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Star Wars - a collection of x10 original vintage Kenner / Palitoy made Star Wars action figures. Comprising: 4-LOM, Imperial Stormtrooper (lacking cape), Hammerhead, Sand People (Tusken Raider), Squid Head, Princess Leia Organa (Bespin Gown - no blaster), Yoda, Luke Skywalker X Wing Pilot (no weapon), Nien Nunb, and Ugnaught (no gown). All with weapons / accessories (unless noted above). Generally all VG to NM. From a genuine childhood collection. 

Star Wars - a collection of x10 original vintage Palitoy / Kenner made Star Wars action figures. Comprising: Sand People (Tusken Raider), Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi (with cape and lightsaber), R2D2 With Sensorscope (AF), Darth Vader (GMFGI 1977 Made In Hong Kong COO - with cape (AF)), Prune Face (with cloak and weapon), Lando Calrissian Skiff Guard Disguise (LFL 82 - HK COO), Speeder Bike Pilot (LFL 1983 Hong Kong), Ugnaught (LFL 1980 Made In Hong Kong - with case), General Madine (LFL 1983 Made In Hong Kong COO), and Ree Yees (with weapon). Various conditions. All from a genuine childhood collection. 

PARIS 3 Puppenstubenpuppen, Ende 19. /Anf. 20. Jh. bestehend aus weiblicher und männlicher Puppe in Landestracht, je Biskuitporzellankurbelkopf, im Nacken gemarkt "PARIS" und unleserl. Buchstaben im Oval sowie "FRANCE", Puppenjunge mit festsitzenden, blauen Augen und leicht geöffnetem Mund mit Mini-Zahnreihe, fest fixierter Kurzhaarperücke, schwarzer Samtanzug mit Kniebundhosen, Kappe und Weste, goldfarbene Knöpfe an Weste u. Sakko, Puppenmädchen mit braunen Schlafaugen, ebenfalls offenem Mund und Zahnreihe, hochgesteckte Flechtfrisur mit Kopfbedeckung u. Kokarde, eingenäht in Trachtenkleid, beide Körper aus Holz-Masse-Komposition (1x am li. Bein abgeblättert), H je 13 cm, Alters- und Lagerspuren, dazu ein Puppenstubenmädchen, Porzellankopf beschädigt (Haarriss im Gesicht), festsitzende Augen mit langen aufgemalten Wimpern, geschlossener Mund, ungemarkt, eingenäht in Kleid u. Seidenumhang, Perücke mit Fehlstellen, Masse-Körper, Altersspuren, besch. H 10 cm.| PARIS 3 doll house dolls, late 19th /Beginning 20th century, consisting of a female and male doll in national costume, each with a bisque socket head, marked "PARIS" on the neck and illegible letters in oval and "FRANCE", doll boy with fixed, blue eyes and slightly open mouth with mini row of teeth, fixed short hair wig, black velvet suit with knee breeches, cap and waistcoat, gold-colored buttons on waistcoat and jacket, doll girl with brown sleepy eyes, also open mouth and row of teeth, high braided hairstyle with headgear and cockade, sewn into traditional dress, both bodies made of wood-mass composition (1x peeled off on the left leg), height 13 cm each, signs of age and storage, plus a dollhouse girl, porcelain head damaged (hairline crack in the face), fixated eyes with long painted eyelashes, closed mouth, not marked, sewn into dress and silk cape, wig with missing parts, mass-composition body, signs of age, dam. H 10 cm.

TRAUERNDE MARIA Süddeutschland, 17.Jh., Laubholz, geschnitzt, polychrome Fassung, Figur stehend, den Kopf leicht gesenkt, in flächigen, kantig umknickenden Falten drapierter Umhang, H: 72 cm. Altersspuren. | MARY IN MISTAKESouthern Germany, 17th century, hardwood, carved, polychrome paint, standing figure, the head slightly lowered, the cape draped in flat, angular folds, h: 72 cm. Signs of age.

A vintage Chinese silk cape/jacket, a/f.

NO RESERVE Scandinavia.- Du Chaillu (Paul B.) The Land of the Midnight Sun, 2 vol., first American edition, frontispieces, one folding, becoming loose in vol. 1, previous owner's ink inscriptions to endpapers and p.1 in vol. 1, large folding map in pocket at end vol. 1, one or two short tears to folds, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1881 § Lynam (C. C.) The Log of the 'Blue Dragon' 1892-1904, 1908; The Log of the 'Blue Dragon II' in Orkney and Shetland 1909-1910, first edition, 1911; To Norway and the North Cape in 'Blue Dragon II' 1911-1912, first edition, presentation copy from author, 1913, frontispieces, plates and maps, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo (5)

NO RESERVE Voyages.- Campbell (George) Log Letters from "The Challenger", fifth edition, colour folding map, light spotting and a few small tape repairs to folds on verso, half-title, 19 ff. of advertisements at rear, very occasional faint spotting, original blind-stamped cloth, ends a little bumped and scuffed, 8vo, 1877.⁂ The voyage of the Challenger included visits to the Cape of Good Hope, Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, Hawaii, China and Japan.

Africa.- Salt (Henry) The Mountains of Samayut; The Town of Abha in Abyssinia, plate XVI and XXI from 'Twenty-four views taken in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia & Egypt', etchings and aquatint with full hand-colouring, on thick wove paper, each platemark approx. 480 x 650 mm (18 7/8 x 25 1/2 in), each sheet approx. 545 x 760 mm (19 3/4 x 26 1/4 in), some spotting and browning, unframed, William Miller, 1809 (2)

Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 4 maps (3 folding), 2 with short tears affecting image, vol. 2 with folding table at end, embossed stamp 'IHA' to first few pp., some light foxing and splitting at gutter, vol. 1 with occasional damp-staining to lower margin and minor cockling to covers, corners and spine ends bumped, slight shelf-lean, [Hosken p.189], 1890 § Baines (Thomas) The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa, tipped-in folding facsimile letter from David Livingstone, rear pocket with folding map, p.71 repaired at inner margin, ink stamp to verso of final text leaf, hinges cracked but holding, rebacked, with original back strip laid down, quite rubbed, ink library marking to spine, London & Cape Colony, 1877, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt; and 3 others, India etc, 8vo (6)

Africa.- Theal (George M., editor) Basutoland Records, 3 vol. [all published], first edition, 8 folding colour maps, some foxing, a couple of leaves creased, with 4pp. A.L.s. from the politician Saul Solomon dated November 25th 1880 concerning the "Voluntary Question" and John Paterson of Port Elizabeth loosely inserted, contemporary half calf, by Saul Solomon & Co. of Cape Town, red & green roan labels, a little rubbed, 8vo, Cape Town, 1883.⁂ Comprehensive record of Basutoland. Six volumes were planned, and a fourth was ready for the press but abandoned when Basutoland became under jurisdiction of the Crown rather than Cape Colony in 1884.Saul Solomon (1817-92), liberal politician of the Cape Colony and proponent of the movement for responsible government. In the first parliament of 1854 he presented his "Voluntary Bill", to end government subsidies to churches and ensure equal treatment of all beliefs. After it was rejected he presented it every year with the same result, until it was finally passed in 1875. He clashed with the separatist John Paterson of Port Elizabeth who wanted the eastern Cape to be independent or at least the centre of government; Solomon desired a united multi-racial Cape.

Africa.- Cape Verde.- Rendall (John) A Guide to the Cape Verd Islands, title, 30 pp. of descriptive text of the islands, some marginal damp-stains and surface dirt throughout, original stiff paper wrappers with publisher's printed label affixed to upper cover, surface dirt and staining, rubbed, 8vo, C. Wilson, 157 Leadenhall Street, 1856⁂ Scarce second edition. WorldCat & Library Hub locate one copy held in the British Library.

An album containing a collection of South Africa and other stamps including Victorian Cape of Good Hope halfpenny, one penny, two pence and four pence examples, also other Africa, Aden and Sierra Leone examples, etc.

An Armand Marseille porcelain headed doll with glass eyes and composition body wearing a machine lace dress and embroidered fur lined cape

SOUTH AFRICA Colln QV-to moderns inc - SWA CAPE, STATES etc used some duplication in black binder

Two 19th Century Dresden type figures, the first modelled as a lady with patterned dress with a Dresden lace trim, holding a bird cage with a bird perched on top, the second a gentleman leaning slightly forward dressed in patterned clothes with long cape and tri-corn hat, both bear underglaze cross swords marks, tallest 27cm, both S/D. (2)

Taxidermy: Cape Bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus), circa 1998, a high quality adult male shoulder mount with head turning slightly to the right, from the wall 46cm, height 83cm.Subject to VAT on the hammer price.

Taxidermy: Cape Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama), circa 1998, South Africa, high quality adult male shoulder mount with head turning slightly to the left, from the wall 69cm, height 115cm.Subject to VAT on the hammer price .

Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Cape Petrel (Daption capense), circa 1880-1900, a full mount adult with head turning to the left, stood upon grit covered rock work, set against a plain wash painted interior, enclosed within a period ebonised single-glass display case with gilt painted moulding, 38.5cm by 17cm by 37.5cm

Taxidermy: Cape Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama), dated 26/04/2006, Weltervreden, South Africa, large high quality adult male shoulder mount with head turning slightly to the left, from the wall 71cm, height 113cm, together with identification plaque.

Antlers/Tusks/Horns: A Collection of Tusks / Horns and Antlers, circa early 21st century, two sets of adult Muntjac antlers on upper skulls, mounted upon a polished oak shields, each with embedded spent bullet casing to the forehead, five sets of adult and juvenile Wild Boar tusks, each mounted upon various polished oak circular shields, the majority with brass engraved plaque, a set of adult Common Warthog tusks, mounted upon a polished oak circular shield, with engraved brass plaque, a quantity of loose unmounted Wild Boar and Warthog tusks, a small quantity of Deer teeth, a pair of unmounted pricket Red deer antlers, a quantity of young Springbok unmounted horns, a small quantity of Deer antler sections, two preserved cape Buffalo pizzles, a Gemsbok Oryx scrotum pouch, a mounted tail fly swat (possibly a Blue Wildebeest), (qty)

Skulls/Anatomy: Chacma Baboon Skull (Papio ursinus), dated 17/09/2012, East Cape, South Africa, a large complete adult bleached skull, 22cm long, 13cm high, mounted upon a wall hanging shieldCITES Annex B, Appendix II, with proof of legal import

Skulls/Anatomy: Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer), dated 24 September 2003, Zimbabwe, South east Africa, a large set of adult bull horns on upper skull, widest span 81cm, tip to tip 64.5cm, mounted upon a hard wood shield, bearing attached engraved brass plaque "Zimbabwe Valley, 24-09-03, John Odlin".

Horns/Skulls: A Trio of African Game Trophy Skulls, dated early 21st century, South Africa, a large set of adult bull Cape Greater Kudu horns on cut frontlet, right horn 121cm, left horn 118cm, tip to tip 85.5cm, mounted upon a hardwood shield, bearing attached engraved brass plaque "Kudu 23-10-04, Zimbabwe", Blue Wildebeest adult bull horns on upper skull, widest span 64cm, tip to tip 32cm, mounted upon a pine shield, together with original mounted tail fly swat with horn handle, with identification plaque "Blue Wildebeest, Umlilo, 28-10-07", Common Waterbuck horns on cut upper skull, right horn 54cm, left horn 59cm, tip to tip 31cm, mounted upon a hardwood shield, together with original mounted tail fly swat with horn handle, bearing attached engraved brass plaque "Waterbuck, Upper Lupenda, Zambia, 08-10-2005", (3)Condition report: Waterbuck nasal bone repaired, right horn tip broken off (peri-mortem).

Taxidermy: Gemsbok Oryx Pedestal Mount (Gazella gazella), dated 05/05/2008, Weltervreden, Northern Cape, South Africa, a high quality adult cow shoulder mount with head turning slightly to the right, right horn 97.5cm, left horn 98.5cm, tip to tip 42.5cm, mounted upon an ebonised wooden pedestal, overall height 207cm, bearing attached engraved brass plaque " Gemsbok Oryx, Weltervreden, SA, 05-05-2008"

A Great War M.B.E. group of ten awarded to Quarter-Master Sergeant and Acting Staff Sergeant-Major R. C. Williams, Cameron Highlanders The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1918; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2489. O:R: Sgt. R. Williams. 1/Cam: Hrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2489 O-R: Sejt. R. Williams, 1: Cam’n: H’Drs:); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2489 Clr:-Serjt: R. Williams. Cameron Highrs:); 1914-15 Star, unnamed; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (3-6204 T.W.O.Cl.1. R. C. Williams. Cam’n Highrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2489 Q.M. Sjt: R. Williams. Cameron Hdrs.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (3-6204 Q.M. Sjt:-A.S.S. Mjr: R. C. Williams. 5/Cam’n Highrs:); Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (2489 O.R. Sgt. Williams 1. Cam. Highrs.) contemporarily engraved in the usual style associated with the Regiment, polished, good very fine and better (10) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2018 (when sold without the M.B.E. or 1914-15 Star). M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916. M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918 (France - one of only two awarded to the 5th Battalion). Roderick Chisholm Williams attested for the Cameron Highlanders on 24 April 1891 and was posted to the 1st Battalion. He served as a Sergeant in ‘A’ Company in the Sudan, and was still serving, as Quartermaster Sergeant of this Company, when he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1910. Mentioned several times in Regimental Journal, he was Recommended for an Annuity Meritorious Service Medal in 1912, and was discharged to pension on 6 July 1913, the Regimental Journal stating that nearly all his service had been spent in the Orderly Room. Following the outbreak of the Great War Williams re-enlisted in the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion on 5 October 1914, and served during the Great War as an Orderly Room Sergeant with the 5th Battalion on the Western Front from 11 May to 11 November 1915. Thereafter he served as Superintending Clerk, General Headquarters, 3rd Echelon, and was discharged on 22 April 1919. For his services during the Great War he was awarded an ‘Immediate’ Meritorious Service Medal, one of only two awarded to the 5th Battalion, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He died in Edinburgh on 25 September 1941. Only nine M.B.E.s were awarded to the Cameron Highlanders for the Great War. Williams is the only Warrant Officer on the list, although there is a retired Regimental Sergeant Major who was awarded a Civil M.B.E. for his services as Chairman of the Regimental Comforts Fund. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Second Lieutenant R. J. Cook, 1st/7th Battalion, London Regiment, late Army Service Corps, who served with the City Imperial Volunteers in South Africa during the Boer War and received a Hammersmith Boer War Tribute Medal Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (56 Pte. R. J. Cook. C.I.V.); 1914 Star (TS-2048 Pte. R. J. Cook. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. J. Cook) the BWM named ‘upside down’, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, the 1914 Star with clasp, these also mounted as worn; and a Hammersmith Boer War Tribute Medal, bronze, the obverse engraved ‘Hammersmith is Grateful & Proud of You’ within laurel wreath, the reverse plain, the edge engraved ‘Pte. R. J. Cook. Reg. No. 56 B Co. C.I.V.’, with top ‘South Africa’ riband bar, in J. F. Hone, Hammersmith case, generally good very fine, the last rare (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- Hammersmith Boer War Tribute Medal referenced in Hibbard, A13. M.C. London Gazette 16 August 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Having led his company with great courage and secured his objective, he went forward to assist another company which had been checked, and enabled them to capture their own objective. He showed great initiative, and, although slightly wounded, carried on with the consolidation, setting an excellent example to his men.’ Robert John Cook, a dyer by occupation, was born in 1878 and joined the 3rd City of London Rifle Volunteers in 1896. He served in the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers in South Africa during the Boer War, and had two letters published in the City Press, the first on 23 May 1900, regarding spending his pay on food; and the second on 31 October 1900, regarding the celebrations for Lord Roberts’ birthday. Enlisting in the Army Service Corps, Cook served with the 1st Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 August 1914, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the London Regiment on 27 January 1916. Awarded the Military Cross whilst serving with the 1st/7th Battalion, he relinquished his commission following the cessation of hostilities, and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

A superb Great War 1915 ‘Second Battle of Ypres, 1915’ D.C.M. campaign combination group of eight awarded to Sergeant H. J. Salter, Military Mounted Police, late 7th Hussars and 9th Lancers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (633 L. Cpl. H. Salter. M.M.P.); British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (..2 Pte. H. J. Salter. 7th Hus..) suspension loose, heavy edge bruising and contact marks; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (4121, Cpl. H. J. Salter, 9/Lcrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4121 Pte. H. J. Salter. 9th Lancers); 1914 Star (633. L. Cpl. H. J. Salter. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (633. L. Cpl. H. J. Salter. M.M.P.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (633 L. Cpl. H. J. Salter. M.M.P.) mounted for display, minor edge bruising overall, generally very fine unless otherwise stated (8) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 5 August 1915: ‘For great bravery and consistent good work from the 9th to 28th May, 1915, near Ypres. He was employed, both day and night in collecting stragglers, directing traffic and collecting war material. During the 24th May he assisted to places of safety several hundred men, who were suffering from gas poison. Most of the time, and especially on the 24th and 25th May, the town was being heavily shelled.’ Henry James Salter was born in Lambeth, London on 3 July 1874. He attested for the 7th Hussars at St George’s Barracks, London, on 26 November 1890. He served initially at Salisbury and Canterbury until embarking with the regiment for India, where they arrived aboard H.M.S. Crocodile on 3 September 1892. He left India on 10 October 1895, aboard S.S. Victoria and on 23 October 1895, he arrived with his regiment in Natal where he served in the operations during the Second Matabele War in Rhodesia and Mashonaland. Salter transferred to the 9th Lancers on 31 December 1897, and returned to India in March 1898. He was appointed Lance-Corporal in March 1899 but reverted to his prior rank at his own request in October 1899. Two weeks later he arrived back in South Africa at Cape Town, with the 9th Lancers for service during the Boer War. He transferred to the 5th Lancers in March 1902, returned to India the following month and arrived back in England in July 1902. He transferred to the Military Mounted Police on 10 January 1905, and joined his unit at Aldershot. He received his L.S. & G.C. medal with £5 gratuity under Army Order 101 of 1909, and was discharged on 25 November 1911, at Tidworth, having completed 21 years service. Salter resided at 63 Woodcock Street, Birmingham and was employed as a Commissionaire at Hulford Cycle Co., Ltd, Moor Street. He re-engaged for service during the Great War with the 7th Reserve Cavalry Regiment on 8 September 1914, transferring later that month as Lance-Corporal to the Military Mounted Police. He served with the M.M.P. in the French theatre of war from 4 October 1914, and advanced to Acting Sergeant in August 1917. Salter was discharged on 14 March 1919, having served for a total of 25 years and 205 days. 1 of 34 D.C.M.’s to the Military Mounted Police for the Great War. Sold with extensive copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient in a cutting from The Birmingham Daily Mail announcing the award of his D.C.M.

Pair: Carpenter First Class W. F. Thomlinson, Royal Navy, who served in the Investigator in the Franklin Search Expedition of 1848-49 South Africa 1834-53 (W. F. Thomlinson. Actg. Carpenter 2nd. Class.); Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued, very fine (2) £1,500-£2,000 --- Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, July 1993 (South Africa Medal only). William F. Thomlinson (also recorded as Tomlinson) was born in Stoke Damerel, Devon, on 11 October 1813, and joined the Royal Navy as a Carpenter’s Mate on 19 January 1838, serving in H.M.S. Racehourse, before transferring to H.M.S. Hecla as a Caulker on 28 November 1843. He joined H.M.S. Investigator on 16 April 1848, and served in her during the Franklin search Expedition of 1848-49. The Investigator sailed in May 1848 to the Arctic in search of John Franklin under the command of Captain Edward Bird. She was accompanied by the Enterprise under Sir James Clark Ross. The ships wintered at Port Leopold. A sledging party departed in the spring for Fury Beach. Ross also went west to Cape Bunny before heading south coming within 50 miles of Cape Bird, had they but known that this was where they should have been searching. The ships were cut free of the ice in August and proceeded down Barrow Strait before getting beset by ice but drifted into Baffin Bay reaching home in November 1849. Thomlinson subsequently served in H.M.S. Castor from 1 March 1851 and took part in the Third Kaffir War. Advanced Carpenter First Class on 15 January 1862, he was shore pensioned on 8 July 1869, and died in Hooe, Devon, on 13 January 1874.

Three: Colour Sergeant W. Lawrence, 4th Hussars, later Royal Engineers India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (No. 1427 Lce. Corpl. W. Lawrence, 4th. Q.O. Hussars.) contemporarily renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, date clasp a tailor’s copy (16373 Co. Sjt. Maj: W. Lawrence R.E.) engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (16373 C.S. Maj: W. Lawrence R.E.) engraved naming, mounted as worn and suspended from a triple width silver riband bar, good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- William Lawrence was born in Mexico ‘of British parents’ on 22 June 1855 and was educated at the Kings School, Sherbourne and Clifton College, Bristol. He attested for the 4th Hussars at Canterbury on 5 June 1875, and served with the Regiment until August 1879 when he was discharged by purchase intending to proceed to Mexico. From 1 March to 7 April 1879 he had held the appointment of Lance-Corporal. Whilst he saw service in India he seems to have had no campaign service. The India General Service Medal included with his group has been renamed and there is no evidence for its award to him in any official papers; certainly, the 4th Hussars were not present in the campaign under their own badge. Subsequently re-joining the Army, Lawrence was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1893, and was subsequently appointed to the permanent staff of the Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers as Colour Sergeant. In this capacity he served in South Africa during the Boer War. He was discharged in 1903, whilst serving with the 3rd Lancashire Volunteers, R.E., after a total of 28 years and 87 days’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War Lawrence was appointed Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant of the 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on 3 October 1914, serving in this capacity at home until 6 February 1918, and being promoted to Honorary Captain on 3 October 1917. A supporting letter from the Commanding Officer of the 6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers concerning his appointment in 1914 mentions that he was over age (he was 56 at the time), but had passed his medical. He also mentions experience as Quartermaster of a large instructional camp in Chatham. He died on 1 July 1922. Following the recipient’s death, his wife petitioned the War Office, as she felt that his death was aggravated by his service but no pension was granted. Her letter to the War Office also mentions his India General Service Medal.

Four: Private G. Bayles, Seaforth Highlanders India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3665 Pte. G. Bayles 2d Bn. Seaforth Higlrs); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3665 Pte. J. Bayles. 1/Sea Hrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Wittebergen (3665 Pte. G. Bayles, 2 Sea: Highrs:) official correction to surname; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3665 Pte. G. Bayles 1st Sea. Highrs.) mounted for wearing, heavy edge bruise to the first, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (4) £400-£500

Three: Corporal R. G. Gill, Cape Mounted Rifles Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (2812 Cpl. R. G. Gill. C.M. Rif.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2821 Cpl. R. G. Gill. Cape M.R.) rank unofficially re-engraved; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 )2821 Corpl: R. G. Gill. Cape M.R.) clasp facing slightly bent on first, light contact marks, good very fine (3) £600-£800 --- Sold with the recipient’s riband bar; and copied research confirming all the clasps.

Pair: Sergeant G. White, 1st Royal Dragoons Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony (3926 Serjt. G. White. 1/Rl. Drgns.) clasps mounted in order listed with some unofficial rivets; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3926 Serjt: G> White. Rl: Dragns.) the first with slack suspension, contact marks, good fine (2) £140-£180

Four: Private W. A. Smith, 6th Dragoons Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between third, fourth, ands fifth clasps (4234 Pte. F. [sic] Smith. 6th Dragoons.); 1914 Star (4234 Pte. W. A. Smith. 6/Dns.); British War and Victory Medals (6DN-4234 Pte. W. A. Smith. 6-Dns.); together with an unrelated Silver War Badge added for display purposes, the reverse officially numbered ‘177201’, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £240-£280 --- William Alfred ‘Fred’ Smith was born in Birmingham in 1880 and attested there for the 6th Dragoons on 28 August 1899. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and was charged by a Field General Court Martial on 4 August 1901, of ‘Leaving his C.O., to go in search of plunder’. Found guilty of looting, he was imprisoned for one year, returning to duty in August 1902. He remained in the Dragoons of the Line and re-engaged in 1911, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 August 1914. He was discharged due to sickness in March 1915, no longer physically fit for active service, and was awarded Silver War Badge No. 79008. Note: The Silver War Badge with this lot is unrelated. Badge No. 177201 was awarded to 40851 Private Charles Sawyer, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was discharged due to sickness in June 1916.

Six: Staff Sergeant Farrier Edward Alderdice, 12th Lancers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (33.1 S.S. Far: E. Alderdice, 12: R: Lancers); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3331 S.Serjt:-Far: E. Alderdice. 12th Lancers); 1914-15 Star (GS-11184 Far. S. Sjt. E. Alderdice 12-Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals GS-11184 Pte. E. Alderdice. 12-Lrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3331 F.S. Sjt: E. Alderdice. 12/Lrs.) mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, the earlier medals good fine, otherwise very fine (6) (6) £300-£400 --- Edward Alderdice was born in Birkenhead and attested there for the 12th Lancers on 21 April 1891, a shoeing smith by trade. He was appointed Shoeing Smith in February 1896, to Corporal Shoeing Smith in June 1893, and to Sergeant Farrier in August 1896. He extended his service to complete 12 years at Aldershot in April 1898, and was promoted to Staff Sergeant Farrier on 21 December 1899. He re-engaged to complete 21 years with the Colours in June 1902, and was discharged on termination of his 2nd period of engagement on 20 April 1912. Recalled at Birmingham on 23 September 1914, for General Service in his former rank of Staff Sergeant Farrier. He served in France with the 12th Lancers from 6 April 1915, but was tried by F.G.C.M. for ‘when on active service misapplying public food and disposing of same to French civilians’ and sentenced to be reduced to Private, in which rank his British War and Victory Medals were eventually issued. Sold with copied discharge papers and Medal Index Card.

Pair: Trooper W. H. Frampton, Imperial Yeomanry, later Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (34540 Tpr: W. H. Frampton. 33rd Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (150 Bmbr. W. Frampton. 3/Wessex B. R.F.A.) minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine (2) £220-£260 --- William Horatio Frampton was born at Blandford, Dorset, and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry in March 1901, declaring prior service with the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Posted initially to the 1st Provisional Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, he served with the 33rd (Royal East Kent) Company, 11th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 29 March 1901 to 13 May 1902, and was discharged at Shorncliffe, medically unfit, on 14 June 1902.

Six: Sergeant J. Johnson, East Kent Regiment, later South African Constabulary, Royston’s Horse, and Welsh Horse Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5398 Sjt. J. Johnson. E. Kent R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (81 Cpl. J. Johnson. S.A.C.); Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (No. 648 Cpl. J. Johnson. Royston’s Horse.); 1914-15 Star (316 Pte. -A. Cpl.- J. Johnson. Welsh H.); British War and Victory Medals (316 A. Sjt. J. Johnson. Welsh H.) the QSA a somewhat later issue; edge bruising to Natal, lacquered, generally very fine and better (6) £500-£700 --- James Johnson was born in Gosport, Hampshire and attested for the Royal Marine Light Infantry in London on 25 April 1889, being discharged on 14 October 1896. He next attested for the East Kent Regiment at Canterbury on 18 November 1898, and was posted to the 3rd Battalion. Promoted Corporal on 18 January 1900, he served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and the Q.S.A. Medal roll implies he also worked with the Imperial Military Railways. He transferred to the South African Constabulary on 1 June 1901, and was discharged on 16 August 1902. Johnson saw further service with Royston’s Horse during the Natal Rebellion of 1906, and with the Welsh Horse during the Great War, serving from 23 September 1915. His last posting was to the Labour Corps. Note: The recipient’s original Queen’s South Africa was sold in these rooms in July 2015; the replacement Q.S.A. included with this lot was issued on 14 January 1924. Sold with copied South African Constabulary service papers.

Four: Quartermaster Sergeant J. Mason, East India Railway Regiment, late Royal Welsh Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State, unofficial rivets between top two clasps (5586 Pte. J. Mason, R. Welsh Fus:); China 1900, 1 copy clasp, Relief of Pekin (No. 5586 Private J. Mason, 2nd Batt: R.W. Fusiliers.) renamed; Coronation 1902, Hong Kong issue, bronze (J. Mason); Volunteer Force Long Service (India and the Colonies), G.V.R. (Q-M-S. J. Mason. 3-E.I. Ry. R. A.F.I.) good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- John Mason was born in Wotton-under Edge, Gloucestershire, in 1880 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 28 February 1898, having previously served with the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 October 1899 to 18 July 1900, before transferring to the 2nd Battalion, and serving in China from 19 July 1900 to 9 November 1902, and then in India. He was discharged in India on 17 March 1906; he clearly remained in India, and was awarded his Volunteer Force Long Service Medal while serving with the 3rd Battalion East India Railway Regiment per Indian Army Order 591 of 1925. Note: The Queen’s South Africa Medal is confirmed on roll, with the Orange Free State clasp being confirmed on a supplementary roll, and presumably therefore despatched later. No confirmation has been found regarding the recipient’s entitlement to a China Medal; presumably, given the fact that it is renamed and the clasp a tailor’s copy, the recipient believed that he was entitled to it from his service with the 2nd Battalion, although it is unlikely that he was officially entitled to it.

Five: Sergeant L. Jenkins, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3742 Pte. L. Jenkins, R. Welsh Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3742 Corpl: L. Jenkins. Rl: Welsh Fus:); 1914-15 Star (14963 Sjt. L. Jenkins. R.W. Fus:) British War and Victory Medals (14963 Pte. L. Jenkins. R.W. Fus.) the KSA obverse lightly cleaned with wire brush, minor edge bruise to VM, otherwise generally good very fine (5) £260-£300 --- Leyshom Jenkins attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in October 1892 and served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 9 March 1894 to 9 December 1897. Transferring to the 1st Battalion in 1900, he served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 18 July 1900 to 11 September 1902, and was discharged on 11 October 1904, after 12 years’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War Jenkins re-enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers with the rank of Sergeant on 14 September 1914, and served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War from 15 September 1915, and subsequently with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. He was reduced to the ranks due to two courts martial for drunkenness, and was discharged due to sickness on 12 December 1917, being awarded a Silver War Badge no. 283381. He died of heart failure on 1 April 1937.

Pair: Private J. E. Jones, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was wounded in action at Frederikstad on 25 October 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State, clasps mounted in this order with unofficial rivets between fourth and fifth clasps (2794 Pte. J. Jones, R. Welsh Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2794 Pte. J. E. Jones. Rl: Wesh Fus:) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine (2) £240-£280 --- John Edward Jones was born in Rhyl in 1872 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Wrexham on 8 August 1890, having previously served with the regiment’s 3rd Volunteer Battalion. He transferred to the Reserve on 11 November 1897 but recalled to the Colours on 9 October 1899, and served in South Africa during the Boer War. He was wounded in action at Frederikstad on 25 October 1900 (his service papers state severely, the casualty roll states slightly), and was discharged again in September 1902, and from the reserve in 1907.

Four: Company Quartermaster Sergeant C. A. Hawker, Oxford Light Infantry, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (5797 Pte C. Hawker. Oxford: Lt. Infy:); 1914-15 Star (9291 C.Q.M. Sjt. G. A. Hawker. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9291 A. C. Sjt. C. A. Hawker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) heavy edge bruising to QSA, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Charles Hawker attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in 1888 and served as Company Quartermaster Sergeant with the 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. He was discharged on 3 March 1919.

Three: Private J. Griffiths, South Wales Borderers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6719 Pte. J. Griffiths. S. Wales B:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6719 Pte. J. Griffith [sic]. S. Wales Bord:) initial officially corrected; Militia L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1049 Corpl. J. Griffiths 4th. S. Wales Bord. Mil.) good very fine, the last rare to unit (3) £500-£700 --- One of only 2 Militia Long Service and Good Conduct Medals awarded to the 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, and one of only 6 awarded to the Regiment as a whole. J. Griffiths served with the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers in South Africa during the Boer War, and was awarded his Militia Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1905. Sold with copied medal roll extract and copied research.

Pair: Private J. E. McGown, Cape Mounted Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal (3461 J. E. McGown. Cape M.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3461 J. E. McGown. Cape M.R.) nearly extremely fine (2) £400-£500

Five: Corporal F. W. Green, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (3243 Pte. F. W. Green, 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3243 Pte. F. W. Green. Oxford: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (9935 Cpl. F. W. Green. R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9935 Cpl. F. W. Green. R. Berks. R.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick William Green) contact marks to Boer War pair, these nearly very fine; the Great War awards good very fine (6) £240-£280 --- Frederick William Green was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, in 1871 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Cowley Barracks, Oxford, on 27 September 1889. Appointed Lance-Corporal on 21 November 1891, he transferred to the Army Reserve on 27 September 1896, but was recalled to the Colours on 4 December 1899, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 December 1899 to 14 September 1902. He was discharged on 11 May 1903, after 13 years and 228 days’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War Green enlisted in the Royal Berkshire Regiment, and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 August 1915. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France. Sold with an Oxfordshire Light Infantry and Royal Berkshire Regiment cap badges; and copied record of service.

Six: Able Seaman A. L. Gillings, South African Naval Force 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘67432 A. L. Gillings’, mounted as originally worn, ribands frayed, traces of verdigris, nearly very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Arthur Leonard Gillings was born in July 1916, and joined the South African Naval Force in July 1935, advancing to Able Seaman and being attached to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for service during the Second War. Gillings service included with H.M.S. Shropshire (heavy cruiser), May 1940 - June 1943, during which time she was employed on convoy escort duties between Cape Town-Durban-Mombassa and Aden. The Shropshire also took part in the Italian Somaliland campaign, and Gillings subsequently served with H.M.S. Newcastle (light cruiser) as part of the Eastern Fleet, September 1944 - July 1945. Approximately 295 Pacific Clasps awarded to South African Forces, and approximately 1,932 Burma Stars awarded to South African Forces.

Six: Lieutenant P. O. Ellman-Brown, 11th Battalion (The Queen’s Westminsters), Kings Royal Rifle Corps, later Rhodesian Police Reserve, who was murdered in Zimbabwe by ‘dissidents’ in August 1982 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Zimbabwe Independence 1980 (19716); Rhodesia, General Service Medal (7052P F/R Ellman-Brown P.O.); Police Reserve Long Service Medal (7052P. F/R P.O. Ellman-Brown), with Police Reserve cloth insignia, generally good very fine (6) £200-£240 --- Phillip Owen Ellman-Brown was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia in August 1922. He was educated at the Diocesan College Rhondebosch, Cape Town. Ellman-Brown was commissioned Lieutenant in the 11th Battalion (The Queen’s Westminsters), Kings Royal Rifle Corps in 1943, and he served with this motorised unit in Italy and Greece. After the war he was employed by the Rhodesian Police Reserve, and subsequently lived as a farmer at U’Guizan Ranch. Ellman-Brown was murdered, 8 August 1982, and extracts from an article that appeared in the New York Times give the following: ‘A white farmer was reported today to have been killed in western Zimbabwe by those officially termed ‘dissidents’. The event, a killing in cold blood on an empty, remote road, was not the kind of thing to raise too many eyebrows. This southern African nation, once called Rhodesia and run by its white minority, has known violence and war for the last eight years. Yet to some who doubt Prime Minister Robert Mugabe’s ability to construct a final peace, the death of Phillip Ellman-Brown, 50 miles north of the city of Bulawayo, coincided with other portents that have eroded the hopefulness that surrounded the nation at independence in 1980. Mr Ellman-Brown was killed close to an area where more than 2,000 soldiers and policemen have been hunting in vain for the last 16 days for a group of ‘dissidents’ holding hostage six foreign tourists, two of them American, to enforce demands for the release of detained comrades....’ Sold with copied research.

Five: Petty Officer C. H. Tolcher, H.M.S. Collingwood, Royal Navy, who survived the sinking of H.M.S. Cassandra in the Gulf of Finland on 5 December 1918 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (C. Tolcher. Boy. 1st Cl. H.M.S. Niobe); 1914-15 Star (197372, C. H. Tolcher, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (197372. C. H. Tolcher. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (197372. C. H. Tolcher. P.O. H.M.S. Colllingwood.) light contact marks, good very fine (5) £300-£400 --- The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Collingwood was launched on 7 November 1908 and served as part of the 1st Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 84 twelve-inch shells and 35 four-inch shells during the battle. Sub-Lieutenant H.R.H. The Prince Albert (later H.M. King George VI) commanded her forward turret during the Battle. Charles Henry Tolcher was born in Portlemouth, Devon on 25 October 1882. He enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in January 1898, was posted aboard H.M.S. Indefatigable and promoted to Boy First Class the following October. He joined H.M.S. Niobe in June 1899 and served aboard her until October 1900. During this period Niobe was involved in the Second Boer War, escorting troop ships to the Cape. On the outbreak of the Great War, he was serving in the dreadnought battleship, H.M.S. Collingwood, which he had joined in March 1912 with the rate of Petty Officer. He remained with this ship for the first two years of the war and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in November 1915. In June 1917, Tolcher was posted to the light cruiser H.M.S. Cassandra and was part of the ship’s company when she ran aground on Fair Isle on 15 August 1917. She was salvaged and following the end of the war, as part of the 6th Light Cruiser Squadron, Cassandra was sent to the Baltic to support the independence of the newly founded Baltic States against the Bolsheviks. On 5 December 1918, Cassandra struck a mine near Saaremaa in the Gulf of Finland and quickly sank. Tolcher, along with most of her crew were rescued by the destroyers H.M.S. Westminster and Vendetta. He was discharged to pension in October 1922, having reached the rate of Chief Petty Officer.

Five: Able Seaman A. Crook, H.M.S. Iron Duke, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (A. Crook, A.B., H.M.S. Gibraltar.); 1914-15 Star (176503, A. Crook, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (176503 A. Crook. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (176503, A. Crook, A.B., H.M.S. Vernon.) QSA very fine, the rest nearly extremely fine (5) £300-£400 --- The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Iron Duke was launched on 12 October 1912 and was the Fleet Flagship at the Battle of Jutland, where she inflicted significant damage on the S.M.S. König, and fired a total of 90 twelve-inch shells and 50 four-inch shells during the battle. Albert Crook was born in Portsea, Hampshire in August 1878. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in October 1893 and was assigned to the training ship H.M.S. St Vincent as a Boy Second Class. In March 1901 he was posted to the cruiser, H.M.S. Gibraltar which then sailed to the Cape to act as flagship of Rear-Admiral Arthur Moore, Commander-in-Chief of the Cape Station. Crook was serving in the torpedo school, H.M.S. Vernon when he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in September 1911. Throughout the duration of the Great War, Crook served aboard the dreadnought battleship and flagship of the Grand Fleet, H.M.S. Iron Duke. He was demobilised in February 1919, and joined the Coast Guard Force the following July.

South Africa 1834-53 (T. Cutler. 27th Regt.) fitted with two-pronged silver ribbon buckle, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £500-£700 --- Thomas Cutler was born at Bolder [Boldre], Hampshire, and attested for the 27th Foot at Gosport on 15 May 1827, aged 20. His total service amounted to 20 years 345 days, including 12 years at the Cape of Good Hope, where he was present throughout the First and Second Kaffir wars. The regiment arrived back in England in April 1848, and Cutler was discharged at Glasgow on 14 May 1848, ‘being unfit for further service’. He was suffering from ‘dysphagia & chronic catarrh, induced by his services and exposure during the campaigns against the Caffir Tribes in 1846.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Lce. Cor. J. Conghlan. D.E.O.V.R.) good very fine £220-£260

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Pte. H. J. Hendriks C.T. Rifles) Cape style impressed naming, edge nicks, very fine £260-£300 --- Approximately 50 medals with Basutoland clasp awarded to the Cape Town Rifles. Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Qr. Msr. W. E. Thomas. P.A.O.C.A.) nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- Approximately 50 medals with Bechuanaland clasp awarded to the Prince Alfred’s Own Cape Artillery. William Edward Thomas was born in Cape Town in c.1843 and enlisted in the Cape Volunteer Artillery on 13 March 1866; the following year the unit was re-designated Prince Alfred’s Own Cape Town Volunteer Artillery, and the name was subsequently shortened to Prince Alfred’s Own Cape Artillery. Thomas was promoted Corporal in June 1876, and Sergeant on 1 December 1878. He was appointed Quartermaster and commissioned Captain on 10 August 1891 and served with the Bechuanaland Field Force in 1896-97, seeing active service against Galeshewe’s rebels in Langeberg. Twice mentioned in the official history of the Cape Field Artillery, Gunners of the Cape, by Neil Orpen, one of the last official acts in which Thomas took part (he did not serve operationally during the Second Boer War) was the unveiling of the Langeberg Campaign Memorial in Cape Town Cathedral in March 1899. Awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration on 22 August 1902, Thomas resigned his commission on 31 March 1903. Subsequently farming in the Eastern Cape, he died on 24 March 1932. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (16 Serg. J. White. C. Pce.) light contact marks, good very fine £240-£280 --- John White was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in c.1859 and having emigrated to South Africa enlisted in the Cape Police (District 2, headquartered in Kimberley) as a Third Class Private on 3 September 1883. Advanced Third Class Sergeant on 23 July 1889, he served with the Bechuanaland Field Force 1896-97, and saw further served during the Boer War, at the Defence of Kimberley, where he suffered from enteric fever in October 1900. Advanced Lieutenant in the Dismounted Section, Cape Police, on 27 June 1902, he died of melancholia at Cape Town on 11 January 1911. Sold with copied research.

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (1269. Pte. H. E. Cawood. C. Pol.) nearly very fine £180-£220 --- Hugh Exton Cawood was born at Kronstad on 14 December 1877 and enlisted in the Cape Police on 26 August 1897. He saw further service with the Somerset West Constabulary, and resigned on 1 October 1910. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Nat. Det. Xelegwana. C. Pce.) contact marks, very fine and scarce £260-£300 --- Xelegwana joined the Cape Police, District No. 1, on 8 September 1896, and was discharged, time expired, on 31 October 1902. Sold with copied medal roll extract.

The rare Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Quartermaster F. Carter, Welsh Hospital Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Qr: Mr: F. Carter. Welsh Hospital) nearly extremely fine and rare to unit £400-£500 --- Provenance: Llewellyn Lord Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2016. One of only 44 Queen’s South Africa Medals awarded to members of the Welsh Hospital, Carter’s award for services as Quartermaster being unique. Francis Carter served as Quartermaster of the Welsh Hospital in South Africa during the Boer War; the hospital was one of a number of private hospitals that was accepted and used by the British Government during the Boer War, and was established in March 1900. A sum of £12,000 was quickly raised to fund the initiative, and the Welsh Hospital set sail for Cape Town the following month, comprising five Surgeons, one Matron, nine Nursing Sisters, seven Dressers, fourteen Civilian Orderlies, two Sister’s Maids, one Chef (a Frenchman, Monsieur Amiel), two Cooks, and a Quartermaster. It was slightly larger in size than the similarly formed Scottish and Irish Hospitals. Housed in tents on the open veldt in Bloemfontein, the Hospital was handed over to the Army on 30 September 1900, being described at the time as being ‘the model and the smartest military hospital in South Africa.’ Sold with copied medal roll extract (the recipient is the only entry on the page in question), and copied research about the Welsh Hospital.

The rare Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Orderly J. R. S. Anderson, Scottish Hospital, later Medical Officer (temporary Lieutenant), Cumberland Motor Volunteer Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Ord: J. R. S. Anderson. Scottish Hos:) edge bruising, very fine £300-£400 --- Provenance: John Chidzey Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2012. James Richard Sunner Anderson, a medical student from Glasgow, served as an Orderly with the Scottish Hospital in South Africa during the Boer War; the Hospital was organised in the first instance by the St Andrew’s Association and was funded by voluntary donations. The organisation of the hospital commenced in January 1900, the personnel eventually consisting of an officer in charge, 18 civil medical officers, 1 Quartermaster, 1 Warrant Officer, 2 secretaries, 35 nursing sisters of the Army Nursing Service Reserve, 45 first-class orderlies, all of whom were medical students, and 57 second-class orderlies, making a total of 160. The first section arrived at Cape Town on 13 May 1900, and the hospital was opened for patients on 4 June, at Kroonstadt. Previous to that time however, the hospital staff had been employed on duty in the military hospitals at Bloemfontein and Kroonstadt. It remained during the whole period at Kroonstadt, and its equipment was handed over to the Government, when it ceased to exist as a private hospital, on 14 October 1900. Anderson qualified in 1904, and the 1913 Medical Register shows working at Cumberland and Westmoreland Asylum. He was appointed Medical Officer (temporary Lieutenant) in the Cumberland Motor Volunteer Corps on 17 March 1918.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (4060 Pte. C. Geigling. 2nd Rl: Fus:) some abrasive scratches across bottom of obverse, edge nicks, therefore good fine £160-£200 --- C. Geigling attested for the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, dying of wounds at Ladysmith on 24 February 1900.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (21960 Cpl. E. S. Monday. 4th Coy. Imp. Yeo.) rank officially corrected, good very fine £100-£140 --- Edward Standen Monday attested for the Imperial Yeomanry and served in 4th (Glamorganshire) Company, 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He was dangerously wounded to the abdomen and left hip on 28 April 1901, near Bethlehem, and having been invalided home to the U.K. on 29 August 1901, was discharged no longer physically fit for active service in November 1901. He is additionally entitled to the South Africa 1901 clasp to the Q.S.A.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1045 Gr. J. White. Hants. & I. of W. R.G.A.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £120-£160 --- John White was born at Romsey, Hampshire and attested for service in the Southern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery, at Southampton in February 1888, at the age of 24, joining the R.G.A. Militia Reserve. Following amalgamation in October 1891, he was serving in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight R.G.A. Militia. He was embodied for active service in South Africa during the Boer War as a Gunner on 1 May 1900, and was discharged in February 1902. He is additionally entitled to the clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 (not entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal).

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3796 Cpl. A. Smith, Rl; Angl: Engrs:) minor edge bruising, very fine, scarce to unit £180-£220 --- A. Smith attested for the Royal Anglesey Engineers (Militia), and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War (also entitled to the ‘South Africa 1901’ clasp). Sold with copied medal roll extract.