Family Group: Four: Lance-Corporal H. McMullan, Royal Irish Rifles, who was awarded the Italian Al Valore Militare for his gallantry at Thiepval on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, and was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 1914-15 Star (12-19118 Pte. H. Mc.Mullan. R. Ir: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (19118 Pte. H. McMullan. R. Ir. Rif.); Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, bronze, unnamed as issued, in named case of issue; Memorial Plaque (Hugh McMullan) in card envelope, extremely fine Three: Lance-Corporal G. McMullan, Royal Irish Rifles, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 8 March 1917 1914-15 Star (12-19119 Pte. G. Mc.Mullan. R. Ir: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (19119 Pte. G. McMullan. R. Ir. Rif.); Memorial Plaque (George McMullan) in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (9) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Hugh McMullan was born in Brocklemount, co. Antrim, and attested for the Royal Irish Rifles at Ballymena, co. Antrim. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1915, and distinguished himself during the heavy fighting at Thiepval on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916: ‘Rifleman McMullan, being the only man left of his team of Lewis Gunners, entered the German line with the gun and two magazines and fired from his shoulder at the Germans in the second line. He retired with the Company, and brought the gun with him.’ (Regimental account refers). For his gallantry on the Somme McMullan was awarded the Italian Bronze Medal for Valour (Al Valore Militare) (London Gazette 26 May 1917). He was killed in action on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France. Sold with named Record Office enclosures; postcard photograph of the recipient; and copied research. George McMullan, the brother of the above, was born in Brocklemount, co. Antrim, and, judging from their Regimental numbers, attested for the Royal Irish Rifles alongside his brother at Ballymena, co. Antrim. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1915, and was killed in action on 8 March 1917. The acting Regimental Chaplain, Robert Kelso, wrote to the recipient’s mother thus: ‘It was my sad duty to bury your son, George McMullan, who was killed in action on 8 March. His brother, Hugh McMullan, was present at the funeral. So far as I can gather he was taken away suddenly, so that he was spared the pain and agony of a long suffering. You have every fight to feel proud of the fact that two of your lads have proved themselves brave and loyal men, and I sincerely hope that your lad still in the 12th may be preserved in safety to return to his home.’ Sold with named Record Office enclosures; photographs of the recipient’s original grave; and copied research.
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Pair: Private A. J. Packer, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (S-15099 Pte. A. J. Packer. Rif. Brig.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur John Packer) in card envelope, good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Arthur John Packer was born in Westminster, Middlesex, and attested for the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) at Camberwell, Surrey, on 8 December 1915. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 May 1916, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, on 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion, as part of the 11th Brigade, 4th Division, was ordered to attack Redan Ridge. Held up by fire from Ridge Redoubt and The Quadrilateral soon after leaving the trenches, they entered the German line by 10:00 a.m., and were involved in heavy close quarter fighting along the trenches. Driven back after a counter attack they retired to Mailly-Maillet, having suffered total casualties of 474. Packer was amongst those killed, and is buried in Redan Ridge Cemetery, France. Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the British War Medal; the recipient’s last letter home to his parents; and copied research.
The Memorial Plaque bestowed upon Private H. H. Fowler, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 Memorial Plaque (Herbert Harold Fowler) in card envelope, extremely fine £200-£240 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Herbert Harold Fowler was born in Peckham, Surrey, in 1896 and attested for the Rifle Brigade in London on 2 February 1916. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 May 1916, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, on 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion, as part of the 11th Brigade, 4th Division, was ordered to attack Redan Ridge. Held up by fire from Ridge Redoubt and The Quadrilateral soon after leaving the trenches, they entered the German line by 10:00 a.m., and were involved in heavy close quarter fighting along the trenches. Driven back after a counter attack they retired to Mailly-Maillet, having suffered total casualties of 474. Fowler was amongst those killed, and is buried in Redan Ridge Cemetery, France. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private A. N. Bloomfield, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (S-12689 Pte. A. N. Bloomfield. Rif. Brig.) both in named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque )Allan Nelson Bloomfield) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Rifleman Allan Nelson Bloomfield, Rifle Brigade’, in OHMS transmission tube, addressed to ‘Mr. C. Bloomfield, 72 Brook Street, Erith, Kent’, extremely fine (4) £180-£220 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Allan Nelson Bloomfield was born in Eltham, Kent, and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Chelsea. He served initially with the 9th, and subsequently with the 16th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the first day of the German Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France. Sold together with extensive ephemera, including a number of postcards and embroidered cards written by the recipient home to his sister Elsie; sweetheart brooch and locket photographs; a portrait photograph of the recipient, in a glazed frame, together with a large copy of this, also in a glazed frame, and various other photographs; the recipient’s diary for 1916, with sporadic entries from the Front in the Arras region; C.W.G.C. Memorial Scroll; and copied research.
An emotive Great War pair, together with an extensive archive, awarded to Air Mechanic 1st Class F. Dearing, 20 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, who was mortally wounded during an aerial combat on the Western Front over Ypres on 26 September 1916, in which he and his pilot succeeded in shooting down an enemy aircraft, before being shot down themselves. Never regaining consciousness, Dearing died of his wounds later that day. He was just 16 years of age - one of the youngest Flying casualties of the Great War British War and Victory Medals (9882 Pte. F. Dearing. R.F.C.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Dearing) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘A. Mech. I Frederick Dearing, Royal Flying Corps’; together with the recipient’s card identity tag ‘9882 Dearing F. R.F.C. C.E.’, extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Frederick Dearing was born in Shoreham, Sussex, on 2 March 1900, and attested underage for the Royal Flying Corps at Hove, Sussex, on 9 October 1915, giving his age as 18 years and 196 days. He served with the Royal Flying Corps as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 January 1916, and was posted to 20 Squadron, with the rank of Air Mechanic 1st Class, on 1 June 1916. Dearing’s first engagement of note came on 8 September 1916 when, serving as the observer in at F.E. 2D, piloted by Second Lieutenant D. H. Dabbs, they succeeded in shooting down an enemy machine, before being victims themselves: ‘Second Lieutenant Dabbs and Air Mechanic Dearing had just sent an Aviatik two-seater side-slipping into the clouds apparently out of control when their FE was hit by ground fire that sent shrapnel ripping through Dabb’s arm and the FE’s petrol piping ad radiator. The FE rapidly began to lose height but, while Dearing strafed the German trenches 200ft below them, Dabbs was able to glide it back across the lines to a safe forced landing in a field near Fleurbaix. However, this was in full view of a German artillery emplacement whose gunners quickly laid down a barrage of shells all around the grounded machine and Dabbs was hit in the leg by shrapnel and Dearing helped him from the cockpit. In a letter home, dated 11 September 1916, Dearing wrote of the incident: ‘I have had several trips up in an aeroplane over the lines and I brought a German aeroplane down, and soon after we were brought down ourselves, but fortunately behind our own lines. When I got back to camp one of the chaps told me that I was supposed to be dead and the troops seemed quite surprised to see me on parade and looked at me as though I were a ghost. This happened last Friday and I would have told you about it but I thought you might get the wind up or something.’ However, on 26 September 1916 Dearing’s luck ran out: ‘At 7:30 a.m. Second Lieutenant A. F. Livingstone and Air Mechanic Dearing were patrolling at 12,000 feet near Ypres in F.E. 2D A8 when Livingstone dived on a lone German machine 2,000 feet below them but, as he later recorded in his combat report, he dived too far and found it necessary to go alongside the hostile aircraft in order to regain height. Both machines were firing at each other at this point and, as the FE climbed above the German machine at close range, the enemy observer’s answering free hit both the British flyers, wounding Livingstone in the ankle and Dearing in the neck and head. Livingstone brought the machine down to a successful forced landing just south of Vlamertinghe but it was too late for Dearing, who died shortly afterwards at No. 10 Casualty Clearing Station.’ Dearing’s Commanding Officer, Captain R. Stuart Maxwell, wrote to Dearing’s mother: ‘I am just just writing to tell you the splendid circumstances in which your son received the wound from which he afterwards died. He was acting as gunner observer on the morning of 26 September, when they engaged a German machine in aerial combat. Your son managed to put in such fine shooting that the German machine was sent crashing down just behind his own lines. The pilot, Second Lieutenant Livingstone, was rather badly wounded in the feet almost at the same time that your son was hit, right at the end of the scrap. He brought the machine down at once, however, and your son was in the Doctor’s hands in a very short time. He never regained consciousness, and died in hospital about 1:30 p.m. on the same day. I was very sorry that we were unable to tell him that the German machine was brought down. He was a mere boy, and as game and plucky as any observer I have ever had to do with. It will, I hope, relieve you in your almost unbearable grief to know that he died doing his job as gallantly and as well as any man could, and that those of us who knew him during the last few months looked on him as a really splendid youngster ,who feared nothing and was always ready to undertake any work, however dangerous.’ Second Lieutenant Livingstone also wrote thus: ‘I feel I must write to convey to you my sincere sympathy in the loss you have sustained in the death of your son Frederick. His loss will be deeply regretted in the Squadron as he was a very good and keen observer. It is some satisfaction to know that we succeeded in bringing down the German machine.’ Dearing is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. He was just 16 years of age. Sold with a large archive of original documents and ephemera, including various letters from the recipient to his mother, and vice versa; various postcards from the recipient to his sister; a selection of R.F.C. Dinner invitations; War Office notification of his death; telegram from the recipient’s mother to her husband (Dearing’s step-father) informing him of Frederick’s death; Imperial War Graves Commission correspondence, including a photograph of the recipient’s original grave; a large number of hand-written and typed letters of condolence to the recipient’s mother, including those from Second Lieutenant Livingstone; postcard photograph of the recipient; various newspaper cuttings; remnants of a R.F.C. cap badge; and copied research.
Three: Stoker First Class J. H. Parry, H.M.S. Black Prince, Royal Navy, who was killed in action on 1 June 1916, when the Black Prince exploded and sank with all hands 1914-15 Star (K.26195. J. H. Parry. Sto.2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.26195 J. H. Parry. Sto.1 R.N.) good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Black Prince was launched on 8 November 1904 and was part of the 1st Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she sank with the loss of all hands. John Henry Parry was born in Salford, Lancashire, on 4 January 1879 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 18 May 1915, for the duration of hostilities. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Black Prince from 10 November 1915, and was advanced Stoker 1st Class on 23 February 1916. He was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916: during the late afternoon and night of 31 May the Black Prince had lost touch with the main fleet, and at about 00.15 on 1 June she found herself 1,600 yards from ships of the German 1st Battle Squadron. Illuminated by searchlights, several German battleships then swept her with fire at point blank range. Unable to respond, she burst into flames and four minutes later after a terrific explosion she sank with all hands - 37 officers, 815 ratings, and 5 civilians. Parry is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Three: Wireman First Class F. H. Allum, H.M.S. Calliope, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (M.12389. F. H. Allum, Ar. Cr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.12389. F. H. Allum. Wmn.1 R.N.) good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012. The light cruiser H.M.S. Calliope was launched on 17 December 1914 and was part of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she received a number of hits before nightfall, and ten of her crew were killed. Frederick Henry Allum was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 5 July 1884 and joined the Royal Navy as Armourer’s Crew on 15 March 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Calliope from 4 May 1915 to the end of the War, and was advanced Wireman First Class on 1 March 1916. Under the direct command of Commodore Le Mesurier, the Calliope acted as the flagship of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron at Jutland and was heavily engaged throughout the battle. But it was not until the evening that she started to take her first casualties, the result of a duel with two Kaiser class battleships. The Fighting at Jutland takes up the story: ‘ ... only our speed and zigzagging saved us from annihilation. As it was, we seemed to be in the middle of splashes, and the noise of the bursting shell and flying fragments was absolutely deafening. We were hit five times in all, three of which did serious damage to personnel. One shell, bursting against the breech of the port after 4-inch gun, smashed the fittings and gun shield and killed practically all the gun’s crew, the notable exception being the sight-setter, a Corporal of Marines, who had the gun between him and the burst and only suffered a slight scalp wound. The second hit on us burst near No. 3 4-inch gun under the bridge, disabled the gun, killing and wounding some of the crew, and fragments of this shell penetrated the deck of the lower bridge and wounded a signalman and a bugler. The third shell penetrated the upper deck, and burst in the boys’ mess deck, almost in the middle of the after dressing station, killing some and wounding many others, including the Staff Surgeon. For the last five minutes that we were under fire we were in sight of our own ships, although the two battle fleets were invisible to each other, and we were told afterwards that at times we were hidden in spray from the splashes. Altogether, we had 10 killed and 23 wounded, some seriously. We were ordered to take station on the port beam of the battle fleet for the night, and in the morning resumed our cruising station ahead during the search for disabled enemy ships. On reaching Scapa afterwards, we were ordered in first, instead of waiting for the battle fleet to enter, to land our wounded. Our dead we buried at sea the morning after the action, the Commodore leaving the bridge for a few minutes to read the burial service, the one time he was ever known to leave the bridge at sea.’H Allum was shore demobilised on 8 March 1919.
Three: Stoker First Class W. G. Herbert, H.M.S. Centurion, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.26449, W. G. Herbert, Sto.2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.26449 W. G. Herbert. Sto.1. R.N.) good very fine (3) £60-£80 --- The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Centurion was launched on 18 November 1911 and was part of the 2nd Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland. William George Herbert was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, on 27 January 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 2 June 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Centurion from 27 January 1916 to 9 February 1917, and was advanced Stoker 1st Class on 29 June 1916. He was shore demobilised on 15 February 1919.
One: Chief Petty Officer A. Fagence, H.M.S. Chester, Royal Navy, who was severely wounded at Jutland; his crew mate in the Chester at Jutland, Boy First Class J. T. Cornwell, was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (163271 Alfred Fagence, P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Charybdis) good very fine £180-£220 --- The light cruiser H.M.S. Chester was launched on 8 December 1915 and was part of the 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she came under heavy German fire and suffered total casualties of 29 killed and 49 wounded, including Boy 1st Class J. T. Cornwell, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross Alfred Fagence was born in Chertsey, Surrey, on 2 October 1876 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 15 October 1891. Advanced Petty Officer 1st Class on 8 March 1901, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 October 1909. Promoted Chief Petty Officer on 16 May 1912, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Chester from 2 May to 1 June 1916, and was severely wounded at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Serving for the rest of the Great War in various shore based establishments, he was shore demobilised on 27 March 1919.
Three: Stoker First Class J. Cant, H.M.S. Hercules, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (302028. J. Cant. Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (302028J. Cant. Sto. 1. R.N.) very fine (3) £60-£80 --- The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Hercules was launched on 10 May 1910 and was part of the 1st Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 98 twelve-inch shells and 15 four-inch shells during the battle. James Cant was born in Edinburgh on 8 September 1884 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 5 November 1902. Advanced Stoker First Class on 1 July 1906, he served throughout the Great War in H.M.S. Hercules, and was awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 November 1917. He was shore pensioned on 16 November 1924.
Four: Private B. Bristow, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2497 Pte. B. Bristow, Oxford: L.I.); 1914-15 Star (9635 Pte. B. Bristow. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9635 Pte. B. Bristow. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruise to the first, otherwise very fine (4) £100-£120 --- Benjamin Bristow served in the Great War with the 3rd Battalion in France from 18 September 1915. He was discharged to Z Class reserve 19 April 1919. Sold with copied Medal Index Card.
Three: Shipwright First Class T. H. Perring, H.M.S. Orion, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (M.6722, T. H. Perring. Shpt.2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.6722. T. H. Perring. Shpt.2 R.N.) light contact marks, very fine (3) £60-£80 --- The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Orion was launched on 20 August 1910 and was part of the 2nd Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she engaged the German battleship Markgraf and the battle cruiser Lützow. Thomas Henry Perring was born in Devonport on 28 March 1886 and joined the Royal Navy as a Shipwright 2nd Class on 11 October 1913. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Orion from the outbreak of War to 27 July 1917, and was promoted Shipwright 1st Class on 1 September 1921. He was shore discharged on the reduction of the Fleet on 9 June 1922.
Three: Stoker First Class J. J. Wright, H.M.S. Royal Oak, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.22812, J. J. Wright, Sto.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.22812 J. J. Wright. Sto.1 R.N.) nearly very fine (3) £60-£80 --- The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Royal Oak was launched on 17 November 1914 and was part of the 4th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 38 twelve-inch shells and 84 four-inch shells during the battle. Jesse John Wright was born in Bermondsey, London, on 24 February 1893 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 1 July 1914. Advanced Stoker 1st Class on 10 June 1915, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Royal Oak from 30 April 1916 to 27 May 1917, and was shore discharged on 3 March 1922.
Four: Blacksmith First Class T. J. Menhenick, H.M.S. Tiger, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (286484, T. J. Menhenick. Blk., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (286484 T. J. Menhenick. Blk.1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (286484T. J. Menhenick, Blackth. H.M.S. Defence.) light contact marks, good very fine (4) £120-£160 --- The battlecruiser H.M.S. Tiger was launched on 15 December 1913 and was part of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 303 shells from her main guns during the battle, and was credited with one hit on the Moltke and two on the von der Tann. Thomas John Menhenick was born in Cornwall on 24 December 1877 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 4 November 1897. Advanced Blacksmith on 23 June 1910, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 3 December 1912, and served throughout the Great War in H.M.S. Tiger, being promoted Blacksmith First Class on 1 October 1918. He was shore pensioned on 12 December 1919.
Pair: Stoker First Class G. Arnold, H.M.S. Unity, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.16555. G. Arnold. Sto.1., R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (K.16555. G. Arnold. Sto.1. R.N.) staining to obverse of VM, edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £40-£50 --- The destroyer H.M.S. Unity was launched on 18 September 1913 and was part of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland. George Arnold was born in Alton, Hampshire, on 19 November 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 14 October 1912. Advanced Stoker 1st Class on 14 October 1913, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Unity from the outbreak of War to 30 June 1916, and was thus also aboard her when she was one of the seven destroyers of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla that was present during the Scarborough Raid on 16 December 1914. He was discharged to shore, time expired, on 13 October 1924, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day.
Three: Private Harry Carpenter, Oxford Light Infantry, later Royal Air Force Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (5902 Pye. H. Carpenter. Oxfd. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (121036. Pte. 2. H. Carpenter. R.A.F.) the first very fine, otherwise extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Harry Carpenter was born at Lee, Kent, and enlisted into the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in London on 3 November 1898, aged 18, a sweep by trade. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from February to July 1900, and with the 2nd Battalion in India from November 1901 to January 1907. He was discharged on termination of his first period of engagement on 2 November 1910. Sold with copied discharge papers with confirm Q.S.A. and clasps.
Pair: Private Angus McKay, 79th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (Angus McKay, 79th Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (Angus M’Kay, 1st Batt. 79th Reg. Foot.) fitted with original steel clip and small ring suspension, the second with edge bruising and contact marks, fine, the first nearly very fine (2) £2,800-£3,200 --- Provenance: Pair sold at Glendining’s in 1974 and 1978 but possibly a composite pair. M.G.S. confirmed on roll as ‘Mackay’. Two men of this name present with the regiment at Waterloo, both in Captain James Campbell’s Company No. 6, one of whom was severely wounded, the other slightly wounded. The only papers found relate to one Angus McKay who was born in the Parish of Tongue, Dornoch, Sutherland and enlisted into the 79th at Dundee, Forfar, on 6 November 1802, aged 26. Whilst this man was present in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, where he was slightly wounded in the head and hand, his discharge papers record that, in addition to the five clasps on the above medal, he was also present at Corunna and Fuentes D’Onor, and was severely wounded in the left arm at Busaco 27 September 1810. He was discharged in the rank of Sergeant at Dublin on 27 June 1821, but the date of his death is unknown.
Three: Gunner D. Blane, Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol, unofficial rivets between first and second, and second and third clasps (Gunr. & Dr. Dnl. Blane. Rl. Arty.) contemporarily engraved naming, in the style of and probably by Messrs Hunt & Roskell; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (5098. Pensd. Gunr. D. Blane, Depot Bde. R.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, ‘Hunt and Roskell’ manufacture (Gunr. & Dr. Dnl. Blane. Royal Arty.) contemporarily engraved naming, in the style of and probably by Messrs Hunt & Roskell, with small ring suspension, light contact marks and edge bruising, good very fine (3) £500-£700 --- Daniel Blane was born in Ballyclare, Co. Antrim, in 1830 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Lisburn, Co. Antrim, on 14 December 1847. He served as a Gunner and Driver with No. 5 Company, ‘H’ Battery, 11th Battalion in the Crimea, and spent the rest of his service at home. He was discharged at Woolwich on 5 July 1870, after 21 years and 204 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts which confirm all four clasps.
The group of five awarded to Sergeant Edward Wylds, 13th Light Infantry and Army Service Corps, later Yeoman of the Guard Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Edwd. Wylds, 1st Bn. 13th Lt. Infy.); Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (1825 Lance Serjt. E. Wylds, A.S.C. 1873-4); Jubilee 1897, bronze; Coronation 1902, bronze; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1825 Sergt. E. Wylds. A.S. Corps.) the first two with edge nicks and contact marks, good fine, the remainder generally very fine or better (5) £600-£800 --- Edward Wyld was born in the Parish of Widcombe, Bath, Somerset and enlisted into the 13th Light Infantry at Bath on 9 February 1858, aged 18. He quickly witnessed active service out in India, serving in Brigadier-General Kelly’s Column in the Nepaul Terai (Medal). He transferred to the Military Stores Staff Corps on 1 August 1868, and then transferred to the Army Service Corps on 1 April 1870. Promoted to Corporal (Lance-Sergeant) in May 1872, he served at Cape Coast Castle during the Ashantee campaign of 1873-74 (Medal). Wyld was discharged as a Sergeant on 2 April 1879, and joined the Yeomen of the Guard 29 December 1889, in which capacity he added the Jubilee 1897 and Coronation 1902 medals to his accolades. He died in September 1905. Sold with copied service record and portrait photograph.
The Second Afghan War and M.S.M. group of five awarded to Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant D. C. Elkins, 9th Lancers, later a Yeoman of the Guard Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1355. Sergt. D. Elkins. 9th Lancers.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1355. Sergt. D. C. Elkins. 9th Lancers.) official correction to initials; Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., coinage head (Sq. Q.M. Sjt. D. C. Elkins. 9-Lrs.); Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935, the first with contact marks, nearly very fine, otherwise very fine and better (5) £600-£800 --- Daniel Charles Elkins was born at Iver, Buckinghamshire, on 8 October 1852. He attested for the 9th Lancers at Aldershot on 8 April 1871, aged 18 years 6 months, a shoemaker by trade. He embarked with the regiment for India on 9 January 1875, was promoted to Sergeant in June 1878, and served in Afghanistan during the campaign of 1879, from 19-30 March, and from 5 April to 6 June (Medal). He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in July 1889, promoted to Troop Sergeant-Major in April 1890, and was discharged as Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant on 31 August 1896. He was appointed to the King’s Body Guard on 22 August 1902. Elkins was unsuccessfully recommended for the M.S.M. with annuity in 1922. The medal, without annuity, was finally awarded in Army Order 142 of 1936. He was present at the inspection of the Guard by King Edward VIII on 26 June of that year. Elkins died at Hounslow, London, on 1 January 1944, aged 91. Sold with copied photograph and discharge papers.
Pair: Coopers Crew T. Stephens, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Cooprs. Crew, H.M.S. Inconstant); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (Cooper’s Crew, H.M.S. Raleigh), the first with contact marks and edge bruising, the last with slightly bent suspension post and edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Sterling Lee Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, 1 December 2004 Thomas Stephens was born in Plymouth in October 1852 and entered the Royal Navy as a Cooper in August 1878. His subsequent stints of active service comprised time aboard H.M.S. Inconstant during the Egypt operations of 1882, and in the Raleigh in the operations off, and on, the west coast of Africa in 1894, when he was landed with the Naval Brigade in Gambia for the punitive expedition against Chief Fodi Selah. Stephens was pensioned ashore in October 1898.
Five: Gunner H. Sandy, Royal Field Artillery Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (4653 Pte. H. Sandy A.S.C.) clasp loose on riband, renamed; India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (82178 Gunr. H. Sandy 11th Fd. By. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (82178 Gnr: H. Sandy, 4: B, R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (82178 Gnr: H. Sandy. R.F.A.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, mounted for display, light contact marks overall, very fine (5) £300-£400 --- Henry Sandy was born in Clevedon, and attested for the Army Service Corps at Aldershot in October 1882. He served with the Corps in Egypt, February - July 1885, and was discharged 10 December 1888, having served 6 years and 63 days. Sandy re-engaged for service with the Royal Artillery at Woolwich in December 1890. He transferred to the 9th Field Battery in September 1891, and served with the 11th Field Battery from December 1897. Sandy served in India, September 1891 - February 1898, and with the 4th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in South Africa, November 1899 - September 1902. He was once again discharged, 10 December 1902, this time after 12 years service. The Clevedon Mercury and Courier carried an obituary for Sandy, 10 February 1912, in which it records the following about his Boer War service: ‘From all these engagements he fortunately escaped unhurt with the exception of a slight flesh wound received during the South African War... on the outbreak of the South African war he was again called up for active service, being one of the first of the batch of Reservists to leave Clevedon for the front. He was drafted to the 4th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, and took part in the earlier operations under General Redvers Buller, General French, and later Lord Methuen... Some time afterwards he was captured by the Boers and made a prisoner of war, but was eventually released owing to the inability of the Boers to maintain their prisoners.’ The above is unsubstantiated by either the latest published transcription of the Boer War casualty roll, or the recipient’s service papers. Sandy is buried in Clevedon Cemetery. Sold with extensive copied research, and a copied photograph of recipient in uniform wearing the Egypt medals.
An extensive one owner collection of Staffordshire and other pottery and porcelain animals and figure groups.A canary yellow glazed figure of a ewe and lamb and a treacle glazed figure of a ewe and suckling lamb: the first with sponged grey markings, on shaped rectangular base, early 19th century, 12cm; the second on oval base, possibly Brameld, 13cm.
A Single Owner Collection of 19th Century Childrens' 'Nursery' Plates A group of three pearlware nursery plates and a small Pratt decorated moulded pearlware jug: the plates 'Cries of London', 'The Miller' and 'My Noble Pony' printed in blue within relief moulded borders painted in Pratt and other colours, circa 1820-30, 14-17cm [the first two plates with minor damage] 4.
A First Period Worcester 'scratch cross' cider jug: of baluster form with scroll handle, painted in Chinese famille rose style with two ladies at a table, a parrot on a perch to one side, the reverse with a lady holding a fan, incised scratch mark, circa 1753-55, 18cm [three chips to rim, minor stress crack between handle and body].
An early 19th century Coalport porcelain dessert plate, the painting attributed David Evans; together with one other: the first finely painted with a continuous band of flowers outside an inner 'hockey stick' moulded border, pattern no.2/61, circa 1825, 24cm; the second painted with flowers and fruit, the blue ground rim with gilt moths and vines, pattern no.1198, 22cm [some wear to gilt].* Notes Cf. Michael Messenger 'Coalport 1795-1926' plate 131 where the flower painting on the first plate is attributed to Daniel Evans after leaving the Swansea factory circa 1823 before joining Grainger in Worcester.*Notes The second plate bears a paper label "'Presented to Dr.& Mrs.Geoffrey Barnes in appreciation of all their generous help in researching these porcelains" signed Geoffrey Godden Sept.1981. Dr. and Mrs. Barnes were keen collectors of Alcock, Daniel and Staffordshire porcelains.
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A rare First Period Worcester oval spoon tray: painted in the 'Arcade' pattern [I.A.7] with alternating fan shaped panels of Long Eliza figures and flowering plants, psuedo Chinese mark within double lines, circa 1765, 13 x 11cm.* Provenance Collection of Zaki Ades.A similar example exhibited by Albert Amor Ltd., 1986 no.54 'Paul Ziesler Collection'.Paper labels for Albert Amor Ltd. 'Blue & White Exhibition 1979, no.54. and Steppes Hill Farm Antiques.
A rare First Period Worcester sauceboat: of deep quatrelobed form with angular handle and moulded scroll and foliate cartouches, painted in the 'Boatman' pattern [I.B.22B] with on one side a Chinese lake scene with boatman and willow tree, a two-storied building to the other, workman's mark, circa 1753-55, 15cm. * Provenance Paper label for 'Albert Amor Ltd. 18th Century Blue & White Exhibition 1979 no.14'.
A First Period Worcester dolphin ewer creamboat: of rococo shell moulded form with lamprey handle, painted with a large butterfly and scattered floral sprays [probably the 'Buttertub Sprays' pattern [I.E.40], open crescent mark, circa 1760-65, 8cm high.* Provenance Phillips March 1995 lot 277 'Collection of Bernard Watney'.
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A rare First Period Worcester sucrier and cover: the domed ogee cover with pointed finial, painted in the 'Eloping Bride' pattern [I.A.20] in Kangxi style, pseudo Chinese mark within double circles, circa 1765-70, 13cm.* Provenance Sotheby's February 1993 lot 297 'The late Alison Bremner Collection'. Christie's 1995 lot 22. Steppes Hill Farm Antiques.
A very rare First Period Worcester chamber chamberstick: with leaf moulded socket, scroll handle with mask terminal, shell and scroll moulded pierced rim, painted with the 'Chamber Candlestick Floral Sprays' pattern [I.E.34] circa 1765-75, 15cm.* Provenance Zaki Ades Collection. *Notes see The Victoria & Albert Museum, [CIRC.771-1956] for another example of this rare pierced version.
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A First Period Worcester polychrome 'Dolphin Ewer' creamboat and a blue and white creamboat: the first with lamprey handle and moulded with shells, circa 1765-68, 8cm high; the second of flared hexagonal form with angular handle painted with a fisherman in a sanpan, the reverse with a fisherman on a bridge within moulded cartouches, circa 1755, 11cm long [damaged] 2.
A Bow blue and white 'Golfer and Caddy' pattern plate and a pair of 'lotus and bamboo' octagonal plates: the first painted with a Chinese figure holding a ruyi sceptre and a boy carrying scrolls, circa 1760, 23.5cm [cracked]; the pair painted with lotus and bamboo within a floral and lattice border, circa 1760, 22cm [chips].
Three pieces of Lowestoft blue and white porcelain and a First Period Worcester teabowl and saucer: including a coffee cup painted in the 'Rock, Peony and Fence' pattern; a teabowl in the 'Robert Browne' pattern [hair crack]; a small bowl painted with a pagoda river landscape; and a Worcester polychrome and scale blue teabowl and saucer painted with floral sprays, open crescent marks [tiny chips to teabowl footrim]; all circa 1770-80 [5].
A mixed lot of First Period Worcester blue and white porcelain: including an early coffee cup in the 'Prunus Root' pattern, workman's mark, circa 1755; a 'Cannonball' pattern matched coffee cup and saucer [rim chip], workman's and open crescent marks; a 'Mansfield' pattern teabowl and saucer, workman's marks [chips]; and two saucers painted with Chinese landscapes [one with tiny chip] 7.
A mixed lot of 18th century English blue and white porcelain: including a rare First Period Worcester low-footed sauceboat painted in 'The Boatman' pattern, workman's mark, circa 1755, 15cm long [hair crack]; a globular tea caddy printed in 'The Fence' pattern, hatched crescent mark, circa 1780, 13cm; a Worcester barrel shaped teapot and matched cover printed in the 'Rose-Centered Spray' pattern; and a Christian's Liverpool 'Liver Bird' pattern teapot and cover [some damage] 4.
Two Meissen figures: the first of a shepherdess, wearing a yellow bodice, with flowers in her apron and a ewe at her feet, on mound base, crossed swords mark, circa 1750-60, 16cm high; the second of a girl street trader holding a basket of pastries, circa 1750-60, 14cm high [both with damage and losses].
A 19th Century Prussian/German gilt metal and brown leather wallet:, one side with a crowned eagle atop a crowned armour helmet with scrolls to either side, the other with a gilt crown over initial, the clasp in the form of a sheathed dagger, red silk lined interior, together with a manuscript note 'Given to me at the farewell dinner of King William at the Prefecture by the Crown Prince on the 5th March 1871', also a card for 'Furst von Bismarck', another for 'Lord Ado Russell', and one for 'Lord Ampthill', and a ribbon for an iron cross, 14cm long.*Notes Wilhelm I (1797-1888) was King of Prussia and became the first Emperor of a unified Germany in 1871 until his death in 1888.
A French bronze and ormolu Pendule au Sauvage mantel clock: in the style of Jean-Simon Deverberie, having an eight-day duration timepiece movement with a silk suspension, the round engine-turned gilded dial having a white enamel chapter ring with black Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands, the ormolu case having a bronze figure of a huntress holding a bow and arrow with a quiver of arrows to her back, wearing a gilded skirt and with inset glass eyes, standing beside a water flagon and dead game bird lying on a bale and with a gilded palm tree to the side, the oval base with an applied bronze floral mount to the front, height 25cm.*Notes This style of clock first came to fruition in the late-18th century and was very much influenced by the writings of authors including Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Bernardin de Saint-Pierre and manufacture coincided with the abolition of the slave trade in France with the Convention Decrete in 1793. Various forms of this clock were produced at this time, often using the same figure, but with different themes. One example swaps the palm tree for an anchor and has the figure leaning on a bale, whereas another is known showing the figure pouring a sack of coffee into a barrel which takes the place of the bale with the more elaborate models having further bronze figural mounts with more elaborate settings.* Notes Reference Pierre Kjellberg 'Encyclopedie de la Pendule Francais' Pub. Les Editions l'Amateur Paris 1997, pages 342-359.
William Cribb, Southampton Row, London; a Regency mahogany bracket clock: the eight-day duration five-pillar double-fusee movement striking the hours on a bell, the eight-inch round convex dial having black Roman numerals, blued-steel moon hands and signed Wm. Cribb, Southampton Row, London, the mahogany case having inset brass-bound panels to the front, canted corners with brass inlaid decoration, fishscale frets to the sides with decorative brass cornucopia handles above, the architectural pediment surmounted by a cast-brass acorn finial, all standing on brass ball feet, with a later matching bracket, height 48cm.*Biography William Cribb was a well-known chronometer maker first recorded as working in Coventry as a pupil to the influential watchmaker Thomas Hewitt before moving to 17 & 30, Southampton Row, Russell Square, London from 1816 until 1822, then 58, Theobalds Road and finally 146 Southampton Row until his death in 1876 having been a maker to the Admiralty.
A Chinese famille rose spoon and a Chinese porcelain snuff bottle: the first painted with fruits and floral sprays, the reverse with three bats, Daoguang seal mark, 14cm [some frits]; the globular snuff bottle painted in iron-red with dragons chasing sacred pearls amongst clouds and flame scrolls, dragon mark, 5cm and hardstone stopper [2].
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