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Lot 19A
A Boer War/First World War Group of Four Medals, awarded to 14952 PTE.G.SOUNEY, R.A.M.C., comprising Queen`s South Africa Medal with five clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA 1901, and SOUTH AFRICA 1902, 1914 Star with 5TH AUG.-22ND NOV.1914 "Mons" clasp, British War Medal and Victory Medal, together with brass title, two portrait photographs of him with his family and his son, a collection of nineteen embroidered silk postcards and thirty other postcards and greetings cards all sent by him or his family, with various other ephemera including a copy of Ireland`s Saturday Night newspaper for 28th April 1917containing a published poem by the above.
Lot 493
Cape Province, Cape Colony, J.H. Cartwright, zinc Halfcrown, c. 1898-1912 (Hern 96c; Theron C1; Ford 4757); Cape Town, The American Swiss Watch Co, aluminium check with 1939 Farthing set in centre (Hern 14a; Ford 6301); Cape Town Tramway Cos, aluminium Halfpence (2) (Hern 88a; Theron C4; Ford 4762); City Tramways Co Ltd, nickel One Fare (2) (Hern 88b; Theron C4; Ford 4762); E.K. Green & Co, copper check, c. 1907, with central punchmark, E.K. Green & Co Ltd, checks (3), copper, brass (2, one countermarked 121) (Hern 252a, 252o; Theron C18; Ford 4763); J.W. Irwin, bronze Halfpence (2), both 1879 (Hern 292a; Theron C5; Ford 4764); Frederick R. Lovegrove & Co, bronze Halfpenny, c. 1882 (Hern 338a; Hern C6; Ford 4766); Marsh & Sons, Halfpence (2), both c. 1870 (Hern 348a; Theron C7; Ford 4767); Van Ryn Wine & Spirit Co Ltd, brass Threepence, c. 1903 (Hern 626c; Theron C28; Ford 4776); Whyte & Co, bronze Halfpence (2), both 1861, by W.J. Taylor (Hern 662a; Theron C14; Ford 4779); Wynberg, Royal Wine Store, aluminium Threepence (Hern 476a; Theron C22; Ford 4780) [18]. Generally fine, some Description Footnote
Lot 494
CAPE PROVINCE, Cape Town, City Catering Dept, brass Halfcrown, 2 Shillings, Shilling, Sixpence, Threepence and Penny, c. 1911-14 (Hern 108a-f; Theron C2; Ford 4760); The Strand, brass dog tag, 1942, stamped no. 186; Cyphergat, Cyphergat Coal Co, brass 2 Shillings (Hern 138a; Theron C41; Ford 5467); East London, East London Municipal Ferry, Penny, 1880 (Hern 178a; Theron C44; Ford 4783); Kimberley, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd, brass Shillings (3), all c. 1888 (Hern 150c; Theron C56; Ford 4794), white metal Shilling and Sixpence punchmarked for Bultfontein (Hern 150g-h; Theron C56; Ford 4791), white metal Shillings (2), Sixpences (2), and Threepence, all countermarked for du Toitspan (Hern 150l-n; Theron C56; Ford 4792), white metal Halfcrowns (2), Shillings (3), Sixpences (2), Threepence, all countermarked for Wesselton (Hern 150o-r; Theron C56; Ford 4793); Moorreesburg, octagonal copper dog tag, 1928, stamped M53 [28]. Generally fine, some Description Footnote
Lot 495
Cape Province, Cyphergat, Cyphergat Coal Co, brass 2 Shillings (Hern 138a; Theron C41; Ford 5467); East London, East London Municipal Ferry, Pennies (2), both 1880 (Hern 178a; Theron C44; Ford 4783); East London Municipal Tramways, celluloid Halfpenny, c. 1900-35 (Hern 180c; Theron C45; Ford 4784); East London Model Dairy, cupro-nickel One Gallon Milk (3, all different), One Pint Milk (2, different) (Hern 366a, 366c-f; Ford 4782); Kimberley, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd, brass Shillings (2, two types), Sixpence, c. 1888 (Hern 150b-d; Theron C56; Ford 4794); Montagu, Brink Bros, fibre 20 Shillings (no. 1612), 10 Shillings (no. 1310), Shilling (no. 1079) and Threepence (no. 535), c. 1944-6 (Hern 70a-c, 70f; Theron C72; Ford 4806), brass Halfcrown (no. 2110), 2 Shillings (no. 3798) and Shilling (no. 4797), c. 1944-6 (Hern 70h-k; Theron C72; Ford 4807) [19]. Generally fine, some Description Footnote
Lot 311
A 16 BORE HANOVERIAN D.B. PERCUSSION CAPE RIFLE BY TANNER IN HANNOVER, CIRCA 1830. with rebrowned twist sighted barrels, the right barrel rifled, signed in gold on the rib, engraved case-hardened breech decorated with scrolling foliage extending down each side and inlaid with gold lines, back-action locks chiselled with differing scenes involving hounds and stags, scroll-engraved hammers, set trigger for the rifled barrel, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, engraved steel mounts decorated en suite with the locks including trigger-guard and butt-plate, the latter engraved `no.1988`, vacant white metal escutcheon, white metal barrel bolt escutcheons, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod (the steel parts with areas of pitting). 76.8cm; 30 1/4in barrels. Provenance. The Crown Prince`s Gunroom, Schloss Cumberland, Gmunden. Schloss Marienburg
Lot 452
* Lakin (Cyril Harry Alfred, 1893-1947). A well-ordered collection of literary correspondence, miscellaneous letters and a notebook, c. 1930s/1940s, the autograph letters signed to Lakin including those from Rebecca West (2), James Hilton, Leonard Russell, Harold Nicholson (typed postcard signed), James Hanley, Desmond McCarthy, Osbert Sitwell (TLS), W.W. Hedley, J.B. Fisk, Jonathan Cape (TLS), correspondence and copy letters between Lakin and Lord Camrose, plus other letters relating to the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times, ephemera relating to Lakin`s visit to Germany, letters from reviewers and early radio broadcasts including F.L. Lucas, Baring Pemberton, Harry Pickering, Herbert Palmer, Polly Peabody, Sir Arthur Page, a collection of letters of condolence on Lakin`s death to his wife Vera in 1948 from Michael Sadlier, Jock McEwan, Jack Lambert, Colonel Hugh Olten, et al, arranged in polysleeves in three ring binders, with a notebook of Cyril Lakin`s with handwritten copies of prose and verse arranged alphabetically by author. Provenance: Cyril Lakin`s daughter. Cyril Lakin was a journalist and barrister at law (Inner Temple). He served with the South Wales borders during the First World War in France and Salonika. He became assistant editor of the Daily Telegraph (1929-33), literary editor of the Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph (1933-37), assistant editor and literary editor of the Sunday Times (1937-45). He was MP for Llandaff and Barry Division, Glamorgan, 1942-45. He died tragically in a road traffic accident in France in June 1947. A fuller list of contents is available on request. (-)
Lot 244
A Sampson and Hancock Derby Tithe Pig Group, modelled with parson and a couple, he wearing a broad brimmed hat and hands clasped, she with bonnet and cape holding a baby, he wearing a pink jacket and breeches holding a piglet, oval moulded base with piglet, basket of eggs and wheatsheaves, before bocage, 23cm high, S and H, crossed swords and D mark in blue, c.1866
Lot 53
Bill Gibb fashion sketch for a leather ensemble worn by Twiggy at the Royal Festival Hall, 1976, signed `Bill Gibb` pencil on paper, front and back views and details of blouse and alternative cape, complete with swatch of beaded chamois, main sketch 30 by 20cm within mount and frame. Twiggy was photographed for Vogue wearing this ensemble, 15th October 1976 issue. The photograph is also reproduced in `Bill Gibb: Fashion & Fantasy` by Iain R Webb p.94
Lot 96
An Agnes/Madame Havet golden velvet cocktail dress, circa 1927, labelled, with softly draped cross-over bodice, gold and silver beads and rhinestones to the dropped waist, the skirt with three dimensional flowerheads studded with pastes, bust 82cm, 32in; together with a silvery velvet cape with wired collar, (2)
Lot 130
A group of Mainbocher clothing, mainly 1950s, labelled, Mainbocher Inc. comprising: a pink crepe evening cape 1940s with flamboyant sequined shoulders, tiers of fringes; black point d`esprit cocktail gown, mid 1950s; black wool jacket, late 50s; black silk overcoat lined in pink silk, late 1950s, various sizes, (4)
Lot 889
Circle of John Hayles c.1600-1679- Portrait of a young woman, bust-length, with dark curled hair, wearing a brown dress with white lace and pearl sash; Portrait of a young gentleman, bust-length, long dark hair worn natural, wearing possibly elements of a military uniform with tied white lace stock, white satin doublet and short golden cape with leather and brass belts and buckles; oil on canvas, ovals, a pair, in matching carved and gilded oval frames, with beaded sight-edge, fluted hollow, egg-and-dart course schematic outer-edge, (2) Note: John Hayles, relative of the miniaturist Samuel Cooper, competitor of Sir peter Lely and respected by his contemporaries for his replicas of the portraits of van Dyke. These paintings show all the elements expected of a fashionable portrait painter of the day in particular Michael Dahl 1659-1743, Mary Beale 1632-1697,and Willem Wissing 1656-1687 all these working from the ideals laid down by such painters as van Dyke, and the larger studios of Kneeler 1646-1723 and lely 1618-1680. His famous work being the portrait of the diarist Samuel pepys; Extract from Pepys diary, 17 March 1666: ...at noon, home to dinner, and presently with my wife out to Hales`s, where I am still infinitely pleased with my wife`s picture. I paid him 14l for it, and 25s for the frame, and I think it is not a whit too dear for so good a picture. It is not yet quite finished and dry, so as to be fit to bring home yet. This day I begin to sit, and he will make me, I think, a very fine picture. He promises it shall be as good as my wife`s, and I sit to have it full of shadows, and do almost break my neck looking over my shoulder to make the posture for him to work by.
Lot 494
Late 19th Century Black Velvet Short Cape with lace and bead appliqué trims; Laura Ashley Black Velvet Long Cape; Mink Fur Coat labelled Fenwick French Salon; Mink Shoulder Cape; Three Pairs of Shoes including pair of leather clogs with wooden soles and metal trims, pair of black suede and patent sling backs with diamante buckle, pair of purple suede and patent heeled shoes `Miss Holmes`
Lot 104
Five: Private Charles Lyon, 21st Canadian Infantry, late Bedfordshire Regiment Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (6657 Pte., Bedford. Regt.); Kings South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (6657 Pte., Bedford Regt.); 1914-15 Star (59612 Pte., 21/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (59612 Pte., 21-Can. Inf. ) note: on last two surname spelt Lyons, first two with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (5) £240-280 Charles Lyon was born in Hamilton, New Zealand on 3 August 1874. He was the fifth of seven children of Colonel William Charles Lyon, a descendant of the Lyons of Glamis, Earls of Strathmore. He attested for the Corps of Dragoons at London on 3 March 1899, aged 24 years, 6 months but was transferred to the Bedfordshire Regiment in November the same year. With them he served as mounted infantry in South Africa, June 1900-April 1905. Lyon was transferred to the Army Reserve in March 1906 and discharged on 2 March 1911. He then worked as a Lumberman, in Haliburton, Canada and he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in November 1914, subtracting three years from his age in order to do so. He sailed to England aboard the R.M.S. Metagama in May 1915 and embarked for France in October. He was slightly wounded in March 1916, suffering a gunshot wound to his right eyebrow and lower lip. In September he was posted back to England and spent the rest of the war on the strength of various Canadian military hospitals. Charles Lyon was honourably discharged in April 1918 and at first lived once more in Haliburton, Ontario but by the 1930s had returned once more to England. Lyon died at Matfield on 8 Oct 1960. With extensive copied research, including: copied British and Canadian Army Service papers, New Zealand Birth Certificate; U.K. Marriage and Death Certificates; copied and modern photographs; family tree; together with an original photograph of the recipient in uniform, with an associated newspaper cutting titled, Honored Soldier Returned (to Haliburton), in which it was stated, .... He was three times wounded in action, once so badly that he was erroneously reported killed. .... Also with copied article, The Elusive Photograph, by Dan Lyon, taken from Medal News, October 2005, together with a further article accepted for future publication in the O.M.R.S. Journal.
Lot 134
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Trafalgar (Geo. Cocksedge, Midshipman) very fine £6000-8000 George Cocksedge served as a Midshipman aboard the Polyphemus at the battle of Trafalgar. A third-rate she fought in the Lee column at Trafalgar, losing six killed and wounded. She engaged the French 84, Neptune, and the Achille 74, only quitting the latter when she saw a Union Jack being waved from the French ships starboard cathead. After the battle, and during the gale that followed, she performed good service in regaining possession of the Spanish 80, Argonauta, which she delivered over to Lord Collingwood at Cadiz. She afterwards took in tow the Victory, with the body of Nelson on board, and conducted her to the mouth of the Straits of Gibraltar. George Edward Cocksedge was born in Suffolk and entered the Navy on 14 November 1798, as First Class Volunteer, on board the Impetueux 78, Captain Sampson Edwards, in which ship, and the St George 98, commanded by the same officer, he served, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations until February 1801. During the next four years he successively joined, as Midshipman, the San Joseph 110, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, Lapwing 28, Captain Edward Rotheram, and Plantagenet 74, Captains Graham Eden Hamond and Hon. Michael De Courcy; and while in the latter vessel, besides convoying a fleet of Indiamen to St Helena, assisted in capturing, 27 July 1803, LAtalante corvette of 22 guns. On subsequently removing to the Polyphemus 64, Captain Robert Redmill, flag-ship afterwards of Rear-Admiral George Murray, he further bore a part in the battle fought of Cape Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, and witnessed in July 1807, the unsuccessful attack made on Buenos Ayres by Lieutenant-General Whitelock. Between 1809, in which year he obtained a commission and 1813, he next served in the West Indies, North America, and German Ocean, nearly the whole time as First Lieutenant, on board the Shark sloop, Dispatch 18, Franchise 36, Gorgon armÄe en flute, Calliope 20, and Cretan brig. Lieutenant Cocksedge was placed on half-pay in 1813 and onto the Reserved List in 1851. He received the Naval Medal with one Clasp and died in 1860.
Lot 137
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 14 March 1795, St. Vincent (John Cameron) minor edge bruising and contact marks, good very fine £4000-5000 Ex McKenzie 1873; Cheylesmore, July 1930 (115/-). Able Seaman John Cameron served aboard H.M.S. Captain in the action against the French fleet off Genoa, 14 March 1795, and in the same ship against the Spanish fleet in the battle of Cape St. Vincent, 14 February 1797. Nelson, present in both actions, was Commodore aboard the Captain in the latter battle and personally led one of the boarding parties that captured first the San Nicolas and then the San Josef.
Lot 223
Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laings Nek, South Africa 1901 (Capt. A. R. Mildmay, K.R.R.C.) last clasp loose on ribbon, extremely fine £2500-3000 Captain Alexander Richard Mildmay, 3rd Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, was killed in action near Blood River Poort on 17 September 1901. He was born in March 1873, educated at Eton, and entered the Kings Royal Rifle Corps from the 3rd Battalion Hampshire Regiment in October 1893, being promoted Lieutenant in November 1896, and Captain in February 1901. He served with the Composite Regiment of Mounted Infantry in South Africa, and was mentioned in despatches, London Gazette 8 February 1901, also in the despatch of General Lord Kitchener, 8 October 1901, for his plucky, determined, and successful pursuit of Oliviers convoy, 3 August 1901, with an inferior force; and also for quickness and initiative, 23 August, when it was chiefly due to him and Captain S. F. Mott, that the enemy were prevented from escaping. Captain Mildmay was buried at Vryheid.
Lot 490
Four: Rev. Frederick Wilmot Bennitt, who led the R.A.O.B. Memorial Service at Cardington for the dead of airship R.101 Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (Rev. F. W. Bennitt) with silver brooch bar; R.A.O.B. Jewel, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1932, reverse inscribed, Presented to Bro. The Rev. Frederick Bennitt CP by the Swan Lodge No.6397 Certified on the 21 June 1933, with brooch bar, inscribed, Swan Lodge No.6397; Prize Medallions (2), 57mm., silver, obverse: presentation of a charter to the king, in exergue, Edwardvs Rex Lib. Schol. Brimicham Fvndator A.D. MDLII, reverse: inscribed, in raised letters, Studio Fallente Laborem, Praemium in Gymnasio Meritum, engraved, F. W. Bennitt 1891; another, engraved, F. W. Bennitt 1892, good very fine (4) £500-550 Frerick Wilmot Bennitt was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge and gained a B.A. in 1895 and M.A. in 1899. He was ordained a Deacon in 1896 and a Priest in 1897 at Rochester, Kent. He was Curate of St. Margarets, Plumstead, 1896-98 and then of Rugby, 1898-1901 and 1902-03. During the Boer War he served as an Acting Chaplain to the Forces, 1901-02. The Rev. Bennitt was then Curate of Hagbourne, 1903-05 and of Buxton, 1905-06. He then served as Rector of Bletchley, 1906-34 but served in the R.A.M.C. during 1918-19. Bennitt was appointed the Rural Dean of Bletchley, 1923-34, after which he was Vicar of East Peckham, 1934-42 and Curate of Sunninghill, 1943-45. The R.101 was a British rigid airship completed in 1929 as part of the Imperial Airship Scheme. The airship crashed on 5 October 1930 in France on its maiden overseas flight. The R.101 departed its shed at Cardington, Bedfordshire, on 4 October, for a flight to Karachi, British India, with an intended fuel stop at Ismailia, Egypt. However, when travelling at a low altitude in poor weather over France the next day, the R.101 hit the ground near the Beauvais Ridge and burst into flames - 46 of the 54 passengers and crew were killed immediately and 2 others died later in hospital. The loss of 48 dead surpassed that of the Hindenburg disaster of 1937. The tragic loss of the R.101 effectively ended British involvement with rigid airships. A special memorial to the dead of the R.101 was held by the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes in the airships shed at Cardington on Sunday 16 November 1930. The memorial service, led by the Rev. Frederick Bennitt, was attended by some 7,000 R.A.O.B. members, in remembrance of the many victims of the disaster who were members of the Order. With original newspaper cuttings relating to the Memorial Service, including one with a picture of Rev. Bennitt officiating at the service. Also with copied research.
Lot 587
An extremely rare Second World War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain H. H. Golding, Merchant Navy, one of a handful of recipients of the Southern Railway Companys M.S.M - for his gallant deeds as Master of the S.S. Isle of Sark in St. Peter Port, Guernsey in June 1940, when his ship came under attack while embarking evacuees The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire O.B.E. (Civil) Officers 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, in its Royal Mint case of issue; British War Medal 1914-20 (Hervy H. Golding); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Hervy H. Golding); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Southern Railway Companys Meritorious Service Medal, silver-gilt, the reverse officially engraved, H. H. Golding, in its fitted Royal Mint case of issue, the Great War awards slightly polished, otherwise generally good very fine and better (7) £4000-5000 O.B.E. London Gazette 3 January 1945. Southern Railway Companys M.S.M.: Delayed the departure of the S.S. Isle of Sark from Guernsey, during intense bombardment of the Island on 28 June 1940, in order that as many passengers as possible might be embarked. The Southern Railway Companys M.S.M. was instituted by the Companys directors soon after the outbreak of hostilities, 18 awards being presented at a ceremony held on 16 August 1940 and thereafter just six further awards. Hervy Hardinge Golding was born in Tongham, near Farnham, Surrey in October 1887, and sailed out of Greenock as an apprentice aboard the Samoena, a threeðmasted ship, and for four years survived the life, sailing and the dreaded Southern Ocean, learning the skills that would one day enable him to join that exclusive society of men ð the Cape Horners (The Evening Echo, Bournemouth, 22 June 1974 refers). Having passed his 2nd Mates examination in London in November 1908 and his 1st Mates examination in Hong Kong in November 1910, Golding was next employed in vessels of the British Steam Navigation Company and Seang Line, trading routes from Rangoon to China. In April 1914, he entered the service of the London & South Western Railway fleet as a 2nd Officer in the Bertha (afterwards merged with the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, and the South Eastern & Chatham Railway companies to form the Southern Railway Company). Actively employed in the Mercantile Marine in the Great War, he was employed on the Southampton-Le Havre run, latterly in the Normannia and Hantonia. And he stayed in the Companys employ for the remainder of his career, his otherwise peaceful voyages to France and the Channel Islands coming to an abrupt end on the renewal of hostilities. Evacuation of Guernsey ð June 1940 On the renewal of hostilities, Golding was in command of the Isle of Jersey, shortly to be refitted as a hospital carrier, but in early 1940 he was given command of the Isle of Sark, which appointment led to his part in the evacuation of the Channel Islands. The ships matter of fact official log entry for 28 June 1940 states: 6.55 p.m., St. Peter Port, Guernsey: At time and place stated, while passengers were beginning to embark, enemy planes appeared and commenced a bombing and machine-gun action on harbour and shipping. A wireless transmission message was transmitted and acknowledged. The attack was maintained for an hour, during which no damage was done to the ship. Vessel sailed for Southampton at 10.15 p.m. according to schedule. A more extensive account of events that evening at St. Peter Port was later published in the Great Western Railway Magazine: On 28 June 1940 enemy bombers attacked in earnest. About 7 oclock in the evening a number came over, flying at about 3,000 feet. Diving lower, they then machine-gunned the jetty and its vicinity, and bombed the harbour very intensely. As it was low tide, the area under the jetty provided reasonably good shelter for those who were able to get there, but casualties were nevertheless considerable. Three of the Companys staff were among the wounded who were taken to a hospital in the Island. The jetty itself was soon ablaze with burning lorries, and at the end of the raid the scene was an inferno, and passage from any one point to another was not an easy matter. It is now clear to the Companys staff that it was high time to leave. There were three vessels in the harbour, which had been kept in steam in readiness for just such an emergency. They each had some guns for defensive action, and had succeeded in keeping hostile aircraft far enough away to prevent any direct hits. The vessels sailed for England at 9.30 p.m. the same evening, the Companys staff, as had already been stated, being on the last boat to leave. Of the 49 Great Western and Southern Railway joint staff at Guernsey, 38 sailed to England, three are known to have been left behind wounded, and eight remain unaccounted for. Most of the wives and families of the men had sailed for England at an earlier date. It is understood that the island of Guernsey was occupied by German troops on Sunday 30 June. And a glowing portrait of Goldings calmness under fire was later published in the Bournemouth Daily Echo, from which the following extract has been taken: The ship had some near misses and there were very heavy casualties among the people on the quay. A large number of lorries caught fire. The bombing and machine-gunning went on for about an hour. The quay was a shambles with 50 killed, 200 wounded and over 100 lorries burning. Many of the women and children passengers were unaccompanied by men, and with the large number of people on the ship and on the quay a panic with grave consequences might easily have commenced. Captain Golding issued orders from the bridge and then walked along the decks keeping everybody as calm as possible. His presence was felt immediately wherever he went, and in my judgment he was largely responsible for the steadiness of the crew, the passengers and the people on the quayside. As soon as he felt the people aboard were steady, he walked across the quayside to telephone to the Naval Authorities, then returned calmly to his bridge, although concentrated machine-gunning and bombing were going on. When the bombing had finished, he had to make important decisions. How many people he would take aboard from the number who were clamouring to come; the best time to leave in view of the fact that he would be unescorted and so on. It must also be remembered that he had a very tired crew. They had been working at top pressure for many weeks. Captain Golding remained on duty the whole of the day as he had on every other day when in Guernsey. During the bombing and afterwards, he was absolutely calm and imperturbable, and tireless in stimulating and encouraging his crew. The Isle of Sark was in fact the final ship to depart St. Peter Port before the German occupation, with 647 passengers embarked, and but for the light A.A. and Lewis gun fire she put up at the attacking Heinkel IIIs, casualties may well have been higher ð on Goldings recommendation, Able Seaman G. Mace, also received the Companys M.S.M. for manning the ships gun on the same occasion. Having been actively employed elsewhere, Golding was not able to attend the first investiture of the Companys M.S.M. in August 1940, but shortly afterwards, he received his award at Southampton from the Docks and Port Manager, in the presence of many officials and staff ð the gathering also included the Flag Officer i./c. Naval Operations, Southampton, the Garrison Commander and the Principal Sea Transport Officer (Southern Railways Journal refers). Golding returned to his old command, the Isle of Jersey, in December 1940, by now a fully fitted-out hospital carrier attached to the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow, and in which capacity he remained in command until the Wars end. During the Normandy landings, the Isle of Jersey steamed south and served off Gold and Juno Beaches, bringing home nearly 2000 patients in a matter of weeks. He was awarded the O.B.E. and returned in triumph to St. Peter Port in October 1945. He finally retired in late 1947, after 33 years with the Southern Railway Fleet, latterly having served as Commodore of the companys Southampton Section ð and having completed 4,800 Channel crossings. He died in December 1982, aged 94 years. SOLD WITH THE FOLLOWING RELATED MEMORABILIA DOCUMENTATION Ordinary Apprentices Certificate of Indenture, dated 9 September 1904, for 4 years to the John Clink Line at Greenock. A privately compiled ships log covering the recipients time in the Samoena circa 1906-08, large cloth bound volume with leather spine. A quantity of competency reports (or ôFlimsiesö) in respect of the recipients pre-Great War service out in the Far East in ships of the British Steam Navigation Company and Seang Line, circa 1910-13, together with a run of related discharge certificates. Certificate of Competency as Master of a Foreign Going Ship, Board of Trade, dated 18 July 1913. Board of Trade correspondence relating to the award of the recipients British War and Mercantile Marine Medals 1914-18, including forwarding letter dated 4 May 1921; together with Ministry of Transport forwarding certificate for his 1939-45 campaign awards. A series of privately compiled ship log books (15), with details of individual voyages, many with Southern Railway label to front cover bearing the recipients name and relevant dates, and covering the periods January 1918 to December 1922; January 1923 to December 1928; 22 June 1927 to 31 August 1929; 2 September 1929 to 23 October 1930; 23 October 1930 to 2 July 1932; 4 July 1932 to 29 May 1934; 29 May 1934 to 3 August 1935; 3 August 1935 to 22 July 1936; 23 July 1936 to 9 August 1937; 10 August 1937 to 11 June 1939 (re. Isle of Jersey); January 1939 to December 1936; 3 November 1937 to 15 April 1939; 12 June 1939 to July 1946; a separate folder entitled Isle of Jersey ð Account of All Movements 24 August 1939 to 11 July 1945; 20 July 1946 to 11 September 1947; and another up to September 1947, but with earlier entries from January 1937; together with Goldings Guernsey and Jersey Pilots log books and notes. Goldings official Dock Permit (No. 21067), for permission to enter Southern Railway Companys docks at Southampton, dated 8 May 1940; and three letters of appreciation from passengers he brought out of St. Peter Port a few weeks later, citing his calmness under fire and the steady conduct of his crew. A fascinating scrap album, with numerous newspaper reports, many dealing with events at St. Peters Port in June 1940, together with some official reports and correspondence, the latter including a letter from the Manager of Southern Railway congratulating Golding on his courage and resource, and Ministry of War Transport letter of notification regarding the award of his O.B.E. The recipients original O.B.E. warrant, dated 1 January 1945, framed and glazed. The recipients Imperial Merchant Service Guild membership certificate, brown leather folder with gilt title His Minister of Shipping Continuous Certificate of Discharge (R218098). A hand-illuminated retirement certificate, the upper inscription reading, We the undersigned Ships Officers of the Marine Department of the Southern Railway at Southampton hereby place on record our esteem and good wishes to Captain H. H. Golding, O.B.E., on his retirement from the service after 43 years at sea and wish him a long and happy enjoyment of his well earned rest, with 50 signatures (some faded), 30cm. by 26cm., framed; together with an assortment of related retirement telegrams and letters. A box containing as large quantity of ôCape Hornersö documentation, membership and otherwise. A file containing assorted letters of condolence and cards (approximately 25); and much further documentation, including pocket diaries, marriage certificate, wills, insurance policies and further family-related papers. PHOTOGRAPHS An image of the Officers and Apprentices of the Samoena, circa 1907, 37cm. by 32cm., framed and glazed; another from same period, or slightly later, by local photographer Chueng Kulan, Amoy, 43cm. by 36cm., framed and glazed; and a pair of smaller group images from his days in the Glengogle in the Far East, both framed; an image of the Isle of Jersey, the mount captioned, H.M. Hospital Ship ôIsle of Jerseyö. Refitted by The Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd, October 1941, 30.5cm. by 25cm., framed and glazed; a display of 14 wartime images, mainly of Isle of Jersey interest, framed and glazed, and two further images of Golding, his ships officers and matrons from the same period, framed and glazed. Photograph albums (8), with several hundred images in total, covering his time in the Far East, 1911-13, with excellent ship views and captioned crew images; inter-war service and various ôfamilyö travel and holiday scenes in the U.K. and abroad, together with a postcard album. A large selection of other photographs, dating from the late Victorian era through to the 1950s (approximately 400 images), quite a few on card mounts, many of nautical interest but others of family subject matter, the former including numerous scenes from the Isle of Jersey in the 1939-45 War. PICTURES A water colour of H.M.H.C. ôIsle of Jerseyö at sea, initialled J. D. A. and dated 1945, 30.5cm. by 20cm., framed and glazed. A water colour depicting a ship in distress approaching rocks, unsigned, 19cm. by 13.5cm., framed and glazed. NAUTICAL MEMORABILIA Captain Goldings sea chest, the exterior green painted, the plain wooden interior with two large and one smaller raised compartments, and the inside of the lid with hand-painted signal flags, rope handles, 87cm. by 43cm. by 39cm. A portable ships compass, by Mahier, Le Havre, in wooden, part-glazed carrying case. A telescope, by Ross, London (No. 47449), retailed by Murray, Calcutta, leather grip. Captain Fields improved parallel rule, antique boxwood, brass hinges; together with a whistle, pocket compass and stop-watch. A selection of ships pennants and flags (5), including large yellow flag emblazoned with an Imperial Chinese dragon, this latter, as described in an accompanying newspaper article, flown from the foremast of his last deep sea command, plying the China Seas and visiting ports all over the Far East. A portable signal kit, by Woolf, Southampton, with individual pockets containing 20 pennants, and lower pockets for burgee, signal book and ensign, the whole contained in a folding brown canvas case, with ties; together with a smaller kit of nine pennants in a white linen container. A selection of items relevant to the ôCape Hornersö, including brass and enamelled car bumper badge, a glass ashtray, two blazer patches and two lapel badges; Merchant Navy ôMNö lapel badge and two similar tie-pins; the recipients silver identity bracelet, inscribed ENN221818 H. H. Golding, Ewshott, Brockenhurst, together with his bullion embroidered cap badge, three similar company badges, and a large quantity of Merchant Navy uniform buttons. A bag containing several expended .303 shell cases and a piece of shrapnel, these latter souvenirs of events at St. Peter Port in 1940. A bullion and embroidered uniform epaulette of Queen Alexandras Royal Naval Nursing Service, mounted on card, with ôH.M.H.C. Isle of Jerseyö inscribed above, and accompanied by five signatures of nursing staff who served in her, dated 1944-45, framed and glazed. A presentation silver salver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1940, with central inscription, To the Captain, September 1947, with ten engraved autographs around, 24.5cm. See lots 219 and 220 for brothers medals.
Lot 596
A Great War D.S.O., M.C. group of nine awarded to Major T. B. J. Mahar, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, whose military service encompassed three wars; he later joined the Canadian Army and commanded Lord Strathconas Horse for five years Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, suspension bar inscribed, T. B. J. Mahar, 60th Rifles 1918, complete with top bar; Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, Lieut. T. B. J. Mahar, 60th Rifles, 1915; Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2282 3rd Cl. Tpr., S.A.C.); Kings South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2282 3rd Cl. Tpr., S.A.C.) renamed; 1914-15 Star (R-5748 Pte., K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, no clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, unnamed, mounted together for display, minor contact marks, very fine and better (9) £2200-2600 D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1919. M.C. London Gazette 23 June 1915. M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1915; 5 July 1919. Thomas Bertram Joseph Mahar was born in Nova Scotia in 1882. During the Boer War he volunteered for service in the South African Constabulary. On the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 he travelled to Britain and joined the Army as a Private in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Entering France, he was appointed a Temporary 2nd Lieutenant on 27 January 1915, being advanced to Temporary Lieutenant in August 1916, Temporary Captain in October 1916 and Temporary Major in April 1918. He served in France and Flanders, November 1914-February 1916; October 1916-May 1917, and August 1917-November 1918. During the war he was wounded in action. For his services during the war he was twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O and M.C. Major Mahar was demobilised in September 1919. Post war he conducted a geological survey and performed other work for the Imperial Government in Central Africa and was later employed in East Africa. Mahar returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1926. There he owned and operated the Halifax Tyre and Rubber Goods Company for a number of years. During the inter-war years he commanded the Strathcona Horse in Calgary for five years and held several staff appointments. In July 1940, then living at 9 College Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Major Mahar of the Royal Army Reserve, rejoined the Army, becoming a Captain in the Royal Canadian Army. He was employed as Officer in Charge, Detention Buildings, Halifax, and was later District Intelligence Officer. In October 1943 he was promoted to Major and appointed Security Officer, Atlantic Command H.Q. Later he was appointed Administration and Training Officer to the No. 6 Reserve Fortress Signals. By 1947 he had become Staff Officer, No. 36 Brigade Group, Halifax. Post-W.W.2 he served as Security Officer attached to H.M.C.S. Dockyard, Halifax, under naval authorities from 1947 until his retirement in 1951. Major Mahar, D.S.O., M.C., whose military service encompassed three wars, died in 1964 and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. With copied research.
Lot 604
A Great War Western Front M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant John Richard Clements, Canadian Engineers, late Grenadier Guards Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (9001 Pte., Gren. Gds. M.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lieut) mounted for wear, good very fine (4) £1000-1200 M.C. London Gazette 8 March 1919. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the night of 8th/9th October, 1918, he was in charge of a party of sappers detailed to build a bridge over the Canal de lEscaut to enable the infantry to cross to the attack. After man-handling general service wagons, loaded with material along a road under heavy fire, he pushed forward ahead and personally reconnoitred the bridge site. The bridge was completed under heavy shell fire, causing several casualties, and the infantry passed over it twenty-five minutes after the party arrived on the work. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 June 1917. John Richard Clements was born in Battersea, Surrey, on 29 May 1880. A Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Grenadier Guards at Chichester on 14 July 1900. With them he served as Mounted Infantry in South Africa, November 1901-August 1902. He bought his discharge for ú18 on 25 May 1903. Later emigrating to Canada; at the time of the Great War he was living with his wife at 45 Arthur Avenue, St. Thomas, Ontario. He enlisted into the 2nd Canadian Pioneer Battalion at St. Thomas on 25 September 1915, giving his occupation as Brakeman and Boilermaker. With the Pioneers he proceeded to France, arriving there on 8 March 1916. He was appointed a Warrant Officer 2nd Class in June 1916. Clements was wounded on 15 August 1917 but was able to rejoin his unit on 29 September 1917. Posted to England in December 1917 he was commissioned a Temporary Lieutenant in the Canadian Engineers in May 1918 and returned to France joining the 6th Battalion Canadian Engineers in July. Awarded the Military Cross for his services at the Canal de lEscaut in October 1918, he returned to England in April 1919 and to Canada in May 1919. Lieutenant Clements was discharged at Ottawa on 31 May 1919. He died on 19 March 1953. With a quantity of copied service papers and other research.
Lot 605
A fine Great War 1915 operations M.C. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. R. G. Forsyth, 4th Dragoon Guards, late Scottish Rifles, Northumberland Fusiliers and Seaforth Highlanders, who was twice wounded and once gassed on the Western Front Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, Capt. Bt. Major F. R. G. Forsyth, 1915; Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. F. R. G. Forsyth, Scot. Rif.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (Lieut. F. R. G. Forsyth, 1st Bn. Sea. Highrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut. F. R. G. Forsyth, Sea. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Bt. Major F. R. G. Forsyth), these last two with further private inscription after surname, 4th D. Gds.; Royal Humane Societys Medal, small, bronze (2nd Lieut. F. R. G. Forsyth, July 6, 1905), complete with riband buckle, this last with refitted suspension, contact marks, lacquered and somewhat polished, thus nearly very fine or better (7) £1600-1800 M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916. Frederick Richard Gerrard Forsyth was born in Netherleigh, Leamington in November 1882, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Arthur Forsyth, late 5th Fusiliers, and was educated at Sandroyd School and Wellington College. Appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Scottish Rifles, in April 1901, he witnessed active service in South Africa, where he was present in operations in Cape Colony, Transvaal and Orange Free State ð and injured on the occasion of the derailment of No. 12 Armoured Train (Queens Medal & 5 clasps). The latter incident is mentioned in a letter of recommendation for a Regular Army commission from General G. T. Pretyman: I recommended him for one when I was at Kimberley. The lad was badly shaken in an armoured train accident which occurred up by Taunga some months ago. I knew all about the accident. Young Forsyth was working in the train under Grant of the Black Watch, who was one of the best captains of an armoured train we had ... Duly granted a commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers in May 1902, Forsyth won his Royal Humane Society Medal for rescuing one of his men who got into difficulty while bathing in a river at Fenit, Co. Kerry, in July 1905 (R.H.S. Case No. 33,996 refers). In February 1908, after transferring to the Seaforth Highlanders as a Lieutenant, he quickly witnessed further action on the North West Frontier in Mohmand country (Medal & clasp). And shortly after the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, after attachment as a Captain to the Army Signals Service, he served out in France and Flanders from October 1914 until September 1915, including a brief stint as an A.D.C. to the G.O.C. 4th Division. And, as verified by the following private medical report, he was twice wounded in the same period: Mr. Forsyth has been under my immediate medical supervision for some years. His war medical history dates from June 1915: June, 1915: wounded in the face. Machine-gun fire. France. September, 1915: wounded head and scalp. H.E. France. Forsyth was awarded the M.C., went on to witness further action out on the Salonika front from January 1916 until June 1917, latterly in the 4th Dragoon Guards, and again in France and Flanders, but was invalided after being gassed in the Ypres Salient in November of the latter year. In addition to his M.C., he won a brace of ômentionsö (London Gazette 1 January 1916 (France) and 21 July 1917 (Salonika) refer), and was latterly employed as A.D.C. to the G.O.C. in Ireland from June 1918 until May 1919. Placed on the Retired List in November 1926, Forsyth transferred to the Territorials with an appointment as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 51st Highland Division, Royal Signals, in the same month, in which capacity he served until resigning his commission in October 1928. He was, however, recalled on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, and served as an Honorary Colonel in 51st/52nd Scottish Divisional Signals from November 1941. Forsyth, who was a Deputy Lieutenant of the City and County of Aberdeen, died in 1962; sold with three files of research, a mass of career information copied from T.N.A. sources.
Lot 606
An unusual Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain F. P. Barrett, Yorkshire Dragoons, late Imperial Yeomanry Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (24146 S.S. Maj. F. Barratt, 11th Coy. Imp. Yeo.), note surname spelling; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. P. Barrett); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. F. P. Barrett, York Dns.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (1275 Sq. Q.M. Sjt. F. Barrett, York Dgns. Yeo.); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal, 3rd Battalion, 1901-1902 (24146 T.S.M. F. Barrett), the second with officially corrected surname, contact marks and somewhat polished, otherwise generally very fine (7) £1600-1800 M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919. Frank Peace Barrett served as a Squadron Sergeant-Major in the 11th Company, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa 1901-02, including operations in Cape Colony, Transvaal and Orange Free State (Medal & 5 clasps). During the Great War he first entered the French theatre of war in November 1916, in the rank of Acting Captain in the Yorkshire Dragoons, his MIC entry further confirming the award of his Territorial Force War Medal in October 1922.
Lot 615
A Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Colour-Sergeant W. E. Large, Cheshire Regiment, late Grenadier Guards Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11330 C.Q.M. Sjt. W. E. Large, 9/Ches. R.); Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (2477 Corpl. W. Large, Gren. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (11330 Pte. (A. Sjt.) W. E. Large, Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (11330 C. Sjt. W. E. Large, Ches. R.), generally good very fine (5) £1200-1400 D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1918: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to for over two years. He has always rendered invaluable services during many active operations in personally supervising the taking up of rations, often under very adverse conditions, and has set a fine example to all ranks. William Edward Large was born at Davenham, Northwich and enlisted in the Grenadier Guards direct from the 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment in June 1890, aged 18 years. Gaining steady advancement to Lance-Sergeant in July 1895, he was convicted of drunkenness in at a District Court Marshal in the following year and reduced to Private, but had regained a Lance-Corporals stripe by the time of being transferred to the Army Reserve in June 1897. Recalled on the outbreak of the Boer War, he served in the 3rd Battalion in that theatre of war from April until July 1902, gaining entitlement to the above described Medal & clasps (accompanying roll verification refers), and was discharged on his return to the U.K. But with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he re-enlisted, and was posted to the Cheshire Regiment and, having been advanced to Acting Sergeant that October, went out to France in 9th (Butterfly) Battalion in mid-July 1915. Confirmed in his rank at the end of the year, he would have been present with the Battalion on the Somme in July 1916, when it was engaged in heavy fighting around La Boiselle on the 2nd-4th, actions that resulted in casualties in excess of 300 men. This then one of the chapters of his wartime career reflected in his D.C.M. citation, although regimental records state that he was decorated for a specific act of bravery on 10 July 1917. Be that as it may, Large, by now a Company Quarter-Master Sergeant, remained on active service until the Wars end, a period encompassing the award of the V.C. to 2nd Lieutenant Hugh Colvin for gallant deeds with the ôButterfliesö on 20 September 1917. Large was demobilised in March 1919 and in later life a resided in Northwich, Cheshire and and was the recipient of a Chelsea Pension. He died in October 1938; sold with research.
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