A fine Second War ‘North Africa’ M.M. and ‘Italy’ Second Award Bar group of six awarded to Gunner A. E. Hinman, 4 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery Military Medal, G.VI.R. (966950 Gnr. A. E. Hinman. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display, extremely fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- M.M. London Gazette 23 September 1943. The recommendation states: ‘4 Medium Regt RA No. 966950 Gunner (Signaller) Alfred Hinman has been wireless operator of the O.P. for the majority of the campaign. Under extremely difficult conditions he has maintained an exceptionally high standard of efficiency. Under heavy shell fire (Tibourba, Bou Arada, Heidous, Bettioura, Longstop and the Bou feature) he has always shown complete disregard to personal safety in order to maintain communication. At Bou Arada on Feb. 26th, when left alone in the O.P. carrier, whilst his officer and Ack were on recce, the Germans advanced and the carrier came under M.G. and mortar fire, he remained on his set passing information back to the troop and was prepared to shoot the battery himself. In the attack on Mergab Chaouch April 8th, this signaller with the aid of one other carried a No. 11 set over six miles up a river bed mined and booby trapped, and immediately established communications when the hill was captured. In the night attack on Heidous with the Buffs April 16th approx. his wireless set was the only means of communication throughout the Battalion and he maintained communication all night under heavy M.G. and mortar fire.’ M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 6 April 1944. The recommendation states: ‘4 Medium Regt RA No. 966950 Gunner (Lance Bombardier) Alfred Edward Himan. On 13 Dec 43 Gr Himan was O.P. Assistant at the O.P. about 1½ miles NORTH WEST of SAN LEONARDO. During that day the cable from the remote control at the O.P. to the wireless set was broken several times by mortar and shell fire. On each occasion Gr Hinman went out along the line and mended the break. He did this in spite of continuous mortar, shell fire and sniping. He showed great coolness and gallantry with complete disregard of his own safety. He also located several enemy snipers and strong-points, pointing them out accurately and quickly to his O.P. officer so that they could be dealt with. Gnr Hinman's gallantry and resource had an important effect on the fire support of the attacks NORTH WEST of the R. MORRO. His devotion to duty was directly responsible for efficient communication to the guns. Strongly recommended for immediate award of bar to the M.M.’ Alfred Edward Hinman was a native of Doncaster, Yorkshire Sold with original news cuttings announcing award of both the M.M. and Bar; named card box of issue for M.M. and Bar with named Buckingham Palace enclosure; Telegram announcing award of Bar to M.M.; letter of congratulations on award of Bar from Brigadier, H.Q., Royal Artillery, A.C.M.F., and a cloth formation badge.
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Four: Acting Warrant Officer First Class C. Gibson, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1914-15 Star (01328 2.Cpl. C. Gibson. A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (01328 A.W.O. Cl.1. C. Gibson. A.O.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (01328 T.Sub-Condr: C. Gibson. A.O.C.) nearly extremely fine (4) £160-£200 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in France during the present war.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 29 May 1917. Charles Gibson, a native of Ashington, Northumberland, served with the Army Ordnance Corps on the Western Front and was Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch of 15 May 1917 whilst serving as Acting Sub Conductor.
Four: Farrier Quarter Master Sergeant F. A. Crowe, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (463 W.O. Cl. 2. F. A. Crowe. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2634 W. O. Cl. II F. A. Crowe. R.A.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (732692 W.O. Cl. II. F. A. Crowe. R.F.A.) mounted as worn, official correction to service number on BWM, contact marks, very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 7 July 1919: ‘For distinguished services in France.’ Frederick Arthur Crowe, a Farrier and General Smith from Mutford, Suffolk, was born in 1888 and served during the Great War with the Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force). He was advanced Warrant Officer Class 2 in June 1918, and was Mentioned in Despatches in 1919, whilst serving as Farrier Quarter Master Sergeant with the 155th Army Brigade. He was awarded the T.E.M. in 1922 and a Second Award Bar in 1931. He died in Lothingland, Suffolk, in 1954. Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. certificate, this with minor spotting and folded; original parchment warrant on appointment as Warrant Officer Class II, dated 1 December 1919, and backdated to 22 June 1918; and original ‘flimsy’ letter authorising him to retain his rank and to wear uniform after discharge, dated 2 February 1931.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse, engraved naming (Private Michael Keane 37th Regt 1854.) with silver clip and rectangular bar suspension, very fine £120-£160 --- Michael Keane was born in Corofin, County Clare and attested for the 37th Foot at Limerick in September 1833. He was discharged, 31 January 1855, having served 21 years and 137 days with the Colours (L.S. & G.C. being his sole entitlement). Sold with copied service papers.
A Waterloo and William IV L.S. & G.C. pair awarded to Repository Sergeant James Millar, Royal Foot Artillery Waterloo 1815 (James Mill.r, Bombadier (sic) Royal Foot Artillery) originally named ‘Miller’ and ‘E’ now scratched out; Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (J. Millar, Reposit. Serjt. Royal Artillery. 1835.) both with contemporary replacement large silver ball and bar suspension, the first with edge bruising and contact wear, fine, the second nearly very fine (2) £1,600-£2,000 --- L.S. & G.C. medal sent to Ordnance 12 May 1835. James Millar/Miller was born in the Parish of Woolwich, Kent, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Greenwich on 29 September 1803, at just 10 years of age, and served as a Drummer Boy until 1 November 1808, when he was appointed a Gunner and Driver. He reached the age of 18 on 1 July 1811, and was promoted to Bombardier & Corporal on 1 January 1814, later to Sergeant on 1 December 1824. He served abroad in the expedition to Hanover in 1805, and in the expedition to Holland in 1815, and was present at the battle of Waterloo where he served in the detachment of Captain Ibert’s Company (Miller on Royal Mint roll). He was finally discharged from the 5th Battalion R.A. at Woolwich on 13 January 1835, in consequence of chronic rheumatism and indigestion, his conduct ‘exemplary’. ‘Produces written testimonials from Colonel Williamson, C.B. (under whom he has been employed in the Royal Military Repository for the last eight years) and Captain Maule, both describing him as a most excellent Drill Sergeant, and in every way as a most efficient Non Comd. Officer.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse, engraved naming (Private William Munday 67th Regt 1856) suspension claw tightened, very fine; together with Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse, engraved naming (No. 1385 Cr. Serjt. Joseph Cox. 67th Regt 1858) suspension re-affixed and traces of brooch mounting, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180 --- William Munday was born in Oxford, and attested for the 67th Foot at Coventry in May 1838. He was discharged, 26 July 1859, having served 21 years and 57 days with the Colours. Joseph Cox was born in Sherborne, Dorset, and attested for the 67th Foot in August 1839. He was discharged, 28 February 1859, having served 18 years and 258 days with the Colours. Sold with copied service papers.
An extremely rare ‘Northern Kurdistan’ group of six awarded to Major Duncan Brown, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. D. Brown. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major D. Brown.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, Northern Kurdistan (Lieut. D. Brown.); Iraq, Kingdom, Order of the Two Rivers, Fourth Class breast badge, Military Division, silver-gilt and enamels, with rosette on ribbon, complete but badge detached from suspension ring; Iraq Active Service Medal, 1 clasp ‘Barzan 1932’, mounted as worn, minor enamel chips to the Iraqi Order, otherwise nearly extremely fine (6) £900-£1,200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 23 December 1918 (Major, 211th (East Lancashire) Brigade, R.F.A.). Iraq, Order of the Two Rivers, 4th Class (Military) London Gazette 20 January 1933 (Captain Duncan Brown, Royal Army Ordnance Corps). Duncan Brown was one of 5 sons of Colonel O. Brown, Chief Inspector of Ordnance Machinery, R.A. Second Lieutenant Duncan Brown served with 21st A.A. Battery R.F.A., B.E.F. from September 1915 to October 1916. His Medal Index Card confirms 1914-15 Trio, G.S.M. for Iraq and clasp for ‘Northern Kurdistan’, and ‘Iraq Active Service Medal for operations against Sheik Ahmed of Barzan 1932’.
Four: Lieutenant J. R. Thompson, Northern Cyclist Battalion British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. R. Thompson.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. J. R. Thompson. N. Cyc. Bn.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (254 C. Sjt. J. R. Thompson. N. Cyc. Bn.) mounted for wear, very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- John Robert Thompson, a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, served in the Northern Cyclist Battalion and was commissioned from Colour Sergeant to be Second Lieutenant on 17 June 1915, and was promoted Lieutenant on 3 September 1915. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 August 1917, and for a short period in 1918 he was detached to 2/6th Battalion, Manchester Regiment for educational instruction duties. He was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 216 of 1 July 1914.
Family Group: A post-War Order of St. John group of twelve awarded to Major. L. P. Clarke, Norfolk Regiment, later Royal Army Medical Corps The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, enamel chip to one arm of cross; British War and Victory Medals (Lt. L. P. Clarke. Norf. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lt. L. P. Clarke. Norf. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lt. L. P. Clarke. Norf. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, lacking clasp but with ‘8’ riband emblem on riband; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1945 and additionally engraved ‘Major L. P. Clarke. R.A.M.C.’, with three Additional Award Bars, all E.II.R., two officially dated 1954 and the third dated 1955; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (7872423 Pte. L. P. Clarke. 4-Arm. C. Coy.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, rhodium plated, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards (lacking Service Medal of the Order of St. John), these similarly mounted as worn; ands a riband bar for the four G.V.R. awards, all housed in a Gieves, London fitted case, the four G.V.R. awards all later issues, generally very fine and better Three: Mrs. Molly D.-P. Clarke, British Red Cross Society Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, silver, with two Geneva Cross Additional Award Bars (Mrs. Molly Dighton-Probyn Clarke.); together with a British Red Cross Society Three Year Service Medal, the reverse numbered ‘49549’; and various Red Cross badges, buttons, and shoulder titles, very fine (lot) £600-£800 --- Officer, Order of St. John, London Gazette 4 November 1977. Lionel Percy Clarke was born on 21 June 1896 and was educated at St. Helens College, Southsea, and later the Engineering College at the Municipal College Portsmouth. He was commissioned from the ranks to be Second Lieutenant in the Norfolk Regiment on 24 December 1916, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, receiving a gun shot wound to the left shoulder whilst attached to the Machine Gun Corps. He transferred to the Royal Air Force in April 1918 and served in India and Mesopotamia, and then on attachment to the Armament School. He saw further service with the Norfolk Regiment, attached 222nd Company, Machine Gun Corps during the Third Afghan War. After demobilisation, Clarke re-enlisted into the ranks of the 4th (County of London) Armoured Car Company, Tank Corps in December 1920 whilst a Medical Student, and was awarded his T.F.E.M. in August 1921. The following month he was re-appointed a Lieutenant in the Norfolk Regiment (Territorial Force), on 26 September 1921, and having qualified as a Doctor in 1930, transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force) the following year. In the October 1941 Army List he is shown as Captain, R.A.M.C., T.A., and War Substantive Major, with seniority 14 March 1941. Clarke was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1946 (London Gazette 26 September 1946); the first and second clasps in 1954 (London Gazette 20 July 1954), and the third clasp the following year (London Gazette 25 October 1955). He resigned his commission on retirement in 1955 and died in Hampshire in 1980. Sold with the recipient’s original military driving licence (in French) for his service in North Africa in 1941, containing photograph; and two framed studio portrait photographs in uniform, one probably dating from the Great War and another in later life; also with a family New Testament Bible inscribed with his name.
A fine Great War 'Western Front' M.M. and Second and Third Award Bars group of four awarded to Private G. Fraser, Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps, who was decorated with a trio of awards whilst attempting to supply the heavy artillery with shells Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second and Third Award Bars (M.2-050512 Pte. G. Fraser. M.T. A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star (M2-050512 Pte. G. Fraser. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-050512 Pte. G. Fraser. A.S.C.) minor official correction to prefix to number on MM, good very fine (4) £2,400-£2,800 --- 1 of 180 Military Medals and 2 Bars awarded during the Great War. M.M. London Gazette 11 October 1916. M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 7 October 1918. M.M. Third Award Bar London Gazette 21 October 1918. George Fraser was born at Templestones, Rafford, on 10 October 1887. A resident of Edinburgh, Fraser attested at Cupar on 21 February 1915 for one of the Mechanical Transport Companies of the Army Service Corps, his trade noted as motor driver. Application successful, he was posted to France on 9 March 1915 with the newly formed 272 Company, Mechanical Transport, Army Service Corps, attached to the ammunition column of the 12th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. According to the recipient's Army Form Z.21., Fraser served as a 'Heavy I. C. Driver'. This most likely refers to a role as a heavy internal combustion driver. The London Gazette entries for each of his awards further note that he was thrice decorated whilst serving with the 12th Siege Battery, with whom Fraser appears to have served for almost the entire war. It was not uncommon at that time for those with specialist skills to remain with their units for the long term; the responsibility associated with transporting vast quantities of explosive and poison gas shells across a landscape raked by enemy artillery fire being entrusted to a handful of experienced men with long-standing appreciation of their part of the front. Sold with the recipient's original Certificate of Demobilisation, a letter from the dealer who purchased the group directly from the recipient's daughter, dated 15 August 1972, and extensive copied research.
Three: Lieutenant E. Duerden, Royal Field Artillery, late 11th Hussars, who died of wounds received in action on 17 August 1917 whilst serving as a two-gun Section Commander of “A” Battery, 150th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. E. Duerden R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. Duerden); Memorial Plaque (Edgar Duerden) the plaque a little polished with soldered suspension loop to reverse, otherwise good very fine (4) £140-£180 --- Edgar Duerden was born at Blackburn, Lancashire, on 22 November 1891, and worked as a clerk in his local bank. Serving in France from 30 November 1915, the recipient’s obituary published in the Blackburn Times on 25 August 1917 offers further insight into his short life: ‘Lieutenant Edgar Duerden, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Duerden, 140 Revidge, died of wounds yesterday week. The official notification announcing his death was the first intimation received by his parents that their son had been wounded. Deceased officer, who was 25 years of age, was educated at Blackburn Grammar School. He joined the 11th Hussars as a private, in September, 1914, and remained with them in training for seven months. He then received a commission in the Blackburn Brigade of the County Palatine R.F.A., and had been in France since November, 1915, being gazetted full Lieutenant in the following November. Before joining the Army Lieutenant Duerden was a member of staff at the Darwen Branch of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. He was also a member of the east Lancashire Cricket Club, being a familiar figure on the tennis courts. The deceased officer was associated with St. John’s Church, with which place of worship the family had for some years been identified.’ A veteran of the Battle of the Somme, including the seven-day bombardment prior to the attack on 1 July 1916, Duerden and his comrades of 150th Brigade had also supported the Divisional attack which captured Montaubin and the fighting for Trones Wood. Promoted at around the time of the Battle of the Transloy Ridges, he had witnessed extensive action in his short career and survived considerable hardship during the bitterly cold winter of 1916-17. In action again at the First and Second Battles of the Scarpe, his Battery relocated from Ypres to support the attack from Pilckem towards Langemarck in August 1917, and it was at this time that he was mortally wounded. Duerden is buried at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with copied research, including a portrait photographic image of Duerden.
Six: Sergeant George Tompkins, Royal Artillery, later Yeoman of the Guard Abyssinia 1867 (1384 Gunr. G. Tompkins 21st Bde. R.A.) old repair to suspension; Jubilee 1897, bronze, unnamed; Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed; Coronation 1911, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (5798 Cpl. G. Tompkins. 15th By. 11th B. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Sjt: G. Tompkins. R.A.) nearly very fine or better (6) £600-£800 --- M.S.M. awarded without annuity per Army Order 132 of 1919 by King George V. George Tompkins joined the Army on 2 August 1861 and, apart from his service in Abyssinia from 15 December 1867 to 23 June 1868, served at Home until retired to pension in November 1888. He was appointed to the Queen’s Body Guard on 13 March 1894, vice Sergeant-Major Ford, Scots Guards, and was still serving in 1919, when he was awarded the M.S.M. without annuity. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Nine: Sergeant H. J. Inder, Royal Field Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (9511 Trumr. H. J. Inder 9 M.B. R.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9511 Dvr: H. J. Inder. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (9511 Sjt. H. J. Inder. R.A.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (9511 A. Bmbr: H. J. Inder. R.F.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (9511 Sjt. H. J. Inder. R.A.; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (1671451 Sjt. H. J. Inder. R.A.) mounted for display, nearly very fine or better (9) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. awarded under the terms of Army Order 98 of 1953 without annuity.
Three: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant C. E. Purvor, Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, top two clasps unconfirmed (6183 S-Sgt. Clr-Mkr: C. E. Purvor. A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6183 S.Serjt. Sdlr: C. E. Purvor. A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (6183 S:Q.M.Sjt. C. E. Purvor. A.S.C.) contact marks, very fine (3) £240-£280 --- Charles Edward Purvor was born circa 1869. He attested into the Commissariat and Transport Corps at Aldershot on 11 April 1885, and served in South Africa during the Boer War. His L.S. & G.C. was issued under Army Order 189 of 1905 before his discharge on 9 April 1906. He died in Essex on 9 January 1936.
Four: Battery Sergeant Major G. G. Roberts, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (690453 W.O. Cl. 2 G. G. Roberts. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (690453 W.O. Cl. II. G. G. Roberts. R.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (690453 B. S. Mjr. G. G. Roberts. R.F.A.) mounted for wear, edge bruising and contact marks, polished ands worn, therefore good fine (4) £240-£280 --- George Gordon Roberts was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 372 of December 1918, and the Second Award Bar per Army Orders of May 1930, as W.O. Cl. II, No. 721698, R.A. His first service number indicates service with 4th Brigade, West Lancashire Division, R.F.A., before he re-engaged on 3 March 1920 into the 53 Welsh Division R.F.A., aged 34, being renumbered 721698. He was discharged in March 1935.
Six: Sergeant. L. Veale, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (290046 Sjt. L. Veale. Devon R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (290046 Sjt. L. Veale. Devon R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (290046 Sjt. L. Veale. 4/Devon R.) mounted as worn in the incorrect order, some spotting and traces of verdigris, otherwise very fine and better (6) £280-£340 --- Lawrence Veale was born in 1894 and served with the 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment during the Great War, being disembodied on 29 April 1919. He was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 138 of 1 May 1919. Veale’s elder brother, Corporal Theodore Veale, served in the 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment during the Great War, and was awarded the Victoria Cross for bringing in wounded under heavy fire during the assault on High Wood (London Gazette 9 September 1916).
Three: Private R. Campbell, Scottish Rifles and Machine Gun Corps, later Royal Army Service Corps, who was awarded an ‘Immediate’ Meritorious Service Medal 1914-15 Star (11539 Pte. R. Campbell. Sco. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (11539 Pte. R. Campbell. Sco. Rif.) contact marks, nearly very fine Memorial Plaque (Frederick Hunt) minor patches of staining, very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Robert Campbell attested for the Scottish Rifles and served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 May 1915. Transferring to the Machine Gun Corps, he was appointed Lance Corporal and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in the ‘Peace Gazette’ of 3 June 1919. He was discharged Class “Z” on 18 June 1919, and saw later service with the Royal Army Service Corps. There are several men with the name Frederick Hunt recorded on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.
Four: Gunner E. W. Barnicoat, Dorset Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, and Labour Corps, late Dorsetshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (309155 Gnr. E. W. Barnicot [sic]. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (309155 Gnr. E. W. Barnicoat. R.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (148 Gnr. E. W. Barnicoat. R.G.A.) minor edge nicks to last, otherwise very fine (4) £200-£240 --- Edward William Barnicoat served in 4th (Territorial) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment from 15 October 1908 until he transferred to the Dorset R.G.A. in December 1910. He was embodied for service in the Great War on 30 September 1914, but served at Home until moving to the Western Front from 21 June 1916 to 15 December 1916, and again from 23 September 1918 to 13 January 1919. He was discharged from the Labour Corps (363 Reserve Employment Company) on 11 March 1919; he was ineligible for transfer to the Reserve on account of acute hearing loss, and was classified as disabled. He was awarded his T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 23 of 1 February 1920, and died in Weymouth in September 1938.
A collection of kitchenalia, etc. to include an enamel bread bin, a cardboard box inscribed "For The Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd", inscribed "The Society's Special Box of Surprise Crackers", two small tin trunks, two aluminium milk churns, copper coal scuttle, various jam pans and two iron crepe / waffle makers and painted blue wooden trunk etc
Arabia. Chesney (Lieut. Colonel), A Map of Arabia and Syria Laid down Chiefly from Original Surveys Under the Superintendence of Lieut. Colonel Chesney and drawn by W. H. Plate..., Longman, Brown & Co. 1849, uncoloured map engraved by J & C Walker, laid on silk, old folds, slight staining, 685 x 660 mm, together with, Map of the Countries Situated between the Rivers Nile and Indus; serving as an Index to the Work on the Expedition for the Survey of the Euphrates and Tigris Drawn from Materials furnished by Lieut. Colonel Chesney..., Longman & Co. 1850, map with contemporary outline colouring, engraved by J & C Walker, laid on silk, old folds, slight worming to the printed surface, slight staining, 630 x 760 mm, contained in a contemporary morocco slipcase with gilt decorated spine and marbled paper sidings and 'Estcourt Library' label to the upper coverQTY: (2)NOTE:A rare pair of maps, originally published in Chesney's "The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British Government, in the Years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus", published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850. The book is considered a landmark text on the Near and Middle East, executed by an extraordinary explorer who has been called the “founder of the overland route to India” (ODNB). The book was originally designed to be published in four volumes, but only the first two were ever released, together with a map slip case containing 13 maps. This example retains the original slipcase.The Euphrates expedition was led by a British army officer, Colonel Francis Rawson Chesney. The main objective was to establish a route “between the Mediterranean Sea and His Majesty’s possessions in the East Indies by means of a steam communication of the river Euphrates”. Finding a shorter route to India was the hot topic of the time. The East India Company particularly, needed a solution to cut down the travel time between England and India. Chesney was involved in initial surveys in Egypt and the Middle East in the late 1820s where he had investigated the possibility of passage to India via the Red Sea and in 1829, submitted a report advocating the construction of the Suez Canal. He also brought to attention the feasibility of steam communication with India through the Euphrates. King William IV himself expressed a desire that the route by the Euphrates to India should be put to a practical test. The main task involved determining the depth, current and state of the river and this wealth of data was used in the compilation of detailed charts of the region’s waterways from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf. The Euphrates project was shelved and the shorter route to India was eventually established in late 1869 via the Suez Canal. Nevertheless, Chesney’s survey proved an invaluable source of information on the region’s hydrography.
A large quantity of ephemera, photographs, postcards and cigarette cards including Hovingham and Malton omnibus pass, Surrodale and Clydesdale Stud Shire horse postcard, Womens Land Army invitation to meet the Queen, issued by Goldsmiths Co., 1942 Pennsylvania Railway Co 1d coupon, Victorian watercolour postcard of the Isle of Wight / the Needles, Doc Hayden baseball manager signed photograph, Bristol bowls scene, Edwardian panoramic cards, ATS women photo, Worcester views, Budapest lido, many Llandudno, humorous etc
Cigarette cards in an album and loose including Cavanders, Army Club, Glorious Britain, coloured stereoscopic, Peeps into Many Lands, Gallagher's, Wills', JA Pattreiouex, Player's, Lambert and Butler, Park Drive, Westminster Tobacco footballers, Churchman, Junior Member, Chairman Junior Cigarettes, De Reszke etc
Robert J Blatnik signed US Army 1st Battalion 26th Regiment 1st Infantry Division information slip. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
King George V and Japanese Military signed Alfred Herbert Ltd, Coventry Visitors Book. Leather bound. 10¾ wide x 12½ tall x 1 thick. Royal signatures. Important Japanese signatures. Research carried out by Trevor Baker on 5 May 2021. 22 Jul 1915. George V. 1 Sep 1915. Seymour Joseph. This is probably Seymour Percy Joseph, b. 31 Mar 1877 (Birmingham), who was a 2nd Lt in the Royal Flying Corps. 7 Jun 1916. George Loveden William Henry Parker, 7th Earl of Macclesfield. Born 24 May 1888; g s of 6th Earl, and o c of Viscount Parker (d 1895) and Carine Agnes (d 1919), d of late Pryse Loveden, Gogerddan, Cardigan (she m 2nd, 1897, Capt. L. W. Matthews, 5th Dragoon Guards); m 1909, Lilian Joanna Vere (d 1974), d of Major Charles Boyle, The Priory, Great Milton, Oxon; two s; died 20 Sept. 1975. Lord Lieutenant of County of Oxford, 1954 63. 29 Jun 1916. G Whitehouse. This is probably George Whitehouse. 1 Feb 1917. Japanese military officers: Colonel Junshiro Nagano. Osaka Arsenal. Colonel Kijir? Nambu, Tokyo Arsenal. Major Koichi Suzumura, War Office. Major O Ogawa, Army Ordnance Dept, Tokyo. Major Ohno. War Office. 2 Mar 1917. James Broughton Dugdale. Wroxall Abbey, Warwick. Born 19 Sept. 1855; e s of late James Dugdale, of Wroxall, and Mary Louisa, d of John Plummer; m 1878, Laura Jane, e d of J. T. Arkwright, of Hatton House, Co. Warwick; died 15 Jan. 1927. JP, DL. Harrow; Trinity College, Oxford. Captain and Hon. Major late Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry; Alderman Warwickshire County Council; High Sheriff Warwickshire, 1907. 3 Jan 1922. Japanese Trade Mission. Most signatures identified. Good condition. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
ROYAL FLYING CORPS ENSIGN FLAG, WWI-PERIOD flown over France 13 squadron, brought home by Liet. E. Gaddis Plum, mounted with plaque, framed and under glass, presented alongside a copy of Plum's (an American native) Service record and further detail on 13th SquadronNote: No. XIII Squadron RFC was formed at RAF Gosport, Hampshire, on 10th January 1915 and moved to France and the Western Front on 19th October 1915, initially on Army co-operation duties and subsequently on bombing raids, pioneering formation bombing. Aircraft types operated during the war included the Martinsyde G.100, the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2, the Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8, the SPAD VII and SPAD XIII, and the Sopwith Dolphin fighters. The squadron disbanded on 31 December 1919. the flag 65cm x 91.5cm, 87cm x 105cm overall
H.M.S. CENTURION AND BOXER REBELLION INTEREST, THE NAVAL JOURNAL OF ST. ANDREW OLIVER ST. JOHN beginning in February 1900 and charting the movements and activities of H.M.S. Centurion across the South and East China Seas via extensive and detailed daily entries, maritime data recordings, and tipped-in hand-drawn diagrams and track charts, these often also hand-coloured and possibly by a different individual, including technical drawings and defensive structure layouts such as North Fort Taku; dockings at Howloon, Hong Kong and Nagasaki are noted as well as events relating to the Boxer Rebellion, indeed numerous accounts of first-hand experience of the fighting, and the movements of many other ships, both those of Britain and other nations active in the region; miscellaneous entries include the passing meteorite over the ship 27/7/01 and the falling overboard of a Mr. William Butcher from the battery 12/8/01; the final entry is dated 14/8/01 under the location sub-heading Homeward Bound.Accompanied by a reproduced page of The Navy and Army Illustrated which includes a picture of the crew with St. Andrew Oliver St. John included and a brass cased sextant with stamped mark T. Cook London No. 2293, possibly but not definitely the property of St. Andrew Oliver St. John.H.M.S Centurion was the lead ship of two pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s; completed in 1894, she was assigned to the China Station as its flagship and, with her sister ship Barfleur, supported Allied Operations during the Boxer Rebellion of 1899-1901, contributing landing parties in the Battles of the Taku Forts and of Tientsin before returning in 1901 and, after a second assignment to the China Station two years later, was scrapped in 1910.St. Andrew Oliver St. John (D.S.O R.N.) continued his career in the Royal Navy and rose to the rank of Commander before retirement in 1922. Approximately 90 pages overall; additional images available
COLLECTION OF MILITARY AND RELATED EPHEMERA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY including Poetry, Prose, Philosophy, Satire and Story by John Lewis OBE, a collection of verse and prose, many amatory, together with an address book, Soldier's Service and Pay Book, a Territorial Army Soldier's Pocket Book relating to an R. H. Lewis and an invitation to an investiture by King George V dated 1919
BRITISH MILITARY & OTHER WAR MEDALS, REGIMENTAL CAP BADGES, TUNIC BUTTONS AND ASSOCIATED ITEMS COLLECTION, lot includes an unnamed group of three British WWII medals comprising 1939-1945 Defence medal, Victory medal and Italy star, other medals include a believed copy of a German iron cross (non magnetic), Russian Chernobyl Nuclear Station Disaster, 50th Anniversary Independence Pakistan, Pakistan Nuclear Test medal and other Pakistan medals, cap badges include East Lancashire, South Staffordshire, RAF, Army Ordnance and various others, buttons include military and others including Flintshire Constabulary, GWR, some blank display boards and a 1994 50th Anniversary of the D-Day landings poster ETC Provenance: private collection Conwy
WWI / WWII FATHER & SON MILITARY MEDALS, ASSOCIATED PAPERWORK AND PERSONAL EFFECTS COLLECTION, a highly interesting compilation, to include a WWI group of three medals awarded to 1508 Pte William Dowell, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, to include a 1914-16 Star, 1914-18 War medal and 1914-19 Victory medal, dog tag and regimental cap badge and 17 x pieces of ephemera directly relating to the soldier, both time served and later, mostly 1915, 1917 and 1919 dates, to include an army form, handwritten and typed 2 September 1915 - 'Madam- I regret to have to inform you that Pte W Dowell is reported from Alexandria, Egypt suffering from wounds', handwritten will dated 4/9/15, stamped by the Army Pay Office, 17 December 1915, 3 x items date stamped 10 September 1917 all relating to medically unfit discharge, one being a character certificate explaining his service in the 5th Battalion of the Royal Welsh for 3 years and 119 days and then being wounded at Gallipoli in August 1915, 24 September 1917 War badge certificate, decorative scroll for Pte William Dowell served with honour and was disabled in The Great War, honourably discharged 10 September 1917, pensions certificate, 2 x photographs showing Pte Dowell, later items include 2 x telegrams with congratulations, presumably relating to the impending birth of their son, WWII unmarked group of 4, dog-tag, and numerous items of ephemera relating to 2157252 Sapper William Dowell Royal Engineers, the National service acts registration certificate states his date of birth as the 1/8/1922, 'Welcome to His Majesty's Army - you are about to become a solider' pamphlet 26 February 1942, numerous other items of ephemera including workbooks, identification, letters home ETC, personal items include trench art-type items, a few further badges and metal lighter inscribed 'Bengasi` with local view to the front, verso inscribed 'To Dad from Bill 1945'Provenance: private collection Conwy
Three original 1972 Munich Olympic Games lithographic posters. The first depicting Munich Olympics Hurdles designed by GAEBELE, Albrecht. München 1972, signed in the plate. Marked FOTO; Albrecht Gaebele, 07.70.0/A, Printed in Germany by Franzis-Druck, München. The second depicting Munich Olympics Sprint race designed by Otl Aicher, Marked FOTO; Longines, 07.71.36, Printed in Germany by Gerber, München. The third depicting Munich Olympics cycling race designed by Otl Aicher, marked FOTO; Longines, 07.71.51A, Printed in Germany by Franz Rehm Verlag, München. Along with nine original entry tickets for Football, Athletics, Handball & Wrestling. Includes multiple literature to include Olympia in Munich official issue for the Olympic city of Munich magazine, aerial view of the Olympic park for competition sites fold out coloured map, Olympics 72 Munich official British Olympic association preview of the XXth Olympiad magazine, Olympia information fold out map, official fold out programme for stadium plans and events timetable, 22 x postcards - text to reverse on one reads "Unfortunately, the Arab/Israeli incident has suspended all proceedings for today and late this afternoon, the army were moving in - all complicated by some half a million spectators." Along with an original stainless steel badge. Largest Poster Measures.
Vanity Fair - A collection of 19th century Victorian style Vincent Brooks, Day & Son colour caricature prints to include Lay Episcopacy, English Cricket, The Eighteenth, The Lobster, Bobby, Racing and Sport, The Young Drake, For ever and Ever, The Salvation Army, The Deutsch Prize, Truro, Ninety-one, The Lad, The Kedive, The Demon. Measures 35cm x 28cm.
A collection of UK Royal Mail first day covers / UK and foreign franked postage stamps. First Day Covers to include, The British Army, British River Fishes, Charles Darwin, Famous People, British Musical Conductors, Fishing, Sport, British Explorers, Charles Dickens, Inigo Jones, 1066 Battle of Hastings, Literary Anniversaries and Post Office Technology amongst many other examples. And other loose stamps with some on packaging. All housed within multiple books and held within two lidded boxes.
A large collection of 1960s/70s 7" Singles to include artists; Juicy Lucy, Lindisfarne, Moulin Rouge, Smokie, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Sweet, Amen Corner, The Moody Blues, Nazareth, Manfred Mann, John Miles, Slade, Fox, The Baker Gurvitz Army, Andy Fairweather Low, Mungo Jerry, Silver Convention, Dave Stewart, Beggar & Co, Joan Baez, Argent as well as other artists; all conditions vary from Good to Very Good with generally Good to good Plus sleeves. (232)
A collection of Rock and Heavy Metal LPs and 12" to include artists; Little Angels, Waysted, New Model Army, The Mission, Wrath Child, Ted Nugent, ZZ Top, Kiss, Meatloaf, Judas Priest, Dedringer, Poison, Jezebelle, Danger Danger and Sigue Sigue Sputnik; All conditions vary from Good to Very Good with generally Good to Very Good sleeves. (29)
A collection of Dance/Electronic/Hip Hop 12" to include artists; Sheep On Drugs, A Man Called Adam, A-Studio, ABNA, 2 The Core, 2 Men A Drum Machine & A Trumpet, 3-D (Three Times Dope), Terry Baldwin, Five, Tommy Boy, 7th Avenue, 5000 Volts, 49ers, Manic MC's, 52nd Street, Groove Driggers, Menace, The Technos, Strider, Haji & Emanuel, Boogie Army, S'Express, as well as other artists; all conditions Very Good to Very Good Plus with generally Very Good to Very Good Plus sleeves. (42)
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