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Lot 91
A fine O.B.I. and R.V.M. group of eight awarded to Hon. Captain Khairati Singh, Sardar Bahadur, 16th Light Cavalry, His Majestys Indian Orderly Officer 1934, together with related family medals Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel, lacking suspension loop; 1914-15 Star (1249 Dfdr. Khairati Singh, 27/Light Cavy.); British War and Victory Medals (1249 Jemdr. Khairati Singh, 27 Cavy.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Jemdr. Khairate Singh); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21 (Jemdr. Khairati Singh, 27 L. Cavy.); Royal Victorian Medal, Silver, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, mounted court style as worn Pair: Risaldar Lakhpat Singh, 26th Light Cavalry British War and Victory Medals (1495 Risldr Lakhpat Singh, 26 L. Cavy.); Indian Recruiting Badge, G.V.R., bronze, silver and enamel, the reverse officially numbered 460, mounted court style as worn Five: Captain Chandra Bahn Singh, Hodsons Horse, Indian Armoured Corps Indian Independence 1947 (IEC-2297 T/Capt. C. B. Singh, A.C.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, these last four all officially impressed (2297 Capt. Chandra Bahn Singh, I.A.C.) mounted court style as worn, generally nearly very fine or better (16) £1000-1200 O.B.I. First Class, with title of ôSardar Bahadurö, awarded on 7 August 1935 to Hon. Captain Khairati Singh, 16th Light Cavalry R.V.M. Silver awarded in July 1934 to Risaldar Khairati Singh, Bahadur, 16th Light Cavalry, for services as one of H.Ms. Indian Orderly Officers in 1934. Khairati Singh served in the 27th (later renumbered 16th) Light Cavalry in the War of 1914-21 - France and Belgium, 31 December 1914 to 27 March 1916, Iraq, 26 February 1917 to 12 June 1918; South Persia 1918-19; Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919; Waziristan 1919-24. Captain Chandra Bahn Singh was the son of Risaldar Lakhpat Singh, brother of Captain Khairati Singh.
Lot 98
An unusual inter-war civil C.B., C.B.E., Great War military O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Kenneth Lyon, Under Secretary of State in the 1939-45 War, late Captain, Royal Field Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companions neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1934, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commanders 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Goldsmiths & Silversmiths, London fitted case; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officers 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Capt. K. Lyon); Defence Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; France, Legion of Honour, Chevaliers breast badge, in silver, gilt and enamel, together with Glass Sellers Companys Medal, bronze-gilt, officially named to Kenneth Lyon, Esq., C.B., C.B.E., M.A., Master 1951-52, in fitted case, mounted as worn where applicable, the O.B.E. with worn gilt and the French badge chipped at arms points, otherwise very fine and better (11) £800-1000 C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1938. C.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1924. French Legion of Honour London Gazette 14 January 1921. Kenneth Lyon was born at Rainhill, Lancashire in February 1886 and was educated at Birkenhead School and Merton College, Oxford. Entering the Civil Service in 1909, as a Higher Division Clerk at the War Office, he acted as Private Secretary to the Adjutant-General 1912-16. In June of the latter year, however, in order to play a more active part in the prevailing hostilities, he was accepted as a Cadet by the Royal Artillery and, on completion of his training at the end of the same year, was embarked for France as a 2nd Lieutenant in 13th Brigade, R.F.A., in which capacity he remained actively employed until the end of the War. And, in addition to being mentioned in the Secretary of States List in February 1917, and winning a ômentionö in December 1918, was awarded the O.B.E. - the announcement of this latter honour has yet to be traced in the London Gazette, but is listed after his name in the same publication on the confirmation of his advancement to Captain (see London Gazette 16 July 1920). Returning to his duties in the Civil Service, Lyon was Private Secretary to various Secretaries of State for War 1921-24, including Lord Derby, and was awarded the C.B.E. in the latter year. Next serving as Assistant Secretary at the War Office 1924-36, he was also a Member of the British Delegation to the Disarmament Conference at Geneva in 1932. Lyon took up his final appointment, as Under Secretary of State in 1936, in which latter capacity he was awarded the C.B. in 1938 and served throughout the 1939-45 War. A Freeman of the City of London, he served as Master of the Worshipful Company of Glass Seller 1951-52 and died in August 1956; sold with original Times obituary cutting (dated 6 August 1956), and related statements published in later editions. Also see Lot 100 for his brothers Honours and Awards.
Lot 315
A fine Sea Gallantry Medal group of nine awarded to Able Seaman Robert Charles William Brown, Merchant Navy, awarded a total of five gallantry medals for his services in rescuing the crew of the Usworth in the North Atlantic, 1934 Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (Robert C. W. Brown S.S. ôUsworthö 14th December 1934); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, these unnamed as issued; Lloyds Medal for Saving Life at Sea, 2nd small type, bronze (Able Seaman Robert Charles William Brown S.S. ôUsworthö 14th December 1934); Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (To R. Brown, For Gallant Service 14/12/34) with silver brooch bar on ribbon; Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society, 6th type, silver (R. Brown, A.B., S.S. ôAscaniaö December 14th. 1934) with double-dolphin slip-bar and silver buckle on ribbon; Life Saving Benevolent Association of New York Medal, bronze, reverse inscribed (name engraved), Awarded to R. Brown for saving human life in peril, brooch bar inscribed, December 14, 1934, mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine (9) £2000-2500 Ex Edrington Collection 1980. The Dalgliesh Steamship Companys steamship Usworth, Captain J. J. Reed, left Sydney, Nova Scotia, for Queenstown on 6 December 1934, with a cargo of wheat. Encountering rough weather from the onset, she suffered damage to her steering on the 10th. Seeking urgent assistance, the Belgian steamship Jean Jadot and the Cunard liner Ascania came to her aid. The citation for the Board of Trade Sea Gallantry Medals well describes the efforts of those involved: The S.S. Usworth was severely damaged in a hurricane in the North Atlantic in December 1934. The vessel had battled with the gale for 3 days and efforts to effect temporary repairs were unavailing. The steering gear became damaged and it was not found possible to steer the ship. An S.O.S. was sent out at 6 a.m. on the 11th December which was answered by the S.S. Jean Jadot who steamed to her assistance. The Jean Jadot made attempts at salvage which continued until the afternoon of the 13th. The Usworth was then shipping very heavy seas which stove in the hatches and threw the vessel on her beam ends. At 7 a.m. on the 14th December the S.S. Ascania arrived on the scene and poured oil on the sea while the Jean Jadot manoeuvred into position to fire a line across the Usworth. Three rockets were fired, each of which fell short. The Ascania then steamed round to the weather side of the Usworth and fired 2 rockets each of which fell short. The position of the Usworth was getting desperate and the master asked whether a boat could be sent to take off her crew. A boat was sent away from the Jean Jadot which manoeuvred to the leeside of the Usworth and 15 men were taken off. The boat had shipped a lot of water and was capsized by a cross wave. The men thrown in the water became covered with oil and were quickly exhausted. It was possible however to get some of the men on board the Jean Jadot but unfortunately 2 of the crew of the Jean Jadot and 13 of the crew of the Usworth lost their lives. As there were still some of the crew left on the Usworth, the master of the Ascania decided to launch a lifeboat. The boat was got clear with great difficulty and had a perilous time before reaching the lee of the Usworth. Those on the Usworth were told to jump one at a time. Three jumped together and two lost their lives, although T. Gibson, cook, could have reached the boat but for turning back to the assistance of the messroom boy. The officer in charge of the lifeboat then decided he must go alongside the Usworth which he did with great skill thus being able to save the lives of the remaining 9 crew. The Ascania was manoeuvred to protect the lifeboat. The survivors were got on board the Ascania with great difficulty. The Jean Jadot had remained by the Usworth for 3 days and the Ascania for 18 hours. Great skill in seamanship by the Masters of the Jean Jadot and the Ascania and the action of Lieut. Pollitt of the Ascania who was in charge of the lifeboat was nothing short of heroic. He displayed remarkable seamanship in a very difficult and dangerous operation. (Ref. P.R.O. BT.261.7, rotation no.41, reg. no. M9380.35). For the rescue, the British Board of Trade awarded 12 S.G.M. in silver to men of the Ascania and 11 S.G.M. (Foreign Services) in silver to men of the Jean Jadot. In addition, Captain Bisset of the Ascania was awarded a silver rose bowl to the value of ú30; 3rd Officer Pollitt and 2nd Officer Leblanc, commanding the boats crews of the Ascania and Jean Jadot, were awarded silver cups to the value of ú15; 4th Officer Lambert of the Jean Jadot was awarded a silver salver to the value of ú12 and members of both boats crews were awarded 35 each. In addition to medals for saving life, Lloyds of London presented a commemorative plaque to the Ascania. Cook T. Gibson of the Usworth was awarded a posthumous Albert Medal for sacrificing his life in attempting to save the life of L. Jones, the messroom boy. Sold with some newspaper cuttings and a quantity of copied research, including newspaper extracts, reports and citations relating to the various medals.
Lot 323
Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, V.C., 4th Dragoon Guards Riband bar, khaki cloth-backed, bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross, with bronze V.C. emblem; Order of the Bath, Order of St, Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; Africa General Service 1902-56; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; Coronation 1937; Belgium, Order of the Crown, with 4th Class rosette; Poland, Order of Military Virtue; Poland, Cross of Valour 1920; Poland, Cross of Valour 1939; Belgium, Croix de Guerre 1914-18, faded but in good condition; together with another riband bar, this created for display purposes and showing additional W.W.2 and later awards, good condition (2) £150-200 V.C. London Gazette 9 September 1916. Lieutenant-Colonel Carton de Wiart, 4th Dragoon Guards, won the V.C. for his gallant action at La Boiselle, France, on 2/3 July 1916. With a photograph of the Generals medal group and card written by Lady Carton de Wiart, dated 24 April 1981, which accompanied the above (original) riband bar..
Lot 371
Three: James H. Marsh, Southern Railway St. Johns Ambulance Association Southern Railway St. Johns Ambulance Medal (3) by J.T. & Co., for 21 Years, 9ct. gold (James H. Marsh, 1941) hallmarks for Birmingham 1939, with gilt brooch bar; another, for 14 Years, silver (James Marsh, 1934) hallmarks for Birmingham 1933, ; another, for 7 Years, bronze (James H. Marsh, 1927) extremely fine (3) £160-200
Lot 398
A fine group of twenty-three Orders and Medals awarded to Lieutenant-General Maurice Hector Robert Delvoie, Belgian Army Belgium, Order of Leopold I, Grand Officers breast star with swords, silver, gold and enamel; Order of the Crown, Grand Officers breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, slight enamel damage; Order of Leopold I, Officers breast badge with swords, base gilt metal and enamel, lacking obverse centre, with rosette and A palm on ribbon; Order of the Crown, Officers breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette and A palm on ribbon; Order of Leopold II, Officers breast badge, base gilt metal and enamel, with rosette and crossed swords on ribbon; Croix de Guerre 1914-18, A cypher on reverse, with three A palms on ribbon; Yser Cross 1914; Croix du Feu; Victory Medal 1914-18; War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, with four bars; War Commemorative Medal 1940-45; U.N. Medal, on UNMOGIP ribbon; Belgium, Military Cross, silver-gilt and enamel; Centenary Medal 1930, silver - the twelve medals linked together for display; France, Colonial, Order of the Black Star of Benin, Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge, silver-gilt and enamel; breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with full sash; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commanders neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel loss and damage to centres and wreath, with neck cravat; Czechoslovakia, Order of the White Lion, Grand Officers set of insignia, Civil Division, by Karnet Kysely, Prague, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat; breast star, silver and enamel; U.S.A., Medal of Freedom, with silver palm; France, War Commemorative Medal 1939-45, no clasp; Croix de Guerre 1939, with bronze palm; G.B., 1939-45 Star; France ad Germany Star; Defence and War Medals - the seven medals linked together for display; Commemorative Cross, gilt, inscribed, GÄnÄral Delvoie, Palais du Gouvernement Nancy 8 Juillet 1945; together with a set of 22 miniature dress medals, mounted on two bars, similar to the above (with the addition of the Belgian Evaders Cross); with Belgium, Commemorative Medal 1870-71; Commemorative Medal 1865-1905; together with a mounted set of five miniature dress medals attributed to the Generals wife: Belgium, Order of the Crown, Chevalier, silver and enamel; G.B., 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, generally good very fine except where stated (56) £2500-3000 Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm, citation: Major General Maurice Delvoie, Belgian Army, for exceptionally meritorious achievement which aided the United States in the prosecution of the war against the enemy in Continental Europe, while serving as Belgian Military Attache to the French Government at London and Paris, from July 1943 to April 1946. Major General Delvoie performed his duties in an outstandingly excellent manner. In addition to his normal duties he was extremely active as a liaison officer between Allied Forces dealing with matters pertaining to the repatriation of Belgian prisoners. Furthermore he was of great assistance in co-ordinating the instruction of Belgian officers with that given Americans at United States Officer-Training Center at Fontainebleau. Major General Delvoies great tact, diplomacy, and superior devotion to the allied cause contributed materially to the maintenance of close Belgo-American relations, reflecting high credit upon him and the Allied Armed Forces Maurice Hector Robert Delvoie was born in Antwerp on 21 March 1885. He entered the Belgian Army Cadets School in 1901, becoming a 2nd Lieutenant in the Belgian Infantry in 1904. In 1905 he joined the 3rd Lancers, becoming a Lieutenant in 1912. As a Lieutenant in the cavalry he entered the Great War from the onset and remained at the front for the duration of the conflict, serving in both the cavalry and artillery. At the end of the war Delvoie held the rank of Acting Major, being promoted to that rank in 1922, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1930 and Colonel in 1935. In 1938, Delvoie was posted to the Belgian Embassy in Paris as Military Attache. During 1939-40 he served as the head of the Belgian military mission to the inter-allied commander, being promoted to Major-General in 1939. Following the fall of France, Delvoie escaped to Britain and joined the Belgian Government-in-Exile. He was appointed as an advisor to the Belgian Minister of Defence and also served as Belgian Military Attache and Liaison Officer to General de Gaulle, 1941-44. Amongst his wartime services was to set up and operate an escape route through Spain and Portugal (code name Benoùt) Approximately 200 allied personnel were evacuated through this route. Following the allied invasion and the liberation of the Low Countries, Delvoie returned to Belgium and took charge of the repatriation of Belgian prisoners-of-war and refugees. After the war Delvoie served as Belgian military advisor to the Paris Peace Conference of 1946. Less than a year later he was appointed to head the Belgian delegation to the United Nations Commission for Greece - following the civil war in that country. Delvoie formally retired from the Belgian Army in 1946, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-General. Was later the Force Commander for UNMOGIP (United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan). Later emigrating to Canada, Lieutenant-General Delvoie died in Montreal on 12 April 1971. With a photograph album containing photographs dating from 1912 to 1946 - mostly of a military nature; a riband bar, and a letter from a member of Delvoies family; together with copied research, including service record and the article, From the Trenches of the First World War to UN Peacekeeping: A Recipient of the Medal of Freedom: Lieutenant-General Maurice Delvoie, by Christopher McCreery.
Lot 408
Germany, Cross of Honour 1914-18, combatants; Landwehr Long Service Medal, 2nd Class, copper; China Medal 1900-01, bronze; Austria, War Commemorative Medal 1914-18; Hungary, War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, combatants; Bulgaria, War Commemorative Medal 1915-18, combatants; Germany, Third Reich, Faithful Service Decoration, 2nd Class, silvered metal and enamel, mounted German style as worn, good very fine (7) £100-140
Lot 466
Nine: Lieutenant-Colonel H. G. Maxwell, Indian Army India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Samana 1891, Chin Hills 1892-93 (Ltt. 19th Bl. Lcrs.) clasps soldered together; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieutt., 16th Bl. Cavy.); China 1900, no clasp (Captn., 16th Bl. Lcrs.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., Remount Serv.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed, mounted court style as worn; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1915, bronze palm on ribbon; U.S.A., Military Order of the Dragon, bronze and gilt, reverse inscribed (Capt. Hamilton G. Maxwell, 16th Cavalry No. 167) on substitute ribbon, lacking pagoda top bar, these two mounted court style as worn, light contact marks, very fine and better (9). £2000-2400 Hamilton George Maxwell was born on 7 July 1863, the son of Colonel Hamilton Maxwell, late Bengal Staff Corps. After serving briefly in the ranks, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Connaught Rangers on 7 May 1887. In January 1888 he was promoted to a a Lieutenant and appointed to the Indian Army Staff Corps. Ranked as a Squadron Officer with the 16th Bengal Lancers in April 1892, he served on the N.W. Frontier of India, serving in the 1st and 2nd Miranzai expeditions and was Orderly Officer to Brigadier-General Sir W. S. A. Lockhart, K.C.B. in the 1st Miranzai Expedition. He then served in Burma 1892-93 before returning to the N.W. Frontier, 1897-98. Maxwell was promoted to Captain in May 1898 and saw service in the Boxer Rebellion. Further advancement follwed, being promoted Substantive Major of the 16th Cavalry in May 1905 and Squadron Commander and Second in Command of the 16th Cavalry in November 1911. He attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1913 and was employed by the Remount Service in the Great War. Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell retired from the service on 10 January 1920. With copied Queens Indian Cadetship papers and other copied research. Croix de Guerre not confirmed.
Lot 474
Three: Private E. Walsh, Shropshire Light Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (1333 Pte., 1/Shrops. L.I.); Khedives Star, 1882, reverse impressed, 1333 Pte. E. Walsh, 1st Shrops. L.I., mounted for wear; together with an Independent Order of Good Templars Badge, for Suakin, bronze with red cloth backed centre, with brooch bar I.O.G.T. and purple ribbon inscribed in gilt, Shropshire Guding Star Suakim (sic), first two with some contact marks, very fine; last better and rare (3) £240-280 The Independent Order of Good Templars, a temperance organisation, is known to have issued medals during the latter half of the 19th Century; however the above medal does not appear in A Guide to Military Temperance Medals which was published in 2001.
Lot 518
Six: Stoker 1st Class T. H. Humphreys, Royal Navy, who served aboard H.M. Ships Nestor and Onslow in the Great War 1914-15 Star (K.14672 Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (K.14672 Sto. 1, R.N.); Defence Medal; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (K.14672 (Po.B. 15261) Sto. 1, R.F.R.); Romania, Medal for Hardihood and Loyalty, 3rd Class with swords, bronze, unnamed, some contact marks, very fine (6) £1000-1200 M.I.D. London Gazette 14 September 1918. .... for services in action with enemy submarines. Medal for Hardihood and Loyalty London Gazette 17 March 1919. Thomas Henry Humphreys was born in Liverpool on 10 January 1893. An Engineer Labourer by occupation, he entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 9 April 1912, being advanced to Stoker 1st Class in May 1913 when on the battleship King Edward VII. Posted to Woolwich in December 1913, he served aboard the destroyer Nestor until 31 May 1916. Nestor was sunk in a V.C. action at the battle of Jutland. As Humphreys does not feature in the list of Nestors survivors, it must be assumed that he had left the ship just hours before the fateful engagement. Having made his lucky escape, he then joined another destroyer veteran of Jutland, joining the Onslow in October 1916, remaining with her until March 1919. For his service aboard the vessel he was both mentioned in despatches and awarded the Romanian Medal for Hardihood and Freedom. Both awards seem likely to have been made in connection with the incident when Onslow was attacked by a German submarine on 25 February 1918. The ship retaliated and sank the submarine with depth charges. After the war Humphreys transferred to the Submarine Service at Dolphin and served on the K.14, April 1921-March 1924. Fortune shined on him yet again as he survived duty on the ill-fated class of submarines and he joined the R.F.R. in 1924. During the Second World War he is believed to have been an A.R.P. Warden in Liverpool. He died in April 1985. With copied service paper, gazette extracts and other research.
Lot 605
A fine Great War 1915 operations M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. R. G. Forsyth, 4th Dragoon Guards, late Scottish Rifles, Northumberland Fusiliers and Seaforth Highlanders, who was twice wounded and once gassed on the Western Front Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, Capt. Bt. Major F. R. G. Forsyth, 1915; Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. F. R. G. Forsyth, Scot. Rif.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Lieut. F. R. G. Forsyth, 1st Bn. Sea. Highrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut. F. R. G. Forsyth, Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Bt. Major F. R. G. Forsyth), these last two with further private inscription after surname, 4th D. Gds.; Royal Humane Societys Medal, small, bronze (2nd Lieut. F. R. G. Forsyth, July 6, 1905), complete with riband buckle, this last with refitted suspension, contact marks, lacquered and somewhat polished, thus nearly very fine or better (7) £1600-1800 M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916. Frederick Richard Gerrard Forsyth was born in Netherleigh, Leamington in November 1882, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Arthur Forsyth, late 5th Fusiliers, and was educated at Sandroyd School and Wellington College. Appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Scottish Rifles, in April 1901, he witnessed active service in South Africa, where he was present in operations in Cape Colony, Transvaal and Orange Free State ð and injured on the occasion of the derailment of No. 12 Armoured Train (Queens Medal & 5 clasps). The latter incident is mentioned in a letter of recommendation for a Regular Army commission from General G. T. Pretyman: I recommended him for one when I was at Kimberley. The lad was badly shaken in an armoured train accident which occurred up by Taunga some months ago. I knew all about the accident. Young Forsyth was working in the train under Grant of the Black Watch, who was one of the best captains of an armoured train we had ... Duly granted a commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers in May 1902, Forsyth won his Royal Humane Society Medal for rescuing one of his men who got into difficulty while bathing in a river at Fenit, Co. Kerry, in July 1905 (R.H.S. Case No. 33,996 refers). In February 1908, after transferring to the Seaforth Highlanders as a Lieutenant, he quickly witnessed further action on the North West Frontier in Mohmand country (Medal & clasp). And shortly after the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, after attachment as a Captain to the Army Signals Service, he served out in France and Flanders from October 1914 until September 1915, including a brief stint as an A.D.C. to the G.O.C. 4th Division. And, as verified by the following private medical report, he was twice wounded in the same period: Mr. Forsyth has been under my immediate medical supervision for some years. His war medical history dates from June 1915: June, 1915: wounded in the face. Machine-gun fire. France. September, 1915: wounded head and scalp. H.E. France. Forsyth was awarded the M.C., went on to witness further action out on the Salonika front from January 1916 until June 1917, latterly in the 4th Dragoon Guards, and again in France and Flanders, but was invalided after being gassed in the Ypres Salient in November of the latter year. In addition to his M.C., he won a brace of ômentionsö (London Gazette 1 January 1916 (France) and 21 July 1917 (Salonika) refer), and was latterly employed as A.D.C. to the G.O.C. in Ireland from June 1918 until May 1919. Placed on the Retired List in November 1926, Forsyth transferred to the Territorials with an appointment as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 51st Highland Division, Royal Signals, in the same month, in which capacity he served until resigning his commission in October 1928. He was, however, recalled on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, and served as an Honorary Colonel in 51st/52nd Scottish Divisional Signals from November 1941. Forsyth, who was a Deputy Lieutenant of the City and County of Aberdeen, died in 1962; sold with three files of research, a mass of career information copied from T.N.A. sources.
Lot 618
A Great War Battle of Gaza D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 W. H. Cousens, 2nd/5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (240009 C.S. Mjr., 2/5 Hants. R.-T.F.); British War and Victory Medals (240009 A.W.O. Cl.1 Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-18, erased naming; Defence Medal, unnamed; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240009 C.S. Mjr., 5/Hants. R.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, bronze star on ribbon, mounted court style for wear, good very fine (7) £1000-1200 D.C.M. London Gazette 11 April 1918; citation 1 May 1918. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an advance. He carried out his duties with great ability and energy. His disregard of danger on all occasions was a splendid example and encouragement to his men. The recipient came from Eastleigh. He was mobilised in August 1914 and was immediately drafted to India, where he served on garrison duties for two years. In 1916 he was transferred to Egypt and later served in General Allenbys advance into Palestine. He was awarded the D.C.M. and Croix de Guerre for conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during the battle of Gaza. Awarded the T.F.E.M. by A.O. 236 of August 1918. Entitled to the Territorial Force War Medal. With copied m.i.c., gazette extracts and other research.
Lot 620
A good Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant W. V. Hunter, Gordon Highlanders, afterwards a Deputy Chief Constable in Scotland Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (235409 Sjt. W. V. Hunter, 8/10 Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (235409 Sjt. W. Hunter, Gordons); Coronation 1937, in its card box of issue, together with a Great War period gilt-bronze circular locket, with coloured portrait of the recipient, very fine and better (4) £600-800 D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1918: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action when commanding a platoon holding a strong point, which he defended until almost encircled by the enemy. After inflicting heavy losses on them, he withdrew gradually, taking up successive positions, and thus allowing his company to be withdrawn. He showed the utmost disregard of danger, continually exposing himself while encouraging his men, and his superb example and fine leadership inspired all ranks with him. William Vail Hunter was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Gordon Highlanders in March 1919. The 8/10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders arrived on the Somme in early August 1916, and, in an attack east of Ginchy on 15 September, assisted at the capture of Martinpuich, while in January 1917, the Battalion executed a particularly successful raid on the Butte de Warlencourt, taking a number of prisoners and destroying ammunition dumps and trench systems - the whole while attired in white as camouflage against the snow. Having been recalled from another attack in May 1917, owing to heavy enemy artillery fire hitting the assembly area, the Battalion lent valuable support after the Spring Offensive of 1918, not least as part of the 15th Scottish Divisions attack on Buzancy in July, when, though forced to retire as a result of a devastating enemy counter-attack, the Germans failed to break through on the Marne, thereby permitting the commencement of the Allied advance to victory. By this stage of the War, the 8/10th had been absorbed into the 5th Battalion. Sold with original commission warrant, dated 10 May 1919, and Buckingham Palace certificate for the Coronation Medal 1937, this last in the name of Deputy Chief Constable William Vail Hunter, D.C.M.
Lot 625
The rare Kassassin C.G.M. group of nine awarded to Colour-Sergeant Benjamin White, Royal Marine Artillery, later Yeoman of the Queens Body Guard Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, V.R., 2nd issue (Color Sergeant B. White, R.M.A.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Cr. Sergt. B. White, R.M.A.); Jubilee 1897, bronze issue; Coronation 1902, bronze issue; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Benjamin White, Sergt. 13th Co. R.M.A.) impressed naming; Royal Marine Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., Admirals bust (No. 206. Benjamin White, Q.M. Sergt. R.M.A.); Khedives Star 1882, mounted court style as worn, contact marks to the earlier medals, otherwise nearly very fine or better (9) £12000-15000 Only 6 C.G.Ms. were awarded for the operations in Egypt 1882, all to the Royal Marines, including two for the battle of Kassassin. The following citation for Benjamin Whites Conspicuous Gallantry Medal was submitted by Lieutenant Colonel Tuson, R.M., in December 1882: For gallant conduct at Kassassin on 28 August 1882. Having detached a company to prevent the enemy from out-flanking our left, and to prevent two guns advancing up the banks of the canal, which were doing mischief on our line. This Non-Commissioned Officer on two occasions under a very heavy fire, advanced up the Canal Bank and shot the horses each time they limbered up, and so prevented their advance. Benjamin White was born in April 1848 in Hatherleigh, Devon, and was a labourer prior to enlisting in the Corps at Exeter on 20 June 1866. He served ashore with the Royal Marine Artillery for nearly two years prior to embarking aboard his first ship H.M.S. Juno in May 1868. He was promoted to Bombardier on 2 April 1874 and to Corporal on 20 March 1875. He embarked aboard Minotaur in August 1875 and was promoted to Sergeant on 27 February 1876. He served ashore for nearly six years during which time he was promoted to Colour Sergeant on 13 January 1881. He was next embarked for service with the Royal Marine Mediterranean Battalion in June 1882 and was landed for service on shore to take part in the battles of Kassassin and Tel-El-Kebir. He returned to England aboard the SS Greece in October 1882 and disembarked to the R.M.A. Depot, being promoted to Quarter Master Sergeant on 9 December 1882. He continued to serve on shore until 9 April 1888 when he was discharged from the Corps having completed 21 years service. His Conspicuous Gallantry Medal was presented by Queen Victoria at a special Audience held at Windsor Castle on 21 November 1882. He received the rare distinction of being appointed to the Queens Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard on 5 February 1893, being the first Royal Marine N.C.O. so honoured. He served in this capacity until his death in his 90th year on 19 March 1937. Over the course of forty four years he had served three Monarchs and had been the senior serving Yeoman for some years. During his long and faithful service he received the 1897 Jubilee Medal, the 1902 and 1911 Coronation Medals, and the 1935 Jubilee Medal being the only member of the Bodyguard thus honoured.
Lot 636
A Great War Western Front M.M. and Al Valore Militare group of four awarded to Private H. Everall, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (65867 Pte., 132/F.A. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (65867 Pte., R.A.M.C.); Italy, Al Valore Militare, bronze, obverse with crowned Z and F.G. below wreath, reverse uninscribed, mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £1000-1200 M.M. London Gazette 14 January 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917. Al Valore Militare London Gazette 26 May 1917. Private Herbert Everall, 132nd Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. is several times mentioned in the units war diary. He was one of four bearers of the unit who were named by the Officer Commanding on 3 July 1916, For coolness under fire & good work all through the day. Everalls Al Valore Militare was in part awarded for service in the attack at the Boars Head, Richbourg LAvoue, on the night of 29/30 June 1916, where Serjeant N. V. Carter, 12th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, won a posthumous V.C. With original award document for the Al Valore Militare, dated 23 November 1918; together with a letter signed by Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.P., Commanding VIII Army Corps who wrote, I heartily congratulate you on the honour done you by His Majesty the King of Italy in awarding you the Bronze Medal for Military Valour for your gallant conduct and devotion to duty during operations on the 29th/30th June, 1916, and again during operations on the 3rd September 1916. With an associated photograph and New Testament, together with a quantity of copied research including m.i.c. and war diary and gazette extracts..
Lot 650
A rare Great War M.M. group of twelve awarded to Sergeant A. Belsan, a Czech Legionnaire who served in the elite 1st Independent Striking Battalion, and was again decorated in the 1939-45 War for his gallant deeds in the Prague Uprising in the final days of the conflict Czechoslovakia, Bravery Medal 1939; War Cross 1918; Revolutionary Medal 1918; Victory Medal 1918, official type 2; F.I.D.A.C. Medal for Veterans of the Great War; Zborov Commemorative Medal 1917-47; Brachmac Commemorative Medal 1918-48; 4th Regiment Commemorative Medal 1918-48; Medal for Fidelity 1918-38, bronze emblem on riband; Brno Volunteers Medal 1918-19; Great Britain, Military Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Russia, St. George Medal for Bravery, Nicholas II, 4th Class, the reverse numbered No. 22868, together with a small 20th anniversary commemorative badge for the Battle Of Zborov 1917-37, the last heavily polished and with replacement ring suspension, fine, the remainder generally very fine or better (13) £800-1000 Abbot and Tamplin estimate some 320 M.Ms were bestowed on Czech Legionnaires. Augustin Belsan was born in Hresihlavy in the district of Rokycany, south-west of Prague in August 1888, and was employed as head of a workshop in a locomotive factory in Kladno prior to the outbreak of hostilities. Recruited into the Austro-Hungarian Army in October 1914, he attended an N.C.Os course and was posted in the rank of Corporal to the famous 28th ôPragues Childrenö Regiment, going into action on the Eastern Front in March 1915, where he was wounded in the following month and taken prisoner by the Russians at a Field Hospital near Regetow. Forced labour followed but with news of the formation of the Czech Legion in July 1916, he was appointed a Sergeant in the 1st Regiment of ôMistr Jan Husö and participated in the Battle of Zborov, winning his Russian decoration on the same occasion. In January 1918, Belsan was transferred to the elite 1st Independent Striking Battalion and fought against the Germans at Bachmac that March, in addition to numerous clashes with the Bolsheviks, including the actions at Kljukvenaja, Krasnojarsk, Niznyj Udinsk, Beli, Kultuk, Irkutsk, near Bajkal Lake, and on the Uralsk and Samara fronts, but most probably won his British M.M. for the critical defence of the Trans-Siberian railway, in which he was twice wounded. Indeed his elite unit, which numbered around 800 men of whom 120 were killed in action, was regularly ordered to where the fighting was heaviest, finally covering the retreat of the Czech forces to Vladivostok, where Belsan and his comrades arrived in April 1920. He remained in the Army for another two years, latterly as part of the 6th Border Battalion (a.k.a. the ôSiberian Strikersö) in Domazlice, from which he took his discharge to take up employment as an Inspector of Price Control at the Land Government Office in Dejvice, Prague. And it was here, in the final days of the last War, that he won his prestigious Czech Bravery Medal for gallantly manning the barricades in the uprising of May 1945. Sold with two of the recipients original Czech Legion identity cards (ôClenska Legitimaceö), one with a portrait photograph and assorted stamps, and the other with front cover number No. 7529; and around a dozen Great War period photographs, including a fine portrait in uniform wearing some of his Honours & Awards, this with his handwritten dedication to a niece or nephew on the occasion of his 50th birthday.
Lot 74
Edward Prince of Wales Visit to Bombay 1921, oval bronze medal, obv. head of Edward Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), surmounted by Prince of Wales feathers; rev. inscribed, Visit of His Royal Highness, Bombay, November 1921; together with an unofficial bronze commemorative medal for the Coronation of Edward VII in 1902, very fine (2) £20-30
Lot 305
Four: Lieutenant A. R. de Hoxar, United Provinces Light Horse Coronation 1902, bronze; Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed; Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), E.VII.R. (Lieut., United Prov. Lt. Horse) engraved naming; Indian Volunteer Forces Officers Decoration, G.V.R., reverse engraved, Lieut. A. R. de Hoxar, U.P. Horse 1st (Southern) Regt., lacking brooch bar, very fine and better (4) £240-280 A. R. de Hoxar, an Indigo Planter, was awarded the Coronation 1902 as a Sergeant in the Ghazipur Light Horse. As a Lieutenant in the 1st United Provinces Horse, he was awarded the Delhi Durbar. Lieutenant de Hoxar was awarded the Volunteer Long Service Medal by I.A.O. 110 of March 1908. With copied research.
Lot 324
Honorary Captain Rambahadur Limbu, V.C., 2nd Battalion 10th Princess Marys Gurkha Rifles Riband bar created for display purposes, bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross, with bronze V.C. emblem; General Service 1918-62; General Service 1962; Jubilee 1977; Army L.S. & G.C., the riband bar on card bearing the signature of the recipient, dated 3 December 1983, together with two copied photographs of the recipient in uniform, good condition £30-50 V.C. London Gazette 21 April 1966. Lance-Corporal Rambahadur Limbu, 2nd Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles, won the V.C. for his gallant action in Sarawak on 21 November 1965. With booklet:My Life Story Rambahadur Limbu, V.C. and other copied photographs and cuttings.
Lot 325
Staff Surgeon William Job Maillard, V.C., Royal Navy A scrap of Naval Victoria Cross ribbon bearing the bronze V.C. emblem, frayed Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps Riband bar created for display, bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross, with bronze V.C. emblem; Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order, with silver rose; Military Cross; Distinguished Flying Cross, 2nd type ribbon; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with silver Maple leaf emblem; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration; France, Legion of Honour; France, Croix de Guerre, W.W.1, with bronze palm, the riband bar on card together with cloth R.A.F. wings and a copied photograph of the recipient in uniform; together with another riband bar created for display purposes, bearing addition ribbons Air Commodore Ferdinand Maurice Felix West, V.C., Royal Air Force Riband bar created for display purposes, bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross, with bronze V.C. emblem; Order of the British Empire, 2nd issue, military; Military Cross; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. emblem; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Belgium, Order of the Crown; Italy, Order of the Crown; Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, mounted on card bearing a photograph of the recipient in uniform Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, V,C., Royal Air Force Loose, short lengths (approx. 30mm.) of ribbon: Victoria Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Distinguished Flying Cross; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977; together with a photograph signed by the recipient, Leonard Cheshire, varied condition, sold as found (lot) £60-80 Maillard V.C. London Gazette 1 December 1898. Surgeon Maillard, Royal Navy, won the V.C. for his gallant action in Crete on 6 September 1898. With copied research. Bishop V.C. London Gazette 11 August 1917. Captain Bishop, Royal Flying Corps, won the V.C. for his gallant action against enemy aircraft near Cambrai, France, on 2 June 1917. With copied research. West V.C. London Gazette 8 November 1918. Captain West, Royal Air Force, won the V.C. for his gallant action N.E. of Roye, France, on 10 August 1918. With copied obituary cuttings and a copied photograph of the recipient in later life. Cheshire V.C. London Gazette 8 September 1944. Wing Commander Cheshire, Royal Air Force, won the V.C. for his sustained gallant actions over the period 1940-44. With some copied research..
Lot 335
Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, K.T., G.C.B., O.M., D.S.O., Royal Navy Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order, with two silver rosettes; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, 1914-18; Greece, Medal of Military Merit, with bronze oak leaf emblem, good condition £40-60 Andrew Browne Cunningham was born in 1883. He entered the Royal Navy in 1898 and saw service in the Boer War. For his service in the Great War he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. and 2 bars. In the Second World War he was C-in-C Mediterranean, 1939-42; Head of the British Admiralty Delegation in Washington, 1942; Naval C.-in-C Expeditionary Force North Africa, 1942; C-in-C Mediterranean, 1943; and First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, 1943-46. Attained the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in 1943. For his many excellent wartime services, he was created Viscount Hyndhope in 1946, a K.T. in 1945; G.C.B. in 1941; and O.M. in 1946 (the Order of the Thistle and Order of Merit are never represented on a riband bar). In addition to his British honours he was awarded a number of high allied honours. With copied research and certified provenance of the riband bar.
Lot 338
Colonel John Herschel Glenn, Jr., United States Marine Corps, the first American to orbit the Earth Ribbons mounted for display, to represent those of the recipient: U.S.A. Distinguished Flying Cross, with silver oak leaf cluster; Air Medal, with three silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters; Navy Unit Commendation ribbon; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; American Campaign Medal; Victory Medal 1945; China Service Medal 1937-57; National Defence Service Medal; South Korean unknown; Korean Service Medal; U.N. Korea Medal; NASA Distinguished Service Medal, these mounted on card, together with a cloth badge and a signed photograph of Glenn, good condition £20-30 With copied biographical details.
Lot 340
Captain Sir Edward Headlam, C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., F.R.G.S., Royal Indian Navy Riband bar, on buckram, in two strips, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Star of India; Order of St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order; China 1900; Naval General Service 1915-62; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1911, ribbons a little faded, fairly good condition £20-30 Edward James Headlam was born in 1873 and educated at Durham School and H.M.S. Conway. He entered the Royal Indian Navy as a Sub-Lieutenant in 1894 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1900 and Commander in 1913. Headlam served with the Marine Survey of India, 1897-1914 and was Assistant Marine Transport Officer, British Expeditionary Force, North China, 1900-01, for which he was mentioned in despatches. During the Great War he was Naval Transport Officer, East African Forces, 1914-17; then Principal Naval Transport Officer, South and East Africa, 1917-19. For his services he was specially promoted to Captain, four times mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. in 1916 and C.M.G. in 1919. Post-war he was Director of the Royal Indian Marine, 1922-28 and was awarded the C.S.I. in 1924. Additionally awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal in 1900 for saving the life of a Sepoy who had fallen overboard from the transport Wandha off Taku; also the American Military Order of the Dragon. Captain Headlam died in 1943. With copied research and certified provenance of the riband bar.
Lot 343
Air Vice Marshal James Edgar (Johnnie) Johnson, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., D.L., Royal Air Force Riband bar created for display purposes, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath; Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; Distinguished Service Order, with two silver rosettes; Distinguished Flying Cross, with one silver rosette; 1939-45 Star, with silver rosette; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Korea 1950-53; U.N. Korea 1950-54; Belgium, Order of Leopold I, with 4th Class rosette and bronze palm; U.S.A., Legion of Merit; France, Croix de Guerre 1939-45, with bronze palm. U.S.A., Distinguished Flying Cross; U.S.A., Air Medal, good condition £20-30 With two autographs Johnnie Johnson - one on a photograph. With some copied research.
Lot 361
A mounted group of nine miniature dress medals attributed to Major-General S. MacDonald, Royal Army Medical Corps Order of the Bath, Military Division, silver-gilt and enamel, ring suspension; Order of St. Michael and St. George, silver-gilt and enamel, ring suspension, India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Tirah 1897-8; Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Coronation 1911, silver; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1916, with bronze palm on ribbon, some contact marks, very fine and better (9) £100-140 Full-size and miniature medals ex Spink, 11 May 2001. Stuart MacDonald was born in Elgin, Scotland, on 14 April 1861 and qualified in medicine at Aberdeen University in 1884. He entered the R.A.M.C. as a Surgeon Captain in February 1887 and was promoted to Major in February 1899, Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1911 and Colonel in March 1915. On active service on the N.W. Frontier, 1897-98, serving with the Turak and Tirah Expeditionary Forces; he later served in the Boer War. In the Great War, he was on active service in France/Flanders for the duration of the conflict. He was C.O. of No. 1 General Hospital, October 1914-April 1915, Assistant Medical Director of the 1st Division, April 1915-November 1916, and Deputy Director of Medical Services, November 1916-April 1918. For his great wartime services, he was five times mentioned in despatches and awarded the C.M.G. in 1916, the C.B. in 1918 and French Croix de Guerre in 1917. Latterly appointed an Hon. Physician to the King, he retired at the end of the war with the rank of Major-General. MacDonald died in May 1939.
Lot 362
A mounted pair of miniature dress medals: Kings Police Medal, E.VII.R., on Gallantry ribbon; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, mounted as worn A mounted group of five miniature dress medals: Distinguished Service Order, uniface, base gilt metal and enamel, with top bar; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, silver base metal; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, LII cypher, bronze palm on ribbon; U.S.A., Air Force Cross, bronze and enamel; U.S.A., Distinguished Flying Cross, mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £50-70
Lot 481
Three: Major W. B. Turnbull, Indian Medical Service India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Waziristan 1901-2 (Captn. I.M.S.) officially re-engraved; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (Captn., I.M.S.); Edinburgh University Prize Medallion, 51mm., bronze, reverse impressed, Public Health 1892-93 W. B. Turnbull, very fine and better (3) £650-750 Walter Barrie Turnbull was born in Aberdeen on 2 August 1872. Attending the University of Edinburgh, he gained a M.B. and C.M. in 1893. Entering the Indian Medical Service, he was appointed Surgeon Lieutenant in July 1895, Surgeon Captain in July 1898, and Major in January 1907. He served on the N.W. Frontier, Malakand, 1897-98; operations in Banaur and in Mamund Country, Buner; in China 1900 and in Tibet 1904. Major Turnbull died on 17 November 1907. With copied service and other papers.
Lot 515
Three: Driver F. Tipping, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star (71329 Dvr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (71329 Dvr., R.A.) good very fine (5) £100-140 Sold with a Sports Medal, 39mm., bronze, inscribed, No. 1 Section 49th D.A.C. v. 2nd Belgian Div. Artillery, 23-6-1918. Dr. Tipping. F., in case of issue inscribed, Athletic Sports of the 2nd Belgian Division 23rd June 1918; together to a home-made brass identity bracelet, inscribed, FC. Tipping, CE, RFA 71329, Ypres 1915, Somme 1916. Together with a Soldiers Pay Book to 508381 R. G. Groom, 2/1 London Field Ambulance. With the Pay Book is a letter, dated 26 January 1916; two tickets to the Alhambra, 13 Grand Place, Mons, and a list of friends names and addresses, including that of F. C. Tipping, 16 Henley Road, Ilford.
Lot 548
A rare British War and Victory Medal pair awarded to Driver A. Hobbs, 420th Battery Royal Field Artillery, who drowned in the Jolly Roger incident on Lake Onega, south of Murmansk, on 8 July 1919 British War and Victory Medals (8796 Dvr., R.A.) nearly extremely fine (2) £200-250 The Jolly Roger was a 40-foot American-built submarine chaser with a speed of 30 knots armed with one 3-pdr. semi-automatic naval gun borrowed from a French armoured train, seven Vicker`s Machine Guns mounted on tripods and two Lewis Guns. The Captain of the Jolly Roger was Captain Herbert Francis Littledale, R.G.A.; his second in command was 2nd Lieutenant William Colston Wannell, R.A.S.C. The ships crew was made up of R.F.A. N.C.Os. and men from 420th Bty., with one R.E. Corporal from the Syren Force Signal Company. The ship was a component of the Onega Lake Flotilla, part of the Murmansk Force. On 10 June 1919, the Jolly Roger proceeded to Shunga and was sent north to shell the village of Fedotova, which she accomplished, destroying a bridge and killing 30 Bolsheviks. Throughout June 1919 she bombarded enemy villages and transported troops, guns and supplies to the troops at Shunga. On 8 July 1919 "the Jolly Roger was proceeding on a reconnaissance when a large explosion occurred in her starboard petrol tank. The force of the explosion blew three men and two Vickers guns overboard, and in a second the whole of the mid-ship portion of the vessel was burning furiously. The mechanics were assisted out of the engine room which was full of flames and an attempt was made to run her ashore. When about one mile from the shore, however, the engines stopped, and although most of the ammunition had been thrown overboard, one box, containing lyddite, had become ignited, and it was, therefore necessary to "abandon ship." All ranks behaved magnificently, men who could swim volunteering to assist men who could not, and of these there were a large proportion. Five men were unfortunately drowned, including two of those blown overboard. The remainder swam ashore safely, except four, who were picked up by a seaplane which had been sent out to ascertain the cause of the heavy column of smoke, caused by the explosion and subsequent fire." Littledale was subsequently commended in the report made by the aircrew of the R.A.F. seaplanes of the incident: Capt Littledale who had been in the water about 40 minutes had during the whole of this time been supporting one of his crew (an elderly man unable to swim and who was exhausted). His splendid action most assuredly saved this mans life. Capt. Littledale and 2nd Lieutenant Wannell were both subsequently awarded the Military Cross; Littledales being published in the London Gazette without citation on 3 February 1920 For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Murmansk, North Russia. and Wannells on 3 October 1919, the citation reading, When carrying out a reconnaissance on Lake Onega on 8th July, 1919, in close touch with enemy vessels, the motor-boat caught fire and a petrol tank exploded. Though badly shaken himself he assisted three wounded mechanics on to the upper deck, and then returned to the engine room and drove the one engine, which was still working, until the boat was within a mile of the shore, when a second explosion wrecked her. His pluck and devotion to duty in driving the engine, at great risk to himself, got the boat near the shore and saved lives. Captain Littledale was also awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for his bravery in saving the life of one of the men who could not swim by keeping him afloat until they were rescued. Driver Arthur Hobbs, R.F.A. had entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 31 May 1915 (entitled to the 1914-15 Star). Hobbs and the four other men who were killed in the Jolly Roger incident are commemorated on the Archangel Memorial to the Missing. Captain. Herbert Francis Littledale, R.G.A. wrote an article some time after the Jolly Roger incident entitled Gunners as Sailors on the Murmansk Front, published in the Royal Artillery journal ôThe Gunnerö..
Lot 579
Pair: Gunner G. Williams, Royal Artillery Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22550688 Gnr., R.A.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed Four: attributed to Corporal L. A. H. Barry, Welsh Guards 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed U.S.A., Bronze Star, unnamed, with riband and lapel bars, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (7) £130-150 W.W. 2 medals attributed to 2736855 Corporal L. A. H. Barry, Welsh Guards.
Lot 243
MARGARET LOVELL (1939- ), "Sail", abstract gilded bronze sculpture, signed, raised on hardwood plinth, 18 1/2" high (Illustrated) Margaret Lovell, Creator of Abstract Sculpture with figurative illusions, born and lived in Bristol area, main work include silver trophies for the John Player sailing championship, a six foot bronze for Barclays Bank, Bristol and a 16` bronze for Grapham Water Reservoir, Huntingdonshire. Her work is in public galleries in Plymouth and Bristol.
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