A well-documented post-War B.E.M. for gallantry group of four awarded to Fireman A. A. Dawton, London Fire Brigade, for his gallantry in rescuing four people from a burning house on 19 December 1963 British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R., with gallantry emblem (Arthur Alec Dawton.) in Royal Mint case of issue; Defence Medal; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Fireman Arthur A. Dawton); London County Council Fire Brigade Good Service Medal (Arthur A. Dawton 1954); together with two London Fire Brigade cap badges, about extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- B.E.M. for Gallantry London Gazette 28 July 1964: ‘A fire broke out at a building of five floors and a basement. On the arrival of the brigade the first floor was well alight but people could be seen at a third floor window. An escape was pitched with difficulty and although there was dense smoke at the head of the escape Fireman Dawton ascended and succeeded in helping two women and a man on to the escape. An elderly woman remained in the building and was unable to climb out as the others had done. When she fainted Fireman Dawton entered the room where despite blinding smoke, intense heat and falling and burning debris, he attempted to lift the woman on to his back preparatory to climbing down the escape. On account of her weight he was unable to do this, but managed to pass the still unconscious woman through the window to a Sub-Officer at the head of the escape. There is little doubt that the four people, and particularly the elderly woman, were saved because of the courage and determination displayed by Fireman Dawton.’ Arthur Alec Dawton served as a Fireman with the London Fire Brigade, based at Cannon Street Fire Station, and was awarded the British Empire Medal for Gallantry for the above rescue which took place at 199 Upper Thames Street, EC4, on 19 December 1963. He was presented with his B.E.M. by the Lord Lieutenant of London, Field Marshal the Earl Alexander of Tunis, K.G., at County Hall on 29 October 1964. Sold with named Buckingham Palace enclosure and copy of the London Gazette announcing the award; 10 Downing Street letter announcing the award and London Fire Brigade letter of congratulations; various letters regarding the investiture; Invitation from the Lord Chamberlain to the recipient and his wife to a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, 21 July 1966; the recipient’s riband bar, with gallantry emblem on the B.E.M. riband; and a large quantity of photographs, including the recipient being invested with his B.E.M. by Lord Alexander.
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Pair: Corporal Samuel Leap, 40th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse (S. Leap, Corpl. 40th Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Samuel Le.., 1st Batt. 40th Reg. Foot.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and silver bar suspension inscribed ‘Peninsula’ as often found to this regiment, the second with edge bruising and contact marks with consequential loss of two letters of surname, fine, the first with light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby, July 1896. Samuel Leap was born in the Parish of Yarcomb, Devon, and attested for the 40th Foot at Taunton, Somerset, on 19 March 1805, aged 15. He served ‘under age’ until 19 March 1808, and then as a Private until 24 November 1827, when he was promoted to Corporal for the final 3 years 6 days of his service. He served ‘in the Peninsula during the Campaigns of 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, & 1814. At Waterloo. Was wounded in the right knee in the Pyrenees, 1st August 1813. In America three months. In New South Wales, five years and three quarters. East Indies, three hundred and sixty days.’ He was discharged in the East Indies on 30 November 1830, landed at Gravesend on 18 June 1831, and received his final discharge on 9 August 1831. The Board were of the opinion that ‘for the many years he has served in this regiment, he has invariably conducted himself as a steady, honest & brave soldier.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
Pair: Private Richard Smith, 51st Light Infantry Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle (Richd. Smith, 51st Foot); Waterloo 1815 (Richard Smith, 51st Reg. Light Infantry.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, the second good very fine, the first extremely fine (2) £2,800-£3,400 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, March 1929 and December 1931. Richard Smith was born in the Parish of Putney, Surrey, and was enlisted for the 51st King’s Own Light Infantry at Brighton on 17 July 1809, aged 18, for life. He served a total of 17 years 67 days, including 2 years for Waterloo, and was discharged at Corfu on 21 September 1824, in consequence of ‘his having been wounded in the wrist and through the chest at Pampeluna on the 30 June 1813.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
Pair: Corporal William Deighton, 52nd Foot, who was wounded in the left hand at Condisa, 14 March 1811, and by a shell in the shoulder and mouth at Waterloo, 18 June 1815 Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (William Deighton, 52nd Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (William Dighton, 1st Batt. 52nd Reg. Foot.) fitted with steel clip and later small ring suspension, edge bruising, therefore good fine, the first very fine (2) £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Greg Collection 1887; Sotheby, March 1979; Glendining’s, September 1987. William Deighton/Dighton was born in the Parish of Wakefield, Yorkshire, and was enlisted into the 52nd Foot on 17 October 1799, aged twenty-eight, a labourer by trade. He served a total of 18 years 10 months, including 2 years allowance for Waterloo, and was discharged with the rank of corporal on 3 August 1816, in consequence of ‘Gun shot wound left hand at Condisa, 14 March 1811, and by a shell in the shoulder and mouth at Waterloo, 18 June 1815.’ Sold with copied discharge papers which additionally note ‘marks of gun shot wound left hand, shoulder and mouth’, together with a quantity of copied research and a copy of Gareth Glover’s recent publication on the 52nd Foot at Waterloo.
Four: Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Miller, 80th Foot, who served with the Turkish Contingent during the war in the Crimea India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Pegu, Bhootan (Lieut. F. Miller. 80th Regt.) unofficial rivets between clasps; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. F. Miller, 80th Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with silver bar suspension; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class large type breast badge, silver, with gold and enamel centre and Crescent suspension, the first with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, small chip to Crescent suspension on the last, otherwise very fine and better (4) £700-£900 --- Frederick Miller was appointed ensign in the 80th Foot on 16 May 1845; lieutenant, 4 April 1846; captain, 1 December 1854; brevet major 6 June 1856; lieutenant-colonel, 63rd Foot, 1 January 1868. Lieutenant-Colonel Miller served with the 80th Regiment in the Burmese war of 1852-53 (Medal with Clasp for Pegu). Served in Turkey and the Crimea in 1855-56 with the Turkish Contingent in command of the 1st Regiment of Infantry (Brevet of Major, 4th Class of the Medjidie, and Turkish Medal). Served in India during the mutiny in 1858-59 with the 80th with the column in Futtehpore District, engaged with rebels on 5 March 1858, and the campaign in Oude in October, November, December and January 1858 and 1859 (twice mentioned in despatches, Medal). Served also with the 80th Regiment in the Expedition against Bhootan in 1865 (Clasp).
Six: Chief Petty Officer J. Mitchell, Royal Navy, attached Royal Australian Navy, who was awarded the Naval Good Shooting Medal whilst serving in H.M.A.S. Australia in 1913, the first time an official medal was awarded and named to an H.M. Australian Ship East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (J. Mitchell, Ord. H.M.S. Theseus.); 1914-15 Star (179801 J. Mitchell, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (179801 J. Mitchell. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (179801 John Mitchell, P.O. H.M.S. Astræa.); Naval Good Shooting Medal, G.V.R. (R.A.N. 8118 J. Mitchell, P.O., H.M.A.S. Australia. 1913. 12in. B.L.) contact marks and minor edge bruising to the pre-Great War awards, generally very fine and better, the last rare (6) £1,200-£1,600 --- H.M.A.S. Australia was the first capital ship of the Royal Australian Navy, and was commissioned on 21 June 1913. The Royal Australian Navy was first engaged during the Great War; consequently, the Naval Good Shooting Medal awarded to H.M.A.S. Australia in 1913 is likely to be the very first medal ever awarded and named to an H.M. Australian Ship. John Mitchell was born at Foscoway, Clackmannanshire, on 3 May 1878 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 20 may 1894. He served in H.M.S. Theseus from 14 January 1896, and was rated Ordinary Seaman from 3 May 1896. He was advanced Petty Officer First Class on 25 April 1904, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 May 1911. He was seconded to the Royal Australian Navy for three years from 24 May 1913, and served throughout that period in H.M.A.S. Australia. He spent the rest of the War in various shore based establishments, and was shore pensioned on 2 May 1918, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day.
Six: Captain A. Horne, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, who after being wounded was reportedly murdered by German troops at the battle for Troyon Ridge, during the battle of the Aisne, on 14 September 1914 - a battle in which the battalion sustained an horrendous number of casualties Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2/Lt. A. Horne. 1/Cam: Hrs:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut. A. Horne. 1/Camn. Highrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: A. Horne. Cam’n: Highrs); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. Horne.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, generally very fine (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- Alexander Horne was born in Edinburgh on 30 September 1875, the fourth son of Thomas Elliot Ogilvie Horne, a writer to the Signet. The Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet is a private society of Scottish solicitors, dating back to 1594 and part of the College of Justice. He was also first cousin to Major General H. S. Horne, Royal Horse Artillery, and of Lieutenant Colonel E. W. Horne, 3rd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Educated at Saint Ninian’s Preparatory School at Moffat and then at Charterhouse School, he originally entered the British Army Militia before obtaining his commission as a Second Lieutenant with the Seaforth Highlanders in 1897, and being posted to the 1st Battalion. Horne saw service in Egypt and took part in the re-conquest of the Sudan, being present at the Battle of The Atbara on 9 April 1898, and then the Battle of Omdurman and the entry into Khartoum on 3 September 1898. With the capture of Khartoum, Horne was then sent to Fashoda with his company acting as escort to Lord Kitchener, the Commander-in-Chief in the Sudan. With the outbreak of the Boer War, Horne, by then promoted to Lieutenant, went on to see service in South Africa and was present on operations in the Cape Colony, the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal, as well as operating on the Zululand frontier of Natal. Horne was a keen huntsman with hounds, and in 1906 won the Irish Army Point-to-Point race for heavyweights and also ran third for lightweights. He was also a member of both the Automobile and Caledonian Clubs in London. Having been promoted to Captain, at the outbreak of the Great War, Horne, who was then Commander of ‘B’ Company, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, served with the B.E.F. on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. Taking part in the early actions of the War, including the retreat from Mons, Captain Horne was reportedly murdered by German troops after being wounded at Troyon Ridge, during the Battle of the Aisne. During the battle, in which the Cameron’s lost 600 Officers and men, Horne was shot through both legs and carried to a ditch slightly in the rear of the firing line. However, with the Regiment coming under ‘murderous shrapnel fire’, the battalion was forced to retreat, leaving Captain Horne under care of a sergeant and two Red Cross men. Exactly what happened next is unknown but reports from survivors of the battalion tell that the men with Horne made a Red Cross flag out of a handkerchief and Horne’s blood and hoisted it before the advancing Germans but on the Camerons advancing again to retake their old position, they found captain Horne with his head knocked in by rifle butts and shot with his own revolver. The story was reported in the newspapers thus: ‘“Murdered” by Germans. Fate of a Cameron Highlanders Captain. A prominent member of the County Hall who joined the fighting forces at the outbreak of the war writes home: “Poor Captain Horne of the Cameron Highlanders, whom I knew well, was practically murdered. He was shot in both legs and carried to a ditch slightly to the rear of the fighting line. The Regiment had then to retire and they left Horne with a sergeant. They made a red cross with a handkerchief with his own blood and hoisted it on a stick. They advanced again later and found Horne with his head knocked in by rifle butts and shot by his own revolver”.’ Captain Horne’s brother would write: ‘I think it right that the public and America should know how he came to die. I have now heard from his brother officer, Lord George Stuart-Murray, who was also wounded that day. That on September 14 Captain Horne was wounded on the leg in the firing line. As the line had to retire owing to the murderous shrapnel fire, he was left in charge of two red cross bearers and a sergeant. Later a part of the enemy came on them and shot Captain Horne and his bearers and took the sergeant prisoner. Comment is useless, it was simple murder and I am told that this custom accounts for most of the missing wounded. I hope we can make something of this and let the World know.’ The Battalion War Diary for the period states: ‘On 14 September the Battalion marched off from north of Paissy at 5:45, and moved due west of Vendresse to take their position on the line. With them moved the 1st Coldstream Guards, 1st Black Watch, 1st Scots Guards. En route, the Battalion came under long range rifle fire. The diary says that A Coy were deployed on a line across the Troyon, with B coy on their left. It was added that an attack by the Germans from the left flank across the wooded valley, and a portion of B Coy was put in the rear to guard the left flank. A Coy followed by D advanced on a factory to the north of Troyon. But, before they reached it, they came under very heavy fire from shrapnel and high explosive shells. The Germans were now sighted on the ridge due north of Chivy.’ The diary goes on to add that there was a certain amount of confusion caused by a party of German prisoners being escorted through the wood on the immediate left. The battle originally began at 7am. At about 7:20am, the German attack from the Camerons left front about Le Blanc Mont began to develop seriously. B Company was ordered to advance. The whole front was heavily attacked. A company of Black Watch came up to the Camerons left. At 8:50am, a portion of the right gave ground and took cover under the road bank at Chivy-Chemin wood. The majority of the Camerons retained their positions in good order from the factory. Battalions were reorganised in units in the Chivy-Chemin wood and taken forward onto the crest just north east of that point of the wood when a heavy fire was opened on the Germans north of Le Blanc Mont, apparently with considerable success. A certain number of casualties were caused by the Battalion rifle fire from the rear, though every effort was made to stop it. About 10 minutes later the Germans then attacked with ‘renewed vigour and in greatly superior numbers all along the front’. The Machine Gun Section came into action due north of the point of the wood. All units were mixed here and the fire was very heavy from rifle, machine guns, shrapnel and high explosive shells. It was added that there were ‘a great many casualties’. Ominously the diary further states that C Company on the left had 13 men killed altogether. This was due to the fact that a body of Germans advanced waving their rifles above their heads and apparently wishing to surrender. On the platoon going forward they were ‘decimated by the fire of another German line behind, and the line apparently wishing to surrender lay down and probably fired also’. At about 11:30 the right flank got badly hit from the direction of Troyon. A Company and part of D ran out of ammunition and they moved back into the wood which was being heavily shelled. By this stage, the Brigade fell back and the Battalion got considerably split up, but order was maintained as far as possible. There were further casualties from shell fire, and by the e...
Pair: Lieutenant the Hon. Robert V. Grosvenor, Imperial Yeomanry, later 3rd Baron Ebury Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (Lt. The Hon. R. Grosvenor. 21 Co. 2/Impl. Yeo.) engraved naming; Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn with the Jubilee Medal first, light contact marks, very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Robert Victor Grosvenor, 3rd Baron Ebury, was born in Beachampton, Buckinghamshire, on 28 June 1868, the son of Robert Wellesley Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury, and served initially as a lieutenant with the 13th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps, being awarded the Diamond Jubilee Medal in that capacity. He served with the 21st (Cheshire) Company, 2nd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War, the company being commanded by his cousin, Major Lord Arthur Grosvenor, before returning to England on 21 June 1901. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baron Ebury on 13 November 1918, and died without issue at Amersham, Buckinghamshire, on 5 November 1921, being succeeded to the barony by his brother. Sold with extensive copied research, including various photographic images of the recipient.
Five: Major H. R. H. Crawford, Hampshire Yeomanry, attached Nigeria Regiment and Gold Coast Regiment, late Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between SA01 and SA02 clasps (11232 Tpr: H. Crawford. 61st. Coy. 17th. Impl: Yeo:); 1914-15 Star (Capt. H. H. Crawford. Hamps. Yeo); British War and Victory Medals (Major H. H. Crawford); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1921, with integral top riband bar, mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine, the 1914-15 Star extremely rare to unit (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- One of only three 1914-15 Stars awarded to an Officer in the Hampshire Carabiniers Yeomanry. Hedley Reginald Henry Crawford was born in Dublin in 1880 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry on 1 February 1900. He served with the 61st (South Irish Horse) Company, 17th Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 4 April 1900 to 18 May 1901, and was discharged on 18 June 1901, after 1 years and 138 days’ service. He re-attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Curragh on 8 February 1902, and, given the presence of the South Africa 1902 clasp on his QSA, saw further service during the Boer War, although this, and the entitlement to the clasp, are unconfirmed. Crawford was commissioned into the Hampshire Carabiniers Yeomanry, and served during the Great War on attachment first to the Nigeria Regiment, and then with the Gold Coast Regiment, West Africa Frontier Force, in the Cameroons, Nigeria, and East Africa from 22 September 1914. Transferring to the Retied List with the rank of Major, he was awarded his Territorial Decoration in 1923 (London Gazette 9 October 1923). Sold with copied research.
Five: Sergeant F. Tuck, Hampshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, top lugs removed (No. 6 Drummer F. Tuck, 2nd. Batt. Hampshire Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (280014 A. C. Sjt. F. Tuck. Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (122 Sjt. F. Tuck. Hamps. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with two Additional Award Bars (No. 122. Cpl. F. Tuck. 6th. Batt. Hampshire Regt. T.F.) light contact marks, generally good very fine (5) £400-£500 --- Frederick Tuck was born in Portsmouth in 1881 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Fort Gomer on 15 January 1900, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd Volunteer Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 11 February 1900 to 17 May 1901, and was discharged on 24 May 1901, after 1 year and 130 days’ service. Subsequently joining the Territorial Forces, Tuck was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 7 of January 1909 (although given the fact that the medal in the lot is a George V issue presumably he was not actually issued his medal until some years later), and was awarded a first Additional Award Bar per Army Order 192 of May 1922, and a second Additional Award Bar per Army Order 155 of August 1931. He served with the 1st/6th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment during the Great War from 11 September 1917, with the rank of Acting Colour Sergeant. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Pair: Private G. Nivison, Royal Highlanders Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (5577 Pte. G. Nivison, 2nd Rl. Highldrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5577 Pte. G. Nivision. Rl: Highrs:), the first with small edge bruise, very fine and better (2) £240-£280 --- George Nivison was born at Penicuik, Midlothian, on 22 September 1872 and attested for the Royal Highlanders on 24 July 1894, claiming to be 18 years and 10 months of age. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 October 1899 to 12 September 1902, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 30 September 1902. He was discharged on 23 July 1906, after 12 years’ service. He died in Edinburgh on 8 October 1926 Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.
Thirteen: Colonel J. V. R. Jackson, East Kent Regiment, who Commanded the 1st Battalion, The Buffs, in Burma 1930-32 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1902 (2/Lieut. J. V. R. Jackson, E. Kent Rgt:); 1914-15 Star (Capt: & Adjt: J. V. R. Jackson. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major J. V. R. Jackson.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (Lt. Col. J, V. R. Jackson. The Buffs); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; War Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Denmark, Kingdom, Order of the Dannebrog (Christian X) neck badge, gold and enamels, unmarked, the first four polished, good fine and better, otherwise good very fine (13) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: The Robert F. Brett Collection of Medals to the Buffs, Dix Noonan Webb, September 1999 (not including the Order of the Dannebrog). James Victor Rae Jackson was born on 28 April 1883. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 18 January 1902, and served with the 2nd Buffs in South Africa, taking part in operations in the Transvaal from March to 31 May 1902 (Medal with 4 clasps). From March 1909 until September 1913, he was employed with the West African Frontier Force. He was appointed Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion on 4 August 1914. Jackson served as Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion during the Great War, going to France on 24 February 1915. He was wounded, and was taken prisoner at the Hohenzollern Redoubt on 30 September 1915. Jackson had just assumed temporary command of the battalion when his position was overrun, whilst awaiting reinforcements, and he ‘could not emerge from a deep dug-out near the gap from which he was conducting operations, and he was taken prisoner’. He was mentioned in despatches London Gazette 1 January 1916, but remained interned until he was repatriated on 13 September 1917. After his return he was specially appointed Brigade Major and 2nd in command of an Officer Cadet Battalion, June 1918 to February 1919, and was an Instructor at the Small Arms School from November 1919 to May 1924. He assumed command of the 1st Battalion in April 1931 and commanded the regiment throughout the operations in Burma (Medal and clasp). Promoted to Colonel in April 1935, Jackson took command of the Infantry Record and Pay Office at Hounslow. He was, in his capacity as commanding Officer of the Buffs, awarded the Danish Order of the Dannebrog, Knight 2nd class. Note: The Order of the Dannebrog insignia in this lot has been added to complete the group, the original insignia awarded to Jackson being returnable upon the death of the recipient.
Five: Petty Officer Mechanic C. Sutton, Royal Naval Air Service 1914-15 Star (F.9283. C. Sutton. P.O.M., R.N.A.S.) officially re-impressed; British War and Victory Medals (F.9283 C. Sutton. P.O.M. R.N.A.S.); Romania, Kingdom, War Cross 1916-1918, bronze; Loyal Service Medal, First Class, gilt, mounted as worn, very fine (5) £400-£500 --- Romanian Loyal Service Medal, First Class London Gazette 7 September 1920: ‘For distinguished services rendered during the War.’ Charles Sutton enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service on 18 November 1915. Sold with the original named Bestowal Document for the Romanian Loyal Service Medal; and copied research regarding the role of the Royal Naval Air Service in Romania.
Seven: Regimental Sergeant-Major James Dray, East Kent Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (4960 Serjt: J. Dray. E.K. Regt.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (4960 Serjt: J. Dray. E. Kent Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (L-4960 W.O.Cl.II. J. Dray. E. Kent R.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (4960 C.Sjt: J. Dray. E. Kent Regt.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (4960 W.O.Cl.2. J. Dray. E. Kent R.) the Boer War pair with contact marks and minor edge bruising, good fine, otherwise nearly very fine or better (7) £500-£700 --- Provenance: The Robert F. Brett Collection of Medals to the Buffs, Dix Noonan Webb, September 1999. ‘Jimmy’ Dray, according to The Dragon, was the first Buff to land in South Africa, arriving at Cape Town on 16 November 1899, where he went on to Natal with the 2nd Division Staff. He was one of eight brothers to serve in the Great War and his father received a letter from the King in 1914, when seven were serving, the eighth joining in 1916. One brother was killed at Zonnebeke in April 1916, and another was wounded. He served as an Instructor in the Home Guard at Horsham until he resigned in 1944 at the age of 68. He received the Annuity M.S.M. in 1952. Jimmy Dray was an outstanding all-round sportsman and won many Battalion and Brigade Championships, and regularly competed with some success in various Army Championships.
Three: Captain C. E. G. Vernon, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 15 August 1915 1914-15 Star (Capt. C. E. G. Vernon R. Innis. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. C. E. G. Vernon) nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 5 May 1916. Charles Edward Granville Vernon was born in Huntingdon on 29 September 1883, the son of Colonel G. W. Vernon, Bedfordshire Regiment, and was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; however, owing to ill-health he was unable to complete his studies there, and so obtained a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, from the Militia, on 23 April 1904. Promoted Lieutenant on 16 February 1907, he served with the regiment in Egypt, but contracted fever there and, being invalided home in September 1907, was obliged to resign his commission in 1908. Following the outbreak of the Great War Vernon volunteered his services and was granted a captaincy in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 15 September 1914. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 10 July 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay on 15 August 1915, whilst leading his company in their first action against the Turks. Although severely wounded, he came out from under cover to rescue his servant, and was killed in the attempt. Major Best, the adjutant of the 5th Battalion, wrote: ‘Captain Vernon was the best companion on service one could possibly have; brave to a fault, and absolutely untiring. He is an officer who could least be spared in the battalion.’ He is buried in Azmak Cemetery, Suvla, Turkey.
Three: Private J. Torrance, 14th Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917 1914-15 Star (457319 Pte. J. Torrance. 14/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (457319 Pte. J. Torrance. 14-Can. Inf.) good very fine (3) £240-£280. --- John Torrance was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 18 June 1894 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in Montreal. He served with the 14th Battalion (Quebec Regiment), Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge on 9 April 1917. He is buried in Nine Elms Military Cemetery, France.
Three: Second Lieutenant F. G. Oliver, 22nd (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (3rd Tyneside Scottish), late Private Canadian Army Medical Corps, who was taken prisoner of war north of Bullecourt on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 1914-15 Star (521139 Pte. F. G. Oliver C.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. F. G. Oliver) generally good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Frederick George Oliver was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland in July 1882. He was employed as an Architect prior to attesting for service with the Canadian Army Medical Corps at Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada in June 1915. Oliver served in Salonika from December 1915, and was commissioned Temporary Lieutenant in the 22nd (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (3rd Tyneside Scottish) in June 1917. He was taken prisoner of war whilst serving with the Battalion north of Bullecourt, during the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918. Oliver’s statement regarding the circumstance which led to his capture gives the following detail: ‘On 21st March 1918, I was in command of “B” Coy, 22nd Northumberland Fusiliers... Our battalion was the extreme right of the 34th Division and joined up with the 59th Division - the communication trench (Pelican Avenue) being the divisional boundary line - on our left was the 23rd N.F. Starting at 4am we were subjected to a heavy bombardment lasting the entire day without intermission - by 6am all telephone communication was cut and it being impossible, owing to the heavy mist, to use the visual lamp - the only means of communication was by runner - an extremely difficult undertaking under the circumstances. At 9am it was reported to me that the enemy had broken through at Bullecourt on our right and I then manned Pelican Avenue to form defensive flank. After repeated attempts to get messages through to battalion headquarters I was finally reinforced by 2 platoons... At 5pm the enemy in overwhelming numbers broke through the flank and in danger of being entirely cut off, I made an attempt to get back to battalion headquarters but, owing to the shattered state of trench, I was overtaken and captured in the first wave of enemy storming troops.’ Sold with copied service papers.
Five: Acting Company Sergeant-Major F. S. Coleman, East Kent Regiment, later Kent Cyclist Battalion Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (5894 Pte. F. Coleman, E. Kent Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5894 Pte. F. Coleman. E. Kent Regt.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Frederick Coleman) naming officially re-impressed; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (265056 Sjt:-A.C.S. Mjr:- F. S. Coleman. Kent Cyc: Bn:); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silvered base metal (18150 Ct./Off. F. S. C. Coleman. Rochester Ct. Div. No. 8 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1938) the first two with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, otherwise good very fine and better (5) £280-£340 --- Served with 3rd Battalion in South Africa.
Three: Private G. H. Smith, 8th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on the First Day of the Landings, 25 April 1915 1914-15 Star (932 Pte. G. H. Smith. 8-Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (932 Pte. G. H. Smith. 8-Bn. A.I.F.); Memorial Plaque (George Horace Smith) good very fine (4) £500-£700 --- George Horace Smith was born in London in 1894 and having emigrated to Australia attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Melbourne on 21 August 1914. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War and was killed in action on the first day of the Gallipoli Landings, 25 April 1915. He is buried in Shell Green Cemetery, Turkey. Note: Various other sources, including the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour, give his date of death as between 25 and 27 April 1915; however, his online service papers clearly show his date of death as being 25 April 1915.
Pair: Nurse Dorothy Morris, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry British War and Victory Medals (D. Morris. F.A.N.Y.C.) nearly extremely fine (2) £240-£280 --- Miss Dorothy Morris, an original member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry with Regimental number 11, served with the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from December 1914.
Five: Private W. J. White, East Kent Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (6103 Pte. W. White, East Kent Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6103 Pte. W. White. East Kent Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (L-6103 Pte. W. J. White. 1/E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6103 Pte. W. J. White. E. Kent R.) the first two with light contact marks, very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £240-£280 --- Served with 2nd Battalion Mounted Infantry in South Africa.
Three: Stoker First Class A. W. Neep, Royal Navy, who was killed in action/ died of wounds during the evacuation from Singapore on 13 February 1942 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. Frederick J. Neep, 1 Preston Crescent, Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland’, extremely fine (3) £120-£160 --- Adam William Neep served during the Second World War as a Stoker First Class, and was killed in action/ died of wounds during the evacuation of Singapore on 13 February 1942 whilst borne on the books of H.M.S. Grasshopper; however, other sources state that he was at the time of his death aboard H.M.S. Scorpion, which was sunk by the Japanese at 21:30 on 13 February. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. His medals were sent to his father, Frederick Neep.
Four: Warrant Officer W. H. C. Taylor, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star, 1 copy clasp, Burma; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- William H. C. Taylor served during the Second World War as a Flight Engineer with 99 Squadron, based at Dhubalia, India, from September 1944, flying Liberators over South East Asia. His first operational sortie was an Air Sea Rescue Search on 8 October 1944; further operational sorties included bombing raids on Mandalay; the Burma-Siam Railway; Ramlee Island (21 January 1945 - Log Book entry reads ‘War Operation No. 14. Ramlee Island. Beach Defences and Troops on Invasion of Island. Combine Operation. Navy, Army, R.A.F., USAAF. Fighter Escort. Bomb load 10,000 lbs. Fuel 1,600 gals.’); Rangoon; and Bangkok. Following the cessation of hostilities he transferred to 232 Squadron, Transport Command, based at Palam, India. Sold with the recipient’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book and Air Forces in India Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book starting from 18 April 1944, both with good operational details recorded therein; the recipient’s pocket diary for 1945 with records of flight details; various photographs and photographic images; various newspaper cuttings and other ephemera; and copied research.
Four: Sergeant R. J. Bunting, Canadian Forces Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SB 154011 R. J. Bunting); Korea Volunteer Service Medal 1950-54, unnamed as issued; U.N. Korea 1950-54 (SB 154011 R. J. Bunting); Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R. (Sgt R. J. Bunting) mounted court-style as worn; together with the related miniature awards for the first (this a U.K. 1st issue example), third, and fourth, these similarly mounted, the reverse of the medals affixed by strong adhesive to the court-mounting ribands, generally very fine (4) £120-£160
Four: Sergeant A. Woolhouse, Royal Army Pay Corps General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (23221909 Sgt. A. Woolhouse. R.A.P.C.); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Borneo, South Arabia, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (23221909 Sgt. A. Woolhouse. RAPC.); Rhodesia, General Service Medal (727372 Sgt A. Woolhouse); Zimbabwe, Independence Medal 1980 (14913), mounted court-style as worn, the Zimbabwe medal mounted first, nearly extremely fine (4) £160-£200
A Great War M.C. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Captain F. A. Morrell, East Kent Regiment, late Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. F. A. Morrell Presented by H.M. The King at Buckingham Palace’, with Second Award Bar; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. F. A. Morrell.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Captain F. A. Morrell, M.C., S.S.V.F.) good very fine (4) £1,600-£2,000 --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 16 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the enemy had penetrated between our defences, he organised and carried out with his company two counter attacks, driving them back. Two days afterwards, seeing that the flank of the Battalion on his right was exposed, he immediately counter attacked and improved the situation, being severely wounded during the operation.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 18 December 1917. Frederick Alexander Morrell served as a Lance-Corporal in the Malay Straits Volunteer Rifles at Singapore 1914-15 (ineligible for Star). He served in France as a Captain in the East Kent Regiment from 12 April 1916. The Regimental History refers to him “taking post in the front line” at Bully Grenay, 3 miles west of Loos, amongst the coal mines, on 27 March 1917. On 28th July the Battalion was heavily engaged in the Battle of Pilkem Ridge, a carefully planned attack to gain the high ground to the east of Ypres. On 2nd August, with the attack continuing, when relieved by another Bn. and withdrawing in the dark, over very heavy and unknown ground “Captain Morrell was slightly wounded”. After further heavy fighting and due to the inability to provide replacements for the considerable casualties, on 21 January 1918 the Battalion was disbanded. He then joined the 7th Battalion, only 550 strong, many of them from the 8th Battalion, on the eve of the Great German Offensive on the night of 21 March, at Vendeuil, south of St Quentin. At 0445 hours intense hostile shelling began and at first many of the shells were gas-laden. Thick fog led to the defences being penetrated, but the Fort and Clarence Keep held. The history states “D Company under Captain Morrell... made a fine counter attack and drove the Germans back at a critical time.” On the 22nd at 0110 hours, a general withdrawal was ordered to positions west of the St Quentin Canal. The Buffs reformed in a wood just south of Rouez. There was confused fighting, where nothing beyond 50 yards could be observed. “Both Capt. Morrell and 2nd Lieut. Halliday were badly wounded. Both were very gallant officers and a great loss at such a time.” Captain Morrell was awarded a Bar to his M.C. for this action.
The Military General Service Medal awarded to Private George Harrison, 85th Foot, who was wounded in the left knee during the First siege of Badajos on 7 June 1811; the regiment later fought at Bladensburg, Washington and New Orleans Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (George Harrison, 85th Foot.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, October 1938 and May 1965. George Harrison was born in the Parish of Leeds, Yorkshire, and enlisted for the 85th Foot at Harwich, Essex, on 3 April 1809, aged 18, for unlimited service, a flax dresser by trade. He served 16 years 108 days, including 2 years 301 days as a corporal, but was discharged at Malta in the rank of private on 13 June 1825, and received his final discharge in London on 19 July 1825, in consequence of ‘extensive ulceration of the Right Foot and stiffness of the joint contracted in Malta the 7th of February 1823.’ His conduct was described as ‘very good’ and that he was ‘wounded in the left knee at Badajos on the 7th June 1811.’ He was admitted to an out-pension at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on 24 August 1825. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Nine: Sergeant F. C. Faulkner, East Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star G-3506 L. Cpl. F. C. Faulkner. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-3506 Pte. F. C. Faulkner. E. Kent R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (6278901 Sjt. F. C. Faulkner. The Buffs.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6278901. Sjt. F. F. Faulkner. The Buffs.) note incorrect second initial; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (6278901 Sjt. F. C. Faulkner. The Buffs.) the first three with contact marks, good fine, otherwise very fine or better (9) £200-£240 --- F. C. Faulkner was taken prisoner at Loos on 26 September 1915. He afterwards served in India, Burma and Palestine and was a very popular Mess Sergeant. He received his L.S. & G.C. medal with Gratuity per Army Order 63 of 1933. Sold with details of numerous entries from The Dragon 1923-40.
The rare Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander William R. B. Sellon, R.N., who was First-Lieutenant of the Castor at the capture of the French 74-gun ship-of-the-line D’Haultpoult in April 1809, and later distinguished himself when commanding a gallant boat action that elicited the high praise of Sir Edward Pellew Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Castor 17 June 1809 [6] (W. R. B. Sellon, Lieut. R.N.) engraved correction to second initial, probably official, some minor edge bruising and nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £14,000-£18,000 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, November 1956; Spink N.C., February 1957; The Armoury, December 1987; The John Goddard Collection of Important Naval Medals, Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015. Castor 17 June 1809 [real date of action 17 April] - 6 clasps issued: William Andrews, Boy 2 Class (National Maritime Museum; another medal to the same name in the Patiala Collection, Sheesh Mahal Museum, India); James T. T. Dixon, Midshipman (Known); John Forbes, Surgeon (Honeyman Collection, Huntington Library, U.S.A.); Joseph McCarogher, Surgeon (Known); John Ross, Pte. R.M. (Honeyman Collection, Huntington Library, U.S.A.); W. R. B. Sellon, Lieutenant, R.N. (Initials ‘W. B. B.’ in Admiralty Claimants’ list with second ‘B’ clearly corrected to an ‘R’ which strongly suggests that the correction to the medal was official). William Richard Baker Sellon (formerly Smith) was the son of Thomas Smith, Esq., of the Chapter House of the Cathedral Church of St Paul, London, Receiver-General to the Dean and Chapter, by Sarah, daughter of the Rev William Sellon. He assumed, in January 1847, the surname and arms of Sellon on inheriting the property of his maternal aunt, Sophia Sellon. This officer entered the Navy in March 1801, as a First Class Volunteer on board the Centaur 74, commanded by his relative Captain Bendall Robert Littlehales, at first in the Channel and next in the West Indies. He assisted, as Midshipman, at the reduction of St Lucia, where he served in the boats at the landing of the troops under a fire from the enemy’s batteries; and returned to England in 1803 in the Morne Fortunée, with Captain Littlehales, who carried despatches announcing the conquest. On 11 July 1805, having been employed nearly two years in the Downs and North Sea in the Orestes 14, Captain Thomas Brown, and had been in action with the Boulogne flotilla, he was wrecked, under a heavy fire from the enemy, on the Splinter Sand, in Dunkerque Road. He then joined the Virginie 38, on the Irish station; and on 22 December 1807, having for six months there acted as Lieutenant in the Helena 18, he was confirmed in that rank. His next appointments were, 25 February 1808 to the Alexandria 32, in the North Sea, and on 28 December following to the Castor 32, Captain William Roberts. In the Castor, of which frigate he became First-Lieutenant, he contributed to the capture in April 1809 of the French 74-gun ship D’Hautpoult. Capture of the French 74 ship-of-the-line D’Hautpoult Early in February 1809, the French dispatched a force under the command of Commodore Amable-Gilles Trude, on a mission to resupply the garrison at Martinique. His force comprised the 74-gun ships of the line Courageux, Polonais, and D’Haultpoult. These ships were escorting the en-flute frigates Felicité and Furieuse. The term en-flute meant a warship with some of its armament removed to make room for cargo. Trude’s force arrived in the Leeward Islands on 29 March and found that Martinique had already fallen. He anchored his small force off the Iles des Saintes, off Guadeloupe, where they were spotted by patrolling British warships. Admiral Cochrane, on learning of this, ordered that men and heavy guns be landed on the islands to drive the French out to sea, where they could be pursued and brought to action. Operations on the islands commenced on 14 April 1809 and by 8 p.m. that day, fire from the guns landed by the British had the desired effect and Troude ordered his ships to weigh anchor and put to sea. This had been seen by the Hazard 18 and reported to the blockading squadron which comprised of the flagship Neptune with York, Pompee, Polyphemus and Recruit. By 10 p.m., Pompee and Recruit had caught up with the rearmost French ship, the 74 gun ship-of-the-line D’Haultpoult. Pompee fired two broadsides into D’Haultpoult without effect and the French ship continued on without returning fire. At 8.15 p.m., Commander Napier managed to manoeuvre his vessel under the stern of the D’Haultpoult and opened fire. Napier was displaying a level of courage bordering on the insane. The D’Haultpoult was, after all, almost six times the size of his vessel and was several orders of magnitude more powerful. At 30 minutes past midnight, Neptune got close enough to open fire and her broadside killed one and wounded four of D’Haultpoult’s men. At 4 a.m., Recruit got close enough to fire another broadside into the French ship. Pompee opened fire from long range with her bow-chasers and throughout the night, Recruit continued to harass the French ship. At 10.45 a.m., the French ship’s commander decided to do something about Recruit’s fire, so he briefly turned his ship into the wind and fired a full broadside at the relatively small British vessel. This damaged Recruit’s rigging on the port side, but did no significant damage and caused no casualties. Napier was not intimidated by this and as soon as D’Haultpoult had resumed her course, he continued with his attacks, pulling up to the Frenchman’s stern and letting them have two broadsides through the stern. This continued throughout the day, with Pompee joining in the running battle while she was able to. By daybreak on the 16 April, Recruit had been forced to drop astern of D’Haultpoult as a result of the damage to her rigging. In the meantime, the chase had been joined by Latona, an 18-pdr armed 38-gun frigate and the Castor, a 12-pdr armed 32-gun frigate. Castor took Recruit’s place off D’Haultpoult’s stern and continued to harass the larger French ship until Pompee closed the range sufficiently to bring her to action properly. The harassing from Recruit and then Castor had slowed the French ship enough for Pompee to come alongside and batter her into surrender. On 12 June 1809, Sellon joined the Intrepid 64, and on 23 October, the Horatio 38, Captain George Scott, in which vessel he was present on 21 February 1810, at the surrender, after a long chase and a running fight of one hour, of La Nécessité, pierced for 40 guns but not mounting more than 28, with a complement on board of 186 men, laden with naval stores and provisions, from Brest bound for the Isle of France. While attached to the Swiftsure he distinguished himself in numerous boat affairs, and on one occasion in particular, on 26 November 1813, when with four boats containing 58 men, he boarded and carried, off Cape Rouse, in the island of Corsica, Le Charlemagne privateer, of 8 guns, pierced for 16, and 93 men, a vessel whose fierce resistance occasioned a loss to the British, out of 58 men, of 5 killed and 15 wounded. Referring to this exploit, Sir Edward Pellew, the Commander-in-Chief, thus expressed himself in a letter to Captain Littlehales: “I am happy to inform you that your friend Mr. Smith [Sellon] has signalled himself in boarding a privateer, in a manner much above the common practice. His captain and those that were with him gave him the loudest praise. Indeed it was a gallant and great achievement, and, what was far more honourable in him, he interceded for mercy with his companions, who were irritated at their loss and the obstinate resistance they had met with. I sha...
Army of India 1799-1826, 5 clasps, Allighur, Battle of Delhi, Laswarree, Battle of Deig, Capture of Deig (Cornet Patk. Dunbar, 3rd Lt. Cavy.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, some light contact marks, edge bruises and nicks, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare £12,000-£16,000 --- Provenance: Dr A. A. Payne Collection 1911, Glendining’s 1918; M. J. Kennard Collection, Sotheby, June 1924; G. Hamilton Smith Collection, Glendinings, July 1927; Elson Collection, Glendining’s, February 1963. Only 9 Army of India medals issued with 5 clasps, 8 of which with this combination, including 3 officers all in the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry. The 5-clasp medal to William Eleanor, 76th Foot, sold in these rooms in September 2004 (£13,000). Patrick Dunbar was born at Auldearn, Nairn, on 6 September 1777, 5th and youngest son of Captain Alexander Dunbar, of Boath, co. Nairn, and Jean his wife, 4th daughter of George Burnett, of Kemnay. In 1798, Dunbar was appointed a Cavalry Cadet on the Bengal establishment, and in 1799 commenced his military career, by joining a battalion of the 15th Native Infantry, with which corps he continued until June 1800, when the 5th and 6th regiments of cavalry were ordered to be raised at Ghazeepoor, and he was directed to join and do duty with the latter corps. He continued with it until the adjustment of rank of the cadets of 1798, when he was permanently posted to the 3rd Light Cavalry, as Cornet, and joined, in August 1801, at Cawnpoor. At this station the corps remained until the beginning of 1802, when it was ordered to form part of the escort selected to attend the Marquess Wellesley, on his visit to the late Newaub of Oude. The regiment proceeded to Lucknow, and afterwards escorted his Lordship down the country, as far as the zillah of Juanpore, where the services of the corps were dispensed with, and it was ordered to Rohilcund. It was stationed at Barreilly until the disturbances with Bauguan Sing, and other chiefs in the Dooaub, in the end of 1802, occasioned a force to be assembled for their subjection and the reduction of their forts. The 3rd cavalry was one of the corps employed on the service and Dunbar was present at the sieges of Sasnee, Catchoura, &c. In 1803, the war broke out with the Mahrattas: “the grand army under the Commander-in-Chief, the Lord Lake, took the field, and the 3rd Light Cavalry was one of the first corps that joined it. Cornet Dunbar was present at General Perron’s defeat near Coel, 29 August 1803; at the capture of Allyghur, 4 September; at the battle near Delhi, 11 September; at the siege and fall of Agra, 18 October; and at the hard-fought battle of Laswarree, 1 November. He was also at the capture of Tonk Rampoora; at the battle and siege of Deig; at two of the storms of Bhurtpoor; and with General Smith's division, in pursuit of Ameer Khan, when that chieftain invaded Rohilcund. At the termination of the latter campaign, the 3rd Light Cavalry was cantoned at Muttra, and after having remained for some time at that station, this officer was detached with his troop to Bundlecund, and employed under various commanders in that troublesome province, and particularly with Colonel Arnold above the Ghauts. On leaving Bundlecund, he was sent into the province of Oude, where he was employed at the reduction of many of the mud forts. He was with the army under General Marshall, at the bombardment and capture of the fort of Hattrass, in the Dodaub; with the grand army assembled under the personal command of the Marquess of Hastings, and subsequently detached from his Lordship's camp, and proceeded with Major-General Sir Thomas Brown’s light division, towards the south, and was present at the attacks made on the fortified towns of Rampoora and Jawud; he was afterwards sent to join the Neemuch field force, under Lieutenant-Colonel Ludlow, C.B. Major Dunbar had the honour of commanding his regiment for a short time, when Lieutenant; he held the command of it a second time, when captain; and got the command a third time, when major. He joined in 1801, and continued with the corps till September 1821, when he returned to his native country. On 11 March 1805, he obtained the rank of lieutenant; he was promoted to brevet-captain, 5 January 1816, and regimentally, 1 September 1818; and to Major, 8 May 1821; late hon. lieutenant-colonel. He retired on 26 April 1824 and returned to England. Lieutenant-Colonel Dunbar died at Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, London, on 18 July 1864, aged 86.
The Waterloo Medal to General Sir Colin Halkett, G.C.B., G.C.H., K.T.S., who raised the 2nd Light Battalion, K.G.L., commanded the 5th British Infantry Brigade at Waterloo, where he received four severe wounds, and was later Lieutenant-Governnor of Jersey and Commander-in-Chief at Bombay Waterloo 1815 (Major-General Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.B.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, some light edge bruises and contact marks, otherwise good very fine and an important medal to a senior commander at Waterloo £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, June 1981 (Waterloo medal only, and a related family group elsewhere in the same sale); An Important Collection of Medals to The King's German Legion, Dix Noonan Webb, April 2003. Halkett’s Gold Cross and Small Gold medal with 2 clasps, together with various of his orders, were in the famous Whitaker Collection, later sold by Spink in the 1950s. This group is accompanied by a second Waterloo medal named to this officer. Colin Halkett was born at Venlo on 7 September 1774, son of Major-General Frederick Godar Halkett, then a Major in the regiment of Gordon of the Scots Brigade. The Halketts were a Scottish family of very ancient descent with a long history of service in both Scots regiments and in those of the Dutch service. In March 1792, having previously served seven months as a regimental cadet, Colin Halkett was nominated Ensign with the rank of Lieutenant in Lieutenant-General Van Aerssens van Royeren van Vorhol’s company of the 2nd Battalion Dutch Foot Guards. He became effective Ensign in Lieutenant-Colonel Pagniet’s company on 14 July 1792, and subsequently Lieutenant with the rank of Captain in General-Major Schmid’s company 1st Battalion of Dutch Foot Guards. By a resolution of the committee of land affairs of the confederacy, he was permitted to retire at his own request in April 1795. In January 1799, Halkett was appointed Ensign in the 3rd Buffs, which he never joined, resigning his commission in February 1800, when the Dutch levies, which had been serving on the continent under the Prince of Orange, were taken into British pay. He became Captain in the 2nd Dutch Light Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel T. Sprecher van Bernegg, and quartered in Guernsey. These troops never appeared in the Army List. They were stationed in the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands until the Peace of Amiens, when they were sent to certain towns in Holland to be disbanded, Halkett and the other officers receiving special gratuities on discharge. In August 1803, on the dissolution of the Hannoverian army after the convention of Lauenburg, when many discharged soldiers were looking to England for employment, Halkett, described as a Major in the Dutch service, was authorised by the English Government to raise a battalion of Light Infantry in Hannover, to consist of 489 men. Halkett was to have rank as Major-Commandant, with the promise of a Lieutenant-Colonelcy when the numbers reached 800 men. German recruits offering in England in great numbers, the formation of a German Legion, under command of the Duke of Cambridge, was decided on soon after. Recruiting for the independent levies of Baron von der Decken and Major Halkett in Germany then ceased, and these two corps became respectively the 1st and 2nd Light Battalions of the new King’s German Legion. They were dressed as riflemen and stationed at first in the New Forest, and afterwards at Bexhill, Sussex. Halkett was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel on 17 November 1803. At the head of the 2nd Light Battalion K.G.L., Halkett served under Lord Cathcart in the north of Germany in 1806-6, and in Ireland in 1806. He was shipwrecked with part of the battalion in the Northumberland transport on Rundle Stone rock off the Land’s End in May 1807, all persons being successfully transferred to an adjacent transport before the ship went down, taking with her the baggage and arms of Halkett’s detachment. He was afterwards at the Isle of Rugen and in the Copenhagen expedition of the same year. He was in Sweden and Portugal in 1808; in Moore’s retreat through Spain, when the German light battalions were among the troops that retired on Vigo; and in the Walcheren expedition, where these battalions repeatedly distinguished themselves. In command of his battalion in the German light brigade of Charles Alten, Halkett joined Beresford’s army before Badajoz, in April 1811, a few days before the fall of Olivença, and commanded the brigade at the battle of Albuhera. He became brevet Colonel on 1 January 1812, was with his battalion at Salamanca and in the operations against Burgos; and commanded the German light brigade with the 7th Division in the Burgos retreat, where he won the special approbation of Lord Wellington; in the affair at Venta del Pozo, where the 2nd Light Battalion was commanded by his younger brother, Hugh Halkett; and at the bridge of Simancas. He commanded the German light brigade during the succeeding campaigns, including the battle of Vittoria, occupation of Tolosa, passage of the Bidassoa, and the battles on the Nive and at Toulouse. He was promoted to Major-General on 4 June 1814. In the Waterloo campaign, Halkett had command of a British brigade composed of the 30th, 33rd, 69th and 73rd regiments, in the 3rd Infantry Division, which was very hotly engaged at Quatre Bras and Waterloo, where Halkett himself received four severe wounds. The Duke of Wellington referred to him in a despatch as ‘a very gallant and deserving officer’. On the occasion of receiving his fourth wound during the battle, Halkett’s brigade was in an advanced position, particularly since he had pushed forward his two right regiments in support of the charge by Maitland’s brigade of guards; ‘and so great was the pressure upon it, in this exposed situation, that it fell into some confusion. The Duke observing this, said to some of his staff, “See what’s wrong there.” Major Dawson Kelly, of the Quarter-Master-General’s department, immediately rode up to the brigade, and while addressing himself to Sir Colin Halkett, the latter, at the instant, received a wound in the face, a ball passing through his mouth, and he was consequently obliged to retire to the rear.’ Halkett remained in the British service and was later appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, and commander-in-chief at Bombay from July 1831 to January 1832. He became General in 1841, and was appointed Colonel in succession of the 71st Highland Light Infantry, 31st and 45th regiments. He was a G.C.B. and G.C.H., Knight Commander of the Tower and Sword of Portugal, Knight Commander of the Bavarian Order of Maximilian Joseph, Commander of the Military Order of Wilhelm of the Netherlands, and held the Gold Cross for Albuhera, Salamanca, Vittoria and Nive, in addition to the Waterloo Medal. General Sir Colin Halkett, G.C.B., G.C.H., K.T.S., died on 24 September 1856, in his position as Governor-General of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, where he is buried.
Waterloo 1815 (Robert Smallie 2nd or R.N. Brit. Reg. Drag.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, small edge bruise and very light contact marks, otherwise good very fine and scarce thus £3,600-£4,400 --- Provenance: Buckland, Dix & Wood, May 1993. Robert Smallie (also variously spelt Smellie and Smillie) was born in the Parish of Old Monkland, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, in 1787. He enlisted into the Scots Greys on 20 June 1806, aged 19, a weaver by trade, and served 12 years 116 days, including 2 years for Waterloo, at which battle he served in Captain James Poole’s No. 4 Troop. He was discharged at Canterbury on 13 October 1816, in consequence of ‘first finger of his right hand being anchylosed from the kick of a horse’ and was noted to be ‘a steady good soldier’. He was admitted to an out-pension of 6d per diem on 30 October 1816. Sold with copied discharge papers.
The Waterloo medal awarded to Lieutenant Frederick Wood, 11th Light Dragoons, who was severely wounded on 18 June 1815, and whose earlier misfortune was by tradition the cause behind the regimental nickname ‘The Cherry Pickers’, after he was captured by the French with his 10-man patrol in a cherry orchard at San Martin de Trevejo, a most remote village in Spain, in August 1811; he was a prisoner at Verdun for the remainder of the war Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Fred. Wood, 11th Reg. Light Dragoons.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor marks, otherwise good very fine £6,000-£8,000 --- Frederick Wood was born on 25 May 1784, and was first commissioned as Cornet in the 11th Light Dragoons on 28 April 1804, and promoted to Lieutenant on 14 June 1805. He served with the 11th Light Dragoons in the Peninsula from June 1811, but, when in command of a patrol of ten men on 15 August 1811, he was surprised and captured by the French in a cherry orchard at San Martin de Trevejo, a most remote village in Spain near the border with Portugal. Tradition has it that this incident brought about the regiment’s nickname ‘The Cherry Pickers’. Lieutenant Wood was imprisoned at Verdun until the end of the war in April 1814. He served with the regiment in the Waterloo campaign and was severely wounded on 18 June 1815. Lieutenant Wood was court-martialled in September 1816 for ‘using reproachful and provoking language to Lieutenant-Colonel Sleigh [his commanding officer] tending to upbraid him with having refused a challenge, and to excite him to fight a duel with him.’ Found guilty and sentenced by the Court to be cashiered, an intervention by H.R.H. the Prince Regent, on account of his previous good service, caused his sentence to be mitigated by his being placed on Half-pay, which duly took place on 25 March 1817. Frederick Wood died on 4 July 1861.
The important Waterloo medal awarded to Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel The Hon. Robert Moore, who commanded the Light Company of the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards at Hougoumont, and was severely wounded during Macdonell's first counter-attack on the French, 18 June 1815 Waterloo 1815 (Capt. Hon. R. Moore 2nd Batt. Coldstream Gds.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, some light edge bruises and contact marks, otherwise very fine £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2002. The Honourable Robert Moore was born on 11 July 1793, second son of Stephen, 2nd Earl of Mountcashel, by Margaret, eldest daughter of the 2nd Earl of Kingston. He was appointed Ensign in the 2nd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards on 21 March 1811, and was promoted to Lieutenant and Captain on 2 June 1814. He served in the Peninsula and was present at the battle of Vittoria, crossing of the Bidassoa, battles of Nivelle and Nive, crossing of the Adour and the investment of Bayonne. He does not, however, appear to have either claimed or received the M.G.S. medal. At Waterloo he commanded the Light Company of the 2nd Coldstream Guards which was so highly distinguished in the defence of the chateau of Hougoumont. Still only a young lad of 18 years, Moore was severely wounded during the battle on 18th June. The Light Company had only one other officer, Ensign Henry Gooch; the senior captain, William Lovelace Walton, being elsewhere engaged as Acting Adjutant of the Battalion. At the battle they served in Major-General Sir John Byng’s 2nd British Brigade, as part of Cooke’s 1st British Infantry (Guards) Division. Waterloo 1815 by John Franklin offers further detail on Moore's service during the battle: ‘The two Light Companies of the 2nd Guards Brigade commanded by Sir John Byng were sent down to Hougoumont on the evening of the 17th, and remained vigilant throughout the night. On the morning of the 18th, following an inspection by the Duke of Wellington, they were deployed in the kitchen garden to the west of the chateau and farm complex. The officers and men of the 3rd Foot Guards stood at the northern end of the small path, close to the entrance which faced the Allied line. The two companies were led by Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonell of the Coldstream Guards, as they had been at Quatre Bras. At the outset of the campaign the two Light Companies had numbered over 270 officers and men. They had incurred only seven wounded (all from the 3rd Foot Guards) during the fighting at the crossroads and demonstrated the élan associated with Household troops. Consequently, they were prepared for the initial assault upon Hougoumont, which was undertaken by the three battalions of 1er Régiment Léger... The battalions totalled almost 1,500 officers and men. The French advanced behind a cloud of tiraillers and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions drove the Brunswick and Nassau-Usingen skirmishers from the wood. They moved rapidly towards the buildings, but the fire from behind the wall surrounding the formal garden and the windows of the property halted their progress. Macdonell instantly ordered the left sub-division of the Coldstream Guards and the right sub-division of the 3rd Foot Guards, to drive their opponents back into the wood. The resolute sortie was crowned with success. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Dashwood and Captains George Evelyn and John Elrington of the 3rd Foot Guards advanced at the head of their men. They were supported by the Coldstream Guards under Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Wyndham and Captain the Hon. Robert Moore. However, upon reaching the edge of the wood they were subjected to close-range fire from the enemy. Dashwood and Moore were wounded as the fighting intensified, yet the gallant band maintained their ground in the face of the French onslaught until being taken in the flank. At this moment they were compelled to retire in a state of confusion. The Guards fell back amidst a hail of musketry towards their reserves, and the open gates at the end of the lane.’ Moore was promoted to Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 April 1824, and on the same date went on Half-pay. He died unmarried on 2 November 1856.
A rare Indian Navy Officer’s China 1842 Medal awarded to Lieutenant, later Commander, A. M. Grieve, who during his service was reputed to be one of the ablest surveyors in the Indian Navy China 1842 (A. J. Grieve, Lieut. H.E.I.C. S. Sesostris) edge bruising, otherwise very fine or better £1,400-£1,800 --- Of the 577 medals issued to European crew of H.E.I.C. Ships, just 37 were recorded as known giving a survival rate of around 6%. As such medals to H.E.I.C. ships are very rare. Of these medals, just 7 medals were recorded as known to Officers ranked Lieutenant or above. Albany Moore Grieve was born on 21 June 1817 at Llanfair Kilgedin, Monmouthshire and joined the Indian Navy as a Midshipman on 20 May 1831, and served aboard Elphinstone (1833-35), Coote (1835), Palinurus (1837), and Shannon (1838-39). A memorial signed by twenty four officers, including Midshipman Grieve, was sent in February 1838, stating that they agreed to abide by certain changes to service conditions, namely the conversion of the Indian Navy from sailing to steam vessels, and that they would stay in the service despite the stagnation in promotion prospects. Grieve was promoted to Lieutenant in 1841 (seniority date of 11 October 1841) and served in the First China War 1841-2, when it seems he initially served aboard the 6-gun paddle-steamer sloop, Atalanta in 1841. Atalanta was attached, and was mentioned in despatches for his part in the storming of the French fort and line of the batteries in front of Canton on the 26th of May 1841. Atalanta returned to Bombay in August 1841 and it seems likely that Grieve joined the 4-gun steam Sesostris at some point between June and August 1841 as Sesostris on arrived on Station in shortly before Atalanta left. At the capture of Amoy, on the 26th of August 1841, the Sesostris and Queen steamed up to the long battery, consisting of seventy-six guns, on the right of the harbour; these allowed them to come very near without firing. The first shot was fired at the Sesostris and was followed by eleven others before she returned the compliment; she then, however, kept up a good fire from three of her guns, passed along the whole length of the battery (more than half a mile) till she came opposite the white semicircular battery, behind which the suburbs of the town on this side of the hill commence ; here she remained all alone for more than half-an-hour, firing shot and shell at the battery and into the town in right good style, when she was relieved by the Wellesley and Blenheim. More details of Atalanta and Sesostris service can be found in the books included with this medal. In late 1845 he did important work when employed as an assistant surveyor on the Arabian Coast whilst aboard Palinurus (1844-50), also producing an unpublished survey, a large scale plan of Masireh Island and Straits in 1846 and in 1848, Grieve was employed in surveying the Somali coast in Africa. Reputed to be one of the ablest surveyors in the Indian Navy, he served in command of Euphrates from 1853 until promoted to Commander on 3 July 1856. Grieve commanded the sailing Sloop-of-War Clive during the Persian War, and was closely involved in the bombardment of Mohammerah on 26 March 1857, when the firing of simultaneous broadsides with Falkland into the opposing batteries ‘drew forth expressions of admiration from nautical spectators aboard the on-looking transports’. It was later reported that ‘this eminent surveyor and smart officer died suddenly on 17 January 1858’. Sold with copied research. Note: Grieve’s India General Service Medal with clasp Persia was sold in these rooms in March 2020.
Three: Lance-Corporal L. D. Sewell, East Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the battle of Loos on 26 September 1915 1914-15 Star (G-1520 L. Cpl. L. D. Sewell. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-1520 Pte. L. D. Sewell. E. Kent R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £140-£180 --- Lewis Decimus Sewell served with the 8th Battalion in France from 31 August 1915, and was posting missing presumed dead on 26 September 1915, the first day of the battle of Loos. The battalion suffered 24 officer and 610 other rank casualties including 161 O.R.s killed. He was aged 28, son of the late Decimus and Emma Sewell, of Halstead, Essex, and is commemorated by name on the Loos Memorial.
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. E. R. B. Barnes, 37th. Regt.) suspension claw re-affixed, edge bruising, therefore good fine £300-£400 --- Edward Robert Bigsby Barnes was born in Presteigne, Radnorshire, Wales, on 28 May 1834 and ‘volunteered on the outbreak of the Kaffir War in 1850, and was appointed a Lieutenant in a native corps, and served under Sit Harry Smith and Sir George Cathcart from January 1851 until March 1853. He accompanied the first patrol that left King William’s Town on 30 January 1851, and was present at the engagements of the 17th February, 6th March, and 16th April 1851; the passage of the Kei on 4 December 1851; and many other minor encounters with the enemy during the War (Medal).’ Barnes was commissioned Ensign in the 37th Regiment of Foot, by purchase, on 24 June 1853. He was promoted Lieutenant, by purchase, on 10 August 1855, and saw action during the Great Sepoy Mutiny near Benares. Promoted Captain on 6 May 1859, he subsequently exchanged into the 35th Regiment of Foot on 25 November 1860, and was appointed Brevet Major on 5 July 1872. He saw further action during the Zulu War (Medal). Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
An Indian Mutiny medal to Surgeon-Major G. M. Ogilvie, Bombay Medical Service, awarded the C.B. for his services as officiating Sanitary Commissioner and Superintendent of Jails during the siege of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (G, M, Ogilvie, M.D.) extremely fine £2,000-£2,400 --- Note: A second medal is known to this officer and was sold in these rooms as part of the Brian Ritchie Collection, September 2004. Issued off the rolls of the Bombay Medical Department it has an additional clasp for Lucknow and is named ‘Surgn. G. M. Ogilvie, Supt. of Jails’. The medal now offered appears to have been issued off the Civilian rolls, a not uncommon instance of a double issuance. George Mathieson Ogilvie, the son of Major Ogilvie of the Madras Infantry, was born at Secunderabad on 28 December 1818, and studied medicine at Edinburgh. Having ‘applied himself with great diligence to the Study of and Practice of Surgery’, as required by the H.E.I.Co., he was nominated an Assistant Surgeon on the Bombay Establishment by Captain John Shepherd, Esq., on the recommendation of Captain Stevens. Ogilvie was appointed Assistant Surgeon on 9 March 1841, and was attached to the European Hospital on arrival at Bombay in July of that year. In January 1842, he was directed to join the Scinde Field Force and take medical charge of the left wing of the 15th Bombay N.I. The following year he was placed at the disposal of the Superintendent of the Indian Navy and was directed to conduct the duties of Port Surgeon, presumably at Bombay. After home leave in 1847, he was appointed to the 13th Bombay N.I. and following another period of leave to Europe, he was appointed Garrison Surgeon at Bombay. Promoted Surgeon in 1855, he was next appointed, in 1856, to the charge of ‘Jails and Dispensaries in the province of Oude’, a post which brought him to Lucknow. On 2 July 1857, the second full day of the siege of the Lucknow Residency, Dr Ogilvie, who had been appointed Garrison Sanitary Commissioner, was summoned to Dr Fayrer’s house. Sir Henry Lawrence had been severely wounded in the Residency building while talking to the Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Thomas Wilson. Wilson and others moved him to Fayrer’s house as the Residency was still under heavy fire, and there Ogilvie and his colleagues foregathered. ‘There was nothing to be done for the dying man beyond checking what little haemorrhage was present, supporting the injured limb with bandages and pillows, and giving stimulants to counteract shock. When the pain became excessive Dr Fayrer gave him chloroform. He consulted Dr Partridge and Dr Ogilvie on the question of operating, but they both agreed that it would be hopeless. They were satisfied, after a further examination under anaesthetic, that the pelvis was fractured, and that it would therefore be useless to amputate at the hip joint. Even if the thigh bone alone had been broken, it was doubtful whether the patient could have stood the shock of amputation.’ Lawrence’s nephew, George, ‘was constantly beside him. Dr Ogilvie keeping him company, while Mrs Harris, Mrs Dashwood, and Mrs Clarke helped to nurse him. He seemed to Mrs Harris to be suffering the utmost agony, but Dr Fayrer did not believe that the pain was intolerable. During the 3rd July Lawrence was gradually sinking, and took nothing but a little arrowroot and champagne. At eight o’clock on the morning of the fourth he died, so quietly that his nephew, who had just been shot through the shoulder and was sitting at his feet, did not know he was dead until Dr Ogilvie told him.’ His dying words, “I forgive everyone - I forgive my brother John”, referred to a disagreement he had had with his younger brother and colleague on the Punjab Board of Administration, which had resulted in his appointment at Lucknow. In his capacity as Sanitary Commissioner, Ogilvie had managed reasonably well before Chinhut but afterwards, with the Indian sweepers deserting daily, and the troops being otherwise employed, his department struggled to allay the constant reek of carrion and ordure. With the temperature averaging 110° and with torrential monsoon downpours, the health of the garrison soon began to suffer. Child mortality increased and there were several cases of cholera. Painful boils appeared on the faces of many Europeans, and ‘not in a single case had the amputation of a limb saved the patient’s life’. On 15 September Mrs Soppitt, whose small son had died of cholera at the beginning of the siege, made an entry in her journal concerning Ogilvie’s wife and reflecting the scarcity of food: ‘Bought a bullock’s heart at a fabulous price, 10/-. Mrs O., wife of a doctor, who was a personal friend of Outram, gave me a sheep’s head.’ As Sir James Outram and Sir Henry Havelock fought their way towards the Residency with the First Relief Force on 25 September, Ogilvie was ordered to find out how many carts would be needed to evacuate the non-combatants, though the so-called Relief Force turned out to be no more than a reinforcement. Rashly, the ‘garrison had concluded that at last there was no need to stint. At the Brigade Mess, where several dozen of champagne had been hoarded against the relief, every man was free to eat and drink his fill. The officers of the relieving force were astonished to find the men they had relieved living, as they thought, in such style, having looked to find them eating horse flesh or even rat.’ The arrival of the First Relief Force, however, gave Ogilvie the necessary labour to overhaul the sanitary arrangements, clear away the accumulated filth and the carcasses of dead animals from the neighbourhood of the Residency and the extended perimeter around the palace area. Both Doctor and Mrs Ogilvie survived the siege and were evacuated from the Residency by Sir Colin Campbell’s relief force in November. Ogilvie was thanked for his services in Brigadier Inglis’ despatch (London Gazette 16 January 1858), and subsequently received the thanks of the Government of India. On being withdrawn, Ogilvie was instructed to ‘continue in charge of the families of the Lucknow Garrison while in progress from Cawnpore to Allahabad’. His name further appeared on Outram’s ‘Recommendatory List’ - ‘Surgeon G. M. Ogilvie officiated as Sanitary Commissioner throughout the siege. To his very efficient performance of his important duties, with inadequate means, is to be attributed our comparative immunity from sickness, both before and after General Havelock’s junction.’ In July 1858 the Ogilvies left India on home leave for eighteen months, and in January 1859, the Doctor received tangible recognition of his efforts at Lucknow, when he received from the Queen the insignia of a Companion of the Bath which had been announced in the London Gazette of 16 November 1858. In 1860 he became a M.R.C.P. and early the following year he was promoted Surgeon Major. He died soon afterwards at Suez on 26 October 1861. Refs: Hodson Index (NAM); IOL L/MIL/9/388; IOL L/MIL/12/85; Ordeal at Lucknow (Joyce).
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Ord: J. Combe, Scottish Hos:) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly every fine £200-£240 --- J. Combe served as an Orderly with the Scottish Hospital in South Africa during the Boer War; the Hospital was organised in the first instance by the St Andrew’s Association and was funded by voluntary donations. The organisation of the hospital commenced in January 1900, the personnel eventually consisting of an officer in charge, 18 civil medical officers, 1 Quartermaster, 1 Warrant Officer, 2 secretaries, 35 nursing sisters of the Army Nursing Service Reserve, 45 first-class orderlies, all of whom were medical students, and 57 second-class orderlies, making a total of 160. The first section arrived at Cape Town on 13 May 1900, and the hospital was opened for patients on 4 June, at Kroonstadt. Previous to that time, however, the hospital staff had been employed on duty in the military hospitals at Bloemfontein and Kroonstadt. It remained during the whole period at Kroonstadt, and its equipment was handed over to the Government, when it ceased to exist as a private hospital, on 14 October 1900.
Three: Private Frederick Tutt, 7th Battalion, East Kent Regiment, who was killed in action at Carnoy on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 1914-15 Star (G-5495 Pte. F. Tutt. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-5945 Pte. F. Tutt. E. Kent R.) extremely fine (3) £240-£280 --- Frederick Tutt served with the 7th Battalion in France from 2 September 1915, and was killed in action on 1 July 1916. The following notice appeared in the Kentish Express & Ashford News, 5 August 1916: Private F. T. Tutt, the Buffs, who was killed in action on July 1st, was the son of Mr & Mrs J. Tutt, of Stone Cottages, Great Chart. He was born at Kingsnorth on March 28th, 1890, and on leaving school worked at Great Chart, subsequently obtaining employment on Dover Pier. He joined the Buffs in November, 1914, and had been at the front for eleven months. Another son of Mr & Mrs J. Tutt is serving in the Buffs as a machine gunner. In a letter of sympathy to the parents of the deceased an officer of the Buffs says:- “Your son fought bravely and gallantly as becomes the British soldier. He was loved by all.” See the following lot for the medals awarded to his brother who was killed in action in September 1916.
Three: Private Thomas Tutt, East Kent Regiment, who was wounded and gassed in June 1915, and was killed in action at Morval in September 1916 1914-15 Star (SR-10403 Pte. T. Tutt. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (SR-10403 Pte. T. Tutt. E. Kent R.) extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Thomas Tutt served in France with the 1st Battalion from 12 March 1915. He was wounded and gassed at Dichy-bush in June 1915, and killed in action at Morval on 15 September 1916, the first occasion that tanks were used. Sold with a copied news cutting with photograph announcing his death which states: ‘Deep regret was felt in Great Chart when it became known that Private Thomas Tutt, the Buffs, had been killed in action in France on September 15th. Previous to the war he had been employed at the Great Chart Post Office for five years and was highly esteemed. He was the second son of Mr and Mrs J. Tutt, of Great Chart, and was born at Kingsnorth twenty-three years ago. He attended the British School, Ashford, and the Great Chart School. He served in the Special Reserve and was called up on August 9th, 1914. In January, 1915, he went to France. On June 6th following he was wounded and gassed at Dichy-bush and sent home, but returned willingly to France to his work of bomb throwing. The officer commanding the battalion sent his sympathy to Private Tutt’s parents and wrote that “he was shot through the heart soon after our advance had begun, being killed instantaneously. He was carried away that night by stretcher bearers and buried somewhere behind the line. B Company suffered severely in officers on that day, three being killed and one wounded. A temporary wooden monument I have had erected to mark the place where we lost so many officers and men on that day.” One of his comrades wrote that he was greatly beloved by the all and that he died “like a soldier.” In this photograph of him, which was taken at the Front shortly before he was killed, it will be seen that he is wearing a trophy, a German helmet. Much sympathy is felt for Mr and Mrs J. Tutt, as their eldest son fell in action in France, on July 1st.’ See the previous lot for the medals awarded to his brother who was killed in action on 1 July 1916.
British War Medal 1914-20 (7) (320060 Pte. J. Kearns. 4-Can. Inf.; 3311805 Pte. P. J. Colestock. C.O.R.; 3232219 Pte. E. Rowe. C.O.R.; 666523 Pte. E. J. Landry. N.B.R.; 297089 A. Sjt. E. A. McCandlish. C.F.C.; 1054362 A. Cpl. A. A. McLeod. C.F.C.; 229478 Sjt. H. M. Mowatt. C.F.C.) first medal planchet only, edge bruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine and better (7) £80-£100 --- Hector McDougall Mowatt was born at sea on 7 August 1890, the son of Captain Harry Howatt of Port Haney, British Columbia, and attested for service during the Great War with the Canadian Forestry Corps in London, England, on 6 February 1917. He served on the Western Front from 25 August 1917 and was appointed acting sergeant in the field on 10 October 1917. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 18 January 1919). He was discharged on 31 March 1919. Sold with copied service records.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (22803578 Pte. D. J. Irving. Buffs.) edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- The First Battalion was spilt into detachments separated by great distances in conditions where both peacetime and active service procedures existed. Soon after the unit was amalgamated to form the Queen’s Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment in 1961.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (2) (S/22264925 Cpl. A. R. J. Dennington. R.A.S.C.; 22995492 Cpl. A. Moore RASC.) minor official correction to unit on first, very fine and better (2) £100-£140 --- Albert Robert Dennington was born in Wandsworth, London, on 5 October 1924 and joined the Royal Artillery in 1939, transferring to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps 29 November 1941. He later transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps and in 1949 he was in the 641 Motor Transport Company in Scotland where he was in the winning football team in the Scottish Command Cup. He died in Nottingham on 12 November 1982.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (830 Pte. Blal. Muhammad. T.O.S.) first part of name officially corrected, otherwise extremely fine £50-£70 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2016. Blal Muhammad served with the Trucial Oman Scouts, his service number being one of the earlier enlistments.
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45 (3), one in Air Ministry card box of issue addressed to ‘Miss T. G. E. Buttle, 10 Addison Road, Wanstead, London, E.11’, with Air Council enclosure; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; together with two groups of miniature awards, the first group comprising the 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; and Coronation Medal 1953; the second group comprising the above six medals and additionally the Australia Service Medal, good very fine and better (lot) £60-£80 --- Sold with a Royal Air Force cloth satchel; various sergeant’s stripes; and two National Registration Identity Cards, the first to Theresia G. K. Buttle, and the second to Emily A Mills, both of 10 Addison Road, Wanstead, E.11; together with two ‘Egyptian’ designed leather wallets.
The First Gulf War medal awarded to ITN Cameraman Nigel Thomson, O.B.E., who in an eventful career covering conflicts all over the world was kidnapped in Beirut in 1982; was bombed by MIG fighters in Ethiopia; was wounded by shrapnel during the Siege of Dubrovnik in 1991; and was injured by mortar fire in Kabul in 1992 Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (N Thomson ITN); together with Saudi Arabia, Kingdom, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, with riband bar; Kuwait, Emirate, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade, with riband bar, extremely fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1993: Nigel Thomson, Cameraman, Independent Television News Nigel Thomson joined Independent Television News as a sound recordist in 1976 and became a cameraman in 1982. Over the course of an award-winning career he covered numerous assignments all over the world, including conflicts in Beirut, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Northern Ireland, The Gulf, Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan. In 1982, whilst covering the hostilities in Beirut, he was kidnapped along with ITN reporter Des Hamill, but fortunately both were released unharmed. Later, whilst trekking through the Ethiopian desert to cover the civil war there, he survived being bombed by MIG fighter planes. In 1984 he was awarded the Royal Television Society Cameraman of the Year Award for his coverage of the Brighton Bombing and the Belfast Riots. In 1990-91 Thomson spent six months with ITN reporter Paul Davies covering the events leading up to the First Gulf War, and the then the War itself, during which they were on the front line with the Fourth Armoured Brigade, for which both men received the Gulf Medal. Later that year Thomson and Davies spent several weeks in Dubrovnik covering the Yugoslav civil war: they were the only television crew to remain in the beleaguered city during the week-long onslaught by shells, missiles, and snipers, and Thomson was hit by shrapnel during the bombardment. For his camera work that year he was awarded the Royal Television Society Cameraman of the Year Award. In 1992 Thomson travelled twice to Afghanistan, again with Davies, to cover the battle for Kabul being fought between the Mujahideen and the Government forces, and on his second trip he was injured by mortar fire whilst filming an attack on Kabul Airport. For their front-line footage from war zones both he and Davies were awarded the O.B.E. in the 1993 New Year’s Honours’ List. Sold with copied research including a photograph of the recipient with his then wife, the ITN newsreader Carol Barnes, after he had been presented with his O.B.E.
Imperial Service Medal (5), G.V.R., circular issue, 1st ‘coinage head’ issue (4) (Mary Louisa Abraham; Jane Maclean Black; William Hughes; William Murphy) first in case of issue; G.VI.R., 2nd issue (John Joseph Cottam Kitto); Coronation 1953 (3), all unnamed as issued, the last with a small replacement suspension ring, generally very fine (8) £80-£100 --- Mary Louisa Abraham Assistant Supervisor, Class II, Home Civil Service, Exeter. I.S.M. London Gazette 11 November 1921. Jane Maclean Black Telegraphist, Central Telegraph Office. I.S.M. London Gazette 16 September 1930. William Hughes possibly Postman, Warrington. I.S.M. London Gazette 12 March 1929. John Joseph Cottam Kitto Skilled Labourer, H.M. Dockyard, Chatham. I.S.M. London Gazette 15 June 1951. Sold together with silver unmarked Skinner & Co. cased Buchanan School Medal named ‘Jane M. Black 1899’; a Coronation 1902 silver commemorative medallion; and copied research.
Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (1st. Vol. Battn. Hants Regt. + 28- Battn. Qr. Mr. Sergt. W. H. Jacob + 1859- ) engraved naming, edge bruise, good very fine £100-£140 --- William Henry Jacob was born in Winchester on 2 October 1829 and volunteered for the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, on 28 September 1859, one of the very first Volunteers in the county. He was advanced Quartermaster Sergeant in 1866, and retired on 1 November 1897, after 38 years’ service to the Battalion, of which the last 31 years were as Quartermaster Sergeant. He was Mayor of Winchester in 1890. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient wearing his mayoral chain of Office.
Royal Observer Corps Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (Observer Officer H. L. Eley) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- H. L. Eley served with both No. 20 Group and No. 23 Group, Royal Observer Corps, and qualified for a First Class Proficiency Certificate on 3 March 1968. Sold with the recipient’s named First Class Proficiency Certificate, and accompanying letter.
Service Medal of the Order of St John (3) (661 Pte. A. Williams Victoria Dist. Australia S.J.A.B.O. 1927; 2331B. A/Sis. H. Caisley. No. 6 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1941.) first medal planchet only; with ‘5 Years Service’ clasp (2nd. Nursg. Offr. Aurelia E. Hume. July 1911); Voluntary Medical Service Medal (3) (L. R. Foster; Mrs. Helena A. M. Hendry; Miss J. Renton); Women’s Voluntary Service Medal (2), one in case of issue with ‘Long Service’ clasp, both unnamed as issued, generally nearly very fine and better (8) £60-£80
An exceptional Posthumous Bronze Star group of four awarded to Captain H. McL. “Diamond Jim” Stacey, 141st (The Buffs) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, 31st Armoured Brigade, who was killed in action in March 1945 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; United States of America, Bronze Star, together with card box of issue for the first three addressed to his mother, and named condolence slip, extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- Provenance: The Robert F. Brett Collection of Medals to the Buffs, Dix Noonan Webb, September 1999. Bronze Star London Gazette 17 October 1946: ‘Capt. Hugh McLaren Stacey, 324582, The Buffs (since died).’ The following recommendation for the Posthumous Award of the Bronze Star is taken from official records: ‘Lieut. Hugh McLaren Stacey has distinguished himself by heroic achievement not involving participation in aerial flight. At Geilenkirchen on 20th November, 1944, when “A” Squadron 141 R.A.C. (The Buffs) was in support of 333 Infantry Regiment (84 United States Infantry Division) Lieut. H. M. Stacey was acting as Liaison Officer between the flame throwing tanks and the Infantry. During the course of the action in the direction of Suggerath, Lieut. H. M. Stacey was constantly up with the Infantry who were under very heavy mortar and shell fire. One platoon, having lost its commander and N.C.Os, was personally reorganised by Lieut. H. M. Stacey, and later did excellent work in the clearing of some pillboxes. At one point during the battle, a party of 12 to 15 United States infantrymen all became casualties. Lieut. H. M. Stacey, who was on the spot, realising that these men were out of contact with their own troops, dashed back and organised a stretcher party. He personally led this party to the wounded men, regardless of the heavy mortar and machine gun fire which was ranged on this area. Throughout the evacuation of these casualties, Lieut. H. M. Stacey was a fine source of inspiration and encouragement to all around him. Two days later, Lieut. H. M. Stacey led a party of United States Engineers well forward of our forward troops, for the purpose of setting explosive charges upon secret equipment which had been disabled by the enemy the previous day. Again Lieut. H. M. Stacey distinguished himself by heroic achievement in that he performed his task in full view of the enemy and under heavy fire. All of these actions were highly commended by the local commanders.’ The 141st (The Buffs) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps in North West Europe The Buffs was one of several infantry regiments which had one or more battalions converted to tanks in 1941. 7th Battalion, The Buffs became known as 141st (The Buffs) Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. As a Churchill Tank Regiment in 31st Army Tank Brigade in February 1944 they were selected as the first to convert to operate Crocodile flame-throwers. They continued to wear the Buffs Dragon cap-badge and two Troops landed on the Normandy Beaches on ‘D’ Day, 6 June 1944, the remainder following shortly after. During the landing and the breakout from Normandy 141st Regiment suffered 117 casualties from an overall strength of 600. The Crocodile was a flame-throwing variant of the British Churchill Tank developed under Major General Sir Percy Hobart and was produced from October 1943. The Crocodile had a flame projector which replaced the front mounted Besa machine gun which was connected to an armoured trailer via an armoured pipe mounted along the underside of the tank. The armoured trailer weighed 6 ½ tons and carried 1,800 litres of fuel as well as a compressed propellant which was enough for 80 one seconds blasts. The conversion kit was designed so that R.E.M.E. workshops in the field could convert any available Church Mk VII into a flame throwing Crocodile tank. The design of the conversion kit allowed the tank to retain its main turret mounted 75mm gun. Furthermore, the armoured trailers could be jettisoned if it was hit, or once empty to give the tank greater freedom of movement; the trailers were additionally fitted with towbars so they could be collected after the action by unit transport. ‘The the first three Crocodiles of No. 15 Troop, ‘C’ Squadron, landed in France at Le Hammel shortly after ‘H’ Hour on ‘D’ Day. Shall we rather say they "parted company" with the L.C.T's. For with a delicious little gurgle of delight one subsided into the sea, one sat stolidly and comfortably down in a crater on the beach and the third creature, carried on by some unknown stamina right across the beach straightaway collapsed with broken tracks. Meanwhile some miles away, Lieutenant Shearman, of No. 13 Troop, also of ‘C’ Squadron, managed in a rough sea to pressure up two Crocodiles and clear the tanks for action supporting the 7th Battalion Green Howards in the cold grey light of 5:00 a.m. By 8:30 a.m. the two surviving Crocodiles represented the only armour up with the forward companies and as such their popularity with the Green Howards was absolutely sky-high. For them these two great hulking Crocodiles clattered amiably along, bearing sometimes up to as many as forty Infantry, and pausing here and there to pepper with Besa or high explosives the fleeting Hun backsides fast disappearing over the skyline. A picturesque cavalcade paralleled only by Hannibal's passage of the Alps. On through Crepon they went and still on. Nothing now separated Shearman from Rommel, but a few German Infantry and Panzer Divisions. Not until Tierceville crossroads did he yield pride of place to the speedier Sherman Tanks, by which time some several hundred prisoners-of-war had already given themselves up. The next port of call was Villiers-le-Sec where everybody came under long distance shelling from tanks on the high around south west of Creully. The Shermans were out of it in a flash but 13 Troop, with its cumbersome trailers, had time whilst, negotiating the corners, to indulge a little hopefully, in an armoured gun duel with no loss to either side - Thence to Creully where for four hours the Crocodiles manned the western approaches in “Hull Downs” against a threatened Panzer attack. The day's peregrinations, however, were not over yet. Later the Troop was to go to Cowlombs where the Infantry Commanding Officer released the Crocodiles, which again returned to Creully. Here Lieutenant Shearman met a Squadron Commander of the Westminster Dragoons and it was decided to go into close laager together just south of Crepon. Dawn at Crepon on 7 June 1944 was a rude awakening in the shape of a salvo from about 100 yards in rear of the laager. The two Crocodiles covered the withdrawal of the thin-skinned Flails and succeeded in keeping the enemy guns quiet by an area shoot of 75 mm. But as he followed out in the wake of the Flails Shearman caught sight of a whole array of artillery and transport in the growing light, breakfasting in gay abandon and all unwitting of the target they presented to the Boche guns behind. Whereupon artillery and Royal Corps of Signals personnel were organised to act as infantry with grenades to follow in the wake of the Crocodiles assault. This was to be a great moment in Crocodile history-their first use of flame against a real live German. Supported by the fire of two flails the Crocodiles assaulted. Some eight shots of flame and the position was white with flags- 50 prisoners-of-war walked out and a party went in to deal with the killed and wounded. This then was the baptism of Crocodile flame and a very successful one too. After a few days rest in Erecy, on 11 June the two Crocodiles moved on southwest to support the Hampshires of 231 Brigade through the woods from ...
Dartmoor Autumn Manœuvres Medal 1873, by Upton & Hussey, 22 St. James’s Street’, 37mm, silver, the obverse depicting Deputy Controller Strickland, C.B.; the reverse depicting a tent in the pouring rain, 6 clasps, Princes Town, Roborough, Black Tor, Haxary, Ringmoor, Cadover Bridge, with top silver riband buckle, maker’s name engraved to edge, suspension claw slightly loose, nearly extremely fine, rare £300-£400 --- The Dartmoor Autumn Manoeuvres of 1873 was a major Army exercise that took place in August 1873 when the 1st and 2nd Divisions, consisting of over 12,000 men and 2,000 horses, carried out formation training in the Ringmoor, Roborough, and Yennadon Downs area. During the exercise blank cartridges were used for the first rime by the artillery and infantry. The exercise had to be called off early because of atrocious weather, and a special medal was struck to celebrate surviving the rainstorms. Overall command was held by Deputy Controller Strickland, C.B., of the Commissary General’s Department.
A Great War ‘German Spring Offensive 1918’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain E. V. Morse, 7th Battalion, East Kent Regiment, who was killed in action at Le Selle in October 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut… Morse. E. Kent. R.) attempted obliteration to name but all except initials legible; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. V. Morse.) good very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- M.C. London Gazette 16 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty whilst in command of his platoon, and later in command of his company. Though practically surrounded he maintained his position against enemy attacks throughout the day. When obliged to withdraw, he withdrew his company skilfully. He displayed great coolness and energy.’ Eric Victor Morse won the M.C. with the 7th Battalion during the great German offensive, at Vendeuil (St Quentin) on 21-22 March 1918. Under-strength (only 500 men) and defending a front of over 4000 yards, platoons were surrounded in thick fog, with visibility sometimes down to 20 yards. Between 21st-26th casualties amongst the officers were 1 killed, 5 wounded and 11 missing; and men, 17 killed, 108 wounded and 410 missing, many of whom became prisoners of war. Captain Morse was killed in action at the battle of Le Selle on 23 October 1918. At 5 am on the 23rd, the battalion moved in artillery formation towards the forming up line. Before this was reached the leading companies came under heavy machine-gun fire from the right flank, the brigade in front having only established the line of the first objective. This was overcome by air attacks. “D” company on the left cleverly outmanoeuvred and captured a battery of guns, but soon afterwards Captain Morse was killed. Aged 26, he is buried in Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension. Sold with copied portrait photograph and copied extracts of letters from a family memorial book.
The British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem War Service Certificate awarded to the Rt. Hon. The Viscount Dawson of Penn, Physician-in-Ordinary to H.M. King George V. Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England Certificate in recognition of valuable services rendered during the War 1914-19, named to ‘Bertram [sic] Dawson Esq., K.C.V.O., C.B., F.R.C.P.’, good condition £80-£100 --- Bertrand Edward Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn, G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., was sometime President of the Royal College of Physicians and served as Physician-in-Ordinary to H.M. King George V. As a prominent member of the House of Lords he strongly opposed measures to legalise euthanasia on the grounds that ‘it belongs to the wisdom and conscience of the medical profession and not to the realm of law’. It was Dawson himself who gave King George V the lethal injection of cocaine and morphine as he lay dying, so as to hasten his demise and ensure that the news of the king’s death should first be announced in The Times.
Documents: Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England Certificate in recognition of valuable services rendered during the War 1914-19 (3), named to ‘Mr. Cradoc Davies; Miss Angela Gilbey; Miss Annie Saunderson’, name on first subsequently touched-up; Order of St. John of Jerusalem Bestowal Document, appointing ‘Alice Haigh’ a Serving Sister, dated 19 February 1958’; together with a Diary of Staff Nurse Mary Beatrice Heffernan, R.R.C., Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve; a St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination Cross, bronze, the reverse neatly engraved ‘No. 16435 The Honble. Constance Hamilton-Russell.’; a Canadian General Service Medal, 1 clasp, ISAF (David Lower) in card box of issue with named card sleeve; an ‘Old Bill’ postcard; and two lantern slides, one of the slides broken, otherwise generally good condition (lot) £70-£90 --- Mary Beatrice Heffernan served as a staff nurse with the Civil Hospital Reserve at No. 3 General Hospital during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 August 1914. Subsequently transferring to Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, for her services during the Great War she was awarded the Royal Red Cross, First Class (London Gazette 31 July 1919). Sold with a photograph believed to be of Miss Gilbey; and copied research.
Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold, Civil Division, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt, and enamel, French motto, unmarked, in Wolfers, Brussels, case of issue, minor enamel damage and one tip of lower arm somewhat bent, nearly very fine France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, significant white enamel damage and some poor quality restoration; Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, both with enamel damage to mottos around central medallions, the first fair, the second better Germany, Bavaria, Military Merit Cross, Third Class breast badge, bronze, with crown and crossed swords suspension, unmarked, good very fine United States of America, Allied Victory Medal, 2 clasps, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, bronze, very fine (5) £80-£100
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