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Lot 783
A World War One memorial bronze death plaque, awarded to William Pitt, complete with its cardboard sleeve cover, together with a 1914 Christmas tin. (2)N.B. There is a later hand-written note taped to the rear of the plaque inscribed 'William Herbert Pitt, Pte 8131 'C. Coy. 3rd Bn Worcs Regt, 21st September 1914, Age 28'.
Lot 851
A large 1667 bronze mortar by Thomas Sturton II (1629-1682), South Petherton, Somerset, decorated beneath the rim with a band of crosses or fleur-de-lis above the cast initials RP and the date 1667, on a spreading, corded base with recessed footrim. 'T' shaped founder's symbol, diameter 27cm, height 21cm.Footnote:An example with similar numerals attributed to Thomas Sturton II is in the Museum of Somerset (TTNCM : 187/2004/94).
Lot 852
A large bronze mortar, London Whitechapel Foundry, mid-17th century, with a sunken band of crosses beneath the rim, the waist with a repeating design of alternating flowerheads on tracery stems, with two wire mouldings below, rim diameter 27cm x height 20cm.Footnote:Previously sold by Bonhams Oxford, The Oak Interior, 22nd Jan 2015, lot 263 where attributed to either Anthony Bartlet (fl.1640-1675) or James Bartlet (fl.1675-1700).
Lot 856
A 17th Century bronze cauldron, possibly by the Sturton Foundry, South Pertherton, Somerset, with angular handles and ribbed legs, and scratch-cast 'W' formed from two Vs crossed by a vertical diagonal line, and a faintly scratched 'N', diameter 29cm x height 23cm.Footnote:The cauldron is like, in terms of form and manufacture, cauldrons made by William Sturton II of the Sturton Foundry in Somerset. However, his mark was a conjoined W and M, very often accompanied by the 'four-arc' mark.
Lot 857
A large 1614 bronze mortar, by Thomas Carter (d. 1619), Whitechapel Foundry, London, inscribed beneath the rim ‘WILLIAM CARTER MADE ME FOR JAMES BILL 1614’ and with the trefoil mark and the initials TB for Thomas Bartlet (d. 1632), the waist with a broad band of tracery topped by alternating septfoils and trifoils, spreading base, diameter 34cm x height 26cm.Thomas Carter Another mortar inscribed ‘William Carter made me for George Beere 1615’ is noted in ‘Comminution and English Bell-Metal Mortars, c.1400-1850’ by JK Crellin and DA Hutton (p279) and is described as ‘the earliest dated example of the Whitechapel septfoil and trifoil pattern’. This mortar, made for James Bill, is earlier by a year. The 1615 mortar also bore the mark of William Carter’s foreman or apprentice, Thomas Bartlet, who took over the Whitechapel foundry on Carter’s death in 1619. Bartlet’s descendants ran the foundry until the end of the 17th Century.
Lot 858
A large 1679 bronze mortar by Samuel Smith of York (fl. 1672-1709), a band beneath the rim cast with the words WILLIAM METCALFE MERCER IN YORK 1679 and various floral motifs, the waist with a wide band of bells, foliage and cartouches, the latter cast SS Ebor, diameter 32cm x height 26cm. Footnote: English Decorated Bronze Mortars & their Makers by M Finlay (p155) described Samuel Smith as the son of Abraham Smith (fl. 1652-1662) the most important post-Reformation founder in York. Samuel was also a bell-founder, became a freeman of the City in 1672, and died in 1709. He produced some 256 recorded bells. His mortars often resemble each other closely, with the names of an owner incorporated in a band beneath the rim, and his maker's mark repeated in a band at the mortar's waist.
Lot 860
A large 1680 bronze mortar, by Samuel Smith of York (fl. 1672-1709), a band beneath the rim cast with a repeating pattern of delicate acanthus amidst flowerheads and scrolling foliage, and with the date '1680' and the name 'THOMAS ROGERS', a wide band at the waist cast six times with the maker's mark 'SS' 'EBOR', for York, in a scroll-edged cartouche spaced by bells amidst foliate scrolls, above three cord mouldings, the foot with recessed flange, diameter 32.5cm x height 25.5cm.Footnote:Ex-John Fardon Collection, sold Christie?s, 1 May 1996, lot 63 and in the collection of Roger Rosewell of Yelford Manor, Oxfordshire and sold Bonham?s Oxford, The Oak Interior, 21st January 2015, lot 63.The footnote to the 1996 catalogue notes 'There are two Thomas Rogers recorded in the area [of York], one at North Loftus who died in 1684, the other from South Elasball [sic. possibly South Elmsall, West Yorkshire], it is currently unknown who, or whether either, was the owner.'The footnote to the 2015 calendar states ?The latter is recorded in Apprenticeship records for the year 1735, as a Master Wheelwright, so it is unlikely that this mortar was made for him. It is more probable that the owner was a grocer, apothecary or mercer of some kind. Possible candidates are Thomas Rogers, who married Mary Freeman in York in 1677, or the Thomas Rogers who married Jane Watson in York in 1642. It is, of course, entirely possible that Thomas Rogers was not a native of York, or even of Yorkshire, as mortars were obviously commissioned on occasion from founders who were not local to the buyer. See, for instance, the mortar made for Roger Warde, an apothecary of York, by the Whitechapel Foundry of London.?
Lot 581
A BRONZE MORTAR IN 16TH C NETHERLANDS STYLE, 19TH C, CAST IN TWO REGISTERS WITH MEDIEVAL FIGURES IN PROCESSION AND WINGED HORSES BENEATH INSCRIPTION - MAX. ONT. DE. PR. MARIE VAN BOURG ANNO 1586, THE LUG HANDLES IN THE FORM OF A FELINE HEAD, 23CM H, 29CM DIA AND A CONTEMPORARY PESTLE, 51CM L Good condition
Lot 325
An assembled group of works of art, 19th to 20th century, including a bronze dog stirrup cup, a brass figure of a dog, a meerschaum pipe, an amber cigar holder, a carved wood cane top modelled as a boxer dog and a Doulton & Watts salt-glazed stoneware 'Caudle' flask.Condition report: Caudle flask: Rim restored. Tiny chip to foot rim edge.
Lot 102
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteSix: Major B. S. Fordyce, Royal Corps of Signals 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Militia (Lt. B. S. Fordyce. R. Sigs.); United States of America, Bronze Star, the reverse officially inscribed ‘Benjamin S. Fordyce’, generally very fine or better (6) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2000. M.I.D. London Gazette 22 March 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe United States of America Bronze Star London Gazette 17 October 1946. The original Recommendation states: ‘Captain Fordyce has distinguished himself by meritorious achievement and service not involving participation in aerial flight. A party of British Royal Signals had the task in June 1944 of providing line communications with Britain from the American Forces in the Cherbourg Peninsula. Included in the work was the establishment of a line communications centre to serve the needs of the American Headquarters near St. Sauveur. An essential cable distribution point was a blockhouse lately used by the enemy for a similar purpose and now on fire. Led by Captain Fordyce, a few men, stripped to the waist, removed a considerable quantity of ammunition and burning explosives from this blockhouse. Before the place was cool, the party commenced installation of equipment and establishment of communications During the succeeding days ands weeks this officer worked with untiring energy on the establishment and maintenance of communications, often remaining on duty for days and nights without a break. His zeal and devotion to duty and his skilful technical direction of the work and tactful handling of situations full of conflicting interests combined to make an outstanding achievement at that critical time in the operations.’ Benjamin Sydney Fordyce was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals on 18 October 1942, and served with them during the Second World War as a War Substantive Lieutenant and Acting Captain. He was awarded his Efficiency Medal on 24 October 1947, and was promoted Captain on 3 November 1949, with seniority from 5 January 1946. He was advanced Major on 17 October 1959, and relinquished his commission on 15 November 1965, being granted the honorary rank of Major.
Lot 183
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA fine and most interesting Great War 1917 ‘Passchendaele’ D.S.O. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Lembcke, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Royal Fusiliers and Gloucestershire Regiment: having been sentenced to death as a spy in German South West Africa in 1914, he was later released and went on to hold several commands on the Western Front, being twice wounded before continuing to serve with distinction in revolutionary Peru Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (Lieut. C. E. Lembeke. [sic] Glouc. Rgt.) officially engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Capt: C. E. Lembcke. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. C. E. Lembcke.) mounted as worn and housed in a contemporary Spink & Son fitted leather case; Chile, Republic, Order of Merit, Commander’s neck badge, 65mm including condor suspension x 60mm, silver, gilt and white enamel, damage to enamel and finial balls in places, in case of issue; Peru, Republic, Commander of the Order of Ayucucho, 70mm x 51mm, gilt and enamel, in case of issue; Order of Aeronautical Merit, 64mm including condor suspension x 46mm, 1st issue, gold (54g), in case of issue; Bronze Cross of the Society of the Founders of Independence, 1st issue; Centenary of Independence Medal 1921, gold (30g); Centenary of the Battle of Ayacucho Medal 1924, gold (24g); together with the recipient’s Peruvian Aviation Observer’s wings, silver, early issue, light contact marks to Q.S.A. and B.W.M., otherwise very fine or better (12) £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: The foreign awards acquired by the vendor direct from the granddaughter of the recipient and reunited with the British awards. D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.I.D. London Gazettes 18 December 1917 and 27 December 1918. Charles Edward Lembcke was born Carlos Eduardo Lembcke in 1882 in Lima, Peru. The son of a Peruvian diplomat, he moved with his family to England in 1886 and was educated at Harrow. Wishing to join the British Army, he became a British subject on 24 July 1900 at the age of 18 and, having anglicised his name, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment on 10 September. He served with them on St. Helena, guarding Boer prisoners at Deadwood Camp, and was promoted Lieutenant in the Militia in October 1901 (Q.S.A. with no clasp). Leaving St. Helena, he served on Malta from 28 November 1901, having been seconded for service with the royal Garrison Regiment. Appointed Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on 3 June 1905, he was then placed in the Special Reserve of Officers, and was appointed Lieutenant, Regular Army in February 1908. Assigned to the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Special Reserve in 1907, he was promoted to Captain in June 1911. A man of wide ranging interests, he had been elected a member of the Aero Club of the United Kingdom in 1909 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1912. In early 1914, while still a Captain in the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Lembcke was granted special permission by the War Office to spend a shooting holiday in German South West Africa. Planning to hunt in Ovamboland, and push on into Angola before returning to England, he was still in the German colony when war was declared in Europe. Immediately arrested by the German authorities, he was accused of being a spy, which he probably was, and sentenced to be shot. But with South African forces invading from the south, he was moved to a jail in Windhoek and after eight and a half months in the common gaol on criminal rations, he was liberated by Brigadier General Brits’ South Africans on 8 July 1915. Lembcke’s unfortunate yet fascinating adventures during this period are told in some detail in his sworn statement to the subsequent Court of Enquiry on 21 July 1915 and in his letter written to the War Office in June 1919, in which he admits to his spying activities while in Africa. This letter was then forwarded to MI.2, suggesting that he was most likely working for the Intelligence Services. While in captivity, Lembcke had been appointed to a permanent commission in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in the rank of Acting Captain but, after his arrival back in England on 17 August 1915, he was quickly attached to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers and joined his new regiment in France on 5 September 1915. Promoted Temporary Major in October 1915, he served with his battalion on the first day of the Battle of the Somme as part of Lieutenant-General Congreve’s 30th Division on the extreme British right. On the 12 October 1916, the battalion also took part in a local attack in the Flers sector, finding the enemy well prepared, they failed to reach their first objective and the battalion’s casualties totalled 9 officers and 261 other ranks, Lembcke being wounded. He was wounded a second time on 14 November. On 28 December 1916, Lembcke was was appointed to the command of the 18th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (3rd Manchester Pals - Clerks’ and Warehousemen’s Battalion) with the rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel. The battalion took part in fierce fighting in an attack on the German trenches North-West of Neuville-Vitasse on 18 May 1917, with 15 officers (including every company commander in the attack) and 346 other ranks either killed, wounded or missing. Losses on similar scale occurred on 31 July at Sanctuary Wood during the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) when the company attacked through the wood, securing their objectives east of Strirling Castle. Lembcke was hospitalised shortly afterwards and he relinquished command of the battalion on 12 December 1917. He was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette on 18 December 1917 and awarded the D.S.O. on 1 January 1918, undoubtedly for his leadership of the Battalion at Sanctuary Wood. After being discharged from medical care, Lembcke was next appointed to take command of the 25th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, taking part in the 2nd Battle of the Somme in August 1918 and the grand advance in Artois and Flanders during October and November, seeing particularly hard fighting on the Scheldt. On 14 December 1918, he took up an appointment as General Staff Officer 3rd Grade at the War Office and was promoted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 January 1919. He was again Mentioned In Despatches for his services with the 25th Liverpool, most likely for his ‘determination and endurance on the Scheldt displayed between 18 and 21 October’, for which he had received the appreciation of the Corps Commander. He was promoted to GSO 2 on 23 June 1919 and was made a permanent Lieutenant-Colonel on 5th November 1920, relinquishing his appointment at the War Office the same day. On 15th November 1920 he was sent to Spain with Sir Esme Howard (later 1st Baron Howard of Penrith), the new British Ambassador based in Madrid, as Military Attaché. While there he was presented with a Wilkinson sword inscribed inscribed ‘A nuestro camarada el Mayor Lembcke D.S.O. A mas contrarios mas bri...
Lot 186
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA most interesting and poignant Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. W. Powell, Royal Flying Corps, late Intelligence Corps - with which unit he embarked to France as a founder member in August 1914: a three time Boat Race winning Cambridge Blue, Olympic Bronze medallist, accomplished artist and mountaineer, ‘a man of genius which showed itself in many fields’, he was tragically killed together with three fellow Eton masters climbing in the Swiss Alps in 1933 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type, breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; 1914 Star (2. Lieut: E. W. Powell); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. E. W. Powell. R.A.F.), together with London Olympics 1908 participation medallion, white metal - pewter, good very fine (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919 - Egypt: ‘In recognition of distinguished services rendered during the war’ Eric Walter Powell was born on 6 May 1886 at The Vicarage, Holy Innocents, Hornsey, London, the son of Rev. Robert Walter Powell and his wife Mary Caroline Hankey. He was educated at Eton, where he became an accomplished oarsman, and Trinity College, Cambridge, gaining his rowing Blue and enjoying victory in the Boat Race as a member of the Cambridge eight in 1906, 1907 and 1908. Powell also participated in the 1908 London Olympic Games when Cambridge University made up a boat rowing in the eights and won a bronze medal for Great Britain. At this time, 3rd place rowing crew members did not receive a bronze medal each, rather, the prize bronze medal went to the team captain (presumably for the clubhouse), however, they were presented with their ‘participation’ pewter medals and a 3rd place certificate. Having returned to Eton in 1910, now as a master, Powell won the Diamond Challenge Sculls, seen as the pinnacle of amateur individual rowing, at Henley Royal Regatta in 1912. On the outbreak of the Great War, Powell’s expertise in languages saw him invited to join the newly created Intelligence Corps under its first Commandant, Major T. G. J. Torrie, 17th Light Cavalry, Indian Army. He was swiftly commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and embarked overseas on 8 August 1914 as one of this new unit’s 13 founder officers. In France, the work of the Intelligence Corps in the area of aerial reconnaissance photography analysis and signals interception soon led to a close relationship with the Royal Flying Corps whose main role in the early days of the war was the provision of such information. It was in these circumstances, then, that Powell discovered an interest in flying and he successfully qualified as a pilot on 29 May 1915. Having transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as a specialist in Intelligence Corps work, the following June he was posted to No. 13 Squadron, an artillery observation and photo-reconnasissance squadron flying RE8s on the Western Front and on 8 December 1916 he was promoted Captain and Flight Commander. Whilst on the Western Front he painted various aircraft scenes. Powell returned to the Home Establishment on 5 August 1917 as Squadron Commander at H.Q. Training Division and was advanced Major and Squadron Leader on the formation of the R.A.F. on 1 April 1918. He was posted to R.A.F. Headquarters, Egypt on 3 June 1918 and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 25 June, taking command of the newly formed 32 Training Wing the following month. He reverted to the unemployed list on 22 January 1919. Mentioned in Despatches three times for his services on the Western Front (London Gazettes 22 June 1915, 1 January 1916, and 4 January 1917), he was created an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Military) and was also Mentioned in Despatches for his services in Egypt (London Gazette 5 June 1919). After the war, Powell spent a year in Paris studying art before returning once again to Eton as an art teacher and house master, soon becoming a landscape artist of some repute. Favouring watercolour as a medium he exhibited at Walker’s Gallery in New Bond Street on seven occasions between 1920 and 1933 and several of his pictures were exhibited at the Alpine Club in 1925 and 1930 including one entitled Piz Roseg from the Morteratsch, the very alpine peak that would later cost him his life. Having started climbing after the war, Powell took up Alpine mountaineering in 1922 completing ascents of the Jungfrau, Wetterhorn and Schreckhorn and by 1925 he had climbed most of the Oberland peaks and had been elected to the Alpine Club. He met his death, tragically, with three fellow Eton masters while climbing the Eselgrat on Piz Roseg in the Swiss Alps on 17 August 1933. Shortly before the accident, White-Thompson, another one of those killed, wrote in a letter to his family from the Golf-Hotel des Alpes, Samedan, ‘Eric is the same, ever steady ... leading up or coming down last. In the intervals he paints.’ The four men are buried in the grounds of the Santa Maria Kirche in Pontresina, Switzerland and also commemorated on a memorial in the ante-chapel at Eton; there is a separate memorial tablet to Powell in the cloister. To mark the 50th anniversary of the disaster, an exhibition of 48 of Powell’s paintings was held at Eton in 1983. Amongst these were pictures of Windsor, Paris and Venice as well as scenes from the Great War and the Alps. Eton College possesses a number of his watercolours and one oil, and the Alpine Club Library in London has an extensive archive of material relating to him. After his death, Cyril Alington, Head Master of Eton College, eulogised: ‘Eric Powell was a man of genius which showed itself in many fields. The world perhaps knew him best as an oarsman, the winner of the Diamond Sculls, but there are others who think of his distinction in the Flying Corps, and yet more to whom his wonderful talent as an artist made a stronger appeal. To watch the marvellous speed with which he transferred to paper the beauty which he saw with an unerring eye was a pleasure of which one never tired, and in later years he was developing an accuracy of detail and a variety of technique which seemed to hold the highest promise. Of what he did for drawing at Eton it is impossible to speak too highly; and his success as one of the most popular and best loved of house masters was so remarkable that it might have been grudged to anyone but him. Powell’s sister, Ellen, married fellow Olympian Harold Barker.’
Lot 202
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., 1916 M.S.M., French Medal of Honour group of six awarded to Squadron Sergeant Major M. Healey, Military Mounted Police - a regimentally unique combination Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (472 Sjt: - A.S.S. Mjr:- M. Healy [sic]. M.M.P.); 1914 Star (472 Sjt M. Healey. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (472 A.W.O. Cl. 1. M. Healey M.M.P.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (472 Sjt: M. Healey. M.M.P.); France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour, bronze, with crossed swords and wreath suspension, reverse engraved ‘Sergt. Major M. W. Healy. M.M.P.’, mounted for display, generally very fine or better (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 21 October 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He showed great efficiency in the performance of his duties, extending over a period of two years.’ An extract from 5th Corps Orders, 13 March 1918, gives the following: ‘The Corps Commander wishes to express his appreciation of the following act of courage on the part of No. 472 A/SSM M. W. Healey MMP. On the morning of 10 March, 1918 a pair of horses attached to a wagon bolted down the road. An NCO made an attempt to stop them but failed. A/SSM Healey with great promptitude and at much personal risk dashed in and seized the reins of the rear horse and hung on until he had brought the runaways to a standstill. The road was used by a considerable amount of traffic and the prompt action of this Warrant Officer averted what might have led to a serious accident and damage to a pair of Government horses and the limber. A record of this will be made in the Regimental Conduct Sheet of the above mentioned W.O. in accordance with para 1919 (XVI) Kings Regs.’ M.S.M. London Gazette 18 October 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916. France, Medal of Honour London Gazette 17 March 1920. Michael William Healey was born in Dublin, Ireland. He attested for the 7th Hussars in September 1894, and transferred to the Military Mounted Police in June 1901. Healey advanced to Lance Corporal in November 1902, and to Corporal in February 1906 (Note: awarded L.S. & G.C. in 1913). Healey advanced to Sergeant, and initially served during the Great War attached to HQ 7th Infantry Brigade. He subsequently advanced to Acting Squadron Sergeant Major. 1 of 34 D.C.M.’s to the Military Mounted Police for the Great War, and believed to be unique to the unit in combination with the French Medal of Honour. Sold with copied research.
Lot 215
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA Great War ‘Western Front, 1916 trench raid’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private J. W. Teasdale, 75th (Mississauga) Battalion, Canadian Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (119040 Pte. J. W. Teasdale. 75/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (119040 Pte. J. W. Teasdale. 75-Can. Inf.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (John William Teasdale) and 75th C.E.F. cap badge, this lacking lugs, nearly extremely fine (5) £500-£600 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. The recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry. He took part in a raid on the enemy’s trenches, as a member of the clearing party, which was intended to follow the bombing party through the trenches. At the moment when they were about to enter the enemy’s trenches two casualties occurred in the bombing party and Teasdale immediately leaped forward into the enemy’s trench and led the bombing party through it until the objective was reached, killing a number of Germans, and eventually capturing a prisoner. Pte. Teasdale’s action in assuming the position at the head of the bombing party occurred at a most critical moment, and if there had been any hesitation at this juncture, it might have had a serious effect on the success of the operation.’ (original Overseas Military Forces of Canada letter, dated 2 February 1918, refers) John William Teasdale was killed in action on 18 November 1916, aged 33. He was the son of William and Margaret Teasdale, of Low Fell, County Durham, and is commemorated by name on the Vimy Memorial. Sold with original but damaged O.M.F.C. letter quoted above, and memorial scroll (Pte. John William Teasdale, M.M. Canadian Infantry Bn.), this slightly cut down and laminated.
Lot 24
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteAn Order of St. John, Edward Medal of the Second Class group of four awarded to Mr. C. W. Hudson, for the gallant ten-hour rescue of an entombed miner at the Ireland Colliery, Staveley, Derbyshire, on 28 February 1916 The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; Edward Medal (Mines), G.V.R., 1st issue, bronze (Charles William Hudson); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1939 (Charles Hudson.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with Three Additional Award Bars (5836 C/Offr. C. W. Hudson. Staveley Ireland Col. Div. No. 5 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1927.) contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- E.M. London Gazette 27 June 1916: Charles William Hudson, Contractor, employed at the Ireland Colliery, Staveley, Derbyshire (in a joint citation with Harold Gregory, Under Manager; Charles Benjamin Franklin, Day Deputy; Edward Nurse, Stallman; and Thomas Smith, Stallman, all similarly employed) ‘On the 28th February 1916, at 7:00 a.m., a fall of roof occurred at the Ireland Colliery, by which a filler named John William Fieldsend was imprisoned. Gregory, Franklin, Hudson, Nurse, and Smith at once set to work to open a passage through the fallen roof in order to rescue their fellow workman. The roof was everywhere very uneasy and a further fall was liable to occur at any moment. Owing to the narrowness of the place, only one man could work at the head of the passage (the most dangerous place), while the remaining four, one behind the other, passed out the material removed, the men taking by turns the post of danger. After about three hours’ work, at 10:00 a.m. a further fall occurred, closing the passage which had been made for three yards. Fortunately the workers escaped without injury. Work was at once resumed, and Fieldsend was reached. As soon, however, as an attempt was made to remove him from under a piece of timber, by which he was pinned down, a third fall occurred, blocking up the passage for about four yards, and displacing much of the timber which had been used to prop up the roof and walls of the passage as it was made. Finally, at 5:00 p.m., after 10 hours’ continuous work, Fieldsend was reached and taken out of the pit. He was not much injured. All five men ran continuous risk, during the whole 10 hours, of serious injury or death from falls of roof.’ Charles William Hudson’s own statement reads: ‘I was at the top of Inkersall jinney when a messenger came from the undermanager to say that a man was buried in 105s stall. I went to the place at once and found a heavy fall of roof had occurred. Ted Nurse and Tom Smith were the only two men there, the deputy Franklin came very soon after. Kelly and some others were working at the fall from 106s side. We set to and got some stone cleared away and some props set and some sprags between the coal and the fall to hold it, and then proceeded with getting the dirt away to make a way through. The loose stones of the fall were pushing all the time towards the face and were in very large pieces. The place was very uneasy and weighting all the time more or less.’ Harold Gregory’s own statement reads: ‘I am Under Manager at the Colliery. I heard of the fall at about 8:00 a.m. and I went to the place following Hudson, a contractor, and got there at about 8:30 a.m., where I found the place on left side broken down for about 15 yards along the face to the buttock end, and for about 7 yards back towards the goaf from the face. Charles Franklin, the deputy of the District, and Tom Smith and Ted Nurse (Stallmen in 105 stall adjoining) were working at the fall in 105 stall, and John Kelly and John Davis were working at it at the other end of the fall in 106 stall, but they were later withdrawn, as gas was coming off strong and there was a danger of a further fall occurring here. Work was therefore confined to the 105 stall end. Fieldsend replied to a shout. We set to timber sprags from the coal to hold back the fallen material. We had set about 5 split bars and 2 long props and got close to Fieldsend at bout 10:00 a.m. when a further fall of about 10 tons occurred and closed the place again for 3 yards back. Hudson, Franklin, Nurse, Smith, and myself were engaged in Indian file fashion removing the dirt as there was only room for one man at a time at the place. The place was on weight all the time. We removed the second fall and got to Fieldsend again and could see he was fastened down by a gob prop across his back and neck and there was little dirt on him also. We could not get at him because of a piece of bind at the end of the tub barring progress. As soon as we broke this bind a further fall occurred about 1:30 p.m. This time about 30 tons fell and closed the place again for about 4 yards back; it also pushed 3 or 4 props out about 12 inches at the foot. Work was proceeded with and we got this third face cleared sufficiently by 5:00 p.m. to enable us to get at Fieldsend and pull him out. He was not much injured but was bruised and was taken out of the pit and examined by Dr. Court and then taken home.’ Charles Benjamin Franklin’s own statement adds the following: ‘I am the Day Deputy of the District. I had just got to the jinney top about 200 yards from the stall when I was informed that a fall had occurred in 105s and that a man was buried. I at once went to the place and found a heavy fall had occurred right up to the face and about 15 to 20 yards long and had closed up the gob. I examined both sides of it. No one was working at it then, it was about 7:00 a.m. I started men working at both ends... At about 5:00 p.m. got through to Fieldsend and dragged him out. Charles Hudson, a stoneman, Ted Nurse and Tom Smith assisted me. We had to work in single file and hand the dirt back to each other as there was only room for one at a time at the front and we took it in turn to work there. The fall had a very steep side and stones kept sliding down from a big cavity in the roof on the right side.’ For their gallantry the five rescuers were invested with their Edward Medals by H.M. the King at Buckingham Palace on 11 July 1916; they were also each awarded £20, and a framed certificate, from the Carnegie Hero Fund Trust. Sold with copied research.
Lot 253
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFive: Police Constable C. Sutton, Metropolitan Police, late Lance Corporal Military Foot Police Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (53. Lce. Cpl. C. Sutton, Mil: Ft. Police.); Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. Sutton. W. Div:); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C. C. Sutton.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. C. Sutton.); Khedive’s Star, 1882, mounted for display, generally very fine, scarce (5) £400-£500 --- Charles Sutton was born in Andover, Hampshire. He attested for the Grenadier Guards at Winchester in May 1876. He transferred to the Army Reserve in May 1882, before transferring as Corporal to the Military Foot Police in July of the same year. Sutton served with the latter in Egypt, August 1882 - February 1883. He was discharged, 28 May 1888, having served 6 years and 307 days. Sutton also served in W (Clapham) Division, Metropolitan Police. 2 officers and 65 other ranks of the Military Foot Police served in Egypt in 1882, of whom 2 officers and 19 other ranks were present at Tel-el-Kebir. This was the first campaign for the newly formed M.F.P.
Lot 263
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websitePair: Corporal A. C. Godfrey, 2nd Life Guards Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (1985, Cpl. A. C. Godfrey, 2/L. Gds:) mounted as worn in this order, minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £180-£220
Lot 314
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThree: Private T. Dunleavy, Connaught Rangers 1914-15 Star (3039 Pte. T. Dunleavy. Conn. Rang.) scratches to reverse; British War and Victory Medals (3039 Pte. T. Dunleavy. Conn. Rang.) with antediluvian medal, bronze, with enamel shield ‘World’s War for Justice’, reveres of medal engraved ‘Presented to Bro. T. Dunleavy by the Golden Fleece lodge. 2207 for services rendered in the Great War Feb 21st 1921.’, in Fattorini & Sons Ltd case, mounted as originally worn, generally good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Thomas Dunleavy served during the Great War with the Connaught Rangers in the Gallipoli from 29 July 1915. He subsequently served with the Royal Munster Fusiliers. After the war Dunleavy resided at 22 Northgate, Horbury, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Lot 320
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA rare and extremely well documented Great War group of seven awarded to Sister Adelaide R. Poole, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, later United States Army Nursing Service, who served with both British and American Forces during the Great War, before post-War service in Serbia and Montenegro with the American Red Cross; her entire service is chronicled in her detailed, most comprehensive, and often poignant hand-written diaries covering the years 1908-21 1914-15 Star (Nurse A. R. Poole); British War and Victory Medals (Sister A. R. Poole); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, Fifth Class badge, silver and enamel, Bishop with green robes; Red Cross Medal of Merit, silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; United States of America, Victory Medal, bronze, 1 clasp, France; New York State Service Medal 1917-19, bronze; together with the recipient’s Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve cape badge, silver; and United States of America Red Cross Service Medal, gilt and enamel, with top ‘Foreign Service’ riband bar, traces of verdigis particularly to the British Victory Medal, otherwise generally very fine (9) £800-£1,200 --- Adelaide Rebecca Poole was born in Kilburn, London on 30 July 1876, ands was educated at Westbourne Park High School. Moving to the United States of America, she trained as a nurse at New York City Hospital, before working as a private nurse whilst living in Rochester, New York State, where she was also actively engaged in work to combat the spread of tuberculosis. Returning to the United Kingdom, she enlisted in Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve on 24 October 1910, whilst working at View Mount Nursing Home, Inverness. Mobilised for War service, Miss Poole served during the Great War in the Hospital Ship Dieppe from 15 May 1915, before resigning her position in an emotive letter dated 25 February 1916, citing her need to avoid ‘a complete breakdown in health’, whilst serving at No. 1 Stationary Hospital, Rouen. Released on 15 April 1916, she returned to the United States of America. After recovering her health Miss Poole subsequently enlisted in the United States Army Nursing Service, taking her oath of office on 25 March 1918, and was posted to Base Hospital 19 in Vichy-Allier on 19 June 1918, before further service at a number of hospitals in France. Honourably discharged on 20 August 1919, she subsequently saw foreign service with the American Red Cross in Serbia and Montenegro until January 1921, before returning to the United States of America. On 2 December 1927, the Adjutant General’s Office of the War Department, Washington, informed her that she had been awarded the Order of St. Sava, Fifth Class, for her service in Serbia and Montenegro. (Original notification enclosed). Later retiring to Sussex, United Kingdom, Miss Poole died on 10 November 1961, aged 85. Sold together with an astonishing archive of original material including her original service records; an original Chartwell headed letter from Grace Hamblin, personal secretary to Sir Winston and Lady Churchill; Various press cuttings relating to her nursing work in the United States of America and the award of the Order of St. Sava; Original Carte de Viste photos from when she was a child and young lady; an archive of photos from her time nursing in Serbia and Montenegro; newspaper cutting from Rochester, USA. dated 1921 including an interview ‘Nurse, last to return of those who went out with Base Hospital No. 19’; together with her detailed, most comprehensive and often poignant hand-written diaries covering the years 1908-21, this a rare archive, worthy of publication.
Lot 358
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteSix: Police Constable T. H. Brown, Liverpool City Police, late Corporal, Liverpool Regiment British War and Victory Medals (11868 Cpl. T. H. Brown. L’pool R.); Defence Medal; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Const. Thomas H. Brown.); Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal, bronze, reverse engraved ‘Presented by Watch Committee to Con. 261E. T. H. Brown 14-4-45’, with top bronze riband bar; Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal, silver, reverse engraved ‘Presented by Watch Committee to Con. 261E. T. H. Brown 14-4-50’, with top silver riband bar; together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination Cross, bronze the reverse engraved ‘320014 Thomas H. Brown’; and a Royal Life Saving Society Swimming Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘T. H. Brown Sept. 1928’, small spot of verdigris to bronze Liverpool medal, generally very fine (8) £200-£240
Lot 375
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFamily Group: Four: Private E. W. T. Fiander, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-178094 Pte. E. W. T. Fiander. A.S.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine Pair: Police Constable E. Fiander, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1897, bronze (P.C. E. Fiander. H. Divn.); Coronation 1902 (P.C. E. Fiander. H. Divn.); together with a Metropolitan Police Coronation 1902 dress miniature, very fine and better (6) £60-£80 --- Edward William Thomas Fiander was born in Lambeth on 11 February 1898, and according to family legend served as chief mechanical engineer to T. E. Lawrence. He died in 1982. Edward Fiander, the father of E. W. T. Fiander, was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, on 23 September 1867, and served as a Lance-Sergeant with the Grenadier Guards, and later as a police constable at Shoreditch, London. He died in Coventry on 10 August 1924. Sold together with 2 miscellaneous badges and 21 miscellaneous coins.
Lot 386
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteFamily Group: Pair: Lieutenant E. D. Whittles, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps and Artists Rifles British War and Victory Medals (Lieut E. D. Whittles. R.A.F.) Five: Mrs. Florence B. Whittles, British Red Cross Society Three British Red Cross Society Medals, bronze and enamel, all named to the reverse ‘F. B. Whittles’, with top riband bars for Proficiency in Red Cross Nursing, Red Cross First Aid, and Anti-Gas Training’; a British Red Cross Society Long Service Medal, for 3 Years’ Service with integral top riband bar, bronze and enamel, the reverse officially numbered 15172; British Red Cross Society ‘For Merit’ badge, bronze and enamel, named to the reverse ‘F. B. Whittles’ together with a British Red Cross Society Proficiency Voucher, certifying Mrs Florence Beatrice Whittles to be proficient in Anti-Gas Training, dated 5 June 1939, nearly extremely fine (lot) £180-£220 --- Edward Deric Whittles was born on 11 August 1897 at Leek, Staffordshire. A silk manufacturer by occupation, he attested for the 28th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles) on 24 November 1915 and was discharged on 9 September 1916 in consequence of being appointed Second Lieutenant on the General List for duty with the Royal Flying Corps. Having completed flying training in April 1917, he joined 54 Squadron (Sopwith Camels) in France on 14 March 1918 and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 April 1918, on which date he also transferred to the Royal Air Force upon its formation. A Medical Board having determined that his deteriorating health rendered him fit only for light duty at Home, he returned to England on 20 April and was appointed to a Temporary Commission in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 13 July, reverting to the rank of Second Lieutenant, and was released with effect from 26 April 1919. He died in Staffordshire in 1975. Sold with copied service records and the following original items: Officer’s Record of Services Army Book 439; Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, British Empire Aviator’s Certificate in blue leather binding with photograph of the recipient in uniform; Air Ministry transmittal letter for Great War medals; Royal Flying Corps (Officers) Central Flying School graduation certificate; Royal Flying Corps cloth wings; photograph album containing twenty captioned photographs of the recipient, taken during 1918, mostly in R.F.C. uniform, both individual and group shots, one photograph captioned ‘E.D.W. winning the 100 Yds Open at Denstone 3.4.1913’, also containing another set of R.F.C. cloth wings; framed fine studio portrait photograph of the recipient in Royal Flying Corps uniform with metal R.F.C wings affixed to head of wooden backed, metal plated frame (17cm x 27cm). Florence Beatrice Whittles (neé Wildblood), the wife of the above, was born in 1897 in Burslem, Staffordshire and died in Leek, Staffordshire in 1988.
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