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Lot 323
FORESTER (C S) - Lord Hornblower, first edition Michael Joseph 1946, with d/w; Mr Midshipman Hornblower, first, Michael Joseph 1950 with d/w; Lieutenant Hornblower, first, Michael Joseph 1952, with d/w; Hornblower and the Atropos, first, Michael Joseph 1953, with d/w; Hornblower and the Hotspur, first, Michael Joseph 1962 with d/w and Randall and The River of Time, first, Michael Joseph 1951 with d/w (6)
Lot 328
BUCHAN (John) - The Blanket of the Dark, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton 1931, green cloth lacks d/w; Noel Coward Pomp and Circumstance, first, 1960 with d/w; Monica Dickens Flowers on the Grass, first, 1949 with d/w Freeman Wills Crofts Death of a Train, first, 1946 with d/w and Arthur Hailey In High Places, first 1962 with d/w (5)
Lot 110
A Naval General Service Medal to Midshipman William Larke, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Prince George at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, Commodore Horatio Nelson`s first victory, 14th February 1797, and was one of only three Officers who served in the ship to claim his medal. Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, St Vincent (William Larke, Midshipman.), light scratch to the obverse, therefore nearly extremely fine A total of 346 clasps were claimed for this action of which 3 Officers and 31 ratings who served in H.M.S. Prince George claimed their medal. Commander William Larke joined the as Royal Navy as Able Seaman, 1796, serving in Hebe (38 guns) served in the West Indies. In the same year as joining Larke was promoted to Midshipman and assisted with the suppression and insurrection in the islands of St Vincent and Grenada. In November 1797 he joined the Prince George, later fighting alongside his men at Cape St Vincent. After a servitude of four years with the Earl of St Vincent and the Honourable William Cornwallis, as Master`s Mate Larke went on to serve in the Mediterranean and back in the West Indies. In March 1802 he was promoted to Acting-Lieutenant of Brunswick (74 guns), being officially promoted on 1st July 1803 and in May 1804. Later service saw Larke in the Sea Fencibles at Cromer, Norfolk. Larke was invested with the Governorship of the Royal Navy Hospital North Yarmouth, where he continued until September 1814. Finally Larke accepted the rank of Commander until July 1834 (O`Byrne refer). H.M.S. Prince George H.M.S. Prince George launched 31.08.1772 at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. She was originally a 90-gun second rate ship of the line, but was upgraded to 98 guns during her career through the addition of eight 12 pdr guns to her quarterdeck. Prince George was under the command of Rear-Admiral William Parker and Captain John Irwin during the action at St Vincent and 8 of her crew were killed, 7 wounded during this action. Prince George went on to serve her King and Country until she was later converted to serve as a sheer hulk and was broken up in 1839. The action at Cape St. Vincent, 14th February 1797 The British defeat of the Spanish fleet off the Cape of St Vincent on the Portuguese coast, thus wrecking French plans to invade England. The Spanish fleet, 27 ships strong, was en route to join the French at Brest, but met their match in the British fleet comprising 15 ships under the command of Sir John Jervis. As dawn broke Jervis`s ships were in position to engage the Spanish, Jervis, Captains Calder and Hallowell were on the quarter deck of the Victory counting the ships when the following account was reported "There are eight sail of the line, Sir John", "Very well", "There are twenty sail of the line, Sir John", "Very well, sir", "There are twenty five sail of the line, Sir John", "Very well, sir", "There are twenty seven sail of the line, Sir John", "Enough, sir, no more of that; the die is cast, and if there are fifty sail I will go through them". At which point Captain Hallowell became so excited that he thumped the Admiral on the back, "That`s right Sir John, and by God, we`ll give them a damn good licking!" By 11.30am all ships were in position and the action had begun. Three ships including H.M.S. Prince George tacked to reverse her course and take after the Spanish column. They were shortly joined by Victory and the remaining fleet. Once together they formed a U shape around the enemy. Fighting went on until about 17.00hrs, when it concluded with a British victory. 73 men of the Royal Navy were killed, a further 227 wounded. Spanish casualties were far higher, about 1000 men killed or wounded with 144 killed in one ship alone. It was Nelson`s first victory and gave him the recognition from his fellow colleagues that he was a skilled and fearless leader.
Lot 113
A Well Documented Medical Group to Surgeon A.R. Tweedie F.R.C.S., whose long and successful career saw him serve in New Zealand, South Africa, Gallipoli and Egypt, and who was so proficient in the practice of medicine, was made an Honorary Surgeon at the Nottingham General Hospital Queen`s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (A.R. Tweedie, Surgeon.), officially engraved; 1914-15 Star (Lt.Col. A.R. Tweedie R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oakleaves (Col. A.R. Tweedie); Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., with integral top riband Bar, Hallmarks for London 1919, edge bruise to first otherwise good very fine or better, mounted for wear (5) with: - Dress miniature awards - Framed miniature portrait photograph of the recipient - 1953 Coronation Medal, in box of issue (purely associated) - Masonic Jewel, silver gilt and enamel `United Service Lodge Nottinghamshire`, in a black case by `G. Kenning &Son` - Lacquered brass compass - Brown leather case inscribed `Alex R. Tweedie C.M.O.) Together with an extensive amount of original paperwork and books relating to the Tweedie family including six scroll certificates to the recipient: - St Bartholomew`s Hospital Medical School elected to the `Junior Scholarship in Anatomy and Biology` 1896 (2nd place) - St Bartholomew`s Hospital Medical School 1896 `Practical Anatomy Junior` - St Bartholomew`s Hospital Medical School 1897 `Practical Anatomy, Senior, Certificate of Merit - The Royal College of Surgeons of England, qualified in the `Science and Art of Surgery` 19.10.1900 - The Royal College of Surgeons of England qualified for the `Fellowship of the College`, 30.11.1901 - Qualification to Practice Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, 25.10.? - A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force July 1917 to October 1918, recipients name inscribed in ink on the cover - Headed Letters from Rawlinson House written by Alice Tweedy, 30.4.1915 detailing movements of the recipient (presumably Tweedie had embarked for Gallipoli) - A book titled `Our Guests`, first entry 3.2.1909 signed by members of the Tweedie family and friends, last entry 28.12.1934, in a velum case with gold block `A.R. Tweedie` - A book titled `The History of the Tweedie Family`, by Michael Forbes Tweedie, 1902, detailing the comprehensive account of the family from the 12th century onwards, including details of family members during the Magne Carta in 1215, black and white plates include family members graves, the family residences at `Rawlinson House` and `The Hoo, Kempston, Bedfordshire` - Burkes Landed Gentry, Centenary Edition 1937 pamphlet, detailing the lineage of the estate. M.I.D., London Gazette 21.6.1916 Surgeon Alexander Robert Tweedie, F.R.C.S. (1871-1936), born Bickley, Kent, educated at Rempton before Medical School, after qualifying in 1901 he held the appointments of Casualty House-Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital, and Junior Assistant at the Hospital for Diseases of Throat, Golden Square. In 1908 Tweedie was appointed Honorary Assistant Surgeon to the Nottingham Children`s Hospital, and in 1911 to the Nottingham General Hospital (Queen`s Medical Centre). Military Service In 1893 he joined the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, and during the Boer War served as civil surgeon. Later service saw Tweedie as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Kent Artillery (Volunteers) and on the establishment of the Territorials he transferred to the R.A.M.C., in 1908 and took an active part in raising the ambulance of the Notts and Derby Mounted Brigade. Service during the Great War saw Tweedie present at the opening of the Gallipoli Campaign; had command of a large medical organization in Alexandria; served all through the expedition to Tripoli against the Senussi. Later on he administered a large medical district in Upper Egypt and commanded the Citadel Hospital at Cairo. Tweedie was a Senior Medical Officer of a division at the final assault on Gaza, and in pursuit of the Turks in the Jaffa-Jerusalem line and beyond. Tweedie retired from the Territorial Army reaching the rank of Colonel. Post Great War In 1919 Tweedie became an Honorary Surgeon to the Nottingham General Hospital, in 1920 Honorary Surgeon to the newly created Ear, Throat and Nose Department. Other achievements included Vice-President to the Section of Laryngology and Otology at the Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association, meeting in Nottingham in 1926. Tweedie was a prominent Freemason, as a past member of the Royal Sussex Lodge and also at the Provincial Grand Lodge of Nottinghamshire. Described by his peers as "kindly and sympathetic by nature, and full of good humour", and as an after dinner speaker he was very much in demand and had great facility in telling amusing stories. In 1908 Tweedie married Anna the only daughter of Colonel F.W. Mahin, American Consul in Nottingham (see lot 114)
Lot 114
An interesting group of medals to Abbie Anna (Cadle) Mahin, a Daughter of the American Revolution and Mother in Law of Surgeon A.R. Tweedie Daughters of the American Revolution, Membership Badges (5) comprising: - Silver gilt and enamel Badge, obverse reads `Daughters of Founders & Patriots of America 1607-1898`, reverse `A Patria Condita` engraved `Abbie Anna Cadle Mahin 3080`, 40mm, top riband Bar engraved `Henry Lamprey Lt. Daniel Lamprey` - Silver. Silver gilt and enamel Badge, obverse reads `Daughters of the American Revolution`, reverse engraved `Abbie Cadle Mahin 4113` impressed `Caldwell 9.22.91`, 30mm diameter, top riband Bar engraved `Clinton Chapter` - Gold coloured metal Badge, with bird drop, engraved `35 A.C.M.`, 50mm including drop, top riband Bar engraved `Abbie Cadle Mahin 1934` - Gold coloured metal, enamel Badge, obverse reads `Atavis Edite Regibus`, reverse engraved `Order of the Crown of America`, 70mm including crown suspension - Gold coloured metal, enamel Badge, obverse reads `Society of the Colonial Dames of America`, reverse `Virtutes Majorum Filiae Conservant`, engraved `Abbie Cadle Mahin No11 1896`, 40mm, top riband Bar `Massachusetts` - 14K gold, enamel lapel badge, obverse reads `D. Of the B.of.R.`, reverse engraved `289` with: - A miniature portrait painted on porcelain probably of the recipient - Hard back book titled `In Memory of Ruth Lamprey Cadle`, printed by `L.P. Allen, Steam Printing and Binding, Iowa, 1885, with a contemporary photograph of a Victorian Lady - Book titled `Genealogy of the Cadle Family`, with a forward by `Frank W. Mahin, Washington D.C. February, 1915.` - A 1920s Photograph of three ladies (the cataloguer assumes the lady in the foreground to be Anna Tweedie, the daughter of Abbie and Frank Mahin), printed by `The Brompton Press Bureau, Nottingham` (Anna Tweedie (1880-1970) born in Muscatine, Iowa) Abbie Anna Mahin born Muscantine, Iowa 1857, married Frank W. Mahin 1879. New York Times 1.8.1916 The Hague, July 31.- Frank W. Mahin. The American Consul at Amsterdam, and his wife Mrs Abbie Mahin were the only American passengers on board the Koningin Wilelmina (K.W. thereafter). Both were saved. This information was given to The Associated Press by the Zeeland Steamship Company. The Zeeland Company also is authority for the information that all the passengers and crew were saved except the three stokers who were killed. All the passengers are on board a British torpedo boat destroyer, which is proceeding to England. None of the passengers was injured. The first passengers to enter lifeboats were rowed to the North Hinder Lightship. On arriving there it was seen that the K.W. remained afloat, seemingly justifying the hope that the thousands of empty barrels would keep her buoyant. The lifeboat, accordingly, returned to the ship. The K.W., however, began to sink by the head and soon disappeared. The lifeboats with the passengers then returned to the North Hinder Lightship, where they were picked up by a British destroyer, two tugs with doctors, who were on hand to rescue the survivors. This is the third mail steamer the company has lost since the war started. History of the D.A.R. The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890, women felt the desire to express their patriotic feelings and were frustrated their exclusion from men`s organisations formed to perpetuate the memory of ancestors who fought for independence and it was limited to ladies who "could prove lineal, blood line descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence." (See lot 113)
Lot 116
A Group of Three to Private W. Trenholm, Duke of Cornwall`s Light Infantry India General Service 1895-1902, two clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (615. Pte. W. Trenholm. 1/D.C.L.I.), correctly named in crude engraved running script; Queen`s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (675 Pte W. Trenholm. 1st D.Of.C. Lt Infity:); King`s South Africa, two clasps (674 Pte W. Trenholm. D. Of C.L.I.), suspension slack to first, edge bruising throughout, generally very fine, mounted for wear on a contemporary silver riband Bar, second detached. 675 Sergeant William Barlow Trenholm, born Hackney, Middlesex, 1863; served with the Duke of Cornwall`s Light Infantry from 1882; obtained his Musketry Drill certificate 1885; promoted Sergeant 1894; discharged 15.8.1903 after 21 years 21 days with the Colours, sold with service papers from the National Archive. (See lot 115)
Lot 119
A Crimea Group of Three to General Sir Francis William Thomas, K.C.B., R.M.L.I., who saw considerable action during his time in the Crimea Campaign and was present at Odessa, Balaklava, Eupatoria and Kinburn Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (1st Lieut F.W. Thomas. R.M.), contemporarily engraved in large sloping serif capitals; Turkey, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast Badge, silver, gold and enamel, damage to enamel, rosette on riband; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, pierced for suspension as issued, with ring, first with contact marks, good fine or better (3) K.C.B. London Gazette 19.6.1911 General Francis William Thomas, R.M.L.I. General Sir Francis William Thomas, K.C.B. (1832-1925), son of Captain J.W. Thomas, R.M; Entered the Royal Marines 1849 as 2nd Lieutenant; 1st Lieutenant, 1853; served in H.M.S. Bellerophon (1853-54); served with the Black Sea Fleet and was present at the Bombardment of Odessa; Landed at Eupatoria and at Balaklava; Present with the Expeditionary Force at the capture of Kinburn; Sir Francis was favourably recommended by Lord George Paulet to take the position of Adjutant to the detachment, 1857; Captain, 1862; Between 1862-66 saw Sir Francis in command of a detachment employed on the public works on Ireland Island, Bermuda; Major, 1877. Lieutenant-Colonel, 1878; Major-General, 1886; advanced General, 1889; retired 1897.
Lot 125
A "Crimea group" of three to Sergeant J. Jordan, West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales Own) Regiment Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol (Joseph Jordan No3082. 14th Regt), renamed in medium serif capitals; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (Joseph Jordan 3082 14th. Regt), later impressed in sans serif capitals; Army Long Service & G.C., 2nd type (3082 Sergt J. Jordan. 14th Regt.), renamed in sans serif capitals, first fine, second and third good fine, last with traces of brooch mounting (3) sold with a copy of the recipients service papers
Lot 248
A Charbens Tree wagon, boxed, a Crescent Toys British Infantry Set, six pieces, boxed, a Crescent Toys No 695 ARP First Aid Post, eight pieces metal, tinplate and cotton set, boxed, a Britains Model Farm 603 six rabbits, boxed, and a Timpo "Knights in Armour", KN57 Sir Hugh De Bracy, boxed, F-G (5)
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