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Six: Private W. Holdsworth, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5173068 Pte. W. Holdsworth, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5173068 Pte. W. Holdsworth, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a 5th Army Commemorative Medal for the Entrance of the Allied Armies in Naples, 1 October 1943, light contact marks, good very fine and better (7) £140-£180

A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Company Quartermaster Sergeant F. Grimshaw, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later a Prisoner Warder at Dartmoor Military Medal, G.V.R. (6564 Sjt: F. Grimshaw. 5/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6564 C. Sjt. F. Grimshaw. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5374367 C.Q.M. Sjt. F. Grimshaw. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) polished, nearly very fine (5) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 20 May 1918. Frederick Grimshaw joined the Regular Army from the Militia in November 1900, and was posted to joined the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in India in 1903. On mobilisation for the Great War Grimshaw was appointed Sergeant Master Cook at the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Depot, prior to being posted to the 5th (Service) Battalion for service in the French theatre of war. Grimshaw stayed in service after the war, and was employed in Army Recruitment at High Wycombe before being posted with the regiment to Ireland. He was discharged to Pension in November 1920, and joined the Prison Service. Grimshaw was first posted to Dartmoor, and helped to suppress a mutiny of Irish prisoners there. He died in Osney, Oxford in May 1949. Sold with a photographic image of recipient Prison Warder’s uniform.

Three: Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant R. W. H. Ireland, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was reported missing during the retreat to Dunkirk, but subsequently rejoined 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issued addressed to ‘Mr. R. Ireland, 19 Hillsborough Road, Cowley, Oxford’; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5377271 W.O. Cl. II. R. W. H. Ireland. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) number partially officially corrected; together with 12 Regimental and Army athletic and shooting prize medals, three of which are fully hallmarked sterling silver, two of which are named to him and 8 being regimental prize medals of the 43rd Light Infantry, generally very fine and better (15) £100-£140 --- Ronald William Hector Ireland was born in Lewisham, London, in 1904 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma, and subsequently with the 1st Battalion as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant with the British Expeditionary Force. He was reported missing in action in the retreat to Dunkirk on 27 May 1940, but subsequently rejoined his unit. He died at Honiton, Devon, in 1985. Sold with two photocopied images of the recipient taken from the Regimental Journal.

Six: Sergeant K. Hughes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (5381407 Sgt. K. Hughes. K.S.L.I.) minor official correction to surname; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5381047 Cpl. K. Hughes. Oxf. & Bucks.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (6) £140-£180

Four: Private P. R. Allen, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 2 October 1944 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. T. W. Allen, 7 Home Close, Wolvercote, Oxford’, good very fine (4) £80-£120 --- Percy Ronald Allen, a native of Summertown, Oxford, served with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Second World War in Burma, and was killed in action on 2 October 1944. He is buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery.

Five: Private E. W. H. Barlow, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5376725 Pte. E. W. H. Barlow. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.) good very fine (5) £60-£80

Pair: Private J. R. Woodward, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in the retreat to Dunkirk on 21 May 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, both contemporarily engraved ‘5383830 Pte. J. R. Woodward 1/Oxf & Bucks LI’; together with the named Army Council enclosure, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-£80 --- John Richard Woodward, a native of Oxford, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action aged 21 during the defence of the Escaut Canal Lesdain Hollain in the retreat to Dunkirk on 21 May 1940, and is buried at Holain Civil Cemetery, Belgium.

Four: Cadet Major R. S. Pitt-Kethley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Army Cadet Force Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R. (Cadet Major. R. S. Pitt Kethley); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Rupert S. Pitt-Kethley.) good very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Rupert Singleton Pitt-Kethley was born at Leytonstone, Essex, on 9 April 1907 and was commissioned Lieutenant in the Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force) on 16 January 1937. He was recalled from the T.A. Reserve for war service but only served at home during the Second World War, and was awarded the Cadet Forces Medal (along with a Second Award Bar) for service in the Dumfries Army Cadet Force (London Gazette 20 March 1951). A research note with the medals refers to him as the Reverend Rupert S. Pitt-Kethley but this has not been confirmed. He died at Hastings, Sussex, in 1975.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Colonel G. M. Oldham, Royal Engineers, who was awarded the D.S.O. and French Order of Agricultural Merit whilst serving as Deputy Director of Forestry in France, and was later Secretary of the Church Missionary Society in India Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star (Capt. G. M. Oldham R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. G. M. Oldham); France, Third Republic, Order of Agricultural Merit, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, minor enamel damage to first and last, otherwise very fine and better (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1916. French Order of Agricultural Merit, Officer, London Gazette 7 October 1919. George Muir Oldham was born at Largs, Ayrshire, on 5 September 1876, and was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, to be Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 22 February 1897. Promoted Lieutenant on 3 February 1900, he served in Jamaica with the West Indian Fortress Company, R.E., before proceeding to India, and was promoted Captain on 3 February 1906. He continued to serve at various stations in India including Fort Sandeman, Quetta and was at Abbottabad in August 1914. Promoted Major on 30 October 1914 and Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel on 4 July 1916, he served with No. 371 Forestry Company, Royal Engineers during the Great War on the Western Front until he was appointed to be Deputy Director of Forestry on 14 April 1917. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the D.S.O. and the French Order of Agricultural Merit, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 15 June 1916 and 11 December 1917). He was promoted Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 1 January 1918 and retired on 8 August 1919, being granted the rank of Colonel. He remained a Substantive Colonel on the Royal Engineers Reserve of Officers until 1931. Oldham’s obituary appeared in The Times on 7 June 1955: ‘Colonel George Muir Oldham, D.S.O, formerly general secretary of the Church Missionary Society in India, died in Calcutta on Saturday 4 June at the age of 78. The son of Lieutenant Colonel G. W. Oldham, he was born at Largs, Ayrshire on September 5, 1876, and was educated at Edinburgh Academy, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1897 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers and after serving at Chatham was sent out to Jamaica in 1899. In 1902 he returned to England and three years later he went out to India. He served throughout the 1914-18 War, chiefly in France, being mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. in 1918 [sic]. After his retirement from the Army he farmed for five years in Kent and in 1930 he returned to India to advise the Church Missionary Society on building and engineering matters. In this he was largely influenced by his brother, Dr. J. H. Oldham, C.B.E., D.D., who was at the time secretary of the International Missionary Council. He became an honorary missionary in 1935 and after serving as secretary of the Bengal mission was appointed General Secretary of the C.M.S. in India in 1940. After his retirement in in 1950 he continued to live in Calcutta and his advice on all manner of questions continued to be sought by missionaries all over India.’ Sold with copied research and several copied photographs of the recipient, including a copy portrait photograph taken in 1897.

A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. Franklin, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, late Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars, who was Mentioned in Despatches The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Major E. Franklin, A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major E. Franklin); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1917, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar, mounted for wear, very fine and better (5) £400-£500 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. T.D. London Gazette 11 September 1917. Edward Franklin was first commissioned as a Veterinary Lieutenant into The Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars Yeomanry, on 15 July 1896. He was transferred as Veterinary Captain to the General List in 1909, and was promoted Major on 30 April 1914. On the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 he was Major Commanding the R.A.V.C. South Midland Division Veterinary Hospital Mobile Section, until it was broken up and absorbed into the R.A.V.C. units as part of the British Expeditionary Force in France, ands Franklin arrived on the Western Front in October 1915. For his services during the Great War he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and was Mention in Despatches whilst serving on the Staff (London Gazette 5 July 1919). Post-War Franklin was appointed to command the South Midland Mobile Veterinary Section on 29 July 1920. Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 14 July 1926, he was given command of the 48th South Midland R.A.V.C. when it was formed in 1931. He retired as Lieutenant Colonel having attained the age limit on 17 June 1927, and died at Lark Hill, Worcester, in April 1936.

A Second War M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Major H. I. Palmer, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Prob. H. I. Palmer. R.N.V.R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, with M.I.D. oak leaves; together with the recipient’s group of related miniature awards, generally very fine or better (8) £280-£320 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 24 January 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’ The original recommendation, dated 24 July 1945, states: ‘This officer joined the Active Force in April 1941. He has been Registrar of this hospital in this theatre of operations since August 1944. This unit has been active in France and Belgium and during Active periods the Registrar is busy night and day seeing to the admission and evacuation of patients, in addition to normal administrative duties. Not infrequently, during extreme rush periods this officer helped in the resuscitation work and in giving anaesthetics. His work has always been of the highest order, and by his tack, energy, cheerfulness and devotion, he has inspired others when their efforts were failing due to sheer fatigue.’ Harold Ira Palmer was born in Brantford, Ontario, and was educated at the University of Toronto. Appointed a Surgeon Probationer, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, in May 1917, he served during the Great War in H.M. Ships Garry, Urchin, Nereus, and Venturous in the English Channel, Irish Sea, and North Sea, and was advanced Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant. Retuning to the University of Toronto to complete his studies following the cessation of hostilities, he graduated with his M.B. in 1920, and did postgraduate work at the Hospital for Sick Children- for the rest of his medical career he specialised in paediatrics. He served during the Second World War as a Major in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, and was both Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 9 August 1945) and appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services whilst attached to No. 2 Canadian General Hospital in North West Europe. He died in Brantford on 17 April 1960, aged 63. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.

A particularly fine post-War M.B.E., Second War ‘1941’ A.R.R.C., and rare Red Cross Florence Nightingale Medal group of nine awarded to Lieutenant H. J. Cholmeley, Territorial Army Nursing Service, who served as part of the B.E.F. in France 1940, and was evacuated via Calais having had an eventful escape in an ambulance, 25 May 1940. She went on to serve with distinction in the hostile environments of Malaya and Kenya, before being recognised for her work with children in equally volatile Cyprus during the troubles there The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue; Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, reverse dated ‘1941’, on lady’s bow riband; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Miss. H. J. Cholmeley.) surname partially officially corrected; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (H. J. Cholmeley); Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with Additional ‘Geneva Cross’ Award Bar (Miss Helen J. Cholmeley, M.B.E. ARRC. SRN. RSCN.) with the Florence Nightingale Medal, gilt and enamel, reverse engraved ‘Miss Helen Joyce Cholmeley MBE., ARRC., SRN., RSCN. 12 May 1973’, with miniature in case of issue, a number of Red Cross badges, a Territorial Army Nursing Service Badge, a Nurse’s League of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital lapel badge, and riband bar, medals mounted or wear, generally very fine or better (9) £1,200-£1,600 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1964: Matron of the Home for Sick Children, Kyrenia, Cyprus. A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 July 1941. Presented with the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1973, the recommendation for which states: ‘Miss Cholmeley who is a State Registered Nurse and a Registered Sick Children’s Nurse, took her General Training at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, on completion of which she was appointed Charge Nurse, Theatre, at the hospital. She later became Theatre Sister at Willesden General Hospital and after that Theatre Sister at The London Clinic. In 1939 Miss Cholomeley was mobilised in the Territorial Army Nursing Service and served in France, Mauritius and East Africa until 1945 when she was demobilised with the rank of Sister equivalent to that of a Ward Sister in a General Hospital. On demobilisation she was appointed Associate Royal Red Cross. She then served as Sister with the UNRRA Plastic Surgery Team in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, for 11 months in 1946. From 1947 to 1949 she was Theatre Sister at The London Clinic. After temporary duty as Relief Sister at Freeland House Auxiliary Hospital near Oxford, Miss Cholmeley was selected for service in Transjordan from June 1949 where she served as Theatre Sister and Acting Matron until June 1950 when it became the policy to employ local Palestinians and Jordanians and other contracts were terminated. Whilst awaiting another Overseas posting with the B.R.C.S., Miss Cholmeley worked at the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women and also at the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, London. In April 1952 Miss Cholmeley served as a Field Officer with the B.R.C.S. Team during the emergency in Malaya, returning home in May 1954. She was posted to Kenya during the Mau Mau emergency in August 1954, returning to the UK in October 1956. From December 1956 until April 1957 Miss Cholmeley was posted to the Red Cross Hostel for British Nationals from Egypt following the crisis in Suez. In May 1957 Miss Cholmeley went out to Cyprus as Matron of the Red Cross Home for Sick Children then situated in Saittas. She was largely responsible for organising the move to a new Home in Kyrenia where she remained as Matron until April 1967. From April 1967 until May 1970 Miss Cholmeley was Matron of Queen Alexandra House, Folkestone - a home for elderly retired nurses. As will be seen from her record of service, Miss Cholmeley has served with distinction in many different countries, often in extremely dangerous and difficult circumstances. Her work in Malaya and in Kenya in particular took her to remote areas where she relied only on the reputation of the Red Cross for protection against subversive elements. In Malaya she was responsible for running Clinics in the resettlement villages where she treated thousands of people and, by gaining their respect and confidence, contributed greatly to raising their morale as well as looking after their physical needs. Similarly in Kenya where her work lay mainly among Kikuyu women and children, she helped to build confidence and prepare the way for a return to normal conditions. In Cyprus it is no exaggeration to say that by her outstanding leadership and example Miss Cholmeley was responsible for the Red Cross Children’s Home at Kyrenia becoming known as the happiest place on the island during all the troubles there. It was also a unique institution in that the staff of Greek, Turkish and Armenian Cypriots worked well together in caring for the children who were also drawn from all communities, which was a situation not possible at the time anywhere else in the island. miss Cholmeley and her staff won the admiration of all the various United Nations Forces stationed in Cyprus, as a result of which the Home received invaluable financial support and other services given free by the Forces such as the planning and equipping of the swimming pool and gymnasium for the poliomyelitis and other patients.’ Helen Joyce Cholmeley was born in Hull, Yorkshire in June 1909, and trained as a nurse at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 1929-33. She enlisted as a Staff Nurse with the Territorial Army Nursing Service in April 1939, and served as a Sister during the Second War stationed at the 17th British General Hospital, Camiers, France, from 9 January 1940. Cholmeley’s personal account of her evacuation from France is held by the National Archives (WO222/2143), in which she states: ‘However that night orders came to move again but in spite of several false alarms we did not go until morning May 23rd. We left the unit and with our Padre and Driver started by ambulance for Dunkirk. Because of a recent air raid we could not get to the docks and were then sent on to Calais, but at Gravelines the bridge had been blocked so we spent some time at a camp until they decided which way we were to go. We were taken round by a smaller bridge and here the roads were very blocked by refugees. There was no boat that day so we went to the H.Q. of the Area Commandant at Calais. The next day we went aboard the City of Christchurch which had come bringing tanks the day before - and the day after reached Southampton on May 25th.’ Cholmeley’s ARRC was invested by the King at Buckingham Palace, 10 February 1942. She was commissioned Lieutenant in February 1951 (with seniority 4 April 1939), and the British Red Cross Society Report for 1954 gives additional details of her service in Kenya: ‘Two teams flew to Kenya in April to work in the forest villages among the resettled women and children of the Kikuyu tribe. Miss Margaret Robinson, S.R.N., and Miss Joan Priest, Welfare Officer, work together at Nyeri. Miss Evelyn Bennett worked principally among the children in a police camp and, later, in Nairobi. Another welfare, Miss Henley Colgate, is at Fort Hall. These teams were reinforced in September by Miss Helen Cholmeley, S.R.N.... Reports indicate that all the teams are doing outstanding work under difficult circumstances. Even in so short a time they have succeeded in gaining the confidence of many of the villagers and being of real service ...

The outstanding ‘Iraq 2003’ C.G.C. group of seven awarded to Corporal, later Warrant Officer Class 2, S. G. Jardine, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, later Royal Regiment of Scotland, a Quick Reaction Force fire-team leader who, having found himself pinned down with no reinforcements in an increasingly untenable position near Al Uzayr security base, Maysan Province, took the initiative and, ordering covering fire, assaulted three enemy positions in succession, allowing his men to move forward and prompting the enemy to withdraw. Charging directly in the face of automatic rifle fire from an enemy in well prepared positions whilst also under intense and accurate heavy machine-gun fire from range, he single-handedly assaulted the first position, killing two of the enemy, capturing their weapons and causing a third man to flee: ‘I started running across the bridge and they had seen me immediately. They were lying down, prone position, and firing at me as I ran; I saw their fingers on the triggers, then the muzzle flashes and then I could hear the rounds zipping past. I remember thinking, Why are they not hitting me?... I got to within 15 or 20 metres of them and just thought, I’m going no further, here. I dropped to one knee, aimed, fired one round, quickly moved onto the second, and fired again... I just aimed at the body and in both cases my rounds went into the chest, under the arm, and came out the back of the neck. Both guys were instantly dead.’ Proceeding to suppress the depth machine gun, Jardine then called his team forward and, with a third enemy position also having now been identified, ordered heavy fire to be laid down on both positions until the enemy disengaged: his courage, leadership and quick thinking in the face of a determined enemy attack undoubtedly preventing casualties among his own team and other supporting units. Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially inscribed ‘25090313 Cpl S G Jardine, KOSB’ and officially dated ‘2004’; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25090313 L Cpl S G Jardine, KOSB); Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25090313 Cpl S G Jardine KOSB); Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (Sgt S G Jardine, Scots, 25090313); Jubilee 2012, unnamed as issued; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994 (Cpl S G Jardine KOSB); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (C Sgt S G Jardine CGC Scots 25090313) mounted court style as worn, some minor contact wear, otherwise generally good very fine (7) £120,000-£140,000 --- The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross was instituted as a result of the 1993 review of the British honours system and is second in seniority only to the Victoria Cross. The C.G.C. was awarded for the first time as a result of the Bosnian War in 1995 and to date 60 such awards have been made, of which 15 were for the Iraq War. The award to Jardine is unique to the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and is the only C.G.C. to have been awarded to any Scottish Regiment. C.G.C. London Gazette 23 April 2004: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Iraq during the period 1st April to 30th September 2003.’ The original recommendation states: ‘Corporal Jardine was commanding a Fire Team employed as the Immediate Quick Reaction Force for the Al Uzayr Security Force Base in Maysan Province on the morning of Saturday 9th August 2003. At 0815hrs a prolonged and intense mix of Heavy Machine Gun and small arms fire was heard 300m to the north of the base and Corporal Jardine and his fire team deployed to investigate. Corporal Jardine and his team advanced North on foot until they were engaged by two enemy positions 100 metres to their West. The first was occupied by three men armed with automatic rifles, the second by a Heavy Machine Gun. Corporal Jardine immediately ordered his team into what limited cover was available. Simultaneously, other elements of the Al Uzayr Multiple, which had also deployed came under fire to the South. Realising that no reinforcements were available and assessing that his team’s position was becoming untenable, Corporal Jardine decided to take the offensive. Corporal Jardine ordered the remainder of his team to provide covering fire, and despite intense and accurate HMG fire, assaulted the first position alone, killing two of the enemy and capturing their weapons. The third enemy fled in the face of his determined action. Corporal Jardine then proceeded to suppress the depth machine gun position, whilst calling forward the remainder of his own team to join him. At this point a third enemy position was identified to him by the Platoon Commander. Corporal Jardine’s team located this position and proceeded to lay down fire on both positions, allowing the remainder of the Multiple to move forward. At this point the enemy disengaged from the action and withdrew to the North. Corporal Jardine’s quick thinking and total disregard for his own safety undoubtedly served to prevent casualties amongst his own team and the remainder of the Multiple. His courage and inspirational leadership in the face of a determined enemy attack deserve recognition.’ Shaun Garry Jardine, a native of Dumfries in south-west Scotland, joined the King’s Own Scottish Borderers at the age of 16 and was deployed to Iraq with the 1st Battalion on TELIC 2 after the initial invasion, in mid-June 2003 at the age of 21. The following extracts relating to Jardine’s service in Iraq, in particular the action for which he was awarded the C.G.C., are taken from an 8 page interview with Corporal Jardine which appears in the book In Foreign Fields by Dan Collins: ‘We arrived in Basra and then drove down to Kuwait to get acclimatised for a couple of weeks. Coming from Scotland, we definitely needed that. It was roasting hot, around 100 degrees in the shade, and a wee bit different to the weather back home...A week after we arrived the six Royal Military Policemen got murdered in Al Majar Al Kabir, so we were fast tracked to move up earlier than planned. There was a lot of activity to try and find the killers, and make sure everyone knew the British Army was in control, and so they needed plenty of boots on the ground. We made our way up through Basra towards Camp Abu Naji. The way it worked was we rotated on a four week basis...The fourth week was spent down at the Al Uzayr Security Force Base, an out station roughly 70 or 80 km south of Al Aamarah and the same distance north of Basra. It was a very small camp, an old police station in the shape of a squared-off figure eight, with courtyards in the middle. Around the whole compound, five or ten metres from the building, there was a perimeter wall. If you looked over the wall you would see Al Uzayr itself. Its a pretty poor place sitting on the banks of the Tigris there in the middle of the marshland that runs down to the Iranian border which isn’t far away at all... We would patrol the immediate area of the village and then strike out into the other villages and the marshland round about. We were just showing a presence, and obviously looking for weapons and insurgents. You have to remember, Saddam’s own police and Army had sort of vanished, so there wasn’t that much formal law and order apart from us. Of course there were people who didn’t want us there. It had all kicked off two nights before. I had taken a six man patrol out around the village in a Land Rover, and we had been shot at from a number of rooftops. The rounds were close enough, probably AK, and we de-bussed from the vehicle and tried to locate the shooters. But we couldn’t so we went back and reported it. There were no casual...

A Great War 1918 ‘German Spring Offensive’ M.M. awarded to Private R. Cooper, Royal Army Medical Corps, for his gallantry as a stretcher bearer at Holnon Wood and Beauvois, 21-22 March 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (437470 Pte. R. Cooper. 2/2 S.Mid: F.A. R.A.M.C.) polished, edge nicks, very fine £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 8 August 1918. The original Recommendation states: ‘On 21 and 22 March [1918] in Holnon Wood for gallant conduct as a stretcher bearer. He worked untiringly under heavy fire bringing in the wounded, behaving with the greatest steadfastness. After the bearer post was withdrawn on 22 March he established an aid post in Beauvois on his own initiative. Here he successfully attended many wounded men and evacuated two officers in a wheel barrow who were unable to walk, this enabling them to reach safety. By his actions he showed himself possessed of a very high degree of courage and initiative and offered a valuable example to other bearers of disregard of personal safety. Richard Cooper was born in 1879 and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps on 29 October 1915. He served with the 2/2nd South Midland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 May 1916: this unit formed part of the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division which fought on the Somme on 19 July 1916 at the Battle of Fromelles, and later took part in the Third Battle of Ypres and advance to the Hindenburg Line. For his services on the opening days of the German Spring Offensive in March 1918 he was awarded the Military Medal. He was disembodied on 15 March 1919. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal C. E. Maddin, Canadian Army Medical Corps, who was wounded in action in October 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (531780 Pte. C. E. Maddin, Can. A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (531780 Cpl. C. E. Maddin, C.A.M.C.), nearly very fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919. Clarence Elmo Maddin was born in Selkirk, Manitoba, on 15 January 1890. A Medical Student at the time of his enlistment in April 1916, he joined the 11th Overseas Field Ambulance. He arrived in England in May 1816 and France in August 1916 and served in the same unit until wounded in the leg and hand during the Battles of Canal du Nord and Bourlon Wood in early October 1918. Awarded the M.M., after leaving hospital in December 1918 he was assigned to the 9th Canadian Stationary Hospital. He was demobilised at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in July 1919 and died in Vancouver in October 1970. Sold with copied research and a photographic image of the recipient taken in later life.

An O.B.I. group of seven awarded to Subadar Major Amir Shah, South Waziristan Scouts Order of British India, 2nd Class neck badge, gold and enamel, with screw-nut fitting to reverse and small length of ribbon; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Subdr. Amir Shah, S.W. Scouts.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Jubilee 1935; Indian Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Sub Major Amir Shah S.W. Scouts) good very fine (7) £800-£1,000

Three: Colour Sergeant Bugler A. Hughes, Oxfordshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2677 Sejt-Bglr: A. Hughes. Oxford: Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2677 Clr:-Serjt: A. Hughes. Oxford L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2677 C. Sjt: A. Hughes. Oxford: L.I.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (3) £180-£220

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. attributed to Lieutenant A. W. G. Smith, Bedfordshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine £500-£700 --- M.C. London Gazette 8 March 1919; citation published 4 October 1919: ‘During the attack, while acting as Battalion Intelligence Officer he showed great skill in marking out the route for the approach march and getting the battalion into position on a very dark night. Subsequently when the position was obscure, he went forward under heavy fire, got in touch with all the companies, and established a report centre practically in the front line, sending back information which was invaluable in dealing with enemy strong points.’ Arthur Wedgewood Gifford Smith was born on 19 October 1894 and initially served during the Great War in the ranks of the 28th London Regiment (Artists Rifles) until he was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Bedfordshire Regiment on 10 February 1917. He was promoted Lieutenant on 10 August 1918, and was awarded the Military Cross for his actions at Preux Au Bois on 4 November 1918, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Sold together with the recipient’s original Commission document, in original addressed envelope; original Officers Army Book 439, with brief details of his service, promotions and courses attended &c.; and an original telegram from the Lord Chamberlain, summoning him to Buckingham Palace for his M.C. Investiture.

Three: Surgeon Major Thomas Farquhar, M.D., Bengal Medical Establishment Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Asst. Surgn. T. Farquhar, M.D. Bengal Army.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Asst. Surgeon Thos. Farquhar. Bengal Horse Artillery); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Asst. Surgeon T. Farquhar M.D. Civil Agra) naming officially engraved in fine running script, light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- Thomas Farquhar was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Bengal Medical Establishment on 20 October 1847, and arrived in India on 8 January 1848. He served with the Army of the Punjab in 1848 and 1849, was present at the battles of Chilianwala and Goojerat, and subsequent pursuit of the Sikhs and Afghans to Peshwar (Medal with two clasps). He accompanied the force under Sir Colin Campbell which went into the Esufzai in May 1852 and was present in the various frontier fights including that of Shakote. While in medical charge of the Frontier Forts of Shubkudder and Abazai in 1852 and 1853, with the Guides in 1854-55 and 1856 was present in the several smaller expeditions for expelling incursions of the Frontier Tribes (Medal with clasp). In the Mutiny, while the Civil Surgeon of Agra, went out with the troops that fought on the 5th of July and 10th of October, 1857, in the neighbourhood of Agra (Medal), and was Senior Medical Officer attached to the Depot Hospital established in the Fort to receive charge of the wounded after the latter engagement. Was on three occasions sent out on special duty to help the people of Esufzai, Chuch, Hazara and Allygurgh in dealing with destructive fevers that raged in the districts. The first medical school opened in the Bengal Presidency outside Calcutta was that at Agra, founded in 1853, the first principal being Surgeon John Murray, who was succeeded in 1857 by Assistant Surgeon T. Farquhar. The school continued its work with only a short interruption throughout the Mutiny of 1857-58, although a member of its staff, Sub Assistant Surgeon Wazir Khan, teacher of Materia Medica, became prominent among the rebels. Farquhar was promoted to Surgeon-Major on 16 December 1861, and during his Army career he was attached to the following regiments and held these several appointments: Bengal Horse Artillery, 6th Irregular Cavalry, Engineers, 29th Foot, 13th Native Infantry, 24th Foot, Sappers & Miners, Divisional Staff, 10th Light Cavalry, 11th Light Cavalry, 3rd Sikh Regiment, Corps of Guides, Civil Surgeon Agra, Agra Police, Superintendent of the Central Jail, 1st Native Infantry, 1st Bengal Cavalry, Surgeon to the Viceroy, Sir John Lawrence. Farquhar held this post from 1864 until Lawrence’s Viceroyalty ended in 1869. Farquhar afterwards returned to his native Aberdeen where he immersed himself in philanthropic work. He was a District Councillor for Kinellar parish on Aberdeenshire County Council and was also a Justice of the Peace for Aberdeenshire. He died on 5 January 1891, aged 65.

The important Indian campaign pair awarded to Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 7th (later 4th) Madras Light Cavalry, one of India’s most important early amateur photographers who left a legacy of images of international importance; his harrowing images of the Madras famines are considered some of his finest works, whilst as Provost Marshal, during the Third Burma Campaign, this gallant officer carried his camera under fire at the battle of Minhla, making him one of the first ever recorded war photo-journalists Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Cornet W. W. Hooper, 7th Madras Cavalry.) officially impressed naming; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Ltt. Coll. W. W. Hooper 4th Madras Cavy.) officially re-engraved naming, nearly extremely fine (2) £900-£1,200 --- Willoughby Wallace Hooper was born on 4 February 1837, at St John's Grove, North Brixton, London, son of William Thomas Hooper, Secretary to the East India Company College, Haileybury. Educated at Ramsgate under Thomas Whitehead, he was accepted for employment as a Writer in the Secretary's Department of East India House in November 1853, a position he held until being commissioned Cornet into the 7th Regiment Madras Light Cavalry, arriving in India via the overland route on 20 April 1858; Lieutenant, 21 December 1859; Captain, 27 December 1872; Major, 1 January 1883; Lieutenant-Colonel, 20 April 1884; Colonel, 20 Aprilo 1896. During the Mutiny Hooper served with the 2nd squadron, 7th Light Cavalry from November 1858 to April 1859, at Kamptee in the Deccan under Colonels Roberts and Orr. On 28 February 1859, they marched miles without a halt in pursuit of the enemy and defeated them the same day, taking several prisoners. From 1 October 1861, he was doing duty with the 4th Regiment Madras Light Cavalry, at the disposal of the Commissioner of Nagpore, for the purpose of taking “Photographic Likenesses” illustrative of the different races in that Province. A letter written by Hooper to the Chief Commissioner's Office, Central Provinces, dated 3 November 1863, states that he has submitted 20 plates of a series of photographs of the tribes of the Nagpore Province but explained that he had the greatest difficulty in procuring the photographs as the inhabitants had never seen a European before. He travelled through the jungles of the province getting images of the Bringewars, Dunwhars, Bhoomias and Gonds. Each photograph annotated as to location, diet, culture, religion and disposition. From Hooper's efforts and the collaboration of 12 other photographers from around India came the publication of ‘The People of India’ in 8 volumes, containing 470 albumen photo prints compiled and assembled by John Forbes Watson and John William Kaye, a record of national importance to India. The article ‘A Craze about Photography’, by John Falconer, Curator of Photographs, India Office Collection at the British Library, is unsure how Hooper became interested in photography but, by 1860, while serving with the 4th Madras Light Cavalry at Secunderabad, he was active. Later, Hooper took an interest in the life of the British in India so, between his military duties, he turned his camera to Anglo-Indian domestic and cantonment life before collaborating with Veterinary Surgeon George Western of the Madras Army to the pursuit of big game hunting and the Shikar. In 1872 Hooper and Western produced the successful series of a twelve 9 x 7 inch photomontages entitled ‘Tiger Shooting’. However, alongside his tranquil domestic, life Hooper's photography began to express an increasingly more morbid strain in which there became a desire to capture humanity at moments of extreme suffering. His harrowing and haunting series of photographs of the Madras famines of 1876-78 are among Hooper's best known images. All were ‘posed’ and the emaciated subjects and macabre postures can still shock today. It was said of Hooper that he was a steadfast Christian of undisputed courage who had the reputation of being a good officer although perhaps inflexible and over-zealous for the moral welfare of the troops in his attempts to stamp out vice. In 1886 his desire to photograph the Burmese at the moment of death is attributed not to any inhumanity but a passion to secure for posterity that indelible record of human expression at the supreme moment. When back in Madras it is related that on one occasion a sepoy went on the rampage running amok and shooting at his fellow officers and comrades. Hooper gathered up his photographic apparatus and brought it to bear on the sepoy, who was in the act of taking aim at Hooper, when the homicidal sepoy was shot dead by another sepoy. Hooper seemed unconcerned as he had obtained his negative. Hooper departed Madras aboard the Tenasserim on 1 November 1885 for Rangoon, to take up the position of Provost Marshal of the Burma Expeditionary Force, arriving Rangoon on 8 November. On the 15th November he joined the main body of the force and sailed on the Thambyadine towards Mandalay. Grattan Geary describes at the battle of Minhla how ‘this gallant officer carried his camera under fire so that it might be available for the record of any exceptional incident’. Once the military objective was achieved Hooper set about curbing the looting and drunkenness that broke out both by the local inhabitants and soldiery. Dacoits proliferated the countryside and Hooper joined a force of the Hampshire Regiment led by Colonel Baker to apprehend a renegade pretender. In his stockade they found the body of a European who had been brutally murdered and decapitated. During their march back they were fired upon from the dense jungle resulting in 2 Hampshire's killed and eight or ten wounded including Lieutenant Lloyd. The Times, January 21st 1886 – Special correspondent in Burma Edward Kyran Moylan: ‘The Rev'd Mr Colbeck, the representative in Mandalay of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, has addressed a public protest to the Chief Commissioner against a recent attempt by the Provost Marshal to procure testimony against other persons from a Burmese while he was covered by the presented rifles of a firing party. Mr Colbeck who has been a long resident in Burma, declares that such proceedings cannot fail to bring shame and discredit upon our name, nation and religion. The ghastly scenes which constantly recur in executions carried out by the Provost Marshal constitute grave public scandals. The Provost Marshal, who is an ardent amateur photographer is desirous of securing views of the persons being executed at the precise moment when they are struck by the bullet. To secure this result, after the orders “ready, “present” have been given to the firing party, the Provost Marshal fixed his camera on the prisoners, who at times are kept waiting several minutes in that position. The officer commanding the firing party is then directed by the Provost Marshal to give the order to fire at the moment when he exposes his plates. So far no satisfactory negative has been obtained and the experiments are likely to continue. These proceedings take place before a crowd of mixed nationalities and cannot fail to have a demoralising effect on both soldiers and spectators.’ The article produced instant outrage. Prime Minister Gladstone and the Houses of Parliament were incensed and Lord Randolph Churchill was instructed to telegraph Lord Dufferin to have Hooper, together with Lieutenant G. V. Burrows, 25th Madras Infantry, the officer in charge of the firing party, removed from Burma. However, in Burma and India opinions differed. It was known that Moylan had a grudge against the army and was only too keen to to use the views of the Rev'd Colbeck to exace...

Four: Private T. Thornburgh, Highland Light Infantry, late Cameron Highlanders Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (777. Pte. T. Thornburgh 1/Cam’n Highrs.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (No... Pte. T. Thornburgh 2. High...); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2647 Pte. T. Thornburgh. Highland Lt. Infy.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, last with two small drilled holes to lower edges on each side of star and with copy suspension bar; contact marks and pitting therefore overall good fine, the LS&GC better (4) £260-£300 --- Thomas Thornborough was born at Dalkeith, Midlothian and attested for the Cameron Highlanders, serving with the 1st Battalion in Egypt. He was discharged on 26 April 1886, having purchased his discharge, at the age of 22, but re-enlisted in January 1887 into the Highland Light Infantry, serving overseas in India and Ceylon. He was discharged in October 1904, his intended place of residence being Dalkeith. Sold with copied research.

Four: Saddler Sergeant H. Winton, 21st Lancers, late 3rd Dragoon Guards, who took part in the celebrated Charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898 Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3032. Sad. Sgt: H. Winton. 21/L’crs.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Sdlr: Sjt: H. Winton. 21/Lancers); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1117. Saddr. H. Winton. 3rd. Dn. Gds.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3023 [sic] S. Serg H. Winton 21st. Lcrs.) contemporarily engraved naming in the usual Regimental style, surname partially corrected on last, good very fine (4) £2,400-£2,800 --- H. Winton served with the 21st Lancers in the Sudan, and is confirmed as having taken part in the famous Charge at Omdurman as part of Captain W. M. Doyne’s “C” Squadron on 2 September 1898. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, together with an Annuity of £10, on 8 July 1910, and died in 1922.

The remarkable Boer War and triple long service medal group of five awarded to Sergeant J. F. Rowley, Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment, Auxiliary Force India, late Cheshire Reserve Brigade, Royal Engineers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal clasp carriage re-assembled, with unofficial top retaining bar (2214 Sapr. J. Rowley. R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2214 Sapr. J. Rowley. R.E.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Corpl. J. F. Rowley 2nd Bn. B.B. & C.I. Ry. Vol. Rifles) officially engraved naming; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (2214 Sapr. J. Rowley. Cheshire (R.B.) R.E.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., India (Sjt. J. F. Rowley. 2 B.B. & C.I. Ry. R., A.F.I.) generally very fine (5) £300-£400 --- J. F. Rowley served with the 8th (Railway Company) Royal Engineers in South Africa during the Boer War. He was awarded his Volunteer Force Long Service Medal per Indian Army Order No. 54 of 1917, and his Efficiency Medal per Indian Army Order No. 531 of 1934.

Six: Sergeant G. Adamson, Cheshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5939 Pte. G. Adamson, 2/Ches: R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5939 Pte. G. Adamson, 2/Ches: R.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (5939 Pte. G. Adamson. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (5939 Sjt. G. Adamson. Ches. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5939 Sjt. G. Adamson. Ches. R.) mounted as worn, the Boer War pair later issues, very fine (6) £180-£220 --- George Adamson attested for the Cheshire Regiment, and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 September 1914. The medal roll for the two Boer War Medals notes that duplicates were issued in 1919; given the fact that the K.S.A. includes the Battalion number it is likely that the medals in this lot are those later issues.

Four: Regimental Sergeant Major J. P. Hardingham, Middlesex Regiment, late East Surrey Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (3056 Serjt: J. P. Hardingham. E. Surrey Regt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (G-97411 W.O. Cl.1. J. P. Hardingham. Midd’x R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (G-97411 R.S. Mjr. J. P. Hardingham. 52/Midd’x R.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3056 C. Sjt: J. P. Hardingham. E. Surrey Regt.); together with an Army Temperance Association Award of Merit Medal, silver, the reverse officially impressed ‘Cr-Sergt. J. Hardingham 4th. Bn E. Surrey Regt 1904’, light contact marks, generally very fine and better (5) £300-£400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. John Percy Hardingham was born in 1872 and attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 17 July 1890. Promoted Corporal on 28 June 1892 and Sergeant on 18 November 1904, he served with the 4th Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 19 March to 6 September 1902, and was promoted Colour Sergeant on 24 August 1903. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 20 November 1909, and was discharged on 16 July 1911, after 21 years’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War Hardingham re-enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment, was advanced Warrant Officer Class I, and was appointed Regimental Sergeant Major on 30 July 1915. He served throughout the period of hostilities at home with various Training Reserve Battalions, only proceeding to France in April 1919 (and as such only qualified for the British War Medal). For his services during the Great War his service papers record that he was ‘Mentioned in Gazette Supplement of 24.2.17 for valuable services rendered’, and he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal whilst serving with the 52nd Battalion. He was discharged on 18 April 1920, after a further 5 years and 77 days’ service. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant G. Edwards, Oxfordshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (3047 Col Sejt G. Edwards, Oxford: Lt Infy); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3047 Q.M. Sjt. G. Edwards. Oxford L.I.) with a portrait photograph of recipient in uniform, generally very fine or better (2) £160-£200

Six: Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Bosworth, Supply and Transport Corps, who received a scarce Mention in Despatches for the Mahsud Operations of March to September 1917 India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Sub. Condr. J. A. Bosworth. S. & T. Corps.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Lt. J. A. Bosworth, S. & T. Corps.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. & A. Comy. J. A. Bosworth.); Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. J. A. Bosworth.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Sub. Condr. J. A. Bosworth, S. & T. Corps.) nearly extremely fine (6) £400-£500 --- James Albert Bosworth was born in Birmingham on 21 January 1873 and attested there for the Seaforth Highlanders on 21 September 1891. He transferred to the Royal Highlanders on 31 July 1896, and then to the Indian Unattached List on 1 December 1896, before being posted to the Commissariat and Transport Department on 30 April 1899. He was advanced Sub-Conductor on 10 March 1904, and served with the Bazar Valley Field Force on the North West Frontier of India from 14 February to 1 March 1908. Throughout his service in India he was often commended for his service and ability as a Warrant Officer. Promoted Conductor on 15 March 1912, he served with the Supply and Transport Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 September 1914 to 29 October 1916, and was commissioned Lieutenant and appointed Assistant Commissary on 3 June 1915. Returning to India, he served with the Waziristan Field Force from 21 May to 27 August 1917, and was Mentioned in Despatches for the Mahsud Operations of March to September 1917 (London Gazette 18 May 1918) - one of only 184 people to be ‘Mentioned’ for this campaign. Appointed Deputy Commissary on 9 January 1925, and Commissary on 1 February 1926, he was promoted to his ultimate rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 15 November 1927. Sold with copied research. For the recipient’s son’s medals, see Lot 329.

Three: Private C. Driver, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), who was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 26 October 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (15712 Pte. C. Driver. 4/ R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (L-15712 Pte. C. Driver. R. Fus.) nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- Clarence Driver was born in Paddington, London, in 1890 and served with the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 September 1914. He was killed in action on 26 October 1914 at Neuve Chapelle; he has no known grave, and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. At Neuve Chapelle on 25 October 1914 the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers were ordered to retake lost trenches on the outskirts of Neuve Chapelle. Sir Francis Waller led “Z” Company in a charge against the enemy, and was mortally wounded. They captured the trenches and the town was cleared of Germans. “Y” Company and half of “Z” Company all under the command of Major Mallock remained in the front line while the rest went into billets. On 26 October the Germans attacked in the early hours and a fierce engagement took place in which the trenches were defended until most of the Fusiliers had been killed or wounded. The whole battalion was involved as the day wore on and some trenches were lost, but on the following day, 27 October, they were aided by French Alpine troops and almost regained the lost positions, but at a heavy cost in casualties. Major Mallock was severely wounded and the battalion was reduced to 8 officers and 350 other ranks. They were relieved on the night of 29 October and marched to Merris. They were later complimented by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien: ‘I simply cannot find words enough to express my admiration for the way in which your regiment has behaved. All through the campaign up to now they have had the hardest work of any regiment in the brigade, and any work they have had to do they have carried out exceedingly well. In fact, I can say that there is no better regiment in the British Army than the Royal Fusiliers.’

Four: Private F. Hoare, Northamptonshire Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (8663 Pte. F. Hoare. 2/North’n R.); British War and Victory Medals (8663 Pte. F. Hoare. North’n. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (5876096 Pte. F. Hoare. North’n R.) nearly very fine (4) £140-£180 --- Frederick Hoare attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November 1914.

Four: Private C. G. J. Ireson, Durham Light Infantry and Mercantile Marine 1914 Star, with clasp (10629 Pte. G. J. G. Ireson, 2/Durh: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (10629 Pte. C. J. G. Iveson. Durh. L.I.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Charles G. Ireson); Victory Medal 1914-19 (10629 Pte. C. J. G. Iverson Durh. L.I.) mounted as worn, note differences in initials and spelling of surname (see footnote), contact marks, polished, good fine Pair: L. V. Hide, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Lewis V. Hide) very fine (6) £120-£160 --- Charles George Joseph Ireson was born at Croydon, Surrey, in 1890, and attested for the Durham Light Infantry on 15 December 1908. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 September 1914. He was discharged from the 26th Battalion, D.L.I., on 13 October 1917, aged 27, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 255487. Following his army discharge he saw service in the Merchant Navy, and he died at Croydon in 1964. Ireson appears to have used both Charles and George as a Christian name which will not have helped the official confusion regarding both his initials and his surname which is spelled ‘Ireson’ on the 1914 Star and the Mercantile Marine Medal, ‘Iveson’ on the British War Medal, and ‘Iverson’ on the Victory Medal. Note also the differing initials used, though the service number is consistent on the Great War trio. There are two medal index cards, one for the 1914 Star (Ireson), and another for the BWM & VM (Iveson). His Mercantile Marine medal card refers to him as Charles George Ireson. Lewis Victor Hide was born at Surbiton, Surrey in 1892. His Merchant Navy record card shows that he served in R.M.S. Kenilworth Castle of the Union Castle Line in 1918. He left the Merchant Navy after the War and became a heavy goods railway porter. He died in Crawley, West Sussex, in 1978.

Four: Private M. J. Gilbert, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914 Star, with copy clasp (4781 Pte. M. J. Gilbert. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (4781 Pte. M. J. Gilbert. R.A.M.C.); Defence Medal; together with a Stratford-upon-Avon Peace Medal 1945, bronze, with top riband bar, all mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Matthew J. Gilbert attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with the 1st Cavalry Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914; his clasp is verified on his Medal Index Card. He was discharged on 11 February 1915, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Five: Private E. Cross, Welsh Regiment 1914 Star (9164 Pte E. Cross. 2/Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (9164 Pte. E. Cross. Welsh R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (3948936 Pte. E. Cross. Welch. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3948936 Pte. E. Cross. Welch R.) generally nearly very fine or better (5) £140-£180 --- Ernest Cross served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment in the French theatre of war from 13 August 1914.

Three: Private J. E. Streeter, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 10 November 1914 1914 Star (L-7987 Pte. J. Streeter. 1/Middx: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L. 7987 Pte. J. Streeter. Midd’x R.) very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Jeremiah Emery Streeter was born in Croydon, Surrey in 1884 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment in London on 14 August 1902. He served with them in South Africa, China and Singapore before transferring to the Army Reserve on 13 August 1910. Having re-engaged for service on mobilisation on 5 August 1914, he served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 August 1914 and was killed in action in France on 10 November 1914. On the latter date the Battalion was occupying trenches in front of La Boutillerie, north-west of Le Masnil, where they were subjected to constant shelling with an almost daily roll of casualties. Private Streeter was a former plate layer on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and was the son of John William and Eliza Streeter of Croydon and the husband of Lizzie Streeter of 4, Thirsk Road, South Norwood, London. He is buried in Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France where his grave is among those brought from Abbey Wall Cemetery, La Boutillerie, Fleurbaix - under the north wall of the ruined Chartreux Abbey. Here were buried 60 soldiers from the United Kingdom (including 46 of the 1st Middlesex who fell in October and November 1914).

Three: Sergeant-Bugler J. W. Donnelly, Oxfordshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (2701 Corl. J. W. Donnelly, Oxford: Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2701 Serjt:-Bug: J. Donnelly. Oxford: L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2701 Sjt: Bglr: J. W. Donnelly. Oxford. L.I.); together with a Burma Rifle Association Medal, silver; a Madras District Medal, bronze; and an Army Temperance Association Medal, with top Excelsior riband bar, good very fine (6) £180-£220 --- John William Donnelly was born in Folkestone, Kent, in 1873 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 29 March 1887. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma from 21 November 1887 to 6 March 1898; in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 December 1899 to 4 October 1902; and again in India from 22 September 1903 to 27 March 1908. The Regimental Chronicle of 1904 notes that ‘in addition to winning the Aggregate Championship, Sergeant-Bugler Donnelly won the Bengal Presidency Rifle Association Silver Medal, and the Field Glasses presented by Colonel Penno for the best shot amongst British N.C.O.s at 600 and 800 yards.’ He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 189 of 1905, and was discharged as a Sergeant-Bugler on 16 April 1908. He died on 26 May 1877. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

WW2 British Sweetheart Enamel badge collection to include: Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Armoured Corps, Middlesex Regt, HMS Jamica, Royal Navy, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Navy, Scots Guards, 1914 Union Jack, Kings Crown Australian Commonwealth Forces, Seaforth Highlanders. (11)

W Britain (Britains) No.2033 U.S. army infantry, comprising five infantrymen, each marching at the slope in steel helmets, rectangular bases and movable arms, unboxed; three other figures in darker uniforms, unboxed (8)

W Britain (Britains) Royal Army Medical Service figures, comprising Medical Doctor, oval base and a pair of stretch bearers with wounded casualty on stretcher, rectangular bases, unboxed

JAMES WARREN CHILDE (1778-1862) PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER Seated, long half length, wearing uniform, signed and inscribed 39 Bedford St Strand, watercolour 20.5 x 18.5cm. * Childe gave this as his address from 1837 onwards. We are very grateful to Christopher Bryant who suggests that this is an officer of the light company of either a regiment of the line (i.e. British regular army, possibly 30th or 32nd) or the Honourable East India Company, c.1835-1842. ++ Some fading; tear upper right corner; period rosewood frame

MILITARY INTEREST ROYAL NAVYHMS NEPTUNE LIDDEDPRIZE TANKARD, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORP TANKARD, MEDAL INSIGNIA ASHTRAY

A Victorian silver hip flask of oval form with integral cup, bearing initials "E.L.R." (by Frederick Bradford Macrea for The Army and Navy CSL London 1896), 4.9 oz, 12.5 cm x 6.5 cm, together with a Victorian facet cut glass hip flask with silver mounts and cup (by W & G Neal, London 1897), 1.72 oz (cup), 14 cm high x 7.5 cm wideCondition ReportThe oval hip flask cup has dents to the cup and several dents to the screw top lid, generals knocks, bumps, wear etc to include some surface scratching.  There is wear where the cup goes on and off the main flask, cork is broken, there is some fluid residue etc.  The glass bodied hip flask cork is disintegrating, top is a little tight and has several dents, the base cup has remnants of cleaning fluid and some other residue.  Has several small dents to the base as well as general wear and tear to include surface scratching etc - see images for more details

F H HOWARD HARRIS “Military encampment with tents and figures” (possibly US Civil War Confederate Army Camps), oil on canvas, signed and dated 1874 lower left, image size 51 cm x 79 cm, together with a companion, oil on canvas, initialled lower right, image size 51 cm x 81.5 cm

A Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Book, for Flight Officer Olaf Thornton, dated 1938/39, a Regular Army Certificate of Service and Soldiers' Service and Pay Book for Warrant Officer Frederick Taprill R.A.M.C. 1910 - 1931, and associated letters and references, and a small collection of postcards

A 17x12 signed B-17 Memphis Belle Print. The artist is Keith Woodcock. The Print is signed by Colonel Robert 'Bob' Morgan and the Artist Keith Woodcock. Published in 1997. Robert Knight Morgan (July 31, 1918 - May 15, 2004) was a colonel and a Command Pilot in the United States Air Force from Asheville, North Carolina. During World War II, while a captain in the United States Army Air Forces, Morgan was a bomber pilot with the 8th Air Force in the European theatre and the aircraft commander of the famous B-17 Flying Fortress, Memphis Belle, flying 25 missions. After completing his European tour, Morgan flew another 26 combat missions in the B-29 Superfortress against Japan in the Pacific Theater. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Johnson Beharry VC signed 10x8 colour photo. Colour Sergeant Johnson Gideon Beharry, VC, COG (born 26 July 1979) is a British Army soldier who, on 18 March 2005, was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for valour in the British and Commonwealth armed forces, for saving members of his unit, the 1st Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, from ambushes on 1 May and again on 11 June 2004 at Al-Amarah, Iraq. He sustained serious head injuries in the latter engagement. Beharry was formally invested with the Victoria Cross by Queen Elizabeth II on 27 April 2005. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

World War I army compass issued to Ivan Donald Margary. Born in 1896, the son of Colonel Alfred Robert and Lillian Margary. He spent the duration of the First World War enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant, then becoming a Lieutenant in the 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, being wounded in action. On the 2lst July 1916 Margary developed influenza and was removed by motor ambulance to the Duchess of Westminster Hospital at Etaples. On the 5 th August he went to No. 40 Infantry Base Depot and from the 20th of August he was in the trenches. He had a period of 'bilious sickness' from the 13th - 18th September, which was trench fever. Returned to France 31st December, on the 19th of January 1917 he broke his ankle so he was shipped back to England, 15th June re-joined A Company. Until August he experienced once more the periods in the trenches, on the 17th of August he was 'shot in the neck and back'. At least, that was what he thought had happened and apparently kept asking if his head was alright. He had been hit by two bullets, one in the back close to the top of the spine, the other had glanced off his helmet at the neck, leaving a large dent. He kept the helmet to always remind himself how lucky he had been that day. He did not return to France until the 16th of November 1918, five days after the Armistice. Not only was he fortunate that the helmet saved his life, but the other bullet also although near the spine had done no permanent damage, although he had restricted movement for the rest of his life. In 1927, Ivan Margary joined the Sussex Archaeological Society, and in 1932 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. During his life he was President of the Sussex Records Society, and the East Grinstead Society. He donated substantial sums to the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Archaeological Institute, and Archaeological Societies of Sussex, Surrey and Kent. It was also largely due to him that the Margary Room at Barbican House, Lewes was reconstructed, and the quadrangle at Exeter College, Oxford was built. The greatest single feature of his work was the study of Roman roads. In 1929, he made a chance discovery of what became known as the London to Lewes way, a previously unknown Roman road, seen as he photographed areas of Ashdown Forest from the air. In 1939, he bought and excavated a piece of land near Holtye Common where the line of the Roman road came through and left 40 yards exposed for public viewing. This was given to the Sussex Archaeological Society, and remains visible to this day. Margary devised a system of Roman road numbering, somewhat like our modern A and B roads, which is still used today. His work in the South and South East led to his publication of Roman Ways in the Weald in 1948. His work eventually took in the entire Roman road system and he published in Roman Roads in Britain in 1955/7. 60 years later, this remains the most comprehensive gazetteer of Roman roads in Britain. Nowadays, he is less well known for his associations with the Roman Palace of Fishbourne, which, it could be argued, is his true legacy to the nation. The Palace, with the remains of a large early Roman building with impressive mosaic floors, was discovered by chance in 1960 during the laying of a water pipe. In size, the palace is believed to be equivalent to Nero's Golden House in Rome. In 1962 Margery's generosity enabled the land to be purchased and the site secured. After excavation by a team led by Barry Cunliffe, the North Wing was protected with a modern structure and the site and visitor centre are now maintained and administered by the Sussex Archaeological Society. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

WW2. The Invasion of Italy, 3rd September 1943-the 8th Army Land in Italy North of Reggio. 9th September 1943- The Allies Land at Salerno and Taranto FDC (JS 50/43/9) signed by Right Honourable Lord Healey of Riddlesden CH MBE MA. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

6 June 1994 Douglas First Day Issue Postmark. 50th Anniv of Operation Overland D Day with full set of 8 Isle of Man D Day Stamps. Personally Signed by General Sir John Mogg, Charles Widdows, Peter Ayerst. Details below. Air Cdre. S. C. Widdows Battle of Britain pilot with 29 Sqn Wg Cdr P. Ayerst DFC 7 OTU who achieved confirmed victories in the Battle of Britain and not eligible for the Battle of Britain Clasp General Sir John Mogg, who has died aged 88 in November 2001, was in his time, probably the British army's most popular general, and finished his career in one of NATO's most influential posts. There he paid more attention to cricket than to his studies, with the result that, instead of taking the entrance exam for Sandhurst, he chose the alternative route of a Y-cadetship in the Coldstream Guards. After three years in the ranks, he was selected for Sandhurst, where he gained the sword of honour in 1936, being commissioned in January 1937 into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the 43rd and 52nd). Mogg did not see active service in the second world war until, in August 1944, he was chosen to command the 9th battalion of the Durham Light Infantry, which with its armoured personnel carriers, formed part of the 22nd armoured brigade of the 7th division. In operations from Normandy to Hamburg, he was twice mentioned in dispatches and twice awarded the distinguished service order. By then a lieutenant colonel, Mogg attended the first post-war course at the Camberley staff college, from which he was posted as general staff officer grade one (virtual chief of staff) to the 7th armoured division in Germany. He returned to Camberley as a member of the directing staff, before taking command of the 10th battalion of the Parachute Regiment in the Territorial army in 1950, where, in spite of his weight, he became a keen parachutist. That was followed by two years as chief instructor of the school of infantry, and two on the staff of the Imperial Defence College in London. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Two AKC cinemas for the British army advertising posters, both for Globe Cinema, Bovington; from the 1950's, one for April 12th - 25th and the other for October 12th - 25th; each 38cm x 25.3cm

A collection of Welsh Guards military and sporting items, for the British Army, inter Rugby Championships 1952, winners medal awarded to the Second Lieutenant David Howard Davis of the First Battalion the Welsh Guards and an Army Rugby Union medal awarded to the same 1951 to 1952, an enamel fob for the North Wales Centre ACU, a miniature National Service medal from 1939 to 1960, military cloth and other badges, to include Welsh Guards, a map of Berlin, Berlin metal and cloth badges, etc.

A WWII US Army Airborne wrist compass, in brown Bakelite with leather strap.Provenance: acquired by the vendor Saint Mere Eglise, Normandy.

A collection of pen knives, etc., to include a Swiss Army, a Zippo, etc.

Three pieces of James II Gun Money (1689-1690) to include two half crowns both XXX May 1690 and a shilling XII Nov 1689. (3) NB - Gun money was only struck between these two dates to pay the common soldiers of James II army in attempt to regain the throne from William and Mary.

A collection of GB postage stamps, mostly George VI and QEII but some earlier QV content, 1875 1d red cover, two Army Benevolent Fund 50th Anniversary FDC's (both signed), 1997 £5 coin cover, presentation packs, commemoratives and definitives including some regional examples, QEII high values including castles and a £10 definitive, First Day covers including a number of Indian covers, all contained within four Lighthouse stock books and three green WHS cover albums. (7)

A George V 1914/18 Great War medal awarded to Pte. A. Lovell. R.M.L.I, also two Africa stars, three 1939-1945 stars, The Atlantic Star, three George VI 1939/45 medals, an Italy Star with boxes and certificates, a miniature Bravery in the field group of six with 8th army bar and a cased Imperial service medal. (qty)

Nine George VI medals, two Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to JX. 158707 J.W Hawkins A.B.R.F.R and SSX 22175 W.French A.B R.F.r, two Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to 7346 W.Greenall S.B.A.R.N.A.S.B.R and 10605 BB.F Rowe SMN R.N.R, a Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to JX 126621 W. Flint P.O.H.M.S. Victory, two Indian Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to 3879 Nalik Miran Bakhsh I.S.C and 4812 Hav Ghulam Moho 10-11 Sikh R and a two Territorial medals. (9)

A large collection of army cap badges, various regiments to include Scottish regiments, Grenadiers,  and others including a small collection of re-strikes. (approximately 100)

An American army helmet together with a pith helmet made by Wegener and a late 20th Century Norwegian fire brigade luminous helmet with leather neck guard. (3)

A collection of Status Quo LPs, to include Dog Of Two Head, NSPL18371, Stereo, repressing, On The Level, 9102 002, Quo 9102 001, (no poster/lyric sheet), Piledriver 6360 082, Hello! 6360 098 (lacking inserts), Back to Back 814 662-1, Ain't Complaining VERH 58, In The Army Now, VERH 36, 1982, 6302 189, Just Supposin' 6302 057, Blue For You 9102 006, Rockin' All Over The World 912 014, Never Too Late 6302 104, and From The Makers Of....6878-198. (14)

Twenty seven Britains hollowcast toy soldiers, Set 228 United States Marine Corps comprising Empty Handed Officer and eight Marching Marines with Rifles at the Slope, Set 2033 United States Army Infantry comprising six Infantry Marching at the Slope Depicted in Battledress & Steel Helmets, and Set 2117 United States Army Band comprising Marching Drum Major and eleven Marching Bandsmen Playing Various Instruments, Depicted in Service Dress with White Steel Helmets, repainted. (12)

A Britains Set 1448 Army Staff Car, comprising standard open staff car finished in olive green with integral cast windscreens and steering wheel with silvered radiator, and cast driver and passenger (repainted).