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A Military book entitled, 'Games and Sports In The Army' together with a Military magazine. Est. £10 - £20.

Taxidermy: Southern Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri), circa early 20th century, attributed to Army & Navy Stores, Naturalist Dept, London, S.W, adult male neck mount looking straight ahead, right horn 33cm (12¾"), left horn 32.5cm (12½"), tip to tip 8cm, from the wall 38cm, height 62cm, mounted upon a typical blonde oak shield

A post-War ‘Civil Division’ O.B.E. group of six awarded to M. H. Webster, Secretary for Health, Rhodesia, late Colonel, Royal Army Medical Corps Rhodesia, Independence Commemorative Medal (M. H. Webster); Great Britain, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type, breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as originally worn, generally very fine (6) £200-£300 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 9 January 1960. M.I.D. London Gazette 8 July 1941 (Middle East). Maurice Holland Webster was born in Banff, Scotland in September 1914, and educated at Banff Academy and Aberdeen University. His obituary which appeared The Central African Journal of Medicine, September 1986, gives the following: ‘Maurice Holland Webster was known to me and his friends as Mark. Mark... graduated MB ChB in 1936. He worked as a Resident Medical Officer at the City Hospital, Aberdeen and while there he obtained his DPH. During the Second World War he served in Norway and the Middle East, reaching the rank of Colonel and Deputy Director of Hygiene.... On leaving the army he joined the health services of Southern Rhodesia and was posted to Bulawayo as the first Regional Medical Officer. Later he was awarded the OBE for his work as Chief Medical Officer on Site during the construction of the Kariba Dam. Following the end of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland he was appointed Secretary of Health of this country. One of his impressive achievements was recruitment of staff to the Ministry of Health following the end of the Federation. It was also due to his determination that the Faculty of Medicine was established in the face of the Government’s desire to scrap the plan to save money. Like most people in this country, Mark suffered very close personal losses during the way... Two years before he retired, Mark started to study Law at the local university and graduated soon after he retired. He became a full-time lecturer in law at the University of Zimbabwe until he retired very recently. At the time of his death he was in part-time practice in medicine and a part-time lecturer in law....’ Webster’s post-war appointments were: Secretary for Health, Rhodesia; Regional Medical Officer of Health Bulawayo, 1946-55; Chief Medical Officer Federal Power Board, 1955-57; Director Medical Service Northern Rhodesia, 1957-63 and Brigadier Director General Rhodesian Armed Services Medical Services. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of recipient.

A post-War M.V.O., inter-War R.V.M. group of seven awarded to Warrant Keeper and Steward A. Skipworth, Royal Navy, who served in the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert almost continuously from 1909 to 1945 The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, the reverse officially dated ‘695’; British War and Victory Medals (L.1312 A. Skipworth. O.C.S. R.N.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (L.1312 A. Skipworth. Off. Ch. Std. H.M.Y. Victoria & Albert) about extremely fine (7) £900-£1,200 --- M.V.O. London Gazette 1 January 1946. Albert Skipworth was born in Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire on 24 April 1884 and joined the Royal Navy as an Officer’s Steward First Class on 26 August 1909, giving his occupation as Footman. He was appointed to the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert on 9 October 1912, and continued to serve in her until 1945 (bar a brief period during the Great War). Posted to H.M.S. Glory on 7 November 1918, being advanced Chief Officer’s Steward on the same day, he served in her until 4 June 1919, during which period she was the Flagship, Rear Admiral, British North Russia Squadron, based at Archangel to protect supplies arriving there for the Russian Army. Skipworth returned to the Royal Yacht on 1 July 1919, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 June 1926. He was awarded his Royal Victorian Medal on 23 June 1936, whilst serving as Keeper and Steward, Royal Cabins, and the rolls for the Jubilee and Coronation Medals show him as ‘Warrant Keeper and Steward.’ He was finally shore discharged on 30 October 1945, and was created a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1946 New Year’s Honours’ List, backdated to the date of his retirement. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts. For the recipient’s related miniature awards, see Lot 686.

A Great War M.B.E. group of ten awarded to Quarter-Master Sergeant and Acting Staff Sergeant-Major R. C. Williams, Cameron Highlanders The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1918; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2489. O:R: Sgt. R. Williams. 1/Cam: Hrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2489 O-R: Sejt. R. Williams, 1: Cam’n: H’Drs:); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2489 Clr:-Serjt: R. Williams. Cameron Highrs:); 1914-15 Star, unnamed; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (3-6204 T.W.O.Cl.1. R. C. Williams. Cam’n Highrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2489 Q.M. Sjt: R. Williams. Cameron Hdrs.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (3-6204 Q.M. Sjt:-A.S.S. Mjr: R. C. Williams. 5/Cam’n Highrs:); Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (2489 O.R. Sgt. Williams 1. Cam. Highrs.) contemporarily engraved in the usual style associated with the Regiment, polished, good very fine and better (10) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2018 (when sold without the M.B.E. or 1914-15 Star). M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916. M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918 (France - one of only two awarded to the 5th Battalion). Roderick Chisholm Williams attested for the Cameron Highlanders on 24 April 1891 and was posted to the 1st Battalion. He served as a Sergeant in ‘A’ Company in the Sudan, and was still serving, as Quartermaster Sergeant of this Company, when he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1910. Mentioned several times in Regimental Journal, he was Recommended for an Annuity Meritorious Service Medal in 1912, and was discharged to pension on 6 July 1913, the Regimental Journal stating that nearly all his service had been spent in the Orderly Room. Following the outbreak of the Great War Williams re-enlisted in the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion on 5 October 1914, and served during the Great War as an Orderly Room Sergeant with the 5th Battalion on the Western Front from 11 May to 11 November 1915. Thereafter he served as Superintending Clerk, General Headquarters, 3rd Echelon, and was discharged on 22 April 1919. For his services during the Great War he was awarded an ‘Immediate’ Meritorious Service Medal, one of only two awarded to the 5th Battalion, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He died in Edinburgh on 25 September 1941. Only nine M.B.E.s were awarded to the Cameron Highlanders for the Great War. Williams is the only Warrant Officer on the list, although there is a retired Regimental Sergeant Major who was awarded a Civil M.B.E. for his services as Chairman of the Regimental Comforts Fund. Sold with copied research.

A Second War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major H. C. Howell, Royal Corps of Signals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Major H. G. [sic] Howell. M.B.E. R. Sigs.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Lt. H. C. Howell. M.B.E. R. Sigs.) GSM in named box of issue, remainder mounted, generally very fine (7) £280-£320 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 21 June 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘This Officer has been Adjutant of this unit since before the campaign started. In a Unit such as this comprising 40 Officers and 1070 OR’s employed in manning the key points on this communication system, such as Repeater Stations, Test Points and Signal Offices, and laying main arteries of communication and providing D.R. facilities, over a very large area, at one time covering 20,000 square miles and necessitating 18 detachments, the amount of work thrown on the Adjutant is very great and is only done with great difficulty due to the distances involved. Not only was the Unit responsible for the communication of 5 area HQs but also the rear communications, first of all to the Armies and latterly to Army Group. This Officer has throughout, shown a devotion to duty and capacity for work of the highest praise and has also by his efforts greatly assisted the Unit to work as a whole and so produce the best results. In particular during the present operation when the threat of attack by parachute troops developed, this Officer showed exceptional zeal and energy in carrying out the necessary measures in all the scattered posts which are the responsibility of the Unit and which were obviously important from the enemy’s point of view as they were all key points in the network of communications.’ Henry Charles Howell was born in Norton, Worcester in June 1920. He enlisted in the ranks of the Royal Corps of Signals in September 1939, served as a Driver, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in February 1942. Howell advanced to Acting Major in July 1945, and subsequently served with the BAOR after the war as well as in a Staff capacity with the MELF from September 1950. He served as Major, Squadron Commander and Operational Officer DG HQ Signal Regiment, MELF, September 1953 - November 1955. Howell died in Fife, Scotland in 2005. Sold with the following related documents: Officer’s Record of Service, Army Book 439; Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, Army Book 64; Cyprus Motor Driver’s Licence, complete with photograph of recipient; 2 Driving Licences and other ephemera.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Second Lieutenant R. J. Cook, 1st/7th Battalion, London Regiment, late Army Service Corps, who served with the City Imperial Volunteers in South Africa during the Boer War and received a Hammersmith Boer War Tribute Medal Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (56 Pte. R. J. Cook. C.I.V.); 1914 Star (TS-2048 Pte. R. J. Cook. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. J. Cook) the BWM named ‘upside down’, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, the 1914 Star with clasp, these also mounted as worn; and a Hammersmith Boer War Tribute Medal, bronze, the obverse engraved ‘Hammersmith is Grateful & Proud of You’ within laurel wreath, the reverse plain, the edge engraved ‘Pte. R. J. Cook. Reg. No. 56 B Co. C.I.V.’, with top ‘South Africa’ riband bar, in J. F. Hone, Hammersmith case, generally good very fine, the last rare (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- Hammersmith Boer War Tribute Medal referenced in Hibbard, A13. M.C. London Gazette 16 August 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Having led his company with great courage and secured his objective, he went forward to assist another company which had been checked, and enabled them to capture their own objective. He showed great initiative, and, although slightly wounded, carried on with the consolidation, setting an excellent example to his men.’ Robert John Cook, a dyer by occupation, was born in 1878 and joined the 3rd City of London Rifle Volunteers in 1896. He served in the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers in South Africa during the Boer War, and had two letters published in the City Press, the first on 23 May 1900, regarding spending his pay on food; and the second on 31 October 1900, regarding the celebrations for Lord Roberts’ birthday. Enlisting in the Army Service Corps, Cook served with the 1st Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 August 1914, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the London Regiment on 27 January 1916. Awarded the Military Cross whilst serving with the 1st/7th Battalion, he relinquished his commission following the cessation of hostilities, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Sergeant F. Lowe, 6th Dragoon Guards, who was severely wounded at Vredes Verdrag on 11 May 1900, and was taken Prisoner of War at Kameeldrift on 3 July 1900 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt: F. Lowe. 6th Dragoon Guards); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (2715. Corpl. F. Lowe. 6/Dn. Gds.) edge bruising, very fine (2) £1,600-£2,000 --- Provenance: J. B. Hayward, May 1979; Buckland, Dix and Wood, April 1995. One of only six D.C.M.’s awarded to the 6th Dragoon Guards for South Africa. D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. Frederick Lowe was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, in 1868, and attested there for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 25 April 1888, having previously served with the 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. He transferred to the 6th Dragoon Guards on 14 July 1889, and was promoted Corporal on 20 December 1893. Transferring to the Army Reserve on 25 April 1895, he was recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of the Boer War on 7 October 1899, and served with the Regiment in South Africa from 4 November 1899, being promoted Sergeant on 4 May 1900. He was severely wounded at Vredes Verdrag, Zand River, on 11 May 1900. At this action three Squadrons, taken from the Australian Horse, the Inniskillings and the Greys, and half a Squadron of the Carabiniers, were ordered to seize an apparently unoccupied kopje. The Squadrons, dismounting and leaving their horses below, took possession of the kopje, but shortly afterwards were set upon by a party of the Waterberg commando, who had been lying in ambush in a donga, and now crept up the hill, stampeded the horses, and poured a withering fire on the cavalrymen. These, belonging to several different units and being apparently under no single command, made no stand, but were driven in confusion down the hill, losing fourteen killed and thirty-six wounded, besides two Officers and twenty-five men prisoners. The Carabiniers suffered especially, losing Captain Elworthy and three men killed, and Lieutenants Collis and Moncrieff, and nine men wounded, three of whom died later. On 3 July 1900, less than two months later, Lowe was taken prisoner at Kameeldrift, along with Lieutenant Rundle and seven other men, and was subsequently released at Nooitgedacht on 5 September 1900. For his gallantry in South Africa he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, and later received a gratuity of £20. Returning home on 24 April 1901, he was discharged on 11 June 1901, after 13 years and 48 days’ service.

A superb Great War 1915 ‘Second Battle of Ypres, 1915’ D.C.M. campaign combination group of eight awarded to Sergeant H. J. Salter, Military Mounted Police, late 7th Hussars and 9th Lancers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (633 L. Cpl. H. Salter. M.M.P.); British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (..2 Pte. H. J. Salter. 7th Hus..) suspension loose, heavy edge bruising and contact marks; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (4121, Cpl. H. J. Salter, 9/Lcrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4121 Pte. H. J. Salter. 9th Lancers); 1914 Star (633. L. Cpl. H. J. Salter. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (633. L. Cpl. H. J. Salter. M.M.P.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (633 L. Cpl. H. J. Salter. M.M.P.) mounted for display, minor edge bruising overall, generally very fine unless otherwise stated (8) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 5 August 1915: ‘For great bravery and consistent good work from the 9th to 28th May, 1915, near Ypres. He was employed, both day and night in collecting stragglers, directing traffic and collecting war material. During the 24th May he assisted to places of safety several hundred men, who were suffering from gas poison. Most of the time, and especially on the 24th and 25th May, the town was being heavily shelled.’ Henry James Salter was born in Lambeth, London on 3 July 1874. He attested for the 7th Hussars at St George’s Barracks, London, on 26 November 1890. He served initially at Salisbury and Canterbury until embarking with the regiment for India, where they arrived aboard H.M.S. Crocodile on 3 September 1892. He left India on 10 October 1895, aboard S.S. Victoria and on 23 October 1895, he arrived with his regiment in Natal where he served in the operations during the Second Matabele War in Rhodesia and Mashonaland. Salter transferred to the 9th Lancers on 31 December 1897, and returned to India in March 1898. He was appointed Lance-Corporal in March 1899 but reverted to his prior rank at his own request in October 1899. Two weeks later he arrived back in South Africa at Cape Town, with the 9th Lancers for service during the Boer War. He transferred to the 5th Lancers in March 1902, returned to India the following month and arrived back in England in July 1902. He transferred to the Military Mounted Police on 10 January 1905, and joined his unit at Aldershot. He received his L.S. & G.C. medal with £5 gratuity under Army Order 101 of 1909, and was discharged on 25 November 1911, at Tidworth, having completed 21 years service. Salter resided at 63 Woodcock Street, Birmingham and was employed as a Commissionaire at Hulford Cycle Co., Ltd, Moor Street. He re-engaged for service during the Great War with the 7th Reserve Cavalry Regiment on 8 September 1914, transferring later that month as Lance-Corporal to the Military Mounted Police. He served with the M.M.P. in the French theatre of war from 4 October 1914, and advanced to Acting Sergeant in August 1917. Salter was discharged on 14 March 1919, having served for a total of 25 years and 205 days. 1 of 34 D.C.M.’s to the Military Mounted Police for the Great War. Sold with extensive copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient in a cutting from The Birmingham Daily Mail announcing the award of his D.C.M.

A Great War ‘Western Front 1917’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Serjeant W. H. Fenton, Coldstream Guards, who was granted the King’s Pardon for desertion in 1914 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7303 L. Sjt: W. H. Fenton. 2/C. Gds:); 1914 Star, with clasp (7303 Pte. W. H. Fenton. C. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (7303 Cpl. W. H. Fenton. C. Gds.) good very fine (4) £1,600-£2,000 --- Provenance: Sir Torquil Matheson Collection; Bill and Angela Strong Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2011. D.C.M. London Gazette 26 April 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He went forward alone under the most intense fire, and obtained information of the utmost importance. Later, he assumed command of his platoon, and led them forward in a most gallant manner. He has on many previous occasions done fine work.’ Annotated Gazette states: ‘Sailly Church, 14/15th March 1917.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 22 May 1917. William Henry Fenton was born at Smithwick, Birmingham. A labourer by occupation, he attested for the Coldstream Guards in June 1907, aged 18 years, 6 months. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he was soon in trouble, awaiting trial, being absent without leave, in December 1907. Found guilty he was detained for 1 week. With the battalion he served in Egypt from January 1909-March 1911. Returning to England and posted to the 3rd Battalion, he deserted on 14 July 1912. Fenton returned to service on 14 August 1914 - thereby gaining the King’s Pardon for his desertion. Under the terms of Army Orders September 1914, published on 7 August 1914, pardons were to be granted to all those who were in a state of desertion from regular forces on 5 August 1914, who then surrendered themselves on or before 4 September 1914 in the U.K. or 4 October 1914 if overseas. Having returned to service, Fenton was posted to the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards and entered the France and Flanders theatre of war on 30 August 1914, being appointed Lance-Sergeant in October 1916. In early 1917, the battalion was south of Arras and involved in following up the German retreat to the Hindenburg line. It was here, near Sailly Saillisel on 14/15th March, that Lance-Sergeant Fenton earned his D.C.M. He was subsequently mentioned in despatches and returned home on 10 July 1917, being later awarded the Silver War Badge. With copied record of service, London Gazette entries, Medal Index Card and other research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private F. C. Gratton, South Lancashire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (13118 Pte. F. C. Gratton. 6 S. Lanc: R.); 1914-15 Star (13118 Pte. F. C. Gratton. S. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (13118 Pte. F. C. Gratton. S. Lan. R.) contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 29 August 1917: ‘As company runner he has continually exposed himself to fire in carrying messages and has been of great service.’ Frederick Charles Gratton was born in 1887 and enlisted into the South Lancashire Regiment at Oswestry on 8 September 1914. He entered the Balkan theatre of war on 1 July 1915, serving with the 6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. He was transferred to the Army Reserve on 1 April 1919. Sold with original Certificate of Transfer to Reserve and copied gazette entry.

A Second War ‘Dunkirk 1940’ D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer Class I W. E. Bedworth, 60th (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (5102817 A-Sjt. W. E. Bedworth. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5102817 W.O. Cl.1. W. E. Bedworth. D.C.M. R.A.) first initial officially corrected on last, nearly extremely fine (8) £2,000-£2,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1940: ‘For gallant and distinguished services in action in connection with operations in the field.’ William Ernest Bedworth was born in Birmingham on 23 December 1908 and attested for the 5th (Territorial) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 6 February 1925. He served 6 years attending regular annual training, being discharged on termination of his engagement. On 27 April 1939 Bedworth re-enlisted into the 5th (Territorial) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, with the same service number; the Battalion had recently converted to an anti-tank role. Embodied for service on 2 September 1939, he served during the Second World War with the 60th (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery as part of the British Expeditionary Force, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, apparently for an anti-tank action during the retreat to Dunkirk (sadly no citation appears to have survived, and the War Diary is a little sparse on detail of the actions around this period). According to family tradition, he engaged a number of tanks, destroying three until another tank shot a ‘leg’ off his gun. He then escaped through a corn field. Advanced Warrant Officer Class II in 1941, Bedworth saw further service with the 8th Army through North Africa into Italy, and for his service was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 6 April 1944. He saw further action post D-Day in North West Europe, and according to family tradition was wounded in 1945. He died in Birmingham on 27 January 1981. Sold with the recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, this mounted on card with two brass R.H.A. shoulder titles pinned to it; a Royal Welch Fusiliers cap badge; 2 Master Gunners sleeve badges; a 7th Armoured Division cloth patch; a silver Football Medal; and copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ I.D.S.M. pair awarded to Naik Karam Dad, 1st Battalion, 89th Punjabis, who was wounded in action on 17 June 1915 Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1485 Naik Karam Dad 89th Punjabis) engraved naming; Victory Medal 1914-19 (1485 Nk. Karam Dad. 1-89 Pjbis.) the first cleaned, otherwise good very fine (2) £400-£500 --- I.D.S.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916: ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty whilst serving with the Indian Army Corps in France and Flanders.’ Karam Dad served with the 1st Battalion, 89th Punjabis during the Great War - the Regiment first saw action in Egypt and at Gallipoli, before joining the Ferozepore Brigade of the Lahore Division on the Western Front at the beginning of June 1915. He is recorded in the regimental history as having been wounded in action on 17 June 1915, on which date the History records that enemy snipers caused casualties in the trenches (and presumably this is how he was wounded). His battalion was transferred to Mesopotamia at the end of 1915. Only 7 awards of the I.D.S.M. were made to his regiment for service on the Western Front in 1915. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Corporal F. W. Robinson, Army Cyclist Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (13884 L.Cpl. F. W. Robinson. VII C.C. Bn: A.C.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1910 Pte. F. W. Robinson. A. Cyc. Corps.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, minor edge bruising, generally very fine and better (5) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 12 June 1918. Frederick William Robinson, a native of Liverpool, served as a Lance-Corporal in the West Lancashire Divisional Cyclist Company and then VIII Corps Cyclist Battalion.

A rare Great War S.G.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant L. Crossley, Highland Light Infantry, for his services in helping to extinguish the fires that burned for several days on H.M.T. Catonia, May 1917 Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (Lee Crossley. H.M.T. “Caronia” May 1917); 1914-15 Star (187 Pte. L. Crossley, High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (187 Cpl. L. Crossley. High. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (187 Sgt. L. Crossley, High. L.I.) very fine and better, the first rare to the Army, the last scarce to the Regiment (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Edrington Collection, 1980; W. H. Fevyer Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. 27 Silver and 10 Bronze Sea Gallantry Medals were awarded to the British Army 1857 to 1923, 19 of which were for this action. Lee Crossley was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1894 and attested for the Highland Light Infantry. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 May 1915, and later transferred to the 1st Battalion. He was awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal in Silver for his gallantry aboard H.M. Transport Caronia which caught fire in May 1917 whilst at sea, the original Recommendation stating: ‘In May 1917 while HM Transport Caronia was at sea, a series of fires occurred in her bunkers. The crew endeavoured for over five days to extinguish the fire, the Master was obliged to ask for the assistance of the troops on board and a number of them volunteered to go into the bunkers, where they rendered valuable assistance in extinguishing the outbreak. The service on non-commissioned officers and men are reported as deserving of special recognition. Very considerable risk was incurred in rendering the services. Frequent explosions occurred and a number of men were seriously injured.’ The Ship’s Log, gives further details, and records that the first fire was reported on 20 May, and it took 11 days before they were all extinguished: ‘On 20th May 1917 at 0300 whilst sailing from Durban to Tunghi Bay No 2 Coal Bunker was discovered to be on fire, every effort was made to extinguish the flames. On 24th May at 2100 No 3 port Coal Bunker discovered to be on fire, steps taken immediately to extinguish the fire. On 25th May at 1430, Robert Jones Leading Fireman, Henry Foulkes and Henry Gilfoyle Trimmers received extensive burns as a result of an explosion in bunkers, treated in Ship’s Hospital, at 1900 William Clarke, Boilermaker was gassed the result of an explosion in Coal Bunker and treated in Ship’s Hospital. At 0630 on 26th May George Pattison, 4th Engineer was gassed, the result of an explosion in a Coal Bunker and treated in Ship’s Hospital, at 1300 two further crew members were admitted to the Ship’s Hospital one with injuries, one gassed, at 1400 and 1500 two crewmen were gassed from an explosion. On 27th May at 1000 William Penny 4th Engineer was gassed the result of an explosion, at 1030 two more crew were gassed in an explosion, at 1930 a Trimmer was injured by an explosion. At 1500 on 28th May two crewmen were transferred to another ship for onward passage to hospital at Durban. On 31st May at 1900 the Chief Engineer reported all fires now extinguished.’ Advanced Sergeant, Crossley went on to serve in India and took part in the Third Afghan War attached to the 2nd/6th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, one of 41 N.C.O.s and men of the Highland Light Infantry to receive this Medal. Discharged to the Reserve on 26 November 1919, he was presented with his Sea Gallantry Medal by H.M. King George V on 11 December 1919. Sold with copied research.

Three: Private L. P. Clark, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 Star (2726 Pte. L. P. Clarke [sic]. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9726 Pte. L. P. Clarke [sic]. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Lawrence Philip Clark attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 12 August 1912 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. He received a gunshot wound to the back on 4 August 1916, and was sent by No. 31 Ambulance train to Abbeville for transit home via Le Havre. He was later transferred to the Army Service Corps and was re-numbered R/39990. He was discharged due to sickness on 15 November 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B331169. Note: The recipient’s Medal Index Card confirms that the correct spelling of his surname is Clark, but that his medals were nevertheless named Clarke.

Five: Colour Sergeant A. Hay, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, late Cameron Highlanders and Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (A. Hay, H.M.S. Simoom) engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Andw. Hay, 79th Highlanders); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (35 L-Corpl. Andrew Hay, 79 Ft.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Sejt. A. Hay, late 1 R. Welsh Fus.); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (A. Hay, H.M.S. Simoom) engraved naming, with IGS-style scroll suspension, all housed in a fitted leather case, some contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2010. Andrew Hay was born at Gladsmuir, Scotland, on 14 February 1836 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy First Class on 8 February 1854. He served aboard the troopship H.M.S. Simoom at Portsmouth and later served in the frigate H.M.S. Wasp. He was with the Naval Brigade at Balaklava and served in the trenches before Sebastopol. On returning home he enlisted into the 79th Foot in which his elder brother, Robert served. With the 79th he proceeded to India. His service outlined above is recorded in several publications. His papers indicate an alternative story. They show that he was entered on the books of the Simoom from 8 February 1854 until 25 September 1855, on which date his records were marked with ‘R’ for ‘Run’ or ‘Deserted’. Additionally on the Simoom medal roll it states, ‘R 25/9/55 Application for medals to be granted refused’. His army attestation papers indicate a different date and place of birth and make no mention of his Naval service. If he had run from the Simoom, then a rather anxious episode would soon have followed; for the newly recruited soldier of the 79th Foot would have been shipped out to India on none other than his former ship, the Simoom! In any event, he served in India with the 79th Foot, August 1857 to May 1883. Serving in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, he took part in the engagement at Secundragunge, the siege and capture of Lucknow, the actions at Rooyah, Allygunge, Bareilly and Shahjehanpore, the capture of Mahomdie, the storming of Rampore Kussia and the passage of the Gogra - being slightly wounded in the latter action (not listed as such in the published casualty roll). Afterwards he continued to serve with his regiment on the North West Frontier and took part in the expedition under Brevet Colonel A. F. Macdonell, December 1863 to January 1864. Appointed a Colour Sergeant in 1868, he was transferred to the 103rd Foot in December 1869 and 92nd Highlanders in June 1870. In July 1870 he was transferred as a supernumerary to the 23rd Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) and was appointed a Bazaar Sergeant. Discharged in 1883 at the termination of his second period of engagement, he was appointed a Park Ranger at King’s Park, Edinburgh, a post he held for 20 years. Hay was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal with an annuity of £10 on 3 June 1900. He died in 1922. Several members of his family also served in the 79th Foot (Cameron Highlanders). With copied service papers and other research, including a copied photograph of the recipient in civilian dress wearing six medals - as above plus an Army L.S. & G.C. Medal.

Pair: Sergeant R. Bland, 34th Regiment Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (R, Bland. 34th Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (4309. Sergt. R. Bland, 34th Foot) edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better (2) £300-£400 --- Richard Bland was born in Lancaster and attested for the 34th Regiment at Preston on 10 December 1855, aged 15 years, a weaver by trade. He served as a Boy, under age, until appointed as a Private on 1 April 1857. He was appointed Drummer on 1 July but reverted to Private on 6 October 1857, and remained ‘under age’ until 10 December 1858. Promoted to Corporal in July 1861, he was tried and reduced to Private in February 1862. He re-engaged on 11 September 1867, being promoted to Corporal in February 1868, and to Sergeant on 11 August 1867. Despite his previous misdemeanour he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal with £5 gratuity on 1 May 1879. Sergeant Bland was discharged at Carlisle on 3 February 1880, having served a total of 21 years 56 days, including 6 years 5 months in India; he served a further 14 days before joining the Staff of the 1st Royal Lancaster Militia. His discharge papers relate that ‘he is in possession of the Medal for long service and good conduct, and the Indian Mutiny Medal and clasp for Lucknow.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.

Pair: Sergeant W. H. Hicks, 54th Foot, later 25th Foot Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (3296 Sergr. W. Hicks. H.Ms. 54th. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (275 Serjt. Willm. Henry Hicks 2nd. Batt 25th. Foot) suspension claw tightened on latter, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £300-£400 --- William Henry Hicks was born in Dudley, Staffordshire, in 1834 and attested initially for the 54th Regiment of Foot, serving with them in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny He was discharged to the Staff of the Carnarvon Royal Rifles Militia, before re-attesting for the 25th Regiment of Foot at Bristol on 26 January 1860. He He was promoted to Corporal on 1 March 1860 and Sergeant on 7 August 1861, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 6 April 1867. He was discharged on 2 March 1869, after 21 years and 20 days’ service, of which 6 years had been spent in St. Helena, 18 months in the Mediterranean, and 6 years and 8 months in India. Sold with copied service papers.

Three: Colour Sergeant W. Lawrence, 4th Hussars, later Royal Engineers India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (No. 1427 Lce. Corpl. W. Lawrence, 4th. Q.O. Hussars.) contemporarily renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, date clasp a tailor’s copy (16373 Co. Sjt. Maj: W. Lawrence R.E.) engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (16373 C.S. Maj: W. Lawrence R.E.) engraved naming, mounted as worn and suspended from a triple width silver riband bar, good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- William Lawrence was born in Mexico ‘of British parents’ on 22 June 1855 and was educated at the Kings School, Sherbourne and Clifton College, Bristol. He attested for the 4th Hussars at Canterbury on 5 June 1875, and served with the Regiment until August 1879 when he was discharged by purchase intending to proceed to Mexico. From 1 March to 7 April 1879 he had held the appointment of Lance-Corporal. Whilst he saw service in India he seems to have had no campaign service. The India General Service Medal included with his group has been renamed and there is no evidence for its award to him in any official papers; certainly, the 4th Hussars were not present in the campaign under their own badge. Subsequently re-joining the Army, Lawrence was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1893, and was subsequently appointed to the permanent staff of the Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers as Colour Sergeant. In this capacity he served in South Africa during the Boer War. He was discharged in 1903, whilst serving with the 3rd Lancashire Volunteers, R.E., after a total of 28 years and 87 days’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War Lawrence was appointed Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant of the 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on 3 October 1914, serving in this capacity at home until 6 February 1918, and being promoted to Honorary Captain on 3 October 1917. A supporting letter from the Commanding Officer of the 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers concerning his appointment in 1914 mentions that he was over age (he was 56 at the time), but had passed his medical. He also mentions experience as Quartermaster of a large instructional camp in Chatham. He died on 1 July 1922. Following the recipient’s death, his wife petitioned the War Office, as she felt that his death was aggravated by his service but no pension was granted. Her letter to the War Office also mentions his India General Service Medal.

Seven: Troop Sergeant Major D. Fegan, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, later King’s Bodyguard, who served during the Belfast Riots of 1866 Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Troop Sergt. Major Maj. D. Fegan. 4/D. Gds.) rank contemporarily re-engraved; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1154... Sgt. Maj: D. Feg... Dn. Gds.) heavy pitting from Star partially obscuring naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1154 Tr. Segt. Major D. Fegan. 4th. Dn. Gds.) contemporarily renamed; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘T.S. Major. D. Fegan. R.I.D.G. 1154’; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (13 R.Q.M. Sjt. D. Fegan. King Edward’s H. Yeo.) mounted for display purposes in this order, heavy edge bruising and contact marks to the Egypt pair, the 1902 Coronation heavily worn, otherwise generally nearly very fine and better (7) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Spink, March 1979. Daniel Fegan was born in Ireland in 1851, and attested for the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 20 April 1870. Advanced Troop Sergeant Major, he was discharged, medically unfit, served with them to 13th September 1887. Medically unfit, due to rheumatic fever brought on by 1886 Belfast riots, on 13 September 1887, and was awarded a Pension by the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. He was appointed a Member of the King’s Bodyguard on 20 September 1901, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 107 of 1 April 1912, whilst serving as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant of the Canadian Squadron, King Edward’s Horse. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient wearing his medals in the order that they appear listed above. Note: Earlier photographs of the recipient, and his length of service, would suggest that he did not officially qualify for the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. For the recipient’s related miniature awards, see Lot 688.

Pair: Private J. Gilbert, Royal Highlanders Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (793. Pte. J. Gilbert. 1/Rl. Highrs.) suspension claw re-affixed, edge plugged at six o’clock; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, light pitting, otherwise very fine (2) £180-£220 --- John Gilbert was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, in 1862 and attested for the Leicestershire Regimen on 5 October 1881, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He transferred to the 1st Battalion Royal Highlanders on 1 November 1881, and served with them in Egypt and the Sudan from 27 August 1884 to 30 April 1886. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 13 October 1889, and was discharged on 4 October 1893, after 12 years’ service.

Four: Colour Sergeant Instructor of Musketry H. Rose, Essex Regiment, whose Army Reminisces paint a graphic picture of his services as a solider in the mid to late 19th Century Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1228 Cr. Sergt. H. Rose. 2/Essex. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (C. Sjt: H. Rose. 2/Essex Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1228 Cr. Sgt. H. Rose. Essex R.) rank partially officially corrected; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, the reverse impressed ‘1228. H. R.’, pitting from Star, therefore nearly very fine, the MSM good very fine (4) £500-£700 --- Henry Rose was born in Northington in Hampshire in 1849, and attested for the 56th Regiment of Foot at Aldershot on 2 November 1867. Posted to India on 1 March 1871, he was promoted Corporal on 23 December 1873, and Sergeant on 9th December 1875. Advanced Colour Sergeant on 24 July 1883, he served with the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment (as the 56th Foot had become) in Egypt and the Sudan from February 1884, and took part in the Gordon Relief Expedition down the Nile as part of the River Column. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 January 1886, he was posted to the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment as a Colour Sergeant Instructor, and qualified at the School of Musketry at Hythe in April 1889. He was discharged on 31 May 1901, and was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, with annuity, in 1915. Sold with a copy of the recipient’s Army Reminisces (10 pages) which paints a graphic picture of the privations experienced by a private solider in the mid to late 19th Century: ’Rations at this time were very poor... flogging was still the order for certain crimes... our billet [in Ireland] was red brick barracks which had not been occupied for 24 years except by hundreds of rats...’; and copied research.

Three: Private T. Williams, Royal Welsh Fusiliers India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Hazara 1891, second clasp loose on riband as top lugs removed from both clasps (970 Pte. T. Williams. 1st. Bn. R.W. Fus.) initial officially corrected; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Transvaal, Orange Free State, clasp mounted in this order (970. Pte. T. Williams, R. Welsh Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (970 Pte. T. Williams. Rl: Welsh Fus:) very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2001. Thomas Williams was born in Hereford in 1864 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, on 19 May 1885. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 15 December 1885 to 27 March 1893, and took part in the Third Burmese War and later in the Hazara campaigns of 1891. Transferring to the Army Reserve on 12 April 1893, he was discharged on 18 May 1897, after 12 years’ service, but re-enlisted in the Reserve for a further four years. Recalled to the Colours on 29 January 1900, he served in South Africa during the Boer War from 10 February 1900 to 22 May 1902, and was finally discharged on 1 July 1902, after a total of 16 years and 308 days’ service. Clasps confirmed, with the OFS clasp appearing on a supplementary roll, hence the claps order on the QSA.

Three: Sub-Conductor J. Calvert, Commissariat Transport Department, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in South Africa during the Boer War India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (sergt. J. Calvert, Comt. Dept. Bl.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (Sub:- Conductor. J. Calvert.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (Serjt. J. Calvert Commsstt Transpt. Deptt.) engraved naming, light contact marks, polished, generally good very fine, the Elandslaagte clasp rare to unit (3) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2011. One of only ten Queen’s South Africa Medals awarded to the Commissariat Transport Department with the clasp for Elandslaagte. John Calvert was born in Bermondsey, London, in 1860 and attested for the East Surrey Regiment in September 1879, having previously served in the Militia. Transferring to the Indian Commissariat Department, he re-engaged for further service in 1889, and was promoted to Sub-Conductor on 20 November 1900. He served with the unit in South Africa during the Boer War, ands was Mentioned in General White’s Despatch of 23 March 1900 (London Gazette 8 February 1901, where he is erroneously listed as Sub-Conductor W. Calvert). He was also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal, but is is not clear from the roll if this was ever awarded. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.

Six: Staff Sergeant Farrier Edward Alderdice, 12th Lancers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (33.1 S.S. Far: E. Alderdice, 12: R: Lancers); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3331 S.Serjt:-Far: E. Alderdice. 12th Lancers); 1914-15 Star (GS-11184 Far. S. Sjt. E. Alderdice 12-Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals GS-11184 Pte. E. Alderdice. 12-Lrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3331 F.S. Sjt: E. Alderdice. 12/Lrs.) mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, the earlier medals good fine, otherwise very fine (6) (6) £300-£400 --- Edward Alderdice was born in Birkenhead and attested there for the 12th Lancers on 21 April 1891, a shoeing smith by trade. He was appointed Shoeing Smith in February 1896, to Corporal Shoeing Smith in June 1893, and to Sergeant Farrier in August 1896. He extended his service to complete 12 years at Aldershot in April 1898, and was promoted to Staff Sergeant Farrier on 21 December 1899. He re-engaged to complete 21 years with the Colours in June 1902, and was discharged on termination of his 2nd period of engagement on 20 April 1912. Recalled at Birmingham on 23 September 1914, for General Service in his former rank of Staff Sergeant Farrier. He served in France with the 12th Lancers from 6 April 1915, but was tried by F.G.C.M. for ‘when on active service misapplying public food and disposing of same to French civilians’ and sentenced to be reduced to Private, in which rank his British War and Victory Medals were eventually issued. Sold with copied discharge papers and Medal Index Card.

Four: Private A. Fulcher, 18th Hussars Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3820. Pte: A. Fulcher. 18/Hrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3820 Pte. A. Fulcher. 18th. Hussars.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (5635 Pte. A. Fulcher. 18/Hrs.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Alexander Fulcher.) lightly polished, very fine (4) £280-£340 --- Alexander Fulcher was born in Ipswich in 1872 and attested there for the 19th Hussars on 20 February 1892, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. He served with the Regiment in India from 4 February 1893 to 14 October 1898, and then in South Africa from 15 October 1898 to 9 July 1902. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July 1910, and was discharged on 19 February 1913, after 21 years’ service. He died in Scarborough, Yorkshire, on 19 December 1946.

Four: Quartermaster Sergeant J. Mason, East India Railway Regiment, late Royal Welsh Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State, unofficial rivets between top two clasps (5586 Pte. J. Mason, R. Welsh Fus:); China 1900, 1 copy clasp, Relief of Pekin (No. 5586 Private J. Mason, 2nd Batt: R.W. Fusiliers.) renamed; Coronation 1902, Hong Kong issue, bronze (J. Mason); Volunteer Force Long Service (India and the Colonies), G.V.R. (Q-M-S. J. Mason. 3-E.I. Ry. R. A.F.I.) good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- John Mason was born in Wotton-under Edge, Gloucestershire, in 1880 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 28 February 1898, having previously served with the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 October 1899 to 18 July 1900, before transferring to the 2nd Battalion, and serving in China from 19 July 1900 to 9 November 1902, and then in India. He was discharged in India on 17 March 1906; he clearly remained in India, and was awarded his Volunteer Force Long Service Medal while serving with the 3rd Battalion East India Railway Regiment per Indian Army Order 591 of 1925. Note: The Queen’s South Africa Medal is confirmed on roll, with the Orange Free State clasp being confirmed on a supplementary roll, and presumably therefore despatched later. No confirmation has been found regarding the recipient’s entitlement to a China Medal; presumably, given the fact that it is renamed and the clasp a tailor’s copy, the recipient believed that he was entitled to it from his service with the 2nd Battalion, although it is unlikely that he was officially entitled to it.

Four: Trooper W. Martyn, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, later New Zealand Army Service Corps, who was wounded on 16 May 1915, and died at home on 21 November 1918 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (7675 Tpr. W. Martyn N.Z.M.R. 9th Cont:); 1914-15 Star (5/134 Cpl. W. Martyn. N.Z.E.F.); British War and Victory Medals (5/134 Cpl. W. Martyn. N.Z.E.F.) naming on VM upside down, contact marks to first, otherwise very fine and better (4) £260-£300 --- William Martyn was born at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand on 22 March 1883, and served with the 9th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles in South Africa during the Boer War, and with the New Zealand Army Service Corps during the Great War in Egypt and Gallipoli. Wounded on 16 May 1915, he died at home on 21 November 1918, having been discharged ‘from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service’, and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Gunner T. O’Loughlin, Royal Field Artillery, who deserted in 1920 and later e-enlisted under the alias of P. Clancey 1914 Star, with copy clasp (53100 Gnr. T. O’Loughlin. R.F.A.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued, better than very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Thomas O’Loughlin alias Patrick Clancey attested for the Royal Field Artillery and appears on the medal roll for the 1911 Delhi Durbar, serving in the 19th Battery R.F.A. His medal index card confirms that he landed in France on 14 October 1914, but that he also deserted in August 1920, and that his British War Medal and Victory Medal were returned. He later fraudulently re-enlisted under the alias of Patrick Clancey, and served as Gunner No. 1418395 until discharged to the Army Reserve in 1928.

Three: Lieutenant J. S. Fenwick, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. S. Fenwick. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. S. Fenwick.) all slightly later issues, with half-hearted attempt to obliterate surname on the BWM, therefore nearly very fine (3) £50-£70 --- John Stanhope Fenwick was born at Launceston, Cornwall on 27 April 1893, the son of Revd. George Bargate Fenwick, and was educated at Radley College and Caius College, Cambridge. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 22 August 1914, he served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from May 1915, and was promoted Lieutenant on 30 July 1916. Wounded by gunshot to the head at Railway Wood, Ypres, on 1 August 1916, he was evacuated to England. He rejoined the 2nd Battalion on 26 June 1917, before being appointed to the Indian Army, on probation, on 15 March 1918. Rejoining the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1920, he served with the 1st Battalion in Ireland before he resigned his commission in 1921. He appears in the January 1945 Army List as a Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Service Corps (Regular Army Emergency Commission), African Colonial Forces Section, with seniority from 7 October 1939. He died at Oxford on 11 September 1974.

Three: Sergeant N. Conde, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1914 Star (6934 Pte. N. Conde. 4/R.W. Fus.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (6934 Sjt. N. Conde. R.W. Fus.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200267 Sjt. N. Conde. 4-R.W. Fus.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Provenance: The vendor states that he has acquired all three medals in this lot independently; consequently there is the possibility that the British War Medal may one day re-surface. Norman Conde was born in Crewe, Cheshire, in 1893 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, serving with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November 1914. He was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 507 of 1920.

Three: Private G. Hammond, Army Service Corps, later Royal Irish Rifles 1914 Star (SS-4347 Pte. G. Hammond. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (SS-4347 Pte. G. Hammond. A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine (3) £90-£120 --- George Hammond attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 October 1914. He transferred to 15 Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, on 28 September 1917, and was renumbered 47341. He was reported wounded and missing on 21 March 1918, but subsequently re-joined, and died on 24 March 1952. Sold with two photographs, one a wedding photograph of the recipient and his family, the other a postcard photograph of the recipient in uniform with his wife and child; and the recipient’s ‘In Memoriam’ card.

Three: Captain D. F. Kennard, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914 Star (Lieut. D. F. Kennard. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. D. F. Kennard.) minor contact marks, very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Douglas Frederick Kennard was commissioned Temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 21 October 1914 and was posted for service to the 6th (Swansea) Territorial Battalion, Welsh Regiment. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 October 1914, and was promoted temporary Captain on 24 May 1916. Sold with copied research.

Three: The Reverend Father P. Grobel, Roman Catholic Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains’ Department, who was Mentioned in Despatches, and died at Boulogne on 1 January 1917 1914 Star (Rev: P. Grobel. A.C.D.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Rev. P. Grobel.) VM with the earlier dark matt finish, very fine and better (3) £240-£280 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 31 December 1915 The Reverend Peter Grobel, Roman Catholic Chaplain to the Forces, was born in 1865, and was educated at the Jesuit College at Tournai, Belgium, and afterwards at Paris. For ten years he worked as a parish priest at Little Hulton, Salford, and during his tenure was responsible for the building of the new Roman Catholic Church of St. Edmund, King and Martyr, at Little Hulton. In 1903 he was given a commission as a Naval Chaplain on the Mediterranean station. In 1909 he was appointed temporary Roman Catholic Chaplain to the Forces with the North China Expeditionary Force, and was employed in a similar capacity on the Western Front, landing in France with the British Expeditionary Force prior to 22 November 1914. He was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatch of 30 November 1915, and was appointed to be Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, on 19 January 1916. He died from natural causes on 1 January 1917, and is buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. His obituary notice in the Roman Catholic paper ‘Truth’ described him as a devoted priest, a good linguist, and that he was devoted to missionary work. Sold with copied research.

Three: Lieutenant R. E. D. Hall, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, attached Royal Air Force 1914-15 Star (2979 Pte. R. E. Hall, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. E. Hall.) ‘2’ erased from rank on both BWM and VM, otherwise good very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Reginald Ernest Dugdale Hall attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 4 November 1915, and was advanced temporary Lieutenant on 1 July 1917. In the June 1916 Army List he is noted as serving with 9th (Reserve) Battalion, O.B.L.I. He was attached to the Royal Air Force in August 1918, serving with No. 50 Cadet Wing, before reverting to the 3rd Battalion, O.B.L.I. on 28 February 1919. He died at Upminster, Essex, on 29 December 1970.

Three: Private B. Harding, Gloucestershire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Somme on 1 November 1916 1914-15 Star (15258 Pte. B. Harding, Glouc:R.); British War and Victory Medals (15258 Pte. B. Harding. Glouc. R.) very fine Pair: Private S. Gibbs, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (74048 Pte. S. Gibbs. Devon. R.) very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (35065 Pte. E. A. Bradley. R.W. Fus.; 27142 Pte. E. W. Gowers. Dorset. R.) first with lid of named card box of issue; Victory Medal 1914-19 (14099 Pte. F. C. Baulcombe. Wilts. R.); together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘147378’, this lacking pin, generally good very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Bertie Harding was born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Gloucestershire Regiment at Cirencester. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 July 1915, and died of wounds on 1 November 1916, aged 20. He is buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France. Sold with a Gloucestershire Regiment cap badge. Sidney Gibbs attested for the Devonshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 4 December 1919. Frederick Clifford Baulcombe was born at Kenilworth, Warwickshire, in 1894 and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment at Birmingham. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915, and later served in Salonika. He was killed in action on 22 November 1916 and is buried at Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece. Silver War Badge no. 147378 was awarded to 20425 Private Arthur Peart, Worcestershire Regiment, who was discharged due to sickness on 17 March 1917.

Four: Company Sergeant Major E. A. Doe, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (14692 Sjt. E. A. Doe. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (14692 Sjt. E. A. Doe. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal, good very fine Three: Private H. J. Cozier, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in the attack on Bellewaarde Farm on 5 September 1915 1914-15 Star (8867 Pte. H. J. Cozier, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8867 Pte. H. J. Cozier. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (7) £100-£140 --- Edward Albert Doe was born at Allerton, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on 14 September 1914. Promoted Sergeant on 10 June 1915, he served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and was appointed Company Sergeant Major on 25 February 1919. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 3 June 1919. Henry John Cozier was born at Thame, Oxfordshire, on 29 April 1885 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 July 1915, and was reported as missing, later presumed killed in action, during the attack on Bellewaarde Farm at the Battle of Loos on 25 September 191. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold with a postcard studio photograph of the recipient in uniform.

Six: Private A. Tildesley, North Staffordshire Regiment, later Deputy Clerk, Staffordshire County Council 1914-15 Star (17345 Pte. A. Tildesley. N. Staff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (17345 Pte. A. Tildesley. N. Staff. R.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Arthur Tildesley attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment 5 April 1915 and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 July 1915. Invalided out of the army suffering from a gunshot wound to the jaw, he was treated for his wounds by the pioneering plastic surgeon Sir Harold Gillies at the Queen’s Hospital Sidcup (Gillies cousin, Sir Archibald McIndoe, later joined Gillies’ practice, and during the Second World War worked for the Royal Air Force - his patients forming the ‘Guinea Pig Club’) Tildesley was discharged on 24 April 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 164901. Subsequently joining Staffordshire County Council, he was awarded the 1953 Coronation Medal in his position as Deputy Clerk of the Council. Sold with copied Coronation Roll extract.

Three: Lieutenant A. Walker, Highland Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (2283 Sjt. A. Walker, High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. Walker) better than very fine Three: Captain A. G. K. Ledger, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. G. K. Ledger. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. G. K. Ledger) surname on VM officially corrected, all in named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (6) £80-£100 --- Alexander Walker attested for the Highland Light Infantry and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 2 July 1915, subsequently being commissioned Lieutenant. Sold with a presentation copy of the published Regimental Records of the Highland Light Infantry, the inside inscribed ‘ To O/R Sergt. A. Walker, with compliments and best wishes for the New Year. 1st January 1915. J. H. Galbraith. Lt. Col.’; and a postcard size portrait photograph of the recipient in the uniform of a Sergeant, H.L.I. Archibald George Kirwood Ledger was born on 11 July 1885 and was educated at Edinburgh University. He was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 1 May 1915, and served with the Hereford unit of the R.A.M.C. during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 June 1915. Subsequently serving at 14th General Hospital at Wimereux, he suffered from debility and was admitted to No. 37 Field Ambulance, being evacuated home on the Hospital Ship Asturias in April 1916. He later worked as Assistant House Physician at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

Three: Private A. E. Rawlings, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (14636 Pte. A. E. Rawlings. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (SS-14636 A. Cpl. A. E. Rawlings. A.S.C.) VM with ornate replacement suspension ring, otherwise very fine Pair: Private W. J. Lock, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-191619 Pte. W. J. Lock. A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private G. E. Barnes, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (S4-094419 Pte. G. E. Barnes. A.S.C.) good very fine (7) £70-£90 --- Albert Edward Rawlings attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them in the Gallipoli Theatre of War from 28 September 1915. He later transferred to the Labour Corps and transferred to the Army Reserve on 16 March 1919. Sold with a postcard photograph of ‘the M.T. A.S.C., at Witney’; and two A.S.C. cap badges.

Nine: Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander E. E. D. Gray, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (Surg. S. Lt. E. E. D. Gray, R.N.V.R.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-39 (Surg. Lt. Cdr. E. E. D. Gray. R.N.V.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1940’; Service Medal of the Order of St. John (D/Sgn. E. E. Gray. London S.J.A.B. 1953.) mounted as worn, generally good very fine and better (9) £700-£900 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 1997. V.D. London Gazette 27 May 1940. One of only four Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decorations awarded in 1940. Edward Emile Delisle Gray was born at Basseterre, St. Kitts, on 9 November 1895, the son of Dr S. G. Gray, a sometime Medical Officer of Southern Nigeria. He was educated at St Paul’s School, London, and in 1914 was awarded an Exhibition to Christ’s College, Cambridge, but owing to the outbreak of the Great War did not matriculate. Instead, he attempted to join the Army but was refused entry due to poor eyesight. He therefore went to Guy’s Hospital to study clinical medicine, having gained a scholarship. He was appointed Temporary Surgeon Probationer, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, on 8 March 1918, and served during the latter stages of the Great War in H.M.S. Martin. Post-War, Gray settled into general practice in Teddington, and in 1933 was elected a member of the Royal College of Physicians. He was honorary medical officer to the Teddington Memorial Hospital and a police surgeon for ten years. In November 1935 he began a year of service in the Royal Navy, serving in H.M.S. Coventry and H.M. Hospital Ship Maine during the Abyssinian crisis, and was promoted Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December 1937. During the Second World War he served in various ships and shore based establishments from October 1939 until April 1946, and was advanced Surgeon Commander. Post-War he re-entered general practice in Anerley, and was appointed Surgeon to the Norwood and Crystal Palace division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. He also served as Chairman of the Ministry of Labour and National Service medical board at Croydon. He died on 12 May 1956. He was awarded the R.N.V.R. Decoration in 1940, one of only four awarded during this year. Sold with copied research.

Four: Sergeant T. King, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (5607 Sjt. T. King. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (5607 Sjt. T. King. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5607 Sjt. T. King. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) mounted as worn, very fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- Thomas King was born at Watlington, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 3 June 1898, declaring prior service in the Militia. He was promoted Corporal in September 1914 and Sergeant in August 1915, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was admitted to the 2nd Royal Naval Field Ambulance suffering from Pyrexia (unexplained fever) in November 1916, and was sent onward to the Casualty Clearing Station at Varennes. In January 1918 he was serving with the Command Depot, O.B.L.I., stationed at Tipperary, then after a brief spell with the 3rd Battalion was posted to the 5th Battalion. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1917, and transferred to the Army Reserve in March 1919.

Pair: Private H. Calcutt, Royal Marine Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (PO. 2853-S- Pte. H. Calcutt. R.M.L.I.) very fine Pair: Private E. J. Haines, Royal Marine Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Ply. 1626 -S- Pte. E. J. Haines. R.M.L.I.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, officially numbered RN 43239’; and two Oxfordshire Education Committee School Attendance Medals, both bronze, the first engraved ‘E. Haines 1905-6’, the second with three additional award bars for 1907-8, 1908-9 and 1909-10, engraved ‘E. Haines 1906-7’, generally very fine Pair: Private G. Richards, Royal Marine Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Ch. 1642-S- Pte. G. Richards. R.M.L.I.) very fine (8) £80-£100 --- Herbert Calcutt was born at Cogges, Oxfordshire in 1886 and enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Witney, Oxfordshire, on 11 December 1915, joining the Portsmouth Division - on enlistment it was stated that he had had prior service in the Army, and that his army service would reckon towards his limited engagement. He served during the Great War on the Western Front, and was demobilised in March 1919. Ernest James Haines, a native of Witney, Oxfordshire, was born on 1 March 1898 and enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 16 May 1916, being mobilised on 18 October 1916. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August to 17 November 1917 and was discharged, invalided, on 18 September 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge No. RN 43239. George Richards was born on 22 August 1897, and enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Witney, Oxfordshire, on 11 December 1915. Posted to the Royal Marines Depot at Deal he served at home until posted to the Chatham Division, R.M.L.I. on 8 April 1918. He was invalided back to the U.K. on 7 July 1919. Sold with a toned brass King’s Crown Royal Marines helmet plate; a darkened and badly corroded R.M.L.I. cap badge lacking lugs; and a small rifle shooting fob medal in base metal with gilt detail hand engraved ‘G.R.’

Family Group: Pair: Private G. Brooks, Royal Lancaster Regiment, who was killed in action at Givenchy on 9 April 1918, on which date Second Lieutenant J. H. Collin, of the same battalion, was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross British War and Victory Medals (37086 Pte. G. Brooks. R. Lanc. R.); Memorial Plaque (George Brooks); Memorial Scroll ‘Pte. George Brooks Royal Lancaster Regt.’, the scroll sometime framed and yellowed and brittle with some loss to edges, the medals and plaque nearly extremely fine Pair: Driver J. Brooks, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (197331 Dvr. J. Brooks. R.A.) extremely fine (6) £180-£220 --- George Brooks attested for the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action during heavy fighting near Givenchy on 9 April 1918, aged 19; Second Lieutenant Joseph Henry Collin, of the same Battalion, was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for the same action. Brooks has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France. Sold together with a torn portrait post card size photograph purporting to be the recipient. James Brooks, the brother of the above, was born in 1893, and initially enlisted into the Army Veterinary Corps in 1916. He subsequently transferred to the Royal Field Artillery for active service overseas in Salonika, and was discharged in October 1919, suffering from the effects of malaria contracted on active service.

Pair: Private O. J. Burton, Royal Warwickshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (25783 Pte. O. J. Burton. R. War. R.); together with three bronze Oxfordshire Education Committee School Attendance Medals for 1904-5, 1905-6 and 1906-7 all with engraved naming to O. Burton, very fine and better Pair: Private F. A. Willey, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was discharged due to wounds in 1917 British War and Victory Medals (15229 Pte. F. A. Willey. W. York R.) good very fine Pair: Private W. T. Richards, Hampshire Regiment, later Worcestershire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 June 1918 British War and Victory Medals (357109 Pte. W. T. Richards. Hamps. R.) very fine Pair: Private C. Nason, Northamptonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (36712 Pte. C. Nason. North’n. R.) good very fine Pair: Private R. W. Smith Royal West Kent Regiment, later Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (39203. Pte. R. W. Smith. R.W. Kent R.) very fine Memorial Plaque (Leslie Smith); together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘47945’, very fine (11) £120-£160 --- Oswald John Burton attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and served with both the 10th and 2nd/7th Battalions during the Great War. Sold with an unusual white metal, possibly nickel silver, hand tooled and engraved identity bracelet (Pte. O. J. Burton 25783 2/7 R.W.R.); and a Royal Warwickshire Regiment cap badge and British Legion lapel badge. William Thomas Richards, a native of Witney, Oxfordshire, attested for the Hampshire Regiment at at Oxford and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. Subsequently transferred to 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, he was killed in action between 25 May 1918 and 18 June 1918, and was officially recorded as killed in action on the latter date. He is buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France. Several Men with the name Leslie Smith appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour. Silver War Badge no. 147378 was awarded to 8108 Private Albert Widdison, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was discharged due to sickness on 15 January 1915.

Six: Sergeant R. Foxton, Yorkshire Regiment, later King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who served with both the Border Regiment and the Lincolnshire Regiment during the Great War, and was twice wounded British War and Victory Medals (4173 Pte. R. Foxton. Bord. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4381704 Sjt. R. Foxton. K.R.R.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (4381704 Sjt. R. Foxton. K.R.R.C.) the Great War pair heavily polished, therefore fine; the rest good very fine and better (6) £160-£200 --- Ronald Foxton was born in Thirsk, Yorkshire, on 14 December 1896 and attested for the 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Territorial Force) on 19 September 1914. Transferring to the Border Regiment on 3 July 1916, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 July 1916, and was wounded by gun shot to the right hand on 31 October 1917. Transferring again to the Lincolnshire Regiment on 31 March 1918, he was again wounded by gun shot to the left finger on 24 October 1918. Demobilised on 9 July 1919, he subsequently re-enlisted in the Yorkshire Regiment (Territorial Force) the following year for another 4 years’ service, and was discharged in 1924. Foxton attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps (Regular Army) at Winchester on 29 September 1925, and served with them until being discharged to pension on 9 March 1938. Mobilised from the Reserve to serve in Palestine, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1943, and was finally discharged from the Army Reserve, overage, in 1953. Sold with copied service papers.

Four: Corporal A. F. Soanes, Royal Welsh Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (11070 Pte. A. E. Soanes. R.W. Fus.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (4178990 Pte. A. E. Soanes, R.W. Fus.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (4178990 Cpl. A. F. [sic] Soanes. R.W. Fus.) contact marks throughout, the obverse of the VM heavily polished and worn, therefore about fair, the rest nearly very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Alfred E. Soanes attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. The 1914 Star Roll shows that his rank was Bandsman, and that he disembarked on 6 October 1914. However, his name was since deleted from the roll, and his Medal Index Card notes that, although he was originally issued with a 1914 Star, ‘Ineligible, embarked 23.12.16. Star returned and scrapped.’ It is recorded in The Road to Armageddon that he was missing on 30 October 1914 and later re-joined the unit. It is possible there was doubt as to why he was missing and later re-joined making him ineligible for the Star. He was awarded Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1932.

Three: Warrant Officer Class II E. R. Fraser, 14th Battalion, London Regiment, and Machine Gun Corps, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, and was later a Sergeant in the Special Constabulary British War and Victory Medals (1684 W.O. Cl.2. E. R. Fraser. 14-Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1684 Sjt - A.C.S. Mjr. - E. R. Fraser. 14/Lond: R.) good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Ernest Robert Fraser attested for the 14th Battalion, London Regiment, on 1 July 1912, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 September 1914. Subsequently transferring to the 168th Company, Machine Gun Corps, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 4 June 1917), and was discharged on 6 August 1919. He was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 380 of 1 October 1919, and later received a Special Constabulary Long Service Medal. Note: The recipient’s Meritorious Service Medal and Special Constabulary Long Service Medal were sold in these rooms in May 2021.

Pair: Private C. B. Morgan, Royal Army Medical Corps, who died in Salonika on 2 October 1918 British War and Victory Medals (22753 Pte. C. B. Morgan. R.A.M.C.) very fine Pair: Private R. Rainbow, Army Veterinary Corps British War and Victory Medals (SE - 3073 Pte. R. Rainbow. A.V.C.) edge bruising, very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Clement Brett Morgan was born at Hampstead, Middlesex, and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Cosham. He served with with 36 General Hospital, R.A.M.C. during the Great War in Salonika, and died on 2 October 1918. He is buried at Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. Sold with a brass Royal Army Medical Corps cap badge. Randolph Rainbow was born at Shipton under Wychwood and attested for the Army Veterinary Corps, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 January 1915. He was discharged due to sickness on 20 June 1915, and is entitled to Silver War Badge No. 166759. Sold with an A.V.C. cap badge and a postcard photograph of the recipient.

Pair: Company Sergeant Major G. B. Clayton, Royal Engineers British War Medal 1914-20 (480063 A.W.O. Cl.2 G. B. Clayton. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (480063 C.S. Mjr: G. B. Clayton. 460/ W. Rid: Fd: Coy. R.E.) sometime harshly cleaned, therefore nearly very fine (2) £100-£140 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 14 June 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the forces in France, during the present war’.

Four: Private J. V. Melady, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (4611588 Pte. J. V. Melady D.W.R.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s card identity disk, ‘4611588 C.E. J. V. Melady’, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100 --- James Vincent Melady was born at Hull, Yorkshire, on 29 June 1914, and attested there for the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment on 11 May 1931. He served with the 1st Battalion in both India and during the Second World War - the combination of his Second World War awards suggests service in the 1st Battalion at Dunkirk, followed by home service. He died at Spilsby, Lincolnshire, in December 1991. Sold with various original documents, including Army Certificates of Education, both 3rd and 2nd Class, dated 1932 (Jubbulpore) and 1933 (Poona); original parchment certified copy of attestation; original reference from the Head Teacher of Thomas Stratton Boy’s School, dated in July 1928; original envelope enclosing the IGS and Army Council enclosure for the Second War awards, the documents folded and worn.

Nine: Jemadar Ali Mohd, Pakistan Army, late 3-1 Punjab Regiment, Indian Army Pakistan, Republic Day Medal 1956, unnamed; General Service Medal, 1 clasp, Kashmir 1948, unnamed; Great Britain, Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (PJO-10092 Jemadar Ali Mohd 1.P.R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (10594 Sepoy Ali Mohd, 3-1 Punjab R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these last five unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, very fine (9) £80-£100

Six: Private W. Morrison, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, who was taken prisoner at the Fall of Crete on 2 June 1941, and later served with the Royal Military Police in Korea General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6087816 Pte. W. Morrison. Bedfs. & Herts. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22259957 Pte. W. Morrison R.M.P.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, contact marks,generally good very fine (6) £300-£400 --- W. Morrison attested for the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, and served with the 1st Battalion pre-War in both Egypt and in Palestine on internal security duties. In March 1941 his battalion deployed to Greece, initially disembarking in Athens, and was then deployed for the defence of the island of Lemnos; however, Morrison was unusually detached for duty in Crete, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War on Crete on 2 June 1941, following the German parachute invasion of the island on 20 May 1941. Held in captivity for the rest of the War, latterly at Stalag 344, at Lamsdorf, Poland, he would most likely have experienced the ‘Lamsdorf Death March’ in early 1945, when the prisoners were marched away from the advancing Russian Army. Following the Second World War he was transferred to the Army Reserve, but was recalled for the Korean War, and served as a Private in 28 Brigade, Provost Section, Royal Military Police. Sold with copied research.

Seven: Private C. Richards, Welch Regiment, later Royal Welsh Fusiliers General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3852666 Pte. C. Richards. Welch. R.) number officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (3852666. Fus. C. E. Richards. R.W.F.) mounted as worn, suspension bar slightly bent on last, contact marks, generally very fine (7) £120-£160 --- Sold with copied medal roll extract or the GSM, with the recipient’s number has been amended on the roll, hence the official correction to the medal.

Three: Acting Sergeant J. R. Shewry, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (18877 Pte. J. R. Shewry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (18877 Pte. J. R. Shewry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with the recipient’s two card identity discs ‘18877 J. Shewry C E Oxf & Bucks Lt. Inf’ and ‘48679 J Shewry C E 30 MGC’, good very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Joseph Richard Shewry, a native of Coate, Bampton, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 7 June 1915, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 June 1915. He later transferred to the 30th Company, Machine Gun Corps, on 11 May 1916 and was appointed Acting Sergeant, later serving in Egypt. He was transferred to the Army Reserve from the 10th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, on 1 April 1919. Sold with a late 1970s press cutting from an unattributed local newspaper with a photographic image of ‘The Aston Bellringers - Easter 1914’, including Joe Shewry; and three original postcard sized photographs of a small group of soldiers wearing O.B.L.I. and M.G.C. cap badges believed to include the recipient.

Five: Company Quartermaster Sergeant J. Richardson, Royal Engineers Special Reserve 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Militia, with two Additional Award Bars (7574818 C.Q.M. Sjt. J. Richardson. R.E.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, generally very fine (5) £120-£160 --- J. Richardson served with the Royal Engineers (Special Reserve) with the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War, as part of 106th Army Troops Company, R.E. Following evacuation from Dunkirk he seems to have held appointments in Training Units in the U.K. Confirmed on the medal roll for the award of the 1937 Coronation Medal, he was awarded the first and second Award Bars to the Efficiency Medal per Army Order 104 of 30 June 1945.

A well documented Second War group of six awarded to Signalman H. J. Stanley, Royal Signals, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches for his services in the Middle East 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with two [sic] M.I.D. oak leaf emblems; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Militia, with Second Award Bar (2339063. Sigmn. H. J. Stanley. R. Sigs.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, the Efficiency Medal a Territorial issue without the Second Award Bar, light contact marks, very fine and better (6) £300-£400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 24 June 1943: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period 1 May to 22 October 1942.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 13 January 1944: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.’ Henry ‘Harry’ James Stanley was born in Belfast on 20 April 1913, and was employed by the General Post Office Telephones on vehicle maintenance. Like many of his colleagues, he joined the local Royal Signals T.A. unit, and attended annual camp at Portstewart, Co. Antrim. Whilst there in 1939 War was declared, and the unit was posted overseas. In December 1939, whilst in France, he was injured by shrapnel and returned to Northern Ireland for a short period of recuperation. Upon recovering, ‘Harry decided that there was no way he was going to have to rely on the army’s BSA motorcycle – he would have thought them crude, slow, painful to ride (Bloody Sore Arse) and unreliable. So, if he was going back to war, he was going to take with him his trusty Norton! This combination proved to be a formidable force. How on earth he managed to gain permission to transport his bike, we have absolutely no idea. However, he was not a man that accepted ‘no’ for an answer!’ (family recollections refer). Posted to the Middle East in 1941, Stanley became a Despatch Rider on General Montgomery’s Staff, carrying messages to the front line on his trusty Norton, and for his ‘gallant and distinguished service’ was twice Mentioned in Despatches. He saw further service in north-west Europe post-D-Day, and having been posted to Montgomery Trench Mortar Section in Belgium, was reputedly in Berlin on V-E Day (family recollections refer). After the war, he returned to his employment with the General Post Office, and also re-joined the Royal Signals T.A. in Clonaver Camp, Belfast, again in moth transport, where he was advanced to the rank of Staff Sergeant with 66 Signal Regiment, finally retiring in 1968. He died on 20 April 2004. Sold with the following archive: i) The recipient’s two Mentioned in Despatches Certificates, dated 24 June 1943 and 13 January 1944, these both mounted on card ii) The recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Certificate of Attestation; and Service Papers iii) A Union Flag, approximately 7ft in width. iv) A Presentation Pewter Tankard, inscribed ‘Presented by HQ. Squadron to S/Sgt. Stanley 40th (U) Signal Regt, 1968’ v) A photograph album compiled by the recipient during the Second World War, the majority of the photographs from his period in the Middle East, the pages loose; together with various other photographs and postcards, including two of the recipient on his wedding day. vi) Various riband bars, buttons, and unit insignia vii) Various Royal Signals and British Legion Membership cards, official programmes, and other ephemera.

Pair: Private V. W. Kennils, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was captured and taken prisoner during the Retreat to Dunkirk on 14 June 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure officially numbered ‘5184280’; together with the recipient’s Dunkirk Commemorative Medal, nearly extremely fine (3) (3) £60-£80 --- Victor William Kennils attested for the Gloucestershire Regiment with number 5184280 and served with the 2nd Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War. He was reported missing in action on 14 June 1940, and was later confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War. He was held for the rest of the War at Stalag 20 b, Marienburg, Poland. Sold with the original award document for the Dunkirk Medal named to ‘Victor William Kennils, Gloucestershire Regiment’, and numbered 31453; and copied research.

Three: Attributed to Driver H. J. Olding, 305 Company, Royal Army Service Corps (General Transport), who participated in the Liberation of Norway 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, nearly extremely fine Pair: Attributed to Squadron Leader E. J. R. Downs, Royal Air Force, a jet aircraft flying instructor who baled out and survived a mid-air collision between two Meteor jet aircraft in April 1954 Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in card box of issue addressed to ‘F/O E. J. R. Downs, R.A.F. Khor Maksar [sic], Aden, M.E.A.F.’, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (5) £80-£100 --- Harry James Olding was born on 6 January 1903, and attested for the Royal Army Service Corps at Bulford on 21 August 1941. His service record confirms that he embarked for service in North West Europe on 26 May 1944, and disembarked for the liberation of Norway on 4 June 1945. He was discharged on 4 February 1946. Sold together with the recipient’s Army Book 64 (Soldier’s Brown Book), covers detached; Army Book X 801; Soldier’s Release Book, Class ‘A’; Army Form W5258 Record of Service; National Registration Identity Card; a large Liberation of Norway Certificate, named to the recipient and bearing the facsimile signature of King Olav; and a large photograph of the recipient in uniform, some of the documents and photograph damaged with creases and tears to edges. Ernest James Raymond Downs served in the ranks of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and was commissioned Pilot Officer on 27 November 1946. He served with 8 Squadron at Khormaksar in 1949, and was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in 1950. A qualified flying instructor, he subsequently served as an instructor on Meteor Jet Aircraft at No. 203 Advanced Flying School, R.A.F. Driffield, and then later as Training Officer of 604 Squadron. He survived a mid-air collision on 3 April 1954 - his pupil, Pilot Officer Austin, was in a controlled descent in a Meteor T7 (WL 462) to North Weald, when it was struck by an F8 from 111 Squadron, also at North Weald. Downs managed to bail out and survived, but Austin was killed, the aircraft crashing near Blackmore, Essex. He retired with the rank of Squadron Leader, on 30 August 1968. Sold with the recipient’s original R.A.F. Form 5214A Instrument Pilot Rating Card for the Jet Provost aircraft, dated 1962 and 1963; and copied research.