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A Japanese cigarette case depicting a lake scene with Torii gate, signed

A George III mahogany demi-lune tea table with twin hinged folding top revealing a storage well, raised on a turned and pad-footed gate leg action frame

Three pieces of 9ct gold jewellery, comprising a cameo brooch with 9ct gold mount, stamped '375', 2.5 by 3cm, two 9ct gold bracelets, a gate link bracelet, and a chain bracelet, both 18cm long, and two 9ct gold drop earrings of hoop form, inset with white stones, a/f, 5.7g of weighable gold. (3)Earrings damaged.

A Kernow Model Rail Centre Exclusive OO gauge Adams 02 Tank British Rail Black early emblem pull push locomotive (30182), along with a LWSR Gate Stock coaches (373)

Three shoe-boxes containing a quantity of Britains and similar lead hollowcast civilian and farming accessories, to include trees, tree with gate, fencing and zoo cages, a quantity of Britains Home Farm series walls and hedges etc (mixed lot)

A 9ct gold gate bracelet with heart locket, 4.5g

^ BERTRAND PLEYDELL BOUVERIE (BRITISH 1914-1999) 'EXIT GATE FROM THE PADDOCK, NEWMARKET', signed and dated (9.11.61) l.r., watercolour (Titled l.l.)14 cm x 21 cm

A 9ct gold link bracelet a/f clasp detached, along with a fine link 9ct gold gate bracelet and two 9ct gold coin style rings, total combined weight approx. 22gms Condition report: wear and tear commensurate with age  

A 9ct gold 6 row gate bracelet with plain and textured links, padlock clasp, length approx. 18cm, weight approx. 22.7gms Condition report: good links intact, some slight denting and tarnish to links, clasp working

A mahogany Sherborne table with turned lags and pull out gate leg and ceramic and brass casters.W:61cm x D:17cm x H:66cm folded Extended Depth: 71cm

Oak Gate Leg Table

George III mahogany drop leaf table, with shaped leaves with leaf and scroll edge above slender gate legs base, 66cm wide x 77cm when fully open, 71cm high

A late 19th century oak drop leaf gate leg table

18th century oak oval gate leg table on turned legs and pad feet 74cm x 125cm long x 94cm wide

A 9ct hallmarked five bar gate bracelet terminating in padlock fastener, with a similar 9ct three bar gate bracelet, total weight 20g. (2)

A lady's 9ct hallmarked Excalibur wrist watch, batons to a rectangular silvered dial, case and three bar gate bracelet, total weight 15g, Edinburgh 1966.

An early 20th Century 9ct rose gold three bar gate bracelet with shot details terminating in tongue and box fastener, weight 10.5g, length 18cm, stamped 9ct.

A 9ct hallmarked three bar gate bracelet terminating in padlock fastener, with a similar 9ct identity bracelet, total weight 15g. (2)

A 9ct gold gate link charm bracelet, 15g

A 9ct gate-link bracelet with a 9ct gold hear shaped lock, one link gold coloured metal, safety chain unmarked yellow metal, total weight 18.2gLocation: Cab

An Edwardian mahogany drop leaf gate leg spider leg table in the Georgian manner 79 cm x 50 cm x 51.5 cm high together with a mahogany framed triple dressing mirror with bevel edge plates

A 20th Century walnut oval double gate-leg dining table in the 18th Century manner, raised on turned and ringed supports united by turned stretchers, to blocks on turned feet, 185 cm x 188 cm x 76 cm high

A 9ct gold gate bracelet, with belcher chain and heart shaped padlock, with safety chain, 18cm long, 19.7g.

G. Larkin. Lady in front of a thatched cottage beside a gate, oil on board, 39cm x 29cm.

A gate bracelet, of six bar linked design with safety chain, yellow metal, unmarked, 18cm long, 11.6g all in.

A Golden Gate faux fur coat, size 20, and four fur jackets of various types. (5)

AN 18TH CENTURY LEATHER BOMBARD the cylindrical body with applied border to bold interwoven handles, applied crest to the body of a standing or leaping lion, the folded rim with spout(20cm high)Provenance: Property from Kilmany House, FifeFootnote: Note: This is the 'model' for the previous silver lot. Leather drinking and pouring vessels have been in use for centuries, but the more common examples seen are from the 16th century to the 19th century being overtaken then by pewter. Silver mounts were not unusual on blackjacks, often with the owner's initials or if high enough standing his crest or armorials. This bombard is unusual in being twin handled and probably for communal use to be passed round a group of friends or members of a family, clan or club and with an applied crest which we believe to be a demi-lion rampant. The original medieval bombards were based on the shape of an explosive device called a petard and used in the storming of a castle, thus bombing it. The very rotund shape was packed with any old item of metal and gunpowder and was carried by a man who laid it at the foot of the castle gate. Obviously he retreated as quickly as possible but on many occasions was blown up by the petard, leading to the expression “hoisted by his own petard”. Over many years the petards became known as bombs because they were used to “Bomb” castles and from which the army rank of Bombardier originates. It is from this source that the name of bombard was finally given to leather pouring jugs of a similar shape. The shape of pouring bombards was based on the old bombard gun barrel which was very bulbous and not truly cylindrical. The bulbous shape was to allow room for an expanding explosion, which a truly cylindrical shape would not create. The cylindrical shape to this example possibly indicates a later bombard. The method of hardening leather is called “Jacking”, hence the vessel name. Jacking caused the leather to turn black, hence “Black Jack”. Our thanks to Stephen Roberts of Hidebound Ltd. for his comments

Stanley Anderson (1884-1966)'Making the gate' copper engraving, numbered edition 70 in pencil, signed in pencil lower right, 22cm x 16.5cmCondition report: Overall good condition, overall minor display wear to the frame as expected. Please note we have not removed this piece from the frame to examine.

FOUR SECTIONS OF WROUGHT IRON FENCING, A WROUGHT IRON GATE AND FOUR POSTS

A STAG BEDSIDE TABLE AND A MINIATURE GATE LEG TABLE

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY OAK BARLEYTWIST GATE LEG DINING TABLE

A SILVER GATE BRACELET

THREE SILVER GATE BRACELETS

A cast iron sign PENALTY FOR NEGLECT £2, 52 cm wide, another similar, SHUT THIS GATE, 42 cm wide, both painted green, and a reproduction cast iron sign BEWARE OF TRAINS, 49.5 cm wide (3)

Cast iron white Please Close The Gate sign, L: 17 cm. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Cast iron black Close The Gate sign, L: 17 cm. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

A BABY GATE

A SMALL MAHOGANY GATE LEG TABLE with pad feet, and a 'Sutherland' type occasional table (both with damage)

A 9 carat yellow gold three bar gate bracelet, 8.3gm, identity bracelet not marked, 6.9gm, circular locket and 9 carat gold fine belcher link chain 70cm, chain 5.5gm.

Ardath - a lady's 9 carat gold bracelet watch, 10mm square arabic dial in a 14c. 585 rose metal rectangular case, 9 carat yellow gold three bar gate link bracelet, 5mm wide, with an expanding section adjacent to the clasp, gross weight 12.2gm. no box, watch is fully wound and not running at present time.

A lady's 9ct rose gold wrist watch, white enamel 22mm dial with black and red arabic numerals, outer chapter ring of gold-coloured beads, Swiss movement, on a rose metal expanding link gate bracelet, marked 9ct, watch is running at present time although no guarantee is given.

A pair of black painted wrought-iron garden gates of scroll design, each gate, 21¼” wide x 63½” high.

Three: Private J. Monger, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was killed in action near Ypres on 23 October 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (10648 Pte. J. Monger. 2/R. Sc: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (10648 Pte. J. Monger. R. S. Fus.) good very fine or better (3) £200-£240 --- Joseph Monger was born in 1891 at Wolverhampton and attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1912. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1914 and was killed in action on 23 October 1914. His battalion had arrived at Ypres on 14 October and and four days later found itself in a battle for its existence: ‘Moved forward to Tirhand (18th) and engaged enemy. Major Ian Forbes wrote that the battalion was now constantly under fire and it was difficult to tell the difference between night and day. The enemy were persistent in their attacks, he recalls, and came on time after time; 4 or 5 to one as -”...rows and rows of canon fodder.” A ditch in front of the Battalion’s line, roughly 6 feet deep, 10 feet across and about 100 yards long, became filled with German dead. Withdrew during evening (19th) and dug in on line between Reutel and Poezelhoek. Held line under constant bombardment and attack. War Diary records (21st) that “D” Company were enfiladed by machine-gun fire and the enemy broke through between them and 2nd Yorkshire, forcing a withdrawal. “A” Company led counter-attack (22nd) but although the houses in Poezelhoek were cleared - was unable to regain lost ground. Major Forbes recalls the death of Captain F. Fairlie and that for days he could see the bodies of his men lying in front of the trenches. War Diary records enemy attacking “C” Company’s position 5.30am (24th). Some 40 German prisoners were taken, but the company was eventually forced to retire having been reduced to a strength of 2 officers and 75 men.’ (British Battalions in France and Belgium 1914 by Ray Westlake refers) Monger has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Three: Sergeant E. W. Slater, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action in the attack on Poelcapelle, during the Battle of Langemarck, on 21 October 1914 1914 Star (9219 Sjt. E. W. Slater. S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (9219 Sjt. E. W. Slater. S. Wales Bord.) nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- Ernest William Slater was born in 1886 at Holborn, London and enlisted for the South Wales Borderers in London in 1906. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914 and, following his battalion’s very fierce fighting during the operations above Troyon and on the Mont Faucon Ridge on the Aisne in September, entrained and travelled north to billets at Hondeghem. The 1st South Wales Borderers entrained for Cassel on 17 October and moved forward to Langemarck in the Ypres Sector on 21 October, taking part in the attack on Poelcapelle at a cost of 2 officers killed, 1 officer wounded, 19 other ranks killed, 62 wounded and 65 missing. The battalion then held the line under heavy fire at Poelcapelle, repulsing several enemy infantry attacks - Atkinson’s Regimental History quotes one officer present as saying ’they came on in masses of 200 and simply got cut to pieces’. Private Slater was among those killed on 21 October 1914. He was the son of William G. and Eliza Slater of 1 Franklin Street, South Tottenham, London and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Family group: Three: Sergeant J. H. Lowe, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action at Gheluvelt on 31 October 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (8159 Sjt. J. H. Lowe. S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (8159 Sjt. J. H. Lowe S. Wales Bord.) good very fine Pair: Private E. Lowe, Northumberland Fusiliers, later Labour Corps British War and Victory Medals (50302 Pte. E. Lowe. North’d Fus.) good very fine (5) £240-£280 --- James Harling Lowe was born in 1884 at Norton, Derbyshire and attested for the South Wales Borderers in 1903. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914 in the rank of Sergeant, and was recorded as missing presumed dead following the fighting by the battalion around Gheluvelt Châteaux on 31 October 1914. He was the son of Thomas and Maria Lowe of Rectory Villa, Low Edges, Norton, Sheffield and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Edward Lowe, younger brother of the above, was born in 1887 at Sheffield, Yorkshire and served during the Great War in the Northumberland Fusiliers, later transferring to the Labour Corps.

Four: Private W. Kirk, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), who was killed in action near Veldhoek Chateau during the First Battle of Ypres on 11 November 1914 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6411 Pte. W. Kirk. W. Riding Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6411 Pte. W. Kirk. 2/W. Rid: R.); British War and Victory Medals (6411 Pte. W. Kirk. W. Rid. R.) first with slight edge bruising, good very fine and better (4) £260-£300 --- William Kirk was born in 1877 at Lincoln, and resided in Undercliffe, Yorkshire. He attested for the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment at Bradford, Yorkshire in June 1900 and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 31 May 1901 to 27 March 1902 (QSA with 3 clasps). This was followed by 4 years in India with the 2nd Battalion and, having extended his terms of service in 1904 to complete 8 years with the colours, he was transferred to the reserve in 1908. Mobilized from the reserve at Halifax on 5 August 1914 following the outbreak of war, he served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 11 September 1914. The 2nd West Riding saw action in the attack on Violaines (22 October 1914) during the Battle of La Bassée, and then moved through Ypres on 5 November. They were next engaged in a fierce attack near Hermitage Chateau to regain lost trenches before moving to new positions at the Veldoek Chateau on 10 November - the woods of these two old estates being separated by the Ypres-Menin Road. The enemy then attacked in force the following morning at about 8 am; Major E. G. Harrison kept a diary which noted: ‘Exceptionally heavy shelling started 7 a.m., practically all shrapnel, covering the whole position from the firing line to the reserves, continuing the bombardment till 8 a.m., when it abated. At this time a message came to me by an orderly from Lieut. R. O. D. Carey, saying, “Am very hard pressed but will hang on as long as possible.” I then advanced with the remainder of my force. We found the Germans had advanced past the Veldoek Chateau, but we managed to repulse them, gaining back the ground, being nearly as far as our old firing line, which Lieut. R. O. D. Carey with D Company had been driven out of. We could have actually regained these trenches if the troops on the right and left of us had been up.’ The battalion had suffered casualties between 5 and 15 November of 7 officers and approximately 380 other ranks with Private Kirk being among those killed in action. Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Three: Private E. Davies, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), who was reported missing after the action at Wasmes on 24 August 1914; re-joining his regiment on 3 November he was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres on 11 November 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (7305 Pte. E. Davies. 2/W. Rid: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7305 Pte. E. Davies. W. Rid. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £240-£280 --- Enoch Davies was born in Hull, Yorkshire in 1883 and attested for the West Riding Regiment at Halifax on 27 November 1902. He served in India February 1904 to November 1905 and transferred to the Army Reserve on the expiration of his period of Army Service on 30 November 1905. Following the outbreak of the Great War, he was mobilised from the Reserve at Halifax on 5 August 1914 and posted to the 2nd Battalion, disembarking with them at Havre, France on 15 August. Billeted in the market place at Hornu on the night of the 22 August, Davies’ battalion moved forward the following day and fought at the Battle of Mons on the British Expeditionary Force’s first main day of fighting. Deployed along the canal at St. Ghislain, the battalion’s rifle fire took a terrible toll on the advancing Germans, as testified to by Lieutenant Ince: ‘I think it was about 8 or 8.30 p.m., when at about 500 yards we saw a German company in fours marching down a road on our right flank towards the British positions. We immediately opened fifteen rounds rapid into them, together with one of our Vickers guns. We practically wiped out the German company, though they did the only thing they could do, that was to extend and immediately open fire on us. Most of them were either killed or wounded, and a few retired rapidly. Our casualties were unfortunately two killed and one or two slightly wounded.’ And also by Lieutenant O’Kelly: ‘About an hour later (3 o’clock afternoon) we saw the enemy advancing in a great mass several hundreds strong, while we were about 50 only. We opened rapid fire and did terrible damage, the enemy’s front ranks falling fast, but always filling up. Each man must have fired some hundreds of rounds that evening.’ That night the battalion withdrew via Hornu to Wasmes where they came under heavy shell fire at daybreak, followed by an infantry assault later in the morning by German III Corps who advanced in columns and were ‘mown down like grass’ by British rifle fire and machine-gun fire. The 2nd West Riding Regiment together with other battalions of the 13th Brigade then held off repeated German attacks on the village of Wasmes, incurring heavy casualties of their own, and then retreated in good order to St. Vaast around midday. Brigadier-General C. D. Bruce, C.B.E. records in the regimental history a number of first hand accounts from those present at Wasmes; one survivor, a Corporal in C Company describes how Lieutenant Russell’s No. 12 Platoon of C Company met their end: ‘The Germans were all round his front, right, and rear, and at very close quarters. More Germans were advancing across the cornfield in which the platoon was situated, carrying stacks of corn as shields in front of them. Mr. Russell and his platoon were all firing the ‘mad minute’ with their bayonets fixed. I saw the Germans charge the platoon, who fought to the last with the bayonet, and were all either killed or wounded. The Germans were piled in heaps all around them. All our officers were either killed or wounded.’ Private Davies was reported missing after the fighting at Wasmes on 24 August but he rejoined his regiment on 3 November 1914 just as they moved to billets near Dranoutre. Having moved through Ypres on 5 November, the 2nd West Riding Regiment were then engaged in a fierce attack near Hermitage Chateau to regain lost trenches before moving to new positions at the Veldoek Chateau on 10 November - the woods of these two old estates being separated by the Ypres-Menin Road. The enemy then attacked in force the following morning at about 8am; Major E. G. Harrison kept a diary which noted: ‘Exceptionally heavy shelling started 7 a.m., practically all shrapnel, covering the whole position from the firing line to the reserves, continuing the bombardment till 8 a.m., when it abated. At this time a message came to me by an orderly from Lieut. R. O. D. Carey, saying, “Am very hard pressed but will hang on as long as possible.” I then advanced with the remainder of my force. We found the Germans had advanced past the Veldoek Chateau, but we managed to repulse them, gaining back the ground, being nearly as far as our old firing line, which Lieut. R. O. D. Carey with D Company had been driven out of. We could have actually regained these trenches if the troops on the right and left of us had been up.’ Private Davies was reported missing after the day’s action which had caused the battalion over 300 casualties. He was later confirmed to have been killed on or since that date. He was the son of Harriet Davies and the husband of Sarah Davies and having no known grave is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Pair: Sergeant A. Spicksley, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment, who was killed in action at Kruiseecke Hill, during the First Battle of Ypres, in October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (6312 Sjt. A. Spicksley. 2/Bord: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (6312 Sjt. A. Spicksley. Bord. R.); Memorial Plaque (Alfred Spicksley) good very fine (3) £160-£200 --- Alfred William Spicksley was born in 1882 at New Barnet, Hertfordshire and attested for the Border Regiment in October 1900. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War and was awarded the Q.S.A. with 4 clasps. Following the outbreak of the Great War he served with 14 Platoon in the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 5 October 1914, his battalion moving forward to Ypres on 14 October then on to Zillebeke on 15 October and entrenched on Kruiseecke Hill on 20 October with the battalion’s front covering over 2 miles. Second Lieutenant Clancy was killed on 22 October and Captain Gordon and around 14 men were killed on 23 October. As the enemy began their attack in force on 24 October, the battalion was given the order that - ‘trenches were to be held at all costs’: ;Battalion’s positions came under heavy bombardment - trenches being commanded on three sides by enemy artillery, particularly from guns situated on America Ridge about 1 mile to the south-east. One officer calculated 1500 enemy shells during a 10 hour period. Colonel Wylly notes that it was impossible to leave the trenches by day, rations and supplies having to be brought up by night. There were no telephonic communications - messages being carried by runners, and enemy snipers were operating from 300 yards. Machine-gun section blown out of its position during night and one gun buried. Detachment under Lieutenant Wilson forced to retire to second position. Lieutenant Watson led his party back during night (25th) and upon seeing the enemy advancing in large numbers moved his gun to a more forward position where his section inflicted high casualties from 300 yards throughout the day. party of some 200 Germans entered line to the left of “B” Company and indicated that they wished to surrender. However, when Major Allen and six men moved out to bring them in he was killed with one other man. Front-line trenches held by “A” and “B” Companies taken (26th) - 70 survivors driven to the rear...later with Headquarters personnel, held off further enemy advance. “C” Company under Captain Molyneux-Seel brought up in support. Battalion ordered to retire to Zandvoorde during evening.’ (British Battalions in France and Belgium 1914 by Ray Westlake refers) The Registers of Soldiers’ Effects and CWGC both state that Spicksley was killed in action on 23 October 1914 whereas the 1914 Star medal roll states that he was killed in action on 26 October 1914. He was the son of James Spicksley, of New Barnet, Herts and the husband of Jeanie Hall Spicksley, of Braeport, Dunblane, Perthshire. Having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, and on the East Barnet Valley War Memorial, New Barnet. Sold together with a large quantity of photographs and postcards relating to the recipient, his family and the Border Regiment including a portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform and a postcard of 14 Platoon, 2nd Border Regiment, 27 August 1914, sent by the recipient to his mother post dated Pembroke Dock, 11 September 1914; a ticket to the opening ceremony of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres on 24 July 1927 and an associated medallion; A Border Regiment shoulder title; and a booklet entitled ‘Introduction to the registers of the Ypres (Menin Gate) and Tyne Cot, Passchendaele, Memorials, Belgium.’

Three: Lance Corporal W. J. Jupp, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, who was killed in action at Klein Zillebeke during the First Battle of Ypres on 7 November 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (10196 Pte. W. J. Jupp. 2/R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-10196 Pte. W. J. Jupp R. Suss. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- Wilfred John Jupp was born in 1894 at Brighton, Sussex and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Chichester in 1913. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914. After the Retreat from Mons, his battalion experienced heavy fighting above Troyon during the operations on the Aisne in September, and at Shrewsbury Forest and Bodmin Copse during the struggle for Gheluvelt, 30-31 October 1914. They were then moved to Klein Zillebeke on 7 November and were in action the same day losing Second Lieutenant G. Moore and approximately 20 men killed, wounded or missing. Lance Corporal was among those killed. He was the son of Charles and Caroline Jupp of 96 Elm Grove, Brighton and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Sold together with a copied photograph of the recipient as an infant.

Three: Private A. J. Payne, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment), who was killed in action near Zonnebeke during the First Battle of Ypres on 26 October 1914 1914 Star (7378 Pte. A. J. Payne. 1/R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7378 Pte. A. J. Payne. R. Berks. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £200-£240 --- Albert James Payne was born at Compton, Berkshire, and attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment at Reading in September 1903. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 September 1914 and was killed in action on 26 October 1914. On this date, his battalion were in support of an attack by the 1st King’s Liverpool Regiment to clear the remaining Germans from Molenaarenshoek, 1 mile south-east of Zonnebeke, after which they continued their advance up the Becelaere Road. He was the son of David and Martha Payne and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Three: Private R. A. S. Beck, 13th Hussars, attached 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars, who was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres on 29 October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (1174 Private R. A. S. Beck. 11/Hrs:) with damaged named card box of issue and outer O.H.M.S. transmission envelope addressed to, ‘Mrs. C. Beck, 13, Pratt Street, Lambeth Road, London, S.E.11.’; British War and Victory Medals (1174 Pte. R. A. S. Beck. 11-Hrs.); Memorial Plaque (Roland Archibald Stephen Beck) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope and outer O.H.M.S. transmission envelope similarly addressed, extremely fine (4) £260-£300 --- Roland Archibald Stephen Beck was born in 1886 at Battersea, Surrey, the son of Isaac George and Constantia Beck. He attested for the 13th Hussars and in 1911 was stationed with them at Meerut, India. During the Great War, he served on the Western Front from 8 October 1914, attached to the 11th Hussars, and was recorded ‘presumed dead’ on 29 October 1914, the opening day of the battle of Gheluvelt, during the First Battle of Ypres. He was later confirmed to have been killed in action on this date and having no known grave, he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold together with named Cavalry Record Office enclosure for the 1914 Star, named Record Office enclosure for the British War and Victory Medals; O.H.M.S. receipt enclosure for 1914 Star clasp and note explaining reasons for non-issuance of roses.

Three: Private P. G. Smith, 1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), who was killed in action at Hooge, during the First Battle of Ypres, on 17 November 1914 1914 Star (9061 Pte. P. G. Smith. 1/Wilts: R.) in named card box of issue with Record Office transmission slip and outer OHMS envelope addressed to, ‘Mrs T. Smith, Telfont Magna, Nr Salisbury, Wilts.’; British War and Victory Medals (9061 Pte. P. G. Smith. Wilts. R.) in named card boxes of issue with Record Office transmission slip and outer OHMS envelope, similarly addressed; together with brass ‘Bed Plate’ inscribed, ‘P. G. Smith. 9051. Wiltshire. Regt.’ and a portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform, extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- Percy Gordon Smith was born in Teffont Magna, Wiltshire and having attested for the Wiltshire Regiment in September 1913, he served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. His battalion was heavily shelled facing Mons on 23 August and also when they suffered approximately 100 casualties at Caudry three days later. Following the retreat from Mons, the 1st Wiltshires began their advance from Châtres on 6 September and crossed the Aisne on 14 September, suffering heavy losses near Vailly (14 -22 September) and also the following month at Neuve Chapelle during the battle of La Bassé. Private Smith was killed in action on 17 November 1914 during the First Battle of Ypres. The War Diary of the 1st Wiltshire Regiment described the day’s activities as follows: ‘In action. 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment are in trenches at Hooge. Shelling started about 9am. In fantry attack about 10.30am. At noon about 150 Germans got into D Company’s trenches. At 12.10 a platoon of D Company executed a bayonet charge against them, and drive them out killing about 50 Germans, and wounding many others. They then started to shell D Company very heavily, also using mortar. Major Roche killed by a Shell. Lieutenant Browne seriously wounded. 2nd Lieutenant Chandler killed by bullet wound. Lieut. Goodhart took over duties of Adjutant vice Lieeut. Browne wounded. 11 killed, 15 wounded.’ Private P. G. Smith was the son of Thomas and Margaret Smith, of Teffont Magna, Salisbury and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Three: Private C. C. Ferguson, 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, who was killed in action at the Battle of Nonne Boschen, during the First Battle of Ypres, on 11 November 1914 1914 Star (9583 Pte. C. Ferguson. Cam’n: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (9583 Pte. C. C. Ferguson. Cam’n Highrs.) extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- Charles Craig Ferguson was born c.1892 in Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire and attested for the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders at Glasgow in 1913. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, arriving at Havre on 14 August 1914 with the original British Expeditionary Force. Deployed to serve as Army Troops attached to General Headquarters, Headquarters 1st Army and Headquarters 2nd Army, Ferguson’s battalion took part in the Retreat from Mons in this capacity. Relieved from duties with the General Headquarters in early September, it became part of 1st Brigade, 1st Division and engaged the enemy at the Marne and the Aisne, taking part in heavy fighting at the Chemin des Dames. Having continued to see costly engagements throughout October at Ypres, Langemarck and Gheluvelt, the 1st Cameron Highlanders were moved to trenches around Veerbeek Farm where, on the night of 11 November, they faced the final German attempt to break through the British lines around Ypres. This attack, preceded by a prolonged and heavy artillery bombardment, was mostly turned back by accurate British rifle fire but the Prussian Guard emerging from the morning mist, succeeded in breaking through the lines of the British 1st Guards Brigade (Scots Guards, Cameron Highlanders and Black Watch) in a rare bayonet attack. Accurate artillery fire and isolated points of British resistance then took any further momentum out of the Germans who withdrew into the Nonne Boschen woods, thus giving this battle, the last major German offensive of First Ypres, its name. Initially reported missing, Private Ferguson was later confirmed among the 137 men of the Battalion to be killed on 11 November 1914. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Ferguson of 8 Mathieson St., Govan, Glasgow and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Pair: Private L. P. Hewett, 1/14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish), who was reported missing, presumed dead, after heavy fighting at Messines Ridge on 31 October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (1310 Pte. L. P. Hewett. 14/Lond: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1310 Pte. L. P. Hewett. 14-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Leonard Percy Hewett) with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. Leonard Percy Hewett 14 London Regt.’ in OHMS transmission tube, address label torn off, nearly extremely fine (4) £160-£200 --- Leonard Percy Hewett was born on 16 July 1894 in Paddington, London and was a resident of Hanwell. He served with H Company of the London Scottish during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 September 1914 and was reported missing on 1 November following fighting at Messines the previous day. His date of death was recorded for official purposes as 1 November 1914. Ray Westlake in British Battalions in France and Belgium 1914 uses a mixture of war diary extracts and eyewitness accounts to describe the multiple difficulties confronting the London Scottish at Messines on 31 October 1914: ‘Advanced up slopes of Messines Ridge to firing line just east of Messines-Wytschaete road. Heavy casualties among leading companies at crest of ridge. Enemy attacked about 9pm and were driven back by rifle fire and a series of charges. The rifles in use had been issued at Abbots Langley and were Mark 1 pattern converted to take Mark VII ammunition. Battalion records show that not a man had opportunity to fire the new weapons. It would soon be discovered that the magazines had springs too weak and that front stop clips were the wrong shape for Mark V II rounds. The rifles could only be used as single-loaders. However, Lieutenant Colonel Lindsay notes that - “steady shooting beat off the attack.” A second attack was also repulsed - “remembered it was Hallowe’en... saw a party of men in kilts in our rear. Did not know if they were our men of Germans. They got within a dozen yards, when we saw they were wore spiked helmets, and shot them. Were attacked in both front and rear.”, wrote one man present. A third attack forces the Scottish back - “they advanced in quarter column with a brass band playing at their head, playing the Austrian National Anthem.” Another eyewitness mentions seeing the Medical Officer, Captain A. Mac Nab, bayoneted and killed whilst attending to the wounded. Forward trenches almost surrounded. Reserve line at Enfer charged the enemy. Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay records - “a prolonged and confused struggle... there was hard fighting, bayonets were crossed, fire was exchanged at close quarters... officers, sergeants and men had to act on their own initiative.”’ The following extract is from War Service of the Staff of Coutts & Co. 1914-1918: ‘Leonard Percy Hewett entered the service of Coutts Bank at 440 Strand on the 14th October 1912, and in 1914 was employed in the Securities Department. He joined the London Scottish in 1910 at the age of 16 years 6 months, and at the outbreak of war was mobilised with that Battalion. A short time after, he proceeded to France with them and took part in the First Battle of Messines in October, after which engagement he was reported missing on the 1st November 1914. No further tidings being received, the War Office in due course presumed his death.’ Hewitt was the son of Mr. L. W. Hewett, of 10, Milton Rd., Hanwell, London and, having no known grave is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium and also on the Coutts Bank War Memorial, The Strand, Charing Cross, London. Sold together with an old photograph of the Coutts Bank War Memorial.

Three: Private P. J. Robinson, 1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment (Territorial Force), who met his death by shell-fire near Ypres on 17 November 1914 - the first member of his regiment to be killed in action during the Great War 1914 Star, with clasp (2636 Pte. P. J. Robinson. 1/1 Herts: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2636 Pte. P. J. Robinson. Herts. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- Philip James Robinson ‘was the only son of Mr and Mrs Robert Robinson of 75 New Road. Philip, know as “Buff”, was a Sunday School teacher at St. Mary’s and a member of the choir. He joined the Territorial Force at Hertford with the first group of volunteers a few weeks after war broke out. “Buff” went to France in November 1914 [6 Nov] and was the first member of the 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment to be killed in action. He met his death by shell-fire on 18 November 1914 whilst his “C” Company rested outside Ypres having just come out of the front line. His parents received the following letter from Major Page Croft, the Commanding Officer of “C” Company: ‘I deeply regret to have to inform you that Private Robinson lost his life from the effects of a German shell yesterday, November 18th. His death was instantaneous, and he could not have suffered pain. He was a splendid young fellow, full of pluck and good spirits, and having known him for so many years I feel his loss keenly. He was the first of our Regiment to die for his country, and I trust it may be a small consolation to you to know that he won the esteem of all officers and men, and that his devotion to duty was an example to his countrymen. Believe me, yours in deepest sympathy - H. P. Croft, Major” “Buff” was 22 years old when he died.’ (Our Boys: Ware Men in the First World War by Derek Armes refers). Close examination of the war diary of the 1/1st Hertfordshire Regiment reveals that the date of Private Robinson’s death was in fact 17 November 1914. This is also the date of death accepted by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Three: Corporal A. E. Boardman, 1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment, who was killed in action near Ypres on 18 November 1914 - a member of 12 Platoon, E Company, he is clearly identifiable in the well known photograph of his unit taken at Letchworth Train Station immediately following the outbreak of War 1914 Star (2270 Cpl. A. E. Boardman. 1/1 Herts: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2270 Cpl. A. E. Boardman. Herts. R.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur Ernest Boardman) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, nearly extremely fine (4) £240-£280 --- Arthur Edwin Boardman was born in 1893 at Hove, Sussex and was a resident of Herne Hill, Surrey. He attested for the Hertfordshire Regiment, Territorial Force, on 26 June 1912 and was promoted Corporal in June 1913. A Journalist by profession, he was mobilised on the outbreak of war and served with E Company of the 1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment on the Western Front from 6 November. He was killed in action in the early hours of the morning on 18 November as he went from trench to trench with ration supplies, close to Zillebeke, near Ypres. Shortly before his death he was warned, ‘Watch out for the machine guns - they are lively tonight,’ to which he is said to have replied, ‘Never mind that - I have to look after feeding the men.’ He was the son of Leonard Duncan and Eliza Ann Boardman of 238 Croydon Road, Caterham Valley, Surrey and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Corporal Boardman and his comrades in 12 Platoon, E Company, 1st Hertfordshire Regiment were photographed standing in full kit on the platform at Letchworth train station immediately after the outbreak of war in August 1914. Having been called to their war stations on 4 August 1914, the Territorials in this famous photograph were waiting for a train to take them to Norfolk to complete three months of training, after which they joined the British Expeditionary Force. Boardman was the first member of the platoon to be killed after their arrival on the Western Front. A copy of a Daily Mail article re the aforementioned photograph is with the lot. Also sold together with a photograph of the recipient in uniform, 53mm x 36mm; named Record Office enclosure for the 1914 Star; named Record Office enclosure for the British War and Victory Medals; a 1914 Princess Mary Christmas Card with envelope.

Three: Corporal R. R. Patterson, 47th Battery, 44th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres on 24 October 1914 1914 Star (33737 Cpl. R. R. Patterson. R.F.A.) with flattened lid to named card box of issue; British War and Victory Medals (33737 Cpl. R. R. Patterson. R.A.) with flattened lids to named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Robert Reilly Patterson) nearly extremely fine (4) £240-£280 --- Robert Reilly Patterson was born in Ipswich, Suffolk and attested for the Royal Artillery in London in August 1904 aged 16 years and 2 months. He was promoted Corporal in March 1914 and, having been posted to the 47th (Howitzer) Battery in April of that year, served with them as part of the 44th (Howitzer) Brigade in Charles Munro’s 2nd Division during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914. He was killed in action on 24 October 1914 during the First battle of Ypres. Private Patterson was the son of William John and Letitia Patterson of 5 Tadema Road, King’s Road, Chelsea, London and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold together with Record Office forwarding letters for Great War medals; forwarding letter for clasp for 1914 Star; and photograph of panel of Menin Gate Memorial bearing the recipient’s name.

Family Group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant L. Norris, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (93068 Sjt: L. Norris. 58/Bde: R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (93068 Sjt. L. Norris, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (93068 Sjt. L. Norris. R.A.) nearly extremely fine Three: Private J. Norris, Royal Scots, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 25 February 1915 1914-115 Star (10107 Pte. J. Norris. R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (10107 Pte. J. Norris. R. Scots.) with named lid of card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (John Norris) in card envelope of issue, extremely fine (8) £500-£700 --- M.M. London Gazette 6 January 1917. Lindsay Norris attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with them during the Great War initially in Egypt from 14 July 1915. Proceeding to the Western Front, he was awarded the Military Medal ‘for repairing telephone wire under heavy fire.’ Subsequently transferring to the Royal Garrison Artillery he was discharged, Class ‘Z’ Reserve, on 18 March 1919. John Norris, brother of the above, was born in Greenock, Scotland, and attested for the Royal Scots. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914, and was killed in action on 25 February 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold together with Imperial War Graves Commission correspondence.

Three: Trooper W. Hawkins, 2nd Life Guards, who was killed in action during the Household Cavalry’s stand at Zandvoorde Ridge, during the First Battle of Ypres, 29-30 October 1914 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (2843 Tpr. W. Hawkins. 2/Life Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (2843 Tpr. W. Hawkins. 2-L. Gds.) good very fine (3) £260-£300 --- William Hawkins was born in 1883 at Fittleworth, Sussex and attested for the 2nd Life Guards at Petworth in June 1912. At the outbreak of war the regiment was stationed at Regent’s Park and, not being part of the Squadron provided for the Composite Regiment of Household Cavalry which entered France on 16 August 1914, served with the Regiment itself (B Squadron), entering France on 9 October and forming part of the 7th Household Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. He would have been present at the Battle of Langemarck, 21-24 October 1914 and he was recorded for official purposes to have been killed in action on or since 29 October 1914 during the action at Zandvoorde which concluded with the loss of Lord Worsley’s Machine-Gun Section in a famous bloody last stand with the Royal Horse Guards on 30 October. A note in the recipient’s service file provides the following further information, ‘Went out to France in the early part of October 1914, reported wounded and prisoner of war but could never be traced. After two years reported missing presumed to have been killed on 30 October 1914.’ Bombardment and onslaught at Zandvoorde ‘Kavanagh’s 7th Cavalry Brigade was at the very centre of a most determined attack, supported by some 250 guns, delivered by the first of the new German Reserve divisions. These consisted in large part of ‘the flower of the youth of Germany, middle- and upper class students’, under military-age volunteers, hardly trained but burning with patriotism. Their assault fell chiefly upon the Household Cavalry’s elementary trench lines at Zandvoorde. The artillery barrage dropped on these and on the zone immediately behind them from 6.45 till 8 a.m. It and the following onslaught were so ferocious and concentrated that two squadrons and a machine-gun section suffered almost total extinction. Ernest Hook, a surviving Lifeguardsman, recalled that there was ‘no protection from the shelling as our trenches were on the forward slope and in full view of the enemy and although our gunners put up a great show, they were no match for Jerry’s heavy stuff. We could see their infantry in great masses about 1,000 yards away. Just about then I was hit by a shell that nearly took my left arm off and my officer sent me to the rear. It was the end of the war for me.’ (A History of the British Cavalry 1816-19 volume 7 by the Marquess of Anglesey refers) William Hawkins was the son of Annie Hawkins of 120 Upper St., Fittleworth, Sussex and the late William Hawkins and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. He is also named on the Household Cavalry Monument at Zanvoorde.

Three: Private H. Sandbrook, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, a Boer War veteran who was killed in action at Kruiseecke, during the First Battle of Ypres, on 29 October 1914 1914 Star (8179 Pte. H. Sandbrook. C. Gds.) lacquered; British War and Victory Medals (8179 Pte. H. Sandbrook. C. Gds.); Memorial Plaque (Henry Sandbrook) good very fine (4) £240-£280 --- Henry Sandbrook was born in August 1872 at Small Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire and attested there for the Coldstream Guards in August 1890. He transferred to the Army Reserve in August 1893 but was mobilized on 9 October 1899 and served in South Africa for the entirety of the Boer War, 22 October 1899 until 21 July 1902, receiving the Queen’s Medal with 5 clasps and King’s Medal with 2 clasps. He was discharged again at the completion of his term of engagement on 26 August 1902. Following the outbreak of the Great War Sandbrook served with the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards on the Western Front from 7 October 1914 and was recorded missing presumed dead following a period of enemy attacks in overwhelming force at Kruiseecke on 29 October which reduced the battalion to just 1 officer and 60 other ranks: ‘Punctually at 5.30 a.m. on the morning of Thursday the 29th October in foggy weather the 6th Bavarian Reserve Division, covered by a screen of skirmishers, got up to within fifty yards of our defences without being seen, and made a rush upon the trenches of the right half of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards as well as upon the company of the Black Watch posted at the cross roads. Our troops were well on the alert and at once opened fire on the assailants, causing a slight pause in the attack ; but the momentum of the advance prevailed and carried the Germans forward without any serious check. The struggle at that point lasted for a short time only, and as no Officer survived it the exact details of what actually occurred are not fully known. It is, however, known that at least two of our machine guns jammed, and that a considerable proportion of the ammunition was defective, the cartridges were too large for the barrel of the rifles, and many of the men could not use their arms ; this circumstance was in fact largely responsible for the disaster of that day... The left half of the Battalion, at some distance from the Menin road, were also attacked at the same time by units of the XXVIIth Reserve Corps, but three resolute attempts to seize our position by assault were successfully repulsed... But our ranks were thinning fast and those who survived were in deep and narrow trenches where they could not use their bayonets. Thus reduced to a small number and surrounded on all sides they were finally overwhelmed... The 1st Battalion Coldstream lost all their eleven Officers present, and at the end of the day only some 60 other ranks were collected by Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. Boyd, the sole remaining Officer of the Battalion.’ (The Coldstream Guards. Vol I. 1914-18 by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Ross-of-Bladensburg, K.C.B., K.C.V.O. refers) Private Sandbrook was the husband of Florence Bessie Sandbrook of 124 St. John’s Hill, Clapham Junction, London and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.