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Click here to subscribeNational Temperance League medals (2), Military branch: N.T.L.1 (2), one with ‘Two Years’ bar; Army Temperance Association: Home medals (4), A.T.A.H.2; A.T.A.H.4; A.T.A.H.13 (2), one with brooch bar; Royal Army Temperance Association medals (5), R.A.T.A.9; R.A.T.A.10; R.A.T.A.11; R.A.T.A.14; R.A.T.A.16; Royal Naval Temperance Society medals (2), R.N.T.S.1; R.N.T.S.3, with ‘Fidelity’ brooch bar, most with ribbon, mostly good very fine (13) £80-100 £80-£100
A group of five military presentation medallions awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. J. W. Malet, O.B.E., Royal Hussars u.S.A., Department of the Army, by Dondero Inc., obv. trophy-of-arms, rev. plain, undated, 76mm., bronze-gilt, in case of issue, inside with plaque, ‘Presented by General John A. Wickham, Jr, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army’; Portugal, Ecercito Portugus, obv. heraldic shield and helmet, rev. inscribed, ‘From General Jorge Salazar Braga, Chief of the Portuguese Army Staff, March 1985’, 90mm., bronze, in velvet covered case of issue; Brazil, Ecercito Brasileiro, obv. bust of Luis Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias (1803-1880), undated, 70mm., silvered bronze, in velvet covered case of issue bearing gilt and enamel emblem of Brazil, inside of lid inscribed, ‘Exercito Brasileiro Presena Nacional’; France, Plaquette, bearing a shield marked, ‘E.M.A.T.’ and the inscription, ‘Offert par le General d’Armee Maurice Schmitt Chef d’Etat-Major de l’Armee de Terre Franaise au Lieutenant-Colonel G. J. Malet, Mars 1987’, 125 x 77mm., silvered metal, in Delsart, Sens case of issue; Oriental (? Vietnam), Commemorative Bronze Medal, 1927-1987, 49mm, in case of issue, all unnamed except where stated, virtually mint state (5) £80-120 O.B.E. London Gazette 31 December 1987. ‘Lieutenant Colonel, The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own)’. Recommendation states, ‘Lt Col Malet has been Head of the Army Section of the Foreign Liaison Section since November 1983. His duties cover maintaining a close liaison with all the foreign MilitaryAttaches in London, staffing their many requests for information, hosting representational functions, arranging and escorting Attache group visits to UK and BAOR Military establishments, coordinating programmes for foreign military visitors and planning, programme and escorting CGS’s inbound COS visitors. ...... Dealing with the representatives of foreign countries provides unlimited scope for disaster but he has always foreseen and therefore averted problems. He is held in extremely high regard by all the foreign representatives who value his friendship, direction and help. ....’ greville John Wyndham Malet was born on 6 December 1939, the son of Captain John Wyndham Malet (1910-40) and June Rosalind nee Broadley, and was a scion of the Malet Baronets. He was educated at Harrow and in July 1958, after serving in the ranks for 242 days, he gained a commission in the 10th Hussars. Following the regiment’s amalgamation with the 11th Hussars in 1969, he continued to serve with the Royal Hussars. He was appointed G.S.O.2 (Author) at the R.A.C. Tactical School, December 1971-January 1974 and held the rank of Acting-Major from December 1971 until promoted to that rank in December 1972. In July 1980 he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; was awarded the O.B.E. in 1987 and was placed on Retired Pay in February 1990. He married in 1972, the Hon. Margaret Cherry Wigram, eldest daughter of the 2nd Baron Wigram, with whom he had two children. Latterly living at the Walled House, Hathertop, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, he died on 5 September 2004. william Malet, the founder of the Malet family in England, was a companion of William the Conqueror at Hastings and was related by marriage to Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy. Sold with copied research. £80-£120
South East Asia,Ê1945-47, an interesting quantity of paperwork and a photograph albumÊrelating to Captain Lyndsey Godfrey RM,Êincluding various maps of Sumatra, Java and Malaya, a manual printed on silk for the Identification of Japanese army equipment, the photograph album includes photographs of Japanese and Korean officers arrested for war crimes, and a series of snapshots of a prisoner of war camp in Java - all images are neatly captioned,Êthe lot also includes aÊ41ppÊprinted ' Report on RAPWI in Java ', and some cuttings etc. relating to the immediate post-war situation in Indonesia, in all some 20 items, generally in good condition, and an unusual lot £100-150 £100-£150
Hood, J. & Young, C. J., American Orders & Societies and Their Decorations, Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co., Philadelphia, 1917, 107pp., plus coloured plates, original blue cloth; MacMunn, Major G. F., The Armies of India, Adam & Charles Black, London, 1911, with colour plates by Major A. C. Lovett, xiv, 224pp., original blue cloth with gilt decoration; Russell, W. H., The British Expedition to the Crimea, Routledge & Co., London, 1858, vi, 629pp., with maps, half calf; Stocqueler, J. H., The British Soldier: an Annecdotal History of the British Army, Orr & Co., London, 1857, viii, 315pp., original red boards; Johnson, S. C., Chats on Military Curios, Unwin, London, 342pp., original red cloth, some wear to covers, fairly good condition (5) £60-80 £60-£80
Payne, A. A., A Handbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations awarded to the Army and Navy ..., J. W. Northend, Sheffield, 1st edition, 1911, lxix, 811pp, with b/w plates, top edge gilt, original blue cloth with gilt emblems and lettering, and original dust cover, very good condition, scarce in this state £140-180 Sold with a letter from the author to ‘Colonel Fraser, dated 14 August 1917, in which he warns about forgeries and advises where to buy and sell. £140-£180
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (Robt. Lackie, 43rd Foot) edge brusing, otherwise nearly very fine £800-1000 Robert Lackie was born in the Parish of Ahogil, County Antrim, and attested for the 43rd Light Infantry at Dublin on 3 April 1813, aged 23, a volunteer from the Antrim Militia. He served in the ‘Peninsula & France from August 1813 to June 1814; New Orleans; Army of Occupation from June 1815 to October 1818; Portugal from January 1827 to March 1828; Gibraltar seven years; North America from 15th July 1835 to 31st May 1838’. He was discharged at La Prairie, Lower Canada, on 31 May 1838, in consequence of ‘disability and impaired constitution from length of service, also a varicose state of the veins of the legs, rendering him unable to march or to perform the active duties of the service.’ Sold with copy discharge papers. see also Lot 796 for the South Africa 1834-53 pair awarded to his son. £800-£1000
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (2831 Pte. J. Edmons, 2d Bn. Oxf. L. Infy.) in (damaged) card box of issue, nearly extremely fine £180-220 James Edmons was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 17 October 1887. With them he served in India, September-October 1889; Burma, October 1889-December 1892, and India, December 1892-May 1894. He was transferred to the Army Reserve in October 1894 and finally discharged as time expired on 16 October 1899. sold with copied service papers. £180-£220
Pair: Private G. Lackie, 43rd Regiment south Africa 1834-53 (43rd Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (1247 43rd Foot) minor edge bruising, very fine and better (2) £350-400 George Lackie was born in Gibraltar. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the 43rd Regiment at Fredricton, New Brunswick, on 29 November 1837, aged 14 years, 7 months. With the regiment he served 8 years 5 months in North America, 2 years at the Cape of Good Hope and 8 years 9 months in the East Indies. He was awarded the South Africa Medal for service in the Third Kaffir War, 1850-53. Lackie was discharged due to medical disability on 21 April 1863, aged 40 years. Sold with copied discharge papers. for his father’s medal, see lot 777. £350-£400
Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant W. Walton, 43rd Regiment indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Colr. Serjt., 43rd Light Infantry); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (969 Qr. Master-Sergt., 43rd Foot), both with silver brooch bars, first with slight scratch to ‘Queen’s’ cheek, very fine (3) £400-450 William Walton was born in Cambridge. A Butcher by occupation, he attested into the 43rd Regiment at Cambridge on 27 August 1853, aged 18 years. With them he served in the East Indies for 12 years, 6 months, which included service in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny. Attaining the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant in September 1868, he was subsequently awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal with a gratuity of £10. He was discharged in 1875 having completed his second period of limited engagement. Sold with Silver Cased Hunter Pocket Watch, by Charles Frodsham, London, inscribed, ‘Presented by the Sergts. 43rd Lt. Infty. to Qr. Mr. Sergt. W. Walton as a token of esteem after 21 years service’, hallmarks for London 1874, complete with key (condition of internal workings unknown), in case. Also with copied service papers. £400-£450
Pair: Corporal T.O. Williams, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry india General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4906 Private, 2d Bn. Oxf. Lt. Infy.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4906 Cpl., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £100-140 £100-£140
Five: Serjeant H. J. Evans, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry india General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3902 Pte. E. Evans, 2nd Bn. Oxf. Lt. Infy.), note initial; 1914 Star (3902 Sjt., 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (3902 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3902 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a mounted set of five miniature dress medals, first with edge bruising and some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (10) £240-280 £240-£280
Four: Serjeant R. L. Wood, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, killed in action, 21 October 1914 queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6753 Pte. R. S. Wood, Oxford. L.I.), note initials; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (6753 Sjt., 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (6753 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Leslie Wood), in card envelope, first with edge bruising, very fine; others extremely fine (5) £400-500 M.I.D. London Gazette 17 February 1915 (French). robert Leslie Wood was born and lived in Ewell, Surrey, and enlisted in London. Serving with the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. He was killed in action on 21 October 1914, aged 32 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He was the son of Thomas and Emily Wood of Mount Pleasant, Ewell. Plaque in original envelope addressed to ‘Mr T. Wood, Mount Pleasant, West Street, Ewell, Surrey’. sold with a newspaper cutting mounted on card, ‘‘For all say Bob died a gallant death.’ This is a sentence in a letter which has been received describing how died a born son of Ewell, Sergt. R. L. Wood, whose mother lives at Mount Pleasant. The deceased was a much respected non-commissioned officer of the 2nd Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. He had been in the army 14 years and saw service in the South African war. .... The writer obtained his information from a lance-corporal in deceased’s regiment, who said: ‘The 2nd Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Regiment was ordered to advance, and Bob, with his platoon, was going behind the hedge, when he got wounded in the leg. Although they told him to fall out, he still kept on. ‘Come on lads!’ he said. ‘I am not done yet; its no good staying here.’ He got them through the hedge, into the firing line, and fell shot through the heart. They all say Bob died a gallant death in bringing his men up as he did under a terrible fire. There is no need to try to express my sorrow to you. It is some small comfort to know he died a brave man.’ In another letter the same writer says that the lance-corporal ... helped to bury Sergt. Wood near the spot ‘where he died a gallant death’....’ £400-£500
Three: Serjeant E. Ludlow, Oxfordshire Light Infantry queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Transvaal (257 Sejt., Oxford. Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (257 Serjt., Oxford. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C, E.VII.R. (257 Serjt., Oxford. L.I.) some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (lot) £280-320 Edward Ludlow was born in Harvington, near Evesham, Worcestershire. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Warwick on 26 January 1882, aged 19 years, having previously served in the 3rd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. With the 1st Battalion he served in India, March 1883-February 1887 and in South Africa, 22 December 1899-4 October 1902. Qualified as a Serjeant Instructor in Musketry in 1898 and in the same year was recorded as the Best Shot of the Battalion. Whilst serving in the Boer War, Serjeant Ludlow was wounded in the action at Paardeberg, 18 February 1900. He was discharged at Chatham on 25 January 1903 at the termination of his period of engagement. Sold with three original photographs; his Certificate of Musketry which qualified him as a Serjeant Instructor in Musketry, September 1898; four cloth Serjeant’s chevrons, one inscribed in ink on reverse, ‘My Boer War Stripes. Was wearing these when Wounded at Paardeberg on the 18th of February 1900. God Save the Queen. Sergeant Edward Ludlow’; cloth musketry badge; metal cap badge; Shooting Medallion, 38mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1903, unnamed, in case; copied service papers and other research. £280-£320
Six: Colour Serjeant S. G. White, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 Star, with copy slip-on clasp (9905 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), late issue; British War and Victory Medals (9905 C. Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), these two with contact marks and worn; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5373240 C. Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5373240 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a mounted set of five miniature dress medals as above but lacking ‘Defence’, minor contact marks, about very fine except where stated (14) £220-260 Sold with Silver Cased Half Hunter Pocket Watch, by Coombes, Rangoon & London, rev. inscribed, ‘52nd Light Infantry Regimental Rifle Meeting 1931, Winner Regimental Championship, Sergt. S. J. White’, glass to front casing cracked (condition of internal workings unknown), with chain, with an Army Rifle Association Medal attached as a fob, this bronze, rev. inscribed, ‘18th Hussars Cup, 1924, Sergt. S. White’; with cap badge. £220-£260
Four: Company Quartermaster Serjeant W. F. Taylor, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry british War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (265029 C. Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (337 Sjt., Bucks. Bn. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (265029 C.Q.M. Sjt., 4/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals, good very fine and better (8) £160-200 M.S.M. London London 18 January 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders’. m.I.D. London Gazette 21 December 1917 (Haig) (France). the recipient came from Stantonbury. £160-£200
Four: Serjeant S. C. Jiggins, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Army Cyclist Corps british War and Victory Medals (117 Pte., A. Cyc. Corps); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5376800 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5376800 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), mounted as worn, edge bruising, first two worn; others nearly very fine and better (4) £100-140 £100-£140
Three: Serjeant A. Lambert, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry british War and Victory Medals (25130 A.C. Sjt., Oxf. & Bcks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (25130 Sjt., 11/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising, contact marks, fine (3) £100-140 M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders’. the recipient came from Plaistow. £100-£140
Pair: Private E. W. Moseley, 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, killed in action, 22 August 1917 british War and Victory Medals (20357 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Edward William Moseley), in card envelope, extremely fine (lot) £120-160 edward William Moseley was born in Eton, Buckinghamshire and enlisted at Slough. Serving with the 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he was killed in action on 22 August 1917, aged 35 years. He was buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery. He was the son of James Moseley and Agnes Pallot (his wife), of Eton and the husband of Nellie Ida Moseley of 58 Eton Square, Eton, Buckinghamshire. sold with three photographs of the recipient in Church Lads’ Brigade uniform and two (in frames) in Army uniform; Church Lads’ Brigade Discharge Certificate, dated 6 June 1900, discharged at his own request having joined the 1st Bucks. R.V.C.; forwarding slip and damaged envelope for Memorial Plaque; four embroidered cards - two from the recipient inscribed and dated, 17 May 1917 and 21 June 1917, and cap and other badges (5). for his son’s medals, see Lot 1275. £120-£160
Pair: Captain and Quartermaster G. F. L. Hayes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Norfolk Regiment and Army Pay Corps british War Medal 1914-20 (Q.M. & Capt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (323 S. Sjt., A.P.C.), second with minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine (2) £90-120 George Frederick Lacy Hayes was born in Calcutta on 13 September 1865 (elsewhere given as 28 March 1866). A Clerk by occupation, he enlisted into the Norfolk Regiment at Cork on 13 February 1883. He served seven years with the Norfolks, two years with the Military Staff Corps and twelve years with the Army Pay Corps, during which time he served in India, South Africa and Burma. For his services he was awarded the India General Service Medal with clasp for Burma 1887-89, the Queen’s and King’s South Africa Medals and the Army L.S. & G.C. He was discharged at his own request with the rank of Staff Quartermaster Sergeant in 1905. With the onset of war he applied for a posting in the Army and in 1915 was appointed Captain and Quartermaster to the 1st Garrison Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in India. He returned to England in June 1919 suffering from a number of medical complaints and in November was released from duty. Sold with copied servce papers. £90-£120
Group of medals and papers to the Paske family: three: Major-General W. Paske, Indian Army punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Ensign, 28th Bl. Native Infy.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Lieut., 3rd Punjab Infy.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn., 28th Bengal N.I.), mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine a Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Paske, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Capt., Oxford L.I.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1937, mounted court style as worn, very fine and better national Service League Medal (Major A. G. Paske, September 1910) 18ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1910, 24mm., complete with ‘N.S.L. For Merit’ gold brooch bar, extremely fine (lot) £2600-3000 Major-General William Paske william Paske was born on 20 May 1828 and baptised in Madras. He was commissioned an Ensign in the Indian Army on 11 February 1845. He was promoted to Lieutenant in May 1852, Captain, in the Bengal Staff Corps in June 1857, Captain in the Army, July 1858, Major in February 1865, Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1871 and Colonel in February 1876. Paske retired with the rank of Colonel on 14 August 1876 and on 28 October 1876 was promoted to Major-General. In the 2nd Sikh War, he served with the 28th Bengal Native Infantry in the force under General Sir H. M. Wheeler against the forces of Ram Singh. During 1850-53 he served in the expedition against the Ranezais and other hill tribes on the N.W. Frontier. In the suppression of the Indian Mutiny he was employed in watching and pursuing mutineers and mutinous regiments in flight. He received the thanks of the Secretary of State for India, the Governor-General and Chief Commander of the Punjab, for his assistance in suppressing the mutiny in the wing of the 4th Native Infantry at Hooshyarporein 1858. Latterly living in Elgin Crescent, Kensington, he died on 29 February 1908. Sold with framed photograph of the recipient in uniform; commission documents (10) for the ranks of Ensign (2), Lieutenant (2), Captain (3), Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel; an ‘In Memoriam’ card for his wife Eliza, who died in May 1882, and some copied research. lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Paske d.S.O. London Gazette 4 June 1917. ‘Maj. and Hon. Lt-Col., Oxf. and Bucks. L.I., Spec. Res.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917; 15 May 1917; 5 July 1919. george Frederick Paske, 3rd son of the above, was born on 30 April 1864 and baptised in Clapham Surrey. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Oxford Militia on 10 April 1886 and was promoted to Captain in March 1890. Appointed an Honorary Captain in the Army, 2 November 1900, with the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; he served in the Boer War in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900. Promoted to Major in September 1906. During the Great War he served as Major and Honorary Colonel of the 3rd Battalion Ox. & Bucks. L.I., serving in Gallipoli and France as an Assistant Provost-Marshal. For his wartime services he was three times mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. Paske relinquished his commission whilst retaining his rank, on 16 September 1920. Lieutenant-Colonel Paske died on 6 January 1945. Sold with three M.I.D. certificates; photograph of the recipient in uniform and some copied research. major Arthur Goldingham Paske arthur Goldingham Paske, 2nd son of William Paske, and an elder brother of George Frederick above, was born on 2 October 1861 and baptised in Missouri, India. He was commissioned into the 3rd Middlesex Militia in February 1881, was a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers in July 1881 and a Captain in the Reserve in December 1888. He was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 21 December 1889 and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1892 and Captain in February 1900. He was latterly a Major in the Reserve of Officers and sometime Mayor of Aylesbury. Sold with a silver Cup, inscribed, ‘A. G. Paske, 2nd 1/4 Mile, Ealing, 1880’; a silver napkin ring, inscribed, ‘A. G. Paske, 1885’, and a framed document bearing the Armorial Bearings of Major Arthur Goldingham Paske; also with commission document appointing A. G. Paske as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Middlesex (Royal Westminster) Regiment, and Musketry Certificate, 1888. sold with a large quantity of items and papers relating to the Paske family, including the ‘Paske’ Family tree showing family members from the 16th Century, in metal protective case; the ‘Haselfoot’ Family tree (with whom the Paske family had connection) showing family members from the 16th Century, in metal protective case; Grant of Arms to Theophilus Paske-Haselfoot, with seal in metal case, all contained in damaged leather case of issue; belts (2); wooden shield of Clare College Cambridge; hat plumes in card case; Swagger Stick commemorating the Coronation of 1937. £2600-£3000
A Great War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Temporary Warrant Officer Class I T. A. Love, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, captured by the Turks at Kut-el-Amara, 29 April 1916, he commanded the men of the battalion as prisoners-of-war, being ‘vilified, insulted and reviled by the Turks’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5574 T.R.S. Mjr., 1/O. & B. L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (557 Corl., Oxford. Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5574 Corpl., Oxford. L.I.); 1914-15 Star (5574 C.Q.M. Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, small M.I.D. oak leaf (5574 T.W.O. Cl.1, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.. 1st issue (5574 W.O. Cl.II, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), mounted as worn but 1914-15 Star detached, edge bruising, contact marks, worn (7) £3000-3500 d.C.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917 (No citation). m.I.D. London Gazette 13 July 1916. thomas A. Love was born in Woking, Surrey. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Slough on 4 November 1897. With them he served in South Africa, December 1899-February 1902, and India, March-October 1902 and October 1907-December 1914. With the onset of war, he served with the 1st Battalion Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. in the Indian Expeditionary Force from 20 December 1914. Promoted to Company Quartermaster Sergeant in January 1915, he was appointed Temporary Regimental Sergeant-Major on 12 October 1915. The battalion formed part of Townsend’s besieged force at Kut-el-Amara and C.S.M. Love was captured upon the capitulation of Kut on 30 April 1916. With the officers separated from the other ranks, C.S.M. Love was placed in command of the 250 plus men of the battalion able to march into captivity. The captives, already weakened by disease, were then subjected to forced marches, starvation, beatings and indifference which was to cause untold deaths. captain Neville in his History of the 43rd and 52nd (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) Light Infantry in the Great War, 1914-1919, wrote, ‘Upon Regimental Sergeant-Major Love, D.C.M., descended the mantle of leadership, and, as ever in the history of the 43rd, this gallant warrant officer assumed it and all its responsibilities. Sick though he was, he never spared himself in his efforts to protect those in his charge. Quick to realise that the lives of his men depended on him, he enforced discipline and self-control with all the strength of his character and training at the cost of his popularity, ably supported in all his endeavours by Quartermaster Sergeant Burbidge, D.C.M., Sergeant Ward, D.C.M. and the non-commissioned officers. Vilified, insulted and reviled by the Turks, he never for one moment surrendered to the enemy, though their prisoner, nor gave up the unequal contest. His wholly admirable conduct under treatment which few Englishmen have ever been called upon to endure should be remembered by those who have the honour to serve in the 43rd as an example of leadership, courage and determination ...’ He remained a prisoner-of-war until 24 November 1918 when he was repatriated. For his services in the field between 5 October 1915 and 17 January 1916, Love was mentioned in despatches, and for these and services prior to the capitulation of Kut, he was awarded the D.C.M. of the estimated 308 rank and file members of the 43rd Regiment (1st O. & B. L.I.) and 77 reservists and others attached to the 43rd, present at the surrender of Kut on 29 April 1916, some 277 are believed to have died in Turkish captivity. sold with copied service papers, m.i.c. and other research. For his son’s medals, see Lot 1085. £3000-£3500
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.M. group of eight awarded to Serjeant D. J. Wright, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry military Medal, G.V.R. (5469 Sjt., 1/O. & B.L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5469 Corl., Oxford. Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5469 Serjt., Oxford. L.I.); 1914-15 Star (5469 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (5469 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5469 Sjt., O. & B.L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (5469 Sjt., M.M., Oxf. & Bucks.), mounted as worn, Q.S.A./K.S.A. with edge bruising and contact marks, fine; others good very fine and better (8) £650-750 M.M. London Gazette 20 October 1916; Edinburgh Gazette 24 October 1916. m.I.D. London Gazette 19 October 1916 (General Sir Percy Lake, G.O.C. Indian Expeditionary Force ‘D’); Gazette of India 12 October 1916. In the London Gazette he is listed under the ‘Royal Army Medical Corps’. david Joseph Wright was born in 1879. He enlisted into the Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. in London on 7 July 1897. As a Serjeant in the 1st Battalion he entered the Mesopotamian theatre of war on 5 December 1914. Served in the Indian Expeditionary Force under General Lake and was most probably involved in the attempts to relieve the British and Indian force, including men of his battalion, trapped at Kut-el-Amara. In October 1916 his services were rewarded, being mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.M. He was discharged in June 1919 after completing his second period of service. Postwar he served in the Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary, being employed during the General Strike of 1926. sold with recipient’s Certificate of Education, 28 March 1905; Regimental Orders, Lucknow, 15 March 1907, Sergeant Wright listed on Married Roll; Discharge Certificate; Character Certificate; Metropolitan Police Special Constables’ Certificate of Appreciation re. the National Strike of 1926; Oxfordshire Light Infantry pamphlet; 1st Battalion Oxf. & Buck. L.I. Coronation 1911 Souvenir booklet - listing officers and men of battalion; newspaper cuttings; five original card backed photographs; together with copied m.i.c., roll and gazette extracts. Also with riband bars, cap badge and a few buttons. £650-£750
Three: Sergeant-Major J. Obey, King’s Royal Rifle Corps afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1129 Cr. Sgt., 2/60th Foot); Army L.S.& G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (1129 Cr. Sergt., K.R. Rif. C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Sergt. Major, 2/K.R.R.C.) slight contact marks, very fine (3) £450-550 James Obey was born in Twickenham, Middlesex. A Groom by occupation, he attested for service with the 60th Rifles on 20 July 1864, aged 18 years. He was promoted to Corporal in September 1867, Sergeant in June 1870 and Colour Sergeant in July 1874. With the 2nd Battalion he served in India and in the Afghan War. He was advanced to Sergeant-Major in November 1886. He qualified for the Long Service medal in July 1885 and received a gratuity of £5. Sergeant-Major Obey was awarded the M.S.M. with an annuity of £15 in July 1887. He died on 6 March 1912. Sold with copied attestation papers. £450-£550
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Lieut. Col. J. Bradshaw, 1st Bn. 60th R. Rifles) good very fine £800-1000 Joseph Bradshaw was commissioned an Ensign by purchase in the 37th Foot on 12 May 1825. Then serving with the 60th Rifles, he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase on 27 August 1841. In the 2nd Sikh War, Lieutenant-Colonel Bradshaw commanded the 1st Battalion 60th Rifles during the second seige operations at Mooltan. He was present at the battle of Goojerat and was with the force in pursuit of the Sikh Army until its surrender at Rawalpindi. He then commanded a Brigade west of the Indus in pursuit of the Afghan Army beyond the Khyber Pass. He was then in command of the Field Force during operations against the Hill Tribes in the Eusofzye Country on 11 and 14 December 1849, when the enemy was heavily defeated. Bradshaw then commanded the advance guard, to and from Kohat, in the expedition against the Afridi Tribes in February 1850. Awarded the C.B. on 9 June 1849 for services in the Sikh War, he died at Kussowlie on 18 October 1851. Sold with copied research. £800-£1000
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (4135 Pte. H. Braham, 4th Bn. K.R. Rif. Corps),official correction to surname, slight edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £100-140 Frederick William James Braham was born in Peckham, London. A Porter by occupation and serving in the 22nd Middlesex Volunteers, he attested for service in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 3 May 1887, aged 18 years, 2 months. With the 4th battalion he served in India, October 1889-October 1890, and Burma, October 1890-December 1892. Transferred to the Army Reserve in 1894, he was discharged on 2 May 1899. Sold with copied service papers. £100-£140
A Second War group of Five to Captain L. A. McLachlan, comprising 39-45 Star, Africa Star, France & Germany Star, 39-45 Medal and Defence Medal, complete with dog tags, Field Note Book Tropical hat and a large quantity of correspondence, Army of the Rhine cloth badge and enamelled desk plaque.
Major M. Barrington-Ward DSO Royal Engineers, an interesting selection of Trench Maps including HAZEBROUCK 5A, BELGIUM AND FRANCE SHEET 27 S.E. and SHEET 27 N.E., SHEET 28 S.W. and N.W. and SHEET 36 N.W. and to also include a series of six blue prints of the R.O.D train networks at CROQUIS for the 2nd and 5th Army Areas from August 1917.
A mid-Victorian reprinted photograph of Artillerymen, possibly in the Crimea, a late Victorian photograph of a young private, an early 20th Century photograph of Army Cadets, Captain E. Felce Royal Artillery photograph, another of the King and one further poster of medals and ribbons, all framed and glazed.
Gyrth Russell, Canadian/British RI ROI SMA 1892-1970- "Going Home"; oil on board, signed, 52x74cm. Note: Gyrth Russell; born in Novia Scotia, studied at Boston, then Paris at the Academie Julian, Atelier Colarossi, 1912-1922. He became an official war artist, commissioned by Lord Beaverbrook, as a lieutenant in the Canadian Army recording action in the first world war. He later painted travel posters for the British railways in the 1950s.
A modern Police helmet with a badge inscribed "Bedfordshire Police"; a green tropical hat with cloth cover; a modern British Army combat helmet with camouflage cloth cover; a blue painted United Nations helmet; a French field helmet with extended peak and steel reinforcement from front to back; and another helmet. (6)
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