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Lot 178
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful), (Qr. Mr. Sergt. W. H. Sidwell, 30th Nov. 1896.) lacking ribbon buckle, extremely fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case No. 29240: ‘At great personal risk, gallantly attempted to rescue R. Tailford, who was unfortunately drowned at Tynemouth, 30th November, 1897.’ Quartermaster-Sergeant Sidwell, Army Ordnance Corps, and Bombardier J. Law, R.A., at great personal risk, gallantly attempted to rescue R. Tailford, who was drowned at Tynemouth on 30 November 1896. The recipient was aged 36 at the time. Tailford was seen struggling in the sea off Tynemouth at 9.30 a.m.; he was about 100 yards out in 10 feet of water. A heavy sea was running and the water was very cold. Both men went down a steep cliff and swam out to him; however owing to the rough sea they could not effect the rescue and returned to the shore in an exhausted state. The case was sent to the Royal Humane Society by the O.C. at Tynemouth.’
Lot 188
Four: Major-General T. John, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late 2nd Regiment of Foot China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Lieut. Thos. John, 1st Bn. 2nd Regt.) officially impressed naming; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85 (Lt. Col. T. John, 2/D.C.L.I.); Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmanieh, Fourth Class breast badge, silver, gold, and enamel, with rosette on riband, suspension detached between star and crescent, chips to enamel; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn and housed in a fitted glazed display frame, nearly very fine (4) £1,500-£1,800 --- Provenance: Jack Webb Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. Thomas John was born at Cork on 17 December 1835, and was commissioned Ensign in the 2nd Foot on 10 June 1853, becoming Lieutenant in December 1854. He served in China in 1860, at the capture of the Taku Forts and subsequent operations in the north of the country (Medal with clasp). He exchanged as Captain into the 46th Foot on 2 December 1862, gaining promotion to Major in July 1876, and to Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1881. He served in Egypt at El Magfar, Tel-El-Mahuta, Kassassin (28 August and 9 September, 1882), and commanded the battalion at Tel-el-Kebir after the commanding officer was wounded. He was mentioned in despatches by Major-General Graham, V.C., C.B. for the action at Kassassin on the 28th August 1882 (London Gazette 19 September 1882), received the medal with clasp, Fourth Class of the Osmanieh, and Khedive’s Bronze Star. He also commanded the battalion on the Nile Expedition in 1884-85, and in the advance column under Major-General Earle (Clasp). Placed on half-pay in the rank of Colonel in September 1885, John received promotion to the rank of honorary Major-General in December 1885. He died in Bedford on 17 April 1898. Sold with copied research.
Lot 20
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp, bronze issue (301 Syce Pandoo S & T Corps Bo: Cont.) minor edge bruise, very fine £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Pandoo served with Supply and Transport Corps, Bombay Command, Poona District in South Africa during the Boer War. Sold with copied medal roll extract.
Lot 237
A Second War 1944 Posthumous Albert Medal for Sea group of five awarded to Lieutenant D. M. Connor, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, for his gallantry in trying to control and contain fire and explosions aboard a motor launch in Beirut harbour, 5 March 1944 Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, reverse officially engraved ‘Awarded by The King to the late Lt. Douglas Mortimer Connor, R.N.V.R. H.M. M.L. 387 for Gallantry in saving life at sea, 5th March 1944’; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, campaign awards impressed ‘Boots style’ ‘T/Lieut. Douglas M. Connor R.N.V.R.’, mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine (5) £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Provenance: Sotheby’s, July 1981; Christie’s, November 1989. A.M. London Gazette 19 December 1944: ‘On 5th March, 1944, fire broke out in the starboard corner of the engine room of one of H.M. Motor Launches at Beirut. An explosion occurred immediately afterwards and the fire spread rapidly throughout the ship. Lieutenant Connor straightaway organised all the fire-fighting gear on board and sent a runner to inform Coastal Forces base and Naval Base so that the civilian and Naval fire-fighting organisation might be got into action as soon as possible. The heat from the burning ship was intense and it was well known that with the burning high octane petrol the ship was likely to blow up at any moment. The burning ship was a grave menace to other shipping berthed alongside and Lieutenant Connor made valiant efforts to make fast a tow line so that she could be towed out of the port. So great was the heat, however, that the tow line parted. At about 19.15 a third and more violent explosion occurred in which Lieutenant Connor lost his life. Lieutenant Connor well knew the risks involved, but sacrificed his life in an endeavour to prevent the spread of the fire which might well have become a major conflagration involving the loss of many lives.’ Douglas Mortimer Connor was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on 26 October 1910 and joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman on 10 April 1941. Discharged to a commission, he was commissioned Temporary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 14 May 1942, and was promoted Temporary Lieutenant on 14 August 1942. Posted to the command of H.M. Motor Launch 387, whilst borne on the books of H.M.S. Nile, on 1 January 1944, he was killed on 5 March 1944 after an explosion occurred on his vessel whilst she was berthed in Beirut harbour. ML 1007, ML 1143 (Free French), ML 1158 and ML 1164 (Free French) were engaged in the fire fighting. Sadly it was to no avail, as ML 387 blew up killing her commanding officer in the process. Four men were mentioned in despatches, and for his great gallantry Connor was posthumously awarded the Albert Medal. He is buried in Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon. Sold with copied research.
Lot 312
Family Group: Five: Colour Sergeant A. Thorpe, Northumberland Fusiliers, later South African Infantry Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4415. L: Sgt. A. Thorpe. 1/Northd.: Fus:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4415 Clr:-Serjt: A. Thorpe. North’d Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4415 Clr:- Serjt: A. Thorpe. North’d Fus:); British War Medal 1914-20 (Cpl. A. Thorpe. 4th. S.A.I.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (4415. Sergt. A. Thorpe. 5th. Fusers.) Regimentally engraved naming; together with South Africa ‘Sons of England Society’ Jewel, silver, the reverse recently engraved ‘Presented to Wor. Bro. A. Thorpe Past President of the Sons of England Society 1917-1918’, minor edge bruising, generally very fine Six: Bombardier K. B. Thorpe, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘329689 K. B. Thorpe’; together with a South Africa Royal Visit medallion, bronze, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (11) £400-£500 --- Aubrey Thorpe was born in Hastings, Sussex, on 23 August 1877 and attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers at Aldershot on 10 January 1895. He was appointed Lance Corporal on 13 November the same year, then promoted to Corporal on 29 February 1896, and Sergeant on 30 November 1898. He served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 17 January 1898, and was present at the Battle of Khartoum on 2 September 1898. Thorpe served in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 September 1899, and was involved with the Relief of Kimberley, and was present at the Battles of Belmont and Modder River. At the battle of Modder River the Fusiliers lost 11 men killed and 34 wounded. The Regiment was not involved in the battle of Magersfontein, as they were instead involved in holding the camp and making a diversion along the railway to the left of the real attack. The Regiment saw little action in the first quarter of 1900, and after the fall of Bloemfontein the Regiment occupied Hoopstad, a town 150 kilometres north of Bloemfontein, before moving to the Kroonstad district to protect Roberts's lines of communication. The Regiment saw action at Lindley (150 miles south of Johannesburg) in June 1900, before moving into the Western Transvaal in pursuit of Boer General de Wet. Thorpe was promoted Colour Sergeant on 1 September 1900, and early the following year the Regiment was involved in a battle with the Boers at Lichtenburg, where 15 men were killed and 26 wounded. Late in 1901, on 24 October, as part of Methuens Brigade, the Regiment were attacked by de la Rey near Zeerust, at the battle of Kleinfontein, where the regiment had 13 men killed and 14 wounded. Early in 1902, on 24 February, the Regiment was again in action against de la Rey in the Klerksdorp district, at the battle of Ysterspruit, where they had 12 men killed and 62 wounded. Thorpe transferred to the Reserves in June 1902, and was discharged on 9 January 1907, after 12 years’ service. Subsequently emigrating to South Africa, he was employed as a Shift Boss on the gold mines, east of Johannesburg, and it was probably here that he started with Pulmonary Tuberculosis, the disease from which he died in 1930. A few months before the end of the Great War he enlisted with the South African Infantry, but did not serve with them overseas. He died on 15 July 1930. Kenneth Beresford Thorpe, the son of the above, was born in Germiston, near Johannesburg, on the 27 August 1910, and attested for the South African Artillery on 15 August 1940; at the time of attestation he was a Shift Boss on the Simmer and Jack Gold Mine. He saw service in North Africa from May 1943 to February 1944, before being posted to Italy in March 1944. He was discharged, medically unfit, on 19 February 1945. Sold with copied research.
Lot 345
Three: Orderly F. O. Wardill, British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, later Royal Engineers, who prior to the Great War served as a Fireman at Southend-on-Sea 1914 Star, with clasp (F. O. Wardill. B.R.C.S. & O.St.J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (3806 Spr. F. O. Wardill. R.E.); together with three Southend-on-Sea Fire Brigade Medals, the first a large hallmarked silver medal, 50mm, 8 clasps, Pizzy Hoze Cart, Woolard Escape, Southend Steamer, Mitchell Butler Aggrte., Screw Hosecart, Green Manual, National Clinton, Dixon, with top riband bar Southend (N.F.B.U. Fireman F. O. Wardill 1910.); the second a hallmarked silver medal, 38mm, 3 clasps, Dixon, Junior Steamer, National Steamer, with top riband bar Scarborough (N.F.B.U. Fireman F. O. Wardill 1908.); and the third a bronze-gilt medal, 38mm, 1 clasp, Junior Manual, with top riband bar Tonbridge (N.F.B.U. Fireman F. O. Wardill. 1909.) all Vaughtons Ltd. silk-lined cases of issue; together with the recipient’s British Red Cross Society National Fire Brigades Union lapel badge, good very fine and better (6) £240-£280 --- Frank Oscar Wardill was born in Walthamstow in 1884, and spent the pre-War years living at 56, York Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, where he served as a Fireman. A married bricklayer, he served in France from 24 October 1914 as an Orderly with the British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, the medal roll noting ‘Boulogne Unit No. 4’. He later transferred to the Royal Engineers.
Lot 357
Six: Sergeant J. Cormack, Royal Engineers, late Royal Scots 1914-15 Star (76781. Sjt. J. Cormack, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (76781. Sjt. J. Cormack. R.E.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (121 Sjt: J. Cormack. 9/R.Scots.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1918, bronze, with bronze star on ribbon; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (James Cormack) the first five mounted as worn, the ISM loose, very fine and better (6) £160-£200 --- James Cormack was born in Edinburgh in 1883 and worked at the General Post Office as a sorting clerk and telegraphist. He attested for the 9th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Scots Territorial Force, in April 1908, and attended annual camps from 1908 to 1914 at Hillerit, Aberdour, West Linton, and Barry. Raised Sergeant 6 April 1912, he was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal under Battalion Order 41 of 1915. Transferred to the Royal Engineers as Sapper, Cormack was posted to the Signal Service training centre at Hitchin on 1 February 1915. Rated skilled telegraphist, he embarked for France on 16 July 1915 with No. 10 Corps H.Q. Signal Company and was soon attached to ‘K’ Sound Ranging Section, Royal Engineers. His unit faced their first serious engagement during the Battle of Messines from 7 June to 11 July 1917. Cormack went on to witness extensive service during the Third Battle of Ypres and the advances into Flanders, being subsequently decorated with the French Croix de Guerre on 19 June 1919. Transferred to the Army Reserve at Chatham, he returned to his civilian employment with the Post Office in Edinburgh and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal on 4 February 1943. Sold with copied research.
Lot 363
Three: Second Lieutenant J. Elliott, Labour Corps, late Private, 1st Battalion, Liverpool Regiment 1914-15 Star (12633 Pte. J. Elliott. L’Pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. Elliott.) suspension claw to BWM a little loose, nearly extremely fine (3) £60-£80 --- John Elliott was born in 1899, and resided in Builth Wells, Wales; he was a quarry manager in civil life. Elliott served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Liverpool Regiment on the Western Front from 28 November 1914. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Labour Corps in August 1917, and served with the 64th Labour Company. Sold with the following related items: The Royal Life Saving Society Medal, bronze, reverse engraved ‘J. Elliott. April 1910’; Labour Corps cap badge, and Collar titles; Commission appointing recipient as Second Lieutenant, dated 18 September 1918; portrait of photograph of recipient in uniform, annotated in pencil ‘John Elliott, Aug 1917’; with other ephemera including a copy of M.E.T.M. No. 7, Lessons From Operations, Oct. and Nov. 1942 - cover annotated in ink, ‘Secret O2E. Capt. Elliott. O/C 10 W.G.C. C/O S.O. El Elamein.’
Lot 373
Four: Lieutenant C. E. Dashwood, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. E. Dashwood. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. E. Dashwood.); Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed, with original card boxes of transmittal (2) and fitted case for Messina Earthquake Medal, extremely fine (4) £240-£280 --- Charles Ewart Dashwood was born in Geldeston, Norfolk, on 10 June 1870. A talented young man, he was educated at Haileybury School, later qualifying B.A. Magdalene College, Cambridge (1893), and M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., University of London (1896). A Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and Royal College of Physicians, he married Ethel Hutchinson in 1894 at St. Stephen’s Church, Ealing, the bride’s address noted as ‘36 Great Ormond Street’. In possession of a Messina Earthquake Medal, it seems likely that Dashwood served alongside his wife to alleviate the suffering of hundreds of civilians crushed by fallen masonry and rubble on the Italian island of Sicily; both Dr. and Mrs. Dashwood appear on the Messina Earthquake Merit Medal Roll. Appointed Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, he served during the Great War in the Mediterranean theatre from May 1915 - the date correlating with the high numbers of casualties associated with the fledgling Gallipoli landings. Dashwood survived the war and continued his work as a surgeon, medical officer and vaccinator surgeon. He died at Walworth in November 1928, aged just 58 years. Sold with two copied photographs of Dashwood as a teenage gentleman, a silver identity bracelet, engraved to ‘Lt. A. C. H. Dashwood’, bearing the monogram of the Royal Flying Corps, this made from a French coin, a small silver sweetheart ‘wings’, lacking pin, and a bronze life saving society medal in case of issue, to Evelyn Fosberry, July 1910.’
Lot 376
Family Group: Three: Able Seaman W. Cooper, Royal Australian Navy, a member of the naval contingent of the 1st Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, which was hastily formed in 1914 to seize German territory in New Guinea, subsequently died of malaria contracted during this service, during which Australia sustained its first casualties of the war (six officers and men of the naval force killed, with four more wounded), and earned its first decorations 1914-15 Star (W. E. Cooper. A.B.); British War and Victory Medals (W. E. Cooper. Able Seaman. R.A.N.) in original named box of issue, extremely fine, the sparse naming detail on the 1914-15 Star typical of issues to the naval contingent of 1st AN&MEF Three: Corporal T. Cooper, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (M2-031921. Pte. T. Cooper. A.S.C.) British War and Victory Medals (M2-031921 Cpl. T. Cooper. A.S.C), with original named card box of issue for the last two; together with the recipient’s identity bracelet, two identity discs, an A.S.C. badge and a Boy’s Brigade medal, bronze the reverse engraved ‘Pte. Cooper 1902-3’, nearly extremely fine (6) £500-£700 --- William Edward Cooper was born in Paddington, London in 1882. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman in 1897 (Official No. 196007) and served until 1906, when he purchased his discharge (though remaining on the Royal Fleet Reserve). He later made his way to Australia, where in February 1912 he joined the Sydney Fire Brigade. By the outbreak of war he had been promoted to Fireman Second Class and was based at No. 4 station, Darlinghurst. At the outbreak of war the Australian government decided to raise a combined naval and military force with the particular task of occupying the German colonies in New Guinea; this was to be a separate enterprise from the much larger expeditionary force simultaneously being raised for service outside Australia (the Australian Imperial Force). The military element amounted to a battalion of infantry, while the naval contingent was to consist of six companies (according to the roll, 24 officers and around 260 men). Advertisements were placed in the press calling for volunteers from time-expired seamen of the Royal Navy and reservists; one such must have caught William Cooper’s eye, as he was granted indefinite leave from the Fire Brigade on 17 August 1914. Within days the expedition set off northwards aboard the requisitioned transport Berrima, pausing on the way for a short period of training while a Naval escort was awaited. Landfall was made at Blanche Bay, New Guinea, on 11 September 1914. Here the military contingent was to take the colony’s seat of government at Rabaul, while the naval contingent landed at Herbertshöhe, to proceed inland and seize the enemy’s wireless stations. In the course of the day’s fighting that followed, Australia sustained its first casualties of the war (six officers and men of the naval force killed, with four more wounded), and earned its first decorations. Besides these milestones, the episode is also notable in Australian military history as the first operation to be entirely planned and implemented by Australians, under the command of Australian officers. After a period with the occupying forces in New Guinea after the colony’s surrender, William Cooper returned to Australia and was discharged from the R.A.N. He returned to duty with the Sydney Fire Brigade on 5 March 1915, but his health was badly affected by the malaria he had contracted while on active service, and he died in his bed at Darlinghurst Fire Station on 12 August 1915. Thomas Cooper, younger brother of the above, was born at Paddington in 1890. He served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from January 1915 and was released in June 1919. He died in London in 1945. Sold with a DVD of copied research.
Lot 378
A fine Great War 'Second Battle of the Dover Straits' M.I.D. group of three awarded to Sick Berth Attendant J. Gradwell, Royal Navy, one of just two medics aboard H.M.S. Broke, who provided essential care when his ship rammed the Imperial German Navy Torpedo Boat SMS G42 at 27 knots, almost turning her adversary right over. With both vessels locked together, the scene descended into desperate hand-to-hand fighting on the top deck of Broke, the sailors attacking each other with cutlasses, bayonets and anything else at hand. Remarkably, the recipient later gave a firsthand account of this to a Bolton newspaper, adding that he suffered from the effects of an exploded gas shell British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (M.16759 J. Gradwell. S.B.A. R.N.); Romania, Kingdom, Medal for Bravery and Loyalty, 2nd Class, with crossed swords, silvered bronze, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (3) £300-£400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 10 May 1917: 'Honours for Service in the Action between H.M. Ships "Swift" and "Broke" and German Destroyers, on the night of the 20th to 21st April, 1917.' Romania, Medal for Bravery and Loyalty, 2nd Class London Gazette 17 March 1919: 'For distinguished services rendered during the war.' James Gradwell was born in Bolton on 26 December 1891 and joined the Royal Navy at Portsmouth on 22 October 1915. Posted to Haslar Naval Hospital for a year, Gradwell transferred to the destroyer H.M.S. Broke on 29 December 1916 as Acting Auxiliary Sick Berth Attendant. The scenes aboard Broke in the night action of 20-21 April 1917 rank amongst some of the most vivid of the entire Great War. Thwarting a significant attack on the Dover Barrage by six Zeebrugge-based enemy torpedo boats, the Swift and Broke succeeded in sinking two vessels, the second by ramming, and at enormous cost, in a manner reminiscent of Napoleonic engagements rather than modern warfare. An eye-witness account of the action states: ‘Many casualties had occurred among the guns' crews of the forecastle through two enemy shells, one of which had detonated projectiles in a ready rack. All the electric cables and voice-pipes from the bridge had been shot away, while the after compass, after wireless-room, and searchlight were demolished. The foremost funnel was pierced through and through by splinters until it resembled a huge nutmeg-grater. A shell passing in through the side above the waterline had penetrated a coal-bunker, to explode in the boiler-room beyond, killing or wounding every man in the compartment and severing the main steam-pipe, from which the steam escaped with a deafening roar. And, besides the damage from enemy shell, the British flotilla-leader had a badly bent and crumpled bow, and two huge gashes forward above the waterline. Dead and wounded lay everywhere … In the space of a few moments the Broke was converted into a smoking-shambles. In places, her decks were literally running in blood. She sustained 57 casualties, of whom 21 were killed outright, and no part of the ship was immune.’ (Taffrail's Endless Story, refers). Towed back to port, the survivors of Broke were placed on 'survivor's furlough' and sent home. It was here that Gradwell's story caught the attention of The Farnworth Chronicle on 4 May 1917: ‘They call our ship the chattiest and happiest ship in the Navy,’ he remarked, in paying a very high tribute to the officers and crew, to all of whose bravery in the action he testified. ‘A probationary surgeon and our towns-man comprised the [only] medical staff of the vessel.’ For his bravery and devotion to duty that night, Gradwell was Mentioned in Despatches. The Bolton Journal and Guardian of 18 May 1917 corroborates the details above, adding: ‘For devoted services in attending the injured during the whole of the engagement, he being the only sick-berth attendant on board’. Remaining in service, Gradwell survived the War and was further recognised by the King of Romania with the rare 2nd Class decoration. He returned home to Bolton and later worked as an agent and superintendent for the Royal London Insurance Company. Elected Alderman in 1949 and Chairman of the Bolton and District Sewerage and Water Board, Gradwell served from 1960 to 1961 as Mayor of Bolton. A 'Bolton man' from top to toe, he died at Bolton General Hospital on 14 April 1972.
Lot 413
A well-documented group of eight awarded to Chief Stoker H. C. O. Seymour, Royal Navy, who enjoyed a long and remarkable career on Submarines, his service spanning two World Wars British War Medal 1914-20 (K.52038 H. C. O. Seymour. Sto.2 R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (X.52038 H. C. O. Seymour. Ch.Sto. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K.52038 H. C. O. Seymour, Ch, Sto. H.M.S. Dolphin.) mounted as worn, very fine and better (8) £400-£500 --- Henry Charles Oliver Seymour was born in Cadoxton, Glamorgan, on 25 May 1900. A wool carbonizer, he joined the Royal Navy on 4 June 1918 and spent the remainder of the Great War on home service in Portsmouth. Raised Stoker 1st Class on 1 November 1919, Acting Leading Stoker aboard Tiger 2 in October 1924, and Stoker Petty Officer aboard Effingham on 6 March 1926, Seymour volunteered for service in submarines on 22 May 1929. Posted variously to XI, K26, L16, L56, and L71, Seymour was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 5 August 1933, and later served for over a year as a locomotive driver on the Palestine Railways during the Emergency. Here Seymour utilised his knowledge of machinery and internal combustion engines, evidence of which is clearly displayed in his Naval Service Record. Posted to Narwhal on 30 August 1938, Oswald on 2 August 1939, and the newly commissioned shore establishment H.M.S. Stag at Port Said on 6 November 1940, Seymour spent much of the Second World War employed in the workshops and submarine stores. A letter from his commanding officer may explain the reasoning behind the posting: ‘Seymour has fluent French and Arabic. He can read and write the latter as well as speak it’. Returned home to Portsmouth in 1945, he served a spell as Dockyard Storekeeper before joining the Admiralty Constabulary on 13 March 1950. Discharged to pension six years later, he died on 28 January 1961. Sold with a large archive including: The recipient’s full original record of service, spanning four parchment documents; Buckingham Palace forwarding letter for Silver Jubilee medal, named to ‘H. C. O. Seymour, Chief Stoker, P/K.52038’; Character certificate from the Admiralty Constabulary, dated 23 June 1956; ‘Crossing the Line’ King Neptune Certificate; four letters of reference, each speaking highly of the recipient and his ability to lead men; Education Certificates for Stoker Petty Officer (2); An original Will, leaving all his possessions to his wife, Mrs. Emma Kate Seymour; a cased Royal Tournament Medallion, bronze, ‘Portsmouth Division 1921 Tug of War, Sto. Seymour.’; the recipient’s Submariner’s silk scarf; and a particularly large and impressive photograph album detailing his time in Palestine. This includes approximately 200 photographs, including submarines, burned out railway carriages, coastal scenes, images of crew and family, holy shrines, religious personalities and the recipient on and off duty.
Lot 647
The historically interesting Metropolitan Police group of three awarded to Police Constable W. Pennett, ‘H’ (Whitechapel) Division, who discovered the ‘Pinchin Street Torso’ on 10 September 1889, the last of the ‘Thames Torso Murders’ that took place in London between the period 1887 and 1889, at the same time as the Whitechapel Murders were being committed by ‘Jack the Ripper’ Jubilee 1887, 1 clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. W. Pennett. H. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. W. Pennett. H. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C., W. Pennett.) good very fine and better (3) £600-£800 --- William Pennett was at St. Dunstan’s, London, on 9 June 1852 and joined the Metropolitan Police at Great Scotland Yard on 14 April 1884. He served the whole of his period with the Police with ‘H’ (Whitechapel) Division, and retired to pension on 2 June 1913, after 29 years and 49 days’ service. He was subsequently employed at the Royal Mint. The Pinchin Street Torso At 5:15 a.m., on 10 September 1889, Pennett was on beat duty in Whitechapel when he discovered the torso of a woman, lacking head and legs, under a railway arch in Pinchin Street. The district was on high alert at the time, coinciding as it did with the Whitechapel Murders, and the following day the Commissioner of Police in the Metropolis, James Monro, forwarded a seven-page report to the Home Office regarding the discovery: ‘This street is close to Berner Street which was the scene of one of the previous Whitechapel murders [that of Elizabeth Stride]. It is not a very narrow street, but is lonely at night, and is patrolled every half hour by a constable on beat. The arch where the body was found abuts on the pavement. The constable discovered the body some what after 20 minutes past five on the morning of Tuesday [10th September 1889]... He is positive that when he passed the spot about five the body was not there... It may therefore be assumed that the body was placed where it was found some time between 5 & 5.30 am... Although the body was placed in the arch on Tuesday morning, the murder - (and although there is not yet before me proof of the cause of death, I assume that there has been a murder) was not committed there nor then. There was almost no blood in the arch, and the state of the body itself showed that death took place about 36 hours or more previously. This, then enables me to say that the woman was made away with probably on Sunday night, the 8th September. This was the date on which one of the previous Whitechapel murders [that of Annie Chapman] was committed ...’ Inevitably, there was speculation that this was another victim of ‘Jack the Ripper’ However, Munro’s report continues: ‘... If this a fresh outrage by the Whitechapel murderer known by the horribly familiar nickname of Jack the Ripper... this murder committed in the murderers house would be a new departure from the system hitherto pursued by this ruffian. I am however inclined to believe that this case was not the work of the “Ripper” ... Whereas, in the previous cases, the bodies had been mutilated, in this latest case there was no mutilation other than dismemberment, and there is no removal of any portion of the organs of generation or intestines... With the previous murders there were distinct traces of furious mania, the murderer having plenty of time at his disposal slashed and cut the body in all directions, evidently under the influence of frenzy... However, in this case the crime probably took place in the lodging of the murderer, and there is no sign of frenzied mutilation of the body, but of deliberate and skillful dismemberment with a view to removal... These are all very striking departures from the practice of the Whitechapel murderer, and if the body had been found elsewhere that in Whitechapel the supposition that death had been caused by the Ripper would probably not have been entertained..." In conclusion, Monro stated that, " I am inclined to the belief that, taking one thing with another, this is not the work of the Whitechapel murderer..."
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Lot 673
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful - sic) (Cpl W. Hall. 28th. Sept [sic], 1913) lacking integral top riband buckle, very fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case No. 40,459. The official citation states: ‘At 3.30 p.m. on the 28th August, 1913, an old man of 65, threw himself into the canal lock at Upper Mill, Yorks., the depth being 10 ft. and the water foul. Lce.-Corpl. W. Hall, 7th Battalion West Riding Regiment., jumped in and caught him but failed to get him out, and he was drowned.’ Sold with a copied news extract from the Oldham Evening Chronicle, dated 29 September 1913, which notes that Mr Walter Hall of Diggle, who was passing at the time, succeeded in bringing the body to the towing path, a distance of 15 to 20 yards; Dr. Bruzand then conducted artificial respiration upon the body of Thomas Bradbury, a 60-year old dry-waller, but to no avail.
Lot 679
A Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross Third Class group of four awarded to Scout Master T. Grantaire-Robertson, 1st Central Methodist Scout Troop, later Captain, South African Air Force Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross, 3rd Class, 2nd issue, gilt, unnamed, with integral top riband bar, in case of issue; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, these both officially impressed ‘203330 T. Grantaire-Robertson’, in original paper envelopes of issue; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; together with a Scottish Clan Crest Badge for the Robertson Clan; and two South Africa Royal Visit medallions, bronze, both unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- Thomas Grantaire-Robertson was born on 20 August 1896 and was a schoolmaster by profession. A Scout Master of the 15 Central Methodist Scout Troop, he was awarded the Scout Association Gallantry Cross Third Class on 10 January 1922. He enlisted for service in the South African Air Force in January 1941, and was posted as Second Lieutenant at 71 Air School, Milner Park. He transferred to 6 Air School in July 1942, and was promoted to Captain on 1 October 1943. He was released from service in August 1946 and resumed employment with the Transvaal Education Department. He died on 12 February 1962. Sold with copied research. Note: Coronation Medal unconfirmed.
Lot 680
A rare and poignant Our Dumb Friends League Medal pair to Army deserter and career-criminal Mr. E. Netley, who sustained serious injuries whilst out on the prowl one evening at West Croydon railway station, when he attempted to rescue a dog which had strayed onto the tracks. Found unconscious alongside the body of a cream coloured Alsatian which was described in contemporary accounts as a ‘blackened mass’ lying across the live rail, Netley was fortunate to escape with his life Our Dumb Friends League Medal, heart-shaped, silver (Awarded to Mr. Edward Netley. For the courageous rescue of a Dog from a railway track. August 1929.) hallmarks for Birmingham 1927; together with a privately commissioned bronze medal by Vaughton, Birmingham, unnamed as issued, swing mounted, pawnbroker marks to edge of first, scratches to reverse of both, very fine (2) £700-£900 --- Edward Netley was born in Brighton around 1893. A labourer of no fixed abode, he attested for the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment around his eighteenth birthday (10047 Pte. E. Netley) and was soon the subject of a Court Martial at Warley Camp on 22 May 1911, in consequence of desertion. Found guilty, he was released from service. Familiar with dwellings along the London to Brighton railway line, Netley soon caught the attention of the Croydon Borough Bench when charged with stealing furniture from Mr. Arthur Winter who had known him just a few weeks. Out of compassion and seeing Netley with no home and no work, Winter had provided him with lodging and partial board, but was soon dismayed to hear that his goods had been sold in Portobello Road, the shop proprietor believing them to have originated from Netley’s ‘late mother’. The following year, Netley was back before the courts after breaking into his mother’s house at 3, Holland Road, South Norwood. Very much alive, she saw to it that he was sentenced to three month’s hard labour for theft. The outbreak of the Great War saw little change in Netley’s behaviour. Attesting for the 6th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (18676 Pte. E. Netley), he served in Egypt from 16 November 1915 but was soon in trouble for desertion alongside a pal when back home in England. Wearing the stripes of a Corporal, he pretended to be an escort to his friend when challenged by a policeman. The ruse failed and Netley was transferred to the Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment (64025 Pte. E. Netley). A while later, Netley was charged with obtaining money by false pretences. Appearing in the dock at Croydon Borough Police Court, he described himself as a ‘wounded Private’ of the 3rd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Wearing the ribbon of the Military Medal, his largesse went further. The Croydon Times of 16 November 1918, adds: ‘Netley told the Bench that he had won the Military Medal and had been wounded four times. He wanted to retrieve his character and would pay back the money. He had been in the army four years. The father said he was sorry his son had not better sense, and hoped the magistrates would deal leniently with him. In reply to Ald. Fox. defendant said he won the Military Medal for capturing a machine gun and seven prisoners.’ Remarkably, Alderman Fox offered Netley ‘one more chance,’ much to the chagrin of his mother. Analysis of Netley’s Army Service Records show that he was indeed wounded, suffering a slight wound in France whilst with the 7th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, and another slight wound to the left hand whilst with the West Yorkshire Regiment. No trace of the award of the MM can be found. Discharged from the Army on 12 September 1919 and issued a Silver War Badge in consequence of disability, Netley forfeited his Great War medals on 23 December 1920 following further convictions for theft and fraud. Remaining in South London for the next nine years, Netley finally caught the attention of the local press for all the right reasons on a summer evening in 1929. Crossing the bridge at West Croydon Railway Station, he ‘heard the cries of a dog’ and leapt over an 8-foot wire security fence, falling 30 feet down the embankment. He then attempted to move the animal by hand, but was electrocuted and knocked unconscious, being found soon thereafter atop the clinker and wooden sleepers. Initially described as an ‘unknown hero’ by the contemporary press on account of Netley carrying no identification about his body, he was later identified at Croydon General Hospital and received considerable praise. Discharged, he travelled south to Brighton and was immediately caught stealing a bicycle. According to the Derby Daily Telegraph, 30 August 1929: ‘In recognition of this act of bravery the justices only sentenced Netley to three months’ hard labour. But for this act the sentence would have been much greater as he had a bad record.’ Awarded the Our Dumb Friends League Medal, it appears that the recipient’s life of poverty and cycle of petty theft continued unabated. Possibly pawned by the recipient, Netley was later admitted to the Kensington and Chelsea workhouse. In 1939, he was further charged at Brentford for having absconded from Isleworth Casual Ward, and fined 5 shillings. Having burned all his bridges with friends and family alike, it appears that his life ended in abject poverty. An article published in The Guardian newspaper describes the life of one man in a London workhouse at this time: ‘I found myself in a small room with other casuals. There were old men and young men; men who smiled and men who sneered; men who stared fixatedly before them and men who talked in low, toneless voices... But they were all men with one thing in common - hunger.’ Sold with copied research.
Lot 69
A Silver R.V.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant-Major J. H. P. Standford, Royal Horse Artillery, later Yeoman State Porter at Buckingham Palace Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Peiwar Kotal, Charasia, Kabul (823. Actg. Bomr. J. Standford. F/A. R.H.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (1341 S. Major J. Standford, R.H.A.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R. Silver, unnamed; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1341. B.Q.M. Sgt. J. Standford. R.H.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S. Mjr. J. Standford. R.H.A.) naming largely officially re-impressed, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (7) £500-£700 --- R.V.M. (Silver) 3 June 1925: Yeoman State Porter, Buckingham Palace. M.S.M. Army Order 166 of 1928, with Annuity. Medal issued in the name of ‘Stanford’ and returned for amendment and re-issue (M.S.M. Card refers). James (Henry Prescott) Standford was born at Aldershot, Hampshire, on 2 February 1857, and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Westminster on 28 November 1874, aged 18, a storekeeper by trade. He served in Afghanistan between 1878 and 1880, and in South Africa from 1899 until 1901, and was discharged in the rank of Sergeant-Major at Woolwich on 3 January 1902, aged 45 years 1 month, ‘having reached the age for discharge’. He was appointed Yeoman State Porter at Buckingham Palace on 1 April 1902, and retired on 1 April 1928. Sold with copied discharge papers and M.S.M. Card, together with information from The Royal Archives.
Lot 697
Renamed and Defective Medals (2): Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (Civil Surgeon H. R. Ellis.) renamed; Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of Ookiep, bronze issue (J. Phillips.) this a cast copy; the QSA cleaned and lacquered, very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 702
Montenegro, Kingdom, Military Bravery Medal, silver (2); Medal for Heroism 1862, silver; Nikola I Golden Jubilee Medal 1910, bronze (2); Commemorative Medal for the War with Macedonia 1915-16, abrasively cleaned, generally nearly very fine Yugoslavia, Social Federal Republic, Medal for Military Merit, silvered; Medal of Labour, bronze-gilt; Medal for the 30th Anniversary of Victory over Fascism 1975, bronze-gilt; Medal for the 50th Anniversary of the People’s Army 1991, bronze-gilt, extremely fine (10) £140-£180
Lot 707
A scarce New Jersey Civil War Veteran’s Medal attributed to Volunteer Corporal J. Mackey, 7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment, who was captured on 22 June 1864 during the First Battle for the Weldon Railroad and was held in captivity at the notorious prison camp at Andersonville, Georgia State of New Jersey Civil War Veteran Medal, bronze, unnamed, the reverse of suspension bar officially numbered 587, good very fine £300-£400 --- John Mackey was born in Ireland in about 1843 and was mustered into service as a private in Company B, 7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment, at Trenton, N.J., for three years on 27 August 1861. During the spring of 1862 his company was disbanded and he was transferred to Company A. He re-enlisted on 25 December 1863 as a veteran volunteer and was promoted Corporal on 1 January 1864. He was awarded 35 days’ furlough from 9 April 1864 and was captured on 22 June 1864 along the Jerusalem Plan Road south of Petersburg during the First Battle for the Weldon Railroad. He was imprisoned briefly in Richmond and then Lynchburg before being transferred to Andersonville. He was discharged to a hospital at Millen, Georgia on 11 November and as paroled at Savannah, Georgia, on 26 November. After time at a parole camp near Annapolis, Maryland he re-joined the 7th on 7 January 1865 and was mustered out near Washington, D.C., on 17 July 1865. Mackey’s regiment fought in all the major battles and campaigns in the east including the Peninsular Campaign, the Seven Days, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Overland Campaign, the Siege of Petersburg, and - after he re-joined the regiment - the Appomattox Campaign. The medal was awarded on 2 December 1907. He lived in New Jersey for much of his life and was awarded a pension on 28 January 1903. He died on 14 August 1912, and his widow Sarah applied for a widow’s pension on 14 September 1912. The State of New Jersey Civil War Veteran Medal In 1904, the State of New Jersey authorised the issue of the New Jersey Civil War Veteran Medal to honour its veterans in the State’s Civil War volunteer regiments, but in 1909 it was extended to all who served in the army and naval forces of the United States and who were credited to the State’s quota of men. This medal took the form of a 37mm bronze disc, suspended from a bar by two chains. The medal itself was unnamed but the reverse of the bar was individually impressed with a number which can be traced to each veteran it was issued to. Approximately 88,000 men from this State fought for the Union but just 5,292 of these medals were issued to veterans. Sold with copied research.
Lot 709
A United States of America Second War Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart group of seven awarded to Sergeant E. F. Covin, United States Cavalry, who was thrice wounded during the Second World War United States of America, Silver Star, unnamed as issued, with riband bar and lapel device, in case of issue; Bronze Star, unnamed as issued, with riband bar and lapel device; Purple Heart, unnamed as issued, with riband bar with two bronze oak leaf clusters and lapel device; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Liberation of the Philippines Medal; Army Good Conduct Medal; together with the recipient’s riband bar and Combat Infantryman Badge, nearly extremely fine (7) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Silver Star awarded 9 May 1944. The official citation states: ‘For gallantry in action at New Guinea on 20 March 1944. His platoon stopped in its advance by heavy machine gun fire, Private first class Covin, with utter disdain for the enemy fire, crawled forward to a position from which he could deliver machine gun fire against an enemy pillbox which was vital to the enemy’s defense. With his concentration of machine gun fire and notwithstanding his own exposure to snipers, he succeeded in eliminating the pillbox, thus facilitating the advance of his platoon.’ Edward F. Covin was born in Beaumont, Texas, on 19 September 1922, and attested for the 7th Cavalry Regiment, United States Army, on 26 February 1943. He was awarded his Combat Infantryman Badge on 23 June 1944 and served during the Second World War in the Asiatic-Pacific campaign in New Guinea, and in the Liberation of the Philippines. Thrice wounded in action - on 20 March 1944, 25 February 1945, and 6 March 1945 - he was awarded both the Silver Star and the Bronze Star, and also received the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Badge. He was honourably discharged on 6 August 1945. Sold with the Bestowal Document for the Silver Star, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Gallantry in Action at New Guinea, 20 March 1944’; Bestowal Document for the Bronze Star, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Meritorious Achievement in Ground Operations against the Enemy in the Pacific Theater of Operations, during the New Guinea Campaign at New Guinea, 20 March 1944’; Bestowal Document for the Purple Heart, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Wounds Received in Action at New Guinea on 20 March 1944’; Bestowal Document for the First Oak Leaf Cluster to the Purple Heart, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, (then Private First Class, Cavalry), for Wounds Received in Action on the Philippine Islands, 25 February 1945; Bestowal Document for the Second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Purple Heart, named to ‘Sergeant Edward F. Covin, 39561335, Cavalry, for Wounds Received in Action on the Philippine Islands, 6 March 1945; copied record of service; and a photographic image believed to be of the recipient.
Lot 710
A United States of America Second War Silver Star and Bronze Star group of five awarded to Lieutenant B. C. Washburn, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division, United States Army United States of America, Silver Star, the reverse engraved ‘Ben C. Washburn’; Bronze Star, unnamed; American Campaign Medal; European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; together with the recipient’s Combat Infantryman Badge, nearly extremely fine (5) £180-£220 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Silver Star awarded per General Order 12, HQ 35th Infantry Division, on 15 February 1945. The official citation states: ‘For gallantry in action in Belgium, on 2, 3, and 4 January 1945. When two companies of the Second Battalion, 134th Infantry, suffered the severing of their supply line by enemy action, Lieutenant Washburn reconnoitered for a route for the delivery of vital supplies. Despite the fact that the only route available traversed open terrain subjected to enemy machine gun and small arms fire, Lieutenant Washburn successfully led hand carrying parties during the nights of 2, 3, and 4 January, organized litter teams to evacuate the seriously wounded men of the two companies, and by his leadership, initiative, and resourcefulness, enabled the two units to continue their operations against the enemy.’ Bronze Star awarded per General Orders 58, HQ 35th Infantry Division, on 26 December 1944. The official citation states: ‘For heroic service in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States, in France, on 26 and 27 November 1944, Lieutenant Washburn, Transportation officer of the Second Battalion, 134th Infantry, personally reconnoitered a route to send supplies to attacking units in the nearby villages, as the only direct route into these villages was in enemy hands. Despite artillery and mortar fire, he succeeded in locating a suitable route, and on the night of 26 November, he brought four vehicles to a point between the two villages, then directed the carrying of supplies by hand to each of the villages. The same procedure was followed the next night. Throughout this operation, Lieutenant Washburn worked under heavy enemy fire, ensuring a constant flow of vital supplies to all companies at the front. His cool-headed resourcefulness and tireless devotion to duty reflect credit upon his character as an officer.’ Sold with copied research.
Lot 711
An extremely well-documented United States of America Silver Star and Purple Heart group of ten awarded to Staff Sergeant J. W. Wilson, United States Army United States of America, Silver Star (James W. Wilson); Purple Heart (James W. Wilson); Army Good Conduct Medal (2), both named ‘James W. Wilson’; National Defense Medal, with oak leaf cluster; Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Medal; Korean Service Medal, with two bronze stars on riband; U.N. Medal for Korea; Vietnam Service Medal, with two bronze stars on riband; Humanitarian Service Medal; together with the recipient’s Combat Medical Badge; two Marksman’s Badge, one with Rifle Bar, the other with Grenade Bar; and various riband bars and other riband devices, good very fine (lot) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- James W. Wilson served with the United States Army overseas in Korea from 6 March 1953 to 1 July 1954; and in Vietnam from 13 August 1965 to 10 August 1966, and again from 3 March 1968 to 15 January 1969. Sold with the recipient’s Army Commendation Medal Certificate, named to Staff Sergeant James W. Wilson, 415404753, United States Army, for Meritorious Service 12 January 1969 to 30 September 1969; President of the United States of America Certificate for Outstanding Community Achievement of Vietnam Era Veterans; a vast quantity of contemporary photographs, mainly service related, some with annotations to the reverse; other ephemera; and copied research.
Lot 712
A United States of America Legion of Merit and Purple Heart pair awarded to A. W. Parry United States of America, Legion of Merit, Legionnaire’s Badge, the reverse engraved ‘Alfred W Parry’; Purple Heart, the reverse engraved ‘Alfred W. Parry’, nearly extremely fine A United States of America Bronze Star and Purple Heart group of three awarded to K. O. Moorehead United States of America, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, the reverse engraved ‘Kenneth O. Moorehead’; Purple Heart, the reverse engraved ‘Kenneth O. Moorehead’; European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, nearly extremely fine (5) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 713
A United States of America ‘Korean War’ Bronze Star and Purple Heart Pair awarded to Private First Class W. L. Beach, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, United States Army United States of America, Bronze Star, unnamed; Purple Heart, the reverse engraved ‘William L. Beach’; together two cloth patches and a Korean cigarette lighter, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William L. Beach, a native of South Carolina, served with the United States Forces from 12 May 1949 to 24 December 1954, and was twice wounded in action in Korea. Awarded the Bronze Star for his gallantry, the official citation states: ‘Private First Class William L. Beach, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, distinguished himself by heroic achievement on 5 September 1950 in the vicinity of Changnyong, Korea. On that date his unit was defending Hill 208 against an attack by a determined and numerically superior enemy. Private Beach's platoon prepared to withdraw under heavy enemy pressure. During this attack he encountered six of the enemy, but beat them back with hand grenades, wounding three and causing the others to withdraw a short distance. When two additional enemy joined the three, he again forced them back with his last hand grenade. Only when the rest of his platoon had completed their withdrawal did he withdraw. The heroism displayed by Private Beach reflects great credit upon himself and the military service.’ Sold with copied research.
Lot 730
Military Badges. A miscellaneous selection, including Border Regiment, Cameronians, Gordon Highlanders, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Rifle Brigade, Tyneside Scottish, 8th, 12th, 15th, and 16th Battalions, London Regiment; together with a Bronze Tank Corps badge and a United States of America Sterling Silver Wings, some reproductions and copies, generally good condition (lot) £100-£140
Lot 735
Collar Badges. A miscellaneous selection, including OSD bronze examples Royal Marines, Royal West Surrey Regiment, Gloucestershire Regiment, Manchester Regiment, Highland Light Infantry, London Scottish, and First Aid Nursing Yeomanry; together with various other ranks examples including Yorkshire Hussars, Royal Fusiliers, West Yorkshire Regiment, East Yorkshire Regiment, Green Howards, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Hampshire Regiment, and South Staffordshire Regiment, some reproductions and copies, generally good condition (lot) £120-£160
Lot 84
Three: Jemadar Patt Ram, No. 5 Bombay Mountain Battery India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, bronze issue (Jemdr. Patt Ram. No. 5 Bo. Mtn. By:); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98, bronze issue (Mul: Duffadar Path Ram. 5th Bombay M.B.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp, bronze issue (Mule Dufdr. Path Ram No. 5 Bo. Mn. By.) all silver plated, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £260-£300
Lot 90
Five: Bombardier Sado, Nigeria Regiment Artillery Africa General Service 1902-56, 3 clasps, S. Nigeria 1903, S. Nigeria 1904, West Africa 1906 (2800 Pte. Sado. S.N. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (2800 Bmbr. Sado. Nig. R. (Art.)); British War and Victory Medals (2800 Bmbr. Sado. Nig. R. (Art.)); Coronation 1902, bronze, mounted as worn, the first and last polished, fine, otherwise very fine (5) £260-£300
Lot 94
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel E. V. Thomas, Royal Artillery Korea 1950-53, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major E. V. Thomas R.A.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; United States of America, Bronze Star Medal (E. V. Thomas Maj) good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 5 April 1945 (Burma and Eastern Frontier of India); 10 January 1946 (Burma); 19 September 1946 (Burma); 10 October 1952 (Korea). Bronze Star Medal London Gazette 30 October 1953 (Korea). Evan Vaughan Thomas was born on 9 July 1913. A Gentleman Cadet from Royal Military Academy, he was to be raised 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Artillery on 1 February 1934, and subsequently: Lieutenant on 1 February 1937; Act. Captain on 1 February 1940; Temp. Captain on 1 May 1940; Captain on 1 February 1942; Major on 1 February 1947; Act. Lieutenant-Colonel on 15 June 1945; Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel on 15 September 1945; and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 April 1955. Thomas was retired on 19 July 1958.
Lot 129
A group of jewellery, comprising: a 19th century agate composite cameo brooch depicting the head of a Bacchante; a 19th century gilt-mounted oval cornelian intaglio pendant engraved with stylised Islamic script; an oval Italian mosaic brooch depicting St Peter's, Rome; an early 20th century sterling silver buckle with jadeite jade panel carved as the Chinese characters for double happiness; a 19th century gold half-pearl bow brooch with suspension hook; and a bronze Art Nouveau of twin mythical bird design and faux pearls (6)
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