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A George V British Army officers dress sword, the blade 82cm, with etched decoration, with crown and GR cypher, with steel basket guard bearing royal cypher, and shagreen grip, with leather bound scabbard.

Three British Army regimental swagger sticks, for the South Staffordshire Regiment, two with white metal terminals the other with sealed knot terminal.

A British Army WWI water bottle, with felt cover, leather gaiters, officer's leather bayonet frog, etc.

An early 20thC British Army green cloth helmet, with regimental badge for the Scottish Rifles, with chin strap.

A Czechoslovakian Army steel helmet, circa 1960 with inner leather liner and chin strap.

Three WWI period British Army Sam Browne leather belts, all with shoulder straps.

A British Army 1903 pattern SMLE bayonet by Wilkinson, the 29cm double edge blade stamped Wilkinson London to the ricasso and ER with a crown, with leather sheath stamped Wilkinson also 35W.

A WWI and WWII medal group, comprising Victory medal inscribed to 19876 Pte. W Hibert, East Lancs Rgt., and 1939-45 British War medal, Defence medal, Africa Star (First Army insignia) and 1939-45 Star.

A British Army 1903 pattern SMLE bayonet by Wilkinson, the 29cm double edge blade stamped Wilkinson London to the ricasso and ER with a crown, with leather sheath stamped Wilkinson also 35W, and another British Army sword bayonet by Wilkinson of London, with 29cm double edged blade, lacking scabbard. (2)

Three Dinky Toys Military Models, 621 Bedford 3-Ton Army Wagon, military green, with driver, 670 Armoured Car and 677 Armoured Command Vehicle, models are in excellent original condition, slightly dusty where models have been on display, original boxes are fair to good . (3 items)

Two Boxed Britains Military Vehicles,9781 British Scout Car, with decal sheet, 9784 8th Army Scout Car, with decal sheet, both in mint original condition, window display boxes are good, with edge/age wear. (2 items)

A Quantity of Dinky Toys Military Models, 152a Light Tank, 622 10-Ton Army Truck, 623 Army Covered wagon, 626 Military Ambulance, 641 Army 1 Ton Cargo Truck,643 Army Water Tanker, 673 Scout Car, 674 Austin Champ, 676 Armoured Personnel carrier, 680 Ferret Scout Car and 692 5.5 Medium Gun, models are in excellent original condition, slightly dusty where models have been on display, with reproduction boxes . (11 items)

A Quantity of Vintage un-boxed Play-worn Dinky Toys, including:105B wheel barrow, AA Mini Van, Humber Hawk Police Car, Guy Lorry, Commer Breakdown Truck, 139 Ford Cortina, 449 Chevrolet El Camino,283 BOAC Coach, Ford Sedan, Alfa Romeo Racing car (repainted) 195 Jaguar, 181 Volkswagen, Dodge Tipper, Austin Devon, 190 Caravan, Hillman Minx162 Ford Zephyr, Bedford truck & Trailer, 623 Army wagon, 261 Telephone service van, 14a BEV Truck, Jaguar E Type, Triumph Herald and others all in poor to very good unboxed condition (27 items)

Frog Mark IV Interceptor Fighter with USA markings, green and orange, blue, white and red star roundels and USA ARMY markings, box with instructions, rod and lubricant bottles, very good condition, box fair some wear and some dirt spots.

Quantity of Playworn Dinky, Corgi, Budgie Models, including: Corgi Ecurie Ecosse, Massey Ferguson Combine Harvester, Corporal missile erector vehicle (repainted) 224 Bentley, 222 Renault Floride, Riley Pathfinder, RAC Land Rover, Mercedes 300SL, CIJ Volkswagen, Budgie mobile traffic control unit, Dinky 195 Jaguar, Bedford Car Transporter, repainted, Nash Rambler Fire Chief Car, 621 Bedford Army Wagon, 651 Centurion Tank, plus others, all in poor to fair unboxed condition. (34 items)

Dinky Toys 699 US Army Jeep, ridged wheel hubs, army star decal to bonnet, 151b post war 6-wheel covered wagon, ridged wheel hubs, 151a Medium Tank, with chain tracks and 152b code 3 Reconnaissance car, white metal model, all in good condition.(4 items)

Dinky Toys Dinky Toys 62g Boeing “Flying Fortress” monoplane long range bomber, silver body, 4 x 4 blade propellers, USA Army Air Corps stars, gliding game hole and eye, gliding game leaflet, in near mint original condition, blue lidded box is in very good original condition.

Three Vintage Corgi Toys Military Models, 1. 354 Commer Military Ambulance, military green, red interior, with driver, red cross paper labels, spun wheel hubs, in very good original condition, some small paint chipping, yellow/blue picture box is very good, some edge wear, 2. 356 Volkswagen U.S. Personnel Carrier, military green, red interior, with driver, spun wheels, in fair original condition, yellow/blue picture box is excellent and 359 Smiths Karrier US Army Field Kitchen, military green body, pale blue interior, in mint original condition, with an excellent original blue/yellow illustrated box. (3 items)

* Poland. Pufendorf (Samuel), Two Battle Scenes: Prospectus Oppidi Savichost..., [and] Prospectus Oppidi Sacrozin..., circa 1698, two hand-coloured battle scenes, each with a decorative 'picture frame' border, each approximately 295 x 380 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:The first engraving shows a large army crossing the River Vistula near the ruins of a Hungarian and Cossak castle. The second depicts the crossing of the Vistula River by Swedish, Hungarian and Cossack troops in March 1657, via a pontoon bridge near Zakrętym. The period was known as the Bloody Deluge in Polish history.

Vansfittart (Eden). Gurkhas (Handbooks for the Indian Army compiled under the orders of the Government of India), New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1991, original red cloth gilt, together withBayly (Hugh Wansey). Triple Challenge or War, Whirligigs and Windmills by Hugh Wandsy Bayly, M. C. a doctor's memoirs of the years 1914 to 1929, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., [1929], monochrome plates after photographs, including one folding map, original blue cloth, lightly rubbed, plus MacKenzie (Norman, editor). Secret Societies, London: Aldus Books, 1967, numerous monochrome illustrations, original black cloth gilt, and other military and aviation history, all 20th-century publications, including Charles Wilson & William Reader, Men and Machines, a History of D. Napier & Son Engineers Ltd. 1808-1958, 1st edition, 1958, Bryan Ranft, editor, Ironclad to Trident: 100 years of defence commentary: Brassey's 1886-1986, 1st edition, 1986, P. D. Gorden Pugh, Heraldic China Mementoes of the First World War, 1st edition, Ceramic Book Company, 1972, etc., all original cloth, mainly 8vo (including some 4to), approximately 175 volumesQTY: (6 shelves)

English Civil War. Two Proclamations by the King. His Maiesties Proclamation for the more free passage of all His loving Subjects, and the free carriage and conveyance of their Horses, Provisions, or other Goods from any one place or part to another, within His Kingdom of England, and the Dominions thereof, Printed at York, and re-imprinted at London, by A. N. for Richard Lownds, at his shop without Ludgate, 1642, [2], 6 p., royal armorial woodcut at head of title, light dust-soiling mostly to margins of title, 20th-century terracotta half morocco, slim 4to, together with:English Civil War. A Continuation of the Proceedings of the Army under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax: from the eleventh of this July, to the nineteenth of the same. Whereunto is added a Petition presented at a Rendevouz of Club-men, with their Queries. As also certain Observations upon their Petition, with a few Crosse-Queries. Dated at Sir Thomas Fairfax his Quarters at Chedsey, neer [sic] Bridgwater, July 19..., Numb. 3...., London: Samuel Gellibrand, July 26. 1645, [2], 22 p., typographic border to title, modern brown morocco-backed cloth, slim 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:1. ESTC R20136; Kress 622; Wing C2857.2. ESTC P1047; Wing P3573A (for complete collection of part numbers).

Collectables : Militaria - WWII Germand Iron Cross (2) looks like replica along ith a Germany army soldbuch - again looks like a repro

Dads Army Private Pike actor Ian Lavender signed 10 x 8 inch b/w photo. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Great War Victoria Cross winner Air Cdre Fred West VC signed with 3 other 3 sqn commanders on rare variety cover. On 12 August 1918, the British Army was intending to start a major offensive, but it needed information about the enemy positions. Setting off at dawn, West and his observer, Lt. William Haslam, flying an Armstrong Whitworth FK 8 (serial number C8602), spotted an enemy concentration through a hole in the mist. Avoiding severe ground fire, almost immediately they came under attack from seven German fighter aircraft and West was hit in the leg, and his radio transmitter was smashed. # Continuing to identify his location, he remained under attack and manoeuvred his machine so skilfully that his observer was able to get several good bursts into the enemy machines, which drove them away. Only when he was sure of the enemy's position did he attempt to break off and head for his own lines. He twisted his trouser leg into a tourniquet to stem the flow of blood from his wounds. Unable to make his airfield West landed behind the Allied lines and insisted on reporting his findings despite being in excruciating agony. His left leg had five wounds, one of which had shattered his femur and cut the femoral artery and had to be amputated. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

A Kangol 'Original' grey padded gilet size XL (approx 44/46" chest) with a double hood in grey and orange, having an orange fleece lining, size XL, 2 side pockets together with a Merc of London army green padded coat having a red tartan lining, size XXL (approx 48" chest x 36" long) with red tartan lining, hood and 4 front pockets. Location:Rail

A quantity of vintage costume jewellery to include simulated pearl necklaces A/F, a Polish army cap badge and paste stone items. Location:Table

A British Army issue Martindale Golok Machete 32.5cm, and a stainless steel diver's knife in plastic sheath Location:If there is no condition report shown, please request

A Second War 1943 ‘Battle of Wadi Akarit’ M.M. group of six awarded to Gunner A. Hamilton, 126th Highland Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Military Medal, G.VI.R. (1131718 Gnr. A. Hamilton. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.M. London Gazette 26 August 1943: ‘At the battle of Wadi Akarit on 6th April the F.O.O. with the 7th Bn A. & S. H. was unable to get his armoured O.P. through the minefield at a critical time when a counter attack was impending. Gunner Hamilton at once laid a remote control to him on foot through an ungapped minefield containing Anti-Personnel and Anti-Tank mines and under such intense fire of all kinds that the working parties on the minefield were temporarily pinned to the ground.’ Alexander Hamilton served with the 126th Highland Field Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War.

Three: Sergeant Drummer J. Neill, North Staffordshire Regiment attached Permanent Staff, late South Staffordshire Regiment and Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (4766 Sgt. Drmr: J. Neill. N. Stafford: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4766 Sjt:- Dmr: J. Neill. N. Stafford: Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (4766 Sgt. Dmr: J. Neill. N. Staff: Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £180-£220 --- James Neill was born in Limehouse in 1859 and worked initially as a musician in London. Stating previous service with the 32nd Regiment of Foot, he attested at Manchester for the 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, on 11 November 1884 and served as a Bandsman at Curragh Camp, Dublin and Aldershot. Raised Band Corporal 25 January 1893, he transferred to the 4th North Staffordshire Regiment and served in Egypt from 18 February 1893 to 26 April 1895. Returned home to Lichfield as Sergeant Drummer, Neill was posted to South Africa from 9 March 1900 to 9 June 1902, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1903. He was subsequently discharged upon termination of his second period of engagement on 10 November 1905.

Three: Cornet R. Stuart, Land Transport Corps, late 16th Regiment of Foot Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, traces of restoration to clasps and clasp carriage (...net Robert. Steuart [sic]. L.T. Co...) depot impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1625 Cr. Sergt. R. Stuart. 2-16th. Foot); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (Cornet Robert Stuart. L.T.C.) contemporarily impressed naming, pierced as issued with ring suspension, the Crimea pair heavily polished and worn, with significant contact marks to first partially obscuring the naming, these fine; the LS&GC better (3) £400-£500 --- Robert Stuart (also listed as Stewart and Steuart) served in the Crimea as a Colour Sergeant before being seconded to Headquarters on staff duty on 19 July 1855. He was commissioned Cornet in the Land Transport Corps on 26 January 1856, and was placed on half-pay on 1 April 1857.

Copy, Renamed and Defective Medals (7); Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse embossed ‘copy’; Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97, silver issue, the edge stamped, ‘Specimen’; Ashanti Star 1896, copy; British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916, 1 clasp, Punitive Expeditions, bronze issue, edge stamped, ‘copy’; 1914-15 Star (2/Lieut. J. P. Armytage. R.F.C.) renamed; Australia Service Medal, naming mostly erased; R.M.S. Carpathia and S.S. Titanic Medal 1912, gilt, stamped ‘copy’, generally very fine (7) £80-£100 --- Sold with a Northumberland V.A.D. Worker medal, bronze (A. J. Fenwick), an Army Rifle Association Medal, bronze, two bronze regimental sporting medallions, and a pair of modern I.D. tags named to ‘Miller, WAAF’.

A Great War ‘Battle of Cambrai’ D.C.M. and November 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of six awarded to Company Sergeant-Major J. Rogers, Essex Regiment, who was reputedly the youngest Sergeant-Major in the British Army Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (15353 Cpl.-A. Sjt: J. Rogers. 13/Essex. R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (15353 C.S. Mjr. J. Rogers. D.C.M. 9/Essex R.); 1914-15 Star (15353 Pte. J. Rogers. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (15353 W.O. Cl. II. J. Rogers. Essex R.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, nearly very fine (6) £2,000-£2,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 May 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. As N.C.O. in charge of a platoon, he was sent up to reinforce another company which, with its ammunition expended, was being surrounded by the enemy. Having organised two sections of men, he held one flank with these under very intense machine-gun fire. Though nearly all his men had become casualties, he again collected together a few remaining men and continued to prevent the enemy from gaining the position, which would have enabled them to cut off the company. By his courage and control, under very heavy fire, he rendered great assistance in saving a large number of men.’ Annotated gazette states, ‘Moeuvres, 30 November 1917.’ M.M. London Gazette 23 July 1919. Awarded ‘for the gallant services you rendered to the State in November, 1918.’ (Letter of congratulations from Lieutenant-General Aylmer Hunter-Weston, Commanding VIII Corps, refers). James Rogers was born in Colchester and served with the 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment, in France from 25 July 1915. He won his D.C.M. with the 13th Battalion in the fighting at Moeuvres on 30 November 1917, during the battle of Cambrai, and subsequently won the M.M. for services with the 9th Battalion in November 1918. He married Agnes on Armistice Day 1920, at Fordham Church, and they celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary in November 1980, on which occasion the Colchester Evening Gazette published a photograph of him wearing his medals with his wife, reporting that, ‘As the youngest Sgt-Major in the British Army Mr Rogers served with the Essex Regiment during the First World War, after which he became a conductor on the buses in Colchester. After 24 years he became a chauffeur for doctors in Lexden and Colchester. During the Second World War he was in the Home Guard, while Mrs Rogers served tea to the warrant officers.’ He died at Colchester on 24 March 1981 at the age of 85. Sold with copied research including Medal Index Card, gazette notices, War Diary extracts, and several copied news cuttings announcing award of his medals.

A Second War B.E.M. awarded to Sergeant J. P. Buckley, Royal Army Ordnance Corps British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (7635419 Sgt. John P. Buckley. RAOC) good very fine £200-£240 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 14 June 1945.

Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (128410 Gnr. G. Futrill. R.A.; 42465 Gnr. R. T. Spraggs. R.A.) edge bruising to first, nearly very fine and better (2) £60-£80 --- George Futrill was born at Littleworth North, Worcestershire, on 5 August 1893. A labourer, he attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Hilsea on 23 November 1915 and commenced training in the South West soon thereafter. His Army Service Record records a series of misdemeanours, including a number of apprehensions by civil police in Taunton, Tewkesbury and Dorchester; on the latter occasion, Futrill produced an altered permit and spent the following two weeks in detention for being A.W.O.L. Sent to France on 10 October 1916, Futrill was later posted to Wimereux with No. 84 Battery, 11th Brigade. Sometime recorded as sick, he suffered a severe shoulder injury on 4 May 1917 and was evacuated home per H.S. St Patrick. A month later, Futrill’s military career came to a sudden halt whilst poaching: ‘States - On June 16, 1917, I was out with my ordinary sporting gun, when going through a hedge a branch caught the trigger causing me blowing 3 fingers off my left hand. I went home to Barracks Hospital and was admitted and detained.’ Transferred to the Labour Corps, Futrill spent the remainder of the War with the 569th Home Service Employment Company. He later worked as a gardener and is recorded in 1939 as a patient of the Hayley Green Hospital which at that time specialised in the treatment of tuberculosis. Richard Thomas Spraggs was born in Portsmouth around 1885 and worked as a monumental mason and labourer. He attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 18 August 1914 in London, but his Army Service Record shows that his time in the Army was limited due to health issues which had plagued him since 1908; the recipient of ‘mercurial treatment’ - which at that time consisted of pills with the potential to poison and sometimes kill individuals - he was discharged from Depot on 31 July 1917. Returned home to 17 Harwich Place, Blackheath, Spraggs likely spent much of the 1920s employed in the construction of war memorials and sites of remembrance across the country.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (2636 Gunr. Edwin, Fox. Coast Bde. R.A.; 951. Gunner R. Harden, 9th. B. R.A.) edge bruise to first, good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Edwin Fox was born in Radnor in 1829 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Derby on 21 May 1847. He served 10 months in the Crimea, and 2 years 7 months in Gibraltar, being discharged to pension on 12 June 1868 after 21 years with the Colours.

Pair: Private H. L. Smith, 2/5th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, who was captured at Bullecourt on 21 March 1918, the first day of the German Spring Offensive, when his Battalion was cut off and surrounded: attacked from front and rear, then enfiladed by machine gun fire and bombing at the flanks, the Battalion effectively ceased to exist by nightfall - the War Diary notes only four other ranks at muster a short while later British War and Victory Medals (97937 Pte. H. L. Smith. Notts. & Derby. R.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Herbert Lewis Smith was born in Rochford, Essex, on 26 February 1899, and attested for the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. He served on the Western Front with “A” Company of the 2/5th Sherwood Foresters and was present in the trenches east of Ecoust (near Noreuil) at 5am on the first day of the German Spring Offensive when the Germans commenced a four-hour long artillery bombardment of high explosive, shrapnel and gas shells. This was followed by a mass formation attack at speed which overwhelmed the Sherwood Foresters; the Battalion War Diary of 21 March 1918 records 22 officers and 599 other ranks killed, wounded or missing that day. Captured and taken Prisoner of War, Smith was sent to Dulmen P.O.W. camp at Haltern am See, and was repatriated at the cessation of hostilities. Remaining in the Army, he was sent to Catterick Military Hospital on 25 March 1919 suffering from influenza but was discharged a week later. He died at Thurrock in April 1979.

Pair: Sergeant Major H. Shew, 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 copy clasp, Lucknow (... Henry Shew, 38 Foot.) an officially impressed later issue, rank [Pte.] neatly erased; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (4407: Sergt. Maj: H. Shew. 38th. Foot.) generally very fine (2) £200-£240 --- Henry Shew enlisted at Westminster for the 38th Regiment of Foot as a Boy on 28 May 1855. Advanced Lad on 28 February 1856, and Private on 28 February 1859, he was made Colour Sergeant 2 September 1867 and Sergeant Major 5 May 1874. He served in India for 14 years and 5 months and is confirmed on the Indian Mutiny roll as entitled to Medal and clasp for Lucknow. His Army Service Record further notes that he suffered from bronchitis at Sealkote and tonsillitis at Peshawer, both exacerbated by cold weather conditions. Released from service in March 1880, his intended place of residence is recorded as Belfast.

Three: Private A. P. Eaton, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (22679 Pte. A. D. [sic] Eaton. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (22679 Pte. A. P. Eaton. R.A.M.C.) mounted court-style for display, very fine Three: Private W. Lee, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (1616 Pte. W. Lee. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1616 Pte. W. Lee. R.A.M.C.) mounted court-style for display, very fine (6) £70-£90 --- Arthur Popplewell Eaton was born on 20 March 1893. A resident of Plaistow, London, he attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 5 June 1915, for service during the Great War and served in Salonika from 5 June 1915. Appointed Corporal, he was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 3 April 1919. He died in Redbridge, London, in 1974. William Lee attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps for service during the Great War, and served in the Balkans from 27 October 1915. He was discharged on 8 July 1919. Sold with copied Medal Index Cards.

Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3) (46599 St.Sgt. Whr: J. Stringer. R.F.A.; 52475 Dvr: C. Tracey. R.H.A.; 72895 Sth. Q.M. Sjt: M. Wilkinson. R.G.A.) suspension claw loose on last, generally very fine and better (3) £80-£100 --- John Stringer was born in Dublin in 1863 and attested for the Royal Artillery on 17 January 1885. His Army Service Record describes a ‘good carpenter’ and adds: ‘Exemplary. Very steady and reliable. No instances of drunkenness during his whole service of 22.5 years.’ Charles Tracey was born in Bures, Suffolk, in 1866, and attested for the Royal Artillery on 1 January 1886. Posted to the Riding Establishment, R.A., he was discharged on 31 December 1907.

Pair: Corporal R. C. H. Donnelly, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2039 Bomb: R. C. H. Donnelly. U Bty: R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2039 Corpl: R. Donnelly. R.H.A.) mounted court-style for wear, edge bruising, very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Robert Culling Henry Donnelly was born in Colchester, Essex, in 1879 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Shorncliffe on 16 June 1897. Appointed Bombardier on 6 February 1898, he deserted at Shorncliffe on 11 October 1899, and subsequently confessed to having fraudulently enlisted in the Depot of the R.H.A. under the alias Regil Cuthbert. Reverting to his original name, he served in South Africa during the Boer War with ‘U’ Battery from 30 June 1900 to 6 November 1902, and was promoted Corporal on 19 June 1901. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 25 February 1905, and was discharged on 22 July 1909, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.

Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (21152610 LCpl Shyambahadur Thapa GTR) in named card box of issue; together with the recipient’s Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Medals for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, in original cases of issue with named card covers, extremely fine and rare to unit (3) £180-£220 --- Shyambahadur Thapa was born on 13 January 1961 and enlisted in the Brigade of Gurkhas (G.T.R.) on his eighteenth birthday. Posted to Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Cyprus, Kenya, Australia and Saudi Arabia, he appears to have served during the Gulf War as one of approximately 98 men of the G.T.R. posted to No. 28 (Ambulance) Squadron. His Kuwait Liberation Medal was later sent to him whilst stationed with the Brigade of Gurkhas at Kathmandu. Discharged on 12 May 1992, his Commanding Officer was keen to note: ‘Exemplary. Corporal Shyambahadur Thapa has been employed in a transport unit within the British Army. He is well qualified and is an excellent driving instructor. He is an honest, fit and loyal soldier... He would clearly suit any employment and I have no hesitation in recommending to any future employer. An excellent soldier.’ Sold with a scarce khaki fabric badge of the 28th (Ambulance Squadron), G.T.R.; and copied research which notes that 182 Gurkha soldiers of all ranks served during the Gulf War.

Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3) (66117 Coy. Sjt. Mjr. J. Hickingbotham. R.G.A.; 49773 2/Cl.Mr. Gnr: R. H. Needham. R.G.A.; 72235 B.Q.M. Sjt: J. H. Smith. R.F.A.) first polished and worn, this fine; the rest very fine and better (3) £70-£90 --- John Henry Smith initially served during the Great War as Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, Royal Field Artillery. He was later appointed to a commission and raised Captain.

Eight: Captain Tekbahadur Thapa, 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Lt. Tekbahadur Thapa. 10. G.R.) partially officially re-impressed; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (Capt (QGO) Tekbahadur Thapa 1/10 GR); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Lt. (QGO), Tekbahadur. Thapa. 10 G.R.); Indian Independence Medal 1947, unnamed, mounted for wear, nearly very fine and better (8) £240-£280 --- Tekbahadur Thapa initially served as Warrant Officer Class I in the 10th Gurkha Rifles before being appointed to a commission on 4 September 1951. Awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal without gratuity in the London Gazette of 23 May 1958, his name later featured in that year’s edition of The Kukri: The Journal of the Brigade of Gurkhas: ‘In mid-December Major General Anderson paid us his annual official visit; he saw the [1st] Battalion carry out an attack exercise in conjunction with the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and RAF fighter/ground attack aircraft, together with a very realistically simulated artillery fire support programme, the latter being laid on by Lt. (QGO) Tekbahadur Thapa and his Pioneer Platoon.’ Advanced Captain 14 April 1960, Tekbahadur Thapa is recorded as taking his retirement in the London Gazette of 17 August 1965. Sold with copied research.

A fine inter-War K.C.B. [Great War C.B.], Great War C.M.G. group of twelve awarded to Major-General Sir Henry L. Croker, Leicestershire Regiment, who Commanded the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front in 1914, was wounded, and during the course of his illustrious career was nine times Mentioned in Despatches The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with section of neck riband for display purposes, and breast Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with gold retaining pin, traces of adhesive to reverses of both; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with section of neck riband for display purposes, traces of adhesive to obverse; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, clasp carriage ‘flattened’ for mounting purposes (Capt & Adjt. H. L. Croker. Leic: Regt.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, clasp carriage ‘flattened’ for mounting purposes (Maj. & Adjt. H. L. Croker. Leic: Rgt.) engraved naming; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lt. Col: H. L. Croker. Leic: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Maj. Gen. H. L. Croker.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer, 2nd type, Grand Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse central medallion missing, with section of neck riband for display purposes, and breast Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked, with original retaining pin, lacking hook, with two additional retaining hooks, traces of adhesive to reverses of both; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, Military Division, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with section of neck riband for display purposes, reverse central ‘1882’ missing with resultant red enamel damage to reverse central medallion, significant blue enamel damage to pendelia and crown suspension detached but present; Greece, Kingdom, War Cross 1916-17, silver, with silver star on riband; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm on riband, the medals mounted court-style as worn, traces of verdigris to 1914 Star, except where otherwise stated generally good very fine and better (14) £6,000-£8,000 --- K.C.B. London Gazette 3 July 1926. C.B. London Gazette 2 March 1915. C.M.G. London Gazette 4 June 1917. M.I.D. London Gazettes 8 February 1901; 10 September 1901; 29 July 1902 (these all South Africa); 17 February 1915; 1 January 1916 (these two both France); 6 December 1916; 21 July 1917; 28 November 1917; and 30 January 1919 (these last four all Salonika). Greek Order of the Redeemer Second Class London Gazette 9 November 1918. Serbian Order of the White Eagle Third Class with Swords London Gazette 7 June 1919. Greek War Cross London Gazette 21 July 1919. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 21 July 1919. Sir Henry Leycester Croker was born in Cheltenham on 17 October 1864, the son of Captain Edward Croker, 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot, and the grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel William Croker, 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot, and was educated at Cheltenham College. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, on 30 January 1884, and transferred to the Regular Army as a Lieutenant in his family Regiment, the Leicestershire Regiment, on 28 April 1886. He served with the 1st Battalion in the West Indies and North America during the 1890s, and was promoted Captain on 5 February 1894. Appointed Adjutant of the 1st Battalion on 25 November 1899, Croker served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War, and took part in the operations in Natal in 1899-1900, including the action at Talana, the march from Dundee to Ladysmith, the engagement at Lombard’s Kop, and the Defence of Ladysmith, and is one of those officers who was depicted in Dickinson’s and Foster’s famous painting The Defenders of Ladysmith. Present at the action at Laing’s Nek from 6 to 9 June 1900, in the subsequent advance under Sir Redvers Buller through Northern Natal into the Transvaal he took part in the engagements at Armesfoort, Ermelo, Geluk’s Farm, Bergendal, and Badfontein, and was present at the actions at Belfast on 26-27 August 1900, and at Lydenberg from 5 to 8 September 1900. He saw further service in the operations under Sir John French in the Eastern Transvaal and on the Swaziland border, and under Major General W. Kitchener at Blood River Valley, South Eastern Transvaal, and Ilangapies. For his services in South Africa he was three times Mentioned in Despatches, awarded both the Queen’s South Africa Medal with the usual four clasps awarded to the Leicestershire Regiment and the King’s South Africa Medal, and was promoted Brevet Major on 22 August 1902. Confirmed in the rank of Major on 31 May 1904, Croker was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 November 1910, and served during the Great War in command of the 1st Battalion on the Western Front from 7 September 1914 to 18 March 1915. Promoted Major-General, he commanded the 81st Infantry Brigade in France from 21 March 1915 to 20 May 1916, and the 28th Division in Salonika from 21 May 1916 to the cessation of hostilities. Wounded, for his services during the Great War he appointed a Companion of both the Orders of the Bath and of St. Michael and St. George; was six times Mentioned in Despatches; and was honoured by the Governments of Greece, Serbia, and France. Croker married Mabel Tedlie in London on 1 June 1897, and together they had two daughters, including Phyllis Marian Croker. He retired with the rank of Major-General in 1923, and was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1926. He died in Kensington on 20 August 1938, and is buried in Leicester Cathedral. His obituary in the Regimental Journal gave the following personal tribute: ‘Croker was a man who inspired in both his superiors and subordinates feelings of affection, respect, and admiration. He was essentially a regimental officer who identified himself in every way with the Regiment, whose welfare and prestige were very near his heart. One can understand his feelings of loyalty and love of the Regiment when one realises what a long connection his family maintained with the 17th Foot. Not only was his father in the Regiment, but his grandfather commanded it with great distinction at the storming of Khelat in India in 1839. Every officer and man who served with him will mourn his loss.’ Sold with two portrait photographs of the recipient; four bound photograph albums, the first from the West Indies and North America; the second from South Africa; and the last two from Turkey, Greece, and Salonika; and other ephemera.

Pair: Gunner J. J. Kennedy, Royal Horse Artillery 1914-15 Star (78166 Gnr. J. J. Kennedy. R.H.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (78166. Gnr. J. J. Kennedy. R.A.) edge bruising, nearly very fine Pair: Driver H. Capstick, Royal Horse Artillery, later Essex Regiment and Labour Corps, who was wounded by gunshot in April 1917 1914-15 Star (59441 Dvr. H. Capstick. R.H.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (59441 Dvr. H. Capstick. R.A.) very fine Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (685 Gnr: H. Scarterfield. R.H.A.) edge bruising, nearly very fine The Great War French Medaille Militaire awarded to Second Lieutenant E. G. Kentish, Royal Horse Artillery, who was also Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, and died of disease in Baghdad on 27 February 1918 France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, gilt, and enamel, unnamed as issued, in embossed case of issue; together with a named Indian Cavalry Corps letter announcing the approval of the distribution of the award, dated 6 November 1915, good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- John Joseph Kennedy attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 4 July 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 April 1915. He was discharged due to sickness on 7 October 1916, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. 68766. Herbert Capstick attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 18 November 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 April 1915. He transferred to the 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment on 25 January 1917, and was wounded by gun shot to the right shoulder in France on 9 April 1917. Further transferring to the Labour Corps on 28 May 1918, he was discharged due to sickness on 30 March 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. B342491. Sold with copied research. Ernest George Kentish attested for the Royal Horse Artillery and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 412 of October 1914. He served with ‘X’ Battery during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 December 1914, and subsequently with ‘V’ battery in Mesopotamia, and for his services during the Great War in Mesopotamia he was both Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 14 August 1917), and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 6 August 1918), having previously been awarded the French Medaille Militaire for his services on the Western Front (London Gazette 25 February 1916). Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 27 October 1917, he died of disease in Baghdad on 27 February 1918, and is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery, Iraq. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Battery Sergeant Major H. Scales, Royal Garrison Artillery Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (B.S.Mjr: H. Scales. R.G.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (19009. By.S.Maj: H. Scales. Dist: Staff: R.A.) very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Henry Scales was discharged to pension on 29 June 1886, his last posting being on the Staff of the Guernsey Artillery Militia.

Four: Corporal G. J. Pass, Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (26731 Cpl. G. J. Pass. R. Fus.); Defence Medal (Gilbert Pass) privately impressed naming; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Gilbert Pass.) mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine (4) £50-£70 --- Gilbert J Pass, a school master from Eastbourne, Sussex, was born in Marylebone, London, in 1881. He attested into the Royal Fusiliers for service during the Great War at Mill Hill, London, on 10 December 1915, and served on the Western Front with the 17th Battalion from 23 July 1916. Advanced Corporal, he saw later service with the Army Pay Corps and was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 14 January 1919. He later appears in the 1939 Register as the proprietor of a coaching (teaching) establishment in Eastbourne, and is also noted as a Special Constable. He died in Eastbourne in early 1952. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and copied extract from the 1939 Register.

The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Second Lieutenant William Stirling, second in command of the Royal Marines Light Infantry contingent of Shannon’s Naval Brigade; he was wounded at Khujwa and did good service on his return to action at Lucknow, later taking command on the death of Captain Gray Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (2nd Lieut. Wm. Sterling, R.M. Shannon.) small edge bruise, otherwise toned, extremely fine £2,000-£2,400 --- Confirmed on the Shannon medal rolls as ‘Sterling’ and medal is impressed as such although the correct spelling should be Stirling. William Stirling was born on 16 June 1837, at Kingston upon Thames, son of Lieutenant Thomas Stirling R.N. and his wife Ann Maria Burch, née Hockin. William's father, Thomas, came from the Scottish Clan Stirling's of Ardoch. He was born in Jamaica to Charles of Ardoch, who owned a plantation and pen, and his housekeeper, Rebecca Ash. The records of Jamaica indicate Rebecca was Jewish, having abbreviated her name from Ashkenazi as did many of the Ashkenazi diaspora in Jamaica. On Charles' death, Rebecca inherited the plantation, but Thomas and his two brothers were brought to England by the Ardoch family in Scotland, citing the need for a proper education and upbringing. Thomas entered the navy as a Landsman, eventually advancing to Captain. He was heir to the titles 2nd Baronet of Strowan and 6th of Ardoch, but forces contrived against him. Neither did he receive any government slave-owning compensation due to third-party counter claims, leaving him in a state of penury for the rest of his life. William entered the Royal Marines as 2nd Lieutenant, Chatham Head Quarters on 23 April 1855; posted aboard H.M.S. Princess Royal, then to H.M.S. Perseverance on 8 January 1856; to Chatham Headquarters on 28 July 1856; and to H.M.S. Shannon on 27 September 1856. Shannon arrived at Hong Kong in the summer of 1857 and on the news of the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny she was ordered to Calcutta with the vessels Pearl and Sanspareil. Stirling proceeded up the Ganges with the first detachment of the Naval Brigade under the command of Captain W. Peel R.N. in August 1857. Stirling commanded Shannon's Marines in the action at Khujwa on 1 November 1857, when a strong force of 4,000 mutineers was signally defeated. In this action, Lieutenant Stirling received gunshot wounds to his thigh and calf. From a strength of 103 officers, men and marines the Naval Brigade had 3 ratings mortally wounded, and 3 officers and 11 ratings wounded. Total losses to the British was 95 killed and wounded including Lieutenant-Colonel Powell of the 53rd Regiment. Stirling rejoined the Brigade from Hospital at Cawnpore on Christmas day 1857. Lieutenant Verney R.N. notes in his book that Stirling, although not fully recovered from his injuries, was present at the battle of Kala Nuddee Bridge on 3 January 1858, and the subsequent operations at Futtehgurh. He served with the army under Lord Clyde during the siege and capture of Lucknow and frequently had command of the batteries. Assuming command of the Marine detachment upon the death of Captain Gray on 8 May 1858, he also served at Ayah from April to July 1858, when the Brigade marched down to rejoin their ship at Calcutta. (He received a gratuity of one year's pay for wounds received at Khujwa.) A telegram from H.M.S. Pylades dated Calcutta, 7 September 1858, states that Lieut. Stirling R.M. bears the highest testimony to his zeal and gallantry in the execution of his duties. Stirling returned to Woolwich Head Quarters on 15 January 1859; to H.M.S. Edgar on 5 June 1859, as part of the Channel Fleet; to Deal Depot for recruits on 1 May 1860. Having rejoined the Channel Fleet he was appointed acting Pay & Quarter Master. In compliance with his own request he was placed on half-pay on 2 February 1864, and died at Porlock, Somerset, on 20 June 1869, of cardiac disease, aged 32 years. On 30 March 1861 he married Jessie Sale, the daughter of Major-General William Friend Hopkins, Royal Marines, C.B., Knight of the Legion of Honour and A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, and had issue Florence, born 12 June 1861. On William's death, Jessie married Henry Oliver Lloyd and, under the name of Jessie Sale Lloyd, she commenced a literary career writing mystery novels. In this male-dominated profession she competed with the likes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and is today recognised as his equal with an avid following. Sold with comprehensive research with respect to the family's slavery connections in Jamaica together with family history which includes some personal letters written by William from India, and photographs of Jessie Sale and her daughter Florence.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (12041 Sgt. C.Mkr. F. Colville. R.A.; 26030. Q.M. Sergt. H. Fenner. Staff Garn. Arty.) good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Francis Colville was born in 1856 and enlisted into the Royal Artillery on 12 January 1875. A Sergeant Collar Maker, he served in India from 17 November 1882. Henry Fenner was born in Braintree, Essex, in 1847. He attested for the Royal Artillery on 7 December 1866 and was discharged to pension on 6 December 1897 whilst serving with the Durham Artillery Militia.

1914-15 Star (2) (16929 Pte. J. Cairns, K.O. Sco. Bord.; M2-049422 Pte. J. Wallace. A.S.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (32725 Pte. F. Adams. R.S. Fus.) nearly very fine An unattributed group of three miniature dress medals 1914-15 Star; British War ad Victory Medals, mounted as worn, and housed in a contemporary case, nearly extremely fine (6) £70-£90 --- John Cairns, a native of Dysart, Fife, attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 1 December 1914 and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 May 1915. He was severely wounded by gunshot in the right leg at Festubert on 14 August 1915. He was discharged on 14 December 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. 498477. James Wallace, a motor driver from Dumfries, attested for the Army Service Corps on 13 February 1915 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 February 1915. He was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 15 June 1919. Francis Adams was born in Nottingham and attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Ayr on 19 March 1917. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 June 1917, was wounded, and was posted missing, presumed killed in action, on 2 September 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial. Sold with copied research.

Three: Driver D. Street, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star, with copy clasp (61609 Dvr: D. Street. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (61606 Dvr. D. Street. R.A.) nearly very fine (3) £60-£80 --- David Street was born in Leyton, Essex, around 1889, and attested for the Royal Artillery in London on 25 May 1910. He served in France from 19 August 1914. His Army Service record notes that he was sent to Military hospital in Mitcham in 1917 and was later issued a Silver War Badge in July 1919 whilst serving as Adjutant at Shoeburyness.

Pair: Captain S. W. Cameron, 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (Lieut. S. W. Cameron. 80th. Foot.); South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878 (Lieut: S. W. Cameron. 80th. Foot.) polishing to high relief, nearly very fine and better (2) £800-£1,000 --- Saumarez William Cameron was born in 1850 and attested for the 80th Regiment of Foot in 1872. Appointed Sub-Lieutenant in the London Gazette of 16 January 1872, and Lieutenant on 17 January 1874, he is recorded in Hart’s Army List as serving with a detachment of the 80th Regiment in the Perak Expedition of 1875-76. Cameron later served in the Kaffir War of 1878, including operations against Sekukuni, and was raised Captain on 2 February 1881. He took his retirement from the Staffordshire Volunteers in September 1887.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (W. Rowe. Gr. & Dr. Rl. Arty.; 492. Batty. Sgt. Maj: J. G. Smith. R.A.) edge bruising, very fine (2) £70-£90

Poland, Republic, Cross of Valour 1920, bronze; Roman Catholic Army Chaplain’s Medal, gilt and enamel; People’s Republic, Order of Polonia Restituta, Fifth Class breast badge, gilt and enamel; Order of Virtuti Militari, Fifth Class breast badge, silvered and enamel; Cross of Merit, First Class badge, gilt and enamel; Cross of Valour 1944, bronze; Cross for the Wielkopolski Uprising, bronze and enamel; Cross for the Silesian Uprising, silvered and enamel; Cross for Prisoners of the Concentration Camps (Auschwitz Cross), silvered and enamel; Medal of Merit for Safeguarding National Monuments, silvered and enamel, very fine and better (10) £140-£180

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of eleven awarded to Sergeant, later Major, G. C. Waghorn, Canadian Army Service Corps, who saw further service during the Second World War, and was Recommended for the M.B.E. Military Medal, G.V.R. (36249 Sjt. G. C. Weghorn [sic]. Can: A.S.C. Pool.); 1914-15 Star (36249 Sjt. G. C. Weghorn [sic]. Can: A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (36249 Sjt. G. C. Weghorn [sic]. C.A.S.C.); Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (C.S.M. (W.O. Cl.2) G. C. Waghorn. M.M. R.C.A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (WO1 G. C. Waghorn RCASC); Canadian Forces Decoration, G.VI.R. (Major G. C. Waghorn) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted and both housed in a Birks fitted case; together with four gold prize medals (all 10ct., total weight 34.38g), the reverses engraved ‘Camp Bordern 1925 1st Throwing the Hammer Sgt. Major C. [sic] C. Waghorn M.M. R.C.A.S.C.’; ‘Camp Borden 1925 1st Shot Put Sgt. Major I. I. [sic]. Waghorn M.M. R.C.A.S.C.’; ‘C.S.M. Geo. Weghorn [sic] M.M. 1925 Champion Camp Borden Golf Club’; and ‘Champions Fort Osborne Bks Wpeg. Man. 1927-28 G. E. Weghorn [sic]’, the mounted group lacquered, very fine and better (15) £1,000-£1,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Jeffrey Hoare, April 2012. M.M. London Gazette 20 August 1919. Charles George Waghorn (also recorded as Weghorn) was born in Coburg, Ontario, on 13 August 1894 and served with the 1st Divisional Supply Column, Canadian Army Service Corps (Motor Transport Section) during the Great War. Remaining in Permanent Fore, R.C.A.S.C. in the inter-War years, he saw further service during the Second World War, and for his services was recommended for the award of the M.B.E., the original Recommendation stating: ‘This Officer has served under my Command, with the exception of a few months, since 1 October 1940. During that period he has served faithfully and efficiently. He was in charge of the First Canadian Corps Maintenance School, teaching maintenance to all Senior Officers. He was instrumental in raising the general standard of maintenance and was complimented by many senior officers who attended this school. His ability in technical M.T. has been a great asset to the Units which he has served and to the R.C.A.S.C. in general. At this particular Unit he was instrumental in creating a Trades Pool and his interests and efforts in up-grading and salvaging tradesmen in the months gone by when there was a shortage, demanded a tremendous amount of effort and ingenuity. The fact that this Officer has been personally requested for a number of Exercise Checkers, carried out on Canadian General Hospitals prior to moves Overseas, is an indication of the regard in which he is hold by higher authority. The C.M.H.Q. Inspectorate has personally thanked Commanding Officer 1 C.A.S.C. R.U. for the services of this Officer and has given him the highest recommendations for his services in this connection. His ability in man-management, control and understanding of men, is outstanding. I highly recommend this officer for the award for his outstanding ability, untiring efforts and devotion to duty.’

Pair: Bombardier and Musician E. E. Taylor, Royal Garrison Artillery Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (84913 Musician E. E. Taylor. R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (51873 Bmbr: E. E. Taylor. R.H.A.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £120-£160 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 12 December 1919. Ernest Edward Taylor was born in Hulme, Lancashire, in 1876. He attested for the Royal Artillery as Musician aged 15 years and 3 months, and is recorded in his Army Service Record as serving 18 years with the Band of the Royal Artillery. His reference at discharge on 9 May 1912, adds: ‘Bombardier E. Taylor is an excellent performer on the oboe and Cor Anglais (English horn). He is also a very competent viola player.’

Pair: Private J. Harley, Royal Highlanders 1914 Star (2099 Pte. J. Harley. 2/R. Highrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2099 Pte. J. Harley. R. Highrs.) contact marks, very fine Pair: Private 2nd Class A. Mill, Royal Air Force, late Royal Army Medical Corps, who was awarded a rare Meritorious Service Medal ‘for Gallantry’, with pension 1914-15 Star (43174 Pte. A. Mill. R.A.M.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (134819. Pte. 2. A. Mill. R.A.F.) good very fine (4) £80-£100 --- John Harley attested into the Royal Highlanders for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion from 12 October 1914. He transferred to the Labour Corps on 19 September 1917 and served with 264 Employment Company. A. Mill attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 1 May 1915. He later transferred into the Royal Air Force and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for gallantry, with pension, whilst attached to 57 Squadron (M.S.M. London Gazette, 6 August 1918), one of only 9 ‘Gallantry’ M.S.M.s awarded to the Royal Army Medical Corps. Sold together with copied Medal Index Cards and copied research.

A Great War ‘East Africa’ M.S.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant M. H. Watts, 11th Hull Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (63 Sjt. M. H. Watts. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (290059 Sjt: M. H. Watts. 11/Hull By: R.G.A.) very fine (3) £100-£140 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 29 August 1918. Matthew Hays Watts was born in Newington, Yorkshire, around 1886 and was awarded the M.S.M. for devotion to duty in East Africa, his M.I.C. confirming overseas service from 16 February 1916.

A fine Second War 1945 ‘Burma Operations’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Jemadar Padamlal Rai, 1/7th Gurkha Rifles, 17th Indian Division, Indian Army, who took on ‘fanatical’ Japanese resistance when making a night reconnaissance of an enemy-held village - the information gleaned and the neutralisation of three enemy snipers prevented heavy losses the following day and enabled the deployment of valuable resources elsewhere Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1946; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Capt. Padamlal Rai. 7. G.R.) naming re-impressed; Indian Independence Medal 1947 (388515 Sub. Padamlal Rai. M.C. GR.) minor official correction, generally very fine (7) £800-£1,200 --- M.C. London Gazette 6 June 1946. The original recommendation states: ‘From the crossing of the Irrawaddy River up to the capture of Meiktila this Officer commanded the Commando Platoon. Throughout this period his leadership was outstanding, his resource and coolness in danger was a byword in the Battalion. Time and again this Officer’s Platoon was called upon to carry out the most hazardous tasks usually behind the enemy lines, and every time the task was well done. He has built for himself a reputation for sterling courage, first class leadership, and cool daring in the face of danger which has been equally by only a few men of this Battalion. The following incidents illustrate some of the hazardous tasks his Commando Platoon was called upon to carry out during the recent operations, and the results that his leadership achieved. At Kandaung on 2 April 1945 the enemy had been offering fanatical resistance to the attack of another Battalion of this Brigade, with the result that the attack did not penetrate their position. Accordingly, Jemadar Padamlal was ordered to take his Platoon into the enemy held village during the night and find out the strength of the enemy. All night long he probed fighting strong outpost positions thrown out by the Japs. At early dawn he succeeded in pushing a Section into the village which killed three snipers and found that the main body of the enemy had withdrawn. The information gained by his Platoon in time resulted in the cancellation of a Battalion attack supported by Air, Artiller, and Tanks laid on for the next day.’ Padamlal Rai enlisted into the Indian Army on 21 November 1932. Appointed to a commission as Jemadar on 19 May 1944, he was awarded the Military Cross whilst serving with the 1/7th Gurkha Rifles in Burma; heavily engaged since the start of the campaign, the 1/7th Gurkha Rifles fought with distinction in the Moulmein area at the opening of the Japanese offensive in January 1942. Carrying honours for Sittang 1942, the unit also had the satisfaction of being recognised with further honours for Sittang 1945, where it presided over the final Japanese defeat. Raised Subedar on 1 January 1948, Padamlal Rai went on to serve two tours of duty in Malaya, the latter culminating in his sudden death on 30 September 1952 at the British Military Hospital in Kamunting, a consequence of internal bleeding. Such an affliction was likely caused by a bleeding ulcer, itself precipitated by a bacterial infection associated with the humid climate and primitive conditions. Padamlal Rai was later buried at the 1/6 Gurkha Regiment Hindu Cemetery at Sungei Patani in Kedah State. Sold with copied research.

Three: Sergeant Padambahadur Limbu, 10th Princess Mary’s Own Gurkha Rifles, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services during the early stages of the Malayan Emergency General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R., with M.I.D. oak leaf (21146419 Rfn- Padambahadur. Limbu. 10 G R); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (21146419 Cpl. Padambahadur Limbu. 1/10 GR.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (21146419 Sgt. Padambahadur Limbu. 10 GR.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, very fine (3) £160-£200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 24 October 1950: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Malaya during the period 1st January to 30th June, 1950.’