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A WW1 medal trio together with a Meritorious Service Medal to H.E Sutton (Victory Medal a replacement) Royal Army Service Corps, together with an ERII Army Emergency Reserve medal and Imperial Service medal to Denis Auburn Gregory (latter two medals boxed)

A Bachmann Liliput First Class 1:87 HO Gauge L350041 British Army in Germany Epoch III two piece coach set, comprising baggage car and dining car in green with silver roofs, boxed

A British Army S10 gas mask in haversack with instructions, together with Soviet GP-5 gas mask and another with Danish mark CF below a crown in a red circle (3) * These masks may contain asbestos

A Barbour tweed flat cap, a pair of gents leather gloves, a wedding tiara, a Sandra Phillips brown velveteen hat, and a vintage army style bagLocation: BackRow

A Collection Of Records From Fela Anikulapo- Kuti To include Albums, Original Sufferhead, Opposite People, Army Arrangement, Open & Close, Everything Scatter, Fela Ransome And The Africa 70 With Ginger Baker Live, Fela Ransome Kuti Vol 1 & 2, Suffering And Shmiling,  To Include A Record By Maskela. Maskela I'm Not Afraid. 

Warrant Officer Keith Payne VC signed Brooklet V. C. Card No. 6. Served in Australian Army Training Team awarded the VC for Gallantry South Vietnam 24th May 1969. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Sgt A Wiles, Sgt R. Morris, Sgt J. Marriner, Cpt C. S. Hyde-Smith, Sgt M. Webb, Sgt A Gater-Smith, M. W. Sutcliffe signed Middle Wallop Army Air Day 26th July 1969 FDC. Flown in Westland Scout Helicopter XP857 from Larkhill to London Battersea. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

World War II multi signed A Flight No4 Squadron No 8 I. T. W sepia vintage photo 52 signatures on reverse. Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the squadron moved to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force. Following Germany's invasion of France and the Low Countries on 10 May 1940, 4 Squadron was frequently forced to change bases by the approach of the advancing German armies, being withdrawn to the UK on 24 May. Losses had been heavy, with 18 aircrew killed, while 60% of the groundcrew were lost. It continued in the coastal patrol and air-sea rescue role while training for its main Army co-operation role after returning to the UK. In 1942 the Squadron changed its mission from the Army co-operation role, where it would operate fairly low-performance aircraft from airstrips close to the front-line, to that of fighter-reconnaissance, receiving the more modern Curtiss Tomahawk and North American Mustang, soon settling on the Mustang, flying low-level attack and reconnaissance flights against targets on the continent. In August 1943, it joined 2 Tactical Air Force in support of the planned invasion of Europe, changing to the pure reconnaissance mission in January, and replacing its Mustangs with Mosquito PR. XVI and Spitfire PR. XIs. It discarded its Mosquitoes in June, moved to France in August, and briefly supplemented its Spitfires with a few Hawker Typhoons for low-level reconnaissance. It retained its Spitfires at VE Day, moving to Celle in Germany to carry out survey operations in support of the British Army of Occupation until it was disbanded on 31 August 1945. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

A vintage leather suitcase, vintage Velum case and vintage army style case.

Will's Cigarette Picture Card Albums circa 1910-1920 10 in total some complete and some almost complete albums includes War Decorations and Medals 1-50 & 51-90 Aircraft Army Corps and Divisional Signs of 1914-1918; Army Badges; Drum Badges & Cap Badges; Military Head-Dress; Poultry; Regimental Standards & Cap Badgets

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State (2868 Pte. J. Tyler, R. Welsh Fus:) unofficial rivet between Transvaal and Orange Free State clasps, light polishing, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- John Tyler was born in Birmingham in 1871 and enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 10 September 1890, at the age of 19, giving his trade as labourer. He served at home until February 1892 when he proceeded to India, returning to the U.K. in December 1897, and was discharged to the Army Reserve. He was recalled from the Reserve for active service in South Africa in October 1899. After returning to the U.K. he was discharged on 4 September 1902. Medal rolls confirm entitlement to all clasps, the Orange Free State clasp being included on a separate roll. He is also entitled to a the King’s South Africa Medal.

Six: Sergeant R. Bartlett, Grenadier Guards, later Corps of Military Police 1914-15 Star (17990 Pte R. J. Bartlett. G. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (17990 Pte. R. J. Bartlett. G. Gds.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (7683478 Cpl. R. J. C. Bartlett. C. Of. M.P.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (3473 Sjt. R. J. C. Bartlett. C.M.P.) Great War awards worn, otherwise generally very fine (6) £140-£180 --- Reginald Bartlett was ‘a former MFP and CMP NCO of 1921-39 vintage. Reg’s service covered tours with the first BAOR and in Singapore, and he was a member of the RMPA since 1939.’ (Journal refers). Bartlett is mentioned in the History of the Corps of Military Police, and died in May 1974.

Five: Company Quarter-Master Sergeant J. E. Fowkes, Hampshire Regiment, who was badly wounded in Gallipoli, and afterwards received the M.S.M., one of only two awarded for service in West Africa during the Great War 1914-15 Star (7721 Cpl. J. E. Fowkes, Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7721 Sjt. J. E. Fowkes. Hamps. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5485095 W.O. Cl. II. J. E. Fowkes. Hamps. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (7721 C.Q.M. Sjt. J. E. Fowkes. 3/Hamps: R.) mounted court-style, light contact marks and small edge bruise to the fourth, otherwise good very fine, extremely rare and unique to the regiment (5) £500-£700 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘7721 Coy./Q.M. Sjt. Fowkes, J. E., 3rd Bn. Hampshire Regiment. (W. AFRICA).’ One of only two M.S.M’s awarded for West Africa in the Great War, the other being to a member of the R.G.A. John Edward Fowkes first served with the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, and landed at ‘V’ Beach, Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, and was badly wounded in the left side on 9 May 1915, during the second battle of Krithia. He was afterwards with the 3rd Battalion and was attached to 4th Battalion, Gold Coast Regiment, in 2nd West African Field Force, being awarded the M.S.M. for his service in West Africa. His L.S. & G.C. medal was announced in Army Orders for April 1922. He was subsequently Regimental Quarter-Master Sergeant of the 8th Battalion and died on 16 August 1933, having been taken ill during the Territorial Training. Sold with copied research.

Five: Private J. Scott, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, later Highland Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1326 Pte. J. Scott, A. & S.H.); British War and Victory Medals (1326 Pte. J. Scott, A. & S. Highrs.); Coronation 1937 (314632 Pte. J. H. Scott, H.L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (314632 Pte. J. H. Scot, H.L.I.) some edge bruising, fine and better (5) £120-£160 --- John Scott was born in Maryhill, Lanarkshire and lived at Rutherford Land, Milngarvie. Employed as a carter, he enlisted into the 9th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders T.A. on 5 April 1910, aged 17 years. With the outbreak of war he was mobilised and joined his battalion on 5 August 1914. The battalion was posted to France on 19 February 1915 and he served until he was wounded in the right arm on 8 May 1915 and was invalided to England. Recovering from his wound, he returned to his battalion in France on 18 November 1915. On 17 May 1916 he was discharged on the termination of his engagement with the Territorial Army. He later enlisted into the Corps of Lancers and served with the Highland Light Infantry. Sold with copied discharge papers.

Three: Captain J. Lyons, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (Lieut. J. Lyons. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. Lyons.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Major W. P. Ker, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (Major W. P. Ker.) good very fine Pair: Captain J. G. Forbes, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. G. Forbes.) good very fine (7) £80-£120 --- James Lyons was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 October 1915.

Three: Lieutenant C. N. Silvester, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, Royal Field Artillery and Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (1266 Spr. C. N. Silvester. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. N. Silvester. R.A.F.) good very fine (3 ) £200-£300 --- Colin Norman Silvester was born on 25 September 1895, and was a pupil engineer with London & South West Railway at Eastleigh, Hampshire, from 1912 to 9 August 1914, when he enlisted into the Hampshire Royal Engineers. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve) on 16 October 1915. He was attached to the Royal Flying Corps and served as an Observer with 34 Squadron, flying RE8s. He later transferred to the Royal Air Force and was afterwards appointed to a commission in the Indian Auxiliary Force as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, North Western Railway Regiment. Sold with various original documents and photographs including: i. Army Commission as Second Lieutenant, Special Reserve of Officers, 16 October 1915. ii. Royal Air Force Temporary Commission as Lieutenant from 1 April 1918, dated 1 November 1918. iii. Indian Auxiliary Force Commission as Lieutenant, 1st Bn. The North Western Railway Regiment from 1 October 1922. iv. Graduation Certificate for completing a course ‘on the Military Wing’ at Central Flying School, Upavon, Wilts, and is qualified for service in the Royal Air Force, dated 19 May 1918. v. Portrait photograph of Silvester in R.F.C. uniform. vi. Photograph of Silvester as Observer in a RE8 with Lieut. F. W. Mathias, 34 Squadron, Flanders 1916. vii. Photograph captioned ‘Self swinging a prop RE/8 Flanders 1916’, together with several aerial photographs and a group photograph of R.F.C. officers. viii. Contemporary magazine cuttings featuring British aces and V.C. winners McCudden, Ball, and Bishop, together with Baron Richthoven and Max Immelmann, these mostly with ink captions, possibly by Silvester; together with other cuttings and ephemera.

Three: Private A. Magnet, South African Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (Pte. A. Magnet. S.A.M.C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. A. Magnet. S.A.M.C.) good very fine Six: Lance-Corporal F. W. Trefz, South African Forces Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st (bilingual) issue, Union of South Africa (L/Cpl. F. W. Trefz. D.E.O.R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘107577 F. W. Trefz’, mounted as worn in this order, very fine (9) £80-£120 --- Sold with copied research.

A Second War ‘Governor of Edinburgh Castle’ K.C.B., and Great War D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir R. H. Carrington, Royal Horse Artillery, late Hampshire and Isle of Wight R.G.A. Volunteers The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s, set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star in silver with gold and enamel appliqué centre, with full neck cravat in its R & S Garrard & Co case of issue, catch defective; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top ribbon bar; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s breast badge, silver and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. R. H. Carrington, Hants. & I of W. R.G.A.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Capt: R. H. Carrington. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major R. H. Carrington.); War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953, the last ten mounted for display, generally very fine or better (12) £2,000-£2,600 --- K.C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1941: ‘Lieut.-General, C.B., D.S.O., Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, Governor of Edinburgh Castle.’ C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1938: ‘Major-General, D.S.O. (late Royal Artillery), Major-General, Headquarters Staff of the Army in India.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 14 January 1916: ‘Captain, Royal Artillery.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 31 December 1915 (French), 14 December 1917 (Haig), 20 May 1918 (Haig), and 5 July 1919 (Haig). Robert Harold Carrington was born on 7 November 1882, and educated at Winchester. Served in South African war as Lieutenant in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight R.G.A. Volunteers. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery on 16 November 1901. Served with Royal Horse Artillery 1908-16, and with the B.E.F. in France from 6 October 1914, with “F” Battery R.H.A., 14th Brigade (Despatches 4 times, D.S.O., promoted to Bt. Lieut.-Col.). Lieutenant-Colonel, 1929; Colonel, 1931; G.S.O.1, 4th Division, 1931-32; Commander Royal Artillery, 4th Division, 1932-36; Major-General Royal Artillery, A.H.Q. India, 1936-39; Deputy Adjutant-General War Office, 1939; Lieutenant -General, G.O.C.-in-C. Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle, 1940; retired pay 1941; employed under Ministry of Supply, 1942-45; Colonel Commandant R.A., 1940-50; D.L. Suffolk, 1952; High Sheriff Suffolk, 1953. Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Carrington died on 4 September 1964.

Three: Private E. Grant, 20th Hussars, later Corps of Military Police British War and Victory Medals (9867 Pte. E. Grant. 20-Hrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (536768 Pte. E. Grant. C. Of M.P.) edge bruising, nearly very fine Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7681170 Pte. C. F. Doyle. C.M.P.) nearly very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Grant is entitled to a 1914 Star.

Three: Private J. H. Austin, Hampshire Carabiniers, later Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (52527 Pte. J. H. Austin. Devon R.); Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1086 Tpr. J. Austin. Hants: (Cbnrs.) I.Y.) mounted court-style, very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C. Army Order 104 of May 1908. 28 medals awarded to Hampshire (Carabiniers) Imperial Yeomanry.

Three: Sergeant F. J. Fryer, Royal Artillery, later Corps of Military Police British War and Victory Medals (930147 Sjt. F. J. Fryer. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (7681632 Sjt. F. J. Fryer. C. Of M.P.) polished, therefore nearly very fine or better Pair: Corporal G. E. W. Thomson, Military Foot Police Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (Gladstone Ewart William Thomson); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1093 Cpl G. E. W. Thomson. M.F.P.) very fine (5) £70-£90

Pair: Sergeant-Drummer R. J. Ford, Suffolk Regiment, later London Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (879061 Sjt. R. J. Ford. 33-Lond. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1827 Sjt: Dmr: R. J. Ford. Suffolk Regt.) edge bruise to latter, very fine or better (2) £120-£140 --- Richard James Ford was born in 1869 in Belfast and attested for the Suffolk Regiment at Bury St. Edmunds on 24 September 1886, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion. Advanced to Sergeant Drummer on 16 April 1891, he was awarded his Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a Gratuity of £5 per Army Order 2 of January 1907, and was discharged on 22 January 1913, after 26 years and 121 days’ service. On the outbreak of the Great War he was embodied into the Yorkshire Regiment on 17 August 1914, before being posted to the 18th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, on 23 February 1915. He transferred to the 33rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment on 1 July 1918, and briefly saw active service with them overseas on the Western Front from 3 July 1918 (also entitled to a Victory Medal), having previously served in home service. He was discharged on 21 March 1919, after a further 4 years and 217 days’ service, and retired to Colchester.

Seven: Temporary Major A. H. D. Stedman, Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. H. D. Stedman); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated ‘1945’, mounted as worn, very fine (7) £140-£180 --- Efficiency Decoration London Gazette 14 June 1945: ‘Capt. (T/Maj.), Hampshire Regiment.’ Arthur Herbert Dunlop Stedman served in France with the 4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, and later with the Indian Army.

Seven: Colour-Sergeant E. E. Waller, Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (280477 Sjt. E. E. Waller. Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1750 Cpl. E. E. Waller. Hamps. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (5486566 C. Sjt. E. E. Waller. Hamps. R.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5486566 C. Sjt. E. E. Waller. Hamps. R.) mounted court-style, the first three polished on the obverse and with a few edge bruises, otherwise very fine and better (7) £180-£220 --- Ernest Edward Waller retired in the rank of Colour-Sergeant (C.Q.M.S.) in the early part of 1937, as reported in the August edition of The Hampshire Regimental Journal of that year together with a small portrait photograph in uniform: ‘C.Q.M.S. Waller. The old and bold retires after 22 years service in the Regiment. He was a L./Cpl. in the 6th Battalion (Territorial) on the outbreak of war in 1914, and on mobilization volunteered for service abroad and was sent to India with the 6th Battalion in October 1914. He was promoted Corporal on the boat and full Sergeant in 1916. Served with the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia until the end of the war and, before being sent home, he re-engaged for a period of four years, and served with the 1st Battalion in Catterick and the 2nd Battalion in Ireland. He came under the “axe” in 1922, but re-enlisted again in December of the same year, and it is a tribute to his ability that before one month had passed he was appointed Lance-Sergeant, since when he has served with the 2nd Battalion, the Depot, joining the 1st Battalion in Jubbulpore in 1926. He was promoted Colour-Sergeant in 1931, and remained with the Battalion until his discharge early in this year. He took part in the Ghalani operations. It was at Bordon that he found out that he could run faster than a good many other people, by being first home in the Battalion team which had taken part in the Aldershot Command Cross Country Run. In the track events he was a good performer, especially in the half-mile; during the three years at the Depot he had a successful athletic career, the noteworthy success being the Dept team’s win against the Navy team at Gosport.’ “Wally”, as he was popularly known, died in 1961, a report of his Memorial Service being published in The Royal Hampshire Regiment Journal of November 1961. Sold with copied journal extracts together with relevant confirmation of all medals except the Defence Medal.

Three: Sergeant E. E. Annett, 5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2469 Sjt. E. E. Annett. Hamps. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (240900 Pte. E. E. Annett. 5/Hamps: R.) extremely fine (3) £160-£200 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 March 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the British Forces in Mesopotamia - Pte. E. E. Annett, 5th Bn. Hampshire Regiment (Southampton).’ M.I.D. London Gazette 15 August 1917 (Maude, Mesopotamia). Sold with two card identity discs (both 240900 2/7. Han. R.), together with copied Gazette notices, M.S.M. and Medal Index Cards.

Six: Sergeant H. T. Bugden, Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (1804 Sjt. H. T. Bugden. Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1804 Pte. H. T. Bugden. Hamps. R.); Defence Medal; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Const. Herbert T. Bugden); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200169 Sjt. H. Bugden. 4-Hamps. R.) name officially corrected; together with Southern Railway St. John Ambulance L.S. Medal, for 7 Years, 35mm, bronze, reverse inscribed, ‘Herbert T. Bugden 1932.’, complete with brooch bar ‘7 Years’, the first six mounted court-style, very fine or better (7) £200-£240 --- T.E.M. Army Order 65 of February 1921, published as ‘Budgen’; corrected in Army Order 51 of February 1922 to ‘Bugden’. Medal Index Card indicates that T.E.M. was appropriately amended and re-issed on 17 October 1921. Herbert Thomas Bugden served mainly with the 1/4th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. He died on 26 December 1973.

Four: Private H. V. Hearsfield, Army Veterinary Corps, later Royal Army Dental Corps British War and Victory Medals (SE-30392 Pte. H. V. Hearsfield. A.V.C.); War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2086875 Pte. A [sic]. V. Hearsfield. R.A.D.C.) good very fine (4) £70-£90

Family Group: A Great War C.M.G. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Allen, Royal Irish Rifles The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s, breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels, minor chips to both centres; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lt: Col: E. Allen, R. Ir. Rif:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. Col. E. Allen, Rl. Irish Rif.); 1914-15 Star (Lt: Col: E. Allen. R. Ir: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. E. Allen.) the last five mounted as worn, good very fine Five: Captain R. G. Allen, Royal Ulster Rifles 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately named ‘Capt. R. G. Allen, R.U.R.’, mounted for display, good very fine (11) £700-£900 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 14 January 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Edward Allen was born on 6 September 1859, at Stone Hall, Glandore, county Cork, second son of Christopher Allen, J.P. He was educated at Eastman’s Naval Academy, Southsea, Hampshire, with a view to entering the Navy, and afterwards at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the 86th Regiment, afterwards the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, in August 1879. He saw active service throughout the Boer war, 1899-1902; present at the battle of Stormberg, relief of Wepener, and took part in operations in the Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony. He was twice mentioned in despatches and made Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (Queen’s medal and 2 clasps, King’s medal and 2 clasps). Lieutenant-Colonel Allen retired in September 1902. Recalled in 1914, Lieutenant-Colonel Allen served with the Royal Irish Rifles in France from 26 February 1915. Rufus Gray Allen served as a Captain with the Royal Ulster Rifles and was killed in action in Sicily on 5 August 1943, aged 23. He is buried in Catania War Cemetery, Sicily. Sold with original portrait photographs of both recipients together with some copied research.

Pair: Captain J. D. Demme, Slavo British Legion British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. D. Demme.) good very fine, rare to unit £200-£300 --- The Slavo-British Legion After the British invasion and occupation of Archangel in early August 1918 recruiting began locally for the formation of the ‘Slavo-British Legion’ raised from White Russian volunteers as a ‘British Foreign Legion’ to fight the Bolshevik Red Army. A sister unit, the ‘Slavo-British Aviation Corps’ was formed under the command of Imperial Russian ace Alexander Kazakov to fly British aircraft against the Reds. The Legion would be commanded by British officers with a sprinkling of volunteer White Russian officers recruited into the Legion and given British ranks. It was incorporated into the North Russia Expeditionary Force Order of Battle, wore British Army uniforms and observed British Army traditions. The hat badge of the Legion was a brass Cross of St. Andrew, the Legionnaires also wore brass ‘SBL’ shoulder titles on their epaulettes. The faithful devotion to duty of the Legionnaires was recognised when General Ironside presented the Legion with ‘King’s Colours’ at a public parade attended by local dignitaries and representatives from each of the Allied military contingents conducted in front of Archangel Cathedral on King’s Birthday, 1 June 1919. On the night of 6–7 July 1919, the Slavo-British Legion were billeted behind the front line on the eastern bank of the Dvina River near the village of Topsa. At 0230 a party of eight mutineers led by Corporal Nuchev and Private Leuchenko crept towards the hut where the British and White Russian company and platoon officers were sleeping. Corporal Nuchev shot Captain Aubrey Finch (Seaforth Highlanders) through a window as he was sleeping, killing him outright, whilst the other mutineers stormed the hut shooting and killing four more British and four Russian officers and three batmen. Captain David Barr (East Lancashire Regiment) was badly wounded with bullet and bayonet wounds but managed to evade his attackers and flee out of the hut into the twilight, swimming across the Dvina to one of monitor H.M.S. Humber’s picket boats. For his gallantry in fighting his way out of the billet under fire and courage and endurance despite his wounds, Barr was awarded the Military Cross but sadly succumbed to his wounds six days later and was buried in Archangel Allied Cemetery. As the mutiny erupted and hundreds of Legionnaires fled into the forest to join the Red Army, Legion company officers Captain William Beavan, Welsh Regiment and Alfred Barrett, Royal Berkshire Regiment, formed their men on parade despite the mayhem and by their determination held the men steady with the assistance of 2nd Lieutenant Sydney Brooker, General List, who was commanding one of the platoons in Beavan’s company. All three men were awarded the Military Cross for their courage and devotion to duty. Also murdered during the mutiny were Lieutenants Gerald Gosling, M.C., Gloucestershire Regiment; Cecil Bland, M.C., Royal Berkshire Regiment; and Thomas Griffith, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Twenty six captured Legionnaires were charged with offences relating to the mutiny, their court-martial carried out in the field over two days, 12–13 July. Eight men were acquitted whilst the remaining 18 charged were sentenced to death, six of these having their capital sentences commuted to 10 years penal servitude leaving 12 mutineers sentenced to execution. On the morning of 17 July 1919 the condemned men were brought out to meet their fate. Ironside ensured that 500 new White Russian recruits were present to witness the executions as a none too subtle warning. Royal Air Force ace pilot Captain Ira Jones was witness to the executions: ‘I have tonight seen something which I never want to witness again. An execution…The men were being shot by their own comrades who had not mutinied, each of the condemned men having a machine-gun all to himself [although each loaded only with a belt of 5 rounds] at ten yards range. It was an eerie sight because the executioners were themselves covered from behind by machine gunners from the Royal Fusiliers, in case they suddenly changed their minds and turned their weapons on the British present! A Russian officer was in charge of the execution, although a British Assistant Provost Marshal was present. The signal to fire was when the officer dropped his raised sword, then a strange thing happened which lengthened the lives and agony of those Bolos for about one minute. A little dog appeared from somewhere and trotted up to one of the prisoners and sniffed at his legs. The dog had to be got away before the officer dropped his sword. I shall never forget the rattle of those machine guns and the wriggling bodies as their life was shot out of them. The executioner of the sergeant either deliberately missed him or became very nervous, because when the smoke of the guns had cleared away the N.C.O. had pulled off his handkerchief and was shouting “Long live Bolshevism”. The officer, pulling out his revolver strolled up to him – I was secretly hoping he would not shoot – and as he did so pointed the revolver at the disc on his heart. The sergeant spat at him. Bang! Bang! Bang! And two more for his head. Afterwards, all the bodies were buried in one big grave which the victims had themselves dug in the morning.’ Of the mutiny one British officer wrote: ‘In their innermost hearts the loyal Russians were not sorry. They regretted the butchery of British officers, but the mutiny itself they regarded as the natural and inevitable outcome of the whole effort. They merely shrugged their shoulders as if to say, ‘We told you so.’ The British Army made a concerted attempted to track down the mutineers who escaped to defect to the Red Army. The names of a further eight mutineers were identified, an internal British military intelligence memo stated: ‘The names of these Russians should be carefully recorded and never lost sight of. They are guilty of the blackest treachery conceivable, and if our affairs with Russia should at any time in the next five or ten years reach a condition when it is possible for us to demand their exemplary punishment, we must not fail to do so’. The escaped mutineers were never found, and only a handful of loyal Slavo-British Legionnaires who were evacuated to England after the British withdrawal from North Russia in October 1919 became eligible for awards of the British War and Victory Medals. A full account of the Slavo-British Legion mutiny can be found in Churchill's Secret War with Lenin by Damien Wright. Note: The Slavo-British Legion Medal Roll contains 67 names, most of whom do not appear to have been issued any medals, with many others had their medals returned unclaimed. The medal roll confirms only 17 British War and Victory Medal pairs issued to the unit, five of them being to officers.

Three: Captain A. V. Crothers, 30th Punjabis, Indian Army, late Royal Irish Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. V. Crothers.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Captn. A. V. Crothers. 2/30/Punjabis.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Albert Victor Crothers was born on 22 February 1891 and attested for the 6th Battalion, Black Watch, at Belfast on 16 November 1914. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers on 16 November 1915, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from August 1916, before transferring to the Indian Army Reserve of Officers in October 1917. Advanced Captain, he saw further service with the 2nd Battalion, 30th Punjabis during the Third Afghan War. Sold with copied research.

Three: Reverend A. M. Nelson, Indian Ecclesiastical Department, Chaplain to the Indian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia, and later Chaplain in the Bombay Presidency British War and Victory Medals (Rev. A. M. Nelson); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- The Reverend Alan Manson Nelson was appointed to the Bengal Ecclesiastical Department in 1903. In March 1904 he was attached to the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders at Cawnpore, and is confirmed on the Indian Army medal roll for the 1911 Durbar Medal. He is noted as Senior Chaplain (Temporarily reverted to Military duty) in March 1914, and in 1916 he was appointed Chaplain to the Indian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia. In 1920 he was appointed Chaplain of the Bombay Presidency, and Senior Chaplain of St. Andrews Church, Bombay, and the following year was Presidency Senior Chaplain, Church of Scotland. In October 1922 he is shown as on leave pending retirement, and subsequently served as minister at Tundergarth, Dumfriesshire, from 1924 until his retirement in 1934. He died at Dumfries, Scotland, in 1949.

Pair: The Reverend A. S. Commeline, Church Army British War Medal 1914-20 (Rev. A. S. Commeline.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Sergt. Rev. Archibald S. Commeline.) good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- The Reverend Archibald Samuel Commeline served with the Church Army during the Great War. His Medal Index Card shows that he was entitled to British War Medal only, and did not receive the Victory Medal. Sold with copied family history.

Eight: Sergeant S. M. Mayes, Highland Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (3307591 Pte. S. Mayes. H.L.I.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3307591 Pte. S. Mayes. H.L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (3307591 Sjt. S. M. Mayes. H.L.I.) mounted as worn, good very fine (8) £160-£200

Eight: Warrant Officer J. Roberts, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (5490106 Cpl. J. Roberts. Hamps. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5490106 Sjt. J. Roberts. Hamps. R.) small official correction to number; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5490106 W.O. Cl. 3. J. Roberts. Hamps. R.) mounted court-style, good very fine (8) £200-£260 --- Warrant Officer J. Roberts - death announced in the Journal of the Royal Hampshire Regiment, November 1987: ‘On 17 December 1986, J. Roberts (5490106 WO2), aged 82 years, of 78 Westwood Road, Salisbury, Wilts. He served for nearly 23 years and was in the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 1/4th Battalions.’ Sold with copied research.

Six: Sergeant J. H. J. Payne, Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. J. Payne, 15 Delce Road, Rochester, Kent’; Army Emergency Reserve Efficiency Medal, E.II.R. (22543881 Sgt. J. H. J. Payne. R.E.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine (6) £80-£120 --- J. H. J. Payne was awarded his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 58 of 1960. Sold together with five family postcard photographs.

Five: Lieutenant E. N. Atkinson, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (Lt. E. N. Atkinson. R. Sigs.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £70-£90

Four: Private F. W. Macefield, East Surrey Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (420284. Pte. F. W. Macefield. Surreys.) mounted as worn, middle initial double-struck, good very fine (4) £60-£80

Three: Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Newbold, Royal Army Medical Corps 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Lt. Col. J. C. Newbold, M.B., BCh., F.R.C.A., L.R.C.P, M.R.C.O.G., 18 Newbridge Crescent, Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton’, extremely fine An interesting War Medal awarded to Private E. L. Cheeseman, M.B.E., Royal Army Service Corps, late South Wales Borderers, who died on 6 November 1940 War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs. Cheeseman, The Retreat, Croft Way, High Street, Selsey, Sussex’, extremely fine (4) £70-£90 --- John Clifford Newbold was born in Lincoln on 21 August 1911 and was educated at Bishop Stortford College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Blue for swimming. He trained as an obstetrician and gynaecologist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, and was appointed a Surgical Chief Assistant at Bart’s, working in general surgery, in 1940. After spells at Queen Charlotte’s and the Chelsea Hospital for Women, he was commissioned in the Royal Army Medical Corps and, holding the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, commanded a FSU during the invasion of Normandy, before going right across France to the Rhine. He saw further military service in the Far East and in Jerusalem, before returning to England in 1947. Following his military service he resumed his civilian medical career, and served as consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Wolverhampton. He retired in 1976, and died on 22 September 1992. Edward Leopold Cheeseman attested for the South Wales Borderers on 3 May 1915, and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War. He transferred to Class ‘P’ Army Reserve on account of wounds on 30 May 1917, and was discharged on 1 May 1918. In civilian life he served as Clerk to the Rt. Hon. Sir William Jowitt, K.C., M.P., Attorney General for England and Wales, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1932 Birthday Honours’ List following Jowitt’s resignation (London Gazette 3 June 1932 Edward Leopold Cheeseman, Esq., Clerk to the Right Honourable Sir William Allen Jowitt, K.C., lately Attorney General). Following the outbreak of the Second World War Cheeseman enlisted as a Private in the Royal Army Service Corps, and died in service on 6 November 9140. He is buried in Chiswick New Cemetery, West London.

Six: Major W. J. Newman, Corps of Military Police and Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (6281384 W.O. Cl. 1. W. J. Newman. C.M.P.) very fine (6) £100-£140 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 25 November 1943 (North Africa). Walter Joseph Newman was born in Maidstone, Kent in April 1904. He enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery in October 1922, and advanced to Lance Corporal, Corps of Military Police prior to the Second War. Newman was commissioned in the Corps of Military Police, and advanced to Major in May 1954. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including: M.I.D. Certificate, dated 25 November 1943; portrait photograph of recipient in uniform; various Army Certificates of Education and St. John Ambulance Association Certificates; Royal Artillery Association Life Membership Certificate and various banking paperwork.

Three: Corporal A. E. Cross, Corps of Military Police, Late Norfolk Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Army) enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs N. N. Cross, 16 Centre Vale, Dersingham, Nr. Kings Lynn, Norfolk’, nearly extremely fine Four: Private R. A. Harrison, Corps of Military Police, Late Northamptonshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally very fine or better (9) £50-£70 --- Albert Edward Cross served with the Royal Norfolk Regiment prior to transferring to the Corps of Military Police. He advanced to Lance Corporal, and was discharged in February 1946. Cross subsequently died between discharge and issuance of his Second War medals dispatch. Russell Albert Harrison was born in Camberwell, London in July 1908. He attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment in October 1923, and subsequently served in China, Malta, Palestine, Egypt and with the B.E.F. in France, September 1939 - June 1940. Harrison transferred to the Corps of Military Police in January 1941, and served in North West Europe. Sold with the following original documentation relating to R. A. Harrison: Regular Army Certificate of Service; (2) Army Certificates of Education; (2) Signaller’s Record Sheets and Regular Army Attestation Certificate.

Five: Flying Officer C. J. Dibden, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was mortally wounded during the Second World War when his Spitfire crashed and burst into flames, 22 January 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs. P. F. Manson, Stroat Farm, Tidenham, Nr. Chepstow, Mon.’, extremely fine (5) £120-£160 --- Clifford John Dibden was born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, on 23 February 1917, the son of Private Charles E. Dibden, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action in Palestine on 3 November 1917. A keen rugby player, he played in the centre for Gloucester Rugby Club, and joined the Gloucestershire Constabulary as a Police Constable on 6 March 1939. Joining the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 8 September 1941, Dibden was commissioned Probationary Flying Officer on 9 July 1943, and was assigned to 92 Squadron, where he flew Spitfires. In January 1944 his Squadron was posted to Marcianise, near Naples in Italy, to provide cover for the 8th Army. On 22 January 1944 twelve Spitfires took off from Marcianise to support British and American troops who had landed 30 miles south of Rome. Dibden’s aircraft hit a tree at the airfield on take-off, crashed into the ground, and burst into flames: Dibden was severely injured and burnt, and succumbed to his injuries later that day. He is buried at Caserta War Cemetery, Italy. The 92 Squadron Records book mentions: ‘Dibden was a most popular pilot and will be sadly missed.’ Dibden’s medals were sent to his widow, Pearl Frances Dibden. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient and copied research.

Five: Colour Sergeant A. J. Winser, Welsh Guards, a recipient of the rare E.II.R, 1st type Meritorious Service Medal Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army, with Additional Award Bar (5615274 Cpl. A. J. Winser, W. G.); Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (5615274 Sgt. A. J. Winser. W.G.) mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine, the last rare (5) £600-£800 --- Only 125 Meritorious Service Medals, E.II.R., 1st issue awarded 1953-55. Albert John Winser was born at Newton Abbot, Devon, on 10 June 1907. He first enlisted into the 5th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment, being allocated service number 5615274, not part of the Welsh Guards block, and transferred into the Welsh Guards in July 1928, remaining with the regiment for thirty nine years before finally retiring with an exemplary record in 1967. Despite having over 39 years’ service with the Welsh Guards he did not see service overseas, stationed throughout the Second World War in the United Kingdom, and serving with the Training Battalion and No. 7 Company (Regimental Headquarters). He was awarded the Coronation Medal as a Sergeant, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal per Army Order 28 in February 1955. He retired in 1967, his testimonial on retirement reading: ‘Most of his 39 years service, except during the War, he had been in charge of horses; for the last 14 years he has been in sole charge Of the Household Brigade Saddle Club Hunting Stables with up to thirty horses in his charge. He is one of the most experienced grooms in the Country. He is an expert judge and has considerable veterinary knowledge. He inspires devotion in those who work under him and is popular everywhere. He has been in a position of great responsibility and trust and has shown himself to be completely reliable honest and sober. He is a tireless worker who will be a great asset to any employer.’ He died on 8 November 1983.

Three: Warrant Officer Class II B. T. Banyard, Hampshire Regiment, attached 12th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, Royal West Africa Frontier Force, who died on 16 November 1943 Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs. S. Banyard, 66 Windmill Road, Aldersot, Hants.’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5488310. W.O. Cl.2. B. T. Banyard. R. Hamps.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine (3) £80-£120 --- Brainyard Thomas Banyard served during the Second World War with the 24th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, and died in India on 16 November 1943, whilst attached to the 12th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, Royal West Africa Frontier Force. He is buried in Kirkee War Cemetery, India. The recipient’s Second War campaign medals were sent to his widow Sarah Banyard, of Aldershot, Hampshire.

Three: Staff Sergeant G. R. Watson, Royal Military Police Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (816634 Sjt. G. R. Watson. R.M.P.) mounted as originally worn, with (3) B.A.O.R. R.M.P. Cricket Prize Medals, all named to recipient and dated between 1953-1955, number officially corrected on L.S. & G.C., generally nearly very fine or better Three: Warrant Officer Class 1 P. F. Jackson, Royal Military Police Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (3445932 W.O. Cl. 1. P. F. Jackson. R.M.P.) very fine (6) £40-£50 --- George Richard Watson was born in July 1911, and was a miner by profession. He joined the Army at Sheffield in December 1931, and advanced to Staff Sergeant, Royal Military Police in August 1952. In later life resided in Barnsley, and was employed by Barnsley Post Office. Sold with the following original documents relating to G. R. Watson: Soldier’s Record and Pay Book ; (3) photographs with recipient in uniform and various letters relating to payment, accounts and sporting activities. P. F. Jackson died ‘on 21st November, 1961. He had one of the most likeable personalities I have ever known - always full of enthusiasm and good humour, and always ready to give a helping hand. He joined the Lancashire Fusiliers on 9th February, 1932, and served with them until transferring to the Corps early in 1940 where he stayed until he finished his service in 1959. He served in 2 Division R.M.P., the 14th Army in Burma [entitled to Burma Star], the Polish Resettlement Company R.M.P., 107 Independent Infantry Brigade Provost Unit T.A., 11 Armoured Division Provost Company, 103 Divisional Provost Company and finally with H.Q. A.E.R./R.M.P. Depot.’ (Obituary included with lot refers). Sold with copied research and photographic images relating to P. F. Jackson.

A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Captain A. Smith, King’s Own Royal Royal Lancaster Regiment, who served as Member of Parliament for Clitheroe, Nelson and Colne 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 (Capt. A. Smith, R. Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. Smith) gilding almost all rubbed from OBE, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £200-£240 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 12 December 1919. Albert Smith was born on 15 June 1867, and was first employed as a Mill boy at the age of 8. ‘From 1902 to 1912 he served on the Nelson Town Council and was Mayor of the Town from 1908 to 1910. In 1910 he succeeded Sir David J. Shackleton as M.P. for Clitheroe Division; however, his Parliamentary experience was interrupted by his voluntary enlistment in the Army in the first year of the Great War, and he had the distinction during the first few weeks of the war of being the only member of the Labour Party in Parliament to hold a commission in H.M. Forces. He saw active service as a Captain with the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at Gallipoli, from where he was invalided home. For a time during the last war he was military representative in the Burnley Nelson and Colne area, but in 1917 he rejoined his battalion and finally left the Army on his completion of three years service. When the parliamentary borough of Nelson and Colne was formed in 1918, Captain Smith became its first M.P. He resigned in 1920, and subsequently served as a a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Lancashire for a good many years. He died at Nelson, Lancashire, in April 1942.’ (the recipient’s obituary from the Regimental Journal The Lion and the Rose, May 1942, refers). Sold with copied research.

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Talavera (Hugh Cumming, Lieut. 3rd Dgn. Gds.) contained in named card box of issue, this a little squashed and reinforced with sellotape, small edge bruise, otherwise very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Hayward, March 1977. Nine medals issued to the regiment with this single clasp, including three officers. Hugh Cumming was commissioned Cornet in the 3rd Dragoon Guards on 30 July 1807, and promoted to Lieutenant on 2 November 1809. He served in the Peninsula from April 1809 until November 1810, including the battle of Talavera on 27/28 July 1809. He resigned his commission in December 1810. The 3rd Dragoon Guards landed at Lisbon on 26th/27th April 1809 as part of Fane’s cavalry brigade. On 4 May they marched north to join Wellington’s army and took part at the battle of Talavera on 27th/28th July. On the 28th the 3rd Dragoon Guards and 4th Light Dragoons, having moved into the plain to the left, advanced to charge a column of the enemy’s infantry, but the attack was countermanded, and the two regiments, after supporting the charge of Major-General Anson’s brigade, were ordered to resume their former position.

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Matthew Caw Bengal Arty.) long hyphen reverse, Calcutta Mint naming impressed in small capitals, nearly extremely fine £600-£800 --- Gunner Matthew Caw, Bengal Artillery, is confirmed in the rolls compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel Edwards and James Barker, and is shown in Gould’s roll as Matthew ‘Carr’. Sold with copied extracts from the first two rolls.

Baltic 1854-55 (Colonel. E. Rea, R.M.) depot impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- Edward Rea was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Chatham Division of the Royal Marines on 3 February 1823; 1st Lieutenant, 12 October 1832; Captain, 19 March 1842; Major, 20 June 1854; Lieutenant-Colonel, 21 June 1854; Colonel, 6 February 1857; Colonel-Commandant, 11 August 1859; Major-General, 25 March 1862. He served with the R.M. Battalion on the north coast of Spain against the Carlists in 1837 and 1838; and with the combined expedition to the Baltic in 1854 (Medal, brevet of Major). Major-General Edward Rea died at Croydon on 14 December 1862, in his 58th year of age. Sold with copied obituary notice from The Globe and Laurel, Harts Army List extracts, and a photocopied image of Rea as Commandant Chatham Division.

Crimea 1854-56, no clasp (6e. Bon. de Chs. Capon. 2688.) contemporarily engraved naming, suspension claw slightly loose, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £100-£140 --- Capon served with the 6th Battalion of Chasseurs in the French Army of the East during the Crimean War.

An inter-War ‘Civil Division’ O.B.E., Great War ‘Military Division’ M.B.E., ‘Salonika’ R.R.C. group of nine awarded to Principal Matron H. G. Palin, Ministry of Pensions Nursing Service and Territorial Army Nursing Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1926, on 2nd type lady’s bow riband; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919, on lady’s bow riband; Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) small shoulder badge, 30mm, silvered and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, on lady’s bow riband; 1914-15 Star (Sister H. G. Palin. T.F.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Matron H. G. Palin) VM officially re-impressed; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, on lady’s bow riband; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, on lady’s bow riband, very fine and better (9) £1,000-£1,400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1930. M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 4 June 1918 (initially gazetted as a Civil Division award; a copy letter in her service papers requested that the M.B.E. be classified as Military Division). R.R.C. London Gazette 3 June 1915. Officer (Sister) Order of St. John of Jerusalem, London Gazette 1 January 1946. Helen Grace Palin was born in India in 1871, the daughter of Lieutenant-General Charles Thomas Palin of the Indian Army. She trained as a nurse at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, London, and in 1909 the Royal College of Nursing journal showed her as Night Superintendent at the Guest Hospital, Dudley. She enrolled in the Territorial Force Nursing Service in November 1911, and was mobilised for service on 17 August 1914, serving until demobilised on 31 July 1919. Miss Palin was appointed to H.M. Hospital Ship Asturias on 24 September 1914, transporting the wounded back from France. She subsequently served in France for a short period prior to being posted to Salonika, where she served with 21st Stationary Hospital from 1 February 1916, and was promoted Matron on 29 October 1916. Noted as ‘a most capable and hard working Matron’, she was Mentioned in General Milne’s Despatch (London Gazette 23 March 1918). Miss Palin returned to England on 19 May 1918, to be Matron of 1 Leicester General Hospital, but in July was sent as Matron to 1 Western General Hospital, Wallasey, Liverpool. Her reports mention her tact, intelligence and organisational ability. Her final appointment with the Territorial Army Nursing Service was with 2 London General Hospital as Matron. She subsequently served as Principal Matron, Ministry of Pensions, and died in Birmingham in 1952. Sold together with copied research including a copied press cutting photograph of the recipient.

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Lieutt. J. E. L. Armstrong 2d Bn. Hamps. R.) scratched in right obverse field, otherwise nearly extremely fine £180-£220 --- John Edward Lovell Armstrong was appointed Lieutenant, 2nd Hampshire Regiment on 25 August 1883. He is not listed in the Army List for 1888.

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2498. Pte. J. Lee. 2-21st. Foot.) minor edge nicks, good very fine £500-£700 --- James Lee was born in Chirk, Denbighshire, in 1859 and attested for the 23rd Brigade at Wrexham on 25 September 1877. He served with the 2nd Battalion, 21st Foot in South Africa from 22 February 1879 to 4 January 1882, and subsequently in India from 5 May 1882 to 30 November 1883. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 15 October 1889, and was discharged on 14 October 1893, after 16 years’ service.

A post-War O.B.E. group of nine awarded to Colonel C. W. Hurley, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, the reverse officially dated ‘1946’, with companion set of nine miniature medals, both sets mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (10) £200-£260 --- O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 13 December 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 24 August 1944: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 19 July 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ Clement Woods Hurley was born in 1916 at Benton, Northumbria, and educated as Douai school in Berkshire. He joined Northumberland Council straight from school, was articled to the clerk of the council and, in 1937, after five years’ apprenticeship, was officially admitted to the council’s staff. In the meantime, the young solicitor had joined the Territorial Army, and when war broke out he was called up. ‘I was evacuated from Dunkirk and later went out to the Middle East,’ he said. He was wounded, not badly, but both feet were injured and he remained forever a little lame. He served in the 50th (Northumbrian) Division and finished up a Colonel. From 1948, he was deputy clerk of the council for the next 21 years. In 1968 he became clerk, and clerk of the peace, and in 1973 he became chief executive of the council. He retired in 1977. Sold with various original documents including Warrants for O.B.E. and M.B.E.; M.I.D. Certificate; award certificates for Coronation 1953 and Jubilee 1977; Commission as 2nd Lieutenant in 72nd (Northumbrian) Filed Brigade R.A., dated 19 April 1938; certificate of Appointment as Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Northumberland, dated 1 June 1971; various Law Society certificates for Articles of Clerkship and Examination passes for Solicitor; together with copied research including news cuttings.

A post-War O.B.E., Great War ‘Battle of Langemarke’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Brigadier J. N. Ritchie, Royal Field Artillery, who was taken Prisoner of War at Fleurbaix in 1918 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Langemarke Nov. 1917, J.N.R.’; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Maj. J. N. Ritchie.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1942, with integral top riband bar, mounted for wear; together with the related miniature awards, very fine and better (9) £1,000-£1,400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1968: Brigadier James Norman Ritchie, M.C., T.D., D.L., Honorary Director, Shropshire and West Midland Agricultural Society M.C. London Gazette 17 December 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in getting his guns into position under very great difficulties. Later, succeeded under heavy shell fire in taking ammunition up to the guns by pack transport at a time when other transport had failed to get through.’ James Norman Ritchie was born at Liverpool on 7 July 1896 and was educated at Loretto School, Edinburgh, and the South Eastern Agricultural College. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) on 4 February 1915, he was posted to the 4th West Lancashire Brigade Ammunition Column, R.F.A., and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 June 1916. Awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry at Langemarke, he was advanced Acting Major on 15 November 1917, and commanded “C” Battery, 286th Brigade, R.F.A. in 1918. He was recorded as missing in action on 9 April 1918, and subsequently found to have been taken prisoner of war at Fleurbaix. Held at Stralsund (Dalholm) P.O.W. camp, he was released on 17 December 1918. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 7 November 1917). Post-War Ritchie joined the 240th (Shropshire R.H.A.) Medium Battery R.A. (T.A), becoming their Commanding Officer in 1929. He transferred to the 60th Medium Battery in 1933, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1937. He served during the Second World War with the 6th A.A. Training Group as Commander 1941, and was advanced Brigadier in 1942, being awarded the Efficiency Decoration that same year (London Gazette 2 October 1942). He retired on 12 December 1945. In later life Ritchie was a Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire, as well as serving as Chairman of the Shropshire Territorial Army, and was High Sheriff. A well-known breeder of sheep and Hereford cattle, he served as Director of the Shropshire and West Midland Agricultural Society, ands was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1968 New Years’ Honour’s List, being invested with his insignia at Buckingham Palace on 12 March 1978. He died in April 1970. Sold with copied research.

A Second War ‘Special Operations Executive’ M.B.E. group of three awarded to Major S. Dunollie, 17th/21st Lancers and Special Operations Executive Intelligence The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue and outer card transmission box; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issued addressed to ‘Major S. Dunollie, Glen Cottage, Park Road, Camberley, Surrey’, extremely fine (3) £400-£500 --- Stanhoe Dunollie was born on 15 September 1889 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 17th/21st Lancers on 19 September 1940- the notification in the London Gazette shows him with the post-nominal letters of M.B.E. He was advanced War Substantive Captain and Temporary Major on 19 December 1940, and is listed as having served as an Intelligence Officer with the Special Operations Executive (The Most Secret List of S.O.E. Agents, compiled by E. Meyer refers).

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt. T. E. Amos, Mily. Police.) good very fine £80-£120 --- Thomas Edmund Amos served during the Great War with the 7th (Service) Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 19 March 1916 (entitled BWM and VM). He advanced to Lieutenant in October 1918, and to Captain, Indian Army Reserve of Officers in April 1919. Amos subsequently served with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brahmans and was detached on ‘Police Duties’.

1914 Star (CHT-540 Wgnr: H. Botterill. A.S.C.) nearly very fine £80-£120 --- Harry Botterill was born in Driffield, Yorkshire, in 1894 and attested for the Special Reserve on 27 December 1913. He served as a Wagoner in the Army Service Corps with the British Expeditionary Force during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 August 1914, and was discharged on 26 December 1915, after 2 years’ service.

A rare Boer War R.R.C. group of six awarded to Nursing Sister E. M. Whiteman, Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, who was Mentioned in Despatches for her services in Salonika during the Great War Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister E. M. Whiteman); King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister E. M. Whiteman); 1914 Star (Miss E. M. Whiteman. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister E. M. Whiteman) generally very fine (6) £3,000-£4,000 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 31 October 1902. Emily Margaret Whiteman was born in Brixworth, Northamptonshire in 1869, and trained as a nurse at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Rochester. She enrolled in the Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve on 19 March 1897, with the British Journal of Nursing of 14 October 1899 showing her as a member of the Bart’s League. The Journal of a week earlier shows her as a Gold Medallist. Around this time she was working at Princess Christian’s Nursing Home in Windsor. No. 3 General Hospital sailed for South Africa on 4 November 1899 with Miss Whiteman on the staff, and she served at No. 3 General Hospital at Kroondstat and No. 12 General Hospital at Springfontein in the Boer War. For her services she was awarded the Royal Red Cross. She arrived back in the UK on 9 October 1902, and was invested with the award on 18 December 1902. The British Journal of Nursing shows her as being appointed a ‘Queen’s Nurse’ on 1 July 1903. Whiteman embarked for France on 12 August 1914, and served during the Great War with No. 6 General Hospital. She returned to the U.K. following a posting to the M.E.F, for Salonika, and sailed from Liverpool for Alexandria on 2 December 1915 and thence to Salonika on 27 January 1916, after a month in Egypt. She served in a variety of Hospitals in Salonika from 1 February 1916 until May 1918 when she returned to the UK, but requested to serve with Army of Occupation in June 1919, and served until 31 July 1919. For her service is Salonika she was Mentioned in General Milne’s Despatch (London Gazette 11 June 1918). She resigned on account of age on 19 January 1925, and died in Peterborough in 1953.

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal (5), one with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in card box of issue; War Medal 1939-45 (4); Africa Service Medal (2); South Africa Medal for War Service; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Canadian Forces Decoration, G.VI.R. (W.O. 2 J. L. R. Marier); Multinational Force and Observers Medal, bronze; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband, in card box of issue, generally good very fine Pair: Army Field Clerk G. M. Wetz, United States Forces United States of America, Victory Medal, 1 clasp, France, bronze; Tomkins County, New York State Great War Service Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Godfrey Wetz’, with top brooch bar; together with various cloth insignia, good very fine (20) £80-£120 --- Sold together with a Canadian Forces General Service lapel badge and other ephemera.

A Great War ‘Salonika’ M.C. group of five awarded to Temporary 2nd Lieutenant H. B. Willis, 12th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, attached Somerset Light Infantry, late Canadian Army Service Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved ‘Lieut. H. B. Willis 1917’; 1914-15 Star (1414 Sjt. H. B. Willis. Can: A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. B. Willis.); France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour with Swords, silver-gilt, named on the reverse ‘Lieut. H. B. Willis. M.C.’, mounted court-style, together with companion set of five mounted miniatures, good very fine (6) £800-£1,200 --- M.C. London Gazette 18 February 1918; citation London Gazette 18 July 1918: ‘T/2nd Lt. Henry Barrington Willis, attd. Som. L.I. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led a party into the enemy’s lines, rushed an enemy post from the rear, and captured the garrison. He showed splendid leadership and resource.’ French Medal of Honour, ‘avec Glaives en Vermeil’, London Gazette 21 July 1919: ‘Temporary Lieutenant Henry Barrington Willis, M.C., Hampshire Regiment.’ Sold with original framed certificate for French Medal of Honour named to ‘Monsieur Willis, Henry Barrington, Lieutenant, 12th Hampshire Regiment.’