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Five: Regimental Sergeant-Major R. Burton, Royal Field Artillery China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (69826 Sergt. R. Burton, 12th Battery R. Fd. Arty.); 1914-15 Star (51472 B.S. Mjr. R. Burton, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (51472 W.O. Cl. 1 R. Burton, R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (69826 B.S. Mjr. R. Burton, R.F.A.) contact wear and heavily polished, therefore fair to fine; the reverses better (5) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. Robert Burton was born at Ashford, Kent and attested for the Royal Artillery in 1888, at the age of 18, having previously served with the West Kent Militia. Advanced Sergeant on 1 March 1896, he served with the 12th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in China during the Boxer Rebellion, and was promoted Battery Sergeant Major on 17 October 1901. Burton was posted as Sergeant to the Permanent Staff of the 1st Ayr and Galloway R.G.A. (Volunteers) in 1907 and was discharged in January 1914, but re-enlisted into 199th Battery, Royal Artillery in October 1914 and was appointed R.S.M., 64th Brigade R.F.A., in 1915. He served in other units during the Great War, and was discharged in May 1919. Sold with copied service papers, extensive copied research and several copy photographs of the recipient and his family.

Six: Drummer F. A. Everson, Lincolnshire Regiment, later Durham Light Infantry and Royal Scots Greys 1914 Star, with clasp (8422 Dmr: F. A. Everson. 1/Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8422 Pte. F. A. Everson. Linc. R.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (...4 Tpr. F. A. Everson. The Greys.) mounted as worn, heavily polished and worn, with heavy contact marks, therefore fair (6) £160-£200 --- Frederick Arthur Everson was born in Clerkenwell, London, on 29 December 1889 and attested for the Lincolnshire regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion pre-War in India, and having been recalled to the Colours served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front as a Drummer from 13 August 1914. A newspaper article dated 31 October 1914 lists him as missing; given that he was not taken Prisoner of War it is probable therefore that he was wounded. He subsequently transferred to the Durham Light Infantry. Everson re-enlisted into the Royal Scots Greys on 23 November 1923, his occupation recorded as ‘musician’ and declaring 12 years’ previous service (time expired) and current service with the London Regiment (Territorial Army). Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal during his second period of service, he was finally discharged on 6 November 1938, and served during the Second World War with the Auxiliary Fire Service. Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient; a Lincolnshire Regiment cap badge and shoulder title; and copied research.

Five: Acting Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant E. Birtwell, East Lancashire Regiment and West African Frontier Force 1914 Star, with clasp (10767 L. Cpl E. Birtwell. 1/E. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10767 Sjt. E. Birtwell. E. Lan. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (3377805 C.Q.M. Sjt. E. Birtwell. E. Lan. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (10767 C.Q.M. Sjt. -A.R.Q.M. Sjt.- E. Birtwell. 1/E. Lan. R.), mounted as worn, very fine (5) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. London Gazette, 30 May 1919. Edwin Birtwell was born in Burnley in 1895. He attested into the East Lancashire Regiment and served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front from 22 August 1914. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for services as Acting Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant during the Great War, and saw later service with the West African Frontier Force in Nigeria. Appointed Warrant Officer Class II on 10 July 1921, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 6 July 1927. Sold together with his original Warrant, signed by the Governor of Nigeria, appointing him as a Warrant Officer Class II in the West African Frontier Force; his original Final Assessment of Conduct and Character on Leaving the Colours, dated 30 October 1928; and an original W.A.F.F. collar dog.

Four: Captain E. A. Titchmarsh, 7th Duke of Connaught’s Own Rajputs, Indian Army, late Royal Engineers 1914 Star (28112 Cpl. E. A. Titchmarsh. R.E.); British War Medal 1914-18 (28112 Cpl. E. A. Jitchmarsh [sic]. 6 Sig. Coy); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. E. A. Titchmarsh.) minor official correction to surname; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Capt. E. A. Titchmarsh) contact marks, very fine (4) £200-£240 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2008. Edward Arthur Titchmarsh served during the Great War initially as a Corporal in the Royal Engineers on the Western Front from 8 September 1914. He was discharged to a commission in April 1915 and was appointed a Second Lieutenant with the 7th Rajputs. He served with them for the rest of the Great War as a Double Company Officer, and beyond, serving as an Acting Captain in 1918 and Captain in 1920. His Annual Confidential Report from December 1919 states, ‘This young officer is the best Company Commander in the Battalion.’ Sold with copied research.

Nine: Major and Commissary L. J. D. Wiltshire, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, late Supply and Transport Corps 1914 Star (S. Sergt. L. J. D. Wiltshire. S. & T. Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (S-Sergt. L. J. D. Wiltshire, S.T.C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (10834 S.Sjt. L. J. D. Wiltshire. S. & T. Corps.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Major. L. J. D. Wiltshire. R.I.A.S.C.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S.Sergt. L. D. J. Wiltshire. S. & T. Corps.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S. Sgt. L. J. D. Wiltshire. S. & T.C.) mounted for dispaly, light contact marks, generally very fine and better (9) £400-£500 --- Leonard John Duncan Wiltshire was born on 26 September 1885. He served as Staff Sergeant in the Indian Expeditionary Force, 1914-16, on board H.M.S. Sicilia, and later in the Bushire Field Force 1918-19, and was awarded the G.S.M. with clasp South Persia, for service as Staff Sergeant, I.A.S.C., 144 Tally Section. He was appointed Assistant Commissary on 1 January 1935 (with rank of Lieutenant), and was advanced Deputy Commissary (Captain) on 1 January 1936 and Commissary (Major) on 1 January 1937. He is confirmed on the medal roll for the 1935 Jubilee Medal as Lieut, (A.C.) 6 D.C.C., Trimulgherry. He retired on 26 September 1938 and died in Bournemouth, Hampshire, in 1965.

Seven: Captain T. H. Johnson, Canadian Corps of Military Staff Clerks, late Lincolnshire Regiment, 7th Hussars, 8th Hussars, and Lord Strathcona’s Horse, who was taken Prisoner of War in March 1918 1914-15 Star (24257 Pte. H. Johnson. 7th Hrs); British War and Victory Medals (24257 Pte. H. Johnson. 8-Hrs.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, without clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these both privately engraved ‘Capt. T. H. Johnson’; Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (Q.M.S. (W.O. II) T. H. Johnson C.M.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (W.O. Cl. II (QMS) T. H. Johnson CMSC) the Great War awards very fine, the rest better (7) £600-£800 --- Thomas Henry ‘Harry’ Johnson was born at Emo, Port Arlington, Ireland in 1885 and served in the 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment from 1904 to 1907. Following the outbreak of the Great War he joined the Corps of Hussars, and served initially with the 8th Hussars on the Western Front from 17 October 1915, before transferring to the 7th Hussars, and was captured and taken prisoner of war on 22 March 1918, on the second day of the German Spring Offensive, being held at Munster P.O.W. Camp, Germany. Following the Great War Johnson emigrated to Canada joining ‘A’ Squadron Lord Strathcona’s Horse in 1921, and the Corps of Military Staff Clerks in 1922. During the Second World War he was commissioned Lieutenant, C.M.S.C, on 1 June 1942, and Captain on 1 June 1943. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal per General Order 348 of 1945. He was placed on the retired list as medically unfit, on 12 February 1945, and discharged from the C.M.S.C., Lord Strathcona’s Horse, with the rank of Captain. He died at Victoria, British Columbia, on 30 January 1967. Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient, and extensive paperwork, ephemera, and copied research.

Nine: Warrant Officer Class I J. Fyfe, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (356 Gnr: J. Fyfe. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (356 Gnr. J. Fyfe. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1052167 Sjt. J. Fyfe. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1052167 W.O. Cl.1. J. Fyfe. R.A.) contact marks, nearly very fine and better (9) £240-£280 --- James Fyfe attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 October 1915. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal per Army Order 98 of 1953.

Family group: Pair: Private G. Attwood, 12th (Service) Battalion (Bristol), Gloucestershire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 3 September 1916 1914-15 Star (20054 Pte G. Attwood. Glouc: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (20054 Pte. G. Attwood. Glouc. R.); Memorial Plaque (George Attwood) last in card envelope of issue, good very fine 1914-15 Star (406902 Pte M. Attwood. 4/Can: Mtd: Rif:) nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- George Attwood was born in 1882, and was the son of Mr and Mrs J. Attwood of Bristol, both of whom were deceased by the time of the Great War. He emigrated to Canada with his younger brother Morely, and resided in Ontario. Attwood returned to the UK to visit family before the outbreak of the Great War, and was then unable to return. As a consequence he enlisted in the British Army, and served with the 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 3 September 1916. Private Attwood is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Morely Abraham Attwood was the younger brother of the above, and was born in 1893. He served during the Great War with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 2 June 1916. Private Attwood is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Sold with photographic images of recipients.

Four: Warrant Officer Class II H. C. Noons, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (T1-5093 Sjt. H. C. Noons. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T1-5093 W.O. Cl. 2 H. C. Noons. A.S.C.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm emblem on riband, very fine (4) £60-£80 --- French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 25 November 1918. Herbert Charles Noons was born in Southwark, London, in April 1890 and served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 July 1915. Awarded the French Croix de Guerre, he was discharged to the Reserve on 19 April 1919, and died in Bermondsey in August 1933. Sold with copied research.

Four: Major L. W. N. White, 3-10 Baluch Regiment, Indian Army, late Natal Carbineers, Leinster Regiment and 113rd Infantry, who was Mentioned in Despatches as Intelligence Officer, Mandalay Area in the Burma Campaign 1930-32 1914-15 Star (Pte. L. W. N. White 2nd M.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. L. W. N. White.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. L. W. N. White. 3-10 Baluch R.) mounted as worn, the first three polished and contact marked, hence good very fine, the last better (4) £300-£400 --- Luke William Newbold White was born 30 June 1894. His Great War medal index card confirms service as Trooper with 2nd Battalion, Natal Carbineers; the Leinster Regiment; and the 113rd Infantry, Indian Army. Remaining in the Army, he was advanced Captain and was Mentioned in Despatches for distinguished services rendered in connection with the operations in Burma, during the period December, 1930 to March, 1932 as Intelligence Officer, Mandalay Military Area (London Gazette 20 December 1932). Promoted Major, whilst serving with the 3-10th Baluch Regiment in India, he was dismissed the service by sentence of a General Court Martial on 28 April 1942.

Three: Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class C. W. Carter, Army Chaplains’ Department, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Rev. C. W. Carter.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Rev. C. W. Carter.) light contact marks, better than very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Cyril Wallis Carter was born on 17 February 1888 and was educated at Westminster School and King’s College, London. He was ordained into Holy Orders and was appointed Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class on 5 April 1918. He served during the latter stages of the Great War in Egypt, landing there in July 1918, serving in that theatre until 12 January 1919. He subsequently served with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, earning the General Service Medal with clasps for Iraq and Kurdistan. For his services he was Mentioned in both General Allenby’s Despatch (London Gazette 5 March 1919), and in General Haldane’s Despatch (London Gazette 9 September 1921).

Pair: Acting Forewoman J. G. Balchin, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (2944 A-Fwn. J. G. Balchin. Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Jessie Grace Balchin was born in 1897 in Islington, London, and served in France as an Acting Forewoman with Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps from 20 September 1917 to 3 March 1919. In 1930 she married Squadron Leader R. G. Gardner, D.S.C., R.A.F. (late R.N.A.S.) who went on to serve in the Second World War (M.I.D.; C.B.E.; promoted to Air Commodore). She died in 1956. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Worker Isabel Williams, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (24364 Wkr. I. Williams. Q.M.A.A.C.) mounted on card for display with a photograph of the recipient, very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Isabel Williams served as a Worker in France with Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps from 8 March 1918 to 30 June 1919. Sold with copied medal roll entry.

Pair: Lieutenant A. D. Napier, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps and Canadian Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. D. Napier R.A.F.) both in original named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Andrew Dunseith Napier was born in Glasgow on 6 April 1894, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Napier, R.A.M.C. and Elizabeth Napier. At some time he had emigrated to Canada and was employed as a motor engineer and fitter. Following the outbreak of the Great War he attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier and served in the ranks of the Canadian Army Service Corps as Private No. 37198, and later with the First Canadian Troop Supply Company. He was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on 5 September 1916; his R.A.F. Officers Service record indicates that he also had service with the 9th Highland Cyclist Battalion. He was promoted Lieutenant in the Technical Branch, Royal Air Force on 2 April 1918, and was employed on aero-engine repair duties, before being transferred to the Unemployed List on 20 September 1919. Sold with copied research.

Four: Captain J. R. P. Finlay, 3rd Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides, sometime attached Malay States Guides British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. R. P. Finlay.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (Lt. J. R. P. Finlay, 3 Bn. Q.V.O. Cps. of Guides); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, Kurdistan (Lieut. J. R. P. Finlay.) mounted court-style as worn, nearly very fine (4) £400-£500 --- James Robert Paul Finlay was born on 27 July 1899; joined 10 December 1917; date of first commission, 31 January 1918; appointed to Indian Army, 7 February 1918 (Unattached List); served in Aden, attached to the Malay States Guides, 10 May 1918 to 11 November 1918; Waziristan and Mahsud 1919-21; Iraq (Staff Officer special appointment), cipher officer attached to main intelligence department; Kurdistan 1923; on sick leave 1924; Waziristan District, Staff Officer H.Q., 3 months, 1930; Burma 1932; probably entitled to additional clasps for North West Frontier 1930-31 and Burma 1930-32 but retired from the army before he could be issued with them. Sold with a file of copied research.

Three: Lieutenant C. W. Stark, Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 1/55th Coke’s Rifles, late Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. W. Stark.) in named card box of issue; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Lieut. C. W. Stark. I.A.) in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. C. W. Stark, 183 Hamilton Avenue, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrrey’, minor contact marks, better than very fine (3) £240-£280 --- C. William Stark served in the ranks of the Royal Army Medical Corps as Corporal No. 3115 before receiving a commission in the Indian Army as Second Lieutenant on 4 November 1917. Promoted Lieutenant on 5 November 1918, the medal roll for the G.S.M. indicates service in Persia with 1/55th Coke’s Rifles, between September 1918 and April 1919, as Acting Captain. Stark relinquished his commission on 1 September 1921.

A scarce Great War M.S.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. S. Burns, Fort Garry Horse British War and Victory Medals (117173 Sjt. J. S. Burns. C.A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (117173 Sjt J. S. Burns. Fort Garry H.) mounted for display, minor edge bruise to VM, otherwise nearly extremely fine or better (3) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’ John Stewart Burns was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in March 1884. He enlisted in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force at Calgary in February 1915. 1 of 6 M.S.M.’s awarded to the Regiment for the Great War.

Three: Farrier Staff Sergeant W. R. Martin, Royal Field Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (110 Sjt. W. R. Martin. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (110 Sjt. W. R. Martin. R.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (910012 Far: S. Sjt. W. R. Martin, R.F.A.) contact marks and edge bruising especially to the last, nearly very fine (3) £160-£200 --- William Robert Martin is recorded in the 1911 Census as a 21 year old blacksmith from Canterbury. He served as a Farrier Staff Sergeant, in the Royal Field Artillery, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order No. 372 of 1 December 1918. His medal index card confirms that he was not entitled to the Allied Victory Medal.

Five: Colonel C. J. Toyne, Indian Army, attached 1-2 Gurkha Rifles British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. C. J. Toyne.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Capt. C. J. Toyne.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. C. J. Toyne. 1-2 G.R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, generally very fine (5) £400-£500 --- Cuthbert John Toyne was born in Bucklow, Cheshire in May 1899 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Indian Army Unattached List, on September 1918. He was posted to 2nd Gurkha Rifles in April 1919, as Record Officer and was promoted Lieutenant on 31 August 1919. He was appointed as Instructor to the Small Arms School, 1 December 1930, from 1-2 Gurkha Rifles, before being transferred to the Special Unemployed List on 1 November 1935. Re-appointed as Major, Indian Army, on 3 September 1939, he retired on 5 September 1948, and was granted the honorary rank of Colonel.

Eight: Sergeant W. H. Jackman, Royal Tank Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (7878057 Pte. W. J. Jackman. R. Tks.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (7878057 Sjt. W. H. Jackman. R.A.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (7878057 Sgt. W. Jackman. R.A.C.) this last with official corrections to naming, mounted court-style for display, very fine (8) £300-£400 --- William Henry Jackman was born in Chittlehamholt, Devon, in 1907, and was immediately adopted by George and Mary Jackman. On 24 October 1925, aged 18, he enlisted into the Royal Tank Corps and served in the 7th Armoured Car Company. The 7 ACC was formed into three armoured car sections plus H.Q. During the 1930-31 troubles, one section was stationed at Razmak, another at Bannu and the third at Wana. The Company had many duties - Escorting duties, reconnaissance, patrols, protecting camps and at times quelling riots in cities, like Dera Ismail Khan where there were riots involving Hindus and Muslims. On 17 October 1930 the British column crossed into the Tirah Valley at Bara, six miles from Peshawar, and advanced a further seven miles to Miri Khel. Here a fortified camp was constructed from which operations against the Afridis were conducted. During those operations the armoured cars were tasked with protecting the advancing Infantry Brigade by leading from the front and then rear-guard when the Brigade retired. One man from the 7 ACC died of wounds after being shot in the stomach. Jackman was discharged to army reserves on 10 March 1932. He decided to re-enlist into the 10th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment on 23 November 1937. During WW2 he transferred to the 7th R.T.R and served in Europe. He was serving with ‘C’ squadron, when on 29 July 1950, it was decided to deploy that squadron to Korea as part of 29 Independent Infantry Brigade. On 12 October 1950, together with the Centurions of the 8th Hussars, ‘C’ Squadron, equipped with Churchill tanks, sailed on the Empire Fowey and arrived at Pusan on 15 November. The Squadron supported the three infantry battalions of 29 Bde, 1 Glosters, 1 Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and 1 Royal Ulster Rifles for a year, initially in atrocious winter conditions. Because of their ability to climb steep slopes and their versatility to move over paddy fields the Churchill tanks proved extremely useful in providing close fire protection. The Squadron sailed back to Southampton on the Empire Orwell on 8 October 1951. For the whole period in Korea, including the Battle of the River Imjin, the Squadron was commanded by Major Pettingell. His final active service was in Malaya where he served in the R.A.C. Sold with copied research including photographs and historical war diaries from the Royal Tank Museum archives.

Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel R. Watson, Royal Engineers General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Lieut. R. Watson. R.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1853743 W.O.II. R. Watson. R.E.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, clasp facing on first slightly bent and a couple of small edge bruises to the last, nearly very fine and better (7) £240-£280 --- Richard Watson, a native of North Shields, Tynemouth, enlisted in the Royal Engineers as a boy soldier on 20 June 1916, becoming a Bugler on 5 February 1917. His trade in the corps was that of electrician. He finished his boy service on 7 August 1919, and was promoted Sergeant in 1925; Staff Sergeant in 1927; and Warrant Officer Class II, Clerk of Works, and Quarter Master Sergeant in 1933. He was commissioned Lieutenant (Surveyor of Works) on 25 July 1934 and served on the R.E. Staff, in Palestine. He was promoted Acting Captain in 1940 and Major on 15 July 1946. In 1951 he was senior Quantity Surveyor, Eastern Command. He was promoted to his ultimate rank of Lieutenant-Colonel (Quantity Surveyor) on 28 March 1953, and retired on 31 August 1954. He died in 1979. He is confirmed on the medal roll for the 1937 Coronation Medal as Lieutenant and Clerk of Works, R.E.

Six: Major N. Wright, Seaforth Highlanders, who was Mentioned in Despatches for the Far East General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, S.E. Asia 1945-46, clasp carriage partially filed away for mounting purposes (2815629 Sjt. N. Wright. Seaforth) number officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, the Second War campaign awards all privately impressed '113252 Major N. Wright. 1/Seaforth'; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Capt. N. Wright) mounted court-style, traces of lacquer, good very fine (6) £240-£280 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 22 August 1946 (Far East). Norman Wright was born in Chiswick, London, in 1904 and attested for the Seaforth Highlanders on 30 March 1925. He served with the 1st Battalion in pre-War Palestine before being commissioned Second Lieutenant from the rank of Warrant Officer Class III on 17 January 1940. By the end of the Second World War he was serving as a Major, and for his services during the Far East campaign was Mentioned in Despatches - one of just 139 ‘mentions’ given for the Far East operations, compared to around 17,000 for Burma and around 700 for the Malaya campaign. Having seen further active service post-War in South-East Asia he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1949 and retired shortly afterwards to Edinburgh. Sold with the recipient’s calling card and copied research.

Four: Regimental Sergeant-Major I. M. Barlass, Royal Artillery France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Malaya (14746515 Gnr. I. M. Barlass. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (14746515 W.O. Cl. 2. I. M. Barlass. RA.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £160-£200 --- I. M. Barlass served in South East Asia as a Gunner in 178 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was promoted to Regimental Sergeant Major on 28 march 1963. Sold with copied medal roll for S.E. Asia and Army List for promotion to R.S.M.

Seven: Corporal F. Robinson, Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (912343 Spr. F. Robinson. R.E.); Army Emergency Reserve Efficiency Medal, E.II.R. (22282482 Cpl. F. Robinson. RE) mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (7) £160-£200 --- Fred Robinson was born on 19 January 1920 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Manchester on 2 May 1939. He served during the Second World War in Singapore, Persia, and Italy. Sold with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book.

Four: Sapper L. S. Baker, Royal Engineers, who served with No. 4 Bomb Disposal Company during the Bomb and Mine Clearance operations 1945-49 Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-49 (6017444 Spr. L. S. Baker. R.E.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6017444 Spr. L. S. Baker. R.E.) the last two both in named card boxes of issue, good very fine and better (4) £600-£800 --- Leslie Steven Baker was born on 30 December 1920 and attested for the Royal Engineers at East Ham on 24 September 1939. He served with No. 4 Bomb Disposal Company Royal Engineers, and was a trained Electrical Wireman. He was transferred to the Army Reserve in June 1946, and is confirmed on the medal roll for the G.S.M. with clasp for service in No. 4 Bomb Disposal Company. Sold with a Royal Engineers cap badge and red fibre identity disc named to ‘6017444 C.E. Baler, L. S.’; the recipient’s original brown Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, and Soldier’s Release Book Class ‘A’; clothing coupon book and National Registration Identity card; original character reference from the Head Master of Eastbury Senior Boy’s School, Barking, Essex, dated December 1934; and a brief biography written by the recipient’s daughter.

Seven: Major A. W. Dean, Royal Signals, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services in post-War Palestine 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Major A. W. Dean. R. Sigs.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Lt. A. W. Dean. R. Sigs.) light contact marks, generally good very fine and better (7) £200-£240 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 7 January 1949: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Palestine.’ Arthur William Dean was commissioned into the Royal Signals, from 151st Officer Cadet Unit, on 26 October 1940, and served during both the Second World War ands in post-War Palestine. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal (Territorial), together with a first clasp in 1950 (both awards announced in the London Gazette 7 July 1950), and from a wartime emergency commission was appointed Captain, Royal Corps of Signals, on 12 June 1952, with seniority from 9 September 1948. He relinquished his commission in the Army Emergency Reserve of Officers on 7 March 1962 and was granted the honorary rank of Major.

Five: Staff Sergeant J. K. M. MacDougall, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (2596946 Sgt. J. MacDougall. R. Sigs.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £80-£100 --- John Keith Ramsey MacDougall was born in 1905 and first served in the Royal Signals, T.A., from 10 January 1941 as Signalman, being wounded in the left arm on 9 November 1944. Following the Second World War he re-enlisted for two additional periods of Regular Army Short Service Engagements, being finally discharged as Staff Sergeant, in February 1959, his conduct being described as ‘Exemplary’. His service books confirm his Second World War and G.S.M. medal entitlements and confirm his being wounded in November 1944. Sold with the recipient’s two soldiers ‘Red Book’ Certificates of Service relating to his post war re-engagements in April 1947 and April 1951

Six: Warrant Officer Class III W. Wood, Green Howards 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, with 8 emblem on riband; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (4381723 W.O. Cl. III. W. Wood. Green Howards) mounted as worn, the two Stars inadvertently mounted on the wrong ribands, contact marks, generally very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Sold with the recipient’s Warrant Document appointing Walter Wood a Warrant Officer on 1 December 1938.

Five: Temporary Major H. G. Clarke, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named box of issue, extremely fine (5) £50-£70 --- Hugh Godfrey Clarke was born in Ealing, Middlesex on 22 March 1915. He was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps and served during the Second World War. He was discharged on 28 May 1946. Sold together with an RASC cap badge badge, Masonic apron in leather case, birth certificate and other ephemera.

Pair: Helicopter Pilot Instructor Major P. R. Richardson, Army Air Corps, late Royal Army Service Corps, who was tragically killed in a flying accident in Hong Kong in 1963 War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Capt. P. R. Richardson. R.A.S.C.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £240-£280 --- Peter Ronald Richardson was born on 25 May 1926 in Bombay, India. He attended Cranbrook School, Kent and attested for service at Maidstone in the General Service Corps, in January 1944, declaring prior service in the 23rd Battalion, Kent Home Guard. His home address then being at The Rectory, Ivychurch, New Romney, Kent. He served in the ranks of the G.S.C. and the Middlesex Regiment, for 1 year and 276 days before receiving an Emergency Commission as Second Lieutenant the Royal West Kent Regiment on 15 June 1946. He subsequently transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps and was promoted Lieutenant on 28 August 1948, and Captain on 25 May 1953. He trained as a helicopter and fixed wing light aircraft pilot, later qualifying as a helicopter pilot instructor and transferred to the Army Air Corps on 19 December 1959. He was promoted Major, Army Air Corps, on 25 May 1960, and was tragically killed, at the age of 37, in an aircraft accident in the New Territories, Hong Kong on 27 July 1963, whilst serving with 20 Independent Recce Flight, Army Air Corps. He is buried in the Commonwealth Happy Valley Cemetery, Hong Kong, and is additionally commemorated on the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Arboretum. Sold with copy death certificate, original correspondence relating to his time at Cranbrook School, copied service record and other research, and two copy group photographs which include the recipient.

Six: Lieutenant-Colonel Mary A. Thompson, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Major M. A. Thompson. Q.A.R.A.N.C.); Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, reverse officially dated 1954, with integral top Territorial riband bar, this lacking pin and stitched to riband; contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. Mary Avril Thompson was born on 17 April 1913 and was granted a commission as Sister in the Territorial Army Nursing Service on 30 May 1941. Appointed to the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service as a Sister in 1942; she was promoted Captain, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps in 1949; Major in 1952; and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1964. She was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1954 (London Gazette 20 July 1954), and retired in 1968.

Three: Private T. Burns, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1855 Pte. J. Burns, 4th Dn. ....); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, regimentally engraved in reverse centre ‘Private T. Burns’ and at each point of the star, ‘R I D G 1855’; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1855 Pte. T. Burns. 4/Dgn. Gds.) heavy pitting from star, therefore fine (3) £400-£500

Three: R. Abrahams, 53 Australian Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment, Australian Forces 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially named ‘NX83811 R. Abrahams’, good very fine (3) £40-£50 --- R. Abrahams enlisted into the Australian Army at Paddington, New South Wales, on 14 January 1942, and served with the 53 Australian Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment during the Second World War in New Guinea and Borneo. He subsequently served with the Liverpool Prisoner of War and Internee Camp Garrison.

Three: Corporal R. Pickersgill, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached Royal Fusiliers, who was twice wounded in Korea, firstly whilst taking part in Operation Pimlico on 25 November 1952 Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22548407 Cpl. R. Pickersgill. R.A.M.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Near East (22548407 Pte. R. M. N. Pickersgill. R.A.M.C.) small edge bruise to the first, and some spotting to last, generally very fine and better (3) £300-£400 --- R. Pickersgill attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served in Korea attached to 10 Platoon, ‘D’ Company, Royal Fusiliers, taking part in Operation Pimlico, a raid on enemy lines at Kigong-Ni on 25 November 1952. The operation was intended to inflict casualties on opposing Chinese forces, carry out demolitions and capture a prisoner for interrogation. After initial successes, the Platoon’s position faced a fierce Chinese counter attack which it resisted heroically but unsuccessfully. Second Lieutenant P. R. M. Hoare and 13 others were killed, and Pickersgill was wounded on the raid. He was wounded again for a second time on 13 December 1952. Sold with copied research.

Four: Sergeant J. E. Tanner, Royal Signals U.N. Medal, on UNPROFOR riband, with ‘2’ emblem on riband; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24697651 Sgt J E Tanner R Signals) mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (4) £140-£180 --- J. E. Tanner was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 21 May 2000.

Various army related items, brass plaques, war related and other items, bits, tools, part cap badges, etc. (a quantity)

A glazed display cabinet, containing various Dinky and other diecast army trucks, etc., the cabinet 47cm wide.

A Victoria Army of the Sutlej Moodkee 1845 medal, unmarked.

Various army cap badges, etc., a Ubique cannon cap badge, 4cm high, RAF, and various others, iron on wings, etc. (a quantity)

An Accurist wristwatch, the 4cm diameter dial with baton pointers and numerals, marked 17 Jewel Shock Master, a Rukla wristwatch, two Swiss army style knives, a mahogany cased part scalpel set, the blades marked Hilliard, Edinburgh, and a cat brooch. (a quantity)

A Black Watch Tartan army kilt, believed to be World War I, bequeathed from Sarah Elizabeth Bycroft (nee Howard), The daughter of Private George Howard (service number probably 5725...). He was born in 1890 and enlisted on the 18th October 1916 in the 2/5th Highland Infantry, at the time of enlistment and following World War I, he lived in East Parade, Bolton Brow, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire. He was posted to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force on the 2nd January 1917, and joined the 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry with Regimental number 353007. He served there until the 13th February 1919. In February 1917 it appears he contracted scabies from a subsequently medically downgraded to serve as permanently based in the general headquarters in France probably at Abbeville. His name is handwritten in to the kilt alongside HLI Highland Light Infantry, he was demobbed in February 1919 and subsequently awarded the Victory and British War medals. The kilt also appears to have been originally worn by a Private J Boyd, whose name and regimental details are also handwritten into it and then subsequently crossed out, unfortunately little is known of Private Boyd.

A collection of gilt-metal sixteen Army Service cap badges, rank chevrons and a lanyard, 1950-60s, to include: Coldstream Guards, Grenadier Guards, Scots Guards and the Royal Engineers, one badge and the lanyard awarded to Lance Corporal, David Hutcheson, 23602716, when on National Service in Osnabrück, Germany, 1959-61, mounted on card; together with a reproduction bamboo lance, with pennant and alloy blade, 247cm long (2)

Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Richard Viggers signed 7x4 Black Rod colour photo dedicated. Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Richard Viggers, KCB, CMG, MBE, DL (born 29 June 1951) is a former senior British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces immediately prior to his retirement in 2008. 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

LARGE COLLECTION OF FIRST DAY COVERS. 12 albums with a wide variety of First Day Covers, including New Definitives Values (1970's to 1990's including Regional, Wilding), Wembley, British Army Uniforms, World of Invention, Sounds of Britain, Year of the Three Kings, Harry Potter, Buckingham Palace, Australia covers and many more. (12). *CR Generally good.

A WWI bayonet US army pattern, date 1917, blade 42cm, with scabbard, 58cm

Military Soldiers - painted metal , including Del Prado, various regiments, mounted and unmounted, machine gunners, standing Highlander riflemen, flag bearer, marching troops, nurse, drummer, etc;   books, Funcken, Historische Uniformen; Dempsey,  Napoleon's Army 1807 - 1814;  etc

Military: Grose (Francis) Military Antiquities Respecting A History of the English Army, 2 vols. folio L. 1812. Second Edn., 3 engd. titles, & 136 engd. plts. (ex. 138), include. frontis etc., cont. full calf, gilt fillets & blind tooled borders, spines gilt in panels, mor. labels, worn. (2)

A French model 1874 Gras bayonet, the 52cm triangular blade etched to back edge L Deny, Paris 1881, in steel scabbard, together with a British Army MOD 3 127 survival knife stamped 1278214 84, (a/f), (2).

An 1895 pattern infantry officer's sword and scabbard, Junior Army & Navy Stores Ltd Regent Street London, early 20th c, the etched, plated blade, 83cm l Blade slightly pitted but straight, scabbard not creased, grip wires all present and tight

Jon Caldecourt (English, 20th Century) – Original colour watercolour of a soldier, signed ‘Jon Caldecourt’ in pen and dated ’89, provenance the original owner of the work was in the army alongside Caldecourt and Caldecourt painted him in his typical style. Plus, further set of six black and white framed British Guards prints. 7 pieces in total. (7)

Wills Scissors / Special Army Quality Issue 1907 Football Club Colours complete set of 50 in good to very good condition apart from two with a corner crease and the odd card with very light toning. Cat. £600

Takahashi Biho (Japanese, b.1873) – Bat Before the Moon, an early to mid 20th Century framed and glazed woodblock print in colours featuring a central bat in flight with the moon forming the background. Signed in plate to the lower right. Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd ‘Fine Art Section’ label to reverse. 24cm x 23cm

A George V silver mounted oak blotter, engraved PRESENTED TO THE OFFICERS 2ND ROYAL ENNISKILLEN FUSILIERS BY CAPT N. F. R. LLOYD & W. E. ROTHWELL 21ST FEB 1912, 40 x 56cm, by The Army and Navy Co-Operative Society Ltd, London 1912 Good condition

WWII, four, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, War Medal and 1st Army clasp, card box addressed Bristol

WWII, five, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, First Army Clasp, Italy Star, Defence Medal and War Medal

An extensive collection of British army metal cap badges, including many regiments and corps, an ARP badge and two reference books (approximately 140) Good condition

3 Regimental painted wooden shields - British army of the Rhine, WW2 British 21st army group GHQ and Royal Engineers - approx. 46cm x 38cm 

Collection of watches includes Megalith, Swiss Army, Urban Spirit, Civo 1258 and 1155

Victorinox 'Huntsman' swiss army knife, cased dominoes, Salter's and Hughes pocket balance, J.Rabone spirit level and mother of pearl handled pen knife with silver blade 

3¼in sq Magic Lantern Slides, from photographic story sets, WWII Royal Navy, Boer War, Newton and Co Royal Residences and other historic buidings, OHMS motorcyclists, pre-WW1 British Army, chromolitho - Royal Navy and toy sets and loose (qty)