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Four: Acting Battery Sergeant Major F. Opie, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (377, Sjt. F. Opie, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (377 W.O. Cl.2 F. Opie. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (745170 Sjt:- A.B.S.Mjr:- F. Opie. 13/By: 17/Bde: R.F.A.) very fine and better (4) £120-£160 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. Francis Opie was born in Cardiff on 27 November 1881 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 November 1915.

Three: Private C. Clark, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, who died of pneumonia in Syria on 26 November 1918 British War and Victory Medals (37281 Pte. C. Clark. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (Clarence Clarke [sic]) the plaque pierced with four holes around edge (three subsequently plugged), therefore fine; the pair nearly extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (1569 Pte. O. G. King. Essex. R.) good very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Clarence Clarke was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, and attested for the Army Service Corps at Keighley. Transferring to the Essex Regiment, he served with the 5th Battalion in the Egyptian theatre of War, and died of pneumonia in Syria on 26 November 1918, presumably a victim of the influenza pandemic. He is buried in Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon. Oliver George King was born in Great Tey, Essex, in 1895 and attested for the Essex Regiment at Halstead. He served as a Corporal with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 August 1915, before being discharged on termination of engagement in 1916, and subsequently re-enlisted in the regular forces, seeing further service with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front. Promoted Sergeant, he was killed in action during the attack at Monchy-le-Preux on 14 April 1917, on which date the Battalion was almost wiped out. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied Medal Index Card, which shows that King’s British War and Victory Medals should have been issued with the rank of Sergeant; why it shows Private is presumably due to an error at the Mint.

An Order of St. John group of four awarded to Private J. E. Death, Devonshire Regiment and Order of St. John of Jerusalem The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; British War Medal 1914-20 (64919 Pte. J. E. Death. Devon R.); Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, silver, with three Additional Award Bars (3061. Sgt. J. E Death. (Ipswich 1st.) Div. No.10 Dist. S.J.A.B. 1923) very fine and better (4) £120-£160 --- John Ernest Death lived at Lister Road, Ipswich, and initially served on convoy duties with the British Red Cross in his home town. Called up for active service in June 1916, he remained in England with the 2/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and is recorded upon his MIC as entitled to the BWM only. Transferred to the Army Reserve on 10 July 1919, he took employment in Ipswich as an Assistant Elementary Schoolmaster and was later decorated as a Serving Brother in the Order of St John of Jerusalem, as notified in the London Gazette of 3 January 1930.

Pair: Worker Agnes S. Fulton, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (1273 Wkr. A. S. Fulton. Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Agnes Smillie Fulton attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 3 July 1917 to 11 July 1919.

Three: Captain C. H. W. Clifford, 29th Punjabis, Indian Army, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. H. W. Clifford, 29/Punjabis.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. H. W. Clifford.) good very fine (3) £70-£90 --- M.I.D. London Gazettes 8 February 1917 and 5 June 1919. Cecil Herbert Windsor Clifford was born in Poona, India, in 1889. He was commissioned into the Indian Army Reserve of Officers for service during the Great War on 14 May 1915, and served in East Africa with the 29th Punjabis from 23 June 1916, before further service in Palestine. Advanced Lieutenant on 24 July 1917 and Captain 14 May 1919, post-War he appears to have worked as a Port Official for the Bengal Marine Department in Calcutta. He died in England in 1967. Sold with copied research.

Three: Private W. S. Hughes, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment), who died of wounds on the Western Front, 4 April 1917 1914-15 Star (8452 Pte W. S. Hughes. 2/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (8452 Pte. W. S. Hughes. 2-Can. Inf.) in named card boxes of issue, good very fine Pair: Sergeant R. Cullen, 32nd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (East Ham), who died of wounds on the Western Front, 7 June 1917 British War and Victory Medals (GS-53021 Sjt. R. Cullen. R. Fus.) generally very fine or better (5) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Slowley Hughes was born in Taunton, Somerset in November 1884. He attested for the Somerset Light Infantry at Taunton in November 1901, having previously served in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, 22 July 1902, he left for South Africa, too late for the Boer War and served there until 30 April 1903. Hughes advanced to Lance Corporal in January 1903, and transferred to the Army Reserve in November 1908. He was discharged, 5 November 1913, before serving during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment). Private Hughes died of wounds (gunshot wounds scalp, chest, right hand, right knee and neck) at No. 30 Casualty Clearing Station, 4 April 1917. He is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Richard Cullen was born in Hamilton, Canada. He enlisted for the Royal Fusiliers at London, and served during the Great War with the 32nd (Service) Battalion (East Ham). Sergeant Cullen died of wounds on the Western Front, 7 June 1917, and is buried in the Mendingham Military Cemetery, Belgium.

A Second War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Acting Lieutenant-Colonel T. Redfearn, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who had previously been awarded an Immediate M.S.M. during the Great War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (S-6685 T.W.O. Cl. 1 T. Redfearn. A.O.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (7574412 W. O. Cl. II. T. Redfearn. R.A.O.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S-6685 T. Sub-Condr: T. Redfearn. R.A.O.C.) mounted court-style for display purposes in this order, contact marks, very fine (7) £400-£500 --- M.B.E. London Gazette, 1 January 1941. M.S.M. London Gazette, 3 June 1919. Thomas Redfearn was born in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, on 17 October 1894 and attested into the Army Ordnance Corps on 28 June 1910 at the age of 15. He initially served at home during the Great War and was Advanced Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant on 24 June 1918, before serving on the Western Front from 6 July 1918. He continued to serve post-War, and was commissioned on 24 August 1936. He further served at home during the Second World War and was Advanced Acting Lieutenant-Colonel on 11 September 1944, before reverting back to the rank of Major on 4 October 1944. Sold together with copy service papers, copy Medal Index Card, copy London Gazette entries, named copy group photographs including the recipient, and copy Army Ordnance Corps Gazette entries, with reference to the recipient.

Six: Warrant Officer Class II A. H. Taylor, Royal Field Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (8410 Gunr. A. H. Taylor No. 7 Mn. By. R.A.); Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (8410 ... A. H. Taylor 7th. Mtn. By. ... R.A.); 1914-15 Star (51217 B.S. Mjr. A. H. Taylor. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (51217 W.O. Cl.2. A. H. Taylor. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (8410 Sjt: A. H. Taylor. R.G.A.) mounted court-style, heavy contact marks which has partially obscured the naming on the first two, good fine and better (6) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur Horace Taylor was born in Poplar, London, in 1876 and attested for the Royal Artillery in London on 13 February 1895. He was promoted Bombardier on 21 March 1901, Corporal on 29 March 1902, and Sergeant on 3 February 1903, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1913. He was discharged at his own request at Gosport on 6 April 1913, of which over 16 years were spent soldiering in India. Re-enlisting in the Royal Field Artillery on 30 October 1914, following the outbreak of the Great War, Taylor served as a Battery Sergeant Major during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 May 1915, and was discharged, no longer physically fit for War service, on 13 September 1916, being awarded a Silver War Badge No. 61210. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.

Pair: Saddler Quartermaster Sergeant T. Hallett, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (69136 Sgt.-Cr-Mr: T. Hallett, 43rd. Bty: R.F.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (69136 Sad: Q.M.Sjt: T. Hallet [sic]. R.F.A.) minor contact marks, very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Thomas Hallett was born in Bridport, Dorset, in 1866, and attested at Hilsea for the Royal Field Artillery on 19 October 1888. A baker by trade, he served in India and South Africa from 27 January 1900 to 16 September 1901. His Army Service Record adds that he passed a collar maker’s course at Cawnpore on 26 September 1891 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in 1907. He was later discharged from the 136th Battery, R.F.A., on 28 March 1912 after 23 years with the Colours.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Sergt. R. Colby R.A.) suspension post a little bent, nearly very fine £200-£240

Five: Second Lieutenant C. W. Bull, Royal West Surrey Regiment, late Lance Corporal, 5th Dragoon Guards and Police Constable, Metropolitan Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4690 Pte C. W. Bull. 5th Dragoon Gds:) unofficial rivets between state and date clasps; 1914-15 Star (G8-5295 L. Cpl. C. W. Bull, 5-D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. W. Bull.) initials officially corrected on BWM; Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C., C. W. Bull.) mounted for display, generally very fine (5) £200-£240 --- Charles William Bull was born in Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey in July 1883, and was educated at Norbiton National School. His father was employed as an Aeroplane Assembler by Messrs. Sopwith. Bull attested for the 5th Dragoon Guards in August 1900, and served with the regiment in South Africa, being discharged in August 1908. He joined the Metropolitan Police as a Police Constable in the Mounted Section in February 1909. Bull rejoined the Army at Poplar, London in October 1914. He served during the Great War with the 5th Dragoon Guards in the French theatre of war from 18 May 1915. Bull was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Royal West Surrey Regiment in July 1917. He returned to the Metropolitan Police after the war, and was serving with ‘H’ Division (Whitechapel) when he was discharged in February 1935 - having completed 26 years service with the force. Sold with copied service papers.

Pair: Corporal James Davidson, Military Train, later Army Service Corps New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1866 (2962 Corpl. Jas. Davidson, 4th Batn. Mility. Trn.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (183. Pte. J. Davidson, A.S. Corps) polished, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £400-£500 --- James Davidson was born at Perth, Scotland, circa 1838, and enlisted for the Military Train at Glasgow on 26 November 1859, aged 21. He was promoted Corporal on 14 May 1864, and Sergeant on 9 June 1867, but he was tried and reduced to Private following a period of absence without leave, 10 December 1867. He served in New Zealand from 7 November 1863 to 24 June 1867, including service in the field from 24 April to 29 May, 1866. He transferred to the Army Service Corps on 15 February 1870, was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal with gratuity and was discharged at Woolwich on 29 March 1881, his trade now stated to be a groom.

Pair: Battery Sergeant Major R. Espie, Royal Artillery Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (B.S. Mjr: R. Espie 14th. Bde. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (Sergt. R. Epsie [sic] 14th. Bde. R.A.) very fine (2) £140-£180

Miscellaneous Women’s Services Insignia. A good selection of insignia to the Women’s Services including, Victorian Royal Naval Nurses waist belt clasp, another KC example, Joan of Arc Hostel 1916, two Women’s Legion cap/lapels, another Lady Instructors Signal Coy, a pair of Women Volunteer Reserve shoulder titles, Navy & Army Canteen Board lapel, Women’s Auxiliary lapel, FANY collar badges; together with sundry other cap and lapel badges, generally good condition (lot) £140-£180

A good Second War North-West Europe operations M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant J. T. McLaren, King’s Own Scottish Borderers Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3190019 Sjt. J. T. Mc.Laren. K.O.S.B.) surname partially officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (3190019 Sjt. J. T. Mc.Laren. M.M., K.O.S.B.) mounted court style for display, first with slight edge bruising, good very fine and better (6) £2,200-£2,600 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009. M.M. London Gazette, 24 May 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘On 23 February 1945, a detachment of the Carrier Platoon, under the command of Sergeant McLaren, was sent forward to clear up the east bank of the River Niers and to hold it in order to support the advance of the 53 Division. The enemy, realising the threat to his flank that such a manoeuvre entailed, brought down accurate mortar and machine-gun fire on the section during its advance. Nevertheless, Sergeant McLaren persisted till he had gained his objective. His position was now located in a loop of the river, and strong posts of the enemy were only 200 yards from him on three sides. For 18 hours he was subjected to heavy shelling and mortaring and owing to his closeness to the enemy he had to submit to fire from his own guns in addition. To the average junior leader, detached without support, the position would have been untenable. However, as a result of Sergeant McLaren’s magnificent example, his complete disregard to personal danger and his encouragement and cheerfulness, his men moved about to different positions, incessantly harassing the enemy across the river and causing numerous casualties. Furthermore, throughout the 18 hours he and his party were in a position, Sergeant McLaren sent back accurate and valuable information regarding the enemy movements and dispositions. As a result of Sergeant McLaren’s energy, determination and devotion to duty, very considerable assistance was given to the Division on the flank.’ John Turner McLaren, a carpenter from Duns, Berwickshire, was born on 3 January 1920. He attested into the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Territorial Army, on 25 April 1939 and served with the 6th Battalion during the Second World War in North West Europe from 13 June 1944. Awarded the Military Medal on 24 May 1945, he was released from service on 29 November 1945. Sold with detailed copied research.

A fine Great War ‘Salonika’ M.M. group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 W. J. H. Davis, 153rd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (34193 Cpl. W. J. H. Davis. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (34193. Gnr. W. J. Davis. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals; (34193 Cpl. W. J. H. Davis. R.A.) India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (1406053 Sjt. W. J. H. Davis. R.A.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1406053 Sjt. W. J. H. Davis M.M., R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1406053 W.O. Cl. 1. W. J. H. Davis. R.A.) 5th, 6th and 9th medals loose with last in named card box of issue, remainder mounted for wear, light contact marks in places, otherwise generally very fine or better (lot) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919. Walter James Hollick Davis was born in 1896, and was a native of Maidstone, Kent. He enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery at Chatham in January 1911. Davis served during the Great War with the 153rd Heavy Battery, R.G.A. in Salonika from 3 July 1915 until 11 May 1918. He served with the Royal Artillery in India from 19 September 1922 to 11 May 1926, and in Aden from 12 February 1932 until 19 March 1934. Davis gained his Master Gunner’s Certificate at Woolwich between 30 March 1925 and 27 March 1926. Having advanced to Warrant Officer Class I, he was discharged on 20 May 1938, having served for 27 years and 128 days (awarded M.S.M. in 1952). Sold with the following related items and documents: R.A. Tug of War prize medal, bronze, reverse engraved ‘W. J. H. Davis 1930’; Warrant appointing recipient Warrant Officer Class I, dated 16 October 1935; Regular Army Certificate of Service; Artillery College Master Gunner’s Certificate; named enclosure for M.S.M., dated 23 April 1952, and addressed to recipient at 37 Pembury Road, Bexleyheath, Kent; group photograph (including recipient) of Master Gunners’ Course, 1925-26.

Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (D. Buchanan, Serjeant 73rd Regiment Foot. 1834) fitted with a contemporary replacement steel clip and ring suspension, heavy edge bruising, fine £300-£400 --- Provenance: Major J. L. R. Samson Collection, Glendining’s, June 199.

Five: Sergeant G. Boxall, Royal Artillery 1914-15 Star (78679. S-Sth. G. Boxall. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (78679 Sjt. G. Boxall. R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (78679 Sjt. G. Boxall. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1045754 Bmbr. G. Boxall., R.A.) mounted as worn, contact marks, good fine and better (5) £140-£180 --- George Boxall initially served in France as a Shoeing Smith from 15 July 1915. Advanced Farrier Sergeant, he served during the Iraqi Revolt and was discharged from the Royal Artillery on 28 February 1937.

Four: Sergeant W. Scott, Balloon Section, Royal Engineers, who was taken Prisoner of War during the Boer War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (7 Corpl. W. Scott. R.E.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7 2nd. Cpl. W. Scott. R.E.); British War Medal 1914-20 (7 Sjt. W. Scott. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7 Sjt: W. Scott. R.E.) light contact marks and minor edge bruising, very fine (4) £400-£500 --- William Scott was born in Hull, Yorkshire, in 1876 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Beverley, Yorkshire, on 13 April 1896. He served with the Balloon Section in South Africa during the Boer War from 7 March 1900 to 2 March 1902, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War, being released at Frederikstad on 19 July 1900. Advanced Sergeant, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with Gratuity per Army Order 412 of 1914, and saw further service during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 15 September 1916 to 25 July 1918 (also entitled to a Victor Medal). He was finally discharged on 22 August 1918, after 22 years and 132 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service; a 101st Anniversary of the Battle of Paardeberg 1st Day Cover, dated 17 February 2021; and copied research.

A Great War M.B.E. group of three awarded to Deputy Administrator Violet D. A. Lyon, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals (A. Adtr. V. D. A. Lyon. Q.M.A.A.C.) lacquered, good very fine and better (3) £240-£280 --- Provenance: Lyon Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2009. M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919” Miss Violet Dorothy Agnes Lyon, Deputy Administrator, Q.M.A.A.C. Violet Dorothy Agnes Lyon was born in Romford, Essex, on 31 December 1894, the daughter of Colonel R. H. Lyon. During the Great War, in March 1918, she was appointed an Assistant Administrator in the Q.M.A.A.C., and was advanced to Deputy Administrator in March 1919. With the Q.M.A.A.C. she served in Boulogne, France. In October 1918, the Q.M.A.A.C. Controller-in-Chief Florence Leach undertook an inspection of the Corps in France. She recorded her assessment of Miss Lyon as: ‘Miss Lyon is good clerically. She has some idea of organisation and arranged the performance for the Controller-in-Chief’s visit very well. She lacks education’. Despite this lack, Miss Lyon was later awarded the M.B.E. for her services in the Great War. She died in Wimbledon on 28 June 1977.

Pair: Nursing Sister Clara L. Travis, Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister C. L. Travis.) officially re-impressed naming as typically encountered with QSAs to Nurses; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister C. L. Travis.); together with the recipient’s Maidstone Typhoid Fever Medal 1897, silver, the reverse engraved ‘C. Travis’, last lacking integral top riband bar, light contact marks, very fine, the last scarce (3) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Clara Louise Travis trained at the West Kent General Hospital at Maidstone, Kent, and was one of the nurses on the Maidstone Corporation Staff engaged in the town in connection with the typhoid epidemic in 1897, for which she was presented with the medal. She joined Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve as No. 291 on 2 February 1900, and sailing on the Canada on 14 April 1900 served in South Africa during the Boer War, first at No. 1 General Hospital, Wynberg; and then at No. 13 General Hospital, Johannesburg. She saw further service at home during the Great War with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service from 27 July 1916. Maidstone Typhoid Fever Medal A major epidemic of Typhoid Fever broke out in Maidstone, Kent during late August 1897. By 9 September, 117 cases had been reported, rising to 774 by the end of the month and by 9 October the number had risen to 1,200, with 42 deaths. The cause was never fully identified but the reservoir at Barming, the spring at Tutsham, and various pumping stations were all found to be contaminated - all this compounded by the poor sewage system then in operation at Maidstone. In the highly charged atmosphere of the times, irresponsibly defecating hop-pickers also were blamed for the outbreak! The Town Council also came in for some criticism in having, as an economy measure, reduced the number of times a year the water purity was tested. In response to the outbreak, suspect water supplies were cut and Barming Reservoir was chlorinated. The Town Council issued handbills to the townspeople recommending the boiling of all drinking water and a free laundry was opened for the washing of all clothes and bedding from infected households; these same houses were then thoroughly disinfected. Emergency hospitals were opened, and such was the need, that doctors and nurses from outside the area were brought in to tend to the sick and dying. A subscription to help the poorer townsfolk was also opened. By rigourous methods the epidemic was brought under control, and by the end of December it was largely over; the total number of reported cases being 1,847, with 132 deaths. Medals were awarded to the nursing staff who served in the town during the epidemic. Many were presented by the Mayor of Maidstone at a special ceremony held at the Museum and Technical School on Wednesday 8 December 1897; an account of the presentation being given in the South Eastern Gazette of 14 December 1897. Some 700 people attended the presentation, including members of the Town Council, Magistrates, Clergy and other people of note. The Mayor of Maidstone (Councillor J. Barker) gave a speech before the presentation, paraphrased by the newspaper, ‘... While they must be filled with regret for those who had been taken away ... it was a matter of congratulation to know that the epidemic which overtook them three months ago, had been stamped out thanks to the efforts of their Medical Officer, the medical men of the town, and ... through the sturdy and gallant conduct of every inhabitant of Maidstone ... and, in addition to the help received from the residents in the town and neighbourhood, they had an army of trained nurses to assist them. ... He now wished on the part of every inhabitant of the borough of Maidstone, ... to thank the nurses who had assisted them during their great trouble ... and he was going to ask them to accept a small medal as a token of esteem for the work they had done ...’

Six: Dr. Honoria S. Keer, Scottish Women’s Hospitals, who served as an Assistant Surgeon with the Girton and Newnham Unit British War and Victory Medals (H. S. Keer); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, Officer’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, Bishop with red robes; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze star on riband; Medal of Honour, Ministry of War for Epidemics, silver, reverse embossed, ‘Miss Kear [sic] 1917’, with case of issue inscribed with the recipient’s name; together with the recipient’s Scottish Women’s Hospitals Medal 1914, bronze, unnamed; and the related miniature awards for the Great War campaign pair and the two French awards, good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013. Serbian Order of St. Sava London Gazette 12 August 1919: ‘In recognition of services while employed with the Scottish Women’s Hospitals in Serbia.’ Honoria Somerville Keer was born in Toronto, Canada on 26 December 1883, the daughter of Major-General Jonathan Keer, Bengal Staff Corps. She was educated at Hazel Bank, Malvern and at the University of Glasgow where she was awarded in 1910 the degrees of M.B. and Ch.B. At the outbreak of war she was serving as Resident Medical Officer at the Infirmary, Kilmarnock. She became Assistant Surgeon to the Girton and Newnham Unit of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals on its foundation and proceeded with it to Troyes in the Champagne district of France in May 1915. In October of that year the French Government transferred that hospital to Serbia. Soon it was obliged to retreat with the Serbian Army and from December 1915 it was sited in Salonika. In the Autumn of 1917 the unit was re-housed and re-constituted as the Calcutta Orthopaedic Centre - still under the command of its original Chief Medical Officer, Dr Louise McIlroy. As such, it continued to work in Salonika until early 1919 when it closed as a military hospital, being subsequently transferred to Belgrade to form The Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital. However, in April 1918 Dr Keer was transferred to Corsica as Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Women’s Hospital for Serbian Refugees, operating under the Serbian Relief Fund. This hospital closed in April 1919. After the war Dr Keer returned to England and took a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Health in 1924. The following year she was appointed a Medical Officer to Nigeria, being posted to the Hospital in Lagos. Here she worked until 1931. Increasingly suffering from deafness, she returned to England in 1933. She died in London on 20 March 1969.

Pair: Driver G. F. Barlow, Royal Horse Artillery, who was captured by the enemy in the latter stages of the Boer War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Orange Free State, Transvaal (33848 Dr. G. F. Barlow. M Bty., R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (33848 Dvr: G. F. Barlow. R.H.A.) light contact marks, generally very fine (2) £120-£160 --- George Frederick Barlow was born in Oldham in 1879 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery in February 1899. Posted to South Africa from 17 February 1900 to 6 November 1902, he witnessed service with “M” and “O” Batteries and is recorded as a prisoner of war. Released at Sweethome on 29 January 1902, he transferred to the Army Reserve on 29 March 1907 and was discharged on 23 February 1916 following 1 year and 130 days’ active service in France.

Pair: Worker Sarah T. White, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (1516 Wkr. S. T. White. Q.M.A.A.C.) minor edge digs, very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Sarah Theodora White attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 17 July 1917 to 8 August 1918.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (B.S. Mjr: T. Ashley. R.A.) toned, nearly extremely fine £80-£100

Four: Musician A. W. H. King, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-15 Star (6990, Musician. A. W. H. King, R.G.A.) unofficial correction to third initial; British War Medal 1914-20 (6990 Mus. A. W. H. King. R.A.) rank re-engraved; Victory Medal 1914-19 (6990 Gnr. A. W. H. King. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6990 Musician A.W.H. King. R.G.A.) mounted as worn, polished, good fine and better (4) £70-£90 --- Arthur William Harold King served on the Western Front as a Musician from 21 December 1915. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in September 1919.

Five: Sergeant F. Newman, Royal Field Artillery, who served much of his military career as a Sergeant Cook 1914-15 Star (81490. Sjt. Cook. F. Newman, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (81490 Sjt. F. Newman. R.A.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (81490 Sgt. F. Newman 17th. Bde: R.F.A.) contemporarily engraved naming, with rank corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (81490 Sjt: Cook F. Newman. R.F.A.) very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Frederick Newman was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1911. He subsequently served during the Great War in Egypt from 31 March 1915 and was discharged at termination of his engagement on 15 May 1919.

Four: Warrant Officer Class II R. Yale, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1914-15 Star (6843 Sjt. R. Yale. L. N. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (6843 W.O. Cl. 2. R. Yale. L. N. Lan. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3846610 W.O. Cl. II. R. Yale. Loyal R.) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (4) £90-£120 --- Richard Yale, a labourer from Liverpool, was born in Newport, Shropshire, around January 1881. He attested into the South Lancashire Regiment Militia on 7 July 1902, before attesting into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at Preston, a few months later on 4 September. Appointed Sergeant on 26 October 1910, he served in East Africa with 2nd Battalion from 16 October 1914 and fought at Tanga, ‘The Battle of the Bees’, before later service on the Western Front from 2 May 1917. Post-War, he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. in 1921 and advanced Regimental Sergeant Major on 9 February 1921, before his discharge on 3 September 1923. In civilian life he worked as a Barrack Warden in Oxford, and died in Walmer, Kent, in 1953. Sold with copied service papers, and copied regimental journal extracts.

A Great War C.B. group of five awarded to Colonel Sir Bruce G. Seton, Bt., Indian Medical Service, who was severely wounded at Kaniguram during the Waziristan campaign of 1894-95, and was later Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (S: Capt. B. G. Seton., I.M.S.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (S. Capt. B. G. Seton, I.M.S.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. Sir B. G. Seton); together with a silver eight-pointed star and Royal Masonic Institute for Girls Steward’s Badge for 1927, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted for display, very fine and better (7) £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2012. C.B. London Gazette 4 June 1917. M.I.D. London Gazette 27 June 1917. Sir Bruce Gordon Seton, Bt., was born on 13 October 1868, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Seton, Royal Engineers. He was educated at Bart’s and gained the M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. London in 1891. He entered the Indian Medical Service as a Surgeon Lieutenant in January 1892; being promoted to Surgeon Captain in January 1895, Major in January 1904 and Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1912. He was granted the brevet rank of Colonel on 30 June 1913. Seton served on the N.W. Frontier of India in the Waziristan campaign of 1894-95, being severely wounded at Kaniguram; then in the Tochi campaign of 1897-98. Prior to the Great War he held the post of Secretary to the Director-General of the I.M.S. During the Great War he was in command of the Kitchener Indian Hospital at Brighton, 1914-16. For his wartime services he was mentioned in despatches and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. On 6 March 1916 he succeeded his cousin, Sir Bruce Maxwell Seton, as 9th Baronet of Abercorn. In 1923 he advanced a claim to the Barony of Gordon, which, after six years, was rejected by the House of Lords. Sir Bruce Seton was the author or co-author of Cavalry Elementary Veterinary Manual, 1895; The Indian Medical Service, 1911; The Pipes of War, 1920; The Prisoners of Forty-five, 1928, and was editor of The Orderly Book of Lord Ogilvy’s Regiment in the Army of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1924. He died at Edinburgh on 3 July 1932. Sold with a folder containing extensive copied research.

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (5870 Pte. J. Phillips 4th Bn. K. Rl. Rif. Corps) number partially officially corrected, edge bruise, contact marks, very fine £140-£180 --- James William Phillips, a coal porter from Islington, London, was born around 1871. He attested into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 22 August 1890 and served in Burma with the 4th Battalion during the 1889-92 campaign. Discharged to the Army Reserve on 9 December 1896, he was recalled on 9 October 1899 for service in South Africa during the Boer War, before his final discharge on 30 August 1902. Sold with copied service papers.

Three: Private W. H. Warren, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, later Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (56419. Pte. 1. W. Warren. R.A.F.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (533 Pte. W. H. Warren. 5/Essex Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Walter Horace Warren was born in Braintree, Essex, on 20 November 1881, and served with the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 4 of January 1910, one of only 41 E.VII.R. Territorial Force Efficiency Medals awarded to the 5th Battalion. He served during the Great War in a Balloon Section, Royal Flying Corps, in the Middle East from 25 August 1917, and transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918. He transferred to the reserve on 5 March 1919, and was discharged on 30 April 1920. He died in Braintree in 1961. Sold with copied RAF service papers and other research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister H. M. Young) nearly extremely fine £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Helena Mary Young joined Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service on 2 July 1900, and served in South Africa at N. 9 General Hospital, Bloemfontein. She saw further serve at home during the Great War as a a Lady Superintendent, British Red Cross, in Norfolk from October 1915.

Pair: Private H. E. Wood, Grenadier Guards, later Police Constable, Metropolitan Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (7033 Pte. H. E. Wood, Gren. Gds.) clasps mounted in this order, unofficial rivets between 2nd and 3rd clasps; Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C., H. Wood.) mounted for display, minor edge bruising, generally very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Henry Evans Wood was born in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. He attested for the Grenadier Guards at London in October 1897. Wood served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa, March 1900 - April 1901 and April 1902 - July 1902 (clasps confirmed). He transferred to the Army Reserve in July 1902, and joined ‘K’ Division (Stepney) Metropolitan Police in October 1902. Wood transferred to ‘D’ Division (Marylebone) two months later. He was discharged to Pension in October 1927, and died in September 1932. Sold with copied service papers.

Three: Lance-Corporal P. E. Rollinson, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (7017 Pte. P. E. Rollinson. Essex Regt.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Percy Edward Rollinson); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (227 L. Cpl. P. Rollinson. 5/Essex Regt.) suspension claw on QSA re-affixed, abrasions, edge bruising, and light contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £140-£180 --- Percy Edward Rollinson was born in Maldon, Essex, in 1881 and served with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment, from 11 January 1900. He enlisted for service in the Special Volunteer Company, 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment on 5 February 1901 and served with the 2nd Volunteer Special Service Company in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 March 1901 to 5 June 1902. He was discharged the following day, and rejoined the 2nd Volunteer Battalion. Appointed a Lance Corporal on 1 October 1907, and following the creation of the Territorial Force in 1908, he enlisted in the 5th Battalion on 1 April 1908. Present at every training before the War, Rollinson was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 216 of July 1914, and was embodied on 5 August 1914. Posted to the 2/5th Battalion, he did not serve overseas, and was discharged on the completion of his period of engagement on 31 March 1916. A postman in civilian life, he was awarded his Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement as Postman, Southminster Sub Office, Chelmsford (London Gazette 13 June 1941). He died in Colchester in 1952.

Five: Private E. Porter, Devonshire Regiment, later Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps British War and Victory Medals (3367 Pte. E. Porter. Devon. R.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada (Pte. E. Porter. R.C.O.C.) mounted as worn, the Great War medals lacquered, and the VM silvered, nearly very fine and better (5) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Edward Porter was born on 18 April 1894 and attested originally for the Northumberland Fusiliers. Transferring to the Devonshire Regiment, he served with them during the Great War, before transferring to the Royal Army Medical Corps. Emigrating to Canada, he served with various Canadian units, including the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps from 1 June 1934, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per General Order 98 of July 1939. He was discharged on 20 April 1947 and died in Toronto on 16 April 1971. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (124661 Sjt. C. J. Roberts. Can: For: Corps:) good very fine £100-£140 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919 [France]. Charles Joseph Roberts was born in Liverpool, England, in March 1874. He attested for the 70th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force at London, Ontario in February 1916. An accountant by profession, Roberts was posted to the Canadian Army Pay Corps and served in various pay offices with Reserve Battalions in the UK from April 1916. He served in a similar capacity in France from October 1918, and was attached to the Canadian Forestry Corps. Roberts had been precluded from overseas service previously due to being blinded in the right eye when a horse had kicked up a stone in Malaya some ten years earlier. It would appear that Roberts’ M.S.M. was erroneously gazetted with him as a member of the Canadian Flying Corps rather than the Canadian Forestry Corps. Sold with copied service papers.

Pair: Lieutenant L. H. Forrest, Royal Flying Corps and 47th Sikhs, a DH9 pilot of 27 Squadron who was shot down, wounded and taken Prisoner of War whilst trying to carry out a raid on the bridge at Voyenne, as part of the first day of the Battle of Amiens British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. L. H. Forrest. R.A.F.) minor edge bruising, generally nearly very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Lionel Hugh Forrest was born in May 1897, the son of H. E. Forrest, a musical instrument dealer. Forrest was educated at Bishop Vesey’s School, Sutton Coldfield. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 47th Sikhs in November 1915, and advanced to Lieutenant later the following year. Forrest transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in early 1917, and carried out initial training as a pilot. He was posted as a pilot for operational flying with 27 Squadron (D.H.9’s) on the Western Front in July 1918. The Squadron was tasked with bombing and reconnaissance operations, and Forrest often found himself crewed with Lieutenant S. W. P. Foster-Sutton as his Observer. The fate of the pair is described in The Flying Elephants: The History of No. 27 Squadron RFC/RAF 1915 to 1969, by Chaz Bowyer: ‘By the end of July preparations were complete for the first main Allied offensive since the perilous days of March 1918. Accordingly at the beginning of August, IX Brigade left the French zone, 27 Squadron moving to Beauvois on August 8. This same day saw the start of the Battle of Amiens and 27 were in action immediately. Just after dawn fourteen DHs attacked St. Christ aerodrome in the Peronne sector, while at mid-day a mixed force of DH4’s and 9’s bombed bridges over the Somme at Bethencourt, Voyennes and Offoy from low level. Once lightened of their bombs all aircraft dropped down to deck-level and completed their sorties by strafing German troops, transport and emplacements with machine-gun fire. German fighters scoured the whole battle front offering fanatical resistance to the Allied aircraft, among them the Richthofen “Circus” which claimed thirteen victims on that date. None of these belonged to 27 but the squadron was attacked by a flight from Jasta 29 and lost three bombers. These were DH9 D 1719 (to Oberleutnant H. Auffarth), DH9 D 7317 (Vizefeldwebel Gregor) and DH4 B 2133 (victor unknown). Of the crews, Lts. H. M. Brown, L. H. Forest [sic] and S. W. P. Foster-Sutton survived as prisoners of the Germans.’ Both Forrest and Foster-Sutton were wounded, and taken Prisoner of War by the Germans. Their aircraft was claimed as shot down by the German Ace Lieutnant Richard Wentzl of Jasta 6. Forrest was repatriated in December 1918, and relinquished his temporary commission in the R.A.F. to return to the Indian Army in October 1919. In later life resided at Old Parrs, Middletown, Welshpool. Sold with extensive copied research, Combat Reports, ORB entries etc.

Territorial Army Nursing Service cape badge, silver; Territorial Force Nursing Service cape badge, silver; together with a single Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service collar badge; three Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve collar badges; a pair of 4th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment spots medals, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Bn. Sports 1933 Tug of War 1st’ and ‘L.G. Comptn. N.C.O.s 1st Sgt. T. Meredith’; and a miniature Scottish Sword, by Hamilton & Inches, silver, hallmarks for Edinburgh 1934, generally very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (70836 Sjt.- A.S. Sjt:- A.C.- J. Holroyd, R.G.A.) rank partially officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919. Joe Holroyd served in France from 29 December 1915 and was awarded the M.S.M. whilst serving as Acting Staff Sergeant (Artillery Clerk), 1st Echelon, Royal Garrison Artillery. Discharged to Army Reserve 20 June 1919, he likely returned home to Leeds.

Pair: Battery Quarter Master Sergeant R. G. Brooks, Royal Artillery Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1411514 B.Q.M.S. R. G. Brooks. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1411514 Sjt. R. G. Brooks. R.A.) very fine and better (2) £120-£160 --- Reginald George Brooks was born in 1894 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Dover on 20 December 1915. A french polisher by profession, he was twice married at Falmouth in 1923 and 1926 and was discharged from the Royal Garrison Artillery (T.F.) on 19 December 1936. Immediately re-enlisting, he was later awarded an annuity M.S.M.

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (89931. Bombr. C. Evans. 50th. Fd. By. R.A.) good very fine £70-£90 --- Charles Evans was born in Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, around 1872. He attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich in 1892 and was promoted Gunner on 15 October 1898. His Army Service Record notes that he was tried and imprisoned for disobedience of an order in March 1899, but he remained with the Colours until termination of his first period of engagement on 20 April 1904.

Four: Second Lieutenant E. G. Farrell, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-15 Star (98624 Mr. Gnr. E. G. Farrell. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2. Lieut. E. G. Farrell.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (98624 3/Cl Mr. Gnr E. G. Farrell. R.G.A.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Ernest Godwin Farrell was born in Kimeridge Wareham, Dorset, on 11 July 1875. He married Mary Agnes Kennefick on 9 February 1903 in Rangoon and is recorded in 1911 as serving as C.Q.M.S. with No. 84 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery. Awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in October 1912, he later received the 1914-15 Star as Third Class Master Gunner and was subsequently appointed to a commission on 6 March 1915. His MIC confirms entitlement to MID emblem and somewhat unusually notes ‘no date of disembarkation’.

A group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Rose, Wellington Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, late Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, who served as a soldier for nearly 40 years Military Cross, G.V.R.; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 modern clasp, The Nile 1884-85; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronz,e reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm emblem on riband, recently re-mounted court-style, all of contemporary manufacture except for the Nile clasp, good very fine (9) £140-£180 --- M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916. John Murray Rose was born in Elgin, Scotland, on 1 August 1865 and attested for the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, serving with them during the Nile Expedition and the Sudan Campaign in 1885-86 (and presumably entitled to an undated Egypt and Sudan Medal and an 1884-86 Khedive’s Star, rather than the dated and 1882 versions). Advanced Colour Sergeant and Instructor of Musketry, he was discharged after 21 years’ service, and subsequently emigrated to New Zealand. He enlisted in the New Zealand Regular Army at Wellington as a Sergeant Major Instructor on 1 July 1908, and was promoted Lieutenant in the New Zealand Staff Corps on 1 February 1913. As a temporary Captain, he served with the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the Great War in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France, and was awarded the Military Cross and the French Croix de Guerre whilst serving with the Wellington Battalion. Promoted Major in 1919, he transferred to the Retired List in December 1920 with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He died in Wellington, New Zealand, on 12 June 1948. Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient; rank insignia; and various ephemera relating to the recipient’s son, Captain John Ferguson Murrary Rose, N.Z.E.F.

Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (2) (3629 Gnr. G. M. Aquilina. R. Malta A.; 1019892 Gnr. L. B. Allsworth. R.A.) edge bruising to first, otherwise good very fine (2) £80-£100

A scarce double-issue Q.S.A. awarded to Captain A. Palmer, 24th Middlesex (Post Office) Volunteer Rifle Corps and Army Post Office Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2) (Capt. A. Palmer. Middx: Vol. Rif. Cps.; Capt. A. Palmer. A.P.O. Cps.) both engraved naming, minor edge bruising to latter, nearly extremely fine (2) £300-£400 --- Archdale Palmer was born on 7 November 1865, the only son of Archdale Villiers Palmer, Bengal Civil Service, and was educated at Winchester College. He joined the 24th Middlesex (Post Office) Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1889, and was advanced Captain on 7 October 1893. He served in South Africa during the Boer War as part of a detachment of the 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers to reinforce the Army Post Office Corps, and was based in Kimberley. He appears on the Q.S.A. Roll for both the 24th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps and the Army Post Office Corps, and retired in September 1905. In civilian life he served as Secretary of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon. Sold with copied research.

Four: Private A. Arrowsmith, Rifle Brigade Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4576 Pte. A. Arrowsmith. 2/Rif: Bde:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (4576 Pte. A. Arrowsmith. Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4576 Pte. A. Arrowsmith. Rifle Brigade.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, good very fine (4) £400-£500 --- Alfred Arrowsmith was born in Galborne, Lancashire, in 1874 and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Warrington on 9 September 1896, having previously served in the 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 12 July to 20 September 1898; in Crete during the occupation of that island from 21 September 1898 to 1 October 1899; and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 2 October 1899 to 20 June 1900, and again from 3 August 1901 to 29 October 1902. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 9 September 1903, and was discharged on 8 September 1908. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.

A good Second War ‘Burma operations’ M.C. group of five awarded to Jemadar Sultan Ali, 4th (Sikh) Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment, Indian Army, for his gallantry in leading an attack on a heavily enemy occupied village on 25 March 1945 Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (PJO 16092 Jem Sultan Ali 12 F.F.R.); Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated 1946; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn in this order, very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.C. London Gazette 2 August 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ The original Recommendation, for an Immediate award, states: ‘On 25 March 1945 Subedar Sultan Ali was the commander of No. 7 Platoon, C Company, ordered to attack and clear the village of Kyigon (Map Meiktila sheet 1:25000, Square 3134). The company went in with No 7 Platoon as a spear head, as the degree of enemy resistance was at this time was not known, and had to be ascertained. A troop of tanks was in support, but took no part in the first phase of the attack, and remained behind, outside the village. On entering the village Subedar Sultan Ali’s platoon soon came under fire from Japs in the trenches and fox-holes in the vicinity of the Pagodas to their front. By skilful manoeuvring of his sections Subedar Sultan Ali soon overcame this opposition, about one section strong, and destroyed the enemy. He them continued his advance into the village, and came under automatic fire from strong bunker to his front, and heavy sniping from both flanks. The platoon was pinned down, and almost at once the enemy begun to shell the position from close range, with great accuracy, and casualties to the platoon begun to mount. A lesser man might have withdrawn his platoon from such a predicament, and gone in again with tank support, but Subedar Sultan Ali at once decided that the solution lay in a swift and determined attack to destroy the enemy and occupy his trenches. This he did, and under his inspiring leadership his platoon went in and at the point of bayonet, destroyed the enemy, and occupied his position. Subedar Sultan Ali was badly wounded by a shell splinter in the stomach before reaching the enemy position, but continued to direct his platoon and shout encouragement, until the enemy were destroyed and the men under cover. Not till then did he allow himself to be dragged away and evacuated. The platoon suffered 2 killed and 9 wounded in the action, but secured a firm base in the centre of the enemy resistance, and it was from here that the further operations of the Company were launched, with the tank support, and the village completely cleared, in spite of constant shelling. Kyigon was not again occupied after our men were withdrawn in the evening. This Subedar has shown determination and skilled leadership of the highest order, and his courage has inspired his men to give of their utmost throughout the recent operations.’ Sultan Ali was born in the district of Rawalpindi and attested for the 12th Frontier Force Regiment, Indian Army, on 21 June 1930. He served with them during the Second World War in Burma from 9 December 1941 to 20 May 1942; in Assam from May to August 1942; ands again in Burma from 5 February 1945. He was pensioned on 21 June 1958, after 28 years’ service. Sold with copied service records and a photographic image of the recipient.

Four: Gunner E. C. S. Ward, Royal Artillery, and Police Constable, Metropolitan Police India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, clasp carriage on first clasp rebuilt to accommodate additional clasps (91946 Gunner C. E. S. [sic] Ward Mtn. By. R.A.); British War and Victory Medals (SR-6170 Gnr. E. C. S. Ward. R.A.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C., E. Ward.) mounted for display, generally very fine (4) £200-£240 --- Edward Charles Stuart Ward born in Woolwich in July 1873. He attested for the Royal Artillery at London in August 1892, and served with No. 3 Mountain Battery in India. Ward transferred to the Army Reserve in July 1903, and was discharged in August 1904, having served for 12 years. He joined ‘J’ Division (Hackney), Metropolitan Police in April 1903, but volunteered for service with the Army during the Great War. Ward served with the Royal Garrison Artillery on the Western Front before returning to the Metropolitan Police. He was discharged to Pension in April 1928, having completed 25 years service. Sold with copied service papers.

Pair: Sergeant G. S. Belcher, Royal Field Artillery Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (960492 Sjt: G. S. Belcher. C.237/Bde: R.F.A.) minor official correction to number; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (860492 Sjt. G. S. Belcher. R.F.A.) note variation to number, good very fine (2) £140-£180 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. George S. Belcher, a native of Ashford, Middlesex, served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 March 1915.

The United States Bronze Star attributed to Major W. F. Murley, United States Army United States of America, Bronze Star, unnamed as issued, with riband bar, in case of issue, good very fine The United States Bronze Star attributed to Private First Class Herbert C. Jones, United States Army United States of America, Bronze Star, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Sold with the Bronze Star Bestowal Document inscribed: ‘To Major William F. Murley, 01881679, Artillery, United States Army. For Meritorious Achievement in Ground Operations against Hostile Forces in the Republic of Vietnam from August 1964 to July 1965.’ Dated Washington, 14 July 1965. The Citation states: ‘To Major William F. Murley, United States Army. For distinguishing himself by outstanding meritorious service in connection with ground operations against a hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam during the period August 1964 to July 1965. Through his untiring efforts and professional ability, he consistently obtained outstanding results. He was quick to grasp the implications of new problems with which he was faced as a result of the ever changing situations inherent in a counterinsurgency operation and to find ways and means to solve those problems. The energetic application of his extensive knowledge has materially contributed to the efforts of the United States Mission to the Republic of Vietnam to assist that country in ridding itself of the communist threat to its freedom. his initiative, zeal, sound judgement and devotion to duty have been in the highest tradition of the United States Army and reflect great credit on him and on the military service.’ Sold also with the recipient’s Army Commendation Medal (First Oak Leaf Cluster) Bestowal Document, inscribed: ‘To Major William F. Murley, 01881679, Artillery, United States Army. For Meritorious Service during Operations in the Dominican Republic from 13 September 1965 to 29 November 1965.’ Dated Washington, 29 November 1965; and a photograph of the recipient receiving his Bronze Star. Sold with the Bronze Star Bestowal Document inscribed: ‘To Private First Class Herbert C. Jones, United States Army. For Meritorious Achievement in Ground Combat against the Armed Enemy during World War II in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations.’ Dated Washington, 31 July 1986. Note: This award of the Bronze Star was made pursuant to Army Regulation 600-8-22. Sold with an additional Bronze Star Bestowal Documents inscribed: ‘To Warrant Officer Junior Grade Sidney H. Closter, W2136255, United States Army. For Meritorious Achievement in Ground Operations against the Enemy , Pacific Theater of Operations, 23 February 1943 to September 1945.’ Dated Washington, 16 August 1967.

Three: Major-General James Gunter, 1st Dragoon Guards Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, a contemporary tailor’s copy; China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Capt. Jas. Gunter, 1st Dragn. Gds.) officially impressed naming, the last fitted with silver ribbon buckle, very fine (3) £600-£800 --- James Gunter was born on 5 December 1833, younger son of Robert Gunter, of Earl’s Court, London. He entered the Army in 1853, and served as a subaltern with the 1st Dragoon Guards in the Crimean campaign in 1855. He was present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol and received the medal with clasp, and the Turkish medal. As Captain, he served in the China war of 1860 and was present at the action of Sinho and the fall of the Taku Forts, and took part in the advance on Peking, receiving the medal with two clasps. During the war he was instrumental in saving the life of a brother officer, Lieutenant Luard, and, in recognition of his gallantry was presented with a sword. He was promoted Major in 1868, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1877, and Colonel in 1881, and retired from the Army with the honorary rank of Major-General in March 1887. Major-General Gunter died on 29 August 1908.

Pair: Worker Daisy M. Addison, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (1329 Wkr. D. M. Addison. Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Daisy Mackenzie Addison attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 29 July 1917 to 19 August 1919.

A Great War M.B.E. and long service pair awarded to Quartermaster and Honorary Captain W. H. Hesketh, Royal Garrison Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (55086 Serjt:-Maj: W. H. Hesketh. R.A.) mounted as worn, very fine (2) £140-£180 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’ William Henry Hesketh was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal without gratuity in the Appendix to Army Order 172 (c) of 1904. Appointed Quartermaster with the honorary rank of Lieutenant in the London Gazette of 9 February 1915, and raised Honorary Captain in the London Gazette of 19 February 1918, Hesketh took his retirement from the R.G.A. upon reaching the age limit in January 1927.

Five: Private J. Bird, Royal Army Medical Corps and Bacup Division, St John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal (787 Ordly: J. Bird, St. John Amb: Bde:); 1914-15 Star (62025 Pte. J. Bird. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (62025 Pte. J. Bird. R.A.M.C.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (787 Pte. J. Bird. Bacup Div.) mounted court-style as worn, dark toned, good very fine (5) £300-£400

A Great War O.B.E. group of three awarded to Mabel C. Carmichael-Walker, a civilian attached to the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, who served during the Great War as a Hospital visitor and writer for the wounded at Wimereux, near Boulogne The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt, on lady’s bow riband; British War Medal 1914-20 (M. C. Carmichael-Walker.); Belgium, Kingdom, Queen Elisabeth Medal, bronze and enamel, nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1920: Miss Mabel Caroline Walker, Founder of the Soldiers’ Institute and Hostel, York. Mabel Caroline Carmichael-Walker was born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland on 2 August 1865, the daughter of Colonel Sir George Walker, K.C.B. From 1897 to 1908 she servedas Honorary Superintendent of the Institutes for Soldiers in South Africa; and in 1908 founded the Soldiers’ Institute and Hostel at Fulford, York, of which Field Marshal the Lord Roberts was President. She served during the Great War as a Hospital visitor and writer for the wounded in Wimereux, near Boulogne, France, attached to the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, from December 1914 to June 1917 (not entitled to either a 1914-15 Star or a Victory Medal), and upon returning to York she enlarged the Institute and opened a hostel-annexe for the relatives of the wounded and sick soldiers. For her services she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Sold with copied research.

Indian Army L.S. & G.C. (4), V.R., 3rd issue (466 Sowar Gujar Singh. 2d. Regt. Central India Horse); G.V.R. (3), 1st issue (128-A. L-Nk. Dial Singh, 1-2 B. Prs.); 2nd issue (2) (483 Havildar Gul Khan, South Waziristan Scouts; 1070 Nk. Fazal Khan, 3-14 Punjab R.) suspension detached from last, but present except for post and claw; India, Republic, Meritorious Service Medal (13904331 Hav. K. S. Yadav. AMC.) test cut to edge; L.S. & G.C. (41531 Nk. Rakha Singh, Bombay Engr. Gp.) nearly very fine and better (6) £100-£140

Five: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant A. H. Ayre, Royal Field Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (67939 Corpl. A. H. Ayre. 57th. Fd. By: R.A.); 1914-15 Star (51225 B.Q.M. Sjt. A. H. Ayre: R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (51225 B.Q.M. Sjt. A. H. Ayre. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (67939 Sjt: A. H. Ayre. R.F.A.) very fine and better (5) £160-£200 --- Albert Hight Ayre was born in the Parish of Houghton, Huntingdon, in 1870. He attested for the Royal Field Artillery in 1888 and is recorded in his Army Service Record as suffering a wound to the face due to an ‘explosion’ on 29 March 1904. Awarded the L.S.G.C. Medal in July 1906, he was discharged from the Colours at his own request in 1913 and took brief civilian employment as publican of the ‘Black Boy’ Inn near Marlow. Volunteering his services once again at the outbreak of the Great War, he served as B.Q.M.S. in France from 21 May 1915 to 23 August 1916, before returning home to England and seeing out the war attached to a variety of Reserve Batteries - likely engaged in training new recruits.

Four: Acting Sergeant A. W. Johnson, 8th Divisional Gas Service, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star, with copy clasp (58109 Gnr: A. W. Johnson. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (58109 A.Sjt. A. W. Johnson. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (58109 Gnr:- A.Sjt:- A. W. Johnson. 8/Div: Gas: Serv: R.F.A.) edge bruise to last, very fine, last scarce to unit (4) £200-£240 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. Albert William Johnson served in France from 16 August 1914 with 41st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Raised Acting Sergeant, he was later recognised for his devotion to duty on the Western Front and work with the 8th Divisional Gas Service (formerly 5th Battery, Royal Field Artillery).

Pair: Corporal R. Markwick, 10th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Transvaal (8095 Cpl.: R. Markwick, 10th. M.B., R.G.A.) rank officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (8095 Corpl: R. Markwick. R.G.A.) very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Richard Markwick was born in Hove in 1877. He attested for the Royal Artillery at Brighton on 24 January 1895, noting previous service with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, and went on to witness extensive overseas service in Malta, Crete and South Africa; his Army Service Record adds ‘occupation of Crete ‘97’, and confirms his discharge on 23 January 1907.

Memorial Plaque (Robert Cadzow) traces of verdigris, very fine £100-£140 --- Robert Cadzow, an apprentice engineer at the Albion Motor Works, Glasgow, was born in Dunsyre, South Lanarkshire, on 31 July 1898. Educated in Dunsyre and George Watson’s Boys’ College, Edinburgh, he attested into the Motor Transport section, Army Service Corps in 1917 for service during the Great War. Transferring to the Royal Fusiliers Infantry Reserve, he was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps in November 1917 and died whilst training at R.A.F. Narborough as the result of an aeroplane accident on 22 January 1918. He is buried in Carnwath New Cemetery, South Lanarkshire. Sold with detailed copy research and a photocopy photograph of the recipient from an extract in the Marquis de Ruvigny’s The Roll of Honour.