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Three: Private J. Pullen, Manchester Regiment Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (941 Pte. Jas. Pullen. 63rd. Regt.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (941 Pte. J. Pullen. 1/Manch: R.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, pitting from Star, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £240-£280 --- James Pullen was born in Ripley, Surrey, in 1859 and attested for service in the 16th Brigade at Aldershot on 2 December 1876, stating prior service in the 2nd Royal Surrey Volunteers. He was posted to 63rd Regiment, then serving in India. The 63rd Joined the Kandahar Field Force at Quetta towards the end of the first phase of the Afghan War remaining at Kandahar until it returned to Quetta in May 1881. Although scheduled to return to the U.K. in August 1882 the battalion was re-routed to Egypt and proceeded to Alexandria being stationed at Ras El Tin Barracks, only returning to the U.K. in November 1882. Pullen was discharged from the army on 14 September 1883. He reenlisted on 25 September 1884 and rejoined the 1st battalion of his regiment at Shorncliffe Camp, subsequently serving in Ireland. He was discharged from the army on 12 August 1890, but joined the Royal Fusiliers Militia in August 1892 at Finsbury Barracks. Sold with copied service papers and extensive research.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2093 Park Greenacre 96th Foot) suspension claw tightened (and loose), edge nicks, nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Park Greenacre (also recorded as Patrick Greenacre) was born at East Dereham in 1823. He attested as a Private in the 96th Regiment on 7 January 1845, and served with the 96th in Van Diemen’s Land, Canada, and in India. He was invalided home on 7 March 1864 and was discharged from Netley Hospital. He was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1865 and died on 20 April 1879 at Norwich, a Chelsea Out Pensioner. Sold with copied discharge papers and muster roll extracts.

An unusual ‘South Russia 1919’ M.B.E. and ‘Western Front 1915’ D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Quartermaster & Major F. W. Sharpe, Royal Army Medical Corps, who also received awards from Serbia for services at Salonika during 1917 and from Greece in 1919 for his work at the town of Edessa The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London 1919; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10711 S. Mjr: F. W. Sharpe. R.A.M.C.); 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (10711 Q.M. Sjt. F. W. Sharpe. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Major F. W. Sharpe.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue10711 Q.M. Sjt: F. W. Sharpe. R.A.M.C.); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St Sava, 5th Class, silver and enamels, chipped in places; Greece, Kingdom, Order of George I, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamels, medals unmounted, generally very fine (8) £1,200-£1,600 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 February 1920: ‘... on the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding the British Military Mission, in recognition of services rendered in connection with Military Operations in South Russia. Dated 11th November 1919.’ D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in performance of his duties, on many occasions under heavy fire.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1915 (Field Marshal French’s despatch of 5 April 1915). Order of St Sava London Gazette 28 January 1918. Believed to be for distinguished services to the Serbian sick and wounded during 1917. Order of George I London Gazette 1 July 1920. Frederick William Sharpe was born in October 1872 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps on 18 April 1895, at Aldershot, having previously served in the 1st Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment from September 1890 to February 1892, and in the Medical Staff Corps from August 1892 to March 1894, and gave his occupation as ‘medical attendant’. Sharpe initially served in the U.K. and was promoted Lance Corporal on 6 December 1899, shortly before leaving for South Africa, where he arrived on 10 January 1900, to be promoted Corporal on 12.1.00. He remained in South Africa until 22 July 1900, when he returned to the U.K., being further advanced to Lance-Sergeant on 14 May 1901; to Sergeant on 1 October 1901; and to Sergeant Instructor on 16 December 1901. He does not appear to have been awarded the Q.S.A. medal. From September 1906 until April 1907, he was stationed in Jamaica where, on 8 February, he fractured his pelvis during an earthquake, before returning once more to the U.K. On 27 August 1907, he was promoted to Staff Sergeant and then spent the period February 1910 until July 1913 in South Africa. While there he was promoted to Q.M. Sergeant on 1 March 1911. On 1 April 1914, he was awarded the Long Service Good Conduct Medal, announced in Army Order 99 of 1914, upon completion of 21 years’ service. Upon the outbreak of the Great War, Sharpe landed in France on 24 August 1914, serving with 12th General Hospital at Rouen. His service papers, however, state that he left Southampton on board S.S. Fremona on 12 August and landed in Rouen on 13 August. On 12 October 1914 he was appointed Sergeant-Major. Although his 1914 Star bears the clasp, his medal index card makes specific mention that he is ‘ineligible’, presumably because the hospital he was serving at did not qualify as being ‘within range of the German guns’. Sharpe was transferred to No 6 Cavalry Field Ambulance on 8 December 1914, and remained with that unit until 28 May 1916, when he was discharged to a commission in the R.A.M.C. as Quarter-Master. Unfortunately, Sharpe's service papers as an officer have not been traced, so we do not know his exact movements after his commission. However, we know from his awards that he served at Salonika and in South Russia. Latterly Sharpe was promoted Major and transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. Sold with a contemporary postcard photograph of the St Sava insignia 1917 and manuscript note ‘Presented to Lieut. F. W. Sharpe D.C.M. by order of the King of Serbia for distinguished services to the Serbian sick and wounded’, Greek award certificate for the Order of George I together with a Greek language certificate expressing thanks and gratitude of the Community of the town of Edessa for his many philanthropic acts toward the community and his generous donations to the town’s hospital and other facilities. Together with copied research including attestation papers, gazette notices and D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (3202 Pte. H. Bright. Manchester Regt.) suspension rod sometime re-fixed, light contact marks, very fine £120-£160 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2014. Harry Bright was born in Hulme, Manchester. A Labourer by occupation and a member of the 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment (Militia), he attested for the Manchester Regiment at Ashton-under-Lyne on 7 April 1891, aged 18 years. With the 2nd Battalion he served in India from September 1894 until November 1898. Transferred to the Army Reserve in December 1898, he was recalled to the Colours in November 1899 and with the 3rd Battalion served in South Africa from November 1899 to October 1900, seeing service in the Relief of Ladysmith with the 8th Bearer Company before being invalided. He was discharged on 23 April 1906 being medically unfit for further service. On his discharge paper his character is described as ‘Fair, addicted to absence’. Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extract and other research.

Six: Acting Sergeant Major C. Yeates, Manchester Regiment and Military Mounted Police, who was awarded the M.S.M. for Mesopotamia Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (4811 Cpl C. Yeates. Manchester Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4811 Serjt. C. Yeates. Manch: Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (4811 Sjt. C. Yeates. 1/Manch: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (4811 A. W.O. Cl. 2. C. Yeates. Manch. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (4811 Sjt. C. Yeates. 2/Manch: R.) mounted court-style for display, contact marks to the Boer War pair, nearly very fine and better (6) £500-£700 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917 (Mesopotamia). M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Charles Yeates was born at Bristol on 24 March 1872 and attested for service in the Manchester Regiment on 23 December 1895. He served with 1st Battalion in the South African War and was with the half battalion of his regiment at Elandslaagte, and was also at Caesar’s Camp in the Defence of Ladysmith. By 8 May 1900 he had been promoted to Sergeant. His battalion embarked on the S.S. Dilwara on 11 March 1903, bound for Singapore, but by 1904 were destined for service in India. His battalion was mobilised for service on 8 August 1914 and took ship to Marseilles and thence to Ypres and Festubert. At this time Sergeant Yeates was serving at least nominally attached to the Military Mounted Police, but appears to have remained with his battalion. By 1916 he had been posted with the Manchester Regiment to the Mesopotamia Field Force, arriving in Basra on 22 January 1916 and took part in the advance along the Tigris, the Relief of Kut and the taking of Baghdad. Acting Sergeant Major Yeates returned to England on 22 September 1919, having seen continuous service ‘with the colours’ since 1897. He was discharged on 9 November 1919, his stated place of residence being at Orchard Street, Weston Super Mare. He had been tried by District Court Martial in 1908 over alleged ‘embezzlement of funds’, which may explain the lack of a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Captain G. Young, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt. G. Young. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. Young.); France, Third Republic, Médaille d’honneur des Épidémies, silver, the reverse embossed ‘Captain Young 1917’, lacquered, good very fine (5) £700-£900 --- M.C. London Gazette 8 July 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in attending to the wounded under heavy machine gun fire. He worked up to the leading wave and searched the whole ground for wounded under continuous fire and owing to his exertions, all the wounded were evacuated with great rapidity. Later he showed great courage and devotion to duty in rescuing wounded from destroyed dug-outs under shell fire.’ Gavin Young was born in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, in 1892 and was educated at the University of Glasgow (where he was a member of the University’s Officer Training Corps), graduating MB ChB in 1914. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 19 October 1914, and was promoted Captain on 1 April 1915. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from November 1915, and spent the entire war in France, with only short periods of leave, originally with the 30th General Hospital, and subsequently with the 16 Field Ambulance, 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment, and the 12 Convalesce Depot. In 1918 he was awarded the Military Cross for attending wounded under heavy machine gun fire. He was also awarded the French Médaille d’honneur des Épidémies, awarded for medical services. Young was appointed Acting Major on 4 September 1918 and was demobilised on 14 April 1919. He resigned his commission on 16 July 1920 and then worked as a medical specialist in Glasgow in ear, nose and throat surgery, being elected a Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow in 1920. He died in Ayr in 1977. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private S. Stirland, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the night of 23-24 October 1918 after just 12 days in France British War and Victory Medals (100973 Pte. S. Stirland. Durh. L.I.) very fine and better (2) £70-£90 --- Sydney Stirland was born in Annersley, Nottingham, in 1899, the younger son of local colliery deputy Thomas Stirland. A coal miner by occupation, Stirland initially attested for the Durham Light Infantry on 5 July 1916, his medical notes recording a scar to the neck and ‘bad’ teeth. Called up for active service on 30 May 1918, he was posted to No. 3 Depot for training and crossed the Channel to France with the 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry on 12 October 1918. According to Durham at War, the 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry had been largely rebuilt by August 1918 following huge losses of men and materials on the Somme, at Arras and during the Battle of Passchendaele. In consequence, Stirland joined a unit largely made up of drafts of inexperienced young men, many of whose homes were far from County Durham. Led by similarly inexperienced officers, losses were heavy; reported missing during a night advance of some 3,000 yards, Stirland was later confirmed to have been killed. According to the recipient’s Army Service Record his mother later received his effects in a upsetting condition, evidence perhaps of the ferocious defence mounted by the Imperial German Army in the final weeks of the war. Aged 20 years, Stirland is buried at Englefontaine British Cemetery in a plot of land captured by the 18th and 33rd Divisions on 26 October 1918.

Four: Sergeant A. E. Darbyshire, Manchester Regiment and Machine Gun Corps British War Medal 1914-20, naming erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (137073 Pte. A. E. Darbyshire. M.G.C.); Jubilee 1935 (3512180 Sgt. A. E. Darbyshire. The Manchester Regt.) privately engraved naming; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (3512180 Pte. A. E. Darbyshire. 6-7-Manch. R.) mounted court-style for display, edge bruising to last and light contact marks, generally very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Albert Edward Darbyshire was born in Manchester in 1899 and joined the Machine Gun Corps in April 1917. Following the Great War he enlisted into one of the Territorial Battalions of the Manchester Regiment, which became the amalgamated 6/7th Battalion. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal per Army Order 213, of November 1930, and appears on the medal roll for the 1935 Jubilee Medal as Sergeant No. 3512180, 6/7th Manch. R. (T.A.). He was discharged in December 1936. Sold with copied research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (Capt. S. W. Dixon. Manch: R:) engraved naming, suspension claw sometime tightened, nearly very fine £200-£240 --- O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 12 December 1919. Sidney Wentworth Dixon was bon on 6 March 1868 in Marylebone. He volunteered for service in 1888 and served for ten years in the ranks of the 20th Artists Rifle Volunteers rising to Sergeant. He was a keen sportsman and competed in the one-mile cycle race in the Royal Military Exhibition (R.M.E.) in 1890, he was also in the London Rowing Club VIII against Oxford University in 1895 and again in 1901. He was commissioned Captain in 3rd & 4th Battalions the Manchester Regiment from 20th Middlesex (Artist’s) Volunteer Rifle Corps on 2 March 1898. He served in the South African War with 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, being invalided home with dysentery and jaundice. He resigned his commission in March 1903, and took up a position with The Gramophone Company as assistant manager and Company Secretary. Following the outbreak of the Great War, Dixon was commissioned Captain in the Army Service Corps from 31 August 1914, and was posted to the Horse Transport Depot, Deptford. He appears in a group photograph of the officers of the First Reserve Horse Transport (A.S.C.). During the War he suffered from failing health and contracted tuberculosis being discharged by a Medical Board in 1919, retaining the rank of Major. His service papers record that he landed in France in on 1 December 1914, but was invalided home by the 30 of the same month. He appears entitled to medals for his Great War service in France in 1914, but has not been traced in the medal rolls, so may never have applied for their issue, due perhaps to his premature death at the age of 54 on 10 April 1922. His service in the Great War was recognised by the award of the O.B.E. Sold with the recipient’s miniature medal group consisting of O.B.E. (Military) 1st type, Queens South Africa medal with matching clasps, and 1914-15 trio; five prize medals, three from the 20th Artists Rifle Volunteers, School of Arms, one in un-hallmarked white metal (1888-9 Quarter Staff S. W. Dixon), two in bronze both named, with two additional prize medals, one in white metal and another bronze named (R.M.E. Sergt. S. W. Dixon, 1890) and the other (R.M.E. Dixon 1890); together with copied research including a copied photographic image of the recipient.

Three: Private J. Hardy, Royal West Kent Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2527 Pte. J. Hardy. 1/R.W. Kent R.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3096 Cr: Sgt. J. H. Hardy. Rl. W. Kent R.) unofficially engraved in block capitals; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, pitting from Star, good fine (3) £200-£240 --- James Henry Hardy was born in Kingston, Surrey, in 1862 and attested for the 31st Brigade of Infantry on 2 February 1881, transferring to the 46th Brigade on 14 May 1881. He was posted to the Royal West Kent Regiment on 1 July 1881, and served with them in Egypt and the Sudan from 3 August 1882 to 3 January 1883, and again from 25 April 1883 to 16 June 1886, seeing active service during the 1882 campaign, the Nile Expedition of 1884-85, and the Frontier Field Force 1885 action of Ginniss. He was promoted Corporal on 2 August 1885, and Sergeant on 29 May 1887, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 July 1899. He was discharged on 1 February 1903, after 22 years’ service. Sold with copied service records.

Four: Gunner E. Martin, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914 Star, with clasp (26397 Gnr: E. Martin. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (26397 Gnr. E. Martin. R.A.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Ernest Martin) mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- Ernest Martin was born in Halstead, Essex, in 1886, and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Warley on 3 May 1907. Qualified as Siege Specialist (Layer) 1 June 1910, his Army Service Record confirms service in France from 17 September 1914 to 2 March 1919. Posted to Headquarters of 1st Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery on 12 August 1915, he was later transferred to the Anzac Corps on 12 April 1916, before returning to the U.K. on demobilisation on 28 January 1919.

Five: Private J. Smith, Manchester Regiment 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22700793 Pte. J. Smith. Manch.) mounted court-style for display, very fine and better Four: Private C. Forrester, Manchester Regiment, later Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (3521962. Spr. C. Forrester. R.E.) mounted court-style for display with the addition of the riband of the India General Service Medal 1908-35, very fine (9) £120-£160 --- J. Smith served in the reformed 1st Battalion the Manchester Regiment which landed in Normandy on 26 June 1944, and saw further service in the Malayan Emergency in 1951. Cecil Forrester was born on 3 June 1907 at Ardwick, Manchester. He attested for service in the Manchester Regiment at 1927 at Ashton under Lyne, at the age of 18, serving with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma, and is entitled to the India General Service Medal 1908, with clasp for Burma 1930-32. He transferred to the Army Reserve in 1934. He rejoined the Royal Engineers (T.A.) on 13 June 1939, his home address at the time being at Stockport. He served in the B.E.F. in France from October 1943 and later in the War in Persia and Iraq. Sapper C. Forrester was awarded the Efficiency Medal in Army Orders List Number 3 of July 1946. He died at Stockport in December 1972. Sold with copied research.

Three: Captain R. W. Wood, Manchester Regiment, later Royal Army Ordnance Corps Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, with one Additional Award Bar (Lt. R. W. Wood. Manch. R.), mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Rowland Weyland Wood was born in Hampstead, London, on 16 January 1913. He attended Harrow County School for Boys, and on 1 May 1933 he attested for service in the Territorial Army and was posted to the machine gun company of 16th London Regiment, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He was promoted Corporal in in 1937 and Sergeant in 1939. He attended 164th Officer Cadet Training Unit and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 28 December 1940 and was posted to the Manchester Regiment, and shortly thereafter to 7th Loyal (North Lancashire) Regiment but serving at 9 Corps Vehicle Maintenance Unit as an instructor. He was promoted Lieutenant in June 1942, unpaid Captain in November 1942, and Temporary Captain in June 1943. He was transferred to the R.A.O.C. Depot at Chilwell with the rank of Substantive Lieutenant on 13 November 1944 for service with 19th Armoured Fighting Vehicle Depot until the conclusion of the Second World War. He was transferred to Class ‘A’ Army Reserve in December 1945. He returned to serve in the Army Reserve, R.A.O.C. until relinquishing his commission on 1 March 1955, retaining the rank of Captain. He died on 16 March 1963. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal (Territorial) in the London Gazette 6 March 1947 (Manchester Regiment); and the clasp in the same London Gazette (Royal Army Ordnance Corps). A cartoon image of the officers of ‘A Vehicle School’ was published in The Tatler and Bystander on 23 December 1942 which includes a caricature likeness of the recipient. Sold with the original Army Council issue slip for the two campaign medals; small original portrait photographic image of the recipient in uniform; two epaulettes bearing cloth Captain’s rank insignia, medal riband bar and eight loose cloth rank pips; together with extensive copied research.

Five: Major R. E. W. Cole, Manchester Regiment General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Lt. R. E. W. Cole. Manch.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Indian Independence Medal 1947 (Major R. E. W. Cole. Manch. R) officially impressed naming, mounted court-style as worn, contact marks and minor edge bruising to the first,otherwise very fine, the last scarce to unit (5) £160-£200 --- Ronald Edward William Cole was born on 24 November 1916, at Portsmouth, Hampshire. He was commissioned from the Royal Military College, into the Manchester Regiment on 27 August 1936, and promoted Lieutenant on 27 August 1939, Captain on 27 August 1944, and Major 27 August 1949. He served in Palestine with the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He resigned his commission on 4 March 1958, transferring to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, retiring on attaining the age limit on 24 November 1966. He died on 27 January 1999, at Lee on Solent, his occupation described as Scientific Officer, Ministry of Defence (retired).

Pair: Worker Emily Hadlow, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (3058 Wkr. E. Hadlow. Q.M.A.A.C.) very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Emily Hadlow attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 7 September 1917 to 8 October 1919.

Three: Private W. Staveley, Manchester Regiment 1914-15 Star (16805 Pte. W. Staveley. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (16805 Pte. W. E. Staveley. Manch. R.) mounted court-style for display, small verdigris spot to 1914-15 Star, otherwise nearly extremely fine Four: Corporal T. Hughes, Manchester Regiment British War and Victory Medals (19414 Cpl. T. Hughes. Manch. R.); Defence Medal; Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, a couple of small contact marks to the first two, otherwise better than very fine (7) £100-£140 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 15 August 1917 (Mesopotamia). William Staveley was born in Swinton, Lancashire, in 1880 and following the outbreak of the Great War he volunteered to join the army for ‘the duration of the war’, at the age of 34. After an initial posting to the 3rd Reserve Battalion he was transferred to 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment for service in France later in 1915. He joined his battalion in time for the advance of Neuve Chapelle. Later that year his battalion took part in the Battle of Loos, but by December 1915 his battalion entrained for the south of France and thence by ship to Basrah, Iraq, reaching there in January 1916. Staveley would have participated in General Maude’s Offensive along the banks of the Tigris River in December 1916, and by early March 1917 Baghdad was liberated. Having been Mentioned in Despatches, Staveley returned to the U.K. on leave on 4 July 1918. He was discharged from the army on 28 March 1919. Thomas Hughes was born at Pendleton, Manchester, in September 1885 and following the outbreak of the Great War and the creation of the 6th City Battalion of the Manchester Regiment (6th Manchester Pals) he enlisted on 23 November 1914. His battalion was later designated the 21 Battalion Manchester Regiment and on 9 November 1915 his battalion entrained for Folkestone and joined 143rd Infantry Brigade at Couin, France on 27 November (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star). For the next two years his battalion remained on the Western Front, until in November 1917 his battalion was sent to the Italian Front. Hughes returned to the U.K. in March 1918 and was transferred to the 4th Battalion on the Humber Garrison. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Pair: Private J. Hopkins, Manchester Regiment, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving the life of a 13-year-old boy who had fallen through the ice at Chadwick Dams Reservoir in December 1885 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps, with clasp facings a little distorted (2376 Pte. J. Hopkins. Manch: Regt.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (John Hopkins. 13 December 1885) the medal silvered and lacking integral top riband buckle, mounted court-style for display, minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £200-£240 --- John Hopkins was born at Stalybridge, Lancashire, about September 1870. At the age of 16 he was a mill worker, residing at Caroline Street, Stalybridge. On Sunday 13 December 1885 several persons had ventured on to the ice at the local mill reservoir, known as Chadwick Dams. 13-year-old Levi Gawthorp fell through the ice when skating; at great personal danger John Hopkins crawled on to the ice on his stomach and helped him out of the water. The local Stalybridge Reporter of 19 December reported on the incident and stated that the rescue deserved public recognition. John Hopkins’s bravery was recognised by the award of the Royal Humane Society and he was awarded the society’s medal in bronze. (R.H.S. Case No. 22,978). At the age of 18, John Hopkins attested for service in the Manchester Regiment at Ashton Under Lyne on 1 October 1888, stating prior service in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Royal Lancaster Regiment. In February 1892 he transferred to the 2nd Battalion of his regiment and embarked for India. He returned to the U.K. at the end of his period of service and was transferred to the Army Reserve. However, he reenlisted on 7 July 1898, and was posted back to 2nd Battalion. His battalion was mobilised for service in the South African War and embarked from Southampton on 16 March 1900. Private Hopkins returned to the U.K., arriving on 24 October 1901, and was discharged from the army, medically unfit, on 2 April 1902. Hopkins volunteered for service following the outbreak of the Great War at the age of 44 years, serving at ‘home’ in 3/5th Battalion King’s Regiment and later 315 Provisional Company Royal Defence Corps, until discharged on 10 October 1916 ‘no longer physically fit for war service’. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Four: Sergeant Major T. Eales, Manchester Regiment Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1783. Cpl. Thos. Eales. 63rd. Regt.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (1783. Cr. Sgt. T. Eales. 1/ Manch: R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt. Mjr. T. Eales. Manch: Regt.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘1783 Cr. Sgt. T. Eales. 1 / Manch. R.’, mounted court-style for display, heavy pitting and contact marks, therefore good fine; the MSM nearly extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- Thomas Eales was born about May 1853 at Bushey, near Watford, and enlisted as a private in the 63rd Regiment at Westminster, London in August 1870. Joining the Regimental Depot at Cork the same month, his battalion soon after embarked for India, arriving there in December 1870. Promoted Corporal on 21 April 1879, he served during the latter stages of the Afghan War, and was promoted Sergeant and then Colour Sergeant on 9 January 1882. He subsequently saw further service during the latter end of the Egyptian campaign in 1882. He was appointed Sergeant Instructor of Musketry on 1 May 1884, and on 9 September 1885 he was appointed Sergeant Major. He was discharged from the army on 30 November 1895 after over 25 years’ service, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal with gratuity on 1 April 1904. He died on 7 July 1908 aged 55. Sold with copied service papers and extensive copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.

Pair: Worker Mary C. Ring, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (1200 Wkr. M. C. Ring. Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Mary Catherine Ring attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 30 June 1917 to 25 November 1918, returning for further service after the cessation of hostilities, from 8 January 1919 to 29 August 1919.

Pair: Private J. E. Hawkyard, Manchester Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Belfast (3195 Pte. J. E. Hawkyard. Manch: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3195 Pte. J. Hawkyard. Manch: Regt.) mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, edge bruise to KSA, otherwise good very fine (2) £160-£200 --- John Edward Hawkyard was born at New Mills, Derbyshire, in 1874 and attested for service as a Private in the Manchester Regiment at Ashton Under Lyne on 30 March 1891, declaring prior service in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Derbyshire Regiment. He served in Ireland and later transferred to 2nd Battalion for service in India. He returned to the U.K. and was discharged to the Army Reserve ‘time expired’ on 6 December 1898. He was recalled for service in the South African War, and posted to join 1st Battalion, then under siege at Ladysmith. He joined the Ladysmith Relief Column in December 1899, subsequently joining his battalion and serving in South Africa until he returned to the U.K. on 5 August 1902, the medal roll notes that at some time he served with ‘8th Bearer Company’. He was discharged from the regimental depot at Ashton Under Lyne on 29 March 1903. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (T/4537230 Dvr. R. J. Patchett, R.A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2007. James Pratchett, Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps, died of pulmonary tuberculosis, on 20 May 1946, aged 26 years. In civilian life he had been employed as a bus conductor; he was the son of Joshua and Emily Pratchett of Shipley and husband of Mary K. Pratchett of South Littleton, Worcestershire. Pratchett was buried in the Windhill Methodist Cemetery, near Shipley. Sold with copied Death Certificate.

India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21, unofficial retaining rods between clasps (Lt. A. Williams, 2/41/Dogras.) very fine £100-£140 --- Provenance: Bertram Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2004. A. Williams was first commissioned on the Indian Army Reserve of Officers in August 1917 and was appointed a Company Officer in the 2/41st Dogras in April 1918.

King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2), (... Pte. G. Armand. 16th Lancers; Lieut. G. Kemsley. C.C. Forces.) the first with attempted obliteration of naming, regimental number illegible, the second with badly bent suspension bar, otherwise better than very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Gustave Armand was born in Marylebone, London, in 1873 and attested for the 16th Lancers on 16 April 1894. He served in India from 13 September 1894 to 21 January 1900, and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 January 1900 to 23 August 1902. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 20 January 1902, and was discharged on 15 April 1906, after 12 years’ service. He later became an Out Pensioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (266. Pte. J. Cox, Coldstrm. Gds.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, toned, nearly extremely fine £60-£80

Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant H. C. Dumler, Manchester Regiment Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (78559. Sjt: H. C. Dumler. 2nd V.B. Manch: Regt.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (400401 Q.M. Sjt. H. C. Dumler. 6/Manch: R.) mounted court-style for display, small edge bruise to first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140 --- Henry Charles Dumler, of German ancestry, was born in Manchester in 1868, and enlisted in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment about 1888, which on the creation of the Territorial Force became 6th (Territorial) Battalion. He was awarded the Volunteer Long Service Medal as Sergeant per Army Order 206 of 1 November 1905. During the Great War he served ‘at Home’, possibly due to his German heritage, as Quartermaster Sergeant at the Regimental Depot and was awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order No. 148 of April 1920. He died in Manchester, aged 79, in 1948. Sold with copied research.

A Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Stephens, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches, and awarded the Serbian Order of St. Sava Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut: F. A .Stephens, R.A.M.C.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. F. A. Stephens. R.A.M.C.) engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Major F. A. Stephens. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. F. A. Stephens.) BWM officially re-impressed; Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, Officer’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, Bishop with red robes, mounted as worn, minor enamel damage to motto around central medallion on last, otherwise good very fine (7) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 18 February 1915: ‘For services in connection with operations in the Field.’ Serbian Order of St. Sava, Officer London Gazette 28 January 1918. Frederick Archer Stephens was born on 5 January 1872 and was educated at Sherborne School, and King's College, London, for the medical profession. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 14 November 1900, and served in South Africa during the Boer War as a Civil Surgeon. He was present in operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, from July to 29 November 1900; operations in the Transvaal from December 1900 to 31 May 1902; and operations in Orange River Colony and Cape Colony from 30 November 1900 to May 1901. For his services he received the Queen's Medal with three clasps, and the King's Medal with two clasps. Stephens was promoted Captain on 14 November 1903, and was a Territorial Adjutant from 15 June 1908 to 31 October 1911. He was promoted Major on 14 November 1912, and served during the Great War initially in Hospital Ships from 13 August 1914. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 17 February 1915) and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. He afterwards served with the Serbian and British Armies in Macedonia, and was Acting Lieutenant-Colonel from September to December 1918, being awarded the Serbian Order of St. Sava. Sold with the original Bestowal Document for the D.S.O., in OHMS envelope, together with a copy of the Statutes of the Order; the recipient’s Army Correspondence Book, principally used by the recipient as a diary, covering the period June 1916 to February 1918, together with various medical entries; and a large quantity of letters (many of them congratulating the recipient on the award of the D.S.O), postcards, and other ephemera.

Eight: Staff Sergeant C. Wheaton, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1 Reconnaissance Regiment and Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (22805437 Cpl. C. Wheaton. R.E.M.E.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22805437 Cfn. C. Wheaton. R.E.M.E.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, heavy abrasions to the campaign stars, the remainder generally very fine (8) £200-£240 --- Provenance: Bill and Angela Strong Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2011. Clifford Wheaton was born in Barnet on 22 April 1922. He attested for the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment on 22 July 1940 and later witnessed extensive service in Korea and Malaya, latterly with No. 12 Infantry Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Posted to Aden from February 1964 to March 1966 with No. 13 Armoured Workshop, he was raised Staff Sergeant in January 1957 and discharged on 8 June 1970 - his discharged papers noting that he stated six years with the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps. Sold with private research.

4th Volunteer Battalion Manchester Regiment Prize Medal, silver, Coat of Arms of Manchester to the obverse and Fleur de Lys to reverse (No. 4515, Sergeant W. Armstrong) lacking suspension; 1st Manchester Rifle Volunteers Prize Medal, 12 pointed star shaped medal with ‘1st Manchester Rifle Volunteers,’ within outer circlet, trophy of arms to the centre and below ‘From Acorns Spring Oaks’ (2), one in unmarked white metal with plain reverse and crimson ‘bow’ riband with gold embroidered ‘6’; the other in gilt white metal and with an indistinct engraved monogram to reverse; Manchester Regiment Volunteers Prize Medal, an 8-pointed star-shaped medal with Sphinx to centre and below Volr. Battn. Manchester Regiment, plain reverse, unnamed; together with a West Heslerton Tribute medallet, 23mm, silver, the obverse depicting St. George slaying the German dragon, ‘The Great War’ around, the reverse inscribed ‘Served in the Great 1914-1918 From the inhabitants of West Heslerton’ (Pte. Ed. Smith. Manchester Regt.) with integral loop and ring for suspension; and three unofficial modern commemorative medals comprising a National Service Medal 1939-60, unnamed; a General Service Cross, hallmarked sterling silver, the reverse engraved ‘23168920 H. G. Gleave. Manchester Regiment.’; and a British Army of the Rhine (B.A.O.R.) Berlin Airlift Commemorative Medal, silver (23168920 Pte. H. G. Gleave. Manchester Regiment) generally nearly very fine and better (8) £100-£140 --- Edward Smith served as Private No. 76252 in 21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment, and was killed in action on 19 October 1918, aged 19. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis en Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais. France. He was the son of George Robert and Amy Smith, of West Heslerton, Malton, Yorkshire, and is one of 11 names on the war memorial at All Saints Church, West Heslerton.

An interesting Victory Medal awarded to Private H. Haw M.M., West Yorkshire Regiment, who was caught stealing eggs from a Yorkshire hen-house in a ‘sting’ operation reminiscent of a modern-day children’s animation: Losing his reserved occupation in consequence, Haw went on to serve with distinction on the Western Front Victory Medal 1914-19 (49515 Pte. H. Haw. W. York. R.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £60-£80 --- M.M. London Gazette 22 July 1919. Harold Haw was born in Bradford in 1890 and spent his childhood at Fieldhouse Farm, Farsley. A married market gardener and father to two small children, his formerly quiet life was rudely interrupted when he caught the attention of the local authorities and The Shipley Times and Express on 22 June 1917: ‘Robbing a Calverley Hen-Roost - How a Thief was Captured and Punished At the Bradford West Riding Police Court, on Monday, Harold Haw, labourer, of Pudsey, was charged with stealing two eggs on June 14th, the property of Mr. Henry Jagger of Calverley. He pleaded guilty. Mr. Wm. Walker, surveyor to the District Council, and also a special constable, said that on May 31st he called to see Mr. Jagger on business connected with Council matters, and Mr. Jagger said that on particular days he did not get many eggs from his poultry. He suspected that this shortage was possibly connected with the visits of a man who was in charge of a horse and waggon delivering goods for the Farsley branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-op. Society. The thefts had coincided with the man’s visits so often that they could hardly be a coincidence. Witness arranged with Mr. Jagger that on the 14th inst. a trap should be set, and that they would watch the man. Three eggs were punctured with a pin, and placed where the hens usually laid. This method of marking was adopted as being less noticeable than any other way, and also that it could not be rubbed off. Witness attended as arranged as about 10 a.m. on the 14th inst., and along with Mr. Jagger, went into a bedroom of the farm-house, from which a window overlooked the farm-yard. Shortly after the accused, accompanied by two youths, brought his waggon into the yard. He then carried a sack of bran into the mistal through the top door. One of the eggs was on some hay near the door. Accused shortly afterwards came out and sauntered down the yard and again entered the mistal by the lower door. He did not stay inside many minutes, and later paid a short visit to the hen-house. The boys were delivering goods in a box, placing them in an old cottage, as the house was locked up, in the absence of both Mr. and Mrs. Jagger on business. Accused and the boys then went to the waggon and across to an adjacent farm occupied by Mr. Newton Wood. Witness and Jagger then went down and found two of the marked eggs gone. The third egg was in a nest in the hen-house, and a hen which was wanting to sit had gone into the nest and thus covered the egg. Witness followed accused and caught him just as he was delivering a sack of meal at Mr. Wood’s. Witness said: “I want those two eggs you have got from the other farm.” Accused replied, “What eggs?” Witness said, “Those two eggs which you have got, and which are marked.” Witness drew his attention to his badge of ‘special constable,” and informed him that he should search him if the eggs were not given up. After some little hesitation, accused handed over the two eggs, one from each side pocket of his inside coat. Witness then took his name and address, and told him that he should report him. Accused was subsequently arrested by P.C. Woodhouse.’ At trial the Clerk asked the farmer, Mr. Jagger, if the hens laid in the mistal: “Yes, but they don’t lay marked eggs!” (laughter)’ In summing up the case, the chairman described Haw’s actions as rather despicable and mean and he was given the choice between a 40 shilling fine or a month in the cells; it seems likely that he chose the latter. On 23 July 1917, Haw attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment and commenced training as a Lewis gunner. The recipient’s Army Service Record confirms his address at this time as 11 Croft Place, Pudsey, and notes his posting to France in March 1918. Serving with the 8th Battalion, he suffered a shrapnel wound to the right thumb near Tronville on 7 September 1918. Transferred to the 1/6th Battalion, he joined the Army of Occupation on the Rhine and was awarded the Military Medal. Returned home to Yorkshire, Haw died at North Bierley in 1921.

Pair: Private W. Smith, Essex Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1600. Pte. W. Smith. 2/Essex. R.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180 --- William Smith was born in Brentwood, Essex, in 1862, and attested for the 44th Regiment of Foot at Warley on 28 March 1881. Appointed Private in the 2nd Battalion, his Army Service Record notes that he was placed in confinement on 4 July 1881 and subsequently tried by District Court Martial for desertion and losing by neglect articles of kit; found guilty, he was sentenced to 56 days’ hard labour and stoppages. Posted to Gibraltar, Egypt, Cyprus and Malta, Smith remained with the Essex Regiment and served 12 years with the Colours, including time served as part of the Nile Expeditionary Force of 1884-5. Released on 12 July 1893, his character was described as ‘fair, latterly good (since July 87).’ Sold with copied record of service.

A Great War ‘Hohenzollern Redoubt, March 1915’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant A. J. McIntosh, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (398 Pte. A. J. McIntosh. 9/R. Fus:); 1914-15 Star (398 L. Cpl. A. J. McIntosh. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (398 Sjt. A. J. McIntosh. R. Fus.) very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 15 April 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and coolness during enemy bomb counter-attacks. When his party was hotly pressed he ran along the parapet and dropped a bomb on the enemy squad.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Hohenzollern Redoubt, 2 March 1916.’ Alexander John McIntosh served with the 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in France from 1 June 1915. He also served with the 1st and 17th Battalions of his regiment as well as the 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (No. 27056). He was transferred to ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 5 February 1919. Sold with copied research including gazette notices, War Diary extracts for March 1916 and account of the above action taken from the regimental history.

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Red River 1870 (1121 Sejt J. M. Barrett, A.S.C.) officially impressed naming, minor edge bruising, very fine £2,000-£3,000 --- Approximately 7 ‘Red River 1870’ clasps awarded to the Army Service Corps.

Pair: Drum Major W. Newton, 63rd Regiment of Foot Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Drum - Mjr.: W. Newton. 63/Foot.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2987 D. Maj. W. Newton. 63rd Foot) mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (2) £300-£400 --- William Newton was born at Gibraltar about 1839. He attested as a ‘Boy’ soldier into the army at Winchester on 18 June 1853, being posted to 63rd Regiment of Foot. He was appointed a Drummer on 30 May 1854 and served in Dublin, Malta and Canada, being promoted Corporal on 13 November 1863 and Sergeant on 31 May 1861. On 16 January 1863 he was promoted to Drum Major and returned for ‘home’ service in Scotland and Ireland in 1865. His regiment sailed for India on H.M. Troopship Serapis on 7 October 1870, where he was stationed at Jhansi. He was discharged from the army on 12 June 1876 as ‘being found unfit for further service’. His disability was stated to be ‘ague’ caused by exposure to the climate and ‘malarious influences’ in India. He was awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on his discharge and received the Meritorious Service Medal with annuity in 1907, these were his only medallic awards. He died at Chelsea on 24 November 1909, aged 70. Sold with copied research.

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (1371. Pte. Hy. Fryer. 63rd. Regt.) polished, about very fine £180-£220 --- Henry Fryer was born in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in 1844. He attested for service in 7th Regiment of Foot at Uxbridge in August 1869 but transferred to the 63rd Regiment in March 1870. He served in India and Afghanistan and in the Kandahar Field Force and remained in India until his regiment went to Egypt in 1882, returning to the U.K. later in that year. He took his discharge from the army on 5 May 1883, and died at Uxbridge in 1896 aged 48. Sold with copied research and medal roll extracts.

Four: Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. Holland, 13th (Irish) Imperial Yeomanry, second-in-command of the battalion when taken prisoner at Lindley on 31 May 1900; late 15th Hussars, the detachment of which regiment he commanded on the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut. A. G. Holland, 15th Hussrs.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Capt: A. G. Holland. 15/Husrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lt. Colonel A. G. Holland. 13/Impl. Yeo.) officially engraved naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, contact marks and polished but generally nearly very fine (4) £1,600-£2,000 --- Arthur Gambier Holland was born on 10 September 1848, at Springfield, St. Helens, Ryde, Isle of Wight. The son of George Henry and Charlotte Holland, he was first appointed Cornet in 1869, and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 24 July 1869, spending 27 years with the regiment. He was raised Lieutenant on 18 October 1871; Captain on 29 April 1879; Major on 12 June 1889; and Lieutenant-Colonel (half pay) on 10 September 1896. Holland first served in Afghanistan with the Quetta and Kandahar Field Forces, taking part in the advance on and occupation of Kandahar and Khelat-i-Ghilzai; operations in Yarkistan; action near Takht-i-Pul (with the Thul Chottiali Field Force), gaining a Mention in Despatches at Takht-i-Pul, when his squadron, on 4 January 1879, surprised and defeated a superior force of some 400 enemy cavalry (Despatches 7 November 1879); and the relief of Kandahar. During the second part of the campaign, he served with the 15th Hussars in General Phayre's Division. Subsequently, he saw service in the Transvaal campaign during the first Boer War of 1881, for which no medal was ever issued. During the Nile expedition of 1884-5, Captain Holland commanded the detachment of 2 Officers and 42 men of the 15th Hussars which formed part of the Light Camel Regiment, taking part in the operations with the Desert Column, including the engagement at Abu Klea Wells on 16-17 February 1885. However, he and his men were not entitled to the clasp for the action at Abu Klea on 17 January as they were just outside the area of operations for which the clasp was awarded. Holland came out of retirement and volunteered for Boer War service, being appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, 13th Imperial Yeomanry on 21 February 1900. The 13th Battalion consisted of 45th (Dublin Hunt), 46th (Belfast), 47th (Duke of Cambridge's Own or Lord Donoughmore's) and 54th (Belfast) Companies. The Battalion was known by Roberts as the 'Irish Yeomanry’; however, the 47th Company, formed by Lord Donoughmore, who had been Commander-in-Chief of the Army for 39 years to 1895, was made up of 'men of gentle birth and wealth', who, in order to join the Company, had been required to pay £130 towards the cost of a horse, their own equipment and passage to South Africa, and to donate their pay to the Imperial War Fund for the Widows and Orphans of Soldiers. The 13th Battalion embarked for South Africa in February 1900 and was ordered to join Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Colville's 9th Division at Ventersburg as mounted infantry reinforcements. However, the unit was delayed waiting for forage and Colville left Ventersburg on 24 May 1900 without them. The Battalion was then ordered to Kroonstad and later redirected to Lindley, where on arrival on 27 May 1900, was soon engaged, coming under fire from parties of Boers around the town. Colonel Spragge, the Commanding Officer, withdrew a short distance from Lindley to the point at which he had left his baggage, established a defensive position atop a group of hills and immediately sent a messenger to Colville, requesting assistance. Colville, considering that his force was too weak to be divided, pressed on with his advance and ordered Colonel Spragge to retire to Kroonstad. Colonel Spragge had also sent requests for assistance to Lieutenant General Rundle, some 40 miles south of Lindley, and he immediately set about relieving the pressure on Spragge's force, but was held up at Senekal. Meanwhile, on 28 May 1900, the Boers began their assault on Spragge's position and for the next two days the 13th Battalion concentrated on maintaining its ground. However, on the evening of 29 May 1900, Piet de Wet arrived with reinforcements, bringing the Boer force surrounding the 13th Battalion up to some 2,500 men and most importantly, also brought with him four artillery guns, which were to effectively seal the fate of the Yeomanry Battalion. Colonel Spragge, finding that the grazing for his horses was becoming restricted, ordered Lieutenant Hugh Montgomery and 16 men of the 46th Belfast Company to seize a kopje 2,000 yards to the west of their position, from which Boer marksmen were causing problems. The sortie was a failure and Lieutenant Montgomery and his men were taken prisoner. The next morning, Lord Longford and 40 men of the 45th Dublin Company were sent to take the same kopje and following a bayonet charge, they succeeded. At this point, however, the Boers brought their artillery into action and Colonel Spragge's position began to deteriorate. On 31 May 1900, the Boers attacked the kopje and the Yeomanry began to fall back. Colonel Spragge sent reinforcements to this line, but stated that ‘an irresponsible Corporal raised a white flag and in the confusion the kopje fell’. On seeing the white flag Captain Robin ordered a cease-fire, and as the Yeomanry position was now overlooked and their Colt gun had been put out of action, Colonel Sprage decided to surrender to avoid unnecessary loss of life. Roberts in the meantime had ordered Methuen and Colville to relieve the Yeomanry, but they arrived two days too late on 2 June 1900. Colonel Spragge, Lieutenant-Colonel Holland and the surviving members of the 13th Battalion were taken Prisoner of War; the casualties suffered by the Battalion at Lindley amounted to one officer and 15 men killed in action, 5 officers and 37 men wounded, and 21 officers and 440 men taken Prisoner of War. Holland was second in command of the battalion under Colonel B. Spragge, who was subsequently cleared of blame at the enquiry which followed some months later at Barberton on 25 September 1900. Lieutenant-Colonel Holland, who had been released from captivity, went on half pay on 21 October 1900. Lord Roberts said of the disaster: ‘I consider General Colville mainly responsible for the surrender of the Irish Yeomanry and would not let him retain his command.’ Subsequently, in December 1900, Broderick, the new Secretary of State for War, announced that he agreed with Roberts that Colville was ultimately responsible for the surrender at Lindley. Colville was consequently removed from command at Gibraltar and when he would not retire he was made to do so. Sold with research including copies of rolls, details of the enquiry, original copy of Holland's Birth Certificate and war services.

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (632 Pte. M. Meek, 63rd Regt.) light contact marks, nearly very fine £80-£100 --- Matthew Meek was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, about January 1851. He moved to Ireland and was resident at Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, when he attested for service as a Private in the 63rd Regiment in January 1876. His battalion played no part in the early stages of the Afghan War 1878-79, only joining the Kandahar Field Force at Quetta in August 1880. He remained in Afghanistan and India until he returned to the U.K. on 25 February 1882, to seek his discharge and was transferred to the Army Reserve. He was recalled for service in Egypt and the Sudan in July 1882 and was posted to the Commissariat and Transport Corps. He was in due course awarded the Egypt 1882 medal with clasp Tel El Kebir (one of only three with this clasp to the Manchester Regiment) and the Khedive’s Bronze Star. On 7 January 1885 he was discharged from the army. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Five: Sergeant J. Lightfoot, Manchester Regiment 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (3519407 Sjt. J. Lightfoot. Manch. R.) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (5) £60-£80 --- Jack Lightfoot was born on 6 August 1908 at Middlewich, Cheshire, and attested for service as a ‘Boy’ soldier on 7 February 1924, at 15 years of age. He was initially posted to the Regimental Depot at Ashton Under Lyne, and then briefly to 1st Battalion prior being posted to 2nd Battalion for service in India. He was appointed ‘Bandsman’ on 8 August 1926. In October 1932 his battalion moved to Khartoum, returning to the U.K. in December 1933, and he was discharged at Strenshall in February 1936 ‘time expired’. In 1937 he re-enlisted in the 5th (Territorial) Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment, but by 25 October had re-enlisted in the Regular Army. He was posted to 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment and in September embarked for Cherbourg to join the B.E.F. Lightfoot was one of those who managed to escape to Dunkirk and arrived back in the U.K. on 31 May 1940. Later in the War, his battalion served in India and Burma. He was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 31 December 1944. On returning to the U.K. he was posted to the Central School of Artistes, and then to the Combined Services Entertainment Central Depot. He was discharged and again transferred to the Army Reserve on 27 October 1949. He resided at Havant, Hampshire, and died in 1973. Sold with copied service records and research notes.

Family Group: Pair: Private J. Beddows, Manchester Regiment British War and Victory Medals (22624 Pte. J. Beddows. Manch. R.) very fine Four: Private J. T. Beddows, Manchester Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (3442038 Pte. J Beddowes [sic]. Manch. R.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, the last two in the incorrect order; together with one red fibre identity disc ‘3442038 C.E. Beddows’, light contact marks, very fine (6) £100-£140 --- John Beddows served in the Manchester Regiment with Service No. 22624 and later transferred to the Labour Corps, being re-numbered 380897. James Thomas Beddows was born on 6 July 1907 at Pendlebury, Salford, Lancashire. He attested for service in 7th (Territorial) Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers on 10 November 1925. He subsequently transferred to a regular enlistment as Private No. 3442038 into 2nd Battalion the Manchester Regiment. He served in India and Burma, receiving the India General Service Medal and transferred to the Army Reserve in 1934. He was recalled to the colours in September 1939 returning to the 2nd Battalion of his regiment, being promoted Corporal. He embarked for France in the S.S. Biarritz in September 1939 to join the B.E.F. He was one of the remnants of his battalion who managed to escape to Dunkirk to be evacuated to England, arriving on 31 May 1940. In 1943, now Warrant Officer II (C.S.M.) he was transferred to the 5th Battalion of his regiment and served for the remainder of the war in the U.K. He was discharged to the Army Reserve on 17 November 1945. He died at Salford on 5 January 1954. Sold with copied research.

Six: Warrant Officer Class II D. G. Clark, Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, New Zealand (33718 WOII. D. G. Clark. RNZASC.) mounted court-style as worn, light contact marks, good very fine (6) £70-£90 --- Note: Owing to the presence of a 1st Army clasp to the recipient’s Africa Star, and the absence of a New Zealand War Service Medal, the recipient presumably served with the British Army during the Second World, before emigrated to and enlisting in the New Zealand Forces.

Six: Sergeant-Major T. G. Groombridge, East Kent Regiment, R.S.M. of the 8th Battalion at Loos, 26 September 1915, where they suffered 558 casualties including 24 officers when attacking the German line near Chalk Pit Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Transvaal (2831 Sgt. T. Groombridge. E. Kent Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2831 Serjt: J. Groombridge. E. Kent Regt.); 1914-15 Star (SR-463 S. Mjr. T. Groombridge. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (SR-463 W.O. Cl. 1. T. G. Groombridge. E. Kent R.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2831 C. Sjt. T. Groombridge, E. Kent R.) the Great War Trio good very fine, otherwise nearly very fine (6) £300-£400 --- Thomas George Groombridge was born at New Brompton, Chatham, Kent, in 1871 and enlisted into the Buffs on 26 February 1889, being posted to the 2nd Battalion. He had risen to the rank of Sergeant by August 1894 and was transferred to Army Reserve on 11 February 1899. Recalled on 4 December later that year, he was posted to the 2nd Battalion and served in South Africa from 22 December 1899 to 22 May 1900, and from 31 August 1901 to 20 March 1902. He was then posted to the 1st Battalion for service in Burma, April to December 1902, and then in India until November 1903 when he was posted to the 3rd Battalion. He was promoted to Colour-Sergeant on 16 May 1905 and discharged to pension on 25 February 1910. He re-attested from the Special Reserve on 12 September 1914, and was appointed acting Sergeant-Major in the 8th Battalion. Promoted to Company Sergeant-Major on 24 September 1914, and to Regimental Sergeant-Major in August 1915, he landed in France on 31 August 1915, with the 24th Division. Groombridge was R.S.M. of the 8th Battalion at the battle of Loos, 26 September 1915, with 72nd Brigade attacking the German second line near Chalk Pit where they suffered 558 casualties including 24 officers. Posted back to the U.K. on 10 December 1915, he was posted to the 9th Battalion and then to Training Reserve in September 1916. He was discharged on 21 December 1917, diagnosed with neurasthenia and ‘being no longer physically fit for war service under para 392 of King’s Regulations. He was awarded Silver War Badge No. 294713. Sold with copied research including service papers, medal rolls, and extracts from the regimental history and The War Dragon regimental gazette.

Eight: Lieutenant (Quartermaster) T. G. Milner, Manchester Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (4591 Pte. T. G. Milner. Manchester Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4591 Serjt: G. [sic] Milner. Manch: Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. T. G. Milner.); Defence Medal; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (No. 4591 Cr. Sgt. T. G. Milner. Manch. Rgt.) contemporarily engraved in the usual regimental style; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (4591 W.O. Cl. 1 T. G. Milner. Manch. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4591 C. Sjt: T. G. Milner. Manch: Regt.) mounted court-style for display; together with two silver regimental prize medals, the first engraved ‘Laver Hockey Tournament 1908 - Col. Sergt. Milner 1st Manchester Regt’, and the second ‘S.A.F.L. 1904 - Band & Drums Won By Band Sergt, Milner 1st Manchester Regt. Under Singapore Association Football League’; contact marks overall, the Boer War pair polished and worn, generally good fine or better (10) £500-£700 --- Thomas George Milner was born in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, and attested for the Manchester Regiment aged 15 at Preston in May 1895. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and was promoted Corporal in November 1900; Sergeant Drummer in April 1906; and Colour Sergeant in February 1908, serving with the Regiment in India from 1904 until 1913. Milner served during the Great War as Acting Regimental Sergeant Major with the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He was commissioned Temporary Lieutenant and Quarter Master in the 16th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (1st City), on 18 April 1918, and served with them on the Western Front from 24 April 1918. He was demobilised to reside in Devizes, Wiltshire, in September 1921, later moving to Cleethorpes and Grimsby, and served as an air raid warden for Grimsby Corporation during the Second World War. Sold with copied service papers and other research including a copied photographic image of the recipient in later life.

A post-War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Acting Warrant Officer Class II T. J. Harris, Royal Regiment of Wales, late Welch Regiment, who was wounded in action in Korea on 10 December 1951 British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (22339963 Act. W/O. II. Terence J. Harris, R.R.W.) edge prepared prior to naming, with Royal Mint case of issue and outer named card box; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22359963 Pte. T J. Harris. Welch.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (22359963 Sgt. T. Harris. Welch.) mounted court-style for display; together with the related miniature awards (the Korea Medal a 2nd issue type), these mounted court-style for wear, light contact marks, generally good very fine (4) £700-£900 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 3 June 1972. The original Recommendation, dated 7 February 1972, states: ‘Sergeant (Acting Warrant Officer Class II) Harris has been a Permanent Staff Instructor with this Battalion since 20 June 1969. His first 21 months with the Battalion, at that time designated The Welsh Volunteers, were spent with B Company at Newport where he was the senior Permanent Staff Instructor and as such did exceptionally good work. In April 1971, however, when the Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve expanded, the Welsh Volunteers were disbanded and used to form a nucleus for two new Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve Battalions. At this stage Acting Warrant Officer Class II Harris was transferred to Abertillery where a completely new Company was to be formed as part of the new 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Wales. Throughout his Army career Acting Warrant Officer Class II Harris has always been noted for his energy and drive. At no time, however, have these qualities been more apparent and more profitably directed that in the last ten months. As the only Permanent Staff Instructor and regular soldier in the new Company, the main burden and responsibility for recruiting men for this new sub-unit devolved on Acting Warrant Officer Class II Harris. He willingly and enthusiastically accepted the challenge. In the succeeding ten months, by his quiet determination, exceptional zeal and remarkable resourcefulness Acting Warrant Officer Class II Harris has raised over 60% of his full establishment and is still drawing in fresh recruits. In itself this is a commendable effort but is not rested there. Using his forceful personality and dynamic drive he has forged this raw material into a thoroughly effective and happy company. No man has or could have worked harder to make this new Company a success. Their keenness, efficiency and cheerful 'esprit de corps' reflect the inspired leadership high standards and dedication of Acting Warrant Officer Class II Harris. It is typical of his unassuming character that he disclaim all credit for this. Nevertheless he alone, by his tireless effort and selfless devotion - far above the normal call of duty - and his superb personal example has accomplished this notable success. Acting Warrant Officer Class II Harris is due to leave the Army in September 1972 and official recognition now of his many years of loyal service, and his recent magnificent contribution to the effectiveness, standing and sense of purpose of the Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve and this Battalion would be justly deserved and warmly welcomed by his regiment.’ Terence James Harris was born in 1931 and attested for the Welch Brigade at Brecon on 6 September 1950. He served with the 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment in Korea from 10 October 1951 to 28 January 1952, and again from 13 February to 8 November 1952; he was wounded in action on 10 December 1951, sustaining gun shot wounds to his left leg and right thigh. He saw further active service in Cyprus from 17 December 1957 to 12 December 1958. He was discharged on the completion of his engagement with the rank of Staff Sergeant (Acting Warrant Officer Class II) on 5 September 1972, after 22 years’ service. Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Service Red Book; original Telegram to the recipient’s mother stating he was wounded in action on 10 December 1951, with original letter from his Platoon Commander to his mother stating her son was wounded by a Chinese ‘burp’ gun in the legs during a Chinese attack; original letter from the Infantry Record Office confirming the telegram stating he had been wounded but had no further details as yet; and original letter from the Infantry Record Office stating her son had sustained Gun Shot wounds to his left leg and right thigh; 4 original letters congratulating the recipient on the award of his BEM; three photographs; an ‘Images of Wales’ history of the Welch Regiment book; and a Welch Regiment cap badge and Welch Regiment medallion.

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (1094 Pte. M. Hayes 2d. Bn. Devon. Regt.) good very fine £120-£160 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008. Maurice Hayes was born in Norwood, Middlesex. A porter by occupation, he attested for the Devonshire Regiment at Exeter on 18 December 1884. Not the best of soldiers, he was imprisoned for some offence between April and August 1887. He then deserted from December 1887 to November 1889, for which he was briefly imprisoned pending embarkation for India. With the 2nd Battalion he served in India from December 1889 to July 1897. Hayes transferred to the Army Reserve in July 1897 but was recalled for service in the Boer War in October 1899. With the Devonshires he served in South Africa, October 1899 to October 1901, and was discharged on 12 October 1901.

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (353 Sjt. T. Griffiths. 7/Manch: Regt.); together with a 4th Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment unofficial silver ‘Efficiency’ Medal 1901, the obverse depicting a Sphinx above a plinth engraved ‘Egypt’, ‘Efficiency Medal 1901’ around, the reverse engraved ‘Best Individual Attendance, Number of Drills 56’ and ‘4th Vol Batt Manchester Regt.’ around, the edge engraved ‘Pte. T. Griffiths’, mounted court-style for display, minor edge nicks, otherwise good very fine (2) £140-£180 --- T.F.E.M. Army Order No. 120 of 1 April 1913. The Regimental ‘Efficiency Medal’ is referred to in Records of the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment compiled by Captain H. C. Evans (undated), where it is referred to in 1899: ‘With reference to the high averages obtained this year for attendance at drill, Prizes in the shape of medals had been offered for competition among the Companies by the Adjutant... The Medals were given for totals obtained prior to camp, and resembled in size, material and shape a War Medal, having a Sphinx on the obverse’. Sold with copied research.

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1604 Pte. Sl. Barthorpe. 63rd. Regt.) minor edge bruise otherwise nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- Samuel Barthorpe was born at Ragnall, Nottinghamshire, in 1849 and attested for service in 50th (Queen’s Own) Regiment at Mansfield on 9 December 1869, before transferring to the 63rd Regiment, at Cork, Ireland, on 20 June 1870. His regiment embarked for Alexandria on 7 October 1870, and thence to Bombay, serving in Gwalior and Umballa. His regiment served in the closing stages of the first phase of the Afghan War, joining the Kandahar Field Force at Quetta. Barthorpe remained at Jullundur with the ‘service companies’ of his regiment and was posted to Kala Abdulla, before returning to Bombay where he embarked for England on 10 November 1881. He left the army shortly after his return to the U.K., and by 1911 he was the inn keeper at the Butcher’s Arms, Laneham, Lincolnshhire. He died at Retford, Nottinghamshire, in 1932. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private T. Mountford, Manchester Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Ladysmith, Belfast (3414 Pte. T. Mountford. Manchester Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3414 Pte. T. Mountford. Manch: Regt.) mounted court-style for display, minor edge bruising, good very fine (2) £160-£200 --- Thomas Mountford was born at Nantwich, Cheshire, in 1868 and attested at Ashton Under Lyne for service in the Manchester Regiment on 29 October 1891. He served in Ireland with 1st Battalion until he transferred to 2nd Battalion, serving in India at Dinapur and then to Bombay. He returned to the U.K. and was discharged to the Army Reserve ‘time expired’ on 6 December 1898. On the outbreak of the South African War he rejoined 1st Battalion and embarked for South Africa on 30 November 1899, joining the Ladysmith Relief Column. He remained in South Africa until he was selected as one of the small party to represent the regiment at the Coronation of King Edward VII, which was however postponed due to the illness of the King. He was demobilised on 1 July 1902, reverting to the Army Reserve. Following the outbreak of the Great War, Mountford enlisted in the Special Reserve and initially served in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, but transferred to the 1st Battalion, landing in France on 24 November 1914 serving at the Front in the First Battle of Ypres. Later in the War he transferred to the Labour Corps and to the Royal Engineers; for his war services in the Great War he received the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. Sold with copied research.

Four: Sergeant J. Bennett, Manchester Regiment 1914-15 Star (2 Sjt. J. Bennett. Manch: R.); British War and Victory Medals (200001 Sjt. J. Bennett. Manch. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R., with additional long service clasp (2 Sjt. J. Bennett. 5/Manch: Regt.) mounted court-style for display in the incorrect order, the last polished hence fair, otherwise better than very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Joseph Bennett was born in Wigan, Lancashire, in 1874 and attested for service in 5th Battalion the Manchester Regiment (Territorial) having prior service in the Volunteer Force. Awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 7 of 1909, he served during the Great War as Sergeant Cook in the Balkan theatre from May 1915. He was invalided home and was discharged from the army being no longer fit for active service in March 1918, being entitled to Silver War Badge No. 377434. He did, however, re-enlist in the 5th (T.F.) Battalion, the Manchester Regiment in 1920, and was re-numbered 3511185, being awarded a clasp to his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 213 of November 1930. Sold with copied research.

Seven: Captain G. Fordyce, New Zealand Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; New Zealand War Service Medal; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., New Zealand, reverse engraved ‘Capt. G. Fordyce. R of O.’, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £140-£180 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 11 January 1945 (Italy).

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (138 Sowar Zaid Gul Khyber Rifles); British War Medal 1914-20 (S-M. Tor Khan. N. Waz. Mil.) small erasure between name and unit; Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2) (33 Nk. Nur Khan, 694 (M.T. Coy) R.A.S.C.; 3837 B. Lce. Naik Saida Khan. 58th. Rfls. (F.F.)) polished and worn, fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- Tor Khan served successively with the Kurram Militia, the Khyber Rifles, and the North Waziristan Militia. He was awarded the Indian Order of Merit, 3rd Class, on 1 September 1897, and the Order of British India on 26 June 1908. He was awarded the Indian Distinguished Service Medal for service with the Waziristan Force, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches, for services on the North West Frontier of India in 1908 (London Gazette 14 August 1908); and again during the Third Afghan War (London Gazette 3 August 1920). A contemporary account of Tor Khan describes him as ‘[o]ne of the more colourful characters who served the British cause along the Northwest Frontier of India. Reputedly the offspring of a Gordon Highlander, he was admitted to the 3rd Class of the Indian Order of Merit for conspicuous gallantry during the successful defence of an outpost against greatly superior numbers of dissident tribesmen in 1897. He obtained great notoriety for this action after shooting dead a Mullah who, approaching the outpost Koran in hand, had attempted to persuade the defenders to desert. His young son was also no disappointment to his father. When no more than nine years old, he cut the throat of his seven year old cousin (this son went on to become a Subadar in the Tochi Scouts, winning first the 2nd Class and then the 1st Class IOM for gallantry on the Frontier).’ (The Frontier Scouts by C. Chenevix Trench refers) Sold with copied research.

Six: Acting Major L. T. Holmes, Manchester Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Lt. L. T. Holmes. Manch.) mounted as worn, very fine (6) £120-£160 --- Leonard Taylor Holmes was born on 3 December 1913 at Wallasey, Liverpool. By 1939 he was a bank clerk at the Westminster Bank, residing at Cheam, Surrey. He attested for service in the Royal Regiment of Artillery (T.A.) on 24 April 1939, with service No. 1457604. He was mobilised and posted as Gunner to 312th (City of London) A.A. Battery, R.A. In July 1940 he was selected for officer training and sent to 133 A.A. Officer Cadet Training Unit. On 12 December 1940 he was posted as Second Lieutenant to the 81st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment R.A., on the Orkney and Shetland Defences. He was promoted Temporary Captain on 6 August 1943 and served in 21 A.A. Brigade in North Africa and Italy. In July 1944 he was posted to Middle East Infantry Training Depot pending transfer to the Manchester Regiment, but was posted for duty to the King’s Own Royal Regiment. He briefly held the acting rank of Major between August and October 1945. He joined the Army Emergency Reserve as an officer in the Royal Army Pay Corps as Lieutenant and Paymaster from the Manchester Regiment on 17 April 1956. He was awarded his Efficiency Medal (Territorial) in the London Gazette on 28 September 1956, and relinquished his commission in the Army Emergency Reserve on 3 December 1968. He died on 15 May 1989, his occupation noted as retired bank manager. Sold with copied research.

Three: Private W. H. Baguley, Manchester Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War in Mesopotamia; he later served in the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps as part of the B.E.F., and died at home after the Dunkirk evacuation General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (62333 Pte. W. H. Baguley. Manch R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, minor edge bruising to first, otherwise better than very fine (3) £140-£180 --- William Henry Baguley was born at Runcorn, Cheshire, in December 1900 and attested for service in the Manchester Regiment in January 1919. He served for a few months with the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion but was posted to 2nd Battalion on 16 October 1919. His battalion was under orders for service in Mesopotamia and sailed from Tibury on 13 February 1920. His battalion served at Tikrit, Hillah and Baghdad with the ‘Manchester Column’, and Baguley was one of those taken prisoner of the Arabs at Hillah; eventually after several months of forced marches and harsh treatment at Najef, the prisoners were handed over to the British Army on 19 October 1920. Following his release he remained with his battalion and was sent to India until he returned to the U.K. ‘time expired’ on 3 December 1925. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Baguley re-enlisted into the Manchester Regiment but was posted to the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, many of whom served in France with the B.E.F., including Baguley. He was posted to No. 54 Company, A.M.P.C. as acting Sergeant on 4 January 1940 and was one of those who made it to the beaches at Dunkirk and returned to the U.K. on 2 June 1940. He died in the U.K. on 3 May 1941 of ‘natural causes’, no doubt exacerbated by his time in France in the B.E.F., and is buried in Warrington Cemetery. Sold with copied service papers and extensive research.

Three: Lance-Corporal A. R. Currell, Middlesex Regiment 1914-15 Star (4689 L. Cpl. A. R. Currell. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (G.4689 L. Cpl. A. R. Currell. 13. Middx. Regt.) all somewhat later issues, lacquered, very fine Pair: Private R. E. Hall, Army Service Corps, late British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John 1914-15 Star (R. E. Hall. B.R.C. & St. J.J.); British War Medal 1914-20 (M2-121681 Pte. R. E. Hall. A.S.C.) very fine Pair: H. Buckingham, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (H. Buckingham) good very fine Pair: Private W. J. Forsbrey, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (82058. Pte.1. W. J. Forsbrey. R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine (9) £100-£140 --- Arthur Reginald Currell was born at Romford, Essex, on 15 July 1894 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment on 9 September 1914. He served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 September 1915, including at Delville Wood during the Somme campaign, and was three times admitted to hospital. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 29 August 1917, and then to the Royal Air Force. He died in 1953. W. J. Forsbrey joined the Royal Flying Corps in May 1917. Sold with a Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve cap badge; and a Territorial Army Nursing Service lapel badge.

Three: Private A. C. Johnston, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action in the retreat to Dunkirk on 29 May 1940 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3525750 Pte. A. C. Johnston. Manch. R.) minor official correction; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Archibald Carson Johnston was a pre-War regular soldier serving in the Manchester Regiment and saw service in Palestine during the Arab Revolt. He was discharged to the Army Reserve in in June 1939, but recalled to the army on the outbreak of War. He served in 2nd Battalion the Manchester Regiment in the B.E.F. and was killed in action on 29 May 1940, in the retreat to Dunkirk. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private J. Caesar, Manchester Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Samana 1891 (2135 Pte. J. Ceasar [sic]. 2nd Bn. Manch. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2135 Pte. J. Caesar. Manch: Regt.) light contact marks, very fine and better (2) £240-£280 --- James Caesar was born at Farnham, Surrey, in 1871. He attested for service in 1st Battalion the Manchester Regiment on 15 February 1888, declaring prior service with 3rd Militia Battalion of the Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, and embarked with the 2nd Battalion for India in February 1890, seeing active service on the Samana Ridge and at Gulistan. He returned to the U.K. in January 1896 and was discharged to the Army Reserve, but was recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of the South African War and rejoined the 2nd Battalion, landing at Port Elizabeth on 9 April 1900. Private Caesar returned to the U.K. in April 1901 and was discharged at Ashton Under Lyne on 15 April 1901. He died at Farnham on 10 August 1920. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Guadaloupe (Michl. Madding, 63rd Foot.) extremely fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Hyde Greg Collection 1887; Dix Noonan Webb, June 2000. 39 clasps for Guadaloupe to the 63rd Foot, but only 12 as single clasp medals. Michael Madding appears on the medal roll as Michael Madding (in Captain Wynn’s Company) but all other records, musters, soldiers documents and pension papers show his surname as Maddin or Madden. He was born at Klintharl, Co. Galway, about 1787 and attested for the 63rd Foot as a volunteer from the Armagh Militia on a lifetime engagement on 27 October 1897. He is recorded as serving in the West Indies at Martinique, Barbados, and in 1813 served as an acting marine in the Army Schooner Maria. He was discharged on 5 January 1816 as a consequence of a fractured thigh while serving in the West Indies and was awarded a Chelsea disability pension on 9d per diem. Sold with extensive copied research.

A Great War ‘Ministry of Munitions’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Major C. Leese, Army Service Corps, who flourished as a winter sportsman in the Alpine climate of Switzerland but whose health suffered in the damp and exposed conditions of the Western Front A gifted amateur golfer, he repeatedly showed his prowess in the Amateur Championship but was often thwarted by Joyce Wethered and her equally successful brother Roger The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1917; 1914 Star (2. Lieut: C. Leese. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. Leese.) nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 1 January 1918. Clive Leese was born in Woking on 24 April 1885, the fourth son of Sir Joseph Francis Leese, K.C., M.P., 1st Baron Leese, of Send Holme, near Guildford. As Queen’s Council and Member of Parliament for Accrington from 1892 to 1910, his father was a hugely influential figure who was known in particular as a keen advocate for women’s suffrage. His mother was similarly exalted as a sportswoman; according to The Lancashire Daily Post of 28 January 1907, the only thing that could hold Lady Mary Constance Leese back from the ski slopes of Davos was ‘a severe case of influenza’. Clive Leese proved just as talented - at least his mother’s equal in winter sports - most notably in winning a third place finish in the English Figure Skate Bowl in 1905 and victory at Davos in 1907. The outbreak of the Great War saw Leese appointed Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps in the London Gazette of 19 September 1914. Posted to France from 5 October 1914, he witnessed early service at the Advanced Motorised Transport Depot. Evacuated home with an attack of pleurisy, the Proceedings of a Medical Board held at Caxton Hall on 4 February 1915 noted: ‘suffered from cold & exposure on active service with Expeditionary Force’. Raised Acting Major on 9 November 1916, Leese was seconded to the Ministry of Munitions. His name was later brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War for ‘valuable services rendered in connection with the war’ and he was awarded the M.B.E. (Military). Demobilised on 22 February 1919, Leese took employment as a solicitor in the family firm of Fairfield, Leese and Munns of 31, Old Jewry, London. He further dedicated his free time to amateur golf and became firm friends with some of the leading exponents of the game, most notably Joyce and Roger Wethered, the former being recognised as perhaps the greatest ‘lady golfer’ of her generation. Having initially dipped his toes at the 1905 Amateur Championship at Prestwick, Leese made it to the last 16 at St. Andrews in 1907. In 1921 he made short shrift of a Cambridge Varsity singles opponent, and in 1923 he and Mr. G. D. Forrester inflicted a ‘crushing defeat’ upon an Oxford and Cambridge Society pairing. Representing Woking Golf Club, Leese later lost a mere 2 and 1 to the Wethereds; a lucky escape given that Joyce and Roger were later described as ‘cruel’ to a Kentish brother and sister pair. Even the great Bobby Jones of Augusta National fame was keen to note of Joyce: ‘I have not played golf with anyone, man or woman, amateur or professional, who made me feel so utterly outclassed’. The following year, Leese once again reached the last 16 of the Amateur Championship, but received an utter drubbing (7 and 6) at the hands of Roger Wethered over the Old Course. According to Sketch on 4 June 1924: ‘Out in a grand score of 33 strokes, magnificent play by Wethered left Leese looking to the heavens, likely wondering what on earth he could do to alleviate the pain.’ Leese spent the 1920s as a regular Surrey County golfer and won the prestigious Royal Mid-Surrey Scratch Medal in 1928. He later served as Chairman of the Chiswick Sports Association, but his life was cut short on the operating table in November 1932. The Leese Baronetcy subsequently passed to his eldest brother and thence to Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.; for the next decade the Leese name remained in the press, but instead of filling the sporting back pages in the footsteps of Clive and his mother, Sir Oliver garnered headlines as Commander of XXX Corps in North Africa and Sicily, before taking over the reins of Eighth Army in succession to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery of Alamein.

A Great War Western Front ‘Trench Raid’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private T. McLean, Manchester Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (275935 Pte. T. Mc Lean. 1/7 Manch: R. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (3245 Pte. T. Mc Lean. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (275935 Pte. T. Mc Lean. Manch. R.) mounted as worn, the 1914-15 Star an officially issued replacement marked ‘Duplicate’, good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917. Thomas McLean was born at Bradford, Yorkshire, on 29 August 1894. He enlisted ‘for the duration of the war’ into 7th (Territorial) Battalion the Manchester Regiment on 1 December 1914 and served with his battalion in the Gallipoli campaign, landing at ‘V’ Beach on 7 May 1915. He was evacuated to Mudros on 26 October 1915, suffering from dysentery, but rejoined his unit on 20 November 1915. In March 1917 his battalion moved to France and the Western Front. In April 1917 the battalion was at Havrincourt, where they occupied ‘Manchester Trench’ and ‘Cheetham Hill’. A trench raid had been carefully planned for 3 July 1917, on ‘Wigan Copse’, and the raiding party ‘leaped out and rushed into the copse like howling dervishes’; three prisoners were taken, at least eight Germans were shot or bayonetted, and the raiding party returned to the British lines without a single casualty. Second Lieutenant Hodge was awarded the Military Cross for the raid and Sergeant McHugh and Privates Thomas McLean and Braithwaite received Military Medals, these were the first decorations to the battalion on the Western Front. McLean was invalided home after an accident whilst playing football, transferred to the 8th (Reserve) Battalion, and was discharged from the army on 8 November 1918. He died in 1973. Sold with extensive copied research.

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut. E. F. Phillips. Manch. R.) officially re-impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £60-£80 --- Evan Frederick Phillips was born at Wealdstone, Middlesex, in 1895 and enlisted on 6 August 1914 as a Private in the 2nd London Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. He served in France from 15 January 1915 to 2 November 1915 and then in the Middle East to 23 March 1917, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment on 25 September 1917. He was promoted Lieutenant on 26 March 1919 and according to the July 1918 Indian Army List he was attached to the 1st Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. He resigned his commission on 14 August 1920. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Six: Private A. J. Oxby, Gordon Highlanders, who was wounded in North-West Europe post D-Day 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately engraved ‘Pte. A. J. Oxby. 3250906. Gdn. Hlds.’, mounted as worn, very fine Four: Private F. Ashworth, Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in action in North-West Europe on 23 September 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to Mr. H. Ashworth, 78 Greenwood St., Oldham, Lancs’, extremely fine (10) £120-£160 --- Alfred J. Oxby was born on 28 June 1917 and attested for the Gordon Highlanders, serving with the 51st Division in North Africa, Italy, and in North-West Europe. He is recorded as having been wounded in North West Europe, although the date is not recorded. A note with the lots states that he ‘fought at the Second Battle of El Alamenin, in Italy, and took part in the Normandy Landings, and was taken Prisoner of War in June 1944, in the immediate aftermath of D-Day’, although this information remains unconfirmed, and Oxby’s name does not appear in the latest published transcript of Prisoners of War of the British Army held in Germany. Frank Ashworth was born on 15 May 1920, the son of Mr. Harry Ashworth, of Oldham, Lancashire, and served with the 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry during the Second World War. He was killed in action on 23 September 1944 during the Battalion’s advance into Holland, and is buried in Valkenswaard War Cemetery, Holland. Valkenswaard was the first village to be liberated on the main line of the British advanced into Holland in September 1944.

Family Group: Three: Private J. T. Gleave, Manchester Regiment 1914-15 Star (2386 Pte. J. T. Gleave. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2386 Pte. J. T. Gleave. Manch. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine Five: Private J. E. Gleave, Manchester Regiment 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (3523380. Pte. J. E. Gleave. Manch.) good very fine (8) £100-£140 --- John Thomas Gleave was born in 1888. He served during the Great War in 8th Battalion the Manchester Regiment, 1st Battalion the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment and the Royal Defence Corps, landing in the Balkan theatre of War on 25 September 1914. He subsequently suffered from shell shock and was in receipt of an army pension. His home address was at Varley Street, Newton, Manchester. J. E. Gleave was awarded the Efficiency Medal (Territorial) in Army Order No. 20 of January 1946. Sold with copied research.