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Nine: Nadir Khan, 11 Baluch Regiment, Pakistan Army Pakistan, General Service Medal, 1 clasp, Dir-Bajaur 1960-62, unnamed as issued; War Star 1965 (PJO-14198 SM Nadir Khan TK-11 Baluch R) naming impressed in reverse centre; War Medal 1965, unnamed as issued; Republic Commemoration Medal 1956, unnamed as issued; Great Britain, 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48; War Medal 1939-45, these all unnamed as issued, mounted as worn by Feroze Din Janjua & Sons, of Lahore, nearly very fine Seven: Sepoy Bostan Khan, Pakistan Army Pakistan, Independence Medal 1947 (8797160 Sepoy. Bostan Khan. MODC.) officially impressed naming; Republic Commemoration Medal 1956, unnamed as issued; Great Britain, 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these all unnamed as issued, nearly very fine (16) £100-£140

Pair: Major-General G. E. Holmes, Brigade Staff, late 72nd Bengal Native Infantry, who over the course of his lengthy career was thanked on no fewer than 33 occasions by the Officers under whom he served Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (Lieut. G. E. Holmes, 72nd. Bengal N.I.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. G. E. Holmes, Bde. Staff.) minor edge bruising and small dig to obverse field of first, nearly very fine and better (2) £900-£1,200 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. George Edward Holmes was commissioned Ensign on 12 June 1840, and was posted to the 72nd Native Infantry. Promoted Lieutenant on 1 February 1843, he commanded the Rifle Company of the 72nd Native Infantry at Neesung when detached with two guns Horse Artillery and a troop of 3rd Light Dragoons to cover the retreat of the Government troops from Khythul in 1843 and kept open communications with Kurnaul. He subsequently served throughout the Second Sikh War and was present at the first siege of Mooltan; in the affair of 9 September and storming of the enemy’s strongly entrenched position on 12 September 1848; during the siege operations previous to and the action of Sooraj Koond, 7 November; and at the Second siege of Mooltan, culminating in the surrender of the citadel in January 1849. Promoted Captain on 10 May 1853, Holmes commanded a force on the Lower Hazara Frontier 1853-54, and took part in sundry minor affairs when in command of the Peshawar Frontier posts of Michnee, Abazanie and Shube Kuddar 1855-56. When a mutinous spirit entered itself into the Kelat-il-Ghilzie Regiment in 1853 he was especially selected by the Commander-in-Chief to take command of the Regiment, and entrusted with the extremely difficult and delicate task of renumbering the entire Regiment and giving each individual his proper standing and place in the Battalion Register. Confirmed as Commandant on 28 May 1855, he served in this capacity until 5 February 1856 when, the Regiment now in a state of good order and discipline, he applied to revert to Brigade Staff. A testament to his good services was the fact that the Regiment remained faithful during the Great Sepoy Mutiny. Holmes was re-appointed to the Brigade Staff in 1856 and held the appointment of Brigade Major at Jullundar throughout the Mutiny. On receipt at Jullundar by telegraph, on the morning of 12 May 1857, of the massacres at Meerut and Delhi, he ordered a detachment of the 8th Foot into Fort Phillour, and thus saved this valuable and important Fort and Magazine from falling into the hands of the mutineers from the 3rd Native Infantry. His actions were brought to the notice of the Commander-in-Chief in the Despatch of the Brigadier commanding at Jullundar, and he received the thanks of Brigadier Hartley. In total he was thanked on eleven separate occasions by the several Officers Commanding, and was complimented in Brigade Orders. Holmes was promoted Major on 18 February 1861, and served until 1865 as Assistant Adjutant General, receiving the Commendations of both General Sir Hugh Rose and the Adjutant General. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 12 June 1866, and Colonel on 12 June 1871, and, continuing as Adjutant General, in 1873 compiled new Standing Orders for the Native Army. He retired with the honorary rank of Major-General on 23 January 1875; in total he had been thanked on 33 occasions by the Officers under whom he served. he died in Hove, Sussex, on 5 August 1897. Sold together with a group photographic image featuring the recipient; and copied research.

Five: Staff Sergeant R. Dove, Royal Tank Regiment, late Special Air Service U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, E.II.R. (22122080 Tpr. R. Dove. S.A.S.); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Northern Ireland (22122080 S Sgt R Dove RTR); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (22122080 Sgt. R. Dove. R.T.R.) good very fine or better (5) £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: An Important Collection of Awards to the S.A.S. and Special Forces, Dix Noonan Webb, March 1997; Collection of Medals to Members of the Special and Airborne Forces, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008. Roy Dove was called up for National Service in March 1949 and served for 18 months in 7 Royal Tank Regiment, following which he joined the County of London Yeomanry (Territorials) before enlisting in 5 Royal Tank Regiment in 1952. Whilst employed as an M.T. driver in the latter unit in Korea he volunteered for 22 Special Air Service, passing his parachute and selection courses in Singapore before being posted to ‘A’ Squadron, S.A.S. in Malaya. He was subsequently employed in Operation Termite, participating in several deep penetration patrols into the jungle, more often than not via parachute from Valettas, or helicopters, a pioneering technique known to the S.A.S. as “Tree-hopping”. Having then been demobilised from 22 S.A.S. in 1957, he re-enlisted into 2 Royal Tank Regiment in 1960, and served in Libya, Cyprus and Germany, until, in 1965, he was appointed House Sergeant to Major-General Ward, the C.O. of 1 Division, H.Q. & Signals. On Ward’s departure, he remained employed in a similar capacity to General Alan Taylor, later Deputy Commander of U.K. Land Forces, while in 1976, he joined 1 Royal Tank Regiment and served as Officer’s Mess Steward until his retirement - his C.O. then noting that he was ‘the most be-medalled soldier in the Regiment (I’ll be glad to see him go!)’. He added, too, ‘having served in the S.A.S. myself, I probably understand Roy Dove better than anyone else in the Regiment - he’s nuts! Seriously though, I can testify to his determination and courage, his loyalty and sense of comradeship, his generosity.’ Sold with an original letter from the recipient, dated 1987; various photographic images; and copied research.

Three: Sergeant D. J. Baker, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (16805 Pte. D. J. Baker, Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (16805 Sjt. D. J. Baker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Private A. Dunsby, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (19656 Pte. A. Dunsby. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (19656 Pte. A. Dunsby. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Private W. Eaton, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (13967 Pte. W. Eaton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (13967 Pte. W. Eaton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (9) £120-£160 --- Donald James Baker, a native of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 12 December 1914 and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915, and later with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Salonika. He was promoted Sergeant on 1 January 1918, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 11 May 1919. Andrew Dunsby, a native of Witney, Oxfordshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 1 September 1915 and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 December 1915. He was later transferred to the Royal Engineers, being posted to 315th Road Construction Company. He was demobilised on 28 February 1919. William Eaton attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. He later transferred to the Labour Corps and transferred to the Army Reserve on 18 April 1919.

Five: Private S. H. Grey, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Royal Horse Artillery, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919 1914-15 Star (65860 Dvr. S. H. Grey. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (65860 Dvr. S. H. Grey. R.A.); Defence Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (33483 Pte. S. H. Grey. 2/Oxf. & Bucks: L.I.) light polishing, otherwise very fine (5) £140-£180 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. Septimus Henry Grey was born on 4 July 1892 and having attested for the Royal Horse Artillery served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 December 1914. He subsequently transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in the 1919 ‘Peace Gazette’. He was discharged to the Reserve on 12 April 1919. Sold together with a finely executed brown crayon portrait drawing of the recipient in O.B.L.I. uniform.

Three: Surgeon-Major R. C. C. Hickson, M.D., Army Medical Department, onetime Medical Officer of the 1/24th Foot, he served in the Kaffir War of 1877-78, and in the Egyptian War of 1882 at the battle of Kassassin where he received a mention in despatches South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8 (Surgn. Maj: R. C. C. Hickson. M.D. A.M. Dept.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Surgn. Maj: R. C. C. Hickson. A.M. Dept.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed, toned, very fine or better (3) £1,600-£2,000 --- Only 11 clasps dated ‘1877-8’ issued to the Army Medical Department, Hickson being the most senior recipient. Richard Charles Coleman Hickson was born at Cashel, Ireland, on 13 August 1841. He qualified AB (1862), LKQCPI (1863), LRCSI (1863), MD (Dublin 1880). Appointed Staff Assistant Surgeon, 31 March 1864; served on the Hazara expedition, North West Frontier, 1868; Assistant Surgeon 1/24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, 25 March 1871; to Staff at Gibraltar 1873 and appointed Garrison Medical Officer there in 1874; Medical Officer 1/24th Foot, September 1874; promoted to Surgeon-Major, 28 April 1875. Surgeon-Major Hickson was senior medical officer Ciskei District in the South African war of 1877-78 (Kaffir campaign). In November 1878, he was in medical charge at Cape Town. In May 1879, he volunteered for employment in the war and proceeded via Durban to Newcastle to take charge of the depôt there, and was senior medical officer of the Utrecht District until the conclusion of hostilities. He served in the Egyptian expedition of 1882 with 1st Bearer Company, being present at the battle of Kassassin where he received a mention in despatches. He was with Surgeon-Major George Shaw when the latter was killed at Kassassin on 28 August 1882. He served in the Bengal Command from September 1886 and, in August 1887, was granted leave of absence on medical certificate but died at sea on board S.S. Quetta, 13 August 1887. Among his publications were: A Case of Primary Cancer of the Liver (Dublin Journal of Medical Science 1888, Vol. 69) which was his thesis for the MD degree, and Report on wounds and injuries treated during the Kaffir War 1877-1878 (A.M.D. Report, Vol. 20, 1878).

Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (6461 Pte. G. Osborne. 3/Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.) toned, nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- Approximately 8 Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medals awarded to the 3rd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. George Osborne was born on 1 December 1875, at Bloxham, Oxfordshire. He enlisted into the Oxford Light Infantry (Special Reserve), at the age of 32, on 14 June 1908, and declared prior service with the 2nd Dragoon Guards, and the 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, in which he was still serving. Having served in the South African War he received the Queen’s South Africa Medal with three clasps and the King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps. He was awarded his Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1911. Following the outbreak of the Great War Osborne re-enlisted into the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and was employed as an Officer’s servant to Major-General Earl Fitzwilliam, K.C.V.O., D.S.O., serving on the Western Front from 5 October 1914, and latterly with H.Q.,19 Corps. He was posted to England for Munitions work in January 1918, and the following year volunteered for active service with the Army Service Corps, for the North Russia Relief Force, disembarking at Murmansk on 19 September 1919. He was posted to Popoff on 10 September 1919, and was evacuated to the U.K. on H.M. Transport Schleswig on 2 October 1919, transferring to the Army Reserve on 17 January 1920.

Three: Private E. Foskett, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War whilst serving with the British Expeditionary Force in 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5384934. Pte. E. Foskett. Oxf. & Bucks.) nearly extremely fine Three: Private D. C. Smith, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War in the retreat to Dunkirk 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5382629. Pte. D. C. Smith. Oxf & Bucks.) verdigris to Star, otherwise very fine (6) £120-£160 --- E. Foskett attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940. Initially reported as missing, he was later confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War, and was held at Camp 21D, Poznan, Poland. D. C. Smith attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940. He was taken prisoner of war during the final withdrawal to Dunkirk, and was held at Stalag 344, Lambinowice, Poland. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal per Army Orders of 31 August 1949.

Three: Sergeant T. G. Sheehan, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24368242 Cfn T G Sheehan REME); Gulf 1990-91, no clasp (24368242 Sgt T G Sheehan REME); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24368242 Sgt T G Sheehan REME) mounted for wear, very fine (3) £140-£180

A German Second World War Army Camouflage Hood. A well-preserved splinter patter ‘A’ camouflage hood used by Heer and Luftwaffe personnel, constructed of a cotton duck material. The exteriro is dyed with a mottle consisting of a khaki-tan base overlaid by dark brown and green irregular geometric shapes, the base in turn overlaid by dark green splinters distributed across the mottle. The flared skirt is reinforced along the seams with machine stitching, and the hood closes with metal snap button and drawstring. Some stitching repairs, including one small patched area, and one small un-stitiched tear, reasonable condition £80-£100

Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Nive, Orthes (E. Harwood, First Commission Ensn. 32nd Ft.) [area in light italics contemporarily erased and re-engraved] edge bruising and nick to obverse edge, otherwise very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Glendining, November 1911 and July 1940; Spink, November 1978; Glendining, July 2000; Morton & Eden, July 2019. Edward Harwood served in the ranks of the 77th Foot and earned his first two clasps as Sergeant-Major in the regiment. The 77th took part in the ill-fated Walcheren Expedition in 1809 and landed in the Peninsula in July 1811, taking part in the battle at El Boden, the siege and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo and the siege and storming of Badajoz, on which occasion he received a wound from a canon shot. By the end of April 1812, the 77th could only muster 183 men from the original 850 that had landed 10 months earlier, so they spent the following 18 months on garrison duty at Lisbon or thereabouts. However, on 21 October 1813, Sergeant-Major Harwood was appointed to a commission as an Ensign in the 32nd Foot and subsequently took part in the battles of the Nive and Orthes. He was placed on half-pay on 25 December 1814, and in later life served as a Captain in the 2nd Somerset Militia. He was still listed in the Army List as late as 1860. In 1820, Harwood wrote to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary at Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to a suitable post of employment. In it he claims the he was ‘Descendant by many generations of Beneficed Clergymen’, and discusses family connections and his own military service in Europe was interrupted by contraction of ‘Fever and Ague at Walcheren, and by a Cannon shot wound Received while Storming the Castle of Badazos (sic).’ When he received his M.G.S. medal in 1849, he was clearly proud of his advancement to a commissioned officer rank and had ‘Serjt. Major 77th Foot’ erased from the edge and ‘First Commission’ engraved in its place. The rest of the naming is officially impressed as issued. Sold with a file of research including 2 CD’s with details of his post-war career and life.

Four: Gunner H. T. Gilling, Royal Horse Artillery, afterwards Sub-Conductor (Captain) with the Military Farms Department on the India Miscellaneous List India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4870 Gunr. H. T. Gilling “F” By R.H.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (S-Cond. H. T. Gilling, Mily. Farms. Dept.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Staff Sergt H. T. Gilling India Misc List) naming officially engraved in running script; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Sub-Condr: H. T. Gilling. I.M.L.) toned, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 22 February 1919. Captain Henry Tertius Gilling served with the Military Farms Department in India during the Great War and is entitled to the British War Medal only. Sold with copied Medal Index Card which is indexed with initial ‘J’ and shown with initial ‘K’, and M.S.M. Card which is annotated ‘Home’ but presumably meaning India.

Five: Sergeant H. W. High, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (893748 Sgt. H. W. High. R.E.M.E.) mounted for wear, generally very fine Four: Captain C. J. Boice, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (7596610. W. O. Cl. 2. C. J. Boice. R.E.M.E.) mounted for wear, generally very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Cyril John Boice served in the ranks prior to his commission to Second Lieutenant in October 1957. He advanced to Captain, and relinquished his commission in October 1963.

Skeletal Silver-gilt and Enamel Badge with small ring suspension, 41mm, the obverse featuring a voided Royal Coat of Arms within laurel wreath, crossed Martini-Henry rifles at base, with surmounted outer band inscribed ‘The Army Rifle Association, Methuen Cup’, the reverse engraved ‘Winner 1926. Green Jackets. Captain H. B. Norcott.’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1925, suspended from a green riband with two pink stripes, with silver-gilt riband bar embossed ‘1926’ and top silver riband buckle; together with a Silver Medallion, unmounted, 33mm, the obverse featuring a prowling lion, ‘The Army Rifle Association’ above, the reverse engraved ‘King George Cup 1928 Winners 2nd. Rifle Bde. Capt. H. B. Norcott’ within laurel wreath, hallmarks for Birmingham 1928, the edge plain, good very fine (2) £70-£90

Pair: Major-General E. L. Hawkins, Bengal Artillery Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Central India, Lucknow, clasps mounted in this order (Lieut. E. L. Hawkins, 1st. Bn. Bengal Art.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, a contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, light contact marks, very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. Edward Lindsay Hawkins was born in Calcutta on 29 May 1832 and was educated at Heavitree Grammar School. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, he served with the Bengal Artillery as part of the Turkish Contingent under General Vivian from 20 March 1855 to 2 June 1856, one of 202 Officers of the Honourable East India Company’s Army that volunteered for service during the Crimean War (only entitled to the Turkish Crimea Medal). Promoted Lieutenant on 27 March 1855, Hawkins served with the 3rd company, 1st Battalion Bengal Artillery in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and was present at Cawnpore on 6 December 1857; at the Alum Bagh at Lucknow on 11 March 1858; at Shamshahbad on 27 June 1858, and at Calpee. Promoted Captain on 18 February 1861, and Major on 5 July 1872, he was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 31 December 1878, and Colonel on 31 December 1882; and retired with the honorary rank of Major-General on 1 June 1886. Sold with copied research.

Five: Private C. W. Rowe, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (3007 Pte. C. W. Rowe. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (3007 Pte. C. W. Rowe. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1944, Long Service 1950 (Charles W Rowe) nearly extremely fine Three: Private J. Fathers, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (7546 Pte. J. Fathers. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (John Fathers) good very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Charles William Rowe was born on 4 October 1894 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915, and remained in the 4th Battalion Post-War as the army pension records indicate that he attained the rank of Sergeant. He appears in the 1939 Register as a Special Constable, residing at New Town Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire. He died at Marlow on 26 February 1968. Sold together with a postcard photograph of the recipient. John Fathers was born in Oxford c.1887 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 24 September 1919.

Six: Lieutenant-Colonel E. J. Thomas, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Lt. Col. E. J. Thomas. R.A.S.C.) together with matching group of miniature medals, both sets mounted as worn, very fine (6) £160-£200

Four: Private T. Webster, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who later became an in-pensioner at the Royal Hospital Chelsea 1914-15 Star (6709 Pte. T. Webster. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6709 Pte. T. Webster. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5373045 Pte. T. Webster. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) minor edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Thomas Webster was born in 1884 and attested for the Oxford Light Infantry in 1901, at Oxford. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Mesopotamia in the Asiatic Theatre from 5 December 1914, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1925, being discharged that same year. He was subsequently employed by Morris Motors at Cowley, Oxford. In 1963 he was recorded as an in-patient of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, aged 79.

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Seetabuldee & Nagpore (W. Deeds, Eurn. Regt.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine £800-£1,000 --- Entitled to clasp for Ava only.

Family Group: Four: Acting Sergeant H. Beck, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Worcestershire Regiment 1914-15 Star (8086 Pte. H. Beck, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8086 A.Sjt. H. Beck. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5242637 Cpl. H. Beck. Worc. R.) light contact marks, polished, nearly very fine Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. F. Beck) nearly extremely fine (5) £120-£160 --- Harry Beck attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Asiatic Theatre (Mesopotamia) from 5 December 1914. He later transferred to the Worcestershire Regiment attaining the rank of Sergeant.

German Second World War Army and Luftwaffe Wherpasses. A very interesting army wehrpass to an army doctor, pass photograph shows Erich Neeff in civil dress, volunteered for army service in 1935, holding various medical appointments and field hospital appointments from 38 to 42, later to become part of the 2nd Panzer Army. Served in Russia from June 41 to December 43 with full printed and written details of campaigns on pages 32 and 33. Various promotions. He was issued the Medical Ausweis for his authority and security. Awards received:- War Merit Cross Second Class with swords and the Russian Front Medal. He survived the war and accompanying the wehrpass is a U.S. Military Government document dated 15 April 1946 instructing him to return his medical instruments and furniture for his practise. Also accompanied are his wehrmacht driving licence showing him in ncos uniform with full English translation complete with the wehrpass; and a Luftwaffe wehrpass in nice condition to Wilhelm Merkelbach, issued in Oldenburg 1938 on completion of his 4 year service within the Luftwaffe from 1934 to 39. He rejoined the Luftwaffe in 1943 serving at Pilots School, Oldenburg, promoted Unteroffizier, awarded the Reich Sports Badge and 4 year Long Service medal. Photograph of him hatless wearing Luftwaffe Obergefreiters uniform, good condition (2) £70-£90

German Second World War Army Mountain Troopers Shoulder Boards. 4 shoulder boards. 1 single slip-on slightly longer, possibly for greatcoat, plain dark green centre with mountain green wool piping; 98 Mountain Troop Regiment shoulder board, early style, slip-on, possibly for a greatcoat with chain stitched 98 to the centre in mountain green with matching wool piping; Mountain troops nco, wool mountain green piping with worn central litzen and one rank pip; Mountain troops slip-on shoulder board, nco, silver lace with mountain green wool piping, generally good condition (4) £60-£80

Three: Colour Sergeant W. Needham, 81st Foot, later Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and Liverpool Regiment Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (1963 Pte. W. Needham. 81st. Foot.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1963. Sgt. I. of Muskty. W. Needham. N. Lan: R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (C. Sjt. W. Needham. L’pool. R.) unit officially corrected on last, light contact marks to first two, these very fine, the MSM nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400 --- William Needham was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, in 1860 and served with the 81st Foot (later 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment), being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1898. He subsequently served as Sergeant Instructor of the 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment, and was discharged on 19 July 1907. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal per Army Order 269 of 1927.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. G, A, H, Lillie. Attd. to. 1st. Bn. 13th. L.I.) toned, light scratches to Queen’s check on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine £500-£700 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. George Arthur Howard Lillie was born in Fulham on 27 February 1831, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Scott Lillie, C.B., who commanded the 7th Caçadores in the Portuguese Service during the Peninsula War (and whose medals sold in these rooms in June 1997). Nominated for the Honourable East India Company’s Army by Sir William Young, he was commissioned Ensign on 11 June 1847 and joined the 13th Bengal Native Infantry in January 1848. Promoted Lieutenant on 30 April 1851, he saw action during the Santal Rebellion in 1855, an insurgence caused by the high caste Santal people. According to the tribal leaders, this insurrection was instigated as a result of a supernatural revelations. In his work The Influence of Buddhism on Primitive Christianity, Lillie describes the the Rebellion and his role thus: ‘In India before the mutiny I was employed with a force sent to put down the rebellion of the Santals. These, a branch of the Kolarias, represent the early races that the Arya displaced. And their institutions were singularly like those of the Jews. They worshipped in “high places” rude circles of upright monoliths. They worshipped in “groves”; and on one occasion we came across a slaughtered kid still warm, that under the holy Sal tree had been sacrificed to obtain the help of Singh Bonga against us. They had, like the Jews, twelve tribes... When we met them in action a chief came forward like Goliath with gestures and shouts of defiance. Like the Jews they were stiff-necked in the conservatism.’ (The Theosophical Society by J. D. Lavoie refers). The insurgence lasted 6 months, from July 1855 to January 1856. British casualties were low. Lillie was away from his Regiment when the Great Sepoy Mutiny broke out at Lucknow on 30 May 1857, and was subsequently attached to the 13th Light Infantry as an Interpreter, being present at the Action of Azimghur on 6 April 1858: ‘Whilst serving with the little column of Lord Mark Kerr I had the honour of taking part in another severe action against my old Dinapore comrades, when Lord Mark Kerr defeated Koer Singht at Azimgurh. The poor torn colours of the 13th Light Infantry were exposed to a fire on that day, according to the Duke of Edinburgh, such as a few other English regiments have ever witnessed.’ (ibid). Lillie relinquished his commission owing to ill health on 20 December 1860. Having converted to Buddhism whilst in India, he subsequently wrote many books on Bhuddism and Indian religions. He was also an authority on the game of croquet, and in 1897 was appointed honorary Secretary for Croquet at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. He died in Kensington, London, on 28 November 1911. Sold together with a copy of The Theosophical Society, by J. D. Lavoie, in which the recipient features; and a modern reprint of An Indian Wizard, a semi-autobiographical account of the recipient’s time in India.

Four: Private R. Thornett, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal British War and Victory Medals (2093 Pte. R. Thornett. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2093 Pte. R. Thornett. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (200347 Pte. R. Thornett, 4/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) minor edge bruising and light contact marks, very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 9 July 1919. Richard Thornett was born at Witney, Oxfordshire, and was a resident of Charlbury, Oxfordshire. He served with the 2nd/4th Territorial Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and for his services during the Great War was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Sold together with small (10cm x 6cm) card backed, studio portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform; small brass T4 Oxf & Bucks, shoulder title, with two lugs a little distorted, third lug missing; and a sterling silver un-inscribed prize fob medal with worn gold plated front.

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (J. Swanswick, Queen’s German Regt.) minor edge nicks, otherwise about extremely fine and unique to this Regiment £2,000-£2,400 --- Provenance: Lord Cheylesmore Collection, Glendining’s, July 1930; Glendining’s, May 1957; H. Y. Usher Collection, Glendining’s, July 1975; R. W. Gould Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2012. Joseph Swanswick was born in Germany in c.1777 and was taken into British pay and service with the Minorca Regiment in November 1798, giving his trade as labourer. He served until March 1809 when he was discharged in the rank of Sergeant in consequence of being blind due to ophthalmia. Admitted to an Out Pension on 13 April 1809, he died in Cork on 21 March 1854. In November 1798, when Charles Stuart captured Minorca the Spanish garrison included a ‘Swiss’ regiment, over 1,000 strong. These men, who were not Swiss at all but mainly Germans and Tyrolese, with a dusting of Hungarians, had been part of an Austrian army defeated in Italy and taken prisoners by the French in 1796. They were taken into British pay and service as the Minorca Regiment, which was included in the contingent that Abercromby took to Egypt in 1801. On 21 March 1801, at the battle of Aboukir, Private Antione Lutz of the Minorca Regiment captured the standard of the enemy 21st Demi-Brigade, known as the ‘Invincibles’. At the end of the campaign, during which the regiment had suffered more than 200 casualties, including its lieutenant-colonel who had been killed, the regiment’s title was changed to the Queen’s German Infantry in recognition of its fighting qualities. In 1802 the corps was taken to England and in January 1805 it was brought into the Line as the British 97th Foot. Just one officer and five men of the original Queen’s Germans claimed M.G.S. medals in 1848, but only Swanswick had the single clasp for Egypt, having seen no subsequent service in the Peninsula. His medal was consequently the only one to be named to the Queen’s German Regiment.

Three: Private H. Kent, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 Star, with clasp (8522 Pte. H. Kent, 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8522 Pte. H. Kent. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a Rhine Army Horse Show 1919 Prize Medal, bronze, crudely engraved ‘H. Kent. 52 L.I.’, very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Harry Kent attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 September 1914. Believed to have been wounded by gun shot to the left leg in November 1914, he subsequently served with the Essex Regiment, the Devonshire Regiment, and the Labour Corps. Sold together with a postcard photograph of the recipient in uniform.

Six: Second Lieutenant C. R. Trelease, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in the Second World War 1914-15 Star (2788 Pte. C. R. Trelease. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. R. Trelease.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Sub-Inspr. Charles R. Trelease) contact marks, generally very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Charles Reginald Trelease was born at Taunton, Somerset, on 30 April 1891 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 26 March 1918, serving on attachment to the 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. He was promoted Lieutenant on 27 September 1919. He is noted in the Army List for November 1932 as a Captain in 13th London Regiment (Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment), with seniority from 4 November 1924, and resigned his commission on 11 October 1934. Trelease is recorded in the 1939 Register as residing in Hammersmith, and was a Civil Servant and Technical Assistant in the Gas Testing Section, for the Board of Trade. He is also noted as a Sub-Inspector in the Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary. He was appointed to be a Probationary Pilot Officer in the Administration and Special Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force on 5 September 1941. He died at Sutton, Surrey, in September 1984. Sold together with a photographic image of the recipient.

Four: Private A. E. Wyatt, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was wounded during the Great War on the Western Front, and subsequently served with the Dunsterville Column in the British Mission to the Caucasus Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6468 Pte. A. Wyatt. Oxford: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (6468 Pte. A. E. Wyatt. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6468 Pte. A. E. Wyatt. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising to QSA, nearly very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Albert Edward Wyatt was born at Darlaston, Staffordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Birmingham on 18 September 1900. He served with 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and was employed as a Regimental Policeman. He was discharged on termination of his engagement and transferred to the Army Reserve on 21 November 1908. He was recalled from the Army Reserve for service in the Great War on 5 August 1914 and served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 29 November 1914. He was wounded by gun shot to the head and back at Richebourg on 13 May 1915; recovering from his wounds, he was posted firstly to the 1st Battalion, O.B.L.I., and then to the Dunsterville Column in the British Mission to the Caucasus as an Officer’s servant on 14 January 1918. He was discharged in February 1919.

Three: Acting Warrant Officer Class II A. G. Mitchell, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (8779 A. W.O. Cl. 2. A. G. Mitchell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, with fixed suspension (5374065 Sjt. A. G. Mitchell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Albert George Mitchell attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and served with the 3rd Battalion, attached to the Army Gymnastics Staff, for a period during the Great War. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 150 of 1927.

A rare Army Best Shot Medal awarded to Warrant Officer Class II P. N. Walbridge, Small Arms School Corps Army Best Shot Medal, G.VI.R., 1 clasp, 1938 (6910922 W.O. Cl.II. P. N. Walbridge. S. Arms Sch.) officially impressed naming; together with the recipient’s Army Rifle Association Medal, silver gilt, with 5 clasps, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, unnamed, with top silver-gilt riband buckle, nearly extremely fine, rare (2) £1,200-£1,600 --- The Army Best Shot Medal, sometimes known as the ‘Queen’s Medal’, was instituted in 1869 and continued to be awarded until 1882. The award of the medal was revived in 1923 (as the ‘King’s Medal’), differing from the earlier version in having a clasp(s) bearing the year of award(s). During the period 1923-34, a single medal was competed for by 50 members of the Regular Army and 50 members of the Territorial Army. Certain Commonwealth countries also competed for a separate Medal. From 1935 onwards, the home forces competed for two medals, one for the Regular Army and one for the Territorial Army. With the accession of Queen Elizabeth II, the award was again known as the ‘Queen’s Medal’ and the recipient referred to as the ‘Queen’s Medallist’. P. N. Walbridge transferred to the Small Arms School Corps from the Rifle Brigade in July 1931 and served as a Company Sergeant Major Instructor. He served during the Second World War with the British Expeditionary Force in France, and was evacuated from Dunkirk. Appointed to a commission, he was the last recipient of the King’s Medal until the Championship was reinstated in 1947.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant-Major G. H. Black, Royal Scots Fusiliers, for gallantry in capturing a German “pill-box” and taking 15 prisoners, he himself being severely wounded Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5547 C.S. Mjr: G. H. Black. 1/R.S. Fus:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5547 Pte. H. G. Black, 2: R. Scots Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (5547 Sjt. H. G. Black. R.S. Fus.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914 1915, with bronze palme, the second with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, otherwise nearly very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 6 February 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in rushing forward and dropping a bomb through one of the loopholes of a “pill-box” that was holding up an attack. The garrison, fifteen in number, at once surrendered. His gallantry enabled the company to take the position. He was himself severely wounded.’ Croix de Guerre London Gazette 12 July 1918. Sold with copied Medal Index Cards for George H. Black and Henry G. Black, both with matching numbers, confirming entitlement to pair only and also Silver War Badge. Black also served with the Army Service Corps (ES/58415).

A Boer War C.M.G. group of five awarded to Colonel P. H. Johnston, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with swivel ring and straight bar suspension, with integral silver-gilt riband buckle, slight enamel damage to reverse central medallion; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Surg. P. H. Johnston. 85th Foot) latter part of surname officially corrected; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (Surgn. P. H. Johnston. M.S.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith (Lt. Colonel P. H. Johnston. C.M.G., R.A.M.C.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt. Col. P. H. Johnston. M.D., C.M.G., R.A.M.C.) engraved naming, some light contact marks, generally very fine and better (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Colonel Riddick Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2006. Percy Herbert Johnston was born in Cawnpore on 13 July 1851, the son of Surgeon-Major J. W. Johnston, M.D., 85th Regiment. Educated at Queen’s College, Cork, he entered the Army as a Surgeon on 4 February 1877 and served in the Afghan War during 1879-80, in the Zaimusht Expedition and assault and capture of Zawa. Service in the Hazara Expedition of 1888 was followed in February 1889 by promotion to Surgeon-Major. Advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1897, he then saw active service in the Boer War, and was granted the local rank of Colonel whilst in charge of a General Hospital in Pietermaritzburg. For his services he was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 2 December 1899, 30 March 1900, 23 June 1902) and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (London Gazette 29 November 1900). Retiring from the Service in 1906, he was later County Director of the Voluntary Aid Organisation, Flintshire and Denbighshire, 1911-14; served in the Flintshire Territorial Association, 1913-14; and was Senior Medical Officer of the Mersey Defences, 1914-19, with the rank of Brevet Colonel. Late in life, in 1926, he was awarded an honorary D.Sc. by the National University of Ireland. He died on 13 August 1932. Sold with copied research details.

Three: Warrant Officer Class II T. A. Norris, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps 1914 Star, with clasp (7484 L. Cpl. T. A. Norris. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7484 W.O Cl.2 T. A. Norris. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with the recipient’s miniature awards, these mounted as worn, generally very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Thomas Alfred Norris was born in 1885 at Clewer, Windsor, Berkshire and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Slough, Buckinghamshire, on 27 October 1903. He was discharged to the Army Reserve on completion of his period of engagement but was recalled from the Reserve for service in the Great War. He served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 14 August 1914, and in September 1914 he was hospitalised with Dysentery. He subsequently transferred to 30th Company Machine Gun Corps on 11 May 1916, as a machine gunner, serving with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was re-numbered 48655. He was promoted Sergeant on posting to 80th Company, M.G.C., on 27 October 1916, before returning to the 30th Company, and embarked at Salonika, for service in Egypt, on 14 September 1917. He subsequently served with the 10th and 53rd Companies, and was discharged on 31 March 1920. He has not been traced as having been awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold together with a silvered O.B.L.I., collar badge converted to a lapel pin badge, with crudely repaired pin; and a postcard sized family group photograph with the recipient in civilian clothing post-War, wearing a Silver War Badge and O.B.L.I. pin badge.

Four: Private B. Walker, Royal Warwickshire Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (9251 Pte. B. Walker. 1st. R. War. R.) minor official correction to unit; 1914 Star, with clasp (9251 Pte. B. Walker. R. War: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9251 Pte. B. Walker. R. War. R.) very fine (4) £220-£260 --- Bertram Walker was born in Birmingham and attested for the 5th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1902, transferring to the Regular Army the following year. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August 1914, and was killed in action on 25 April 1915. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Eight: Major and Quartermaster E. Digby, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, late Staff Sergeant, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Capt. E. Digby. R.E.M.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1422476 W.O. Cl. 1. E. Digby. R.E.M.E.) rank partially officially corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1422476 Bmbr. E. Digby. R.A.); Malaysia, Active Service Medal, mounted court-style, lacquered, generally very fine, scarce combination (8) £400-£500 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 27 September 1945 (Burma). Edward Digby served with the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, and advanced to Staff Sergeant. He transferred as Warrant Officer Class 1 to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and was commissioned Lieutenant and Quartermaster in January 1951. Digby advanced to Captain and Quartermaster in October 1952, and to Major and Quartermaster in October 1958. Major Digby retired in October 1960. Sold with M.O.D. correspondence addressed to recipient at ‘14 The Close, Portchester, Fareham, Hants’, relating to the award of the Malaysian Active Service Medal, dated July 1972.

Three: Second Lieutenant G. H. Brown, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late 6th Dragoon Guards 1914-15 Star (6DN-4806 Sjt. G. H. Brown. 6-Dns.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. G. H. Brown) very fine (3) £70-£90 --- George Hubert Brown was born on 10 September 1883. He joined the ranks of the 6th Dragoons on 10 March 1902, serving with them until transferred to the Army Reserve on 10 March, 1910. He was mobilised from the Army Reserve and returned to the 6th Dragoons, and re-numbered D/21045, until he was posted to No. 16 Officer Cadet Battalion in December 1917. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 27 February 1918, serving with the O.B.L.I. until a short posting to the 1/6th South Staffordshire Regiment in October and November 1918, returning to the O.B.L.I. on 8 November 1918. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant, receiving a gratuity, on 19 November 1919. Brown was working as a postman for the General Post Office, when he was arrested in 1925, and pleaded guilty to stealing two letters containing money. He was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment. Following his conviction he was removed from the Army and deprived of his rank, 16 February 1925, confirmed in the London Gazette of 28 April 1925. A note on his medal index card indicates that he was permitted to retain his medals. Sold together with original Officers Record of Service, blue book (Army Book 439).

A scarce Second War ‘North-West Europe’ U.S.A. Bronze Star group of seven awarded to Armament Sergeant Major F. J. Beckett, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2064638 W. O. Cl. 1. F. J. Beckett. R.E.M.E.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2064638 W. O. Cl. 1. F. J. Beckett. R.E.M.E.); United States of America, Bronze Star, the reverse engraved ‘Frederick Beckett’, mounted as originally worn, generally very fine (7) £300-£400 --- United States of America, Bronze Star London Gazette 17 October 1946, the original recommendation states: ‘Armament Sergeant Major Beckett has distinguished himself by Meritorious achievement, not involving participation in aerial flight, during operations in N. W. Europe. Throughout this campaign, Beckett has set a high example of zeal, determination and devotion to duty. Due to a shortage of officers, during a period of two months he has carried responsibilities greater than those of his rank. His exceptional initiative, untiring work, and ready acceptance of unusual tasks enabled his unit to maintain a high output of tanks and vehicles particularly in the Second Army difficult conditions obtaining during the fighting in the Reichswald Forest. His work throughout the campaign has been quite exceptional.’ Frederick James Beckett served with 813 Armoured Troops Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during the Second War.

The unique ‘Palestine 1945-48’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant D. K. Ritchie, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, who, armed only with a Tommy-gun, single-handedly repelled a concentrated attack by at least 20 terrorists of the Irgun Zvai Leumi on the Armoury of the R.E.M.E. Depot, Tel-Aviv, 27 December 1945. Ritchie was subjected to attack by hand-grenades, and successfully fought off a Bren-gun during the action against the terrorists who were dressed as British soldiers Military Medal, G.VI.R. (83216 Cfn. D. K. Ritchie. R.E.M.E.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (83216 Cpl. D. K. Ritchie. M.M. R.E.M.E.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (83216. Cpl. D. K. Ritchie. M.M. R.E.M.E.) mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Glendinings, June 1987. M.M. London Gazette 18 April 1946. The original recommendation (for a B.E.M.) states: ‘On 27 Dec 45 No 83216 Craftsman Ritchie D.K. was sentry on the Armoury of his unit at Tel Aviv, Palestine. At 1920 hours a raid by armed men with Rifles, TSMGs & Grenades was made, and the door adjoining the armoury blown in immobilising the guard. Craftsman Ritchie alone under heavy fire of small arms and grenades advanced & engaged the attackers with his TSMG at close quarters, causing casualties to the raiders. It was entirely due to the sole efforts and gallantry of Craftsman Ritchie that an attack by approximately 20 armed men was repulsed and the attackers failed in attaining their objective. Very strongly recommended as it was entirely due to this one man that that this attack was defeated.’ The above event, which was featured in the newspapers including The Times, is additionally recorded: ‘At about 7.30 in the evening on the 27th December, 1945, some 40 or 50 Jews, members of a terrorist organisation known as Irgun Zvai Leumi, and armed with automatic weapons and explosives, cut through the perimeter wire of a British Army camp. They were dressed in British battledress and wearing steel helmets. After they had entered the camp they encountered several British soldiers, one of whom, a lance-corporal, was killed, the rest being taken prisoner. The terrorists then split into two groups, one group entering billet, into which they threw a bomb. The second group made for the primary target, the armoury, which was situated inside the Q.M. Stores. They attached explosives to the large sliding doors of the stores, which blew them open. The explosions and gunfire had, of course, alerted the one-man guard inside the armoury, and when they entered the building he had no difficulty, fortunately, in identifying the raiders, despite the fact that they were wearing British battledress, for the British troops never wore steel helmets on the camp. He immediately opened fire on them with his Tommy-gun to which the raiders replied from several quarters, and, whilst avoiding the effects of at least two grenades which were thrown at him he carried on a duel with a Bren-gun which was being used against him, in addition to other types of weapons. After some time the terrorists withdrew from the building, and, after the “retreat” (the British Army call) had been sounded by one of their men on a bugle, they also withdrew from the camp, taking an estimated 5 or 6 dead or wounded with them (they also took the mortally wounded British lance-corporal with them, whom they left on an adjoining football ground, the Maccabi Stadium).’ 9 servicemen were killed during the attack. 1 of only 7 M.M.’s awarded for Palestine 1945-48, and unique to the R.E.M.E. David Keith Ritchie was born in Dundee, Scotland in September 1921. He enlisted in the Territorial Army in May 1939, and initially served with the Royal Army Service Corps prior to transferring to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1942. Ritchie advanced to Acting Sergeant in January 1946, and was discharged in November 1950. After service he was employed as a Secondary School Teacher, and he died at Glenrothes in December 2006. Sold with copied research.

Six: Staff Sergeant A. Everington, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21019086 Sjt. A. Everington. R.E.M.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (21019086 S. Sgt. A. Everington. REME.) mounted for wear, good very fine (6) £80-£100

Three: Private G. H. J. S. Bawden, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (18387 Pte. G. H. J. S. Bawden. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (18387 Pte. G. H. J. S. Bawden. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Private A. C. Bradbury, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1522 Pte. A. C. Bradbury. Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1523 Pte. A. C. Bradbury. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), note difference in service number which is noted on Medal Index Card, nearly very fine Pair: Private S. Smith, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (203140 Pte. S. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private H. S. Stanwell, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (202235 Pte. H. S. Stanwell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (10) £120-£160 --- George Henry John Shellish Bawden, a native of Weston-super-Mare, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Gosport, Hampshire, on 3 May 1915 and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 October 1915. He later served on attachment to the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 30 July 1919. Alfred Charles Bradbury attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was disembodied on February 1919.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. W. B. Shawe, Gr. Mily. Pol.) very fine £400-£500 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. William Butler Shawe was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Shawe, Madras Light Cavalry, and was nominated for the Honourable East India Company’s Army by General Sir James Lushington. Commissioned Ensign on 8 June 1949, he was posted to the 60th Bengal Native Infantry on 1 February 1850, and was promoted Lieutenant on 15 January 1855. During the Great Sepoy Mutiny he served on General duty at Allahabad from November 1857, and was District Superintendent of Supplies at Cawnpore from 13 May 1858. He was appointed Commandant of the Gorruckpore Military Police Levy on 6 September 1858, and saw action during the latter stages of the Great Sepoy Mutiny with this unit against the rebels in the jungles near Gorruckpore, October to December 1858. Whilst with the Gorruckpore Military Police Levy, Shawe was mentioned in the report by Lieutenant-Colonel G. King, 13th Light Infantry, Commanding at Gorruckpore, dated 21 November 1858: ‘I left Gorruckpore on 19 November for the purpose of dispersing a body of rebels under the command of Budhoo Sing, whose numbers were variously estimated from 500 to 800 strong, and who were reported to have taken up a strong position in a dense jungle, about 16 miles east of Gorruckpore. After a march of about 17 miles we came upon their position, which had evidently been abandoned with the utmost precipitancy, as I found the camp fires burning, and the food of a large number of men in a state of preparation. A few bullocks and ponies, a quantity of native powder and cartridges, and a number of entrenching tools, had all been abandoned in the haste of departure. On examination I found a wide ditch and embankment had been laid out, and, given the density of the jungle, there can be no doubt that had time been allowed to complete the defences, it would have been a formidable one. Finding that pursuit in such ground was useless, I withdrew the party, after burning the camp and destroying the powder, and returned to Gorruckpore, leaving 35 Europeans, 150 Native Levies, and half the troop Madras Native Cavalry, all under Lieutenant Shawe, to level the works thrown up by the rebels.’ Promoted Captain on 8 June 1861, Shawe was posted to the 3rd Bengal Native Infantry on 30 July 1862, before transferring as a Wing Officer to the 2nd Native Infantry. Promoted Major on 8 October 1867, he took command of the 2nd Native Infantry on 15 April 1869, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 29 October of that year. Promoted Colonel on 29 October 1874, he served in Afghanistan 1878-79 (entitled to a no clasp medal), before retiring to the U.K. in 1882 as Colonel Commandant of the 2nd Native Infantry. He was promoted Major-General on 23 August 1884 and Lieutenant-General on 20 September 1887, and having been placed on the supernumerary unemployed list in October 1888, was promoted to full General on 22 June 1894. He died at Southsea in 1905. A regimental historian, Shawe compiled and published The History of the 2nd Bengal Infantry in 1871. In 1881 he changed his surname by Deed Poll to Butler-Shawe.

A good Second War 1943 ‘North Africa’ D.C.M. group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class II J. F. Lewis, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, for repeated gallantry in the recovery of disabled tanks from minefields whilst under shell fire, including on one occasion when he crawled on his hands and knees through a field known to contain booby traps and mines Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.VI.R. (1425952 W.O. Cl. II J. F. Lewis. R.E.M.E.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (1425952 S. Sjt. J. F. Lewis. R.A.O.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1425952 S/Sjt. J. F. Lewis. R.E.M.E.) mounted court-style for wear, generally very fine (9) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 25 November 1943. The original recommendation (for a M.M.) states: ‘This WO has, from the outset of the campaign, displayed outstanding devotion to duty and has never hesitated to carry out the recovery of all types of equipment including AFVs in the face of the enemy. On many occasions he has taken recovery vehicles under shell and mortar fire to disabled tanks and vehicles and by his skill and coolness under fire has organised and supervised their immediate recovery. On the night 22/23 Apr 1943 he supervised the recovery of 6 tanks and one Scorpion under direct shell fire from the minefields to the North of the Takrouna feature near Enfidaville. On the night of 23/24 Apr 1943 he again recovered 2 tanks from the same minefield as the previous night and also 2 more tanks from the west of Takrouna. On the night 24/25 Apr 43 he supervised the recovery of 2 tanks from the North West of Takrouna and personally went on hands and knees to investigate another tank under shell fire so intense that no vehicle could get near to it. To do this he had to cross a field known to contain booby traps and mines. Several subsequent attempts were made to recover this one remaining disabled tank and finally on the day of 14 May 43 he succeeded in doing this under shell fire, first of all taking welding equipment to the tank to cut away very badly jammed tracks which had rendered previous recovery impossible. These are but a few examples of the outstanding initiative shown by this WO which have proved a fine example and inspiration to all ranks who have worked with him in his recovery Section.’ 1 of only 6 D.C.M.’s awarded to the R.E.M.E. between 1920-1997. James Frederick Lewis served with the 8 Armoured Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in North Africa during the Second War.

A post-War Military Division B.E.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant T. C. Billingsley, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (21019132 Sgt. Trevor C. Billingsley. R.E.M.E.) officially renamed; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, generally very fine or better (5) £140-£180 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 9 January 1958. The original recommendation states: ‘Sgt Billingsley was appointed 2iC of an experimental unit formed in May 1956 as part of 1 Divisional trial of centralised servicing of vehicles. This experimental unit was composed of personnel seconded from several regiments and units and as it was the first of its kind, Sgt Billingsley had the task of training all the personnel in the special techniques required and adapting the organisation to meet its tasks. During the absence of the Officer in Charge, Billingsley took command. He displayed remarkable qualities of initiative and command far beyond those normally expected from an artisan Sergeant. His energy, drive and adaptability were largely responsible for moulding the unit into an effective organisation which met all its commitments with a high degree of success. His strong sense of duty and his character were reflected in the high morale and keenness of all the men serving under him, and he was untiring in his efforts to ensure that all duties were satisfactorily completed in all respects. As a result of analysing certain maintenance tasks he devised a number of special tools and modifications to existing equipment which enabled those tasks to be carried out much more quickly and satisfactorily. The high standard of efficiency of his unit is a direct result of his outstanding keeness and thoroughness of his work. His work has been a major factor in proving the value to the Army of formation servicing and is worthy of high praise.’

German Second World War Army Forestry Service Insignia. A very nice matched pair of slip-on shoulder boards for an Army Oberforstmeister; an unfinished set of silver bullion on green Army Revierforster collar patches; an unfinished set of Army Oberforstmeister officials collar patches, silver bullion weave on light grey backing; a badly moth damaged silver bullion on grey backing cloth single collar patch of an Army Revierforster; a single collar patch silver bullion on grey velvet backing of an Army Forstmeister; and a scarce Forestry Service tunic arm eagle, machine embroidered on green forestry backing cloth, generally good condition except where stated (9) £140-£180

Three: Acting Sergeant F. Bromley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1918 British War and Victory Medals (21253 A. Sjt. F. Bromley. Oxf: & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (21253 Pte - A. Cpl. - F. Bromley. 6/Oxf. & Bucks: L.I.) very fine (3) £100-£140 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in France during the present war.’ Frederick Bromley, a native of Ryde, Isle of Wight, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 16 November 1915 and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 April 1916. He was promoted Corporal on 5 January 1917; and was appointed Acting Orderly Room Sergeant on 8 June 1918. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. He was discharged to the Reserve on 18 July 1919, taking up residence at Banbury. Sold together with a postcard size photograph of a Private soldier, in uniform, believed to be of the recipient.

Six: Captain J. W. Stephens, Lincolnshire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3118 Sgt. O.R.S. J. W. Stephens. 1/Lin. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. J. W. Stephens.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3118 Q.M. Sjt: J. W. Stephens. Linc: Regt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Q.M. Sjt. J. W. Stephens. Linc. R.) surname corrected; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, The Atbara (3118 O.R. Sergt. J. W. Stephens. 1st. Linc. R.) contemporarily engraved naming in the usual Regimental style, last with unofficial top retaining rod, the Sudan pair very fine, the rest good very fine and better (6) £500-£700 --- John William Stephens was born in Clontarf, Dublin, in 1870 and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Dublin on 26 May 1892. Advanced Sergeant on 9 May 1896, and appointed Orderly Room Sergeant on 24 February 1898, he served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 4 February to 8 July 1897, and again from 8 October 1897 to 7 November 1898, taking part in the Nile Expedition of 1898 and being present at the Battle of the Atbara, 8 April 1898. Proceeding to India on 8 November 1898, he served for the next 12 years in the sub-continent, being advanced Quartermaster Sergeant on 28 November 1903, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with Gratuity on 1 October 1910. He is also confirmed as having received the Delhi Durbar Medal 1911. After nearly two years in Aden he returned home on 1 November 1912, and was discharged at Portsmouth on 25 May 1913, after 21 years’ service. He served with the Lincolnshire Regiment and subsequently with the Indian Defence Corps at home and in India during the Great War (entitled to a British War Medal only), and was finally awarded his Meritorious Service Medal per Army Order 187 of 1941. For the recipient’s miniature awards, and the recipient’s son’s miniature awards, see Lots 644 and 640.

Four: Staff Sergeant P. Clark, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Gulf 1990-91, no clasp (24863732 SSgt P Clark REME); Jubilee 2002; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24863732 Sgt P Clark REME) mounted as originally worn, generally good very fine or better (4) £140-£180 --- Awarded L.S. & G.C. in November 2004.

Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (2), 1st issue (7144640 Sjt. W. Smith. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 2nd issue, with fixed suspension (5373152 Sjt. F. E. Dafters. Oxf & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising and light contact marks to latter, very fine and better (2) £80-£100 --- William Smith was born at Fulham, Middlesex, and attested for the Connaught Rangers as a Boy Soldier at Brighton on 1 September 1905. He subsequently transferred to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Frank E. Dafters was born at Battersea, London, and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Caversham on 3 March 1906. He served with the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, during the Great War in the Asiatic Theatre of war from 5 December 1915.

Ten: Warrant Officer Class 1 A. Somerville, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22533539 Cfn. A. Somerville. R.E.M.E.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22533539 Cfn. A. Somerville. R.E.M.E.); U.N. Korea 1950-54; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (22533539 W.O. Cl. 1 A. Somerville REME); Jubilee 1977; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (22533539 W.O. Cl. 2 A. Somerville REME) mounted court-style as originally worn, generally very fine or better (10) £300-£400 --- Archibald Somerville was awarded his L.S. & G.C. in August 1969.

Four: Private W. E. F. Gibbs, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (1965 Pte. W. E. F. Gibbs. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1965 Pte. W. E. F. Gibbs Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; together with a National Safety First Freedom from Accidents Drivers Award in sterling silver and enamel, for 5 years accident free motoring, with dated clasps for 1931, 1936, 1938 and 1939 (W. E. F. Gibbs); and a 10 year ’Gold’ Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Safe Driving award, ‘War Substitute for Gold Medal’ (W. E. F. Gibbs), in base metal, very fine Three: Bugler F. Bravington, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (2278 Bglr. F. Bravington. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2278 Pte. F. Bravington. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) minor edge nicks, otherwise very fine (9) £80-£100 --- William Eversleigh Fisher Gibbs attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on 10 August 1914, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He later served with 48th Battalion Machine Gun Corps, being re-numbered 70644, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 24 May 1919. Frank Bravington attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served in 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He was disembodied on 21 March 1919.

Three: Warrant Officer Class 2 L. J. Poultney, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, later commissioned Lieutenant in the Light Infantry General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Northern Ireland (24039863 L/Cpl. L. J. Poultney. REME) unofficial retaining rod between clasps; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994, E.II.R. (24039863 WO2 L J Poultney REME) minor official correction to initial ‘L’; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24039863 SSgt L J Poultney REME) mounted for wear, generally very fine (3) £180-£220 --- Larry James Poultney initially served in the ranks prior to being commissioned Lieutenant (on probation) in the Light Infantry in September 1989. He resigned his commission in May 1991.

Four: Driver S. Harding, Army Service Corps, and Mercantile Marine 1914-15 Star (T-1178 Dvr. S. Harding. A.S.C.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Stanley Harding) naming officially re-impressed; British War and Victory Medals (1178 Dvr. S. Harding. A.S.C.) good very fine Pair: Fireman Walter Whitaker, Oldham Fire Brigade Defence Medal; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Fireman Walter Whitaker) with named card box of issue (Oldham), together with St John Ambulance Brigade re-examination cross with bars for 1958 and 1960 (A178978 Walter Whitaker) the first two mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine Pair: Fireman Charles Rayner National Fire Brigades Union Long Service, bronze, with top suspension bar ‘Ten Years’ (Charles Rayner 1904) the edge numbered ‘2084’; National Fire Brigades Union Long Service, silver, with top suspension bar ‘Twenty Years’, the reverse hallmarked Birmingham 1912, the edge numbered ‘1084’, nearly very fine or better (9) £140-£180

A rare campaign combination group of four awarded to Private J. Fox, 10th Hussars Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (820. Pte. J. Fox.10th. Rl. Hussars.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Tamaai (820 Pte. J. Fox. 10th. Rl. Hussars.) ‘10’ officially corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (820. Pte. J. Fox.10th. Husrs.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884, the reverse engraved ‘820 Pte. J. Fox. 10th. Rl. Hussars.) heavy contact marks, pitting, and edge bruising, especially to Egypt Medal, this fair to fine, the rest better and a rare combination being one of only 12 Tamaai clasps awarded to the 10th Hussars (4) £700-£900 --- One of only 12 Tamaai clasps awarded to the 10th Hussars (1 Officer and 11 other ranks). John Fox was born in Kingstown, Dublin in 1846 and attested for the 10th Hussars in December 1865 giving his trade as gardener. He served with the Regiment in India, Afghanistan, and Egypt and the Sudan, and was discharged on 26 April 1887, after 21 years’ service. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 October 1887.

Pair: Colour Sergeant T. Neighbour, Oxfordshire Light Infantry Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (C. Sjt: T. Neighbour. Oxf. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1585. Cr. Sgt. T. Neighbour. Oxf: L.I.) nearly extremely fine (2) £200-£240 --- Thomas Neighbour was born at Grays, Henley, Oxfordshire, in 1850 and attested for the 52nd Foot at Westminster Police Court, London on 5 February 1868, joining his Regiment at Limerick. He was promoted to Corporal on 1 June 1876; Sergeant on 6 September 1879; and Colour Sergeant on 8 November 1882. During his service he served at both Malta and Gibraltar, being overseas from 1868 to 1874. He was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1886. He was discharged to pension in 1891, but was re-appointed to become Barrack Master for the Oxford Light Infantry at Cowley Barracks, Oxford. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, with Annuity, per Army Order 103 of 1918. Sold together with a photographic image of the Staff and Sergeants at the Depot, Cowley Barracks, 1904, in which the recipient is identified.

Three: Sergeant P. W. Sallis, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was wounded by gunshot on the Western Front 1914-15 Star (2701 P. W. Sallis, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2701 Sjt. P. W. Sallis. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Corporal P. Arms, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (752 Cpl. P. Arms. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (752 Cpl. P. Arms. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Private H. Pooley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (17575 Pte. H. Pooley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (17575 Pte. H. Pooley Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) traces of verdigris to VM, otherwise very fine (9) £120-£160 --- Percival W. Sallis attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. Later re-numbered 200667, the casualty records note that ‘Sergt. P. W Sallis, No.200687 [sic] received a gun shot wound to the left arm in March 1917. Percy Arms was born at Banbury, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 19 February 1909. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915, and was discharged on termination of his engagement on 18 February 1916, ‘not bring desirous of re-engaging’. Harry Pooley attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 September 1915. He later served with the Labour Corps and was discharged to the Army Reserve on 26 February 1919.

Pair: Captain A. G. Martin, Army Cadet Force Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, with additional long service clasp (Lt. A. G. Martin A.C.F.); Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Firefighter Anthony G. Martin) nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140 --- Anthony George Martin was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Army Cadet Force on 8 June 1968, and was promoted Lieutenant on 8 June 1970. He was awarded the Cadet Forces Medal in the London Gazette of 26 February 1974, and was awarded a clasp to the medal as an Acting Captain in the London Gazette of 26 January 1982. He retired on 31 December 1985, and was granted the honorary rank of Captain.

Pair: Private C. Clarke, Oxfordshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (5936 Pte. C. Clarke. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5396 Pte. C. Clark [sic]. Oxford L.I.); together with a Training Ship Exmouth Medal for ‘Special Good Conduct’ , silver, the reverse engraved ‘C. Clarke. 24 June 1899’, very fine (3) £160-£200 --- Charles Clarke was born at Hampstead, Middlesex, in 1879 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at London on 9 November 1898, having previously served with the 5th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, before transferring to the Army Reserve on 18 October 1902. In 1908 he was tried and convicted for an unknown felony and imprisoned for six months, and was dismissed from the Army Reserve. The Training Ship Exmouth took boys from the poorhouse and trained them in aspects of military service; many (though not all) were destined for a career in the Royal Navy, and the Special Good Conduct Medal was awarded for achievement. Given the date of the award it is probable that the medal was awarded to another C. Clarke.

A single action Colt Army 45 replica in box and a small pellet gun Condition Report:Available upon request

A collection of military uniforms to include a black jacket with Scot Guards badges, mess uniform and an Army jacket and trousers