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Three: Colour-Sergeant Joseph Northam, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Josh. Northam, 1st Bn. 23rd R.W. Fusrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (5023. Cr. Sergt. J. Northam, 1-23rd Foot); Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (C: Sgt. J. Northam, R. Welsh Fus.) the first two with light contact marks, very fine, the last extremely fine (3) £700-£900 --- Joseph Northam was born at Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies, and enlisted into the 1/23rd Foot at Weedon on 28 June 1855, aged 13 years. He served as a Drummer from 13 March 1856 to 15 July 1858, when he reverted to Private for the remainder of his under-age service to 2 July 1860. He was promoted to Corporal on 21 October 1861, to Sergeant on 6 May 1868, and to Colour-Sergeant on 7 August 1869. He was discharged on completion of his second period of service on 4 July 1881. He had served in India from September 1857 to November 1869, and was, when discharged, in possession of the ‘Indian Mutiny medal and 2 Clasps for Lucknow and Relief of Lucknow and good conduct medal.’ Stating his intended place of residence to be Whaley Bridge, Derby, Northam was appointed as Sergeant Instructor (Pensioner) to the 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion of the Derbyshire Regiment o 9 August 1881, where he served until 8 August 1896. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and Annuity of £10 on 4 May 1896, and died on 17 April the following year. Sold with copied discharge papers.

Three: Brigade Surgeon J. J. McCarthy, Army Medical Department China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Staff Asst. Surgn. J. J. Macarthy [sic].) officially impressed naming; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Surgn. Maj. J. Mc.Carthy. A.M.D.); France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold, and enamel, a couple of scratches/ digs to obverse field of first; minor edge bruise to second; and minor damage to tips of points on last, with resulting enamel damage, and additional enamel damage to mottos around central medallions and to ‘jewels’ in crown, otherwise good very fine and better and a unique combination of awards (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Only five Britons were awarded the Legion of Honour for their services in China, 1856-64: Lieutenant-General Sir James Hope Grant and Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope (both Second Class); Colonel G. G. Foley (Third Class); and Lieutenant H. C. Chattley, Fane’s Irregular Cavalry, and Staff Assistant Surgeon J. J. McCarthy (both Fifth Class). McCarthy’s award is therefore a unique award to the Army Medical Service. French Legion of Honour, Chevalier, London Gazette 14 November 1862: ‘The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Staff Assistant Surgeon James Joseph McCarthy, MD, Her Majesty's Royal licence and permission that he accept and wear the Insignia of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour of the Fifth Class, which His Majesty the Emperor of the French has been pleased to confer upon him, as a mark of His Imperial Majesty’s approbation of his services, while under fire, to the French soldiers, wounded during the recent operations in China, and especially to the late Admiral Protet at the moment he was mortally wounded.’ James Joseph McCarthy was born in Killarney, Ireland, on 27 April 1835 and qualified as a Licentiate of Midwifery (LM) in Dublin in 1855. He was appointed a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) in England in 1857, and qualified as a Doctor of Medicine (MD) at Queen's University, Ireland, in 1858. McCarthy entered the Army the same year being appointed Assistant Surgeon on 16 November 1858 and served during the Second China War in 1860, being present at the capture of the Taku Forts and the march on and capture of Pekin, and subsequently in the Taeping Rebellion thereafter until 1862 (Medal and two clasps). He was awarded the French Legion of Honour, Fifth Class, for his services in the Taeping Rebellion, and was Mentioned by Brigadier-General C. Staveley, Commanding British Troops in China, in his Despatch dated Najow, 18 May 1862 (London Gazette 18 July 1862): ‘I have the honour to report for your information the capture yesterday of the fortified town of Najow by the allied British and French forces, and I might have added with trifling loss, had it not been for the death of Admiral Protet commanding His Imperial Majesty's Naval Forces in China, who was unfortunately shot through the heart during the advance of the storming party. In Admiral Protet the French Navy has lost a most able and zealous officer, and one who’s hearty energetic co-operation greatly conducted to the success of the recent operations.’ A more detailed report on the operations appears in the London Gazette of 5 August 1862, in which the casualties during the capture of Najow are recorded as: 31st Foot, five Privates severely wounded; Royal Navy, one Seaman severely wounded and one Staff Clerk, Military Staff Department severely wounded. The French suffered Admiral Protet killed, two Naval Officers severely wounded, two Marines severely wounded and five sailors severely wounded, probably all treated by McCarthy. The circumstances of the death of the Admiral and of the wounding of so many others are described by Caleb Carr in The Devil Soldier: ‘On Friday, May 16, the expeditionary force arrived at Nan-ch’iao, [Najow] and on the seventeenth, Admiral Protet and General Staveley undertook a personal reconnaissance of the city’s defences. Ward, as always, assumed his position at the head of his troops, preparing to storm Nan-ch’iao after the guns had done their work. In the afternoon, the artillery barrage began, and before long the usual sight of Taipings fleeing the city was noticed. At this point, General Stavele ordered the guns to cease fire and, together with his staff, began to dash about the walls looking for a suitable spot for storming. He was followed by a French contingent under Admiral Protet, moving at double time. And then, according to the [North China] Herald correspondent, “Lo and behold! The cunning defenders, who, with the exception of their guns’ crews and a few musket parties, had been lying behind and at the bottom of their wall to escape from our fire, uttered most appalling yells, manned their walls, and gave us a well-sustained sharp fire of small arms, well-directed.” In an instant, the carnival atmosphere was dispelled, for among those who fell in the hail of Taiping fire was Admiral Protet. A rebel musket ball hit him full in the chest, and he was flung back into the arms of his soldiers. The admiral was quickly taken to safety, but his wound proved mortal.’ McCarthy was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the 5th Regiment of Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers) on 10 July 1866, and served with them until he returned to the Army Medical Staff on 16 March 1872. Promoted to the rank of Surgeon Major on 18 October 1873, he was in medical charge of the 70th Hospital, at Subathu, near Simla, in 1878. He was appointed to take medical charge of the 3rd (The Kumaon) Goorkha Regiment (later 3rd Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles) from 6 December 1879, but was transferred away shortly afterwards. McCarthy joined the regiment after the capture of Kandahar, and, presumably, left before the battle of Ahmed Khel. It is possible that his Second Afghan War Medal was earned with this unit (his name does not appear on the Medical Staff roll). Hart’s Army List records that McCarthy was Mentioned in Despatches for Afghanistan, although no trace of this has been found in the London Gazette. He retired with the honorary rank of Brigade Surgeon on 5 December 1883, after 25 years’ service as an Army Surgeon. Sold with copied research.

Three: Colour Sergeant W. T. Sillence, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (1250. Corp: W. T. Sillence. 2/Hamps: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (1250 Cr:- Sjt: W. T. Sillence. Vol: Coy. Hants: Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1250 Clr:- Serjt: W. T. Sillence. Hamps: Regt.) light contact marks, good very fine and better (3) £400-£500 --- William Thomas Sillence was born on 22 July 1862 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 24 November 1883. He was promoted Corporal on 18 June 1885; Sergeant on 17 January 1889; and Colour Sergeant on 23 April 1894, and served with the 2nd Battalion overseas in India and Burma, and with the Volunteer Company in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 March to 31 July 1902 (entitled to the clasps Transvaal and South Africa 1902 to his Queen’s South Africa Medal - such clasps were issued loose to the Volunteer Company). He was discharged on 23 November 1904, after 21 years’ service, and died in Portsmouth on 20 January 1944; his occupation on his death certificate stating ‘Pensioned Colour Sergeant, Hampshire Regiment, and Pensioned Civilian Clerk, Royal Army Ordnance Corps’. Sold with copied research, including a copy of the recipient’s death certificate.

Pair: Private A. Gray, Seaforth Highlanders, who was wounded at the Battle of the Atbara, 8 April 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (5138. Pte. A. Gray. 1/Sea Hrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (5138 Pte. A. Gray 1st. Sea. Highrs.) minor edge bruising and light contact marks, good very fine (2) £400-£500 --- Alexander Gray was born in Elgin and attested there for the Seaforth Highlanders on 2 January 1895, aged 18, serving with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 5 January 1898 to 26 October 1902. He took part in the Nile Expedition of 1898, and was wounded at the Battle of the Atbara on 8 April 1898. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 30 October 1902, and was discharged on 1 January 1907, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service.

Four: Private G. Butwell, Cameron Highlanders, who was wounded at the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2941 Pte: G. Butwell 1/Cam: Hrs:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2941 Pte. G. Butwell, 1: Cam’n: H’drs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2941 Pte. G. Butwell. Cameron Highrs:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum, with unofficial top retaining rod (2941 Pte. Buttwell [sic] 1 Cam. Highrs.) contemporarily engraved in the usual regimental style, edge bruise to QSA and KS, good very fine (4) £600-£800 --- George Butwell was born in Birmingham and attested for the Cameron Highlanders on 29 January 1892, aged 18. He served with the Regiment in Malta from 9 April 1892 to 18 February 1895; in Gibraltar from 19 February 1895 to 3 October 1897; and then in Egypt and the Sudan from 4 October 1897 to 2 March 1900. He took part in the Nile Expedition of 1898, and was present at the Battles of the Atbara and Omdurman, being severely wounded by a bullet to the leg in the latter action on 2 September 1898. The Cameron Highlanders suffered 25 other ranks wounded at Omdurman, the greatest number of casualties to an Infantry unit, and second only to the 21st Lancers. He saw further in action in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 March 1900 to 30 July 1902, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 7 October 1902. He was finally discharged on 21 January 1908, after 16 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

Three: Private B. P. Lake, Royal Army Medical Corps Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (10768. Pte. B. P. Lake. R.A.M.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (10768. Pte. B. P. Lake. R.A.M.C.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (10768. Pte. B. P. Lake R.A.M.C.) mounted for display, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £300-£400

An extremely rare Baden-Powell Scouting Badge group of five awarded to Corporal R. L. Picton, 5th Lancers, later Acting-Sergeant, South African Forces Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (5226 Pte. R. Picton. 5th Lancers); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (A/Sjt. R. L. Picton. S.A.S.C.) with lids from original card boxes of issue, together with a related Baden-Powell Scouting Badge, in ‘gold’, with applied silver St. George and the Dragon motif to centre, the reverse officially inscribed ‘For Scouting, from R. S. S. B.-P. 1906’, in its original Elkington, London, fitted leather case, the lid of the case detached but present; and a Pretoria Citizens Service Medal 1914-19, bronze, unnamed, very fine and better and extremely rare (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- Raymond Law Picton served in the 5th Royal Irish Lancers for eight years, being transferred to the Army Reserve in November 1907. The background behind the award of his rare scouting badge is explained in an accompanying original handwritten statement from Baden-Powell, sent to Picton in November 1926: ‘This medal was won by Corporal R. L. Picton, a member of the team of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers which won the Scouting Competition at Aldershot in 1906. The competing regiments were: 1st Royal Dragoons 5th Royal Irish Lancers 8th Hussars. The members of the 5th Lancers team were Lieut. Pym; Sergt. Tredger; Corpl. Picton; L. Corpl. Crane; L. Corpl. Ashton; Pte. McCluny; Pte. Goodman. (signed) Robert Baden Powell.’ This document is accompanied by Baden-Powell’s original covering letter (and South African stamp marked envelope, dated 12 November 1926), in which he writes, ‘ ... I gladly enclose the statement you ask for, and am only so pleased to think that the little token I gave you so long ago, to encourage the development of scouting, was so much appreciated’. During the Great War, Picton enlisted in the South African Army Service Corps at Roberts Heights in February 1917, and, following service in a motor transport unit in German East Africa, was demobilised in January 1919, aged 39 years. Also sold with a quantity of other original documentation, including the recipient’s Certificate of Discharge, dated 15 January 1919 and a Civilian Protective Services, Cape Peninsula Fortress Command, Certificate of Authority, including portrait photograph, dated 14 January 1942.

Five: Sergeant G. Peat, Royal Army Medical Corps, who served as Deputy Superintendent of the Portland Hospital during the Boer War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (St.- Sgt. G. Peat. R.A.M.C.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (80 1st. C. Sergt. G. Peat. Welbeck. Div.); 1914-15 Star (49490, Sjt. G. Peat, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals49490 Sgt. G. Peat. R.A.M.C.) good very fine (5) £500-£700 --- George Peat was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, on 20 July 1874 and was a long serving member of the Welbeck Division of the St John Ambulance Brigade when he volunteered to serve (for 6 months) in South Africa during the Boer War with the Portland Field Hospital. The Portland Field Hospital (160 beds) was raised by subscription for the Boer War, with the Duke of Portland contributing £5,000 to the almost £14,000 raised (the Duke of Portland’s ancestral seat was Welbeck Abbey, and so presumably the hospital drew most of its staff from the Welbeck Division of the S.J.A.B.). The medical staff and orderlies, with full supplies, left England on 13 December 1899 and on their arrival at the Cape no time was lost in commencing operations at Rondebosch. Here they remained for three months, after which the hospital was removed to Bloemfontein, its existence coming to an end in July 1900. In total some 1,009 officers and men were treated by the Hospital, with Peat serving as Deputy Superintendent of the hospital. Interestingly, although his Queen’s South Africa Medal gives his rank as Staff Sergeant with the R.A.M.C. he never attested into the Army. On returning from South Africa Peat gained employment as Clerk in charge of Stores, and he may have served with the Territorials in the R.A.M.C. post Boer War as his Great War enlistment papers record he was part of the Nottinghamshire National Reserve and wished to re-enlist. Whilst he was over age (40), he was accepted as a Private on 15 January 1915, being rapidly promoted to Sergeant. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 June 1915 where he was hospitalised several times (including malaria) and sent to Birmingham Hospital on 12 August 1917, suffering from neurasthenia which resulted in his medical discharge on 27 February 1918. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 370,475. He died in Southport, Lancashire, in January 1949. Sold with copied service papers. medal roll extracts, and other research.

Pair: Private C. B. Daniel, Royal Army Medical Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (9418 Pte. C. B. Daniel. R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (9418 Pte. C. B. Daniel. R.A.M.C.) nearly extremely fine (2) £160-£200

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. S. Irving, Army Pay Department, late Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who was Mentioned in Despatches in 1901 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lt. Col. J. C. S. Irving. A.P.D.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. Col. J. C. S. Irving. A.P.D.) mounted court-style as worn, edge bruise, good very fine (2) £240-£280 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901. John Charles Sarle Irving was born in Greenwich on 24 March 1843, and was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Ensign in the 18th Foot on 7 April 1863, and was promoted Lieutenant in 1867. He was appointed Instructor of Musketry with the 39th Foot in 1878, and was promoted Captain in the 102nd Royal Madras Fusilier (later Royal Dublin Fusiliers) on 4 September 1880. He was appointed Paymaster in the Army Pay Department in 1886, and was promoted Major on 30 May 1896, and Lieutenant Colonel on 6 October 1899. He retired due to ill health in 1903, and died at Folkestone on 29 November 1914.

Four: Sergeant J. W. Pincock, 3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment), Canadian Infantry, late Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts, Canadian Army Pay Corps and 12th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was taken prisoner of war at Passchendaele, 5 November 1917 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (751. Tpr. J. W. Pincock. 2nd Kitchener’s Scouts.) darkly toned, renamed; 1914-15 Star (92910 Pte J. W. Pincock. 3/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (22910 A. Sjt. J. W. Pincock. 3-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (John William Pincock) in card envelope of issue, with enclosure; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (22910 Sgt. J. W. Pincock.) generally good very fine (6) £200-£260 --- John William Pincock was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire in June 1874. He served with the 2nd Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts during the Second Boer War (entitled to Q.S.A. with ‘Cape Colony’ and ‘Orange Free State’ clasps). He was an Accountant by profession, and initially served during the Great War with the 12th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, September 1914 - May 1915. Pincock transferred to the Canadian Army Pay Corps, and served with them until April 1917. He was serving with the 3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front when he was taken prisoner at Passchendaele, 5 November 1917. Pincock was interned at Limburg an der Lahn. Sergeant Pincock was repatriated, 12 December 1918, and died after the war of related injuries/illness, 4 April 1924. His wife H. E. Pincock resided at Neville House, Ulverston, Lancashire.

Eight: Major E. N. Deall, Sherwood Foresters, late Seaforth Highlanders, Suffolk Regiment, Middlesex Regiment, and Royal Engineers, who was awarded a Certificate of Gallantry for his services with the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1921, and, having been captured and taken Prisoner of War with the British Expeditionary Force in 1940, smoked his way to freedom in 1944, fooling the German doctors that he had bronchitis having smoked 150 cigarettes in the 12 hours before a medical examination in Operation ‘Big Smoke’ 1914-15 Star (3133 Pte. E. N. Deall. Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. N. Deall.) ‘2’ erased before rank on both; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1940, with three Additional Award Bars, all G.VI.R., all officially dated 1951, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine (8) £600-£800 --- Eric Noel Deall was born in Harlesden, Middlesex, on 24 December 1896 and attested for the Seaforth Highlanders on 7 September 1914, serving with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 May 1915. Hospitalised on numerous occasions, he was discharged permanently unfit on 4 September 1916 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 61,419. Recovering, Deall was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1st Garrison Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, on 18 November 1917, and served overseas with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from 13 April 1918. Promoted temporary Lieutenant on 18 March 1919, he relinquished his commission on 13 December 1919, retaining the rank of Lieutenant. Deall was appointed a Lieutenant in the 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment in July 1920, and concurrently joined the Royal Irish Constabulary as a Temporary Cadet on 1 November 1920. Posted as a Section Leader to ‘H’ Company of the Auxiliary Division, he was promoted Platoon Commander in February 1921, and was then posted to ‘O’ company, based in county Cork. For his services with the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary he was awarded a Certificate for Gallantry on 15 May 1921, and was stood down on 16 January 1922. Resuming his service in the Territorial Force, Deall was promoted to Captain in the 7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters in April 1928 and Major in that unit in December 1936. In the same month he was transferred to the 42nd (Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, and was awarded the Efficiency Decoration as a Major in the Royal Engineers (London Gazette 6 February 1940). Deall served with the 2nd/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters during the Second World War, landing in France with the British Expeditionary Force on 24 April 1940. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War near Oignies, Belgium, on 26 May 1940, and was held initially at Oflag VII-C at Laufen, before being transferred the following year to Oflag VI-B at Warburg from 1941 to September 1942, and then at Oflag IX-A/H at Spangenberg bei Kassell from September 1942 to August 1944, sharing camps with, amongst other notable personalities, Captain Pat Reid (later Escape Officer at Colditz), Wing Commander Douglas Bader, Pilot Officer Anthony Barber (later Chancellor of the Exchequer), and Major Bruce Shand (the Queen Consort’s father). Whilst in captivity Deall faked bronchitis by continuous excessive smoking prior to a medical examination (according to his own account he smoked 150 cigarettes in the 12 hours before his medical examination), and was repatriated to England in September 1944. He was released from embodied service on 28 June 1945, and was awarded three Additional Award Bars to his Efficiency Decoration in 1951, as a Major (retired) in the Sherwood Foresters (London Gazette 16 March 1951). Latterly living in Mapperley, Nottingham, he died on 17 May 1975. Sold with a copy of Weekend, 23 July 1968, which contains an account of Operation ‘Big Smoke’, the recipient’s successful plan to smoke his way to freedom; and copied research. Note: Deall’s medal group includes the Africa Star with 1st Army clasp, both of which are confirmed as officially issued on his service records, although he could not possibly have been entitled to them, having been in captivity in Germany throughout the entire qualifying period.

Four: Private T. B. Gabriel, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (T3-024613. Pte. T. B. Gabbriel [sic]. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T3-024613 Pte. T. B. Gabriel. A.S.C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (T3/024613 Pte. T. Gabriel. R.A.S.C.) the last renamed, very fine Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (6149 Pte. J. T. Cole. 1st. Sfk. M.I.) renamed; 1914-15 Star (55873 Sapr: F. G. Hulbert. R.E.) nearly very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Thomas B. Gabriel attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 June 1915. He later transferred to the Royal Engineers. There is no mention on either of his Medal Index Cards of him receiving the General Service Medal for Iraq. Francombe G. Hulbert attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 April 1915.

Three: Driver T. W. Hicks, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (T4-045174 Dvr: T. W. Hicks. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T4-045174 Dvr. T. W. Hicks, A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private G. Smith, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (R-363107 Pte. G. Smith. A.S.C.) good very fine Pair: Private T. Wilkinson, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-201507. Pte. T. Wilkinson. A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine (7) £70-£90 --- Thomas William Hicks attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 August 1915. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 24 February 1919. Sold with copied Medal Index Cards, medal roll extracts; and a G.VI.R. Royal Army Service Corps cap badge.

Three: Private H. J. Smith, Royal Army Medical Corps, later Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (34320 Pte. H. J. Smith, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (34320 Pte. H. J. Smith. R.A.M.C.) polished, better than good fine Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (4) (Chief S.C. William E. White; Par. Offr. Leonard T. Beverley; Richard H. Catleugh); 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Henry G. Podger) good very fine (7) £80-£100 --- Henry J. Smith attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 26 June 1915. He later transferred to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

Pair: Able Seaman J. T. Rowley, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.42945 J. T. Rowley A.B. R.N.) some staining on VM, otherwise very fine Pair: Ordinary Telegraphist H. T. Burgess, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (LZ.7874 H. T. Burgess. O. Tel. R.N.V.R.) mounted for wear, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine Pair: Able Seaman R. A. Coleman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (R.5862 R. A. Coleman. A.B. R.N.V.R.) very fine Pair: Signaller E. E. Ellis, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (W.Z. 2876 E. E. Ellis A.B. R.N.V.R.) very fine (8) £100-£140 --- John Thomas Rowley was born in Bristol on 5 May 1900 and attested for the Royal Navy as a Boy on 9 August 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Prince George, H.M.S. Proserpine and H.M.S. London. Appointed Able Seaman on 22 August 1918, he transferred for service as a Cook, before receiving a free discharge on 10 January 1920. Herbert Thomas Burgess, a Clerk from Clapham, London, was born on 1 November 1899. He attested for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 19 October 1917, for service during the Great War. Appointed Ordinary Telegraphist on 8 March 1918, he saw service in H.M.S. Implacable. Shore demobilised on 12 December 1919, he appears to have later attested into the Tank Corps. Reginald Archibald Coleman was born in London on 17 February 1898. He attested for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 4 August 1917, from the Army Reserve and served on the Western Front with the Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, from 5 December 1917. He was invalided to the UK on 28 January 1918 with Trench Foot and was demobilised on 14 April 1919. Eric Emmanuel Ellis, an Insurance Clerk from Heswall, Cheshire, was born on 24 November 1898 and attested on 12 February 1917 into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for service during the Great War. He served in H.M.S. Egmont and was shore demobilised on 4 September 1919.

Pair: Driver H. Mawdsley, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (79858 Dvr. H. Mawdsley. R.A.) good very fine Pair: Company Quartermaster Sterling, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (WR-317169 C.Q.M. Sjt. E. C. Sterling. R.E.) the VM with unofficial replacement suspension, otherwise very fine Pair: Sapper W. Kinnear, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (75189 Spr. W. Kinnear. R.E.) good very fine Pair: Private W. E. Williams, Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (204448 Pte. W. E. Williams. R.W. Kent R.) good very fine Pair: Private H. Hearse, King’s Royal Rifle Corps British War and Victory Medals (R-21197 Pte. H. Hearse. K.R.R.C.); together with the recipient’s wife’s Berkshire Education Committee School Attendance Medal, bronze, 2 clasps, 1904-05, 1905-06, the reverse of both engraved ‘Lily Woodley’; and an unofficial white metal Coronation Medal 1911, good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (103357 2.A.M. S. Day. R.A.F.) very fine (13) £140-£180 --- Mark Edward Williams was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, in 1884 and attested for the 4th Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry on 30 September 1916, having previously served with the Smethwick Volunteers. He transferred to the Royal West Kent Regiment on 24 February 1917, and served with the 3rd/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1917. He further transferred to the Labour Corps on 15 July 1917, and was discharged on 15 November 1919, receiving a small pension on account of repeated treatment for problems with varicose veins, aggravated by the long marches. Sidney Day was born in 1885 and enlisted in the Army on 11 October 1916. Posted to the Royal Flying Corps on 6 October 1917, he transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1917, and thence to the Reserve on 20 April 1919. He died on 30 April 1920. Sold with copied research for all recipients.

Pair: Second Lieutenant H. S. Bourne, Royal Garrison Artillery, late Honourable Artillery Company British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. S. Bourne) nearly extremely fine Pair: Captain A. M. Humble, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, late Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. M. Humble) mounted for wear, some scratches, very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Henry Sidney Bourne was born in Tottenham, London in July 1884 and attested into the Honourable Artillery Company during the Great War. He served on the Western Front and was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery on 18 August 1918. Post-War, he returned to Tottenham and died on 11 December 1930. Archibald Marshall Humble was born around 1892 in Dumbarton, Scotland and was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Great War, serving with the 9th Battalion on the Western Front before later service attached to the 1/14th (London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment. Post War, he moved to Canada where he further served as a Captain in the Militia with the 1st Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He died in Ontario on 24 September 1979, aged 87.

Pair: Sergeant J. Gray, Royal Scots British War and Victory Medals (204003 Sjt. J. Gray. R. Scots.); together with a Royal Scots shoulder title, very fine Pair: Private J. Costello, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (23754 Pte. J. Costello. L.N. Lan. R.) nearly extremely fine Three: Private W. Hogg, Durham Light Infantry British War Medal 1914-20, erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (9642 Pte .W. Hogg. Durh. L.I.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (9642 Pte: W. Hogg. 1st. D.L.I. Delhi. 1911) contemporarily engraved naming, edge bruise to last, nearly very fine Pair: Private W. R. Goodwin, Canadian Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (121019 Pte. W. R. Goodwin. C.A.S.C.) nearly very fine (9) £120-£160 --- William Hogg is confirmed on the roll as entitled to the Delhi Durbar Medal 1911. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Second Lieutenant C. C. Bailey British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut C. C. Bailey.) good very fine Pair: Private E. Davies, Leicestershire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Somme on 14 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (13318 Pte. E. Davies. Leic. R.) nearly extremely fine (4) £60-£80 --- Two officers with the name C.C. Bailey were awarded British War and Victory Medals with the rank Second Lieutenant: Charles Cecil Bailey attested for Leicestershire Yeomanry, and served with them as a Sergeant during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 November 1914 (also entitled to a 1914 Star). He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, on 10 July 1915, and was wounded in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915. He relinquished his commission on account of ill-health caused by his wounds on 23 April 1917, and was granted the honorary rank of Second Lieutenant. He later received the Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 491 of 1921. Colin Campbell Bailey attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them during the Great War in Egypt from February 1916. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Egyptian Labour Corps on 31 January 1918, and later transferred to the Labour Corps, being subsequently promoted Lieutenant following the cessation of hostilities. Edwin Davies was born in Denbigh and attested for the Leicestershire Regiment at Chesterfield. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 July 1915, and was killed in action on the Somme on 14 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private W. Edmonds, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (DM2-207393 Pte. W. Edmonds. A.S.C.) very fine Pair: Private E. W. Langham, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (DM2-207098 Pte. E. W. Langham. A.S.C.) good very fine Pair: Private R. W. Staple, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M-333879 Pte. R. W. Staple. A.S.C.) good very fine (6) £60-£80 --- Sold with copied Medal Index Cards and medal roll extracts.

Pair: Private R. W. George, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M-339658 Pte. R. W. George. A.S.C.) polished, nearly very fine Pair: Private A. Jeffrey, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-132986 Pte. A. Jeffrey. A.S.C.) nearly very fine Pair: Private S. Matthews, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (T4-141799 Pte. S. Matthews. A.S.C.) good very fine (6) £60-£80 --- Sold with copied Medal Index Cards and medal roll extracts.

Pair: Engine Room Artificer P. A. Watson, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was amongst the 36 officers and men lost at sea when H.M.C.S. Galiano sunk in a gale in Queen Charlotte Sound, 30 October 1918. British War and Victory Medals (P. A. Watson E.R.A. 2. 2717 R.N.C.V.R.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (P. A. Watson E.R.A. V.R.2717) very fine, scarce (3) £200-£300 --- Phillip Alexander Watson was born in Penistone, Yorkshire. He emigrated to Canada around 1903, and served for 12 years with the Merchant Marine out of Victoria, British Columbia. Watson initially attested for the Canadian Army Service Corps, before requesting a transfer to the Overseas Division, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in September 1916. After a number of shore based postings, and service with H.M.S. Bacchante, Watson was finally posted to H.M.C.S. Galiano (a government fisheries patrol vessel pressed into service with the Royal Canadian Navy in 1917). The latter was employed on patrol duties on the west coast of Canada, and was lost in a gale in Queen Charlotte Sound, 30 October 1918.

Watson was amongst the 36 officers and men lost at sea, and is commemorated with them on the memorial at Ross Bay Cemetery, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The Galiano was the only Canadian warship lost during the Great War. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Chaplain to the Forces The Reverend H. E. Sexton, Australian Imperial Force, later Archbishop of British Columbia, Canada British War and Victory Medals (Chaplain. H. E. Sexton. A.I.F.) generally very fine or better (2) £200-£300 --- Harold Eustace Sexton was born in Adelaide, Australia in May 1888. He was educated at the Collegiate School of St. Peter, Adelaide, Trinity College, Dublin and Keble College, Oxford. Sexton was ordained deacon in 1911, and priest in 1912, in the diocese of Ballarat, Australia. He volunteered to serve overseas with the Australian Imperial Force as an Army Chaplain, and embarked at Adelaide, South Australia aboard HMAT Berrima, 16 December 1916. Sexton served in France, and after the war studied at Oxford for a year before returning to Australia and becoming the Vicar of St. Martin’s Church, Melbourne. He then returned to England, and served as Curate of St. Margaret’s, Westminster (1925-27), and Vicar of All Saints, Canterbury for seven years. Sexton also served as Commissary in England for the Bishop of Jamaica, 1927-31. He was elected Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of British Columbia, Canada in February 1935. Sexton also served as Archdeacon of Columbia until he became the sixth Bishop of the Diocese in the 1936, a position he was to hold until 1968. He was the first Bishop to be consecrated in Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, British Columbia, and was elected the fourth Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia in April 1952 (also becoming Archbishop of the Diocese of British Columbia in the process). Sexton resigned from his position in January 1969, and died at his home in Victoria in March 1972. Sold with copied research.

Six: Corporal F. Hezzell, York and Lancaster Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War in Norway on 28 April 1940 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4744364 Pte. F. Hezzell. Y. & L.R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (4744364 Cpl. F. Hezzell. Y. & L.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £200-£240 --- Frederick Hezzell was born in Frampton, Lincolnshire, on 5 June 1910 and attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment on 5 December 1930. He served in pre-War Palestine and then with the Regiment during the Second World War in Iceland and Norway. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War in Norway on 28 April 1940. Held at Stalag IX-C at Dorndorf Rohn, where he was detailed to a forced-labour Arbeitskommando for carpentry and cobbling, his M.I.9 Questionnaire states: ‘Any other matters: Yes. Clothes and boots sent to me by the British Red Cross was taken from me by the German Military and I was given wooden boots and old French clothes to wear. For the first two years I was badly handled (kicked around etc.) for the whole period the food was poor and insufficient.’ Repatriated in 1945, Hezzell was advanced Corporal and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 June 1950. He died in 1979. Note: Both the France and Germany Star and the Defence Medal are unconfirmed, but the group appears mounted as worn by the recipient. Hezzell possibly qualified fro the Defence Medal through his service in Iceland, prior to embarkation with the British Expeditionary Force to Norway, and he may have qualified for the France and Germany Star by being posted on attachment for liaison duties with the Allied liberating armies in April and May 1945. Sold with copied research.

Four: Battery Sergeant Major E. Barker, 107 (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Army), who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Bir Hacheim in North Africa on 6 June 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (4910987 Sjt. E. Barker. R.A.) nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- Edgar Barker was born in Nottingham on 3 October 1907. He sometime joined the South Staffordshire Regiment, and later transferred to the South Nottinghamshire Hussars (Territorial Army), and served with the 107th (South Nottingham Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery during the Second World War in North Africa as a Battery Sergeant Major. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Bir Hacheim, during the Battle of Knightsbridge, on 6 June 1942, on which date the Regiment was over-run and wiped-out during the action. He was transferred to Italy for detention and was held at Campo 98 at San Giuseppe Jato, Palermo, until September 1943, before being further detained at Stalag XVIlI-A at Wolfsberg. He was liberated from Stalag 357 at Kopernikus. Barker was awarded his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 204 of 1941, and the Second Award Bar per Army Order 157 of 1949. He died in Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, in November 1988. Sold with copied research.

Three: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant J. Largan, Royal Artillery, who died in France on 5 January 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1017758 B.Q.M. Sjt. J. Largan. R.A.) last officially re-impressed, good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- James Largan was born in Dublin in 1898 and served with the 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War in France from 1939 during the ‘Phoney War’. He died in France of heart failure, asthma, and bronchitis, and is buried in Gezaincourt Cemetery Extension, one of only 2 British soldiers recorded as having died in France that day. Sold with copied research.

Five: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant A. G. V. Bottle, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and died of Malaria in captivity on 27 June 1945 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1007380 Sjt. A. G. V. Bottle. R.A.) extremely fine (5) £180-£220 --- Arthur George Victor Bottle was born at Faversham, Kent, on 24 May 1906, and served with the 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery during the Second World War. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and held at Camp 4, Thailand. He died of malaria whilst still in captivity on 27 June 1945, and is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand. Sold with copied research.

Seven: Major T. A. S. Tryon, West Yorkshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (Capt. T. A. S. Tryon. W. Yorks.); Efficiency Medal, Kenya, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Captain T. A. S. Tryon) mounted for wear, light contact marks overall, generally very fine (7) £600-£800 --- Terence Adrian Spencer Tryon was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the West Yorkshire Regiment from the Army Cadet Forces on 2 June 1940, and was promoted War Substantive Lieutenant under the African Colonial Forces Section on 12 December 1941. Based on his Africa and Burma Stars is is possible that he was seconded to the Royal West African Frontier Force, which served in Italian Somaliland, Abyssinia, and Burma. He was advanced Captain in December 1948, and to Major in June 1953, and served in Kenya as Temporary District Officer (Screening) Nanyuki District, Central Province from October 1954. He relinquished his commission in November 1957. The West Yorkshire Regiment did not serve as a unit in Kenya, and consequently it is believed that this is a Regimentally unique group of medals. Sold with copied research.

Three: Motor Bus Driver A. E. Gilmore, Motor Transport Company, Royal Naval Division - one of 140 drivers and mechanics of the London General Omnibus Company who volunteered to accompany the 100 ‘B’ Type London Transport buses that the Admiralty had commandeered to take the men and equipment of the recently formed RND from the ports of Dunkirk and Ostend to Antwerp in September 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (111.S. Driver. A. E. Gilmore. M.T.R.N. Div.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.A.111-S- T. Dr. A. E. Gilmore.) generally good very fine, scarce (3) £400-£500 --- Approximately 56 1914 Stars and Clasps issued to the Motor Transport Company, Royal Naval Division. Albert Gilmore was born in Kilburn, London in March 1890. He attested for ‘P’ Company, Royal Marine Artillery in September 1914, and was one of 140 drivers and mechanics of the London General Omnibus Company who volunteered to accompany the 100 ‘B’ Type London Transport buses that the Admiralty had commandeered to take the men and equipment of the recently formed RND from the ports of Dunkirk and Ostend to Antwerp. They drove their vehicles down to Dover or Southampton, stopping en route at Chatham or Eastney, where they were given a suit of uniform and a few articles of kit and then on to Dunkirk. Thus it was that the fleet of buses from the London General Omnibus Company began their wartime service and earned their unique place in the annals of war. The buses, which were decorated with garish advertisements just as they had left the London streets, and their drivers, wearing a mixture of civilian and military uniform, made a remarkable impression on the people of Flanders which was never forgotten. Similarly, their role in transporting troops was crucial in the early stages of the war, as was the part they played in the supplying of the Naval and Marine Brigades in Antwerp, along with the evacuation of the wounded. After the R.N.D. had returned to England, the unit was lent to the Army and proceeded initially to St Omer. From there it rendered particularly valuable service during the first battle of Ypres and, from then on, it was continuously employed in every aspect of troop transportation. In August 1915, it was eventually decided that the Army would take over the unit and incorporate it into the A.S.C. The Non Commissioned Officers and men of the RMA Motor Transport Company were given the option of discharge or transfer to the A.S.C. at the lower rate of pay; not surprisingly very few transferred. Gilmore returned to London and was discharged from the R.M.A., 10 September 1915. Sold with copied research.

Six: Sergeant G. Oliver, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Army Air Corps, late Essex Regiment and later Northamptonshire Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War during Operation Husky, the Airborne Assault on Sicily, and thrice attempted to escape, being re-captured on each occasion 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (6030014 Sgt G Oliver Northamptons) last marked ‘R’ for Replacement, mounted as worn; together with an Allied Ex-Prisoner of War Commemorative Medal, good very fine (7) £140-£180 --- George Oliver was born in London on 2 April 1922, and attested prior to 1941 into the Essex Regiment. He volunteered for Parachutist training in 1942, and transferred to join the newly formed Army Air Corps. He passed Course No. 35 at the Parachute Training School, Ringway, in November 1942, and was then posted to the 2nd Parachute Battalion, in North Africa. He took part in Operation Husky - the Airborne landings in Sicily - on 13-14 July 1943, where he was captured and made prisoner of war. Sicily and Italy 1943 - 1st Airborne Division Operations The first aircraft took off at 1901 hours on 13 July 1943. By 2200 hours a total of 113 paratroop aircraft and 16 tug-glider combinations were airborne and heading for Sicily. All went well until the aircraft neared the Sicilian coastline, when anti-aircraft fire from Allied naval vessels was encountered. Some aircraft were hit, while others took evasive action or returned to base. Those aircraft which reached the dropping zones met heavy enemy anti-aircraft fire and searchlights. In the event, only 39 aircraft dropped their 'sticks' of troops, and 12 others were unable to find the drop zones. Eleven aircraft were shot down, eight of which had succeeded in dropping their 'sticks', and several suffered severe damage. Of the 16 gliders carrying the brigade's heavy equipment, six crashed into the sea and six crashed on landing. Four succeeded in reaching their landing zones, while seven others landed safely some distance away. By the time it had rallied and mustered on its drop zone, 1st Parachute Brigade numbered only 12 officers and 283 other ranks, out of a total of 1,856 all ranks. 2nd Parachute Battalion had been scattered in the drop, and by the time it rallied near the dropping zone it numbered only 170 of all ranks. Only A Company, commanded by Major Dickie Lonsdale, was able to muster most of its strength, and the Adjutant, Captain Victor Dover, and the Second in Command, Major Johnnie Lane, were both missing. By 30 July 1st Airborne Division was once again concentrating at its base at Sousse in North Africa. During the following month many of the missing men of 1st Parachute Brigade made their appearance, all of them recounting how they had been dropped up to 30 miles from the dropping zone. The Adjutant of 2nd Parachute Battalion, Captain Victor Dover, and his stick had been dropped on Mount Etna and most of them had been captured. Dover and another man managed to avoid being caught, and for nearly a month had made their way back to British lines, at the same time trying to cause as much damage to the enemy as possible.’ (Para! Fifty Years of The Parachute Regiment, by P. Harclerode refers). Oliver was captured on 14 July 1943 and was initially held at Stalag VIl-A, at Moosburg, from 23 July 1943. He was transferred to Stalag IV-B, at Muhiberg (Isar), a month later, and whilst there he seized the opportunity to escape on three separate occasions; though he was recaptured and re-admitted each time, being captured on 9 May, 15 September, and 19 September 1944. Stalag IV-B was liberated by the Soviet Red Army on 23 April 1945. Oliver remained in the Army after the war, and leaving the Army Air Corps transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment, with whom he served in the 1950s as part of the Peace-Keeping Force in Korea, and later, on active service in the Arabian Peninsula with the rank of Sergeant. Sold with copied research.

Four: Warrant Officer Class II R. R. Smith, Royal Pioneer Corps, late Manchester Regiment and Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps attached Cyprus Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Crete on 1 June 1941 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (3523717. W.O. Cl.2. R. R. Smith. R.P.C.) edge bruising and contact marks to last, otherwise good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Reginald Robert Smith was born on 3 October 1910 and attested for the 10th (Oldham) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (Territorial Army) on 19 September 1929; the 10th Manchester Regiment was subsequently converted to an armoured unit and restyled the 41st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment. Following the outbreak of War Smith was transferred to the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, and being posted to Cyprus was attached to the Cyprus Regiment. he served with the unit in North Africa before they were utilised in Crete in 1941, and he was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Crete on 1 June 1941. He was held at Stalag VIII-B at Lamsdorf from 22 August 1941 to 3 March 1945, and then at Stalag 383 in Bavaria from 17 March to 22 April 1945. Smith was awarded his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 1010 of 1949, with the clasp being authorised per Army Order 45 of 1950. He died in Oldham in 1978. Sold with a sand cast Cyprus Regiment cap badge; and copied research.

Four: Major W. Lawrenson, Royal Artillery Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, South Arabia (Major W. Lawrenson. RA.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £120-£160 --- William Lawrenson was born in Blackpool on 10 January 1917 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Preston on 23 February 1935. Advanced Warrant Officer Class I on 30 May 1941, he served during the Second World War in Egypt and Palestine from 24 February 1943, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant and War Substantive Lieutenant on 27 August 1944. After various periods of leave in both Egypt and the U.K., he proceeded to India on 7 May 1945; consequently his service in an operational command totalled less than three months, and he was therefore not entitled to the 1939-45 Star. Lawrenson was was promoted Captain on 27 August 1950, and Major (Quartermaster) on 1 August 1957, seeing further service both in the U.K., with the British Army of the Rhine, and with the Middle Eastern Forces. He transferred to the Reserve of Officers on 10 January 1971, and died in Fleetwood, Lancashire, on 13 January 1993. Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Service Red Book (with no substantive entries); and a large quantity of copied research, including the recipient’s full M.O.D. personnel file; and four photographic images of the recipient.

Three: Warrant Officer R. B. Bayley, Royal Army Pay Corps, later an in-Pensioner, Royal Hospital, Chelsea Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1040994 Sjt. R. B. Bayley. R.A.P.C.) mounted as worn, edge bruise to last, otherwise good very fine (3) £40-£50 --- Reginald Bertram Bayley was born at Devonport on 28 August 1902 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery on 20 October 1916, aged 14. Too young to be deployed overseas during the Great War, he subsequently transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps. He served at home during the Second World War, and died an in-Pensioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on 12 February 1980. Sold with a brown leather strap, inscribed ‘1020122 Q.M.S. Artificer RA Bayley C’; and copied research.

Pair: Captain D. Rimmer, Royal Pioneer Corps, late Army Air Corps General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (23880005 S. Sgt. D. Rimmer AAC.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23880005 WO2 D Rimmer AAC) extremely fine (2) £240-£280 --- Denis Rimmer was born on 28 June 1944 and enlisted on 2 January 1962, completing his Air Gunner and Flying course at the Army Air Corps Training Wing in 1969; he later became a Weapons instructor for Army Aircrew, the training unit being formed in 1970. In 1974 he was posted to Detmold as Helicopter Weapons Instructor to refresh the Aircrew of 1st (British) Corps in anti tank tactics and weapons. In 1975 he was posted to 652 Squadron as Squadron Sergeant Major at Bunde and in May 1978 was posted to Flying Wing Army Air Corps Centre as RSM Instructor. When the Northern Ireland Regiment Army Air Corps was formed on October 1979, he was appointed RSM and Operations Officer until he was commissioned. Rimmer was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Pioneer Corps on 3 November 1980 (with seniority from 31 May 1976), and was promoted Lieutenant that same day (with seniority from 3 May 1978), and Captain on 3 November 1982. He retired on 3 April 1986. Sold with copied research.

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (Lieut. Wm. Turner, 27th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, toned, good very fine £1,600-£2,000 --- Lieutenant William Turner escaped from Peacock Hill when it was overrun by Gurkhas, escaped a Gurkha patrol in the hills, wandered the jungle for two days and was taken in by a hill woman and her son who guided him back to Nahan. Cadet Bengal Establishment 1807; Ensign 3 December 1808, after Barasat Cadet College posted to 27th N.I.; Lieutenant, 16 December 1814; Captain, 1 May 1824 with 54th N.I. (late 2/27th); Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, then 2nd A.A.G.; Agent for family money and Paymaster of Native Pensioners at Barrackpore 1834-35; Major, 24 February 1835; retired to England, 26 January 1837; appointed Agent in England for Bengal Military Orphans Society; Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel, 28 November 1854. He died at Wimbledon on 2 February 1871 (Medals of British India, Robert Puddester, volume two, part III refers).

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (J. Squibb.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, some very light marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £800-£1,000 --- James Squibb is confirmed on the roll as a Boy aboard H.M.S. Tees. Three officers, seven naval ratings and two marines received the medal for services in this ship.

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (J. Bryant, 41st Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £600-£800 --- Jacob Bryant was born in the Parish of Broughton, Wiltshire, and was attested for the 41st Foot on 19 April 1819, aged nineteen. He served abroad in the East Indies, Burmah, Scinde, and Afghanistan, 19 years and seven months. ‘He has served through the Burmese War. He is entitled to a Medal for his services in Afghanistan - was present in action with the enemy on 28th April, 30th August, 5th & 29th September 1842, besides several minor affairs between the Bolan & Kyber Passes. He is entitled to wear one distinguishing mark for good conduct.’ Jacob Bryant was discharged at Canterbury on 26 September 1843. Sold with copied discharge papers.

Army of India 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Maheidpoor, Ava (H. Blair, 1st. Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, contact marks and some slight damage to right hand rose on Ava clasp, otherwise nearly very fine, scarce £2,000-£2,400 --- One of only 38 Maheidpoor clasps awarded to the 1st Foot, of which 21 are in combination with the Ava clasp. Hugh Blair was a native of Newtownards, Co. Down, Ireland, and served with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot in India. Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Army of India 1799-1826, 3 clasps, Assye, Argaum, Gawilghur, silver-gilt glazed specimen, the clasp combination as awarded to the Duke of Wellington, good very fine £400-£500

China 1842 (F. A. Reid, Captain, 6th Madras Nat. Infantry.) original suspension, very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- C.B. London Gazette 24 December 1842, for services in China. Francis Archibal Reid entered the Madras Army in 1819; Lieutenant, 6th Madras Native Infantry, 12 August 1820; Captain, 17 November 1834; Major in the Army, 23 December 1842; Major in 6th N.I., 8 August 1845; Lieutenant-Colonel, 22 August 1853 to 21 April 1859; Quarter Master General of the Madras Army, 13 October 1849 to 10 October 1861; Colonel of the 44th Native Infantry 1860 to death. Major-General F. A. Reid, C.B. died at Phoineas House, Beauly, Invernesshire on 10 November 1862, aged 58.

Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Capt. C: Lewis 80th Regt.) some marks in obverse field, otherwise good very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Charles Lewis was appointed Cornet in the Royal Wagon Train on 9 June 1813, and served in the Peninsula from October 1813 to the end of the war in 1814 (He did not claim for the M.G.S. medal and probably did not qualify for one). Promoted to Lieutenant in the 1st Foot on 30 December 1819, and served with the regiment throughout the war in Burma in 1825-26, as Brigade-Major (His Army of India medal for Ava was sold at Glendining’s in July 1909). Promoted to Captain, 22 March 1832, he served the campaign on the Sutlej with the 80th Regiment, including the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur and Sobraon. He received the brevet of Major on 19 June 1846, was made Major on 3 February 1847, and promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 February 1850.

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Bt. Col. A. F. Macdonell. C.B. 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.) extremely fine and rare £800-£1,000 --- Alexander Macdonell entered the Army in 1837 as Second Lieutenant. He was promoted Lieutenant, 11 May 1841; Captain, 24 October 1845; Brevet-Major, 12 December 1854; Major, 22 December 1854; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 17 July 1855; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 June 1857; Colonel, 20 July 1858; Major-General, 6 March 1868; Lieutenant-General, 1 October 1877; General, 1 April 1882; Colonel-Commandant Rifle Brigade, 24 January 1886. He served with the Rifle Brigade in the Kaffir War of 1846-7 (Medal). He also served throughout the Eastern Campaign of 1854, as Aide-de-Camp to Sir George Brown, and was present at the affair of Bulganac, capture of Balaclava and at the battles of Alma and Inkermann. He commanded the 2nd Battalion from May 1855 to the fall of Sebastopol, including the defence of the Quarries on 7th June and the assaults on the Redan on the 18th June and 8th September (Medal with three clasps, brevets of Major and Lieutenant-Colonel, C.B., Knight of the Legion of Honour, Sardinian and Turkish medals, and 5th Class of the Medjidie). He commanded the 3rd Battalion during the Indian Mutiny, including the skirmish of Secundra, siege and capture of Lucknow and subsequent operations (Medal with clasp). He also served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India in command of the expedition against Sultam Muhammad Khan who attacked the fort of Shabkadar with a body of Mohmands and Bajauris (Medal with clasp). Made K.C.B. in 1881, Sir Alexander died on 30 April 1891.

A rare Great War campaign service group of three awarded to Lieutenant E. S. Wise, Royal Navy, who commanded the Machine Gun Party of 30 Marines drawn from H.M. Monitors Severn, Humber and Mersey, landed to assist the Belgian Army at Nieuwpoort. Lieutenant Wise was killed in action whilst leading his men, 20 October 1914, and was posthumously mentioned in despatches for his gallantry 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Lieut. E. S. Wise, R.N. Machine Gun. Pty.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. E. S. Wise. R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Edward Selby Wise) in card envelope, generally very fine or better (4) £800-£1,000 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 16 December 1915. Edward Selby Wise was born at Bedford Park, Acton, London in October 1887. He joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet in May 1904, and on passing out was posted to H.M.S. Glory on the China Station. Wise studied at the Royal Naval College, advanced to Sub Lieutenant, and was promoted Lieutenant in September 1909. He served with the survey ship Waterwich in January 1910, and then at H.M.S. Tamar, Hong Kong for duty with the West River Patrol. Wise was appointed to the gunboat H.M.S. Bramble on the China Station in August 1912, and returned to the UK in January 1914. Wise returned to the navigation school, before being appointed to the Cressy in July 1914. He was appointed Navigation Officer of the Monitor H.M.S. Severn in August 1914, serving with the latter as part of the Dover Patrol bombarding the Belgian coast. Wise was landed from this vessel in charge of a Machine Gun Party which consisted of 30 Marines drawn from H.M. Monitors Severn, Humber and Mersey to assist the Belgian Army at Nieuwpoort. Lieutenant Wise was killed in action whilst gallantly leading his men, 20 October 1914, and was posthumously mentioned in despatches. He is buried in Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery, Nieuwpoort, Belgium. Wise had a younger brother, Lieutenant Stacey Wise, R.N., who was killed in action when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, 22 September 1914. Sold with copied research.

Three: Company Sergeant Major C. Munds, East Kent Regiment India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4300 Pte. C. Munds 1st. Bn. East Kent Regt.); Defence Medal, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. C. R. Munds, 69 Victoria Road, Margate, Kent’; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4300 Sjt: C. Munds. E. Kent Regt.) good very fine (3) £160-£200 --- Caleb Richard Munds was born in Lydd, Kent, in 1875 and attested for the East Kent Regiment at Shorncliffe on 12 October 1893. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 8 December 1894 to 13 October 1903, and was advanced Sergeant on 11 November 1903. He transferred to the 4th (Territorial) Battalion on 15 March 1911, and saw further service during the Great War at home with the Battalion as Company Sergeant Major Instructor. His Second War service is unconfirmed, but given that his Defence Medal was issued by ‘Yeomanry House, Maidstone’ and sent to ‘69 Victoria Road, Margate’ (which was and still is the site of a Drill Hall), it is probable that he was serving at home as an Instructor. Sold with copied record of service; medal roll extracts; and other research.

1914 Star (No. 2268 Havr. Nur Khan, 1/129/ Baluchis.) test cut to left hand arm of Star; 1914-15 Star (3) (6855. Pte. J. Kane. North’d. Fus.; 24532 Pte. E. J. Hayward. R.W. Fus:; M2-073567 Pte. G. Pow. A.S.C.) nearly very fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- John Kane attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 September 1915. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 29 January 1919. James Hayward was born at Dawley, Shropshire, and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Hednesford, Shropshire. He served with the 8th Battalion in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 July 1915, and died in Mesopotamia on 24 December 1917. He is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Gilbert Pow attested for the Army Service Corps and served with the 17th Division Motor Transport Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 April 1915. He died on 30 November 1918 and is buried in Caudry British Cemetery, France.

British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (2. Lieut. C. H. Fox; 2. Lieut. R. A. Cameron; 1765 Dvr. R. Pemberton. R.A.; S-17908 Pte. W. J. Stove. Gordons.; 8078 Pte. J. J. Maddock. 9-Lond. R.; 76106 Pte. J. Castley. R.A.M.C.) first officially re-impressed, otherwise very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Cecil Hubert Fox attested for the 5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment, for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front from January 1917, and saw further service with the Royal Irish Rifles before being commissioned into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, with whom he served in the 11th Battalion. R. A. Cameron was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders for service during the Great War, with whom he served on the Western Front from 8 May 1918. Reuben Pemberton attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served during the Great War in Egypt from 27 May 1915. He died at home on 10 January 1917 and is buried in Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery, Lancashire. William J. Stove attested into the Gordon Highlanders for service during the Great War, serving overseas with the 6th Battalion. James Joseph Maddock attested into the 9th (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment for service during the Great War on 15 November 1915. He served overseas from 4 February 1917 and was discharged on 22 October 1919, aged 35, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B333524. John Castley attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps for service during the Great War and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15 August 1917).

British War Medal 1914-20 (7) (19604 A-Sjt. F. Bain. R.E.; GS-8957 Pte. H. E. Hall. R. Fus; 2231 Pte. H. Ward. Suff. R.; 96457 Pte. A. M. Maulkin. Midd’x R.; C-3573 Cpl. J. W. Emary. K.R. Rif. C.; 258 Pte. F. E. Ellison. Rif. Brig.; 656 A.Cpl. F. H. Prior. Rif. Brig) retaining rod missing from Maulkin’s medal, some edge knocks, otherwise very fine or better (7) £80-£100 --- Henry Ernest Hall attested for the Royal Engineers and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1915 Henry Ward attested for the Suffolk Regiment and served during the Great War with the 1/4th Battalion at Gallipoli from 10 August 1915. He later transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps on 31 October 1918 Arthur McKanna Maulkin, a Butcher from North Kensington London, was born on 5 July 1899 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment for service during the Great War on 10 August 1917. He later transferred to the Worcestershire Regiment with whom he received a Gun Shot Wound to his left hand on 30 September 1918.

Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Col. H. G. Falkner. A.M.S.) extremely fine and rare £300-£400 --- Henry George Falkner served during the war as a Colonel on the Army Medical Staff as Assistant Director of Medical Services to the 63rd, 71st and 66th Divisions; also Officer-in-Charge Maudsley Neurological Hospital, Denmark Hill, London. He was awarded the O.B.E. (Military) on 3 June 1919.

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Capt. R. E. Godfrey) good very fine £120-£160 --- M.I.D. London Gazette, 5 June 1919 Richard Edgar Godfrey from Denmark Hill, South East London, was born on 13 December 1894. He attested into the 24th (County of London) Battalion on 19 September 1914 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 29 June 1915. He was soon commissioned into the Leicestershire Regiment and served with the 11th Battalion before being appointed to a probationary commission with the Indian Army on 16 November 1917. Serving with 3/153rd (Croke’s) Rifles, he was Mentioned in Despatches in General Allenby’s despatch of 5 March 1919, London Gazette 5 June 1919. Appointed Captain, he served post war with his regiment during the Iraq campaign and was listed as Adjutant, in the Indian Army List of 1922. Sold with copy service records and copy Medal Index Card.

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star (2), one with 1st Army clasp; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star (2); France and Germany Star (2), good very fine and better (11) £60-£80 --- Sold with a de-Nazified German Second World War Infantry Badge in zinc, unmarked, with original retaining pin

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, South Arabia (14295483 Sgt. C. G. Hadley. 10 H.) good very fine £140-£180 --- Charles George Hadley was born in Deptford, London, on 9 February 1944 and served during the Second World War as a Private with the Army Air Corps, ‘jumping’ on D-Day, 6 June 1944, with the 13th (Lancashire) Battalion, Parachute Regiment, 6th Airborne Division. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War in Normandy on 19 June 1944, and was held at Stalag IV-B at Muhlberg until 20 October 1944, when he was transferred to an Arbeitskommando for force-labouring at Faulkener until 28 March 1945. His M.I.9. Questionnaire states: ‘Escape Attempts: Successful attempt in Kyone, Czechoslovakia on 28 April 1945 - escaped on the march assisted by Partisans - liberated by American Forces on 7 May 1945.’ Hadley subsequently served with the 10th Hussars in post-War Palestine, Malaya, and South Arabia. He died at Ringwood, Hampshire, in 2004. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient and copied research.

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (1819 Lce. Corpl. J. Moth. 1st. Bn. E. Kent R.) extremely fine, rare to unit £500-£700 --- One of 10 ‘N.E. Frontier 1891’ clasps awarded to the East Kent Regiment. John Moth was born at Sandhurst, Berkshire, in 1867 and attested for the East Kent Regiment at Reading on 4 June 1885. He was appointed Lance Corporal on 29 May 1886 and served with the 1st Battalion in India from 22 February 1897 to 25 January 1893, being present during the operations on the North East Frontier from 15 April to 3 May 1891. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 27 January 1893, and was discharged on 3 June 1897, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (14003118 W.O. Cl. 2. R. Shorrock. RAPC.) very fine £140-£180

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (861 Tp: Sgt. Maj: H. J. S. Barrett. 17th. Lancers.) good very fine £140-£180 --- Harry John Salter Barrett was born near Bromyard, Herefordshire, in 1847 and attested for the 17th Lancers at Worcester on 12 September 1865. He served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Zulu War from 26 February to 7 October 1879 (Medal and clasp 1879), and subsequently in India from 8 October 1879 to 29 December 1886, with the rest of his service being at home. Advanced Troop Sergeant Major on 17 July 1881, he was discharged on 24 January 1888, after 22 years and 135 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1167 Tp: Sgt: Maj: G. Davidson. 17th. Lancers.) very fine £140-£180 --- George Davidson was born in Norham, Northumberland, in 1848 and attested for the 17th Lancers at Brighton on 23 December 1867. He served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Zulu War from 26 February to 7 October 1879 (Medal and clasp 1879), and subsequently in India from 8 October 1879 to 5 May 1881, and again from 7 April 1886 to 26 November 1888, with the rest of his service being at home. Advanced Troop Sergeant Major on 13 February 1877, he was discharged on 22 January 1889, after 21 years and 31 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service.

A Long Service and Northumberland Fusiliers Order of Merit Medal awarded to Sergeant H. Hancock, 5th Foot Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2791 Sergt. Henry. Hancock. 1st. Bn. 5th. Foot.); Northumberland Fusiliers Order of Merit Medal 1836, 34mm, silver, the obverse featuring St. George slaying the Dragon, ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ on scroll above, the reverse inscribed ‘V Northumberland Fusiliers Merit March 10th. 1767’ within wreath (2791 Serjt. H. Hancock. 1/V Fusrs.) engraved naming, fitted with a LS&GC style swivel suspension, edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (2) £240-£280 --- Henry Hancock was born in Cain, near Dearsley, Gloucestershire, in 1827 and attested for the 5th Regiment of Foot at Leeds on 22 December 1848. He was promoted Corporal on 28 August 1855, and Sergeant on 28 April 1857, and was discharged on 22 February 1870, after 21 years and 63 days’ service, of which 2 years and 10 months had been spent in India. He was never in action, and his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, awarded on 26 July 1869 with a Gratuity of £15, was his sole official entitlement. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.

Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (2), 1st issue, Regular Army (3234094 W.O. Cl.2 R. Higgins, Cameronians.) minor official correction to unit; 2nd issue, bilingual Permanent Force (P4275 S Ser J. N. P. Kotze SAPK); together with a South African John Chard Decoration, silver, reverse with E.II.R. cypher above coat of arms, with ‘JCD’ Additional Award Bar, officially numbered ‘196’; a South African John Chard Medal, bronze, reverse with E.II.R. above coat of arms, officially numbered ‘670’; and the planchet only of a Jamaican Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (K. L. Witter Insp. J.C.F. 20-11-75) generally good very fine and better (5) £120-£160

Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Basutoland (No. 269 L/Cpl. Semai) good very fine, scarce £140-£180

Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Bechuanaland (1752 Cpl. Mphunyane, Bech. Prot. Police) minor edge bruising, good very fine, scarce £160-£200