Army L.S. & G.C., (2); V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (17197 Q.M. Sejt. A. Murray. R.E.); G.VI.R, 1st issue, Regular Army (2870578 Gnr. W. Will. R.A.) suspension loose and contact marks on first, otherwise both nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901 Alexander Murray, a Joiner from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, and a member of the 1st Peterhead Artillery, attested for the Royal Engineers at Aberdeen on 1 November 1881. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant on 1 January 1895, he served in South Africa during the Boer War from 11 November 1899 to 28 October 1902, during which time he was awarded his LSGC under Army Order 156 of 1900, and appointed Sergeant Major on 29 November 1900. Awarded a QSA (CC, OFS, Tvl) and a KSA with the two usual date clasps, he was Mentioned in Despatches in Lord Robert’s despatch, in the London Gazette of 10 September 1901. He was discharged at his own request, on 1 November 1907. Sold together with an Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes medal named to “Bro. William Will. Raised 1-5-70, Pinhoe Lodge, 6931’.
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Militia L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (8994 Pte. G. Cleverley. Hamp: Regt. Mil.) about extremely fine £400-£500 --- One of only 8 Militia Long Service and Good Conduct Medals awarded to the Hampshire Regiment. George Cleverley was born in Portsmouth and attested there for the Hampshire Regiment Militia 19 February 1881. He was awarded his Militia Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 138 of July 1905. Sold with copied Attestation papers.
Pair: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant E. J. Dewey, Hampshire (Carabiniers) Imperial Yeomanry Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (163 S.Q.M. Sjt: E. J. Dewey. Hamp: Cbnrs: I.Y.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (100001W.O. Cl.II. E. J. Dewey. Hamps. Yeo.) minor official correction to unit on latter, nearly extremely fine (2) £400-£500 --- Ernest J. Dewey was born in Portsmouth in 1868. He entered the family coal business which he later took over when his father died. This he managed, with the assistance of his wife during his Service days, until he retired at the age of 79. He joined the Hampshire Carabiniers Yeomanry in 1888. With them he won many prizes and trophies for shooting and horsemanship. During his period of service he was amongst those who went over to the Isle of Wight to ride in Queen Victoria’s funeral procession. During the Boer War he remained in England employed as an Instructor. During the Great War he was transferred to the Royal Regiment of Dragoons. He was awarded the Imperial Yeomanry Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 27 of 1905 and the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 65 of 1921. Sold with copied research including a copied group photograph which includes Dewey.
A rare Great War Posthumous D.C.M. group of four to Sapper A. W. Kay, 57th Field Company, Royal Engineers, who was decorated for endeavouring to rescue a wounded man under very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, at Kemmel, near Ypres on 12 March 1915; Sapper Kay was killed in the attempt and so was the wounded man he went out to save Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (23921 Sapr. A. W. Kay. 57/F. Co. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (23921 Sapr: A. W. Kay. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (23921 Sapr. A. W. Kay. R.E.) together with Memorial Plaque (Arthur William Kay) in its card envelope with Buckingham Palace enclosure and outer O.H.M.S. transmission envelope addressed to his father, and named Memorial Scroll (Sapr. Arthur William Kay, D.C.M. Royal Engineers) extremely fine (4) £2,000-£3,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in endeavouring to rescue a wounded man under very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire. Sapper Kay was killed in the attempt and so was the wounded man he went out to save.’ Arthur William Kay was born in Birmingham and joined the army before the war. He landed in France on 16 August 1914, with the 57th Field Company, Royal Engineers, as part of the original British Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action on 12 March 1915, whilst attempting to rescue a wounded comrade, 23356 Sapper H. S. Regan, who unfortunately also died. The War Diary for 57th Field Company R.E. indicates that from March 7th to March 13th the unit involved in laying out and supervising the digging of new trenches near Kemmel. During that period five other men were reported as being wounded but Kay and Regan were the only two fatalities. Both men are commemorated in Wytschaete Military Cemetery, their graves originally known to have been in the R.E. (Beaver) Farm cemetery but could not be found when these small cemeteries were amalgamated after the armistice. The cemetery is located about 7k south of Ypres. Kay was aged about 20 when he died and was the son of Mr & Mrs A. E. Kay of 49 Cartland Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham. Sold with copied research including photographs of the headstones of both men buried close to each other.
Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (914711 Gnr. C. R. Cambridge. R.A.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Walter Dew); National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal, silver, edge officially numbered ‘1791’, with 20 Years top riband bar, and three Additional Five Years award Bars, unnamed as issued, generally very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Charles Robert Cambridge was discharged to the Territorial Army Reserve on 6 June 1946, and probably had Second World War Service. Walter Dew is noted, in research accompanying the medal, as the son of Detective Chief Inspector Walter Dew, who was involved in the hunt for both Jack the Ripper and Dr. Crippen, and arrested Dr. Crippen in Canada.
Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3167 Cpl. J. Davison. D.C.O. Hants & I. of W. R.F.R.A.) first digit of number slightly double-struck, good very fine, scarce to unit £400-£500 --- One of only 3 Special Reserve L.S. & G.C. Medals awarded to the Duke of Connaught’s Own Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Field Reserve Artillery. J. Davison was awarded his Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 6 of January 1909.
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia 1917’ D.C.M. and M.S.M. group of six awarded to Acting Regimental Sergeant-Major Samuel Gibson, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, late Manchester Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7755 A.R.S. Mjr: S. Gibson. 6/R. Lanc: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6648 Pte. S. Gibson, Manch: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (7755 C.Q.M. Sjt. S. Gibson. R. Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7755 W.O. Cl.1. S. Gibson. R. Lanc. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (7755 A.R.S. Mjr: S. Gibson. 6/R. Lanc: R.) mounted for display, the 1914-15 Star sometime gilded, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 29 August 1917: ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty. He has done consistent good work under fire, and has set a fine example of duty to those under him.’ M.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917 (Mesopotamia). Samuel Gibson was born in Manchester and enlisted into the Manchester Regiment on 14 March 1901, aged 19 years 8 months. He served with the Manchester Regiment in South Africa from 9 November 1901 to 8 April 1903 (Queen’s medal with 3 Clasps). He transferred to the Royal Lancaster Regiment on 26 February 1903, and served in India from February 1904 for nearly five years, returning home to the U.K. on 7 January 1909, when he transferred to the Army Reserve as a Lance-Sergeant. He was appointed paid Lance-Sergeant upon mobilisation into the 6th King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment on 13 August 1914, and promoted to Sergeant nine days later. He was appointed Company Quarter-Master Sergeant in February 1915 and proceeded overseas with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 13 June 1915. Promoted W.O. 2 and appointed Company Sergeant-Major in August 1915, he was appointed Acting Regimental Sergeant-Major the following month and served in that capacity with the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia from 13 February 1916, until August 1918. He was finally discharged on 17 November 1919. Sold with copied research including discharge papers, 6th Battalion War Diary for 1917 in Mesopotamia, and a copied photographic image of the recipient in uniform with his wife and infant child.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Acting-Sergeant J. Firth, 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action in Flanders on 4 June 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7522 Cpl. J. Firth. 1/W. York: R.); 1914 Star (7522 Pte. J. Firth. 1/W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7522 A-Sjt. J. Firth. W. York. R.) medals unmounted, the Victory Medal with some verdigris, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1916; citation published 21 June 1916: ‘For consistent gallantry and good work throughout, notably when he carried messages at a critical time under heavy fire.’ John Firth entered the French theatre of war as a Private in the 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, on 8 September 1914. He was killed in action as an Acting-Sergeant in an attack to capture and hold ‘Old British Trench’, near Ypres, on the night of 3rd/4th June 1916. He was aged 30 years, the son of Squire and Martha Firth, of Liversedge, West Yorkshire, and is buried in Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. It was in this cemetery that Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae of the Canadian Army Medical Corps wrote the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ in May 1915. Sold with copied research including Medal Index Card, gazette notices, War Diary extracts covering his last action and photographs of his gravestone and cemetery.
The emotive and extremely well-documented P.D.S.A. Dickin Medal for Gallantry - “The Animals’ V.C.” - and R.S.P.C.A. Red Collar for Valour awarded to War Dog Rob, for his gallantry and outstanding service during the Second World War, during which he undertook 20 parachute descents while serving with Infantry in North Africa and the 2nd S.A.S. Regiment in Italy People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals Dickin Medal for Gallantry, bronze, the reverse inscribed ‘“ROB” War Dog No. 471/322 Attached 2nd. S.A.S. Regt. February 1945 A.F.M.C. No. 998 11’, pierced with ring suspension, and attached by riband to the recipient’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Red Collar For Valour leather collar, this complete with integral R.S.P.C.A. For Valour medallion, with accompanying campaign ribands for the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star and Italy Star, good very fine (lot) £20,000-£30,000 --- Instituted by Maria Dickin, C.B.E., the founder of the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals, in 1943, the Dickin Medal has since been awarded on 71 occasions - 32 of them going to pigeons, 34 to dogs, 4 to horses, and 1 to a cat. The vast majority (and all those awards to pigeons) were granted in respect of acts of bravery in the Second World War, but more recently a number of awards have been made to Arms and Explosives Search Dogs of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps for their gallantry in Iraq and Afghanistan. P.D.S.A. Dickin Medal for Gallantry awarded 8 February 1945. The accompanying P.D.S.A. (The People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals) and A.F.M.C. (Allied Forces Mascot Club) certificate states: ‘This is to certify that Rob, War Dog No 471/322 has been awarded the Dickin Medal for Gallantry for outstanding service including 20 parachute descents while serving with Infantry in North Africa and SAS Regiment in Italy. Signed M. E. Dickin (Founder). Inscription to the reverse reads: ‘War Dog No 471/322 “Rob” took part in the landings in the North African campaign with an Infantry unit. Since September 1943, he has served with a Special Air Force Regiment and took part in operations with that Unit in Italy, most of which were of an unpleasant nature. He was used as patrol and guard over small parties who were lying up in enemy occupied territory. There is no doubt that his presence with these parties saved many of them from being discovered, and thereby captured or killed. The Dog has made over 20 parachute descents.’ Rob, a black-and-white collie-retriever, was bought as a puppy in 1939 for 5 shillings, and lived his early years with the Bayne family of Tetchill, Ellesmere, Shropshire, as their farm dog and pet. When Rob was still a small puppy, he went on an exploration beyond the boundaries of Tetchill and was brought home by John Brunt, then a schoolboy at Ellesmere College. John became a frequent visitor, taking Rob for walks when time allowed. After leaving college John joined the army and led a distinguished career until he was killed in action. On the day that Rob received the ‘animal V.C.’, it was announced that John had been posthumously awarded the V.C., a strange but sad coincidence that the boy and a dog who roamed the Shropshire fields together should both have received the highest honour. At the time of receiving the award, his owner, Edward Bayne, told the Oban Times how caring he had been as a farm dog: ‘He used to help settle the chicks in their houses at night, picking them up in his mouth when they had strayed away - he had a wonderful mouth - and tucking them in under their mothers.’ The Baynes’ son, Basil, had learnt to walk by holding onto Rob’s tail or clutching his coat, and if the child was crying Rob put his front paws up on the pram, soothed him and made him laugh. Rob’s owners volunteered him as a War Dog in 1942 and he was signed up on 19 May of that year. Following action in the North Africa campaign, from September 1943 Rob served with the Special Air Service Regiment (SAS), the first war dog to do so. With the regiment, he took part in operations in Italy, parachuting in on sabotage missions. According to official War Office records, Rob completed more than 20 parachute descents, 3 of them operational. An account included with the lot gives further details of his war-time exploits: ‘At nearby Sousse, the 2nd S.A.S., then virtually unknown, had their training base. Captain Burt was a very worried man. The commanding officer was away ill and stores were disappearing in a most disconcerting way. Captain Burt asked the holding section for 2 dogs. One developed skin disease and was returned - the other was Rob, who proved more than equal to the task. He soon became race conscious and pilfering Arabs became honest men over night! It was from there that the 2nd S.A.S. practised their parachute drops and one day the men smuggled Rob up in the plane for a ride. It was all they could do to prevent him from jumping out after the men. So they borrowed a harness from a nearby American base who were trying to train dogs to jump and on the next flight up, again took Rob with them. This time Rob jumped and on landing the men ran to him to release him from the parachute. He had made a perfect drop, falling silently without panic through the air. It was only at this point that the commanding officer was informed of the fact that Rob had been airborne and from then on his training began in earnest.’ The account tells how Rob later completed three separate sabotage missions behind enemy lines. A letter from Jennifer Hodges, daughter of Victor (Sam) Redhead, Rob’s S.A.S. handler, confirms Redhead’s account of how Rob would ‘eagerly parachute ahead of my father and his S.A.S. group and then bring them together as soon as possible after they had landed’. The letter continues: ‘While the soldiers were sleeping Rob would patrol round them and lick their faces to bring them to instant wakefulness at the slightest sound. On one mission, he went missing for five weeks but in that time he rounded up all the widely scattered members of his 2nd S.A.S. patrol and they returned home safely’. (letter included with lot refers). Rob was the first War Dog attached to the S.A.S. to be awarded the ‘animal V.C.’, and was reportedly the only War Dog to have been nominated for the Dickin Medal by the War Office. He was presented with his Dickin Medal by Major the Hon. W. P. Sidney V.C. M.P. (later Viscount de L’Isle, V.C., K.G., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O.), the Anzio beachhead hero, at a ceremony at the Prisoner of War Funds Exhibition in London on 8 February 1945. Demobilised on 27 November 1945, Rob led the Wembley Parade of 32 war dogs on 16 July 1947 in front of 10,000 spectators, being the only dog present to hold both the Dickin Medal and the R.S.P.C.A. Red Collar and Medallion for Valour. Following his wartime exploits, Rob was returned to the Baynes and settled back into family life on the farm, occasionally making public appearances to help raise funds for returning Prisoners of War and their families. In February 1948 he disappeared for five days with his companion, the Baynes’ other dog, Judy, a spaniel. Extensive press coverage accompanied the disappearance, with some papers expressing the fear that Rob might have been kidnapped, The Daily Graphic describing him as ‘the no. 1 canine hero of the war’. Five days later he was found by a neighbouring farmer, his face gashed and suffering from exhaustion, with Judy standing guard over him, his collar and ribbon missing. It appeared that he had been caught in a rabbit hole. His damaged collar, now missing its buckle, was later recovered, an...
Great War Memorial Scrolls (2) ‘2nd. Lt. Charles George Edric Clowes, King’s Royal Rifle Corps.; Pte. Ernest Ratcliffe, Royal Lancaster Regt.’, ‘2nd’ struck through on first, the second mounted for display in a glazed frame; Mentioned in Despatches Certificates (2) ‘Sergeant R. Knight, Royal Army Pay Corps, dated 20 December 1940; Flight Lieutenant A. H. Wood, Auxiliary Air Force, dated 1 January 1942’, the first mounted on card, the second housed in a glazed display frame, generally good condition (4) £80-£100
A large quantity of Documents, Wartime Photographs, and other Ephemera. Including a Commission Document appointing Theodore Francis Edwards a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps, dated 17 August 1935; Wartime photographs attributed to members of the Dunscombe family, specifically Sub Lieutenant E. W. Dunscombe, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (31 photographs); Lieutenant T. A. Dunscombe, Royal Artillery (4 photographs); and Dorothy Dunscombe, Auxiliary Territorial Force (4 photographs); Wartime photographs and Army Training Manuals attributed to Captain A. Thorne and Lieutenant P. Turnbull, both Grenadier Guards, principally related to bomb and mine laying and disposal; Documents and photographs relating to Flight Lieutenant F. M. Fuller, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; a small lot of photographs attributed to the Samuels and Kirkland families of Newton le Willows, Yorkshire, together with a small silver R.A.F. wings sweetheart badge; and a Father and son pair of Metropolitan Police pension certificates and Metropolitan Police J. Hudson & Co., Whistles, to Police Constable H. Parker, ‘K’ (Bow) Division, and Police Constable H. A. Parker, ‘M’ (Southwark) Division, generally good condition (lot) £60-£80 --- Sold with copied research.
A large quantity of Second World War documents and ephemera, including documents, photographs and a tin cigarette box relating to Regimental Sergeant Major F. Fowler, Royal Artillery, who received the Meritorious Service Medal; a Royal Artillery officer’s photograph album, mainly containing images of service in Palestine and the Middle East; a quantity of individual and group photographs and contemporary newspapers; a quantity of ephemera, relating to the Second World War and post-war Palestine, including copy General Service Medal 1918-16, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48; an Account book relating to S. H. Smith, 6th Dragoon Guards (enlisted 1869); Army paybooks (6) relating to Second Lieutenant C. R Conner, Royal Artillery; Second Lieutenant D. G. Madgett, Intelligence Corps; Signalman A. Petrie, Royal Signals; W. E. Elms; K. Shaw; Norman Westaway; Army certificates of service (3) relating to Sergeant S. E. Oxley, Royal Armoured Corps; Corporal H. Robertson, Royal Army Service Corps (2); Army service record and other documents relating to Captain H. Cockshott, Royal Army Medical Corps; R.A.F. certificate of service relating to L.A.C. T. A. Humphreys; R.A.F. service books relating to Sergeant W. H. Brumby; Corporal F. J. Adkins; Corporal L. Matthews; Documents relating to Flying Officer R. Wann, a Flight Engineer who was taken prisoner after the raid of Juvisy on the night of the 7-8 June 1944, contained within a ring binder; and other documents, photographs, and ephemera, generally good condition (lot) £80-£100 --- Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement.
A selection of miscellaneous medals, including a Medallion to commemorate the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Ireland in 1868, this in poor condition; a Great War Tribute Medal from the Citizens of Lidcombe 1918, silver (Cpl. W. E. Simpson); a Great War Silver War Badge ‘132571’, with brass wound stripe; a London County Council ‘King’s Medal’ for good attendance, silver, 1 clasp, 1911-12 (F. Kitchen.), with an undated second clasp, and ‘L.C.C.’ top riband bar; a London County Council ‘King’s Medal’ for good attendance, bronze, 1 clasp, 1911-12 (M. Chatfield.), with ‘L.C.C.’ top riband bar; two Association of Conservative Clubs Distinguished Service Medals, bronze and enamel, the first with two ‘Five Years’ clasps, ‘M. J. Blades 1904’; the second with three ‘Five Years’ clasps, ‘H. Edmunds 1957’, both with top ‘Distinguished Service’ riband bars; a Salvation Army Long and Faithful Service Medal, silver and enamel, ‘Major George W. P. Read. 1917’; three Safe Driving Competition Badges, the first the War substitute for the Gold Medal, ‘E. A. Owen’, with top 1941 riband bar; the second a 5 years Driver Award, ‘E. A. Owen’, with top 1936 riband bar; the third a bronze medal for 25 Years, 1926-1950, ‘G. P. Lucking’, with additional clasps for 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954, and top 1950 25 [Years] riband bar; a British Securicor Medal for Long Service, silver, unnamed; three National Saving Bank Long Service Badges, for 7 Years, 15 Years, and 20 Years; a Royal Irish Rangers 1689-1989 Commemorative Medal, unnamed; a Gordon Highlanders Glengarry cap badge; a Canadian lapel badge; a Yachtsman lapel badge; a George IV pendant with five miscellaneous tokens; a Royal Dublin Society silver oval medallion, ‘Spring Show 1939, Long Service Award, Edward Farrelly, 42 Years Service’; a U.S.S. Constellation Commissioning Medallion 1961, bronze; and a Pakistan Republic Medal 1956, generally very fine (lot) £100-£140
A fine Great War ‘Western Front 1918’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private S. Powner, 2/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, who was taken prisoner at Vaulx-Vraucourt on 2 September but escaped amid the confusion of a shell bursting amongst the escort party, dashed back to secure a Lewis gun and turned it with great effect on the enemy as he fought his way back to his Company Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (57911 Pte. S. Powner 2/4 York & Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (35853 Pte. S. Powner. York. R.) mounted as worn, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine (3) £900-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 16 January 1919: ‘When only he and his section leader escaped becoming casualties, from the effect of the heavy barrage by the enemy on their trench, near Vaulx-Vraucourt, on the 2nd September, 1918, they were surrounded and made prisoners. A shell burst among the group, disorganising the escort. Private Powner, who had been knocked down by the explosion, dashed back with great courage and presence of mind, and secured a Lewis gun, which he turned on the enemy with great effect, and fought his way back to his company, where he carried on the fight with fine gallantry and determination.’ Sydney Powner was born on 22 September 1898, at Hanley, Staffordshire, son of James and Emma Powner. He attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers on 24 July 1916, by which time he was living in Cheshire, and was given the regimental number ‘12515’. Although at that time he would have been 17 years old he gave his age as 18 years 7 days and his occupation as a wagoner. There is no record of when Powner was first posted overseas but, on 30 April 1918, he was tried by District Court Martial for disobeying a lawful command from his superior officer and sentenced to 91 days detention. His sentence appears to have been rescinded for, on 29 June 1918, he was transferred to the 13th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, and given the number ‘35853’. From there he was again transferred, on 8 August 1918, to the York and Lancaster Regiment, with another new number, ‘57911. Powner was awarded the D.C.M. for his actions with 2/4 York and Lancaster Regiment, near Vaulx-Vraucourt on 2 September 1918, during the attack on the Drocourt-Queant Switch line. He was then wounded in the arm on 14 September during the attack on Havrincourt, and evacuated to England via Rouen. On 19th November he was posted to the Tank command at Catterick and, on 6 January 1919, he was posted to the 3rd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, prior to his discharge and transfer to Class Z Army Reserve on 4 March 1919. In April 1921, at which time he gave his occupation as Farmer, he re-enlisted in the Army for 90 days emergency service and was discharged in July of that year. In 1927 he wrote to the Army record office requesting a reference for his time in the Army as he was looking to join the Police Force but it is not known if he was successful in this respect. He died in East Staffordshire in 1980. Sold with copied research including record of service, gazette notices, D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards, War Diary extracts for August and September 1918, and a small photograph of Powner in later civilian life.
A Great War ‘Bois de Courton, 23 July 1918’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. Shaw, 1/6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, who was killed in action on 25 October 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (265181 Sjt: J. Shaw. 1/6 Sea: Highrs:); 1914-15 Star (1290 Pte. J. Shaw. Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (1290 Sjt. J. Shaw. Seaforth.) together with Memorial Plaque (John Shaw) nearly extremely fine (4) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 30 October 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. In an attack he led his platoon forward with conspicuous gallantry, took his objective and maintained his position, despite very heavy shell fire. His coolness and fine leadership under very difficult circumstances were most marked.’ Annotated Gazette states ‘Bois de Courton, 23 July 1918.’ John Shaw was born at Edinkillie, near Forres, Morayshire, and enlisted at Grantown-on-Spey. Serving with the 1/6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 1 May 1915. He was killed in action at Maing, north-east of Cambrai, on 25 October 1918, aged 24, and is commemorated by name at Maing Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Sold with original Army Form B.104-82 - informing Mr Alex Shaw of Grantown-on-Spey of his son’s death and named Divisional ‘Gallantry on Active Service’ card dated for ‘23.7.18’, together with copied research including War Diary extracts covering the operations at Bois de Courton in July 1918, and those at Maing in October 1918.
Germany, Baden, Field Service Medal, bronze; Bavaria, Campaign Cross 1813-14 (2), bronze; Veteran’s Campaign Cross 1848, this last with heavy traces of verdigris; Wurttemberg, Campaign Medal 1793-1815, bronze, for service in two campaigns; Germany, Imperial Military Commemorative Cross for 1813-14, bronze; together with an Austrian Army Cannon Cross 1813-14, blackened bronze; and a cast copy Prussian War Merit Medal 1815, non-combatant’s issue, generally nearly very fine and better (8) £160-£200
A German Great War Iron Cross group of five Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre; Bavaria, Military Merit Cross, Third Class breast badge, bronze, with crossed swords suspension; Germany, Cross of Honour 1914-18, combatant’s issue with swords, bronze, reverse marked ‘B10’; Bavaria, Army Jubilee Medal 1905, bronze; Long Service Medal, Third Class, for 9 Years’ Service, silvered, mounted German-style as worn, traces of verdigris to fourth, generally very fine and better (5) £100-£140
An outstanding and well-documented Second War ‘Dunkirk 1940’ Immediate D.C.M. group of ten awarded to Regimental Sergeant-Major W. J. Gilchrist, Irish Guards, later Norfolk Regiment, who served with the Commando ‘Harpoon Force’ which evacuated the Dutch Royal Family just days before the country fell, and then distinguished himself in action against the German advance to Dunkirk which resulted in the knocking out of an enemy tank - despite being wounded by three bullets that tore through his helmet and left him blind for three months he refused to leave his post. Gilchrist saw later action post D-Day with the Irish Guards during their famous stand on the ‘Bridge too Far’ at Nijmegen, and then saw further service with the Royal Norfolk Regiment in Korea, for which he was Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (2717907 Sgt. W. J. Gilchrist. I.G.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue, with M.I.D. oak leaf (2717907 W.O. Cl.1. W. J. Gilchrist. R. Norfolk.) number and unit partially officially corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (2717907 W.O. Cl.1. W. J. Gilchrist. D.C.M. R. Norfolk.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (2717907 W.O. Cl.1. W. J. Gilchrist. D.C.M. R. Norfolk.) good very fine (10) £4,000-£5,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 22 October 1940. The original Recommendation (for an Immediate award) states: ‘Boulogne 23 May 1940. Sergeant Gilchrist was in personal charge of an anti-tank rifle which protected the rear of the Battalion during its withdrawal into Boulogne on the 23rd May. For two hours this N.C.O., with a few men, succeeded in holding their post at a street corner, thus enabling the remainder of the Battalion to move on unmolested. Although under extremely heavy machine gun fire he showed the greatest contempt of danger and continued to keep his anti-tank gun in action. He was instrumental in hitting and setting on fire an enemy tank, thus blocking a street down which the enemy was trying to move. Later in the action he himself was wounded but refused to leave his anti-tank rifle until it and the Bren supporting it became jammed from over firing. Throughout the whole action Sergeant Gilchrist showed courage and bravery of a very high order and set the finest example to the remainder of his platoon.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 24 April 1953: ‘For gallant and distinguished service out in Korea in the period from 1st July to 31st December 1952.’ William John Gilchrist was born in Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, (Northern) Ireland on 15 August 1915, and attested for the Irish Guards on 16 January 1934. Posted to the 1st Battalion, by family repute he served for sometime at Batman to the future Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis, before proceeding with the Battalion to Egypt in November 1936. Appointed a Lance Corporal, he transferred to the Army Reserve on 14 May 1938. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he was recalled from the Reserve, and posted to the 2nd Battalion. As such he remained on home service initially, but with the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, his battalion was ordered to depart from Dover for the Hook of Holland to cover the evacuation of the Dutch Royal Family and Government in May 1940 as part of what became known as Harpoon Force. Harpoon Force As the German blitzkrieg ravaged across Europe, old Kingdoms were been swept aside with impunity by the German army. The Dutch Royal family were next on the list and by late April 1940 their situation was on the brink. A 'Commando' style withdrawal was required. Major Haydon, Officer Commanding 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards, was called to arms in order to raise a small combined force to bring the Royal Family to Britain so they might rule in exile. Harpoon Force left off from Dover aboard Hereward. The invasion had taken everyone by surprise, so about a quarter of the men were on leave and couldn’t be reached through phone or telegram. With the landing planned for Walcheren the wider aims were: 1. Secure it for use of the Royal Navy; 2. Rescue the Royal family; 3. Evacuate embassy staff and other British citizens; 4. Cover the escape route from The Hague to Walcheren. Besides this the troops already in Holland were to try and secure any gold or diamonds and destroy as much as possible to damage anything the Germans might soon 'inherit'. Harpoon Force reached the Hook of Holland at dawn on 13 May to find the place in flames and had just docked when Stukas began bombing their ship and strafing them for good measure. They also found that it wasn’t just the enemy who were shooting at them. Some of the locals supported the German invasion and began taking potshots at the 2nd Battalion from several houses, forcing them to take cover. The Irish Guards had to get to The Hague to escort the Dutch royal family, but it was hard going even when members of the Dutch resistance came to their aid. The Dutch also warned them not to accept candy or cigarettes from any local because they were likely poisoned by Nazi-sympathizers. Since Haydon was given some leeway in his orders, he chose not to sacrifice anyone to The Hague. Walcheren was under siege, so securing it was hard enough. Besides the ship’s guns, all his battalion had were a few 3-inch mortar guns, the standard issue Bren guns, some anti-tank guns, and two signal trucks. By late morning, trucks began arriving from Amsterdam, but none carried the Royal Family. They instead brought diamond-filled crates which the sailors loaded onto the Hereward. To make room for more, they began unloading the ship’s stores for the use of the resistance. With the Germans still strafing them and still not a Dutch Royal in sight, Haydon finally gave the order to secure the roads between Walcheren and the docks. They hoped that some British nationals might make it out. Shortly after noon, a fleet of cars finally made it to the docks – the Royals were fashionably late! Haydon thus passed the work to Captain Thomas Halsey, of the Malcolm, but he came back with bad news: 'Nonsense! She left yesterday!’ Crossed wires meant that Queen Wilhelmina and her party were left standing on the dock, barred from boarding. It finally transpired that Princess Juliana had been evacuated the previous evening, so they eventually were given a berth. The problem was the Queen simply refused to let the ship leave. She was not going to leave her people without the Government, who finally arrived at six o’clock that evening. The Germans had spent the afternoon taking pot-shots and bombing the docks to keep themselves amused. Harpoon Force finally weighed anchor and took their precious cargo off, but at the cost of some 36 Guardsmen. Boulogne - Immediate D.C.M. With Holland falling just two days after they returned home, the 2nd Battalion were soon sent off to France to attempt to stem the tide. Posted to Boulogne, Gilchrist, by then a Sergeant, was part of an important 6-man team that attempted to hold off the German attack at Boulogne on 23 May 1940. It was at this stage that he earned an ‘immediate’ award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal. In gaining the D.C.M. Gilchrist had suffered when three bullets ripped through his helmet. Having stayed at his post until the very last, Gilchrist was pulled from his gun and evacuated home. By the time he reached England, he had gone blind and spent some three months in a blind hospital learning braille, before waking one day to find his vision restored. Gilchrist was then posted to the 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards, and shortly after his recovery found hi...
Italy, Kingdom, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Knight’s breast badge, without crown suspension, gilt and enamel; War Merit Cross (4), bronze; Allied Victory Medal, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Great War (2), bronze; Fiume Medal 1926, bronze; East Africa Medal, bronze; Medal of Merit for Italian Schools Abroad, V.E.III.R., silver, in case of issue; together with an 11th Army Commemorative Cross, bronze and enamel, generally very fine (12) £140-£180
A Second War ‘Burma Operation’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant L. J. Rawlins, Hampshire Regiment, attached Gold Coast Regiment, for his gallantry firstly in saving a wounded comrade under intense enemy fire in February 1944, and secondly for effecting a daring escape from captivity having been taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese in March 1944, bringing back with him much valuable information about the enemy position and strength Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (5496658 Sjt. L. J. Rawlins. Hamps. R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (5) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 8 February 1945. The original Recommendation, originally for a Military Medal, states: ‘At Chathand on 15 February 1944 Sergeant L. J. Rawlins went to the assistance of an ambushed patrol that had suffered casualties, including the European patrol leader who was lying in the paddy. On reaching the scene of the ambush Sergeant Rawlins and his section came under the same heavy fire and suffered casualties. The seriously wounded patrol commander of the previous patrol was lying in the open paddy and his every movement brought down searching enemy fire. The surrounding bush had been fired by the Japs and flames were sweeping across the paddy towards the wounded European. Regardless of his personal safety, and thinking only of his wounded comrade, Sergeant Rawlins, together with one African, crossed the open paddy and carried the wounded European to safety. Again at Palegaing on 2 March 1944, Sergeant Rawlins was taking part in a night patrol to an enemy position. The patrol was ambushed and split, the officer commanding the patrol becoming cut off. Sergeant Rawlins assembled the patrol, then went alone in search of the officer. Clambering over the area, he was overpowered and disarmed by three Japs and escorted to their H.Q. Taking the Jap commander completely by surprise, despite his escort with raised bayonets, he lashed out, kicked the Jap commander in the stomach, ands made his escape. That night he spent evading capture in the enemy position and returned the following day able to give accurate and valuable information of the enemy position and strength. Sergeant Rawlins in both actions showed supreme courage, devotion to duty, and above all, self-sacrifice for the safety of his comrades.’ Lawrence John Rawlins, a native of Bitterne Park, Southampton, attested for the Hampshire Regiment and served during the Second World War in Burma attached to the 8th Battalion, The Gold Coast Regiment. Sold with copied research.
A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Private MacSwain, 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry and No. 2 Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers, who also received a gun shot wound to the face in August 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (4188383 Pte A. Macswain. 42/Can: Inf:); 1914-15 Star (418383 Pte A Macswain. 42/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (418383 Pte. A. Macswain. 42-Can. Inf.) very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917. M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 17 September 1917. Angus MacSwain was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in August 1885. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps prior to volunteering for service, 10 March 1915. MacSwain initially served during the Great War with the 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry in the French theatre of war from October 1915. He was attached for service with No. 2 Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers from 7 July 1916, and distinguished himself during operations at Tor Top, 21 June 1917. On the latter date the unit’s War Diary gives: ‘Several Infantry Officers and men were gassed by a shell in dug outs off G Subway; they were brought out by some of our sappers and revived by Proto Novita Revivers.’ The diary gives him as being one of the above sappers, and being awarded the M.M. as a consequence. MacSwain returned to his parent unit, and was serving with the 42nd Battalion when he received a gun shot wound to the face in August 1917. He suffered partial loss of sight, and hearing on one side. MacSwain returned to Canada in December 1917, and died in July 1964. Sold with copied research, and a photographic image of recipient in uniform taken from the Toronto Evening Telegram, 14 September 1917.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Staff Sergeant L. H. Hadfield, Royal Engineers, who was also Mentioned in Despatches Military Medal, G.V.R. (823 Cpl. L H. Hadfield. 1/2 Hants: A.T. Co. R.E. -T.F.); 1914-15 Star (823. Spr. L. H. Hadfield. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (823. S. Sjt. L. H. Hadfield. R.E.) good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 September 1916. L. H. Hadfield attested for the Royal Engineers (Territorial Force), and served with the 1st/2nd Hampshire (Army Troops) Company during the Great War on the Western Front form 21 January 1915. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15 June 1916), and awarded the Military Medal. Promoted Staff Sergeant, he was disembodied on 28 February 1919.
A rare Great War 1917 ‘French theatre’ R.E.8 Aerial Gunner’s M.M. group of nine awarded to Air Mechanic 2nd Class T. A. H. Lea, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (T.F.). He was wounded in action serving with the Army in Gallipoli in 1915, prior to transferring to the Royal Flying Corps and becoming 1 of the first 12 R.F.C. gunners to be formally trained at Hythe in December 1916. He distinguished himself as an Aerial Gunner whilst serving with 52 Squadron in France, in particular when attacked by 6 hostile enemy aircraft south east of Mory, 18 September 1917. On the latter date he helped fend off the swarm of enemy aircraft, forcing one down, prior to succumbing to the same fate with his pilot Second Lieutenant S. Canning. Lea re-engaged for service as Lieutenant with the Royal Corps of Signals (T.F.) between the wars, and advanced to Major during the Second World War Military Medal, G.V.R. (49338 2. Cl. A.M. T. H. Lea. 52/Sq: R.F.C.); 1914-15 Star (3071 Pte. T. H. Lea. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, loose (401031. 2. A.M. T. H. Lea. R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated ‘1944’, with 2 additional G.VI.R. long service award bars, mounted court-style by Spink & Son Ltd as originally worn, with related miniature awards similarly mounted, the last lacking additional award bars, all housed in a leather Spink & Son Ltd case, lacquered, generally nearly very fine or better (lot) (9) £2,000-£3,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917. The original recommendation states: ‘Lea. Thomas Henry 2nd A.M. Aerl. Gunr. No. 52 Squadron, R.F.C. Has shown conspicuous ability in action since joining the R.F.C. in the Field as an Aerial Gunner on 8.5.1917. He has had several combats with hostile aeroplanes and has proved himself to be a gunner upon whom his pilot can rely for protection with absolute confidence. On the eighteenth ultimo [September] he put up a very fine fight against heavy odds, defending his machine against a simultaneous attack by six hostile aeroplanes, and by good shooting succeeded in forcing one of them to land close to the enemy’s front line. Recommended for the Military Medal 4.10.17.’ Approximately 167 M.M.’s, and 2 Second Award Bars were awarded to the Royal Flying Corps for the Great War. Thomas Alfred H. Lea was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire in January 1898. He enlisted in the 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (T.F.), 12 November 1914, aged 16 years and 10 months. Lea served with the Battalion in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 11 June 1915, and received a gun shot wound to the right thigh the following month being admitted to the Clearing Hospital on ‘W’ Beach, 12 July 1915. Lea transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class, 5 September 1916, and was one of the first 12 Royal Flying Corps gunners to be formally trained. He graduated from Hythe, 22 December 1916, and was posted for operational service as an Aerial Gunner with 52 Squadron in France in May 1917. The Squadron was equipped with R.E.8’s and mostly tasked with reconnaissance and light bombing duties. Lea flew with Second Lieutenant S. Canning as his pilot, and they engaged 6 enemy aircraft in aerial combat south east of Mory, 18 September 1917. Lea successfully forced one of the enemy aircraft down, before he and Canning were forced down themselves, landing at an Allied Advanced Landing Ground. Their aircraft was claimed as the 6th ‘Victory’ of Leutnant V. Schobinger of Jasta 12 (he went on to add another 2 to his score, and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, and the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order). Lea transferred to the Royal Air Force as Private 1 in April 1918. He was posted to No. 1 Officer Cadet Wing in May 1918, and graduated as a Flight Cadet, 5 October 1918. Lea was transferred as Second Lieutenant to the Unemployed List in February 1919. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals (T.F.) in August 1931, and advanced to Major in July 1939 (awarded his Efficiency Decoration in September 1944, and the additional clasps both in January 1955). Major Lea retired in March 1948, and died in Bangor, Wales in October 1966. M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with copied research.
A Soviet Army (Land Forces) Officer’s Dress Dagger. The dagger dated 1957, the pommel bearing the Soviet state seal with 15 scrolls representing the then current number of republics in the USSR. The throat maker marked in correct electric pencil engraved style, "ZIK ‘57" and serial numbered "ПО1121". Medium toned lightly speckled Bakelite grip. Top fitting of the scabbard bearing the image of the Kremlin tower. The dagger measuring approx. 34 cm, including scabbard. One of the last Soviet Army daggers with ZIK maker mark produced prior to the 1958 change in military uniform code. The brilliant blade with only minor in and out wear, the brass fittings with toned unpolished finish. The leather covering to scabbard in good condition with only a few small marks and scuffs. The brass chape or trim to bottom fitting of scabbard with a few small scratches, consistent with service use, very good condition £100-£140 --- This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
A Great War ‘Cambrai’ M.M. awarded to Driver J. Flynn, Canadian Army Service Corps, attached as an Ambulance Driver to No. 10 Canadian Field Ambulance, and an original member of Eaton’s Motor Machine Gun Battery Military Medal, G.V.R. (761 Dvr: J. Flynn. Can: A.S.C.) very fine £180-£220 --- M.M. London Gazette 3 July 1919. Jerry Flynn was born in Durham, England in December 1894. He was a motor mechanic and resided at 137 Avenue Road, Toronto, Canada. Flynn was an original member of Eaton’s Motor Machine Gun Battery, and served during the Great War on the Western Front. He transferred to the Canadian Army Service Corps, and was attached as an Ambulance Driver with No. 10 Canadian Field Ambulance for the award of his M.M. (the Unit War Diary giving the award as for Cambrai). Flynn served with the Veteran’s Guard of Canada during the Second World War. Sold with copied service papers.
Miscellaneous German Third Reich and Associated Badges. Comprising a 1943 shooting award for Kries Volkmarkt with pin back suspension, Innsbruck maker marker marked on reverse side. The National Eagle shield for an army trophelm, pins missing. Olympic badge 1936 all white enamels with pin fixing. A very unusual 50 year National Faithful Service female wrap lapel miniature with its ribbon. A Dutch 1940 NSB medallion. Lapel Police pin with pin fixing. An unusual Spanish Falange lapel badge individually numbered 8177 on the reverse side with a stick pin with the image of General Franco. A very small 8mm miniature of the National Faithful Service Medal with lapel pin fixing. Hitler Mussolini joint meeting lapel badge, nice quality construction, pin back suspension fitted, generally good condition (10) £80-£100
German Second World War Documentation. Comprising a German passport to Eleonore Kenda, pass photograph in civil dress. Visas for Italy in 1943. Service book for a Stabshelferinnen Des Heeres, woman operative, to the same recipient, photo in civil dress, this is the womens equipment of the army soldbuch, many entries, the last entry being 12 May 1945. Arbeits book to the same recipient with annotations from the Commander of the Secret Police SD in Untersteiemark in 1942. A further document known as the Horekarte issued by the Strength Through Joy Organisation to another member of the family, which includes a Stammfitzkarte. Remaining small items of postcards, paperwork and a Strength Through Joy luggage label for the liner of the Oceania 17 June 1937. A nice coloured illuminated days menu on board the Strength Through Joy cruise ship, good condition (lot) £60-£80
German Second World War Documentation. Comprising a German Kennkart for a female, swastika obliterated. Army driving license without photograph fully filled out. A German passport known as the Reisepass to a female, good interior details of travel to Slovakia. A BDM membership card. Work book known as the Arbeitsbuch with personal details but no photograph. A further Arbeitsbuch with personal details, no photograph. A civilian driving license with photograph of the recipient in civil dress. A small version of the Ahnenpass fully filled out with family details. A further copy of the large format Ahnenpass with family details. A further large copy of the Ahnenpass with filled out details. A further large copy of the Ahnenpass with hard back cover with filled out details. German Kennkart with the eagle and swastika covered over on the cover, photograph of female recipient. An ausweiskart for the works office, Nuremberg. A national savings book owned by a police NCO. A pistol shooting record book. A large folding document for a German notary (solicitor). ADB savings card, reasonable condition (lot) £100-£140
A Second War ‘North Africa’ M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal J. Anderson, Royal Tank Regiment, who was subsequently wounded in North West Europe Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2693929 Cpl. J. Anderson, R. Tank R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- M.M., London Gazette 5 November 1942. The original Recommendation, for an Immediate award, dated 6 September 1942, states: ‘On 3 September 1942, in the area of Deir el Agram ridge, Corporal Anderson commanded a light tank which formed part of a fighting patrol directed against enemy Motor Transport. The patrol was surprised by four concealed anti-tank guns from about 300 yards range. Corporal Anderson’s tank was nearest the guns and received a direct hit, but remained in action. No cover was available and Corporal Anderson directed his tank straight at the guns and succeeded in killing the crews of two of them before his tank received another hit and burst into flames. He managed to evacuate the crew from the tank although two of them were wounded and brought them to safety using his burning tank as a screen.’ The original Recommendation is counter-signed by three of the outstanding commanders of the Second World War, Horrocks, Montgomery, and Alexander. Jack Anderson, a native of Selkirk, joined the Scots Guards in May 1931 under the alias George Whyte. He deserted in 1936, and re-enlisted in the Royal Tank Regiment in 1937 as Private 7887636 Jack Anderson. He was soon caught out, punished, and reverted to his original Scots Guards number, but remained with the Royal Tank Regiment under his correct name. He served with the 1st Regiment during the Second World War in North Africa, Italy, and North West Europe, and in addition to being awarded the M.M. was twice wounded, at home in 1941, and in Normandy in 1944 (copied press reports refer). Sold with copied research.
Pair: Colonel John Vandeleur, 12th Light Dragoons, late 71st Foot; he was severely wounded at Fuentes D’Onor and later commanded the 10th Hussars Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive (J. Vandeleur, Ensn. 71st Foot & Lieut. 12th Lt. Dns.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. John Vandeleur, 12th Reg. Light Dragoons.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and bar suspension, the second with edge bruising and contact pitting, otherwise good fine, the first good very fine (2) £6,000-£8,000 --- John Vandeleur was born in 1793 and attended the Royal Military College. He was commissioned as an Ensign in the 71st Foot in 1809 and sailed with its 1st Battalion to Portugal in September 1810. He served with them in the Lines of Torres Vedras and was severely wounded at Fuentes de Oñoro on 5 May 1811. His wounds were so severe that he was sent back to England to recuperate and shortly after arriving home he was promoted to Lieutenant. He exchanged into the 12th Light Dragoons and returned to Portugal with them in the autumn of 1812. In August 1813 Lieutenant Vandeleur was able to convince his cousin, General John Ormsby Vandeleur, to take him on as an extra aide-de-camp. He served in that position through the invasion of France in the autumn of 1813 and the winter of 1814, until the British Army returned to England after the abdication of Napoleon in April 1814. During that period he was present at Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Adour and Bordeaux. Lieutenant Vandeleur served at Waterloo with his regiment and was part of the Army of Occupation of France. He was promoted to Captain, 28 February 1822; Major, 1 October 1825; Lieutenant-Colonel, 18 December 1827; He received a special gold medal at the Queen’s coronation (The Waterloo Roll Call refers); Colonel, 10th Hussars, 23 November 1841. He died at Ballinacourty, County Limerick, on 1 April 1864. See Letters of Colonel John Vandeleur 1810-1846, privately published in 1896; reprinted by Frontline in 2015 under the title With Wellington’s Outposts: the Peninsula and Waterloo letters of John Vandeleur, edited by Andrew Bamford.
Pair: Sergeant J. Mann, 47th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Barrosa, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (John Mann, Serjt. 47th Foot.); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Serjt. J. Mann, 47th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000 --- John Mann was born at Norwich, Norfolk. His discharge papers are supposedly in WO 97/617 but have not been found online.
Four: Bandmaster A. Barry, 67th Foot China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Sergt. Andw. Barry. 67th. Regt.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (2892, Band Mr. A Barry, 6th. Foot.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2892 Band Mr. Sergt. Andw. Barry, 67th. Foot.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Bndmstr. A. Barry. 67/Foot.) contact marks ands edge bruising, especially to first, China nearly very fine, the rest better (4) £600-£800 --- Andrew Barry was born on 27 July 1832 and attested for the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot as Drummer Boy on 24 July 1846. He was promoted Corporal on 15 September 1858; Sergeant on 5 August 1859; and Bandmaster on 1 January 1864. He served with the Regiment in Gibraltar, the West Indies, Canada, India, China, Hong Kong, the Cape Colony, Burma, and Afghanistan, and was discharged on 29 June 1880, after 29 years and 338 days’ man’s service. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, together with a gratuity of £10, in February 1907. Sold with copied record of service and other research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
Three: Corporal H. Green, Military Mounted Police, late 20th Hussars Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, Gemaizah 1888, Toski 1889 (2629. Pte. H. Green. 20th Hussars); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (317 Corpl: H. Green. Mil: Mtd: Police.); Khedive’s Star, undated, unnamed as issued, mounted for display, light pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine and better (3) £500-£700 --- Henry Green was born at Enfield, Middlesex, in 1865 and enlisted into the 20th Hussars at Bedford on 9 March 1886, aged 21, a farm labourer by trade. He embarked for Egypt on 2 December 1886, to take part in the Mahdist War in the Sudan. The Anglo-Egyptian Army moved to counter an attack in the Suakin region by the Mahdist General Osman Dinga in 1888. This attack was focused on a pair of British Forts at Gemaizah which were besieged and the decision was taken by General Grenfell to break this siege as soon as he was able. With the arrival of reinforcements from Cairo including a Squadron of the 20th Hussars, the attack commenced on 20 December 1888. During the battle an outflanking manoeuvre by the Mahdist cavalry was countered by the 20th Hussars and driven from the field. Notably this pursuit continued well beyond the order to cease fire. The next year Green again served under Grenfell's command as part of the British Squadron present at the battle of Toski. A Mahdist Army of six thousand men had advanced into Egypt and Grenfell led the Egyptian Army to meet it. The battle was a resounding victory for the Egyptians with the Mahdist Army utterly shattered and its commander killed. The only British troops present were a single squadron of the 20th Hussars who took part in the final decisive cavalry charge which broke the wavering enemy line. Green remained in Egypt transferring to the Military Mounted Police on 1 February 1891. Finally returning to England on 29 March 1896, he continued to serve, being promoted Corporal on 7 December 1898. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in 1904. On his discharge on 8 March 1907, his conduct and character were described as 'exemplary' and a ‘good groom’. He served a total of 21 years.
Three: Sergeant-Major H. Cross, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, clasps mounted in this order, as usual (382 Sergt. H. Cross. 2d. Bn. Hamps. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (382 Serjt:- Maj: H. Cross. Hampshire Regt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (3/4895 S. Mjr. H. Cross. Hamps. R.) light contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £300-£400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 22 March 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’ Henry Cross was born in Southampton in 1863 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 2 August 1882, having previously served in the 3rd Militia Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma from 19 January 1886 to 7 February 1888, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 10 of 1903. He was discharged on 1 August 1907, after 25 years’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War Cross re-enlisted in the Hampshire Regiment on 17 September 1914, and served throughout the War at the depot at home. For his services he was awarded an Immediate Meritorious Service Medal, and was discharged on 17 January 1919, after a further 4 years and 121 days’ service. Sold with copied research including various photographic images of the recipient.
Pair: Private A. W. Burgess, Hampshire Regiment, later Bengal-Nagpur Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, clasps re-mounted in this order, as usual (840 Pte. A. W. Burgess 2d. Bn. Hamps. R.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Voltr A. W. Burgess 1st. Bl: Nagpur Ry. Voltr. Rifle Corps) good very fine (2) £180-£220 --- A. W. Burgess was awarded his Volunteer Force Long Service Medal per Indian Army Order 292 of June 1915.
Pair: Driver R. Prince, Royal Horse Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (36362 Driver R. Prince “F” By. R.H.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (36362 Dvr: R. Prince. R.H.A.) contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Richard Prince was born in Torquay, Devon, on 19 December 1859, and joined the Royal Navy as a Domestic First Class on 1 April 1878. He was shore discharged, time expired, on 24 October 1882, and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Portsmouth on 10 January 1883. He served with the Artillery in India from 8 September 1883 to 13 December 1893, and again from 17 September 1895 to 25 April 1903, and saw active service on the Punjab Frontier. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 10 of 1903, and was discharge on 31 July 1903, after 20 years and 203 days’ service, of which almost 18 years had been spent soldiering in India. Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extracts, and other research.
A collection of Ephemera including a boxed Imperial Service Medal relating to Anthony Griffiths Cains (Royal Navy) and Francis Henry Cains (Army) photographs and Certificates relating to both WWI and WWII, to include an Army certificate of service book and a Soldiers service and pay book also included a Coronation book (1937) presented to Anthony Griffiths Cains at school, and a Striptease card game.
A fine Flemish historical tapestry fragmentProbably mid 17th centuryThe main field depicting a dynamic battle scene, possibly The Battle of Samarra, with the figure of the Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate falling from his horse backwards as he is speared to his right side, blood flowing from his wound, the energetic scene with rearing horses and an abundance of soldiers adorned in eastern armour to the middle distance with their curved swords raised aloft in combat, the whole surrounded by an elaborate border on brown ground with fruiting floral swags and laurel leaves, the corners with semi-draped putti holding aloft the draping floral swags running to the top edge, 232cm high x 460cm wide (91 1/3in x 181 1/10in)Footnotes:It is possible that the present lot is depicting a specific battle scene - namely The Battle of Samarra which took place in June in the year 363AD. This can be considered the climax of the invasion of the Sasanian Empire by the Roman Emperor Julian (sometimes called Julian the Apostate). After failing to capture the city of Ctesiphon the Roman Emperor Julian, realizing his army was low on provisions, started to march towards Samarra. Here, the Sasanians attacked the Roman rearguard which quickly developed into a bloody and intense battle. The Emperor Julian rode back to the rearguard and, in his haste, did not put on a breastplate. It is worth noting that the figure to the foreground, who looks like he is the only soldier wearing Roman robes and light strapwork, is the only figure not wearing a breastplate or even a helmet. The other soldiers are brandishing curved 'Saracen-type' swords and have a distinctly Eastern look. Interestingly it is also worth noting that Julian died specifically by a spear to his right side and fell off his horse as he was fatally wounded just as the figure in the tapestry.Indeed, a tapestry like the present lot demonstrates how these small literary nuances and references elevated a tapestry from a generic gory battle scene to a moving and dynamic historical episode that only few would fully understand. It is likely that this was part of a larger series of tapestries showing episodes from the life of Julian the Apostate. This is the kind of subject matter that would have appealed to a noble family or even a minor royal. It is certainly a story that the powerful Hapsburg rulers would have been keen to promote and which would have undoubtedly struck fear into the heart of even the most loyal subject.Bibliography: Lenski, Noel (2002), Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D., University of California Press, pp. 69-70.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BINDING - IRELAND, CIVIL AND MILITARY PAYMENTS'An Establishment or List Containing all the Payments to be made for Civill Affairs from the day of... One Thousand Sixhundred ninety', 60pp., written in dark brown ink in a neat clerical hand, ruled in red throughout, contemporary black goatskin, sides with ornate outer borders enclosing central panel with elaborate centre- and corner-pieces, acorn tools etc., gilt panelled spine with raised bands, g.e., 12mo, 1690 (2)Footnotes:These original volumes relate to Thomas, Lord Coningsby's service as joint-Receiver and Paymaster-General for King William's army during the campaign in Ireland in 1689-90. Coningsby remained thereafter as one of the Lords Justice of Ireland, and framed the Treaty of Limerick (1691).With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this Lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BINDING - IRELAND, CIVIL AND MILITARY ACCOUNTS'An Establishment for Irleand. Commencing ye 24th June for Civil Affaires and 1st July for Military 1702', manuscript in ink, written in a neat secretarial hand, in 4 sections comprising 53pp., 32pp., 18pp. and 6pp. respectively, ruled in red throughout, first 2 sections written vertically, general title-page in pen and wash with fine armorial border, bound in elaborate contemporary dark blue morocco gilt, sides with outer border of repeated acorn tools and large centre panel filled with tulip and other floral decoration, and a large centrepiece with larger acorn tools at corners, gilt panelled spine with acorn and other floral tools and raised bands, some wear to extremities and lower cover, small 8vo, 1702--'The Regulation of the weekly subsistance for ye forces in Ireland... William R.', 114pp. (a few blank), mostly written in a similar neat hand, ruled in red throughout, contemporary red panelled morocco gilt, gilt panelled spine, worn with 2 holes in upper cover, 1690 (2)Footnotes:The first is an attractive volume listing payments relating to Irish and West Indian affairs under the reign of Queen Ann, prepared under the direction of Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, the first two sections being headed 'Signed Ann R.' and several pages in the first three sections ending with 'By Her Majestie's Command Godolphin' or similar. The third section, written in a different hand, is headed 'Regulation of the Pay for the Three Regiments in the West Indies according to the Establishment./ Anne R...', and lists payments made 'out of ye revenue of Ireland'. The last section, again in another hand, lists 'An Estimate of the Yearly Change of Salaryes for Looking after ye Barracks.. [in Leinster, Ulster, Munster and Conaught]'.These original volumes relate to Thomas, Lord Coningsby's service as joint-Receiver and Paymaster-General for King William's army during the campaign in Ireland in 1689-90. Coningsby remained thereafter as one of the Lords Justice of Ireland, and framed the Treaty of Limerick (1691).With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this Lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BINDING - IRELAND, CIVIL AND MILITARY ACCOUNTS'An Establishment of Payments to be made for Civill and Military Affairs in the Kingdom of Ireland. To Commence from the 25th and 31th [sic] of March 1704', 60pp., written in black ink in a neat clerical hand, ruled in red throughout, contemporary black goatskin, sides with double gilt filet border and central panel with corner- and side-pieces, gilt panelled spine with raised bands, with silver clasps and catch (one claps missing), g.e., lower cover slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1704Footnotes:These original volumes relate to Thomas, Lord Coningsby's service as joint-Receiver and Paymaster-General for King William's army during the campaign in Ireland in 1689-90. Coningsby remained thereafter as one of the Lords Justice of Ireland, and framed the Treaty of Limerick (1691).With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BINDING - NAVAL & MILITARY'An Establishment of the Numbers of Men & of ye Numbers & Natures of the Guns Fitt to be Made & Confirmed upon Every of his Ma:ts Ships according to the Opinion of the Principall Officers & Com:rs of the Navy, Humbly Presented by them to ye Lords Com:rs for Executing ye Office of Lord High Admirall', 17pp., with tables detailing the navy's ships, their dimensions, numbers of men (either 'Abroad', 'At Home' or during 'Peace'), numbers and types of guns, weights of ordnance, and when, where and by whom the ships were built, [c.1680]; 'An Establishment of all our Guards Garrisons & Land Forces of this our Kingdome of England in our Pay & Enterteynment to Commence ye. 7.th of March 1673/4', providing a breakdown of the daily, monthly and annual payments and allowances to be made by the 'Paymaster Gennerall' to the officers, men and officials of the various army garrisons in the country, 26pp., [c.1676], 2 parts in 1 vol., manuscript in ink, written in a neat clerical hand, ruled in red, with two stiff erasable WRITING TABLES and other blank leaves at end, FINELY BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY BLACK MOROCCO GILT, possibly by William Cox, the sides richly tooled with floral and wavy line borders enclosing tulips and other floral tools together with elaborate central panel comprising 4 corner-pieces and centrepiece composed of interweaving drawer-handle tools, and incorporating 5 'ship' shapes (one at centre, 4 emanating from panel), gilt panelled spine with 6 floral pattern compartments, raised bands, turn-ins gilt, g.e., tall oblong 8vo (125 x 210mm.), [c.1676-1680]Footnotes:A FINE RESTORATION BINDING CONTAINING A VALUABLE RECORD OF NAVAL AND MILITARY FORCES. This attractive volume is divided into naval and land sections, and was presumably produced for an unnamed high-ranking official. The naval content would have proved invaluable to Samuel Pepys at a time of a great expansion in the number of ships. Having resigned as Secretary of the Admiralty in 1679, and survived his imprisonment in the Tower on trumped up charges of treason, Pepys was seeking to rebuild his reputation and re-establish himself in the Navy. Two years after the latest date found in the present volume (1682), he returned from an official voyage to Tangier and was appointed King's Secretary for the affairs of the Admiralty.The first ship listed in the volume is the famous Sovereign of the Seas, renamed Royal Sovereign by Charles II following her rebuild at Chatham in 1660 as a first-rate ship of the line. Here we find confirmation that she was built at Woolwich in 1637 by 'Capt. Pett'son' [Peter Pett, Master Shipwright, son of the King's Master Shipwright Captain Phineas Pett], and that she had 815 men and 100 guns when 'At home', 710 and 90 respectively when 'Abroad', and 605 and 90 when at 'Peace'.Pepys is known to have owned several fine bindings produced by the Naval Binder, to whose work our binding bears strong similarities, and this is possibly the work of a successor, also attached to the Admiralty (H.M. Nixon, English Restoration Bindings, 1974, p.37). The style also bears some similarities to a 1684 William Cox binding described and illustrated by Mirjam Foot in Studies in the History of Bookbinding (no 27, p.202-3).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BINDING - NAVAL & MILITARY GRANTS & ACCOUNTS'A Particular of ye Ayds Granted in Each yeare from the 5th November 1688 unto the... 16th day of April 1697. Also a Computation of what was Intended for the Army & an Exact Account of what was Granted for ye Navy... With... Receipts & Issues of the Publick Revenue, Taxes & Loans... Severall Estimates and Observations Relating to the War', manuscript in black ink, 60pp. plus 'Table of Contents', written in an attractive cursive hand, ruled in red, some blank leaves at each end, FINELY BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO, covers richly tooled with outer roll-tool border enclosing various floral tools and sprays emanating from urns, dots and 12 small deer tools around a large composite central panel in 8 sections filled with closely entwined leafy tendrils and small flower heads, spine gilt in 7 compartments with repeated floral tool and raised bands, turn-ins gilt, g.e., large 8vo, [c.1697]Footnotes:FINELY BOUND NAVAL AND MILITARY ACCOUNT BOOK.These original volumes relate to Thomas, Lord Coningsby's service as joint-Receiver and Paymaster-General for King William's army during the campaign in Ireland in 1689-90. Coningsby remained thereafter as one of the Lords Justice of Ireland, and framed the Treaty of Limerick (1691).With thanks to Catherine Beale for her historical guidance and research on this lot.For three similar red goatskin bindings with the same stag tool, see the British Library Database of Bookbindings, which includes two naval volumes by Josiah Burchett (shelf marks 195a4 and 195a8), and a 1693 work by Jeremy Taylor (Davis 79).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
First World War medal set of Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, 1914-18 War Medal and Victory Medal to 11248 Pte H. Nettleton of the Royal Army Medical Corps where he was awarded his Military Medal, shortly after he volunteered to fight in the 4th Kings Royal Rifle Corps this being the reason his details on the edge of the Military Medal are for that Corps, It was presented to him by King George V himself. With a newspaper cutting from his obituary in the local paper giving further details of his life. With original congratulating paper certificate signed by Henry Rawlinson Commander of the Fourth Army dated 1919.
Scarce WW1 Tunic, Kit Bag and Pictures belonging to 1546 Henry Mantell of the ASC (Army Service Corps), with a picture postcard of his sweetheart Ivy J Bailey who was a ambulance driver working at the same transport depot with her collection of postcards of which the majority are collected by her as she moved across France.
A interesting mix of Military and Civil medals, includes WW1 German Imperial Army 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class with ribbon, WW1 Romanian Bravery and Loyalty silver medal (early 1916-20 type), British Victory Medal to G-28572 PTE A. Yates of the Royal West Kent Regiment, a Royal Southampton Yacht Club medal (damaged edge), a silver gilt Masonic jewel in Original Case dated Dec 20th 1918, a B.A.S.C medal dated 1878 for picking up 47 pennies from the bottom of a pool in one go in what looks to be the original case with a set of aviation buttons and war time pamphlets.
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