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Lot 7183
A WWI poster "HONOUR AND GLORY FOR 47th DIVISION OUR DELIVERERS" together with documentation, ephemera and trinkets relating to the serviceman 684166 PERCY J. MONK 3rd Army 47th Division 1/24th London Queen's Regiment including treen ornaments from Palestine, newspaper cuttings, reconnaissance photograph etc. Lot 7185 relates to the same serviceman during WWII
Lot 7277
A WWII and earlier POW collection relating to 6030423 ERNEST REYNOLDS of the Essex Regiment who served in the North West Europe campaign in WWII, a POW from 11.06.44 - 01.05.45 at Stalag XII-A Limburg, 42202 POW's with 27 officers, 271 British. The lot includes George V India Medal named to 6006992 PTE. E. REYNOLDS ESSEX.R. with North West Frontier 1930-31 clasp. His original POW identification tag stamped ST-XNA Nr. 82 176, Soldier's Service and Pay Book, Army Temperance medals, British Airborne Forces and 47th (London) Infantry Division patches etc
Lot 7108
A 6 shot .44" Remington New Model Army percussion revolver, number 97449, with dark walnut grips, one with inspector's stamp "OWA" (O.W. Ainsworth, c 1831-1870), the other grip deeply carved with initials "JEBS" ("Jeb" Stuart?), the frame retaining some original blued finish, some wear, faded markings
Lot 1129
An Argentine M38 helmet bearing a hand painted roundel of the colours of the National flag. This is a Swiss export M18/40 steel helmet used as the general service helmet by the Argentine Army 1930's-60's. Complete with liner and chinstrap. Dated 1960, Berne. Part of a private collection being sold.
Lot 497
Five Tamiya 1:35 and 1:350 scale plastic model kits, ships and military related, to include 78010-6500 King George V Battleship, 78012-2400 DD445 Fletcher, 35016-1200 German Motorcycle B.M.W, 35047-1200 Antitank Gun, 35005-1000 British Army 6 Pounder Anti Tank Gun, together with three 1/350 scale Trumpeter Ships, to include 05302 HMS Hood, 05331 HMS Eskimo Destroyer 1941 and HMCS Huron Destroyer 1944, all boxed, appear unstarted. (8)
Lot 147
Greville Irwin - British Army Cavalry Regiment on a Tree-lined Avenue, early 20th century watercolour, 52cm x 61.5cm, together with a similar watercolour by the same hand.Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
Lot 600
A German Second World War Army Officers’ Dagger. An excellent example with superb blade by Tiger, Solingen. All of the cross grain finish remaining, good deep manufacturers logo, mid orange celluloid grip totally undamaged. All of the fittings, which include the upper pommel, central cross guard and scabbard all match in colour with good plating. The dagger is fitted with the correct long pattern Portapee for the army officer. Complete with a set of the deluxe hanging strap, which do have some light oxidisation to the brocade and minor wear to the velvet backing. All spring clips intact and working correctly. The dagger is with its original grey felt carrying bag, very good condition £300-£400 --- Note: This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
Lot 371
Three: Sergeant W. G. C. Roberts, Royal Army Veterinary Corps British War and Victory Medals (SE-12495 Sjt. W. G. Roberts. A.V.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (SE-12495 Sjt. W. G. C. Roberts. R.A.V.C.); together with the recipient’s two card identity tags; and a small prize medal, silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1907) with gold centres, engraved ‘Woodford & District League Div. II. Western Secn. Leyton Manor F.C. W. C. Roberts’, good very fine (4) £160-£200 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. William Gill Crosby Roberts was born in 1883 and attested for the Army Veterinary Corps, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, he transferred to the Reserve on 24 May 1919. Sold together with the recipient’s Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve; and Record Office enclosure for the Great War Medals, in OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr. W. G. C. Roberts, 97 Uplands Road, Crouch End, London N8’.
Lot 328
Family Group: Pair: Sergeant W. Palmer, Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Orange Free State (9693 Sejt. W. Palmer, A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (9693 Sjt: W. Palmer. A.S.C.) good very fine Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (2/Cl. S.Sjt: W. Palmer. A.S.C.) obverse polished, nearly very fine, the reverse better (3) £240-£280 --- 9693 Sergeant William Palmer was born in Woolwich, Kent, in 1875 and attested there or the Army Service Corps on 1 November 1890. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 6 October 1899 and was promoted Sergeant on 1 May 1900., before being invalided to England on 11 June 1900. He was discharged to pension on 31 October 1913, after 23 years’ service, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 99 of 1914. 796 Staff Sergeant William Palmer, the father of 9693 Sergeant W. Palmer, was born in Southwark, London, and attested for the Military Train on 23 February 1858. Advanced Sergeant on 9 July 1867, he transferred to the Army Service Corps on 23 February 1870, and was appointed Second Class Staff Sergeant on 18 October 1877. He was discharged on 29 October 1878, and was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, together with an Annuity of £10, on 2 April 1909. Sold with copied service papers.
Lot 355
Five: Sergeant T. G. McKenzie, Royal Highlanders 1914-15 Star (S-7596. Pte. T. McKenzie, R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-7596 Pte. T. McKenzie. R. Highrs.); War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (2744827 Sjt. T. G. McKenzie. Black Watch.); together with a Royal Highlanders badge, edge of last prepared for naming, contact marks to BWM, this nearly very fine, the rest good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Thomas McKenzie attested for the Royal Highlanders and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 June 1915.
Lot 326
Five: Colour Sergeant P. D. G. Giannini, East Kent Regiment, later Corps of Military Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5781 Pte. P. Giannini. E. Kent Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5781 Corpl: P. Giannini. E. Kent Regt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (752 C. Sjt. P. Giannini. M.F.P.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (752 Sjt: -A.S. Mjr:- P. Giannini. C. of M.P.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (752 Sjt: P. Giannini. M.F.P.) mounted court-style as worn, contact marks to the Boer War pair, these nearly very fine, the rest good very fine and better (5) £500-£700 --- Ponzaino D. G. Giannini was born in Hammersmith Middlesex, in 1880 and attested for the East Kent Regiment at Canterbury on 11 November 1898. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 9 June 1900 to 27 October 1902, and transferred to the Military Foot Police on 16 July 1903. He saw further service in Malta from 3 November 1910 to 24 May 1915, and then spent the rest of the great War on home service. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 125 of 1917, and for his services during the Great War was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 22 February 1919). Appointed Regimental Sergeant Major at Aldershot, he was discharged with the rank of Warrant Officer Class I on 26 July 1920. Sold together with an attractive triple decanter Tanterless set with front cigar compartment, with top silver plaque inscribed ‘Presented to R.S.M. P. D. G. Giannini by the W.Os. and N.C.O.s Military Police Aldershot, as a Token of Esteem on his Retirement, June 1920’; the recipient’s Masonic apron, housed in a leather satchel, the front embossed ‘Bro. P. D. G. Giannini, Aldershot Camp Lodge No. 1331.’; a R.A.O.B. Orphanage subscriber’s Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Bro. P. D. G. Giannini. 1920.’, with ‘Life Vote’ suspension bar and ‘Founded 1898’ top riband bar; and copied research. Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.
Lot 649
A Large German ‘Rommel’ Archive. * A large personalised file, 100 pages plus, of British press photographs and newspaper cuttings with covering of Field Marshal Rommel and his Afrika Korps, all mounted in plastic envelopes, the file begins with images of Rommel in his campaign in France moving on to the Afrika campaign, some of the latter in colour, put together by Colonel Farnes over many years * Three soft back publications on the German Afrika Korps and Airborne troops mainly of the Osprey Men at Arms style, armour and profile mark 4 Tiger tank * 4 wartime British newspapers, comprising, Daily Mail 28 March 1945, Daily Mail 7 April 1945, Daily Express 31 May 1940 and News Chronicle 8 February 1941, which has the British victory over the Italians at Benghazi reported on the headlines * Three further books, comprising Rommel by Desmond Young, hardback, published 1950; Panzer Army Afrika by James Lucas, published 1977; The Rommel Papers, hardback, publication date unknown with a modern adaptation fly cover. The whole grouping is an excellent overview in both pictures and words of the famous desert Commander. A large file of this special interest, generally good condition (lot) £60-£80 --- Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.
Lot 299
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (4661. Pte. W. G. Bath. 18/Hrs) edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £120-£160 --- William George Bath was born in Battersea, London, in 1880 and attested for the 18th Hussars in London on 1 June 1898. He served with the Regiment in South Africa from 24 December 1898 to 31 October 1902 (additionally entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps), and transferred to the Army Reserve on 8 June 1903. He was discharged on 31 May 1910, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts which confirm all clasps.
Lot 335
Four: Private A. Lawrence, 5th Dragoon Guards, later Chairman of the Cardiff Group of the Old Contemptibles Association 1914 Star, with clasp (14093 Pte. A. Lawrence, 5/D. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (GS-11158 Pte. A. Lawrence. 5-D.Gds.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s Old Contemptibles of Wales, Cardiff Group President’s Jewel, silver (hallmarks for Chester 1934) and enamel, the obverse featuring the dragon of Wales within a wreath, embellished with crossed rifles, the reverse engraved ‘Presented by our President Sir Robert J. Webber J.P., to the Cardiff Group of the Old Contemptibles of Wales, Nov. 1934’, on neck riband with engraved name plates of 12 past Presidents, including ‘Chum A. Lawrence 1958 - 60’, in case of issue, nearly very fine and better (5) £300-£400 --- Alfred Lawrence was born at Wem, Shropshire in 1894, and joined the Merchant Navy as a boy apprentice. In November 1912 had a serious accident falling from a ladder into the ship’s hold of the S.S. Iddesleigh, and was carried ashore unconscious. He was left behind by his ship and spent some time in the British Seaman’s Hospital at Constantinople, but was picked up by the Iddesleigh on its return voyage in December 1912. Lawrence attested for the 5th Dragoon Guards and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 September 1914. He survived the Great War and was transferred to the Army Reserve on 11 March 1919. Following the Great War he joined the Fire Service in Cardiff where he served as a Company Officer in the National Fire Service. In the 1939 Register he is recorded as residing in one of the Fire Station apartments in the Central Fire Station, Cardiff, where he is noted as Fireman / Constable. He died 19 May 1969, at Cardiff. The Past Presidents named on the Old Contemptible’s President’s Jewel are: 1934-35 Sir Robert J. Webber J.P; 1936 Sir William James Thomas, Bart., J.P; 1937-38 Captain Lionel Lindsay M.V.O., O.B.E.; 1938-41 F. E. Nunn; 1942-47 John Dunning; 1949-51 Captain Harry Wallace; 1952-54 Jos. Ware D.C.M, M.S.M.; 1955-57 Major F. C. Clifton; 1958-60 A. Lawrence; and 1961 T. Webb. Sold together with an extensive (and somewhat damaged) photograph and family press cutting album, including a fine portrait photograph of the recipient wearing his President’s Jewel and his war medals and with wartime letters and postcards home, pasted in fibre dog-tag ‘2527 A. Lawrence, C.E. 5.DG’, and 5th Dragoon Guards bi-metal cap badge, original Record Office issue slip for the 1914 Star, ‘Ypres 1914’ sweetheart badge fashioned from two small General Service buttons, photographs of Old Contemptibles remembrance day parades, reunion programmes, and other ephemera.
Lot 558
Army Temperance Association India Medals. Army Temperance Association India Five Year Medal, silver and enamel (2) (ATAI.5), one with ‘Watch and Be Sober’ top riband bar; Six Year Medal, silver (2) (ATAI.6), one with Indian lion hallmark to reverse; Seven Year Medal, silver (ATAI.7); Eight Year Medal, silver (ATAI.8), all with top suspension bars, all unnamed as issued, generally very fine (8) £70-£90
Lot 87
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1279 Pte. W. Taylor. Oxf: L.I.) engraved naming, edge bruising, very fine £70-£90 --- William Taylor was born at Chatham, Kent, and attested at the age of 14 into the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot at Fermoy, Ireland on 14 October 1870. He was appointed to be Bandsman on 28 March 1878, and was discharged from the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry in 1892, after over 21 years’ service, 14 years of which had been spent in India and Burma.
Lot 327
Six: Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. Armstrong, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was reported missing in action and mentioned in despatches during the Boer War, and subsequently killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 1 October 1915, whilst commanding the 2nd Battalion. He was shot in the head whilst trying to rally his men for a counter-attack Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Transvaal (Capt: C. A. Armstrong, North’d Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Maj. C. A. Armstrong. Nthld. Fus.); 1914-15 Star (Major C. A. Armstrong North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. C. A. Armstrong); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt, and enamels, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue, with note that it was conferred by President Courbet at Dover in 1910, the first two mounted as worn together with the related pair of mounted miniatures, the former being with 4 clasps including ‘Orange Free State’, minor edge bruising to first two, otherwise nearly extremely fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2005. Charles Arthur Armstrong was born in London on 5 May 1873, the only son of Major-General Charles Armstrong, Bengal Staff Corps. He was educated at Sherborne School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Hon. Queen’s India Cadet), and was gazetted Second Lieutenant to the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers on 10 October 1894. He was promoted Lieutenant in December 1895; Captain in May 1900; and Brevet Major in Lord Kitchener’s Despatch of 8 April 1902. He served throughout the South African War 1899-1902; took part in the battles of Belmont, Enslin, Modder River, Magersfontein; was Commandant at Kraipan from 27 February 1901, and Adjutant, 5th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry (16th (Worcestershire) Company), June 1901 to May 1902; he took part in the operations in the Transvaal, February 1901 to May 1902. On 24 February 1902, a convoy commanded by Lt-Col W.C. Anderson heading for Klerksdorp, bivouacked on the farm Elandslaagte by the Yzer Spruit. Early the following morning the column set off and after a march of some three kilometres was attacked by a commando under the command of Asst. Cmdt-Gen. J.H. de la Rey. After very strong resistance, the convoy was forced to surrender. British losses were 187 killed and wounded whilst the Boers lost 51 killed and wounded. Major Armstrong was reported missing on 25 February 1902 at Elandslaagte and later re-joined. For his services in the Boer War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 17 June 1902). Returning to England, at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, in November 1902, Armstrong married Evelyn Denison, daughter of the late Major General Charles Richards, Indian Army. He was then transferred to the 2nd Battalion, with which he served until October 1913, when he was appointed Adjutant of the Officers’ Training Corps, Queen’s University Belfast (attached General Staff), a post he held until the outbreak of war. Confirmed in the rank of Major on 14 October 1914, he was then appointed to train the 8th Service Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was appointed to the command of the 2nd Battalion in June 1915, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and immediately went out to France. After being at the front for four months, Lieutenant-Colonel Armstrong was fatally shot in the head at the battle of Loos, 1 October 1915, and is buried in the British Cemetery at Vermelles. He is also commemorated in the Sherborne School Roll of Honour and War Memorial. The Fifth in the Great War refers: “Dawn was just breaking, the relief was hurried through, and a party of the relieved troops (1/York & Lancs.), impatient to get back, instead of moving by communication trenches, rashly withdrew across the open. This movement, undoubtedly, was observed by the enemy, to whom it gave the clue to what was in progress. Before the relief had been fully completed, and while the men of the FIFTH were still in process of taking up their positions, the Germans, approaching unseen by South Face, suddenly attacked with bombs. The inner flanks of both "C" and "D" Companies were driven back, and the enemy secured a footing of about one hundred yards in the Hohenzollern and "Big Willie." Further progress of the enemy was checked and a barrier was constructed by each company to protect its flank and contain the enemy; but they found themselves completely separated. On report of the situation reaching Brigade Headquarters, orders were issued that the enemy was to be driven from the position at all costs; but though it was simple enough to issue such orders, the manner in which they should be carried out was quite a different matter. Major Armstrong had gone forward to the scene of the trouble before the orders from the Brigade had reached his headquarters, with the intention of organising a counter-attack, the necessity for which was, in truth, quite obvious. But to form any plan without more accurate knowledge of the general situation than could be obtained from the bottom of a trench was impossible. In order to secure a view of his surroundings, he raised himself above the parapet and was immediately shot through the head and killed. On news of this tragic event reaching Battalion Headquarters, Captain Lamb, to whom command now fell, went forward with 2nd Lieutenant Gilchrist, the Adjutant, to " D " Company's position. He found that already many casualties had been sustained; bombing and counter-bombing were in progress; and considerable confusion reigned in the trench. Any attempt to attack across the open would have been swept away by the fire of machine guns from the enemy's rear positions, and the only hope of dislodging the Germans lay in bombing them from the section of trench in which they had secured a footing.” “During the short time he (Armstrong) was in command of the 2nd Battalion he gained the highest praise and admiration of all, and numerous letters received by his widow tell how much he was beloved, and "that his most excellent work had been appreciated and noted for due reward and promotion, had he but lived through the Battle of Loos." (Roll of Honour, Marquis de Ruvigny refers). Sold with a portrait photograph of recipient in uniform, and a fine leather bound family scrap book embossed with gold design the front cover with the initials ‘J. W. A.’, and the inside cover with ‘James Wells Armstrong’ bookplate. The latter mainly concerning newspaper cuttings related to Lieutenant General J. W. Armstrong, C.B., but also containing other family related material, and a photograph of C. A. Armstrong’s original grave; with copied research.
Lot 200
The rare and remarkable Peninsular, Waterloo and Bhurtpoor group of three awarded to Troop-Sergeant-Major John Lakin, 16th Lancers, who was wounded in the leg at Fuentes d’Onor in May 1811, in the side at Burgos in 1812, and was noted in regimental records ‘for distinguished conduct in the field’; he later served as a gamekeeper and gatekeeper at Windsor Great Park, and lived in the reign of four monarchs Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Talavera, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nive (J. Lakin, T. Serjeant M. 16th Light Dragoons) the clasp for ‘Nive’ mounted upside-down; Waterloo 1815 (Corp. John Laken, 16th or Queen’s Light Drag.) fitted with replacement bar suspension; Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Troop Serjt. Major J. Lakin, 16th Lancers) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, heavy edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine and better (3) £14,000-£18,000 --- Only 10 men of the 16th Light Dragoons got all three of these medals. This is the only known surviving such group apart from the one to Thomas Armstrong held by the regimental museum. Broken groups are known to four others (one of whom also got a L.S. & G.C. medal) and four remain lost/whereabouts unknown. John Lakin was born in the Parish of Sutton, Birmingham, Warwickshire, and enlisted at Birmingham for the 16th Light Dragoons on 19 July 1805, aged 18 years, for unlimited service. He was promoted to Corporal in July 1815, to Sergeant in October 1821, and to Troop Sergeant-Major in July 1824. Discharged at Meerut, India, in October 1827, Lakin returned to England for his final discharge on 22 May 1828, in consequence of ‘being inactive from corpulency’. His discharge papers record that he was ‘wounded in the leg at Fuentes d’Onor, and in the side at Burgos 28 Octr. 1812’, whilst the regimental history of the 16th Light Dragoons records him as having been distinguished in the Peninsula: ‘The following N.C.O.’s and privates were noted for distinguished conduct in the field:- Sergt.-Major Blood, Sergts. Baxter, Drawbridge, Greaves, Malony, Kearney, Blythe, Ashworth, Lincoln, Collins, Jolly, and Lakin; Corporals Cox and Yates; Privates Hurst, Fitzpatrick, Michel, Castans, Arthur, Weedon, Daly, Bulpot, and Pemberton.’ John Lakin died from ‘natural decay’ at Queen Anne’s Lodge, Windsor Great Park, on 23 February 1877. An obituary notice published in The Windsor Gazette & Eton College Journal on 3 March 1877, gave the following information: ‘Sudden Death of a Waterloo Veteran - On Friday last week Mr John Lakin, keeper of the lodge to Queen Anne’s-ride, died suddenly at the advanced age of 89 years. Mr Lakin when a young man joined the 16th Lancers, then commanded by the Earl of Harcourt, and first saw active service in India, for which he received a medal (Bhurtpoor). He fought through the Peninsula campaign under the Duke of Wellington, was present at the crowning victory of Vittoria, at Salamanca, Fuentes D’onor, and the bloody fight of Talavera; and finally he took part in the ever-memorable battle of Waterloo, receiving a sword stab in the leg and a gunshot wound in the side, but he was not placed hors de combat, and fought till the French were utterly routed. The deceased had medals and bars which tell of the glories he participated in. He attained the rank of sergeant-major and at the age of 40 years, in 1828, he was discharged with a pension from the Chelsea Hospital. After leaving the army the deceased came to Windsor, and entered the service of George III, as gamekeeper in the Great Park. As gamekeeper and gatekeeper he served under that monarch, George IV, William IV, and her present gracious Majesty. He was 43 years the keeper of Queen Anne’s-ride lodge, where he died last Friday. Mr Coroner Marlin held an inquest on the body at the Windsor Castle Inn, King’s-road, on Monday. The evidence went to show that the deceased had enjoyed on the whole very good health, and there had been no necessity to call in any medical man for a number of years. On the Thursday he appeared in a better state of health than usual, but when his daughter-in-law went to see him next morning he said he did not feel very well. He took a little breakfast and had beef-tea for dinner. After dinner he said he would try to go to sleep, but when his daughter-in-law went upstairs to see him, between three and four o’clock, she found him dead. Mr Surgeon Pearl was sent for. He stated that he found several marks on his arms and one on his side, but he did not think that they were caused by violence. It was explained by relatives of the deceased that he had to be carried up and down stairs by his son, and he “Tumbled about” a good deal. The Doctor thought Mr Lakin had died from natural decay, and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.’ And from the Evening Post of 28 February 1877: ‘A WATERLOO VETERAN. Mr John Lakin, a Waterloo veteran, has just died at Queen Anne’s Gate, Windsor Great Park, in his 90th year. He took part in the whole of the Peninsular war with the 16th Lancers, and attained the rank of sergeant-major. He was afterwards appointed by the late Lord Harcourt as keeper in Windsor Great Park, a post he filled until the day of his death - upwards of fifty years. In fact, he was the oldest royal servant of her Majesty. He lived in the reign of four sovereigns, and he had often said with pride that he had addressed them all personally - viz., George III, George IV, William IV, and her Majesty.’
Lot 298
Five: Private N. McLeod, 18th Hussars Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4550. Pte. N. McLeod. 18/Hrs.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4550 Pte. N. Mc.Leod. 18th. Hussars.); 1914-15 Star (28579 Pte. N. MacLeod [sic], 18th. Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (28579 Pte. N. McLeod. 18-Hrs.); together with a silver Regimental prize medal, engraved ‘Cavalry Depot Football Cup 1896-97 Pte. N. Mc.Leod. 18th. Hussars’, good very fine (6) £240-£280 --- Neil McLeod attested for the 18th Hussars and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, before transferring to the Army Reserve on 14 January 1903. Having taken his discharge, he re-joined his old Regiment on 9 January 1915, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 October 1915. He was discharged on 9 January 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B103,642. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
Lot 289
Seven: Sergeant W. H. Waller, 13th Hussars, later Military Mounted Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (4050. Pte. W. H. Waller, 13/Hrs.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4050 Pte. W. H. Waller. 13th Hussars.); 1914 Star, with clasp (647 Sjt. W. H. Waller. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (647 Sjt. W. H. Waller. M.M.P.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (647 Sjt: W. H. Waller. M.M.P.) mounted as worn, contact marks to the Boer War pair, generally very fine and better (7) £300-£400 --- William Henry Waller was born in Lucknow, India, in 1880 and attested for the 13th Hussars on 2 March 1898, having previously served with the 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Highlanders. He served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 10 November 1899 to 19 November 1902, and transferred to the Military Mounted Police on 11 April 1905. He was promoted Sergeant on 5 August 1914, and served with the Military Mounted Police during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 August 1914. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1917, and suffered injuries having fallen from his horse in France on 22 August 1918. He was discharged on 1 October 1919, after 21 years and 214 days’ service. Sold together with the recipient’s Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity; Combined Leave and Railway Ticket; a portrait photograph of the recipient; and copied service papers and medal roll extracts.
Lot 21
Pair: Private G. Weston, Oxfordshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (5153 Pte. G. Weston. 1/Oxfd. L.I.); King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5153 Pt. G. Weston. 1st Oxfordshire Lt. Inftry.) the KSA unofficially renamed; light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £80-£120 --- George James Weston was invalided from the service in August 1901. He re-enlisted in the Army Veterinary Corps in January 1915 and received the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Lot 508
Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (393184 Sjt. S. H. Horton 17-21-L.) minor edge bruise, very fine £50-£70 --- Samuel Herbert Horton was born in Leeds on 3 February 1905 and attested there for 1st King’s Dragoon Guards on 20 October 1923. He transferred to the 17th/21st Lancers as a Corporal on 14 December 1936, and served during the Second World War as an Instructor in India attached to the 14th/20th Hussars, being advanced Sergeant on 1 May 1940. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 231 of 1942, and having returned to the UK on 7 July 1944, was transferred Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 9 December 1945.
Lot 5
Three: Colour Sergeant A. R. Ayres, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Cape Colony, second clasp loose on riband (3840 Sejt. A. R. Ayers, Oxford: Lt. Inft.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 3840 Serjt. A. R. Ayres. Oxford: L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3840 C. Sjt: A. R. Ayres. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) edge bruising and light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £220-£260 --- Arthur Robert Ayres was born at Tylers Green, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at High Wycombe on 3 February 1892. He was appointed Lance Corporal in the 1st Battalion on 6 September 1893, and was promoted Corporal on 23 February 1895, and Sergeant on 29 November 1897. He was transferred to the Army Reserve on 3 February 1899, but was recalled to the Colours for service in the South African War on 4 December 1899. He was intended to be demobilised in May 1903, but elected to re-enlist as Sergeant on 16 March 1903. He was again discharged on termination of his second period of engagement on 2 February 1913. His service papers confirm the medal and clasp entitlement for the Q.S.A. and K.S.A., however the medal roll for the Q.S.A., only notes entitlement to the Relief of Kimberley clasp. He died on 24 May 1940, whilst living on the Cowley Road, Oxford. Sold with a photograph of the recipient; and copied research.
Lot 203
The remarkable family group awarded to the three Beal brothers who all served with the 29th Foot at the battles of Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon, Chilianwala and Goojerat, each receiving identical pairs of medals Pair: David Beal, 29th Foot, who died in India in 1852 Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (David Beale 29th Regt.); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (David Beal, 29th Foot.) both with edge bruises and lightly polished, otherwise very fine or better Pair: Andrew Beal, 29th Foot, who was wounded at Sobraon and died in India in 1853 Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Andrew Beale 29th Regt.); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Andrew Beal, 29th Foot.) both with edge bruises and lightly polished, otherwise very fine or better Pair: Alexander Beal, 29th Foot, who was wounded at Sobraon and died in India in 1849 Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Alexander Beale 29th Regt.); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Alexr. Beal, 29th Foot.) both with edge bruises and lightly polished, otherwise very fine or better (6) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: J. and J. Edwards Collection of West Merrylands N.S.W.; Noble Numismatics Sale 107, November 2014. The family of Beal lived at Burn of Aldbar, near Brechin, in Angus County, midway between Dundee and Aberdeen. William Beal, presumably the eldest, remained on the family farm while his four brothers, David, Andrew, Alexander and Peter joined the army. 1803 David Beal, 2198 Andrew Beal, and 2199 Alexander Beal, all joined the 29th Foot and were in India by the early 1840s. David died of illness on 5 June 1852, aged 33, and was buried at Dinapore. Andrew was wounded at the battle of Sobraon and died on 27 March 1853, aged 27, and was buried at Dinapore. Alexander was wounded at the battle of Sobraon and died on 16 April 1849. Peter Beale also joined the 29th Foot but did not see action in either of the Sikh wars. He died of illness and was buried at Wuzeerabad Cantonments on 27 June 1849, aged 20. A series of letters written by David, Andrew and Alexander Beal, mostly to their brother William in the period June 1844 to August 1850, is held by the Angus Council Archive. Copies of two of these letter accompany the medals together with other research and correspondence. As all four brothers unfortunately died in service in India, no service papers have survived.
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Four: Warrant Officer Class II W. F. Edwards, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 Star, with copy clasp (8523 Pte. W. F. Edwards. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Pte. 8523 Pte. W. F. Edwards. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5373130 W.O. Cl.2. W. F. Edwards Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising and heavy contact marks to BWM, this good fine, the rest better (4) £140-£180 --- William F. Edwards attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. Sold together with a group photographic image from the regimental journal dated 1928, in which C.S.M. Edwards is identified.
Lot 294
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, second clasp loose on riband, as issued (5016 Pte. W. Prime. 18th. Hussars) left hand side of date clasp sprung, good very fine £160-£200 --- Edwrd Prime was born in Poplar, London, in 1881 and attested for the 18th Hussars in London on 19 December 1899, having previously served in the Rifle Brigade (Militia). He served with he 18th Hussars in South Africa from 26 November 1900, and was wounded at Boschport on 30 June 1901. He was invalided home on 25 September 1901, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 19 December 1907. He was discharged on 18 December 1911, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service records and medal roll extracts.
Lot 321
Four: Private J. B. Thorp, Imperial Yeomanry, later Second Lieutenant, Expeditionary Force Canteens, Royal Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, clasp block loose on riband (4265 Pte. J. B. Thorp. 35th. Coy. 11th. Imp: Yeo.); 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. J. G. Thorp.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. J. G. Thorp.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (4) £200-£240 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2001. James Brewer Thorp was born in Huntingdon in 1875 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry in London on 12 February 1900. He served with the 35th (Middlesex) Company, 11th Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 28 February 1900 to 18 July 1901 (also entitled to the South Africa 1901 clasp), and was discharged on 25 July 1901, after 1 year and 164 days’ service. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Thorp served with the Expeditionary Force Canteens, Royal Army Service Corps during the Great War in Gallipoli and Salonika from 20 May 1915. He relinquished his commission on account of ill health caused by the effects of fever in April 1917. Sold with copied research.
Lot 86
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (903, Pte. M. Higgins. Oxf: L.I.) engraved naming, suspension claw tightened, minor edge bruise, good very fine £70-£90 --- Michael Higgins enlisted on 9 July 1864 and is recorded in the British Army Worldwide Index of 1871 as a Private in the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Light Infantry, serving at Fermoy, Ireland. He was discharged from 1st Battalion, Oxford Light Infantry on 20 April 1886, on termination of his second period of engagement.
Lot 451
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 3 clasps, El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (2204. Pte. W. Hennessey. 19th. Hussars.); Khedive’s Star 1884, the reverse Regimentally impressed ‘No. 2586 Pte. J. Giles 19th. Hrs.’, pitting and contact marks to first, otherwise good fine; the second Star only lacking suspension bar, otherwise good very fine (2) £700-£900 --- P. Hennessey attested for the 19th Hussars, and served with them in Egypt and the Sudan. The whole of the 19th Hussars served on the Nile Expedition, of whom 7 officers and 128 other ranks fought at Abu Klea. Sold with copied medal roll extract which confirms that a 2204 Corporal P. Hennessey received an undated Egypt and Sudan Medal with the three clasps above, viz. El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, and Abu Klea; and a 1428 Private W. Hennessey received an undated Egypt and Sudan Medal with 2 clasps, El-Teb_Tamaai, and Suakin 1885. The medal appears entirely as issued, and the discrepancies with regard to the naming details are presumably due to an over-worked clerk at the Mint mis-reading the medal roll (the two Hennesseys are listed consecutively). James Giles was born in Dartington, Staffordshire, in 1863 and attested for the 19th Hussars at Nottingham on 16 November 1882. He served with the 19th Hussars in Egypt and the Sudan from 20 September 1883 to 5 June 1886, and was also entitled to the Egypt and Sudan Medal with clasps El-Teb, The Nile 1884-85, and Abu Klea. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 17 March 1888, and was discharged on 15 November 1894, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service.
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