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Lot 43
SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRISH 1856-1941) PORTRAIT OF MINNIE PLOWDEN AND HER SON HUMPHREY, STUDY FOR A FULL LENGTH PORTRAIT Oil on canvas Signed (lower left) 35.5 x 25cm (13¾ x 9¾ in.)Provenance: Minnie Plowden, thence by descent to the present owner Literature: Kenneth McConkey, John Lavery, A Painter and his World, 2010 (Atelier Books, Edinburgh), p. 71 In 1898 Lavery, with the help of fellow Glasgow Boys and under the Presidency of James McNeill Whistler, established the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, with the idea of staging annual exhibitions or 'art congresses' in London. As Vice-President, Lavery's three contributions to this radical departure were Portrait Group (Père et Fille), 1897, (Musée d'Orsay, Paris), A Garden in France, 1897 (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin) and Mrs Roger Plowden and Humphrey for which the present canvas is the oil sketch. It is not entirely clear where and when the painter met the Plowdens. A member of an old Catholic legal and clerical family that hailed at the time of the Crusades from Shropshire, Roger Herbert Plowden was the son of a banker in Rome where, in his early years he led the life of a country gentleman. After his marriage to the daughter of Henry Jump of Woolton, near Liverpool in August 1883, he and his wife led a peripatetic existence between Rome, the south of France, their house at 32 Portman Square, London and Scottish estates, leased for the hunting and shooting seasons. They had been living in Rome before returning recently to Scotland where in 1897 Plowden rented and then purchased the Strachur estate on Loch Fyne from the Duke of Argyll. As with most large portrait commissions (fig. 1) Lavery planned his composition with a swift sketch as shown in Lot 43. In comparing the two it is instantly apparent that the composition has been reversed and the boy's leg positions changed. His silver suit has also been replaced by a black tabard. Sittings cannot have been easy since Minnie Plowden was unwell and increasingly immobile. As a 'mother and son' subject, the finished work is nevertheless a fine complement in tone, colour, handling and scale to the Orsay 'father and daughter'. For its part, the sketch is also more than a snapshot, making play with the flash of red in the sitter's cape and creating, in its soft greys, its own fine harmonies. Kenneth McConkey Condition Report: Light surface dirt throughout. A very minor loss to the centre of the lower edge. There is an area of slight undulation to the canvas visible to the upper right corner. Some very fine craquelure to the black pigment of Minnie's dress. Very small loss and surface scratch visible just above the signature, hardly noticeable. Inspection under UV reveals no obvious evidence of restoration or repair. In overall good original condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 54
λ AUGUSTUS JOHN (BRITISH 1878-1961) ROMILLY SITTING Coloured pencil Signed (lower left) 33.5 x 25cm (13 x 9¾ in.)Drawn circa 1911.Exhibited: London, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, Augustus John: Master works from Private Collections 1900-1920, September-October 2004 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue p.42) Romilly John (1906 -1986) was born in France, the second of Dorelia's sons by Augustus. He was never told the exact date of his birth and mistakenly titled his memoir The Seventh Child (Heinemann 1932; Jonathan Cape 1975). He was in fact Augustus's sixth child. This drawing belongs to a superb series Augustus made of his young sons during their intermittent stays in France 1905 -1914, or at their home in Dorset after 1911. We are grateful to Rebecca John for her kind assistance in cataloguing this lot. Condition Report: Unexamined out of glazed frame. Some light discolouration throughout the sheet, most notable to either side of the sheet. A horizontal scratch to the upper left edge. Two spots of staining slightly further down the left edge to the centre and another to the very lower section of the left edge. Very small spots of bleaching, two to the upper left quadrant and two to the centre of the right edge. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 429
* Leighton (Clare, 1898-1989). Trolling for the Bluefish, circa 1950s, wood engraving on japon, signed, titled and numbered 'V/50', with margins, old tape to two corners, minimally tipped to backing board, very light spotting, image size 5.3 x 12.1 cm (2 1/4 x 4 3/4 ins), sheet size approx. 12 x 18.5 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/4 ins), window mountedQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Patricia Jaffé (née Milne-Henderson, 1935-2018), art historian.An apparently unrecorded issue printed in colour, separate from the standard edition of 75 published and numbered with Arabic numerals, rather than Roman and Arabic. The image was later published in Leighton's book Where Land meets Sea: The Tide Line of Cape Cod (1954).
Lot 390
* John (Augustus, 1878-1961). Rambling by the Lake, 1909, etching on buff paper, signed in pencil, plate size 17.6 x 12.6 cm (7 x 5 ins), framed and glazed (35.5 x 29 cm), and Middleton Todd (Arthur Ralph, 1891-1966). The Ancestor, etching with drypoint, signed lower right, a proof before the unnumbered edition, Inns & Blake label to verso, plate size 11.5 x 8.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 ins), framed and glazed (38 x 29 cm), plus Buckles (Alec, 1892 – 1972). Feasts: Fairs Beggars: Gipsies, an illustration from 'Come hither. A collection of rhymes and poems for the young of all ages' by Walter De la Mare, 1923, woodcut, titled, signed and dated in pencil, image size 10 x 7.5 cm (4 x 3 ins), framed and glazed (40 x 37 cm), together with other etchings by various artists including Donald Maxwell, John Fullwood (4), G. Wyllie (Clifton near Cape Town), Joseph Burns (Doctor Livingston Blantyre), Alburny E Howarth, Donald Crawford, L. Russell Conway, etc.QTY: (15)
Lot 424
* Hassall (Joan, 1906-1988). A collection of six wood engravings, circa 1940s, includes Burnham Beeches, Ae fond kiss, Master of the Coppice, Buds, and 'Christmas greetings', wood engravings on paper, five signed or initialled, all titled in pencil, the largest image size 6.5 x 5 cm (2 1/2 x 2 ins), displayed within two multi-aperture mounts, framed and glazed (the largest 40.5 x 20 cm), together with Niekerk (Sarah Van, 1934-2018). Signora Fernando, wood engraving on laid paper, signed, titled and numbered '86/100', with a separate handwritten letter from the artist and postcard image of the same work, image size 20.4 x 14.8 cm (8 x 5 3/4 ins), sheet size 28.5 x 22 cm (11 1/4 x 8 3/4 ins), plus two further wood engravings by Hilary Paynter, 'Stress' and 'Boscastle'. QTY: (9)NOTE:Provenance: Patricia Jaffé (née Milne-Henderson, 1935-2018), art historian.'Master of the Coppice' and 'Buds' come from Hassall's illustrations for Fifty-One Poems by Mary Webb (Jonathan Cape, 1946).
Lot 44
Six: Lieutenant-Colonel W. M. H. Armstrong, Army Service Corps, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches, and was wounded during the Great War Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (Capt. W. M. H. Armstrong. A.S.C.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj: & Adjt: W. M H. Armstrong. A.S.C.) engraved naming; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lt: Col: W. M. H. Armstrong. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. W. M. H. Armstrong.) mounted for wear, contact marks, generally very fine (6) £700-£900 --- William Meredith Howard Armstrong was born on 7 October 1868 and was educated at Clifton College, where he captained the Cricket XI. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the 3rd (Fermanagh Militia) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 4 September 1889, and converted to the Regular Army as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment on 12 March 1892. He transferred to the Army Service Corps on 1 April 1893, and was posted to No. 14 Company at Dublin. Promoted Lieutenant on 30 March 1894, he embarked for the Gold Coast the following year and took part in the Ashanti expedition. Promoted Captain on 19 June 1898, Armstrong served in South Africa during the Boer War from 1899, and took part in the operations in Cape Colony south of the Orange River in 1899 to 1900; in the Orange Free State in 1900, including the engagement at Paardeberg from 17 to 26 February; in the Orange River Colony from November to December 1900; and in the Transvaal from December 1900 to May 1902. Appointed Adjutant on 5 December 1900, he was promoted Brevet Major on 22 August 1902, and for his services was Mentioned in both Lord Roberts’ Despatch of 4 September 1901 (London Gazette 10 September 1901) and Lord Kitchener’s Despatch of 23 June 1902 (London Gazette 29 July 1902). Promoted Major on 1 April 1905, Armstrong returned to Ireland and served in Dublin and Longford before being appointed Commanding Officer, Army Service Corps on the Island of Bermuda, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, on 15 December 1913. Following the outbreak of the Great War he served in France with the British Expeditionary Force as Commanding Officer of the Advance Horse Transport Depot from 22 August 1914; was wounded in action; and was Mentioned in Field Marshal French’s Despatch of 14 January 1915 (London Gazette 17 February 1915). He later served on the Staff as Assistant Director of Supply and Transport at HQ, Irish Command, and was placed on the Reserve of Officers List on 24 January 1919. Sold with copied research.
Lot 133
A rare campaign service group of nine awarded to Paymaster Captain J. M. L. Cusack, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne for his services in H.M.S. Yarmouth at the Battle of Jutland, in addition to receiving the Czech War Cross Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Clerk J. M. L. Cusack, H.M.S. Doris); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (J. M. L. Cusack, Clerk, R.N., H.M.S. Magicienne); 1914-15 Star (Payr. J. M. L. Cussack, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Payr. Lt. Cr. J. M. L. Cusack, R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Russia, Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class breast badge, with swords, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 36 x 36mm., gold and enamels, with manufacturer’s name on the reverse, ‘56’ gold mark on eyelet and kokoshnik mark on sword hilts; Czechoslovakia, War Cross, mounted as worn, together with a mounted set of related miniature dress medals, the St Anne in gold but with damage to reverse, and two ribbon bars, all contained in a leather carrying case, generally good very fine (9) £2,000-£2,400 --- James Meade Loughnan Cusack was born in Kilkenny in September 1880 and entered the Royal Navy as an Assistant Clerk in January 1898. Joining H.M.S. Doris a few months later, and having passing his Clerk’s examination, he witnessed active service off South Africa in the Boer War, including time ashore in Cape Colony (Medal & clasp). Next joining the Magicienne, he added a rare Africa General Service Medal for Jubaland to his accolades, and was advanced to Assistant Paymaster in September 1901. By the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, Cusack was serving as a Paymaster in the cruiser Yarmouth, in which capacity he was present at the battle of Jutland. As part of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron, and in the company of her consort Falmouth, she fought several duels, scoring some hits on the Lutzow and Derfflinger, and possibly the Seydlitz too; one of these, according to an officer on the bridge, making ‘a topping target and it was very pleasant to see salvo after salvo of our 6-inch hitting her’. Indeed so enthusiastic was the Yarmouth’s gunnery department that new ‘ammunition was sent up the hoists with so much energy as to accumulate a dangerous amount at the top’. In Jellicoe’s subsequent despatch (London Gazette 15 September 1916, refers), Cusack was cited for good services in action and recommended for early promotion. He was duly appointed Staff Paymaster and, later still, awarded his 3rd Class Russian Order of St. Anne ‘for distinguished service rendered at the Battle of Jutland’ (London Gazette 5 June 1917). Moreover, he was awarded the Czechoslovakian War Cross (London Gazette 26 August 1921), an extremely rare accolade in terms of British recipients, let alone an R.N. officer. Cusack ended the Great War as a Paymaster Commander in the cruiser Suffolk. Having then served on the China Station in the gunboat Bee in the mid-1920s, he was placed on the Retired List as a Paymaster Captain in September 1930. Recalled on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, he served at the R.N.H. Chatham and in H.M.S. Flora, a parent ship at Invergordon. He died in Honiton, Devon in September 1961, aged 80 years. Sold with copied research.
Lot 615
A Selection of Medal Clasps. A small miscellaneous selection, comprising: Inkermann, Sebastopol Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (2 - one slightly damaged), Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2), Tirah 1897-98, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2), Diamond Hill, Waziristan 1919-21, Mahsud 1919-20, North West Frontier 1930-31, Iraq; together with copy Mooltan and Goojerat; and four top silver riband bars, generally in used condition, with some of the clasps mounted in blocks (lot) £100-£140
Lot 28
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1370 Dafdr: Sundar Singh. 1 Cent: I.H.) solder marks to backstraps on both second and third clasps, nearly very fine and rare to unit £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 406
King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (82878 Gnr: W. Gritton. R.F.A.) two small edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £50-£70 --- Entitled to Q.S.A. with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal whilst serving with No. 1 Ammunition Park. The K.S.A. roll notes in Remarks column: ‘With me at Dynamite Factory, Modderfontein, Transvaal, from May 1901 up till May 1902 - belonging during most of that time to No. 2 Local Ammunition Column, Pretoria. Before that with me in No. 1 Ammn. Park from April 1900.’ Roll signed Jhansi, India, by Capt. & Bt. Major A. J. Buckle on 9 December 1903. Sold with copies of both rolls and other research.
Lot 140
Pair: Private C. Smith, Royal Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (2938 Pte. C. Smith, 2nd. Rl: Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2938 Pte. H. [sic] Smith. Rl: Fusiliers.) darkly toned, minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £140-£180
Lot 439
British War Medal 1914-20 (Sister D. Webley) very fine £50-£70 --- Dorothy Webley attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and served during the Great War in Egypt (entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio). Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 June 1916), she was subsequently appointed Nursing Sister on 8 September 1919, and later married Dr. Gordon Winstanley Spencer. Sold with a Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badge; riband bar; and copied research.
Lot 402
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (74944 Dr: T. Neal, J, B, R.H.A.) suspension with old repair and now detached from medal, small official correction to surname, very fine £100-£140
Lot 45
Five: Staff Quartermaster Sergeant A. E. Brook, Army Service Corps Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6417 S-Sejt. A. E. Brook, A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6417 S. Qr:- Mr:- Sjt: A. E. Brook. A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (6417 S.Q.M. Serjt: A. E. Brooks [sic]. A.S.C.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Albert Edward Brook.) mounted court-style for wear in this order, light pitting and contact marks, generally very fine and better (5) £300-£400
Lot 50
An impressive ‘Royal Service’ K.C.V.O. and Great War D.S.O., O.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Major Sir Edward Seymour, late Grenadier Guards, Knighted in 1934 for his services as Comptroller to Princess Victoria and successively as Extra Equerry to Queen Alexandra, King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI; he was wounded in South Africa in May 1900, and commanded the Grenadier Guards Bearer Party at the funeral of Queen Victoria in March 1901 The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘K468’; and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘468’ and fitted with gold pin for wearing; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, reverse hallmarked London 1919; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2/Lt. E. Seymour 1/Gren: Gds.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut. E. Seymour, M.V.O., Gren. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. E. Seymour, M.V.O. Gren. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. Seymour. G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major E. Seymour.); Coronation 1911, unnamed; Jubilee 1935, unnamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (2nd Lieut. E. Seymour Grenadier Guards) mounted on card for display together with an M.V.O. 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘1128’ [as awarded in January 1922] generally good very fine or better (14) £4,000-£5,000 --- K.C.V.O. 1 January 1934: ‘Edward Seymour, C.V.O., D.S.O., M.V.O., O.B.E., Comptroller to Princess Victoria and Extra Equerry to His Majesty.’ C.V.O. 26 November 1925: ‘Edward Seymour, D.S.O., M.V.O., O.B.E., Equerry to H.M. Queen Alexandra.’ M.V.O. 4th Class 2 January 1922: ‘Edward Seymour, D.S.O., M.V.O., O.B.E., Comptroller of the Household to H.R.H. The Duchess of Albany.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917. O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘Capt. (T/Maj.) Edward Seymour, M.V.O., D.S.O., Grenadier Guards.’ M.V.O. 5th Class 19 March 1901: ‘Lieutenant Edward Seymour, Grenadier Guards. Funeral of H.M. Queen Victoria; Commanded Bearer Party.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916, 4 January 1917, and 20 May 1918. Edward Seymour was born on 10 February 1877, son of Lieutenant-Colonel L. R. Seymour. He was educated at Eton and entered the Army in 1897 as a Second Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. He served in the campaign in the Sudan under Sir Herbert Kitchener in 1898, and was present at the battle of Khartoum (Queen’s medal and Khedive’s medal with Clasp). Served in South African War in 1900-02, and took part in operations in Orange Free State, April to May 1900; in Orange River Colony May 1900, including actions at Biddulphsberg, 29th May-wounded-invalided 18th June 1900. Whilst convalescing from his wound in England, Seymour had the honour of commanding the Colour Party of the Grenadier Guards at the funeral of Queen Victoria in March 1901, before returning to South Africa to serve the final stages of the war in Cape Colony, December 1901 to May 1902. Promoted to Captain in the Grenadier Guards in June 1904, he resigned his commission in May 1908, and was appointed Comptroller to the Household of H.R.H. The Duchess of Albany in November of the same year. He carried the Duchess of Albany’s coronet at King George’s coronation in 1911. Recalled from the Reserve of Officers in August 1914, he was appointed Brigade Major on 28 December 1914. He served in France from 6 November 1915, was mentioned in despatches three times and awarded the D.S.O. Promoted to temporary Major (Guards) 25 February 1918, and confirmed as Major on 20 April 1919, he was created O.B.E. in June 1919. Seymour was made M.V.O. 4th Class for his services to The Duchess of Albany in January 1922, and appointed Equerry to H.M. Queen Alexandra on 1 January 1923. He was appointed to be C.V.O. in November 1925 and, shortly afterwards, on 1 December, appointed to the office of Comptroller to H.R.H. Princess Victoria and created a K.C.V.O. for these services in January 1934. He held the appointment as Extra Equerry to King George V, King Edward VIII, and to King George VI. Edward Seymour married, 29 July 1905, Lady Blanche Conyngham, daughter of 4th Marquess Conyngham. They had a daughter, Verena Mary Doyne, born 24 May 1906, and a son, John Edward, born on 18 October 1915. Sir Edward Seymour died on 28 February 1948.
Lot 70
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant C. Utting, Royal Engineers, for his gallantry at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (607 Sjt: C. Utting. 2/F. Co. R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (607. Cpl. C. Utting. R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (607 L.Cpl. C. Utting. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (607 Sjt. C. Utting. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (607 Sjt. C. Utting. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (607 Sjt: C. Utting. R.E.) mounted court-style for wear, light contact marks to the Boer War pair, these very fine, the rest better (7) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 123 June 1915; citation published 30 June 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915 when seven of his men had been killed or wounded by a shell, in going back under machine gun fire, improvising stretchers, and getting three of the wounded under cover. Sergeant Utting has also done much good work in the trenches since November 1914.’ Charles Utting attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and then with No. 2 Field Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, taken from The War Illustrated, 9 October 1915.
Lot 618
Renamed Medals (4): India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, clasps remounted in this order, as usual (No. R.A./49647 Bombardier P. J. O’Gorman. No. 4 Bty. 1st. Bde. Lanc. Div. R.A.) renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (6166 Pte .A. Williams. Hampshire Regt.) renamed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2) (5136 Cpl. E. Austen 2nd. Devonshire Regt.; 116 Pte. J. F. C. Hurrell. C.M.S. Corps) both renamed; contact marks, generally nearly very fine (4) £100-£140
Lot 24
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (23987 Pte. F. J. Wolhuter. C.C.C.C.) minor edge bruising, very fine £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- F. J. Wolhuter served with the Cape Colony Cyclist Corps.
Lot 29
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Wittebergen (2635 Sejt. R. Morrison, 2: Sea: Highrs:) good very fine £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- R. Morrison was wounded at Jagersfontein on 24 December 1900.
Lot 4
Six: Captain W. J. Geary, Cape Police, later South African Mounted Rifles Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (385 Sgt. W. J. Geary. C. Pol); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut: W. J. Geary. Cape P.D. 1.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Captain W. J. Geary. C.P. Dist. 1.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. W. J. Geary 1st S.A.M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Capt. W. J. Geary.) generally very fine and better (6) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 594
‘With the ensign at half-mast, and the Union Jack as a pall, the funeral procession, attended by all but four very bad cases, started at nine o’clock, and the burial service being read, the remains were consigned to their last icy resting place in this world. Improvising a crude cross, formed with a boat’s oar and a spare sledge-batten, it was placed at the head of the grave, with the following inscription: “Beneath this cross lie buried the remains of Geo. Porter, R.M.A., who died on June 8th 1876. Thy will be done.” Of all the melancholy and mournful duties I have ever had to perform, this has been the saddest. A death in a small party like ours, and under the present circumstances, is a most distressing event, and is keenly felt by all. During the service all were more or less affected, and many to tears.’ Commander A. H. Markham’s Northern Sledge Party Journal refers. A rare and emotive Arctic 1875-76 Medal awarded to Gunner G. Porter, Royal Marine Artillery, a member of Markham’s Northern Sledge Party whose sacrifice was commemorated by the naming of “Porter Bay” on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island Arctic Medal 1875-76 (G. Porter, Gnr., R.M.A., H.M.S. Alert) edge bruising, very fine £8,000-£10,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: J. B. Hayward (Gazette No. 7, June 1976, Item 198); of four casualties from the 1875-76 Expedition, the Arctic Medals of two of them reside in public institutions; Dix Noonan Webb, June 2008. George Porter enlisted in the Royal Marine Artillery in Birmingham in September 1866, aged 18 years, giving his trade as varnisher. Having then collected one Good Conduct Badge, he committed a spate of misdemeanours in the period 1869-74, ranging from absence without leave to the loss of a ‘rammer overboard through carelessness at gun drill’, the cost of which latter implement was deducted from his wages. Then in April 1875, he joined the Alert, under Captain George Nares, in which ship, in the following month, he sailed for the unknown “High Arctic”, where, in company with the Discovery, Nares was to explore North-West Greenland and the northern regions of Ellesmere Island. For his own part, Porter was one of just seven R.M.A. men employed on the expedition, and indeed one of only 13 such servicemen who qualified for either of the Arctic Medals issued in the 19th century. And in common with his R.M.A. predecessors from the Franklin Search Expeditions, Porter was tasked with handling cannisters of gunpowder to blast frozen obstructions, and in creating ‘ice docks’ for the ships' winter quarters, the latter work again entailing the use of gunpowder, and of giant ice saws. Another duty he shared with his predecessors was that of officers’ servant, in Porter’s case to Lieutenant Pelham Aldrich, who, in his journal entry of 8 August 1875, observed: ‘My servant Porter is a character. He has just been telling me of a dinner he has had of the heart of a Walrus, which he captured this morning. I expressed a hope he would not be ill after it - "That is if it is good to eat" says he, alluding to a remark he had made about it being better than some sheep's liver we had the other morning! - and then he finished up with "I eat a tidy lot of it Sir" - "this 'Eart was ate too Sir" - I am to have some this morning though somewhat doubtful in the subject it is nevertheless a good thing to find out what we can actually devour with infinity in case of future requirements.’ By late August, the ships had reached Discovery Harbour, on the northern side of Lady Franklin Bay, Ellesmere Island, the site chosen for Discovery’s winter quarters. The Alert, meanwhile, continued up Robeson Channel to Floeberg Beach, to 82º 82'N - the highest latitude reached by any ship up to that time - and established her winter quarters on 1 September. Shortly afterwards, Autumn sledge parties established depots northward at Cape Joseph Henry for extended journeys the following spring, but at this stage, at least, Porter would appear to have been spared such challenging work - and the accompanying threat of snowblindness, frostbite, blistering of the skin and extreme thirst caused by inhaling cold, dry air and exhaling moisture. Instead, happily, he added a second Good Conduct Badge to his accolades on New Year’s Day 1876. Markham’s Northern Sledging Party In the Spring, three major sledging parties - two from Alert and one from Discovery - set out to explore toward the North Pole and along the north coasts of Ellesmere Island and Greenland, the journey ahead being likened by one Arctic officer to far worse than going into action - in fact he had never ‘seen such labour, and such misery after. No amount of money is an equivalent ... Men require much more heart and stamina to undertake an extended travelling party than to go into action. The travellers have their enemy chilling them to the very heart, and paralyzing their very limbs; the others the very contrary.’ And so it was, on 3 April, that Lieutenant Aldrich's Western Sledge Party and Commander Albert H. Markham's Northern Sledge Party left the ship, along with supporting sledges. Markham's party comprised H.M. Sledges Support, Marco Polo (with a boat) and Victoria (with another boat and Porter), the object of the journey being to attain the highest northern latitude possible, and to determine to possibility of a more fully equipped party reaching the North Pole. The departure was poignantly described by Markham: ‘At eleven o'clock, everything being in readiness for a start, all hands assembled on the floe, and prayers were read by [Reverend] Pullen. The hymn, "[Praise] God, From Whom All Blessings Flow," was then sung, after which the order was given to "fall in," and amidst the hearty cheers of those few who were left behind, the sledging parties moved off. The captain and officers accompanied us for a short distance, when, wishing us God-speed, they turned to go back. This was a signal for three cheers from the travellers, after which they settled down to their work, and the march was steadily commenced.’ Shortly after leaving the Alert, Markham noted a temperature of 33º below zero and described the travelling as ‘by no means good, snow deep, and the sledges dragging very heavily’, the former factor ‘rendering the task of writing up our journals when we halted extremely unpleasant and painful’: on the second day the temperature plummeted to 45º below zero. And by 10 April, after marching nine to ten hours every day, Markham wrote, ‘We experienced heavy work in cutting a road [with pick axe and shovel] through the line of shore hummocks that gird the coast, and did not succeed in reaching the depot [at Cape Joseph Henry] until eleven o'clock.’ Here the Northern Sledge Party collected provisions for 63 days. The next morning was thick and foggy, to which was added a heavy snow fall. The supporting sledges returned to the ship, and the two extended parties pressed onward: the Northern Sledge Party leaving terra firma and pushing straight out onto the rugged polar pack, while the Western Sledge Party continued exploration of Ellesmere's coast to the westward. Markham's sledges Marco Polo, Victoria and Support weighed a total of 6,079 lbs. - 15 men were dragging a staggering 405 lbs. per man - which offers some appreciation of the effort it took to get through the snow and over hummocks of ice as high as 20-30 feet. No surprises then that Markh...
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Three: Brevet Colonel H. Mercer, 3rd Dragoon Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Major H. Mercer, 3/Drgn: Gds.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Bt. Col. H. Mercer.); Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed, mounted as worn, the first with edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine or better (3) £300-£400 --- Herbert Mercer was born at Sandling Place, Maidstone, Kent, and was educated at Harrow and Cambridge. He was commissioned into the 3rd Dragoon Guards in 1884; served in the South African War in 1901 and 1902, taking part in operations in the Transvaal in May and July 1901; in Orange River Colony February 1901 to 31 May 1902; on the Zululand Frontier of Natal in September and October 1901; and in Cape Colony in February 1901. He was Mentioned in Despatches, and awarded the Queen’s medal with 5 clasps. He completed to command regiment in 1908, retiring that same year. Mercer served in (Northern) Ireland during the Great War as a Security Officer (entitled to B.W.M. only); he was also a Unionist Member of Parliament for the Sudbury Division of West Suffolk 1922-23. He died on 8 February 1944.
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Five: Private W. J. Hoare, Rifle Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (6411. Pte. W. J. Hoare. Rifle Bde.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6411 Pte. W. Hoare. Rifle Brigade.); 1914-15 Star (6411 Pte. W. J. Hoare. Rif. Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (6411 Pte. W. J. Hoare. Rif. Brig.) mounted for display in the incorrect order, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £200-£240
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Four: Major A. J. Attwood, Cape Police Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (499. Cpl. A. J. Attwood. C. Pol.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (Lieut: A. J. Attwood. Cape P.D. 1.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: A. J. Attwood. C.P. Dist. 1.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, unnamed as issued, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, with integral top riband bar, scratch to obverse of QSA, light contact marks, generally very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- Arthur J. Attwood enlisted in the Cape Police on 22 September 1890 and served in the Bechuanaland Rebellion of 1897 with the rank of Corporal. He saw further service during the Boer War, and served with ‘C’ Squadron during the Siege of Kimberley. Commissioned Lieutenant in the 1st South African Mounted Rifles on 1 April 1913, he took part in the 1914 Rebellion from 1 September to 23 October 1914, and then during operations in German South West Africa from 18 May to 9 July 1915. Appointed an Acting magistrate at Otkiwarongo, South West Africa, in 1915, he saw further service as a Major with the Union Defence Force during the Second World War. He died in Pietermaritzberg in 1973 at the age of 102. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
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A fine Boer War D.S.O. group of three awarded to Colonel F. R. Twemlow, North Staffordshire Regiment, who commanded the 4th Battalion in South Africa and later at home - and following the outbreak of the Great War, raised the 3/6th Territorial Battalion Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lt. Col. F. R. Twemlow, D.S.O., N. Staff: R.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 Lt. Col. F. R. Twemlow. D.S.O. N. Staff. R.) engraved naming, mounted ‘cavalry style’, and housed in a Spink, London, red leather case, about extremely fine (3) £1,600-£2,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Spink Numismatic Circular, January 1983. D.S.O. London Gazette 27 September 1901: ‘In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.’ Francis Randle Twemlow was was born at Smallwood, Cheshire, on 20 December 1852, the son of the Reverend Francis Cradock Twemlow of Peatswood, Staffordshire, and was educated at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford. Joining the Militia on 8 August 1874, he served in South Africa during the Boer War from March 1900 to May 1902 - including as Commandant, Fraserburg District, from December 1900 to August 1901, and as Officer Commanding, 4th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, from August 1901 to February 1902 (in the absence of Colonel Mirehouse, C.M.G., on sick leave). For his services in South Africa he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901), and was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Twemlow was invested with his insignia by H.M. the King on 24 October 1902. Twemlow commanded the 4th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, from 13 December 1905 to 29 August 1908 and was promoted Honorary Colonel on 14 December 1906. Following the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned to raise a new Territorial Battalion (3/6th North Staffordshire Regiment) on 4 April 1915, and was gazetted to the Territorial Force Reserve on 14 December 1915. Sold with two original letters sent to the recipient from Field Marshal Lord Roberts, V.C., K.G. &c.. The first hand written, dated Sefton House, Sefton Park, Liverpool, 30 January 1906, and reading: ‘Dear Colonel Twemlow, I will, with pleasure, present you at the Levée on the 20th instant. Believe me, yours very truly, Roberts’ With original envelope addressed to ‘Colonel Twemlow, D.S.O., Peatswood, Market Drayton’ The second typed, dated Englemere, Ascot, Berkshire, 5 October 1914, and reading: ‘Dear Colonel Twemlow, Please accept my best thanks for your handsome gift for the use of the Cavalry Reserve Regiments. I hope you may feel rewarded for your generosity by the knowledge that you are facilitating the training of the reinforcements which are needed to support our gallant soldiers at the seat of war. I am, yours very truly, Roberts, F.M.’
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Five: Private G. W. Shipley, Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff, later Warrant Officer Class II, Middlesex Regiment, who died of disease on 2 December 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Pte. G. W. Shipley. I.Y. Hp. Staff.); 1914-15 Star (2594, C.S. Mjr. G. W. Shipley. Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2594 W.O. Cl. 2 G. W. Shipley. Midd’x R.); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (289 Pte. G. W. Shipley. Met. Corps) some staining to Star and VM, otherwise very fine and better (5) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- George William Shipley served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff, and then during the Great War with the 2nd/10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 18 July 1915. He died of disease on 2 December 1915, and is buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military Cemetery, Egypt.
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A magnificent family pair of Zulu War medals awarded to Lance-Corporal F. S. Baskerville, 91st Foot, and his brother Sapper Joshua Baskerville, Royal Engineers, both in card mounts beautifully illuminated by the latter’s elder brother South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2409 Lce. Corpl. F. S. Baskerville, 91st Foot) in a card mount beautifully illuminated by himself, signed at the bottom ‘Designed and Illuminated by F. S. Baskerville. Belfast’ but with a dedication to another member of the family which reads, ‘In Memoriam. Robert Baskerville, late Army Schoolmaster, 1st Battn. 11th Regt; Died at Colombo, Ceylon, 12th May 1886, Aged 41 Years’, in a modern frame, excellent condition South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (13139 Sapper, J. Baskerville, R.E.) in a card mount beautifully illuminated with two vignettes, one of ‘Ekowe, Zululand’, the other of ‘Gibraltar’, with dedication which reads, ‘Sacred to the Memory of Joshua G Baskerville, late Royal Engineers - Aged 32, who died at Holywood on the 14th May 1893, and was interred in Holywood Cemetery’, signed at the bottom ‘Designed & Illuminated by his Brother, F. S. Baskerville, Belfast.’, in a modern frame, excellent condition (2) £1,800-£2,200 --- Joshua Gideon Baskerville was born at Hackney, London, in 1861 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Dublin on 29 July 1875, aged 15 years 1 month. He was appointed Bugler in March 1876, attained 17 years of age in June 1877, and was posted to the ranks as Sapper on 1 January 1878. He served abroad at the Cape of Good Hope from 2 December 1878 to 30 December 1879; at Gibraltar until 31 August 1882; and the remainder at Home until his final discharge as a Corporal, ‘unfit for further service,’ on 11 January 1893. His discharge papers note ‘Zulu 1879 - Present at the battle of Inyeazani 22 Jan ‘79 & blockade of Ekowe 23 Jan to 3 April ‘79 - S. Africa 1879 - with clasp’. Sold with copied discharge papers.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, date clasp block loose on riband (36109 Pte. A. J. Newbery. 6th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) good very fine £100-£140 --- A. J. Newbery attested for the Imperial Yeomanry and served with the 6th (Staffordshire) Company, 4th Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War.
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The mounted group of ten miniature dress medals attributed to Major-General (Surgeon) Sir Robert Porter, Royal Army Medical Corps The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s badge, gold and enamel; The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel; Ashanti Star 1896; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Elanslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Officer’s badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamel, with rosette on riband; Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine and better (10) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002. The recipient’s full-sized awards sold in these rooms as part of the Colonel Riddick Collection of Medals to the Medical Services in December 2006. Robert Porter was born in Co. Donegal on 31 January 1858, and educated at Foyle College, Londonderry, Glasgow University and Paris, qualifying as a M.B. at Glasgow in 1879. Entering the Army Medical Department as a Surgeon, and afterwards Surgeon-Captain in February 1881, he was promoted to Surgeon-Major in February 1893. He served in the Ashanti Expedition of 1895-96 for which he received an honourable mention. Next serving in the Boer War, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on February 1901, and was present in operations in Natal during 1899, including actions at Elandslaagte and Lombard’s Kop and in the defence of Ladysmith. He served for the remainder of the war in the Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony. Promoted to Colonel in January 1910, he was briefly placed on Half Pay on 14 January 1914. Restored to Full Pay with the onset of war, Porter served in France and Flanders with the original British Expeditionary Force as Deputy Director of Medical Services, being ranked as Temporary Surgeon-General, Army Medical Staff in November 1914 and Surgeon-General (ranking as Major-General) in February 1915. From 1915 to 1917 he was Director of Medical Services to the Second Army. For his wartime services he was awarded the C.B. in 1916, C.M.G. in 1919, the Belgian Order of the Crown 3rd Class and Croix de Guerre, and was six times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 19 October 1914, 17 February 1915, 22 June 1915, 1 January 1916, 29 May 1917, and 24 December 1917). He was knighted, receiving the K.C.B. in 1921. Major-General Sir Robert Porter died on 27 February 1928, The Times of 28 February giving the following: ‘Sir Robert Porter was one of the distinguished group of “War Doctors” who built up on the Western Front the finest organisation for the relief of the wounded which had ever existed. He came to his great work as Director of Medical Services of the Second Army with a distinguished record and with a reputation for thoroughness in all that he undertook, between the years 1915 and 1917 that reputation was justified’.
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Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Private Adjuma Sebi, Dec. 16 1902) lacking top riband buckle, suspension slack, worn, scarce £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2006. Private Adjuma Sebi was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Medal (Case No. 32443) for saving from drowning a fellow member of the the Gambia Company of the West Africa Frontier Force at Cape St. Mary on 16 December 1902. A full account of the incident was furnished by Lieutenant H. Hoskyns, of the same unit, who also received the Society’s Bronze Medal: ‘I wish to bring to your notice the conduct of No. 18 Ajumami (sic) Sebi, Gambia Company, W.A.F.F. This afternoon, the 16 December, I ordered a bathing parade for the detachment and at the same time I took the opportunity of bathing. My attention was called to a man who was very close to the submerged rock near where we bathe; I immediately tried to call his attention to the danger he was running (I should mention that this man turned out to be Maxim Gun Carrier Bakari). He seemed to be somewhat exhausted so I swam out to him, and found that he had completely lost his head and was in some danger of drowning. I did my best to rescue him and we attempted to swim back together to the ordinary spot where the officers generally bathe, but there was however a strong current setting towards the Cape point and it was impossible to swim against it. I then decided that we must risk a landing on the rocks under Government House. When we were about 100 yards from the rocks and were just getting into the broken water there was a considerable swell at the time and the surf was breaking with great violence on the rocks. Ajumami Sebi entered the water and swam out to Bakari who was now quite exhausted and taking him on his back both managed to reach safety. At this time I was rather exhausted and could have lent little or no aid to Bakhari and had it not been for Ajumami Sebi’s timely aid I consider that Bakhari must have been drowned or at least very seriously injured on the rocks. In order to emphasise what I consider to be Ajumami Sebi’s great pluck and skill I would add that although, if I may be permitted to say so, I am a very fair swimmer, I had great difficulty in landing safely and it was only after being twice carried back by the back-wash I was able to get safely ashore with the assistance of two men of my detachment.’
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Four: Private C. Jefferies, Essex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between clasps, and the SA01 clasp a tailor’s copy (7244 Pte. C. Jeffries [sic]. Essex Regt.); 1914-15 Star (3-2923 Pte. C. Jefferies. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-2923 Pte. C. Jefferies. Essex R.) mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Christopher Jefferies (also recorded as Jeffries and Jeffreys) was born in Great Clacton on 16 February 1885 and served with the 3rd Battalion, Essex Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War (entitled to Cape Colony and South Africa 1902 clasps only). He saw further service with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 March 1915, and later transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 29 April 1919, and died in Colchester in 1967.
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A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. H. Rickard, 38th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, who was slightly wounded at de Klip drift on 7 March 1902 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (84179 Serjt: J. H. Rickard. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (84179 Sgt. J. H. Rickard, 38th. Bty., R.F.A.) rank officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (84179 Serjt: J. H. Rickard. R.F.A.) area of erasure between surname and unit on last, the first two with top brooch bars, light contact marks, very fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902. M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1902. J. Rickard served with the 38th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War, and was slightly wounded at de Klip drift on 7 March 1902.
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Pair: Private T. Miller, Royal Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7492 Pte. T. Miller. Rl: Fusiliers.); Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (7492. Pte. T. Miller 1st. Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs.) light contact marks, very fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
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Three: Quartermaster Sergeant A. Clarke, Royal Army Medical Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (7387 S. Sejt. A. Clarke. R.A.M.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7387 1st. Cl. S. Serjt: A. Clarke. R.A.M.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (7387 Q.M. Sjt: A. Clarke. R.A.M.C.) light contact marks, good very fine and better (3) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
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Seven: Major W. H. White, Royal Irish Regiment, who was killed in action near St Eloi on 14 February 1915 India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (Lieut. W. H. White 2d Bn. Ryl. Ir. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Belfast (Capt. W. H. White. 1/Rl. Irish. Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. W. H. White. Rl. Irish Rgt.); 1914-15 Star (Major W. H. White, R. Ir. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major W. H. White.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued, together with related group of seven unmounted miniature medals, the earlier campaign medals with contact marks, nearly very fine, otherwise extremely fine (7) £800-£1,000 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1915. ‘William Hawtrey White, 1st Batt. Royal Irish Regiment, who was killed in action on February 14th last, when gallantly leading his men in a night attack on a trench held by the Germans near St Eloi, and was mentioned in despatches, was a son of the Rev. James White, late Vicar of St Peter’s, Paddington, a member of an old Co. Wexford family. Major White entered the Army in 1892, took part in operations on the North West Frontier of India in 1897-8, receiving the medal with two clasps. He served in the South African War, 1899-1902, and received the Queen’s Medal with three clasps and King’s Medal with two clasps. He married, in 1911, Muriel, daughter of Major Braddon, of Skisdon, Cornwall.’ (Our Heroes, Supplement to Irish Life, September 24th, 1915, refers). White is buried in Dickebusch Old Military Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with portrait photograph of Major White wearing the first three medals; his riband bar for the pre-Great War awards; and a contemporary newspaper cutting from the Morning Post.
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Seven: Warrant Officer Class II G. A. Sneller, Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (12417 Dr. G. A. Sneller, A.S.C.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (12417 Corpl:- Sdlr: G. A. Sneller. A.S.C.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (12417 Sdlr-St-Serjt: G. Sneller. A.S.C.); 1914 Star (T-12417 Sd. Q.M. Sjt. Snellar [sic]. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T-12417 W.O. Cl.2 G. A. Sneller. A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (12417 Sd: S. Sjt: G. A. Sneller. A.S.C.) contact marks and edge bruising, generally very fine and better (7) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- G. A. Sneller served with the Army Service Corps as a Saddler Quartermaster Sergeant during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 August 1914.
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