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Lot 1437
DERBY; an 18th century figure of a young woman with floral decorated dress and raised on gilt heightened scrolling base, bearing 'Cordwent Collection' label to base, height 27cm.Additional InformationThe Derby figure has some small areas of restoration, notably to her left foot. The tips of the scarf around here waist band some of the floral adornment to her hair and some of the petals throughout. There are also some small losses to the petals and some discolouration to the figure. The watercolour has three or four faint spots of foxing but overall condition is good.
Lot 1440
ROYAL DUX; a pair of figures representing a male fruit carrier and a female water carrier, each with embossed triangle mark and numbered 884 and 885 respectively, height 43cm (2).Additional InformationWear to the gilding and to the decoration in parts, she has minor chipping to the edges of the dress, he has restoration to his arm and the basket and possibly the shoulders, and old repair to the applied floral detail to the male.
Lot 1443
MEISSEN; a 19th century porcelain figure of a lady holding muff and wearing a crinoline type dress, blue painted cross swords marks and inscribed D66 to the underside, height 21cm.Additional InformationRestoration to her arm and fingers, minor losses to the crinoline type dress, wear to the gilding.
Lot 1457
ROYAL COPENHAGEN; a figure of an imp seated on a column, number 456, height 21cm, a Royal Copenhagen model of a puppy chewing a shoe, a 19th century Wedgwood black basalt ware ewer, a Japanese Imari bowl, Victorian fairings, a pair of Continental figures with crinoline dresses, an Augustus Rex teacup and saucer, etc.Additional InformationThere are too many items to give an accurate condition report on each item in the lot, to mention a few, the Royal Copenhagen imp has a chip to his ear, the Wedgwood ewer has a break running across the handle, the Royal Copenhagen dog is good, the Rex teacup and saucer is good, minor losses to the dress on the figures. SUGAR BOX: body is cracked.
Lot 1464
DERBY; an early 19th century ceramic figure of a maiden wearing a pink and blue dress, height 14cm, four further ceramic figures including a pair of Staffordshire examples, a pair of Continental porcelain candle holders, etc (7). Additional InformationThe Derby figure with a hairline crack running through the base, crazing throughout, the Continental figure group of the girl inside with large chips in large areas of loss, the figure of the farmer with chips to the raised parts
Lot 1480
LLADRO; seven assorted figures including a girl holding a basket of geese, height 23cm, a girl seated on the phone beside a puppy, etc (7).Additional InformationLight wear and scratches throughout, traces of emulsion paint, the figure of the girl with the vase on her lap is missing the interior flowers, the figure clutching the bird with a large sliver chip to the inside of her dress.
Lot 15
A WWI medal pair awarded to 12214 Cpl J.W. Bedson, Bedf.R, with Record Office medal record dated July 1921, a large assortment of wartime ephemera including postcards, letters, etc, framed certificate with an associated cap with Intelligence Corps badge, and a carved pine frame inset with a photograph of a figure in highland dress.
Lot 579
Boy Scouts Association Gallantry Cross, 2nd Class, 1st issue, silver, the reverse inscribed, ‘H. Motton. May. 1909’, with ring suspension and integral top riband bar, in its original J. A. Wyllie, London, blue leather case of issue, traces of the Cross having sometime been lightly gilded, therefore nearly very fine £400-£500 --- Harold Motton, a Boy Scout with the 1st Longford Troop, Shetford, was awarded the Cross for saving the life of Teresa Fulgone, by extinguishing her burning dress, on 29 May 1909.
Lot 627
A Miniature Portrait of an Unidentified 15th Hussars Officer. A well executed early 19th Century miniature portrait of a Cavalry Officer, the subject shown in full dress uniform of the 15th Hussars, and wearing a Waterloo Medal, 64mm x 53mm, the reverse signed ‘J. Drummond 1823’, contained in its original rectangular wooden frame, the frame measuring 130mm x 111mm, very good condition £160-£200 --- Believed to have been painted by Miss Jane Drummond, the well-know portraitist. A note on the reverse states ‘this size 5 Guineas’.
Lot 643
The V.C. group of nine miniature dress medals worn by Major-General E. H. Sartorius V.C., 59th Foot, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery at Sliah-jui, Afghanistan, on 24 October 1879, and who was gifted his miniature V.C. by his brother (and fellow V.C. recipient) R. W. Sartorius Victoria Cross, the reverse of the suspension bar contemporarily engraved ‘R. S. to E. S. 25.5.81’; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, with integral gold riband buckle; Jubilee 1887, silver; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, silver; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp; Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmanieh, Fourth Class badge, silver, gold, and enamel, with rosette on riband; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, mounted as worn and housed in a wooden box with plaque inscribed ‘Major General Euston Henry Sartorius, VC., G.C.B. [sic]’, green enamel damage to Medjidieh, generally very fine (9) £2,400-£2,800 --- V.C. London Gazette 16 May 1881: ‘For conspicuous bravery during the action at Sliah-jui, on the 24th October 1879, in leading a party of five or six men of the 59th Regiment against a body of the enemy, of unknown strength, occupying an almost inaccessible position on the top of a precipitous hill. The nature of the ground made any sort of regular formation impossible, and Captain Sartorius had to bear the first brunt of the attack from the whole body of the enemy, who fell upon him and his men as they gained the top of the precipitous pathway; but the gallant and determined bearing of this Officer, emulated as it was by his men, led to the most perfect success, and the surviving occupants of the hilltop, seven in number, were all killed. In this encounter Captain Sartorius was wounded by sword cuts in both hands, and one of his men was killed.’ Euston Henry Sartorius was born in Cintra, Portugal, on 6 June 1844, the younger son of Admiral Sir George Rose Sartorius, G.C.B., and the younger brother of Reginald William Sartorius V.C., C.M.G. Along with his brothers, he was educated at Victoria College, St. Helier, Jersey, then Woolwich, and later at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. First serving as an Ensign in the 59th Foot, he was gazetted Lieutenant on 29 June 1865. He served as a Staff Officer and Instructor at Sandhurst from December 1869 until 1874, during which time, on 29 June 1869 along with two other men, he helped to save three girls from drowning at Broadstairs, Kent, and was awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal in Bronze. When he left for India in 1874, he served as a Company Commander during the Second Afghanistan War, and for his gallantry at Shahjui on 24 October 1879 was awarded the Victoria Cross. Lieutenant Irwin of the 59th, who was under Sartorius’ command, wrote of the action: ‘Captain Sartorius ordered his men to fix bayonets, and to clamber up. The hill was very steep, and when they got to within a few feet of the top the Afghans sprang up with a yell, and, sword in hand, slashing right and left, simply jumped down upon our fellows. For a few moments, all was confusion, friend and foe falling down together, but it was speedily all over. We had gained the hill, and the standards on it, not one of the enemy having escaped. We lost one man, and Captain Sartorius was wounded in both hands. The fanatics were splendid, though ferocious-looking scoundrels, and fought like fiends, having evidently made up their minds to die, and to do as much damage as possible before doing so.’ Sartorious was invested with his Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria on 1 July 1881. Due to wounds received during his V.C. action, he partially lost the use of his left hand; unable to continue as an active field officer, he was appointed to a staff post at Aldershot. In the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War he was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General, responsible for base and communications, and was afterwards promoted brevet Lieutenant-Colonel; was Mentioned in Despatches; and was awarded the Fourth Class of the Ottoman Order of Osmanieh. He was promoted Colonel in 1886, and was Assistant Adjutant-General in Portsmouth from 1891 to 1894. He then served as Military Attaché to Japan, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1896. Promoted Major-General in 1899, he retired in August 1901, although he continued to serve as a Colonel of a volunteer battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment. The inscription on the reverse of the Victoria Cross ‘R. S. to E. S.’, presumably refers to the fact that Euston Sartorius was gifted his miniature V.C. by his brother Reginald Sartorius, himself a recipient of the V.C. during the Ashantee War. The Sartorius brothers are one of only four sets of brothers to both be awarded the Victoria Cross (the others being C. J. S. and H. H. Gough; G. N. and R. B. Bradford; and A. B. and V. B. Turner).
Lot 644
The C.M.G. group of five miniature dress medals worn by Colonel A. de M. Bell, Canadian Army Service Corps The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel, with integral gold riband buckle; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £200-£240 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1919. Archibald de Mowbray Bell was born in Ottawa, Ontario, on 17 March 1874 and was commissioned into the 43rd Rifles in the late 1890s. Following the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned Major in the Canadian Army Service Corps on 23 September 1914, and serviced during the Great War on the Western Front, being twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 15 June 1916 and 31 December 1918), awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 12 July 1918), and created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Advanced Colonel, he died on 31 March 1963. Sold with the recipient’s Province of Quebec Curlers Association Past President’s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Col. A. de M. Bell.’; and a miniature photograph of the recipient in uniform forming the centrepiece of a silver and enamel oval brooch, and housed in a fitted leather case.
Lot 645
The O.B.E., R.R.C. group of eleven miniature dress medals attributed to Principal Matron Miss Ida Walden, Territorial Force Nursing Service, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type badge, gilt; Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), E.II.R. [sic], silver-gilt and enamel; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq; India General Service 1908-35, no clasp [sic - entitled to the clasp Waziristan 1921-24]; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn on two riband bars, the Great War trio on one bar, and the remainder on a second bar, generally very fine (11) £140-£180 --- O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 23 December 1947: ‘In recognition of gallant conduct in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner’ The original Recommendation states: ‘On the night of 4 April 1947, 2 Combined Military Hospital Meiktila (Burma) held 299 patients accommodated in semi-permanent bashas. As a result of a typhoon which hit the hospital area at about 1800 hours, all these bashas were raised to the ground within a period of two hours. Despite the fact that a large proportion of the patients were bed cases, no casualties were sustained and by the following morning all the patients were accommodated in alternative berths, with treatment resumed. This very credible performance was largely due to Principal Matron Ida Walden, R.R.C., who immediately preceded to the hospital at considerable risk of falling timber and, ignoring the fact that the Sisters’ Mess and quarters were already partly destroyed and would obviously lead to the loss of personal kit and possessions, commenced supervising the evacuation of patients. Her leadership and tireless energy, combined with her continued cheerfulness in the face of adversity, acted as an inspiration and won the admiration of all the medical staff and patients, and was largely responsible for avoiding what otherwise might have been a disaster.’ R.R.C. London Gazette 15 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘In hospitals in the operational area she has by her efficient and energetic action done good work in raising the standard of nursing and morale of the personnel in a lonely station and done much good work for the comfort of patients.’ Miss Ida Jane Walden was born in October 1889 and served during the Great War with the Territorial Force Nursing Service, serving on board the hospital ship Britannic, (the sister ship of the Titanic), sailing back and forth to Gallipoli to evacuate the wounded. Subsequently posted to India, she saw further service in Iraq, Kurdistan, Persia and Burma, and for her gallantry and service in Burma during and immediately after the Second World War she was awarded both the O.B.E. and the R.R.C. She was latterly assistant matron of Nakuru War Memorial Hospital in Kenya, and then Matron of the Mombasa and Coast European Hospital in Kenya. She retired to Worthing and died in June 1979, a few short months before her 90th birthday. Sold with copied research. Note: Great War M.I.D. unconfirmed.
Lot 648
A pair of miniature dress medals worn by Captain C. C. Saxton, Royal Artillery China 1857-60, no clasp (Lt. Charles Clifford Saxton Madras Artillery) contemporarily engraved naming; Abyssinia 1867 (Lt. C. C. Saxton 23 B.R.A. Ast. Fd. Eng: A.E.F.) contemporarily engraved naming to edge, both with contemporary top silver riband buckles, very fine (2) £240-£280 --- Charles Clifford Saxton served with the Madras Artillery Mountain Train and Rocket Battery throughout the China Campaign of 1860, and was present at the action of Sinho (Medal). He served as Assistant Field Engineer with the Abyssinian Expeditionary Force from 31 December 1867 to the end of the campaign, and latterly as Assistant Provost Marshal at Senafe in addition to other duties (Mentioned in Despatches and medal).
Lot 649
A group of eight miniature dress medals attributed to Private D. Robb, Royal Ulster Rifles, later an in-patient of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, E.II.R. [sic], 3 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, Cyprus; Korea 1950-53, 2nd issue [sic]; U.N. Korea 1950-54; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo, mounted court-style as worn, very fine (8) £80-£100
Lot 650
An unattributed C.B., C.V.O. group of six miniature dress medals The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s badge, gilt and enamel; The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s badge, gilt and enamel; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; Coronation 1902, silver; Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R. cypher, with integral top riband bar, mounted for wear, the CB and CVO both of recent manufacture; the latter four all of contemporary manufacture, generally very fine An unattributed group of five miniature dress medals United States of America, Silver Star, with two silver star emblems on riband; Bronze Star; Purple Heart, with four silver star emblems on riband; France, Fifth Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s badge, silvered and enamel; Great Britain, Distinguished Service Order, E.II.R., gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, mounted American-style for wear, nearly very fine Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp (3), Fort Detroit; Chateauguay; Chrystler’s Farm; British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916, no clasp (2), silver issue; bronze issue, all of recent manufacture; Canada, Order of Canada, badge, gilt and enamel; together with a miniature Territorial Force Nursing Service cape badge, good very fine (18) £140-£180
Lot 651
An unattributed O.B.E., A.F.C. group of four miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt, on 2nd type riband; Air Force Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed M.C. group of four miniature dress medals Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed B.E.M. group of six miniature dress medals British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed group of five miniature dress medals British War and Victory Medals; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48, mounted as worn, very fine (19) £80-£100
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Lot 652
An unattributed M.C. group of six miniature dress medals Military Cross, G.VI.R. [sic]; 1914 Star with clasp; British War and Victory Medals; Jubilee 1935; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., mounted as worn, very fine India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919; Coronation 1953, very fine (8) £50-£70
Lot 653
An unattributed pair of miniature dress medals India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., no clasp; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed group of five miniature dress medals Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1906; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed group of seven miniature dress medals Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1911, mounted as worn, very fine (14) £80-£100
Lot 664
A pair of German dress miniatures Germany, Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle, silver, with enamel obverse central medallion; Saxony, Order of Albert, Civil Division, silver and enamel, with crown suspension, mounted as worn continental style from a double braided gilt chain, with decorative mounting button at one end and hook at other, very fine (2) £60-£80
Lot 665
A mounted group of forty-two miniature dress medals representative of the medals worn by H.M. King Hussain of Jordan Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom, Order of Hussein bin Ali; Order of the Renaissance; Hashemite Star; Military Gallantry Medal; Order of the Star of Jordan; Order of Independence; Order of Military Merit; Medal for the Battle of Karama 1968; Medal for the Great Ramadan War 1973; Silver Jubilee Medal 1977; Iraq, Kingdom, Order of the Hashemite Collar; Morroco, Kingdom, Order of El Mohammed I; Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile; Iraq, Republic, Order of the Two Rivers; Syria, Republic, National Order of Ummayad; Lebanon, Republic, Order of Merit; Tunisia, Republic, Order of Independence; Oman, Sultanate, Order of Oman; Saudi Arabia, Order of Abdul Aziz Al Saud; Yemen, Kingdom, Order of Ma’arib; Libya, Republic, Order of the Grand Conqueror; Iran, Empire, Order of Pahlavi; Great Britain, The Royal Victorian Order; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Redeemer; France, Fifth Republic, Legion of Honour; Germany, Federal Republic, Order of Merit; Malaysia, Federation, Order of the National Crown; Pakistan, Republic, Order of Pakistan; Spain, Kingdom, Order of Isabella the Catholic; Romania, Republic, Order of the Twenty Third of August; Mexico, Republic, Order of the Aztec Eagle; Philippines, Republic, Order of Sikatuna; Japan, Empire, Order of he Chrysanthemum; Austria, Second Republic, Order of Merit; Yugoslavia, Republic, Order of the Grand Star of Yugoslavia; Italy, Republic, Order of Merit; Great Britain, Order of the Bath (Military Division); Netherlands, Kingdom, Civil Order of Merit of the Netherlands Lion; Spain, Kingdom, Order of the Golden Fleece, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, mounted for wear, about extremely fine and a remarkable set (42) £1,500-£2,000 --- Owing to the completeness and the rarity of some of the miniatures in this group, it would appear likely that this group of miniatures was mounted with the intention that it would be worn by H.M. King Hussain (who doubtless would have had various miniature groups both for wear and in reserve).
Lot 712
A German Second World War Order of the German Eagle Third Class. A very fine condition Order of the German Eagle Third Class, with swords, totally undamaged white enamel to both sides of the Maltese Cross with good white enamel within the arms of the swastikas, good gilt to all other fitted parts, with its original ribbon and dress retaining pin, suspension ring marked 900 21. Fitted into its presentation box, the gilt lettering to the upper inner imitation silk reads correctly. Two ink stains to the right hand side of the inner upper silk, the exterior of the box having good proud gilded eagle and swastika and gilt edge line but some rubbing to the corners with what appears to be ink stain to the top left hand corner of the box, very good condition £500-£700
Lot 737
Two German Second World War Awards. A good example of the Eastern Peoples Bravery Award in gold with swords, as is common with these awards most of the gilt has disappeared over the intervening years, faint traces on the reverse side with its original pin, hook and hinge. Fitted into its presentation case with a faint outline of the award to the flat top box, some scuffing and quite serious scratches to the edges of the box. Accompanied by a very nice example of the 40 year National Faithful Service Medal. Gilt magnificent, enamels perfect with its watered silk ribbon and dress retaining pin. Maker marked Deschler & Sohn Munchen to the upper inner silk lid with a gilt image of number 40 surrounded by a half wreath to the exterior of the red imitation leather paper box, very good condition (2) £80-£100
Lot 780
A Selection of Scottish Police Insignia. Comprising a City of Glasgow Police Senior Officer’s embroidered cap badge, pre-1953 featuring the National Badge and Motto; a similar period cap badge in chromed metal; and a very large embroidered version of the same period on a ground of black cloth, possibly from a mounted officer’s shabraque; a Paisley Borough Police Helmet Plate, a good quality example in die-stamped chromed metal c.1930-52, with the Imperial Crown over the Seal of the Burgh with thistle sprays at the bottom, and with two lug fasteners; a Scottish Police Chief Superintendent’s Dress Cap 1952-54, black cloth with black and white diced band, the front peak inlaid with two silver wire rank distinctions, with bullion and silk embroidered National badge featuring the Imperial crown, a thistle head with attendant leaf sprays, motto, ‘Semper Vigilo’, and black patent leather chin strap with plain cloth covered buttons, with supplier’s label, ‘Scott & Co. Hat Makers To The Late King George VI, 1 Old Bond Street Piccadilly W’; together with a white metal button and a chromed National Badge pattern button, generally good condition (7) £80-£100
Lot 87
A post-War ‘Cyprus Operations’ B.E.M. group of six awarded to Staff-Sergeant N. Williams, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (2549142 S/Sgt. Norman Williams. R.E.M.E.) in Royal Mint case of issue, with named Buckingham Palace enclosure; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (2549142. Cfn. N. Williams. R.E.M.E.) minor official correction to number; Korea 1950-53, 2nd issue (2549142 Sgt. N. Williams. R. Norfolk.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP ribbon, unnamed as issued, the latter five mounted court-style as worn, the BEM loose; together with a mounted group of four miniature dress medals comprising the first four campaign medals, good very fine and better (6) £400-£500 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 12 June 1965. The original Recommendation, dated 7 January 1965, states: ‘Staff-Sergeant Williams has been the NCO in charge of 3 Flight Workshops for the past six months. Throughout this time the Flight has been detached from 2 Wing Army Air Corps in the UK for service with the United Nations Force in Cyprus; as a result Staff-Sergeant Williams has had no superior in the technical field to whom he could turn for advice. In the last six months Staff-Sergeant Williams has been solely responsible for the servicing of three Scout helicopters and three Auster aircraft. During the period he has supervised the complete stripping and overhaul of five out of the six aircraft. Not only is this far more than might reasonably be expected in such a space of time but Staff-Sergeant Williams has also been responsible for the security of a large number of VIPs whose jobs have involved them taking trips in the aircraft operated by the Flight. It is not too much to say that the safety of such individuals as the Mediator, the Force Commander and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Personal Representative have all directly been the responsibility of Staff-Sergeant Williams. To add to Staff-Sergeant Williams’ difficulties there has also at various times been an unprecedented amount of unscheduled maintenance required on the Nimbus engine of the Scout helicopter. This has resulted in a great increase in the work load and responsibility carried by Staff-Sergeant Williams; once again the problems over the Nimbus engine have entailed his taking decisions considerably more far reaching than those which might reasonably be expected of an N.C.O. of his rank and service. Staff-Sergeant Williams has accepted this extra work with cheerfulness and by his determination and example has set an outstanding standard of responsibility and devotion to duty for all ranks in the Flight. It is almost entirely due to Staff-Sergrant Williams’ loyalty, devotion to duty, and exceptional readiness to undertake responsibility that it has been possible to keep the Scout helicopters on the island operational. Staff-Sergeant Williams’ work has thus directly affected the operational efficiency of the U.N. Force; his conduct throughout the period has been worthy of the highest praise.’
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