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Lot 311
JAMES MOONEY (BRITISH B.1944) RED DEVILinscribed with the artist's marks λ z 4 lower rightoil on board15 x 19cm; 5 3/4 x 7 1/2in22 x 26cm; 8 3/4 x 10 1/4in (framed)Property from a Private Collection, ChelseaProvenanceEverard Read Gallery, Cape TownPurchased from the above by husband of the present ownerARR may apply
Lot 312
JAMES MOONEY (BRITISH B.1944) CARD PLAYERSwith the artist's stamp and titled CARDPLAYERS lower rightoil on board53 x 41.5cm; 21 x 16 1/4in71 x 59.5cm; 28 x 23 1/2in (framed)Property from a Private Collection, ChelseaProvenanceEverard Read, Cape TownPurchased from the above by the husband of the present owner.ARR may apply
Lot 20
Queens South Africa Medal 32nd Company Imperial Yeomanry, impressed naming, “26056 PTE. R. LATHAM 32ND COY. IMP: YEO:” with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and South Africa 1901. Medal and 4 clasps confirmed on the medal rolls. 19 year old Robert Latham, from Bedford Leigh in Lancashire enlisted for service in the 20th Hussars in March 1896. He served at home for 1 year and 197 days before completing 277 days service in South Africa with the Imperial Yeomanry He was discharged as medically unfit for further service on 18th November 1901.
Lot 21
British Queens South Africa Medal to the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment, medal with ghost dates to reverse with clasps Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal and South Africa 1901, impressed naming “4411 PTE. F. NEWMAN, 2: HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT”. Good example. Frederick Charles Newman an 18 year old Carter from Andover, Hampshire attested for service in the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 30th January 1894. He served in South Africa from January 1900 to March 1901 with the remainder of his service being in the UK. He was discharged on 29th January 1906 on completion of 12 years’ service. The medal and all clasps are confirmed on the medal rolls. Late Rod Flood collection
Lot 22
British Queens South Africa Medal to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Garrison Artillery, medal with clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, impressed naming, “1920 GR. G. SUMNER, HANTS. & I. OF W. R.G.A.” Good overall condition. George Henry Sumner, born in South Street, Newport on the Isle of Wight served in the Boer War as a Gunner with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Garrison Artillery. The medal and all clasps are confirmed on the relevant medal rolls. George Sumner died in Warwick Hospital in April 1950. Late Rod Flood collection
Lot 23
British Queens South Africa Medal to the 1st Battalion Inniskilling Fusiliers, medal with five clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, impressed naming, “5244 PTE F. MOODY RL: INNIS: FUS:” small edge knock to “RL”. Medal and all clasps confirmed on the relevant rolls.
Lot 24
Queens South Africa Medal to the Hampshire Yeomanry, medal with five clasps Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal and South Africa 1901, impressed naming, “4756 TPR: B.L. OLIVER. 50TH COY 17TH IMP: YEO:” 25 year old Benjamin Lewis Oliver from Guildford, Surrey attested for service in the Yeomanry on 8th January 1900. He served in South Africa with the 50th (Hampshire) Company from 7th April 1900 until 9th June 1901 and was discharged 6 days later on 15th June 1901. He died in Guildford on 2nd August 1940. Medal and all clasps are confirmed on the relevant rolls. Late Rod Flood collection
Lot 25
British Boer War Medal Pair 2nd Battalion East Kent Regiment, consisting of 3 clasp Queens South Africa medal, impressed naming “1833 PTE. W. PALMER, EAST KENT REGT” with clasps, Cape colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal. Kings South Africa medal, impressed naming, “1833 PTE. W. PALMER, EAST KENT REGT” with 2 clasps, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Medals and clasps confirmed on the rolls. 39 year old William Palmer weas discharged at Canterbury on 11th June 1906 having completed 21 years’ service. His service record shows his intended place to live as being Cardiff Road, Portsmouth. He served in the 2nd Battalion East Kent Regiment during the Boer War and his service record does not show any other medal entitlement. He reattested on 14th April 1915 for service in the Great War and served in France for 6 months between November 1916 and April 1917 and was discharged as unfit for further military service on 26th October 1917.
Lot 26
An Interesting Medal Group of 3 to a Soldier in the Hampshire Regiment Who Died of Heatstroke During the Somaliland Campaign in 1903, Queens South Africa medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal, ghost dates visible on reverse of medal, impressed naming,”5754 PTE W. OSGOOD, 2: HAMPSHIRE REGT”, Kings South Africa medal with clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, impressed naming,”5754 PTE W. OSGOOD HAMPSHIRE REGT”, Africa General Service medal, EVII, with clasp Somaliland 1902-04, impressed naming, “5754 PTE. W. OSGOOD 1ST HAMP: REGT”. Information supplied with this group indicates that Private Osgood died of the effects of heatstroke on 27th June 1903 at Behindula whilst on the march to Upper Sheikh. The Register of Soldiers Effects confirms his death on this date and at this location.All medals and clasps are confirmed on the relevant rolls but on the roll for the Kings South Africa medal he is marked as now deceased with an additional note stating Private Osgood did not have enough service to qualify for this medal but that his parents have refused to return the medal. Late Rod Flood collection
Lot 332
15x WW2 Canadian Printed Regimental Shoulder Titles, consisting of The Irish Regiment of Canada, Highland Light Infantry Canada, SASK LI M.G Canada, The Ontario Regiment, Princess Louise Fusiliers, The Cape Breton Highlanders, Seaforth Canada, Glengarrians, RCEME, Canadian Scottish, The Royal Canadian regiment, Regina Rifle Regiment, The Calgary regiment, The Perth regiment Canada and North Nova Scotia Highlanders. Various conditions. (15 items)
Lot 334
8x WW2 Canadian Printed Regimental Shoulder Titles, consisting of 49th The Loyal Edmonton regiment, Governor Generals Foot Guards, The Cape Breton Highlanders, Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, RCAPC, CMSC, Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Canadian Provost Corps. Accompanied by printed Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC) formation sign and embroidered shoulder titles for Calgary Highlanders, Lanark and Renfrew Scottish and The Algonquin regiment. Various conditions. (12 items)
Lot 434
Book Presented to Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy G.C.B, Memoirs of Celebrated Naval Commanders illustrated by Engravings from Original Pictures in the Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hospital, fine example of the book by Edward Hawke Locker Esq. Title page with inked dedication ‘To Admiral Sir Tho Hardy G.C.B with the authors best regards’. Blue leather coverings to the boards and the spine with gilt tooled ‘GREENWHICH NAVAL GALLERY’. Some light foxing but generally a good example. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1st Baronet, GCB was a British Royal Navy officer. He took part in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in February 1797, the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 and the Battle of Copenhagen in April 1801. He served as flag captain to Admiral Lord Nelson, and commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805. Nelson was shot as he paced the decks with Hardy, and as he lay dying, Nelson's famous remark of "Kiss me, Hardy" was directed at him. Hardy went on to become First Naval Lord in November 1830.
Lot 10
A Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Corporal William Cookney for service with “Pom-Poms” Section, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (88540 Corpl: W. Cookney. R.A.) light surface marks, otherwise good very fine £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902: ‘Corporal W. Cookney, “Pom-Poms” Royal Artillery.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1902, Kitchener’s final despatch of 26 March 1902, as Corporal in “Pom-Poms”. William Cookney was born at Bermondsey, London, and served in the Royal Artillery from 19 January 1892 to 18 January 1904. He served in India from December 1892 to December 1897, and was wounded in the right cheek whilst on duty on 8 September 1897. He served in South Africa from October 1899 to August 1902 and is entitled to the Q.S.A. with 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal, and the K.S.A. with 2 clasps.
Lot 148
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (Lieut. G. H. C. King. R.F.A.) good very fine £300-£400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901. Captain G. H. C. King, Royal Artillery, served in the South African War from 1899 to 1901. He was present at the Relief of Ladysmith, including the operations of 17-24 January and 5-7 February 1900; the action at Vaal Krantz; and the operations on the Tugela Heights from 14 to 27 February 1900, being wounded on 24 February. Kind was also in Natal from March to June 1900; in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, from July to 29 November 1900, including at actions in Belfast (26-27 August) and Lydenberg (5-8 September). He was once again in the Transvaal from 30 November 1900 to March 1901, and was entitled to a Queen’s medal with seven clasps.
Lot 151
Ashanti 1900, 1 clasp, Kumassi (Serj:-Maj: A. Griggs. W.A.F.F.) low relief bust, half-hearted attempt to erase impressed naming, polished, good fine £400-£500 --- ‘Before this anxious month of May [1900] was far advanced, the first contingent from Northern Nigeria arrived at Cape Coast under the command of Captain Hall. It consisted of two companies, 1st Bn. W.A.F.F., under Captains Wilson and Beamish, and one 75 m/m gun in charge of Sergeant Griggs, R.A. They immediately proceeded up-country, and were, in fact, the last body of troops to traverse the Adansi country unopposed.’ (The Relief of Kumasi by Captain H. C. J. Bliss, W.A.F.F. refers). ‘On 23rd May Captain Hall attacked Kokofu but being opposed by vast numbers of the enemy was unable to capture it; his troops behaved well, but he was attempting a task which more than double the numbers were unable to effect later. On this occasion Lieutenant Edwards, Sierra Leone Frontier Police, Sergeant Griggs, R.A., West African Frontier Force, and six men were wounded.’ (Despatch of Colonel Sir James Willcocks, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., Commanding Ashanti Field Force, dated 14 August 1900, London Gazette 4 December 1900, refers). Sold with copied research and medal roll confirmation.
Lot 18
A Great War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major F. H. Makey, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 4 October 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (28518 B.S. Mjr: F. H. Makey, 66/Sge: By., R.G.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (28518 Gnr: F. H. Mackie, 2nd S.D., R.G.A.); China 1900, no clasp (28518 A. Bomb: F. H. Mackie, 62nd Coy. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (28518 W.O. Cl. 2 F. H. Makey, R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (28518 By: S. Mjr: F. H. Makey, R,G.A.) mounted for display, note variation in surname; together with an erased 1914-15 Star, second and third with contact marks, very fine and better (7) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When his battery was being shelled, he superintended the collecting and removal of the wounded, setting a fine example of coolness and indifference to his own personal safety. He has on several occasions behaved in a similar manner, notably on one occasion, in clearing the congestion of traffic which had been thrown into confusion at some cross roads by shell fire.’ Frederick Makey was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, the son of William Joseph Makey. He served with the R.G.A. in both the Boer and China Wars. In the Great War he entered Egypt on 29 December 1915, and his bravery and leadership in action whilst serving with the 66th Siege Battery R.G.A. earned him the D.C.M. He was killed in action, in either France or Flanders, on 4 October 1917, aged 39 years, and was buried in the White House Cemetery, St. Jean-les-Ypres. He was the husband of Dorothy Mabel Makey, of 4 Privett Road, Gosport, Hampshire. Sold with copied research, including two Medal Index Cards, one in the name Makey, the other Mackie. His 1914-15 Star was returned by his family to have the incorrect surname amended, 19 August 1920.
Lot 183
A Great War ‘Trench Raid’ M.M. group of six awarded to Lance-Corporal F. Thomas, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was awarded the M.M. for his gallantry during the night of 6-7 February 1917, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 8 May 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (3-6076 Pte. F. Thomas. 1/D.C.L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6068 Pte. F. Thomas, 2: D. of C. Lt. Infy.) initial officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, top clasp facing slightly bent (6068 Pte. T. [sic] Thomas. D. of C.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (3-6076 Pte. F. Thomas. D. of Corn: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (3-6076 Pte. F. Thomas. D. of Corn. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks to the Boer War pair, these nearly very fine; the Great War awards good very fine (6) £500-£700 --- M.M. London Gazette 26 March 1917. Fred Thomas was born at Bodmin, Cornwall, in 1877 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Truro on 29 November 1899. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 August 1900 to 25 August 1902, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 28 November 1907. He was discharged on 28 November 1911, after 12 years’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War, Thomas was recalled from the Special Reserve and served with the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on the Western Front from 27 December 1914. For the next two years the Battalion was present during some of the heaviest fighting, notably at Ypres in April 1915, and at High Wood on the Somme in July 1916, suffering over 500 casualties at Meaulte on 1 August 1916. He was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry during an enemy trench raid carried out by “A” Company on the night of 6-7 February 1917, the Company report stating: ‘The raiding parties consisted of 4 officers and 109 other ranks, with the Lewis Gun teams employed for flank protection. Each main party was sub-divided into small groups usually consisting of not more than 8 other ranks. Each small group was allotted a special objective and had been carefully trained to find their way to it.... On the night of the assault the moonlight was brilliant as the parties left the trenches at Zero hour minus one minute. The right part was immediately observed by the enemy who opened heavy rifle fire and a barrage of trench mortar bombs on the north of Mill Crater, and several men were hit. Our barrage opened exactly at Zero hour and effectually crushed the enemy opposition, although during the whole time the raiding parties were in the trench the enemy kept up a barrage of L.T.M. which burst principally on the north of Mill Crater... No machine gun fire was encountered on the right, and very little on the left. The wire on the right was thin and presented no serious obstacle, but on the left three belts of wire were encountered. All parties were in the enemy trench by Zero hour plus three minutes... Six dug-out we bombed and destroyed with mobile charges which proved remarkably effective... two of the dug-outs were known to be occupied by the occupants would not come out.’ Proceeding with the Battalion to Arras in April 1917, Thomas was killed in action in the Fresnoy area on 8 May 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied service papers; medal roll extracts; Battalion War Diaries; and other research, including full details of the services for which he was awarded the Military Medal.
Lot 189
Five: Sergeant J. Shea, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (... J. Shea. 2/D. of Corn ...) naming partially obscured from heavy contact marks; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (1583 Corl. J. Shea 2: D. of C. Lt. Inft.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1583 Serjt: J. Shea. D. of C.L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1583. L/Cpl. J. Shea. D. of Corn: L.I.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, heavy pitting and contact marks to the Egypt pair, with suspension claw on first very loose, these therefore fair to fine; the rest good very fine (5) £400-£500 --- John Shea was born in Whitechapel, London, in 1866 and attested as a Musician for the 35th Brigade at Bodmin on 1 December 1880, aged 14. Posted to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, he served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan during the Nile Expedition 1884-85, and in South Africa during the Boer War 1899-1902, and was discharged with the rank of Lance-Sergeant (Bandsman) on 5 September 1902. Sold with copied service papers.
Lot 19
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant-Major J. W. Embleton, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (51070 S. Mjr: J. W. Embleton. 181/Bde: R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (66856 Sgt. J. W. Embleton, 84th Batt. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (66856 Serjt. J. W. Embleton. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (51070 B.S. Mjr. J. W. Embleton. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (51070 W.O. Cl.1. J. W. Embleton. R.A.) mounted court-style, contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (6) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 4 June 1917; citation published 9 July 1917: ‘For continual gallantry and devotion to duty. He has performed consistent good work throughout, and has at all times set a fine example to his men.’ M.I.D. not confirmed. Sold with copied research including service records, gazette notices and extracts from 181st Brigade War Diary.
Lot 191
Pair: Corporal T. Goodyear, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unoffical rivets between fourth and fifth clasps (2956 Corl. T. Goodyear, 2 :D. of C. Lt. Infy.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Thomas Goodyear) mounted as worn, light contact marks, polished, very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Thomas Goodyear was born at Micheldever, Hampshire, in 1872 and attested for the Suffolk regiment on 4 September 1888. He transferred to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 21 May 1899, and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 5 November 1899, notably at Paardeberg where the Battalion suffered heavy casualties. Discharged on 3 September 1901, after 13 years’ service, he subsequently became a postman in Birmingham, and was awarded the Imperial Service medal upon his retirement in 1932 (London Gazette 20 May 1932). Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.
Lot 209
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (5340 Corl. A. Chambers, 2: D. of C. Lt. Infy.) nearly extremely fine £180-£220 --- Albert Thomas Chambers was born in Islington, London, in 1878, and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Dalston on 22 September 1897, having previously served in the 26th Middlesex Cyclist Volunteer Corps and the 5th (Militia) Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Appointed Lance-Corporal on 4 October 1898, he served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 5 November 1899 to 25 May 1900, and was wounded in action at Paardeberg on 18 February 1900, on which date the battalion suffered 3 officers and 27 men either killed in action or died of wounds, along with 4 officers and 56 men wounded. Returning home, Chambers was discharged, medically unfit, on 20 June 1901, after 3 years and 272 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extracts, census details, and other copied research.
Lot 211
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between fourth and fifth clasps (Capt. G. B. M. Rawlinson. 2/D of C.L.I.) engraved naming, nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- George Brooke Millers Rawlinson was born at Duddon Hall, Cumberland, on 16 June 1864, the second son of Major William Rawlinson, who had charged with the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons at Balaklava, and was commissioned Lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, on 5 February 1884. He transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, on 25 November 1885, and first saw foreign service with his regiment in Egypt, in 1886, but he arrived too late to take part in the campaign which had concluded the previous year, and so received no medal. In 1891 he passed the School of Instruction in Musketry at Hythe, and also the Veterinary Class at Aldershot, and was promoted captain on 19 February 1895. Rawlinson served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 1899-1901, as the Captain commanding “C” Company; he was also employed with Prisoners of War at Green Point. With his battalion, he served in operations in the Orange Free State from February to May 1900, including the operations at Paardeburg; the actions at Poplar Grove and Driefontein; the capture of Bloemfontein; the actions at Bosman's Kop, Springfontein, Isaacs Poort, Thubanchee, Hout Nek (Thoba Mountain), and Vet River - including the capture of Windberg - and in the passage of the Zand River; and the operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900 - including the action at Doornkop, the capture of Johannesburg and the assault on and capture of Pretoria. He also served in operations in the Transvaal from 30 November 1900 to May 1901. For his services he was twice Mentioned in Despatches, (London Gazettes 8 February 1901 and 10 October 1901), and was promoted Brevet Major (London Gazette 27 September 1901). Rawlinson returned to UK to take up the position of Adjutant in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, at Bodmin, in July, 1901. He relinquished this position shortly after having been promoted substantive Major in the regiment on 2 July 1904, and served with 2nd Battalion in Gibraltar from June 1905 until his retirement on 11 October of that year. He died at Thwaites, in Cumberland, on 16 September 1913, allegedly as a direct result of his service in South Africa. Sold with copied research.
Lot 228
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel D. C. Owen, Middlesex Regiment, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. D. C. Owen, Midd’x Rgt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. D. C. Owen.) mounted court-style as worn, toned, nearly extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1917. M.I.D. London Gazettes 4 January 1917; 15 May 1917; and 20 May 1918. Douglas Charles Owen was born on 17 December 1880 and was educated at Rugby. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 4 May 1901, having previously served with the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War in 1902, being promoted Lieutenant on 24 September 1902. Advanced Captain on 26 August 1909, and Major on 4 May 1916, he served during the Great War on the Western Front on the Staff from 22 February 1916, and for his services was three times mentioned in Despatches and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Owen was given the command of the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, on 18 October 1918, and commanded them for the final three weeks of the Great War, during which the Battalion, as part of the 33rd Division, distinguished themselves at the crossing of the River Sambre on 5 November 1918. He died in 1949, and is buried in Thurston, Suffolk.
Lot 242
A fine Great War R.R.C. group of three awarded to Matron K. M. Hewetson, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; British War and Victory Medals, with copy M.I.D. oak leaves (A. Matron K. M. Hewetson.); together with the recipient’s Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service cape badge; and a Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18, good very fine (5) £600-£800 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 8 April 1919: Miss Katharine Milligan Hewetson, Asst. Matron, Royal Herbert Hosp., Woolwich ‘In recognition of valuable nursing services in connection with the War.' Miss Katharine Milligan Hewetson was born at Penpont, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, on 2 July 1868. She qualified as a Midwife on 7 August 1913, before emigrating to the small village of Kaslo, British Columbia, not long thereafter. Returned to England at her own expense, she reported for duty on 10 May 1915 at the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich. Transferred to France as Assistant Matron on 22 February 1918, she served at the Villa Tino, Le Touquet, and was later attached to the 24th General Hospital at Etaples. Struck off strength on 10 May 1919, her reference was most impressive: ‘As Matron in charge of the Sick Sister's Hospital at Le Touquet she has shown very good administration capacity, and when occasion arises, of initiation well carried out. She has a sound knowledge of professional work. Her energy and zeal are unlimited and directed with consummate ease. Punctual and thoroughly reliable, and her influence generally has been the best.' It is believed that Miss Hewetson returned to British Columbia in 1919. It is later noted in her Service Record that she could be contacted at an address in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the mid 1930s. She later died in hospital in Edinburgh on 28 December 1944.
Lot 255
A scarce Boer War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Battery Sergeant Major A. A. Hawkins, Duke of Connaught’s Own Hampshire and Isle of Wight Militia Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (34484 C: Sjt: Maj: A. A. Hawkins. 2 Hants. I. Of W. A.V.); 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 (34484 C.S. Major. A. Hawkins. Hants: & I. Of W. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (500 B. S. Mjr. A. A. Hawkins. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (500 W.O. Cl. 2. A. A. Hawkins. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (34484 Coy Sejt Major A. A. Hawkins, R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (C.S. Major A. A. Hawkins. D.C.M. R.A.) mounted for wear, generally very fine or better (7) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902. The original recommendation states: ‘Has contributed greatly to the excellent behaviour and good work that has marked this Company. Special good service in charge of native working parties on the defences of Fort Scwarzkop.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 31 October 1917 [Aden]. Andrew Arnold Hawkins was born in Cowes on the Isle of Wight in January 1865. He attested for the Royal Artillery at Gosport in August 1882. Hawkins advanced to Bombardier in September 1885, and to Corporal in June 1889. He served in India, September 1883 - November 1888 (entitled to I.G.S. 1854-95, with ‘Burma 1885-87’ clasp). Hawkins advanced to Sergeant, and transferred to the Permanent Staff of the Duke of Connaught’s Own Hampshire and Isle of Wight Militia Artillery in September 1892. Hawkins advanced to Company Sergeant Major in December 1896, and served with his unit in South Africa, May 1901 - August 1902. He was discharged, 28 February 1907, after 24 years service. Hawkins re-engaged for service with the 1/4th Hants (Howitzer) Battery, R.F.A. in April 1908, and advanced to Acting Battery Sergeant Major in October 1914. He served in India, October 1914 - August 1915, and with the Royal Field Artillery in the Persian theatre of operations from 10 September 1915. Hawkins transferred to the 2/2nd Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery in September 1916. He was discharged due to sickness, 23 August 1917 (entitled to Silver War Badge), and died in Kent in February 1944. Sold with extensive copied service papers and research, and a photographic image of recipient in uniform.
Lot 256
A Boer War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major P. J. Lydon, East Lancashire Regiment, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (3617 Serjt:-Maj: J. P. Lydon. 1st. E. Lanc. Regt.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3617 Lc. Corpl P. Lydon 1st Bn. E. Lanc Regt); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (3617 Sgt. Drmr: P. J. Lydon. E. Lanc: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Sjt. Major. P. Lydon. E. Lanc. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3617 C. Sgt. P. Lydon, E. Lanc. Regt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (R.S. Mjr. P. J. Lydon. E. Lan. R.) note variations in initials, contact marks, generally nearly very fine; the MSM better (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- 1 of 8 D.C.M.s awarded to the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, during the Boer War. D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902. Patrick Joseph Lydon was born in Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland, in 1867. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, he enlisted into the 60th Rifles at 14 years and 3 months on 7 June 1881, and spent the following 9 years on home service, in which time he earned his 3rd and 2nd Class Certificates of Education. Posted to India on 25 November 1890, Lydon transferred to the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, on 30 September 1893; advanced Bandsman 1 October 1893; Lance Corporal 11 October 1893; and Sergeant 27 January 1896. Present at the Isazai Expedition of 1892 and the siege and relief of the Sikh and Kashmiri-held fort at Chitral in 1895, Lydon was subsequently transferred to Burma on 29 February 1896. He married Lilian Horlick at Meikhtila and returned home aboard the S.S. Dunera on 18 December 1897. Posted initially to Portsmouth, followed by Hilsea and Jersey on 12 September 1899, Lydon witnessed active service with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 13 January 1900 to 9 September 1902. As part of the 15th Brigade under Major General A. G. Wavell - and later, part of VIIth Division under Lieutenant General Tucker - the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, soon gained plaudits from high command. The Battalion was said to have done well at Karee Siding on 29 March 1900, losing 5 men killed and 14 wounded. Similarly, at the crossing of the Zand River on 10 May 1900, they were noted for doing their portion of the task well. In 1901, the Battalion furnished the infantry of columns which operated in the Southern Transvaal and in the Orange River Colony under Brigadier General G. Hamilton, Colonel Grey, Colonel Garratt, and others, and necessarily did a lot of very hard marching and engaged in a good number of skirmishes. For his service during this time, Lydon was Mentioned in both Lord Robert’s Despatch of 4 September 1901, and Kitchener’s Despatch of 23 June 1902, and was later decorated with the D.C.M. Advanced Sergeant Major on 22 January 1902, Lydon was discharged at his own request on 2 July 1909. His departure was much lamented by his Regiment: ‘On joining us he was found to be a musician of no mean order, due no doubt to some of his service K.R.R.s being spent in the band of that distinguished Corps, combined with a natural inclination for music. This accomplishment caused him to join the drums... In bidding good-bye to Sergt. Major and Mrs Lydon and Family, we hope that “Versicus” will continue to support our columns with his welcome contributions from time to time.’ Lydon took employment with the Civil Service as a Messenger in the Office of the Board of Trade, and then returned during the Great War to serve at home as R.S.M. with the 6th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. This almost certainly involved the training of new recruits, local lads borne of the industrial centres of Preston, Blackburn and Burnley. Transferred to depot at Bury, he was brought to the attention of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services in connection with the war, before discharge in consequence of sickness on 17 September 1917. Awarded a silver war badge, he was also the recipient of a rare G.V.R. ‘coinage head’ M.S.M., one of only five issued in total to the Regiment. Sold with a comprehensive file of copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient, compiled whilst part the Usher Collection and subsequently retailed in October 1983.
Lot 261
A Great War ‘Wulverghen, October 1915’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Lieutenant B. Benton, 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10718 C.S. Mjr: B. Benton. 4/Can: Inf: Bn:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (6427 Pte. B. Benton. Rl: Lanc: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (10718 Q.M.S. B. Benton. 4/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. B. Benton.) mounted as worn, very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 22 January 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry at Wulverghen on 20th October, 1915, when he volunteered to go with Private J. Donaghue to the rescue of a comrade who had been shot down near the enemy’s lines. He crawled 300 yards, found the wounded man in a shell hole near the German wire, dressed his wounds, and guided Private Donaghue, who carried him back to our trenches.’ Benjamin Benton was born at Manchester on 13 March 1881. He attested for the 4th Royal Lancaster Regiment and served for five years, including service in the Boer War (Queen’s Medal with two clasps). He enlisted into the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion on 22 September 1914, and served in France from 9 February 1915. He was commissioned Temporary Lieutenant on 15 August 1916, and promoted Acting Captain in the 1st Central Ontario Regiment, while commanding a Company from 18 October to 23 November 1918. Sold with comprehensive copied Canadian record of service.
Lot 267
A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant F. Dunton, Bedfordshire Regiment, late Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (3-8572 Pte. F. Dunton. 2/Bedf: R.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (5831 Pte. F. Dunton. Derby: Regt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5831 Pte. F. Dunton. Notts: & Derby: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (3-8572 Sjt. F. Dunton. Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-8572 Sjt. F. Dunton. Bedf. R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Frederick Dunton) the silver awards heavily toned, good very fine and better (7) £600-£800 --- M.M. London Gazette 21 January 1919. Frederick Dunton was born in the parish of Shefford, Bedfordshire, in 1878, and initially attested for the Grenadier Guards at Long Eaton on 9 February 1898. Transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment six days later, Dunton was first sent to Malta for a year and thence to South Africa from 21 November 1899 to 7 September 1902. Attached to 21st Brigade, his Battalion soon developed a reputation for good work, notably during the many actions from 3 to 24 May 1900, and later at Doornkop on 29 May 1900, and Diamond Hill on 11/12 June 1900. However, his Army Service Record notes two weeks' incarceration not long thereafter, in consequence of 'setting the veldt on fire'. Discharged in February 1910 upon termination of his first period of engagement, Dunton returned home to Shefford and took employment as a postman. The outbreak of the Great War saw him return to service with the Colours, being posted to France on 12 August 1915 as Sergeant in the 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. The following year this Battalion was heavily engaged during the Battle of the Somme, specifically the storming of the Pommiers Redoubt on 1 July 1916, the Battle of Bazentin, where the Division captured Trones Wood on 14 July 1916, and the Battle of Thiepval in September 1916. The latter engagement included the storming of Thiepval Village and the front face of the Schwaben Redoubt on 28/29 September 1916. Dunton was later commended by Major General R. P. Lee, Commanding 18th Division, for gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the Field on 5/6 August 1918, south of the Bray-Corbie Road. Decorated with the MIlitary Medal, he returned to employment with the post office and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal on 3 March 1939 as a postman based at the Harpenden Sub-Office, St. Albans. He died in St. Albans on 26 November 1946. Sold with the original hand-annotated card of commendation; three parchment certificates of character; and copied research.
Lot 299
A scarce Great War ‘Western Front’ A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Zoe B. Douet, Territorial Force Nursing Service, who served at No. 55 General Hospital, Wimereux, France Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister Z. B. Douet.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Sister Z. B. Douet. T.F.N.S.) with flattened named card boxes of issue and outer OHMS transmission envelopes addressed to ‘Miss Z. B. Douet, A.R.R.C., 8 Nevill Road, Rottingdean, Sussex’, nearly extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 5 June 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 30 December 1918. Miss Zoe Blanche Douet was born at South Norwood, Surrey, in 1872 and trained as a nurse at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, from 1904 to 1907. She served during the Great War with the Territorial Force Nursing Service as a Nursing Sister at No. 55 General Hospital, British Expeditionary Force, at Wimereux, France, from 30 April 1917, and for her services was awarded the A.R.R.C. and was Mentioned in Despatches. She died in Brighton in 1926. Sold with the recipient’s Territorial Force Nursing Service small cape badge, in Gaunt, London, case of issue; original Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated 8 November 1918; original letter permitting her to retain her T.F.N.S. badge following demobilisation after 4 years’ war service; personal reference from the Matron in Chief, T.F.N.S. confirming her war service, dated 31 March 1920; Membership Registration Certificate of the College of Nursing, dated 19 May 1919; and letter addressed to her sister following her death in 1926 passing on condolences from Her Majesty Queen Mary, from the Matron in Chief, T.F.N.S.
Lot 3
A scarce Great War ‘Cameroons 1914-15’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Brigadier-General G. D. Mann, Royal Artillery, attached West African Frontier Force, in command of Artillery in Northern Cameroons 1915; he subsequently commanded the Nigerian Brigade in East Africa Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: G. D. Mann, Imp: Yeo:) second clasp a contemporary copy; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1906 (Lieut: G. D. Mann. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (Major G. D. Mann. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Brig. Gen. G. D. Mann.) mounted court-style as worn but now rather tatty, some chips to wreaths of D.S.O., otherwise generally very fine or better (6) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 14 January 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 31 May 1916 (Cameroons), and 7 March 1918 (East Africa). George Duncan Mann was born on 28 August 1876, son of Horace and Mina Mann. Educated at Repton, he was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Norfolk Artillery Militia on 12 April 1898. He then joined the Royal Artillery on 5 May 1900, being made Lieutenant on 1 May 1901; Major on 30 October 1914; and Temporary Brigadier-General on 19 October 1917. Mann served in the South African war in 1902 with the 132nd Company (Irish Horse) Imperial Yeomanry (Queen’s Medal with 2 clasps). He was employed with the West African Frontier Force from 1905 to 1909, and served in West Africa (N. Nigeria) in 1906 (Medal with clasp). He was again employed with the W.A.F.F. from 1911 to 1918, and entered the Cameroons theatre of war on 24 August 1914, commanding the Artillery in the Northern Cameroons in 1915 (Despatches). Mann then commanded the column operating from Ibi, on Banzo and Jaundi, from July 1915 to February 1916; commanded Nigerian Brigade in all fighting, from October 1917 to February 1918; and commanded British Troops south of the Rouma River, in Portuguese East Africa, from December 1917 to February 1918 (Despatches three times (sic), Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel; 1914 Star (sic)). Two of his brothers were killed in action, one in 1915, and the other in 1916, and his fourth brother was wounded. Sold with original warrant for the D.S.O. and a photograph of the recipient in ‘civvies’, together with some copied research.
Lot 300
A scarce Great War ‘Western Front’ A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Ellen M. Emberson, Territorial Force Nursing Service, who served at No. 55 General Hospital at Wimereux, France Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Sister E. M. Emberson.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Sister E. M. Emberson. T.F.N.S.) nearly extremely fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 4 June 1918. Miss Ellen Maud Emberson was born in 1887, and prior to the Great War was employed at East Suffolk Hospital. She served during the Great War as a Nursing Sister at No. 55 General Hospital, British Expeditionary Force, at Wimereux, France, from 30 April 1917, and for her services was awarded the A.R.R.C., being presented with her insignia by H.M. King George V at Buckingham Palace on 18 December 1919. Miss Emberson remained in the T.F.N.S. post-War, and was appointed Matron of the 1st Eastern General Hospital on 1 January 1932. She retired from this post on 24 January 1939, and subsequently served as Matron of the Suffolk Convalescent Home at Felixtowe. Sold with the recipient’s Territorial Force Nursing Service small cape badge, in Gaunt, London, case of issue; the recipient’s riband bar; two very small Italian religious charms; and a gold-plated 1897 Farthing, pierced for suspension as a pendant, and inlaid with a small ‘diamond’ brilliant.
Lot 35
Pair: Gunner W. Chapman, Royal Artillery South Africa 1834-53 (Gunr. & Dr. W. Chapman. Rl. Arty.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2968. Gunr. W. Chapman, Depot Bde. R.A.) mounted on an attractive contemporary silver brooch bar, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Roll confirms service with 3 Company, 7th Battalion in the second and third Kaffir Wars. William Chapman was born at Crieff, Perthshire, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Perth on 11 May 1842, aged 18, a gardener by trade. He was discharged at Woolwich on 19 January 1864, having completed 21 years’ service, including 10 years 5 months at the Cape of Good Hope. His discharge papers state that ‘he has been awarded a Medal for service in the field in South Africa and a silver medal for long service and good conduct and a gratuity of £5 on discharge.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
Lot 397
Pair: Private W. Waldie, King’s Own Scottish Borderers Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2207 Pte. W. Waldie. 2/K.O. Sco: Bord:); Khedive’s Star, undated, unnamed as issued, contact marks, edge bruise to first, last part of regimental naming indistinct, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £160-£200 --- William Waldie, a Labourer from Edinburgh, attested into the King’s Own Scottish Borderers on 8 February 1887. He served in Egypt and Sudan from 19 July 1887 and was present with his regiment at the Battle of Gemaizah. Discharged on 7th February 1899, he transferred to the Army Reserve and was recalled for service in South Africa during the Boer War (Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal), before his final discharge on 1 October 1901. Sold with copy service papers and Medal Roll extract.
Lot 405
Pair: Private P. Chillingworth, Imperial Yeomanry, later Special Constabulary Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (6024 Pte. P. Chillingworth. 39th. Coy. 10th. Imp: Yeo:); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 2 clasps, The Great War 1914-18, Long Service 1929 (Sergt. Percy Chillingworth) good very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Percy Chillingworth served with the 39th (Berkshire) Company, 10th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War.
Lot 406
Pair: Trooper J. H. Richards, Imperial Yeomanry, later Shanghai Volunteer Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (13598 Tpr: J. H. Richards, 73rd. Coy. 19th. Imp. Yeo:); Shanghai Volunteer Corps Long Service Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘J. H. Richards. Active 1903-1907, 1911-1919.’, contact marks and minor edge bruising, generally very fine and better (2) £600-£800 --- J. H. Richards served with the 73rd (Paget’s Horse) Company, 19th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War, and subsequently with the Shanghai Volunteer Corps.
Lot 407
Four: Lieutenant R. E. Henderson, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, late Lovat Scouts and Royal Sussex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. R. E. Henderson. Rl. Sussex. Rgt.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. R. E. Henderson. 1-Lovat’s Scts.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. E. Henderson.) good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Robert Eveleyn Henderson, an East Indies Merchant, was born on 19 December 1890. He was commissioned into the Royal Sussex Regiment and served in South Africa with the 3rd Battalion during the Boer War. He served with 1st Battalion Lovat Scouts during the Great War in the Balkans theatre from 6 September 1915, before later service with the Guards Machine Gun Regiment and appears to have been awarded a Silver War Badge. His medals were sent to him at Sedgwick Park, Horsham, Sussex, and his Medal Index Card notes a further address at Moonhill Place, Cuckfield, Sussex. Henderson died, aged 44, on 6 November 1925, leaving a most substantial estate valued at £98,147 and is commemorated by an elaborate wall plaque inside St. Martin’s Church, Nuthurst, Sussex.
Lot 410
Three: Private J. McIlroy, Gordon Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 May 1915 Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between the fourth and fifth clasps (7511 Pte. J. McIlroy. Gordon Highrs:); British War and Victory Medals (7511 Pte. J. McIlroy. Gordons.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- James McIlroy attested for the Gordon Highlanders and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and then with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 October 1914 (also entitled to a 1914 Star with clasp). He was killed in action on 16 May 1915, but has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France, which bears the names of those soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in the neighbourhood of Festubert and Neuve-Chapelle before 25 September 1915.
Lot 411
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, contact marks, edge bruising, fine and better (6) £300-£400 --- 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.
Lot 412
Five: Staff Sergeant Major G. Twissell, Royal Army Service Corps, who served as Master Baker in South Africa during the Boer War Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (4906. S. Qr. Mr. Sjt. G. Twissell. A.S.C.) engraved naming; King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4906 S. Serjt:- Maj: G. Twissell. A.S.C.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (4906 St. Qr: Mr: Serjt: G. Twissell. A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (S/4906 S.S. Mjr. G. Twissell. R.A.S.C.) good very fine (5) £300-£400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 29 June 1943. Gustavus Twissell was born in Bisley, Gloucestershire, on 30 September 1864, and attested at Aldershot for the Commissariat and Transport Corps on 3 July 1883. He served in Ireland, South Africa and Malta in various bakery and mill branches between 1884 and 1893, followed by a stint in the clothing stores at Aldershot, before returning to the Cape from 21 October 1899 to 29 November 1902 as Master Baker. The recipient's Service Record adds: 'This N.C.O. served for nearly three years at Orange River. He rendered valuable services during the war and in every capacity in which employed always gave the utmost satisfaction.' Awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal on 15 January 1902, Twissell was advanced Staff Sergeant Major on 6 July 1906 and received the 1911 Coronation Medal whilst serving with the Army Service Corps. Discharged at Portsmouth from the 7th Supply Company, his exemplary behaviour was rewarded with the Annuity Meritorious Service Medal and gratuity in 1943. Sold with extensive copied research.
Lot 413
Three: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant C. E. Purvor, Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, top two clasps unconfirmed (6183 S-Sgt. Clr-Mkr: C. E. Purvor. A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6183 S.Serjt. Sdlr: C. E. Purvor. A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (6183 S:Q.M.Sjt. C. E. Purvor. A.S.C.) contact marks, very fine (3) £240-£280 --- Charles Edward Purvor was born circa 1869. He attested into the Commissariat and Transport Corps at Aldershot on 11 April 1885, and served in South Africa during the Boer War. His L.S. & G.C. was issued under Army Order 189 of 1905 before his discharge on 9 April 1906. He died in Essex on 9 January 1936.
Lot 425
Three: Sister Georgina B. Oddy, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve 1914 Star (G. B. Oddy. B.R.C.S. & O.St.J.J.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister G. B. Oddy.) polishing to first, otherwise very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Miss Georgina Bertha Oddy was born in Bolton, Lancashire, on 18 September 1875, the third child of master grocer William Oddy. Educated in her home town, she trained as a nurse at the Lewisham Infirmary in London from June 1900 to July 1903, and then served as Staff Nurse, Ward Sister and Night Superintendent at the West Ham Infirmary until the outbreak of hostilities. Sent to France in October 1914, Miss Oddy witnessed her first posting as Nursing Sister at Calais Unit No. 1, and was likely heavily engaged in caring for vast numbers of Regular Army soldiers wounded during the First Battle of the Marne and subsequent race to the sea. Transferred to the Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. as Staff Nurse, and later Sister, she joined No. 14 General Hospital at Wimereux on 13 December 1915, and served aboard the Hospital Ship Copenhagen from 1 January 1916 to 8 March 1916. A former passenger vessel, the newly converted Copenhagen was crewed by 42 medical staff and catered to the needs of up to 254 sick and wounded service personnel. In the spring of 1916, the strain of work began to impact upon Miss Oddy’s own health, and she was admitted to Vincent Square Hospital in central London suffering from pulmonary catarrh. Suffering from pain and extreme discomfort, she made a temporary recovery and returned to France at the end of April 1916, but her Service Record makes clear that her health never fully recovered. Serving in various hospital wards, she thus survived the loss of the Copenhagen which was torpedoed in the North Sea in 1917, and was finally struck off strength in June 1919, her superiors noting, ‘very capable, most reliable and hard working nurse, and very patient and sympathetic with her patients... maintains very good discipline in her ward.’ Given such high regard, Miss Oddy was unsurprisingly Mentioned in Despatches on 10 July 1919. Sold with an excellent and most comprehensive archive of original nursing artefacts, including the recipient’s Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badge, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1915, by Carrington & Co., London; a contemporary nursing arm band, white linen with felt red cross and white buttons, with hand-written ink date ‘5.7.16’.; an original card dog tag, impressed ‘G. B. Oddy, C.E. S.N. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.’; two original white metal identity bracelets, named to the recipient; a particularly fine General Nursing Council for England and Wales Nursing Badge by Fattorini of Birmingham, silver and blue enamel, privately engraved to reverse, ‘G. B. Oddy. S.R.N. 177, 30.9.21.’; a heavy white metal Cross of St. John on a similar chain; together with three small framed family portrait photographs and sundry badges and titles.
Lot 454
Five: Captain and Quartermaster A. Downer, 5/7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, late Regimental Sergeant Major, who landed with the 2nd Battalion from the River Clyde on the Gallipoli Peninsula, 25 April 1915 1914-15 Star (6920 C.Q.M. Sjt. A. Downer. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (6920 W.O. Cl. 2. A. Downer. Hamps. R.); Jubilee 1935; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5485048 W.O. Cl. II. A. Downer. Hamps. R.) mounted for wear, last with official corrections, generally very fine or better (5) £260-£300 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 13 July 1916: ‘For distinguished and gallant services rendered during the period of General Sir Charles Monro’s Command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.’ Archibald Downer served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment in Gallipoli from 25 April 1915. On the latter date he landed with the Battalion at dawn from the S.S. River Clyde at Cape Helles - the Battalion landed on V Beach and suffered heavy casualties, many men were hit while wading ashore in shoulder deep water and many of the wounded were drowned. Three attempts to land were made by men of the Hampshires, Royal Dublin and Royal Munster Fusiliers all of which ended in costly failures. Six of the crew of the River Clyde were awarded the Victoria Cross for their bravery during the landing. Downer advanced to Acting Regimental Sergeant Major and transferred to the 5th Battalion. He was later commissioned, and advanced to Captain and Quartermaster, ‘of the 5/7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment (T.A.), who has been awarded the King’s Silver Jubilee medal, is the youngest of the late Mr. C. Downer and of Mrs. Attril, of 11 Simeon Street [Ryde, Isle of Wight], and a former scholar of Holy Trinity School. Capt. Downer enlisted in the regiment in August, 1903, and served abroad with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa, Mauritius, Bermuda, and India. He is one of the few survivors of the 2nd Battalion which took part in the memorable landing from the River Clyde on the Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25th, 1915. After serving as R.S.M. with the 5/7th he took his discharge on being commissioned Lieutenant and Quartermaster to that battalion in 1927. He was promoted Captain some months ago and is still serving with the regiment at Southampton.’ (Isle of Wight County Press, 13 July 1935, refers) Sold with copied service papers, and research.
Lot 523
Seven: Flight Lieutenant T. H. Fynn, Royal Air Force, later Rhodesian Police Reserve, who was taken Prisoner of War when his Lancaster, of which he was the pilot and sole survivor, was shot down over Stuttgart on 15 March 1944 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Rhodesia, General Service Medal (10835B F/R T. H. Fynn); Rhodesian Police Reserve Long Service Medal (10835B F/R Fynn, T. H.); Zimbabwe, Independence Medal 1980 (060935) nearly extremely fine (7) £400-£500 --- Terence Hugh Fynn was born in King William’s Town, South Africa, on 27 February 1916, a direct descendent of Henry Francis Fynn of Northern Ireland, who settled in the Eastern Cape in the 1820s and gave his name to the suburb of Fynnlands in Natal. A farmer by profession and member of the British South Africa Police Reserve, Fynn attested for the Royal Air Force in October 1940, and was trained as a Pilot aboard Tiger Moth, Avro Anson, Oxford and Fairey Battle aircraft. Sent to Leuchars, Babbacombe, Newquay and Padgate, he converted to bombers at R.A.F. Swinderby from 29 August 1943 to 13 October 1943, before posted to Dunholme Lodge in Lincolnshire with 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron, Royal Air Force. Operating the Avro Lancaster bomber, 44 Squadron was heavily engaged at this time with attacks on the Biscay Ports, the Ruhr, Berlin, and the major industrial heartland cities of occupied Europe. According to the Operations Record Book, Fynn bombed Dusseldorf on the night of 3/4 November 1943, as part of a 15-aircraft sortie likely targeting the Rhenania Ossag oil refinery. A few days later, he carpet-bombed Berlin, a mission repeated on 23 December 1943 and again on 1 January 1944. This was followed by an attack on Stettin on 5 January 1944, the O.R.B. entry for Fynn’s aircraft noting: ‘attack was seen to be very good, with good fires taking hold of blocks of buildings. Rear gunner could see fires from 90 miles away and altogether a very good trip.’ Fynn is recorded on a further ten operational sorties to Berlin, Leipzig and Stuttgart, the entry of 15 March 1944 noting: ‘F/Lt. Fynn failed to return from this operation but no signals were received from him. All the other aircraft reached and bombed the target and returned to base successfully’. Initially posted missing in action, it later emerged that he was the sole survivor of his Lancaster’s crew, spending the remainder of the conflict as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft I in western Pomerania. Liberated by Russian forces on 30 April 1945, Fynn returned to Rhodesia, joined the Police Reserve in 1961 and served until Independence. Sold with the original slip for Campaign Stars, Clasps and Medals, with named envelope to recipient, c/o. O.H.M.S. Southern Rhodesia, and extensive copied research, including an annotated photographic image of the recipient with this Lancaster crew.
Lot 57
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. De Villiers, Cape Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Lt: Col: A. P. De Villiers, Cape G.A.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R., ‘Victoria Regina et Imperatrix’ (Lieut. Col. A. P. de Villiers. Cape Garrison Arty.) this on original investiture pin and clearly never worn, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- ‘The death occurred this morning, at his residence at D'Urban Road, of Lieutenant Colonel A. P. de Villiers, Commanding the Cape Garrison Artillery. The deceased gentleman, who was a member of the firm of Lindenberg and De Villiers, auctioneers, was an enthusiastic Volunteer, having survived the Colony and the Empire for twenty-two years as a citizen soldier. He worked his way from private in the ranks to Commanding Officer, a record of which he was always proud as also of the fact that, though not of British blood, he was a British subject. His connection with Volunteering commenced in 1879 when he joined the Cape Town Volunteer Engineers, saw service with his corps in the Transkei Rebellion of 1879-80, and afterwards became successively lieutenant, captain, adjutant, major, and ultimately lieutenant-colonel, to which latter post he was appointed on the recommendation of Colonel Forbes-Taylor, R.A. He rendered great assistance in the inception and establishment of the new corps of Garrison Artillery, of which unit he became first head. In 1899 he became entitled to the long service medal, and was duly invested with it - on paper. As a matter of actual fact, he never received it, though nearly two years have elapsed since he became entitled to it. He was a very popular officer, beloved by his men, and his general presence was welcome everywhere. At the outbreak of the war he went into active service with his corps. Last August he was found to have contracted a severe kidney affection, and was sent by his medical advisers to Europe to recruit, but his insidious complaint was too much for him, and after spending over six months under medical care - nine weeks of which he passed in Netley Hospital - he returned home to the Colony. His demise - at the early age of 41 - will come as a shock to many of his old friends, who will find it hard to realise that the cheerful and buoyant "A.P. (Apie)" of the old days is no more. He leaves a widow and three daughters.’ Sold with details of obituary notice (undated but circa 1903-10) and funeral arrangements and several copied photographs of De Villiers in uniform.
Lot 58
Three: Sergeant Trumpeter A. Biebuyck, Cape Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2 Serjt: Tprt: A. Biebuyck. Cape G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2 Serjt:-Tptr: A. Biebuyck. Cape G.A.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (No. 2 Sergt. Tptr. A. Biebuyck. Cape Gar. Arty.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £240-£280
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