, fine, the second good very fine (2) £160-£200 --- William Blackman was born at Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Reading on 25 May 1854, aged 18. He served overseas in the Crimea for one year and seven months, and at Gibraltar for one year and four months. He was finally discharged after 22 years’ service on 31 October 1876. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm both awards and entitlement to Turkish Crimea in addition.

Three: Major G. B. Dyson, Essex Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (335. Corp: G. Dyson. 2/Essex. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. & Q.Mr. G. B. Dyson, Essex Rgt.) engraved naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, heaving pitting from Star to first, these two good fine; the QSA good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Only 20 officers and men from the Essex Regiment were awarded both the Egypt and Sudan Medal with clasp ‘The Nile 1884-85’ and the Queen’s South Africa Medal. Dyson’s combination of awards is unique as the only other rank present on the Nile Expedition to be awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal as a commissioned officer with the Essex Regiment. George Berry Dyson was born in Swansea on 7 February 1863 and attested for the Essex Regiment at Chesterfield on 7 February 1882. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he was promoted Corporal on 1 January 1885, and served with the River Column during the Gordon Relief Expedition of 1884-85. Promoted Sergeant on 2 September 1886, and Colour Sergeant on 15 January 1888, he was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant on 24 September 1894, before being promoted Sergeant Major on 9 June 1897. A member of the 2nd Battalion team which won the Army Rifle Association Queen Victoria’s Cup in 1901, Dyson was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) of the 2nd Battalion on 15 January 1902, and served with the battalion throughout its time in South Africa during the latter stages of the Boer War from December 1901 to October 1902. Transferring as Quartermaster to the 1st Battalion in 1908, he proceeded with the battalion to India, and was promoted Captain (Quartermaster) on 15 January 1912. Retiring on 18 April 1913, he re-joined the following year, and served throughout the Great War at home as Quartermaster of the 2/6th Battalion, being promoted Major on 1 August 1917. He resigning his commission on grounds of ill health on 21 February 1918, and died in London on 2 February 1921. Sold with a Pompadours (West Essex Regiment) Rifle Club Silver Medal by J. S. & A. B. Wyon, 48mm, 58.20g, the obverse depicting a shield and castle with motto ‘Monte Insignia Calpe’, ‘Pompadours West Essex Regiment’ around, the reverse inscribed ‘Pompadour Rifle Club’ within wreath, the edge impressed ‘1898 Sergeant Major G. B. Dyson, Score 150 Points’; and a large and impressive Army Rifle Association Queen’s Cup Silver Winners Medal, 54mm, 109.07g, the reverse engraved ‘2nd. Bn. The Essex Regt. Sergt. Major G. B. Dyson’. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; and copied research.

Pair: Private W. Wright, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1889-92, Burma 1887-89, clasps mounted in this order, with top lugs removed (1207 Pte. W. Wright 1st. Bn. Hamps.R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (1207 Pte. W. Wright. 2nd. Hampshire Regt.) mounted court-style, minor contact marks and polishing to first, very fine and better (2) £300-£400 --- William Wright was born in Salisbury in 1865 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 1 November 1883. A groom by trade, he served one year and 170 days in Malta before joining operations in Burma from 9 January 1886 to 21 April 1891. Transferred to Army Reserve after 12 years with the Colours, he returned to service during the Boer War and was present in central Transvaal at the Battle of Diamond Hill on 11-12 June 1900 which was later described by Sir Ian Hamilton as the ‘turning point’ in the South African campaign. Sold with copied service record.

Pair: To a soldier of the Sudanese Army Queen’s Sudan 1896-98, edge inscribed in Arabic script; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 6 clasps, Firket, Hafir, Sudan 1897, The Atbara, Sudan 1899, Gedid, edge inscribed in Arabic script, clasps mounted in this order, top clasp with lugs removed and pierced, very fine (2) £220-£260 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

A fine Boer War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Major A. P. Frankland, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, later 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, attached Royal Flying Corps, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, lacking integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, date clasp a tailor’s copy (Capt. H. P. Frankland, D.S.O. Lanc. Fusrs.) engraved naming; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Captain A. P. Frankland. D.S.O. Lan: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Major A. P. Frankland.) minor red enamel damage to DSO, generally very fine (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 25 July 1901: ‘In recognition of service during operations in South Africa.’ The original recommendation adds: ‘For conduct of a convoy near Petrusberg. His good disposition, pluck and coolness saved the convoy.’ Arthur Pelham Frankland was born in Dover on 23 December 1874, the second son of Colonel Sir William Adolphus Frankland, 9th Baronet, of Heath House, Shropshire. Educated at Oxford and Sandhurst, he was appointed from the Royal Military College to a commission in the Suffolk Regiment in the London Gazette of 27 September 1895, and was awarded the D.S.O. whilst serving with the 1st Battalion in South Africa. Transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, he was slightly injured on 23 April 1901 at Roodeval; the casualty list published in The Globe on 27 April 1901 confirms the injury, adding: ‘by a fall from his horse.’ Raised Captain, Frankland returned home with his Regiment and was decorated with the D.S.O. by His Majesty King Edward VII at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace in July 1901. Transferred to the Army Reserve as Captain, he had another equine-associated accident in 1904 when a butcher’s cart ‘driven at a furious rate’ caused him to fall off his bicycle in Harpur-street, Bedford. The Bedfordshire Mercury noted: ‘the witness [Frankland] cut his knee rather badly and was severely shaken’. Recovered from his injuries, Frankland later took employment as a land agent in the Channel Islands and for Prince Blucher at Crowcombe Court, Somerset, before settling down at Thirkley House in Ascot. Transferred to Army Reserve as Captain, Frankland was recalled to the Colours upon the outbreak of the Great War and served in France with the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, from 19 September 1914. Raised Major, attached Royal Flying Corps (Anti-Aircraft Headquarters), he qualified 1st class interpreter in French and was employed in the formation of Group Headquarters at Birmingham from November to December 1917. Twice Mentioned in Despatches, he died in Hampshire in January 1948.

Six: Sergeant A. Brown, Seaforth Highlanders, who was wounded on the Western Front in 1914, was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches for services with the Waziristan Field Force India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1908, Waziristan 1919-21 (8427. Corporal A. Brown 1st. Bn. Seaforth Highlanders); 1914 Star, with clasp (8427 Pte. A. Brown. 1/Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (8427 Pte. A. Brown. Seaforth.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (8427 Pte. -A.Sjt.- A. Brown 2-Seaforth.); Romania, Kingdom, Cross for Good Service, Second Class, silver, unnamed as issued, very fine and better, the last scarce (6) £600-£800 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 18 February 1921: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with operations of the Waziristan Force.’ Romanian Cross for Good Service Second Class London Gazette 29 September 1922: ‘For distinguished service during the war of 1914-19.’ Alexander Brown was born in Perth, Scotland, on 28 March 1883. A dyer by trade, he attested for the Seaforth Highlanders on 12 September 1900 and served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt from 5 February 1901. Transferred to Nasirabadin, Wazirabad and Nowshera on the North West Frontier of India, Brown was raised Corporal on 7 December 1907, and joined the Zakha Khel expedition. As one of the most powerful sections of the Afridi tribe, the Zakha Khel were famed for their attacks in the Khyber and Bara Valleys during the 1897 Tirah Campaign. By the autumn of 1907, they had branched out into wholesale armed robbery and were proving a menace to any unfortunate who happened to stumble onto their lands. As autumn turned to winter, British forces began making their way through the Khyber to Ali Masjid, via a series of very bad tracks. Taken by surprise, the Zakha Khel were unable to unite into a large force and reverted to long-range sniping; small skirmishes occurred, but the experienced Highlanders and men of the 45th and 54th Sikhs gave them rough handling, the enemy very soon realising the futility of resistance. Returned to Jamrod in heavy rain, the troops barely had time to wash and replenish their supplies when reports came in of signs of unrest in Mohmand country to the north west of Peshawar. On 22-23 April 1908, the tribesmen made a determined attack on the posts at Matta and Garhi Sadar, causing 62 British casualties. In retaliation, the Seaforth Highlanders marched up the Bohai Dag valley and engaged with the enemy all day on 18 May 1908, causing significant casualties. On 28 May 1908, they pressed on against the Baizais and destroyed villages and towns as far as the border, the Seaforth Highlanders losing seven men killed in action. Promoted Sergeant on 25 February 1912, Brown left Agra on 21 September 1914 and landed in Marseilles for service in France as part of the Dehra Dun Brigade (19th Indian Brigade) of the 7th (Meerut) Division. Remaining with the 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, he was heavily engaged on the Western Front before receiving a gunshot wound to the hip that necessitated evacuation to Boulogne and on to Fort George, near Inverness, on 14 November 1914. A series of garrison postings followed at Cromarty, before Brown returned to India for service in Waziristan. Placed on detachment with the Command and Staff of the 2nd Battalion, working on lines of communication, Brown was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1921. His work was further recognised by two ‘mentions’, the first by General Sir. C. C. Munro on 10 June 1921: ‘for distinguished service during operations in Waziristan 1919-20’; the second on 1 June 1923 by General Lord Rawlinson of Trent: ‘for distinguished service during operations in Waziristan 1920-21’. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘Battle of the Scarpe’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal S. C. Wright, 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, who survived the action of 2 September 1918 when his Battalion suffered over a third of its fighting strength in casualties Military Medal, G.V.R. (488831 Cpl. C. Wright. 85/N.Scotia R.); British War and Victory Medals (488831 Cpl. S. C. Wright. 85-Can. Inf.) traces of adhesive to reverses, good very fine and better (3) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 3 July 1919. The original recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry during the Scarpe Operations, while acting as company runner. Although wounded at the jump off, he carried on carrying messages across the area swept by machine gun fire and never once failed to report to his Company Commander all through the advance. On one occasion he cleared a dugout of 30 Huns and sent them back practically single handed. Later, he was again wounded but still refused to be evacuated and remained on duty during the whole operation.’ Stanley Carl Wright was born in Truro, Nova Scotia, on 25 July 1899, and attested for the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Halifax on 14 December 1915. Taken on strength in England 15 March 1916, he trained at East Sandling with the 17th Reserve Battalion, C.E.F., but was soon sent to No. 4 General Hospital in London suffering from appendicitis. This set him back for many months, and it was not until July 1917 that he proceeded from Bramshott to the Western Front with the 85th Battalion. Operations on the Scarpe in the early autumn of 1918 are carefully detailed in Chapter XIII of The Eighty-Fifth Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders in France and Flanders by Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Hayes, D.S.O., Canadian Army Medical Corps. Designed to build upon previous Canadian success at Vimy and Amiens, the Battalion rose from the trenches at 04.20am on 2 September 1918 and attempted to take the first 3 trenches of the Drocourt-Queant system, before ‘leap frogging’ further enemy resistance and making good the sunken road leading towards the windmill at Mt. Dury: ‘The Battalion jumped off and met, as had been expected, with very serious resistance from the enemy line of machine gun emplacements immediately in front of “C” Company’s advance posts. Very severe hand-to-hand fighting was encountered and some 30 heavy M.G.’s captured before the line laid down for the original jump off was reached. The Hun machine-gunners were all picked men and exhibited courage of the highest order. They persisted in working their guns to the end, and could only be silenced by a bullet or bayonet. Almost every captured M.G. had a dead Heinie hanging on to the trigger.’ In the face of withering machine-gun and artillery fire, the final wave of the 85th succeeded in crossing the summit of Mt. Dury, but further progress proved fruitless amidst a ‘rain of bullets’. The attack proved to be the breaking of the much-vaulted and formerly (viewed as) ‘impregnable’ Hindenburg Line, the final organised barrier of German defences; but the decimation of the attacking waves of the 85th proved that the German Army was a long way from beaten. Wright’s name and the above citation is carefully detailed by Lieutenant-Colonel Hayes alongside a host of brave deeds carried out by the 85th in September 1918. Recorded as wounded in action in his Canadian Army Service Record on 4 September 1918, Wright nevertheless remained on duty and continued the vital work of maintaining communications; his gallantry was later recognised with the award of the Military Medal and promotion to Corporal on 27 September 1918. Evacuated home per S.S. Adriatic 8 June 1919, Wright was discharged on 15 June 1919.

Army & Navy six silver plated stacking cups with leather case, the first cup height 13 cm, diameter +/- 8.5 cm, together with a Harrod's of London silver plated hip flask. Height 12.5 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The combined weight of the beakers is 1318 grams. Being slightly graduated, they are all different weights, the lightest being 193 grams, the heaviest 251 grams.

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF CHILDRENS TOYS TO INCLUDE DINKY AND MATCHBOX DIECAST ARMY VEHICLES ETC

One-of-a-kind commemorative US Navy display of the airship Akron (in service 1931-1933) and USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) frigate maquettes that are flanked by over 35 medals and insignias. Exhibited in a solid wood box lined with red velvet, they include US Navy eagles uniform badges; USN officer's vanguard hat badge; WWII US Navy pilot wings; US Navy-Marines pilot aviator wings; US Navy Warrant Officer; US Army salvage diver badges; Navy aircrewman wings; US Navy anchor and rope pins; and US Navy medical nurse officer badge. One Deutschland Order 1929 Graf Zeppelin Around the World brass watch fob is attached to the inside right side of the box. USS Akron Airship measurements: 18"L x 4"H x 3.50"W. Frigate dimensions: 16"L x 11"H x 1.50"W. Largest badge: 3"L x 3"H. Smallest badge: 1"L x 1"H. Box dimensions (closed): 30"L x 7"H x 18.5"W. Issued: c. 1980Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.

One-of-a-kind display wood box that opens to reveal a didactic panorama of airships, airplanes and hot air balloons that are set on a light blue background. It includes six German and American dirigibles; three biplanes; ten hot air balloons; one US army cap insignia officer badge, and four postcards featuring the Hudson-Fulton Memorial Celebration (1609-1909.) This solid wood box is lined with red velvet. Average airships dimensions: 4"L x 2"H x 0.50"W. Box dimensions (closed): 31.50"L x 4"H x 20"W. Issued: c. 1980Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear. Sporadic holes and screws from objects previously showcased.

A ceramic drinking vessel with a transfer of the Bavarian army infantry and its soldiers in different scenes. The coat of arms adorns the center with a crown and lion. The attached pewter lid has a figure of a solder with a small lion. Karl Rau backstamp. Weight: 2 lb. Dimensions: 6"L x 4.75"W x 10.5"HManufacturer: Karl RauCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.

ARMY CADET FORCE

A mid 19th century emerald brooch, set with a cut-cornered mixed-cut emerald, weighing 8.44 carats, in a foiled closed-back setting, with four similarly-set circular-cut emeralds to the cardinal points, within a pierced scrollwork mount with foliate and fleur-de-lys detailing, mounted in gold, width approximately 45mm. £3,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: The brooch was gifted circa 1851 to Colonel John Smith Young upon his retirement from the Army of His Highness The Nizam, and presented by the Nizam himself. Thence by direct family descent. According to a verbal report by GCS, the principal emerald is of Colombian origin, with indications of minor to moderate clarity enhancement. Verbal report number 5784-2406. Condition Report The principal emerald has been unmounted and weighed prior to the auction. The foil does not appear contemporary and assumed later replaced; the colour consequently intensified. Brooch width approximately 33mm. Gross weight 13.4gm. Disclaimer: The laboratory (GCS) conducts gemstone analysis using the most advanced methods available at the time of the order. Future re-examinations may yield different results if scientific standards change. The laboratory does not guarantee the treatment or origin of any gemstone, as these are based on comparative analysis of internal features and chemical and physical characteristics at the time of testing. Verbal opinions provided by gemmologists are informal and non-binding and may differ from the final report. Geographic origin designations are opinions based on scientific observations, with no guarantees provided. Not all treatments may be listed in the report, and the absence of a mention does not imply treatments were not applied.

Selection Of Various Size Cigarette Tins to include: Player's Navy Cut Medium 100 x 2, Player's Navy Cut Gold Leaf 100 x 2, Ardath Cork Tipped 100, Carreras Craven A Cork Tipped 100 x 2, Player's Carreras Craven A Cork Tipped 150, Carreras Craven A Cork Tipped 50, Richmond Gem Virginia & Perique 50, Wills Handy Cut Flake 1lb, Players Navy Cut Cigarettes 50, Ogden's St Bruno Flake 1lb, Ardath Cork Tipped 50, Cavanders Army Club Sandhurst Size 50, Wills capstan Medium Strength Navy Cut Cigarettes 50, Mitchells Prize Crop, Senoir Service 50, Craven Plain 50. 20 tins in total.Please note: All tins are empty unless otherwise stated. We can offer in-house postage on the tins, but any cabinets are collection only.

Selection of Old Tobacco, Cigar & Cigarette Tins to include: Rattray's Brown Clunee Tobacco, Rattray's Professional Mixture, Rattray's Highland Targe Tobacco, Rattray's Black Mallory Tobacco, Rattray's 7 Reserve Medium Tobacco, Churchman's 25 Imperial Panatellas, Ritmeester 25 Half Corona Royal Dutch, Ringer's Royalty Cigarettes Circular Tin, R.J.Reynolds Camel Filters Circular Tin Of 40 x 2, W.C.Macdonald Montreal Macdonald's Export Cigarettes, T Walker Universal Cut Plug Tobacco, Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco 7oz. Army & Navy Co-operative Society Tobacco x 2, The Original Balkan Sobranie Smoking Mixture. 16 tins in total.Please note: All tins are empty unless otherwise stated. We can offer in-house postage on the tins, but any cabinets are collection only.

Old Cigarette & Tobacco Tins to include: Macdonald's Cut Golden Bar, Rothmans Everest Smoking Mixture, Briggs Pipe Mixture, The Balkan Sobranie, Wills Handy Cut Flake, Hignett's Pilot Flake, Dill's Best Smoking Tobacco, Wills Old Friend, Temple Bar Sweet Slice Tobacco, Lambert & Butler Amber Light, Army Club Cigarettes, Wills Capstan Navy Cut, Past & Present No2 Smoking Mixture, Savory's Oxford Memory, Rothmans Of Pall Mall Cigarettes, Murray's Mellow Smoking Mixture, Lloyds Gold lack Tobacco, Player's Navy Mixture, Ogden's Redbreast Flake, Union Leader Smoking Tobacco, Player's Country Life Medium Smoking Mixture, Lambert & Butler's Waverley Mixture, Lloyds Bondman, Richmond Medium Navy Cut, Ogden's Headway Flake, Hignett's Cavalier Brand Bright Flake, Bucktrout Bailiwick Flake, Gallagher's Wrestler Plug Flaked, Players's Tawny Navy Cut, Wills Cut Golden Bar Tobacco, The Balkan Sobranie Balkan No10 Smoking Tobacco, Ogden's St Bruno Flake, Cope's High Card pure Virginia Flake, Smith's Glasgow Smoking Mixture, Wills Handy Cut Flake, Coral Flake, Ardath Grand Format Cigarettes, Cohen Weenen Double Flake Light & Dark Virginia, Imperial Tobacco Company Gold Block, Velvet Tobacco, R.J Lea Recorder Full Strength, Mitchell & Son Tam O Shanter. 42 tins in total housed in two wooden display cabinets. Please note: All tins are empty unless otherwise stated. We can offer in-house postage on the tins, but any cabinets are collection only.

Collection of 50 Size Cigarette Tins To include: J. Millhoff De Reszke Minors, Summit Cigarettes, Ching & Co Silk Cut Cigarettes, J. Millhoff De Reszke Cork Cigarettes, Ludgate Hill Cigarette Factory, Number One Navy Cut, Wills Capstan Navy Cut, Abdulla Virgin Leaf, Marcovitch Black & White Cigarettes, Player's Bachelor Cork Tips, Player's Navy Cut Meduim, Ardath State Express 555, Piccadilly Number One, J.A. Pattreiouex Senior Service, Piccadilly Juniors, Carreras Turf, Rothmans Pall Mall, Rothmans White Horse Virginia, P.J. Carroll Afton Major, Abdulla Virginia, Piccadilly Virginia, Herbert Tareyton, Sarony Silk Cut Virginia, Cavanders Army Club, Carreras Black Cat Mild, Player's No3, Godfrey Phillips Myrtle Grove, Ardath State Express 777, J. Millhoff De Reszke Minors, Macdonald's British Consols, Fabian Navy Club, Player's Navy Cut Mild, Player's Navy Cut Medium. Some hard to find tins among them 24 tins in total.Please note: All tins are empty unless otherwise stated. We can offer in-house postage on the tins, but any cabinets are collection only.

Mossy Oak Vertigo compound bow, in army green camo, with three arrows. Not available for in-house P&P

WW2 American US Army Air Force Astro Compass MKII. MFR's Part No.94 Contract No. W-535 AC 24194. Made by "The WW Boes Co. 3001 Salem Ave. Dayton, Ohio". Complete in box of issue and with paper instruction manual.

WW1 Imperial German Army Reservists Cap with both cockades. Lining has remains of paper lael with original owners name "Wessel". No makers mark. Size approx. 55

WW1 Imperial German Army Butcher Bayonet with single edged fullered blade 368mm in length, maker marked "R. Stock & Co. Berlin-Marienfeld". Spine of blade marked "W15". Wooden grips. Working release catch. Overall length 502mm. Complete with scabbard and original leather frog. War souvenir of a British Officer "Capt Booker".

WW2 British and later Mixed Militaria comprising of: WW2 British Firewatchers Steel Helmet complete with liner: ARP Home First Aid Case by Boots of Nottingham, no contents: British Army Tin, inscribed in pencil inside the lid owners name "14485203 Pte SG Ford, E Coy, 15 Platoon att 2nd Battl London Scottish": an Alloy Mace possibly from a statue 55cm in length: Dinky Toy Battle of Britain Bf109E play worn & missing spinner & cockpit canopy: Rifle Regt Sweetheart Spoon post war: Unopened NBC Suit Smock and Trousers both size small and dated August 1981 and packed date Feb 1982: unknown optical instrument marked "Made in "England" only.

WW2 British Army issue ice pick, complete with wrist strap. Maker marked "Cornelius Whitehouse & Sons Ltd, Cannock, England" and dated 1944. Overall length 835mm. Unissued condition. Wrist strap also maker and dated "MeCO 1944".

Indian Army 5th Gurhka Rifles Swagger Stick. Nickle Silver cap with insignia. Black leather covered flexible cane Nickle end cap. Overall length 685mm. Along with an SAS Special Air Service Bamboo Swagger stick 905mm in length with nickle top. (2)

WW2 US Army Magnetic Compass Type 1829-2-A.

WW2 British Army Officers Lightweight Tailored Battledress Blouse with original light blue backed rank pips, medal ribbons for Defence Medal and War Medal, name tag to interior "Philip Box". Lined with Jungle Green material. No date or makers mark. Small size, approx. 34 inch chest: Officers private purchase Bedroll in heavy canvas with leather trim. Named to "Captain PJ Box, Royal Signals, 14 Burnham Drive, Levenshulme, Manchester 9, England" : Royal Army Education Corps No 1 Dress Tunic with King Crown Staybrite Buttons along with matching RAEC blue striped trousers. Named on belt to "Philip Box". Contained in a suitcase. (4)

Brazilian Army Cavalry Sword with fullered single edged blade 820mm in length, etched makers mark "AEC Marca Registrada". Cast brass grips. Steel guard with embossed National Coat of Arms. Overall length 975mm. Complete with blued steel scabbard with single suspension ring.

WW2 Third Reich Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 - Commemorative Medal October 1st 1938. No makers mark. Mounted on a bar with a padded ribbon. Army green badge cloth backing.

British Army Royal Artillery collar dogs, Staybrite buttons, rank insignia, cloth rank slips on's, cloth rank pips, Wrekin Colledge Shropshire cap badge, etc.

WW2 Imperial Japanese Army Type 95 NCO's sword with fullered single edged blade 695mm in length. Serial numbered 72976. Gilt bronze Tsuba. Arsenal markings to the Copper Habki. Green painted cast metal alloy grip. Overall length 923mm. Complete with brown lacqured metal scabbard with single suspension ring.

WW2 Third Reich German Army Belt Leathers. Both complete with belt clips. One has leather adjustment tab removed. (2)