PENINSULAR WAR MANUSCRIPT. A detailed and important account of the Napoleonic War in the Iberian Peninsular between April 1809 and March 1810. 4to, 163 pages running to about 32,000 words. Written in a neat hand by Major-General Sir George Ridout Bingham (1777-1833) from letters written at the time, mainly to his mother. The book begins: ‘On my return to England in 1814 after my Mother’s death, I found in her dressing room, carefully put together, a great many letters I had written to her, and my father, during the time I was serving on the Peninsula, viz. from April 1809 till January 1814, as well as a few letters I had written to other friends, which had been sent to her, for her perusal; having much leisure time on my hands when I settled at Deans Leaze in 1820, I began to enter them into this book, leaving out anything relating to my private affairs, or that had no connection with the service on which I was engaged.’‘The period contained in this book is one twelvemonth, from the beginning of April 1809, when we landed on the banks of the Tagus, to the end of March 1810; it embraces three very interesting points, viz. the campaign in the north of Portugal, with the expulsion of Marshal Soult from that country, and the rapid return of the army to Abrantes; the advance to Talavera, the sanguinary contest at that place, and the retreat of the army to the neighbourhood of Badajoz after it; and lastly the long winter march from the banks of the Guadiana to the northern frontiers of Portugal; in these marches we traversed (in a hasty manner to be sure) the greater part of Portugal and some miles in Spain and saw much of the country we passed through, and although we wanted the leisure and opportunity afforded ordinary travellers to examine every point worth seeing, as much of my time was necessarily occupied in the duties of my profession; yet the grand manoeuvres in which we were engaged will make up for this deficiency, and render the whole more interesting, and worth the trouble of perusing.’To his mother, 29th July 1809, Field of Action near Talavera. ‘Had the Spaniards made any sort of movement, or shewn any disposition to have engaged, the loss on our part would not have been so heavy, but the British stood the whole attack of the French without assistance, and the Spaniards ate up, during the action, all the bread that had been prepared for us, so that our men have been fortyeight hours with scarce any food; our extreme want of provisions will prevent our following up our victory…We have suffered much in superior officers, hardly a general officer of infantry, but what is either killed or wounded; Generals McKenzie and Langworth are killed; Hill and the two Campbells are wounded, and our total loss will amount to 5000 killed and wounded. The French fought with great bravery and obstinacy and had eighty well served pieces of artillery in the field, and their loss must be at least equal to, if not superior to our own; in the 53rd we have had six men killed and thirty two wounded; Martin Crew and Seth Bishop are severely, Corporal Muslewaite and Jacob Durnet slightly wounded; these men came from the Dorset and I mention their names that you may satisfy enquiries. At the close of action yesterday I was so overcome with fatigue, and heat, that I fainted, and they all thought me killed… At this moment the Spaniards are murdering the wounded Frenchmen in the woods in our front; I must hasten to prevent them. Adieu.’To Captain Tryon Still, August 1st 1809, Camp near Talavera. In a seven-page letter Bingham describes the terrain, the positions of the armies and the action. ‘On our right was the town of Talavera and the Tagus, a perfect flat for about three quarters of a mile, much intersected with ditches, vineyards, and covered with olive trees; this space was occupied by the Spaniards in two lines three deep, and with reserves; just on the left of their line was a small eminence that commanded the plain, on this a battery was established and a work hardly more than traced out, having been interrupted by the unlooked for rapid advance of the enemy; in front of this were two small enclosures, and beyond that, all the enemy’s movements were obscured by olive trees…about 7 o’clock the French appeared in full force on our left, and after a cannonade that lasted till sunset, as soon as it was dark, brought up their columns to charge; they had succeeded in getting possession of the hill, but the 2nd division coming up, drove them from it; this hill was the utmost consequence to us, it commanded and was in fact the key position, and we retained it against several attacks the enemy made on it. About ten o’clock the firing ceased for the night, which we passed under arms, occasionally entertained by a heavy fire from the Spanish line, which they kept up on being disturbed by the enemy’s patrols…The Spanish army is in so disorganised a state, the under officers such poltroons, the superior such traitors, I am afraid one day or other they will lead us into a scrape from which it will be difficult to extricate ourselves; we are now without a day’s provisions in advance, without magazines and (notwithstanding what you may hear in England) with a population very luke warm in our behalf; this ought to have been foreseen before we left Portugal, the whole day of the action our people were actually without provisions and we have been detained here ever since for want of it.’ Half red calf, red boards. Major-General Sir George Ridout Bingham (1777-1833) was born into an old Dorset family. He enlisted in the 69th foot as an ensign in 1793 and by 1801 was a major in the 82nd foot, serving in Minorca. In 1805 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 2nd battalion 53rd (Shropshire) regiment of foot in Ireland. He went to Portugal with the regiment in 1809 and fought at its head throughout its distinguished Peninsular War career, beginning with the expulsion of the French from Oporto. He served in the Peninsular from 1809 to 1814, and subsequently fought in Spain and the south of France, including the victory at Vitoria.Bingham was awarded the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword and was knighted in 1815. In October of that year he accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte to St Helena, and was commanding officer on the island until 1819. He ended his career in Ireland where his skill and tact were put to great use in a very difficult situation. He was regarded by his fellow officers as a thorough gentleman and a brilliant soldier.
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A collection of Royal Navy & RAF Wall Plaques to include HMS Sheffield, HMS Otter, HMS Collingwood, 43 Squadron RAF and a Model P&O Class Submaine mounted on a wooden plinth. Plus an Indian Army plaque of a pair of crossed Kukri knives with 225mm long blade bolted to the wood along with four badges. (6)
Collection of 20 RAF PHQ Cards with official RAF Postmarks and official stamps. 6 PHQ Cards showing Air Displays Postmarks 17. 7. 2008. 2 PHQ Cards showing British Army Uniforms from 1661 and 1704 both postmarked 20. 9. 2007 at Tallents House in Edinburgh. 16 PHQ Cards showing British Army Uniforms from older eras to modern day. Superb Collection. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Cpt R. W. Annand V. C. signed unflown The British Army FDC date stamp Liverpool 6 Jul 1983. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Nottingham printed ephemera. The archive of John Lock, in 39 Criterion and other box files, including Theatre Royal, Nottingham Playhouse and cinema programmes, leaflets, booklets and magazines classified by organisation or subject, including Castle Museum, William Booth / Salvation Army, Goose Fair, church magazines, politics, schools and colleges, transport, the Civic Society and local heritage groups, inns, maps and directories, Nottingham University, city planning, caves, Lace Market, Sneinton and Long Eaton, second half 20th c
Nottingham. Three albums of press photographs, 1920's-70's, printed later, mostly 21 x 16cm and circa, all street scenes or monuments, including Drury Hill immediately prior to demolition, transport and the railway, approximately 85 and an album of snapshot and 9 x 9cm black and white and colour photographs of John Lock, his family and army comrades, homes and local views (4 albums)
DIEDERIK VAN APPLE / VANAPPLE (DUTCH 1985) 'UNION JACK GOLDEN PEACE' a limited edition Golden Turtle 43/150, a turtle with an Army helmet for a shell, signed underneath with certificate and box, approximate height 21cm x length 37cm, condition:- small marks to the gold surface, box tatty (Artists resale rights apply)
Ed Vebell (American, 1921 - 2018) "Fulton's Clermont Steamboat" Signed lower right. Original Acrylic painting on Cold Press Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original which was published on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for Epic Events in American History series issued in 1985. It was the English who invented the first steam engine and the first steam railroad but it was an American, Robert Fulton, who, in 1807, formally launched the steamboat era. Fulton was not the inventor, however, of the steamboat: that distinction belongs to poor John Fitch, a Connecticut Yankee and a veteran of the Continental Army who, as early as 1787, built and launched a forty-five-foot steamboat. But, alas, nothing came of that brave experiment. Fitch could get no financing for his invention and in the end gave up in despair and fled to the wilds of Kentucky where he died. Ten years later, the New York lawyer and diplomat, Robert Livingston, anticipating the role that steamboats might play in a vast nation whose only effective transportation was by water, persuaded his young friend Robert Fulton, with whose artistic and inventive talents he was familiar, to try his hand at building a steamboat. Fulton boasted a natural talent for engineering. He eagerly embraced Livingston's proposal and by 1807 was ready to launch The Clermont, named after Livingston's hometown. On its maiden trip, the boat steamed up the Hudson to Albany and returned five days later, having averaged a speed of five miles an hour. Successful as it was, it brought no great wealth to either Livingston or Fulton, for in 1824, John Marshall's Court pronounced their monopoly unconstitutional as an infringement on congressional power to regulate "commerce concerning the several states." Image Size: 20 x 20.75 in. Overall Size: 26.25 x 26.75 in. Unframed. (B06484)
Shannon Stirnweis (Arizona, New York, New Hampshire Oregon, B. 1931) "Fort Henry" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the Canada 32c Fort Henry stamp issued June 30, 1983. Once the early explorers and settlers of Canada had established roots in the New World, they soon realized they must somehow protect their holdings. But, whether they came from France, England ... or from any of the other great European nations, they could not expect aid to arrive quickly from an army or navy stationed thousands of miles away in the Mother Country. Therefore, it became necessary for the nations to erect forts in the New World to protect the territories their explorers and settlers had claimed for the homeland. One fort built to guard British interests in Canada was Fort Henry. Fort Henry was erected in 1813 and is located at Kingston, Ontario, on a strategically important peninsula where the British operated an important port and naval base on the St. Lawrence River. It was the only fort to be built of a series of six detached casemated redoubts which were planned to be built in the early nineteenth century at this location. Over the years, Fort Henry was gradually enlarged, and after the construction of the Rideau Canal, the fort was replaced by a new stone fort, completed in 1836. Fort Henry was garrisoned until 1890, but it later fell into disuse. However, in 1939, it ws completely restored and today is a popular tourist attraction. Image Size: 19.5 x 17 in. Overall Size: 23 x 19.75 in. Unframed. (B08177)
Shannon Stirnweis (B. 1931) "Liberation of Smolensk" Signed lower left. Original Oil painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting originally appeared on the Republic of the Marshall Islands 29c Liberation of Smolensk 1943 stamp issued September 25, 1993. Germany's defeat at Kursk in July 1943 marked its last mass effort along the Eastern Front. Hitler, concerned about the Allied landings at Sicily, transferred several of his best divisions to the West. German forces in the East, now hopelessly outnumbered in both men and materiel, had little choice but to fall back. The next two months would see the Germans retreat some 150 miles along a more than 600-mile front, extending from the Donets River in the south, through Kharkov, to the Divina River north of Smolensk. On September 25, facing a rapidly-approaching Red Army, the Germans abandoned Smolensk. Image Size: 21.75 x 17.5 in. Overall Size: 24.75 x 20.5 in. Unframed. (B14354)
Shannon Stirnweis (B. 1931) "Okinawa Invaded by U.S. Marines" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting originally appeared on the Republic of the Marshall Islands 55c Okinawa Invaded by U.S. Forces 1945 stamp issued April 1, 1995. On April 1, 1945, a U.S. invasion force of some 180,000 soldiers and Marines, commanded by Army Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner, began landing on the shores of Okinawa. On June 18, Buckner would become the highest ranking American field officer to be killed in combat. Ernie Pyle, the Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent, would also die on nearby Ie Shima. If fighting was savage on Okinawa, the scene offshore was just as violent, with the U.S. Navy confronting waves of swarming kamikazes. For the Japanese Combined Fleet, the battle amounted to a suicide mission, as American planes scored hit after hit -- even sinking the giant Yamato. On June 22, when it was apparent that the Americans were about to take control of the island, commander of the Japanese forces Lt. General Mitsuru Ushijima committed Hara-Kiri -- honorable suicide. Image Size: 18.25 x 22 in. Overall Size: 20.25 x 24.25 in. Unframed. (B14979)
Steve Ferguson (American, B. 1946) "Boeing F4B-4" Signed lower right. Original Acrylic painting on Cold Press Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original which was published on the Republic of the Marshall Islands 32c Boeing F4B-4 stamp issued November 1, 1996. Boeing's most famous fighter, the F4B-4, was a plane that surpassed all existing aircraft. Boeing built more than 500 of these single-seat biplanes for the U.S. Navy and Army in the late 1920s. Image Size: 16.5 x 14 in. Overall Size: 20 x 15 in. Unframed. (B13746)
Three Post-1953 No.1 Blue Tunics:- one to a Brigadier the Queen's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry, with chain epaulettes, gilt metal rank pips, white metal collar badges and staybrite buttons, later medal ribbon bar, size 40" chest; one to an officer Army Apprentice School, with staybrite buttons, size 40" chest; one to an officer Royal Army Ordnance Corps, with staybrite buttons, size 40" chest; a Pre-1953 No.1 Blue Tunic, to an officer the Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment, with brass and staybrite buttons, GSM ribbon bar, size 38" chest; two Pairs of Blue Overalls, one with cream double side stripes, the other with scarlet single side stripes, both size 36" waist; three Pre-1953 Officer's No.2 Service Dress Tunics, one with belt, to a Captain Royal Army Medical Corps, with brass buttons and rank pips, bronze collar badges and Second World War ribbon bar, size 38" chest, one lacking buttons and badges, size 38" chest, one with mixed brass buttons, no badges, size 38" chest; a Post-1953 No.2 Service Tunic, to a Staff Sergeant Royal Army Physical Training Corps, with staybrite buttons, size 36" chest; five British Army Man's No.6 Dress Tunics, various sizes; five British Merchant Navy Jackets, with gilt buttons and rank cuffs to Chief Officer size 44" chest, Chief Officer size 38" chest x 2, Second Officer size 38" chest, Fourth Engineer size 38" chest with later buttons; a Home Made Sailor Jacket, with handkerchief collar (21)Condition report: 1 - Hole below right collar strap. 2 - Some moth damage to back left shoulder and both arms. 3 - Staining to under-arms. 4 - Clean condition. 5 - Clean condition.
Dads Army, Clive Dunn signed vintage black and white photograph pictured during his role as the elderly Lance Corporal Jones in the hugely popular BBC sitcom Dad's Army, which ran for 9 series and 80 episodes between 1968 and 1977. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Bill Nighy and Christian Berkel signed Valkyrie 10x8 colour photo. Valkyrie is a 2008 thriller film directed and co-produced by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander. The film is set in Nazi Germany during World War II and depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country. The film was released by American studio United Artists and stars Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the key plotters. The cast includes Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp, and Tom Wilkinson. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Actor Frank Williams signed 10x8 black and white photo with the cast of BBC sitcom Dad's Army. Frank J Williams is an English actor best known for playing vicars and other members of the clergy, most notably Timothy Farthing, the vicar in the BBC comedy Dad's Army. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Damian Lewis 16x12 overall Homeland mounted signature piece includes signed album page and a colour photo from the hit tv series. Damian Watcyn Lewis OBE (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor, presenter, and producer. He is best known for playing U. S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. He also portrayed U. S. Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series Homeland, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. His performance as Henry VIII of England in Wolf Hall earned him his third Primetime Emmy nomination and fourth Golden Globe nomination. He portrayed Bobby Axelrod in the Showtime series Billions in the first five seasons and appeared in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) as actor Steve McQueen. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Dinky Toys - A fleet of five unboxed later issue Dinky Toys diecast model helicopters . Lot consists of Dinky #732 Bell Police Helicopter; Bell 'Army' Helicopter (x2) from #303 Commando Squad set; #736 Bundesmarine Sea King with an 'Army' Sea King from set #618. Models all display signs of use and play generally ranging in condition from Good - Very Good overall. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Quantity of Playworn Action Man Figures and Vehicles, including 1 x fixed hand flocked hair doll, 2 x flocked hair gripping hands dolls, 8 x eagle eyed dolls, (one head detached) small quantity of accessories, Action Man Sea Wolf (parts missing hatch broken) Fighter Aircraft (missing parts) Armoured Car, motorbike combination (ideal for spares) Cherilea German combination (missing machine gun) and Sharna 45th Fusiliers army truck, all in play-worn original condition (a.lot)
BOX CONTAINING MEDALS, KUKARI KNIVES, NOTES COINS ETC to include, WW1 British War medal named 15776 Pte F.Grant, Scottish Rifles, Frederick Grant, Casualty 1st December, 1917, remembered on the Tyne Cot Cemetery Memorial, Belgium, A QEII General Service Medal, Bar Malaya named to 22742579 Pte B. Widdowson ACC. (Army Catering Corps), together with a replica 3rd Reich Reichgold bar, cufflinks and three India made Kukari knives complete with scabbards and smaller knives, also present is a small box containing A QEII Bronze Commemorative Coronation coin, boxed, some worn banknotes and a few coins
A BROWN LEATHER CASE BOXED PAIR OF BELIEVED IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY WWII ERA BINOCULARS, the left case top is marked in Japanese and No 726, the right side case is marked 7 x 710?, the hand grips are in poor condition and some of the covering is missing on both sides, also a WWII style replica of a Japanese 'Shin Gunto Sword', all metal construction, blade is marked in Japanese with the number 4612, blade length approximately 66cm, the grip is metal, not wrapped and does not have the usual corded grip with tang doweling pins present, the scabbard is all metal and bent/dented on the bottom 1/3rd
EPHEMERA, one book, 'The Holy Land' 123 coloured facsimile lithographs and the journal from his visit to the Holy Land, David Roberts R.A. slight damage to front cover and slip case, WW II commemorative newspapers and magazines including Picture Post, part XI of Celebrities of the Army and the American Assault Exercises at Slapton Sands, Devon in 1944, military buttons and badges and a replica trench order booklet, thirty six postcards and other paper ephemera and one framed set of Cigarette Cards, 'Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas' by John Player & Sons 1938
A QUANTITY OF ASSORTED BOXED AND UNBOXED DIECAST AND PLASTIC AIRCRAFT MODELS, to include boxed Corgi Classics The Aviation Archive Boeing-Vertol Ch-47C Chinook Helicopter 180th Aviation Company, U.S. Army, Schwabisch-Hall, Germany 1975, No.AA34201, not checked but appears largely complete with all rotor blades, boxed limited edition Supermarine Spitfire Mk. Vb AB269 332 Squadron, R.A.F. North Weald August 1942, No.AA31934B, complete with certificate No.0235 of 1000, incomplete boxed Panavia Tornado GR.4 No.12 Squadron R.A.F. (Special 90th Anniversary Scheme), No.AA33609, assorted boxed Corgi Toys and other aircraft, two boxed unbuilt Airfix kits including R.A.F. Battle of Britain Airfield Set, No.A50015, contents not checked, assorted boxed plastic Airtours liveried jet models, Matchbox, Atlas Editions etc., some of the models with damage and/or missing items or stands, damage and wear to some boxes (3 boxes)
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