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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2773 Pte J. Sharman, 1st Suffolk Regt) very fine £70-£90 --- J. Sharman served with the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment during the Second Boer War, and died of disease at Naauwpoort on 18 June 1900.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (4139 Pte R. Jordan. Suffolk Regt); 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (6247 Sgt. C. B. Jolly. 43rd Coy 12th Impl. Yeoy.) suspension slack on first; last renamed, generally very fine (2) £70-£90

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4234 Pte E. Merriman, 1st Suffolk Regt) suspension slack, very fine £70-£90 --- Edward Merriman was born in Cambridge, and attested for the Suffolk Regiment at Warley in July 1895. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from November 1899 until September 1902. Merriman was discharged in July 1907, after 12 years’ service with the Colours. Sold with copied service papers.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2135 Pte J. Miller, 1st Suffolk Regt) nearly extremely fine £120-£160 --- J. Miller served during the Second Boer War with the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, and was wounded in action at Colesburg on 6 January 1900.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6499 Pte G. J. Norman, V: Coy Suffolk Regt) very fine £70-£90 --- George John Norman was born in Ipswich, Suffolk. A blacksmith by trade, he attested for the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Suffolk Regiment at the city of his birth in January 1900. Norman served with the Battalion in South Africa between February and October 1900, and was discharged on 1 January 1901. Sold with copied service papers.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2803 Pte J. Redgill, 1st Suffolk Regt) good very fine £70-£90

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4424 Pte A. Tye. Suffolk Regt) very fine £70-£90

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (2871 Pte I. Bullman, 1st Suffolk Regt) very fine £70-£90

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (6505 Cpl C. Lawrence, V: Coy Suffolk Regt) minor edge bruising, very fine £70-£90

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (927 Pte C. S. Lawrance, 1st Suffolk Regt) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £70-£90 --- Charles Samuel Lawrance was born in Royston, Cambridgeshire. He attested for the Suffolk Regiment in June 1884, served with the regiment during the Second Boer War in South Africa from January 1900 to May 1901 - he was discharged the following month. Sold with copied service papers.

A fine Order of St John group of eight awarded to Sergeant-Major T. Donnelly, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Blackpool Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (877 Sply: Ofcr: T. Donnelly, St John Amb: Bde:); 1914-15 Star (61210, S. Mjr. T. Donnelly, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (61210 W.O. Cl. 1. T. Donnelly. R.A.M.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (61210 S. Mjr. T. Donnelly. R.A.M.C.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (877. Sergt. T. Donnelly. Blackpool Div.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension, with three additional service bars (1st Amb: Off: Thomas Donnelly. (Blackpool Div: S.J.A.B.) 1913.) mounted court-style as worn, together with Blackpool Tribute Medal (Hibbard A5), silver and enamels, hallmarked Birmingham 1901, the reverse engraved (To 1st Officer T. Donnelly, St John Ambulance Brigade (Blackpool Division) South African War 1899 1901), good very fine (9) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919: St John’s Ambulance Brigade Hospital [France]. Thomas Donnelly was a native of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, and served in South Africa with the Blackpool Division of the St John Ambulance Brigade. As a Sergeant-Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps he served in France from 22 July 1915.

A Great War ‘Western Front 1918’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Company Sergeant-Major A. Fletcher, Highland Light Infantry, late Essex Regiment with whom he saw service in the Boer War and at Gallipoli in the landing on ‘W’ Beach where he was wounded shortly after; he was decorated for ‘marked gallantry’ when ‘he on his own initiative crawled forward and killed 3 snipers’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (55423 C.S. Mjr: A. Fletcher. 1/9 High: L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4383 L. Corpl: A. Fletcher. Essex Regt.); 1914-15 Star (4383 Sjt. A. Fletcher. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (4383 W.O. Cl. 2 A. Fletcher. Essex R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4383 Sjt: A. Fletcher. Essex Regt.) mounted for display, the second with re-fixed suspension claw, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore nearly very fine, edge bruise to the last, otherwise very fine or better (6) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 2 December 1919: ‘For marked gallantry and initiative near Englefontaine, on 24th October, 1918, his company was acting as vanguard. The company commander was wounded and he took command until the arrival of another officer. His initiative and leadership contributed to the success of the advance. On 26th October he was in charge of a party mopping up in the village of Englefontaine, and did good work. During consolidation, when casualties were being sustained from snipers’ fire, he on his own initiative crawled forward and killed three snipers, and so allowed the work to continue.’ Alfred Fletcher was born on 21 February 1877, in the Parish of St. Paul's, Stockport, Cheshire. He attested for the Essex Regiment at Manchester on 21 December 1894, aged 17 years 10 months, a labourer by trade. At the time of his attestation he was serving in 4th (Militia) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment. He joined the depot at Warley on 23 December 1894, and after training was posted to the 1st Battalion on 21 February 1895. He was subsequently posted to the 2nd Battalion for service in Burma on 27 October 1897, and was appointed Lance Corporal on 14 October 1898. He first saw active service in South Africa from 6 December 1901, returning to India in August 1902. He was promoted Corporal on 1 May 1903, after being posted back to the 1st Battalion where he was appointed Lance Sergeant. He later spent some time at the depot until being posted to the 3rd Battalion on 4 April 1907, where he remained until again posted to the 1st Battalion, where he was promoted to Sergeant on 16 December 1910. Sergeant Fletcher accompanied his battalion to Egypt on 23 March 1915, and thence to Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. The 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment were part of the 88th Brigade, 29th Division that landed at 'W' Beach, Cape Helles, on the Gallipoli peninsula. He was wounded on 9 May 1915 by a gunshot wound to the chest. On 15 August 1915, he was appointed Company Quartermaster Sergeant with the substantive rank of Colour Sergeant. Fletcher left Gallipoli with his battalion on 8 January 1916 to return to Egypt, and on 16 March 1916 he sailed for Marseilles from Alexandria. He was promoted to Company Sergeant Major on 4 June 1916, and returned to the U.K. on 20 June 1916, on being posted to the depot. Another posting followed, this time to the 3rd Battalion on 15 July 1916. He was transferred to the 2nd Garrison Battalion, Suffolk Regiment on 1 April 1917, followed by transfer to the 2/6th Battalion, Scottish Rifles on 23 June 1917. He remained with the Cameronians until he transferred to the 2/5th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry on 12 November 1917. He was subsequently posted to the 1/9th Battalion, H.L.I. in France on 14 April 1918, and it was while serving with this battalion that he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He returned to the H.L.I. depot soon after the armistice, on 18 December 1918, and was posted to the 4th Battalion, H.L.I. on 14 January 1919, where he remained until being discharged on 22 March 1919, after 24 years of service. During his long service, Sergeant-Major Fletcher served in Burma, South Africa, Mauritius, Egypt, Gallipoli and France. After 18 years’ service he was awarded the Army Long Service & Good Conduct medal which was promulgated in Army Order 134 of April 1915. After his discharge, Alfred Fletcher lived at 59 Albert Road, Romford, Essex. Sold with copied research including gazette notices, discharge papers, and all relevant medal rolls.

A fine Great War ‘Battle of the Somme’ M.M. group of nine awarded to Corporal R. Taylor, Royal Horse Artillery, late Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (30493 Cpl. R. Taylor. ‘Q’ By: R.H.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (30493 Tptr: R. Taylor, 88th. Bty., R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (30493 Tptr: R. Taylor. R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (30493 Bmbr: R. Taylor. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (30493 Cpl. R. Taylor. R.A.); Delhi Durbar 1903, silver, unnamed as issued, lacking integral riband buckle; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (30493 Cpl. R. Taylor. R.H.A.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze palm emblem on riband, minor contact marks to Boer War awards, otherwise good very fine and better (9) £800-£1,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 27 October 1916. Ralph Taylor was born in Chatham, Kent, in 1884. A 14 year-old drummer boy - just 4ft 10 inches in stature - he attested for the Royal Artillery in London on 4 October 1898, and served with 88th Battery, Royal Field Artillery during the Boer War. Transferred to “T” Battery, he remained in South Africa until 22 January 1904. Sent to India, Taylor was advanced Gunner on 16 March 1903, Acting Bombardier 15 July 1904, and Bombardier 14 May 1906. Later transferred to “Q” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, Taylor was appointed Corporal on 1 January 1910 and entered the French theatre of War with this unit on 11 November 1914. Initially serving as part of the Sialkot Brigade in the 1st Indian Cavalry Division, “Q” Battery was soon in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915, supporting 8th Division. Concentrated in a large semicircle, the guns were brought up by night with the aim of cutting the enemy wire which lay 15 yards deep in places. On 10 March 1915, the guns opened up, but the infantry attack was soon brought to a standstill by cleverly concealed German strong points. Transferred to the Somme in the early spring of 1916, Taylor likely spent much of his time maintaining the guns in the face of adverse weather and the endless mud. Awarded the Military Medal and Army L.S.G.C. Medal per Army Order 125 on 1 April 1917, his luck finally ran out on 1 July 1918 when he was wounded in action. Sent to the 1st South African General Hospital, the abrasion to his face was sufficient to necessitate evacuation to England per Hospital Ship St. Andrew. He was discharged upon termination of his second period of engagement on 3 September 1921. Sold with copied service record and extensive private research. Note: Entitlement to the Delhi Durbar 1903 Medal, the clasp to 1914 Star; and the French Croix de Guerre all unconfirmed.

A pre-War Sea Gallantry Medal awarded to L. H. Davies, for the rescue of the Royal Party from the wreck of the S.S. Delhi off Cape Spartel, Morocco, on 13 December 1911 Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (Leonard H. Davies. "Delhi" 13. Dec. 1911.) polished, very fine £300-£400 --- The 8,090-tonne Peninsular and Oriental liner Delhi with 85 first class passengers on board, including the Duke and Duchess of Fife (H.R.H. the Princess Royal) and their two daughters, Princess Alexandra and Princess Maud, was bound from London to Bombay via Marseilles. At about 2:00 a.m. on 13 December 1911, the ship ran ashore in very rough weather some two miles from Cape Spartel. There was a strong westerly wind and very heavy rain. A wireless call was immediately sent out and was picked up by the station at Cadiz and within a short time several men-of-war were speeding to the wreck. Amongst the first ships to arrive were H.M.S. London and H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh. At about 11:00 a.m. Rear-Admiral Sir C. Cradock brought a boat from the Duke of Edinburgh alongside and with great difficulty took off the Royal Party from the Delhi. On her way back the boat was swamped not far from shore and everyone thrown into the water, Princess Alexandra having a narrow escape from drowning. Eventually all came to land safely. 6 silver and 13 bronze Sea Gallantry Medals were awarded for this action.

Six: Captain J. Bostick, Royal West Surrey Regiment and Northampton Regiment, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for saving life at Devil’s Point, Plymouth in 1888 Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1131 Boy. J. Bostic [sic]. 2/D. of Corn: L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (4701 Sejt. J. Bostick. Rl: Wt. Surrey Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (...Serjt. J. Bostick. The Que...); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. Bostick.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Jas. Bostick. Bandsman 2nd Bn. Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infty 17 Augt: 1888) with integral top riband buckle; together with a silver presentation fob watch, with key, hallmarks for London 1888, maker marked ‘AJW’ for Arthur James Walker of Coventry, and inscribed ‘Presented by the Officers, 2nd Bn. D.C.L.I. to 1131 Pte. James Bostick (2nd. Batt. D.C.L.I.) For Gallantry in saving Life at Devil’s Point. Plymouth on the 17th August 1888., the first five medals mounted as worn from a contemporary quintuple top brooch bar, heavy contact marks especially to the first three, therefore about fine; the Great War pair very fine (6) £700-£900 --- R.H.S. Case Number 24,112: ‘To James Bostick, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, for saving a man who attempted suicide at Devils Point, Stonehouse, on 17 August 1888 having jumped off a rock he resisted, and indeed fought at, a man who tried pull him into his boat. Devil’s Point is a notoriously dangerous place, but Bostick, who saw the struggle from the shore, went into the sea, and after great trouble brought out the man who had been half an hour in the water.’ James Bostick was born on 22 February 1871 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry as a Boy soldier in October 1883, serving with them in Egypt and the Sudan as part of the Nile Expedition (also entitled to a Khedive’s Star). Appointed Lance Sergeant in August 1893, he transferred to the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment in December 1894, and served with the 3rd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. Commissioned Temporary Captain on 8 February 1915, he first served in the Egyptian theatre during the Great War, and subsequently transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment, being entitled to a Silver War Badge, No. 451934. He was discharged from 1st Garrison Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment on 1 November 1919, suffering from debility, and died in Walthamstow on 25 January 1939. Sold with copied research.

Five: Lieutenant Colonel S. W. Webster, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), late Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut: S. W. Webster. 6 Drgn. Gds.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: S. W. Webster. Drgn. Gds.) engraved naming; 1914 Star, with clasp (Major S. W. Webster. 6/D.Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. S. W. Webster.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, overall good very fine (5) £600-£800 --- Samuel Wentworth Webster was born at Halifax in 1875, the only son of Mr. Isaac Webster, and grandson of Mr. Samuel Webster, founder of the firm Samuel Webster and Sons, Ltd., a brewers in Halifax of which he was a director. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry on 9 June 1896. Promoted Lieutenant on 2 March 1898, he served with the Yorkshire Dragoons until he was commissioned Lieutenant in the 6th Dragoon Guards on 20 December 1899. He served in South Africa throughout the Boer War; following the Boer War he remained in the army, and was promoted Captain on 9 August 1907 and Major on 1 May 1913. Webster served throughout the Great War, landing with the British Expeditionary Force in France on 16 August 1914. He was appointed Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel on 14 December 1915, and was appointed to be second in command of the 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment 27 March 1919. He retired on 1 January 1920, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel. ‘Cambridge University Alumni’ states that he was mentioned in the Secretary of State's list for ‘valuable services rendered in connection with the War’. Webster transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers in April 1923. After leaving the army he resided at Gorsfield, Stansted Mountfitchett, Essex. He was adopted as the prospective Conservative and Unionist party candidate for Halifax, for the July 1928 by-election, but died shortly before on 10 May 1928.

Four: Corporal D. Burn, Army Service Corps Remounts Section, late 75th Company Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (34138 Pte. D. Burn. 75th Coy Imp: Yeo.); 1914 Star (RTS-4007 Strpr: D. Burn. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (RTS-4007 Cpl. D. Burn. A.S.C.) generally good very fine and rank of Strapper on the 1914 Star rare (4) £220-£260 --- David Burn served in the 75th (Sharpshooters) Company, 18th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in the South Africa during the Boer War and subsequently as a ‘Strapper’ in the Remounts Section, 1st Brigade, Army Service Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 August 1914.

Four: Private T. Reid, Royal Lancaster Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6532 Pte. T. Reid. R. Lanc: Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6532 Pte. T. Reid. R. Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (6532 Pte. T. Reid. R. Lanc. R.) edge bruising and contact marks to the QSA, nearly very fine and better (4) £220-£260 --- Thomas Reid attested for the Royal Lancaster Regiment and served with them as part of the 27th Mounted Infantry in South Africa during the Boer War. He subsequently served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 September 1914, and later served in the 6th Battalion.

An interesting C.B. group of eight awarded to Paymaster Rear-Admiral Henry Horniman, Royal Navy The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Paymaster H. Horniman, H.M.S. Barracouta.); 1914-15 Star (Ft. Payr. H. Horniman. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Payr. Commr. H. Horniman. R.N.); Jubilee 1935; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, these last six mounted as worn; Russia, Empire, Order of St Stanislas, Second Class neck badge with swords, 48mm, by Eduard, St Petersburg, gilt and enamel, some minor enamel chips, otherwise good very fine (8) £2,200-£2,600 --- Henry Horniman was born in 1870, the son of Paymaster-in-Chief William Horniman, R.N. After attending Christ’s Hospital School, he entered the Royal Navy in January 1887, as an assistant clerk in the paymaster’s department. He spent the next year in various ships and establishments on the Mediterranean station, including the battleship Dreadnought. Here he first came into contact with Prince Louis of Battenberg, for whom he acquired a lasting admiration. In December 1888 he joined the cruiser Amphion, whose other officers included George Warrender and R. F. Scott (of Antarctic fame), for a three year commission with the Pacific Squadron. After further service in Home waters, he was appointed in January 1896 to the Ramillies, the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet. His next appointment, in October 1897, was to the Surprise, a despatch vessel used as the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean's yacht, and so he was able to study Sir John Fisher, who assumed command of the station in 1899, at close quarters. Horniman was never impressed by Fisher and was at a loss to understand the "extraordinary ascendancy Fisher exercised over his contemporaries.” In 1901 Horniman was appointed to the 3rd class cruiser Barracouta on the Cape station, but the ship, which was kept as smart as a millionaire's yacht, was only intermittently involved with the military operations ashore. Further service in Home waters followed until, in 1906, he joined the battleship Duncan, the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet. From 1908 to November 1912, Horniman served successively in the battleships Venerable and Implacable, the cruiser Shannon and the battle cruiser Indomitable, but none of these commissions was especially eventful. He was then appointed to the battle cruiser Inflexible (Captain A N Loxley), the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean, Admiral Sir Berkeley Milne. On 4 August 1914 Inflexible encountered the German battle cruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau but, not being yet at war with Germany, Milne shadowed the Germans until ordered home on 18 August. Inflexible afterwards took part in the battle of the Falkland Islands, the Dardanelles campaign and the battle of Jutland. From 1917-19, Horniman was Paymaster at the Admiralty Controllers’ Department, and then joined Iron Duke, as Paymaster Commander and Fleet Accountant Officer on the Mediterranean station from March 1919, and took part in the post-armistice operations in the Black Sea during the Russian civil war. He was created C.B. in 1922, and was placed on the retired list in 1925. He died at Worthing on 21 May 1956. Sold with photocopies of ‘Sailing Through, The Autobiography of Henry Horniman, Royal Navy’, 142pp typescript, and ‘Diary of Henry Horniman, Fleet Paymaster R.N. Kept while serving in H.M.S. Inflexible 4 Nov 1914 to 25 April 1915 - Together with a narrative of the first part of the Ship’s Commission from 4 Nov 1912 to 4 Nov 1914’, 73pp typescript transcript. The originals of both are held by the Imperial War Museum Department of Documents. The papers ‘include very interesting assessments of several distinguished officers under whom he served, notably Admirals of the Fleet Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Sir Doveton Sturdee, Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe and Sir John de Robeck and Admirals Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe, Sir Ernest Troubridge and Sir Richard Phillimore, while they also reflect his life long admiration for the lower deck.’

Three: Sergeant D. Jones, Imperial Yeomanry, later Welsh Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, Cape Colony, Transvaal, clasps mounted in this order with unofficial rivets between SA02 and CC clasps (25462 Pte D. Jones. 31st. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); British War and Victory Medals (1031 Sjt. D. Jones. Welsh R.); together with a Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry Tribute Medal 1901, 38mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the arms of Montgomeryshire, ‘Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry’ around, the reverse featuring a mounted trooper with a soldier knelt firing a rifle at his side, ‘South African Campaign 1901’ around, unnamed, with ring suspension, minor edge bruising, generally very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- D. Jones attested for the Imperial Yeomanry and served with the 31st (Montgomeryshire) Company, 9th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War.

Three: Acting Bombardier F. J. Paul, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony (83886 Dr: F. J. Paul, A,B, R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (83886 Dvr: F. Paul. G. Bty: R.H.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (83886 A/Bmbr: F. J. Paul. R.H.A.) minor contact marks and light polishing, very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Frederick James Paul was born in Stoke Damerel, Devon, in 1873. A baker, he attested at Woolwich for the Royal Artillery on 27 February 1891, serving with “B” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery from 15 October 1891. Transferred to “H” Battery, Paul served in India from 12 November 1892 to 7 January 1900, before serving with “A” and “G” Batteries in South Africa from 8 January 1900 to 14 August 1902. Returned to India for a further 1 year and 222 days, Paul was then discharged on 26 February 1912, after 21 years’ service, having suffered two injuries during this period; a contusion to the right ankle whilst on duty on 17 December 1898, and a fracture of the clavicle on 24 January 1903. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Driver C. Banks, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (59965 Dvr. C. Banks, T. Bty., R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (59965 Dvr. C. Banks. R.H.A.) edge bruising and light contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Charles Banks, alias Charles Spiers, was born in Aston, Birmingham, in 1869. A groom, he attested at Colchester for the Royal Artillery on 18 February 1887, being posted to “P” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery soon thereafter. His Army Service Record makes interesting reading at around this time: ‘Claimed benefits of Queen’s pardon on confession of fraudulent enlistment into R.A. while in a state of desertion from Worcestershire Regiment - wherein he served as 1389 Pte. C. Banks. Held to serve in R.A. under G.O.102 of 1887.’ Having been found out, the recipient reverted to his original name and transferred to “A” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, serving the next three years in India. Returned home, he was recalled from reserve on 9 March 1900, serving in South Africa until 17 August 1902. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Driver G. J. Ross, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (14039 Dvr: G. J. Ross. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (14039 Dvr: G. J. Ross. R.H.A.) mounted as worn, very fine (2) £100-£140 --- George Henry Roots, alias George Joseph Ross, was born in Saltley, Birmingham, in 1876. A horse driver, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Newbridge on 17 February 1896, and served in India with “H” Battery from 6 December 1898 to 26 October 1899. Transferred to South Africa, Roots was posted to Ammunition Park No. 1 (Veterinary Hospital) on 1 July 1900, before joining “J” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, on 1 November 1900. He joined at a time when the Battery was involved in counter-guerilla warfare in the Megaliesberg mountains, following the disaster at Noortgedacht. From January to March 1901, the Battery formed part of Alderson’s column in Major-General French’s sweep through the eastern Transvaal. Changing his name at Elandfontein on 12 January 1902, in accordance with paragraph 2146, King’s Regulations, Roots briefly joined “R” Battery before returning home to England and transferring to the reserve on 29 November 1903. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Driver E. F. J. Bew, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (4200 Dvr: E. F. J. Bew, 82nd. Bty: R.F.A.) first letter of surname officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4200 Dvr: E. F. J. Bew. R.F.A.) polished, very fine (2) (2) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Ernest Frederick John Bew was born in Shirley, Surrey, in 1877 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery on 30 May 1894, stating his occupation to be maritime seaman. Posted to the 82nd Field Battery, he served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 1 January 1900 to 27 September 1902. He transferred to the Reserve on 26 October 1902, and was discharged on 29 May 1906, after 12 years’ service. He died in 1907. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Three: Private G. Sharp, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State (3344 Pte. G. Sharp, 1: Rl: Innis: Fus:) clasps mounted in this order, unofficial rivets between last two clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3344 Pte. G. Sharp. Innis: Fus:); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3344 Pte. G. Sharp. Innis: Fus.) edge bruising and contact marks and heavily polished, therefore fine (3) £240-£280 --- George Sharp was born at Brighton, Sussex, on 1 March 1873, and enlisted into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at Portsmouth on 8 August 1890, aged 18 years 5 months, a footman by trade. He was discharged at Omagh on 7 August 1911, on termination of his 2nd period of engagement. His discharge papers confirm service in South Africa from November 1899 to February 1903, the Queen’s medal with five clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps, and also L.S. & G.C. medal with gratuity of £5 per Army Order 73 of 1 April 1910. He enlisted into the Royal Marines at Brighton on 17 June 1918, and actually served in France from July 1919 to May 1920, but clearly not entitled to any medals. He was demobilized on 9 May 1920. Sold with copied discharge papers.

Four: Staff Sergeant T. W. Bartlam, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Ironbridge Corps, St. John Ambulance Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, clasp block loose on riband, as issued (371 Ordly, W. T. [sic] Bartlam. St John Amb: Bde;); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (371. Pte. T. W. Bartlam Ironbridge Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (24301 S. Sjt. T. W. Bartlam. R.A.M.C.) mounted for wear with the Great War pair first, contact marks, some staining to VM, otherwise very fine (4) £600-£800 --- Thomas Walter Bartlam was born in Ironbridge, Shropshire, on 13 February 1881. He joined the Ironbridge Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and served in South Africa during the Boer War. He later attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps for service during the Great War and was appointed Staff Sergeant. He died in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, aged 79, on 11 January 1960. Sold together with copy medal roll extracts.

Five: Sergeant T. B. Clark, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Nelson Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade, who served aboard the American hospital ship the S.S. Maine during both the Boer War and the Boxer Rebellion Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Private. T. B. Clark, 1136. St. Johns. Amb. Bde.) re-engraved naming; China 1900, no clasp (1136 Pte. T. B. Clark. St. John Amb: Bde:); British War Medal 1914-20, naming erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (25554 A.S. Sjt. T. B. Clark. R.A.M.C.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1136. Pte. T. B. Clark. Nelson Corps.) together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination Cross, bronze (No. Thomas B. Clark 83449); and an S.S. Maine American Ladies’ Hospital Ship Fund Commemorative Medallion 1899, 44mm, white metal, unnamed, very fine (7) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2018. Thomas Bryan Clark served with the St. John Ambulance Brigade on the staff of the American Hospital Ship the S.S. Maine during both the Boer War in South Africa and subsequently the Boxer Rebellion in China, landing at Wei-Hei-Wei on 6 September 1900, and arriving at Taku on 27 September of that year. He subsequently served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War. The S.S. Maine was originally the Atlantic Transport Line steamer Swansea, renamed in 1899 and lent to the British Government as a hospital ship for use in the Boer War, and later off China during the Boxer Rebellion. Fitted out as a hospital ship in London by Messrs. Fletcher & Son and Fearnall Ltd., the costs were met by the American Ladies Hospital Ship Fund, under the Chairmanship of Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of the future Prime Minister, who struck the above medallion to help with their fund raising.

Pair: Sergeant H. Rhodes, Oldham Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (H. Rhodes. S. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1127. Sergt. H. Rhodes. Oldham Corps.) very fine (2) £300-£400

Pair: Orderly R. H. Wellard, Reading Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (13 Ordly: R. H. Wellard, St John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (13. Pte. R. E. Wellard Reading Div.) very fine (2) £400-£500

Pair: Private F. W. Green, St. John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (132 Ordly: F. W. Green, St John Amb: Bde:); China 1900, no clasp (1482 Pte. F. W. Green. St John Amb: Bde:) together with S.S. Maine American Ladies’ Hospital Ship Fund Commemorative Medallion 1899, 44mm, white metal, unnamed, good very fine (3) £500-£700 --- Served aboard the Hospital Ship Maine in South Africa and China.

Six: Colour Sergeant S. Partridge, Royal Marines Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Sergt. S. Partridge. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, both with naming erased; Coronation 1902, bronze; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (S. Partridge, Sergt. No.2908 Plymo R.M.L.I.) impressed naming; Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ply. 2908S. Partridge, Cr. Sgt. R.M. 17 Feb 1939) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine and rare (6) £800-£1,000 --- Q.S.A. confirmed under ‘Miscellaneous’ on Cape & Transport Staff roll, unique to R.M.L.I.; Coronation 1902 one of only 8 bronze awards to Royal Marines; L.S. & G.C. awarded 1894; M.S.M. awarded 27 February 1939. Colour-Sergeant Samuel Partridge died on 2 October 1953. Sold with full confirmation of all medals and copied record of service.

Pair: Sister M. M. Potter, Territorial Force Nursing Service, who was Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War, for her services in Mesopotamia, and later served at home during the Second World War and was killed during an Air Raid on Plymouth on 16 November 1943 British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister M. M. Potter.) good very fine (2) £160-£200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette, 27 August 1918. May Madeleine Potter, a Nurse from Plymouth, Devon, attested into the Territorial Force Nursing Service and served during the Great War in the Mesopotamian theatre from 21 October 1915. She was later Mentioned in Despatches for her services. During the Second World War she was a member of the Women’s Voluntary Service and was killed at her home during an enemy bombing raid on Plymouth, aged 61, on 16 November 1943. Sold together with a British Red Cross Society Medal, 1914-18; original Mentioned in Despatches certificate; original letters, testimonials and press clippings; and assorted cloth badges, a nurse’s cape and a belt buckle, together with copied research.

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (E. J. S. Couzens, Volr.) the reverse of the clasp neatly engraved ‘20th Octr. 1827’, toned, nearly extremely fine £2,000-£2,400 --- Provenance: J. B. Hayward & Son, June 1976. Edward John Sinclair Couzens was born at Portsea, Hampshire, on 12 May 1812, and entered the Navy on 22 October 1825, aged 14 years, on board H.M.S. Genoa, 74, Captains Walter Bathurst, Richard Dickinson (Acting) and Hon. Charles Leonard Irby, in which ship he was employed as a Second-Class Volunteer and Master’s Assistant, on the Home, Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, until January 1828. Under Captain Bathurst, who was killed, he fought at the battle of Navarino, 20 October 1827. He served in the Mediterranean for a further period of two years and ten months in the Wasp, 18, under Captains Dickinson (who applied for him), Hon. William Wellesley, Charles Basden, Thomas E. Hoste, and Brunswick Popham, and Mosquito, 10, Captain Charles Bentham, refitting at Valetta, Malta, and then on station at Corfu. He then, in October 1830, rejoined Captain Dickinson, who had again applied for him, in the Talbot, 28, stationed at first at the Cape of Good Hope, and then in the East Indies, where, on the recommendation of the same officer, he was received by the Commander-in-Chief Sir John Gore, in June 1833, on board his flagship, the Melville, 74, Captain Henry Hart. In November 1830 the Talbot fell in with a French slave brig, the Duc de Bordeaux, bound to Guadaloupe. She had 561 slaves, men, women, and children, on board, huddled together in a state of nudity, in the most horrible and heartrending condition. The French brig ‘was in fine order, and superior to slavers in general: this monster had all the slaves very clean, as well as his decks, and had one 24-pounder a midships, and five smaller guns. The charge of the 24-pounder was drawn, and consisted of all manner of shot, round, canister, and grape, and loaded near to the muzzle. He had on his decks forty-five men all in good health, three sick, and others down looking after the slaves. The depth of his slave deck was exactly three feet two inches... Conformable to a treaty with France, we could not make a prize of her.’ (Letter from Talbot, which appeared in the United Services Journal for 1831 refers). Having passed his examination for Second Master on 20 April 1832, Couzens was promoted in that rank in the Melville on 23 April 1834. In the following November he was nominated Acting Master of the Magicienne, 24, Captain James Hanway Plumridge, with whom he returned to England. On passing at the Trinity House, he was at once confirmed in the rank of Master on 7 May 1835. From 18 of the latter month until June 1838, he was employed in the Racer 16, Captain James Hope, in the West Indies. The Racer, which captured several slavers, was thrown on her beam-ends in a hurricane and totally dismasted on 29 September 1837, just off the island of Cuba. From 14 August 1838 until 22 July 1842, he was employed in the Actæon 26, Captain Robert Russell, on the east and west coasts of South America. Couzens became a Retired Master on reserved pay on 29 December 1853, by reason of ill-health, and lived afterwards at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, where he entered a business partnership as a woollen cloth manufacturer and merchant. In April 1855 this partnership was legally dissolved having been declared bankrupt. In July 1855 he was appointed to the office of Registrar and General Superintendent of Huddersfield Cemetery, and the bankruptcy appears to have been resolved at the end of 1860. On 11 June 1863, he was promoted to Retired Staff Commander. Edward Couzens died on 4 April 1896, aged 83, and was interred at Huddersfield cemetery. Sold with detailed research.

South Africa 1834-53 (Corpl. J. Rowell. 45th Regt.) considerable edge bruising and contact marks, good fine £300-£400 --- John Rowell was born in the Parish of Tewin, Hertfordshire, and attested for the 45th Regiment at Hertford on 18 September 1843, aged 20 years 10 months, a gardener by trade. He served abroad at Gibraltar for 1 year 9 months; at Monte Video for 10 months; and at the Cape of Good Hope for 12 years 9 months. He was discharged at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, on 22 November 1864 at his own request, having completed 21 years’ service. He had been promoted to Corporal in June 1852 and to Sergeant in June 1855, but was reduced to Private in July 1857, having been tried by Detachment Court Martial and sentenced to be reduced to Private, which sentence was initially remitted; within two weeks however, he was found absent without leave and drunk, and consequently was made Private once again. His subsequent service appears to have been without incident and he regained his promotion to Corporal in October 1861. At the time of his discharge he was ‘in possession of four good conduct badges & has the medal for the Kafir Campaigns of 1846-7, and 1850-53.’ Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Lt. E. P. Hocker, R.N, H.M.S. Victor. Eml. 73-74) nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- Edward Padwick Hocker was born on 25 June 1848, at Woolwich, the son of Lt.-Colonel Edward Hocker, C.B., Royal Marines. In 1861, at the age of 12, he was a Naval Cadet studying at Britannia Naval College. He was appointed Sub Lieutenant on 25 June 1867, and promoted to Lieutenant on 29 December 1876. He was serving as Lieutenant on H.M.S. Victor Emmanuel during the Ashantee War of 1873-74. In November 1873, the ship was at Portsmouth fitting for service as a hospital ship to support the operations on the Gold Coast during the Ashantee War. Heavy wooden stanchions were erected around the deck to enable an awning to be erected six feet clear of the deck, so as to allow a good current of air to pass beneath. Orders were given for an ice machine and steam washing and drying machines to be fitted onboard. The ship embarked a medical team of 48, of whom 10 were officers and non-commissioned officers and men who belonged to the army medical corps, acting as clerks, dispensers and nurses. On 20 November, Captain George H. Parkin was appointed to command and Victor Emmanuel steamed out of Portsmouth on 1 December 1873, and, via Scilly and Cape Verde arrived at Cape Coast Castle on 25 February 1874, and anchored two miles off shore. The ship sailed with severely wounded, plus serious fever and dysentery cases, from the Ashantee campaign from 15 to 21 March 1874, and arrived at Southampton and anchored off Netley to discharge patients to the Royal Victoria Hospital on 16 April. Queen Victoria visited the hospital and patients from Osborne, and as the yachts passed Victor Emanuel the crew gave the Queen three hearty cheers. The ship was stripped of hospital fittings, fitted out for accommodation for men and recommissioned by Captain Parkin to take on new crews and vessels for service in the Far East, as receiving and depot ship in Hong Kong. Lieutenant Hocker retired from the Navy on 1 June 1876, and died at Worthing, Sussex, on 23 February 1916, aged 65. Sold with copied research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (Tpr. A. Sharpe. Gorringe’s F.C.) edge bruising, very fine £80-£120 --- 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, 2 clasps, Defence of Mafeking, Transvaal (219 Pte. A. J. Brown. Cape Police) edge bruise and contact marks, nearly very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Alexander John Brown was born in Middlesex on 23 November 1873 and enlisted in the Cape Police at Kimberley on 21 April 1896. He served in District 2 during the Bechuanaland Rebellion (Medal and clasp), and during the Boer War from 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902 (also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps).

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (4181 Sgt. E. W. Williams, 30th. Coy. 9th. Imp. Yeo.) edge nicks and contact marks, nearly very fine £80-£100 --- Edward Walker Williams was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire, in 1876 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Haverfordwest on 1 March 1900, having previously served in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Welsh Regiment. He served with the 30th (Pembrokeshire) Company, 9th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 14 March 1900 to 8 July 1901, and was discharged on 7 August 1901, after 1 year and 160 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902, Transvaal, top clasp loose on riband (34608 Tpr: E. Wright. 88th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) suspension claw crudely re-riveted, edge bruising, nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Edwin Wright was born in Wrexham in 1877 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Ruabon on 5 March 1901. He served with the 88th (Welsh Yeomanry) Company, 9th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 6 April 1901 to 27 August 1902, and was discharged on 3 September 1902, after 1 year and 182 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts which confirm he is entitled to the clasps Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, and South Africa 1902.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, unofficial rod between first and second clasps (1522 Ordly: J. Bonham. St John Amb: Bde:) edge bruise, contact marks, better than good fine £100-£140 --- Sold with copy medal roll extract.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, last clasp loose on riband, as issued (3510 Sapper T. Jones, Rl: Angl: Engrs:) edge bruising and traces of attempt to obliterate naming (although naming all perfectly legible), good fine, scare to unit £100-£140 --- T. Jones attested for the Royal Anglesey Engineers (Militia), and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (4574 Trpr: V. Andrews, 41st. Coy. 12th Imp: Yeo:) very fine £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Victor Andrews was born in Fareham, Hampshire, and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Winchester on 5 January 1900, having previously served as a Cyclist in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. He served with the 41st (Hampshire) Company, 12th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 31 January 1900 to 25 April 1901, and was wounded by gun shot to the left leg at Lang Berg on 26 October 1900. He was discharged on 28 May 1901, his Medical History sheet recording that he was suffering at the time from enteric fever.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (91341 Gnr; W. Harrison, R.H.A.) nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- William Harrison was born in Liverpool in 1868. A ship’s steward, he attested at Seaforth for the Royal Artillery on 16 July 1892, being posted to “B” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, not long thereafter. Sent to India on 11 March 1893, he was imprisoned on 11 May 1893. Released, his Army Service Record notes a series of scrapes around this time, including a fracture of the ribs, wound to the scalp and sprain to the ankle, all whilst off duty. Posted to South Africa from 12 March 1900, Harrison served with “M” Battery from 18 June 1901, likely acting as a replacement for those Gunners killed in the V.C. action at Sanna’s Post. Discharged on 13 July 1913, his Army Service Record adds: ‘Character, indifferent. Has been addicted to drink.’ Sold with copied research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State, unofficial retaining rod between fourth and fifth clasps (5381 Pte. J. Baker, R. Welsh Fus:) with replacement retaining rod, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £80-£100

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 (8227 Serjt: T. J. Davies. Rl: Engineers. M) minor edge bruise, very fine, scarce to unit £140-£180 --- T. J. Davies served with the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) in South Africa during the Boer War.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1113 Tpr. R. W. Mc Namara. Steinaecker’s. H.) suspension claw possibly re-pinned, edge bruise, 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 --- --- Ralph William Mcnamara was born at King Williamtown, Cape Colony, in 1876 and served with the Rhodesia Horse as part of the Salisbury Field Force in 1896 (entitled to a British South Africa Company’s Medal), and with the Garrison Volunteers in 1897. He enlisted as a Corporal in Steinaecker’s Horse on 10 November 1900, and was discharged, medically unfit, on 1 August 1901. He re-enlisted as a Sergeant in the Canadian Scouts at Pretoria on 15 August 1901, and was finally discharged on 20 March 1902. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps and top retaining rod (13314 Bomb C. S. Secker, A,B, R.H.A.) very fine £100-£140 --- Charles Smith Secker was born at Old Buckenham, Norfolk, on 17 May 1875. A groom, he served in India with “H” Battery from 14 October 1897, before transferring to “A” Battery on 3 January 1900 and arriving in Natal shortly thereafter. The Battery landed in time to assist at Vaal Krantz from 5-7 February 1900 and in operations leading to the Relief of Ladysmith, including the shelling of Boer positions around the town. It further accompanied General Buller in his northern advance, rendering excellent service at Laing’s Nek, Alleman’s Nek, Bergendal and other minor actions. In the Paardeplatz-Lyndenburg district, “A” Battery witnessed heavy fighting and recorded many losses; of 126 officers and men on the medal roll, 11 were killed or wounded. Returned home and reverted to Gunner for misconduct on 21 January 1901, Secker was discharged to reserve on 20 January 1903. Sold with copied research.

A scarce 'underage Casualty' sole entitlement British War Medal awarded to Sapper A. J. Crockett, 1/3rd Kent Fortress Company, Royal Engineers, who lost his life, aged 17, when H.M.S. Hythe was almost cut in two by the much larger troopship Sarnia which accidentally rammed her at speed and in pitch-black conditions off the Gallipoli Peninsula on 28 October 1915 British War Medal 1914-20 (2564 Spr. A. J. Crockett R.E.) in damaged named card box of issue, extremely fine £120-£160 --- Alfred James Crockett was born in Gravesend in 1898, the eldest son of James and Eliza Crockett of 19 Prospect Place, Gravesend. His father worked as a steamship seaman, but rather than follow in his maritime footsteps, Alfred attested at Gillingham for the Corps of Royal Engineers and was posted to the 1/3rd Kent Fortress Company. This unit was effectively a 'Pals' Battalion in all senses, dominated by men - often pre-war friends - from Tunbridge Wells, Southborough and the surrounding villages in and around the Ashdown Forest. The men were commanded by the popular Captain David R. H. P. Salomons, sole heir to Sir David Lionel Salomons of Broomhill, a magistrate and former mayor of Tunbridge Wells and Honorary Colonel of the Kent Royal Engineers. Completing his training at Sheffield Hall, Draper Street, Southborough, Crockett and his comrades travelled from Devonport to Malta and on to Mudros Island (Limnos Bay) aboard H.M.T. Scotian. Here, 5 officers and 213 men of the 1/3rd transferred to the waiting 509-tonne former cross-Channel steamer Hythe, commanded by the Admiralty to work on troop movements in the Dardanelles. A small vessel, it was believed that her size and shallow draught would present a smaller target for enemy torpedoes. Leaving Mudros at 1600hrs on 28 October 1915 for the 50-mile journey to Cape Helles, it appears that Hythe was heavily overladen with both men and equipment; as an engineer unit tasked with improving the perilous duckboards and infrastructure on the peninsula, it would be logical that the vessel was packed tight with tools and resources. The dangers were further heightened by blackout conditions in the latter stages to avoid enemy detection. Clive Maier, author of a full account of events published on the Southborough Memorial website, notes: ‘Men were packed on the decks, many huddling under an awning that had been rigged to give a little relief from rain and spray. At about 20:00, as they neared their destination, men donned their kit, drivers went to their vehicles and the Hythe doused all lights. Within minutes the lightless Sarnia [almost triple the gross tonnage of Hythe] was spotted, steaming back empty to Mudros Bay from Cape Helles and on a collision course.’ Desperate to avoid contact, both vessels attempted to change course but it was too late: ‘The Sarnia struck the port side of the Hythe with such force that its bows cut halfway through the ship. That brought Hythe to a dead stop and caused its mast to collapse on top of the awning. Many were killed instantly by the bow and mast, but the others fared little better because the immense damage caused the Hythe to sink rapidly... It was all over in as little as 10 minutes.’ The subsequent enquiry found considerable issue with the sheer numbers of men on board, the lack of life jackets and the inability of many to swim. Many of the survivors - rescued by a lone lifeboat from the (holed) Sarnia - had simply survived by clinging on to floating debris, their fate determined by luck rather than anything else. The tragedy cost the lives of the C.O. and 128 men of the 1/3rd Fortress Company, along with 15 further army personnel and 11 of Hythe's crew. Only 103 members of the 1/3rd survived. The impact of the disaster on the people of Kent, and Tunbridge Wells in particular, is hard to quantify. Much as the forthcoming slaughter on the Somme would prove devastating to vast swathes of industrial England - all 'Pals' who had met the call of Lord Kitchener - the loss of so many Kent men in such circumstances, before they even had the chance to fight, proved particularly upsetting; several pairs of brothers were lost on the Hythe, a father and son drowned together, and some 99 children were left fatherless. For many years afterwards the local people of Southborough held a 'Hythe Sunday' church service to remember loved ones. His body lost to the sea, Crockett is commemorated upon the Helles Memorial, Turkey, one of the youngest servicemen to die during the campaign. As he did not officially enter a theatre of War, he was not entitled to either a 1914-15 Star or a Victory Medal. Sold with a Royal Engineers brass cap badge.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (6 Cr. Sergt. Jas. Anderson, 2nd Bn. 11th Foot) suspension slack, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise about 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 --- --- James Anderson was born in the Parish of Adair, County Limerick, and attested for the 11th Foot at Limerick on 20 February 1851, aged 18. He served abroad at the Cape of Good Hope for 5 years 11 months, in China for 6 months, and in Japan for 9 months. He was appointed Colour-Sergeant in June 1858 and was granted the L.S. & G.C. medal with gratuity of £15 in 1869, this being his sole entitlement. He was discharged at Curragh Camp, Ireland, on 12 March 1872. Sold with copied discharge papers and detailed summary of his career.

A Great War ‘evacuation of Gallipoli operations’ D.S.M. awarded to Able Seaman C. Gosling, Royal Navy, who had previously served in H.M.S. Canopus during the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (177627 C. Gosling, A.B., Gallipoli Opns., 1915-16) minor contact marks, good very fine £500-£700 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 15 May 1916: ‘In recognition of services during the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula, December 1915 to January 1916.’ Claude Gosling was born in London in November 1878 and joined the Royal Navy at Devonport as a Boy Second Class in December 1893, aged 15 years. Released from the service as an Able Seaman in October 1905, he enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve and was recalled in August 1914, when he joined the battleship H.M.S. Canopus, a component of the 8th Battle Squadron of the Channel Fleet. Initially sent to East Africa and the Cape, Canopus later became attached to Sir Christopher Cradock's Squadron which was seeking von Spee's East Asian Squadron in the South-East Pacific. Canopus's maximum speed of only 17 knots meant that she was 300 miles south of the rest of Cradock's Squadron when, at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914, H.M.S. Good Hope and H.M.S. Monmouth were both lost with all hands off the coast of Chile. Sailing to Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands, she was grounded as a local defence fortress but on 8 December 1914 fired the opening shots of what was to become the Battle of the Falkland Islands. At five miles with guns loaded with practice shells, she achieved the near impossible when one of her shots miraculously skimmed across the water and struck the German cruiser Gneisenau. This persuaded the Germans to break off their attack and allowed the British Squadron, which had arrived at Port Stanley the previous day, to raise steam, up anchor and chase the German Squadron to its destruction. In February 1915 the Canopus was sent to the Mediterranean to support the ill-fated Dardenelles expedition and whilst in Turkish waters on 28 April, she was damaged by gunfire. Then on 2 May she was involved in a grounding off Gaba Tepe and in October 1915 she assisted in the evacuation of troops from Salonika. In November 1915, Gosling transferred to the cruiser Europa and following that, on 15 January 1916, after participating in the operations leading to the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula, he transferred to Egmont, the Malta base. He was awarded the D.S.M. and was demobilised in February 1917, following a few months of being placed on the books of Vivid I. In January 1918, however, Gosling was once more recalled, and for a short period he served in his old ship Europa, following which, in March 1919, he was released for a final time.

A Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book to Pilot Officer A. M. Murray, D.F.C., Royal Canadian Air Force A standard-issue Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book with just a single page of entries covering the period 20 April to 15 May 1943; together with the recipient’s Commission Document appointing him a Pilot Officer, dated 4 November 1944, some water damage to cover, reasonable condition £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.F.C. London Gazette 20 July 1945. The original Recommendation, dated 15 March 1945, states: ‘Pilot Officer Murray has completed a tour of operations as an air bomber in Halifax IlI aircraft with this squadron. He has flown against some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe and the majority of his attacks have been against vital objectives in Germany itself. On 30 October 1944, when his aircraft was hit by a shower of bombs from a higher aircraft over Cologne, he displayed outstanding initiative and courage. An incendiary bomb killed the navigator and fell into the bottom of the aircraft. Immediately, P/O Murray seized the bomb and threw it through the parachute hatch. As he was then on the bombing run he aimed his bombs on to the target indicators and then went back to give aid to his colleague. After doing everything possible to help the navigator, whose skull was crushed, he went forward and took over the task of navigating the aircraft back to this country. On this occasion this officer's resourcefulness and courage were an inspiration to others in the crew and were largely responsible for a safe return to base. On other occasions, under enemy fire from fighters and flak, P/O Murray has shown the greatest fortitude, and with a complete disregard for the safety of his own life he has pressed home his attacks. His photographic record is an admirable one. It is recommended that this officer's outstanding record of courage, initiative, determination and devotion to duty throughout a hazardous tour be recognised by the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’ Alpine McLean Murray was born in Capheath, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, in 1919, and began his pilot training in April 1943. Posted to 158 Squadron, flying Halifax bombers as part of No. 4 Group, Bomber Command, he flew his first operational sortie on 23 September 1944, a raid on Neuss. Further targets over the next six months included Cologne (30 October 1944, navigator killed), Munster, Essen (four times), Saarbrucken, Mainz (twice), and Dortmund. Commissioned Pilot Officer on 4 November 1944, he flew his final sortie on 14 March 1945, a raid on Homburg. Sold with various photographs and photographic images of the recipient; original letters detailing the citation of the D.F.C.; two Royal Air Force passes; copied record of service; and other ephemera and research.

A fine Second War ‘Far East’ D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer R. L. Jerrard, Royal Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy, who served in H.M.S. Achilles throughout the war - a veteran of the Battle of the River Plate, when the cruiser ‘Achilles opened fire on the German ‘pocket battleship’ Admiral Graf Spee in the South Atlantic, at 6.21 am on 13 December 1939, it became the first New Zealand unit to strike a blow at the enemy in the Second World War. With the New Zealand ensign flying proudly from her mainmast - as battle loomed, a signalman had run aft with the ensign shouting ‘Make way for the Digger flag!’ - Achilles became the first New Zealand warship to take part in a naval battle.’ Jerrard went on to serve in operations in the Pacific, in particular as part of Operation Iceberg, the Battle of Okinawa, and as part of Task Force 37, in operations against Kure, Miko and Kobe. The Achilles remained in the task force’s operational area during the final air operations - ultimately leading to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (C.E.R.A. R. L. Jerrard. C/M. 38366); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (M.38366 R. L. Jerrard. E.R.A.2. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star, 1 clasp, Burma; War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (M. 38366 R. L. Jerrard, E.R.A.2, H.M.S. Achilles.) mounted for wear, generally good very fine (8) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 11 June 1946: ‘For distinguished service during the War in the Far East.’ The Recommendation states: ‘For distinguished service during the War in the Far East while serving in H.M.N.Z.S. Achilles. And, more especially, for his persistent and cheerful leadership as senior Chief Engine Room Artificer during which time he built up in his department a spirit of teamwork and cheerful readiness to tackle and master a succession of difficult jobs.’ Robert Leslie Jerrard was born in Porstmouth, Hampshire, in 1908. He was the son of Chief Petty Officer R. W. Jerrard, R.N., and followed in his father’s profession by joining the Royal Navy as a Boy in August 1924. Jerrard advanced to Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class, and entered the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy. Jerrard served with H.M.S. Achilles (cruiser), from June 1938 - September 1943 and from February 1944 - May 1946. The cruiser was taken into the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy: ‘As the formal title indicated, the New Zealand naval forces developed within a Royal Navy framework. The cruisers were loaned to New Zealand, which merely paid their running costs - a major advantage for a cash-strapped government. New Zealand also depended upon British expertise and personnel. Senior officers, including Achilles’ Captain Edward (later Rear-Admiral Sir Edward) Parry, were seconded British officers. In 1939 the New Zealand Division comprised 82 officers and 1257 ratings, of whom eight officers and 716 ratings were New Zealanders, supporting them was a 670-strong New Zealand Volunteer Naval Reserve. New Zealand sent its personnel to Britain for training, relied on British logistic support, and looked to the Royal Navy for traditions, advice and example. A small element of the wider British fleet, this force would be placed under the operational control of the Admiralty on the outbreak of war, in accordance with New Zealand’s defence strategy... As the international situation darkened in the last week of August 1939, the likelihood of these plans being implemented suddenly became very real. Both New Zealand cruisers were hurriedly readied for sea. Ships’ bottoms were cleaned, supplies were loaded, and crews were brought up to their war complements. In H.M.S. Achilles’ case, this amounted to 31 officers and 536 ratings - of whom five officers and 316 ratings were New Zealanders [Jerrard being one of the experienced British crew]. Early on 29 August, with Germany preparing to invade Poland, the Admiralty requested that the ships move to their war stations. Seven hours later Achilles put to sea, bound for Balboa in Panama’s Canal Zone.... Achilles was well away from New Zealand when shortly after midnight on 3 September Captain Parry received a signal from London: ‘Commence hostilities against Germany.’ The previous day he had been ordered to change course to the Chilean port of Valparaiso. Achilles arrived there on 12 September 1939. Of all the battles waged during the Second World War, arguably the most important was the Battle of the Atlantic, the struggle to keep open the sea routes to the British Isles... At the outset, the battle also involved denying the Atlantic and other sea routes to Germany. An immediate task for the Royal Navy was to track down and destroy the estimated 237 German merchant ships at sea or in foreign ports. As well as cutting off German trade, this action would prevent these vessels being armed and used to prey of Allied trade. For six weeks Achilles played its part in this world-wide effort, moving along the coasts of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia in order to deter German ship movements. The only Allied warship on this coast (all the South American countries were neutral), it was ready to intercept any German merchant ship heading for refuge in a neutral port or any of the 17 ships already holed up at various places that might dare to put to sea.’ (The Battle of the River Plate, The New Zealand Story, refers) The German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee had been deployed, with the support ship Altmark, to cruise near the Cape Verde Islands in September 1939. With the outbreak of war she was ordered to move into the South Atlantic to operate as a commerce raider, whilst avoiding major engagements. The ‘warship claimed its first victim, sinking the British merchant vessel Clement. The British ship managed to broadcast a distress signal, providing the first indication that a German raider was operating in the area... As a result, Achilles was ordered to quit its watchdog role along South America’s west coast and proceed to the South Atlantic. After a steady passage, and refuelling at the Falkland Islands, Achilles reached the southern approaches of the River Plate on 26 October. It joined Commodore Henry (later Admiral Sir Henry) Harwood’s South America Division, which had been transferred from the America and West Indies Station. The New Zealand ship joined the division’s heavy cruisers H.M.S. Exeter and Cumberland and the light cruiser Ajax in patrolling the Rio de Janeiro/River Plate area.’ (Ibid) On 2 December, in the eastern South Atlantic, the Graf Spee sank the Blue Star Line’s Doric Star, bound from New Zealand to the United Kingdom, and five days later she sank the steamer Tairoa. Both ships had got off distress messages, and their final positions gave the indication that the German ship was heading for the east coast of South America. Harwood concluded that the River Plate was the most likely target, and by the early hours of 12 December 1939 had gathered the Achilles, Ajax and Exeter. Harwood’s educated guess was vindicated when at 6.14 am the following morning the Graf Spee’s smoke was spotted on the horizon. Faced with a much more heavily armed German ship, Harwood’s division faced the prospect of long range annihilation. However, instead of standing off and using the longer range of his guns to good effect, the German Captain closed with the enemy. The Graf Spee ‘opened fire at 6.18 am at a range of just under 20,000 metres. E...

PHILLIP GIBSON FOR MOORCROFT; a limited edition vase in the 'Cape Sunbirds' pattern, 18/100, signed and dated 2006, height 22cm. Condition Report: Good condition with no chips, cracks or restoration, complete with box.

A vintage red Master's hunt coat with "EH" hunt buttons together with a gents plain black dinner jacket and trousers and a black wool and cotton mix cape

A Hermes Cape Cod stainless steel wristwatch, ref. CC1.910, case width 31mm, case length 43mm, sapphire crystal, white dial with three subsidiaries, quartz movement, later leather strap.

A collection of vintage 1960's original Sindy doll clothing to include Leather Looker 12S70 black faux leather A line skirt. Also includes orange gingham shorts and top with a towelling robe and mules from Seaside Sweetheart 12S10 outfit from 1964; skirt, jumper scarf and hat from Skating Girl 12S05; Cape 12S57; and Duffle Coat 12S58 from 1963.

Three black Victorian capes and capelets to include: a sequin and beaded lace edged capelet, a black faille with handmade lace and appliquéd beaded trim short cape and a woollen pleated cape with ribbon to the front. (3) (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Late 19th/early 20th Century Spanish brown velvet and silver embroidered Matador outfit or el traje de luces, complete with taleguilla trousers, belt, chaquetilla jacket, cape and hat, together with a part belt with theatrical dagger attached. Trousers and jacket lined with metal bells with handmade lace at cuffs. Cape lined with red cotton and with silver tassels. Red belt with red tassels. (B.P. 21% + VAT) May be a theatrical costume as traje de luces are usually silk/satin. If this is the case it is of superb quality and still at least early 20th Century.

A QUANITITY OF VINTAGE DRESSESincluding a Jean Muir cape, 1950s embroidered home made dresses and a Chinese dress and scarf

A Reproduction Art Deco Figure of Maiden Lifting Cape Above Head, 37cm High