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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (57 Cpl. H. Davis, 2nd. Hampshire Regt.) rank officially corrected, minor edge nicks, very fine £70-£90

Three: Captain A. T. Bonham-Carter, Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Capt. A. T. B. Carter. 2/Hamps. Rgt.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. T. Bonham-Carter) with named card boxes of issue; together with the recipient’s sister’s County of Hampshire British Red Cross Society Medal, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘4344 Miss Bonham Carter’, edge bruising to QSA, otherwise extremely fine (4) £700-£900 --- Arthur Thomas Bonham-Carter was born on 24 May 1869, the son of J. Bonham-Carter Esq., and the Hon. Mrs. Bonham-Carter, of Adhurst St. Mary, Petersfield, and was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1894. Following the outbreak of the Boer War, Bonham-Carter offered his services and was commissioned into the 1st Volunteer Company of the Hampshire Regiment From 1902 to 1914 he held various judicial appointments in the Transvaal and British East Africa, and by 1914 was First Pusine Judge of the High Court at Mombassa. Following the outbreak of the Great War he immediately undertook the organisation of the Mombassa Town Guard and served for several months with the Defence Force as Director of Military Supplies. In 1915 Bonham-Carter obtained leave to return to England and was re-commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment on 22 July 1915. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 February 1916, and was killed in action at the head of his Company near Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, on 1 July 1916. He is buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, France. Sold with copied research including various photographic images of the recipient.

The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Trooper F. W. B. Dorgan, Protectorate Regiment Frontier Force, who was wounded during the Defence of Mafeking on 8 December 1899 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Defence of Mafeking, Transvaal (17 Tpr: F. W. B. Dorgan. Protect: Regt. F.F.) very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Frederick William Bedford Dorgan was born in Bow, London, in 1874 and enlisted in the British South Africa Police on 19 November 1897. He was discharged by purchase on 4 March 1899, and re-enlisted in the Protectorate Regiment Frontier Force on 19 August 1899, being posted to A Squadron. He served during the Boer War at the Defence of Mafeking, and was slightly wounded by a shell outside the B.S.A.P. Fort at Mafeking on 8 December 1899. He subsequently served as a Conductor in the Remount Depot at Worcester, Cape Colony, and died on 28 November 1945, aged 71.

Four: Collar-Maker Corporal G. H. Morris, Royal Engineers South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (9642. Col: Mak: Corpl. G. H. Morris. R.E.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (9642 Artfr. Corpl. G. H. Morris. Fd. Park, R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (9642. Artifr. Corpl. G. H. Morris. R.E.); Khedive’s Star 1882, named in reverse centre (9642 Artfr. Corpl. G. H. Morris. Fd. Park, R.E.) together with a silver A.T.A. (India) medal, this lacking suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine (5) £360-£440 --- George Henry Morris was born in the Parish of St Mary’s, Woolwich, Kent, and enlisted into the Royal Engineers at Aldershot as a Driver on 20 February 1869, aged 21 years 3 months, a collar maker by trade. Appointed Collar-maker in June 1875, he advanced to Collar-maker Corporal in September 1877. He served abroad at the Cape of Good Hope from April 1879 to January 1880, and in Egypt from August to October 1882. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal with Gratuity in 1887, he was discharged on 22 February 1890. Sold with copied discharge papers.

Three: Trooper T. H. Ogden, Transvaal Mounted Rifles, late Sergeant, South African Constabulary Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Wittebergen, Belfast (2171 3rd Cl. Tpr:T. H. Ogden. S.A.V.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2171 Serjt: T. H. Ogden. S.A.C.); Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (... Ogden, Transvaal Mtd ...) edge bruising and contact marks and parts of naming obscured by contact wear on the last, good fine or better (3) £400-£500

Pair: Private J. Howe, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who died at sea when the troopship Transylvania was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on 4 May 1917 British War and Victory Medals (37101 Pte. J. Howe. R.W. Fus.) good very fine The British War Medal awarded to Private O. Edwards, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 July 1917 British War Medal 1914-20 (291798 Pte. O. Edwards. R.W. Fus.) good very fine The Victory Medal awarded to Private J. F. Thomas, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 19 May 1917 Victory Medal 1914-19 (2739 Pte. J. F. Thomas. R.W. Fus.) generally good very fine (4) £70-£90 --- John Howe was born in Coventry and attested there for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War, and died at sea on 4 May 1917, when the troopship Transylvania was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean south from Cape Vado, Gulf of Genoa, by the German submarine U 63 whilst on a voyage from Marseilles to Alexandria carrying troops and a cargo of Government stores. 12 crew, including the Master, 29 military officers and 373 other ranks were killed. Owen Edwards was born at Llangollen, Denbighshire, and enlisted into the 7th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers in July 1916. He was posted to the 15th Battalion on 12 June 1917 and killed in action on 27 July 1917, aged 34. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. John Frederick Thomas was killed in action in France on 19 May 1917, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, having previously served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

A rare campaign group of seven awarded to Sergeant Major, later Flight Lieutenant, J. Baxter, Royal Engineers, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who served in No. 1 Balloon Section, Royal Engineers during the Boer War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony (29281. Cpl. J. Baxter. R.E.) clasps in this order, unofficial rivets between 4th and 5th clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (29281 Corpl: J. Baxter. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (11 Sjt. J. Baxter. R.F.C.) note early number; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. Baxter. R.F.C.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (11. Sjt: J. Baxter. R.F.C.) with 2 Aldershot R.E. Challenge Shield Prize medals, both bronze and both engraved to recipient for ‘1906’ and ‘1907’ respectively, contact marks overall, nearly very fine (lot) £1,000-£1,400 --- Saleroom Notice Now sold with a further 2 Balloon Company R.E.shooting medals for 1906 and 1910, both in SILVER, both named and in cases of issue --- James Baxter was born in February 1877, attested for the Royal Engineers in 1896, and was posted for service with the Royal Engineers ballooning unit, the Balloon Section, in August 1899. Shortly thereafter, he witnessed active service in South Africa, serving in No. 3 Field Troop, R.E. from June 1900, which was formed from No. 2 Balloon Section after the relief of Ladysmith, and in No. 1 Balloon Section, until the end of hostilities. Baxter advanced to Sergeant, and was serving with No. 1 Balloon Company on mobilisation of the Air Battalion (awarded L.S. & G.C. in April 1914 - the third L.S. & G.C. to be awarded to a member of the newly formed Aeronautical Service). He served as a Flight Sergeant with 2 Squadron in the French theatre of war from 13 August 1914. Baxter advanced to Sergeant Major, and was awarded his Aero Club Aeronauts’ Certificate No. 98, 12 October 1916. He was also commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on the same date. Baxter made a safe descent when his balloon (Br balloon 33-11-3) was shot down by the German Ace and Pour Le Merite winner Heinrich Gontermann near Arras, 22 April 1917. He was appointed Acting Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force (Balloon Section) in April 1918, and is shown in the Air Force Lists as retired Flight Lieutenant (E) in 1937. Baxter died in December 1959. Medals illustrated in A Contemptible Little Flying Corps. Sold with copied research, and photographic images of recipient in uniform.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (4681 Q.M. Sgt. E. W. Andrews. 50th. Coy. 17th. Impl: Yeo:) good very fine £300-£400 --- Ernest Wilfred Andrews was born in Winchester in 1878 and attested there for the Imperial Yeomanry on 23 January 1900. He served with the 50th (Hampshire) Company, 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 7 April 1900 to 9 June 1901, and was promoted Corporal on 7 September 1900, and Quartermaster Sergeant on 7 March 1901. He was discharged on demobilisation on 15 June 1901, after 1 year and 144 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

Five: Major C. L. Hacket, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4615 Trpr: C. L. Hacket, 41st. Coy. 12th Imp: Yeo:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. C. L. Hacket I.Y.); 1914-15 Star, unnamed, this a cast copy; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. L. Hacket.) nearly extremely fine (5) £300-£400 --- Charles Lisle Hacket was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, in 1873, a descendent of the Stuart monarchs of Scotland, and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Newport on 8 January 1900, having previously served with the Hampshire Carabineers. He served with the 41st (Hampshire) Company, 4th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 31 January 1900, and was commissioned Lieutenant on 8 May 1901, subsequently serving with the Remount Department. He saw further service during the Great War as a Captain on the General List on the Western Front from 25 October 1915, and was promoted Major on relinquishing his commission. In civilian life Hacket had business interests in both Canada and East Africa, and papers included with the lot suggest that he was suspected of being guilty of bigamy, with a wife on both continents. He died in Guernsey on 18 January 1949. Sold with various original letters and documents relating to his employment with the General Railway Signal Company of Canada Ltd.; and copied research.

A scarce ‘double issue’ Queens South Africa group of five awarded to Driver J. Taylor, Royal Field Artillery, later Royal Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (83235 Dvr: J. Taylor. 61st. Bty. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (83235 Dvr: J. Taylor. 66th. Bty. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (14891 Pte. J. Taylor, R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (14891 Pte. J. Taylor. R. Fus.); together with the recipient’s Army Temperance Association One Year Medal, silver, the name of the movement obliterated from both obverse and reverse, the edge contemporarily engraved ‘Driver John Taylor. R.A.’, contact marks, generally nearly very fine (6) £240-£280 --- John Taylor served with the Royal Field Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War, and with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War in the East Africa, Nyasaland, and Northern Rhodesia theatre of War from 4 May 1915.

Pair: Corporal F. Snowden, South African Light Horse British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (Troopr. F. Snowden. Belingwe Column); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (1094 Corpl. F. Snowden. S.A. Lt. Horse) officially re-impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £280-£320 --- Corporal F. Snowden was severely wounded at Elandslaagte on 17 April 1900.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (36542 Pte. J. Campbell. Lovat’s Scouts) very fine £100-£140 --- John Campbell served as a Private in the 113th Company, Imperial Yeomanry (Lovat’s Scouts) and is also entitled to clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (A. E. Hardy, A.B., H.M.S. Beagle.) large impressed naming, nearly very fine and scarce £140-£180 --- 127 medals issued to Beagle, mostly without clasp but 17 with these two clasps. Confirmed on roll.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (36505 Serjt: E. J. Hedger. 50th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) retaining rod re-affixed, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £80-£120 --- Edmund John Peachall Hedger was born in Portsea, Hampshire, in 1881 and attested for the 1st Hampshire Volunteer Engineers at Gosport on 27 January 1900. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from from 12 March to 27 November 1900 (entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Natal and Transvaal), and was discharged on 5 February 1901. He re-enlisted in the Imperial Yeomanry at Winchester on 12 February 1901, and served with the 50th (Hampshire) Company, 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa from 24 March 1901 (entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal; and the King’s South Africa Medal with both date clasps), and was promoted Sergeant on 4 May 1901. He was discharged on 5 August 1902. Sold with copied records of service and medal roll extracts.

Sold by Order of the Family ‘Ohio, being the only tanker, was marked for particular attention, and during the course of her voyage suffered a direct hit from a torpedo, direct bomb hits, any number of near-misses, and was struck by two Luftwaffe aircraft shot down while attacking her. Despite her engines being dead and her hull practically broken in two, she was towed into Grand Harbour by three destroyers and a minesweeper with her cargo virtually intact.’ (The Ohio and Malta - the Legendary Tanker that Refused to Die by Michael Pearson) ‘H.M. Ships were handled throughout with skill and daring, particularly during the final stages when, in the face of concentrated attack from air, submarine and surface forces, it became necessary to tow one of the most important and unwieldy vessels in the convoy, the S.S. Ohio, which had been seriously damaged.’ (Introduction to recommendations for awards to officers and men for Operation Pedestal - Honours and Awards Committee) The important Second War 1942 ‘Operation Pedestal’ D.S.O. group of twelve awarded to Commander H. J. A. S. Jerome, Royal Navy, who, as Commanding Officer of the 17th Minesweeping Flotilla, Malta Force, took operational command during the later stages of Operation Pedestal - the allies final effort to relieve the beleaguered island of Malta - and, under the most trying of circumstances, successfully co-ordinated the safe passage of the vital yet crippled tanker, Ohio, to the safe berth of Valetta’s Grand Harbour. Having arrived in H.M.S. Speedy following the departure of the main convoy escort, Jerome set about organising repeated efforts to stabilise the slowly sinking Ohio even as she remained the object of relentless air attack and under continuous threat from enemy submarines and E-boats. Finally, with a destroyer on either side, another destroyer secured astern to act as rudder and a minesweeper positioned for towing, he succeeded in slowly manoeuvring the fragile tanker through the heavily mined approach towards her ultimately tumultuous reception from the Maltese. A young Midshipman in the battle cruiser H.M.S. Courageous during the Great War, Jerome had served in submarines between the wars and went on to end his distinguished naval career as Commander in Chief of the Irish Navy. Sold with a substantial archive of related original material Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1942, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals (Mid. H. J. A. S. Jerome. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (Cdr/ H. J. A. S. Jerome. D.S.O. R.N.); Spain, Franco Period, Cross of Naval Merit with White Decoration; Italy, Republic, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Commander’s neck badge, silver gilt and enamel, the Great War pair very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine (12) £8,000-£12,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 10 November 1942: ‘For bravery and dauntless resolution while serving in H.M. Ships when an important Convoy was fought through to Malta in the face of relentless attacks by day and night from enemy submarines, aircraft and surface forces.’ The original recommendation states: ‘For the brilliantly successful feat of saving the tanker Ohio after she had been severely damaged and immobilised I consider the following officers worthy of immediate awards. Acting Commander H. J. A. S. Jerome (Commander Minesweepers Malta) who was in charge of operations during the last day and night on board Speedy.’ Henry Joseph Alexander Savile Jerome was born on 3 June 1900 in Mexico City, the son of the diplomat Lucien Joseph James Robertson Jerome, then British Vice-Consul in Mexico, and his Australian wife Vivien Fane (Savill). He was admitted as an Officer Cadet to the Royal Naval College, Osborne in January 1914 and proceeded to the Royal Naval College Dartmouth before joining the battlecruiser H.M.S. Courageous as a Midshipman in April 1917, remaining in her until the conclusion of the war. Jerome was promoted Lieutenant in September 1921 and went up to Caius College, Cambridge two months later, winning the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Welterweight 1st prize medal in March 1922 (medal with lot) - an artist’s depiction of his victory over P. I. Bell (Queen’s, Oxford) subsequently appeared as a full page feature in the Christmas 1922 edition of The Field magazine (copy with lot). Returning to sea, Jerome joined the Submarine L 56 in September 1922 and served mostly in submarines until August 1927 when he joined the destroyer H.M.S. Sesame. His advancement to Lieutenant-Commander in 1929 was followed by service in a succession of surface ships until 1935 at which time he joined the Royal Marines in Egypt for a year. In 1936, he transferred to an Officer Instructor role with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (South Africa) and was still serving in this capacity when war broke out in 1939. Recalled to home waters, Lieutenant-Commander Jerome served in the Minesweeper Trawler H.M.S. Wardour from January 1941 until his appointment as Commander Minesweepers at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde in March of that year. Then, in June of 1942, with the war in the Mediterranean - and Malta’s prolonged siege in particular - reaching a critical stage, Jerome was sent to Valetta as Commander Minesweepers Malta, his arrival coming as immediate relief to the submariners of the 10th Submarine Flotilla who had been required to leave Malta on account of mines and the temporary supremacy of enemy aircraft: ‘The one small success of the two failed convoy operations [Harpoon and Vigorous] had been the arrival in Malta of Commander Jerome in Speedy. He had led his three up-to-date fleet minesweepers round Cape Bon during the night of 14/15 June, unnoticed by the enemy who were concentrating on ‘Harpoon’ and the supply ships. The sweepers slipped safely into harbour. Their hard work and courage in the face of constant danger meant that the Tenth’s submarines could now return to their home base.’ (The Fighting Tenth - The Tenth Submarine Flotilla and the Siege of Malta by John Wingate D.S.C.) Operation Pedestal With Operations Harpoon and Vigourous having failed to revictualise the stricken island of Malta, the War Cabinet decided to make one last all out effort. Planning for Operation Pedestal began immediately and Churchill’s assertion that the ‘The Navy would never abandon Malta’ would be put to the test. As Leonard MacDonald, a Royal Marine in H.M.S. Manchester on Pedestal later put it: ‘What other convoy during the war had an escort of 54 men o’ war, including 2 battleships, both 16 inch, four carriers, twelve cruisers and 40 destroyers plus the smaller stuff? We were warned that if we got one ship through and lost half the escort it would be classed as a success.’ Having left the Clyde on 3 August, the convoy passed through the straits of Gibraltar on 9/10 August and, together with its various escort formations, was then subjected to relentless attack from U-Boats and Italian submarines, the Luftwaffe and Regio Aeronautica, and from Axis surface vessels. This story of continuous violence needs no retelling here, but suffice it to say that by the afternoon 13 August, as the now depleted force neared the end of its epic journey, of the 14 merchantmen that originally set out, nine were sunk and three damaged, while the senior service had sustained losses of an aircraft carrier, a cruiser and a destroyer, as well as havin...

A rare 1914 ‘Battle of Tanga, East Africa’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant C. Arnull, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, late Northamptonshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10073 Pte. C. Arnull. 2/L.N. Lanc: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5907 Pte. C. Arnull. 2nd Northampton Regt.); 1914-15 Star (10073 Cpl. C. Arnull. L.N. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10073 T.-Sjt. C. Arnnull [sic]. L.N. Lan. R.) the QSA polished and with edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine; the Great War medals nearly extremely fine (5) £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 1999. D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1915: ‘For gallant conduct on 4th November 1914, during the attack at Tanga (East Africa), and for general good work performed under heavy fire.’ The 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was the only British infantry battalion to serve in East Africa during the Great War. On 2 November 1914 H.M.S. Fox went into Tanga early in the morning to break the truce which had been previously in existence, and demand surrender, which latter was refused. As a result of this, later that evening and early the next morning a landing was effected, with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 61st Pioneers and 13th Rajput’s all making there way to the shore. They were met with only a desultory sniper fire, and no casualties occurred. At about 4:00 a.m. on 3 November four company’s of the 13th Rajputs were sent towards Tanga to occupy the town and clear up the situation. In the event they did not make it as far as the town, as they met a fierce resistance and suffered heavy casualties whilst retreating. On the following day, 4 November 1914, the order was given for an all out attack on Tanga. The Loyal North Lancs along with their Indian counterparts advanced towards the town over difficult terrain, encountering little resistance. It was not until they reached some huts near the railway on the outskirts of town that suddenly a strong opposition was encountered. Here they were met with a hail of rifle and machine-gun fire and as a result suffered many casualties. After a confused close quarters pitched battle, they were forced to accept the inevitable, and the order was given to withdraw. The enemy made no attempt to follow up their success, allowing them to retreat to the trenches near the sea, where they were picked up by H.M.S. Fox, thus ended the attack on Tanga The next morning the wounded were embarked under a flag of truce, and that evening the transports left Tanga Bay. Charles Arnull was born in Northamptonshire and attested there for the Northamptonshire Regiment. He died in East Africa on 7 February 1917 whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and is buried at Morogoro Cemetery, Tanzania.

Three: Private G. Cunningham, Norfolk Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5 (2490 Lce. Corpl. G. Cunningham Tel: Dept.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (2490 Pte. G. Cullingham (sic), Norfolk Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2490 Pte. G. Cunningham. Norfolk Regt.) good very fine, the first rare to regiment (3) £300-£400 --- George Cunningham was born in the Parish of Hetherset, Norfolk, and attested for the Norfolk Regiment at Wymondham on 24 December 1889, aged 18 years 2 months. He served in India from 30 September 1891 to 20 January 1898, and was attached to the Telegraph Department in the Waziristan campaign of 1894-95. He served in South Africa from 4 January 1900 to 25 July 1902, and was discharged on 26 July 1902. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm medals and clasps.

A fine Boer War C.B., Great War C.M.G. group of seven awarded to Colonel H. J. W. Jerome, Royal Engineers The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, damage to a number of green wreath leaves on both obverse and reverse; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, minor damage to white enamel, crown set at slight angle from star; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ahmed Khel (Lieut. H. J. W. Jerome. R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (Major. H. J. W. Jerome. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (Bt. Col. H. J. W. Jerome. C.B. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Bt. Col. H. J. W. Jerome.) very fine and better (7) £3,000-£4,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 27 September 1901. C.M.G. London Gazette 23 June 1915. M.I.D. London Gazettes 10 September 1901 (South Africa); 22 June 1915 (France) Henry Joseph Walker Jerome was born on 7 January 1855 in India, of half French and half Irish ancestry. His father was Major-General John Jerome of the 86th Foot. Jerome’s mother, a descendent of Sir Isaac Newton, was from the ancient Newton family of Shropshire. Brought to England at the age of five, he followed the family tradition and passed into Woolwich as a Gentleman Cadet in 1873 at the age of sixteen. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 11 March 1874 and went out to India where he spent several years and served in the Afghan War (1878-80) for two years under Sir Donaldson Stewart being present at the actions of Ahmed Khel and Takht-i-Pul (medal with clasp). Returning to England, Jerome was appointed Instructor of Fortifications at Chatham which post he occupied for two years, and then was placed in command of a Railway Company in England, and later Adjutant of the Volunteer Engineers at Glasgow. Having been advanced Captain in 1885 and Major in 1893, he went out to South Africa, following the outbreak of war, in command of the 9th Field Company R.E. and served with Lord Roberts at Paardeberg and was present at the capture of Cronje. He marched with Lord Roberts from Paardeberg to Pretoria and returned with home with the Field Marshall at the end of 1900, receiving promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel shortly afterwards. For his services during the Boer War he was mentioned in despatches, created a C.B., and awarded the Q.S.A. with 4 clasps. Subsequently, for five years, Jerome was in command of the C.R.E.s at South Aldershot, receiving the Brevet of Colonel in 1904 and retiring in 1907 to Bilton Hall where he led the life of a gentleman farmer and enjoyed considerable success as a breeder and exhibitor of riding horses. On the outbreak of the Great War, Colonel Jerome volunteered his services once more and for four months was engaged in purchasing remounts in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He embarked for France with the C.R.E. Division in January 1915 and served at Ypres, claiming to be one of the first Englishmen to experience poison gas - at Zonnebeke. After five months in France, when his Division came out of the trenches, he returned home and was subsequently mentioned in despatches and created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. In June 1915, he was sent to Newark with Colonel Schreiber to start the Royal Engineers Depot and when the latter left, he was given command. He reached the age limit in 1917 and retired once more to his country home. The Colonel died in Hampshire in 1943. Sold with the following: 12 good quality original photographs including a large group photograph of the R.E. and R.A. Gentleman Cadets (including the recipient) at Woolwich in 1872 with each individual named, a large good quality group portrait photograph of the nine Royal Engineers officers at Kandahar in 1879, each sitter named, including the recipient, large photograph of the British General and his Staff at Kandahar 1979, 2 group portrait photographs of the R.E. officers at Quetta, June 1884, each individual named; forwarding letter for the recipient’s C.B. King’s Sign Manual from Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, dated 18 October 1904; letter written to the recipient from his wife Harriet Jerome, circa 1900; letter containing estimations as to the strength of the various British Army forces in South Africa, written circa 1899 to the recipient from his cousin Lucien Jerome on British Consulate-General, Havana headed paper; letters written by the recipient to his uncle, Major-General H. E. Jerome V.C., (2), the first sent from Camp Paardeberg on the Modder River, dated 2 March 1900 containing descriptions of actions and a sketch of the Paardeberg battlefield, the letter opens ‘My Dear Uncle Henry, Here we are bivouacked leading the toughest and hardest of lives, wild stormy cold wet weather alternating with very hot sunny days and blinding dust storms and some lively fighting thrown in, but we succeeded in capturing or helping to capture Mr Cronje and some 4000 of his followers’, the second letter sent from Pretoria, dated 8 July 1900, contains descriptions of incidents and actions on the subsequent march north to Pretoria. For the recipient’s nephew’s medals, see Lot 21

Four: Officer’s Chief Cook F. S. Hill, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (364237, F. S. Hill, O.C.C., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (364237 F. S. Hill. O.C. 1., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (364237. F. S. Hill, O. Ch. Ck. H.M.S. Royal Sovereign.) generally very fine or better Three: Able Seaman C. H. Hill, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve British War and Victory Medals (S.S. 7589 C. H. Hill. A.B. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (SS.7589(PO.13819) C. H. Hill. A.B. R.F.R.) very fine (7) £140-£180 --- Frederick Stone Hill was born in Weymouth, Dorset in May 1881. He joined the Royal Navy as a Domestic 1st Class in November 1905, and advanced to Officer’s Chief Cook in October 1910. Hill served with H.M.S. Hyacinth (cruiser), July 1915 - June 1918, during which time she was the flagship of the Cape of Good Hope station, and was deployed to German East Africa to blockade the German light cruiser SMS Königsberg. She destroyed a German blockade runner attempting to bring supplies through the blockade in April and sank a German merchant vessel in early 1916. Hill was Shore Pensioned in May 1928. Charles Harrison Hill was born in Whitby, Yorkshire in March 1897. He joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in August 1916, and advanced to Able Seaman in October 1917. Great War service included with H.M.S. Europa (cruiser), July 1917 - March 1918.

Pair: Lieutenant W. P. Whitney, Marshall’s Horse, late Prince Albert’s Volunteer Guard Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Corpl. W. P. Whitney. P.A.V. Guard.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut: W. P. Whitney. Marshall’s Horse.) officially re-impressed naming, good very fine (2) £240-£280

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5148 Pte W. McCauley, Somerset: Lt. Infy.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine £100-£120 --- Served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa and also entitled to K.S.A. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

Pair: Staff Nurse Miss May Chisholm, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services in Mesopotamia British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S. Nurse. M. Chisholm.); together with the recipient’s Q.A.I.M.S.R. small silver cape badge, very fine (3) £80-£120 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 12 March 1918. Miss May Chisholm served as a Staff Nurse with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 11 June 1916, and was Mentioned in Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude’s Despatch of 2 November 1917.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (5342 Cpl. J. Bull, Somerset: Lt. Infy.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £80-£100 --- John Bull was born in 1879 at Trowbridge, Wiltshire. He attested for the Somerset Light Infantry Militia on 13 June 1897, aged 18 years 9 months, a groom by trade, and served in South Africa with the 4th Militia Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.

A Great War ‘Gallipoli’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain (Quartermaster) W. Saunders, Hampshire Regiment, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Qr. Mr. & Lieut. W. J. Saunders. Hamps. R.’; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (3867 Sejt. W. Saunders, 2: Hampshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3867 Cr:-Serjt: W. Saunders. Hampshire Regt.); 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut. W. J. Saunders. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. W. J. Saunders.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3867 S.Mjr: W. J. Saunders. Hants: Regt.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, and both housed in separate Spink, London, leather cases, the Boer War awards polished and somewhat worn, with edge bruise to QSA, therefore nearly very fine, the other awards nearly extremely fine (7) £1,200-£1,600 --- M.C. London Gazette 2 February 1916: ‘For services rendered in connection with military operations in the field.’ The original recommendation states: ‘Military Cross awarded for operations at ANZAC on 21 August 1915 under Brigadier-General Russell, General Officer Commanding New Zealand Mounted Brigade. When all other Officers of the 10th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment had become casualties, Captain Saunders took Command. He made all the preparations necessary within the Battalion for an attack on the Turkish Trenches, carried out a personal reconnaissance of the ground, obtaining valuable information, and led the Battalion into action.’ William John Saunders was born on 28 June 1874 and joined the Hampshire Regiment at the age of 18, serving with them throughout the Boer War. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 92 of April 1911, he was appointed Quartermaster of the 10th (Service) Battalion at the outbreak of the Great War, and served with them during the Great War at Gallipoli. Promoted Captain in 1917, for his services during the Great War he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 28 January 1916 and 30 January 1919), the first for services at Gallipoli, and the latter for services with the British Salonika Force. He retired from the Army in 1920, and in later life was a prominent member of the British Legion. He died at Hedge End, Hampshire, on 20 November 1943. Sold together with two portrait photographs of the recipient wearing his medals, both mounted in glazed display frames; original signed Recommendation for the Military Cross; various newspaper cuttings; and copied research.

Pair: Staff Sergeant R. B. French, Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (10380 S-Sejt. R. B. French, A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (10380 S.Serjt: R. B. French. A.S.C.) light contact marks, very fine (2) £120-£160

Defective Medals (3): India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (712. Pte. J. Marshall. 1st. Bn. 6th. Foot) renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), no clasp (6352 Pte. T. H. Gordon. Durham L.I.) traces of brooch mounting to reverse, with replacement non-swivel suspension; another, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, clasp carriage re-constituted (3687 Pte. J. Moloney. 2nd. Batt. Royal Fusiliers.) renamed; generally nearly very fine, the IGS better (3) £80-£120

An unattributed group of seven miniature dress medals Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Coronation 1911; Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., good very fine (7) £80-£120

A South African Police Star for Merit group of seven awarded to Adjutant Officer G. J. Nel, 1st Battalion, South African Police, Union Defence Force, who was taken prisoner of war during the attempted break out from Tobruk in June 1942 South African Police Star for Merit (16205 Sers. G. J. Nel. 15.5.64); South African Police Medal Faithful Service Medal (16205 A/Off. G. J. Nel 15.5.67); South African Police Good Service Medal (16205(B) 2/Serst. G. J. Nel); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, last four officially impressed (SAP198145 G. J. Nel) mounted for display, generally very fine (7) £200-£300 --- Gert Johannes Nel was born in Willowmore, Cape Province, South Africa in May 1912. He was employed as a Lance Sergeant in the South African Police, Cape Western Division, and was mobilised to serve with the 1st Battalion, South African Police, which disembarked in Egypt in June 1941. Nel was with the Battalion when it attempted to break out of the Axis cordon surrounding Tobruk, 21 June 1942, ultimately leading to the Garrison’s mass surrender on that date. He was taken prisoner of war by the Italians, and was initially interned in Benghazi. Nel was subsequently interned at Campo 82 (Laterina), and then transferred to Germany and interned at Stalag 4B (Muhlberg). He then went to Stalag 4D (Annaburg), where he was detached to form part of a Work Party in a sugar factory and then a saw mill. Nel escaped, 24 April 1945, during the chaos caused by the advancing American troops. He, and several others, met a patrol of the latter at Falkenberg, leading to his repatriation in June 1945. Nel returned to service with the Police after the war, and advanced to Adjutant Officer. He retired to Pension in May 1967. Sold with extensive copied research.

Italian States, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Order of St Januarius, an extremely rare breast star attributed to Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Martin, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., the fine pierced silver, silver-gilt and enamel star by Wm. Gray, 14 New Bond St., 75mm, with ‘sew-on’ gold eyelets at its eight principal points, one eyelet lacking, otherwise good very fine and an extremely rare London-made piece of insignia £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Christie’s, March 1989, when sold with a damaged gold badge and contemporary leather case with note stating: ‘Admiral Sir George Martin, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., K.St.J., Admiral of the Fleet and Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom. died July 28th 1847. aged 83 - In 1811 he received the Order of St Januarius from the King of Naples as a mark of His Majesty’s approbation of the essential and zealous services rendered by him to that Kingdom and which was subsequently sanctioned by his own Sovereign.’ Sir George Martin received the Naval Gold Medal for the battle of St Vincent at which he was Captain of H.M.S. Irresistible and to which ship Commodore Nelson transferred his flag immediately following the battle, his own ship being badly damaged. Martin’s sword is held by the National Maritime Museum as is also a half-length portrait [a copy by Charles Landseer after the original by Sir Thomas Lawrence] showing Martin in admiral’s full dress uniform of the 1812-25 pattern, wearing the star and ribbon of the G.C.B., the St Vincent medal and the star of the Neopolitan Order of St Januarius. Sir George Martin was the son of Captain William Martin, R.N., and his wife Arabella, the daughter of Admiral Sir William Rowley. He appears to have first gone to sea in the Monarch in December 1776 as a servant to his uncle, Captain Joshua Rowley. He was at the action off Ushant on 27 July 1778, and followed Rowley to the Suffolk, which saw action in the battle of Grenada, 6 July 1779, and off Martinique in April and May the following year. He was promoted Lieutenant in the Russell on 16 July 1780, and later joined his uncle again in the Princess Royal at Jamaica. Promoted to command the sloop Tobago on 9 March 1780, Martin was then posted to the Preston 50, on 17 March 1783, and returned home in 1784. From 1789-92 Martin commanded the Porcupine 24, off the coast of Ireland and was in the Magicienne 32, in the West Indies in 1793. He was appointed to the Irresistible 74, in 1795, seeing action in the battle of Cape St Vincent. He was appointed to tge 74-gun Northumberland in July 1798 and was in charge of the blockade of Malta from May 1800, receiving the surrender of Valetta on 5 September that year. In 1801 he was under Lord Keith off Egypt. He commanded the Colossus in the Channel in 1803, the Glory in 1804 and in November of that year was appointed to the Barfleur, seeing action off Cape Finisterre on 22 July 1805. Martin was promoted rear-admiral on 9 November 1805, and became second-in-command of Portsmouth in 1806. The following year he was engaged in the blockade of Cadiz and spent time in the Mediterranean under Lord Collingwood. He was promoted vice-admiral on 31 July 1810. From 1812-14 he was commander-in-chief in the Tagus, and was knighted in 1814 when the Prince Regent visited the fleet at Spithead in 1814. He was made admiral on 19 July 1821, and was commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, 1824-27, with his flag in the Victory. In retirement he eventually attained the rank of admiral of the fleet. He died on 28 July 1847, at his house in Berkeley Square, London. Nicholas Carlisle, in his Foreign Orders of Knighthood, London 1839, records just nine British recipients of this rare order, the second of whom, after the Duke of Wellington, was ‘George Martin, Esq, Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty’s Fleet, and Commanding Officer of His Majesty’s Ships and Vessels on the coast of Sicily, G.C.B., “as a testimony of the sense which His Sicilian Majesty entertains of his Services,” for which Royal Licence was granted on 6 July 1811.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (785 Pte. C. Daniels, Somerset: Lt. Infy.) very fine --- Charles Daniels was born in the Parish of Birkley, near Frome, Somerset, and enlisted for the Somerset Light Infantry at Taunton on 29 October 1884, aged 19, an engineer’s labourer by trade. He served in the East Indies from February 1886 to February 1892, and took part in the operations of 1885-87 in Burma (Medal and Clasp). He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa (Queen’s medal with 4 clasps). Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll entry for Q.S.A.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut. A. G. Mitchell. A.O.D.) official correction to rank and test mark to edge, otherwise good very fine £100-£140

Six: Attributed to Miss L. Schofield, Territorial Army Nursing Service 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Miss L. Schofield, 141 Malton Road, Pitsmoor, Sheffield, Yorkshire’, and forwarded onto ‘German Hospital, Dalston, London E8’; together with the recipient’s Territorial Army Nursing Service cape badge; and a a Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps lapel badge, all mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (8) £60-£80 --- Miss L. Schofield trained as a nurse at the German Hospital, Dalston, London, and joined up as a member of the Territorial Army Nursing Service. In 1940 she was transferred to the Cairo Hospital to nurse British 8th Army wounded, and proceeded with the 8th Army to Italy. She then transferred to north-west Europe, to perform a similar role with the 7th Armoured Division. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘German East Africa’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private E. H. Anderson, Indian Field Ambulance, South African Medical Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2213 Pte. E. H. Anderson. S.A.M.C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. E. H. Anderson. S.A.M.C.); War Medal 1939-45 (118916 E. H. Anderson); Africa Service Medal (118916 E. H. Anderson) light contact marks, better than very fine (5) £800-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 October 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty and coolness under fire when his commanding officer and six others were hit and he himself was suffering from high fever at the time.’ Edmund Herbert Anderson was born on 5 April 1895 and attested for the South African Medical Corps at Durban on 7 November 1916, and served during the Great War in German East Africa from 6 December 1916. He transferred to the B.120 Indian Field ambulance at Nakawa on 3 January 1917, part of the 1st Battalion Cape Corps, and was present in the actions during the raid by German forces commanded by Neumann in September and October 1917, and the actions driving the German forces out of German East Africa in November 1917. On 26 October 1917 the 1st Cape Corps, 1,200 strong, left Lindi to march to Njangao with B.120 Indian Field Ambulance numbering 113; the march took 5 days. In early November the pursuit of German forces retreating from Mahiwa towards Nangoo continued with numerous bush rear guard engagements. Advancing again from Nangoo, on 17 November 1917 Captain Hill was wounded in the jaw from machine gun fire and it is believed to be that this is the action for which Private Anderson was awarded the D.C.M. In November 1917, following the battle at Mahiwa with pressure mounting on Lettow-Vorbeck, the German forces numbering some 300 Europeans, 1,700 Askari’s and 3,000 native carriers evacuated German East Africa and invaded Portuguese East Africa, where they captured fresh supplies of medicine, food and ammunition. The German move in to Portuguese East Africa forced the Allied forces to follow, stretching their lines of supply to the limit. Moving up and down the Portuguese colony, inflicting several defeats on the allies, the German force crossed back into German East Africa in September 1918, finally surrendering on 25 November 1918. For his actions in German East Africa on 17 November 1917 Anderson was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal under General Army Order 549 of 17 June 1918. He was admitted to the 2nd South Africa General Hospital on 10 March 1918 suffering from malaria, which he originally contracted in September 1917, and transferred to No. 3 British General Hospital in Nairobi on 10 April 1918. He returned to South Africa on board H.M. Transport Salamis, arriving at Durban on 11 January 1919 and being discharged there on 28 February 1919. His military character was described as ‘very good’. During the Second World War Anderson served in the 3rd Natal Scottish from 22 May 1940. Promoted temporary Lance-Corporal on 1 June 1941, he was discharged as medically unfit on 3 September 1941. Sold with copied research.

A Great War 1915 ‘Gallipoli’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer Class II B. P. Bellamy, 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches, and was subsequently gassed and wounded by shrapnel during the Battle of the Somme Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3-3218 Sjt: B. P. Bellamy. 6/Y. & L.R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5362 L.Cpl: P. Bellamy.York: & Lanc: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (3-3218. Sgt. P. B. Bellamy, York & Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (3-3218 W.O. Cl.2. B. P. Bellamy. York & Lanc. R.) mounted court-style, edge bruise to QSA, otherwise very fine and better (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1916; citation published 21 June 1916: ‘For consistent good work and for the fine example he has shown to his men.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 13 July 1916: ‘For distinguished and gallant services rendered on the Peninsular of Gallipoli during the period of General Sir Charles Munro’s Command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.’ Bernard Percy Bellamy was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire on 30 January 1881, and attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment on 22 February 1899. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 August 1901 until March 1902, and subsequently in India from March 1902 until October 1907. Discharged on 8 October 1913, following the outbreak of the Great War Bellamy was recalled to the colours and was appointed Company Quarter Master Sergeant on 25th August 1914. He served with the 6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment in the Balkans theatre of War, landing at Mudros on 2 July 1915, before serving at Gallipoli. The Battalion landed at Suvla Bay on the evening of 6 August 1915 and the next day advanced to Lala Baba meeting little opposition, and thence on to Hill 10. On 8 August the battalion advanced to the line Sulajik-Anafartaova and the next day repulsed repeated Turkish counter attacks. By 11 August, the battalion had suffered some 284 casualties in killed, wounded and missing and a further 31 on 12 August moving into positions on Hill 53 (Yilghinburnu). On 18 August the Battalion went into reserve before returning to the line near Chocolate Hill two days later and taking part in an attack on 22 August. The remainder of the battalion’s time at Suvla was a routine of trench warfare, until they were evacuated over 18-19 December 1915. For his services in Gallipoli Bellamy was Mentioned in Despatches and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. After a period in Egypt, Bellamy landed in France on 27 June 1916, and served on the Western Front with the battalion at the Battle of the Somme, where he was gassed on 24 September 1916 and wounded in the knee by shrapnel on the 27 September. At that time, the Battalion was in trenches near Mouquet Farm, near Thiepval. He was evacuated home, leaving France on 1 October and being sent to Horton War Hospital near Epsom, from where he was officially posted to the Depot. He was to remain in the UK for the remainder of the war. Appointed Regimental Sergeant Major on 16 February 1919 he was discharged Class Z Reserve on 9 May 1919. He died in Sheffield in 1944.

Pair: Private J. Barrett, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1889-92 (1204. Pte. J. Barrett. 2/Hamps: R.) battalion number officially corrected; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (1204 Pte. J. Barrett, 2nd. Hamps: Regt.) good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Joseph Barrett was born in Southampton in 1865 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 30 October 1883, having previously served in the regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He served initially with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma from 9 January 1886, before transferring to the 1st Battalion, and remained overseas until 19 July 1894. He was discharged on 29 October 1895, after 12 years’ service, but subsequently re-enlisted for service in South Africa during the Boer War. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts for the India General Service Medal, which shows that the medal was issued to the recipient whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, and was presumably originally named thus.

An unattributed Colonial Officer’s group of eight miniature dress medals Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., with integral top riband bar, mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9, a fine quality contemporary miniature with over-sized clasp, minor edge bruise, good very fine (9) £100-£140

BEYER-PEACOCK & CO MANCHESTER; GENERAL DIMENSIONS OF ENGINES AND TENDERS 3A, a unique stock book listing extensive details of possibly 343 engines and various tenders, with 69 pages of engines detailing their stock numbers, progressive numbers, name of railway, gauge, cylinder, wheel and boiler details and much more besides, 60 of the pages of engines include 218 black and white photographs of engines, (p1-60 are illustrated with photographs, 61-69 without – all but two pages with extensive details of five engines), with 9 pages of tenders (p71-78 listing details of 90 tenders). The class and type of engines listed include Compound, Crane, Superheater, Phoenix Superheater, Schmidt Superheater, Robinson Superheater and Ljungstram, Classes 11b 12, 12a, 15a; FT, K, L, N, R, S, T, U and V class; BI, EC, ECI, GA, GB, GC, GD, GE, GG, GK, GL, NG/G, NI, S2 and SG2, class; 9th, 10th, 13th, 14th and 16th class; 50, 120, 306, 380 and 3008 class. The names of some of the railway companies supplies include, Great Central, Imperial Railways of Japan, Rippon Railway, B Ayres Great Southern Railway, Midland, Great Northern, Dutch State Railway, Leopoldina Railway, New South Wales Government Railway, Mogyana, Queensland Government Railway, Welshpool & Llanfair, Argentine Great West Railway, Hokkaidu Railway, Australian Agricultural Co, Cape Government Railway, Peking Syndicate, United Railway of Havana, Isle of Man, Central Uruguay Railway, Tasmanian Government Railway, Silverton Tramways, Bengal – Nepal Railway, Cambrian, Bergslagernas, Belfast & County Down, South Manchuria, East Java Tramways etc, all in one stock book, undated (1).PROVENANCE: The Mr Adrian Bedson collection of railway items from Beyer-Peacock & Co, Manchester. Mr Bedson collected a large archive of documents, books, photographs, technical drawings, casting patterns and other items when Beyer-Peacock, a locomotive manufacturer based in Gorton, Greater Manchester, ceased trading in 1966.Additional InformationThe book with general age wear, scuffs and rubbing throughout the binding. The front gutter is open with the gathering of the whole book visible. The pages are grubby at the edges and with wear along the paper edges. General browning and with undulation to the pages.

TWO DERBY GROUPS OF `PROCRIS AND CEPHALUS' AND `RENALDO AND ARMIDA'Circa 1775The first modelled as Cephalus stooping over the dying Procris, the second group with the sorceress Armida covering the sleeping Renaldo with flowers, incised No. 75 and 76 and JW, each approx. 21cm high (2). Provenance: The Werner Collection, Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire.Procris and Cephalus-  Cephalus with restoration to bottom of blue cape. Restoration to arrow. Procris in overall good condition. Some chips to leaves on tree. Shallow chip to back of base, approx. 2cm by 1.5cm.Renaldo and Armida- Renaldo with restoration to fingers of right hand. Chip to tip of right foot. Armida with small chips to edges of cape. Some chips to the leaves

A PAPAL GILT METAL CEREMONIAL COLLAR WITH PENDANT BADGE AND A POPE PIUS XI ENAMELED BADGE (2)The three row reeded oval link ceremonial collar with red painted oval panels at intervals with applied gilt monograms, the front with a gilt metal pendant badge formed as crossed keys and a crown. The Chamberlain's oval uniform metal badge, blue enameled to the centre and detailed PIVS P P XI, with a white enameled crown surmount. With the original Cravanzola, Roma blue velvet fitted case. Also a coloured print showing the papal collar being worn.The Papal Chamberlain of the Sword cape uniform, sword and further items were sold at Bellmans as lot 1368 in November 2020. Condition Report: The collar: There is slight wear to the gilding commensurate with age. The red painted oval panels have a semi-matt finish and are in good condition. Otherwise good condition. The blue badge: A little dirty around the edges of the central oval resulting in some tarnishing to gilding to the P, S and XI. A little tarnished at the back. Case for small badge in good condition. There is no case for the larger collar. 

Hooded black cape with gold embroidered design. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994)The Blue Headscarf signed and dated 'BEN ENWONWU/ 1953' (lower left)oil on board 30.5 x 24.5cm (12 x 9 5/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceMichael Stevenson, Cape Town;A private collection.Girl with a Blue Headscarf is a clear reference by Enwonwu to the c.1665 portrait, Girl With The Pearl Earring, by Dutch Golden Age painter, Johannes Vermeer. The posture of the sitter, the direction of the eyes, the clothing and even the earring, are all direct references to the 17th century Vermeer painting. This was by no means meant as a copy but rather as an interpretation. There are several other examples of this throughout Enwonwu's career from his 1946 self-portrait, which references Vincent Van Gogh, to his Negritude paintings of the 1970's and 1980's, which echo the paintings of Harlem Renaissance artist, Aaron Douglas.Enwonwu had a vast knowledge of African, European and American art history. As early as his time spent under the tutelage of Kenneth C. Murray at Umuahia Government College, Enwonwu was reading books on art history. In letters from this period, Enwonwu is seen to reference Van Gogh, Jacob Epstein, Augustus John, Cyrus Leroy Baldridge and William Blake. Enwonwu however, was still of the opinion that his art must be African. In a letter from November 1942, Enwonwu wrote:'Modern Nigerian art must grow from the old art because it was a most sincere form of art. Art in Nigeria today cannot expect to survive if it tends to grow out of European art. Reproductions of William Blake bid one to appreciate the way he composes and the idea behind his paintings, yet he is realistic. Van Gogh an Impressionist yet his art is not primitive and void of proportion, nor even perspective. William Turner's are transformations of the beauty of Mother Nature but Turner was realistic.'Enwonwu understood the importance of European art history but by no means imitated it. For example Girl with a Blue Headscarf was Enwonwu's own interpretations of celebrated European masterpieces, painted in his style and of African themes. As Enwonwu wrote in August 1943:'I am keeping my art African – even if I stay in England for 60 years, I will still figure in my works, a plain blunt African. I believe very strongly in being myself and to be original and African.'This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966)Lelemana Dance signed and dated 'Irma Stern 1945' (upper right)oil on canvas68.5 x 68.5cm (26 15/16 x 26 15/16in).within original artist's Zanzibar frame.Footnotes:ProvenanceA private collection.Acquired from the Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg, 1962.A private collection.LiteratureStern, I., 'Zanzibar', van Schaik, 1946, illust pg. 95.This vibrant and exuberant dance scene was executed by Irma Stern during her second visit to Zanzibar, the 'spice islands' off the coast of East Africa. Stern had first travelled to the archipelago in 1939, and had been intoxicated by the exotic smells, sights and sounds. It was during her first trip that she witnessed a 'lelemana (wedding) dance'. She recalled the experience in an article she wrote for the Cape Argus newspaper on 19 July 1939:'They were a row of lovely young Swahili girls. Their heads were decorated with golden rings and bunches of flowers ... The dancers stood in a row, their faces bearing an entranced expression, as if they were deep in religious thought. Their hands were beating little golden tomtoms in a monotonous tone. Their bodies were static, their heads bent down. Then they rose slowly and their hands went on in a ceaseless movement – the lilimama, the wedding dance ... The dance went on for hours without a break.'She illustrated this article with a small pen sketch of three dancers. Interestingly, the oil paintings Stern created following her first visit, and exhibited in 1941 and 1942, do not include a composition of this dance. It was only when she returned to Zanzibar in 1945 that she returned to the subject.Instead of attempting to capture a single, static moment of the dance, Stern presents us with a sequence, depicting each of the women at different stages of the performance. This unconventional composition lends a freshness and dynamism to the scene. The dancers are positioned so close to the picture surface, it is almost as if we are in and amongst them, and not distant spectators.This painting was so well regarded, that it was purchased by a private collector almost as soon as it was executed. It did not feature in the exhibitions she organised later in 1946 or 1947. The painting was first exhibited publicly in February 1962 at the Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg, where it was snapped up by another private collector. The work has remained in this family's hands until the present day.Stern's own regard for the painting is evident in her choice to illustrate it in her 1948 publication, 'Zanzibar' (Van Schaik, Pretoria, p95). Of the 25 oil paintings selected, 'Lelemana Dance' stands out as one of the most accomplished, well deserving of its position alongside Stern's masterpieces, 'The Arab Priest', 'Arab with Dagger' and 'The Golden Shawl'. We are grateful to Professor Michael Godby for the compilation of the above footnote.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 29MM STEEL CAPE COD WATCHHermès, 2009 and 2011Featuring two Barenia Calfskin leather straps, one in black the other tan, with steel and white opaline dialCondition Grade B+Dial 2.9cm x 2.9cm, strap 1.9cm, overall length 42cm, includes boxFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

4531 QM LIEUT C J CROOKE Shropshire L1, a medal group of seven, comprising South Africa campaign medals with bars for Johannesburg, Driefontein, Paardberg, Cape Colony, SA 1901 & 1902; WWI trio including BWM, 1914-15 star and victory medal with commendation oak leaf; LSGC and Meritorious Service medal. The Mentioned in Despatches commendation bears a facsimile signature of Winston Churchill.The group comes with documents relating to Charles Jeffery Colledge Crooke and an Edwardian period photograph of Crooke in uniform. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Book, Dr No, Ian Fleming, First Edition, 3rd Impression, James Bond takes on Dr No in the Caribbean. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1958, complete with attractive dust wrapper designed by Pat Marriott (some slight edge knocks to d/w, otherwise vg)

Book, Diamonds Are Forever. Ian Fleming. James Bond infiltrates a diamond smuggling ring. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1959, complete with dust wrapper designed by Pat Marriott (some slight age markings, otherwise vg)

Football programmes, Foreign & Home Nations selection, 1956 onwards including internationals & club matches, noted Portugal v Mexico 1969, Durban City v Olympia 1965, Austria v Hungary 1967 (x2), Cape Town City v Hellenic 1966, Benfica v Porto 1969, Belgium v France 1964 (x2), Belgium v Holland 1964 etc (gen gd) (approx. 95 inc. a few duplicates)

Book, Moonraker, Ian Fleming. James Bond investigates the disappearance of an Anglo-American space shuttle. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1959, complete with dust wrapper designed by Kenneth Lewis (d/w a little scuffed and grubby but otherwise gd)

Book, From Russia With Love, Ian Fleming. James Bond evades assassination attempts by SMERSH. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1960, complete with attractive dust wrapper designed by Richard Chopping (some age toning to d/w, otherwise vg)

Book, Thrilling Cities, Ian Fleming, First Edition. A round the world trip with Ian Fleming containing many b/w photographs. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1963 complete with dust wrapper designed by Paul Davis (slight edge knocks and age toning to d/w otherwise gd)

Book, The Diamond Smugglers, Ian Fleming, First Edition, 2nd Impression. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1957, complete with dust wrapper (spine faded, some ink smudging to d/w otherwise gd) sold together with the James Bond Dossier by Kingsley Amis, First Edition, published by Jonathan Cape in 1965 (some v slight edge wear otherwise vg) (2)

Book, The Spy Who Loved Me, Ian Fleming, First Edition, in association with Vivienne Michel. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1962, complete with attractive dust wrapper designed by Richard Chopping (some slight marks to d/w otherwise vg)

Book, Live And Let Die, Ian Fleming. James Bond hunts for secret treasure in Harlem, Florida and Jamaica. Published in 1959 by Jonathan Cape, complete with colourful dust wrapper designed by Ian Fleming and Kenneth Lewis (some fading to d/w spine and some slight edge knocks and age toning otherwise gd)

Book, Goldfinger, Ian Fleming, First Edition, James Bond's seventh adversary. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1959, complete with attractive dust wrapper designed by Richard Chopping (some slight age toning and edge knocks to d/w otherwise gd)

Book, The Man With The Golden Gun, Ian Fleming, First Edition. James Bond faces Scaramanga and his golden gun. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1965, complete with attractive dust wrapper designed by Richard Chopping (vg)

Book, Octopussy And The Living Daylights, Ian Fleming, First Edition, James Bond in Jamaica and also Berlin. Published by Jonathan Cape in1966, complete with attractive dust wrapper designed by Richard Chopping (vg)

Book, You Only Live Twice, Ian Fleming, First Edition, James Bond goes to Japan to work with the Japanese Secret Service. Published by Cape in 1964, complete with attractive dust wrapper designed by Richard Chopping (vg)

Dylan Lewis (South African b. 1964)Awakening Leopard Maquette Bronze Signed and numbered 1/15 S354Height: 26cm (10 1/4in.) Width: 95cm (37 3/8in.)In artist's original signed crate Conceived in 1998. Provenance:The artist's studio, Stellenbosch, South Africa Born in 1964 in Johannesburg, South Africa Lewis has emerged as one of the leading figures in contemporary sculpture throughout the world. Lewis was born into a family of artists and it was under their encouragement and tutelage that inspired him to practise the arts. His father Robin Lewis, great-grandfather Thomas Rayfon Lewis and grandmother Renee Hughes were all established artists. Lewis studied art at the Cape Technikon in 1982. His passion and interest in the natural world and wildlife was clear from the very beginning. Between 1985 and 1989 he worked at Rondevlei Nature Reserve. It was here that he worked as taxidermist studying the anatomy of animals and looking at them in minute detail. In 1989 he studied painting at the Ruth Prowse School of Art and went on to spend a year painting and sculpting in the Timbavati Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga. In 1994 moved to Mulberry Farm in Stellenbosch where he built a studio and bronze foundry. In 2017 the Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden officially opened to the public displaying a magnificent array of large-scale gargantuan sculpture against the backdrop of the mountains together with macquette spread through the gardens as the visitor is encouraged to meander through the beautifully curated and sculpted land. Lewis works from direct observation, continually sketching to understand the forms and how movement emerges. Lewis then turns to sculpture making small compositional studies before working on the large-scale works and maquettes in bronze. The Awakening Leopard is from the Leopard Creek series where the artist explored the animals different states as it awakes from its slumber through to stalking and killing. He studied the supple animal in great detail looking at the curve of the tail through to the twisting form of the outstretched body.  

Admiral of the Fleet The Right Hon Andrew Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope KT.GCB.OM.DSO, (1883-1963) signed card in green ink, with letter confirming the signature by Secretary to First Sea Lord on Admiralty .S.W. paper, dated 23rd April 1946, and black and white photograph, Cunningham entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1897 at the age of 10 on the officer's training ship 'Britannia', passing out in 1898, Commanding a destroyer during WWI and through the Inter-War period, being awarded the Distinguished Service Order for this time, specifically in the Dardanelles and in the Baltics. During WWII as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet he led British Naval Forces to Victory in numerous Mediterranean battles, including the attack on Taranto 1940, the first all-aircraft naval attack in history and the Battle of Cape Matapan in 1941. 1943 Cunningham was promoted to First Sea Lord, a position he held until his retirement in 1946

A Boer War East Surrey Regiment Queen's South Africa medal with four clasps, awarded to Corporal A Pearce (1295), the clasps South Africa 1901 and 1902, Orange Free State and Cape Colony