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A British Army GSPT stop watch.

Military History Books, including James (William) and Chamier (Captain), The Naval History of Great Britain..., six volumes, Richard Bentley, 1837, uniform half calf (rubbed); Fortescue (J. W.), A History of the British Army, 20 volumes (including map volumes), Macmillan, uniform red cloth gilt; [Daniel (John E.)] Journal of an Officer in the Commissariat Department of the Army: comprising a narrative of the campaigns under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, in Portugal, Spain..., London: printed for the author, 1820, list of subscribers, errata leaf, later quarter calf gilt; with a quantity of others (qty)

This is a lot of ARMY BOOKS etc published by GAMES WORKSHOP in the 1990's.

This is a EMPIRE army made by GAMES WORKSHOP, RAL PARTHA, GRENADIER etc for use with WARHAMMER, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, LORD OF THE RINGS or other fantasy campaign settings.

This is a pair of KONFLIKT '47 JAPANESE & SOVIET STARTER ARMY SETS published by WARLORD GAMES in 2017. Sealed in original packaging.

This is a DWARF army made by GAMES WORKSHOP, RAL PARTHA, GRENADIER etc for use with WARHAMMER, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, LORD OF THE RINGS or other fantasy campaign settings.

A 9ct gold British Army Inns of Court Officer Training Corps sweetheart brooch pin. The 9ct yellow gold military interest brooch pin having a pierced British Army Inns of Court Officer Training Corps insignia to hinge pin and clasp verso. Marked 9ct to verso. Measures 4.1cm x 1.5cm. Weighs 1.8g. All weights, measurements, and sizes are approximate.The Inns of Court Regiment was a British Army regiment that existed under that name between May 1932 and May 1961. Its origins date back to 1584 when judges and legal professionals were asked to serve in the military. The regiment was to earn its nickname, ‘The Devil’s Own’ from King George III, who named it on finding out its legal connection, reflecting his deep dislike of lawyers. By 1908, it became part of the Territorial Army, fighting in WWI but mostly involved in officer training. It was involved in WWII as an armoured car division.

A British Army battledress blouse 1949 pattern, size 16 with 21st SAS (Artists); a water bottle with a webbing strap; two pairs of gaiters; and a whistle (Please Note: this lot is subject to the statement made in the Auctioneers Glossary of Certain Terms under 'Militaria & Associated Items' in the Terms & Conditions of Sale)

A German Army Greatcoat with epaulettes (Please Note: this lot is subject to the statement made in the Auctioneers Glossary of Certain Terms under 'Militaria & Associated Items' in the Terms & Conditions of Sale)

A framed and glazed display of thirty British Army Cavalry regimental cap badges and other insignia, some copies (Please Note: this lot is subject to the statement made in the Auctioneers Glossary of Certain Terms under 'Militaria & Associated Items' in the Terms & Conditions of Sale)

Miscellaneous military cap badges, other insignia and associated collectables, some copies: to include Royal Army Service Corp souvenirs  (Please Note: this lot is subject to the statement made in the Auctioneers Glossary of Certain Terms under 'Militaria & Associated Items' in the Terms & Conditions of Sale)

WWII British Army Dispatch Riders ruberised waterproof coat dated 1942 size 2. Gaiters BMC 9T7567, and a shorter jacket marked BMC OT7544. Leather cap with plastic visor. (All items stiff due to being ruberised).

'Handbooks for the Indian Army, Gukhas.' By Lieut-Colonel Eden Vanisttart revised by Major B.V Nicolay, 1915.

Hudson and Co, Birmingham 1937 Army Officers whistle.

Vintage RAF Police Dog Hi-Vis jacket, 5 sealed packs of Army issue camo and green MKII smock and trousers, goggles, 1974 gasmask and a HBM Diplomatic Service bag.

Four various Salvation Army bonnets

A Great War Army Service Corps Cuff Rank Tunic. A very good four pocket example, ranked to a Captain, missing its collar insignia, complete with all buttons and two year blue overseas service stripes, with metal fastener and belt supports, leather trim to cuffs, visible between the reverse of the tunic below the neck between the shoulder blades where previously a large red horse shoe divisional insignia was originally sewn, with maker’s label ‘Daniels & Sons, 8 Grand Parade, Military Tailors, Cork’,with pen markings ‘LEA, 7179, ASC’, attributed to Captain Archibald Raby Riley, Army Service Corps, who served on the Western Front with the 37th Division from 10 October 1916, relinquishing his commission on 19 March 1919 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, issued on 12 April 1919, very good condition £300-£400 --- Sold together with copied medal roll extract and copied Medal Index Card, showing that the British War and Victory Medals were dispatched to Captain Riley, formerly of Gort-More, Dartry Road, Dublin, to the Royal Bank, Cornmarket, Dublin.

A scarce Japanese POW Medical Officer’s Order of Saint John and M.I.D. group of seven awarded to Colonel Horace Claude ‘Hot ‘n’ Cold’ Benson, a senior British Medical Officer on the Burma-Siam Railway, of “Bridge on the River Kwai” infamy; after the war he was a witness for the prosecution at the trial of Major Kudo, 19th Ambulance Corps for War Crimes The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953; Service Medal of the Order of St John, silvered base metal (D/Sgn H. C. Benson. York) mounted as worn, pin lacking, good very fine (7) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Order of St. John London Gazette 9 July 1957. M.I.D. London Gazette 12 September 1946. ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services while Prisoners of War’. Horace Claude Benson was born on 11 May 1902, at Ashover, Derbyshire, and educated at Sedburgh School. At Edinburgh University he studied medicine and gained the M.B. and Ch.B. (1928). He was employed as a Clinical Assistant at the Ear and Throat Department of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, prior to being granted a commission in the Army. He became a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1929, served in Egypt during 1931-36, was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1932 and Major in 1939, being posted to India. He was commanding officer of the 27th Indian Field Ambulance, 9th Indian Division, 1941-42, being promoted Acting Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1941 and Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1941. Benson was present at the fall of Malaya, was captured and remained a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during 1942-45. Whilst in captivity, he was Senior British Officer of ‘L’ Force - a medical force of 15 officers and 100 medical orderlies. Initially held at Changi P.O.W. Camp, Singapore; thence from 23 August 1943, by train to Kanburi (Kanchanabri) Thailand to administer relief from cholera and other multifarious diseases rife in the P.O.W. and coolie forced labour camps, situated along the Burma-Siam Railway. After the war and his subsequent repatriation, Colonel Benson gave a report of his wartime experiences as a captive: ‘Beatings with fists or bamboo sticks, on the face and head, of MOs (Medical Orderlies) and ORs by Japanese medical personnel of Kudo Batai (19th Ambulance Corps commanded by Major Kudo) was fairly frequent, and often done for no apparent offence. These beatings were committed by most of the Japanese from the lowest rank up to even Major Kudo himself.... My complaints generally had a temporary successful effect, but it was quite apparent that Major Kudo encouraged his subordinates. The biggest beating up that I had was from Major Kudo because the ORs were having a singsong one night. However when he afterwards apologised I asked for a pig for Christmas Dinner and got it. Our experience was that we received worse treatment from Japanese medical personnel than we did from non-medical personnel and Koreans’. Following the Japanese surrender, Major Kudo was subsequently arrested for war crimes. As a witness for the prosecution at Kudo’s trial, Colonel Benson submitted an affidavit in 1946 that he had witnessed the death of some 25 recaptured coolies, who were imprisoned in a hut near to the Kanburi Hospital. ‘They were then given an injection of some reddish fluid. They all died in agony and showed symptoms consistent with mercurial poisoning’. For his splendid efforts as British Officer Commanding at Kanchanabri Hospital, Benson was mentioned in despatches and in June 1946 was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. He was appointed C.O. of 109 Military Convalescent Hospital in 1946 and Chief Instructor Training Wing Depot and Training Establishment R.A.M.C., 1947-50. He was then posted as C.O. of the British Military Hospital in Malta, 1950-51. Promoted Temporary Colonel in August 1952, he attained the rank of Colonel in January 1953 and was appointed Assistant Medical Director, H.Q. North-West District, 1953-54 and Commandant of the Depot and Training Establishment R.A.M.C., 1954-58. He was President of the Standing Medical Board, Northern Command, York, 1958-59 and placed on Retirement Pay in 1959. Colonel Benson died on 13 March 1986. Sold with a folder of copied service papers and other research including his thirteen page close typed “Report on History of “L” Force P.O.W. Thailand”, relevant copies from “The Knights of Bushido, A Short History of Japanese War Crimes” by Lord Russell of Liverpool, which in the chapter ‘Life and Death on Burma-Siam Railway’ documents Lieutenant-Colonel Benson’s evidence, and “River Kwai Railway, The Story of the Burma-Siam Railroad” by Clifford Kinvig... “venal and corrupt... Major Kudo who commanded the Kudo Butai which included the medical reinforcements ‘K’ and ‘L’ sent north to succour the native labourers”. Additionally, a small folder of Benson’s personal papers including reports on medical conditions in POW camps in Thailand 1943-45 was deposited with The Imperial War Museum’s Department of Documents.

Three: Acting Captain F. W. Pearce, Royal Horse Artillery, later Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (99628 Bomb: F. W. Pearce. G Bty: R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. W. Pearce.) mounted court-style for display purposes along with the riband for the 1914 Star, good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Frederick William Pearce was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in 1879, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Crownhills Fort on 4 October 1893. Sent to depot as a Boy, he transferred to the Yorkshire Artillery as Trumpeter on 25 May 1896 and joined “G” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, in South Africa during the Boer War campaign. Advanced Acting Bombardier 27 August 1900, Pearce completed a short course in gunnery on 13 March 1901 and was promoted Sergeant in 1902. His left foot having been crushed by a horse at Newbridge, Ireland, on 4 September 1901, he was sent to India for a little over 4 years from 1905-10, and fought in France with 3rd Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery from 15 August 1914 (also entitled to a 1914 Star). Appointed to a commission in the Royal Field Artillery 5 March 1916, Pearce witnessed extensive service on the Western Front and Italy; his officer service record further states that he suffered from gastritis. He later joined the Army of the Rhine at Gemund and is recorded in 1919 as having been court martialed and demoted. Transferred to Irish Command, attached 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, his commission was promptly terminated a short while later following financial problems which were brought to light by the Manager of the Tralee branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. Sold with copied service record and extensive copied research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (26036 Gnr: H. J. Roberts. R.H.A.) good very fine £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Horace James Roberts was born in Islington in 1878 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 9 February 1898. Initially posted as Gunner to India with the Royal Horse Artillery, he served with “A” Battery in South Africa from 8 January 1900 to 27 August 1900, and is confirmed upon his Army Service record as present at the Relief of Ladysmith. Returned home to England, Roberts transferred as Private to the 2nd Life Guards on 4 April 1901, and subsequently suffered from scarlet fever that same month,and then colic the following year. Transferring to the Army Reserve 26 April 1906, he re-engaged for a further four years at Hyde Park Barracks and was finally discharged upon termination of his engagement on 8 February 1914. He later served in France with the 2nd Life Guards from 13 August 1915 to 13 October 1915, before returning to London and appointment as Acting Corporal of Horse from 8 September 1916. Roberts was finally released from the Life Guards in August 1923, his character noted as ‘exemplary’. Sold with copied service record.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Gunner F. Ideson, Royal Horse Artillery, who was discharged on account of wounds Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (45919 Gnr: F. Ideson. ‘N’ By: R.H.A.); 1914 Star, copy; British War and Victory Medals (45919 Gnr. F. Ideson. R.A.) mounted court-style for wear, light pitting from Star, VM officially re-impressed, nearly very fine and better (4) £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the battery was in action, supporting a counter-attack, this man for some time served his gun alone, thereby keeping it in action at a very critical time. The battery was under heavy shell fire, and had suffered several casualties.’ Frank Ideson was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, around 1889 and enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery on 21 November 1906. Posted to France as Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery on 5 October 1914, Ideson’s name was later listed in the Bradford Daily Telegraph of 6 October 1915 as one of 3000 ‘gallant sons’ of Keighley who answered the call. Transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery, he was awarded the D.C.M. in 1918 whilst serving with “N” Battery; this unit of 6 guns later claimed the highest number of shells discharged in a single month by one battery during the Great War, firing 115,360 shells in August 1917 in support of the Canadian Corps on the Western Front. Discharged from 5th Army Brigade and awarded a Silver War Badge in consequence of wounds on 28 August 1919, it is possible that Ideson witnessed his former comrades of “N” Battery bear the coffin of the Unknown Soldier to Westminster Abbey on 11 November 1920. Sold with copied research.

India General Service 1908-35, 4 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lt. A. W. V. Hendy, 57/Rfls. F.F.) light contact marks, therefore very fine £260-£300 --- Arthur William Victor Hendy was born in January 1900, and was commissioned on the Unattached List for the India Army, 15 April 1919. He was posted to the 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force) six days later, and served with them on the North West Frontier for several years. Hendy advanced to Lieutenant in April 1920, and the regiment was re-designated as the 4th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles in 1922. He transferred to the South Waziristan Scouts in January 1923, and served with them until his retirement in November of the same year. Sold with copied research.

A West Virginia ‘Honorably Discharged’ Civil War Medal awarded to Private D. Barry, 7th Cavalry Volunteers West Virginia, Civil War Service Medal 1861-65, bronze (David Barry, Co. B 7th Reg Cav Vols.) impressed naming, complete with ‘Honorably Discharged’ top brooch bar with ribbon, in original named card box of issue, slight repair to pin-fitting, good very fine £300-£400 --- The State of West Virginia Civil War Medal
In 1866, the state of West Virginia authorised the minting of 26,000 medals to honour its Union Civil War soldiers. Unlike other Union States, medals were issued to every soldier who served in a West Virginian unit. Three different dies were produced for the medals, each with a different suspension clasp:
1) “Honourably Discharged” for the officers and soldiers of the volunteer army who have been or may be honourably discharged from the service. This is the most common variant.
2) “Killed in Battle” for the officers and soldiers who have been killed in battle. Not more than 800 of this variant were produced.
3) “For Liberty” for the officers and soldiers who have died from wounds received in battle and for those who died from diseases contracted in the service. 3,200 of this variant were produced. Each medal was officially impressed with the soldier’s name, rank and unit on the rim, in a similar style to British Campaign medals. To this day, over 4,000 medals remain unclaimed. Of the States that fought for the Union, only West Virginia, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Connecticut, issued officially named or numbered medals to its servicemen in significant numbers. Even then, bar to soldiers in West Virginian service, this was to a small number of men that actually served in each State during the War and a fraction of the over two million servicemen who fought for the Union. Connecticut, Pennsylvania and others issued medals to their ‘first call’ militia but numbers were lower than 800.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (19053. Q.M.S. Instr. of Guny. H. Tidey. N/4th. Bde. R.A.; Serjt. J. Smith. Rl. Arty.) very fine (2) £80-£100

Three: Squadron Quatermaster Sergeant T. McKee, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3321 Lce. Sergt. T. Mc.Kee, 4th Dragoon Gds.); China 1900, no clasp (3321 Sergt. T. J. [sic] McKee. S. & T. Corps); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (3321 S.Q.M. Sjt: T. Mc.Kee. 4th Drgn: Gds:) mounted court-style for display, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £700-£900 --- Thomas McKee was born in Armagh and attested there for the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 27 December 1887. He served with them overseas in India from September 1894 to October 1900; in China from October 1900 to July 1901; in India from July 1901 to August 1903; in Somaliland from August 1903 to August 1904; in India from August to October 1904; in South Africa from October 1904 to February 1907; and in South Africa from July 1907 to November 1908. He was discharged in December 1908, but following the outbreak of the Great War re-enlisted in the Remount Branch of the Army Service Corps in April 1915. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve in August 1919.

Pair: Private F. C. Papworth, Army Service Corps, late British Red Cross Society, who later served as an Imperial War Graves Commission Recorder British War Medal 1914-20 (M-316759 Pte. F. C. Papworth. A.S.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (F. C. Papworth. B.R.C. & St. J.J.) extremely fine Four: Private A. Reed, Royal Army Service Corps British War Medal 1914-20 (M2-119280 Pte. A. Reed. A.S.C.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (M2-119280 Pte. A. Reed. R.A.S.C.) officially re-impressed naming; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine 1939-45 Star (2); Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45 (2), generally very fine (15) £100-£140

Three: Bandsman Hashtabahadur Rai, Staff Band, late 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (21145475 Rfn. Hastabahadur Rai. Staff Band.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (21145475 Bdsm. Hastabahadur Rai. A Major Staff Band.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (21145475 Rfn. Hastabahadur Rai 2 GR.) mounted as worn, edge bruising and light contact marks, very fine (3) £200-£240 --- Raised in November 1859, as part of an Indian Army Gurkha Regiment called the Sirmoor Rifle Regiment, the Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas comprised of 16 Bandsmen and one Naik in command, and soon became a part of Regimental life. When India was partitioned in 1947 the Gurkha Regiments chose their new affiliations to either Britain or India; the 2nd Goorkhas - as the Regiment was now called - chose Britain and sailed for Sungei Patani in Malaya with the Band Instruments; in 1949 sanction was given to raise the band again, with some 56 recruits keen to commence training. In May 1951, Captain J. P. C. Bailey, M.B.E., was appointed as the first Director of Music to the Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas. At around the same time the decision was made to raise a Staff Band for the Brigade, hence by 1958 there were two flourishing Gurkha Bands; Hong Kong and the United Kingdom provided dual bases and for the next 12 years the two bands operated independently of each other to delighted crowds. This happy state of affairs continued until 1963 when, due to financial stringency, the bands were amalgamated. Withdrawn from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom permanently in 1994, the Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas continues to perform around the globe today with their fast and slick marching displays, lively concert music, Nepali folk tunes and colourful traditional dances.

An interesting ‘North Russia’ M.S.M. group of three awarded to Acting Sergeant G. Rudolph, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (259844 A.Sjt. G. Rudolph. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (259844 Gnr:-A.Sjt.- G. Rudolff [sic]. R.F.A.) polished and worn, good fine (3) £120-£160 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 October 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the British Force in North Russia (Murmansk Command)’.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (2) (Serjt: Farr: J. W. Graham, R.A.; Sjt: F. T. Ryan. R.A.) edge bruising to second, very fine (2) £120-£160

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (Corpl. J. Turner, Rl. Hse. Arty.; 3867. Driv: W. Munden. R.H.A.) nearly very fine (2) £80-£100

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (795010 T.S.Mjr. H. R. Stirk. R.F.A.) edge bruise, nearly very fine £70-£100 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 30 May 1919. Henry Reynolds Stirk was born in Bramley, Yorkshire, in 1888, and served during the Great War on the Western Front as Battery Quartermaster Sergeant from 13 April 1915. He was awarded the M.S.M. in the ‘Peace Gazette’ of 1919 for service with the 62nd (West Riding) Divisional Ammunition Column.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (3463 Mastr.-Gunner G. Cornish Coast Bde. R.A.; 8535. By. Sgt. Maj: M. Hogben. 3/Bde Sco: Div: R.A.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £80-£100 --- George Cornish attested for the Royal Artillery on 26 December 1851. His Army Service Record notes: ‘Medal for Crimea, clasp Inkermann & Sebastopol, Turkish War Medal and Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct.’ Discharged medically unfit for further service at Lewes, Sussex, 31 January 1878, the doctor’s report confirms disease to the bone of his right leg. Matthew Hogben was born in Whitstable, Kent, in 1853, and attested for the Royal Artillery on 22 November 1870. He served two overseas postings to India and married his wife at Leith Fort on 26 November 1877.

Three: Acting Sergeant J. D. Bufford, Army Veterinary Corps 1914 Star (325 Pte. J. D. Bufford. A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-325 A. Sjt. J. D. Bufford. A.V.C.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Approximately 1,355 1914 Stars awarded to the Army Veterinary Corps. John D. Bufford attested for the Army Veterinary Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914.

A ‘Malayan Emergency’ casualty General Service Medal awarded to Gunner F. D. Cunniff, Royal Artillery, who accidentally shot himself with a submachine gun on 5 September 1957 whilst on guard duty in Singapore General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (21181423 Gnr. F. D. Cunniff. R.A.) good very fine £180-£220 --- Francis ‘Frank’ Derek Cunniff was born on 23 April 1930 and spent his childhood living at 92 Davenport Street, Bolton, Lancashire. He enjoyed 12 months service with the local Army Cadet Force before attesting for the Royal Artillery at Manchester on 26 November 1947. Volunteering for service overseas, he died in Singapore as a result of brain damage caused by a gunshot wound to the head. An accompanying Freedom of Information request (Historical Disclosures), dated 20 November 2008, adds a little more detail: ‘I can confirm the following information regarding Mr. Cunniff’s death: I am of the opinion that Gnr. Cunniff accidentally shot himself with a sten gun on 5 Sep 57. He was on duty at the time. Gnr Cunniff was blameworthy in that he affixed a charged magazine to his sten in contravention of regimental standing orders and handled his weapon in an unsafe manner.’ Aged 27 years, Cunniff is commemorated upon the Roll of Honour which is kept on public display in the Chapel of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Sold with copied research including Army Service Record and FOI letter from the Army Personnel Centre.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (348065 Bmbr: -A.Cpl.- S. Towhill. 113/Sge. By: R.G.A.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £80-£100 --- M.M. London Gazette 7 October 1918. M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. Sidney R. Towhill was awarded the M.S.M. for devotion to duty in France with the 113th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, and was later decorated with the Military Medal whilst serving with the same unit. Intending to remain with the Colours, he re-attested for the Royal Artillery (T.A.) at Cardiff on 5 July 1921, but was discharged at Dover two years later under 156 (1) T.A. Regulations; his address at this time is recorded as 53 Arcot Street, Penarth.

Four: Acting Sergeant F. Byron, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (272. Cpl. F. Byron, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (272 A. Sjt. F. Byron. R.A.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (680019 Bmbr. F. Bryon [sic]. R.F.A.); together with the recipient’s 10th Lanc’s Battery R.F.A. 1914-18 Re-Union Medal 1923-24, bronze, unnamed, good very fine Five: Trooper J. Worth, Reconnaissance Corps 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5619844 Tpr. J. Worth. Recce Corps.) mounted as worn, the last polished and worn, therefore fine (10) £70-£90 --- J. Worth was awarded his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 20 of January 1946.

Waterloo 1815 (Jonathan Jones, 23rd Regiment Foot, R.W.F.) fitted with original steel clip and silver bar suspension, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Jonathan Jones was born in the Parish of Llangoidmore, Cardigan, and attested for the 23rd Foot at Sheerness, Kent, on 3 September 1807, ages 23, a tinman by trade. He was promoted to Corporal on 25 June 1815, and to Sergeant on 25 December 1816. He served ‘with the Expedition which proceeded under Lt. General Sir David Baird to join Lt. General Sir John Moore in Spain in 1808 - was present at the Battle of Corunna 16th January 1809, when he returned to England & in 1815 went to the Netherlands & was present at the Battle of Waterloo - & remained in France until the Army of Occupation was withdrawn - Went to Gibraltar in 1823 & remained until 1825, since which period he has been in the situation of Acting Serjeant Major to the Reserve Companies.’ He was discharged as Colour-Sergeant on 8 June 1831, and lived to claim the M.G.S. for Corunna. Sold with copied discharge papers.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (39 Bugler Ghulan Hasan 4th Punjab Infy) very fine, and scarce £160-£200 --- Provenance: A. M. Shaw Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (38734 Gnr: -A.Sjt:- B. P. Whitbread. R.G.A.) good very fine £80-£100 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 29 August 1918. Benjamin Percy Whitbread was awarded the M.S.M. for devotion to duty in East Africa whilst serving with the Royal Garrison Artillery, attached South African Field Artillery. He died a short while later at Dar es Salaam on 6 December 1918. The Ampfield Parish Council website - which commemorates the local men of Romsey (Hampshire) who fell in the Great War - offers a little more information: ‘Son of William and Laura Whitbread of Upper Knapp Lane, Benjamin Whitbread was a Gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery, East Africa Details. He died of a tropical disease, assumed to be malaria, in Tanganyika, just after the end of the war, aged 27. Benjamin is buried in Dar es Salaam (Upanga Road) Cemetery, Tanzania.’

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (11767 Dvr. H. J. Stevens K. By. R.H.A.) minor edge bruising, very fine £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Henry John Stevens was born in Canterbury, Kent, in 1875, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 29 October 1895. Posted to “K” Battery 7 December 1896, his Army Service Record confirms entitlement for service on the Punjab Frontier and records that he was invalided home on 4 November 1898, being later discharged medically unfit on 31 January 1899.

Pair: Gunner J. Young, Royal Horse Artillery Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (64438 Gnr. J. Young. R.H.A.) mounted court-style for display together with the riband for the Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, very fine and better (2) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- James Young was born in 1868 and enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery on 2 November 1887. Posted to India per S.S. Malabar the following year, he served during the Boer War as Bombardier in “R” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in October 1907. Young later served during the Great War with the 589th H.S. Company, Labour Corps, being discharged on 4 February 1918 and awarded a Silver War Badge in consequence of sickness. Sold with copied research including Coronation 1911 Medal roll extract.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (587. Tp. Sgt. Maj: H. Merrick. 15th. Hussars) unit double-struck, good very fine £80-£100 --- Henry Merrick was born in Leicestershire in 1840 and attested for the 7th Hussars at Westminster on 21 September 1858. He transferred to the 15th Hussars on 30 June 1861, and was promoted Corporal on 13 March 1863; Sergeant on 15 March 1865; and Troop Sergeant Major on 1 November 1869. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1879, he was discharged on 20 April 1880, after 21 years and 211 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers.

Buttons. A good selection of Military Buttons to the Royal Army Medical Corps, its predecessors and associated services, across two cards, including Militia Medical Department (VR), Royal Army Medical Corps Militia, etc., generally good condition (89) £80-£100

Pair: Company Sergeant Major J. Molyneux, Manchester Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (3598 C.S. Mjr. J. Molyneux. Manch: Regt); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3598 C. S. Mjr: J. Molyneux. Manch: R.) LS&GC officially re-impressed, very fine (2) £80-£100 --- John Molyneux was born in Atherton, Manchester, about May 1871. He attested for service at Ashton Under Lyne on 21 March 1892, declaring prior service with 4th Volunteer Battalion The Manchester Regiment. He was posted from the Depot to 1st Battalion on 26 March 1892. He was promoted Corporal on 21 March 1899, being transferred to the Army Reserve in August 1899, but was recalled to the colours in November the same year, being re-appointed Corporal on 1 July 1900, and promoted to Sergeant on 29 August 1901. He remained in service and was posted to 5th Battalion the Manchester Regiment as Colour Sergeant in October 1909, and Company Sergeant Major, 3rd Battalion, on 13 June 1916. He served at ‘home’ on the Humber Defences and at Cleethorpes, during the Great War, and was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1918. Sold with copied research.

Five: Sergeant “Fred” Stratton, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was one of a small group of artillery instructors attached to the South Persia Rifles during 1917-21 India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1908, Waziristan 1921-24 (15627 Gunr. F. Stratton No 3 Mtn. B RGA); British War and Victory Medals (15627 Sjt. F. Stratton. R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (15627 Sjt. F. Stratton. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1401549 Sjt F. Stratton. R.G.A.) mounted for wear, generally very fine and scarce (5) £800-£1,000 --- William “Fred” Stratton was born in March 1886 the son of Mary Anne Stacey and Henry Stratton, a postman, at Old Alresford, Hampshire. He attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Guildford on 6 August 1903, aged 18 years 9 months. After two years training he was sent to India in 1905 and joined the 3rd Mountain Battery R.G.A. He first saw action in the ‘Weekend War’ against the the Zakka Khel Afridis during February 1908. The rapid advance of Major-General Sir James Willcocks' column combined with the use of the new 10-pounder breech-loading mountain guns using smokeless powder so surprised the Afridis that they submitted quickly to the British forces. Casualties to the Battery were slight with 2 officers and 4 rank and file wounded. During World War 1 the 3rd Mountain Battery remained in India as part of the 4th Quetta Division, holding positions at Chaman, Fort Sandeman, Jacobabad, Lorelei, Manora and Hyderabad. In August 1916 a force termed the “South Persia Rifles” [S.P.R.] was raised by Sir Percy Sykes consisting of 450 cavalry, over 3,000 infantry and a few artillery pieces. With the discovery of oil and the lawless nature of the local tribes it became necessary to raise such a unit in order to control British interests. After the reverse at Dasht-i-Arjan the force was reinforced with troops from India together with two officers, two sub-conductors and 21 N.C.O.'s acting as instructors. By August 1917 the strength of the force had risen to 5,500 men with 70 active British Officers and 84 British and Indian N.C.O. instructors. By the Spring of 1918 the force was 6,000 strong and at its peak 8,000 men had been enlisted. The S.P.R. was disbanded in 1922 with perhaps fewer than 150 N.C.O instructors having ever been seconded. Stratton's service record does not state when he joined although the India General Service medal roll for South Persia shows him being attached to the 2nd Battery, South Persia Rifles. While the 1st Battery was up and operational by 1917, the 2nd Battery was never fully operational. With low morale it became increasingly necessary for officers and instructors to be attached to all field operations to stiffen resolve. Stratton last saw action in Waziristan where he served with the 12th Pack Battery at Ladha and Piazho Raghza. It was a hard campaign over rugged terrain with sickness endemic. Total casualties were 261 killed, 370 wounded, with 467 dying of disease. Stratton's last unit was the 9th Pack Battery and he was discharged at his own request after 18 years service in India, and having been brought to the notice of the Senior Officer Commanding in India for his services. He arrived back at Dover 1st February 1923, and received his Long Service Good Conduct medal in April 1922. He retired on a pension of 33 pence per day and returned to the village of his birth. He married Lily Wright at Winchester in the 3rd quarter of 1936 and died in the 3rd quarter of 1945. Sold with comprehensive research.

Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes (W. Counsell, Royal H. Arty.) edge bruising and marks to obverse, traces of lacquer, nearly very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Baldwin’s 1934; Glendining’s 1980 William Counsell, a labourer, was born in the Parish of Mallor, Blackburn, in 1792, and enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery on 10 February 1809. He initially travelled overseas with “C” Troop, Royal Artillery Drivers, transferring to “A” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, on 1 June 1812. Serving under the command of Captain Ross, Counsell fought at the Battle of Salamanca on 22 July 1812 where British forces under Wellington charged downhill and subjected the French columns to a storm of bullets and grapeshot; supported by the artillery, 3rd Division rushed the French square at the point of the bayonet, broke the enemy formation and scattered them in confusion. The subsequent rout was further compounded by the drowning of large numbers of French infantry in the River Tormes. Surviving the engagement unscathed, Counsell went on to fight at Vittoria on 21 June 1813, where the artillery particularly distinguished itself through a rate of fire which broke and destroyed the enemy columns; the French suffered 8000 casualties, losing 151 artillery pieces and 415 waggons - including all the French ammunition and baggage. Sent to the Pyrenees in pursuit, Counsell later witnessed the Light Division engaging the enemy in the gorge of a pass. Driven from their last positions in Spain, casualties amongst the French rose a further 15,000 killed and wounded, the Allies losing 888 killed, 5500 wounded and 705 missing in the mountains. As the winter of 1813-14 set in, the rivers and streams soon became impassable to infantry and artillery and active operations ground to a halt; on 14 February 1814, the British took advantage of a lull in conditions to pursue Marshal Soult’s forces to Orthes. Caught in a deep morass of mud and water - often up to the waist - the British infantry and artillery doggedly gained the heights, but at considerable cost. Operations concluded, Counsell was later transferred to the detachment of Lieutenant and Adjutant W. Saunders, Royal Horse Artillery. He was discharged at Woolwich on 10 April 1816 following 7 years and 60 days’ service with the Colours, upon reduction of the British Army following the cessation of the Peninsular War. Sold with copied service record and other research.

Three: Acting Sergeant J. H. Heath, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (58316. 2-Cpl. J. H. Heath. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (58316 A.Sjt. J. H. Heath. R.E.) very fine Three: Driver T. G. Botley, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (61125. Dvr. T. G. Botley. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (61125 Dvr. T. G. Botley. R.E.) minor patch of staining to obverse of VM, very fine Three: Private F. W. Darke, Gloucestershire Regiment 1914-15 Star (12653 Pte. F. W. Darke. Glouc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12653 Pte. F. W. Darke. Glouc. R.) nearly very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Thomas George Botley was born in 1890 and worked as a horse transport driver in Deptford prior to attesting for the Royal Engineers on 6 February 1915. His Army Service Record notes an operation for ‘hammer toe’ in June 1915 at the 4th (London) General Hospital, followed by service on the Western Front with the Southern Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers.

Pair: Acting Bombardier M. McCarthy, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (7994 A.Bomb M. Mc’Carthy. J, B, R.H.A.); Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type, bronze (P.C. Michael Mc.Carthy, Catterick, 13th. Decr. 1906.) mounted with top riband buckles, the second in original John Pinches fitted case of issue, very fine and better (2) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, 1989. Society for the Protection of Life from Fire case no. 15.097: ‘On 13 December 1906, three men were saved from a fire at “The Angel”, Catterick, Yorkshire, caused by a spark from a grate.’ Michael McCarthy was born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland, in 1876, and attested for the Royal Artillery in his home town on 15 January 1895. Transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery as Gunner 23 December 1895, he served in India with “M” and “J” Batteries between 1896 and 1900. Sent on a butchering course at Bangalore in August 1899, he later fought in South Africa during the Boer War from 11 January 1900 to 22 August 1901. Transferring to the Army Reserve on 1 April 1902, he was finally discharged on 14 January 1907, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied army service record and original catalogue entry.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (Trumpr. J. Gouldin 2nd. Troop Horse Arty.; 2894. Corpl. R. Price. “L” By. R.H.A.) edge bruising, very fine (2) £80-£100

Pair: Sergeant M. Metcalfe, Royal Artillery General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24188404 Gnr. M. Melcalfe RA.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24188404 Sgt M Metcalfe RA) mounted court-style for display, claw tightened and minor edge nicks to LSGC, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90

A Crimean War ‘Heavy Brigade’ pair awarded to Captain A. M. Robertson, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Capt. A. M. Robertson, 4th [Dn.] Gds.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierce with ring suspension, both with Bailey, Coventry, top riband fitments for wearing, first with signs of having sometime been held in a circular mount, with restoration overall and partial loss of regimental details due to bruising, contact marks and heavily polished, thus fine (2) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008. Arthur Masterton Robertson was commissioned Cornet, by purchase, in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 18 May 1846, and was promoted Lieutenant by purchase on 8 October 1847, and Captain by purchase on 25 June 1852. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea, and took part in the famous charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaklava on 25 October 1854. Subsequently tried by Court-martial for conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman in Dublin in March 1862, Robertson was found guilty of the charges against him and was sentenced to be cashiered from the Army; however, on the recommendation of the Judge Advocate-General the Queen did not confirm the sentence of the Court, and instead Robertson retired by sale of his commission in 1864.

Three: Private J. A. Baker, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914 Star, with copy clasp (5079 Pte. J. A. Baker. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (5079 Pte. J. A. Baker. R.A.M.C.) cleaned, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £80-£100 --- James A. Baker attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served at the 4th General Hospital during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 August 1914.

A German Second World War Army Wehrpass and Soldbuch to a Member of the Channel Islands’ Occupying Force.
A 2nd pattern Wehrpass, issued 7 February 1940 to Private Ewald Wiegert, 11th Grenadier Regiment, who served on the Eastern Front in 1943; and subsequently in Alderney during the German Occupation of the Channel Islands from 25 January to 25 April 1945, complete with a photograph of the recipient; together with the recipient’s Soldbuch, again complete with a photograph of the recipient; and original Bestowal Certificate for the Ostmedaille, named to Gefreiten Ewald Wiegert, 11./Gren. Rgt. 583, and dated 14 October 1943, reasonable condition (3) £160-£200

Four: Squadron Sergeant Major W. Armdtrong, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, later 1st Dragoon Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (2327. Lce. Corpl. W. Armstrong. 4[th. Dn.] Gds.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2327... W. Armstrong 4th Dragoon Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2327. Sq: S: Maj: W. Armstong. 1/Dgn Gds.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse contemporarily engraved to the tips of the Star ‘R.I.D.G. 2327’ in the usual Regimental style, and additionally privately engraved ‘Private W. Armstrong’ to centre, the Egypt medal with heavy pitting from Star and contact marks throughout that has partially obscured naming, generally good fine and better (4) £360-£440

Waterloo 1815 (Q-.Master James Palmer, 2nd Light Batt. K.G.L.) fitted with replacement silver clip and steel ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Payne Collection 1911; Glendining’s, November 1940, August 1945, and Oakley Collection, July 1953. James Palmer joined the Litchfield Volunteer infantry as a Lieutenant on 21 April 1807, and was promoted Captain in the Worcester Local Militia on 2 May 1809. He entered the regular service on 10 November 1809, at the age of 39, being appointed Quarter-Master to the 2nd Light Battalion, King’s German Legion on 18 November following. He served in the Peninsula and South of France from March 1811 to April 1814, being present at Albuhera, the 2nd siege of Badajoz, Vittoria, Tolosa, St Etienne, and Bayonne. He also served the campaign in the Netherlands in 1814, the campaign of 1815 and the Battle of Waterloo, where the 2nd Light Battalion K.G.L. were particularly distinguished in the defence of La Haye Sainte. Palmer retired on the reduction of the Legion, 24 February 1816, on half-pay, and chose to remain in London rather than go to the Kingdom of Hannover to join the army being re-established there. He died at Brompton, London, on 12 November 1831, aged 60. Sold with further research copied to a USB flash drive.

Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Condr. W. E. Dobson. P.W.D.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (800724 Sig: C. Dobson. R.F.A.) official correction to unit on first medal, very fine (2) £80-£100

The Victorian campaign group of three awarded to Staff Veterinary Surgeon William Lamb, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Vet. Surgn. W. Lamb. 3rd Lt. Cavy.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Vte. Surgn. W. Lamb, 3rd Regt. Bombay Cavy.); Abyssinia 1867 (Vety. Surgn. W. Lamb Bomb: Army) suspension crudely repaired below the crown on this; together with two prize medals: a. Edinburgh Veterinary College, Session 1848-49, engraved silver circular medal with stepped rims, 50mm, hallmarked Edinburgh 1848, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to Mr William Lamb for the Best Set of Notes of a Portion of Professor Dick’s Lectures’, fitted with floral scroll and ring for suspension; b. Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, struck silver medal, 45mm, the reverse engraved ‘To Mr William Lamb Worcestershire 1850’, the edge additionally engraved ‘For best examination on veterinary medicine and surgery Edinburgh Veterinary College.’, generally very fine or better (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- William Lamb was born at Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire, on 24 June 1832. He arrived in India on 10 March 1853, where he was appointed Veterinary Surgeon to the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry. He served with the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry in the Persian campaign of 1856-57, including the taking of Reshire and Bushire in December 1856; capture of Borazgon, 6 February 1857, and battle of Khooshab, 8 February 1856. In Central India in 1857-58 and 1859, including siege of Ratghur, relief of Saugor, and siege of Gurrakota, January 1858; siege of Jhansie, March & April; battle of Betwa, April; battle of Koonch, siege of Calpee, and attack on rear guard at Elora, May; taking of Morar, siege of Gwalior pursuant to Jowree and Alipore, June 1858; taking of Mhow and Mahoni, 1859. Mentioned in GGO 272 of 1859, ‘Vetry Surgeon Lamb 3rd Lt. Cavalry... most useful to me in getting on the baggage and conveying orders. Mr Lamb rode into camp at my request to report the presence of the enemy and returned at very considerable risk of being cut off.’ Also mentioned ‘as having led up a Troop of the 3rd Lt. Cavalry in the charge which resulted in the capture of the enemy’s guns &c,’ Served in the Abyssinian campaign of 1867-68, in general supervision of the Veterinary Department Land Transport Train; mentioned in despatches London Gazette 30 June 1868, and promoted to Staff Veterinary Surgeon for ‘valuable services with the Abyssinian Expeditionary Force.’ He died in October 1888. Sold with original vellum commission as Veterinary Surgeon from 10 March 1853, Statement of Services to September 1873, three portrait photographs, including one in uniform wearing medals, and marriage certificate. For the recipient’s miniature dress medals, see the following lot (Lot 187).

A Second War B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Sergeant E. G. Plummer, Royal Artillery, late Royal Army Medical Corps British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (2043990 Sgt. Edward G. Plummer R.A.) edge prepared prior to naming; British War and Victory Medals (1226 A. Sjt. E. G. Plummer. R.A.M.C.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1226 Pte. E. G. Plummer. R.A.M.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (508049 Pte. E. G. Plummer. R.A.M.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2043990 Sjt. E. G. Plummer. R.A.) generally very fine and better (8) £400-£500 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 9 January 1946. Sold with the recipient’s riband bars.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (760238 Sjt: J. Prater. C.242/A.Bde: R.F.A.) very fine £70-£90 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 14 June 1918. Joseph Prater was born in the Parish of Silksworth, Sunderland, around 1892, and attested for the 3rd Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on 1 April 1913. A coal miner, he served in France from 18 April 1915, his Army Service Record noting the amputation of his right ring finger on 23 May 1918 due to an accident whilst in command as Sergeant: ‘I had two men short on the gun, so I took over the duties of the No. 3 (firing gun). No. 2 had not pulled the breech open quick enough to extract the empty shell case, and I put my hand to the shell case to pull it out. No. 2 thought that the gun had been loaded up again and he clashed the breech and my finger was caught, causing the loss of my 4th finger, right hand.’ Evacuated to Military Hospital in Blackpool, Prater later returned to service at the Royal Artillery and Tank Corps Command Depot; according to his Service Record, he was soon in trouble with his superiors for ‘without reasonable excuse, allowing to escape a person committed to his charge.’ Tried by District Court Martial, Prater was commuted to the rank of a Corporal on 24 September 1918. He was discharged a little over 2 months later on 14 December 1918.

Pair: Sergeant Trumpeter W. J. Scott, Royal Field Artillery Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (36397 Sgt. Tptr: W. J. Scott, R.F.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sjt. W. J. Scott. R.A.) edge bruise to MSM, very fine (2) £120-£160 --- William Joseph Scott was born in Plumstead, Kent, around 1868. Describing his trade as ‘band boy’, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 18 January 1883, aged 15 years and 1 month, and was posted to the Depot of the London Division in the rank of Boy. Advanced Trumpeter 1 April 1884, he Army Service Record states: ‘Wound of head, 7.5.90 on duty.’ Promoted Sergeant Trumpeter on 13 February 1891, Scott was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1901, and was discharged on reduction of the establishment in July 1907.