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Lot 537
Australia, : The National Medal 1975, bronze, unnamed as issued. Extremely fine. Together with three silver badges ( slouch hat & collar pair) for Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, W.W.1, each stamped " Stg.Si" and three Australian Instructional Corps Officers silver badges ( slouch hat and collar pair) Last three possible 1950's restrikes, stamped .925. Almost extremely fine.
Lot 573
Assorted Medallions & Tokens, : Death of Princess Charlotte, bronze, by T.Webb (Eimer 1097), The Thomason Metallic Vase 1820 , bronze, by E.Thomason, Jubilee 1897, bronze, official Royal Mint issue by G.W.de Saulles, in red case (Eimer 1817), Italian bronze gilt Agricultural Medal 56mm. dia.. (Eimer 1817). Together with other assorted medals & tokens. Varied state.
Lot 584
Plaque, Medals and animals by Fred Kormis (6), : uniface plaque of Golda Meir 1973, bronze, 145mm.bust facing left; with uniface plaque of Henry Moore 1978, bronze, 125mm., bust facing left; another plaque 220 x 285mm figure kneeling before seated figure, possibly being blessed; another, kneeling figure, possibly a Rabbi, on marble base 95x75mm. and lamb on polished stone base, 100 mm.high; and fawn on wooden base 170 x 180mm. Together with a large copper Slave Manilla.
Lot 585
Royalty and Exhibition Medals (4), : George IV Coronation 1821 by P.K.& S. Direx, white metal, Victoria Coronation 1838 by Imgram, white metal, white metal, pierced, Great Exhibition 1851, struck in the building, by J.Taylor, white metal, International Exhibition, Liverpool 1886, by Elkington, bronze. Almost very fine to extremely fine.
Lot 856
Asia, Japan, : bone netsuke of gardener with spade, signed under, good condition; grey jade carving of sleeping man on wood base; ivory carved spindle 280mm long with intricate floral openwork; cast bronze bowl; a cloissone enamelled bowl with multicoloured dragon design; and silvered brass lantern with openwork latticework, panels of crickets & birds; together with After the Antique scarab, miniature jug, Etruscan bronze helmetted bust; all good condition.
Lot 857
British India, : 19th century tow-a-long brass horse with brass slot wheels, good condition; with various brass seals (4), stone head, horse, turtle, bronxe trays (3), coffee grinder, cigar cutters (2), vases (2), brass candlelabra, cut stones (4), bronze pestle and mortars (2), and other oddments. Varied state.
Lot 872
South Indian Large Bronze Statue of Shiva, : as Lord of Dance Nataraja, 330mm high x 250mm wide, well-detailed portrayal of Shiva dancing within a fiery universe, the goddess of Ganges in his unkempt hair, holding an hourglass, snake and fire; and standing on a dwarf demon. Good condition and styling
Lot 171
Four Conklin Endura Symetrik and an All-American American, 1930s : a bronze and black ringtop with matching pencil, a bronze and black Junior with clip, a burgundy marble ringtop, all with Conklin Endura nib, very good, and a burgundy marble All-American with All-American 14K nib and similar pencil, good/very good.
Lot 13
Bergmann & Loetz-A cast bronze table lamp having shaped base set with figure of a water carrier before a classical column with ring gallery mounted with a Loetz cameo glass shade, the shade cased in tonal brown over clear and acid cut with a stylised landscape, bears cameo signature, height 34 cms. ILLUSTRATED
Lot 353
Demetre Chiparus-"The Egyptian Dancer"-A large Bronze figure of a female dancer on tip toes with arms raised semi clad in a draped skirt with scarab and long geometric tassels, scarab mounted sandals and an ornate head dress in the form of a stylised bird with jeweled details all raised to a stepped rectangular black marble plinth, unsigned, height 62.5 cms. ILLUSTRATED
Lot 490
Demetre Chiparus-The Dancer-A 1920's patinated bronze figure of a Ballet Rouse style dancer on tiptoe with one leg raised, leaning with arms posed, dressed in ballet shoes with ribbon ties around her legs and long flowing skirt with jeweled bodice and matched jeweled cloche style cap with red tinted patination and applied turquoise enamel, all raised to a circular turned and stepped baluster form base, engraved signature to the top side of the base, height 39 cms. ILLUSTRATED
Lot 586
A Great War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major J. E. Arrol-Hunter, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Armoured Car Squadrons of the Royal Naval Air Service, awarded the Russian Orders of St. Stanislaus and St. Anne for services with the British Armoured Car Squadron in Russia The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officers 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, on 2nd type (military) ribbon; British War Medal 1914-20 (Major, R.A.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. R.N.V.R.); Defence; Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, Kerensky period, 2nd Class neck badge with swords, 48mm., bronze-gilt and enamel; Russia, Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class breast badge with swords, gold and enamel; Italy, Order of the Crown, Knights breast badge, gold and enamel, all except fifth mounted as worn, very fine and better (7) £2500-3000 O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. ... in recognition of distinguished services rendered during the War. John Eric Arrol Hunter was born on 11 August 1893, the son of John and Cathleen Hunter (later Sir John and Lady Hunter, knighted in 1917). Living at the time at 13 Queens Gate, Dowanhill, Glasgow and later at Bracklinn, Bearsden, Glasgow, he was educated at Glasgow Academy, 1900-07. During 1910-15 he served as an apprentice engineer at the firm of Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd. where his father was Chairman. With the war in progress, Hunter entered the services in August 1915 and was first posted to the R.N.V.R. as a Sub-Lieutenant at the Barrow Airship Station. His service there was followed by postings with Commander Locker-Lampson to the Armoured Car Squadrons of the R.N.A.S. in Armenia, Romania and Russia. He served finally with the newly formed R.A.F. in the Mediterranean. He was transferred to the Unemployed List on 1 February 1919. For his services in the war he was awarded the O.B.E.; the Russian Order of St. Stanislaus, 2nd Class with swords, Russian Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class with swords, and Italian Order of the Crown, 5th Class. It is recorded in his service papers that On the night of 2/3 December (1916) he went out 3 times in charge of Russian working party to bring in the damaged British Armoured Cars from between the Russian and enemy (Bulgarian) lines, although exposed by searchlights and under fire. This officer displayed great devotion to duty. On the night of December 28/29 he successfully carried out the difficult task of covering the retreat of the left flank of the 6th Russian Army. Both the above actions are recorded in The Czars British Squadron, by Perrett & Lord; the second action is recorded in Actions and Reactions in Russia, by R. Scotland Liddell. Sold with a quantity of copied service papers and other research.
Lot 714
Four: Squadron Quartermaster Corporal A. Tombs, 2nd Life Guards 1914 Star, with clasp (2734 L. Cpl., 2/Life Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (2734 C. of H., 2-L.G.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (299113 Sqn. Q.M. Cpl., L.G.), mounted as worn with the ribbon of the Defence Medal; together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals Pair: Serjeant G. T. Weaving, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (2769 Sjt., R.E.) fine and better (lot) £300-400 The lot sold with a large quantity of associated items, including: Regular Army Certificate of Service, named to Albert Tombs, Household Cavalry; Certificate of Service in the Second Life Guards during the Great War, named to C. of H. A. Tombs; Old Contemptibles Association Membership Certificate, named to A. Tombs; Army First Class Certificate of Education, dated 1921, named to Corporal of Horse A. Tombs, 2nd Life Guards; Army L.S. & G.C. medal named card box of issue; a quantity of original photographs - Life Guards, other military, hospital scenes - many mounted on card; large framed photograph of a Life Guards officer; framed plaster casting of Life Guards badge; London County Council Attendance Medal, G.V.R., silver, 1 clasp, 1912-13 (J. Robinson); County of Middlesex Jubilee Medal 1935, white metal; binoculars in khaki field case; monocular in leather case; respirators (3) - two in original card boxes with address labels - one to Mrs A. Tombs, another to Mrs E.(?) Tombs, both of 47 Honeycroft Hill, Uxbridge, Middlesex; the third in its original card box of issue but without address label and in a home-made carrying bag; uniform belt; Vest Pocket Kodak Camera, in leather case; Pocket Watch, steel plated (internal condition unknown); Queen Alexandras Xmas 1914 cigarette tin, with cigarettes; Amateur Gardening Medallion, 45mm., bronze, in card box of issue; ornaments (4), in wood and brass, each inscribed, Ypres; The Queens Gift Book, in aid of Queen Marys Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals, 160pp., illustrated; The Household Brigade Magazine, Spring 1922, 170pp; Second Life Guards Old Comrades Association, 14th Annual Report booklet, 1927; sundry other papers and newspapers. Albert Tombs enlisted into the Household Cavalry at Bristol on 11 July 1910; he had previously served in the 3rd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (T.A.), February 1909-January 1910 and the Imperial Reserve, January-February 1910. With the 2nd Life Guards he served in France, 16 August 1914-22 November 1914 and 21 December 1915-5 November 1916. He was discharged at his own request after completing over 18 years service in January 1930.
Lot 735
Four: Blacksmith W. H. Jackson, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J.29103 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.26265 Blk., R.N.); City of Sheffield Education Committee Medal, for 4 Years Punctual Attendance and Good Conduct (Wm. H. Jackson), 48mm., bronze, complete with 1910 brooch bar, nearly extremely fine (4) £60-80
Lot 744
Family group: Four: Cooks Mate T. C. Cooper, Royal Navy; later a Detective Superintendent of Police 1914-15 Star (M.12194 Ck. Mte. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.12194 Ck. Mte., R.N.), mounted as worn; St. Johns Service Medal (27569 D/Supt. T. C. Cooper, No.9 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1943) 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn; French unofficial Great War commemorative medal London County Council School Attendence Medals (8), Edward VII, white metal, year dates, 1907; 1908; 1909; another, bronze, year date 1910; another, G.V.R., year date 1911; another gilt metal, with clasp 1911-12; another, silver, with clasp, 1912-13 - these all named to J. Cooper; together with another, E.VII.R., white metal, year date 1905 to T. Cooper. Wooden Box, hand crafted, 185 x 94 x 45mm., with sides and sliding lid ornamented with quills, good condition; Silk, 315 x 315mm. (approx.), edged in lace and embroidered with flowers, the Red Ensign and the French Tricolour, and the words To my dear Mother, this last a little discoloured; medals very fine and better (lot) £100-140
Lot 761
Pair: Private W. Boyes, Royal Army Medical Corps Victory Medal 1914-19 (20720 Pte. W. Boyes, R.A.M.C.); Italy, Al Valore Militare, bronze, crowned Z and F.G below wreath, inscribed on reverse 20720 Pte. W. A. Boyes for Valour, second with slight contact marks, very fine and better (2) £280-320 Sold with framed Al Valore Militare bestowal document, named to 20720 Private William Alfred Boyes, 22nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Special Reserve (St. Helens, Lancashire), dated 25 July 1921.
Lot 773
Three: Sapper D. Simpson, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (58468 Spr., R.E.); Royal Humane Society Medal, small, bronze, unsuccessful (Sapper D. Simpson, R.E. 30th Apl. 1915), complete with bronze buckle, in Elkington, London case of issue; Memorial Plaque (David Simpson) extremely fine (4) £180-220 David Simpson was born in Scoonie, Fifeshire and enlisted at Leven. Serving in the Royal Engineers, he was awarded the R.H.S. Medal in bronze (unsuccessful) for his services re. a mine explosion at Colchester, 29 April 1915 (Case 41502). For the same event, a Major de Lotbiniere was awarded the R.H.S. Medal in silver. Sapper Simpson was killed in action on 14 September 1915 when serving with 80th Field Company R.E. He was buried in the Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France. He was the son of Mr W. Simpson of 2 Dowally Place, Leven, Fifeshire. Sold with The Holy Bible, cover page inscribed, In Memoriam. The Minister, Office-Bearers and Members of Forman Church, Leven, hold in proud and loving regard the Memory of Sapper David Simpson, 80th Field Company, Royal Engineers, who gave his life for his country in "The Great War" for Freedom and Righteousness, 1914-1918. Plaque with paper envelope and accompanying slip.
Lot 830
The nationally important Order of Merit group of sixteen awarded to Sir Basil Spence (1907-76), the distinguished post-war architect, and architect of Coventry Cathedral The Order of Merit, E.II.R., Civil Division neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck cravat, minor enamel damage; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officers 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, rev. dated, 1957, these unnamed as issued; Royal Institute of British Architects Silver Medal (1931), obv. a pair of stylized lions either side of a column, rev. inscribed, Board of Architectural Education awarded to Basil Spence, Edinburgh College of Art, School of Architecture, 88mm., silver; Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Medal (1931), obv. bust of Sir R. Rowand Anderson left, by Hazel Armour, rev. Edinburgh Castle, inscribed, Basil Spence, 1931, 58mm., silver; Royal Institute of British Architects Pugin Medal (1933), obv. a pair of stylized lions either side of an ornate column, mural crown above, rev. heraldic shield (Basil Spence Pugin Student, 1933), 57mm., silver, American Institute of Architects Honorary Fellows Badge (1959), by M.A.C., New York, obv. stylized eagle with an olive branch in its talons, superimposed upon a column, rev. inscribed, Basil Spence 1959, oval, 39 x 32.5mm., silver, with suspension mount, with neck cravat; Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Fellows Medal (1960), obv. seated architect in classical garments, a winged cherub presents a sprig of foliage, a temple in the background, rev. inscription (name and date engraved), Basil Spence, Honourary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1960, 46mm., bronze-gilt, ring suspension, with neck cravat; Royal Institute of British Architects Bronze Medal (1963), obv. a pair of stylized lions either side of a column, rev. two builders at work, St. Pauls Cathedral in the background (Sir Basil Spence, O.M., O.B.E., T.D., R.A., A.R.S.A., R.D.I., P.P.R.I.B.A. Falmer House, The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton), 63mm., bronze; City of Coventry Award of Merit (1970), obv. stylized phoenix rising from the flames, three crosses in the background, rev. plain, rectangular, 45 x 26mm., gold, 30.7g., hallmarks for Birmingham, unnamed, complete with gold and enamel brooch bar, inscribed, Coventry Award of Merit; Medal of the Academia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome (1972), obv. man in classical garments, knelt, writting upon a scroll, a winged bull in the background, rev. inscribed, Basil Spence, MCMLXXII, 55mm., bronze, ring suspension, with neck cravat; with associated lapel badge, gilt and enamel; French Academie dArchitecture, Grande Medaille dOr (1974), obv. stylized ornamented column by H. Navarre, inscribed in exergue, Grande Medaille dOr 1974 Sir Basil Spence Architecte, rev. seated figure in classical garments enclosed by wreath, 68mm., gold, 212g., edge stamped, 1974 and 3or, some with minor (pin?) marks to edge, in general nearly extremely fine (17) £6000-8000 O.M. London Gazette 23.11.1962 O.B.E. (Civil Division) London Gazette 1.1.1948 Basil Urwin Spence was born in Bombay on 13 Aug. 1907, the elder son of a chemist in the Indian Civil Service. When he was twelve, Spence, whose family were from Orkney, was sent home to Scotland to be educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh. Having shown a particular ability in drawing he enrolled in 1925 at the Edinburgh College of Art to study sculpture, but then switched to architecture. Spence excelled as a student, and during 1929-30 he completed his practical assignment in London, attending evening classes at the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College, and by day working as an assistant in the London office of Sir Edwin Lutyens where he helped prepare designs for Lutyens' Viceroy House in New Delhi. Spence imbibed Lutyens' masterly combination of classical and modern architectural idioms, and thereafter always acknowledged him as his 'patron and master'. Spence completed his professional training in Edinburgh and gained his architectural diploma in September 1931, having added to his earlier prizes the Rowand Anderson Medal and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Silver Medal; in 1933 came the prestigious RIBA Pugin Medal. He was invited to join the leading Edinburgh architects, Rowand Anderson, Balfour Paul & Partners. Within the practice he designed small houses and departmental stores in and around Edinburgh, but his private commissions gave him the opportunity to venture designs that were more modernist and daring. He became a junior partner in 1935 and undertook work for some of the practice's most wealthy and important clients, designing grand country houses that catered to individual tastes, but which at the same time were eye-catching in the way they blended traditional elements with modern and made use of the natural, textured materials of the local landscape. Notable among these structures was Quothquhan, Lanarkshire (1936) for Alexander Erskine-Hill MP, Gribloch (1937-9), near Loch Lomond, for the steel magnate John Colville, and Broughton Place (1937-9), near Peebles. In 1938 he was commissioned to design the Scottish pavilion for the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow. Spence's highly abstract construction owed much to the ideas of Le Corbusier, the influential pioneer of modern design, and was widely praised as one of the chief attractions of the exhibition. There soon followed other exhibition work in Edinburgh and Johannesburg. However, with the onset of war Spence set aside his thriving practice and joined the Royal Artillery, having enrolled with the Territorial Army 1934. He rose to the rank of Major in the camouflage unit where his talent for design was usefully employed. In Normandy, he was shocked by the destruction of ancient religious buildings and in his diary confided his ambition to build a church of his own time if he survived the war. The shortage of new work in the years immediately after the war confined Spence to small-scale architectural commissions and exhibition design, and through the latter area his practice began to pick up. He was awarded major commissions for exhibitions in Edinburgh (1946) and Glasgow (1947) to help foster post-war enterprise, and he was chief architect for the 1949 Britain Can Make It Exhibition in London, having been appointed O.B.E. in the New Year Honours the previous year. He was then commissioned to design the Sea and Ships Pavilion for the Festival of Britain which opened on the South Bank in May 1951. Spence had also been working on designs in the competition for a new cathedral at Coventry to replace that which had been gutted during the enemy bombardment of the city on the night of 14 November 1940-the 'Night of Infamy'. There had been some indecision over how the new cathedral should look. Initially, a new neo-gothic edifice was envisaged with Sir Giles Gilbert Scott as its architect, but Scott's 'ponderous' design was vetoed in 1946, and in setting up the subsequent competition for a fresh design in 1950 it was decided that entrants should be encouraged to think in terms of an adventurous modern church building that would embody the spirit of the new post-war order. In August 1951 it was announced that Spence had won first prize out of 219 entries. It was to be the turning-point of Spence's career. Coventry had a special significance, being the first British city to have had its centre destroyed by enemy bombing. The project to rebuild the cathedral caught the public imagination as symbolising the nation's rise from the ashes of war. On the eve of its consecration in 1962 Spence wrote in The Times: 'When I first visited Coventry with the competition conditions in October 1950, the old cathedral burnt open by fire-bombs seemed to say in a gentle voice, "I
Lot 839
The M.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Major (Quartermaster) W. Price, Manchester Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Members 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for 1933; Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4996 Sejt., Manch. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (4995 R.Q.M.S., Manch.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4995 Q.M. Sjt., Manch. Regt.); together with the following defective medals: Kings South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4995 Sgt., Manch. Regt.), renamed; Royal Niger Company Medal 1886-97, 1 clasp, Nigeria, bronze (Colour Sergt., W.A.F.F.), engraved specimen; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nigeria 1904 (Sgt., W.A.F.F.), renamed; Coronation 1911 (No.4995 Q.M.S., Manch. R.), copy; the group cleaned and mounted court style for wear, second with contact marks, very fine and better (11) £400-500 M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1935. Major (Quarter-Master), 9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, Territorial Army. M.I.D. London Gazette 15 November 1901. 4995 Serjeant Price, 2nd Bn. Manchester Regiment Distinguished himself at Wilge River on 13th July, 1901. William Price enlisted into the South Wales Borderers at Brecon in September 1894. Posted to the 2nd Battalion in January 1895, he deserted, September/October 1896, was caught, tried by Court Martial and convicted. He was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment in November 1896. He served overseas in India, December 1896-November 1898, then South Africa, March 1900-September 1902, where he was mentioned in Lord Kitcheners despatches. He was then posted to the W.A.F.F. and served with them in West Africa, August 1904-September 1905, after which he returned to the Manchester Regiment and further service at Home. In the Great War he was latterly employed as Quartermaster at the Discharge Centre at Airlie Hutments, Winchester, having previously held the same post at Gosport and the post of Chief Clerk of the Assistant Adjutant Generals Branch at Horse Guards. Discharged in April 1918, he later attained the rank of Major in the Territorial Army and was awarded the M.B.E. Sold with copied service papers which confirm the award of the Q.S.A., K.S.A., A.G.S. and clasps, and L.S. & G.C.
Lot 864
A particularly fine Second World War tank commanders M.C. and escapers Bar group of eight awarded to Major E. E. Tonks, 10th Hussars (Royal Armoured Corps), who, having won his first decoration for courage and determination of the highest order, when he advanced on foot alone, and with a Bren gun killed or wounded the crew of the anti-tank gun that was holding up the advance, was taken P.O.W.: having then enjoyed a meeting with Rommel - and a ride in his staff car - he set about engineering his escape, a goal that was finally achieved in early 1944, following a shoot-out with a German patrol Military Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverse of the Cross officially dated 1944 and privately inscribed, Capt. E. E. Tonks, 10th R. Hussars, and the reverse of the Bar officially dated 1944; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; British Fire Services Association Long Service, bronze, with B.F.S.A. clasp, the reverse of the suspension device officially inscribed E. E. Tonks and the edge numbered 3402; British Fire Services Association Long Service, silver, the reverse of the Twenty Years suspension device officially inscribed E. E. Tonks and the edge numbered 1856, together with a set of related miniature dress medals (exclusing the B.F.S.A. awards), generally good very fine (16) £4000-5000 M.C. London Gazette 3 August 1944. The original recommendation states: On 23 January 1942, at Saunnu, this officer was commanding a troop of tanks when they came under heavy and close range fire from anti-tank guns. Lieutenant Tonks tank was hit almost immediately, and burst into flames. The advance of the remainder of the Troop was held up. Showing courage and determination of the highest order, Lieutenant Tonks advanced on foot alone, and with a Bren gun killed or wounded the crew of the anti-tank gun that was holding up the advance, thus allowing it to be continued and saving further casualties. This officers coolness, devotion to duty and complete disregard for his personal safety was an inspiration to all. Two days later, this officer was captured and has now succeeded in escaping. He got away to our troops in Southern Italy, a distance of some 700 miles. Again, this officer showed his customary initiative, determination and courage in making good his escape. Out of 1850 P.O.Ws in his camp, under 50 escaped. The following covering remarks were attached to this recommendation, dated 21 March 1944, by Brigadier C. B. Harvey, C.O. 29 Armoured Division: The attached recommendations for immediate awards went in to 2 Armoured Brigade H.Q. approximately the last two weeks of February 1942. I did not put them forward again, as I was informed that recommendations for officers and O.Rs that had become P.O.Ws in the meantime would be attended to when they were back in our hands. It appears that the recommendations for these two officers were, in fact, lost. Recently Lieutenant Tonks escaped and is back in the U.K., and Lieutenant Wyatt is known to be at leave in Italy. I would like to put these recommendations forward again with the remark that during my command of 10th Royal Hussars there were none more richly deserved. Bar to M.C. London Gazette 9 November 1944. The original recommendation states: Captured at Msus on 25 January 1942 by the Germans, Lieutenant Tonks was imprisoned at Tripoli, Capua, Padula and Bologna (Camp 19). Whilst at Padula he took part in several tunnel schemes; the last one was conceived by him and he had already worked on it for sometime before divulging it to the Escape Committee. This had, however, to be abandoned when a concrete wall was reached. After the Armistice, Lieutenant Tonks, braving the German fire which burst forth as the mass evacuation was commencing, successfully evaded recapture. During his journey he met a party of paratroops, dropped to guide P.O.Ws to the coast, and remained with five of them in a peasants hut on the mountain for a few days. He was then instrumental in saving them from a German patrol. A Sergeant remained behind, and the others compelled a German officer they had captured to lead them through the lines, but all except Lieutenant Tonks were wounded slightly when the German caused a mine to explode; in the confusion, the German escaped. They proceeded a little further before staying in a hut for the night. The next day they ran into some anti-personnel mines and one of the party was killed. The sound of the explosion caused Americans to find them and the wounded were sent to hospital. Edward Edmund Tonks was born in September 1913 and enlisted in the 16th/5th Queens Royal Lancers shortly before the outbreak of hostilities. Quickly selected for officer training, he was commissioned in the 10th Royal Hussars from Sandhurst in 1941, and embarked for the Middle East that November. Here he fought with distinction as a Troop Leader in command of three Honey tanks, right up until his capture on 25 January 1942, just 48 hours following the deeds that won him his first M.C. As evidenced by the nature of the recommendation for his second M.C., Tonks was always a reluctant prisoner, and he was unlucky to have been captured in the first place, his tank having shed one of its tracks mid-battle. Even so, the enemy had to approach him with extreme caution and superior numbers, their first attempt having ended in near-disaster as he loosed off a revolver round into the windscreen of their approaching truck. An hour or two later, while being interviewed by an enemy officer in a tent, Rommel stepped in and, having exchanged salutes, he asked Tonks with a wry grin whether he had enjoyed himself, the latter replying that he had "until now." He was then placed in Rommels staff car and taken to where some other officers of the Brigade were being held. Of his subsequent adventures in Italy, he later wrote an account for the Royal Hussars Journal, a detailed account that adds greatly to the bland statements recounted in the recommendation for his second M.C. He once woke up atop a haystack, where he had rested for the night, to find the farm in question surrounded by German troops - they stayed for ten days, a near-collapsed Tonks being grateful to receive some cheese, apples and wine from the farmer on the enemys eventual departure. And this just days after a bullet had nearly hit him in the head, as he ran alongside a railway line with an enemy scout car in hot pursuit. At length, Tonks was put in touch with a team of British parachutists, the whole making their way towards Monte Cassino with a view to crossing over to our lines, but on emerging from their mountain hut one morning, he was startled to be confronted by a German officer and four soldiers coming down a track. Tonks takes up the story: The officer called on me to put my hands up and as he said this one of our party put his head out of the hut. The German officer told me to get the rest of the party out. I went into the hut and told them to come out shooting. The noise was deafening, the soldiers were killed, the officer was wounded and gave in. He said he wanted to come with us ... We decided that we had to move quickly and the German said he would lead us through the enemy lines. He was ordered to move in front and one of us had a gun in his back. We were supposed to be a working party and we followed the German in single file passing through one line of German positions so close I could have touched any of the German soldiers we passed. We got down into the valley without incident. We were suddenly challenged by a German sentry. We didnt answer but scrambled up the hillside into the woods and ran like hell ... Passing along a narrow road we came to a wire fixed to several posts along the way I had chosen to take. I indicated to the German to cross over the wire which he was reluctant to do. We ordered him over and followed him into the wood onl
Lot 918
An R.V.M. group of five awarded to Serjeant E. C. Carew, Liverpool Regiment, late Grenadier Guards Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze (No.13614 Private E. C. Carew, 1st Bn. Gren. Gds.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (13614 Pte., 1/G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (13614 Pte., G. Gds.), B.W.M. re-mpressed; Coronation 1937, unnamed, mounted as worn, fine and better (5) £200-240 Edgar Charles Carew was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset on 29 May 1886. A railway Porter by occupation, he attested for the Grenadier Guards at Bristol on 19 February 1908, aged 21 years, 9 months. On service at Home, Private Edgar Charles Carew, was one of a number of men of the Kings Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, who were awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in bronze for their services on the occasion of the funeral of King Edward VII. On 19 February 1911 he was transferred to the Army Reserve on the termination of his period of service and was employed as a Police Constable. Mobilised with the onset of war, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 6 October 1914, serving with the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. At Ypres, 2 November 1914, he received a gunshot wound to the left shoulder and lung and on 3 December 1914 was invalided to England. After treatment he was posted in July 1915 to the 21st Reserve Battalion Liverpool Regiment. Promoted to Serjeant in September 1915 he subsequently served as an Instructor with the 26th and 3rd Battalions in England. Carew was discharged from the Army in December 1918 and was employed by the Gloucestershire Constabulary. In the Coronation Medal 1937 nominal roll he is recorded as a Police Sergeant in Gloucestershire. Sold with a quantity of copied service and medical papers.
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