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Lot 578
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1529 C. Sergt. Geo. Jamieson. 49th. Regt. June 1859) engraved naming; together with a presentation flask, by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield, inscribed ‘Color Sergeant Jamieson from Major H. Bethune 1873.’, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine; the flask in reasonable condition (2) £100-£140
Lot 59
The 1914 Star awarded to Private W. Collins, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), who was presumed killed at the Battle of Le Cateau on 26 August 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (10270 Pte. W. Collins. 4/R. Fus.) good very fine £80-£120 --- William Collins was born at Kensington, London and resided at Chelsea. He attested for the Royal Fusiliers in 1903 at Kensal Rise and following the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 he landed with the 4th Battalion at Le Havre on 13 August for service on the Western Front. His battalion, as part of the 9th Brigade in the 3rd Division with Smith Dorrien’s II Corps, was among the first to arrive in France, and proceeded directly to Mons where together with the 4th Middlesex they faced the first German attacks counting among their number Lieutenant M. Dease and Private S. F. Godley who were awarded the first V.C.s of the Great War for their defence of Y Company HQ at the Nimy railway bridge on 23 August 1914. After a fighting withdrawal south to trenches at Inchy, the Battalion was relieved by the 1st Northumberland Fusiliers on 26 August. They were in reserve positions during the Battle of Le Cateau but still suffered some casualties. The British War and Victory Medal Roll records Collins as presumed dead on 26 August 1914 and the CWGC officially records Collins date of death also to be 26 August 1914, however the British Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects states ‘death presumed 29 October 1914’. He was the husband of Elizabeth Collins, and having no known grave is commemorated on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.
Lot 607
A Presentation Striking of a Waterloo Medal awarded to Don Miguel Ricardo de Alava, who served as Spanish Commissioner with the rank of Lieutenant-General on Wellington’s Field Staff at the Battle of Waterloo; a Captain in the Spanish Navy, he had the unusual distinction of having served, on different sides, at both Trafalgar and Waterloo Waterloo 1815 (British Mint 8th January 1828. Viva Miguel) officially impressed in the usual style, fitted with conventional steel clip (at ‘ue’ of ‘Miguel’) and later split-ring suspension, edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Don Miguel Ricardo de Alava, while in exile in England, accompanied the Duke of Wellington to an audience with King George IV on 8 January 1828. The Duke introduced him as a close friend and a loyal ally of the British Crown and a special Waterloo medal was ordered from the Royal Mint in honour of the occasion. De Alava, who was born in Vittoria in 1770, holds the unusual distinction of having served at both Trafalgar and Waterloo on different sides. He began his service career in the Spanish Navy and rose to the rank of Captain. He transferred to the Army retaining the same rank and as an Officer of Marines he participated in the Battle of Trafalgar aboard the Santa Ana, the flagship of his uncle, Vice-Admiral Ignacio-Maria de Alava y Saenz de Navarete. At the 1809 Assembly in Bayonne he was prominent amongst those who accepted the new Constitution from Joseph Napoleon as King of Spain. Following the defeat of General Dupont at Bailen later that year, however, he joined the National Independence party who were allied with the British. He was appointed Commissary at the British headquarters by the National Cortes and Wellington, who regarded him with great favour, appointed him as one of his Aides-de-Camp. De Alava spent the remainder of the Peninsular War attached to Wellington’s staff, eventually attaining the rank of Brigadier-General. On the Restoration of Ferdinand VII in 1814 de Alava was initially jailed but swiftly released thanks to the influence of another uncle, the inquisitor Ethenard, and of Wellington. The King later appointed him as Ambassador to The Hague, geographically close to the impending Waterloo campaign. He returned to Wellington’s Field Staff as Spanish Commissioner with the rank of Lieutenant-General and was thus one of four allied Commissioners present at Waterloo. In 1819 de Alava was recalled to Spain in recognition of the kindness he showed to banished fellow countrymen. On the outbreak of the Revolution of 1820 he was chosen as the Province of Alava’s representative in the Cortes, soon achieving prominence within the party of the Exultados and becoming President in 1822. De Alava fought with the militia to maintain the authority of the Cortes against the rebels and when the French invaded Cádiz he was commissioned by the Cortes to negotiate with the Duc d’Angoulême, thereby assisting the Restoration of Ferdinand VII. No sooner had Ferdinand regained power than he reneged on his pledges towards a liberal police and de Alava was forced into exile (ultimately to England, where he remained until the death of Ferdinand in 1833). Following the death of Ferdinand, de Alava espoused the cause of Maria Christina against Don Carlos and was appointed Ambassador to London in 1834 and to Paris in 1835. Following the Insurrection of La Granja in 1836 he refused to sign the new constitution and retired to France, dying at Barèges in 1843. Note: A second example of this medal is known – a specimen without suspension but believed to be identically named.
Lot 615
Memorial Plaque (2) (Frederick S. Beath; Herbert Henry Palmer) second in card envelope, good very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Frederick S. Beath, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Beath, Army Medical Department, was born in Stirling, Lanarkshire, on 29 July 1888 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Saltcoats, Saskatchewan, on 27 July 1916. Posted to the 210th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment), he died at home on 4 January 1917. He is buried in Moose Jaw Cemetery, Saskatchewan, Canada. Herbert Henry Palmer was born in Essington, Staffordshire on 9 January 1884 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 10 January 1916. Posted to the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment), he served during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 1 November 1918. He is buried in Aulnoy Communal Cemetery, France. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of Palmer.
Lot 62
Three: Private W. S. Blood, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), who was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres on 11 November 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (14576 Pte. W. Blood. 4/ R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (L-14576 Pte. W. S. Blood R. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Warwick Spencer Blood) minor spots of verdigris otherwise good very fine or better (4) £260-£300 --- Warwick Spencer Blood was born in 1894 at Marylebone and was a resident of Kensington. He attested for the Royal Fusiliers in 1911 at Hownslow and following the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 he landed with the 4th Battalion at Le Havre on 13 August for service on the Western Front. His battalion, as part of the 9th Brigade in the 3rd Division with Smith Dorrien’s II Corps, was among the first to arrive in France, and proceeded directly to Mons where, together with the 4th Middlesex, they faced the first German attacks and could count among their number Lieutenant M. Dease and Private S. F. Godley who were awarded the first V.C.s of the Great War for their defence of Y Company HQ at the Nimy railway bridge on 23 August 1914. Private Blood was killed in action with the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on 11 November 1914 during the First Battle of Ypres. On this date his battalion was at Herenthage Wood with Zouaves on their left and the Northumberland Fusiliers on their right: ‘On the 11th came the last attempt of the Germans to cut through to the coast. The attack was expected; the battalion order issued before it took place is notable. The order, which was to be read to companies, ran as follows:— “It may be assumed that we are about to fight the decisive battle of the war. The German Emperor has arrived to command his troops in person, and Sir John French hopes that the British Army will prove to him that they are better men than the Germans. Both armies are composed of regiments more or less exhausted, and short of officers, and the result will depend very much on the prolonged energy of every soldier in the fight and the endurance shown during the next few days. Fire must be carefully controlled at night, men must assist to the last, be ready to cover every movement with fire, well aimed and well sustained, and there must be no straggling or straying from the platoons to which men belong. The C.O. hopes that every man will sustain the great reputation that the Royal Fusiliers have already made during this war. (Signed) G. O’Donel, Captain and Adjutant.” The morning dawned dull and misty, and about 6.30 a terrible shelling began, “much the most severe I (O’Donel) have ever seen.” It continued for two and a half hours. The front trenches were knocked to pieces, and many of the men were killed or buried. Routley, in command, tried to send back a report of the plight of his men, but it was impossible to live in such a bombardment. Then followed the infantry attack by the twelve battalions of the Guard Division. The 4th (Queen Augusta’s) Guard Grenadiers seem to have struck the Royal Fusiliers, and the little band of men received the first assault with the bayonet and hurled it back. Routley, about this time, was the only officer left, and he was wounded in the head. The Grenadiers delivered a second charge. Some of the men were driven from their trenches, and their appearance in the rear created a panic among the battalion supports, who appear to have been chiefly special reservists, a draft who arrived on the day before the battle and had not yet been organised into their platoons. Colonel McMahon went to them and tried to rally them. Suddenly he was seen to sink on one knee and begin to remove his legging as though hit in the leg. At that moment a shell burst close to him and killed him. He was a most gallant and distinguished officer, who impressed all who came into contact with him. “ A Royal Fusilier,” he said to the battalion on the eve of embarkation, "does not fear death. He is not afraid of wounds. He only fears disgrace; and I look to you not to disgrace the name of the regiment.” Not merely the battalion and the regiment, but the army as a whole, lost by his death. Part of the West Ridings had also been driven from their trenches, but a determined counter-attack on both sides of the Ypres-Menin road by the Sussex and Scots Fusiliers drove the German Guard back with heavy loss and partly restored the line. At 1:00 p.m. the remainder of the Royal Fusiliers were very much disorganised and scattered. In the evening only O’Donel and Second Lieutenant Maclean, with 50 men, could be collected.’ (The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War by H. C. O’Neill, O.B.E. refers) Private F. Gaunt of the 4th Fusiliers also spoke of the bombardment of the 11th November in his personal first hand record of the first hundred days of the Great War: ‘On Wednesday, the 11th, we were heavily bombarded by artillery, which started at daybreak (6 am) and continued right up to 11 o’clock without a stop. During this time my Commanding Officer, Brigadier-General MacMahon, D.S.O., was struck by two pieces of shrapnel on the head and killed. His last words were: ‘Don’t retire the Fusiliers!” About 9 am I was sitting down in the trench enjoying a bit of bread and Tickler’s plum jam, when I got struck by a piece of shrapnel close to the spine; but I could not get out of the trench, owing to it being shelled too heavily. About one hour afterwards a shell burst close to me, and I felt something burst in my ear, which I found out was the drum of the ear. At 11am the shells stopped, and then I was able to get out of the trench and have my wound dressed at the first dressing station, which was about two miles away; after that I had to walk four miles to the hospital, the road being heavily shelled while I was dragging along.’ (The Immortal First by F. Gaunt. refers) Warwick Spencer Blood was the son of James Warwick Blood and Clara Blood and having no known grave is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Lot 645
United States of America, Army Distinguished Service Medal; Purple Heart; Air Medal; Allied Victory Medal, 1 clasp, Foreign Service; Army of Occupation Medal; American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; together with a full-sized ‘Sharpshooter’s’ Cross, silver, with top riband bar; and a N. S. Meyer, New York, card box of issue for a miniature award, generally good very fine (11) £40-£50
Lot 647
Austria, Empire, Bravery Medal (2), ‘Der Tapferkeit’, Franz Joseph, bronze; ‘Fortitudini’, Karl, silver, 31mm; Army Cross 1813-14, bronze; War Medal 1873, bronze; Military Merit Medal (2), Franz Joseph, bronze; Karl, bronze, with crossed swords emblem on riband; Military Long Service Decoration, Second Class Officers’ Cross, for 40 years’ service, bronze-gilt and enamel; Karl Troop Cross, white metal (2); Commemorative Medal 1898 ‘Signum Memoriae’, bronze, generally very fine and better (10) £200-£240
Lot 65
Four: Private S. Homer, 4th Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment), late King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), who was killed in action at St. Jean, near Ypres on 27 April 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (7306 Pte. A. Homer, Rl: Lanc: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (26457 Pte. S. Homer. L’pool R.) with flattened named card box of issue; British War and Victory Medals (26457 Pte. S. Homer. L’pool R.) with flattened named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Samuel Homer) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure and torn outer envelope addressed to ‘Mrs. L. G. Homer, 1065 Tenth St., Trafford Park, Manchester.’; Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. Samuel Homer, Liverpool Regt.’, significantly torn down left side, in OHMS transmission tube, similarly addressed, medals and plaque nearly extremely fine or better (6) £300-£400 --- Samuel Joseph Homer was born in 1882 in Cheetwood, Manchester, Lancashire and attested for the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) in June 1900. He served with the 4th Battalion (Militia) in South Africa from September 1900 until July 1901 and was awarded the Q.S.A. with 3 clasps. Following the outbreak of the Great War Homer re-enlisted in the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) on 26 August 1914 (service number 3832). Posted to the 3rd Battalion, he was then discharged due to chronic pleurisy on 26 December 1914. Having subsequently successfully attested for the King’s (Liverpool Regiment), he disembarked for service on the Western Front with the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion on 7 April 1915. Less than 3 weeks later, on 27 April, he took part in an attack by his battalion from trenches north-east of St. Jean, outside Ypres. The War Diary records: ‘At 12 noon the Battalion formed up for the attack and assaulted the German positions, in support of 1/4th Gurkha Rifles.’ The History of the of the King’s Regiment by Everard Wyall states, ‘The King’s, splendidly led by their officers, advanced in short rushes, with the enemy pumping lead into them and men falling in heaps.’ In the fighting, the battalion lost 1 officer killed and 8 officers wounded whilst 375 other ranks were either killed, wounded or missing. Following the action, Homer was among the missing. He was presumed to have been killed on or since 27 April 1915 and his date of death for official purposes is given as 27 April 1915. He was the husband of Lily Homer and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold together with a photograph of the recipient in uniform in a glazed metal frame (glass cracked) 107mm x 178mm, with the badge of the The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) affixed to the lower part of the frame; another copy of the same portrait photograph, cut down, 65mm x 102mm; 2 smaller versions of the same portrait photograph, 1 cut down and contained within a circular glazed metal pendant frame (glass cracked), 31mm diameter; the recipient’s Liverpool Regiment cap badge; transmittal letters for Great War medals; War Office Army Form W.5132, informing the recipient’s widow that her late husband’s medals are available for issue; Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing Badges awarded to the recipient’s daughter, Mildred Homer, metal and enamel (2), the first inscribed to the reverse, ‘M. L. Homer, 21.2.54’ and the second inscribed to the reverse ‘M. Homer. 29-6-57’; and 4 certificates named to the recipients daughter, Mildred L. Homer, for accomplishments in shorthand typing, ballroom dancing, typewriting, German and Air Raid Precautions.
Lot 66
Pair: Private A. G. Self, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, who was killed in action at Elouges during the Retreat from Mons on 24 August 1914 British War and Victory Medals (8921 Pte. A. G. Self. Norf. R.) the first dark toned, good very fine (2) £80-£120 --- Albert George Self was born in 1894 at South Lopham, near Thetford, Norfolk and attested for the 4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, (Territorial Force) in 1911. He joined the 3rd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, Army Special Reserve at Diss, Norfolk in January 1913 and attested for the Regular Army in June 1913, being posted to the 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Following the outbreak of the Great War Self travelled to France with the 1st Battalion as part of the 15th Brigade, 5th Division in the original British Expeditionary Force, arriving at Havre on 16 August 1914. Having advanced to positions along the railway line south of the Mons Condé Canal on 23 August, his battalion was withdrawn to Dour on the 24th and later sent forward again to positions west of Elouges, with the battalion’s right on the Elouges-Quièvrain railway line and the 1st Cheshires occupying the ground west towards Audregnies. Attacked by a numerically superior enemy, Colonel Ballard ordered a retirement towards Bavai - an order which unfortunately failed to reach the Cheshires also under his command. The Norfolks lost 4 officers killed, 4 officers wounded and approximately 250 other ranks killed, wounded or missing but their short stand at Elouges and the sacrifice of the Cheshires had bought valuable time for the rest of the British Expeditionary Force during the retreat from Mons. Private Self was among those killed. He was the son of James Self of Church Street, Diss, Norfolk, and is commemorated at Elouge Communal Cemetery, France.
Lot 662
France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension; Croix de Guerre, for Théâtres d’Opérations Extérieurs, bronze, with bronze star emblem on riband; Croix du Combattant, bronze; Military Volunteers Cross, 2nd type, Third Class, Army issue, bronze; Prisoners of War Medal, bronze; Volunteer Combatant Cross 1939-45, bronze; War Medal 1939-45, bronze, 2 clasps, Liberation, France; Medal of Honour, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, silver, reverse officially named ‘H. I. Darre 1906’, generally very fine (8) £60-£80
Lot 673
The Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh First Class set of insignia bestowed upon Field Marshal Lord Grenfell, who served as Sirdar and Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Army 1886-92 Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, First Class set of insignia, by Kretly, Paris, comprising sash badge, 80mm including Crescent suspension x 62mm, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, maker’s cartouché on reverse, the star lacking from the suspension; Star, 94mm x 89mm, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, maker’s cartouché on reverse, with retaining pin and two additional support hooks, one of the hooks re-affixed, with short length of sash riband for display purposes, enamel damage to both, nearly very fine (2) £800-£1,200 --- Provenance: Spink, November 2011 (when sold alongside the recipient’s other Honours and Awards). Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh First Class London Gazette 18 May 1888: Colonel Sir Francis Wallace Grenfell, K.C.B. (holding local rank of Major-General whilst employed as Sirdar of the Egyptian Army).
Lot 686
British Army Shoulder Boards. A pair of Royal Army Medical Corps Lieutenant-Colonel’s Shoulder Boards; a pair of Colonel’s Shoulder Boards; and a pair of Colonel’s battle dress Shoulder Boards, all housed in a glazed wooden display frame; together with two Major’s crowns; an Army waist-belt clasp; and badge, generally good condition (10) £80-£120
Lot 82
A Great War 1916 ‘Somme’ M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Sergeant F. E. Hermann, 10th (Service) Battalion (1st Hull), East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull Commercials) who died on 17 November 1916 of wounds received in action on 13 November, the opening day of the Battle of the Ancre Military Medal, G.V.R. (1029 Cpl. F. E. Hermann. 10/ E. York: R.); 1914-15 Star (10-1029 Pte. E. F. Hermann. E. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10-1029 A. Sjt. E. F. Hermann. E. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Frans Edgar Hermann) the whole contained in a contemporary bronze display frame, extremely fine (5) £600-£800 --- M.M. London Gazette 1 September 1916. Frans Edgar Hermann was born in 1890 at Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire and attested for the 10th (Service) Battalion, (1st Hull), East Yorkshire Regiment on 11 September 1914. This unit, a Pals Battalion known as the ‘Hull Commercials’ made up of local clerks, teachers and businessmen, had been formed at Hull on 29 August by Lord Nunburnholme and the East Riding Territorial Force Association. Embarking on 8 December 1915 from Devonport, Hermann arrived with his battalion at Port Said, 22 December, to defend the Suez Canal at Qantara with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. Moving to join the British Expeditionary Force in France, the battalion arrived at Marseilles on 7 March 1916 and proceeded with the 92nd Brigade, 31st Division to the Somme area on the Western Front. Hermann was appointed Lance Sergeant on 4 June 1916. Although fortunate to be in reserve for 1 July 1916, the 92nd (Hull Pals) Brigade would still hold the divisional frontage and the 10th Battalion were required to hold the front line from 24 June until ‘Z’ hour on the 1 July, the date for the start of the Somme offensive. Serre, their division’s objective, was one of the strongest of the German positions to be attacked - it being covered by defence works consisting of thick barbed wire entanglements, protected gun emplacements and elaborate deep dugouts which were not affected by the British bombardment. German retaliatory shells obliterated the front line and communication trenches, making movement by day extremely difficult, resulting in the death of Lieutenant Flintoff and eight other ranks of the battalion. The battalion history records that, as zero hour approached, the 10th Battalion’s preparations on the night of 30 June involved: ‘providing parties to cut “lanes” through our own wire to give our attacking troops a quick means of egress into No Man’s Land.’ After this the battalion pulled back to allow the attacking troops to come forward. The 92nd Brigade was pulled out of the line with the rest of the shattered 31st Division on 2 July and sent north to Bethune to refit. For his service during this period, Acting Sergeant Hermann was awarded the M.M. and he was promoted Acting Sergeant on 28 July. The Brigade then spent August and September with alternate spells in and out of the trenches South East of Richebourg L’Avoue with casualties continuing to mount in this supposedly quieter area. Duty in the line was marked by trench raids and occasional awards for bravery. A highly successful raid by the Hull Commercials on German trenches at Boar’s Head near Richebourg on the night of 18/19 September saw Hermann of C Company suffer multiple wounds: ‘The raid on the 18/19th was to be unorthodox. For a week prior to the raid the division had practised a non-offensive policy with the intention of duping the enemy into thinking that they had a peace-loving division opposite them. Lieutenant-Colonel Stapledon, in the face of opposition from his superiors, insisted that there should be no artillery prior to the attack; stealth would be used to position the troops and Bangalore torpedoes used at the last minute to open up the German wire. One officer and twenty five men from each company would take part under the command of Captain Lambert. In the report written after the raid the aims of the raid were stated as: ‘to enter enemy’s trenches, capture and kill any of the enemy, bomb his dugouts and do as much damage as possible.’ This was to be achieved by entering the enemy’s trenches at: ‘four separate points as silently as possible, with 4 parties, each party not to be more than 36 strong, enemy’s wire being cut by a bangalore torpedo at each point of entry, the moment before entry. ’ The four raiding parties waited in No Man’s Land until midnight when the Bangalore torpedoes went off and the raid started. C Company was in position at 11.57 and at midnight when the torpedo exploded rushed into the trench under the cover of the smoke. The party entered a bay occupied by four sentries, three of whom were killed and the other taken prisoner. Flank parties bombed their way down the trench while a third party bombed another trench (Kampe Strasse) causing the Germans to run down the trench and out into the open at the back of the trenches. At 12.10 the raiding party left the trenches leaving behind an estimated ten dead Germans with an unknown number wounded. C Company casualties were light, with one officer and three men slightly wounded. There was no enemy retaliation of any sort after the raid. The raid was a great success and congratulations were received from all quarters. Battalion orders for the 20th gave details of the compliments: ‘I should be glad if you will ask the G.O.C. 31st Division to convey to Brig. Gen. Williams, Commanding the 92nd Infantry Brigade, my congratulations to all ranks of the 10th East Yorkshire Regiment, under Major C.C. Stapledon, who took part in the successful raid carried out last night. The casualties inflicted on the enemy and the capture of prisoners and a machine gun, proved that the raid was not only prepared in the most careful manner, but that it was carried out with fine energy, determination, and gallantry by the officers and men of the East Yorkshire. The capture of the prisoners has enabled us to establish some identifications which are of the utmost importance at the present time to the whole of the allied armies. (signed) R. Haking, General Commanding, First Army.’ (Hull Pals - 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th (Service) Battalions of the East Yorkshire Regiment - A History of 92 Infantry Brigade 31st Division by David Bilton refers.) Having been wounded in action during the raid, Hermann was admitted to hospital at Wimereaux on 23 September 1916 with wounds to his left hand, neck and legs. Sufficiently recuperated, he rejoined his unit in the field back on the Somme on 9 November 1916 and was wounded again four days later on the opening day of the Battle of the Ancre during which the 10th provided flank guards and carrying parties as opposed to the 12th and 13th battalions who suffered terribly in the main attack to the north of Serre. Acting Sergeant Hermann died of his wounds on 17 November 1916. He was the son of Niels Christian Hermann and the husband of Elizabeth Mary Hermann of 5 Eldon Grove, Beverley Road, Hull and is buried in Couin British Cemetery, France.
Lot 94
Family Group: A Great War 1916 ‘Battle of Flers Courcelette’ M.M. group of four awarded to Lance Corporal T. Craddock, 6th (Service) and 9th (Service) Battalions, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), who was killed in action during the attack on Le Sars on 7 October 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (10610 L. Cpl. T. Craddock. 9/York: R.); 1914-15 Star (10610 Pte. T. Craddock. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10610 Pte. T. Craddock. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Craddock) in card envelope and torn outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr T. Craddock, Clifton, Bedale, Yorkshire.’, extremely fine Three: Lance Corporal A. Craddock, 6th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, who died of wounds at Gallipoli on 18 August 1915 1914-15 Star (18201 Pte. A. Craddock. E. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (18201 Pte. A. Craddock. E. Lan. R.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Craddock) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope and outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr Craddock, Clifton Lodges, Bedale, Yorks.’, extremely fine Three: Gunner A. Craddock, 59th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who died of disease at Alexandria, Egypt, on 23 August 1915 1914-15 Star (99386 Gnr. A. Craddock. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (99386 Gnr. A. Craddock. R.A.); Memorial Plaque (Amos Craddock) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope and outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr T. Craddock, Clifton Lodges, Bedale, Yorkshire.’, extremely fine (13) £800-£1,200 --- M.M. London Gazette 19 September 1916: ‘For great gallantry and devotion to duty on the afternoon of Sept. 19th 1916. During a hostile attack on Prue and Starfish Trenches (near Martinpuich) this man, though badly shaken by a bomb explosion, picked up German bombs, which were lying in the trench and attacked the enemy with them. For some time he held the trench quite alone; later he stood up on the parapet and directed fire on a party of the enemy. It was with difficulty that he was restrained from attacking them single handed, as he was under the impression that they had captured one of his officers who was wounded.’ Thomas Craddock was born in 1894 at Clifton, Bedale, Yorkshire, the son of Tobias and Isabella Craddock. He enlisted at Richmond, Yorkshire and served with the 6th (Service) Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment in Gallipoli theatre from 14 July 1915. Landing at Suvla Bay on the night of 6 August, the Battalion commenced an attack on Lala Baba, the first assault to be made by any unit of the New Army in Gallipoli. Made under conditions that, according to the Official History of the Great War, ‘would have tried the mettle of highly experienced troops’, the attack resulted in 16 officers and 250 other ranks becoming casualties by noon the next day. Withdrawn to Imbros in December due to severe casualties from combat, disease and harsh weather, the Battalion was evacuated to Alexandria on 7 February 1916 and was employed in defence of the Suez Canal. Having transferred to the 9th (Service) Battalion, Craddock served with them on the Western Front in 1916 and was decorated for gallantry on 19 September in repelling an enemy attack on ‘C’ Company in Prue and Starfish Trenches near Martinpuich during the Battle of Flers Courcelette. On 7 October 1916, still on the Somme, he was killed in action during the 68th Brigade’s successful attack on Le Sars, where the 9th Green Howards captured the village up to the central crossroads amid hand-to-hand fighting. Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Sold with an original typed copy of the recipient’s M.M. citation signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Benfield des Voeux Wilkinson, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, 23rd Division and a letter, hand-written and signed by Lieutenant-Colonel H. A. S. Prior, sent to the recipient’s mother, accompanying the recipient’s M.M. riband and expressing sympathies, together with its OHMS envelope addressed to, ‘Mrs Craddock, Clifton Lodge, Bedale, Yorks. England.’ Albert Craddock, brother of the above, was born in 1888 at Bedale, Yorkshire and enlisted during the Great War initially with the 3rd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment at Blackburn, Lancashire. Transferring to the 6th (Service) Battalion, he sailed with them on 14 June 1915 to serve in the Dardanelles Campaign. A member of the Battalion Pioneer Company, his 1914-15 Star medal roll entry gives a first and second date of disembarkation in the Gallipoli theatre - one on 29 June and the other on 1 August. He died of wounds at Gallipoli on 18 August 1915 and is buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Amos Craddock, brother of the above, was born in 1897 at Bedale, Yorkshire and enlisted during the Great War with the Royal Field Artillery at Richmond, Yorkshire. Posted to ‘A’ battery, 59th Brigade, he was ordered with his unit to the Gallipoli theatre, sailing from Liverpool in late June 1915 and first disembarking in Egypt on 14 July 1915. His Brigade landed near Lala Baba at Suvla Bay on 6 and 7 August. Gunner Craddock died of disease on 23 August 1915 at the 17th General Hospital, Alexandria and is buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Lot 95
Family Group: A Great War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major M. Higgin-Birket, Lancashire Fusiliers, a Boer War veteran who was wounded with the 2nd Battalion in 1914 and was three times Mentioned in Despatches for his services whilst on attachment as Cipher Officer with G.H.Q. Staff, British Salonika Force, 1915-17 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. M. Higgin-Birket, 5/Lanc: Fus:); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Major M. Higgin-Birket. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major M. Hggin-Birket.); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, Civil Division, Fourth Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, significant damage to blue pendalia enamel and upper right quadrant of red enamel; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband, generally very fine Four: Captain W. Higgin-Birket, Lancashire Fusiliers, who, having served with the 5th Battalion during the Boer War, was wounded and then missing, presumed killed, serving with the 2nd Battalion at the Battle of Armentières on 28 October 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: W. Higgin-Birket, 5/Lanc. Fus:); 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt. W. Higgin-Birket. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. Higgin-Birket.) edge bruise to QSA, very fine (11) £1,400-£1,800 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 15 March 1918: ‘For services in connection with the war in Salonika.’ Serbian Order of the White Eagle, Fourth Class London Gazette 7 June 1919. Myles Higgin-Birket was born in 1873 at Richmond, Surrey, the son of William Higgin-Birket and Elizabeth Hilbro Higgin-Birket of Birket Houses, Winster, Westmorland and was educated at Heversham Grammar School and University College School, Hampstead. Commissioned Second Lieutenant into the 5th and 6th Battalions, Lancashire Fusiliers on 28 March 1898, he was advanced Lieutenant, 30 November 1899 and Captain, 16 March 1901. He served with the 5th Battalion in South Africa, 1901-02 where he was present at the Operations in Orange River Colony, June to July 1901 and the operations in Cape Colony, July 1901 to May 1902, receiving the Queen’s South Africa Medal with 5 clasps. He retired with the Honorary rank of Major on 10 May 1913 but rejoined for service with the Special Reserve as Captain (Hon. Maj. Ret.) in the 3rd Battalion of his old regiment, proceeding to France with the 2nd Battalion on 28 September 1914. Wounded on 12 November, Higgin-Birket returned to London and was attached to the Foreign Office, March to October 1915 before being posted to Salonika on attachment with the General Staff of the General Headquarters. For his services as Cipher Officer, G.H.Q., Salonika Force, Captain (Hon Major) Higgin-Birket was awarded the O.B.E., and personally decorated by the Crown Prince of Serbia with the Order of the White Eagle, 4th Class. For these services he was also three times Mentioned in General Milne’s Despatches (London Gazettes 6 December 1916; 21 July 1917; and 28 November 1917). After the war, from November 1918 to March 1920, he served as Camp Commandant G.H.Q. Salonika and G.H.Q. Army of the Black Sea, Constantinople. French Croix de Guerre unconfirmed. William Higgin-Birket, younger brother of the above, was born in 1878 at Richmond, Surrey. Commissioned Second Lieutenant into the 5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on 12 July 1900, he was promoted Lieutenant on 16 March 1901 and served with the 5th Battalion during the Boer War in South Africa, 1901-02, where he was present at the Operations in Orange River Colony, June to July 1901, and the operations in Cape Colony, July 1901 to May 1902, receiving the Queen’s South Africa Medal with 4 clasps. Higgin-Birket was advanced Captain on 5 September 1903 and was still serving with the 5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on the outbreak of the Great War. Proceeding to France with the 2nd Battalion, he served with B Company on the Western Front from 14 September 1914. Having crossed the Aisne under heavy fire in September, his battalion, as part of the 12th Brigade of the 4th Division, was engaged during the Armentiéres and Messines operations in October, Higgin-Birket first gaining mention in the Regimental History for his part in the attack on Le Touquet on 18 October: ‘Early in the morning, “B” (Captain W. Higgin-Birkett) and “C” (Captain R. Luker) Companies advanced on the left of the Le Bizet-Le Touquet road, with “A” Company in support and “D” Company in reserve. The village was strongly held, the houses were loopholed and trenches were dotted about over open ground outside the village. Moreover the enemy was able to bring a cross-fire of artillery and rifles from the east bank of the River Lys and from the loopholed buildings of Frélinghien. As a result, progress was very slow, “B” and “C” Companies lost touch and a platoon of “A” Company was sent up to restore contact. But the enemy’s fire was so heavy that it was found necessary to reinforce this platoon...’(The History of the Lancashire Fusiliers 1914-1918, Volume I, by Major-General J. C. Latter, C.B.E., M.C. refers) On 28 October 1914, Higgin-Birket was reported missing presumed killed after he had been wounded in leading his Company in a successful counter attack against German infantry of the XIII Corps divisions and Infantry regiments 107 and 179 from XIX Corps. The German units had infiltrated through ruined buildings and overrun a battalion of the 18th Brigade holding a salient east of the La Bassée–Armentières railway near Rue du Bois: ‘Again, scarcely had the relief been completed when, at 2am on the 28th, the enemy attacked the 2nd Essex Regiment on the right of the battalion, which went to its support and helped to repel the assault. A second attack was made on the 1st East Yorkshire Regiment of the 18th Brigade, but it was held up in the wire between the first and second lines of trenches and was driven back by a counter-attack launched by the East Yorkshire Regiment and “B” Company of the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers. The enemy’s losses were estimated to be at least 200 killed. The battalion’s losses during the day were 4 men killed and Captain W. Higgin-Birket and 7 men wounded. Higgin-Birket had been hit in the head and started to walk back to the dressing station alone; nothing was ever heard from him again.’ (ibid) Captain William Higgin-Birket has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
Lot 741
A collection of second world war WWII war time partial newspapers, headlines to include VE-Day! Public Holiday Today Tomorow!, Britain's Day of Rejoicing, Hitler Warned. Army Sees Red Light: New Peace Talk Called, Over 2000 Tons of Bombs on Dortmund, Britain Declares War, Into Holland - British Trap 100,000 Huns, Rome Falls Allied Troops in Heart of City, Japan's reply In Our Hands At Last etc.
Lot 101
Medal Ribbon Bar of Brigadier K Perkins Royal Artillery Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in the Korean War and the MBE for the Malayan Emergency, removable tropical pattern medal ribbon bar, press photograph of Brigadier Perkins and letters of congratulations etc. Brigadier Ken Perkins has commanded 24 Airportable Brigade for just over a year. He joined the army as an infantry soldier in 1944 and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1946. Later he flew artillery observation aircraft, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during the Korean War and the MBE and Selangor Distinguished Conduct medal in the Malayan Emergency. Subsequently he commanded 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.
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British Miniature Campaign Medal Group, consisting of 1939-45 star, Africa star 1st Army bar, Italy star, Defence medal, 1939-45 War medal and Elizabeth II General Service medal 1918-62 with clasp Malaya and MID bronze oakleaf. Accompanied by the matching tunic medal ribbons. Miniature medal pair for WW1 service medals and some enamel veterans badges.
Lot 152
British Army Photograph Album of a Private in C. Coy Royal West Kent Regiment in Germany c.1948, Photos of former Wehrmacht Barracks in Brunswick, 1936 Olympics Stadium in Berlin, ruins in Berlin around the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Soviet Army Victory Monuments in Berlin, British Army in Berlin, etc.
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Royal Army Ordnance Corps Officers Battle Dress Uniform Grouping, consisting of 1949 pattern battle dress blouse with original embroidered insignia, Captains rank pips to the shoulders. Accompanied by a pair of 1946 pattern battle dress trousers, officers shirt and items of equipment. Officers service dress peaked cap with George VI officers silver gilt cap badge to the front. Set generally in good condition.
Lot 162
Japanese Edo period bronze hand held mirror, with storks and turtle around a pond, 14cm diameter, housed within a lacquer case, the case with the label Sir Hope Grant June 14 1861. General Sir James Hope Grant, GCB (22 July 1808 – 7 March 1875), was a British Army officer who began his career in the 9th Queens Royal Lancers, He served in the First Opium War, First Anglo-Sikh War, Indian Mutiny of 1857, and Second Opium War, in 1861 he was made lieutenant-general and appointed commander-in-chief of the Madras Army
Lot 117
2x Hornby 'OO' Gauge Locomotives. Lot Includes: R3461 LNER 2-6-4T Thompson 67702 DCC Digital Fitted set to #03 (tested OK at time of lotting). Comes with its detail parts pack and instructions. R3706 Ruston & Hornsby 48DS and Flatbed Army No.802. Comes with detail parts pack and instructions. Both models with original boxes. (2)
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