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Click here to subscribeGRAY HUGH. Letters from Canada Written During a Residence There in the Years 1806, 1807 & 1808 ... Exhibiting also the Commercial Importance of Nova-Scotia, New Brunswick & Cape-Breton. Fldg. tables but no map. Poor bdgs. 1809; also vol. 2 only of Baines, History of the Wars of the French Revolution, quarto, calf, 1818. (2).
GILLMORE PARKER. The Land of the Boer or Adventures in Natal, the Transvaal, Basutoland & Zululand. Eng. frontis & map. Adverts. Orig. green cloth gilt. N.d.; also Leibbrandt, Rambles Through the Archives of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, orig. dark cloth, First Series, Cape Town, 1887. (2).
Mulberry- A 1980's ladies 2 piece beige Highland wool and silk trouser suit A/F, jacket UK size 12 and wide leg trousers UK size 14, together with a David Bitton 'Crazy Brit' brown wool mix tartan design cape with belt, size Medium, unworn with original tags. Location:RailCondition: Area of small holes to right rear arm and 2 small holes to rear of trousers, clean lining intact-see additional photos.
Five: Nursing Sister Violet D. Stewart, née Chawner, Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve, later British Red Cross and St. John of Jerusalem Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister V. D. Chawner.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister V. D. Chawner.); 1914-15 Star (V. D. Stewart, B.R.C. & St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (V. D. Stewart) good very fine and better (5) £500-£700 --- Violet Dorothy Chawner was born in Newton Valence, Hampshire, in 1873, the daughter of a former Captain of the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment). She trained as a nurse at Trinity Hospital in New York, before serving at the Presbyterian Hospital from 1892 to 1896, and at Guy’s Hospital in London from 1898 to 1899. Chawner enrolled in Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve (as No. 150) on 8 December 1899, arriving in Cape Town on 19 January 1900. She initially served at No. 2 General Hospital in Pretoria, but is recorded in December 1900 at Driefontein. Sent to Durban, she departed South Africa for passage home to England on 4 May 1901. In late 1902, Chawner married Captain Robert Joseph Tucker Stewart at St. George’s Church, Hanover Square, London. Originally Commissioned in the Northumberland Fusiliers, it appears that the couple met in South Africa whilst Stewart was serving as Transport Officer on the Staff of the Indian Army. Called to service at the commencement of the Great War, Nurse Stewart initially witnessed home service with the British Red Cross at Lady Ramsden’s Hospital, before crossing the Channel to France in September 1915. Posted to Étaples, she soon contracted an illness and was forced to return home. Resigned from the British Red Cross, Stewart channelled all her energies into getting better. This proved fruitful and she served a further two terms in France and Flanders from June 1916 to October 1916, and February 1917 to June 1917. Acting as a Nurse under the British Committee of the French Red Cross, she thus attended to vast numbers of men wounded on the Somme and on the battlefield of Ypres. Stewart survived the war and travelled from London to Karachi on 4 December 1918. She is later recorded in 1931 travelling to Tangier with her daughter Iris, their address given as 147, Cromwell Road, London, which at that time was the Hotel Madrid.
Four: Staff Nurse Evelyn M. Aubrey, Territorial Force Nursing Service, who was decorated by the Serbian Authorities for valuable service performed aboard a hospital ship in the Mediterranean 1914-15 Star (S/Nurse E. M. Aubrey. T.F.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (S.Nurse E. M. Aubrey.); Serbia, Kingdom, Cross of Charity, gilt and enamel, reverse dated 1912 at base of central medallion, good very fine (4) £240-£280 --- Approximately 23 Serbian Crosses of Mercy awarded to the T.F.N.S. during the Great War. Serbian Cross of Mercy London Gazette 7 May 1920. Evelyn Maud Aubrey was born in 1879 and trained as a nurse at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Dover from 1906 to 1909. Employed at the 4th Southern Hospital in Plymouth, she was called up for duty as a Staff Nurse on 13 August 1914 and posted aboard the Hospital Ship Salta. Chartered by the Admiralty in February 1915, the former liner was painted white with wide green stripes and the insignia of the Red Cross, and was soon employed returning wounded soldiers to England from the Western Front. Posted abroad in July 1915, Aubrey was briefly taken on strength at No. 21 General Hospital in Alexandria. She was subsequently transferred aboard the Hospital Ship Devanha which assisted with the evacuation of the Serbian Army to Corsica; for this service Aubrey and 13 other nurses from the Devanha were later awarded the Serbian Cross of Mercy. Returned home to England on 12 October 1916, Aubrey was posted to No. 1 Southern General Hospital at Birmingham. She resigned her post in order to marry on 10 March 1917, but subsequent applications to rejoin the T.F.N.S. were refused as her service had not been totally satisfactory. Undaunted, she then applied to the Scottish Women’s Hospitals without success, reverting instead to service with the British Red Cross Hospital at Netley. Having wed a member of the Colonial Civil Service, she is recorded in 1926 as resident of Bathurst in the Gambia; her husband later retired from the Service, took Holy Orders and became Vicar of Thorverton in Devon. Sold with copied research and the recipient’s T.F.N.S. cape badge.
Four: Sister Edith A. Elliott, Territorial Force Nursing Service British War and Victory Medals (Sister E. A. Elliott.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (S.Nurse E. A. Elliott. T.F.N.S.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Sister E. A. Elliott) minor edge bruise to last, very fine (4) £400-£500 --- Only 24 General Service Medals with clasp Iraq awarded to the Territorial Force Nursing Service. Edith Alice Elliott served with the Territorial Force Nursing Service during the Great War from 1 January 1914 to 31 December 1920. She was later awarded the GSM whilst serving as Sister with the 5th Southern General Hospital, the medal roll noting her as ‘Mrs. Lewis’ and her last known address as ‘I.W.T. Repair Workshop Bungalow, Kut’. Sold with the recipient’s T.F.N.S. cape badge.
Three: Staff Nurse Lydia T. Wynn, Territorial Force Nursing Service British War and Victory Medals (S. Nurse L. T. Wynne [sic].); Portugal, Republic, Order of Christ, Chevalier’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, with two gilt slide bars on riband, nearly extremely fine (3) £140-£180 --- Lydia Theresa Wynn initially served as Staff Nurse in the medical wards at the Northern General Hospital from 26 October 1915 to 13 July 1917. Transferred to the 30th General Hospital in Boulogne, she was discharged from the service in April 1919 and awarded the Portuguese Chevalier of the Order of Christ on 26 November 1919. Returned home to Beverley in Yorkshire, her Nursing Service Record adds: ‘A very good nurse and kind to the patients.’ Sold with the recipient’s T.F.N.S. cape badge with top wearing pin.
Four: Senior Nursing Sister Ethel M. Scammell, Serbian Relief Fund and Scottish Women’s Hospitals, who later conducted pioneering work to improve public healthcare in West Africa British War and Victory Medals (E. M. Scammell.); Serbia, Kingdom, Cross of Charity, 1912 issue, gilt and enamel; Serbian Red Cross Medal 1914-18, silver and enamel, very fine and better (4) £200-£240 --- Ethel Maud Scammell was born in 1886 and took her nursing studies at the Seaman’s Hospital in Greenwich and at the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women from 1907 to 1912. She initially served during the Great War as a Trained Nurse with the Serbian Relief Fund in Serbia from October 1914 to 3 April 1916, before being sent to the small hospital at Bastia on the French island of Corsica from 15 May 1916 to July 1916. Transferring to the Scottish Women’s Hospitals in the autumn of 1917, she nursed in Salonica and Macedonia from 14 December 1917 to November 1918, before returning home and registering as a SRN in London on 19 May 1922. An article published in the Nursing Journal offers a little more information regarding her later life: ‘Appointment as Senior Nursing Sister on the Gold Coast: Miss Ethel Maud Scammell has been appointed as a Senior Nursing Sister having previously worked for six years in Nigeria. Miss Scammell informs us that nursing in Nigeria has very much improved of late years and the natives themselves are being trained to qualify for posts in the hospitals. The great difficulty is to get male nurses, and the West African medical staff are now insisting that all nurses trained in Government Hospitals shall have achieved a certain standard of education and shall have passes what is equivalent to the sixth standard class in England. Miss Scammell speaks very hopefully of the probable results of the pioneer work.’ Serbian awards remain unconfirmed. Sold with a fine Overseas Nursing Association 1896 cape badge, with 1923 top riband bar, marked ‘Sterling’ to reverse; a bronze Overseas Nursing Association 1896 cape badge, unnamed; a Royal British Nurses Association badge with top riband bar Steadfast & True, engraved to reverse ‘Ethel M. Scammell 5965’; a bronze and enamel Dreadnought Hospital pin badge, engraved to reverse ‘Ethel Maud Scammell May 1911.’
Three: Nursing Sister Elizabeth F. Easley, South African Military Nursing Service British War Medal 1914-20 (N/N. P/N. E. F. Easley - S.A.M.N.S.); War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, these both officially impressed ‘254468 E. F. Easley’, the BWM a somewhat later issue, minor edge nicks, good very fine and better (3) £60-£80 --- Elizabeth Florence Easley was born in Cape Province on 14 November 1882. She attested at Wynberg for the South African Military Nursing Service on 31 December 1916, and was posted as Probationary Nurse to Wynberg Hospital soon thereafter. Discharged on 1 May 1918, she took her nursing studies in the 1920s and returned to service as Nursing Sister at Valhalla Military Camp Hospital on 31 December 1940. Transferred to Middleberg in October 1941 and Lenz in August 1943, she ended her second period of service at Wynberg Military Hospital on 28 November 1946. Sold with the recipient’s copied Military Service Record which notes application for her Second World War medals in 1946; her BWM was not dispatched until February 1955, by which time she was over 70 years of age.
Five: M. C. Van Renen, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, the Stars privately engraved, the remainder officially impressed ‘W.109532 M. C. Van Renen’, heavy staining to Stars, otherwise nearly very fine and better Three: Alice M. Newton, Women’s Auxiliary Naval Service, South African Forces War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal; South Africa Medal for War Service, the first two officially impressed ‘WN615742 A. M. Newton’, nearly very fine Pair: Maria S. Harrod, South African Women’s Auxiliary Air Force War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘F269297 M. S. Harrod’, nearly very fine (10) £80-£100 --- Alice Maude Newton was born in Cape Town on 15 November 1925 and served as Leading Swan in the Women’s Auxiliary Naval Service from 12 November 1943 to 30 September 1946. A typist by profession, her service record notes that she completed a course at Robben Island on 15 August 1944, but her service was later hampered by acute appendicitis. Maria Salimona Harrod was born in the Uitenhage District of the Cape Province on 11 February 1897. She attested at Roberts Heights for the South African Women’s Auxiliary Air Force on 27 October 1942, serving as Medical Orderly at No. 2 Air School from 28 January 1943. She was discharged less than a year later as a result of being medically unfit for further service. Sold with a bronze St John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, engraved to reverse ‘373506 Maria Harrod’.
Four: Major Ann Kirwan, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, late Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (Capt. A. Kirwan. Q.A.R.A.N.C.); together with the recipient’s Q.A.R.A.N.C. cape badge, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1950, very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Ann Kirwan was born in Ireland on 12 August 1917 and trained as a nurse at the Sheffield Royal Infirmary from 1936 to 1940. Appointed to a commission in the Q.A.I.M.N.S. Reserve as Sister with seniority from 29 December 1943, she was initially taken on the strength of No. 20 British General Hospital in Watford. Transferred to Killochan Castle, Dorking and Southampton, her Hospital was subsequently sent to Bayeux on 20 June 1944 and on to India on 15 December 1944. Appointed post-War to a permanent commission in the Q.A.R.A.N.C., Kirwan was raised Captain on 29 December 1947 and Major on 29 December 1955.
A fine post-War M.B.E., Great War A.R.R.C. group of six awarded to Sister Anne E. Musson, Territorial Force Nursing Service, later Matron of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, who displayed ‘outstanding work’ in France The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband; Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard & Co. fitted case of issue; 1914 Star (Miss A. E. Musson. T.F.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister A. E. Musson.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, on lady’s bow riband, nearly extremely fine (6) £600-£800 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 9 June 1949: ‘For services to the nursing profession in Northern Ireland.’ A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 29 May 1917. Anne Elizabeth Musson was born in West Bridgford, Nottingham, in 1881, and trained in nursing at the Nottingham General Hospital from 1904 to 1907. An experienced practitioner, she joined the staff of the 3rd Western Hospital of the T.F.N.S. and served in France from 22 October 1914. Posted to dressing stations and base hospitals, and placed in charge of ambulance trains full of wounded men, she received the A.R.R.C. whilst on the staff of No. 6 General Hospital at Rouen. Impressed by her abilities, she was later invited by Mr. Andrew Fullerton to take up the post of Assistant Matron at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Promoted Matron in 1922, she remained at this hospital until retirement on 1 May 1946. An article published in the Nursing Journal around that time, adds: ‘She was awarded the MBE on her retirement. She was regarded as rather aloof, though an excellent and fair matron. She had artistic gifts, being a frequent exhibitor at the Ulster Academy of Arts.’ An original member of the Joint Nursing and Midwives Council, Musson was heavily involved in drafting the rules and regulations governing the training, examination and registration of qualified nurses. For 18 years she represented the Joint Council on the Northern Ireland executive committee of the Queen’s Institute of District Nurses, whilst she also served as a founder member of the Belfast branch of the Royal College of Nurses. She was also instrumental in forming the first Irish unit of the Student Nurses’ Association at the Royal Victoria Hospital. She died on 3 February 1958. Sold with the recipient’s original T.F.N.S. cape badge, newspaper clippings and copied research.
Pair: Lieutenant Edith G. Grossert, Women’s Auxiliary Army Service, South African Forces War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal with King’s Commendation Protea, both medals officially impressed ‘W162997 E. G. Grossert’, mounted as worn, nearly very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Edith Grace Grossert was born in Tweedie, Natal, on 19 January 1915, and lived in Durban. A trained draughtswoman, she volunteered for service in August 1940 and initially served with a Motorised Transport Company. Raised Corporal in September 1941 and Sergeant in March 1942, she served at Robben Island, Simonstown and Green Point, and was selected for a commission as Second Lieutenant on 1 June 1942. Posted to a Heavy Battery at Cape Town, she continued to service with similar units until discharge and release to civilian employment on 26 September 1945. Sold with copied service record which confirms entitlement to King’s Commendation Protea, dated 8 June 1944.
Pair: Major Ann H. Lively, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (Lt. A. H. Lively. Q.A.R.A.N.C.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (Capt. A. H. Lively. QARANC.) nearly extremely fine (2) £260-£300 --- Ann Hudson Lively was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 24 March 1932 and trained as a nurse at the High Wycombe and District Group Training School. Registered as SRN No. 230359 on 29 November 1955, she was granted a short-service commission in Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps on 1 February 1956. Promoted Temporary Captain whilst on attachment to the Ghanaian Armer Forces, she was raised Major on 1 February 1968. Awarded the GSM with clasp Malaya for service in the Far East, Lively was later posted on 11 June 1969 to the Military Hospital at Terendak in Malaysia. Retired to pension on 17 October 1972, she died at Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 9 April 2008. Sold with the recipient’s original silver Q.A.R.A.N.C. cape badge, hallmarked Birmingham 1950, and two original letters from the M.O.D., the first a letter of congratulations to Captain Lively at Cambridge Military Hospital for passing her examination to Major, dated 16 December 1966, the second confirming award of the GSM 1962-2007.
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nyasaland 1915 (Nursing Sister A. M. Tadman) ‘Sister’ officially re-impressed, very fine £160-£200 --- Sold with a fine Charing Cross Hospital cape badge, engraved to reverse ‘Sister Theatre’, with silver suspension, this hallmarked Birmingham 1902.
A poignant ‘Casualty’ British War Medal awarded to Matron Martha S. Farley, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, late Army Nursing Service Reserve, who received the R.R.C. from the hands of King George V but died of illness a short while later British War Medal 1914-20 (Matron M. S. Farley.) re-pinned with suspension loose, multiple edge nicks, good fine to nearly very fine £70-£90 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 24 October 1917. Martha Sabina Farley was born in Drogheda, Ireland, on 24 June 1872. Educated in Drogheda and Dublin, she served as a Nursing Sister during the Boer War and is recorded in 1906 with the Army Nursing Service Reserve in Bloemfontein. Transferred to the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. on 13 July 1916, she served as Matron at Fermoy Military Hospital and was later decorated with the R.R.C. at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace on 21 November 1917. A few months later she contracted an illness whilst on active service. Sent to Adelaide Hospital, she died on 1 June 1918 and was buried in the Mount Jerome Cemetery in Dublin. Her effects were later sent to her sister in West Montreal, Canada. Sold with the recipient’s original silver Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badge, hallmarked Birmingham 1915.
General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (W. M. Farrer.) extremely fine £100-£140 --- Winifred Farrer trained at St. Mary’s Hospital, London, from 1923 to 1927. Applying to the Colonial Office, she was selected by the Overseas Nursing Service for duty in Palestine and was appointed Nursing Sister on 13 May 1932. Sold with the recipient’s bronze Overseas Nursing Association cape badge.
An extremely fine Great War R.R.C. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Principal Matron Dorothea M. Taylor, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, who was further recognised by His Majesty the King of Italy for her valuable work with the Italian Expeditionary Force Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, the reverse privately engraved ‘D. M. Taylor Jan 1916 Q.A.I.M.N.S.’, on lady’s bow riband; British War and Victory Medals, with copy M.I.D. oak leaves (A. Pr. Matron D. M. Taylor.); Italy, Kingdom, Bronze Medal della Salute Publica, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (4) £2,000-£2,400 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916. R.R.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 1 January 1921. Italy, Medal of Merit for Public Safety London Gazette 2 November 1920. Dorothea Matilda Taylor was born in Edinburgh on 29 November 1873, the daughter of physician William Taylor. Educated at St. George’s High School in Edinburgh, she crossed the Firth of Forth and River Tay to take her nursing training at Dundee Royal Infirmary from May 1900 to May 1903. Appointed Staff Nurse to the Q.A.I.M.N.S. on 10 July 1903, she was raised Sister on 18 November 1904 and sent to Egypt from April 1906 to October 1910. Sent to Khartoum on a tour of duty in 1907, she likely treated people suffering from malaria, yellow fever, and other infections associated with a lack of safe water. Returned to the United Kingdom, Taylor was promoted Acting Matron on 8 August 1914 and placed on home service. Awarded the Royal Red Cross, she received her decoration from the hand of the King at an investiture held in Buckingham Palace on 15 January 1916. Posted overseas to Italy on 8 December 1917, she later wrote a most emotive account of her experiences: ‘On a cold, bleak morning, early in December 1917, I and my party arrived at the Italian Frontier on our way to join the Italian Expeditionary Force. The ground was white with snow, and it was exceedingly cold. The railway station was guarded by Italian soldiers, and even at the door of the refreshment room there was a sentry with a fixed bayonet. We were informed by the Railway Transport Officer that food was very short in Italy, and that he did not know where we were to go, but he would send us on to Turin, where we arrived about 5 p.m. - No one seemed to know anything about us at Turin, so we were again sent on - this time to Genoa - and arrived there about midnight. Again, we were not expected, so we were taken to No. 11 General Hospital to be kindly received and housed until quarters could be found for us.’ Sent to a small hospital in Arquata and then on to Stationary Hospitals at Cremona and Bordighera, Taylor spent New Year’s Day of 1918 at Padova in a ‘dreary and cold hotel’, the night being spent in a cellar as the town received the attention of the enemy. Transferred to work at a Casualty Clearing Station in the foothills of the Austrian Alps, she took solace in the beauty of the landscape and hospitality of the Italian people, before being sent on to a hospital in Taranto and digs in newly constructed Nissen huts. It was at around this time that Taylor’s health began to suffer, likely in consequence of the volume of work and bombing by the armies and air forces of the Central Powers; the recipient’s Service Record notes her struggling with concussion, neuritis and headaches. Sent back to England at the cessation of hostilities, Taylor received the Second Award Bar to her Royal Red Cross at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace on 8 March 1921. Her hard work from 1917 to 1918 was further recognised by the King of Italy, Taylor receiving the rare award of the Bronze Medal della Salute Publica - usually conferred for service to Italian citizens in staving off disease and protecting societal health. Raised Matron on 31 January 1921, Taylor took further appointment at the Officer’s Hospital in Scarborough and the Military Hospital in Cosham, but with her health failing she was invalided on 15 December 1924 and placed on retired pay. She died of pneumonia on 11 October 1928, her last address noted as Swanston Cottage, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft. Sold with the recipient’s original silver Q.A.I.M.N.S. cape badge, hallmarked Birmingham 1915.
A selection of Miscellaneous Nursing Badges Comprising full-size Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badge, silver, by Carrington & Co., hallmarked Birmingham 1917, brooch mounted; Small pattern Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badges, unmarked silver (2); full-size Territorial Force Nursing Service tippet badges, unmarked silver (2); Middlesex Hospital white metal nursing badge on pin-backed suspension, engraved to reverse ‘M. Y. Clarabut’; County of Northumberland V.A.D. Worker badge, presented to A. L. Dubridge; British Red Cross Society badge with County of Lincolnshire suspension, enamel and base metal, engraved to reverse ‘28858 E. Laughton’; Registered General Nurse for Scotland badge, silver and enamel, engraved to reverse ‘A.G.S. Howell A17449’; General Midwives Board for Scotland badge, unmarked silver, engraved to reverse ‘14452 Ada G. S. Howell 25.7.1939’; General Nursing Council for England & Wales badge, reverse engraved ‘T. P. Brett 159271 26/11/48’; G.H.N.L. badge; British Red Cross Society 3 Years Service, badge No. 53474; On War Service Badge, enamel and base metal, No. 58906, very fine and better (14) £100-£140
A selection of Great War period Women’s Legion, Auxiliary Territorial Service and Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps cap badges, shoulder titles and pin badges, some missing reverse lugs; together with two card identity discs to V.A.D. Nurse Mabel Vere Lee and one to Q.A.I.M.N.S. Sister Doris Eleanor May Amies; an Ellesmere Commander of the Order of St John of Jerusalem badge, silver and enamel; an Order of St John Priory for Wales Service Badge, engraved to reverse ‘Muriel Williams WA 19001’; various life saving proficiency medals and miniature Service Medals of the Order of St. John; an R.N.L.I. pennant flag; a nurses cape; miscellaneous badges, buttons, and fabric shoulder pips; various photographs and newspaper cuttings; and other ephemera, generally good condition (lot) £50-£70
A fine Great War R.R.C. group of seven awarded to Chief Principal Matron Emily V. Forrest, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) breast badge in frosted silver (1926-36), on lady’s bow riband; 1914 Star (Sister E. V. Forrest. Q.A.I.M.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (A. Matron E. V. Forrest.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, the first lacking top wearing pin, good very fine and better (7) £600-£800 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919. Emily Vaughan Forrest was born in Brockley, Kent, on 15 July 1882, the daughter of a Superintendent at the Board of Trade. Educated at the Royal Naval School in Twickenham, she trained as a nurse at the Poplar Hospital in East London from March 1905 to March 1908. Appointed to the Q.A.I.M.N.S. as Staff Nurse on 4 August 1908, she went on to witness pre-War service at Woolwich, York and London. Sent to France on 17 August 1914, Forrest was raised Sister on 18 May 1917 and Acting Matron from 3 November 1918 to 29 March 1919. She was awarded the A.R.R.C. on 1 January 1917 and promoted to R.R.C. for service in France. The latter award was conferred by the King at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace on 2 November 1920. Remaining in the service of the Q.A.I.M.N.S., Forrest was posted to Hong Kong from 1922 to 1924, and then enjoyed a series of postings in India from 1930 to 1938, including Poona, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Simla. Promoted Chief Principal Matron in India on 24 June 1934, she was admitted as an Officer Sister of the Order of St. John on 20 July 1934 upon appointment as Chief of the Nursing Corps and Divisions, Empire of India, St. John Ambulance Brigade, the honour published in the London Gazette of 1 January 1935. Entitled to both the Jubilee and Coronation Medals, Forrest died on 6 January 1964. A much admired personality, her obituary adds: ‘She was very popular, kind, but firm when required and she certainly brought out the best in her staff... She had a great understanding and a very great charm of manner. Her sense of humour was infectious; it was always a pleasure to see her smile often break into laughter at some amusing incident on or off duty.’ Sold with the recipient’s silver cape badge, hallmarked Birmingham 1917.
An Order of St. John Serving Brother group of seven awarded to Senior Reserve Attendant J. Titterington, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve and Colne Division, St John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s, breast badge, silver and enamel; St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1232. Pte. J. Titterington, Colne Div.); British War and Victory Medals (M.8742 J. Titterington. S.R.A. R.N.); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Pte. J. Titterington.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue, with additional service clasp (127. J. Titterington. S.B.S. 2Cl. R.N.A.S.B.R.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension, with additional service clasp (Pte. J. Titterington. (Morecambe Div. No. 4 Dst. SJAB. 1917) light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (7) £400-£500 --- R.N.A.S.B.R. L.S. & G.C. awarded 14 October 1920; clasp issued 30 May 1925. Also entitled to Q.S.A. with clasp for Cape Colony.
A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Quartermaster Sergeant R. Thompson, 60th (North Irish Horse (Belfast)) and 50th (Hampshire) Companies, 17th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, who was also Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (11062 Q.M. Serjt: R. Thompson. 50th. Coy. I.Y.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal (11062 Cpl. R. Thompson. 60th. Coy. 17th. Imp: Yeo:) edge bruise to QSA, good very fine (2) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902. The original Recommendation states: ‘I consider this N.C.O. the best in the battalion. In addition to his duties of Quartermaster Sergeant he has for some months acted as Supply Officer to the Column. He served with the old 17th Imperial Yeomanry and was a good N.C.O. in the field.’ Robert Thompson attested for the Imperial Yeomanry and embarked for South Africa with the 60th (North Irish Horse (Belfast)) Company, 17th Battalion on 6 April 1900. He was promoted Quartermaster Sergeant, and continued to served with the 17th Battalion in South Africa with the 50th (Hampshire) Company until disembarking back in England n 25 June 1902. For his services during the Boer War he was both Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 29 July 1902) and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.
An extremely rare Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant-Major, later Lieutenant, R. J. Stallwood, Canadian Scouts, one of only 16 Boer War D.C.M.s awarded to Canadian recipients and the only one named to the Canadian Scouts Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt:- Maj: R. J. Stallwood. Canadian Scouts) good very fine £2,800-£3,200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902. Robert Jabez Stallwood was born in Hagersville, Ontario, Canada, in May 1877. He was a Rancher, who enlisted as a Gunner in the Royal Canadian Field Artillery at Kingston, in January 1900. Stallwood initially served during the Second Boer War with ‘C’ (Special Service) Battery, R.C.F.A. (entitled to Q.S.A. with ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Orange Free State’, ‘Transvaal’ and ‘Rhodesia’ clasps). He was discharged to join ‘Howard’s Scouts’ (the Canadian Scouts, under the command of Major A. L. ‘Gat’ Howard, a British Irregular unit predominantly manned by Canadians) 12 December 1900. Stallwood advanced to Sergeant-Major, and was Mentioned in Lord Kitchener's Despatch of 23 June 1902. He was discharged 13 January 1901, only to re-engage for service during the Great War. Stallwood was commissioned Lieutenant in the 228th Canadian Infantry Battalion in March 1916, and embarked for England in February of the following year. He transferred to the 6th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops, and served with them as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the French theatre of war from May 1917. Stallwood returned to Canada in May 1919, and was discharged 15 November 1919. Sold with copied research.
A Great War ‘Loos Crassier, April 1917’ D.C.M. and M.M. group of seven awarded to Colour Sergeant H.G. Emms, York and Lancaster Regiment, which also includes a rare single clasp K.S.A. Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4821 Sjt: H. G. Emms. 2/Y. & L.R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (4821 Sjt: H. G. Emms. 2/Y. & L.R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State (4821 Corl. H. Emms. 1: Yk: & Lanc: Regt.) top clasp attached with wire connection; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (4821 Pte. H. G. Emms.1/York: & Lanc: Regt.); 1914 Star (4821 Pte. H. G. Emms. 2/York: & Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (4821 C. Sjt.H. G. Emms. York. & Lanc. R.) nearly very fine and better (7) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 18 July 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Despite heavy casualties, and the absence of any officer, he stuck to his post in a most advanced position. He was subjected to an intense bombardment, and beat off three counter-attacks.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Loos Crassier.’
 M.M. London Gazette 22 January 1917. 

Henry George Emms was born at Norwich, Norfolk, and attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment on 18 January 1897, aged 19 years 6 months, a clerk by trade. He served in the Boer War with the 1st Battalion and proceeded to South Africa on 13 December 1899. He was wounded by a gun shot to the right forearm at Venters Spruit on 21 January 1900, and invalided to England on 18 March 1900. He returned to South Africa on 9 January 1902 until November of that year, when he proceeded to India. He served with the 2nd Battalion in France and Flanders from 10 September 1914, and was a Prisoner of War in Germany from 21 March 1918, until repatriated on 3 December 1918. Sold with copied research including confirmation of Boer War medals and clasps, Attestation papers and War Diary entries.
A fine Second War R.R.C. group of seven awarded to Matron Dora G. Grayson, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, late Civil Hospital Reserve Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, reverse dated ‘1942’, on lady’s bow riband; 1914 Star (Miss D. G. Grayson. Civ: Hosp: Res.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister. D. G. Grayson.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine and better (7) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Glendinings, September 1988. R.R.C. London Gazette 11 June 1942. Dora Granville Grayson was born in Kendal, Westmorland, on 16 March 1884, the daughter of wine and spirit merchant Oscar Granville Grayson. Educated at the Cheltenham Ladies’ College, she took her nursing studies at The London Hospital from 27 July 1910 to 28 July 1914 and then joined the Civil Hospital Reserve. This unit represented a group of trained nurses from throughout the United Kingdom who were vetted and recommended by their civil hospital matrons, each one willing and able to mobilise with the military nursing services in case of a future war; Grayson was promptly called up and disembarked in France on 8 August 1914, a member of the first party of 38 Civil Hospital Reserve nurses. Initially sent to No. 3 General Hospital at Rouen, Grayson transferred to the Q.A.I.M.N.S. Reserve on 8 November 1914 and was later accepted for the regular service as Staff Nurse in June 1916. Awarded the A.R.R.C. on 1 January 1918, she received her decoration at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace on 11 September 1918. Raised Sister, she continued to serve in France until the Armistice, latterly at No. 47 General Hospital. Sent to Hong Kong, Aldershot and York, Grayson finally resigned her appointment with effect from 4 July 1924. She returned to nursing during the Second World War and was awarded the R.R.C. as an Assistant Matron. She died on 16 April 1963. Sold with the recipient’s Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badge by J. R. Gaunt, London; Badge of the London Hospital, white metal and enamel, engraved to reverse ‘Dora G. Grayson May 1910-July 1912, July 1914’ by J. Pinches, London; General Nursing Council Registration Badge, silver, engraved to reverse ‘D. G. Grayson S.R.N. 23300 19.10.23.’ by Thomas Fattorini.
A fine Second War ‘Waziristan Operations’ North-West Frontier R.R.C. group of ten awarded to Matron Eileen M. Blainville, Indian Military Nursing Service, late Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and Queen Alexandra’s Medical Nursing Service, India, who was twice Mentioned in Despatches Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, reverse dated ‘1941’, on lady’s bow riband; British War Medal 1914-20 (Nurse E. M. Blainville.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (T-Nurse E. M. Blainville.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Sister E. M. Blainville, I.M.N.S.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Matron E. M. Blainville. I.M.N.S.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Matron Mrs E. M. Blainville, I.M.N.S.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; India Service Medal; Jubilee 1935, privately engraved ‘Matron Mrs. E. M. Blainville. - I.M.N.S.’, very fine and better and a scarce ‘double-issue’ of the IGS 36-39 (10) £1,000-£1,400 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 20 June 1941. The official recommendation states: ‘She has once again proved her undoubted worth both previous to and during the present Operations, and, in the face of numerous difficulties, has by her forceful example and tireless energy, been mainly responsible for the high standard of nursing maintained in the Hospital. Her unstinted devotion and personal interest in each and every case has fully merited the confidence which her patients obviously place in her, - confidence which must have brought comfort to many of our unfortunately fatal casualties. She has not spared herself and has expected the same high standard from others to whom, by so subordinating her own interests to those of her patients, she has set a splendid example which others would do well to follow.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 18 February 1938 and 17 December 1942. Eileen Maud Blainville (née Gray) was born in 1887 and married widower Renwith Neville Blainville in 1905. The marriage was short lived with Renwith Blainville recorded in 1911 as a single man boarding at an address in Lewisham. Rather than rest on her laurels - and with two children to support - Eileen Blainville applied to join the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. and was transferred to the Q.A.M.N.S. (India) on 2 November 1917. Appointed Temporary Nurse, she served during the Great War at No. 25 Indian General Hospital and No. 9 Indian General Hospital from 6 June 1918 to 23 March 1919. Transferred to the Indian Military Nursing Service as Sister on 1 October 1926, Blainville served in Rawalpindi in 1927, Peshawar from 1928 to 1930, and at Meerut from 1931 to 1936. Raised Matron on 27 July 1931, she was subsequently transferred to the Combined Indian Military Hospital at Bannu, her work being recognised with a ‘mention’ by His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in India. She was further selected to receive the 1935 Jubilee Medal. Returned home to England on leave, Blainville returned to India in the summer of 1938 and was awarded the R.R.C. for the devotion rendered to her patients at Bannu. She later received this decoration at a presentation made at Poona on 17 January 1945. Transferred to Secunderabad as Matron in December 1941, she was Mentioned in Despatches once again before taking retirement in January 1945. Sold with the recipient’s original 1935 Silver Jubilee Certificate; M.I.D. certificates (2); a signed letter of congratulations regarding the R.R.C. award from Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Governor-General of India, dated 14 July 1941; and the recipient’s Indian Military Nursing Service Cape Badge, unmarked silver.
A fine post-War R.R.C. group of five awarded to Temporary Principal Matron Ileene Minas, Indian Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, reverse dated ‘1947’, on lady’s bow riband and housed in a Garrard & Co. case; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Matron I. Minas, I.M.N.S.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, very fine and better (5) £600-£800 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1947: ‘A lady who has Thirty Years valuable and meritorious service to her credit, ten years of which was spent in Frontier Posts. Unusually capable - She has never spared herself in any way. She is a credit and an asset to the Indian Military Nursing Service.’ Ileene Minas was born in 1896 and served with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service in India from 4 November 1915. Appointed to temporary service, she continued to nurse after the cessation of hostilities but was not permitted to transfer to the regular branch, despite promotion to Matron on 7 October 1925. Transferring to the Indian Military Nursing Service in 1926, Minas served the next eight years at Bannu on the North-West Frontier. Located on the Kurram River in the southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the city provided an important hub for the trade in livestock, wool, cotton, tobacco and grain. It also offered refuge for wounded and sick British and Indian troops during the Alfridi Redshirt Rebellion of 1930-31, Minas later being awarded the IGS Medal for nursing these men. Transferred briefly to Rawalpindi, followed by Quetta in 1935 and Poona in 1938, Minas is recorded in 1946 as Senior Matron, second only to the Chief Principal Matron of India. Award the R.R.C. in the Principal role, she retired at Indian Independence in August 1947. Sold with the recipient’s original I.M.N.S. cape badge and copied research noting Minas as one of only two members of the service to receive the 1937 Coronation Medal.
A Great War A.R.R.C. and inter-War Kaisar-I-Hind pair attributed to Staff Nurse Christina J. Oliver, Lady Minto’s Indian Nursing Association, late Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; Kaisar-I-Hind, G.V.R., 2nd class, 2nd type, silver, with integral top suspension brooch bar, in case of issue; together with the recipient’s Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badge and Lady Minto’s Indian Nursing Association cape badge, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1907, good very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 3 June 1916. Kaisar-I-Hind, Second Class, India Gazette 1 January 1936. Christina Janet Oliver was born in the village of Oughtibridge, Sheffield, in 1884. She entered the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Hospital and Dispensary as Probationer on 21 September 1908 and received her certificate of training on 12 October 1911. Taking employment as Staff Nurse at the National Hospital for Paralysis in Bloomsbury, she obtained a certificate in the electrical treatment of nervous diseases on 29 March 1912 and a massage certificate in April 1913. Appointed Staff Nurse in Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, she received the A.R.R.C. at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace on 29 March 1919. Post-War, Oliver attended a midwife’s course at the Rotunda Lying-in Hospital in Dublin, receiving her certificate on 14 March 1921. She was later accepted by Lady Minto’s Indian Nursing Association and served a further 13 years from November 1923 to April 1936. Sold with copied research confirming qualifications and a latter posting to New Delhi, but no original documentation.
Pair: Private T. J. Smith, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, unofficial rivets between clasps (3457. Pte. T. Smith. 1/D.C.L.I.) engraved in the usual style associated with the Regiment; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901, date clasp loose on riband, as issued (3457 Pte. T. J. Smith, 2: D. of C. Lt. Inft.) nearly extremely fine (2) £300-£400 --- Thomas James Smith was born in Birmingham in 1872 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 29 August 1891. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 20 February 1893 to 2 March 1899, and took part in the operations on the North West Frontier of India and with the Tirah Expeditionary Force in 1897-98. Returning home, he transferred to the Reserve on 5 March 1899, but was recalled to Army Service on 9 October 1899, and posted to the 2nd Battalion. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 5 November 1899 to 5 September 1901, and was present at the Battle of Paardeberg on 18 February 1900, when, in the ‘Cornish Charge’, the Battalion suffered total casualties of 28 killed and 52 wounded. He was evacuated from South Africa in 1901, presumably suffering from some sort of malarial fever which decimated the Battalion, and was discharged, medically unfit, on 8 October 1901, after 10 years and 45 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
Six: Staff Sergeant J. Stewart, Seaforth Highlanders, later Indian Unattached List and sometime Colour-Sergeant Instructor, with the Bengal Nagpur Railway Volunteer Rifles Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (5547 L-Cpl. J. Stewart. 1 Seaforth Highrs.) an officially impressed later issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5547 Corpl: J. Stewart. Sea: Highrs: M.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (5547 Sgt. J. Stewart 1st Bn. Sea. Highrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2966273 S. Sgt. J. Stewart. I.U.L.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Colr. Sjt. Instr. J. Stewart 2d Bn. B.N.R. Voltr. Rfls.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (5547 L’Cpl. J. Stewart 1st Sea Highrs.) this last lacking one rivet between clasps, mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine or better (6) £600-£800 --- Sold with copied medal roll entries for the Sudan and Boer War medals.
Eight: Able Seaman W. S. Elsdon, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (W. S. Elsdon, Ord., H.M.S. Naid.) clasps neatly added to reflect entitlement; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (W.S. Elsdon, A.B., H.M.S. Naiad); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (205093 W. S. Elsdon, A.B. H.M.S. Fox); 1914-15 Star (205093, W. S. Elsdon, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (205093 W. S. Elsdon. A.B. R.N.); Defence Medal; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (205093. W. S. Elsdon, A.B. H.M.S. Victory) mounted for wear, last with officially corrected number, the first two with contact marks and edge bruising, about very fine, the remainder good very fine (8) £800-£1,000 --- Walter Samuel Elsdon was born in Lambeth in 1883 and enlisted as a Boy 2nd Class in 1899 and served in the usual range of warships and shore stations until discharged ‘time expired’ in 1913. During this time he served in South Africa with a naval party of some 117 men landed from H.M.S. Naiad at Saldhana Bay, Western Cape, for service against Boer commandos said to be operating in the Vredenburg area. He was then deployed in operations off Somaliland in the same ship, 1902-04, and then aboard H.M.S. Fox for the anti-gun-running operations in the Persian Gulf, serving on the station 1910-12. Recalled for service in the Great War, ex R.F.R., Elsdon spent most of that period aboard the 2nd Class Cruiser H.M.S. Venus, which service included Atlantic Patrols off Western Ireland, extensive service in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean, Dutch East Indies, Colombo, Singapore and Hong Kong. He is one of a group noted in the ship’s logs as leaving the ship in April 1918 at Colombo for return to the U.K. He served as a qualified Diver from at least 1905 to 1916, and was discharged from H.M.S. Victory in June 1921. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private H. Bryant, 4th Dragoon Guards, later 7th Dragoon Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Belfast (3498. Pte. H. Bryant. 4/D:G:) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3498 Pte. H. Bryant. 7th. Drgn: Gds:) light contact marks, good very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Harry Bryant was born in Brentford, Middlesex, and attested for he 4th Dragoon Guards in London on 16 November 1899, having previously served in the Royal Marines. He transferred to the Reserved on 16 April 1897, before being recalled to the Colours on 20 December 1899, and transferred to the 7th Dragoon Guards on 18 January 1900. He served in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 February 1900 to 1 August 1902, and was discharged on 15 September 1902, after 12 years and 304 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of six awarded to Sister Florence C. Puddicombe, Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Reserve, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister F. Puddicombe.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister F. Puddicombe.); 1914 Star (Miss F. C. Puddicombe. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Sister F. C. Puddicombe.) very fine and better (6) £600-£800 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918. Florence Catherine Puddicombe was born in St. Aubin, Jersey, on 10 December 1867, and qualified as a nurse at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London in 1894. A founding member of the League of Nurses at St. Bartholomew’s, she joined Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Reserve on 28 March 1900 and served as a Nursing Sister during the Boer War. The roll for the QSA Medal later notes her with the Army Nursing Service Reserve at No. 5 General Hospital in Cape Town. A former Base Hospital, this General Hospital offered 940 beds to sick and wounded servicemen making it one of the largest in operation. Returned home to England, Puddicombe is noted in 1911 as a sick nurse at Felsted School. She later joined the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. on 1 January 1914, her MIC noting service in France from 12 August 1914 at No. 2 General Hospital. Transferred to No. 14 Stationary Hospital, she received the A.R.R.C. from the hand of the King at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace on 11 December 1919. Released from service at around this time, the recipient’s Nursing Service Record notes her forwarding address as ‘St. Stephen’s Vicarage, Launceston, Cornwall.’ Sold with a Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badge, hallmarked Birmingham 1915.
Three: Corporal F. Adams, Suffolk Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3505 Pte F. Adams, 1st Suffolk Regt) suspension claw re-affixed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3505 Corpl. F. Adams. Suffolk Regt); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3505 Cpl. F. Adams. Suff: Regt) campaign awards fine, last very fine (3) £80-£100
Three: Sergeant G. Barnett, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Belfast (2210 Sgt. G. Barnett, 1st. Rl: Innis: Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2210 Serjt: G. Barnett. Innis: Fus:); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2210 Serjt. G. Barnett. Rl: Innis: Fus:) contact marks, very fine (3) £180-£220 --- George Barnett was born in London in 1872 and attested for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers as a Boy Soldier at Hounslow on 15 April 1887. He served in India from 12 December 1888 to 26 January 1898 (also entitled to an Indian General Service Medal 1895-1902), and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 5 November 1899 to 8 February 1903. He was was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5, per Army Order 189 of 1905. He was discharged on 8 May 1917, but re-enlisted in the Royal Jersey Garrison Militia on 9 July 1917, and was discharged class Z Reserve on 20 November 1919, being Mentioned for Valuable Services rendered in connection with the War in 1919. Sold with copied service records.
Pair: Private James Beattie, Royal Highlanders Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2597 Pte. J. Beattie, 2: R. Highrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2597 Pte. J. Beattie. Rl. Highrs.) good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- James Beattie was born at Bervie (or Inverbervie), Kincardineshire, and attested for the Royal Highlanders in Perth on 27 February 1885, aged 22 years 8 months. He served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt 1885-86, but did not qualify for the Egypt medal. He was posted to Malta in 1886 and then to Gibraltar from 1889 to 1893. He was then posted to South Africa on 22 October 1899 to 25 January 1900, and again from 6 October 1901 to October 1902, with a year in India between his South African service. In South Africa he also served in the 2nd Royal Highlanders detachment with the 22nd Mounted Infantry. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal on 1 July 1904 and was discharged to pension on 6 May 1907. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Four: Private D. Scott, Royal Highlanders Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (9108 Pte. D. Scott. Vol: Coy. Rl: Highrs:); 1914-15 Star (S-7337. Pte. D. Scott, R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-7737 Pte. D. Scott. R. Highrs.) very fine (4) £100-£140 --- David Scott served with the 3rd Volunteer Service Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Highlanders, in South Africa during the Boer War, and then during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 July 1915. He was discharged on 14 December 1918. Sold with copied medal roll extract and medal index card.
Three: Private J. Mills, Leinster Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6151 Pte. J. Mills. Leinster Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (247 Pte. J. Mills. Leins. R.) light scratch to QSA, good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- John Mills attested for the Leinster Regiment and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and then during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 July 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star and a Silver War Badge).
Three: Private T. Logan, Royal Munster Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3472 Pte. T. Logan, Munster Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3472 Pte. T. Logan. Rl: Munster Fus:); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3472 Pte. T. Logan. R. Munster Fus.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, the LS&GC better (3) £160-£200
Four: Thomas Edmondson, Mercantile Marine, late Preston Corps, St John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (1224 Ordly: T. Edmondson, St John Amb: Bde:); British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Thomas Edmondson); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1224. Pte. T. Edmondson Preston Corps.) nearly very fine or better (4) £400-£500 --- Served in South Africa at No. 9 General Hospital, Bloemfontein.
Pair: Orderly G. H. T. Miller, Ramsgate Corps, St John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (1559 Ordly: G. H. T. Miller, St John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1559. Pte. G. H. T. Miller. Ramsgate Corps.) contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Served at No. 11 General Hospital, Kimberley.
Three: Orderly W. R. Richardson, Metropolitan Corps, St John Ambulance Brigade, who died in South Africa Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (51 Ordly: W. R. Richardson, St John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (51. Pte. W. Richardson Met Corps.); Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Private W. Richardson.) good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Private W. R. Richardson served at No. 6 General Hospital and died of disease at Wynberg, Cape Town, on 30 March 1900.
Three: Private J. F. Down, St John Ambulance Brigade and Exeter Fire Brigade St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (316 Pte. J. F. Down. S.J.A.B.); National Fire Brigades’ Union, Ambulance Division Tribute Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (J. F. Down. Fire Brigade. Exeter, Devon); Exeter Fire Brigade Medal for Gallantry, silver (Presented by the Council of Exeter, to James Fredk. Down, for gallantry in saving life from fire. 24th Sepr. 1890) very fine and rare (3) £800-£1,000 --- Forty-four members of the N.F.B.U. Ambulance Division served in South Africa, all of whom received the Q.S.A. medal and the N.F.B.U.A.D. Tribute medal (Hibbard J5). Private Down is also entitled to the Q.S.A. with clasp for Cape Colony, named to Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff.
Pair: Sergeant W. S. McGillicuddy, South African Police, late Trooper, South African Constabulary Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, Transvaal (2808 3rd Cl Tpr: W. McGillicuddy. S.A.C.) last clasp attached with unofficial rivets; South Africa Police Good Service Medal, 1st issue (NO 2146 (M) 1/C Sergeant W.S McGillicuddy) very fine (2) £140-£180
A Great War ‘Balkans theatre’ A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Mary M. L. Johns, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard & Co. case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Sister M. M. L. Johns.); France, Third Republic, Medaille des Epidemies en argent (M. L. Johns 1919) the case to first a little worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-£700 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919. France, Medaille des Epidemies London Gazette 21 July 1919. The French award was initially graded as ‘en vermeil’. The correction appears in the London Gazette of 4 September 1919. Mary Maud Lilian Johns was born in Chester on 17 January 1881, the daughter of a tea and provision merchant. Educated at the Ladies School, Rhyl, she trained as a nurse at the Borough Fever Hospital in Ipswich from 1908 to 1910. She then transferred to the Bethnal Green Infirmary from 1910 to 1913, before engaging in private nursing. Accepted for service with the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. on 30 December 1915, Johns was mobilised on 10 January 1916 and sent to Salonika with No. 49 General Hospital on 20 April 1917. Here she would have been heavily engaged in helping wounded men and those suffering from malaria and other diseases. Transferred to No. 82 General Hospital in Constantinople, she served as part of the Army of the Black Sea from 24 July 1920 to 13 January 1921. Returned home to England, Johns transferred to District Nursing and was selected for the permanent reserve; she was removed in 1934 having failed to report. Sold with the recipient’s Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badge, hallmarked Birmingham 1915.
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Ward Sister Ada A. M. Gibson, Territorial Force Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister A. A. M. Gibson.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (S. Nurse A. A. M. Gibson. T.F.N.S.) nearly extremely fine (4) £500-£700 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 25 May 1918. Ada Alice Maud Gibson was born in Holloway, London, in 1878, and trained in the Norfolk and Norwich General Hospital from 1899 to 1902. She enrolled as Staff Nurse in the 2nd London General Hospital Unit of the T.F.N.S. on 9 May 1909, and was mobilised on 17 August 1914. Remaining in England for the first few years of the Great War, she finally crossed the Channel to France with No. 53 British General Hospital on 23 April 1917. Raised Sister on 12 August 1918, Gibson was sent to No. 20 Casualty Clearing Station on 6 November 1918, but her time with this unit proved short owing to the Armistice and ill health. Repatriated home aboard the Hospital Ship Jan Breydel, she was admitted to the Prince of Wales Hospital for Officers at Marylebone on 11 March 1919. Recovered, she resumed her civilian nursing career, being recorded in 1921 as a hospital-trained Ward Sister employed at the Jewish Maternity Hospital in Whitechapel. Registering as SRN No. 2946 on 21 April 1922, she finally resigned from the T.F.N.S. on 19 February 1931. Sold with the recipient’s T.F.N.S. cape badge.
The outstanding N.G.S. medal awarded to Captain Thomas Moore, Royal Marines, whose distinguished services with the marines of the Amphion over a period of 8 years gained him three mentions in despatches and the Brevet of Captain; he was senior officer of marines in the action off Lissa, was twice very severely wounded and twice rewarded from the Patriotic Fund Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 28 Aug Boat Service 1809, 28 June Boat Service 1810, Lissa, fitted with a fourth unofficial clasp inscribed ‘Umago’ (Thomas Moore, 1st Lieut. R.M.) fitted with contemporary ribbon and silver ribbon brooch, pin lacking on this, extremely fine and rare £12,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby, November 1979 and June 1990; John Goddard Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015. ‘28 Aug Boat Service 1809’ [15 clasps issued - real date of action 27 August] of which 5 are known, Lieutenant Moore being the only R.M. officer to receive this clasp: David Buchanan, Yeoman of the Sheets; C. G. R. Phillott, Lieutenant R.N. (Royal Naval Museum); Charles H. Ross, Midshipman (Patiala Collection, Sheesh Mahal Museum, India); William Slaughter, Lieutenant R.N. (National Maritime Museum). ‘28 June Boat Service 1810’ [25 clasps issued] - of which 13 are known, including examples in the National Maritime Museum; Royal Naval Museum (2); and the Patiala Collection (Sheesh Mahal Museum, India). ‘Lissa’ [124 clasps issued] - including 3 Royal Marine officers: William S. Knapman, 1st Lieutenant, Volage; John Mears, 2nd Lieutenant, Active; and Thomas Moore, 1st Lieutenant, Amphion. ‘Umago’ - this unofficial, privately added clasp commemorates Captain Moore’s part in the destruction, at the town of that name, of a 2-gun battery and the capture of 4 vessels, loaded with wine, that had been scuttled on 8 June 1813. Thomas Moore joined the Royal Marines as a Second Lieutenant on 14 January 1801; First Lieutenant, 15 August 1805; Captain, 21 November 1810; Barrack-Master, Portsmouth Division, Royal Marines, 16 August 1827, which position he held for upwards of 30 years. Captain Moore’s distinguished and gallant services are thus concisely stated in Major Hart’s Army List for the year 1857: ‘Captain Moore served in H.M.S. Amphion from May 1803 to July 1811; was in the action with and capture of four Spanish frigates off Cape St. Mary’s; action with flotilla of gun-boats in Gibraltar Bay; cutting out a schooner in Corsica; a severe action with a French frigate, and driven on shore under the batteries in the Bay of Rosas in 1808. Served at the taking of Pessara, and capture of large convoys. Commanded the marines at the taking of Cortelazza in 1809, and taking 6 gun-boats. Commanded the marines of the squadron at the taking of Grao and large convoys laden with military stores, after a most sanguinary action with a garrison of French troops at the point of the bayonet, when the whole of the garrison were killed, wounded, or taken prisoners - for this action and previous services he was made Brevet Captain. Present also at the capture of several other towns on the coast of the Adriatic, and destruction of convoys. He was senior officer of marines in the action off Lissa, 13th March 1811. Was twice very severely wounded, and twice rewarded from the Patriotic Fund. He has been in upwards of 30 successful contests with the enemy, and frequently officially mentioned for gallantry. Has received the War Medal with three clasps.’ Mentioned in despatches London Gazette 1809, pp 479-481 (taking of Cortelazza, 27 August 1809). Mentioned in despatches London Gazette 1810 p 319 (taking of Grao, 28 June 1810: ‘It is hard to particularise where all distinguish themselves, but the conduct of Lieutenant Moore, who commanded the Marines... is spoken of in such high terms by all, that I feel it a duty to mention him, and I do it in that confidence of his worth which his exemplary behaviour, during Five Years’ Service together, has long insured him.’). Mentioned in despatches London Gazette 1811 pp 159, 162 (action off Lissa: ‘Captain Moore of the Royal Marines, of this ship, received a wound, but returned to his quarters immediately it was dressed.’). Sold with copied research including gazette extracts mentioned above.
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