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A Great War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 R. Whitfield, 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion, late Dorsetshire Regiment, who, having been wounded in June 1915, was decorated in the following year for rescuing two buried machine-gunners Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6641 C.S. Mjr. R. Whitfield, 1/Can. I.B.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4300 Pte. R. Whitfield, 1st Bn. Dorset. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (6641 Sgt. R. Whitfield, 1/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (6641 W.O. Cl. 1 R. Whitfield, 1-Can. Inf.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (4300 L. Sjt. R. Whitfield, Dorset. Regt.) the second with edge bruise, and the second and sixth with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 15 April 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry. A post in rear of the line having been severely shelled, he made his way up under heavy fire. When the post was evacuated he returned to rescue two machine-gunners who had been buried, and whose cries for help he had heard. He showed throughout absolute disregard for personal safety.’ Robert Whitfield, who was born at Whitburn, Scotland, in February 1874, served for 19 years in the Dorsetshire Regiment and was present in the Tirah and Punjab Frontier operations of 1897-98. Having then been awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal and discharged, he made his way to Canada and enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier in September 1914. Embarked for France in early 1915, where he joined the 1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry, he was wounded in the right leg on 15 June of the same year, and was evacuated to the American War Hospital at Paignton, Devon, but returned to his unit in the Field in the following month and was advanced to Company Sergeant-Major. Awarded the D.C.M. for the above cited deeds early in 1916, together with a mention in despatches (London Gazette 15 June 1916 refers), he was advanced to Regimental Sergeant-Major and, time in hospital with influenza aside, remained on active service until returning to Canada in October 1917. Latterly employed by Clearing Services Command, Whitfield was discharged in December 1919, aged 51 years. Sold with copied record of service.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Private J. Bucheven, 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers), Canadian Infantry, who was wounded and taken Prisoner of War on the Western Front on 11 August 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (652250 Pte. J. Bucheven. 78/Can: Inf:); British War Medal (652250 Pte. J. Bucheven. 78-Can. Inf.) mounted for display with an erased Victory Medal; with Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (652250 Pte. J. Bochoven) note spelling of name, this with enclosure card and good length of original silk ribbon, extremely fine (4) £800-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 16 November 1918; citation London Gazette 21 December 1918: ‘This man acted as stretcher-bearer during an attack on a village, and worked unceasingly in the open under heavy fire. During an enemy counter attack a few days later he continued attending to the wounded, although he himself was also wounded, until he was taken prisoner. He, however, succeeded in escaping and got back to the lines. His energy and untiring devotion to his duty were worthy of the highest praise.’ John Bucheven/Buchoven was born in Rotterdam, Holland, and previously served for seven years in the East Indies with the Dutch army. He was reported wounded and missing on 11 August 1918, and was later confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War, being held captive at Dulman, Westphalia. He was discharged medically unfit for further service on 6 May 1919, and died on 4 August 1929, his death attributed to his wounds, hence the grant of the Memorial Cross. The regimental journal Bruce in Khaki of 1934 gives Bucheven as having ‘Broke his leg and was taken prisoner in the Amiens drive. (Said to have killed a guard with a razor and escaped).’ Bucheven is buried in the Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

A rare Second War ‘cloak and dagger’ D.S.M. group of six awarded to Leading Telegraphist W. H. Diggins, Royal Navy, for his gallantry aboard H.M. Submarine Regent during her daring enterprise in entering into the port of Kotor to try and embark His Britannic Majesty’s Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary accredited to the Government of Yugoslavia, and in remaining there for nine hours though surrounded by large forces of the Italian army and subjected to attacks from the air; he was subsequently Mentioned in Despatches, having been recommended for a Second Award Bar to his D.S.M., for his services in H.M. Submarine Ultor in the Mediterranean War Patrols of 1943 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX.137576 W. H. Diggins. L.Tel. H.M.S. Regent.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, good very fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 30 September 1941: ‘For daring, enterprise and coolness in taking H.M. Submarine Regent into the port of Kotor to try and embark His Britannic Majesty’s Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary accredited to the Government of Yugoslavia and in keeping her there for nine hours though surrounded by large forces of the Italian army.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 8 February 1944. The recommendation (originally for a Second Award Bar to his DS.M.) states: ‘As Petty Officer Telegraphist he has maintained not only the wireless equipment but the Radar set and has displayed energy and initiative in so doing, materially assisting the Commanding Officer in three night attacks. By his cheerfulness he has set a good example to the Ship’s Company.’ A most unusual award of the D.S.M. for a ‘cloak and dagger’ action, and especially interesting as it was an attempt to rescue a British Senior Diplomat from falling into enemy hands. The diplomat concerned was Ronald Ian Campbell (later Sir, K.C.M.G., C.B.), the British Minister to Yugoslavia. When the Germans and Italians were overwhelming Yugoslavia in the Spring of 1941, Mr Campbell and his staff were cut off and unable to get away. It was decided to try to embark them in a British submarine and, accordingly Lieutenant-Commander H. C. Browne took H.M. Submarine Regent into the Adriatic. Having passed through two minefields which the Italians regarded as impassable, he steamed boldly into the harbour of Kotor, better known as Cattaro, to bring off the British Minister and his staff. Moving into port just after dawn, the Captain soon learned that the Italian army had reached the coast and were already in occupation of the town. This unexpected move by the Italians placed the Regent in jeopardy, but the Captain did not waver. Having been sent to effect the rescue of Mr Campbell, he was determined to do everything possible to bring him off, so he detailed an officer to go ashore. With the utmost coolness this officer went to the Senior Italian naval officer in charge of the port and explained that the Regent had come to evacuate the British Diplomatic Staff, whereupon he was permitted to go off in search of Mr Campbell while an Italian Army Staff officer went on board the Regent to act as hostage until he returned. Throughout the morning the Regent lay in harbour flying her biggest White Ensign. Around her was the Italian army with enough gun-power to blot her out of existence. For hour after hour the Regent lay there, flying the flag in the face of her enemies, while the officer strove to find Mr Campbell and conduct him back to the boat; unhappily he failed to make contact. The afternoon was advanced when two Italian dive bombers suddenly swooped down on the Regent and dropped several bombs which all missed. As they flew over, they opened fire on the conning-tower with their machine-guns wounding the Captain, the First Lieutenant and a Petty Officer. Captain Browne wasted no time. Diving without delay and carrying his Italian hostage with him, he escaped from the harbour, after remaining in the midst of the enemy for nine hours, picked his way safely through the minefields again and returned to his base. Awards for this episode included a D.S.O. for Captain Browne, two D.S.C.’s, three D.S.M.’s and one Bar to the D.S.M. The Submarine Regent was sunk by a mine off Monopoli in the South Adriatic on 18 April 1943. Diggins was obviously not aboard as he later served as a Petty Officer Telegraphist aboard the Submarine Ultor and was Mentioned in Despatches for her Mediterranean War Patrols, during which she bombarded Salina Island in the Liparis on 13 June 1943, and sank the Italian Torpedo Boat Lince, near the Gulf of Taranto on 28 August 1943. Sold together with an H.M. Submarines Naval Cap Tally; cloth insignia; and copied research.

A Second War ‘8th Army, Italian Front’ M.M. group of six awarded to Battery Sergeant Major Thomas Woodward, 132nd (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Military Medal, G.VI.R. (784502 W.O. Cl. 2.. T. Woodward. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display, nearly very fine (6) £700-£900 --- M.M. London Gazette 28 June 1945. The original recommendation, available online, states: ‘W/WO II (BSM) Thomas Woodward, 132nd (Welsh) Field Regt R.A. On the Fifth Army Front on 11 October 1944 BSM Woodward’s Battery came into action at Castel del Rio (Italy) and on that and the following day was shelled by 170mm and lighter shells causing casualties. BSM Woodward throughout was indefatigable in getting the Troop into action and dug in under cover in the shortest possible time, so that the Battery was able to support its Infantry with the least delay. Again on 7 November 1944 near Sassaleone (Italy) while the Battery was being shelled he rallied some fresh reinforcements who had taken cover, thus enabling the work of the Battery to proceed. This WO has fought with his Battery, first as No 1 and then Troop BSM since the Regiment landed in Africa in November 1942. During the whole period his conduct has been beyond praise for courage, sheer hard work, unfailing initiative and cheerful resource alike under shellfire and in very adverse weather conditions. For instance at Tebourba he fought his gun with great coolness when 3 or 4 tanks were knocked out and he was wounded. BSM Woodward has proven himself to be a consistently hardworking WO or NCO who always gives all he has got especially under shellfire and in the worst conditions, showing a wonderful spirit and encouragement to all ranks at all times thus doing a very great deal towards winning the war as far as his Troop and Battery are concerned.’

A Second War 1943 ‘Sicily Landings’ M.M. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class I M. Rodger, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was originally recommended for the D.C.M. for his gallantry on the beaches of Sicily during the early hours of 10 July 1943. Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3124671 W.O. Cl. 2. M. Rodger. R. S. Fus.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3124671 Cpl. M. Rodger. R.S. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (3124671 W.O. Cl. 2. M. Rodger. R. S. Fus.) generally nearly very fine or better (6) £1,200-£1,600 --- M.M. London Gazette 23 March 1944: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Sicily.’ The original recommendation (for a D.C.M.) states: ‘The Unit Landing Officer was wounded on landing at 0400hrs 10th July. This W.O. was his assistant, carried on with his work in a very cool and unperturbed manner. The work was complicated in that the Bn had two Assembly Areas on account of the advance leading off the right hand corner of the beach. This W.O. ran everything in a calm and orderly way, during the bombing of the beach and never failed to send vehs. and men up to his Bn as soon as they were ready to leave the Beach Area.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 4 April 1946 (North West Europe). Michael Rodger served during the Second War with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers as part of the 17th Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, XIII Corps for the Sicily Landings, 9/10th July 1943. Rodger’s Battalion landed on beaches in the Gulf of Noto around Avola, south-east Sicily during the early hours of 10 July 1943, as part of the opening stage of Operation Husky - the Allied invasion of Sicily. He subsequently advanced to Warrant Officer Class I.

A fine Second War 1943 ‘Tunisia Campaign’ M.M. group of six awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major F. G. Findley, Royal Army Service Corps, attached No. 6 Commando, who was decorated for his actions at the assault on Djebel Azag, 6 January 1943, against troops from the elite Fallschirmjäger Regiment Barenthin Military Medal, G.VI.R. (T/5041667 W.O. Cl.3. F. G. Findley. R.A.S.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (6) (6) £3,000-£4,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 23 September 1943: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North Africa’. The original recommendation states: ‘During the withdrawal from Djebel Azag on 6 January 1943, T.S.M. Findley repeatedly showed complete disregard for his own safety by covering his section by advancing under fire and throwing grenades. I consider that T.S.M. Findley’s actions were responsible for numerous men reaching safety. Throughout the action he showed a most excellent example to his men. He is over 40 years of age and put up a remarkable performance.’ Frederick George Findley was born in Attleborough, Warwickshire, on 24 August 1902 and attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment at Lichfield in May 1921, seeing service in Gibraltar, Turkey and India before transferring to the Army Reserve in 1928. During the Second World War, Findley served in the Royal Army Service Corps attached to 6 Commando and was decorated for his actions at Djebel Azag where an attempt was made by the British 36th Brigade Group to capture the feature known to the British as Green Hill, on 5 to 7 January 1943. Commanding the Sedjanane to Mateur road in Northern Tunisia, Green Hill was held by men from Fallschirmjäger Regiment Barenthin (German Parachute Infantry) and Witzig’s Parachute Engineers who had fortified the hill with concrete machine gun emplacements, barbed wire and mines. In his report on the ‘Attack on Djebel Azag’, Captain J. A. D. Mayne, Som. L.I., describes how ‘Mand Force’ from No. 6 Commando, comprising Force HQ, No. 1 Troop (complete), 1 Section from No. 2 Troop and one partial section from No. 5 Troop (commanded by Findley) were tasked with the following objectives:
i) To capture and hold “Djebel Azag.”
ii) To assist, by supporting fire, the attack on “Greenhill” and “Si Ayed”.
iii) To establish an Observation Post for a Forward Observation Officer to cover targets on and behind ‘Greenhill” area. Hilary St. George Saunders’ narrative of this action in the Green Beret describes the struggle between No. 6 Commando and the elite German paratroops dug in on the hill: ‘On the 5th January they took part in yet another attack on Green Hill, carried out by the 36th Brigade. Headquarters with one and a half Troops occupied Point 277 to the north-west, the object being to protect the Brigade’s left flank and to harass the enemy’s rear; while a detachment made up of two Troops under Captain Mayne seized Djebel Azag, a height which commanded the main position. To do this they made a ten mile approach march over sodden country, the men carrying heavy loads of ammunition and food for forty-eight hours. They reached their positions soon after dawn and then dug in on the summit as deeply as the rocky ground would allow. Soon after midday the enemy made two attempts to attack them, but were beaten off at long range by accurate and well-sustained small arms fire. The Germans then resorted to mortars, in the handling of which they were exceptionally proficient, and the Commando began to suffer casualties but held on.
During the afternoon Mayne observed that the enemy were forming up to deliver a counter-stroke against the brigade then engaged upon the main assault of Green Hill. His messages brought artillery fire on them and the attack did not develop. At dusk his small force, which had not been reinforced, was concentrated on the summit of the hill. At dawn Mayne’s position soon became serious, for as Lieutenant Cowper and his section were moving to their daylight positions, they were attacked at close range by Germans who had crawled up during the night. Cowper was soon engaging about two companies of the enemy strongly supported by mortars which fired a very accurate barrage. The remainder of the force was now under equally severe pressure and almost completely surrounded. Captain Davies was ordered by Mayne to withdraw headquarters and then cover a general retreat of the force, a manoeuvre which he ‘carried out extremely well.’ That evening they were all back in the tunnel near Sedjenane, the men very tired but cheerful, ‘having done magnificently.’ With a loss of thirty-five of their number they had held a key position for forty eight hours against ‘first-class troops who had been put in as stiffening.’ Though the attack on Green Hill had failed, the small action fought by Mand Force, as Mayne’s detachment was called, provides a good example of what men can accomplish who have passed through Commando training. They had been isolated for two days, in a most exposed position, and subject to galling mortar fire; but they had occupied the attention of four or five times their number who might very well have been employed elsewhere.’ Findley was a parachutist who, during his para course, landed in the top of another soldier’s parachute during a training descent which caused an injury to Findley’s back (a copy of his course report is included with the papers). Post-War he was a member of the Commando Association whose records state that his last rank attained was Regimental Sergeant Major and that he also served in No. 12 Commando. He died in 1960 in Hessingford, Cornwall. Sold with the recipient’s Soldiers’ Service and Pay Book inside which is a hand traced map of Floro, Norway with important sites and German positions marked. This map is suggestive of Findley’s participation in Operation Kitbag, a raid by British Commandos of No. 6 Commando and No. 12 Commando on the town of Floro in Norway during the Second World War - ‘Kitbag’ embarked from Scapa Flow on H.M.S. Prince Charles on 9 December 1941 but after navigational difficulties the raid was eventually called off; the recipient’s Old Comrades Association of the Special Service Brigade membership booklet, signed by the recipient and dated 9 July 1943; Pay Form No. 48 for the recipient’s Military Medal Gratuity of £20; the recipient’s Service and Casualty Form (Part I) dated 9 October 1928; copied research and a photographic image of recipient in uniform.

An outstanding Second War ‘Burma operations 1945’ Immediate M.M. group of five awarded to Lance Naik Mohammad Ajaib, 9th Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (20305 L-Nk Mohd Ajaib Punjab R); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted on card for display, very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.M. London Gazette 19 April 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘20305 Lance Naik Mohammad Ajaib. Punjab Mussalman Ghakar, Village Changryal, District Jhelum. 9th Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment. For very gallant services in action at mile 16.5 on the road Budalin-Monywa on 4 January 1945. On 4 January 1945, L/Naik Mohd Ajaib was in command of a standing patrol, covering the battalion defended locality, 1.5 miles to the North. At about 2330 hrs a vehicle approached from the South at great speed. Appreciating that it would be better dealt with at the road block within the defended locality, L/Naik Mohd Ajaib withheld fire, allowed the vehicle to pass and informed Battalion H.Q. by telephone. As a result of the warning given by the L/Naik the vehicle was dealt with so effectively at the road block that out of the 14 Japs in the lorry, one Jap Officer and twelve O.R.s were killed on the spot and only one with a member of the Battalion National Army broke back out of the Battalion defended area and ran towards the standing patrol. On hearing footsteps L/Naik Mohd Ajaib stood his post to, and as the leading man approached him he stepped forward, grappled with him and held him down. Hot on his heels arrived the Japanese. L/Naik Mohd Ajaib immediately handed over his captive and went for the Japanese who came at him with his bayonet. L/Naik Mohd Ajaib parried the point with his sten gun. The point was only partially deflected and the L/Naik was wounded in the head. In spite of being wounded he continued to fight and single handed killed his man, who fought with fanatical bravery. L/Naik Mohd Ajaib’s initiative in holding his fire in the first case, and timely warning of the approach of the lorry was a major contributory factor which resulted in the annihilation of the occupants of the vehicle. His grim determination and guts in capturing the Burman, and killing the last Jap soldier ensured that no news of the failure of these reinforcements to get to Budalin reached Monywa.’

A Second War ‘North West Europe’ M.M. awarded to Gunner L. K. Smith, Observation Post Signaller, 13th Canadian Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, recommended for his gallantry for service from D-Day to the Battle of Keppeln, 26 February 1945 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (M 66026 Gnr. L. K. Smith. R.C.A.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, campaign awards in card boxes of issue, with Canadian Army Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, generally good very fine or better (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1946. The original recommendation states: ‘Gunner Lionel Kenneth Smith has acted as Observation Post Signaller from “D” Day, until the cessation of hostilities. As such, he has been continuously with the forward infantry troops relaying the fire orders to the guns during all the fighting. During this long period, he has consistently, under the most difficult conditions, remained at his wireless set. At times, when it was advisable for everyone else to take cover, he continued to pass the necessary orders. Every Forward Observation Officer, who worked with him, knew that when Gunner Smith was on the R/T set, if it were humanely possible, the orders would be passed. On 26 Feb 45, he was the R/T operator with the Artillery Forward Observation Officer with ‘B’ Company of the North Shore Regiment of Canada in their attack on Keppeln. This battle ranks with the toughest and finest of the war. ‘B’ and ‘C’ companies were reinforced by ‘A’ and ‘D’ companies. The Forward Observation Officer was wounded and replaced. Gunner Smith manned his set from the start to the finish of the battle. This is an example of this soldier’s steady, reliable service throughout the campaign.’ Lionel Kenneth Smith was born in Starkweather, North Dakota, USA in October 1917. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery at Edmonton, Canada in July 1941. He served with the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery during the Second War. Smith was discharged in January 1947.

The unique Peninsula and Waterloo group of three awarded to Colour-Sergeant Alexander Campbell, 77th Foot, General Picton’s orderly at Waterloo and considered to be ‘one of the best Non-Commissioned Officers in the service’; Picton was killed on 18th June at Waterloo but had been severely wounded at Quatre Bras on the 16th - this painful wound had been bound up and none but his manservant knew of it Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (A. Campbell, Serjt. 77th Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Serj. Alex. Campbell, 77th Regiment Foot.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension; 77th Foot Medal 1818, silver, obverse: ‘77’ with Prince of Wales’s plume above and ‘Peninsula’ on branches of laurel below; reverse: engraved ‘El, bodon Ciudad Rodrigo Badajos’, edge engraved in upright capitals (Sergeant Alexander Campbell) fitted with steel clip and small ring suspension, the second with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine and better (3) £6,000-£8,000 --- The Waterloo medal is unique to the 77th Foot. Alexander Campbell was born in Edinburgh and enlisted into the 77th Foot at Cochin, East Indies, on 25 March 1798, aged 18, for unlimited service. He served in the East Indies until 14 September 1807, having been promoted to Corporal in 1803 and to Sergeant in 1805. He was discharged as a Colour-Sergeant at Sunderland on 23 October 1821, in consequence of a reduction in the Establishment of the Regiment, having 30 years service, including East Indies service and 2 years allowance for Waterloo, where he served as orderly to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, who was killed. Picton’s death occurred whilst he was haranguing the men of his fifth division, during Count Drouet d’Erlon’s 1st Army Corps threatening assault on the right centre of Wellington’s line. Picton was shot by a French soldier. The musket ball flew into his left temple and he fell lifeless to the ground. On stripping his body for burial, it was noticed by a surgeon that he had been injured quite severely on the 16th June during the action at Quatre Bras. Another musket ball had scoured his abdominal wall, causing much bruising and breaking two ribs. This painful wound was bound up and none but his manservant knew of it. Sold with copied discharge papers which carry a particular note of high praise which states ‘I consider him to be one of the best Non-Commissioned Officers in the service.’

A rare group of three awarded to Shoeing Smith William Roberts, Royal Horse Artillery, who served with the 2nd Rocket Brigade and had the Swedish medal for Bravery for the battle of Leipsic, and was present with Major Whinyates’ (2nd Rocket) Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery at the battle of Waterloo; on its reduction in 1816 the 2nd Rocket Troop was transferred to the Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers Waterloo 1815 (Shoeing Smith W. Roborts (sic), Royal Artillery Drivers.); Royal Horse Artillery Medal for Vittoria and Leipsic 1813, silver, unnamed, 29mm, fitted with rings and silver bar suspension (Balmer R119); Sweden, Kingdom, Bravery Medal 1809, silver, for Valour in the Field, unnamed, 30mm, pierced with small ring for suspension, the first with edge bruise, otherwise nearly very fine and rare (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- William Roborts/Roberts is confirmed as a Shoeing Smith in Major Whinyate’s (Rocket) Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, at Waterloo and is understood to have been attached to the 2nd Rocket Brigade in Germany under Captain R. Bogue but this supposition is based purely on the provenance and composition of these medals and has not been confirmed in official records. The fact that his medal is named to him as a Shoeing Smith in the Royal Artillery Drivers but is shown on the medal roll as being in the Rocket Troop R.H.A. would seem to bear this out (see also extract from Duncan’s history below). The only other William Roberts in the Royal Artillery Drivers at Waterloo was a Collar Maker whose medal was in the Cleghorn Collection of 1872 and in the Whitaker Collection of 1890, as recorded in Needes’ notes. The Rocket Brigade (later designated The Rocket Troop) left England for Germany in August 1813 and played a distinguished part in the Battle of Leipsic, 16-18 October. It was the only unit of the British Army present, and was attached to the bodyguard of the Prince of Sweden. Rockets had to be fired at close range to achieve any real success. The battle of Leipsic lasted three days but the Rocket Brigade were not called upon until the third day, 18 October 1813, when Captain R. Bogue, commanding the Brigade, approached General Wintzingerode, commander of the allied army advance guard, and requested an opportunity to engage the enemy. His request was granted and he took the brigade to Paunsdorf where he successfully defeated 5 French battalions and caused them to surrender to his force of 200 gunners. He was then ordered to take his brigade to Sellerhausen. But they came under heavy fire from enemy artillery and skirmishers. Here, Bogue was killed by a musket ball from a French rifleman that entered his head just below the eye causing instant death. He was buried in the churchyard at Taucha 4 miles away and two years later a stone monument was erected over his grave. The Crown Prince of Sweden, commander of the allies, posthumously conferred the knighthood of the Swedish Royal Order of the Sword on Captain Bogue, and sent his widow a gift of 10,000 dollars. Lieutenant Strangways, who succeeded to the command of the Rocket Brigade after Bogue’s death, also received the Order of the Sword and various men of the Brigade received gold and silver bravery medals. ‘Among the many heart-breaking reductions which exasperate the Artillery student, perhaps none are more distressing, than the reduction of the 2nd Rocket Troop in 1816. The 1st Rocket Troop had never been out of England; the 2nd had done good service at Leipsic and Waterloo. Neither of them had had a long existence; but one had had a stirring, glorious history. On the 16th May, 1815, the following order had been issued:—“His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, has been pleased to command that the Rocket Troop of Royal Artillery, which was present at the Battle of Leipsic, be permitted to wear the word ‘Leipsic’ on their appointments, in commemoration of their services on that occasion.” And to the same troop the reward fell, given to those who had been at the Battle of Waterloo. Yet, when the pruning-knife came to be used, the troop which had earned these honours was selected for reduction; and, as if adding insult to injury, the word ‘Leipsic’ came actually to be worn by the surviving troop, which had never been on active service at all! On its reduction, the officers of the 2nd Rocket Troop were transferred to the Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers.’ (Captain Francis Duncan’s History of the Royal Artillery refers). Sold with copied extract from the notes compiled by E. E. Needes in the first half of the last century and listing the provenance of the Waterloo Medals to ‘Shoeing Smith W. Roborts’ and ‘Collar Maker Will. Roberts’, and with copied discharge papers for Collar Maker Roberts. Papers for the Shoeing Smith have not been found but the medal roll notes ‘Discharged’ against his name.

Three: Deputy Surgeon-General E. H. Roberts, Army Medical Department, who served with the 72nd Highlanders in the Crimea and with the 79th Highlanders in the Indian Mutiny Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Asst. Surgn. E H Roberts, 79th Highlanders); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced and fitted with rings for suspension, mounted on card for display, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £600-£800 --- Edmund Humphrey Roberts was born at Holyhead on 3 May 1832, and was appointed Assistant Surgeon, 72nd Foot, on 23 June 1854; 79th Foot, 14 July 1857; Staff, 14 June 1859; Surgeon, Staff, 7 August 1866; Royal Artillery, 2 October 1866; Staff, 5 May 1869; 9th Foot, 21 August 1872; Brigade Surgeon, 13 November 1881; Deputy Surgeon-General, 4 May 1886; retired, 14 March 1889, having latterly held the position of Principal Medical Officer of the Chatham District. Served as Assistant Surgeon with 72nd Highlanders in the Crimea 1855-56 (Medal with Clasp, Turkish medal); Assistant Surgeon with 79th Highlanders in the Indian Mutiny 1858, including siege and capture of Lucknow, attack on the fort of Rooyah, action at Allygunge and capture of Bareilly (Medal with Clasp). He died at Brighton on 24 November 1894.

Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant Foreman of Works J. Middleton, Royal Engineers South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (13016, Lce. Corpl. J. Middleton, R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (13016. Q.M.S. F. of Works, J. Middleton. R.E.) light contact marks and minor edge bruise to latter, very fine (2) (2) £600-£800 --- James Middleton was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire, in 1855 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Portsmouth on 15 April 1875. He was appointed Lance-Corporal in November 1878, and served with the Engineers in South Africa from December 1878 to May 1880, and was present at the Battle of Inyezane, 22 January 1879; the Blockade of Eshowe, 23 January to 3 April 1879; and the operations before Ulundi, 4 July 1879. He was promoted Corporal in April 1882; Sergeant in April 1885; and Company Sergeant Major in April 1886. Advanced Quartermaster Sergeant Foreman of Works in April 1892, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1893, and was discharged on 31 May 1901, after 26 years and 47 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.

Five: Quartermaster Sergeant G. Goldsmith, Royal Engineers South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (12135 2nd Corpl. G. Goldsmith. R.E.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (12135. Corpl. G. Goldsmith. 24th Co. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (12135. C.S. Maj: F. of Wks. G. Goldsmith. R.E.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue (Q.M. Sjt. G. Goldsmith. R.E.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, contact marks and pitting, otherwise nearly very fine, the MSM extremely fine (5) £800-£1,000 --- George Goldsmith was born in Epsom, Surrey, in 1855 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Aldershot on 1 June 1874. He served overseas in South Africa from 27 February 1879 to 29 January 1880, and in Egypt from 8 August to 25 October 1882, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 191 of 1892. He was advanced Quartermaster Sergeant Foreman of Works on 16 October 1892, and was discharged on 31 January 1899, after 24 years and 245 days’ service. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, with Annuity, per Army Order 151 of May 1937. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

Six: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Blewitt, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Egyptian Army and Chinese Labour Corps, who was mortally wounded in France in September 1917 India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (Lieutt. A. Blewitt 4th Bn. K.R. Rif. C.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Bimbashi Blewitt 3/Bn. E.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. A. Blewitt.); Ottoman Empire, Order of Mejidieh, Third Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamel; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 5 clasps, Sudan 1897, Abu Hamed, The Atbara, Khartoum, Sudan 1899 (El Kaim Blewitt Bey. E.A.) clasps mounted in order as listed, nearly extremely fine (6) £3,600-£4,400 --- Order of Medjidieh London Gazette 11 March 1902. M.I.D. London Gazette 25 January 1898: ‘3rd Battalion Egyptian Army.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 24 May and 30 Sept. 1898: ‘brevet Major.’ Arthur Blewitt was born at Pinner, Middlesex, on 19 February 1861. He was educated at Eton and was gazetted to his first commission in the West Yorkshire Militia in 1881 and transferred to the 4th Battalion 60th Rifles later, in 1883 at Ferozepore, India. He served in India and Burma until 1893, having in 1891 taken part in the Manipur Expedition. In 1897 Blewitt was selected for service with the Egyptian Army, and took part in the Nile Expedition of 1897, being present at the action of Abu Hamed (mentioned in despatches), also the Nile Expedition of 1898 and was present at the battle of Atbara and capture of Khartoum (twice mentioned in despatches). He again served in the Nile Expedition of 1899, when he received the third class Order of the Medjidieh. He was selected by Lord Kitchener as Governor of Fashoda 1900-02 and Gezira 1902 - a post he held with much success until 1903, when he re-joined his regiment at Malta and retired in 1905. Blewitt was a keen sportsman, big game hunter and traveller, frequently having shooting expeditions in India, Burma, Tibet, North America, South Africa and New Zealand. He was so attracted to New Zealand that he settled there, buying a farm at Teneko in 1905. Being a gallant Englishman, he returned to England to the call of duty at the outbreak of the Great War and volunteered for service. In September 1914, he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel to command 13th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifles, which he successfully did in the U.K. until June 1915. He was in charge of training camps and was subsequently sent to China to recruit a team of coolies to work in France, bringing them back to Europe in a chartered steamer. Lieutenant-Colonel Blewitt died of wounds received in an air raid while commanding a Chinese Labour Battalion at Andrique, France on 4th September 1917, aged 56. Sold with research saved to CD and an original portrait photograph by Russell & Sons of Southsea.

Five: Sub-Conductor A. Lucking, Supply and Transport Corps India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (Sergt. A. Lucking. Comst. Transport Deptt.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Sergt. A. Lucking Comst. Transpt. Deptt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (S. Sert: A. Lucking. Ind: Trnspt: C.) officially re-impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Sub. Condr. A. Lucking. S.&T.C.; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Sub-Condtr. A. Lucking. S & T. Corps.) all contained in a somewhat worn contemporary fitted glazed display case, toned, nearly extremely fine (5) £300-£400

Pair: Private C. Gibb, Cameron Highlanders, who was wounded in action at the Battle of Atbara on 8 April 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3811 Pte. C. Gibb, 1/Cam: Hdrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3811 Pte., C. Gibb 1 Cam. Highrs.) contemporarily engraved in the usual Regimental style, light contact marks, very fine (2) £500-£700 --- Charles Gibb was born in Elgin, Morayshire, in 1878 and attested for the Cameron Highlanders at Inverness on 30 June 1896. He served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from October 1897 to March 1900, and was wounded in action at the Battle of Atbara on 8 April 1898, during which action the Regiment suffered 44 casualties, including 3 officers killed and 1 wounded. Gibb saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War from March 1900 to October 1902 (also entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902). He transferred to the Army Reserve in June 1908, and was discharged on 29 June 1912, after 16 years’ service. Sold with copied research.

Four: Private H. J. Holdaway, Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2991. Pte. H. Holdoway [sic] 1/Cam. Hrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2991. Pte. H. Holdaway. 1: Cam’n: Hdrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2991 Pte. H. Holdaway. Cameron Highrs:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (2991. Pte. Holdaway 1 Cam Highrs) contemporarily engraved in the usual Regimental style, the obverses of the first three and the reverse of the last abrasively cleaned, heavy contact marks partially obscuring naming, suspensions somewhat loose, therefore fair to fine, the reverses generally very fine (4) £500-£700 --- Harry James Holdaway was born at Chalvey, Buckinghamshire, in 1874 and attested for the Cameron Highlanders at Inverness on 1 February 1892, having previously served with the 5th (Militia) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 4 October 1897 to 2 March 1900, and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 March 1900 to 7 November 1902. He transferred to the Reserve on 1 February 1904, and that same year commenced work at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, as a Cadets’ servant. The 1939 Register still lists him as being employed at the College, and hand-written date calculations on the cover of his service papers tally to 46 years and 10 months, possibly an indication as to his time spent in the army and then at Sandhurst. He died in Camberwell, London, in January 1956. Sold with copied record of service; medal roll extracts; and copied research.

Pair: Private R. McMurray, Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2543 Pte. R. Mc.Murray. 1/Cam: Hrs:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (2543 Pte. Mc.Murray. 1 Cam. Highrs.) Regimentally engraved naming, minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £400-£500 --- R. McMurray attested for the Cameron Highlanders and served with them during the Sudan campaign. He was invalided from the Army on 3 December 1898. Sold with copied research.

Seven: Staff Sergeant G. R. Watts, Army Service Corps Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (S/12576 Pte. G. R. Watts. A.S.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (12575. Pte. G. R. Watts. A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (12575 Cpl. G. R. Watts. A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star, unnamed; British War and Victory Medals (S2SR-01762 S.Sjt. G. R. Watts. A.S.C.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (7) £400-£500 --- George Robert Watts was born at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, in 1872 and attested for the Army Service Corps in February 1896. He served with the Corps in Egypt and the Sudan from July to October 1898, and in South Africa during the Boer War from October 1899 to August 1902. He was promoted Corporal in April 1902, and was discharged in February 1908, but re-enlisted following the outbreak of the Great War and served with the Army Service Corps on the Western Front from 4 September 1915. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private J. Halloran, Royal Irish Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (6416 Pte. J. Halloran, 1st. Rl: Irish Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6416 Pte. J. Halloran. Rl: Irish Regt.) initial official corrected on first, and latter part of surname officially corrected on latter, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £180-£220 --- John Halloran was born at Cashel, Co. Tipperary, in 1880 and attested for the Royal Irish Regiment at Clonmel on 4 August 1898, having previously served in the 5th (Militia) Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 December 1899 to 10 February 1905 (entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with the clasps Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, and Johannesburg only; and the King’s South Africa Medal with the two date clasps), and subsequently in India from the latter date to 22 January 1906. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 3 August 1906, and was discharged on 3 August 1910, after 12 years’ service. The Royal Irish Regiment were not present as a unit at the actions represented by the clasps, and approximate numbers of clasps issued to men of the Royal Irish Regiment were 137 for the Relief of Kimberley, 138 for Paardeberg, and 105 for Johannesburg. Approximately 15 men were awarded this combination of clasps, including one Officer, Lieutenant Galbraith. Sold with copied record of service.

Three: Private W. Catt, Royal Sussex Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (7972 Pte. W. Catt. 2/R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7972 Pte. W. Catt. R. Suss. R.) very fine (3) £120-£160 --- William Catt attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 August 1914. He saw later service with the 2nd/6th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, and later with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Five: Superintendent Clerk W. C. Masson, Royal Engineers 1914 Star (2967 Cpl. W. A. Masson. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (2967 A.W.O. Cl.2 W. C. Masson. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2967 E.C. Sjt: W. C. Masson. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2967 T. Supt: Clk: W. C. Masson. R.E.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £240-£280 --- Walter Cooper Masson was born in Burma in 1884 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Chatham on 20 March 1899, aged 14 years and 10 months. He served with the British Expeditionary Force during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1914 (also entitled to a claps to his 1914 Star), and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with gratuity, per Army Order 312 of 1917. Promoted temporary Warrant Officer Class I and appointed temporary Superintendent Clerk on 1 December 1918, for his services during the Great War he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 3 June 1919). He was discharged 19 May 1923, after 24 years and 61 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service.

Eight: Major F. D. Rouffignac, Royal Welch Fusiliers 1914 Star (Lieut: F. D. Rouffignac. R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. D. Rouffignac.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, the reverse officially dated 1945, mounted on card for display, very fine (8) £460-£550 --- Frank Danton Rouffignac was born on 21 July 1891 in Toxteth, Liverpool. His father was a cabinet maker. He joined the 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 18 October 1912, stating on his enlistment form that he had been educated at Oulton School and was then an Undergraduate at Liverpool University. He proceeded to France with the 4th Battalion on 6 November 1914, serving there until May 1915 when he was invalided. In August 1915 he undertook a musketry course and in October a bombing course. In July 1917 he went to Palestine, joining the 25th Battalion, until January 1918. His papers record a gun shot wound to the right leg sustained at Beit-in el-Fokker on 31 October 1917. His Great War service earned him a 1914 Star trio and a Silver War Badge. He was resident at Jerjung, Argentine Republic from June 1920 to December 1925. In May 1926 he served at Orford Barracks, Warrington with the S. Lancs Infantry Brigade as an Intelligence Officer during ‘a time of civil riot and disturbance.’ Then, from 1926 to 1931 he was resident in West Africa and French West Africa where he offered his services to the Nigerian Defence Force. Rouffignac joined the T.A. in 1936 and was recalled to service in the R.E. Movement Control Section in February 1940, initially in Northern Ireland. He later served in N.W. Ports before joining H.Q. 21st Army Group in September 1944. On the same date he was transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration on 12 April 1945 and his Mention in Dispatches on 8 November 1945 for gallant and distinguished services in N.W. Europe. Major Rouffignac died on 21 March 1967. Sold with copied research including record of service which confirms all campaign medals.

Three: Corporal W. J. Tribe, Canadian Army Medical Corps 1914 Star (34332 Pte W. J. Tribe. C.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (34332 Cpl. W. J. Tribe. C.A.M.C.) edge bruise to BWM, otherwise good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- William John Tribe was born in Devon, England in January 1892. He was a Chauffeur prior to the Great War, and his father resided at 8 Reid Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Tribe served during the Great War with No. 2 Stationary Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps in the French theatre of war. He subsequently served with No. 5 Canadian Field Ambulance, died in December 1968, and is buried in the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery, Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Five: Captain N. S. de Brath, 15th Lancers, later 41st Cavalry, Indian Army 1914-15 Star (Lieut. N. S. Debrath, 15 Lcrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. N. S. De Brath); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Capt. N. S. De Brath.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt. N. S. Debrath. 41 Cavy.) light contact marks, very fine and better (5) £400-£500 --- Neville Stanley de Brath was born in 1892 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 15th Lancers in 1913. He was present during the operations against the Mohmands and Swatis in the vicinity of Hafiz Kor and Shadhadar on the Northwest Frontier of India from August to September 1915; in Mesopotamia from May 1916 to June 1917; and during the operations in South Persia, where he took part in the Affair at Ziarat on 13 April 1918 and the action at Dewh Shaikh on 25 May 1918. He subsequently served with the 41st Cavalry, Indian Army, during the Third Afghan War, and was later appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Madras.

Seven: Brevet Colonel F. S. Ferguson, Duke of Lancaster’s of Yeomanry, later 55th West Lancashire Divisional Train, Royal Army Service Corps (Territorial Force) 1914-15 Star (1865 T/Q.M.Sjt. F. S. Ferguson. D. of Lanc. O.Y.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. F. S. Ferguson.); Jubilee 1935 (Lieut. Col. F. S. Ferguson. T.D.) contemporarily engraved naming; Coronation 1937 (Brevet Colonel F. S. Ferguson. T.D.) contemporarily engraved naming; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1865 Cpl. F. S. Ferguson. D. of Lanc: O. Yeo:) mounted court-style as worn and housed in a contemporary leather case, generally very fine and better (7) £300-£400 --- Fergus Stacey Ferguson was born at Stratford, Essex, on 12 August 1878 and was employed by Threlfall’s Brewery Co. Ltd. in Liverpool from 1895, working for them for 50 years, ultimately as Assistant Managing Director. He enlisted in the Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry on 18 September 1901, and was advanced Sergeant in 1912, having been awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal earlier that year. He was embodied for active service on 5 August 1914, and having been appointed temporary Quartermaster Sergeant, served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 August 1915. Prior to the end of the War he was granted a temporary commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps. Post-War, Ferguson continued in the Territorial Army with the 55th West Lancashire Divisional Train, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration on 13 January 1928. He was ultimately advanced Brevet Colonel on 3 May 1937. He retired the following month, and died in Liverpool on 27 March 1953. Sold with copied research.

Three: Lieutenant J. L. King, Somerset Light Infantry, later Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. L. King. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut J. L. King) nearly extremely fine Three: Private E. H. Thompson, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (34400 Pte. E. H. Thompson. M.G.C.) in named card box of issue; Defence Medal, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. E. H. Thompson, 2 Ridge Avenue, Letchworth, Hertfordshire’, traces of adhesive to reverse of DM, otherwise nearly extremely fine (6) £70-£90 --- James Lawrence King was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry on 16 September 1914 and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 November 1915. He was employed with the Army Signalling Service from 8 February 1916, before transferring to the Royal Engineers. Appointed Temporary Lieutenant on 15 June 1919, he relinquished his commission on 15 September 1921, retaining the rank of Lieutenant. Ernest Henry Thompson attested for the Machine Gun Corps on 5 May 1917, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He was discharged on 15 November 1917, on account of being permanently physically unfit, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 302,670.

Five: Sergeant W. G. Hoskins, Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-15 Star (L-9268 Bndsmn: W. G. Hoskins. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-9268 Pte. W. G. Hoskins. R. Suss. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (L-9268 L-Cpl. W. G. Hoskins. R. Suss. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (6390384 Sjt. W. G. Hoskins. R. Suss. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine, the LS & GC good very fine (5) £120-£160 --- William G. Hoskins attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Frontier Regions of India from 17 August 1915, seeing further service during the Third Afghan War.

Three: Private J. Ince, Hampshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (330208 Pte. J. Ince. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1379 Pte. J. Ince. Hamps. R.) mounted as worn, very fine Three: Sergeant H. Sheridan, Middlesex Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War British War and Victory Medals (L-9080 Cpl. H. Sheridan Midd’x R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6188392 Sjt. H. Sheridan. Midd’x R.); together with a Middlesex Regiment cap badge and a postcard photograph of the recipient, good very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Henry Sheridan attested for the Middlesex Regiment and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914 (also entitled to a 1914 Star). His Medal Index Card notes that he was captured and taken Prisoner of War; most likely he was taken Prisoner of War at Mons in 1914, one of 397 ‘Regulars’ of the Regiment (approximately half a Battalion) who were taken Prisoner of War prior to Christmas Day 1914.

Three: Second Lieutenant J. W. Reynolds, West Yorkshire Regiment, late Sergeant, Canadian Army Dental Corps 1914-15 Star (21 Sjt J. W. Reynolds. Can: A.D.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. W. Reynolds.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Jack Wilson Reynolds was born in Stroud, Ontario, Canada in August 1889. He attested for the Canadian Army Dental Corps at Toronto, 1 June 1915, and served with them in the Salonika theatre of war. Reynolds was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment in September 1917. Sold with copied service papers.

Three: Lieutenant C. Pestalozzi, Australian Imperial Force, who within a matter of weeks survived the sinking of both the Royal Edward and the Southland, both of which were torpedoed by the German submarine U-14 1914-15 Star (6261 Sjt. C. Pestalozzi. 16/A.S.C. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. Pestalozzi. A.I.F.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse numbered ‘A36737’, good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Conrad Pestalozzi was born in Davos, Switzerland, in 1883, and having emigrated to Australia attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Perth on 10 March 1915. Posted to the 16th Army Service Corps Company, he was promoted Sergeant and embarked from Melbourne for Egypt on 22 May 1915. Promoted Staff Sergeant on 1 August 1915, he was aboard the freighter the Royal Edward when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-14 in the Aegean Sea and sank with the loss of 864 men; a contemporary newspaper account states that the recipient was in the water for close to 4 hours before being picked up. On 30 August 1915, Pestalozzi embarked in the Southland from Egypt bound for Gallipoli. On the morning of 2 September 1915, 65km south of Lemnos, the ship was torpedoed, again by the U-14, and sank with the loss of 36 lives. Picked-up, he landed at Gallipoli, and was hospitalised with dysentery on 15 October 1915. Recovering, Pestalozzi proceeded to France, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 12 August 1916. He was promoted Lieutenant with the 7th Australian Remount Unit on 13 October 1916, and having been hospitalised again, this time with malaria, he was discharged on medical grounds on 19 December 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. He died in Perth, W.A., in 1966. Sold with a ‘Rising Sun’ cap badge; Imperial League Returned Sailors and Soldiers Badge, the reverse numbered ‘28860’; an A.I.F. Returned from Active Service Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘76684’; and copied research.

Three: Acting Corporal R. T. Williams, Royal Marines, late Denbighshire Imperial Yeomanry Hussars British War and Victory Medals (Deal 11837 -S- Act. Cpl. R. T. Williams. R.M.); Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (659 F. Sjt: R. T. Williams. Denbighs: I.Y. Husrs.) mounted on card for display, good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Richard Thomas Williams was born on 5 March 1868, at Trefnant in Denbighshire. He was trained as a Blacksmith and his address on joining the Royal Marine Labour Corps in May 1917 was the ‘Smithy House, Trefnant’. His papers record his previous service with the Denbighshire Hussars and that he was time expired. He was awarded the Imperial Yeomanry Long Service Medal in Army Orders of February 1906, one of nineteen awards to the unit. Williams served in the Royal Marines until he was demobilised in May 1919. A letter from him states he was in charge of the smiths shop in Calais for two years. Sold with copied attestation papers for his Royal Marines service but no papers exist for his Yeomanry service.

Pair: Second Lieutenant R. E. Higginbotham, Royal Field Artillery, late Company Sergeant Major, Canadian Army Service Corps, who was killed in action in Salonika, 29 September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. E. Higginbotham.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Edward Higginbotham) last in card envelope of issue, remnants of adhesive labels on all, good very fine or better (3) £180-£220 --- Robert Edward Higginbotham was born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada in January 1893. He was a law student who initially served during the Great War in the ranks with the 1st Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park, Canadian Army Service Corps in the Salonika. Having advanced to Acting Company Sergeant Major, Higginbotham was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery. Second Lieutenant Higginbotham was killed in action whilst serving with ‘B’ Battery, 115th Brigade in Salonika, 29 September 1918. He is buried in the Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.

Three: Acting Warrant Officer Class II J. S. James, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (20746 A.W.O. Cl. II. J. S. James. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1402196 Sjt. J. S. James. R.G.A.) mounted as worn, surname partially officially corrected on last, nearly very fine Pair: Gunner A. Houston, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (655756 Gnr. A. Houston. R.A.) edge bruising and contact marks, good fine Pair: Gunner S. J. Walker, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (128587 Gnr. S. J. Walker. R.A.) nearly very fine Pair: Driver J. Lawless, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (82644 Dvr. J. Lawless. R.A.) good very fine (9) £100-£140

Pair: Lieutenant F. Roberts, East Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-18346 Pte. F. Roberts. E. Kent R.) very fine 1914-15 Star (3) (Lieut. J. B. Andrews. R. Scots.; 2238 Pte. A. Spong. Leic: R.; 3-8160 Pte. F. J. L. Durrant. Dorset: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (.17-... Pte. R. S. Law. R. Ir. Rif.) heavy pitting and edge bruising to last that has partially obscured number, otherwise generally nearly very fine and better £140-£180 --- Frank Roberts attested for the East Kent Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant, but presumably given the rank on his pair did not serve overseas as an Officer. J. B. Andrews was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Scots and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre from 10 August 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps and served as an Acting Captain with the Camel Transport. Albert Edwin Spong was born in Belgrave, Leicestershire, in 1886 and attested for the Leicestershire Regiment at Leicester on 10 August 1914, having previously served with the Militia. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 March 1915, and was wounded by gun shot to the head on 2 May 1915. He was subsequently killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the Battle of Loos on 13 October 1915, on which date the battalion suffered total casualties of 20 officers and 453 other ranks killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Lewis Frederick James Durrant was born in Sherborne, Dorset, in 1875 and was a special reservist in the National Reserve, having previously served in the Dorset Yeomanry. He served with the 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 January 1915, and died of wounds on 22 February 1915. He is buried in Wulverghem Cemetery. Robert Sydney Law was born in Belfast in 1896 and attested for the Royal Irish Rifles on 27 October 1914. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 October 1915, and was wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on the Schwaben Redoubt in Thiepval Wood, with the fighting described by one soldier as ‘a Belfast riot on top of Mount Vesuvius.’ Battalion casualties that day were 117 men killed and several hundred wounded. Law was amongst those wounded, and was evacuated to England, where his left arm was ultimately amputated. He was medically discharged on 14 March 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 353,320. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private A. Mitchell, Lancashire Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (25302 Pte. A. Mitchell. Lan. Fus.) good very fine Three: Private A. Timms, Gloucestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (27814 Pte. A. Timms. Glouc. R.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, very fine Pair: Private A. J. Somerville, Dorsetshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (26742 Pte. A. J. Somerville. Dorset. R.) good very fine Four: Private S. P. Poulter, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (106869 Pte. S. P. Poulter. Notts. & Derby. R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the Great War pair mounted as worn together with the riband for the Army L.S. & G.C.; the Second War medals in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. S. P. Poulter, 5 Shelley Avenue, Manor Park, London, E12’, the Great War pair nearly very fine; the Second War medals extremely fine 1914-15 Star (54838. Spr. F. W. Cole. R.E.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (23310 Pte. E. G. F. Adams. A.S.C.); together with two Silver War Badges, the reverses officially numbered ‘321721’ and ‘B37235’, very fine (13) £100-£140

Five: Private M. V. Steele, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders British War and Victory Medals (2927 Pipr. M. S. Steele. 9 Q.O.C.H.) these both renamed; Defence and War Medals 1939-45 (2921944 M. V. Steele. Cameron Hdrs.) these both privately impressed; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second and Third Additional Award Bars (2921955 Pte. M. V. Steele. Camerons) mounted as worn, nearly very fine Three: Signalman D. P. Hawkins, Royal Corps of Signals, who died in North Africa on 30 December 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs. D. G. Hawkins, 13, Parsons Green Lane, Fulham, London, SW6’, good very fine Five: Attributed to Private T. H. Jones, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, good very fine Six: Attributed to P. O. Bell 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with a Lagos Caledonian Society Past Chieftain’s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘P. O. Bell 1970/71, 1971/72’, good very fine One: E. G. Brotherhood, Home Guard Defence Medal; together with the recipient’s Home Guard Certificate, named to Edgar Geoffrey Brotherhood, and dated 7 November 1941 to 31 December 1944; and various postcard photographs. extremely fine One: I. Johnson Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. I. Johnson, 71 Southover, Bromley, Kent’; together with the recipient’s St. John Re-examination Cross, silvered, the reverse engraved ‘A108538 Isaac W. Johnson’, with 13 bronze date bars for 1950 to 1962 inclusive, good very fine (22) £100-£140 --- Douglas Percy Hawkins was born in Fulham, London, and served with the Royal Signals during the Second World War in North Africa. He died on 30 December 1942 and is buried at Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya.

Pair: Private C. E. Roberts, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (102633 Pte. C. E. Roberts. M.G.C.) very fine Pair: Driver H. C. Morgan, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (T4-083223 Dvr. H. C. Morgan. A.S.C.) nearly very fine 1914-15 Star (85491 Pte. A. James. A.S.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (267537 Pnr. H. G. Hansen. R.E.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (CMT-2399 Pte. A. Mc Camon. A.S.C.; 1561 Pte. T. Morris. R.A.M.C.); Africa Star (Maj. C. Rhys Few R. Sigs.) contemporarily engraved naming, good fine and better (9) £80-£100

Pair: Captain Sir John Charrington, Army Service Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches, and was later knighted for his work in the coal industry British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. J. Charrington.) nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Sir John Charrington was born in 1886 and was educated at Haileybury. He served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from June 1916, latterly as a Captain, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 14 June 1918). He went into the family business and was chairman of Charrington, Gardner, Locket & Co. (1940-67) and president from 1964 until his death in 1977. He was president of the Coal Merchants Federation of Great Britain (1930-31 and 1947-49); the National Society for Clean Air and the Coal Utilisation Council (1967-68); and was a member of the Carlton Club. For his services to the COal Industry he was knighted in the 1949 Birthday Honours’ List. (London Gazette 3 June 1949). Sold with a copy of Two Centuries in the London Coal Trade: the story of Charringtons by Elspet Fraser-Stephen, privately published in 1952, the inside inscribed by Sir John Charrington.

Three: Private G. T. Moss, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-174857 Pte. G. T. Moss. A.S.C.); Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 1 clasp, Darfur 1916 (M2-174857 Pte. G. T. Moss. A.S.C.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine (3) £500-£700 --- Sold with copied Medal Index Card which confirms all three medals and the Darfur 1916 clasp.

Pair: Assistant Forewoman A. Woodward, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (13 A-Fwn. A. Woodward. Q.M.A.A.C.) good very fine (2) £60-£80

Three: Captain F. A. H. Homan, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. A. H. Homan.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (89506 C.S. Mjr: F. A. H. Homan. R.G.A.) rank officially corrected on last, good very fine Three: Driver J. N. Stables, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (710153 Dvr. J. N. Stables. R.A.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with two Additional Award Bars (41446. Pte. J. N. Stables. Lancs. S.J.A.B. 1946.) nearly very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Frederick Algernon Holman Homan was born at St. Pancras, Middlesex, on 11 April 1874, and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery in London on 21 March 1892, having previously served in the 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. He was advanced Company Sergeant Major on 13 November 1905, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 92 of 1911. He served overseas in Gibraltar from 1 January 1909 to 10 January 1913, with the rest of his service with the Artillery being at home. He transferred to the Army Ordnance Corps on 21 March 1913, was promoted Conductor on 31 October 1914, and was commissioned an Assistant Commissary of Ordnance, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant on 3 January 1915. Promoted temporary Deputy Commissary of Ordnance, with the honorary rank of Captain, on 18 January 1916, he served during the Great War in Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey, and the Islands of the Aegean Sea from 28 August 1916 to 8 February 1918, being confirmed in the rank of Captain on 3 January 1918. He retired on 1 January 1929 and died at Upham, Hampshire, on 4 November 1945. Sold with extensive copied research. John Nelson Stables was born in Bolton, Lancashire, in 1898, the son of Sergeant-Major Wheeler John Nelson Stables Sr., Royal Artillery, and served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War. He saw further long service with the Lancashire St. John Ambulance Brigade, and died in Bolton on 11 October 1960.

Pair: Lieutenant J. A. Rutherford, Royal Air Force, late 54th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry, who served as Equipment Officer with 47 Squadron in Southern Russia in 1919 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. A. Rutherford. R.A.F.) BWM with official corrections, good very fine (2) £180-£220 --- John Allan Rutherford was the son of a mining engineer, and was born in Spokane River, Washington, USA in April 1893. He was educated at Hillhead High School, Allan Glens School and the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, Scotland. Rutherford was subsequently employed as a Land Surveyor in British Columbia, Canada, and attested for the 54th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry in August 1915. He advanced to Corporal, and applied for a British Army commission in March 1916. Rutherford was commissioned in the Royal Horse Artillery in April 1916, and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in August the following year. He was posted for pilot training to the Aerial Fighting School, Heliopolis, and suffered an injury from a flying accident during which he ‘stalled on turn and nosedived’ in December 1917. Rutherford was found ‘unfit for flying duties’ in April 1918, and was designated as an Equipment Officer. He served in the latter capacity with 47 Squadron in Southern Russia during the Russian Intervention in 1919. Rutherford was demobilised in June 1920, and awarded a wound gratuity. Sold with copied research and service papers.

Pair: Air Mechanican Second Class H. F. Watts, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (52731 2. A. M. H. F. Watts. R.A.F.) contact marks, some staining, otherwise very fine Pair: Air Mechanican Third Class J. Knox, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (190724 3. A.M. J. Knox. R.A.F.) very fine Pair: Air Mechanican Third Class W. Ritchie, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (302424 3. A.M. W. Ritchie. R.A.F.) contact marks, good very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Herbert Frederick Watts attested for the Royal Flying Corps on 3 January 1917 and saw service with 9 Squadron. He transferred to the Royal Air Force Reserve on 1 May 1919, whilst living at Victoria Road, Gillingham, Dorset. John Knox, a native of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, was born on 3 June 1900 and attested for the Royal Air Force for service during the Great War on 30 May 1918. He served on the Western Front from 19 August 1918 and was discharged on 20 April 1920. William Ritchie attested for service with the Army during the Great War and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 6 July 1917. He saw service in Egypt from 11 May 1918 and was demobilised on 20 August 1919.

Pair: Nursing Sister I. L. Kealy, Canadian Army Medical Corps, who died of Pneumonia, 12 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (N. Sister I. L. Kealy) very fine, scarce (2) £300-£400 --- Ida Lilian Kealy was born in Anerley, Surrey in June 1879. She was a professional nurse by occupation, and served during the Great War with the Canadian Army Medical Corps at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital. Nurse Sister Kealy died of pneumonia in the UK, 12 March 1918, and is buried in Bramshott (St Mary) Churchyard, Hampshire, England. She is commemorated on the "Women of the Empire" memorial panels in York Minster, and on the Nurses memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum. Sold with photographic image of recipient in uniform.

Three: Colour Sergeant E. Wager, Cheshire Regiment, later Indian Unattached List British War Medal 1914-20 (7092 C. Sjt. E. Wager. Ches. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (4114203 R-S-M. E. Wager. S.I. Ry. Bn.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S-S Instr. E. Wager, I.U.L.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160 --- Ernest Wager was born in 1883 and attested for the Cheshire Regiment at Warwick on 5 February 1903. He served with the Regiment in India from 20 September 1904, and whilst in India was posted to the Indian Unattached List on 10 October 1912. He transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Supernumerary) on 30 November 1920 and was employed as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the South Indian Railway Battalion, Auxiliary Force India. He returned home on 12 November 1925, an was discharged on 4 February 1926, after 23 years service, of which over 21 years had been spent soldiering in India. Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Service Red Book.

Family Group: British War Medal 1914-20 (T-20502 Pte. F. Holder. A.S.C.) in named card box of issue, and outer OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mr. F. Holder, 93 Stone Street, West Perth, Western Australia’, extremely fine Three: Private F. W. Holder, Royal Australian Engineers War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, these both officially impressed ‘WX38990 F. W. Holder’; Australian Service Medal 1945-75, 1 clasp, PNG (WX38990 F. W. Holder); together with an added 1939-45 Star and a copy Pacific Star, these two both recently laser engraved ‘WX38990 F. W. Holder’, extremely fine (6) £60-£80 --- Frederick Holder was born at Greatham, Hampshire, in 1884 and attested for the Army Service Corps on 27 January 1903. He was recalled from the Reserve on 6 August 1914, and served at home until 26 January 1916, when he was discharged on the termination of his period of enlistment. He subsequently emigrated to Perth, Western Australia, and died there in 1964. The British War Medal was his sole entitlement. Frederick Walter Holder, the son of the above, was born in Perth, W.A., on 11 June 1920 and attested there for the Australian Military Forces on 7 April 1941. He was mobilised on 14 January 1942, and served with the Royal Australian Engineers in New Guinea from 28 April 1945. He was discharged on 8 April 1946, and died in Perth on 28 September 2007. Sold with the recipient’s Australian Military Force Army Driving Licence; an Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs Commemorative Medallion for the 60th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War 1945-2005; and copied research.

Five: Attributed to Major R. H. Durrant, Royal Artillery, who was wounded in action on 10 April 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘R. H. Durrant, Esq., 28 Sherborne Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk’, extremely fine Three: Attributed to Private J. E. Williams, King’s Own Royal Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services whilst a Prisoner of War 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘Mr. J. E. Williams, 19 Canterbury Road, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire.’, extremely fine Five: Attributed to Major C. E. Tearne, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘Maj. C. E. Tearne, 89 Ember Lane, Esher, Surrey’, extremely fine (13) £100-£140 --- Reginald Harry Durrant was born in Great Finborough, Suffolk, on 22 October 1908 and having served as a Bugler with the Territorial Army was commissioned from the ranks and saw service in the Royal Artillery in North Africa and Italy, obtaining his wings and serving in the latter theatre attached to the Royal Air Force. He was granted a Regular Army commission on 7 July 1949, and was appointed Quartermaster. He was awarded his Long Service ands Good Conduct Medal on 20 October 195, and was promoted Major on 3 April 1951. John Edward Williams was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 27 May 1940, and was held at Stalag VIII-B at Lamsdorf. For his services whilst a Prisoner of War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 April 1946). Charles Ernest Tearne was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, on 30 April 1900 and was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 22 November 1918 as an Observer. Too late to see active service, he transferred to the Unemployed List on 12 June 1919. He was granted an emergency commission as a Major in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, on 28 December 1939, and served with them during the Second World War, transferring to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 1 October 1942. For his services in the Mediterranean theatre he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 May 1946). He died at Ewhurst, Surrey, on 28 February 1974. Sold with copied research.

Four: Warrant Officer Class II A. M. Williams, Royal Signals, late Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (2309768 Sjt. A. M. Williams. R. Signals) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100 --- Alexander Mitchell Williams was born in Norwich, Norfolk on 9 January 1904. A machinist by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Engineers at Cork on 2 February 1920 and was transferred to the Royal Signals on 6 November. He served in Egypt from 30 November 1922 to 15 May 1929 and in India from 24 December 1931 to 1 December 1932. Promoted Sergeant in 1936, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1938. With the outbreak of the Second World War, he served with the B.E.F. from 13 September 1939 to 23 June 1940; thereafter his service was in Britain. Promoted Warrant Officer Class III in March 1940, he attained the rank of Warrant Officer Class II (Company Sergeant Major) in July 1942. He was discharged on 25 September 1953. Sold with a fine photograph album containing photos dating from the recipient’s time in Egypt, 1922-29.

Five: Company Quarter Master Sergeant T. Bayly, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese at the Fall of Hong Kong, 25 December 1941 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (6198031 Sjt. T. Bayly. Mx) good very fine (5) £260-£300 --- Thomas Bayly was born in Aldershot, Hampshire in November 1909. He was the son of Colour Sergeant R. J. Bayly, Middlesex Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war by the Germans at Mons, 23 August 1914. A true ‘Die Hard’ family, Bayly’s father named the family residence ‘Albuhera’ on the Salisbury Road, Amesbury, Wiltshire. Bayly attested for the Army in September 1927, and was posted for service with the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment as part of the Hong Kong Garrison. He was serving there when war broke out in the Pacific, 8 December 1941, and was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese at the Fall of Hong Kong, 25 December 1941. He was interned in the following prisoner of war camps: Shampshuipo, Hong Kong, December 1941 - December 1943; Nagoya, Japan, December 1943 - June 1945 and Toyama, Japan, June 1945 until liberation. Bayly died in Bournemouth, Dorset in 1985.

Seven: Private E. W. J. Grisbrook, Kensington Regiment (Princess Louise’s), who was wounded in North West Europe on 3 July 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6206799. Pte. F. W. J. Grisbrook. M.X.) nearly extremely fine (7) £120-£160 --- Eric William Joseph Grisbrook was born in Camberwell, London, on 4 April 1920 and served with both the 1st and 2nd Battalions, Kensington Regiment (Princess Louise’s) during the Second World War. He was wounded by shrapnel to the right ear and right arm on 3 July 1944, whilst drawing rations, and was evacuated to No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station. He died in London on 27 April 1987. Sold with copied research.

Family group: Seven: Sergeant T. Warburton, Royal Army Medical Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7357439 Sjt. T. Warburton. R.A.M.C.) last in named card box of issue; together with a R.A.M.C. Tug-o-War Prize Medal, bronze, engraved ‘126 Fd. Amb. 1940 Cpl. T. Warburton.’; and a Royal Life Saving Society Swimming Proficiency Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘T. Warburton, June 1946’, nearly extremely fine Pair: Flight Lieutenant R. Warburton, Royal Air Force, who died in Egypt on 28 September 1943 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure named ‘Flight Lieutenant R. Warburton’, nearly extremely fine (11) £100-£140 --- Ronald Warburton, the son of Thomas and Annie Warburton of Manchester, was commissioned into the Royal Air Force, and was killed while serving in Egypt on 28 September 1943. He is buried at Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt.

Six: Private F. R. Arkell, Army Catering Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (1487398 Pte. F. R. Arkell. A.C.C.) nearly extremely fine Five: Private H. Wilkins, Army Catering Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all contemporarily engraved ‘5506173. Pte. H. Wilkins. A.C.C.’, good very fine 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45 (3), the first four mounted as worn, very fine (17) £80-£100

Pair: Sapper C. A. Beck, Royal Engineers War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14923876 Spr. C. A. Beck) with named Army Council condolence slip, 2nd initial and surname partially officially corrected, very fine or better (2) £60-£80 --- Charles Arthur Beck was the son of Mr and Mrs C. A. Beck of Walworth, London. He served with 55 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers. Sapper Beck died of illness whilst on active service at the British Military Hospital, Gaza, 18 July 1947. He is buried in the Ramleh War Cemetery.

Three: Corporal R. F. Mates, Army Catering Corps General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14472950 Pte. R. F. Mates. A.C.C.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (14472950 Cpl. R. F. Mates. A.C.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, last with named card box of issue, extremely fine (3) £120-£160

Five: Corporal D. McCallum, Australian Forces Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (2/400806 D. Mc.Callum) officially re-impressed naming; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (2/8081 D. Mc.Callum.); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (2/400806 D. Mc.Callum.); South Korean War Service Medal, the reverse engraved ‘D. Mc.Callum 2/400806’; together with a Commemorative Medal for the 50th Anniversary of the end of the Korean War 2953-2003 (2/400806 D. Mc.Callum) mounted as worn in this order, generally good very fine (5) £160-£200 --- David McCallum was born at Cessnock, New South Wales, on 29 November 1919 and enlisted into the Royal Australian Air Force on 8 September 1942. He served with 43 Squadron, as a mechanic working on Catalina flying boats, and was promoted Corporal on 15 January 1945. He was discharged on 30 July 1946 (entitled to Defence and War Medals, and Australia Service Medal). McCallum enlisted into the Australian Regular Army in 1950 and was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment on 20 December 1951. He served with 3 R.A.R. in Korea from 5 August to 3 December 1952, before being evacuated to Japan suffering from sickness, and returned to Australia in March 1953. He subsequently served in the Bomb Disposal Section, Royal Australian Engineers, and was posted to both the Solomon Islands and Penang, Malaya. His final posting was with the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as a fitter at the Base Ordnance Depot, and he was discharged on 12 April 1961. He subsequently re-enlisted into the Royal Australian Air Force. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Sergeant W. Kerr, Army Catering Corps General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22795900 Pte. W. Kerr. A.C.C.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (22795900 Sgt. W. Kerr ACC.) nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100

Pair: Warrant Officer Class I W. Guthrie, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Borneo, Northern Ireland (23239177 S.Sgt. W. Guthrie. REME.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23239177 W.O. Cl.1 W. Guthrie REME.) the first mounted court-style as worn, the second loose; together with the related miniature GSM, this also mounted court-style as worn, extremely fine (2) £100-£140

Pair: Lance-Corporal S. Phillips, Army Catering Corps General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24779424 Pte S Phillips ACC); Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24779424 LCpl S Phillips ACC) rank officially corrected, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (2) £80-£100

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse, edge dated, impressed naming (J. Mc.Namara, Serjeant 7th Dragoon Guards. 184.) last digit of year obscured by suspension claw, the reverse additionally privately engraved ‘1843’, originally fitted with a steel clip, now replaced by a later scroll suspension, edge bruising, good very fine £180-£220 --- James McNamara was born in Longford, Ireland, on 11 October 1796 and attested for the 7th Dragoon Guards on 11 October 1809, aged 13, a trumpeter by trade. He was promoted Trumpet Major on 25 May 1829, and Hospital Sergeant on 27 May 1841, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1843. He was discharged on 25 April 1843, after 28 years and 197 days’ man’s service. He died in Dublin on 22 October 1879. Sold with copied record of service.