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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Natal, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (Lt: Col: P. B. Taylor, R.H.A.) officially engraved naming , good very fine £800-£1,000 --- Brevet Colonel P. B. Taylor (retired pay) was in command of “U” Battery Royal Horse Artillery in the South African War of 1899-1901, and was twice wounded: slightly at Vaal Bank on 27 November 1900, and dangerously on 20 June 1901. He took part in the relief of Kimberley, and was present in the operations in the Orange Free State February to May 1900, including operations in Paardeberg, and actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River, and Zand River. Additionally, Taylor was in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill - and later in the Transvaal east of Pretoria in 1900, which included actions at Belfast. He was also in Orange River Colony in 1900, including actions at Bothaville, and again in Orange River Colony from 30 November 1900 to February 1901, and March to June 1901. Taylor was in Cape Colony in December 1900 and from February to March 1901 (Despatches London Gazette 10 September 1901; Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel; Queen’s Medal with 8 Clasps).

Pair: Sergeant A. Jackson, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (5323 Corl. A. Jackson, 2: D. of C. Lt. Inft.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5323 Serjt: A. Jackson. D. of C.L.I.) number partially officially corrected on KSA, heavy contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £160-£200 --- A. Jackson was born in 1873 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 15 September 1897. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, 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. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.

A Boer D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant J. Murdison, King’s Own Scottish Borderers Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (6294 L. Corpl: J. Murdison. 1st. K.O. Scot: Bord:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (6294 Corpl: J. Murdison. K.O. Scot: Bord:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6294 Serjt: J. Murdison. K.O. Scot: Bord:); 1914-15 Star (6294 Sjt. J. Murdison. K.O. Sco: Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (6294 Sjt. J. Murdison. K.O. Sco. Bord.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; together with a King’s Own Scottish Borderers cap badge, edge bruising and heavy contact marks to the Boer War awards, these good fine; the G.V.R. awards good very fine (7) £1,400-£1,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, March 1986. D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. John Murdison was born in Lauder, Berwick, and attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers at Edinburgh in November 1897. He advanced to Lance-Corporal in October 1898, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from January 1900 until February 1903. Having advanced to Sergeant during the conflict, Murdison was reduced to Corporal in consequence of ‘Striking a Soldier’. Murdison was once again promoted to Sergeant in 1906, and served in Egypt and then in the Sudan between 1907 and 1911. During the latter period he trained in Camel Corps Duties at Khartoum, and after a period of service in the East Indies he returned to the UK for service during the Great War. He served with the Regiment in the Balkan theatre of war from 25 April 1915. Appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major Instructor of Musketry, attached 2/1st Lanark Volunteer Regiment, in August 1917, he was discharged on 20 May 1919, having served 21 years and 200 days with the Colours. Sold with copied research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (5390 Pte. C. Smith. 2nd. D. of C.L.I.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Charles Henry Seymour Smith (alias John Lewis) was born (according to the recipient’s attestation papers) in Penzance, Cornwall, in 1879 (although various census records show him as having been born in Redditch, Worcestershire, in 1871), and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry under an alias on 25 January 1898. In June 1899 he was convicted by Court Martial of ‘striking his superior officer’, and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. This sentence was not carried out to its full extent, for he sailed for South Africa with his battalion on 5 November 1899, and served in South Africa until 17 February 1903 (also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with both date clasps), being 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. Returning home, and after various further periods in the cells or subjected to hard labour, he was discharged ‘incorrigible and worthless’ on 16 March 1904. On 14 August 1909, Charles Henry Seymour Smith was charged by the civil powers with the desertion of his wife and children, and sentenced to six weeks hard labour. He died in London on 8 July 1928, his body being found by the police. Initially unidentified, he was later confirmed as Charles Henry Seymour Smith, aged 57, with a wife, Florence, living in Redditch, and an inquest found he died from a coma as a result of a fracture of the vault of the skull. He was buried in Islington Cemetery, East Finchley, on 13 July 1928. Sold with copied service papers; medal roll extracts; and other research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (Corpl. W. J. Tidbury. Nesbitt’s Horse.) good very fine £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Joseph Tidbury served in the Fort Beaufort Troop, Nesbitt’s Horse, during the Boer War. Sold with copied medal roll extract.

A rare and deeply poignant Second War ‘Operation Demon’ D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Commissioned Engineer L. F. Bartlett, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Hero during the evacuation of Allied troops from Greece in April and May 1941. Described by one old hand as ‘far worse than Dunkirk’, the traumatic events are largely forgotten today, but bear witness to terrible suffering and loss Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (L. F. Bartlett. Ch. Engn. Room Art. H.M.S. Hero.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.34517 L. F. Bartlett. E.R.A.1. H.M.S. Courageous.) mounted as worn, the last with minor official correction to ship’s name, good very fine and better (7) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Oliver Stirling Lee Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2004. D.S.M. London Gazette 11 November 1941: ‘For gallantry and distinguished services in operations in Greek waters.’ Leslie Francis Bartlett was born in Weymouth, Dorset, on 23 December 1903. He joined the Royal Navy at Portsmouth on 3 December 1921 as a schoolboy, later witnessing service aboard a wide variety of ships and shore establishments, including Warspite, Crocus, Fisgard, Ross and the light cruiser Cardiff. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1936, he transferred to the destroyer Hero as Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class on 26 July 1939 and was soon in the thick of the action during the Norwegian campaign, and that off Cape Spada on 19 July 1940. The latter encounter proved a short and violent affair where the cruiser H.M.A.S. Sydney successfully despatched one Italian cruiser and severely damaged another off the coast of Crete; it fell to Hero and her consorts to pluck 525 survivors of the Bartolomeo Colleoni from the Mediterranean Sea. Successfully intercepting a Vichy French convoy of four merchant ships off Melilla on 1 January 1941, Hero was soon engaged in the British invasion of the Italian island of Kastelorizo, a prime site for a motor-torpedo base to challenge Italian naval might in the Dodecanese region. Transferred to escort duties in the spring, Bartlett witnessed the bombardment of Tripoli by Allied warships on 20 April 1941, before it soon became clear that the Metaxas defensive line had been overwhelmed and Britain, Australian and New Zealand were facing a critical situation in Greece. Sent to investigate the situation at Kalamata, the account by Leading Torpedo Operator A. L. Ward gives a detailed insight as to the sights witnessed by the crew of Hero at that time: ‘As we approached to within a few miles, we could see what seemed to be huge fires burning and, as we closed, tracer bullets could be seen flying from it seemed in all directions... Both sea boats (whalers) were lowered and, because the regular crews were closed up on the guns, manned by a motley crew, in fact anyone who could use an oar and was willing to have a go. The boats returned with many defiant, angry, worn out, tired and hungry troops... Under the control of the Chief Coxswain, the senior ratings organised the distribution of our passengers around the ship, in every conceivable nook or space on the upper deck, even under the torpedo tubes for the walking fit. A few swimmers did survive and these were, after a hot shower, given a variety of clothes from volunteers whilst their clothes were being dried out in the boiler room.’ Ward continues: ‘Long after collecting my demob suit in 1947, I was still occasionally awakened at night following dreams of the events at Kalamata in the Peloponnese. No other episode or incident such as dive bombing by Stukas, the action at Narvik, night action in the Mediterranean, or involvement in the relief of Tobruk and the later evacuation of Crete, affected me [so much] as did the retrieving of troops from the beaches of Kalamata. The cries of obviously exhausted men, making valiant attempts to swim from the shore, pleading for help, still echoes in my ears. “Can you see me?” some called out, and, peering into the inky night blackness, we would, with an effort of untruthful reassurance answer, “Yes, a few more strokes and you have made it!”; a cry, a gurgle and then silence, absolute silence and nothing that we on the waiting ship could do...’ Awarded the D.S.M., Bartlett later served aboard the minesweeping sloop Fraserburgh and the sloop Folkestone. Advanced Commissioned Engineer, he came ashore in September 1945, ending his career on attachment to the United States Navy Advanced Amphibious Base at Appledore. Sold with copied research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (3197 Pte. W. Atkinson. K.O. Scot: Bord:); together with a pair of King’s Own Scottish Borderers collar badges, good very fine £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (25357 Tpr: R. Rafferty. Kitchener’s Horse.) nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- R. Rafferty attested for Kitchener’s Horse and served with them during the Boer War, prior to being discharged on 12 June 1901. Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1973 Pte. C. Lysaght, 2nd. Wilts: Regt.) partially officially corrected; together with a Wiltshire Regiment cap badge, edge bruising, nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between clasps (20627 Q. Mr: Serjt: F. H. Phillips. R.E.) officially re-impressed naming; together with a Royal Engineers cap badge, good very fine £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Four: Admiral Sir W. R. Mends, G.C.B., Royal Navy, Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons in the Crimea, later Director of Transports at the Admiralty for which services, especially in relation to the Egyptian War of 1882, he was advanced to G.C.B. Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (W. R. Mends. C.B. Capt. H.M.S. Agamemnon. 17th Octr. 1854.) contemporary engraved naming; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamels; Ottoman Empire, Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with Crimea suspension; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 3rd Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamel, with period silk neck cravat, the first three mounted on a contemporary pin bar as originally worn, the first with light contact pitting, the second with usual damage to enamels, especially points of the arms and reverse centre, otherwise nearly very fine or better and an attractive contemporary group (4) £2,000-£3,000 --- Admiral Sir William Robert Mends was the eldest son of Admiral William Bowen Mends (1781–1864), and nephew of Sir Robert Mends. He was born at Plymouth on 27 February 1812. In May 1825 he entered the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, and on passing out in December 1826 was shortly afterwards appointed to the Thetis, a 46-gun frigate, going out to the South American station. He was still in the Thetis when she was wrecked on Cape Frio on 5 December 1830. It was Mends's watch at the time the ship struck, but as the night was dark and thick and it was raining heavily, he was held guiltless, the blame falling entirely on the Captain and Master. Mends was considered to have behaved very well in a position extremely difficult for one so young and inexperienced, and several of the members of the court offered to take him with them. After passing his examination he joined the Actæon in the Mediterranean, which in 1832 was at Constantinople when a Russian army of upwards of twenty thousand men was there, consequent on the terrible defeat of the Turks by Ibrahim Pasha at Konieh. The intervention of the Western Powers demanded the withdrawal of this force, and Mends was deeply interested in watching its embarkation, making careful notes of their manner and methods of embarking the cavalry and guns. Men, horses, and guns, with all their stores and baggage, were got on board within 12 hours, and Mends treasured up the experience for future use. In the summer of 1834, the Actæon returned to England and was paid off; in January 1835, Mends was appointed to the Pique with Captain Henry John Rous. In July the ship was sent out to Canada, and on the homeward voyage, on 22 September, it struck heavily on a reef off the coast of Labrador. After several anxious hours she was got off, and, though she was much damaged and leaking badly, and her main and mizen masts were badly sprung, Rous determined to proceed. Five days later her rudder, which had also been injured, was carried away, and the ship left helpless in a heavy westerly gale. With admirable seamanship she was steered for several days by means of a weighted hemp cable towed astern and controlled by a spar lashed across the ship's stern. It was not until 6 October that they were able to ship a jury rudder; and on the 13 they anchored at St. Helen's after a voyage that has no parallel in the annals of the nineteenth century. Mends then learnt that he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 11 August. In December he was sent out to join the Vernon at Malta. A year later he was moved into the Caledonia and then to the Rodney. In July 1838, he went to be Flag-lieutenant of Sir John Louis, the second in command on the station and superintendent of Malta dockyard. He continued with Louis, sometimes afloat, but mostly at Malta, until July 1843. From November 1843 he was in the Fox frigate with Sir Henry Blackwood on the coast of Ireland and in the East Indies; on 2 January 1847, he received the news of his promotion, on 9 November 1846, to be Commander. In January 1848 he was appointed to the Vanguard, in which, a couple of months later, he had the misfortune to lose some of the fingers of his left hand, which was carried into a block and badly crushed. It was this, more than the loss of the fingers, which caused trouble; and for years afterwards he suffered from severe attacks of neuralgia. The Vanguard went home and was paid off in March 1849. In July 1850, Mends was appointed to the Vengeance, again with Blackwood, who died after a short illness at Portsmouth on 7 January 1851, and was succeeded by Lord Edward Russell. Towards the end of the summer the Vengeance went to the Mediterranean, but came home in December 1862, when, on 10 December, Mends was advanced to post rank in acknowledgement of the excellent order the ship was in. In October 1853 he was selected by Sir Edmund (afterwards Lord) Lyons to be his Flag-Captain in the Mediterranean, if Captain Symonds, then in the Arethusa, should prefer to remain in the frigate. If Symonds should prefer to join Lyons, it was understood that Mends should have the Arethusa; Mends accordingly took the Agamemnon out and joined the fleet in the Sea of Marmora on Christmas Eve, when, as previously arranged, he took command of the Arethusa. In her he took a particularly brilliant part in the bombardment of Odessa on 22 April 1854: 'we stood in twice,' Mends wrote, 'tacked close off the Mole and engaged the works on it in reverse . . . pouring in a destructive fire as we went about.' He was promptly recalled by the Commander-in-Chief, who seems to have considered that he was needlessly risking the ship. 'I expected a reprimand when I went on board the Admiral to report, but the enthusiasm of the fleet and the cheers given to us as we passed along the lines mollified the chief, and I was simply told not to go in again.' The French officers who had witnessed the manoeuvre called on Mends to compliment him on it; and many years afterwards a French writer in the 'Revue des Deux Mondes' referred to it as a brilliant tour de force. In June, Lyons and Symonds had found that they did not get on well together, and it was proposed to Mends to re-exchange into the Agamemnon, which he did. From that time his individuality is lost in that of the Admiral, except that, as chief of Lyons's staff, he had the direction of many points of detail on which much depended. By far the most important of these were the embarkation of the troops at Varna and the subsequent landing of them in the Crimea on 14 September. The whole thing was admirably done without a hitch and without loss; and though, to the world at large, it appeared to be done by Lyons, Lyons himself and the Navy fully recognised that the credit belonged to Mends. In February 1855, Lyons moved his flag to the Royal Albert, with Mends accompanying him. In all the operations of the year he had his full share; he was nominated a C.B. on 5 July, and in December was ordered to take the ship to Malta, the Admiral remaining in the Black Sea with his flag in the Caradoc. While crossing the Sea of Marmora, the stern-gland (the metal bearing of the screw-shaft as it passes through the stern-post) gave way, and an alarming rush of water followed. During the next day the ship pursued her voyage, the engines pumping the water out, but on 28 December Mends decided that it was necessary to beach the ship, which was cleverly done in Port Nicolo, in the island of Zea. There a cofferdam was built inside round the hole, and, the ship's safety being thus secured, she proceeded to Malta under sail, and arrived there on 7 January 1856. Mends continued in command of the Royal Albert till March 1857, when he was appointed to the Hastings, guardship in the Mersey, from which, four years later, he was appointed Deputy-Controller-General of the Coastguard at the Admiralty. He held this office for about a year...

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: F. A. Bowers. 1/Namq’ld B.S.) nearly extremely fine, scarce to unit £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Frederick A. Bowers served with the Namaqualand Border Scouts as a Sergeant from 23 February 1901 and was commissioned Lieutenant on 1 June 1901. He resigned his commissioned on 19 January 1902. The unit, about 360 strong and officered by 3 captains and 17 lieutenants, was almost wholly recruited from half-castes. It was said of them that ‘they were an excellent force, which did a great deal of hard patrol work under Colonel White, and had several stiff brushes with the enemy. They were conspicuous for consistently refusing to surrender when surrounded, as patrols were at times. They would keep up a fight till dark, and although half of them were killed the survivors of the party would escape. They made wonderful marches without water in their desert country’. The work of the regiment was very similar to that of the Border Scouts. The corps was employed in their own district in 1901 and 1902. In March 1902, a detachment saw action at Garies, and they formed part of the garrison of O’okiep when the town was besieged in April 1902.

Five: Chief Boatswain W. Jones, Royal Navy India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (W. Jones. P.O. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Modeste), with a later engraved asterisk decoration between surname and rank; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (W. Jones, Bos’n. R.N., H.M.S. “Euphrates”); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Ch. Bosn. W. Jones. R.N., H.M.S. Monarch); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Wm. Jones. C.M. Top, H.M.S. Modeste) engraved naming; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, minor contact wear, generally good very fine and a scarce combination of awards (5) £700-£900 --- Provenance: O. Stirling Lee Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2004 William Jones was born at Carrig-too-Hill, Co. Cork, in January 1846 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1861. His subsequent stints of active service comprised time aboard H.M.S. Modeste as a Petty Officer 1st Class off the Malay Peninsula in 1875-76, which earned him the India General Service 1854-95, with ‘Perak’ clasp, and time aboard H.M.S. Euphrates as a Boatswain in the Egypt operations of 1882, which earned him the Egypt 1882-89 Medal, without clasp, and the Khedive’s Star 1882. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in August 1875. In December 1895, Jones went out to South Africa to join the receiving ship Penelope, but was actually employed ashore ‘for Cape Yard’. When the Penelope was replaced by the Monarch in May 1897, he was similarly borne on the books of that ship, but continued with his duties ashore, and, at the time of the Boer War, was appointed Boatswain of Simon’s Town Dockyard, with charge of assorted ‘Kroomen’. Awarded the Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 Medal, without clasp, he returned home in February 1901 and was pensioned ashore that April. He died in October 1915. Sold with copied service papers.

Three: Private G. Ades, Royal Sussex Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (2241 Pte. G. Ades 2d. Bn. R.Suss R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2241 Pte. G. Ades, 1st. Rl. Sussex Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2241 Pte. G. Ades. Rl: Sussex Regt.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £280-£340 --- George Ades was born in Hastings, Sussex, in 1866. A labourer, he attested at Chichester for the Royal Sussex Regiment on 17 March 1886, serving in India from 8 October 1886 to 29 November 1893, and South Africa from 10 February 1900 to 24 August 1902. A veteran of the Hazara campaign and the punitive Black Mountain Expedition of 1888, Ades served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, against the mountain tribes of Akazais, Hassanzais, and Chargarzais from 3 October 1888 to 14 November 1888. Fuelled by the murder of two officers and five sepoys of the 5th Gurkhas, the British advanced in four columns and defeated the latter at Kotgai and Maidan. As picked marksmen, the British then continued to wreak revenge at Thakot and Pokal, before the tribesmen finally relented and sought peace. Field Marshal Lord Roberts was later somewhat scathing of what could have been: ‘The expedition was a success from a military point of view, but the determination of the Punjab government to limit the sphere of actions of the troops and to hurry out of the country prevented our reaping any political advantage. We lost a grand opportunity for gaining control of this lawless and troublesome district, no surveys were made, no roads opened out, the tribesmen were not made to feel our power, and, consequently, very soon another costly expedition had to be undertaken.’ Remarkably, Ades re-enlisted for a third term with the Royal Sussex Regiment on 29 October 1914, aged 47 years. His Army Service Record offers limited information regarding this time, but it seems likely that he spent this period training the young lads from his home town of Hastings, and from other Sussex coastal towns such as Brighton, Eastbourne and Chichester, and preparing them for war.

A fine ‘Second Matabele War’ group of three to Private W. Atkinson, West Riding Regiment, who was later wounded in the Eastern Cape in 1901 British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (3262 Pte. William Atkinson, 2. W.Rid Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3262 Pte. W. Atkinson, W. Riding Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3262 Pte. A. [sic] Atkinson. W. Riding Regt.) minor edge bruising, very fine and better (3) £500-£700 --- William Atkinson served during the Boer War with the 1st Battalion, West Riding Regiment, and is recorded in The Boer War Casualty Roll as slightly wounded near Alandale on 20 January 1901.

Pair: Private W. G. Harman, 19th Hussars Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony, unofficial retaining rod between fourth and fifth clasps (3927. Pte. W. G. Harman. 19/Hrs.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3927. Pte. W. G. Harman. 19th. Hussars:) edge bruising and contact marks, polished and worn, therefore fine (2) £160-£200 --- William Godfrey Harman was in the parish of St. Clement’s Dane, London, in 1870 and attested for the 19th Hussars on 3 January 1893. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 October 1899 to 3 August 1902, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 11 March 1903. He was discharged on 2 January 1905, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service papers.

Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant F. A. Simpson, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, date clasp loose, as issued (578 Q.M.S. F, A. Simpson. 9th. Coy. 3rd. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1900-1901 (578 Q.M.S. F. A. Simpson) number and rank unofficially re-engraved on both, good very fine (2) £400-£500 --- Francis Arthur Simpson was born in Hull in 1871. A timber merchant, he attested at Sheffield for the Imperial Yeomanry on 6 January 1900 serving in South Africa with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry from 28 January 1900 to 17 June 1901. Initially appointed Private, his Army Service Record notes that he was raised Corporal and saw action at Lindley, Oliphant’s Nek and at Rhenoster River. The latter held strategic importance as the location of a temporary railway bridge as well as being the location of food and ammunition stores; repeatedly attacked by the Boers, it proved a particularly tempting target which the British attempted to protect via a series of trenches and blockhouses. Further advanced Sergeant, Simpson was invalided home and discharged at his own request on 17 July 1901. There is no evidence that he ever held the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant. Sold with the original and rare Spink & Son fitted case of issue for the Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal, this damaged and separated at hinges, and a small Norton & District Cricket League 9ct. gold and enamel fob, by Fattorini, 6.16g, engraved to reverse ‘N & D C L 1909 D.G.N.’

Five: Lance Corporal W. Brown, Imperial Yeomanry, later Yorkshire Hussars Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets (and glue) between state and date clasps (497 Pte. W. Brown. 9th. Coy. 3rd. Imp: Yeo:); 1914-15 Star (2689 L-Cpl. W. Brown. York. Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2689 Pte. W. Brown. York. Hrs.); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1900-1901 (497 W. Brown) mounted court-style; together with the recipient’s Imperial Service badge, very fine and better (5) £400-£500 --- Walter Brown was born at Sheriff Hutton near York, in 1874. A farmer, he attested at York for the Imperial Yeomanry on 4 January 1900, serving in South Africa with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, from 28 January 1900 to 8 June 1901. Returned home to England with his Squadron, Brown was discharged at his own request on 15 June 1901 and likely returned to employment at High Roan’s Farm, Strenshall, York. Returned to service during the Great War, Brown fought in France with the Yorkshire Hussars from 27 February 1915. Raised Lance Corporal, he transferred to the Corps of Hussars and was discharged on 11 February 1919. Sold with a contemporary postcard photograph of the recipient in military uniform wearing the Imperial Service badge; together with copied research.

Pair: Trooper H. Thornton, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (30086 Tpr: H. Thornton. 9th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (30086 Pte. H. Thornton.) edge bruise to second, very fine and better (2) £300-£400 --- Harry Thornton was born at Coldhill, Leeds, in 1876. A cab driver, he attested at Doncaster for the Imperial Yeomanry, serving in South Africa with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, from 16 March 1901 to 10 November 1901. A single man, he was discharged medically unfit on 11 December 1901 and likely returned home to his father’s grand property at 35, Hanover Square, Leeds.

Pair: Private H. Eyre, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets and glue between state and date clasps (27953 Pte. H. Eyre. 9th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (27953 Pte. H. Eyre.) surname corrected, edge bruise to second, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Harold Eyre was born in the Parish of St. Coates, Hull, in 1881. A clerk, he attested at Doncaster for the Imperial Yeomanry on 18 February 1901, serving in South Africa with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, from 14 March 1901 to 28 August 1902. He was later discharged at Aldershot on 30 August 1902.

Pair: Private T. Hides, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (24166 Pte. T. Hides. 9th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (24166 Pte. T. Hides.) contact marks and polishing, about nearly very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Thomas Hides was born in the Parish of Brightside, Sheffield, in 1879. A green grocer, he attested at Doncaster for the Imperial Yeomanry on 6 February 1901, serving in South Africa with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, from 16 March 1901 to 28 April 1902. Severely wounded at Klipfontein 22 January 1902, the recipient’s Army Service Record notes: ‘Gunshot wound, right leg.’ He was discharged medically unfit at Shorncliffe on 30 June 1902, the injury resulting in a limp.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (7125 Tptr: D. A. Kemp. 1st. Nthld: Vol: Art:) good very fine £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- David A. Kemp served with the Elswick Battery, 1st Northumberland Volunteer Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

A fine Boer War ‘Casualty’ pair awarded to Private A. MacKay, Imperial Yeomanry, who was captured at Swartzkopjeftn on 20 April 1900, released, and then witnessed extensive action at De La Reys Farm in December 1900 - which he documented in a fascinating letter to his nephew soon thereafter Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets (and glue) between state and date clasps (535 Pte. A. MacKay, 9th. Coy. 3rd. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1900-1901 (535 A. Mackay) mounted for wear, good very fine (2) £500-£700 --- Andrew MacKay was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, in 1866. A draper employed by the firm Baxter & MacKay, he attested at Sheffield for the Imperial Yeomanry on 8 January 1900 and served in South Africa from 28 January 1900 to 9 June 1901. Serving with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, MacKay was captured by the Boers on 20 April 1900. His Army Service Record adds that he was wounded on 21 April 1900, with a contemporary newspaper report stating: ‘he was shot through the arm’. Sent to hospital in Waterval, MacKay was one of three thousand prisoners released on 6 June 1900 by a squadron of the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) commanded by Captain F. S. Maude. Recovered from his wound, MacKay returned to the fight as part of a column tasked with reinforcing Colonel Money at Ottoshoop. A copied letter dated 12 December 1900, from the recipient to his nephew, George, describes what happened: ‘We were the advance guard and that day I was Orderly for Captain Wombwell who was leading us. We didn’t get very far before we were into action and had to retire as the fire was too hot for us and we had no cover... Eventually we moved them out [from a very strong entrenched position on a high Kopje] but they cleared out into another Kopje about a mile in front of us and gave us a right royal salute from their Mausers. We got our guns, Pom Poms and Maxims into action which cleared them out over two hours shelling and rifle fire. They must have lost heavy as our Gunners had got the range to a few yards... Next day we started at 4 a.m. and had not proceeded far before we were in action again and fought all the way within a couple of miles from here. We managed to kill General Lerner that day which I think will have a great effect on the Boers. 16 came in today and gave up their arms. The Boers fought well and came right out into the open, it is the first time that I have seen them do it but I think they are hungry and intended having the convoy but we kept them at bay.’ Proceeding to Litchenburg, MacKay faced peril once again - but not in consequence of bullet or shell, rather the burrowing habits of the native fauna. Tasked with an opportunist pursuit of the ‘wily Boer’, he was fortunate not to come to harm: ‘We got the order to gallop and we kept it up for about ten miles, many a poor fellow come a cropper as the ground was so very uneven and full of holes made by a small animal about the size of a squirrel (meerkat) but they burrow a hole much larger than a rabbit. I was one of the lucky ones as I managed to keep my horse on his feet but I have had many a nasty fall out here. When we got within 2 miles of the Laager, we could see them flying all over the veldt so we had to use the spurs to try and cut them off. When we got within about a thousand of them they gave us a right royal salute from their mausers...’ Returned to England with his Squadron, MacKay re-enlisted with the 120th Company, Imperial Yeomanry, and returned to South Africa from 8 February 1902 to 10 July 1902. He later married and lived in Skipton, and it was here in his home town that he died in June 1926 after purposefully drinking a mug of tea laced with prussic acid. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private G. T. Peel, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (632 Pte. G. T. Peel. 9th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1900-1901 (632 J. [sic] Peel) minor edge bruising, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- George Taylor Peel was born in Barnsley in 1875. A shoeing smith, he attested at Doncaster for the Imperial Yeomanry on 22 March 1900, serving 189 days in South Africa with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. According to the recipient’s Army Service Record, he witnessed action at Virginia Siding - likely when British forces attempted to force their way across the Vet River in May 1900 - before being discharged at his own request on 17 January 1901.

Pair: Warrant Officer Class II T. R. Wilson, Imperial Yeomanry, later Royal Engineers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (22954 Pte. T. R. Wilson. 11th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (22954 Pte. T. R. Wilson.) good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Thomas Reece Wilson was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, in 1880. A carpenter, he attested at Doncaster for the Imperial Yeomanry on 21 January 1901, serving in South Africa with the 11th (Yorkshire Dragoons) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, from 9 February 1901 to 25 August 1901. Discharged at his own request on 27 September 1901, Wilson returned to service with the Inland Water Transport and Railway Division of the Royal Engineers during the Great War. Posted to France from 5 June 1915 to 7 May 1919, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette of 30 May 1919). Sold with copied Q.S.A. Medal roll entry which adds: ‘Served as 22954 120th Co’.

Family Group: Pair: Private D. Smith, Imperial Yeomanry, who died of wounds at Rheboksfontein on 1 August 1901 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (28004 Pte. D. Smith. 11th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (28004 Pte. D. Smith.) very fine Three: Private B. Smith, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (M2-046048 Pte. B. Smith. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-046048 Pte. B. Smith. A.S.C.) minor staining to VM, very fine (5) £400-£500 --- Daniel Smith was born in Bingley, Yorkshire, around 1878. A blacksmith’s striker, he attested at Doncaster for the Imperial Yeomanry on 12 February 1901, serving in South Africa with the 11th (Yorkshire Dragoons) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, from 14 March 1901. He died on wounds on 1 August 1901, one of three men from Bingley to die during the campaign, and his name is commemorated upon a marble tablet in the Bingley Parish Church. Benjamin Smith, the only child of the above, was born in Bingley, Yorkshire, around 1897. He served in France with the Army Service Corps from 19 May 1915 and was discharged to the Army Reserve on 15 June 1919. Sold with considerable copied research by the current vendor, including an extract from With the 11th Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, 1901-1902, which describes a surprise night attack on an enemy laager near Rheboksfontein on 31 July 1901; the engagement resulted in 37 Boers killed, a larger number captured and 8 casualties amongst the British column - likely including Private D. Smith.

Pair: Corporal S. T. Dickinson, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (26152 Corpl: S. T. Dickinson. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (26152 Cpl. T. Dickenson [sic].) very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Thomas Dickinson was born in Halton, Yorkshire, around 1865. A groom, he served in South Africa with the 9th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, during the Boer War.

Pair: Private P. Carter, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (12206 Pte. P. Carter. 66th. Coy. Impl: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 66th Company, South Africa 1900-1901 (12206 P. Carter) good very fine and better (2) £300-£400 --- Percy Carter was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, around 1876. A plumber, he attested at Wakefield for the Imperial Yeomanry on 2 January 1900, serving in South Africa with the 66th (Yorkshire) Company, 16th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, from 13 March 1900 to 5 May 1901. Recorded upon his Army Service Record as present at Prinsloo’s Surrender and at Warm Baths, Carter was discharged at his own request on 13 June 1901.

Pair: Corporal H. Murray, Imperial Yeomanry, later Highland Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (30001 Pte. H. Murray. 107th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (205 Cpl. H. Murray. 5/H.L.I.) suspension slack to first, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Hawthorn Murray was born in Arbroath, Scotland, in 1881. A saw cutter, he attested at Glasgow for the Imperial Yeomanry on 1 March 1901, serving in South Africa with the 107th (Lanarkshire) Company, 6th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, from 16 March 1901 to 22 September 1901. Discharged at his own request a month later, he likely returned home to his mother’s address at 35 Ladybridge Road, Arbroath.

Pair: Trooper J. W. Nicholson, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (32403 Tpr: J. W. Nicholson. 109th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (32403 Pte. J. W. Nicholson.) contemporary straight bar swivel suspension to second, very fine (2) £300-£400 --- John W. Nicholson was born in Hull around 1874. A groom, he attested at Doncaster for the 109th (Yorkshire) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, on 28 February 1901, serving in South Africa from 23 March 1901 to 17 November 1901, prior to being discharged as inefficient on 20 November 1901.

Pair: Private F. Randall, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (20622 Pte. F. Randall. 109th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (Pte. F. Randall.) good very fine and better (2) £300-£400 --- Frederick Randall was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, in 1878. A groom, he attested at Chippenham for the Imperial Yeomanry on 25 January 1901, serving in South Africa with the 109th (Yorkshire Hussars) Company, Imperial Yeomanry, from 25 March 1901 to 29 August 1902.

Pair: Private T. White, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (32496 Pte. T. White. 109th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (32496 Pte. T. White.); together with the related miniature award for the latter medal, suspension claw re-riveted on QSA, very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Thomas White was born in Doncaster in 1880. A hostler (groom or stableman), he attested at Doncaster for the Imperial Yeomanry on 6 March 1901, serving in South Africa with the 109th (Yorkshire) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, from 23 March 1901 to 23 August 1902. Discharged at Aldershot on 30 August 1902, the recipient’s Army Service Record states ‘very good with horses’ and notes his intended place of residence as 82, Wheatley Lane, Doncaster, Yorkshire.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps and top lugs removed (436 L. C. Turner. Marshall’s Horse.) good very fine £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Pair: Private S. Holland, Essex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5400 Pte. S. Holland. 1st. Essex Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5400 Pte. S. Holland. Essex Regt.) slight edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: A. A. Mount Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2003.

Six: Private J. Quinn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6942 Pte. J. Quinn. 1/Bn. A. & S. Highldrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (6942 Pte. J. Quinn, A. & S. Highldrs.) minor official correction to ‘A’ of unit; 1914 Star, with clasp (6942 Pte. J. Quinn, 2/A. & S. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (6942 Pte. J. Quinn. A. & S.H.); War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, the Boer War pair named in a slightly later style, contact marks, edge bruising, fine and better (6) £200-£240 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2014. John Quinn attested for the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, ands then with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 August 1914. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and Medal Index Card.

Pair: Trooper D. J. Grieve, South African Constabulary, later Metropolitan Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (388 3rd. Cl: Tpr: D. J. Grieve. S.A.C.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C., D. Grieve.) good very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Three: Captain E. F. Gilbert, Mercantile Marine Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (E. F. Gilbert.); British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Edward F. Gilbert) extremely fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- Edward Fowler Gilbert was born in the small hamlet of Little Carlton, Nottinghamshire, on 24 January 1871. Educated at Ropewalk Street boarding school and Grantham school, Gilbert joined the training ship Conway as Cadet on 1 September 1885. He passed out in July 1877 and was soon apprenticed to the ‘square rigger’ Red Gauntlet. Joining her in October 1877, Gilbert enjoyed four foreign-going voyages of ten months apiece, before passing his Certificate of Competency as 2nd Mate at Hull on 7 September 1891. Transferred to another square rigger, the British Army, he passed his 1st Mate Certificate of Competency and joined the iron barque Roderick Dhu on 5 February 1894. Joining the Castle Line steamship Roslin Castle as Third Officer in 1899, Gilbert was soon engaged on ferrying troops between Britain and South Africa during the Boer War. As H.M.T. 26, she was part of a convoy of six troopships and was the first to arrive at Durban carrying men of the West Yorkshire Regiment. Advanced 1st Officer aboard Lismore Castle in 1901, he served aboard a variety of merchant vessels in the years leading up to the First Word War, including Guelph, Gaika, Galway Castle, Norman and the Kilfauns Castle; the latter was later converted as an armed merchant cruiser. Transferred to Sabine and Carlisle Castle, Gilbert operated on the United States and Cape runs. He was fortunate not to be aboard the Carlisle Castle when she was torpedoed off the Royal Sovereign lightship on 14 February 1918. He ended the war as Captain of the Chepstow Castle, and continued to serve aboard a wide variety of vessels throughout the 1920s. Retired in 1933, he returned home to ‘Conway’, Peter Avenue, Oxted, Surrey, in poignant reference to happy days as a young Cadet.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1142 Pte. A. E. Nicholls Kaffrn: Rifles.) nearly very fine £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (5794 Pte. R. Hales, 42nd. Coy. 12th: Impl: Yeo:) traces of lacquer, good very fine £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Roland George Hales attested for the Imperial Yeomanry and served with the 42nd (Hertfordshire) Company, 12th Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War.

Family Group: Three: Private J. McCabe, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915 1914-15 Star (18244 Pte. J. Mc.Cabe. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (18244 Pte. J. Mc Cabe. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (John McCabe) in card envelope, extremely fine Pair: Private J. S. P. McCabe, Northumberland Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 1 April 1918 British War and Victory Medals (203432 Pte. J. S. P. Mc Cabe. North’d Fus.); Memorial Plaque (John Stephen Patrick McCabe) in card envelope, extremely fine (7) £300-£400 --- John McCabe was born in Bootle, Lancashire, and served in Gallipoli with the 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, from 20 July 1915. On 6 August 1915, his Battalion went ‘over the top’ at Cape Helles supported by men of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, but the attack soon ground to a halt amidst heavy Turkish machine-gun fire. The recipient’s medal index card notes ‘Pres. died 6/8/15.’, McCabe being later buried at Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery near the village of Krithia. John Stephen Patrick McCabe, brother of the above, was born in Liverpool and enlisted at Whitehall for the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Recorded as wounded or sick in November 1917, he was killed in action on 1 April 1918, during the German Spring Offensive and is buried in the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez. Sold with three original forwarding slips for the BWM and VM to J. McCabe, and the VM to J. S. P. McCabe.

Eight: Petty Officer A. S. G. Ruffles, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.80563 A. S. G. Ruffles. Boy.1 R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J.80563 A. S. G. Ruffles. P.O. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head, with Second Award Bar (J.80563 A. S. G. Ruffles. A/P.O. H.M.S. Sussex.) contact marks and polishing to Great War awards, good fine, the remainder very fine and better (8) £300-£400 --- Archie Samuel Gilbert Ruffles was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, on 12 January 1902. A butcher’s boy, he attested at Chatham for the Royal Navy on 20 October 1917, and was promoted Boy 1st Class on 3 May 1918. Posted to the newly commissioned cruiser Dragon on 10 August 1918, he was present when she engaged enemy seaplanes off Heligoland Bight on 9 November 1918, likely the last British naval action of the Great War. Ruffles remained aboard when Dragon then took part in the Russian Civil War as part of a task force aiding newly independent Latvia and Estonia against the Bolsheviks as part of the British intervention in the Baltic. Raised Able Seaman on 2 March 1921, Ruffles completed a proficiency course in torpedo warfare and was later presented with his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1935. He continued in service during military operations off the coast of Palestine, before transferring as Petty Officer to the destroyer Kelvin on 23 November 1939. Serving as part of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, Kelvin witnessed considerable action in the early years of the Second World War. She fought against the Italian Navy in the Battle of Cape Spartivento on 27 November 1940, and saw many engagements in the Mediterranean Sea whilst engaged in convoy work. Transferred to Pembroke just prior to the withdrawal from Crete, Ruffles was pensioned on 11 January 1942 and released from service on 5 November 1945. Sold with the recipient’s cloth-back riband bar; and copied research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (7635 Pte. A. Thrift, 2nd. Royal Fus:); together with a Royal Fusiliers cap badge and a pair of Royal Fusiliers collar badges, good very fine £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (F. Penny, Surgeon) engraved naming, lacquered, nearly extremely fine £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Francis Penny, ‘formerly House Surgeon at the North Devon Infirmary, has received speedy promotion since he took the appointment of civil surgeon in the South African Field Force twelve months ago. In a letter to a friend at Barnstaple, Mr. Penny says: “I was coming home this month but have now been taken on as senior medical officer of Steinaeker’s Horse, so shall not be home for a year or so, as I hear it is to be a permanent corps, even after the War is over. I am to rig up in all the trappings and decorations of a captain in His Majesty’s Army, with the special tabs of the Medical Corps.” Captain Penny has latterly been stationed at Kaapsche Hoop (where, he says, he dug up enough gold to make a ring), but is now transferred to Komati Poort.’ (The North Devon Journal, 6 February 1902 refers).

Pair: Private A. Isaac, 5th Dragoon Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, unofficial rivets between clasps (4536 Pte. A. Isaac. 5th. Dragoon Guards.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4536 Pte. A. Isaac. 5th Dragoon Guards.) suspension claws re-affixed on both, heavily polished and worn, therefore fair, the QSA marginally better (2) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur Isaac was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in 1878 and attested for the 1st Dragoon Guards on 4 December 1896. He transferred to the 5th Dragoon Guards on 8 December 1898, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 October 1899 to 15 April 1902. He saw further service during the Great War with the Military Police.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3063 Pte. J. Webb, Welsh Regt.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (9581 Pte. C. Lee, K.R.R.C.); together with a King’s Royal Rifle Corps cap badge, suspension claw re-affixed, edge bruising, heavily polished and worn, therefore fair £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

South Africa 1834-53 (Pte. W. Boddey. Cape Mtd. Rif:) suspension replaced with a non-swivel example, edge bruising, cleaned, good very fine £140-£180

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (1839 Pte. M. Brennan 2d. Bn. R. Ir. R.) very fine £180-£220 --- Michael Brennan was born in Powerstown, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, in 1862 and attested for the Royal Irish Regiment at Clonmel on 4 April 1884, having previously served in the Regiment’s 4th (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 8 March 1885 to 14 November 1891, and saw active service in the Hazara Campaign 1888. Returning home, he transferred to the Army Reserve on 20 November 1891, and was discharged on 3 April 1896, after 12 years’ service. Following the outbreak of the Boer War, Brennan re-attested for the Royal Irish Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 15 December 1899 to 3 February 1901 (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa medal with clasps Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen and South Africa 1901). He was finally discharged on 26 March 1906, ‘character indifferent owing to frequent acts of drunkenness’, after a further 6 years and 111 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Basutoland (Clr. Sgt. G. Burgess.. C.M. Rifn.) nearly very fine £180-£220

Cape Town Artillery and Engineers Volunteers Helmet Plate c.1900. A fine white metal example, the coat of arms for Cape Town with title scroll CA & EV, complete with two loop fasteners, good condition £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2908 Pte. H. F. J. Nicks. 6/Drgns.) engraved naming, good very fine £200-£240 --- H. F. J. Nicks served during the Boer War with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons and was wounded on 4 January 1900 at Colesberg. The work of his Battalion was several times mentioned in complimentary terms in General French’s despatches, including on 4 January 1900 - in reference to the seizure of an important position - when the General noted: ‘The 6th Dragoons, led by Captain E. A. Herbert, showed no less dash, pursuing the enemy mounted and inflicting some loss.’

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Lt. R. St. J. Carmichael: W. Rid. Rgt) engraved naming, extremely fine £160-£200 --- Reginald St. John Carmichael was born in Cork, Ireland, on 18 December 1874. Attesting for the 1st Battalion, West Riding Regiment on 28 September 1895, he served three years in Malta before passing his certificate in musketry at Hythe in 1899. Raised Lieutenant, Carmichael served in South Africa and is confirmed on the roll as entitled to the QSA, clasp Cape Colony. Forced to resign his commission on account of ill health in June 1901, he returned home to Boscombe and family tragedy; following a miscarriage, his wife Olive, aged 30 years, took her own life by overdosing on the pain killer and sleeping aid laudanum. The Western Gazette of 5 May 1905, notes: ‘Mr. Carmichael was most kind to the deceased in every way.’

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (3426 Pte. M. Mawson, W. Riding Regt.) edge bruising, very fine £60-£80 --- Marmaduke Mawson was born in Leeds around 1874 and attested for the Militia on 14 May 1894 , being posted as Private to the 3rd Battalion, West Riding Regiment. Embodied for service during the Boer War, he served on the Cape before discharge on 16 May 1904. Offering his services to the Royal Engineers in London in 1915, his attestation documents confirm previous time with the West Riding Regiment and his home address as Shipton, Yorkshire. Rated Pioneer in a Labour Battalion from 19 August 1915, he survived the war and was discharged in 1919.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (1020 Pte. A. Rogers. W. Riding Regt.) surname partially officially corrected, very fine £50-£70 --- Arthur Rogers was born in Bradford around 1866. A moulder, he attested at Halifax for the West Riding Regiment on 22 June 1886, his Army Service Record noting a spell in prison in 1889, ‘with one additional year to serve’, repeated again in 1891, with another ‘additional year to serve.’

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (3366 Pte. C. Simpson, W. Riding Regt.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £50-£70

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (5207 Pte. J. Lowe. S. Stafford: Regt.) edge nick, nearly extremely fine £80-£100

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (3983 Serjt: J. Moore, Worcester: Regt.) edge bruising, good very fine £60-£80 --- John Moore was born near Malvern, Worcestershire, in 1873. A groom, he attested at Worcester for the Worcestershire Regiment on 14 February 1894, serving in India from 5 February 1895 to 12 November 1896, and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 18 March 1900 to 15 September 1902.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2388 Pte. J. Wood, W. Riding Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £60-£80 --- J. Wood served during the Boer War with the 1st Battalion, West Riding Regiment. The medal roll adds: ‘Invalided, KM issued.’

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (4746 Pte. A. Duckett, W. Riding Regt.) edge bruising, very fine £60-£80 --- Alfred Duckett was born near the town of Bingley, Yorkshire, in 1872. A farm labourer, he attested at Bradford for the West Riding Regiment on 22 April 1895, serving in Malta and South Africa from 29 December 1899 to 27 November 1900. He transferred to the Reserve in July 1902, having formerly served as a Regimental waiter. He returned to home service with the West Riding Regiment in September 1914, later transferring to the Labour Corps and No. 163 ‘P’ Company of the Royal Defence Corps.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), 3 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4204 Pte. M. Ryan 1st. L.N. Lanc: Regt.) last digit of number, initial, and surname re-impressed; 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (7731 Pte. D. H. Learmonth, Gordon Highrs:) attempt to obliterate naming on latter, but naming details still perfectly legible, minor edge bruising, generally very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---