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Twenty two boxed Corgi cars and commercial vehicles including the new Mini Cooper, Dad's Army J Jones Family Butcher van, V W Camper etc

A World War II Japanese army officers sword Katana, length of blade 69cm, tang unsigned, the hilt with brass mounts complete with a leather covered wooden scabbard (af)

A collection of First World War cap badges for the following regiments, Army Cyclist Corps, Royal Irish Rifles, 8th Battalion Leeds Rifles, Kings Royal Rifle Corp, Royal Artillery and Canada, plus two other badges and an unusual cast of the 1914-15 Star (9)

A mixed lot of military items comprising Royal Flying Corp cap badge, RAF safe key stamped 2nd F.231 by Gibbons of Wolverhampton, also an Imperial Russian army belt buckle, a brass articulated chin strap believed to have come off an Imperial German Pickelhaube and the top of a First World War shell etc

Dinky military: 661 Recovery Tractor, 697 25-Pounder Field Gun Set, 623 Army Covered Wagon, 622 10-Ton Army Truck and 674 Austin Champ in original boxes, F-VG, two overpainted, one retouched, some canvas added to tilts, boxes (5)

Dinky Foden Lorries: 950 Burmah Fuel Tanker, 432 Tipping Lorry and 668 Army Truck in original boxes, E, boxes G-VG (3)

Corgi and other makes: twelve late issues including Dads Army, Professionals, Mr. Bean, Back to the Future, Heartbeat, Fawlty Towers and Last of The Summer Wine; six by different makers; fifteen Lledo in original boxes; seven loose 00 railway, E (40)

Britains: 1335 Six-Wheel Army Lorry with Driver in original box; Lilliput Series red Sports Car, blue Saloon Car, Covered Military Truck and Army Ambulance G-VG, Ambulance repainted, box VG (5)

Bandai: battery-operated lithographed tinplate 2373 U.S. Army Deltic armoured train with station and 23mm gauge track, E, two wheels missing

Military railway: Lionel US Army camouflaged 0-4-0 Locomotive and four freight stock; three silver low-loader US Army wagons with repainted diecast freight; scratchbuilt camouflaged bogie canon; five white metal soldiers; G1 coal wagon

W.J. Goodbrand cartoon of First World War Army Medic Doctor Duthie watercolour over pencil, dated 1917 also two service medals and two miniatures by Alice Montford of Doctor Duthie and his wife dated 1918. 30cm x 22cm Illustrated

FIRTH & DAVIES Regimental Hist. of Cromwell's Army, 1940, 2 vols., blue cloth, and seven other vols. on English Civil War. 9 vols.

World War II Ephemera inc. 21st Army Group Messages dated 6/6/1944-8/5/1945 inc. personal letters & photographs, Administrative History of 21st Army Group 6th June 1944-8th May 1945 & 8th Army Magazines, Press Cuttings & Comical Magazine "The Two Types by Jon", copy of The Radio Times Dated 26th April 1946, supplement dated 22nd June 1943 & supplement to the London Gazette dated 22nd August 1944

German Army Uniforms And Insignia 1933-1946, Arma And Armour Press 1973; German Uniforms Of The Third Reich 1933-1945, Blandford Press 1980' And eight others related :- One box

Three quarter length portrait of an English army officer, 19th century, in dress uniform, unsigned, oil on canvas, h: 15.50 x w: 12.50 in.

Army officers sword, retailed by W. A. Bartles 51 Maddox St. London & Aldershot, the steel blade with engraved decoration, pierced and scrolling hilt, shagreen and metal bound handle with leather and metal mounted scabbard, blade length 34",

A canteen of King's pattern flatware for twelve persons by George Maudsley Jackson & David Landsborough Fullerton, London 1911, the twenty four silver handled knives R&B Sheffield 1971, the case with Army and Navy retailers label 5490gms (see illustration)

Pair: Sergeant W. Skinner, H.E. The Viceroy’s Band Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Sergt. W. Skinner, H.E. the Viceroy’s Band) engraved naming, officially re-engraved from ‘ner’ of surname to ‘B’ of ‘Band’, some contact marks, very fine (2) £60-80.

‘Waterloo Letter’, from Lieutenant Wilhelm von Wenden, 8th Prussian Hussar Regiment, to his relative, Carl von Wenden, dated St. Germain, Versailles, 3 July 1815, 247 x 192mm., folded into four, handwritten (in German) fully on on two sides, partly on the third and bearing the name and address and fragments of the wax seal on the fourth, fold marks and minor damage, good condition for age £100-140 Lieutenant Wilhelm von Wenden writes of the famous day as a ‘.. bloody battle that I luckily survived without a scratch . but 9 of our officers not ..’ The 8th Hussars, part of Army Corps von BŸlow, was heavily involved in the advance upon Plancenoit. Sold with a typed transcription in German.

Portrait Miniature of an Officer of the 8th Light Dragoons, oils on ivory, 73mm x 60mm, with gilt oval mount in red leather hinged case, brass label to lid inscribed ‘Major William Martin, 8th Regt. Light Dragoons B.1776 D.1825’, good condition £400-500 William Martin was appointed Lieutenant in the 8th Light Dragoons on 4 November 1795; Captain, 1 November 1803; Major, 18 August 1816. He appears to have left the army in October 1818 and died in 1825.

An Ambrotype attributed to Colonel H. Simmonds, Ceylon Rifles, late 31st Regiment, a veteran of the Peninsula Wars Ambrotype of Simmonds as an elderly gentleman in civilian dress, set within a gilt frame, 82 x 69mm., this in turn set within a red leather case 91 x 82mm., with velvet lined interior and gilt clasp, very good condition £100-150 A paper label on the back of the frame (not examined) reads, ‘Colonel H. Simmonds served in the Peninsula from Feb. 1808 to Feb. 1813 including the affairs at Talavera & Alberche. Battles of Talavera, Busaco, Albuera. Covering the siege of Badajoz in 1812. Engaged every day during the retreat from Madrid & Salamanca the retreat to Portugal & subsequent pursuits of Messena from the lines besides several minor affairs. 1857. Died Jan. 27./69’. Lieutenant Henry Simmonds, 31st Regiment, is listed in the published Military General Service roll as being awarded the M.G.S. with clasps for Talavera, Busaco and Albuhera. In the ‘remarks’ section it reads, ‘Lt Col Ceylon Rifles 17/1/42. Tinlin collection 1965, Spink 1984’. With a photocopy of the reverse label and entry from the Army List from which the details on the label are derived.

Army Temperance Association, India medals: A.T.A.I.1 (3); A.T.A.I.2 (2) - one with ‘Fidelity’ brooch bar; A.T.A.I.3 (4) - one with ‘Excelsior’ brooch bar; A.T.A.I.5 (2), one with slight enamel damage; Army Temperance Association, Home medals: A.T.A.H.2 (3); A.T.A.H.13; Royal Army Temperance Association medals: R.A.T.A.1 (2), some with edge bruising, very fine and better (17) £70-90.

An evocative set of original Flying Log Books appertaining to Squadron Leader E. Richardson, D.F.C., Royal Air Force, whose early operational career spanned the Fall of France through to numerous cross-Channel sweeps in 1941, via the Battle of Britain, in which latter conflict he piloted Hurricanes in Douglas Bader’s 242 Squadron - and claimed a brace of ‘kills ‘The first example covering the period July 1935 to July 1936, namely early flying experience in Wapitis of No. 31 Squadron out in India; the second the period September 1936 to December 1941, including operational flying in Hurricanes of No. 1 and No. 242 Squadrons in France and during the Battle of Britain, and in No. 258 in cross-Channel offensive sweeps from July 1941, and in Spitfires of No. 92 Squadron from October of the same year - and including seven Bader signatures as Squadron C.O.; and the third the period December 1941 to March 1947, the last seven pages of entries added in November 1945, following the temporary loss of this log book (endorsement refers); together with three old photographs of an official nature, bearing reverse copyright stamps, two of them with handwritten captions in Richardson’s hand, the whole pertinent to No. 242 Squadron; and an old typed wartime statement of services (Lot) £1800-2200 Eric Richardson was born in Scarborough in December 1912 and was educated at the local High School for Boys. Entering the Royal Air Force as an Apprentice in January 1929, he qualified as a Fitter before being selected for pilot training, initially gaining experience as a passenger in Wapitis of No. 31 Squadron in India. Returning home to A.S.T. Brough in September 1936, he was posted to No. 4 F.T.S. at Abu Sueir, Egypt that December and, on gaining his ‘Wings ‘, to No. 94 (B.) Squadron at Shaibah in Iraq in July 1937. Having then returned home in early 1939, Richardson attended No. 1 A.A.C.U. at R.A.F. Squires Gate, in which capacity he was detached for Army Co-operation flights out of Abbeville, France in early 1940. Then in early June, having converted to Hurricanes, he served briefly in No. 1 Squadron before joining another Advanced Air Striking Force unit, No. 242 Squadron, at Chateaudun. Several offensive patrols ensued, primarily over the Nantes sector, until, on the 18th, the Squadron was withdrawn to the U.K. - Richardson flew back with no maps, ran out of fuel and landed on a beach near Minehead. Two days later, 242’s exhausted, demoralised and battle-scarred pilots flew in to Coltishall to meet their new C.O., Acting Squadron Leader Douglas Bader. The latter’s forceful character was soon felt by all and he quickly dismissed any doubts about his tin-legged flying capabilities, putting on a spectacular 30 minute session of low-level aerobatics right over the airfield. Red tape, too, was swiftly brushed aside, mounds of paperwork quickly finding its way into the waste-paper basket, and an annoying desk-bound Officer (Equipment) at Fighter Command H.Q. received a memorable Bader-broadside. Far more noteworthy, however, was Bader’s related message to Group: ‘242 Squadron now operational as regards pilots but non-operational repeat non-operational as regards equipment.’ He had barely been with 242 a week. Quite what Richardson and his fellow pilots made of this extraordinary display remains a matter for debate. Certainly they were not amused by their new C.O’s thoughtless jab at the lack of proper shoes, ties and shirts being worn by them - he was quickly informed that most of their clothes had been left in France. But his immediate apology was better received, especially when he sent them all off to a tailor in Norwich at the Air Ministry’s expense. There can be no doubt, however, that not all of 242’s pilots were willingly fitting into Bader’s required mould, dogmatic leader that he was. When Richardson and fellow pilots were taken up to lead a formation in dummy attacks, he would bark at them ‘like an exuberant mastiff’ if they made any errors. It must have been a difficult experience, most of them having seen far more action than their C.O., but failure to fit in with his future plans meant almost certain transfer. In fact Bader had just such transfers in mind when he first interviewed each pilot on his arrival, but clearly Richardson was a favoured candidate. In early July, following a successful meeting with Dowding regarding equipment supply, Bader signalled Group: ‘242 Squadron now fully operational.’ And at this point Richardson’s relevant Flying Log Book records the first of numerous convoy patrols, and indeed his first ‘kill ‘, a Ju. 88 brought down in the sea off Lowestoft on the first day of August; so, too, a Ju. 88 on the last day of the month, his Flying Log Book noting that it broke its back on hitting the water and sank in a few seconds, and a confirmed Do. 17 on 9 September. Indeed 242 remained actively employed out of Coltishall - and later Duxford - until the Battle’s end, Richardson noting that he had never seen so many vapour trails while visiting the latter airfield on a daily basis in October. In January 1941, shortly before Bader’s departure from 242, the Squadron flew its first cross-Channel offensive sortie, escorting a bomber strike on a target in France, Richardson observing that he ‘didn’t see any Jerries but plenty of A.A. fire. One machine holed in wing’. Commissioned in the following month, he remained actively employed on convoy patrols, Whitney Straight assuming command on the loss of Squadron Leader Treacy in mid-April 1941 - in fact losses climbed steadily over the summer, as 242 commenced flying ‘Circuses ‘on a more regular basis out of North Weald, but in a sweep on 17 June, Richardson added a brace of 109s damaged to his tally. In July 1941, he transferred to 258 Squadron at Martlesham Heath in the rank of Flight Lieutenant, and flew around 60 convoy patrols over the next few weeks. He was recommended for the D.F.C. (London Gazette 9 September 1941): ‘This officer has been engaged in operations against the enemy for over a year and has destroyed two and damaged two hostile aircraft. He participated in evacuation patrols in France in June 1940, and, later on, fought in the Battle of Britain. Since February 1941, Flight Lieutenant Richardson has taken part in 11 bomber escorts and four Channel sweeps. He has displayed devotion to duty and has set an excellent example throughout.’ Then in October 1941 he was posted to 92 Squadron, a Spitfire unit operating out of Gravesend, and completed a brace of ‘Circuses ‘in the same month, in addition to numerous dusk patrols before he was finally ‘rested ‘in mid-December with an appointment in No. 53 Operational Training Unit (O.T.U.) at Llandow. Having then served in a similar capacity in No. 56 O.T.U. at Sutton Bridge from February to October 1942, he was posted to Northern Ireland as a Liaison Officer to the U.S.A.A.F., and was afterwards attached to the 8th U.S.A.A.F. H.Q. Indeed Richardson remained employed on similar ground duties until the War’s end - having attended the R.A.F. Staff College in early 1944, he joined Transport Command, served in North-West Europe at assorted ‘staging posts ‘and gained appointment as an Acting Squadron Leader. Post-war, he qualified as an Intelligence Officer, served in the Middle East and was advanced to the substantive rank of Squadron Leader in January 1949. He was placed on the Retired List in October 1958 and died in September 1973.

The mounted group of six miniature dress medals attributed to Brigadier-General T. O. W. Champion de Crespigny, 15th Hussars Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir; British War and Victory Medals; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Khedive’s Star 1882, mounted as worn, first with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £80-100 Tyrell Other William Champion de Crespigny was born on 6 May 1859, the 3rd son of Sir Claude William Champion de Crespigny, 3rd Baronet, of Champion Lodge, Malden, Essex. Educated at Temple Grove, East Sheen and Winchester, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Limerick Artillery Militia in 1876. He was commisioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 15th Hussars in 1879 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1881. He served in the Afghan War in the relief of Kandahar, 1880; in the 1st Boer War, 1881, and the Egypt War, 1882, serving at Kassasin and Tel-el-Kebir. He was promoted to Captain in 1888; was Adjutant in 1889, advanced to Major in 1896 and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1902. Placed on Half Pay in 1903, he served as Inspecting Officer Eastern Command and London District; Staff Officer for Imperial Yeomanry, and Colonel in Charge of Cavalry Records, 1905. He was granted the local rank of Colonel in 1905 and promoted to that rank in 1907. During the Great War he attained the rank of Brigadier-General with 8th Army Corps. Sold with copied m.i.c. and biographical details. .

British miniature dress medals (118), including: India General Service 1854-95, no clasp; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, no clasp; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21; General Service Medal 1918-62 (8) - six with clasps; Military Cross (2), G.V.R. and G.VI.R., 1st issue; Distinguished Flying Cross (2); British Empire Medal (3), G.VI.R., 1st issue; E.II.R. (2); Royal Naval Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., Southern Rhodesia; Efficiency Medal (4), G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial; E.II.R., 1st issue, Territorial (3); Air Efficiency Award (2), G.VI.R., 1st issue; Four: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp; 1914-15 Star trio, mounted as worn; 1914 Star trios (2); 1914-15 Star trios (3), in various metals, generally very fine and better (118) £120-160.

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed, in case of issue, extremely fine £380-420 Sold with 4th Army certificate of congratulations to Lieutenant J. Semple, Tank Corps and with 4th Army List of Awards which included the M.C. to Semple. M.C. London Gazette 4 October 1919. ‘During the action near Mormal Forest on November 4, 1918, Lieut. Semple, as Company Engineer, displayed great devotion to duty and utter disregard of his own personal safety, repairing tanks under heavy shell fire during the action. Previous to the action he worked day and night for a week, and it was largely due to his efforts that several tanks of ‘A ‘Company reached their starting point at scheduled time’.

Imperial Service Medal (7), G.V.R., 2nd issue (Alfred Edward Elkington); G.V.R., 3rd issue (Edward Hems Groom); G.VI.R., 1st issue (Henry Sharp); G.VI.R., 2nd issue (George Nicholas Chadwick; George Arthur Mitchell); E.II.R., 1st issue (Lawrence Joseph Francis Gatt); E.II.R., 2nd issue (Denver Redfern Thomas) last two in case of issue; Pair: Corporal W. Stockton, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Order of St. John, Serving Brother, silver and enamel, unnamed, with silver ‘St. John’ bar; St. John Service Medal (13502 Cpl. W. Stockton, Chester Div. No.4 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1935) in case of issue; together with a miniature Serving Sister badge, silver and enamel; St. John Service Medal (30951 A/Sts. E. M. Smith, London S.J.A.B. 1944); St. John Re-Examination Cross (2) (A70754 Beppa Sharkey) in case of issue; another (131712 George Seed) with 17 date bars; British Red Cross Society War Medal 1914-18; British Red Cross Society L.S. Medal, for 3 Years, enamelled, in card box; Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. Cape Badge, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1915; Pakistan medals (6), generally good very fine and better (22) £100-140 British Red Cross Society L.S. Medal with award slip to ‘Miss Kathleen V. Fitzgerald’, dated 26 June 1945. 591.5. The Orders and Decorations of General Sir Hilgrove Tomkyns Turner, G.C.H., K.C., Colonel of the 19th Regiment, onetime Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey and of Bermuda, soldier and courtier under Kings George III and George IV, who secured the Rosetta Stone for England in 1801, and acted as guide to Czar Alexander of Russia and to his sister The Grand Duchess of Oldenburg on their tour of England in 1814. Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant.591.5. Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner was born in 1764, and was appointed Ensign in the Third Foot Guards on 20 February 1782. He was promoted to be Lieutenant and Captain on 13 October 1789. He went to Holland in February 1793 with the brigade of guards under Frederick, Duke of York, landed at Helvoetsluys on 5 March, Marched to Tournay, in May camped at Maulde, took part in the battle of St Amand on 8 May, the action of Famars on 23 May, the siege of Valenciennes in June and July, the assault of that place on 25 July, and its capitulation on the 28th. In August Turner marched with the British force to lay siege to Dunkirk, and on the way was present at the brilliant affair at Lincelles on 18 August, when the guards at the point of the bayonet drove out of a village and of an entrenched position a superior body of French who had previously captured them from the Dutch. He was engaged in the siege of Dunkirk and in the repulse of sorties, on 6 and 8 september, the latter at Rosenda‘l, but the covering army having been compelled to by Houchard to retire to Furnes, the Duke of York was obliged to raise the siege, and Turner marched with the guards to Cysoing, between Lille and Orchies. On 5 October the British guards joined the Austrians across the Sambre for the investment of Landercy, but the siege was not prosecuted, and Turner, repassing the Sambre with his regiment, marched to Ghent. On 17 April 1794, Turner was engaged at Vaux in the successful attack by the allies on the French army posted between Landrecy and Guise, when it was driven behind the Oise and Landrecy invested. He was present in several affairs during the siege, and was at the action of Cateau, near Troixville, on 26 April, after which he went with the Duke of York’s army to Tournay and took part in the repulse of the French attack on 11 May and subsequent actions during the same month. He accompanied the army in its retreat towards Holland in July and behind the Aa in September, took part in the fight at Boxtel on 15 September, and in the retreat behind the Meuse to Nimeguen. He greatly distinguished himself at the capture of Fort St AndrŽ, under Abercromby, and accompanied the army in the retreat behind the Waal. Turner was promoted to be Captain in the 3rd Foot Guards and Lieutenant-Colonel on 12 November 1794, when he appears to have returned to England. He was promoted to be brevet Colonel on 1 January 1801, in which year he went with his regiment to Egypt, landing at Aboukir Bay on 8 March, when he was engaged with the enemy. He took part in the action of 13 March, and in the battle of Alexandria on 21 March. He was also in the action on the west side of Alexandria on 2 September. For his services in Egypt he was made a Knight of the Order of the Crescent by the Sultan of Turkey. By the terms of Article 6 of the capitulation of Alexandria, all the curiosities, natural and artificial, collected by the French Institute were to be delivered to the victors. The French sought to evade the article on the ground that the collections were all private property, and General Menou claimed as his own the Rosetta stonefound by the French in 1798 when repairing the ruined Fort St Julien, and deposited in his house at Alexandria. Turner, who was a great antiquary, was deputed by Lord Hutchinson to negotiate on the subject, and, after much correspondence and several conferences with General Menou, it was decided that, considerable care having been bestowed by the French in the preservation of the collection of insects and animals, these should be retained, but the antiquities and Arabian manuscripts Lord Hutchinson insisted should be given up. The French were very angry, and broke the cases and removed the protecting coverings of many of the antiquarian treasures. Turner obtained a party of gunners and a ‘devil’ cart, with which he carried off the Rosetta stone from General Menou’s house amid the jeers of the French officers and men. These gunners were the first British soldiers to enter Alexandria. Having seen the other remains of ancient Egyptian sculpture sent on board the Madras, Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton’s ship, Turner embarked with the Rosetta stone on board the Egyptienne frigate, and arrived at Portsmouth in February 1802. At Turner’s request, Lord Buckinghamshire, secretary of state, allowed the stone to be sent first to the Society of Antiquaries, where it remained for a little while before being deposited in the British Museum. In January 1803 Turner communicated to the Society of Antiquaries a version of the inscription on Pompey’s Pillar, taken by Captain Dundas, Royal Engineers. In July 1803 Turner was appointed an Assistant Quartermaster-General to the forces in Great Britain, and on 25 June 1804 a Brigadier-General on the staff at home. In April 1807 he was transferred as a Brigadier-General to the staff in South America, where, it is thought, he was intended by the Government to become the first British Governor of the Spanish South American possessions, the capture of these being the objective of the military expeditions in 1806-07. However, with the humiliating defeat of General Whitelocke before Buenos Aires and the subsequent withdrawal from Montivideo, by the time of Turner’s arrival in South America in December 1807 all prospect of conquest had disappeared and with it all prospects of his governorship. Turner, who had been accompanied to South America by his wife and two of his four children, returned to England via the Cape of Good Hope in the spring of 1808 and was promoted to be Major-General on 25 April that same year. General Turner was a servant of the courts of three successive monarchs, comprising George III and his two sons. Under what auspices, with what influence and exactly at what period of his career he began his intimacy with the court of George III is not known. From 1803 he was Assistant Quartermaster-General of the Home District under Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, youngest son of George III, with whom Turner seems to have developed a very close friendship. In 1809 he was appointed Gentleman attendant to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, whom he accompanied on his visits to Brighton, and in 1811, when the Prince became Regent, he was appoi

Russia, Order of St Anne, 1st type, Grand Cross sash badge by Andreas Paskewitz, St Petersburg, circa 1814, gold with enamelled centres, the four arms each set with a red crystal in a silver mount, the angles of the cross each set with a single pear-shaped paste stone in a silver mount, and the points of each arm set with three smaller round pastes in silver mounts, 82mm x 71mm excluding suspension ring, the reverse suspension loop with maker’s mark ‘A.P’ and St Petersburg assay office mark, test mark to reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine, a highly important fully provenanced badge awarded to the first British recipient of this Order £60000-80000 After the defeat of Napoleon in 1814 and his exile to Elba, and in preparation for the Inter-Allied conference which took place later in Vienna, the monarchs of the Grand Alliance were invited to visit London. Alexander 1, Tsar of Russia, and King Frederick William III of Prussia accepted, but the Austrian Emperor refused and sent Prince Metternich in his stead. The King of Prussia was accompanied by BlŸcher and Hardenburg, while the Tsar was preceded by his sister, the Archduchess Catherine of Russia, who was also the widow of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. General Turner was appointed by the Prince Regent to attend on the Grand Duchess and to make all the arrangements for her stay in London and for a tour of some of the towns and great country houses of England. He was present at many of the state and social functions given to the Allied Sovereigns, and has left some interesting memoranda and correspondence illustrating the intrigues of the representatives of the various nations, the characters of the actors, and the open antipathy between the Prince Regent and the Duchess of Oldenburg, all contributing factors towards the eventual triple alliance of France, England and Austria, and the rape of Poland by Russia and Prussia. For General Turner’s service to the Grand Duchess and the Emperor during their tour of England, the Emperor made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Anne, of which order he is believed to be the first British recipient. Advised of the honour in a letter from Count Lieven dated 8 July 1814, the General went to considerable trouble to obtain permission to wear this order, as there existed a prohibition against the wearing of foreign decorations. In support of his claim he made the following 'Statement of Services': ‘Statement of Services of Lieut.-Genl. Sir Hilgrove Turner. Who served in all the actions of the Campaigns of 1793-94-95 in Holland, Flanders, France, and Germany in the last part of 1794 he had the rank of Field Officer. In the actions of the campaign in Egypt in 1801, in the latter part of which he served as a General Officer. He was ordered with troops to South America in 1807, arrived in the Rio de la Plata, tho’ too late for the action at Buenos Aires and was under the necessity of going with the troops to the Brazils and Cape of Good Hope. He had the honour of the charge of the monuments taken in Egypt and now deposited in the British Museum which were obtained with considerable expense and risk on his part. He commanded a body of troops in Jersey, which effected a forcible landing with the Duc d'Aumont on the coast of Normandy, to aid and assist the operations of the allies in their entrance into France, at Caen bv detaining a large body of troops from joining the great army on the frontiers last year 1815 and for which he has had the honour to receive a letter of approbation from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the War Department.’ (Ref Sir Hilgrove Turner, Soldier and Courtier under the Georges, Arthur F. Loveday, Alkham Press, 1964).

Commission Documents, all on vellum, appointing Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner to be Ensign in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards, 20 February 1782, signed by George III; to be a Colonel in the Army, 1805, signed by George III; to be Colonel of a Regiment of Infantry for Service at the Cape of Good Hope, 20 March 1811, signed by George Prince Regent; to be a General in the Army from 22 July 1830, dated 1 December 1830, signed by William IV; together with two further commissions relating to his son Frederick Henry Turner as Ensign in the 3rd Foot Guards and as Ensign & Lieutenant in the same regiment, all water damaged and dificult to read in parts (Lot) £100-150

War Office Warrant of Appointment, Sir Hilgrove Turner ‘to serve as a Lieutenant General with two Aide de Camp upon the Staff of the Army serving in Jersey from the 12th June 1814’, signed by Palmerston, water damaged, torn at horizontal fold and some minor loss to margin; together with Arthur F. Loveday’s biography Sir Hilgrove Turner, Soldier and Courtier under the Georges, Alkham Press 1964 (Lot) £40-60

Eleven: Chef de Bataillin Achille LŽonard Boniface Villermain, French Army France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, 5th Class, silver, gold and enamel, severe enamel damage; Order of Agricultural Merit, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Croix de Guerre 1914-1917, bronze star on ribbon; Colonial Medal 1893, 1 clasp, Tunisie; War Commemorative Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-18, official type; French Society of War Wounded Medal 1864-66, silver; ‘U.N.C.’ Medal; Belgium, Order of Leopold I, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, gilt base metal and enamel; Romania, War Commemorative Cross 1916-18, no clasps, generally good very fine except where stated (11) £180-220 Achille LŽonard Boniface Villermain was born in Antibes, Alpes Maritimes, on 14 February 1848. He volunteered for military service in Paris on 5 February 1866. He attained the rank of Sergeant-Major in 1869 and in the following year was commissioned Adjutant and Sous Lieutenant. Promoted to Captain in 1883, he subsequently served as Acting Major and latterly attained the rank of Chef de Bataillon of Infantry. Sold with a quantity of original documents and papers, approximately 36, including: Service Book, recording Villermain originally in the 3rd Regiment de Voltigeurs, Garde ImpŽriale; Wound Certificate 1886; notification of the award of the Legion of Honour, dated 1890; Colonial Medal award document, dated 1894; commission documents; military certificates.

France, Second Empire, Italy Campaign Medal 1859, by Barre, silver, unnamed, good very fine £70-90 With an award document dated 1 January 1862, named to Corporal Onorato Cavalieri, 30th Infantry Regiment, Royal Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, who served in the 2nd Infantry Regiment , Toscana Division, during the Italian Campaign. This ragged around the edges, repaired and stained.

A Great War medal group of three awarded to Lieutenant Giuseppe Introini, 8th Infantry Regiment Italy, Kingdom, War Merit Cross, V.E.III; War Commemorative Medal 1915-18; Victory Medal, official type 1, mounted on a bar, good very fine (3) £90-110 Lieutenant Giuseppe Introini, 8th Infantry Regiment, was wounded in action on 10 October 1917. Sold with seven original documents, including a Diploma awarded by the Royal Italian Army; papers issued by the Medical Service Corps; a document from the City of Lainate, and papers from the Ministry of Finance.

An Italian Campaign 1859 pair of medals awarded to Giovanni Andoli-Pierre, 1st Granatieri Regiment France, Second Empire, Italian Campaign Medal 1859, by Barre, silver, unnamed; Franco-Sardinian Medal in Defence of the Independence of Italy 1859, obverse: busts of Napoleon III and Victor-Emanuel II, unofficial, 26mm., gilt metal, second with some edge bruising, very fine (2) £90-110 With an award document for the French Italian Campaign Medal named to Giovanni Andoli-Pierre, 1st Granatieri (Grenadier) Regiment, Royal Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, dated 1861. This torn and stained.

Russia, Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class breast badge, with swords, by Osipov, St. Petersburg, gold and enamel, manufacturer’s initials on reverse, ‘56’ zolotnik mark for 1909-17 on eyelet, and other stamp marks on sword hilts, good very fine £2000-2400 Provenance Colonel C. U. Price, Indian Army. See Lot 1164.

The Army Distinguished Service Medal and Silver Star group of five awarded to Major-General Philip Bradley Peyton, 61st Infantry Regiment, 5th Division Army Distinguished Service Medal, edge officially numbered ‘397’, bronze and enamel; Silver Star, edge officially numbered ‘4055’, reverse inscribed ‘Philip B. Peyton’; Victory Medal 1918, 3 clasps, Defensive Sector, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, official type 2 medal; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, blue enamel with some damage and repair; Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, with bronze star on ribbon and with lanyard complete with gilt fitting, generally good very fine (13) £1200-1500 Distinguished Service Medal citation: ‘For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. He took command of a regiment which had undergone six days of shell fire and commanded it with such unusual skill as to enable the regiment to capture Aincreville, Bois de Babiemont, Doulcon, and, after crossing the Meuse, to capture Hill 292, Dun-sur-Meuse, Milly-devant-Dun, Lion-devant-Dun, Cote St. Germain, Chateau Charmois, and Mouzey, thereby displaying the highest order of leadership and exhibiting the masterful qualities of a commander’. Silver Star, cited by Divisional Commander; Cunel and Bois-de-la-Poultiere. Citation: ‘For exceptional devotion to duty, energy and zeal. In the attack on Cunel and the Bois-de-la-Poultiere, 14th October 1918, by his presence, coolness, personal bravery, and excellent example under intense artillery and machine-gun fire, after not only the officers, but also the non-commissioned personnel of his Battalion had been decimated in this particular attack by seventy-five per cent, inspired the members of his command to advance against an enemy strongly fortified in the jungle of underbrush and trenches. He repeatedly disregarded his own safety in making personal reconnaissance ahead of his forces when they were held up by enemy fire’. Philip Bradley Peyton was born in Nashville, Tennessee on 22 January 1881, son of A. Newman Peyton. He was educated at the Virginia Military Institute and following his graduation in 1901, served as an Instructor in the Institute during 1901-03. During his second year at the Institute, he was a room mate of George C. Marshall - who was later, at various times, Army Chief of Staff, General of the Army, Secretary of State and Secretary of Defence. Peyton was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry in 1904 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1911, Captain in 1916, Temporary Major, August 1917-August 1918 and Major in 1920. Serving in France with the 61st Infantry during the Great War, he was awarded the American Distinguished Service Medal and Silver Star and the French Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre. As Commanding Officer of the 61st Infantry Peyton was decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal by General Pershing on 30 April 1919. Postwar he graduated from the Infantry School in 1925, the Command and General Staff School in 1926, the Army War College in 1931 and Tank School in 1932 - being promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1927, Colonel in 1935, Brigadier-General in 1937 and Major-General in 1941. He served as Commanding Officer, 12th Brigade, 1937-38; Commanding Officer, Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade, 1938; Commanding Officer, 21st Brigade, 1939; Commandant of the Army War College, 1939-40; Commanding General, 8th Infantry Division, June-December 1940, and Commanding General I Corps, 1941-42. Following a heart attack, Peyton retired from the Army on 28 February 1942. Residing in Charlottesville, Virginia, he died on 23 June 1949 and was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery. Sold with a riband bar and seven metal uniform badges, a copied photograph of the recipient and copied research.

Pair: Captain & Quarter-Master W. Cox, Army Ordnance Department South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (Condr., Ord. Store Dept.); Ashanti Star 1896, edge bruise and light contact marks to first, otherwise very fine or better and a rare combination of awards (2) £700-900 William Cox was born in Ludlow, Shropshire in May 1851 and enlisted in London in August 1870. His subsequent overseas postings were to South Africa, November 1876 to December 1888; Jamaica, March 1889 to August 1892; and Africa (Gold Coast), November 1895 to March 1896. ‘He served with distinction in the Zulu War of 1877 and 1879, and in the Ashanti Expedition of 1895-96, receiving a Medal for the former, and a Star for the latter from the late Queen Victoria. Among his treasured curios was the King of Ashanti’s chair or throne, made of mahogany, seated with leather, and handsomely decorated with gold; and the King’s executioner’s stool or block. The Captain had suffered from attacks of intermittent malarial fever, from which he suffered in Ashanti. For his services in the mobilisation of the troops for South Africa for the war of 1899-1901, Captain Cox was personally thanked by the Duke of Connaught, the late Earl of Airlie, General Stockton and General Douglas’ (local newspaper obituary notice refers). Having been commissioned back in June 1879, Cox was placed on the Retired List in the rank of Captain retired in April 1902, and he died in Ash, Frimley on 13 August 1908, after being stung by a ‘red headed fly ‘whilst fishing in the Basingstoke Canal - a carbuncle formed on his neck and blood poisoning set in causing his death; sold with further research.

Pair: Private F. A. Gidlow, West Yorkshire Regiment Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (2531 Pte., W. Yorkshire Regt.), surname spelt ‘Gedlow’, the first good very fine, the second with contact marks, edge bruising and polished, nearly very fine (2) £350-400 Frederick Arthur Gidlow was born in the parish of Holbeck, Leeds and enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment in September 1889, aged 17 years, direct from the 4th (Militia) Battalion. Posted to the East Indies with the 2nd Battalion in September 1891, and thence to Gibraltar, he was embarked for the Gold Coast in December 1895, where he served in the Ashanti Expedition and was advanced to Lance-Corporal in March 1896. Having then been placed on the Army Reserve, Gidlow was recalled by his old regiment on the outbreak of hostilities in South Africa, where he served briefly in Natal from October 1899 until returning to the U.K. in January 1900. He was discharged in July 1902; sold with research.

Three: Quarter-Master & Hon. Major J. Duggan, Army Service Corps Ashanti Star 1896; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Lt. & Q. Mr., A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. & Qr. Mr., A.S.C.), the second with repaired and re-riveted suspension claw, otherwise very fine and better and scarce (3) £500-600 Joseph Duggan, who was born in Bristol in November 1863, served in the ranks of the Army Service Corps for 12 years before being commissioned as Hon. Lieutenant & Quarter-Master in May 1901, in which period he was present in the Ashanti Expedition November 1895 to March 1896 as a Staff Sergeant-Major. Subsequently present in operations in Cape Colony from November 1900 to May 1902, he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 29 July 1902 refers). Duggan, who was advanced to Quarter-Master & Hon. Major in May 1916, was placed on the Retired List in December 1919; sold with research.

Three: Corporal E. Thompson, Army Ordnance Corps Ashanti Star 1896; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2545 Serjt., A.O.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2343 Corpl., A.O.C.), contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine and scarce (3) £500-600 Edwin (Thomas) Thompson was born in Woolwich and enlisted in the Ordnance Store Corps in September 1886, aged 19 years. Appointed 2nd Corporal in January 1893, he was present in the Ashanti Expedition from November 1895 until March 1896, when re-embarked for the U.K. Advanced to Corporal in January 1899, Thompson next witnessed active service out in South Africa, where he served from October 1899 until April 1902, and gained further advancement to Sergeant in March 1900. However, following an incident at Cork Harbour in October 1904, he was reduced to Corporal, in which rank he was finally discharged in September 1907; sold with research.

Three: Private A. Burton, West Yorkshire Regiment Ashanti Star 1896, the reverse regimentally engraved, ‘2695 Pte. A. Burton, 2 W. Yorks. R.’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2695 Pte., W. York. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2695 Pte., W. York. Regt.), minor contact marks, generally good very fine and scarce (3) £600-700 Albert Burton was born near Harrogate and enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment in May 1890, aged 21 years. Posted to the East Indies with the 2nd Battalion in September of the following year, and thence to Gibraltar, he was embarked for the Gold Coast in December 1895, where he was actively employed in the Ashanti Expedition before his return to the U.K. in February 1896. Having then been placed on the Army Reserve, Burton was recalled by his old regiment on the outbreak of hostilities in South Africa, where he served from October 1899 until July 1902, and was present in the relief of Ladysmith operations. He was discharged at York in August 1902; sold with research.

Eight: Major R. H. Green, Royal Army Medical Corps Ashanti Star 1896; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (8286 S. Major, R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (8286 Serjt.-Maj., R.A.M.C.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Hon. Lieut. & Q.M., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Q.M. & Major); Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (8286 Sjt. Mjr., R.A.M.C.), minor official correction to initials on the first, contact marks to earlier awards but generally very fine or better and rare (8) £600-800 Robert Henry Green, who was born in July 1868, served in the ranks 1889-1900 and as a Warrant Officer 1900-13, in which latter year he was commissioned as a Quarter-Master and Honorary Lieutenant, and in which period he saw active service in the Ashanti Expedition 1895-96 and in the Boer War 1899-1902, and was twice mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901 and 17 January 1902 refer). Stationed in Egypt on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he quickly returned home and was embarked for France, where he served until the end of the War, gaining three further ‘mentions ‘(London Gazette 22 June 1915, 1 January 1916 and 10 July 1919 refer), and advancement to Q.M. and Hon. Captain in July 1917 and to Temporary Major later in the same month. Green, who served at Woolwich 1919-20 and attained the substantive rank of Major on his retirement in September 1922, died in September 1948.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Lieut. F. E. M. Roe, R.N., H.M.S. Sybille) engraved naming, extremely fine £400-460 Frank Edward Mervyn Roe was born in Salisbury on 21 January 1876. He entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet in July 1890 and was appointed a Sub Lieutenant/Acting Lieutenant in September 1895 and Lieutenant in December 1898. At the time of his promotion he was serving on the Harrier and it was reported that he was ‘a Navigator of the highest class’. Later, serving on the Pelorus, August-October 1900, he was reported as being a ‘Good Navigator, untrustworthy pilot, too slow to act as executive officer’. Worse still on his next ship, the Monarch, ‘Given to drinking a good deal of wine but not been seen otherwise than sober. Slow in thought & action’. His papers show a hiatus in his service record between October 1900 and February 1905 but he is confirmed as a Lieutenant aboard the 2nd class cruiser Sybille for his Q.S.A. Medal. The Sybille was the only Royal Navy ship to be lost during the Boer War when she ran aground in bad weather off Lambert’s Bay on 16 January 1901. The Captain was ashore at the time - some reports had it that he and other Officers were attending a party - and four Officers were subsequently found guilty at a court-martial for her loss. The crew abandoned the Sybille after she struck a reef during the night and were taken off in five boats, a process that took ten hours, one man being lost. Interestingly, in light of the above events, Roe was ‘retired under the provisions of Order of Council of 30 December 1884’ in late 1902. Nevertheless his service record resumes with service on the Hermione ‘for passage home during February/March 1905. He then served on the battleship Canopus, December 1905-December 1906. On 10 December 1906 he was tried by Court Martial ‘for negligent performance of duty’ for which he was reprimanded and dismissed from the ship. Serving on Europa, January-February 1907 and Hyacinth, February-June 1907, his naval career lurched to an end when he was again tried by Court Martial ‘for drinking intoxicating liquors to excess’, for which he was deprived of one years seniority and dismissed from the ship. On 24 July 1907 as a result of his misconduct he was placed on the Retired List. Opting for the Army on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, Roe attested service with the Rifle Brigade and was promoted to Corporal in October 1914. On 23 November 1914 he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war with the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade. His brave actions on 18 December 1914 were rewarded with the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal (London Gazette 1 April 1915), the citation for which reads, ‘For gallant conduct on 18th December, 1914, in voluntarily going to reconnoitre the enemy’s trenches and remaining out for a period of three hours in a position of danger’. On 4 February 1915, near Ploegsteert Wood, he received a shrapnel wound to his arm and was invalided home. Commissioned an officer in the 5th (Reserve) Battalion Rifle Brigade on 7 February, he returned to France in May 1915 and in July was advanced to Captain. On 9 July he was wounded a second time while engaged in erecting wire entanglements in front of the trenches and was again evacuated to England. For his services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1916). Returning to France for the third time in March 1916, Captain Roe, 12th Battalion Rifle Brigade was mortally wounded on 6 June 1916 and died the next day at No.10 Casualty Clearing Station. He was buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Sold with copied Royal Navy service paper, Army service papers and other research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (4260 Pte. F. Perrin, 2 Hampshire Regt.) nearly extremely fine £80-100 Fred Perrin was born in Lanarckshire. A Groom by occupation and serving in the Hampshire Militia, he attested for service with the Hampshire Regiment on 22 September 1893, aged 19 years. With the 2nd Battalion he served in South Africa, January 1900-September 1902. Transferred to the Army Reserve in December 1902, he was discharged on completion of his period of service in September 1905. Sold with copied service papers. .

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (3453 Pte. W. Moyle, 2 Hampshire Regt.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £90-110 William Moyle was born in Rawalpindi, India. A Labourer by occupation and a member of the 3rd (Militia) Battalion Hampshire Regiment, he attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 9 March 1891, aged 18 years. With the 2nd Battalion he served in India, February 1893-December 1898. He was transferred to the Army Reserve in December 1898 but recalled for service in December 1899. Returning to the 2nd Battalion he served in South Africa, January 1900-October 1901; Malta, September 1903-December 1905; Bermuda, December 1905-September 1907 and South Africa, September 1907-March 1910. When serving in the Boer War, he was reported ‘missing in action’ at Pretoria, 5 June 1900. Having been taken prisoner he was released and rejoined his unit on 27 June. Moyle several times ran foul of the army authorities, being convicted of using insubordinate language to a superior officer in April 1892 (42 days imprisonment); destruction of his equipment and clothing in October 1893 (84 days imprisonment); desertion when on active service in July 1901 (6 months imprisonment), and escaping from prison in September 1901 (7 months imprisonment). With the rank of Lance-Sergeant he was discharged on 17 March 1912.

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (4753 Pte. A. Herbert, 1st Hamp. Regt.) very fine £90-110 Albert Herbert was born in Southampton. A Labourer by occupation and a member of the 3rd (Militia) Battalion Hampshire Regiment, he attested for service with the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 12 December 1895, aged 20 years, 4 months. With the 1st Battalion he served in India, February 1898-February 1903; Aden, February-June 1903 and Somaliland, June 1903-March 1904. He was transferred to the Army Reserve in March 1904, and after re-engaging in 1907, was finally discharged in December 1911. Sold with copied service papers.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (200 Sergt. E. Smyth, 37th Foot) good very fine £80-100 Edward Smyth was born in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone. He attested for service with the 37th Regiment at Belfast on 11 February 1858, aged 18 years. Attaining the rank of Sergeant in November 1862, he was discharged at Gosport on 24 February 1879. Sold with copied service papers.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (4544 Sgt. W. Bailey, Hamps. R.) nearly extremely fine £80-100.

Pair: Colour Serjeant Joseph Whichells, 37th Regiment and Pembroke Rifle Volunteers Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Corpl. I. Whichelloe, 37th Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2540 Cr. Serjt. Josh. Whichells, 37th Foot) note different initial and spelling of surname, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £280-320 Joseph Whichells was born near Buckingham. A Bricklayer by occupation, he attested for service with the 37th Regiment at Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire on 15 September 1846, aged 18 years, 6 months. With the regiment he served in Ceylon for 10 years, 3 months and in India for 8 months. Serving in the supression of the Indian Mutiny, he was wounded in action at ‘Arrah Dinapore’ on 29 July 1857. With the 37th Regiment he attained the rank of Serjeant in April 1857. He was appointed Colour Serjeant on loan to the Pembroke Rifle Volunteers from 2 March 1864. He was discharged at Pembroke on 18 November 1867. Sold with copied service papers.

Pair: Private W. Knight, 67th Regiment China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (67th Regt.) officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2364 67th Foot) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £240-280 William Knight was born in the Parish of Dean, near Basingstoke. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the 67th Regiment at Basingstoke on 7 October 1843, aged 19 years, 6 months. He served with the regiment for over three years in Gibraltar, for under a year in India and for nearly 5 years in China. He was discharged at Athlone on 29 November 1864. Sold with copied discharge papers.

Pair: Private J. Murphy, 67th Regiment Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Charasia, Kabul (40.E/439 Pte., 67th Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (439 Pte., 2d Bn. Hamps. R.) mounted court style for wear, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine (2) £340-380 Recommended for the award of the Army L.S. & G.C. Medal but this was not sanctioned.

Pair: Private H. Sivier, 1st and 2nd Battalions Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1889-92 (1262 Pte., 1st Bn. Hamps. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (1262 Pte., 2nd Hampshire Regt.) good very fine (2) £240-280 Henry Sivier was born in Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire. A Shepherd by occupation, he enlisted into the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 3 December 1883, aged 18 years. With them he served in Malta, India and Burma. He was discharged at Aldershot on 20 April 1901 after completing 9 years in the Army and 7 years in the Reserve. Sold with recipient’s Army Accounts Book and parchment Certificates of Discharge and Character.

Pair: Sergeant W. Young, 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1889-92 (40/1725 Lce. Corpl., 1st Bn. Hamps. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3807 Sgt., Hamps. R.) first with correction to rank, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £200-240 William Young was born in Brighton, Sussex. A Labourer by occupation and having served in the Militia, he attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Brighton on 8 June 1880, aged 20 years. With the 1st Battalion, he served in Malta, July 1884-January 1886; India, January 1886-November 1888; Burma, November 1888-February 1891 and India again, February 1891-May 1901. He was discharged on 22 June 1901 on the termination of his period of engagement. Sold with copied service papers.

Five: Private G. Wright, 1st and 2nd Battalions Hampshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (5509 Pte., 2nd Hampshire Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5509 Pte., 1/Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (5509 Pte., Hamps. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5509 Pte., Hants. R.) mounted court style for wear, some contact marks, good fine and better (5) £220-260 Private George Wright served in Boer War with the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment. He re-enlisted on 16 September 1910. Serving with the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 24 August 1914. He was ‘recommended for distinguished service, 25th April to 4th May [1915]’ for ‘taking messages under fire’. He was discharged due to wounds on 10 July 1917 and was awarded the Silver War Badge. Sold with copied roll extract, m.i.c. and other research.

Five: Flight Lieutenant G. Oliver, Royal Air Force, late Warrant Officer Class 2, Hampshire Regiment Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (4925 L. Corpl., 1st Hamp. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (4925 C.Q.M. Sjt., Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (4925 W.O. Cl.II, Hamps. R.) these three with slightly later style naming; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4925 C.S. Mjr., Hants. R.) mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (5) £220-260 Company Quartermaster Sergeant George Oliver, Hampshire Regiment, entered the Balkan theatre of war on 25 April 1915. He is listed as having been wounded in action (in the groin) on 9 May 1915. He was commissioned on 31 July 1917 and served as a Flight Lieutenant in the R.A.F. Sold with copied roll extract, m.i.c. and other research. .

Five: Company Quartermaster Serjeant E. D. Welch, 7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (305013 C. Sjt., Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (84 Sjt., Hamps. R.); Defence; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (305013 C.Q.M. Sjt., 7/Hamps. R.) mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (5) £160-200 Awarded the T.F.E.M. by Army Order February 1919. Sold with some copied research.

Four: Serjeant R. A. Henderson, 9th Battalion Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (184 Sjt., Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (184 Sjt., Hamps. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (355089 Sjt., 9/Hamps.) last part officially re-impressed, mounted court style for wear, minor edge bruising, good very fine (4) £140-180 Awarded the T.F.E.M. by Army Order February 1920. Sold with some copied research.

Four: Private E. Brewer, 5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (1316 Pte., Hamp. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1316 Pte., Hamps. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (240119 Pte., Hamps. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240119 Pte., 5/Hamps. R.) mounted court style for wear, good very fine (4) £180-220 Awarded the T.F.E.M. by Army Order August 1919. Sold with some copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain R. P. Fenn, 2nd/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) nearly extremely fine (3) £700-900 M.C. London Gazette 7 November 1918. ‘2nd Lt., Hampshire R.’ ‘For conspicuous gallantry and fine leadership. He led his company forward under intense enemy fire until it was impossible to advance any further. He then proceeded to consolidate his position with much skill, though continuously exposed to fire at close range. His coolness and disregard of danger were a splendid example to his men’. Richard Playford Fenn was born in Eastbourne, Sussex on 17 November 1880. He was educated at Tonbridge School and The Royal Naval School and gained a B.A. at Jesus College, Oxford in 1904. As a Schoolmaster living at ‘The School’, Summersdale, Chichester, he attested for service with the Army Reserve on 25 November 1915, aged 35 years. After service with the 16th (Reserve) Battalion London Regiment, he was appointed to a commission in the 9th Reserve Battalion Hampshire Regiment on 25 April 1917. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 1 June 1918 serving with the 2/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment and won the M.C. for his gallantry in the operations in the Adre Valley in July. Laterly appointed Captain and Adjutant, he relinquished his rank on 20 April 1919. Sold with a quantity of copied service papers and other research.

A fine Peninsula War group awarded to Major-General Sir Charles Bruce, K.C.B., 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment (a) The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s neck badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1814, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, with its original 110mm investment neck cravat with gold clasp (b) Army Gold Cross 1806-14, for Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes (Lieutt. Coll./Chas. Bruce/39th Foot) complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle (c) Field Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Vittoria, 1 clasp, Nivelle (Lieut. Colonel Charles Bruce) extremely fine (3) £25000-30000 Charles Bruce was born in the East Indies on 24 March 1777, and joined the army aged fifteen as an Ensign in the 52nd Foot in February 1792; Lieutenant, 99th Foot, August 1793; Captain 105th Foot, April 1794; Captain 39th Foot, October 1795; Brevet Major 1803; Major 39th Foot, March 1805; Lieutenant-Colonel 39th Foot, July 1810. Captain Bruce served with the 39th in the West Indies at Surinam and Antigua and was present at the capture of Demerara, Berbice and Essequibo in 1796, and remained in the West Indies until December 1803. Returning home he served at Malta from December 1805, and in Sicily, as Major, in 1809. In 1810 the 39th joined Wellington’s army in the Peninsula, and Bruce was present in the battles of Vittoria, 21 June 1813, where he commanded the 1st Battalion of the 39th, and had his horse shot under him, and at Nivelle, Nive and Orthes. During the invasion of France he was severely wounded in the face in the attack on the Heights of Garris, near St Pallais, on 15 February 1814, and received a gratuity of one year’s pay. He was, on this last occasion, mentioned in Wellington’s dispatch, dated ‘St Jean de Luz’, 20 February 1814: ‘On the 15th .. towards St Palais .. the 2nd division .. should attack in front. Those troops made a most gallant attack upon the enemy’s position, which was remarkably strong, but which was carried without very considerable loss .. the enemy .. made repeated attempts to regain the position, particularly in two attacks, which were most gallantly received and repulsed by the 39th regiment .. The Major-General [Pringle], and Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce, of the 39th, were unfortunately wounded.’ After the battle of Toulouse, 10 April 1814, where the regiment unfortunately played no part, Bruce sailed for Canada with the 1st Battalion of the 39th from Bordeaux, and returned the following year to command the 2nd Battalion in France. He was made C.B. in 1815, and remained serving with the army before Paris and with the Army of occupation until 1816, when he was placed on half-pay by reduction. Made Brevet Colonel in August 1819, he went on full pay as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 69th Foot in March 1820, went on half-pay again in April 1826, by reduction, before returning to full pay as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 64th Foot in May 1828. Advanced to K.C.B. in 1831, Major-General Bruce died in 1832.