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Lot 1538
A 19th century gilt brass and bronze peg lamp with flared cranberry glass shade above cranberry glass reservoir terminating on a bronze stylised bird, height including chimney 53cm.Glass reservoir with some imperfections in the glass. Brass surface with general tarnishing etc. Light age wear rubbing to the surface of the eagle.
Lot 320
HENRI GIRAUD (1805-1895); a bronze figure of a cherub standing in front of a fruit with arrow piercing it, inscribed 'Amour Discret', signed, height 15.5cm.The tip of feather on the arrow is very slightly bent over and misshapen, a good brown even patina and colour throughout with just light general surface wear.
Lot 650
An Indian bronze figure representing Devi Parvati, seated on plinth base, height 33cm.The bronze is in two sections. All over age wear dulled patina throughout with general wear and some knocks to the base. Where the figure meets the base, the edge of the disk and the aperture are rough and don't match fully. There is a rivet section to the back of the head suggesting there was an additional section which is now lacking.
Lot 655
A Japanese Satsuma hexagonal vase decorated with various figures in landscape and bears character to the underside, height 15cm, together with a Japanese cloisonne dish, a Chinese blue and white prunus jar, an Oriental blue and white planter (5).Satsuma vase; crazing to the glaze, minor wear to the gilding but good condition, cloisonne dish; light wear, the odd minor know to the bronze rim.
Lot 2533
After Chiparus - a modern cast bronze figure of an Art Deco lady, bearing facsimile signature, raised on a marble base, height 45cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2534
A 20th century cold cast bronze table lamp, modelled in the form of a setter dog standing on an oval naturalistic base, height 62cm, width 38cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2567
A Victorian slate architectural mantel clock with eight day movement striking on a bell, the case mounted with a pair of bronze busts of Byron and Scott, height 36.5cm, width 40cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2509
A small group of collectors' items, including a 19th century brass and carved wooden tipstaff finial of acorn form, dated 1817, a 19th century bronze plaque, cast with Mary and Jesus, diameter 4.5cm, a selection of marcasite buckles and a Victorian leather scissors case enclosing various steel scissors.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2532
Gualberto Rocchi - a South African brown patinated bronze sculpture depicting a stylized female figure supported by two male figures, signed to the cast, on a limestone plinth, height 60cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2546
After Pierre-Jules Mêne - a modern brown patinated cast bronze model of two cows standing by a fence, bearing cast signature, width 48cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2541
A part set of five George V bronze bell weights by De Grave & Co Ltd, ranging from 28lb to 1lb, each weight with engraved 'GR' cypher and dated '1916', the original case bearing label detailed 'Standard Avoirdupois Weights', width 65cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2543
A set of eight mid-20th century imperial bronze measures, ranging from gallon to 1/4 gill, height of gallon measure 17cm, with ebonized wooden handles, complete with circular glass plates and fitted mahogany case, width 74cm (one measure matched).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2542
A part set of ten 20th century bronze measures by W. & J. Avery Ltd of Birmingham, ranging from 10 litres to 0.002 litres, the 10 litre measure with twin handles, height 25.5cm, in original fitted oak case, width 63cm (lacking 5 litre measure and 0.001 litre measure).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 67
MIGUEL BERROCAL (Villanueva de Algaidas, Malaga, 1933 - Antequera, Malaga, 2006)."Figura acostada", 1987.Lithograph, copy 76/100.Signed, dated and justified by hand.Size: 56 x 75 cm; 64 x 82 cm (frame).Berrocal began his training at the School of Arts and Crafts in Madrid, as a pupil of Ángel Ferrant. He then went on to the San Fernando School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Ramón Stolz. He complemented his training with work as a draughtsman in the studio of the architect Casto Fernández Shaw and as an assistant to several architects in Rome between 1952 and 1954. During his stay in Paris in 1955, he finally decided to devote himself to sculpture. His early works show the influence of Chillida, while at the same time denoting his preference for articulated and detachable forms in bronze. The difficulty involved in making each of his sculptures led him to decide to produce them in series. With this idea in mind, he produced two hundred copies of the sculpture "Maria de la O", for which he received the prize for sculpture at the Paris Biennale and which was later acquired by the MOMA in New York. In 1966 he settled permanently in Verona, and since 1968 he has alternated his work between monumental and small-scale works. Together with several gallery owners, he founded the Società Multicettera, the first industry of small sculptures. He has exhibited in Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the United States, received the gold medal of the Bronze of Padua, the Grand Prize of Honour at the Brazil Biennial, and was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. He has sculptures in public places in Korea, Bordeaux, Denmark and Switzerland, as well as in various places in Spain. He is represented in the Museums of Modern Art in New York and Paris, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, the Kunsthalle in Hamburg, the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, the National Gallery in Rome and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Lot 55
An 18ct white gold plated chain, a pair of Marboux brushed gold tone clip on earrings, an 18ct gold plated rope twist necklace, simulated pearl necklaces, silver coloured charms, charity and advertising badges, mixed watches to include Sekonda, mixed vintage costume jewellery and a large quantity of modern bangles all housed in 2 20th Century jewellery boxes together with a 1990 1st Junction Eurotunnel bronze coloured plaque, a 1987 commemorative Richard L.Gelb Bristol Myers travel clock and a small manicure set. Location:BWR
Lot 120
Corgi Toys 266 "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" with "Caractacus Potts, Truly Scrumptious, Jeremy " figures (missing and Jemima figure), gold/chrome/bronze body, model is in near mint original condition, missing back and front wings and inner card cloud display, including inner plastic cloud, original outer blue and yellow window box is good, tears to acetate window, plus unboxed 267 Batmobile, with cast towing hook, missing figures in good used condition.(2 items)
Lot 121
Vintage Corgi Toys 266 "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" complete with "Caractacus Potts, Truly Scrumptious, Jeremy and Jemima" figures, gold/chrome/bronze body, model is in mint original condition, with back and front wings, including inner plastic cloud, card cloud display, original outer blue and yellow illustrated window box is good, with some edge/age wear/tears.
Lot 1
A scarce Great War ‘Warrant Officer’s’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer Class I W. H. Tilbury, 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who later served as an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Assam and was a member of the Surma Volunteer Light Horse, Auxiliary Force India Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5369 Pte. W. Tilbury. Rl: Berks: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5369 Serjt: W. Tilbury. Rl: Berks: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (16689 Sjt. W. Tilbury. R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (16689 W.O. Cl.1. W. Tilbury. R. Berks. R.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte. W. H. Tilbury. Surma V.L.H. A.F.I.); Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, with bronze A.I.R. palm on riband, contact marks and minor edge bruising, generally nearly very fine and better (8) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917. Belgian Order of Leopold II, Chevalier, with palms London Gazette 5 April 1919. William Harry Tilbury was born at Burchetts Green, Berkshire, on 5 November 1881 and attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment aged 15 years and 6 months. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 July 1915. Advanced Warrant Officer Class I, he was awarded the Military Cross; the following account appeared in the Berkshire Chronicle: ‘The Germans were making a rush for the guns which they had almost surrounded when the party I have spoken of together with the other Berkshire men and the Guards thwarted the desperate attempts which the Boches made to capture them... In regard to the saving of the guns I should like to say that splendid work was performed by our signalling officer, whose name I cannot remember, and Regimental Sergeant Major Tilbury.’ Subsequently commissioned Captain, post-War Tilbury served with the Assam Civil Service as an Extra Assistant Commissioner of Police, with the rank of Major, and whilst in India served with the Surma Volunteer Light Horse, Auxiliary Force India. He died of Malaria on 15 December 1932.
Lot 12
Three: Private E. Day, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving the life of a man from drowning at Roodevval Spruit, Orange River Colony, on 16 September 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (4838 Pte. W. Day, 2: R: Berks: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4838 Pte. W. Day. Rl: Berks: Regt.) number officially corrected; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (J. Day. 2nd. Bttn: Berks: Regt, Sep. 16 1900.) with integral top bronze riband buckle, light contact marks, generally good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- R.H.S. Case no. 30,977: ‘On 16 September 1900, J. J. Le Roux, the son of a local burgher, by holding on to the tail of a horse, was carried out some 25 yards from the bank in a pond at Roodevval Spruit, Orange River Colony. Seeing his danger, Privates Jones and Day, both 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who were bathing near, at once swam out, and at great risk rescued him.’
Lot 142
A very scarce inter-war A.R.R.C. group of five awarded to Nursing Sister A. M. Shrewsbury, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service, who was decorated by the French Government for services on board the Hospital Ship St Margaret of Scotland Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; 1914-15 Star (N. Sister A. M. Shrewsbury, Q.A.R.N.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (N. Sister A. M. Shrewsbury. Q.A.R.N.N.S.); France, Third Republic, Medaille d’Honneur des Epidemies, Ministere de la Marine, bronze with anchor embroidered on ribbon (Miss Shrewsbury Ste Marguerite d’Ecosse 1918) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1930. Medaille d’Honneur des Epidemies London Gazette 24 May 1919. One of only three awards to Q.A.R.N.N.S. Alice Mary Shrewsbury was born in Cambridgeshire on 17 August 1880, where her father had a farm of 160 acres. She had at least one brother and six sisters. She commenced her nursing training at Guy’s Hospital and trained there for four and a half years before joining the Royal Navy on 6 August 1913, at R.N.H. Haslar. At the commencement of the war she was sent to the Hospital Ship Drina and served on her until August 1915 when she was transferred to R.N.H. Haslar. In May 1917 she served for just one week on the Hospital Ship St Margaret of Scotland before being placed at R.N.H. Malta. It was at this stage that nursing sisters were withdrawn from sea service. However, in November 1917 she once more transferred to the St Margaret of Scotland and appears to have served aboard her for the rest of the war. After the war she served at Haslar, Chatham, Malta, and R.N.H. Plymouth. She was discharged to pension on 17 August 1930. Her nursing reports show her as always being assessed as very good, exemplary or above average. She was awarded the Medaille d’Honneur des Epidemies in May 1919 and the medal was forwarded to her on 19 May 1922. She attended Buckingham Palace for the investiture of her A.R.R.C. on 14 March 1930. According to information provided by Q.A.R.N.N.S. Archives there were only 53 1914-15 Star trios awarded to Q.A.R.N.N.S. Sold with copied record of service and other research. For the recipient’s Great War miniature awards, see Lot 650.
Lot 164
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private G. Dewhurst, 27th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (31516 Pte. G. Dewhurst. 27/F.A. R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (31516 Pte. G. Dewhurst. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (31516 Pte. G. Dewhurst. R.A.M.C.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘440351’; a British Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18, bronze; and a Army Temperance Association Six Month Medal, silvered, mounted as worn, very fine and better (7) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, February 1999. M.M. London Gazette 28 July 1917. Gilbert Dewhurst attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with the 27th Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 May 1915. Sold with a group photograph of the recipient with his section, in uniform, and mounted in a small display frame.
Lot 168
A ‘King Edward VII Funeral’ R.V.M. group of four awarded to Leading Boatman H. F. Milne, H.M. Coastguard, later Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (H. F. Milne, Ord., H.M.S. Beagle.); British War Medal 1914-20 (206906 H. F. Milne. Btn. R.N.); Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (206906. H. F. Milne, Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard.) mounted on card for display, the QSA and RVM polished, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £360-£440 --- Henry Francis Milne was born at Perth, Scotland, on 18 January 1884, and enlisted into the Royal Navy on 16 October 1899. He received his Q.S.A. on H.M.S. Beagle, serving in her from December 1901 to July 1904, advancing from Boy 1st Class to Ordinary Seaman in January 1902. In May 1910 he was drafted into H.M.S. Excellent and received the Royal Victorian Medal for the funeral of Edward VII. During the Great War he served in the Coastguard in Scotland at Stornoway and Wick, and afterwards at Southampton. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal on 26 February 1917, and was discharged to shore on 31 March 1923, with compensation of £90 on reduction of the Coastguard. Sold with copied record of service.
Lot 169
A Royal Household R.V.M. group of eight awarded to Privy Purse Messenger Sergeant J. H. Smith, late Grenadier Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1885 (5576 Sergt. J. H. Smith. 2nd Bn. Gren: Gds.) original naming details heavily worn and later over-engraved; Coronation 1902, bronze; Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (...gt. J. Smith, Gre...) ; Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt: J. Smith. Gren: Gds:); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1897-1917’; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, named on reverse points, mounted court-style for display, the R.V.M. good very fine, the remainder all heavily polished and pitted from contact wear, therefore generally poor (8) £600-£800 --- R.V.M. awarded 4 December 1920: ‘Sgt., G.G., Privy Purse Messenger: On retirement.’ James Henry Smith was born in the Parish of Chieveley, near Newbury, Berkshire, and enlisted into the 16th Foot as ‘James Smith’ at Reading on 5 June 1874, aged 18. He transferred to the 58th Foot on 1 November 1874, and to the Grenadier Guards on 1 October 1876. He was promoted to Corporal in November 1878, appointed Lance-Sergeant in May 1880, and promoted Sergeant in September 1881. He re-engaged for the Grenadier Guards in February 1884 and served with the regiment through to 17 June 1896. He served overseas in Egypt from 31 July to 13 November, 1882, and at Suakin from 20 February to 10 September 1885, being slightly wounded at Takool on 6 May 1885. He was stationed in Bermuda for 1 year from July 1890 but his service was otherwise all at Home until he received his final discharge in 1896. He entered Royal Service as a Commissionaire or Messenger in 1897 on the Privy Purse establishment. He received his Meritorious Service Medal with £10 Annuity on 1 April 1904, and in 1917 received his Royal Household Faithful Service medal for twenty years service. He retired in December 1920 and was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in silver on that occasion. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research copied to CD.
Lot 207
Three: Private G. Bateman, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Gheluvelt, 31 October 1914, and spent the rest of the Great War in captivity 1914 Star, with clasp (L-8195 Pte. G. Bateman. 1/The Queen’s R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-8195 Pte. G. Bateman. The Queen’s R.) all in named card boxes of issue, the last two with outer envelopes addressed to ‘Mr. G. Bateman, 7 St. Ann’s Gardens, Kentish Town, London, NW.’, extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- George Bateman was born in Marylebone, London, in 1885, and attested for the Royal West Surrey Regiment at Guildford on 25 October 1904, whilst currently serving in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. Posted to the 2nd Battalion on 13 February 1905, he transferred to the 1st Battalion on 25 November of that year, for service in India. Returning home on 21 February 1910, he transferred to the Army Reserve on 24 October 1913. Recalled to the Colours following the outbreak of the Great War, he served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914. He was taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Gheluvelt on 31 October 1914, during which battle the Battalion was virtually wiped out, suffering 9 officers and 624 other ranks either killed, wounded, or missing. However, their sacrifice was not in vain, for despite their heavy losses they prevented the enemy from taking Ypres and being able to advance on the channel ports. As Field Marshal Sir John French said: ‘31 October and 1 November will remain forever memorable in the history of our country, for, during those two days, no more than one thin and straggling line of tired-out British soldiers stood between the Empire and its practical ruin as an independent first-class Power.’ Bateman was one of those reported missing during the defence of Gheluvelt. Having been taken Prisoner of War, he spent the remainder of the War in captivity, including at Hähnofersand Lager P.O.W. camp. He was repatriated on 31 December 1918, and was discharged on 31 March 1920, after 15 years and 159 days’ service, of which 4 years and 62 days were spent in captivity. Sold with the recipient’s identity tag; cap badge; ‘Old Contemptibles’ lapel badge; a Queen’s Regiment ‘Prisoner of War Welcome Home Medal’, bronze; and two Regimental prize medals, both silver, these last three in cases of issue; a copy of ‘The Prisoner of War in Germany’, a booklet containing approximately 250 photographs from German Prison Camps, the inside page inscribed ‘Cpl G. Bateman 8195, “Queen’s” Regiment, Hähnofersand Lager, Germany, 26.5.1917’; various other ephemera; and copied service papers and a large quantity of copied research.
Lot 226
Four: Leading Stoker William Nicholson, Royal Naval Reserve, who was awarded the bronze Al Valore Militare upon the occasion of the loss of H.M.S. Falmouth on 19th-20th August 1916 1914-15 Star (U.1830. W. Nicholson. Sto. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (1830U W. Nicholson. L. Sto. R.N.R.); Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, bronze, no mint mark to obverse, unnamed as issued, mounted on card for display, with damaged named card lids of boxes of issue for the trio, nearly extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- Al Valore Militare (Bronze) London Gazette 17 November 1917: ‘For distinguished services rendered during the war.’ The recommendation states: ‘Leading Stoker William Nicholson R.N.R. U.1830 H.M.S. Falmouth Upon the occasion of the loss of H.M.S. Falmouth 19th-20th August, 1916, he distinguished himself and performed meritorious service in attempting to save the ship. After the ship had been abandoned, it was thought that 8 men who were missing might have been left on board wounded. He volunteered to return to the ship as one of a party, to search for them, and although they were not found, the opportunity was taken of trying to make the ship more water tight.’ William Nicholson was born in Bangor, Carnarvon, on 11 December 1880, the son of William and Ellen Nicholson. He attested for the Royal Naval Reserve on 19 February 1904, at which time he was residing in Bangor and was employed aboard the Penrhyn as Second Engineer. Mobilised on 4 August 1914, he joined H.M.S. Falmouth on 3 September 1914, and was aboard this ship during the battle of Jutland and during her loss when torpedoed in August 1916. Joining Pembroke II on 29 August 1916, and Vernon on 21 March 1917, he was discharged to shore on demobilisation from this base on 31 March 1919. Awarded a disability pension from 11 July 1919 to 12 April 1921 for Neurasthenia (shell shock), his address in 1923 is recorded as The Railway Inn, Amlwch, Anglesey. Nicholson returned to sea and in 1920 was employed as Chief Engineer on S.S. Dinorwic. H.M.S. Falmouth at Jutland H.M.S. Falmouth participated in the Battle of Jutland 31 May–1 June 1916. As the battle began, the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadon (L.C.S.) was screening Beatty’s battlecruisers as they searched for the German fleet and moved to support the 1st L.C.S. after they had spotted the German ships. This put them out of position when Beatty turned south to pursue the German battlecruisers. After he turned north on encountering the main body of the German High Seas Fleet, Falmouth and her Squadron were the first to encounter the screen of the Grand Fleet at 17:33. As Beatty turned east to rendezvous with them, Falmouth engaged several German ships at ranges below 7,000 yards and in poor visibility. Falmouth opened fire on the disabled light cruiser S.M.S. Wiesbaden beginning at about 18:15 and also fired a torpedo at her that missed around 18:21. She then briefly engaged two destroyers and then switched to the battlecruisers S.M.S. Lützow and S.M.S. Derfflinger, hitting both ships, also firing a torpedo that she mistakenly claimed to have hit around 18:25. In return, Falmouth was hit once by a 5.9in shell on the foremast that cut the voice tubes to the spotting top. By 18:40, the squadron was in position to escort the 3rd battlecruiser squadron of the Grand Fleet. By 20:10, Beatty’s ships were in front of the Grand Fleet and the 3rd L.C.S. was screening them when Falmouth spotted five cruisers of the 4th Scouting Group and the squadron closed to engage at full speed. The British ships were not spotted in return until 20:17 and Falmouth opened fire a minute later at a range of 9,600 yards. Despite poor visibility, she hit the Light Cruiser S.M.S. München twice, one of which damaged her aft boilers and impaired her ability to keep steam up. By 20:38, the British lost sight of the Germans and turned away to assume their position at the head of Beatty’s battlecruisers. Falmouth fired a total of 175 shells during the battle, the most of any British Light Cruiser. Loss of H.M.S. Falmouth On the evening of 18 August 1916, the Grand Fleet put to sea in response to a message deciphered by Room 40 that indicated that the High Seas Fleet would be leaving harbour that night. The German objective was to bombard Sunderland the following day, based on extensive reconnaissance conducted by Zeppelins and submarines. Part of the German plan was to draw the British ships through a series of submarine ambushes and Falmouth fell victim to one of the awaiting U-boats, U-66, at about 16:05 the following afternoon after the Grand Fleet was headed for home, two torpedoes hit and badly damaged Falmouth, follow-on attacks were unsuccessful due to the presence of the escorting Destroyers. Shortly after she was struck, the Armed Trawler Cooksin went alongside and took off all of the men not required to work the ship. Falmouth was able to steam through the night under her own power at a speed of 2 knots, although a pair of tugboats came out the following morning and took her in tow. Her course took her right past U-63, which put another pair of torpedoes into her around noon, despite eight escorting destroyers. Falmouth remained afloat for another eight hours before sinking off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. No one was killed in the attacks, but one man later died of his injuries. Sold with copied research.
Lot 301
Seven: C. Williams, Canadian Forces 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (D-800165 C. Williams); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (D-800165 C. Williams) mounted court-style as worn; together with a Korea Volunteer Service Medal 1950-54, unnamed as issued, heavily lacquered and the three bronze awards gilded, good very fine (8) £140-£180
Lot 390
British North Borneo Company Medal 1898-1900, 1 clasp, Tambunan, bronze issue (387. Lance Corporal Paguan Singh.) officially engraved naming, good very fine, scarce £700-£900 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2009. Approximately 116 bronze medals were issued for the expedition led by Captain C. H. Harrington against Mat Saleh in the Tambunan Valley, January to February 1900.
Lot 449
The Queen’s South Africa Medal and associated tribute medals awarded to Private R. G. Roberts, 30th Company, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, Transvaal clasp a tailor’s copy, and date clasp loose on riband, as issued (4191 Pte. R. G. Roberts, 30th. Coy. 9th. Imp. Yeo.), with the related miniature award, with clasps Transvaal, Orange River Colony, Cape Colony; together with a Carnarvon tribute medal, gold (9ct., 14.40g), hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, the reverse engraved ‘Presented by the Burgesses of Carnarvon to Trooper R. Gordon-Roberts, 30th. Coy 9th. Batt Imperial Yeomanry (Pembrokeshire) on his Return from Active Service in the South African campaign July 1901’; and Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom tribute medallion, bronze, the reverse impressed ‘Presented by the President of the Society, Sir Albert Kaye Rollit, LLD., DCL, MP, and the Vice President, John Edward Gray Hill, Esq., to Solicitors and Articled Clerks who served in the South African Campaign, 1899-1902, and who were entertained by the Society at a Banquet in it Hall on December 18th 1902.’, about extremely fine; the two tribute medals both rare and unrecorded by Hibbard (lot) £2,000-£2,400 --- Richard Gordon-Roberts was born in Llanbeblig, Carnavon, in 1870 and was a solicitor by profession He attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Tenby on 13 February 1900, and served with the the 30th (Pembrokeshire) Company, 9th Battalion, in South Africa during the Boer War from 14 March 1900 to 8 July 1901. He was discharged on 7 August 1901, after 1 year and 175 days’ service, and subsequently served as a solicitor in Anglesey. He died in Liverpool on 10 December 1957. Sold with a renamed King’s South Africa Medal 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4191 Pte. R. G. Roberts. 30th. Coy. 9th. Imp. Yeo.) contemporarily re-engraved naming [note: the recipient is not entitled to the K.S.A.]; an Association of Conservative Clubs Medal, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘R. Gordon-Roberts 1902’, with ‘Five Years’ riband bar and ‘Distinguished Service’ top brooch bar; a Pitt Club Medal, silver-gilt, with cameo portrait to obverse the reverse engraved ‘Menai. Robt. Roberts of Garn Esq.’; various British Red Cross Society Medals awarded to a family member, two named to ‘E. G. Roberts’, in various named card boxes of issue; together with a card identity disc ‘G-Roberts E. B.R.C.S. Anglesey 4’ and various shoulder rank insignia with ‘Red Cross 4 Anglesey’ unit insignia; and other ephemera, including a bullet mounted as a charm, with a silver band around inscribed ‘In memory of S.T.’ Sold with a mounted group photograph of the Pembroke Yeomanry in the field; two contemporary photographs; and copied record of service and other research.
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