An interesting post-War B.E.M. group of six awarded to Constable H. Ward, Eastbourne Borough Police, late Royal Horse Guards, ‘The Downs Ranger’, who patrolled on horseback above Beachy Head, South Downs, from 1953 to 1966 British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (Harry Ward); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. Harry Ward); Army Emergency Reserve Decoration, E.II.R., reverse officially dated 1955, with integral top riband bar, court mounted for display, very fine (6) £300-£400 --- Harry Ward was born in Darwen, Lancashire in 1912. He attested, aged 16, into the Royal Horse Guards as a Trooper in 1928, being discharged in 1936 afterwards joining Eastbourne Borough Police on 22 August 1936. Recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of the Second World War, he rejoined his old regiment and was on an Officer’s training course in Lille, France when orders were received to evacuate to Dunkirk. Commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 2 August 1942, he served with the Coastal Artillery Regiment at Dover and Deal. By 1945 he had transferred into the Royal Military Police and was serving with the Special Investigation Branch, where he was advanced Major before his discharge in 1946. Returning to Eastbourne Borough Police, he served as a Captain in the Royal Military Police Special Investigation Branch of the Army Emergency Reserve and was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1955. Advanced Major in 1959, he had been appointed ‘Downs Ranger’ on 16 November 1953, where his duties included patrolling Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, and the surrounding 5,000 acres of the South Downs on horseback. In the course of his work carrying out numerous cliff top rescues from the infamous suicide drop, he developed a special stretcher for the recovery of remains from the cliff and received many testimonials from the RSPCA for his work involved in the rescue of dogs. Awarded the British Empire Medal in the 1964 New Year’s Honours’ List, an interview of the recipient discussing his work on cliff rescues appears in the British Pathe news archive. Retiring after 30 years’ service on 21 August 1966, he became an Ambulance Driver before his death in 1974. Sold with a large amount of very detailed research, Soldier’s Service Book, original and copy photographs and a composite copy of a Bronze Plaque erected in his honour, the original of which is sited at Beachy Head, Sussex, from where he conducted many rescues and recoveries.
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Three: Captain A. B. Carter, Indian Army Reserve, late Honourable Artillery Company 1914-15 Star (317. Dvr. A. B. Carter, H.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. B. Carter.) mounted as worn, generally very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Albert Bernard Carter served in Egypt from 21 April 1915 as a Driver in the Honourable Artillery Company (Artillery Section). He was later appointed to a commission in the Indian Army Reserve on 6 November 1915.
Four: Company Sergeant Major A. T. Parker, Royal Horse Artillery, later 1st Cinque Ports Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (13--2 Corpl. A. T. Parker ---- -A.) naming worn; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (C.S. Mjr. A. T. Parker. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (13752. Cy. S. Maj: A. T. Parker. R.A.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, the Victorian medals fine, the MSM with edge bruise but otherwise good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Alfred Thomas Parker was born in Devonport in 1857 and attested for the Royal Artillery aged 14 years and 1 month on 25 February 1871. Passing a short course of Gunnery in December 1875, he qualified as Detachment Schoolmaster on 15 April 1879 and was awarded his First Class Certificate of Education. Posted to Egypt on 3 August 1882, Parker fought during the Second Anglo-Egyptian War with “A” Battery, 1st Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. Transferred to “G” Battery, “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, he is confirmed on the roll as entitled to the Egypt and Sudan Medal, clasp Tel el Kebir, and Khedive’s Star. Awarded the L.S.G.C. Medal without gratuity in 1894, Parker subsequently served in the 1890’s with the Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers, later part of the Royal Garrison Artillery. Discharged at Dover from the 1st Cinque Ports R.G.A. on 1 April 1903, his intended place of residence was noted as ‘Sunnycroft, Wembrook Road, Margate.’
Four: Sergeant C. Verge, Wiltshire Regiment 1914 Star, with copy clasp (5562098 Sjt: G. Verge. Wilts. R.) renamed; British War and Victory Medals (5562098 Sjt: G. Verge. Wilts. R.) both renamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5562098 Sjt: G. Verge. Wilts. R.) rank officially corrected, generally very fine Imperial Service Medal (2), G.V.R., Circular issue, 1st ‘coinage head’ issue (David King Foster); E.II.R., 2nd issue (Charles Ernest Riordan) in Royal Mint case of issue, nearly extremely fine (lot) £60-£80 --- Sold with an erased Victory Medal 1949-19; a Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘299505’; a British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service, with related Proficiency in Red Cross First-Aid Medal, the reverse engraved ‘33639 G. Haymer’; a French Medaille Militaire and Croix de Guerre Theatres d’Operations Exterieurs; and other ephemera.
Military interest, a militaria collector's library of books to include The Great World War A History by Gresham Publishing, vols I-V. With The White Flag To Pretoria by H W Wilson, The War Illustrated, The Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl, A History of the Uniform of the British Army by Cecil Lawson, Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard, volumes I & II by Robert H Paterson, Ruwenzor by Filippo De Filippi, Chants du Soldat by Paul Deroulede 1888, etc. held over seven boxes. (7)
Medals of 122087 Private Robert Haig Pendreigh of the Royal Army Medical Corps comprising WWI war medal and victory medal [122087 PTE R H PENDREIGH RAMC], also supporting ephemera to include photographs, army form Z18, etc. also medals of (presumably a family relative, brother or father perhaps) 2373071 Signalman Thomas Pendreigh of the Royal Corps of Signals comprising WWII war medal, 1939-1945 star, France & Germany star, Italy star and Africa star, with some related ephemera.
British Army uniform, six khaki green jackets to include: Jacket with William Anderson & Sons Ltd penned 'Capt J R Scott Noble 377136 April 1941'. Jacket with H Edgard & Sons Ltd 1965 label 'Jacket No2 Dress 1962 Pattern'.Jacket with William Anderson & Sons Ltd label having KOSB brass buttons.and three others. (6)
British Army uniform, five khaki green jackets to include: Jacket with William Anderson and Son Ltd label penned 'McHeath H66904 1943' with KOSB brass buttons, epaulette rank insignia for the rank of captain.Jacket with Conway Williams label, penned indistinctly, having KOSB brass buttons and epaulette rank insignia for Major. Jacket with William Anderson and Son Ltd label penned 'Capt G L Wyllie 8389 June 1943'.Jacket with W Chisholm of Edinburgh label penned 'Captain C F Hogg 6.11.41', with KOSB brass buttons, 'Mountain' shoulder badges and epaulette rank insignia for the rank of captain.Jacket with epaulette rank insignia for the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Medals of Captain C Macleod of the Royal Army Service Corps to include MBE, George VI general service medal with MALAYA and PALESTINE clasps and mentioned in despatches oak leaf [CAPT C MACLEOD RASC], 1939-1945 star, Africa star with 8th Army clasp, Burma star, WWI defence medal, WWII war medal with mentioned in despatches oak leaf and Elizabeth II coronation medal, with matching set of miniatures. (16)
Amusing Hobby of Japan, 1:35 scale tank model kits to include 35A014 30.5cm Morser Bar German Heany Self-Propelled Mortar, 35a036 Rheintochter R1 Movable Missile Launcher on Panther II Chassis, 35A015 E100 German Super Heavy Tank, 35A016 Flakpanzer E100, 35A018 Panther II, 35A037 PzK pfw IV Ausf H, 35A038 Russian T72M1 and 35A031 Imperial Japanese Army Experimental Gun Tank Type 5, each boxed, not checked for completeness. (8)
British Army uniform, five khaki green brown jackets to include: Jacket with W Jardine & Sons Ltd penned 'P Redwood 18.2.64' having KOSB staybrite buttons.Jacket with William Anderson & Sons Ltd label '378716 MAJ J LEAR MAY 1961' having KOSB buttons.Jacket with William Anderson & Sons Ltd label 'Captain A W Brundell 3451 October 1960' having King Own Scottish Borderers buttons.Jacket with William Anderson & Sons Ltd label 'Capt G G Alit, 344493 November 1957'.and another. (5)
British Army uniform, five khaki green jackets to include: Jacket with William Anderson & Sons Ltd label penned 'W S Scott G10121 May 1939' having KOSB brass buttons. Jacket with William Anderson & Sons Ltd label penned 'Major Rutherford G26643 March 1940' having KOSB buttons.Jacket with William Anderson & Sons Ltd label 'Major H MacKay 2385 March 196?' having Scottish Staybirte type buttons.Jacket with William Anderson & Sons Ltd label ' J S Henderson Esq January 1950 1988066' with Gaunt of London KOSB brass buttons.and another. (5)
British Army uniform, five scarlet red doublet jackets to include: Jacket with bullion wire chevron insignia for the rank of corporal. Jacket with William Anderson label.Jacket with KOSB shoulder titles and Kings Own Scottish Borderers collar badges.Jacket with detached William Anderson and Sons of Edinburgh label penned 'W Simpson Esq Sept 08' having KOSB bullion wire collar badges.and another. (5)
British Army uniform, eight jackets to include: Black cloth jacket with KOSB staybrite style buttons. Dark blue cloth jacket with KOSB insignia.Green jacket with William Anderson & Sons Ltd label 'Capt R Renwick Sept 1952 269772'Green jacket with KOSB brass buttons and epaulette rank insignia for the rank of Captain.and four summer jackets. (8)
Four boxed diecast models to include Britains Military Vehicles No 9786 US Jeep (complete with figures, diecast ex, box gd), Corgi By Special Request 247 Mercedes Benz 600 Pullman in metallic red (vg with the odd paint chip, box gd), Dinky 277 Superior Criterion Ambulance (paint chips, gd box) and Dinky 622 10 Ton Army Truck (play worn, fair box) plus a Dinky Mini Minor The Magic Mini with 4 x figures (paint chips) (5 items)
Extensive collection of American Civil War soldier figures, generally 1/32 scale including home painted metal and plastic gaming figures, a box of W. Britain's Deetail figures, cannons, horses, flag bearers, wounded, 4 boxed Civil War figures from Americana Souvenirs etc, also included a Confederate Army re-enactors cap and campaign hat (no sizes shown, estimate large), qty, 5 boxes
Collection of diecast models from Matchbox, Lledo, Tonka/Polistil etc to include multi model sets, Matchbox 'The Circus Comes To Town', Lledo US Army and Royal Air Force Ground Crew Support Set, Darling Buds Of May 5 vehicle collection (Lledo), small scale Matchbox Thunderbirds including 2 FAB 1's etc., model condition generally mint, boxes generally excellent, qty
A 1939-45 medal group to Cpl John Middleton, Princes of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) including a Meritorious and Long Service Medal, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star (8th army), North West Frontier 36-37, North West Frontier 37-39, Victory Medal, Defence Medal, Regular Army LC, GC with clasp and others, accompanied by a miniature set of six and ribbon bar with rosette. and a presentation pewter charger, the lot also contains documentation relating to the public service and military career of John Middleton Yeoman Warden at the Tower of London Army Service book (Certificate of Service) Nato Certificate Dec '64 - June '67 Allied Forces Southern Europe. Honours and Award Certificate, letter from British Embassy March 15, 1963, British Empire Medal + others, Tower of London c. 1950s until c. 1978.
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