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DUNCAN EDWARDS / MANCHESTER UNITED Single sheet programme for Royal Navy v Army at Bristol Rovers on 7/3/1956. Half time and full time score noted. Duncan Edwards is listed at number 10 for the Army. Generally good

NEUTRAL AT MANCHESTER UNITED F.C. / THE FA XI V THE ARMY XI 1957 Programme for the Representative match at Manchester United 30/10/1957, punched holes to left side, writing in pen to top right corner, staples removed, team changes. Fair to generally good

America.- Mathews (Alfred E.) Pencil Sketches of Montana, first edition, 31 tinted lithograph plates, of which 4 are folding, some light spotting, marginal stain to first dozen or so leaves/plates, original green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, corners rubbed, covers with some stains, [Howes M414; Streeter sale 4:2230; Graff 2710; Smith 6603], 4to, New York, Published by the Author, 1868.*** Rare and important series of fine lithographs depicting Montana in its natural splendour before the major influx of settlers.An inscription on front free endpaper reads: "To Mrs General Meagher With the best wishes of James Gibson, Virginia City Montana, Jan 1st 1869." The recipient is presumably Elizabeth Meagher (nee Townsend), the second wife of Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish Nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the rebellion of 1848. He was convicted of sedition and sentenced to death, later commuted to transportation to Australia. He escaped and made his way to America, joining the US Army and rising to the rank of Brigadier General, fighting in the Civil War and leading the Irish Brigade. After the Civil War he was appointed by President Andrew Johnson as Montana's Territorial Secretary of State. He died in 1867 in rather mysterious circumstances, drowning in the Missouri River after falling from a steamboat at Fort Benton. It is unclear whether he fell as a result of weakness from dysentery, of being drunk; or perhaps he committed suicide or was even murdered by political opponents in Montana. We have been unable to ascertain more information on the donor, James Gibson.

Military.- Eschauzier (Samuel) Attributed to. An album of 65 original uniform studies of British Army Officers, presumably studies intended to be engraved for publication, watercolour, over pencil, some heightened with gum arabic, neatly mounted recto/verso on album leaf mounts, each drawing approx. 170 x 150 mm (6 3/4 x 5 7/8 in), some inscribed in pencil, scattered minor browning and surface dirt, some abrasions to sheets, half calf, letter to front free endpaper dated '11/4/44' on 'Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall' paper that suggests the attribution to Eschauzier by 'Godfrey Brennan, Uniforms Committee', and with Royal bookplate of Prince Henry, with crown and entwined initials HG, the name GLOUCESTER and his 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' motto to front paste down, spine splitting, worn, 4to, [probably circa 1830s]Provenance:Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974)

India.- Primrose (Gen. James Maurice, British Army commander in India, diarist, artist, 1819-1892) Collection of 24 original drawings from his time in India with the 43rd Regiment of Foot, circa 1855 to 1864, including drawings of temples and landscapes from "Benares" and the River Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, Sispara in eastern Kerala, the Nilgiri Mountains in western Tamil Nadu, the Lord Rama temple 'Dichpally Ramalayam' in Nizamabad, Kalpi in Uttar Pradesh, Mahabaleshwar south of Mumbai, and other locations not identified, the majority dated and inscribed, watercolours, some with pencil under-drawing, various sizes between approx. 105 x 145 mm (4 1/4 x 5 3/4 in) and 280 x 380 mm (11 x 15 in), all but five drawings mounted on loose album leaves of varying size, the two smallest drawings presented on one mount, some scattered spotting and browning throughout, a few with minor areas of toning, one or two tears affecting the watercolours, the mounts generally with rough edges, small nicks and losses, minor handling creases, all loose and unframed, circa 1855-1864 (24)Provenance:General James Maurice Primrose (1819-1892); thence by descent to the present owners.Literature:cf. Jackson, Dr. Caroline, General James Primrose: Reconstructing a Life, 2019*** Important collection of original watercolours of India by a British Army Major, later General, and the first opportunity to acquire the watercolours on the open market. Undertaken just before The Indian Rebellion of 1857, during, and in the years following. Primrose arrived in India in February 1855 as a Captain, stationed in Bangalore, but was quickly promoted to Major. Family legend records that Primrose and his recent wife travelled from Bangalore to Kalpi in 1857-1858 (while leading the head of the 43rd), during which his eldest daughter was reportedly born. Several sheets in the present group confirm they were already in Kalpi and its environs by 1858. In mid-summer 1859, Primrose was commanding a field column stationed in Saugor, but by October he was commanding a column of the Bundelkhund Field force; however, by this point the rebels were dispersing into distant hills and jungle. Primrose and his family moved to various administrative appointments in India until 1870, when he was stationed in Egypt.    

FOUR GROUPS OF FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WAR PERIOD MEDALS TO THE PAYNE AND DRAKE FAMILIESSee in descriptionThe first group comprising; The 1914-15 Star to 10493 PTE C.PAYNE. G.GDS;, The 1914-18 British War Medal and The 1914-19 Victory Medal to 10493 PTE.C.PAYNE. G.GDS (The Victory Medal officially re-named), The Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V issue to 10493.BNDSMN;C.PAYNE. G.GDS., the second group, comprising; The 1914-15 Star to 1893, PTE.P.DRAKE. 21-LOND.R., The 1914-18 British War Medal and The 1914-19 Victory Medal to 1893 CPL.P.DRAKE. 21-LOND.R., with additional ribbons, the third group, comprising; The 1939-45 Star, The Italy Star, The Defence Medal and The War Medal, with an Army Council Forwarding Slip confirming four awards and box of postage, also The Efficiency Medal, George VI issue, with bar Terratorial to T.76481 SJT. C.G.PAYNE. R.A.S C., with the original named box, the fourth group, comprising; The 1939-45 Defence and War Medal, with later box of postage, addressed to Mrs O.M Payne and Defence Council forwarding slip ticking two awards

Spencer Gifts Army Of Darkness Ash figurine, numbered series 737/30000, overall height approx 12.25". Please note one finger has been broken off and re-glued, otherwise model is in excellent though dusty previously displayed condition, with CoA, box good

M1860/67 Norwegian 'Kammerlader' breech loading army carbine, adjustable rear ladder sights, dated 1863 to trigger guard, sn.1509 Mechanism in good working order

Collection of Star Wars action figure sets to include 11x Hasbro Saga Collection 4" range figure sets with exclusive hologram figures, 3x Hasbro Order 66 4" double figure sets (Yoda/Kashyyyk Trooper, Obi-Wan Kenobi/AT-RT Driver, Darth Vader/Commander Bow), a Hasbro Hero Mashers 5.5" Inquisitor (box sealed but poor condition) and 3x Gentle Giant 'Bust-Ups' series sets to include Bounty Hunters (box opened) and 2x Clone Trooper Army Builder sets, all sets unopened/factory sealed unless otherwise mentioned, all models appear mint, boxes good to excellent, please refer to photos (18)

Metal plaque from gift presented to British Army Officer George Beckwith (1753-1823) for his leadership during the attack upon Martinique and Guadeloupe in 1809 and 1810

Collection of vintage diecast Dinky Supertoy model vehicles, 3 boxed to include 982 Pullmore Car Transporter (model in good condition with loading ramp, box fair), 660 Tank Transporter (model in excellent condition for age, some minor paint chipping, box good) and 623 Army Covered Wagon (model very good/excellent condition for age, box fair/good with a missing end flap) and 8 other unboxed military vehicles including a Centurion tank, Ambulance (some repainting to red cross area), Field Artillery Tractor with trailer (no gun, both items repainted) etc. Unboxed models condition varies, mostly good (please refer to photos). (11)

Victorinox Swiss Army Knife shop display with opening and retracting blades, no. 9538, maximum H88cm

Collection of diecast military models to include 7 Corgi Classics, 69902 1/50 scale British Army Bedford MK high canvas back truck with 25lb gun, 07501 1/43 scale British Army Land Rover and 2 wheel trailer (box unopened/factory tissue wrapped), 69901 1/57 scale British Army Centurion MKIII tanks and Saladin armoured car (box unopened/factory tissue wrapped), 55601 1/50 scale US Army Diamond T wrecker, 55101 1/50 scale US Army Diamond T tank transporter with M60 A1 medium tank (box unopened/factory tissue wrapped), 66501 1/60 scale German Army Tiger I, 66601 1/60 scale German Army King Tiger with Henschel turret and a Lledo US Army Collection 3 vehicle WWII set. All models in mint un-displayed condition with accessory packs, CoA's etc, boxes from good to mint, mostly near mint

Mezco Hellboy II 18" deluxe figure model (box contents appear mint/never removed from packaging though box has been opened, box condition good with storage wear) and a Bowen Designs limited edition Hellboy bust on plinth (2496/3000, model in excellent slightly dusty previously displayed condition, no damage/repairs noted, height approx 5", box condition good with storage wear) and 2x 1/4 scale replica guns from Sideshow Collectibles to include Hellboy The Golden Army 'Big Baby' (fair condition with repaired damage, one shell jammed into cylinder) and 'The Samaritan' (excellent though dusty previously displayed condition, set complete) (4)

Three WWI Victory Medals. To, 4956 Cpl C.R.F. Box Kings Royal Rifle Corps. L-22868 Acting Bombardier E.E. Compton. Royal Artillery. 205792 Pte A.E. Swinburn 1st London Regiment. 1914-1918 War Medal. To 4-8156 Pte T. Ridley. North Devon Fusiliers. 1939-45 War Medal. T/23234990 Driver D. Embleton. Royal Army Service Corps. (Emergency unknown)

Woman's Land Army Uniform. Tee Shirt, jumper, dungarees, head scarf. Size Medium

Vertigo comics - mixed collection of Vertigo comics to inc. Flinch, Finals, Hunter The Age of Magic, Bite Club, The Filth, Army @ Love, Loveless, Moon Shadow, 100 Bullets, etc. (approx. 112)

Large collection of enamel badges from many different societies and groups. Royal British Legion, Young League Helpers, Salvation Army, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, Red Cross War Organisation, British Red Cross Proficiency Medals (4) War Reserve etc.

DC comics - assorted collection of DC comics to inc. Detective Double Double Comics, All American Men of War, Our Army at War, Aquaman, Superman, Superboy, etc. (approx.72)

Three John Player cigarette card albums with stuck down cigarette card sets comprising two of 'Uniforms of the Territorial Army' and 'Military Uniforms of the British Empire Over Seas' - sold with a bag containing a wooden and painted tin dolls house part tea set

WOODVILLE, Richard Caton (1856-1927, illustrator). Army & Navy Album, [No place], "Made in Germany", [c.1900]. 4to, Chromolithographed title and pictorial borders by Richard Caton Woodville, with contemporary photographed portraits, original album.WOODVILLE, Richard Caton (1856-1927, illustrator).  Army & Navy Album. [No place or publisher:] "Made in Germany", [n.d. but c.1900]. 4to (283 x 210mm). Chromolithographed title and pictorial borders by Richard Caton Woodville, with contemporary photographed military portraits on cards inserted into apertures, some portraits identified with later labels (lightly browned and spotted). Original embossed burgundy morocco album, floral endpapers printed in gold, gilt edges, clasp (rebacked). 

Keith Vaughan (British, 1912-1977)The Garden at Ashton Gifford pen and ink and wash on paper21 x 28cm (8 1/4 x 11in).Executed circa 1942-1943Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Estate of the ArtistWith Gillian Jason Gallery, LondonWith Albemarle Gallery, London, where acquired by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.During the early part of the war Vaughan was stationed at Codford in Wiltshire, serving in no. 9 Company of the Pioneer Corps. He and his comrades were given the task of clearing the overgrown grounds of Ashton Gifford House in the summer of 1942. Greenways Preparatory School had been evacuated there in 1940 from Bognor Regis. He had recently been engaged in stacking sacks of coal, filling sandbags, quarrying gravel and mowing acres of grasslands. He wrote in his journal: 'I live with as much purpose and enthusiasm as a cow. A belly-filling existence. Driven and chivvied all day by NCOs we have no idea of the beginning or the end of a job or what its purpose it. This more than the labour itself is what makes it exhausting. Day follows day with no more change than the date on the calendar.' (Keith Vaughan, Journal July 1941)The clearing of the Ashton Gifford woodland now offered the recruits worthwhile community service and provided fuel for the army in the form of wood. Using little more than chopping axes, they felled dozens of trees and then cut them up into regulation-sized logs with handsaws. Despite the backbreaking work, Vaughan found aesthetic qualities in his surroundings, enough to write about them to his friend, the painter Norman Towne: '...white and ochre branches plunging down into the oceanic surging of tangled nettles. People walking through the waist-high grass, through the aqueous leaf-green shadow, arms full of dead wood...and the wall running as an indefatigable horizontal, losing and finding itself in the jungle of weed and ivy...I wanted to capture this in lassoes of line and nets of colour, but it's more difficult than writing about it.' (Keith Vaughan, letter to Norman Towne, October 12, 1942)During his cigarette breaks and rest periods, Vaughan recorded his daily activities in his sketchbooks. Then, on his return to the barracks in the evening, he worked his sketches into more detailed images such as we see here. Cosmo Rodewald, a fellow comrade, recalled him painting and drawing in uncomfortable surroundings whenever army duties permitted. 'He was always at work in the evenings by candlelight or lamplight, lying on his straw paillasse, his back propped up by a pile of blankets.' (Cosmo Rodewald, letter to Gerard Hastings, May 1980). He also remembered Vaughan cadging candle stubs from his barrack room comrades, not so much to provide light from which to work, but to use in his wax-resists. The romantic, overgrown setting inspired several pen, ink and gouache pictures (see The Working Party, (1942); Tree Felling, Ashton Gifford, (1942-3), illustrated p. 71: Keith Vaughan, His Life and Work, Malcolm Yorke, Constable London, 1990; The Wall at Ashton Gifford, (1943/1944, several versions), illustrated p. 161, Keith Vaughan, Vann and Hastings, Lund Humphries, 2012). The present version is typically Neo-Romantic in execution. The composition is held together with a mesh of pen and ink lines, while expressive washes and translucent tonal layers create an interplay of light and brooding shadow, echoing the darkness and blackout of wartime Britain.We are grateful to Gerard Hastings for compiling this catalogue entry.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A WWII eight campaign medal group with Africa Star having North Africa 1942-3 bar, and France and Germany Star, and additional Elizabeth II Africa General service campaign medal named to S/5883594 SSgt. R King RASC, Regular Army Long Service and good conduct medal, S/5883594 WOI R King RASC, and an Elizabeth II Coronation medal, all with ribbons and bar Location:If there is no condition report shown, please request

Two (2) unofficial uninscribed British medals, including National Service Medal in presentation box and gold plated 'For Crown And Country' medal with British Army badge.

Pair: Private J. Clayton, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders British War and Victory Medals (S-31926 Pte. J. Clayton. Camerons.); together with an Army Rifle Association Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘1st Cameron Highlanders Won by 2922146 J. Clayton. A. Coy.’, edge bruising, good fine Pair: Lance-Corporal A. F. Soffe, 9th South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. A. F. Soffe. 9th S.A.I.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘SA3764’, very fine 1914-15 Star (2) (119485 Pnr. W. Davis, R.E.; Burg. D. J. du Toit Potch Kdo.) nearly very fine (8) £60-£80 --- William Davis attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 September 1915, later transferring to the Royal Flying Corps.

Pair: Sergeant C. Bugg, Royal Artillery Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3686. Serjt. C. Bugg. 8th. Bde. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Sjt: C. Bugg. 3/Bde: R.A.) good very fine (2) £140-£180

Four: Sergeant P. G. Mallinson, 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24067511 Gnr. P. J. Mallinson RA.); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24067511 Sgt P G Mallinson RA); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24067511 Sgt P G Mallinson RA) suspension unofficially re-affixed; Rhodesia 1980 (24067511 Sgt P G Mallinson RA) mounted court-style as worn, light contact marks, generally good very fine or better and a rare combination (4) £1,400-£1,800 --- Patrick Greville Mallinson was born on 3 September 1949, the son of Major R. F. A. Mallinson, M.B.E., Royal Artillery, and attested for the Royal Artillery on 20 August 1965. He attended the Junior Tradesmen’s Regiment, Rhyl, from September 1965 to April 1967, and was allotted the trade of Driver. It is believed that he served his entire adult career with 29 Commando Regiment, and was the Regiment’s Signals Sergeant in Rhodesia in 1980.

Sold with the recipient’s Enlistment Papers, Junior Tradesmen’s Regiment Report Card, and two photographs of the recipient, one in mess dress wearing his miniatures.

1914 Star (12325 Dvr: G. Clarkson. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (2) (15587 Pte. A. Dockree. Essex R.; 9534 Pte. G. Stoney. Conn: Rang:); British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (59127 Pte. S. Levy. R. W. Fus.; Lieut. W. B. Nicol.) generally very fine and better (5) £100-£140 --- George Clarkson was born in Chorley in 1892 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Preston on 27 June 1911, having already served three years with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Mobilised on 15 August 1914, he witnessed extensive service in France, much of that time acting as fitter in a Divisional Ammunition Column. His Army Service Record notes a number of occasions of overstaying leave, adding ‘infidelity of his wife’. Alfred Dockree served in France with the 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment, and later transferred to the Royal Defence Corps. George Stoney served in Salonika with the 5th Battalion, Connaught Rangers from 19 December 1915. He was discharged medically unfit in March 1919 and issued a Silver War Badge. Samuel Levy is recorded in the UK, British Jewry Roll of Honour, 1914-1918, for service with the Royal Welch Fusiliers during the Great War.

‘There can be no greater honour bestowed upon a soldier than to have his award pinned on his war torn breast by his King/Emperor on the field of battle and within sound of the enemy’s guns; the entire spectacle being witnessed not only by his Commander-in-Chief, but his Corps, Brigade and Divisional Commanders. The field investitures carried out during this first Royal Visit established a precedent that proved immeasurable in its impact on those who witnessed them, and the awards so presented gained even greater value in the eyes of the recipient’. A scarce ‘1914 Royal Visit’ Western Front D.C.M. group of six, awarded to Corporal, later Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, W. F. Deag, 60th (Howitzer) Battery, Royal Field Artillery, for his gallant conduct whilst in charge of the Battery telephones between August and November 1914: he was one of only 32 Warrant Officers, N.C.Os., and Men who were personally presented with an unnamed D.C.M. by H.M. King George V at Hazebrouck Railway Station on 3 December 1914 during the Royal Visit to France and Flanders, and was subsequently awarded an ‘Immediate’ M.S.M. For services in Mesopotamia Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (46797 Cpl. W. F. Deag. 60/Bty. R.F.A.); 1914 Star (46797 Cpl. W. F. Deag. R.F.A.) last letter of surname officially corrected - see Footnote; British War and Victory Medals (16797 B.Q.M. Sjt. W. F. Deag. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1043673 B.Q.M. Sjt. W. F. Deag. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (46797 B.Q.M. Sjt. W. F. Deag. D.C.M. R.F.A.) mounted as worn, minor edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 17 December 1914: ‘Has frequently laid and repaired telephone wire under heavy fire, and has been in charge of battery telephones since commencement of the campaign. He has always performed his work very satisfactorily.’ M.S.M. London Gazette 22 September 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the British Forces in Mesopotamia.’ William Frederick Deag was born at Aldershot on 4 September 1892 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery as a Boy Soldier on 1 May 1907, aged 14. He served with 60 Battery, 44th (Howitzer) Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallant conduct between August and November 1914. Of historical importance is the fact that Deag was one of the 32 Warrant Officers, Non Commissioned Officers and Men who were personally presented with a ‘blank’ (i.e. unnamed) D.C.M. by H.M. King George V at Hazebrouck Railway Station on 3 December 1914, during the Royal Visit to France and Flanders from 29 November to 5 December 1914. A footnote to the 17 December 1914 Supplement to the London Gazette required ‘Any recipient of the Distinguished Conduct medal whose name appears in the foregoing list should forward the decoration by registered post to the Deputy Director of Ordnance Stores, Woolwich Dockyard, for the engraving [sic] to be made thereon, if the number, rank, name, and corps have not already been inscribed.’ Transferring with his Battery to the 3rd (Lahore) Division, Indian Corps, on 23 June 1915, Deag saw further service in Mesopotamia, and for his services there was awarded an Immediate M.S.M. Remaining in the Army, he was advanced Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1928. He was finally discharged on 30 September 1931, and died in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1959. Note: The recipient’s Medal Index Card for the 1914 Star originally gave his name as Deay; this has been corrected to Deag, with the annotation that ‘1914 Star returned for adjust.’

Pair: Private T. M. White, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, who was mortally wounded during his regiment’s ‘Final Assault’ of the Great War on the German-held village of Limont Fontaine on 7 November 1918, and died of his wounds a week later on 14 November 1918, days after the Armistice British War and Victory Medals (95561 Pte. T. M. White. Durh. L.I.) minor staining to obverse of VM, otherwise good very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Thomas Mattimore White was born in Durham on 17 May 1896 and was orphaned whilst still a small boy. Taken under the wing of his stepfather, Peter Kelly, he is recorded in 1911 as a 14-year-old pony driver at Silksworth Colliery. Mobilised on 23 May 1918, he served with the 15th Battalion on the Western Front from 12 September 1918. The Last Battle, 7 November 1918 The circumstances leading up to Thomas’s death are described in detail by durhamatwar.org.uk, which details the drafts of young conscripts from County Durham arriving in Northern France to take the places of experienced soldiers who had fallen before the guns of a tired and over stretched - but not yet beaten - German Army. On 5 November 1918, after resting for 10 days, the 15th Battalion joined the advance and crossed the River Sambre by pontoon bridge. Detailed to attack Limont Fontaine on 7 November 1918, their inexperience showed; in hand-to-hand combat 25 men were killed and 90 wounded, of whom 7 died of their wounds over the next few days - including White. This last engagement of the Durham Light Infantry during the Great War also cost the life of one of its most decorated soldiers; Captain Arthur Moore Lascelles, V.C., M.C., who had been at war since 1914, also fell at Limont Fontaine, perhaps the most experienced man to die on the field that day.

Four: Captain M. F. Tayler, 17th ‘Black Cat’ Indian Division, Indian Army, late 7th Rajput Regiment 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with the recipient’s card dog tags (2) to ‘E.C. 5432 2nd Lt. M. F. Tayllr [sic] C of E’, mounted for wear, very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Michael Frederick Tayler was born at Newport Pagnell on 11 August 1920, the son of Leonard Frederick William Tayler, a Merchant Navy Purser and former Captain in the Royal Marines. Recorded in 1939 as Assistant Master at the Dunchurch-Winton Hall Preparatory School, Warwickshire, he served as War Substantive Lieutenant with the 7th Rajput Regiment in Burma from 1944-45. Advanced War Substantive Captain 10 September 1945, he witnessed the disbandment of his unit in January 1947 under higher formation of the distinguished 17th ‘Black Cat’ Indian Division - where his comrades in the 6th Battalion of the Rajput Regiment served variously in divisional reconnaissance and with the 255th Tank Brigade. Post-war, Tayler is recorded by Crockford’s as a member of the clergy; he died in 1992. Sold with a 17th ‘Black Cat’ cloth formation badge and brass shoulder title for the 7th Rajputs.

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb_Tamaai (2121. Pte. J. Harris. 19th. Hussars.) heavily pitted, good fine, the reverse better £180-£220 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2006. James Harris was born in Kensington, London, in 1861 and attested for the 19th Hussars at Bow Street Police Court on 13 January 1882, serving with the Regiment in Egypt and the Sudan from 13 January 1883 to 5 June 1886 (also entitled to the clasp Suakin 1885 and the Khedive’s Star dated 1884). He transferred to the Army Reserve on 24 May 1887, and was discharged on 12 January 1894, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.

Pair: Private F. J. Swatridge, Army Ordnance Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (3177. Pte. F. J. Swatridge. A.O.C.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3177 Pte. F. J. Swatridge. A.O.C.) good very fine (2) £100-£140

Pair: Private James McDonald, 94th Foot, a ‘Scotch Brigade’ veteran of the Mahratta Wars who was wounded three times in the Peninsula Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Asseerghur, Argaum, Gawilghur (J. McDonald, 94th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria (Jas. McDonald, 94th Foot.) with old ivorine display label, minor edge bruises, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare (2) £10,000-£14,000 --- Provenance: Lieutenant-Colonel Jourdain’s Collection, privately published catalogue 1934; Glendining’s, July 1949. A total of only 48 clasps were issued for Asseerghur. Another man of this name also entitled to Army of India medal with these three clasps. Only twelve men of the 94th earned both the Army of India and Military General Service medals. James McDonald was born in the Parish of Blairgowrie, Perthshire, and enlisted into the 94th Foot (Scotch Brigade) on 1 November 1800. He served with the 94th in the East Indies from 16 June 1802 until 12 April 1808, and afterwards in Spain and France. He was discharged at Wexford on 24 December 1814, to a pension of 1 shilling per diem at the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham in consequence of a ‘severe wound and the ball lodged in the left breast received in action with the Enemy at Vic Bigorre in France on 19 March 1814’. His discharge papers carry the following testimonial from James Campbell, Colonel, 94th Foot: ‘I certify that Private James McDonald has served most honestly and faithfully, is a most deserving good man, was never tried by a Court Martial, has been three times wounded, at the battle of Vittoria on 21 June 1813 in the right shoulder; at the battle of Orthes 27 Feby. 1814 in the right wrist; at the battle of Vic Bigorre 19 March 1814, [severe] in the left breast & is hereby most strongly recommended for the consideration of the Commissioners of the Royal Hospital of Kilmainham.’ Sold with copied discharge papers and entry from Kilmainham Hospital Admissions book.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (91478 Gnr: G. Willcox. 53rd. Bty: R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine £120-£160 --- George Willcox was born in Wandsworth in 1873 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Kingston-on-Thames on 16 July 1892. Sent to India from 11 March 1893 to 18 September 1899, and South Africa from 19 September 1899 to 23 September 1901, he witnessed the Siege of Ladysmith and was later employed in the operations at Laing’s Nek Pass. Transferred to Army Reserve 27 September 1902, he was discharged upon termination of his first period of engagement on 15 July 1904.

Four: Lieutenant-Colonel H. A. Mallock, Indian Telegraph Department, late Bengal Artillery, and the author of a ‘Report on the Indo-European Telegraph Dept. from 1863-1868 and a description through which the line passes’ Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. H. Mallock. Bengal Artillery); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (Captn. H. Mallock. 25th. Bde. R.A.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lt. Col: H. A. Mallock. Ind: Tel: Dept.); Empress of India 1877, silver, unnamed as issued, contact marks, otherwise generally very fine and better (4) £1,200-£1,600 --- Henry Archibald Mallock was born on 9 April 1835, in Bloomsbury, London, the first child from the second marriage of James Sobey Mallock, a Solicitor of Bloomsbury Square, London, he being a stepbrother of Rawlin James Mallock, a Lieutenant in the 16th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, Honourable East India Company Forces. He was commissioned as an Ensign into the Honourable East India Company Forces on 9 December 1853, and was appointed as a 2nd Lieutenant to the Bengal Artillery. As such he was on service out in India on the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny, being promoted to Lieutenant on 25 September 1857, and then formed part of the Central India campaign under Sir Hugh Rose against Jhansi, Calpee and Gwalior in the period from January to June 1858, being noted as having been present in action at Mundesore and the siege of Ratghur Fort. With the transferral of the H.E.I.C. Forces to the Crown in the aftermath of the Indian Mutiny, Mallock was one of those who opted to remain in service, and as such he transferred across to the British Army as a Lieutenant with the Royal Artillery, being promoted to Second Captain on 1 September 1863, this being subsequently backdated in seniority to 24 June 1863. Mallock continued to see service out in India, and was then present during the Bhootan operations which lasted from December 1864 to February 1865, serving as a Captain with the 25th Brigade Royal Artillery. The Indian Government decided to take punitive action as a result of the treatment of the Honourable Ashley Eden, head of a mission into Bhootan, and perhaps more importantly because of continued raids from Bhootan into British territory. Four columns advanced into Bhootan under Brigadier General W. E. Mulcaster and were able to overcome the slight resistance they met at Dhalimcote, Bhumsong, and Charmoorchee. However, the Bhootanese then attacked various Anglo-Indian positions with serious result. A further expedition was dispatched under Brigadier General Sir H. Tombs, V.C., K.C.B., which captured Dewangiri on 2 April 1865, and another was mounted in 1866 after which the Bhootanese accepted defeat. Mallock then found himself seconded to the Bengal Staff Corps of the newly formed Indian Army on 24 March 1866, and was promoted to Captain on 24 June 1868. Mallock was also something of an inventor, possibly inspired by his father-in-law, Sir William Brooke O'Shaughnessy, who was the Superintendent of the Electric Telegraph of India. With his home address given as Harley Street in London, Mallock was issued a patent for an invention of ‘improvements in electric conductors’. This was announced in the London Gazette for 21 July 1871. Mallock was promoted to Captain and Brevet Major in the Bengal Staff Corps on 11 October 1875, and was one of those officers in attendance on the occasion that Queen Victoria was proclaimed as Empress of India on 1 January 1877. Mallock, no doubt owing to his interest in electric conductors, then saw service during the Second Afghanistan War with the Indian Telegraph Department, having been promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 9 December 1879. He was ultimately promoted to Colonel on 9 December 1883, and was placed on the Retired List on 9 April 1889. During this period he compiled his ‘Report on the Indo-European Telegraph Dept from 1863-1868 and a description through which the line passes’ (see also TNA FO/330 for related correspondence). Mallock would remain on the Indian Supernumerary List, but would retire to England, where he settled in Broadmayne, Dorset. He had married his first wife, Mary Jane O'Shaughnessy, on 16 October 1856 while in Bengal, with whom he had one daughter, Eleanor Emily Mallock, who later married into the Kellett family. His first wife having predeceased him, he then married Emma Louisa Arundell, and as of 1911 was living with her in retirement with four servants at Friarmayne House in Broadmayne, near Dorchester. Mallock died on 7 February 1923. Sold with copied research including a modern reprint of the ‘Memoir of Surgeon-Major Sir W. O’Shaughnessy Brooke, Kt., M.D., F.R.S., F.R.C.S., F.S.A., in connection with the early history of the Telegraph in India’, Simla 1889.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse, edge dated, impressed naming (John Miller, Gunner Royal Horse Artill. 1846.) fitted with original steel clip and split ring suspension, toned, good very fine £200-£300 --- 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., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (114. Muscn. E. Gates. R. Mil: Coll:) good very fine £70-£90

A post-War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain B. Lloyd, Royal Engineers, who served as a Bomb Disposal Officer commanding 49 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron in the Falkland Islands from June to September 1982, ‘dealing with a large quantity of unexploded objects including bombs, missiles, rockets and mortars’ The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (23902216 S. Sgt. B. Lloyd RE.); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (Capt B Lloyd RE); Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23902216 WO2 B Lloyd RE) mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (5) £2,600-£3,000 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1983. The original Recommendation, dated 4 November 1982, states: ‘Captain Lloyd is a Bomb Disposal Officer commanding 1 Troop, 49 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron, Royal Engineers based at Brackenbury Camp, Felixstowe. The troop consists of ten military and fifty civilian personnel, including twenty seven Ukrainians. During the period June 1980 to November 1982 Captain Lloyd has been responsible for the successful disposal of over forty thousand items of Unexploded Explosive Ordnance in the United Kingdom. From June to September 1982 he did a similar job in the Falkland Islands, dealing with a large quantity of unexploded objects including bombs, missiles, rockets and mortars. On several occasions, in both locations, the conditions were particularly hazardous and dangerous. He achieved the safe disposal of all of these items without injury to personnel, with minimum damage to property, and at no risk to the community at large. His performance, example and leadership have inspired confidence in all those who have come in contact with him, and have been the main reason for the total success of those under his command. In addition to his normal duties Captain Lloyd has taken an intense personal interest in the welfare of the Ukrainian element of his Troop. He has spent many hours of his own time assisting them in their personal, social, and recreational affairs. Nothing has been too much trouble for him and he has become a trusted father figure in their community. In the Falkland Islands, too, he exhibited the sane qualities in his unceasing efforts to make the very best of the spartan facilities for his Troop. Captain Lloyd has shown constant courage, inspiring leadership and a high professionalism in the safe despatch of a large number of dangerous unexploded objects in both the United Kingdom and the Falkland Islands. He has gone out of his way to care for his men in a manner far beyond that expected of him. His selfless, courageous, and devoted service deserve special recognition.’ Brian Lloyd was born on 5 April 1938 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Doncaster on 8 February 1962. He served at predominately at home, with the B.O.A.R., and undertook three tours of Northern Ireland, from 4 January to 3 May 1974; from 5 June to 11 October 197; and 2 to 17 May 1977. Advanced Warrant Officer Class I, he was commissioned Lieutenant on 19 May 1980 and served as a Bomb Disposal Officer commanding 1 Troop, 49 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron, Royal Engineers based at Brackenbury Camp, Felixstowe. Promoted Captain on 19 May 1982, he saw further service on bomb disposal duties in the Falkland Islands, and for his services was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1983 Birthday Honours’ List. He retired on 25 May 1985. Sold with the recipient’s original Bestowal Document for the M.B.E., dated 11 June 1983, mounted in a glazed frame; Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book (which confirms his entitlement to the Jubilee Medal); Certificate of Qualifications; and other research, including a photographic image believed to be of the recipient.

An inter-War K.C.M.G., Great War D.S.O. group of ten awarded to Colonel Sir William R. Campion, Sussex Regiment, who served as Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex 1910-24, and as Governor of Western Australia 1924-31 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, K.C.M.G. Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; and breast Star, silver, silver-gilt, gold appliqué, and enamel, with gold retaining pin; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; and breast Star, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. W. R. Campion. R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with copy M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. W. R. Campion.); Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top brooch bar, mounted court-style for display, minor pitting to BWM, lacquered, generally good very fine and better (12) £4,000-£5,000 --- K.C.M.G. London Gazette 23 July 1924. D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. Knight of Grace, Order of St. John London Gazette 22 June 1928. Sir William Robert Campion was born on 3 July 1870, the eldest son of Colonel W. H. Campion, C.B., and the maternal grandson of Viscount Hampden, and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Sussex Regiment, on 24 November 1888, and was promoted Lieutenant on 27 September 1890, and Captain on 19 December 1894. Re-numbered the 4th Battalion, he was promoted Major on 23 April 1915, and served as Colonel Commanding the 4th Battalion with the rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel during the Great War in Gallipoli from 17 July 1915. Confirmed in that rank on 4 September 1915, he was invalided home in late 1915, before going to France in 1916 in command of the 15th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, before transferring to the 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. For his services during the Great War he was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 28 January 1916, 18 December 1917, and 9 July 1919), and was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Following the cessation of hostilities he returned to the Royal Sussex Regiment for service with the army of occupation in Germany. Campion served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex from 1910 to 1924 (with the constituency having various different names during the period), and in that latter year was appointed Governor of Western Australia (together with the accompanying knighthood), serving until his retirement in 1931, a period which coincided with the State’s centennial celebrations in 1929. Retiring to Sussex, Campion served as a Deputy Lieutenant for Sussex, and subsequently took up the Directorship of a number of Australian gold mining companies; as a member of the Empire Settlement Committee he also spoke frequently in favour of organised migration to Australia. He died at Hassocks, Sussex on 2 January 1951. Sold with a Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Volunteer Battalion helmet badge, some damage to reverse lugs; and copied research, much of it relating to his time as Governor of Western Australia, including various photographic images of the recipient.

1914 Star, with clasp (CMT-2692 Pte G. Booth. A.S.C.) lacquered, very fine £50-£70 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- George Booth served during the Great War with the 6th Divisional Ammunition Park, Army Service Corps on the Western Front from 16 August 1914 (discharged and entitled to a Silver War Badge).

A Silver Presentation Cigarette Box. A fine presentation cigarette box, by Garrard, London, 95mm x 140mm x 50mm, silver (total weight 436g), maker’s mark and hallmarks for London 1963, the lid engraved with the Regimental crest and inscribed ‘Presented to Captain D. S. Gilbert-Smith, M.C., The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, by his Brother Officers on the occasion of his Marriage, 1st. June 1963’, one small dent to side of lid, otherwise extremely good condition £120-£160 --- M.C. London Gazette 8 December 1953: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Korea during the period 1 January to 30 June 1953.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘During the battle on “The Hook” on the night of 28-29 May, 1953 Second Lieutenant (now Lieutenant) Gilbert-Smith led his Platoon across 400 yards of open ground in order to counter-attack a position which had been overrun. His route was under heavy shell and mortar ground. Having succeeded in clearing the enemy from one sector, he reorganised his platoon and proceeded to deal with other pockets of resistance. All the time shells and mortar bombs were falling. Second Lieutenant Gilbert-Smith displayed his customary coolness and throughout the battle inspired his men with confidence and aggressive spirit.’ David Stuart Gilbert-Smith was born in Poona, India, on 3 December 1931, the son of G. J. S. Gilbert-Smith, Indian Medical Service, and was educated at St. Edward’s School, Oxford where he captained both Cricket and Rugby. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment on 3 November 1951 as a National Service entry, and served with the 1st Battalion in Korea from October 1952; having had commanded a number of patrols into the enemy’s forward locations to gather intelligence, he was later awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry at the Battle of the Hook in 1953. After this tour the Regiment moved to Gibraltar and in 1954 he was presented with his Military Cross by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II on her visit there. After serving as an Instructor, Army Leadership School, from 1954 to 1955, he served in Cyprus in 1956-57 during the Eoka terrorist campaign, gaining his first experience of counter-insurgency operations. After then undergoing special leadership training, in 1959, as part of a ten-man Duke of Wellington’s Regiment team, he canoed from Palace Barracks, Holywood, Northern Ireland across the Irish Sea in five wood and canvas canoes, two of which were home-made; this was believed to be a first. This was followed, in 1961, by his selection for the 22nd S.A.S. Regiment and operational duty in Malaya and then in Borneo during Indonesia’s confrontation with the newly-formed Federation of Malaysia. After commanding the 12th Infantry Brigade’s mountain warfare training centre in Germany in the summer of 1964, he was seconded to the staff of the U.K. Military Adviser to the British High Commissioner in Delhi. With a handful of British officers of similar experience and background, he advised on the training of officers of the Indian Army and Civil Service working in the northern frontier region, which was under pressure from the Chinese Communist authorities. Rejoined the S.A.S. in 1965 for his second tour of duty as a Major, in command of the Training and Tactics Wing, with responsibility for operational research and development for all three S.A.S. regiments. After this assignment, he served from late 1966 to 1967 in the Radfan region, he retired from the Army in 1969. A keen rugby union player, Gilbert-Smith played for London Scottish for four years as an outside centre, and was capped for Scotland once, in the March 1952 Calcutta Cup match against England at Murrayfield, a match that England won 19-3. Interestingly, he had fought in the Battle of the Hook alongside another Scotland international rugby player, Mike Campbell-Lamerton, with the two became lifelong friends. He died in Cheltenham on 24 March 2003.

Five: Captain A. C. Thompson, Royal Engineers, later New Zealand Forces, who was wounded in North West Europe with 20 Field Company, Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. A. C. Thompson. R.E.) mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s Royal Warrant Holders Association Medal, E.II.R., the reverse officially named ‘A. C. Thompson Esq’, in Garrard, London, case of issue, nearly extremely fine (6) £140-£180 --- Anthony Charles Thompson was born in Chertsey, Surrey, on 11 September 1922 and attested for the Royal Engineers as a Boy Soldier in Brighton on 30 June 1937. Having passed No. 18 Bomb Disposal Course at the School of Military Engineering, January to February 1943, he was advanced Sergeant on 26 June 1943, and served with 20 Field Company, Royal Engineers in North West Europe from 18 June 1944, being wounded on 3 July 1944. After recovering in England he was sent out again to Holland with the same unit from 1 October 1944, serving until February 1945. His conduct was described as ‘exemplary’, and he received a high recommendation from his Commanding Officer. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, on 21 February 1945, Thompson saw further service in post-War Palestine as a Captain with the No. 344 Squadron, Royal Engineers. Relinquished his commission in 1948, he subsequently emigrated to New Zealand and attested for the New Zealand Electrical Mechanical Engineers 15 November 1949 as a Sergeant. He was soon after commissioned Lieutenant into the same unit on 3 May 1951, and served as Chief Instructor and Company Commander at Papakura Military Camp, relinquishing his commission 22 May 1956 and was put on the retired list. Moving back to Farnham, Surrey, Thompson was appointed to a commission in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 17 November 1959. He transferred to the Transportation Section, Royal Engineers, on 1 October 1962, and transferred to the Royal Corps of Transport 15 July 1965 retiring as a Captain on 1 April 1967. Sold with the recipient’s original Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book; Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Royal Engineers cap badge; a caricature portrait of the recipient; New Zealand Military Forces identity card, with a photograph of the recipient; a photograph of the recipient wearing his medals; and other ephemera.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4790 Corl. C. H. Cutts, 2: Yorks: Lt. Inft.) good very fine £80-£100 --- Charles Henry Cutts was born in Sheffield in 1877 and attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in his home city on 13 November 1894. Posted to India on 1 December 1897, he served with the Tirah Expeditionary Force on the Punjab Frontier 1897-98, and later in South Africa from 6 May 1899 to 25 June 1902. Advanced Sergeant, Cutts was discharged to Army Reserve on 22 November 1906.

Yugoslavia, Social Federal Republic, Order of Military Merit (2), First Class Star, with gold swords, 70mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, unmarked, in damaged case of issue; Second Class Star, with gold swords, 65mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, unmarked; Order of the Yugoslavian People’s Army, Second Class Star, 68mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, in case of issue, very fine and better (3) £140-£180

India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, clasp carriage altered to accommodate additional clasps (4571 Pte. R. J. Johnson 1st. Bn. Gord. Highrs.) edge bruise, a couple of minor digs to obverse field, good very fine £240-£280 --- Robert James Johnson was born in Gateshead, County Durham, in 1873 and attested for the Gordon Highlanders at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 7 September 1892. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 5 February 1895 to 7 December 1899, and saw active service during the Relief of Chitral Expedition in 1895, and subsequently with the Tirah Expeditionary Force, and was slightly wounded by gun shot to the right leg on 12 December 1897, during the Bagh to Barkai march. Johnson subsequently served in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 December 1899 to 8 September 1902 (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, and Belfast; and the King’s South Africa Medal with the usual two date clasps). He transferred to the Army Reserve on 4 March 1903, and was discharged on 6 September 1908, after 16 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Kirkee and Poona (Joshua Foxwell, Eur. Regt.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Brian Ritchie Collection, March 2005. Approximately 88 clasps to European recipients, including 45 to the 103rd Bombay European Regiment (later 2nd Battalion The Royal Dublin Fusiliers).

Joshua Foxwell, enlisted in Middlesex in 1816 and arrived in India aboard the Calabar on 16 May that year to join the Bombay European Regiment. Shortly before the outbreak of the Third Mahratta (Pindarry) War, the Bombay Europeans made a forced march to strengthen the handful of imperiled Company troops with Mounstuart Elphinstone at Poona. On 5 November 1817 the combined force numbering only 3,000 defeated the 26,000-strong army of the Peshwa at Kirkee and, having been reinforced by troops under Brigadier-General Lionel Smith, went on to take part in the capture of Poona. Although originally contracted for five years service, Foxwell re-enlisted on the completion of his original term. The date of his last enlistment is given as 27 September 1828. He was pensioned on 18 December 1837.

Family Group: Pair: Private George Beynon (Senior), Kimberley Town Guard Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (Pte. G. Beynon. Kimberley Town Gd:); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, unnamed, with copy suspension bar and copy integral top brooch bar, good very fine Pair: Lance-Corporal George Beynon (Junior), South African Infantry, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War in April 1918, and died of wounds in captivity on 28 April 1918 1914-15 Star (Pte. G. Beynon 7th Infantry); British War Medal 1914-20 (L/Cpl. G. Beynon. 1st. S.A.I.) very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (368385 Pte. E. Beynon. R.A.M.C.) very fine (5) £400-£500 --- George Beynon (Senior) was born in Swansea in 1858, and having emigrated to Kimberley in 1879, where he took up mining with success, served with No. III Section, L Company, Kimberley Town Guard. George Beynon (Junior) was born in Kimberley on 18 August 1892, the son of the above, and prior to the Great War worked alongside his father at the De Beers Diamond Mine. In 1914 he joined General Botha’s force, and served in German East Africa, before proceeding to the Western Front in November 1915. Wounded and taken prisoner of War in April 1918, he died of his wounds in captivity on 28 April 1918. Originally buried in Johanisthgal Prisoner of War Cemetery near Stettin, he is now interred in Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany. Edward Beynon, brother of the above, served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War, and survived the War. Sold with copied research.

Six: Cook S. H. Blight, Australian Army Catering Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘SX384 S. H. Blight’, mounted court-style for display, good very fine Five: P. L. C. McLaren, Royal Australian Air Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘440511 P. L. C. Mc.Laren’, good very fine (11) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Sydney Hubert Blight was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales, on 21 September 1914, and enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 20 October 1939. He served as a Signaller with the 2/10th Infantry Brigade in the the Middle East from November 1940 to February 1942, and then as a Cook with the Australian Army Catering Corps in New Guinea from August 1943 to May 1944. He was discharged at Adelaide on 27 November 1945 and died in South Australia on 30 August 1983. Sold with copied research.

Three: Lieutenant-Colonel C. S. Harper, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, late 104th Wellesley’s Rifles, who went on to serve during the Second World War as Second in Command of the Dunmow Sector, Essex Home Guard British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. S. Harper.); Defence Medal, edge bruising, nearly very fine and better Pair: Major J. D. Reece, 88th Infantry, Indian Army British War and Victory Medals (Major J. D. Reece.) mounted court-style for wear, good very fine (5) £70-£90 --- Cuthbert Sutcliffe Harper was born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, on 17 April 1888, and graduated B.A. (Hons.) from the University of Oxford around 1910. He is listed in the Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) of 4 September 1914 as additional master at Daly College, Indore, and was later appointed to the Infantry Branch of the Indian Army Reserve of Officers in the London Gazette of 16 January 1917. Recorded in 1939 living with his wife and daughter at ‘Maggots’ Cottage, Dunmow, he served throughout the Second World War as a local A.R.P Warden and with the market town home guard. John Deane Reece was born in Bath in 1871 and applied for his Great War medals in January 1924 whilst living at 14 Highland Mansions, St. Leonard’s on Sea, Sussex. He later moved to Bognor Regis and died on 1 May 1949.

Pair: Gunner Pritam Singh, 1st Mountain Battery, Indian Army India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (33040 Dvr. Pritam Singh. 1 Mtn. Bty.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (33040 Gnr. Pritam Singh, 1 R. Mtn. Bty) generally very fine and scarce to a Sikh ‘Mountain Gunner’ (2) £100-£140 --- The 1st Mountain Battery was raised in 1851 as an artillery unit of the Punjab Frontier Force. Styled in 1928 the 1st Royal (Kohat) Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery, the unit later served during the Second World War in the Burma Campaign under higher formation 17th Indian Division - whose constituent units were famously referred to as ‘Black Cat’s’ in reference to their distinctive divisional insignia.

Buttons. A good selection of British Second War Buttons, including 22nd Dragoons, 23rd Hussars, 24th Lancers, 25th Dragoons, 26th Hussars, 27th Lancers, Reconnaissance Corps, and an Army Remount Service blazer button, generally good condition (28) £60-£80

Four: Private D. Hutchison, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3780. Pte. D. Hutchison. 1/Cam: Hdrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3780 Pte. D. Hutchison, 1: Cam’n: Hdrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3780 Pte. D. Hutchison. Cameron Highrs:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3780 Pte. Hutohinson [sic] 1 Cam. Highrs.) contemporarily engraved in the usual Regimental style, mounted court-style for display, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better (4) £400-£500 --- David Hutchison was born in Markinch, Fifeshire, in 1877 and attested for the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders at Perth on 20 February 1896, having previously served in the 6th Volunteer Battalion, Royal Highlanders. He served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 4 October 1897 to 2 March 1900, and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 March 1900 to 9 October 1902, He transferred to the Army Reserve on 20 February 1903, and was discharged on 19 February 1908, after 12 years’ service. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, copied record of service, and other research.

The General Service Medal awarded to Driver D. N. Henderson, 55 Air Despatch, Royal Army Service Corps, later Royal Corps of Transport General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Borneo, South Arabia, Northern Ireland (T/23886787 Dvr. D. N. Henderson. RASC.) edge nicks and light contact marks, very fine, scarce to unit £100-£140 --- David Nigel Anthony Hefferman was born in Hendon, London in 1945. Attesting for the Royal Army Service Corps, he served in Borneo as part of the Airborne 55 Company Air Despatch. During 1964 the Indonesian ‘Confrontation’ seemed to bring yet more work for the despatchers. On some occasions aircraft returned from having dropped supplies to their bases in Borneo with bullet holes from small arms fire on the aircraft. Additionally despatchers found themselves building sandbag shelters and learning to operate Oerlikon Guns for airfield defence. At the start of November 1964 his Company was ordered to stand by four despatch crews for an undisclosed task. Two days later twenty-six NCOs and men flew over Indonesian bases and two and half million leaflets were despatched which bore a message from a surrendered Indonesian officer. The Malaysian Prime Minister, Tanglm Abdul Rahman, described the operation as ‘a great success’. Whilst out there the Royal Army Service became the Royal Corp of Transport in 1965, his unit being re-titled 55 Air Despatch Squadron. This included the taking over of the Heavy Drops carried out by the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. He was part of the Squadron’s football team and by 1975 he was playing for the R.C.T. Team. The Restricted December 1975 Post Tour Report of the 55 Squadron in Northern Ireland looked at improvements in equipment and how further training could help the Troop with security such as driving duties and operations in the infantry role such as weekly patrolling. At the time they were based in Antrim and the placing of single Troops seemed to be more efficient and effective than placing the whole Squadron. Hefferman later lived in Haringey in London, High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, and Truro in Cornwall.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (C. P. C. Hemphill. A.P.D.) nearly extremely fine £60-£80 --- Charles Percy Chisholm Hemphill was born in Bengal in 1873, the son of Lieutenant Charles William Hemphill, 26th Regiment of Foot, and served as a Clerk in the Army Pay Department during the Boer War.

Four: Captain J. W. Sloan, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, later Royal Scots, late Highland Light Infantry, who was twice wounded 1914 Star (2331 Pte. D. Sloan. 9/High: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. D. Sloan.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (David Sloan.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted for wear together with the recipient’s brother’s Victory Medal 1914-19 (2. Lieut. J .W. Sloan.) this last officially re-impressed; good very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 4 September 1919. David Sloan, an insurance agent in Glasgow, was educated at Glasgow University and following the outbreak of the Great War attested for the Highland Light Infantry, serving with the 9th Battalion on the Western Front from 5 November 1914. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Third Battalion, Special Reserve, King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 11 November 1915, and having appeared on the wounded list of 9 September 1916 was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1917. He took part in the Battle of Langemarck in August 1917, and was again wounded in action 22 November 1917. Proceeding to Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland in December 1917 and then to Claremorris in May 1918, he was appointed Acting Captain whilst commanding a Company of the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers from 16 October 1918. Awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre, he resigned his Commission on 1 April 1920. His address was given as Templemore, Tipperary, but his medals were sent to Whitesands, Dumfries (also his brother’s address). Following the outbreak of the Second World War he was commissioned Second Lieutenant, National Defence Companies, General List, on 18 October 1939; the National Defence Companies of the Territorial Army were a voluntary military reserve force of the British Army, for the purpose of home defence in the event of war. James Whittaker Sloan, brother of the above, was born in Dumfries on 1 December 1884 and was educated at Dumfries Academy and Merchiston Castle Private School in Edinburgh. He attested to the 17th (Glasgow City of Commerce) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry on 30 December 1916, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 April to 17 July 1917. Returning home, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Special Reserve, King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 30 January 1918, and relinquished his commission on 21 April 1919.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘913210’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark to reverse and screw-back suspension; Order of the Badge of Honour, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘305656’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and riband suspension; Medal for Bravery, 2nd type, silver and enamel (2), reverses officially numbered ‘1351563’ and ‘3559615’, both with riband suspensions; Medal for Combat Service, 2nd type, silver and enamel (2), both unnumbered, both with riband suspensions, generally very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Sold with Red award booklets for the Order of the Badge of Honour and one of the Medal for Combat Service (these both awarded to the same recipient, the first awarded in 1958, the latter in 1965); a Red award booklet for the second Medal of Bravery (this awarded in 1954); and a photograph of a Red Army soldier.

Three: Driver J. Taylor, Royal Field Artillery, late Army Service Corps and Royal Engineers 1914 Star (29290 Dvr: J. Taylor. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (29290 Dvr. J. Taylor. R.A.) minor edge bruising, good very fine (3) £70-£90 --- James Taylor attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914. He saw further service with the Army Service Corps and the Royal Engineers.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ I.D.S.M. pair awarded to Jemedar Kale Khan, 8th Cavalry, Indian Army Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Jemdr. Kale Khan, 8th Cavy.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Jemdr. Kala Khan, 8 Cavy.); together with a Colonial Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (8784 Const. Kala [sic] Khan s/o Mir Zaman, Fed. Malaya Police) minor edge bruise to last, good very fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2009. Kale Khan entered the Indian Army on 12 September 1890 and was commissioned Jemedar in the 8th Cavalry on 1 July 1915. He served during the Great War attached the to 2nd Lancers, and was awarded the I.D.S.M. ‘for gallantry and distinguished service in the field’ on the Western Front, by General Order 536 of 16 March 1918 (Gazette of India 1918, p.399). He is listed in the April and July 1921 Indian Army Lists as the senior Jemedar in the 8th Cavalry, and no longer appears in the January 1922 Indian Army List. The Colonial Police L.S. & G.C. was awarded to Constable Kala Khan as a Constable in the Federation of Malaya Police in 1949 (Federation of Malaya Government Gazette 3 November 1949); given the fact that it is a relatively common name, and that the ex-Jemedar would have been in his mid-70s when he was awarded his Long Service Medal, it is probable that these medals were not all awarded to the same man. Sold with copied research.

Three: Driver W. Brown, Royal Army Service Corps, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War in 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (T/82614 Dvr. W. Brown. R.A.S.C.) officially re-impressed, in named card box of issue, extremely fine Pair: Craftsman T. Inglis, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (82572. Cfn. T. Inglis. R.E.M.E.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Thomas Inglis) nearly extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- W. Brown attested for the Royal Army Service Corps and served with them as part of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Dunkirk, and was held at Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf.