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Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (68 Pte J. Day. 7/Hants: Regt) very fine £80-£100 --- Awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 7 of January 1909.

Pair: Staff Sergeant Farrier R. Chivas, Veterinary Department China 1900, no clasp (St. Serjt:- Farr: R. Chivas. S.V. Dept:); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (Sergt. Farrier R. Chivas. Subte. Vety. Deptt.) minor official correction to rank on LS&GC, toned, nearly extremely fine (2) £300-£400 --- Robert Chivas was born in Ellon, Aberdeen, in 1859 and attested for the Royal Artillery on 20 June 1878. He was advanced Sergeant Farrier on 30 July 1882, and transferred to the Unattached List on 11 June 1891. He was promoted Staff Sergeant Farrier on 1 April 1895, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 10 October 1896. He served with the Subordinate Veterinary Department in Sinho, China, from 29 August 1900 to 16 May 1901, and was discharged on 11 July 1901. Sold with copied research and medal roll extracts.

Three: Sergeant J. Bogie, Royal Artillery, recipient of an Annuity M.S.M. in 1933 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (5427. Gunr. J. Bogie. 1/1st Bde. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse; (14932 Sergt. J. Bogie. R..); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (Sjt. J. Bogie, R.A.) the first nearly very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £400-£500 --- John Bogie was born in the Parish of St George’s, Woolwich, and enlisted for the Royal Artillery at Hyderabad, Sind, on 21 June 1875, aged 16 years 1 month. He was awarded the medal for Afghanistan 1877-80, and the L.S. & G.C. medal without gratuity per Army Order 172 of October 1893. He served in India until 29 November 1884 and then at Home until his discharge with ‘exemplary’ character on 22 June 1896. He was awarded the Annuity M.S.M. in 1933 and died at Gowrock, Renfrewshire on 30 October 1941. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (29068 Bombr. W. Allen. 8/Div: Cst. Bde. R.A.) very fine £80-£100 --- William Allen was born in 1855 at Oakhampton, Devon, and enlisted on the island of Alderney on 17 October 1870, aged 15. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal with gratuity in July 1888 after nearly 18 years’ service, this being his sole entitlement. Sold with brief service notes.

Four: Sergeant D. J. Mobbs, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (22179 Cpl. D. J. Mobbs. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (22179 A.Sgt. D. J. Mobbs, R.A.) with official corrections; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (22179 Cpl. - L.Sjt. D. Mobbs. R.F.A.) nearly very fine (4) £80-£100

An inter-War M.B.E. group of four awarded to Assistant Commissary and Lieutenant E. Wilson, Indian Miscellaneous List The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1928; British War Medal 1914-20 (S. Condr. E. C. Wilson. I.M.L.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Staff Sergt. E. Wilson. I.M.L.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S. Sgt. E. Wilson. I.M.L.) mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1929: Assistant Commissary and Lieutenant Ernest Wilson, Indian Miscellaneous List, Superintendent, General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters, India. Ernest Wilson was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for ‘Home Service’ in India during the Great War. He did not qualify for a Victory Medal.

Four: Sergeant G. Linegar, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (13737 Cpl. G. Linegar. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (13737 Sgt. G. Linegar. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (13737 Cpl. G. Linegar. R.E.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £120-£160 --- George Linegar attested for the Royal Engineers and served with the 26th Field Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 August 1914. Discharged prior to the War’s end, he was awarded a Silver War Badge.

India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, North West Frontier 1930-31 (1427 Sepoy Thakar Singh, 1/22/Punjabis); Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (1556 Hav. Wariam Singh, 92/Pjbs.) suspension loose on latter, edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £60-£80

Six: Sapper A. J. Janse Van Rensburg, South African Engineer Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal (37172 A. J. Janse Van Rensburg); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st (bilingual) issue, Union of South Africa (Spr. A. J. Van Rensburg S.A.E.C.) some staining, very fine (6) £120-£160 --- Abraham Johannes Janse Van Rensburg, a Bottle Store Assistant, was born in Middelburg, Transvaal, on 6 January 1920. He attested into the South African Engineer Corps for service during the Second World War on 14 June 1940 and served in North Africa and East Africa. He was discharged on 11 June 1945. Sold together with copy service papers.

An interesting I.G.S. 1908-35 awarded to Wapiti Sergeant Pilot, later Commander R.N., G. A. Nunneley [O.B.E.], 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force - undoubtedly a misfit and one of life’s characters, who flew in at least 18 operational sorties on the North West Frontier in 1930, and ‘terrorised’ a cavalry parade with his flying, and the GOC Kohat District with his misplaced words of ‘amour’ India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (505375. Sgt. G. A. Nunneley. R.A.F.) mounted on card for display, good very fine £300-£400 --- George Alan Nunneley was born in Tadcaster, Yorkshire in October 1894. He joined the Royal Navy in September 1907, and was graded as Midshipman by May 1912. Nunneley advanced to Acting Sub Lieutenant in May 1914, and to Sub Lieutenant in March 1915. He moved from post to post, in one case being discharged from a posting ‘under grave suspicion of being guilty of unnatural and immoral acts’, and repeatedly applied for the Air Service. Nunneley advanced to Lieutenant in September 1916. He had applications for employment with the R.N.A.S. and transfer to the newly formed R.A.F. rejected, and was placed on the Retired List in June 1920. However, Nunneley was promoted Lieutenant Commander (Retired) in September 1924, and it was from this rank that he enlisted in the R.A.F. Nunneley enlisted in the Royal Air Force as a photographer under training in December 1925. He had in his former service displayed a keen interest in aviation, and indeed was awarded the RAEC Aeronaut’s Certificate as a Balloon Pilot following training and examination at Roehampton in July 1918. As a consequence he applied for pilot training, and was subsequently posted as a Sergeant Pilot to 39 Squadron (D.H.9a’s) at Bircham Newton in 1928. The squadron carried out intensive training having been warned of an impending move to India. The Squadron was re-equipped with Westland Wapitis, and moved to Risalpur in January 1929. Before long they were involved in operational flying on the North West Frontier, with Nunneley flying in at least 18 operational sorties between May and August 1930. It would appear that Nunneley did not let war get in the way of his life, as recorded in Ken Delve’s book The Winged Bomb - History of 39 Squadron R.A.F.: ‘On 1st January 1877 Queen Victoria was proclaimed ‘Empress of India’, thus all military establishments in India celebrated the Proclamation Day anniversary amidst much pageantry and ceremony. At Risalpur on 1st January 1930, the army units, including the cavalry in their parade uniforms, assembled on the cavalry parade ground about half a mile North of Risalpur aerodrome. The R.A.F. part of the celebration was to be a flypast by 39 Squadron. Prior to the display, Sergeant Nunneley took his Wapiti up for a post-engine-change air test. Unfortunately the engine cut out shortly after take-off with the aircraft heading towards the shining ranks of soldiers on the parade ground. The only clear space was right in front of the parade and so Nunneley positioned his machine for a forced landing. All hell broke loose with terrified horses throwing their riders and bolting off into the surrounding countryside. The dignity of the cavalry was somewhat shaken and it took days to round-up all the horses... Message dropping also had its lighter side. Sergeant Pilot Nunneley had a ‘close friend’ who was a schoolteacher at Kohat and, as the Squadron used the air-to-ground firing range at Kohat, he would often land there to visit the lady. On the return flight to Risalpur he would get his air gunner to drop a message in her garden. Unfortunately, message dropping was a delicate art. On this occasion, Nunneley was too high for accuracy and the message bag, with a three foot long multi-coloured silken streamer, overshot its target by fifty yards and landed in the rose garden of the General Officer Commanding Kohat District. This message, full of terms of endearment, was duly delivered to the GOC by his native gardener. About half an hour later Nunneley landed at Risalpur to be met by the Orderly Officer and Ordely Sergeant with orders to escort him to the CO. The GOC was not impressed with the message and had phoned Risalpur with the Wapiti was still in the air. Sergeant Nunneley was duly ‘de-briefed’!’ On reaching the age limit (39) for a Sergeant Pilot, Nunneley left the RAF to return to the R.N. Retired List in December 1932. Recalled for service with the outbreak of war in 1939, he does not appear to have been particularly enamoured with the Navy’s plans for his employment. He applied for service with the Fleet Air Arm, which was rejected and as a consequence he applied to revert to the retired list for service with the R.A.F. The latter was rejected, and whilst he did not carry out any sea-going appointments he was employed as the Executive Officer of R.N.A.S. Donibristle. Subsequently he served as Commanding Officer of R.N.A.S. Kilindini, Kenya and in the same capacity for H.M.S. Nabbington (Mobile Naval Base, New South Wales, Australia). During this time he held the rank of Acting Commander, which was later confirmed in May 1946. After the war he was employed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation as Aerodrome Commandant Grade II, Edinburgh Airport (O.B.E.). Commander Nunneley died in Truro, Cornwall in June 1974. Sold with copied service papers and research.

The Indian Mutiny medal awarded to Corporal W. G. Morey, who was wounded in action while serving with the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry; a civilian who rose from a humble draper’s assistant in Tasmania to become a well known adventurer, sportsman, and one of India’s finest exponents of the hazardous sport of ‘Pig-Sticking’ Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Corpl. Wm. Morey, Bengal Yeo. Cavy.) together with contemporary dress miniature, fitted with ribbon brooch buckle, named on the edge ‘Sergt. W. G. Morey B.Y. Cavy.’, nearly extremely fine and scarce (2) £800-£1,000 --- William George Morey was born circa 1837 at Chichester, Sussex, the 8th of 10 sons and 3 daughters to James Morey, a shoemaker, later a relieving officer and his wife Martha (née Bullbeck). After the death of his mother on 8 March 1854, James, with a large portion of the older members of his family, emigrated to Australia. The Hobart Colonial Times, dated 10 October 1854, lists among the new arrivals on the City of Hobart from Melbourne, James Morey senior, sons Charles and Josiah together with their wives, daughter Amelia, and two younger sons William and Walter. James opened a drapery store, assisted by William, but it went into liquidation shortly afterwards. With the family situation tenuous William, seeking adventure, travelled to Melbourne where he boarded the American owned ship Rowena and sailed to Calcutta arriving in October 1855, aged just 17. Papers Past in the New Zealand Archives has an article from the Grey River Argus titled “Incidents of the Indian Mutiny”, dated 14 April 1888, by a certain ‘J.P.’ who relates the following: ‘Previous to my becoming a Govern[ment]-employee I held a situation in a Calcutta house, and among others in the same store was a young man named Fred (sic) Morey. Born and bred in London he had served some time as a draper’s assistant but the spirit of adventure and the desire of seeing foreign countries was too strong within him to allow him to remain as such. As soon as the mutiny broke out he threw up his situation and went up country, where he joined the irregular cavalry. During the period he and I were together I had conceived a friendship for him and he stated when leaving he would correspond with me. Soon after his departure I resigned my situation and went up country and heard no more of him. Some days after the arrival of the Lucknow-wounded Mr Carter, a Calcutta merchant, he told me that Morey was among the wounded in Fort William, and was desirous of seeing me, having called upon him and expressed that wish. I went and saw him more than once and happy to say he afterwards recovered and accepted a situation in the same house that employed him before becoming a sabreur.’ It is unclear if this article was written in 1888 or earlier which may account for the inconsistencies of the text but it is clearly referring to William Morey. The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was a melange of incongruous men with little or nothing known of each participant other than their name on a medal roll. Raised as early as 23 July 1857, it consisted of strays, adventurers, merchants, planters, teachers, clerks, seafarers, Eurasians ‘of good character’ and ‘homeless’ British or H.E.I.C. army officers who were without a regiment. The only criteria was the ability to ride a horse which understandably confounded the mariners amongst their number. Interestingly the corps members elected their own Lieutenants. They wore a practical ostentatious uniform of corduroy breeches with knee high boots, loose blue flannel blouses and grey felt helmets enveloped in a huge white pugree, their personal arms comprising a heavy sabre, a light carbine and a formidable revolver. The B.Y.C. joined the operational Sarun Field Force at Chatra on the Nepal border in January 1858, serving under Colonel (later Brigadier, C.B.) Rowcroft. The medal roll shows Morey listed as a Corporal serving in the 2nd Troop. The mutineers gave the B.Y.C. the soubriquet “Shaitan-i-Pultan”, the “Devil’s” or “Satan’s Regiment”, due to the ferocity of their charges. With a lack of mounted units the B.Y.C. protected the flanks of various British columns, sharing the trials of climate, exposure, disease and terrain. The BYC fought in 17 actions during the campaign but perhaps their greatest triumph came at Almorah on 5 March 1858, when they made three successive and successful charges to protect the flanks of the column, while Pearl’s Naval Brigade led the forward assault. They were to perform further good services and charges at Tilga (17 April), Deamureagunj (26 November), Toolsipore (23 December), and Kandi Koti (4 January 1859). The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was disbanded in the spring of May 1859. Quite when Morey was wounded is unknown as he does not appear in any official casualty figures. After the mutiny Morey returned to Calcutta and according to ‘J.P.’ returned to his job in a Calcutta trading house. The directories of 1861 and 1863 show Morey working in the Indian silk industry as an assistant in R. Watson & Co’s silk filatures at Surdah and Motehar, and concerns at Rajshahi, West Bengal, later becoming Manager of the Radnagore Silk and Indigo concerns at Panchkoorah, Midnapore in 1873. In 1875 the Bengal Directory shows him as the manager of the Fureedpore silk concern. Morey was to become a leading expert in the silk trade comparing the quality of Indian silk to that produced in Italy. In 1871 William married Frances Sophia daughter of Thomas Tweedie, a deputy magistrate in Bengal, who had inherited large indigo estates from his father. He continued working in West Bengal until 1900 before retiring to Ootacamund (Ooty) in the Nilgiri Hills, living in a house called Sydenham. Here he was to become a well loved member of the Nilgiri and Bangalore community. He died on 7 May 1905, on Ootacamund racetrack riding a horse belonging to his son-in-law Captain Gordon-Price when, between the 3rd furlong and half mile posts, he fell from his horse. He was 68 years of age. One might say that he ‘died in harness’ but racing and hunting were indeed his passions. In 1871 the South Australian Chronicle records that Morey sold 31 horses in Colombo for £906, so it is clear he was trading in Indian and Australian horses, if not breeding them, for many years. He was described as genial and fond of the society of men, and his accounts of the Nilgiri racing and hunting scene for the South India Observer were jovial and racy. He was a wonderful rider and just a year before his death he won a race with his country-bred ‘Kunigal’. However, it was the sport of ‘Pig-Sticking’ that he loved most. Ferocious and dangerous, it was not for the faint hearted. Pig-Sticking in Bengal by Raoul, 1893, devotes his book to the best known exponents of this art including William Morey. Raoul gives dozens of pages to the hunts that relate to Morey ‘whose blood is always up when he sees pigs’. It tells a rollicking yarn of the shikari and hunter against a formidable foe. Raoul also provides us with a full length photograph of Morey. The danger is emphasised in an article from The Queenslander, 6 September 1890, which relates: ‘Mr Morey, a well known planter and sportsman in Bengal, was out hunting lately, on horseback, with his daughter, when a wild boar suddenly sprang from the jungle, and making for Mr Morey, threw over both horse and rider with a severe crash. The brute was on the point of tearing his victim with his formidable tusks, when Miss Morey sprang to the ground and placed herself between him and her father, who had been stunne...

Five: Temporary Warrant Officer Class II E. T. Evans, Royal Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (587 S.Q.M. Sjt. E. T. Evans. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (S-477 T.W.O. Cl.2. E. T. Evans. A.S.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (S-253574 T.S.S. Mjr: E. T. Evans. R.A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S/253574 Sq: Q.M. Sjt. E. T. Evans. R.A.S.C.) contact marks, very fine (5) £160-£200 --- Evan Thomas Evans from Pentre, Rhondda, Wales, attested into the Welsh Border Brigade, Army Service Corps, Territorial Force, on 4 June 1908. He served during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre from 14 July 1915. Appointed Temporary Warrant Officer Class II, he was awarded the M.S.M for service at home after the Great War, and his Territorial Force War Medal was awarded within Army Order 178 of 1919. Then living in Treherbet, Rhondda, he was discharged due to sickness on 30 December 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 467663.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (B. Serjt Maj: J. Bolton, H.A. Militia) minor edge bruising, very fine £80-£100 --- John Bolton was born in Staffordshire, was a tailor by trade, and attested as a Gunner in the Royal Artillery at Newcastle-under-Lyme in May 1848. He advanced to Corporal in February 1856, and to Sergeant in September 1864. Bolton was discharged at Gosport, Hampshire, in June 1869, having served for 21 years and 30 days with the Colours. He subsequently joined the Hampshire Artillery Militia, advanced to Battery Sergeant Major, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. in September 1876. Bolton was a Chelsea In Pensioner in later life. Sold with copied service papers.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (5410. S: Wheeler, G. Bullivant. R.A.) good very fine £70-£90

A scarce ‘Turkish Contingent’ and Indian Mutiny group of three awarded to Captain T. B. Heathorn, Bombay Artillery Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Captn. T. B. Heathorn, Turkish Contgt.) contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B’, engraved naming; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. T. B. Heathorn, Bombay Arty.) mounted as worn in this order on a silver triple-buckle brooch bar, ‘Crescent’ suspension slightly chipped on the second, some light pitting to both campaign medals, otherwise very fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- Thomas Bridges Heathorn was born on 6 September 1830, and attended Addiscombe, 1848-50. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Army on 9 December 1850, becoming Lieutenant on 10 November 1854, ante-dated to 9 December 1850; 2nd Captain, 19 October 1859; 1st Captain, 14 September 1865. Employed in the Ottoman Dominions with local rank of Captain from 27 March 1855, served in the Crimea with the Turkish Cintingent in Quarter-Maser General’s Department at Kertch (Turkish Medal; 4th Class Medjidie). Served in the Indian Mutiny in 1858 with the Kotah flying column at Oodepore, Central India (Medal with clasp; despatches London Gazette 24 March 1859). Was afterwards appointed Orderly Officer at Addiscombe, 1860, and to the Armament Committee at the War Office, 1865. Captain Heathorn retired on 17 August 1866.

Pair: Battery Sergeant-Major E. Altree, Royal Artillery Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (4577. Bombr. E. Altree. C. Batt: 4th Bde. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (8034 By. Sgt. Maj: E. Altree. R.A.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £160-£200 --- Edward Eltree attested for the Royal Artillery at Chatham on 14 November 1873, aged 18. He served overseas in India from 14 January 1875 to 20 April 1885, including the campaign in Afghanistan from 8 April 1879 to 20 October 1880. He was discharged at Glasgow on 24 June 1905, with a total service of 31 years 223 days. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal with gratuity per Army Order 116 of 1892. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm both medals.

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (60264 Shoeing Smith C. Gwilt Army Vety. Deptt.) good very fine £100-£140

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private V. Keily, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (5810 Pte. V. Keily. 12/F.A. R.A.M.C.) good very fine £180-£220 --- M.M. London Gazette 28 January 1918. Valentine Keily served with the 12th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (2047. Gunr. W. Mc.Nerney. 7th. Bde. R.A.) light scratches to obverse field, otherwise very fine £500-£700 --- William McNerney was born in Cork in 1856 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Guernsey on 9 December 1875, having previously served in the Guernsey Island Militia. He served with the Artillery in South Africa from 16 May 1876 to 1 October 1880; on St. Helena from 2 October 1880 to 7 October 1883; on Mauritius from 8 October 1883 to 19 October 1887, with the remainder of his service being at home. He was discharged, medically unfit, at Woolwich on 11 September 1896, after 20 years and 278 days’ service, and was awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity per Army Order 52 of 1894. Sold with copied record of service.

A Selection of Books on the Victoria Cross. The Register of the Victoria Cross, published by This England, 1981, 303pp, with photographs of the majority of recipients, hard-back, with dust jacket, a number of annotations throughout, including many that have been erased, therefore fair condition The Victoria Cross 1856-1920, edited by Sir O’Moore Creagh, V.C., originally published as Volume 1 of ‘The V.C. and D.S.O.’ and republished by Hayward & Son, 1985, 336pp, with photographs of many of the recipients and index, hard-back, with dust jacket, very good condition The Story of the Victoria Cross 1856-1963, by Brigadier Sir John Smyth, Bt., V.C., Frederick Muller, 1963, 596pp, with photographic plates and index; together with the abridged version, 221pp, both volumes hard-back, with dust jackets, reasonable condition The Victoria Cross- the Empire’s Roll of Valour, compiled by Colonel Rupert Stewart, Hutchinson, 1928, 469pp, with index, hard-back, reasonable condition Monuments to Courage - Victoria Cross Headstones & Memorials, compiled by David Harvey, privately published, 1999, 2 Volumes, 416pp + 433pp, with photographs throughout, hard-back, with dust jackets, both volumes contained in a slip case, signed by the author, very good condition The Zulu War VCs, by James W. Bancroft, 1992, 147pp, with photographs and index, hard-back, with dust jacket, good condition Victoria Cross of the Anglo-Boer War, by Ian Uys, Fortress, 2000, 127pp, with photographs, soft-back, good condition V.C.s of the Somme - A Biographical Portrait, by Gerald Gliddon, privately published, 1991, 212pp, with photographs, hard-back, with dust jacket, good condition Victoria Cross Battle of the Second World War, by C. E. Lucas Philips, Pan Books, 1975, 292pp, soft-back, reasonable condition The Victoria Cross at Sea, by John Winton, Michael Joseph, 1978, 256pp, with photographic plates and index, hard-back, with dust jacket, reasonable condition For Valour - The History of Southern Africa’s Victoria Cross Heroes, by Ian Uys, privately published, 1973, 398pp, with photographs and index, reasonable condition The V.C. and G.C. recipients of the Honourable East India Company and the Indian Army, compiled by Chris Kempton, Military Press, 2001, 82pp, soft-back, excellent condition For Valour - The Victoria Cross, Courage in action, by John Percival, Thames Methuen, 1985, 257pp, with photographic plates and index, hard-back, with dust jacket, reasonable condition Victoria Cross Bibliography, compiled by John Mulholland & Alan Jordan, Spink, 1999, 217pp, hard-back, with dust jacket, good condition (lot) £80-£100 --- Sold together with six books on individual Victoria Cross recipients William Barker, Billy Bishop, Leonard Cheshire, Roden Cutler, George Henderson, and Rex Warnford. Please note that a number of the books in this lot contain ex libris stamps, minor annotations, and other minor defects. This lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.

Eight: Warrant Officer Class I F. J. Connell, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (62961 B.S. Mjr. F. J. Connell, 79th. Bty: R.F.A.) rank officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (62961 B.S. Major. F. J. Connell. R.F.A.); 1914 Star (62961 R.S. Mjr. F. J. Connell. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (62961 W.O. Cl. I. F. J. Connell. R.A.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (62961 Bty: Sjt: Maj: F. J. Connell. R.F.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (62961 R.S. Mjr: F. J. Connell. 2/D.A.C. R.F.A.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (8) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in France during the present War.’ Francis J. Connell served with the 2nd Division Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914.

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Major E. L. Mackenzie.; Major E. P. Freeman.) first with significant dig to obverse field, otherwise nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Edward Leslie Mackenzie was born on 6 May 1870, the son of Major C. G. Mackenzie, 28th Regiment, and was gazetted to the Royal Sussex Regiment on 29 October 1890, becoming Lieutenant on 10 February 1892, and Captain on 4 February 1899. He served with the Regiment during the Boer War in South Africa, taking part in operations in Orange River Colony, from January to 31 May 1902. Severely wounded, he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901); received the Queen’s Medal with four clasps; the King's Medal with two clasps; and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette 27 September 1901). The Insignia of the D.S.O. was presented to him by H.M. King Edward VII on 29 October 1901. He was subsequently employed with the West African Frontier Force from 8 September 1905 to 14 July 1912, and served during the Great War in the Asian theatre of War from 17 August 1915, being promoted Lieutenant-Colonel that same month, and commanding the 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. He was created a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1919. Eric Payne Freeman attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them initially during the Great War at home before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 14th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment in December 1914. He was advanced Captain in October 1915, and proceeded to France with this unit in March 1916. When the commanding officer was killed after the Battle of the Somme in September, he took over command of the battalion and, after reorganising it, served for a time on the Brigade Staff. He rejoined his unit as second in command in November 1916, and shortly afterwards was transferred as Instructor in the 39th Divisional Schools, for which work he was very highly commended by the Divisional Commander. He was then given command of the Reinforcement Camp where he stayed until rejoining his unit in March 1918. He was killed in action on 23 March 1918, during the opening days of the German Spring Offensive, during a rearguard action in front of Péronne. He is buried in Péronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Sold with copied research.

Five: Captain and Quarter Master S. Baldwin, 1/5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (4025 Cpl. S. Baldwin, 2nd Hampshire Regt) suspension claw re-pinned and loose; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4025 Serjt: S. Baldwin. Hampshire Regt); British War Medal 1914-20 (Q.M. & Capt. S. Baldwin.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Q.M. & Capt. S. Baldwin. Hamps. R.) officially renamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4025 C. Sjt: S. Baldwin. Hants: Regt) mounted for wear, first two with edge bruising, nearly very fine, remainder good very fine (5) £200-£240 --- Stephen Baldwin served with the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment during the Second Boer War, and advanced to Colour Sergeant (awarded L.S. & G.C. in October 1911). He was commissioned Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master and was posted in that capacity to the 1/5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment in August 1914. Baldwin proceeded with the Battalion to India in October 1914, and stayed there for the remainder of the war and the following conflict on the North West Frontier. He advanced to Captain and Quarter Master, and returned to England in November 1919. Sold with copied research.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (149803 Bmbr: A. H. Hunt. Clerks’ Sec: R.A.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2005. M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in France during the present war’. Albert H. Hunt served with the Clerks’ Section, attached Royal Artillery H.Q., 36th Division during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 November 1915, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for Devotion. He was discharged on 18 April 1919.

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (11 Sjt: W. C. Bailey. Hants: Yeo.) edge bruise, very fine £100-£140 --- Awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 163 of July 1910.

An interesting and rare group awarded to Lieutenant Robert Pigou, Bengal Engineers, one of the Engineers at the Cabul Gate during the storming of Ghuznee, who was afterwards killed whilst attempting to reduce a fort in Afghanistan when, having cut his fuse too short, he was blown up and his body thrown a distance of eighty yards by the sudden explosion of the powder bags (a) Ghuznee 1839, unnamed as issued, with original suspension (b) Royal Humane Society, large silver medal (Successful), (R. Pigou Armo. Vit. Ob. Serv. Dono Dat Soc. Reg. Hum. 1836) (c) Georgian silver presentation Snuff Box, hallmarked London 1825, maker’s mark ‘T.E’ for Thomas Edwards, the gilt inner lid with inscription ‘Presented to Ensign Pigou, by the E.I.C. Sappers & Miners, as a humble token of their gratitude in his saving the life of one of their comrades whilst pontoning [sic] on the river Medway on the 27th August, 1835’, the R.H.S. medal with edge bruising and contact marks, therefore nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine (3) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Brian Ritchie Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2004; Jack Boddington Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006. Robert Pigou was the son of Henry Minchin Pigou, B.C.S., of Banwell Castle, Somerset, the Commissioner for Revenue at Jessore, and was born in India on 5 October 1816. He was baptised at Dacca on 13 October of that year, and in due course was sent home to Rugby School. He was nominated for his Cadetship in the Bengal Engineers by P. Muspratt, Esq., at the recommendation of ‘the executors of the late D. Stuart, Esq.,’ and was admitted to the Establishment in August 1830. Between 1833 and 1834 he attended Addiscombe and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 12 December of the latter year. He continued his studies at Chatham, and while there became conspicuous by his gallant conduct in saving the life of one Private Edward Williams on 27 August 1835. His selfless act was reported to the Royal Humane Society by Colonel Pasley in the following terms: ‘Sir, - I beg leave to make known through you the gallant conduct of Mr Pigou, yesterday, in saving a man’s life at Pontoon practice, as reported to me by Captain Alderson, of the Royal Engineers, who was the senior officer present when the circumstances occurred. The East India Company’s sappers and miners were employed at the time, in concert with the Royal sappers and miners, the men of both corps being mixed in each Pontoon, according to custom. Mr Pigou had command of one Pontoon: and in returning to his moorings, on leaving off for the afternoon, Private Edward Williams fell overboard into deep water, the tide running very strong at the time, so that he must have been drowned, but that Mr Pigou, who is an excellent swimmer, immediately plunged in after him, and saved him, all the other Pontoons being at some distance at the time. The man himself could not swim. I have noticed Mr Pigou’s conduct, in order that he may meet with that praise which he deserves; and I have great pleasure in now reporting the circumstance. I remain, C. W. Pasley, Col., R.E.’ The Royal Humane Society’s Silver Medal medal was subsequently voted to Pigou in January 1836 (Morning Chronicle 19 January 1836). Pigou arrived at Fort William in July 1836 and was appointed assistant to Captain Fitzgerald, the Garrison Engineer at Fort William and Civil Architect to the Presidency. He went on to serve in the Canal Department, and to work on the surveys of the Pertraub Kally creek and the Aolabariah Road and Canal. In July 1838, Pigou’s services were brought to the notice of the Governor-General and he was subsequently directed to join the headquarters of the Bengal Sappers and Miners at Delhi on account of his esteemed ‘scientific attainments and high promise’. Later that year he qualified as an Interpreter and was placed at the disposal of Sir William MacNaghten, the scholarly and autocratic Envoy and Minister to the Court of Shah Soojah-ool-Moolk, who was to accompany the Army of the Indus on its circuitous march into Afghanistan, following Lord Auckland’s decision to depose Dost Mohamed. Accordingly Pigou was one of the Bengal Engineer officers under Captain George Thomson, who went ahead of the Army with the 2nd and 3rd Companies of the Sappers and Miners to Rohri to make the necessary preparations for the crossing of the Indus. Under normal circumstances, given trained men, good boats or pontoons, and plenty of material at hand, building a bridge to span the river - which at this point ran in two channels, of 133 and 367 yards, separated by the fortified island of Bukkur - would not be difficult. But Thomson, Pigou and the others were faced with every difficulty. At first only eight boats could be procured and all good timber had to be floated 200 miles downstream from Ferozepore. The Sappers had to make 500 cables of grass and manufacture all the nails they required. None of the young officers had any practical experience of large floating bridges, nor could anyone speak the dialect of the local labourers. Furthermore the current was rapid and floods often endangered the whole structure. Nevertheless, the Indus was bridged successfully and, by 18 February 1839, 38,000 troops and camp followers, 30,000 camels, artillery, and ordnance carriages had crossed easily and safely. After a long and laborious march to Candahar via the sombre defile of the Bolan Pass and the mud village of Quetta, the Army was exhausted; paralysed by its loss of transport animals and on the point of starvation. On 27 June, 7,800 fighting men including the Engineers who had bridged the Indus, plodded on towards Ghuznee, which, unbeknown to MacNaghten, had been heavily fortified by Hyder Khan. The Commander-in-Chief, Sir John Keane, was ill-prepared to lay siege to the fortress and found himself in a desperate quandary. He had no more than a few days’ supplies and was being carefully watched by two large armies of Ghilzai tribesmen. Once again Keane was obliged to seek the advice of his Chief Engineer, Captain Thomson, who suggested blowing in the Cabul Gate. The gate was duly blown at dawn on 23 July by the Explosion Party, led by Captain Peat of the Bombay Engineers, and Lieutenants Durand and MacLeod of the Bengal corps. Pigou, leading some Sappers equipped with two scaling ladders, took part in the assault with the main storming party under Brigadier-General ‘Fighting Bob’ Sale, and was engaged in the hand to hand fight in the gateway. After the capture of Ghuznee, Pigou continued with the Army to Cabul which was entered unopposed on 7 August. In early January 1840, Pigou marched out from the British cantonment at Cabul with a force under Lieutenant-Colonel Orchard to reduce the fort at Pushoot, fifty miles northeast of Jellalabad. He was duly selected to lay the powder by the fort’s inner gate and ignite the charge, being three times obliged to advance to the gateway under a heavy fire. Unfortunately his efforts to flash the train were foiled by a heavy downpour of rain. Nevertheless he was praised in Orchard’s despatch for his gallant and meritorious conduct (Calcutta Gazette 15 February 1841). On 25 January 1841, he was promoted Lieutenant, and the next month took part in the expedition under Brigadier Shelton against the Sangu Khel in the Nazian Valley. On 24 February he made the fatal error of cutting his fuse too short and was unable to make good his retreat before the explosion took place. Brigadier Shelton afterwards reported, ‘A few men held out in two Forts and obliged me to blow open the gates which was effectually accomplished by Lieut. Pigou of the Engineers supported by the Li...

Three: Lieutenant J. Cahill, 44th Signal Company, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, late Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. Cahill.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lt. J. Cahill. 44 Sig. Coy.) unit officially corrected on last, polished, suspension claw on IGS re-affixed, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £70-£90 --- J. Cahill attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them as a Sapper before being commissioned Second Lieutenant, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, on 15 January 1916.

Pair: Captain H. A. Buller, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. A. Buller) extremely fine Three: Pioneer T. D. Evans, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (39457 Pnr. T. D. Evans. R.E.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Thomas David Evans) extremely fine Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Oscar V. W. R. Basham) very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Hugh Algernon Buller was born on 20 August 1887 in Kensington, Middlesex. He was commissioned into the Army Service Corps for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front from 11 November 1916. Later appointed Captain, he died, aged 49, in Newbury, Berkshire, on 2 August 1937. I.S.M. London Gazette, 17 May 1949. Inspector, Post Office, Maidenhead. Thomas David Evans attested into the Royal Engineers for service during the Great War, transferring to the South Wales Borderers. He later returned to the Royal Engineers. Post-War he worked as an Inspector with the General Post Office. Oscar Vernon William Richard Basham was born in Chiswick, Middlesex, on 8 November 1892. A Master Mariner with the Mercantile Marine, he served during the Great War and was awarded the British War Medal and the Mercantile Marine Medal. He later served during the Second World War in the Pacific, with the Merchant Navy, and was awarded the 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star and War Medal 1939-45. He died on 6 February 1976, aged 83, in Bournemouth, Hampshire.

An interesting post-War ‘Afghanistan’ O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. R. Clifford, Royal Artillery, late 1st Punjab Regiment, Indian Army, who was awarded the M.B.E. (having been originally recommended for the M.C.) for his services in Burma in 1944, and later served as Military Attaché in Kabul The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (2-Lt. W. H. R. Clifford, 3-1 Punjab R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted court-style as worn, light contact marks, very fine and better (7) £300-£400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 31 December 1960. The original Recommendation states: ‘Colonel Clifford has been Military and Air Attaché in Kabul for over three years. During this period Soviet penetration of the Afghan armed forces, and civil economy, has been continuous. It has been Colonel Clifford’s task to report on these penetrations, in the face of great physical difficulties as regards travel, and vigourous security measures. His success has been far greater than could have been reasonably expected, and his reports have been of the utmost value to his Ambassador, the War Office, and the Air Ministry. They have, recently, been of particular value in correcting the inaccurate and tendentious stories circulating in the Press and among our allies. Colonel Clifford has made himself an outstanding figure in Afghanistan, respected by the Afghans and his colleagues alike. He is the acknowledged leader and co-ordinator of the allied Military Attachés, as a result of which the flow of intelligence is far greater, and more accurate, than if he and they had worked alone. The Air Ministry have particularly drawn attention to the high standard and energy of his work on their behalf. He has done, and is doing, an excellent job in a remote post, and he is recommended, very strongly, for the award of the O.B.E.’ M.B.E. London Gazette 15 November 1945. The original Recommendation (originally for a Military Cross) states: ‘Arakan. Major Clifford was Brigade Major of 51 Indian Infantry Brigade until it left Akyab at the end of January 1945. This Brigade was involved in the heavy ceaseless fighting south of Laungdaw for three months in the spring of 1944 and it then suffered over six hundred casualties. At the end of the 1944 monsoon the Brigade started a series of operations which resulted in clearing the enemy from the country east of the Tunnels and opening the roads. The Brigade later cleared the spine of the Mayu range from the Tunnels to the Foul Point. During these operations, the Brigade suffered over one hundred casualties. Working often under the most adverse of conditions, frequently under fire, Major Clifford never failed efficiently to keep the machinery of the Brigade running smoothly and always had the fullest confidence of his own and unit commanders. He has proved throughout to be a Staff Officer and a Commander of Brigade HQ of exceptional courage and determination. The grant of the decorations for which he is now recommended would undoubtedly give the greatest satisfaction to every officer and man in the Brigade.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 30 December 1941 and 15 December 1942. William Henry Reginald Clifford was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Indian Army, on 30 January 1936, and was posted to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment. He served with them throughout the Second World War, as part of 51st Indian Infantry Brigade, and for his services was twice Mentioned in Despatches, was promoted Acting Major, and was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services in Burma. Transferring to the Royal Artillery following Indian Independence, he was promoted Major on 23 August 1948, and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 January 1957, and served in an Intelligence capacity as Military and Air Attaché in Afghanistan during the late 1950s, during a period of Soviet penetration into the country’s military and civilian infrastructure, for which services he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1961 New Year’s Honours’ List.

Waterloo 1815 (Captain Gore Brown, Royal Foot Artillery.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby, April 1910. Thomas Gore Browne was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Foot Artillery on 23 February 1801; 1st Lieutenant, 19 November 1802; 2nd Captain, 1 February 1808; Captain, 4 September 1823; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 July 1836; Colonel, 9 November 1846. He served in the Walcheren expedition and was present at the siege of Flushing. At the battle of Waterloo he served in Major George W. Unett’s Brigade, which was at Hal with Sir Charles Colville’s Division, and afterwards at the siege of Cambrai and with the Army of Occupation until November 1818. He served at Jamaica 1829-31, and commanded the Royal Artillery at Gibraltar 1839-44. Colonel Gore Browne died at Southampton on 23 January 1854, aged 69, and is buried in the Old Common Cemetery, Southampton. There is also a memorial to him at the Sandpits Cemetery, Gibraltar.

A Great War D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Kilner, Royal Field Artillery, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Paardeberg, Cape Colony, Belfast, unofficial rivets between first and second clasps (Major. C. H. Kilner, 62/Bty., R.F.A.) engraved naming; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. C. H. Kilner.); Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted (the DSO in gold and the clasps on the miniature QSA in the correct order) and both housed in a fitted case, nearly extremely fine (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. Charles Harold Kilner was born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, on 15 August 1864 and was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery on 5 July 1884 and was posted to the 1/1 North Irish Battery, serving with them in India from September 1885. He was promoted Captain in August 1893 and having returned to the U.K. took part in the Jubilee celebrations whilst serving with 86th Battery, R.F.A. Kilner served with both the 62nd and 129th Batteries in South Africa during the Boer War, and as Second-in-Command at Paardeberg witnessed the guns of the 62nd being used to fire into Cronje’s laager. He saw further action at Poplar Grove (12 March 1900), Vet River (5-6 May 1900), Zand River, and Belfast (26-27 August 1900). Whilst in South Africa he was promoted Major on 15 March 1900. Having transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Kilner was recalled for service at the start of the Great War and was employed initially at the Cable Census Office from 9 August 1914, until volunteering for front-line service in October 1915. Granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, he was given command of 186th Battery, and served with them on the Western Front from March 1916. He served with this Battery during both the Somme campaign and later at Passchendaele (where he was recommended for promotion to Brigadier), and for his services he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 18 May 1917 and 14 December 1917). He returned to England in November 1917, and having been awarded the D.S.O. was subsequently employed as Assistant Manager, Inspection Department, Ministry of Munitions. Kilner died in Southsea, Hampshire, on 2 August 1936. His son Hew Ross Kilner, also had a distinguished career in the Royal Field Artillery, and was awarded the Military Cross in the same Gazette that his father was awarded his D.S.O. Sold with the recipient’s personal leather bound journal giving details of his life in the Army; the recipient’s Commission Document, dated 1884; Certificate for Special Promotion, dated 1887; Veterinary Course Certificate, dated 1891; a Great War Trench Map (Violaines ands Rue de Marais sector), with positions of 186 Battery during the Somme campaign marked; the recipient’s Passport, dated 1921; various contemporary portrait and group photographs and photographic images; other documents and ephemera; and copied research.

Three: Acting Sergeant Artillery Clerk S. W. Woodcock, Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2180 A. Sjt. S. W. Woodcock. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (293358 Bmbr: -A. Sjt. A.C.- S. W. Woodcock. R.G.A.) good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’ Stanley W. Woodcock served with the Clerks’ Section, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front and was both Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 May 1918) and awarded the M.S.M.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of six awarded to Gunner John Barkas, 37th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (41736 Gnr: J. Barkas. 37/Sge: By: R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (41736 Gnr. J. Barkas. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (41736 Gnr. J. Barkas. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Malabar 1921-22, Waziristan 1921-24 (1410100 Gnr. J. Barkas. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1410100 Gnr. J. Barkas. M.M. R.A.) mounted on board for display with R.A. cap badge, obverses polished, good fine, reverses better (6) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 17 September 1917 (France). Served in India attached to No. 10 Pack Battery, R.G.A. (India). I.G.S. Medal and clasps confirmed, one of 42 with this combination to the Royal Garrison Artillery.

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (29 C.S. Mjr: W. E. Roberts. Hants: R.G.A.) very fine £50-£70 --- Awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 288 of October 1912.

Pair: Sergeant Major W. J. Bayton, Royal Flying Corps British War Medal 1914-20 (45848 [sic] F-Sjt. W. J. Bayton. R.F.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (45849 Sjt: W. J. Bayton. R.F.C.) mounted on card for display, nearly extremely fine, rare (2) £300-£400 --- Approximately 30 Army L.S. & G.C. Medals awarded to the Royal Flying Corps. William J. Bayton was born in 1866, and initially served with the Army before re-enlisting aged 47 in the 9th Reserve Cavalry Regiment, 3 October 1914. He transferred as Sergeant (No. 45849) to the Royal Flying Corps, 25 July 1916, and was awarded the BWM as a consequence of ‘draft conducting to France October 1916’ (this medal being belatedly issued to OC Records, Ruislip in October 1937). Bayton advanced to Flight Sergeant in February 1917, and to Sergeant Major in September of the same year (awarded L.S. & G.C. with gratuity in October 1917). He was employed as a ‘Disciplinarian’. Bayton transferred to ‘G’ Reserve in June 1919, at which time he was serving in Ireland. Bayton gave his address on discharge as Dublin, albeit he was working as a publican in Norwich at the time of his enlistment in 1914.

An Edwardian ‘Coast Defences’ C.B. group of three awarded to Major-General F. A. Bowles, Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery 1923-31 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, hallmarked London 1910, fitted with gold ribbon buckle; Coronation 1911, unnamed; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1891 (Major F. A. Bowles No. 9 Mn. By. R.A.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 26 June 1908: ‘Major-General, Commander, Coast Defences, Plymouth.’ Frederick Augustus Bowles was born on 18 May 1851, son of Rev. Charles Bradshaw Bowles, of Woking, Surrey. Educated at Clifton College and at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, he entered the Army as a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in December 1871; Captain, July 1881; Major, October 1887; Lieutenant-Colonel, May 1897; Colonel, May 1904; Major-General, March 1908. He served with No. 9 Mountain Battery R.A. in the Hazara Expedition, March to May, 1891 (Despatches London Gazette 20 October 1891; Medal with Clasp), and accompanied the Isazai Field Force in 1892. He was appointed General Officer Commanding South Western Coast Defences, Southern Command, 1908-12, and was Commander of the Devon National Reserve then Inspector of Recruiting during the war. Appointed Colonel Commandant of the Devon Cadet Corps in 1918, and Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery from 1923 until his death on 17 September 1931.

Three: Warrant Officer Class II A. W. Ganley, Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (16716 W.O. Cl. II. A. W. Ganley. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (16716 Cpl. A. W. Ganley. R.G.A.); Memorial Plaque (Alfred William Ganley) in card envelope, good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Alfred William Ganley attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery and served as a Battery Sergeant Major with the 146th Siege Battery during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 23 March 1918, during the German Spring Offensive; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with the recipient’s Account Book; various Gunlaying Certificates; and a damaged portrait photograph of the recipient.

Four: Private A. J. Hewitt, 17th Lancers, late 21st Lancers, a member of ‘B’ Squadron who charged at Omdurman, 2 September 1898, and had his horse wounded Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3399 P’te J. Hewitt 21/L’crs) note initial ‘J’ but as per medal roll; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (5130 Pte. A. Hewitt. 17/Lcrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5130 Pte. A. J. Hewitt. 17th Lancers.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3399 Pte. A. Hewitt 21st Lcrs.) light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- Confirmed on all rolls as a ‘charger’ in Roy Dutton’s Forgotten Heroes: The Charge of the 21st Lancers at Omdurman. The following article with a portrait of Hewitt wearing his four medals was copied from an unknown source and is also reproduced in the above publication: ‘In the cavalry, transfers are of a more frequent occurrence than in the infantry, and we often find mounted men who have served in three or four different corps. It is thus that Mr. A. Hewitt has the Soudan medals, although the 17th Lancers were not in that campaign. He enlisted for the 21st Hussars in 1892, and went to India the following year. After some time they went to Egypt and were ordered to take part in Lord Kitchener’s advance against the Khalifa. Mr. Hewitt has been good enough to describe the Omdurman charge from his personal point of view, and we cannot do better than quote his own story. “During the charge,” he said, “I sat firm and tight in my saddle, with lance in hand, getting a pierce in when and where I could, using the weapon to the best advantage. We were in a fine line, and worked up to a good speed before the shock; fit to take anything in front, so it would have taken something rather solid to stop us. My horse, No. 2, of ‘B’ Squadron, a grey Arab, which I rode that day, got a nasty sword-cut in the fetlock, but I managed to come through safely, though many of our poor fellows were not so fortunate. “Upon drawing rein after the charge we saw the havoc we had made of the Dervishes. Capt. Kenna, who was afterwards awarded the V.C., asked for volunteers to pick out our dead and wounded from the battle-ground. Some of our poor chaps were cut about terribly, some with arms or legs off, others with heads split open. We laid out all the dead in a row. That is the time when a man feels for his comrades, more than I can express on paper.” After the entry into Khartoum the Lancers were ordered down country. Mr. Hewitt, en route, contracted enteric fever, and after some time in hospital was invalided home. Shortly after he was transferred to the Army Reserve, on the expiration of his colour service. Seven months later the South African war recalled the Reservists to the colours, and Mr. Hewitt joined the 17th Lancers for service in the Transvaal. He went out on the “Victorian” and on arrival at Bloemfontein took part in the general advance under Lord Roberts to Pretoria. He was present at the actions of Diamond Hill, Wittebergen and Johannesburg. as well as several smaller affairs. On one occasion a Boer bullet splintered his lance and bruised his arm, otherwise he was fortunate enough to come through without any ill results. Upon the declaration of peace Mr. Hewitt was discharged.’ Arthur James Hewitt was born in the Parish of St Peter’s, Ramsgate, Kent, and enlisted into the 21st Hussars at Canterbury on 6 January 1892, aged 18 years 4 month, a brickmaker by trade. He served overseas in India from September 1893 to October 1896, then moved to Egypt until May 1899, during which time he took part in the Soudan campaign of 1898, including the battle of Omdurman. Invalided to the U.K., he was discharged to the Army Reserve in June 1899. Recalled in December 1899, he served with the 17th Lancers in South Africa (No. 5130), he was discharged at Ballincollig on 31 March 1902. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.

Pair: Lieutenant D. G. Allman, Hampshire Regiment, attached Gloucestershire Regiment, wounded, taken prisoner of war and M.I.D. for the Battle of Imjin, April 1951 Korea 1950-53, 1st issue, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. D. G. Allman. R. Hamps.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, together with a United States of America Presidential Unit Citation riband bar, mounted for wear, generally very fine or better (2) £1,800-£2,200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 8 December 1953: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Korea.’ Donald Graham Allman was born in Northwich, Cheshire in June 1927. He served with the Hampshire Regiment in the UK and Austria before resigning his commission. Allman was recalled for service with the outbreak of the Korean War, and was one of 250 men of the Hampshire Regiment attached to Gloucestershire Regiment. Allman served as Assistant Adjutant to Captain A. H. Farrar-Hockley at Battalion HQ in F Echelon during the Battle of Imjin. He was wounded and taken prisoner of war during the battle. The Battle of Imjin started on Sunday 22 April 1951 when wave after wave of Chinese infantry attacked the Gloster Battalion position. In the course of a three-day battle, the main thrust of the Chinese 63rd Army was directed against the Gloster’s position, and it is estimated that the Chinese suffered over 7,000 casualties. After 60 hours of intense hand-to-hand fighting, the Battalion was gradually forced back onto Hill 235, later known as Gloster Hill. Air resupply parachutes fell into enemy hands and the attempt at rescue by an armoured column led by the 8th Hussars failed. When the ammunition state was only three rounds per man, the Commanding Officer, Colonel J. P. Carne D.S.O., gave the order: ‘Break Out. Move independently. Make your own way back to the Allied Lines’. It was a daunting task and required great bravery and determination. Many tried and were killed in the attempt. Colonel Carne told the Doctor, Captain R. P. Hickey R.A.M.C., ‘I’m afraid we will have to leave the wounded behind’. There were some 80 casualties lying in an improvised Regimental Aid Post, so Captain Hickey decided he would remain with these wounded men and not try to escape. The Padre, the Reverend S. J. Davies R.A.Ch.D., also decided to remain with the wounded, saying to Medical Sergeant S. J. Brisland, ‘This looks like a holiday in Peking for some of us’. The men of the Medical Section thus gave up their chance to escape for, as they saw it, ‘It was their duty to remain and look after the wounded’. They were then captured by the Chinese. In the Imjin Battle the Glosters suffered over 600 casualties (killed, wounded and taken prisoner). For his leadership and gallantry at the Battle of Imjin, Colonel Carne was awarded the Victoria Cross, as was Lieutenant P. F. K. Curtis who was killed leading his platoon in a counter attack. The Battalion were awarded the Battle Honour “Imjin” and, as a result of their bravery, the President of the United States awarded the Battalion as a whole a Presidential Citation. Farrar-Hockley volunteered to take over forward positions early in proceedings, leaving Allman serving as the Battalion’s Adjutant. On the morning of 23 April, after repeated attacks and with food and ammunition running low, a party from HQ went to the forward positions with supplies - and it was on this date that Allman was wounded. Allman died in North Devon in October 1998. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of recipient in uniform standing next to Colonel J. P. Carne, V.C.

A very fine Heavy Cavalry Commander’s C.B. and Army Gold Medal pair awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Serjeantson Prescott, 5th Dragoon Guards, who was slightly wounded when in command of his regiment in their famous famous charge at Llerena on 11 April 1812, when the French cavalry was thrown into confusion and swiftly broken; he subsequently commanded the 5th Dragoon Guards at Vittoria and Toulouse, for which he received the Gold Medal with Clasp, and was appointed C.B. in June 1815 - his premature death in June 1816 ‘was a very great loss to the regiment’ The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22 carat gold and enamels, hallmarked London 1815, maker’s mark ‘IN’ for John Northam, complete with correct 2-inch wide gold swivel-ring suspension and gold ribbon buckle; Field Officer’s Small Gold Medal, for Vittoria, 1 clasp, Toulouse (Lieut. Colonel S. Prescott) complete with gold ribbon buckle, the medal and the clasp each in their own individual silk-lined red leather Rundell Bridge & Rundell cases of issue, together with his Order of the Bath Chapel Stall Plate inscribed ‘Serjeantson Prescott Esquire, Lieutenant-Colonel in the 5th (or Princefs Charlotte of Wales’s Regiment of Dragoon Guards Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 4th June 1815’, a few very minor chips to the wreaths of the first, otherwise extremely fine (4) £24,000-£28,000 --- Serjeantson Prescott was appointed Lieutenant in the 5th Dragoon Guards on 8 March 1807, from Lieutenant, 91st Foot, becoming Captain on 14 March 1810. He was promoted Major on 26 December 1811, and Lieutenant-Colonel on 14 June 1815. He served with the regiment in the Peninsula from September 1811 and, in the absence of Ponsonby, commanded the regiment at Llerena (Villa Garcia) where he was slightly wounded and mentioned in despatches: “While the Major-General [Le Marchant] is perfectly satisfied with the zeal shown by every individual of the brigade in the execution of his duty on that occasion, he considers that the charge made by the 5th Dragoon Guards deserves his particular admiration and approval, and he requests that Major Prescott and the officers of that corps will accept his nest thanks as well for their services as for the credit which their gallant conduct reflects on the command, which he has the honour to hold.” Prescott was again in command of the regiment at the battles of Vittoria and Toulouse, at which last battle the 5th Dragoon Guards were instrumental in saving the Portuguese guns from capture. At the end of the war he received a gold medal with one clasp, and the C.B. Although the regimental history makes no specific mention of his presence at Salamanca, his presence there is confirmed in Challis’s Peninsula Roll Call. After the death of Le Marchant at Salamanca, Colonel Ponsonby took over the command of the brigade, Prescott getting the command of the 5th Dragoon Guards. Lieutenant-Colonel Prescott died on 23 June 1816. The charge at Llerena (Villa Garcia) On the evening of 10 April 1811, General Stapleton Cotton climbed the steeple of a church in Bienvenida. He knew that the French were occupying Llerena and saw that there were considerable numbers of French cavalry five miles closer to him near the village of Villagarcia. Cotton decided that he should attempt to trap the French cavalry with his superior forces. During the night he despatched Ponsonby with the 12th and 14th Light Dragoons to probe the Villagarcia area, whilst Le Marchant was sent on a circuitous march to get on the French left flank and, it was hoped, cut off their retreat. Slade was also instructed to concentrate his brigade on Bienvenida, though he seems to have been tardy in moving. Cotton retained the 16th Light Dragoons as a reserve. At some time during the night Cotton realised that Ponsonby's force might alert the French before Le Marchant was within striking distance and despatched an aide-de-camp with orders to halt the light cavalry; unfortunately the order arrived too late. Two squadrons of the British light cavalry had forced the French vedettes out of the village of Villagarcia but, around dawn, had run into the full force of the French cavalry and were then chased back. Ponsonby subsequently found his two regiments faced by the three strong regiments under Lallemand and had to make a controlled withdrawal whilst skirmishing against heavy odds. Following his orders, Le Marchant had moved his brigade through the night over tortuous terrain for a considerable distance. Coming down from rugged hills bordering the plain where the action was fought, Le Marchant and the 5th Dragoon Guards had pulled considerably ahead of the other two regiments of the brigade. Le Marchant noticed, looking through the trees of the wood his men were moving through, that French cavalry, drawn up in two deep columns of squadrons, were pushing the six squadrons of light dragoons back towards a narrow ravine flanked by stone walls. Le Marchant realised that an immediate charge was needed before Ponsonby's squadrons were forced into the congested and broken ground to their rear. Lallemand, it is recorded, caught a glimpse of red-coated figures in the woods to his left and rode to alert General Peyremmont, who was leading the 2nd Hussars. Peyremmont scorned Lallemand's concerns, saying that the British dragoons were probably a small detachment who had lost their way. At this point the advantage that the French had enjoyed in the action was suddenly reversed and Le Marchant, with the 5th Dragoon Guards, who were his leading regiment, emerged out of the woods entirely unobserved. Instantly realising the situation, he did not wait for the whole of his brigade, but, forming the 5th Dragoon Guards into line of echelon of squadrons as they came out of the defile, bore down at their head straight on to the left flank of the five French regiments, completely rolling them up and pursuing them for four miles, almost into Llerena. The French rallied briefly at a ditch halfway to Llerena, but they were outflanked by the 16th Light Dragoons and were forced into flight once more. A few hours later the French abandoned Llerena and continued their retreat out of Extremadura. Llerena, though now almost forgotten, created a great stir at the time, and rightly so, as it was a most gallant feat of arms, never excelled on any occasion, even by British cavalry. Sold with comprehensive research.

Three: Corporal H. J. Pottle, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935 (5485832 Pte. H. Pottle. Hamps. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5485832. Cpl. H. J. Pottle. 1 Hamps. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (548532 Cpl. H. J. Pottle. Hamps. R.) generally good very fine and scarce (3) £300-£400 --- Only 15 clasps for ‘Mohmand 1933’ issued to the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Awarded L.S. & G.C. in October 1937.

Pair: Trumpeter W. R. McGregor, Royal Horse Artillery Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ahmed Khel (4661. Trumpr. W. R. Mc.Gregor. A/B. R.H.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (Sergt. W. R. McGregor Bazar Sergt. Cawnpore) mounted court-style for display, minor edge nicks and light contact marks, very fine (2) £240-£280 --- William Robert McGregor was born in Sheerness, Kent, on 17 February 1855 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Westminster Police Court on 17 March 1869, aged 14. He served with the Royal Horse Artillery in India from 21 October 1870, and served during both the first and second phases of the Second Afghan War. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 30 August 1887, and was discharged on 6 August 1890, after 21 years and 143 days’ service, of which almost 20 years were spent soldiering in India. Sold with copied record of service.

Cervantes y Saavedra, Miguel The History of the most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha Formerly made English by Thomas Shelton; now revis'd, corrected, and partly new translated from the Original. By Captain John Stevens ... In Two Volumes [And:] A Continuation of the Comical History of the most Ingenious Knight, Don Quixote de la Mancha. By the Licentiate Alonzo Fernandez de Avellaneda. Being a Third Volume; never before printed in English ... Translated by Captain John Stevens. London: for R. Chiswell [and others], [A Continuation:] for Jeffrey Wale; and John Senex, 1700 & 1705. 2 works in 3 volumes, 8vo (18.2 x 11.2cm), c.1800 calf, rebacked with original spines laid down, edges sprinkled blue, History with 34 engraved plates including frontispieces, Continuation with 13 engraved plates (no count provided by ESTC), moderately browned, closely trimmed along top edges, a few headlines and page-numbers shaved [ESTC R29188 & T89686]Note: Note: First edition of this rare English translation of Don Quixote, and the first edition in English of the spurious continuation by the pseudonymous Alonson Fernandez de Avellaneda. John Stevens (c.1662-1726) was a London-born translator, antiquary and Jacobite army officer of probable Spanish origin. ESTC traces nine copies world-wide for The History; no other first edition set (with or without the continuation) is traced in auction records.

Wrede, Konrad (1865-1947) Streifzüge durch Ceylons Wunderwelt Jahreswende 1893-1894. Hanover: [privately printed], 1939. First edition, number 18 of an unspecified limitation, inscribed by the author to Frau Martha Loewe on the limitation page, 4to, original quarter cloth, mimeographed typescript, [1] 43 [3] leaves, 11 gelatin silver print photographs on 8 stiff card mounts with typescript captions (6 of them 20 x 15.5cm, the others smaller), plain paper dust jacket;Colebrooke, H. T. Miscellaneous Essays. London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1837. 2 volumes, 8vo, later quarter cloth, 7 folding lithographic plates (facsimiles of ancient Indian documents and inscriptions), folding letterpress table, bookplate of Pandit Sundar Lal, advocate, high court, Allahabad, worming, plates browned, plate 1 torn along stub;Hasegawa, Denziro. Travel to India with Leica, Tokyo: Meguro Shoten, 1939 (first edition, 4to, original yellow hessian lettered in brown, 213 pp., text in Japanese and English, 192 halftone photographs (on pp. 1-124), folding map, spine rubbed); and 4 others: E. F. Burton, Reminiscences of Sport in India, London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1885 (first edition, 8vo, contemporary quarter cloth, spine rolled, lending library label to front board, 8 lithographic plates, pp. 207/8 and 289/90 loose, a few blemishes and marks); J. D. Rees, H.R.H. The Duke of Clarence and Avondale in Southern India, with a Narrative of Elephant-Catching in Mysore by G. P. Sanderson, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd., 1891 (4to, recent red cloth, top edge gilt, xvi 213 pp., 5 autotype photographic portrait plates including frontispiece, 24 photogravure plates, folding map, text-leaves partly unopened, browning, worming (stronger towards front of volume, reducing towards middle), plate facing p. 74 chipped along fore edge, text-leaf I1 with closed marginal tears); Wibraham Egerton, An Illustrated Handbook of Indian Arms ... exhibited at the India Museum, London: William H. Allen & Co., 1880 (first edition, 4to, later cloth, folding map, 15 lithographic plates of which 2 in colours and several folding, original front wrapper bound in, lacking final leaf of index, spotting, tape repairs to half-title and index); and Sir John Malcolm, The Life of Robert, Lord Clive, London: John Murray, 1836 (first edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, modern cloth, engraved portrait frontispiece and folding map, ex-library, not collated)Note: Note: Konrad Wrede was a German army officer, collector and arts patron. No copies of Streifzüge durch Ceylons Wunderwelt traced in libraries. WorldCat cites three copies only of Hasegawa's work in libraries world-wide, with none in the United Kingdom.

India - Meghalaya Report on Successions to Siemships in the Khasi States by Captain D. Herbert, Indian Army, Deputy Commissioner, Khasi and Jaintia Hills. Shillong: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, 1903. Folio (32.5 x 19cm), original printed boards, rebacked and recornered, [2] iv 127 pp., 8 folding genealogical tables (counted in pagination), covers marked, wear to fore edges of boards, variable browning, title-page and final leaf heavily washed, title-page also with small hole not affecting text, small stipple of worming to foot of gutter throughout, marginal repair to pp. 1/2, closed tear in pp. 11/12Note: Note: First edition, specified 'confidential' on the title-page, perhaps one of 100 copies according to the printer's slug on the final page, no other copy traced in libraries or in commerce (such records as do exist appearing to pertain to a 1991 facsimile reprint published by the government of Meghalaya's directorate of arts and culture). In Khasi culture, eligibility to hold the office of siem (ruler) is passed down by matrilineal descent, though the office-holder is male. The power of the siem is not absolute, with authority dispersed among various ministers, clan chiefs, elders and other figures, and in the case of Khyrim state a high priestess (ka siem-sad).

Burton, Sir Richard Francis The City of the Saints and across The Rocky Mountains to California London: Longman, Green [&c.], 1861. First edition, 8vo, half-title, frontispiece, 3 maps on 1 folding sheet, 8 plates and plans (1 folding), text illustrations, contemporary green half morocco, spine gilt, 19th century bookplate of Thomas William Beaves [Sabin 9497]Note: Note: Edward in his excellent biography of Richard Burton noted "the book is a a rare account by an experienced traveller who was alert to every detail, to language, to the nuances of a dynamic developing nation that showed high civilization on its eastern coast and progressive barbarism as one travelled westward. Here are emigrants, soldiers, desperadoes, wanderers, frontier women, Indian tribes, government officials, rascals and saints, the inevitable pretty girls (white and Indian alike). Social conditions, perceptions about democracy, advice to the army about dealing with the aborigines (the Indians were like a sort of Bedawin to Burton), lists of routes and way stops, the legal system and frontier justice, analyses of raw materials and alkaline waters, the sources of rivers, the weather, soil conditions - it is mid century America in five hundred pages and appendixes and rarely dull".

Scotland Collection of deeds and documents, 16th-18th century including document signed by Sir John Skene (c.1540-1617), jurist and author of Regiam Majestatem, 13th July 1588[?], concerning John Auchterlony of the county of Forfar, in English, on paper with pot watermark, signed 'Joannes Skene' at foot, 41 x 30cm, a few holes along one fold;Charter signed by George Keith, 8th Earl Marischal (?-1694), royalist army officer, 1690, confirming John Thomson, merchant of Peterhead, and his wife Griselda Mylne in their possession of lands, in Latin, on vellum, 25 x 65cm;Charter signed by James Law (c.1560-1632), archbishop of Glasgow, 1632, in Latin, on vellum, retaining red wax seal, 29 x 55cm;and approx. 40 others, on paper or vellum, including documents mentioning Patrick, Lord Gray of Forfar, 1575 (on paper), John Leslye of Boquhane, 1593 (on paper), the sheriffdom of Lanark, 1633 (on vellum), and similarNote: Note: A xylographic version of John Skene's signature is printed in the 1597 edition of The Lawes and Actes of Parliament, maid be King James the First, and his Successours Kinges of Scotland (STC 22626) on leaf 2G3. The career of George Keith, 8th Earl Marischal is summarised by Aberdeenshire Museums Service: 'He succeeded to the title at the death of his brother in 1661. In his younger years he served in the French army and rose to the rank of colonel. He returned to Scotland when the civil war broke out, but does not appear to have taken any active part on either side until the army of the "Engagement" was raised to rescue Charles I from the Republican party. He commanded a regiment of foot in that mismanaged enterprise, and fought at the battle of Preston (August 17th, 1648). Three years later he had the command of three regiments at the battle of Worcester, where he displayed the hereditary bravery of his house, but was overpowered by numbers and taken prisoner. He appears to have lived quietly on his estates during the reigns of Charles II and his brother, James VII. He took no active part on either side at the Revolution. "Earl Marshall," wrote Claverhouse to Melfort, "is at Edinburgh, but does not meddle." He died in 1694' (catalogue description for the rental book of George Keith, 8th Earl Marischal, GB 3298 P3417).

[Almon, John] A New Military Dictionary or, the Field of War. Containing a Particular and Circumstantial Account of the most Remarkable Battles, Sieges, Bombardments, and Expeditions, whether by Sea or Land. Such as related to Great Britain and her Dependencies ... By a Military Gentleman. London: J. Cooke, 1760. Folio (36.2 x 22.5cm), contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, signatures A-5R2, unpaginated, engraved frontispiece, 39 engraved portraits, maps, plans and views, bookplates of William Thornton (?-1840), British army officer, reimposed to pastedowns, plates variably offset, frontispiece spotted [ESTC T110923: 5 copies in UK libraries]Note: Note: Published at the height of the Seven Years' War, the work contains views of Fort Niagara and the city of Montreal, and maps of Canada (including part of New England and New York) and Quebec (showing the disposition of Wolfe's forces during the 1759 siege of Quebec).

WW2. Dwight D Eisenhower Signed Typed Letter Dated 1st February 1944 on US Army headed Paper. Wartime Signature. 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.

WW2. Montgomery of Alamein Personal Message to All Troops in 8th Army. Good Content Relating to Tunisia, and NO Surrender. This is a COPY. 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.

Yugoslav WW2 Partisans & RAF escapers RAF Escaping Society cover signed by General Kosta Nadj, President of the Federal Committee of SUBNORJ of Yugoslavia, General of the Army, national hero, legendary war commander and bearer of the highest Yugoslavian wartime and peacetime decorations. Also signed by THREE RAF evaders who were all aided by Yugoslavian Partisans during the war. Lawrence Taylor (37 Squadron) whose Wellington was shot down in 1944 during a bombing raid to Belgrade. He was returned to Allied lines with the help of the Partisans. William Goodbrand (40 Squadron) another whose Wellington was shot down in 1944 during a bombing raid to Belgrade. He was returned to Allied lines with the help of the Partisans. Alan Day was a Spitfire pilot with No 253 (Hyderabad) Squadron who was shot down in February 1945 whilst attacking a German transport column. With the aid of Partisans he was back with his unit and on operations by 20th March. 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.

WW2. Kay Summersby US Army Signed 5 x 3. 5 inch Signature Card. Signed in Blue Ink. member of the British Mechanised Transport Corps during World War II, who served as a chauffeur and later as personal secretary to Dwight D. Eisenhower. 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.

USA Army General Tommy Franks signed 8x10 photo. Franks led the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 in response to the 9/11 attacks and then in 2003 the invasion of Iraq to dispose Saddam Hussein. 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.

WW2. Sepoy (Subadar) Bhandari Ram VC Signed Brooklet VC Card No. 27. He was Sepoy in the 16th Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment, British Indian Army. 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.

WW2. Adolf Hitler's Private Secretary Traudl Junge Signed 25th Anniversary of V-E Day National Army Museum FDC. British Stamp with 8 May 78 Postmark. 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.

WW2. German General of 5th Panzer Army Hasso von Manteuffel Signed 6 x 4 inch Black and White Photo. Signed in black ink. 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.

British Army D Type survival/fighting knife, single edge blade with crow's foot and marked 'JR 1983', having wooden grip and appearing original leather scabbard. Overall 32cm long approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) No shipping on this lot.

Box comprising three WWII British Army Jack Knives and fisherman's pocket knife together with four daggers with sheaths. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

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