* Ubsdell Family: Lieutenant Colonel Thurlow Richardson Ubsdell, DSO, Royal Horse ArtilleryDistinguished Service Order, G.R.V., silver gilt and enamelQueen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Lieut T.R. Ubsdell, R.F.A.), 1914 Star and Bar (Capt:T.R. Ubsdell, R.F.A.)British War and Victory Medals (Major T.R. Ubsdell) with MID oakleaves1935 Jubilee MedalFrance. Légion d’honneur, good very fine or better, lacquered with dress miniature awards and cases of issueSilver desk stand presented to Ubsdell from the officers R.A. mess Rawal Pindi April 29th 1909 (and so inscribed), with two silver top ink bottles with the initials T.R.U., the stand 27 cm long, approximately 747g together with a box containing hundreds of letters from Lt Col Thurlow Richardson Ubsdell from the Western Front circa 1914 onwards, a large scrap album compiled by Ubsdell which covers his personal life and career in the army and at home, many photographs, including Ubsdell wearing his QSA medal, another of the 13th Battery receiving their medals at Nowgong, India, original documents such as commission certificate dated 21 May 1900 (2nd Lieutenant), mentioned in despatches certificates etc, Secret blue report No4 titled 'Report on the Armed Forces of Germany and the work the Effective Sub-Commission of Control', the cover inscribed 'T.R. Ubsdell', two folders full of documents titled 'Political Parties in Germany', and 'Revolution of March 12/13th 1920' with a typed report for the Berlin Revolution on 13 March 1920, together with another group of medals to his son Major Edward Thurlow Hope Ubsdell, Somerset Light Infantry, killed on active service in a motoring accident in Germany, 10 November 19451939-1945 Star, Burma Star, Defence and War Medals, extremely fine and lacquered, both groups presented in a modern display frame, glazed, frame size, 49 x 35 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918M.I.D. London Gazette 14 January 191530 November 19157 November 191713 November 1919Lieutenant Colonel Thurlow Richardson Ubsdell (1872-1955) was born in New York, America, he was the son of John Ubsdell who had emigrated to America in the late 1850s and was President of the Great Lakes Engineering Company, River Rouge (considered an outstanding naval architect and marine engineer), the family moved back to England in the 1870s and resided in Southampton, Ubsdell was educated at Rugby School and Jesus College, Cambridge before being commissioned in the Royal Artillery in May 1900, he served in the Boer War from 1901 with the 13th Battalion and was present at the Delhi Durbar on 1 January 1903, an original programme of the Durbar plus order of service is included with the lot, Ubsdell relinquished his commission in 1912 with the rank as Captain, he re-engaged for service at the outbreak of WWI and served on the Western Front with the 6th Division Royal Artillery from September 1914 until the end of the war, he was mentioned in despatches four times plus awarded the DSO.In 1918 Ubsdell was appointed Summary Court Officer in Cologne, during this time, he tried over 5000 Germans and presided over a special court to try Spartacists charged with inciting Mutiny in the British Army and with a plot to murder General Plumer and other British Officers.Between 1918-1920 he joined the "British Effectives' Sub-Commission of the Control Commission or the Disarmament of Germany in Berlin as AAG and subsequently was President of the Berlin District Commission of Control for the Execution of the Military clauses of the Peace Treaty (Treaty of Versailles) and the Disbandment of the German Army, there are several pages of black and white photographs relating to General Foch accepting the German request for armistice, with relevant newspaper cuttings. Ubsdell served during WWII with the Home Guard from 3 June 1940 to 1 October 1942 (a certificate from George VI is included along with original ARP paperwork and photographs).On 10 November 1945 his son Edward was killed in a jeep accident whilst serving in Germany, the album included in this lot has several black and white photographs of Edward and his family, a newspaper cutting reporting on the death, roll of honour plus a photograph of his grave.A wonderful and comprehensive family archive.See lot 194.
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* Major Bruce Shand, M C & Bar. The WWII tropical tunic belonging to Major Bruce Shand, MC & Bar, 12th Lancers, who was the father of Camilla, Queen Consort, light brown cloth with brass regimental buttons, MC & Bar medal ribbon, the pocket with tailors label for H. Huntsman & Sons Ltd, 11 Saville Row, London, inscribed in ink 'Capt B.H.H. Shand 18/44 795', approximately 85 cm long, chest-length 40 cm, inner arm length 50 cm, together with a pair of green heavy cloth trousers inscribed 'Shand' QTY: (1)NOTE:Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand MC & Bar (1917-2006) was an officer in the British Army. He is best known as the father of Camilla, Queen Consort.Major Shand was born in London and educated at Rugby and Sandhurst before being commissioned into the 12th Lancers (2nd Lieutenant) in 1937. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1940 and served in France where he aided in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk from where he was evacuated back to England. He received the Military Cross for his actions on 5 July 1940.Major Shand returned to overseas service in September 1941 when the regiment was sent to North Africa where he was awarded the second award bar for the MC on 9 July 1942.He met Winston Churchill shortly before the Second Battle of El Alamein and on 6 November 1942 his vehicle was surrounded and destroyed. Shand's two crewmen were killed and he was wounded and captured. Shand spent the remainder of the war in the POW camp, Oflag IX A in Spangenberg Castle.
Corgi a boxed Military group to include CC60613 Cromwell IV Tank, CC60304 Bedford QLD 'Army Fire Service', CC60301 Bedford QLT Troop Carrier & CC60302 Bedford QLR Administration and Command Headquarters. Conditions generally appear Excellent to Mint in generally Good Plus to Near Mint boxes. (4)
Oxford Diecast a boxed Haulage group to include 76CHT002 Churchill Tank MkIII 1st Canadian Army Bgd Dieppe 1942, 76DT002 Diamond T980 Tank Transporter 1st Canadian Army Italy 1943, 76MB010 Mercedes Actros Semi Low Loader 'JCB' plus others similar. Conditions generally appear Excellent to Mint in generally Good to Near Mint boxes. (20)
55 Mid 20th C onwards play worn military-related diecast models to include Dinky, Britains, Solido, Corgi, Astra and Matchbox examples, featuring Dinky 626 Military Ambulance, Dinky 688 Field Artillery Tractor, Matchbox Lesney 63 Ford 3 Ton 4X4, Matchbox Lesney 71 Austin 200 Gallon Water Truck, Matchbox Lesney 64 Scammell Breakdown Truck, Dinky 622 10 Ton Army Truck, etc, plus a Britains Deetail Mortar figure group (2 trays)
Around 25 mid 20th C play worn diecast models to include Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox, featuring Dinky Royal Mail Van, Dinky 283 B.O.A.C bus, Dinky A.E.C Monarch Thompson Tank, Dinky 622 10 Ton Army Truck, Dinky Trojan, Dinky Bedford, Dinky Ford Sedan, Dinky 420, Dinky 23N Maserati, Dinky 23G Cooper-Bristol, etc, plus a quantity of play worn Dinky road signs, diecast roadside accessories and a small quantity of metal figures (featuring Johillco)
Around 45 Dinky mid 20th C military diecast models to include Tous Terrains Berliet, 719 Spitfire MkII, Supertoys 642 Pressure Refueller, 661 Recovery Tractor, 623 Army Wagon, 621 £ Ton Army Wagon, 677 Armoured Command Vehicle, Supertoys 884 Brockway, 689 Medium Artillery Tractor, 821 Mercedes-Unimog, Daimler Ambulance, etc. Diecast varies from play worn to gd - showing repainting / restoration
Over 25 Dinky mid 20th C military diecast models to include Supertoys 660 Tank Transporter, 688 Field Artillery Tractor, Trailer 25 PR Gun, 651 Centurion Tank, Armoured Personnel Carrier, 626 Military Ambulance, 674 Austin Champ, Supertoys Missile Launching Platform, 673 Scout Car, 643 Army Water Tanker, etc. Diecast shows some play wear & repainting
Seven Boxed military diecast models to include 4 x Dinky (622 10-Ton Army Truck, 693 7.2 Howitzer, 673 Scout Car - missing side-end tabs, 680 Ferret Armoured Car), 2 x Matchbox Moko Lesney (63 Army Ambulance, 64 Scammel Breakdown Truck) and a Solido 231 Sherman M4 . A3, plus a boxed Dinky 603 Army Personnel part-set (7 pieces). Diecast varies from play worn to vg; boxes vary, with some torn / missing end tabs (8)
Boxed Blue Box Toys Elite Force WWII 2nd British Commando Unit 1/6 scale figure (figure ex, box gd - light storage wear); together with a carded Barrack Sergeant L42 A1 British Army Lee Enfield Military Sniper Rifle (model ex, card shows creasing to corner), and two sniper rifle metal models with scopes and removeable magazines (one painted)
Five boxed military metal figures / figure sets to include 2 x Mainly Military (Ilfracombe) ltd edn sets (" Salute To The Gurkhas - 1992 " and The Red Berets At Goose Green - May 1982), Britains Harrods set 5477, Westair Reproductions King Henry VIII and a Barton Miniatures Royal Marine Patrol Order 1984 (figures appear vg), together with a collection of unboxed white metal military figures, a boxed & unbuilt Dragon U.S. Army Special Forces 3024 plastic figure set, a quantity of boxed & unboxed diecast models (featuring play worn mid 20th C Corgi examples), The Matchbox Toy Price Guide 3rd Edition, etc (2 boxes)
A RARE AND IMPORTANT IMPERIAL COURT PAINTING OF THE BANNERMAN TE'ER DENG CHEQianlong, dated by inscription to the Wushen year, corresponding to 1788 and of the periodInk and colours on silk, depicting a bannerman facing directly the viewer with finely painted whiskers, donning a fur-lined hat surmounted by a coral bead and a peacock feather with a single-eyed plume (dan yan hua ling), dressed in a grey surcoat with foliate roundels, green colour and tunic, wearing a pair of black silk boots with white soles, his right hand drawing his sword, his left hand holding the shagreen scabbard, eulogised with several lines of text above, the right side with Chinese in kaishu calligraphy and in Manchu on the left, with one seal of the Qianlong emperor between, reading Qianlong Yulan Zhibao, mounted on board. The painting, 186cm high x 96cm wide (73in high x 37 3/4in wide).Footnotes:清乾隆戊申年 1788 特爾登徹像 設色絹本Provenance: an English private collection; according to the owner, the painting was gifted to the owner's late husband circa 1970s.來源：英國私人收藏；據現藏家稱，該畫於二十世紀七十年代由友人贈予其現已過世的丈夫The inscription in Manchu reads:meiren i janggin i jergi uheri da bihe xukdan baturu teldence daci solon i dorgi gabtara manggangge da tolome goirakvngge akv, dabkime morin noilhumbume faida be birehe de dardai andande efulerakvungge akv, ehe hvlha be sihame fargara de etuhun hvsun i fafurxame funturxehe de dasame arbun nirubufi, erei faxxaha be saixame iletulehe abkai fehiyehe xufayan bonio aniya juwari ujui biyade han i arahanggeThe inscription in Chinese reads:原副都統銜總管舒克丹巴圖魯特爾登徹索倫勁手箭無虛發躍馬突陣縱横倏忽視力窮追猛氣咆勃再炳丹青用旌偉伐乾隆戊申孟夏御題Which may be translated as:Former Lieutenant-general, Commandant [and] Xukdan Baturu [Manchu term for national hero], TeldenceOriginally from the Solon [people], he is an expert at archery and who does not miss [literally: counting his hits, he has no misses]. When whipping his horse, making it gallop, and rushing to attack the formation, there is nothing he does not destroy. When hot on the pursuit of the evil bandits, he vigorously rooted them out. Having [ordered] to paint [his] image, through this moreover, I commend him and make obvious his effort.Written by the Emperor Qianlong in the early Summer of the Wushen year (1788) Bannermen were the Qing dynasty's military elite administered into divisions known as the Eight Banners. Apart from being soldiers, the banner system was also the basic organisational framework of all Manchu society and included various groups including Manchus, Mongols and Han Chinese. The Solon people, mentioned in the present inscription, are a subgroup of the Evenki people of north-eastern Asia. The Solon were ordered by the Qianlong Emperor to stop using rifles and instead practice traditional archery, issuing an edict for silver taels to be issued for guns to be turned over to the government. It is not surprising therefore, that the Emperor praises Teldence's archery skills in particular. The eulogy of the present lot describes the bannerman Teldence (Chinese name Te'er Dengche), as a heroic and brave warrior and praises his relentless pursuit of the rebels. This portrait, and those of other officers in this series of Bannerman paintings, was commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor as part of two series of portraits after the triumphant campaign in Taiwan against Ming-loyalist rebels in the years 1787 to 1788. Teldence's rank and excellence in the battlefield is unmistakable in the single-eyed peacock feather that hangs prominently from the back of his black fur-trimmed winter hat, an Imperial gift bestowed only to officers who had distinguished themselves in a military campaign.In 1786 a rebellion arose out of central Taiwan in the village of Daliyi, led by the Ming loyalist Lin Shuangwen. The brutality of the Qing army against the local populace sparked an uprising on 16th January 1787, and Lin organised an army that quickly seized Taichung, Hsinchu and Chunghwa, which was established as their capital. He assumed the title 'King of the Ming' and extended his territory to Fengshan, but was unable to gain control of the capital city, Tainan. The rebels were able to defend their holdings despite Qing reinforcements from the mainland until Lin Cou, one of Lin Shuangwen's generals, defected to the Qing. On 10th February 1788, after ruling central Taiwan for over a year, Ling Shuangwen was captured and later executed, marking the end of the campaign.This portrait, painting number 5 in the second set of portraits, was produced in 1788. The yuan 原 ('former') character in the inscription implies that Teldence had died by the time the portrait was painted, either during the campaign or after. Such Imperial bannerman paintings were housed in the Ziguange (Hall of Purple Splendour), a hall of fame for Immortal heroes, located in the West Garden of the Imperial Palace Precincts in Beijing. During the Qianlong Emperor's reign in total 280 compositions of bannermen portrait paintings were made which were hung in the Ziguang Pavilion. Following Qianlong's example, later emperors continued adding new portraits to the collection in the Ziguang Pavilion. During the reign of the Qianlong emperor the building was also used to display battle wall charts and seized weapons and was also known as the 'Hall of Barbarian Tributes'. The Qianlong emperor often held banquets and received foreigners there; to impress on foreign guests the Qing empire's formidable military power. See C.Ho and B.Bronson, Splendors of China's Forbidden City: the Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong, Chicago, 2004, p.118.The present lot embodies the Imperial academy workshop style of the eighteenth century, which combined traditional Chinese portrait painting with Western painting techniques introduced by Jesuit missionary artists at Court such as Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766), Ignace Sichelbart (1708-1780) and Jean-Denis Attiret (1702-1768).
Militaria Interest: A WW1 era sterling silver and enamel cigarette case, the cover applied with enamel Royal Army Medical Corps badge and engraved Major H. Stewart Brander R.A.M.C.., hallmarked by S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd, Birmingham, 1917, Note: Major Stewart Brander (1880-1939) was the registrar and surgeon at Keighley war hospital during the First World War.Approximately 8.3cm x 7cm x 1.5cm.Condition: some small areas of enamel loss the RAMC badge, some minor denting to one corner., scuff mark to the back above the name.
A Khedive's Sudan medal awarded to 4280 Lce Corporal D Cooper 1st Royal Warwickshire Regt with original ribbon and two bars for Khartoum and The Atbara, also The Queens Sudan medal. (2) Provenance - David Cooper was posted to the Royal Warwickshire regiment as private 4280 on the 6th July 1894. He went to Malta in November 1895 and was then posted to Egypt on the 21st Jan 1897. While in Alexandra he was sentenced to eighty four days imprisonment for striking an officer, after which his conduct was good but was demoted to a private. He was promoted to Corporal on the 1st January 1901. He suffered ill health (details included) and was finally discharged from the army on the 3rd of July 1910 after completing sixteen years.
A log/section of kingwood, one log pictured. Justin Freeland started his career in the army serving with the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, leaving in 1995 to pursue a career in the Arts. He completed a course at Christie's Education and worked for Partridge Fine Arts until 2000, combining his time in the galleries and predominantly working for Michael Hedgecoe, a furniture restorer. Michael set up his business in Surrey in 1970 and throughout the last decades of the 20th Century grew a business employing up to 12 people. Justin bought Michaels business on his retirement in 2001, and this sale represents some of the Hedgecoe/Freeland business stock accrued over 50 years. The sale consists of lengths and slabs of native and exotic hardwood timbers, in both unfinished and milled worked forms, together with elements of antique furniture, to include oak, ash, walnut, rosewood and other timbers, mostly sold without reserve.Justin Freeland continues to advise antique dealers, interior designers, curators and governmental institutions, as well as private clients on restoration issues from furniture to the decorative arts.
A Chinese blue and white stem cup, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, supported on a splayed hollow stem foot angled to the cup with steep sides rising from a flat base to a flared mouth rim, the exterior painted in bright cobalt tones with eight lança characters surrounded by an undulating stem of lotus issuing large flower-heads and curled acanthus leaves, the underside with petal lappets above bands of halved florets divided by a raised rib picked out with arrowheads, the stem skirted by ruyi-heads suspending interlinked tassels, the interior with a stylized peony medallion within a double-line border repeated at the rim, the interior of the foot inscribed in underglaze blue with a horizontal six-character seal mark, 13.4cm high Provenance: By repute Reginald Muspratt-Williams (b. 1906) and by descent Reginald (Tony) Muspratt-Williams joined the Border Regiment and was posted to the China, Peking, Tietsin and Hong Kong from 1927-29, as part of the Shanghai Defence Force. He then resigned from the Army and joined Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in Hong Kong for 5 years and learned to speak Mandarin. In 1934 he returned home to become the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon's private secretary, where he also learned to fly. During the Second World War he volunteered for the Auxiliary Air Force and became attached to Chinese forces in Burma as a pilot. 清乾隆 "大清乾隆年制"款青花缠枝莲托梵文高足盌拍品来源：Reginald (Tony) Muspratt-Williams先生旧藏, 后由家族继承。其于1927至1929期间被派往中国并加入上海国防军队。后辞去了军队的职务，加入了香港的帝国化学工业公司（ICI）并且工作了五年，期间学会了说普通话。1934年,他回到英国,成为了汉密尔顿公爵的私人秘书，后在二战期间作为飞行员与缅甸的中国军队共同抗战。Condition Report: shallow rim chip approximately 1cm x 3mm one firing star crack approximately 5.5cm x 2cm and another firing crack 3cm long other minor firing blemishes Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese blue and white 'lanca' stem cup, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, supported on a splayed hollow stem foot with flared mouth rim, the exterior painted in bright cobalt tones with eight lança characters surrounded by an undulating stem of lotus issuing large flower-heads and curled acanthus leaves, the underside with petal lappets above bands of halved florets divided by a raised rib picked out with arrowheads, the stem skirted by ruyi-heads suspending interlinked tassels, the interior with a stylized peony medallion within a double-line border repeated at the rim, the interior of the foot inscribed in underglaze blue with a horizontal six-character seal mark, 13.6cm high Provenance: By repute Reginald Muspratt-Williams (b. 1906) and by descent Reginald (Tony) Muspratt-Williams joined the Border Regiment and was posted to the China, Peking, Tietsin and Hong Kong from 1927-29, as part of the Shanghai Defence Force. He then resigned from the Army and joined Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in Hong Kong for 5 years and learned to speak Mandarin. In 1934 he returned home to become the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon's private secretary, where he also learned to fly. During the Second World War he volunteered for the Auxiliary Air Force and became attached to Chinese forces in Burma as a pilot. 清乾隆 "大清乾隆年制"款青花缠枝莲托梵文高足盌拍品来源：Reginald (Tony) Muspratt-Williams先生旧藏, 后由家族继承。其于1927至1929期间被派往中国并加入上海国防军队。后辞去了军队的职务，加入了香港的帝国化学工业公司（ICI）并且工作了五年，期间学会了说普通话。1934年,他回到英国,成为了汉密尔顿公爵的私人秘书，后在二战期间作为飞行员与缅甸的中国军队共同抗战。 Condition Report: the rim with several rim chips 5mm x 7mm and smallerfour hair cracks fritting to glaze on exteriorfiring faults to stem small glaze flakes to foot rim Condition Report Disclaimer
MINIATURE INDIA, GREAT WAR AND SOUTHERN PERSIA MINIATURE MILITARY M.B.E. AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL GROUP OF EIGHT, BAR-MOUNTED FOR WEAR Order of the British Empire, Member (M.B.E.), Military, 1st type, 1917-1935 issue; India General Service Medal 1908-1935, Edward VII issue, 1908-1910 with 'N. W. Frontier 1908' clasp; British War Medal 1914-1920; Victory Medal, Great Britain and British Empire issue 1914-1919; General Service Medal, George V 1918-1930 issue with 'S. Persia' clasp; Delhi Durbar Medal 1911; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V 1911-1920 issue; Army Meritorious Service Medal, George V 1916-1926 issue.
GREAT WAR AND WORLD WAR II MINIATURE MILITARY M.B.E. GROUP OF NINE, COURT-MOUNTED Order of the British Empire, Member (M.B.E.), Military, 2nd type, since 1935 issue; British War Medal 1914-1920; Victory Medal, Great Britain and British Empire issue 1914-1919; 1939-1945 Star; Defence Medal 1939-1945; War Medal 1939-1945; Jubilee Medal 1935; Coronation Medal 1937;Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V 1930-1936 issue with 'Regular Army' bar.
MINIATURE M.B.E. GROUP OF SIX, BAR-MOUNTED FOR WEAR Order of the British Empire, Member (M.B.E.), M.B.E. Military 2nd type since 1935, Defence Medal 1939-1945, War Medal 1939-1945, Coronation Medal 1953, Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal GVR 1920-1930 Army Meritorious Service Medal EIIR
MINIATURE REGULAR ARMY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, PALESTINE AND WORLD WAR II 8TH ARMY GROUP OF SIX 1936-1948, BAR-MOUNTED FOR WEAR General Service Medal, George VI, 1937-1949 issue, with 'Palestine' and 'Palestine 1945-48' clasps, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, 1940-1943 with '8th Army' clasp, Defence Medal, 1939-1945, War Medal, 1939-1945, Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with 'Regular Army' bar, George VI 1937-1948 issue.
THE GROUP OF FOUR TO BRIGADIER - GENERAL ATKINSON C.B. 13TH BENGAL LANCERS The most Honourable Order of the Bath C.B. ( Military) Breast BadgeEgypt Medal 1882, clasp Tel - El - Kebir. Correctly engraved Lieut F G Atkinson 13th Bengal Lancers.Indian General Service Medal 1895, clasp Punjab Frontier 1897 -98. Correctly engraved Lieut Col F G Atkinson 13th Bn Lcrs Khedives Star 1882. Court mounted for display.Condition;Egypt & IGS are NVF.C.B. and Khedives Star are GVF. Francis Garnett Atkinson was born on the 10th of November 1857 in Great Ouseburn, North Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Atkinson, who was the Vicar of the village and Henrietta Jane Atkinson. He was educated at Great Ealing School, and upon leaving at age 18, he was commissioned as Lieutenant into the Royal Marine Light Infantry. On the 21st of August 1880, he was transferred to the 13th Bengal Lancers, Indian Army. This was made permanent under the Royal Warrant passed on the 17th of January, 1881. On the 10th of December, 1883, he married Eliza Augusta Snow Prestage. The daughter of Franklin Prestage, a railway engineer who proposed the construction of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. The couple would go on to have sons George Prestage Atkinson (1885 to 1929) and Eric Garnett Atkinson, whose medals are for sale in this auction. During the Egyptian Campaign, he was with the 13th Bengal Lancers at Tel - El - Kebir and Kasassin. Promoted to Captain on the 15th of September 1887 and Major on the 2nd of September 1896. Atkinson served with the 13th on the Punjab Frontier from 1897 to 1898 and was awarded the Indian General Service Medal. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on the 20th of May 1898 and full Colonel on the 10th of February 1904. He was made a C.B. in the Kings' Birthday honours in 1908, at which time he held the rank of Brigadier General. On the 1st of September 1914, he retired after thirty-four years of service. Francis Garnett Atkinson passed away on the 25th of July 1941 in the family home at Northallerton, North Yorkshire; his wife had died a few months earlier.
THE MVO GROUP OF 11 AWARDED TO COLONEL ATKINSON, 17TH INDIAN CAVALRY & 15 HUSSARS. AN ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL POLO PLAYER. The Royal Victorian Order M.V.O. 4th Class. Engraved to the reverse 1319 Lt Col E G Atkinson 1934. 1914 Star (copy bar) impressed Lt E.G. Atkinson 17/Cavy ( a very thin Indian issue star) British Medal and Victory Medal (MID emblem a copy) impressed to Capt E G Atkinson. Indian General Service Medal, clasps Afghanistan N.W.F 1919 & Afghanistan 1919-21 (MID emblem a copy). Impressed Captain E G Atkinson 17/ Cavy France and Germany Star Defence Medal War Medal 1911 Coronation Medal, privately engraved Lieut E G Atkinson 17th Cavalry IA 1935 Coronation Medal 1937 Coronation Medal Court mounted for display. Condition VF+ and better.Eric Garnett Atkinson was born on the 9th of April 1887 in Bareilly, India. The son of Brigadier General Francis Garnett Atkinson C.B. (his medal group is also in this auction) and Eliza Augusta Snow Atkinson.Atkinson was educated at Reading School and obtained direct entry into the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Indian Army on the unattached list on the 19th of January 1907, aged 19.On the 16th of March 1907, he was attached to the 1st Bn West Yorkshire Regiment in India. A year later, Atkinson was transferred to the 17th Indian Cavalry. His promotion to Lieutenant was announced in the London Gazette on the 19th of April 1909. Atkinson was present at the Coronation of George V and was personally presented with his 1911 Coronation medal by the King. During the Great War, Atkinson, a member of the 17th Indian Cavalry, served with the 15th Hussars and Royal Irish Lancers. He landed in France on the 23rd of August 1914. He was promoted to Captain on the 19th of January 1916 and was Mentioned in Despatches on the 28th of December 1917.George married Olive Marion Cole in the English Consulate in Paris in February 1916, and their son Denis Cary ( whose medals are also in this auction) was born in November 1916.Atkinson remained in the Indian Army in the immediate post-war years; he saw service in Afghanistan in 1919 on the North West Frontier and again from 1919 to 21. He received another Mention in Despatches for his service there. Promoted to Major in 1922 and transferred to the 15th Indian Lancers. In 1933 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and was commanding the 15th by 1934.Lieutenant Colonel Atkinson was made a Member of the Victorian Order 4th Class in the Kings Birthday Honours in 1934. He was awarded the 1935 Jubilee Medal and the 1937 Coronation Medal; he retired on the 9th of October, 1937.Recalled during WW2 with the rank of Major on the 1st of July 1940, he spent the war with the 1st Commando Brigade and later the Home Guard. He had risen to the rank of Acting Colonel and was granted the honorary rank of Colonel upon his final retirement in 1945.A keen Polo player before the Great War, he represented England in 1924 and 1927 against America for the Westchester Cup. Once he retired, he became a Polo Umpire. He passed away in 1955, a few months after the death of his wife.
A LOT OF FOUR MEDALS GVI Indian Army LSGC impressed to 8045 l-NK Sher Zaman 1-6 Rajput Rif, condition VF (claw repined); GVI Police LSGC to Const Frank Eaves, condition VF ( edge bruise below naming); GV Special Constabulary Medal to Raymond Thompson, condition GVF; GVI 1937 Coronation Medal, condition GVF
BELGIUM. MINIATURE GREAT WAR AND OTHER AWARDS Belgium. Cross of the Military Veterans of Leopold II (Croix des Veterans Militaires de Léopold II), 1865-1909;Belgium. Military Decoration for Loyal Service, 2nd class (Décoration Militaire pour Ancienneté, 2ème classe / Militair Ereteken voor Ancià«nniteit, 2de klasse), King Albert I issue 1909-1934 with double 'A' cipher;Belgium. Victory Medal 1914-18, modern reproduction;Belgium. Great War Veteran's Insignia; Belgium. Rhine Army Cross (Croix de l'Armée du Rhin / Kruis van de Rijn Leger); Belgium. Belgian Humanitarian Award, grand officer (Grand Prix Humanitaire de Belgique, grand officier); Belgium. Uncertain Order by De Greef of Brussels; Belgium. Uncertain Medal (8)
A COLLECTION OF MINIATURE SERVICE MEDALS General Service Medal, George VI, 1949-1952 issue, with 'S.E. Asia 1945-6' clasp to 23455269 Private B. Lovick, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)Accumulated Campaign Service MedalAccumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011 (3)Army Emergency Reserve Decoration, Elizabeth II, 1952-1967 issue (2)Cadet Forces Medal, Elizabeth II issue, 2nd type 1954-1980General Service Medal (Campaign Service Medal) 1962-2007 with 'Radfan' claspGeneral Service Medal, Elizabeth II, 1955-1962 issue with 'Malaya' clasp General Service Medal, Elizabeth II, 1955-1962 issue (5)Pair: General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Malaya and General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Northern IrelandGulf Medal 1990-91Gulf Medal with ‘16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991’ claspGulf Medal with ‘2 Aug 1990’ claspInternational Prisoners of War MedalKorea Medal 1950-1953, second type (2, one modern)Operational Service Medal, Afghanistan, with Afghanistan claspOperational Service Medal, Sierra LeonePunjab Medal, 1849 (modern)Rhodesia Medal, 1980
A COLLECTION OF MINIATURE TERRITORIAL DECORATIONS AND MEDALS Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India), Edward VII issue, 1901-1908Territorial Decoration, George V issue, 1910-1930 issueTerritorial Army Efficiency Decoration, George VI, 1st type, 1937-1948 issueTerritorial Army Efficiency Decoration, George VI, 1st type, 1937-1948 issue, with 'Territorial' barTerritorial Army Efficiency Decoration, George VI, 2nd type, 1948-1952 issue with 'Territorial' bar (2) Efficiency Medal, Elizabeth II issue 1953-1961 with ‘South Africa’ suspension bar, 1953-1954 version (2)Efficiency Medal, Elizabeth II issue 1953-2000 with ‘Territorial’ suspension bar, 1953-1954 version (4)Efficiency Medal, Elizabeth II issue 1953-2000 with ‘Territorial’ suspension bar, 1982-2000 versionRoyal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V, 1919-1936 issue, miniatureRoyal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Elizabeth II 1953-1979 issue, miniature
CASUALTY GREAT WAR MEDALS BELONGING TO A FATHER AND SON. 1914 Trio, correctly impressed 34759 GNR F Bosworthick RACondition EF 1914/15 Trio, correctly impressed 2495 C.SJT W. Bosworthick Rif Brig.Condition EF Sold with a Princess Mary Tin. William Andrew Bosworthick was born on the 13th of April 1862 in Portsmouth. He married Theresa in 1884; the couple went on to have ten children; their first son William Ernest, born in 1884, was killed in action in 1915 with the Rifle Brigade. Bosworthick had previously served 19 years in the Rifle Brigade and despite being 52 years old, reenlisted in September 1914. He landed in France on the 21st of July, 1915, serving as a Company Sergeant. He took part in the Battle of Loos before being sent home sick on the 18th of October, 1915. He transferred to the RFC in 1917 and was discharged from the RAF in 1919. He passed away in Southampton in 1939. Francis Bosworthick was the third son of William and Theresa. He was born in India on the 9th of February 1892, his father being stationed there in the Rifle Brigade.At the time of the 1911 census, he was already serving in the Army, stationed at No2 Depot Royal Garrison Artillery. He landed in France on the 3rd of October 1914 with the 116th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. He was sadly killed in action on the 28th of March 1918 and was laid to rest in Anzin St Aubin British Cemetery.
AN IMPORTANT BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL GROUP TO STAFF SERGEANT D NORTH 22ND SAS, who was one of the founder members of the newly reformed Regiment in the post war years.British Empire Medal, correctly engraved 2549285 S/SGT Dennis North R Sigs; WW2 War Medal; GSM 1918 to 62, clasps Malaya and Arabian Peninsula, correctly impressed 2549285Sigmn D North R SIGS; GSM 1962 (CSM), clasps Dhofar and Borneo, correctly impressed 2549285 SGT D North R SIGS Condition GVF Swing mounted as worn.Dhofar and Borneo Dennis North was born in Northeast England. He joined the British Army in the post-war years serving with the Royal Signals. In 1950 he joined the Special Air Service, and over the next twenty years, served with 22 SAS, 264 (SAS Signals) Squadron and after leaving the regular forces, 23 SAS. Staff Sergeant North was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 1971 New Years Honours List with the following citation: 'Ssgt North joined the SAS Regiment in 1950 as one of the founder members of the newly formed Regiment. Since this time until 1967, he has served continuously, except for a two-year break, on active service in Malaya, Oman, Borneo and South Arabia. On these operations, Ssgt North was initially a patrol signaller but, over the years, eventually became the NCO in charge of Sabre Squadron Signal Troop. As the senior signals, NCO North was always the first member of the Royal Signals to arrive in the theatre and was responsible for setting up and implementing the SAS communications network: this very often meant liaison with senior Royal Signals Officers. At the height of the Borneo Campaign, he was responsible for communications with over twenty independent patrols deeply situated in mountainous jungle terrain. His calmness and control, particularly when dealing with critical situations affecting small patrols, sometimes in isolation hundreds of miles away, never wavered, and he was a constant source of inspiration and reassurance to the signallers in the field. There were occasions involving medical evacuation, and post and pre-contact reports with the enemy when North, by sheer technical ability and an outstanding operating capability, kept communications working to the patrol, often to a signaller who was under extreme physical and mental pressure. In 1963 he voluntarily extended his operational tour in Borneo to organise a communication and training centre for Border Scouts. In 1967 the signal Troop of 22 SAS regiment was re-designated, an independent Signal Squadron, during this period Ssgt North was responsible for setting up and opening the Squadron account. The size of the task can be measured by the fact that there were over 500 radio sets involved, which is considerably more than most signal regiments. Due to the non-availability of a QM for the Signal Squadron, Ssgt North, until May 1969, acted as, and did the additional work of the QM. This resulted in considerable out-of-hours workload and never once did North fail to respond to and overcome this additional task. The fact that the store's accounts of the signal squadron are at present are in such a good state can be directly traced to the sound base laid by North. Ssgt North is the only Royal Signals founder member of the Regiment still serving on a regular engagement. For twenty years, North has given outstanding loyal service to the SAS. His service in the SAS through the ranks, from a patrol signaller to his present appointment, has been an example to all those who have served with him. Ssgt North is best known by Sabre Squadron personnel for his reputation as being the best patrol or base signaller that has served in the SAS during the post-war era. In addition to his outstanding field signal work Ssgt North has shown in the last four years that he has the capability to carry out the administrative job of QM. His complete disregard for personal advancement and his selfless dedication and professionalism is far beyond that expected of his rank and appointment'. The medal group is sold with Norths' personal photograph album of his time in the SAS and extensive documentation and letters of congratulations on his award of the BEM.
GROUP OF SIX TO PRIVATE GRIFFITH RAMC 1914 Star Bar Trio to 6827 Pte G R Griffith RAMC, British War Medal to 6827 R G Griffith RAMC, Victory Medal to 6827 R G, Griffith RAMC, Defence Medal, 1953 Coronation Medal, GVI Special Constabulary Medal with long service bars 1951 and 1961; swing mounted as worn, condition GVF (notice initials on pair) Griffith R Griffith landed in France on the 16th August 1914. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps, survived the War and was awarded a 1914 Star bar Trio. The bar is confirmed on his MIC and the roll. While serving as a Special Constable he was present at Kings Charles III investiture as the Prince of Wales in 1969.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL GROUP TO SUB CONDUCTOR CHADWICK RAOC 1914/15 Star, correctly impressed 02298 SJT S V Chadwick AOC; British War Medal, correctly impressed 02298 T W O Cl1 S V Chadwick AOC; Victory Medal, correctly impressed 02298 T W O Cl1 S V Chadwick AOC (MID); Defence Medal; War Medal; GV MSM, correctly impressed 0/2298 T SUB CONDR S V Chadwick RAOC; condition VF+, court mountedSold with an original photograph of the recipient. Stanley Victor Chadwick was born in Elmesthrofie, Leicestershire, on the 22nd of March 1892. At the time of the 1911 census, he was living with his family in Morecambe, Lancashire and was working as an assistant to a photographer. During the Great War, he served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in Salonika, arriving there on the 20th of November 1915. He rose to the rank of Temporary Sub Conductor by the end of the war and was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal, gazetted on the 30th of January 1919. At the time of the 1939 census, Victor worked as an accountant and lived in Hampshire. When WW2 broke out, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. He served at home for the duration of the war. Victor passed away in 1973.
TERRITORIAL PAIR TO LIEUTENANT CHADWICK ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS GSM Near East, correctly impressed Lieut A B Chadwick RAOC; EIIR T & AVR Officers Decoration dated 1969, with three bars. Sold with three sets of miniatures, with a photograph of the recipient; condition EF Anthony B Chadwick was born in Hampshire in 1935. Called up for National Service, he was given a commission in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. He saw active service during the Suez Crisis and was awarded a GSM 'Near East'. After leaving regular service, he spent many years with the Territorial Army. Awarded the T & AVR Officers Decoration on the 16th of September 1969. 1st bar, 5.11.74, 2nd bar, 1.6.81 and 3rd bar 24.2.87. He retired as Major on the 10th of May 1988.
A COLLECTION OF MEDALS AND BADGES Victory Medal to GS-35243 Pte H.H. Taylor R Fus; 1939 to 45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; Battle of Britain Commemorative Medal; miniature medal group; DCM, 39/45, Atlantic Star, Burma Star, Defence and War. Sold with cap badges and fobs.
CAMPAIGN GROUP TO SERGEANT SMALL ROYAL MILITARY POLICE 1939/45 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; GV TEM, correctly impressed 829005 S SJT G C Small RMP EII Special Constabulary Medal (Long Service 1965 bar), correctly impressed Sergt George C Small ( naming has tarnish covering it partly); condition VF; sold with extensive ephemera, Paybook, Discharge book, photographs of the recipient, certificate and box of issue George Charles Henry Small joined the Royal Artillery in 1933 as a territorial; on the 6th of April 1937, he was discharged. On the 24th of April 1939, he joined the Dorset Regt, later in the war, transferring to the Military Police. After discharge from the army, he served in the Special Constabulary
GREAT WAR MEDALS AND A RARE RIDGWAY'S PEACE TEA CANISTER 1919 1914-15 Star, attributed to M2-079992 Private John L. Bohler, Army Service Corps,1914-15 Star, attributed to 56849 Gunner P. H. Havill, Royal Garrison Artillery,Victory Medal, Great Britain and British Empire issue, 1914-1919, attributed to 35401 Private Horace Sanson, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Victory Medal, Great Britain and British Empire issue, 1914-1919, attributed to 39891 Private Ernest C. Collier, Hampshire Regiment,Victory Medal, Great Britain and British Empire issue, 1914-1919, attributed to 20659 Private A. de Combe, Hampshire Regiment,Victory Medal, Great Britain and British Empire issue, 1914-1919, attributed to 32451 Private Thomas Cutcher, Hampshire Regimentand a rare Ridgway’s Peace Tea Canister 1919
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