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Lot 99
A well engineered 3 1/2 in gauge model of a 4-6-0 Class S 15 Locomotive and tender by Maunsell 'Greene King’ No 841, in Southern green livery, built by the late Mr K D Hornsby to Martin Evans designs from Reeves castings, the copper boiler with injector feed, mechanical feed pump with by-pass and auxiliary hand operated pump in tender. The chassis with outside cylinders 1 3/16th inch bore x 1 3/4 inch stroke. Walschaerts gear with piston valves, axle pump and brakes. The well engineered cab with detail including gear and lever operated firebox door, sight glass, pressure gauge, reverse wheel control, regulator, drain cocks operated by hand lever in cab and wooden planked floor. The locomotive and its eight wheel tender finished in Southern green and black livery with rivetwork, steps, handrails, lamp irons and fluted motion. Length 49 1/2 in (126cm). No boiler history is available. This quality model was built by the late Mr K D Hornsby and was featured in the Model Engineer on the 5th of November 1982. Mr Hornsby made many contributions to this model engineering magazine during the 1970’s and 1980’s relating to other models he built. Mr Hornsby worked on Lancasters and Spitfires in the second world war and was involved with the Dambusters bouncing bomb. The model is being sold on behalf of his family and comes with a folder containing 'Model Engineer’ articles, photographs and family history supplied by his granddaughter
Lot 133
A well engineered 4 inch scale model of a Garratt 7 nhp Agricultural Traction engine 'St Eligius’, built by Mr John Norman of South Wales to Bill Newcome drawings with Newcome and Whitehead castings, single cylinder, two speed multi purpose engine. The traction engine has a steel Franklin and Bell boiler with fittings including two water sight gauges, pressure gauge, safety valve, blower, clack and blowdown valves. Engine details include single cylinder approximately 2 3/4in bore x 4in stroke, drain cocks, ratchet mechanical lubricator, eccentric driven feed pump and bypass, two road speeds, 17 inch spoked flywheel, whistle, speed governor, chassis details include steel spoked and straked wheels with detachable rubber road tyres, worm and roller chain steering, damper, cable drum, fairlead, hand brake, polished wooden footboard. The model is finished in blue lined and black paintwork. Length 72in, width 30in, height 45in. Boiler History: Franklin Bell Steel Boiler No FB 198 . Passed boiler history and Certificate of Hydraulic test Certificate No 101110. Test pressure 180 psi Working pressure 120psi. Signed by K Morris Boiler Inspector City of Newport Model Engineers Society. Expiry Date 18th of August 2008. Steam test No 102166 Expiry Date 27th July 2008. This traction engine is based on the original agricultural engines built through out the early part of the 20th century by Garratt of Leiston in Suffolk a company founded in 1778 and who introduced traction engine building to their factory in 1857. The last Garrett traction engines were built in 1931 and would have been similar in design to this model. This model is the sister engine to the one sold in our last Bristol auction
Lot 365
VALERIE M THOM: BIRDS IN SCOTLAND, T & A D Poyser, 1986, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl d/w + CLIVE D HUTCHINSON: BIRDS IN IRELAND, T & A D Poyser 1989, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl d/w, + C MORIARTY: A GUIDE TO IRISH BIRDS, 1967, 1st edn, orig pict wraps + J K LOVAT: BIRDS OF HOOK HEAD, circa 1983, orig pict wraps (4)
Lot 441
JOHN RAVEN AND MAX WALTERSS: MOUNTAIN FLOWERS, 1956, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + ALISTER HARDY: THE OPEN SEA, 1956, 1st edn, orig cl d/w, + SIR JOHN RUSSELL: THE WORLD OF THE SOIL, 1957, 1st edn, orig cl d/w, + K C EDWARDS: THE PEAK DISTRICT, 1962, 1ST edn, orig cl d/w, + W N CONDRY: THE SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK, 1967, 2nd edn, orig cl d/w + MICHAEL MAJERUS, 2002, 1st edn, orig pict wraps, + ANGUS LUNN: NORTHUMBERLAND, 2004, 1st edn, orig pict wraps, New Naturalist Series numbers 33-35, 44, 47, 90, 95, (7)
Lot 479
B K FEATHERSTONE: AN UNEXPLORED PAST A NARRATIVE OF A THOUSAND-MILE JOURNEY TO THE KARA-KORAM HIMALAYAS, [1926], 1st edn, orig cl v worn and soiled + COLONEL J C B STATHAM: WITH MY WIFE ACROSS AFRICA BY CANOE AND CARAVAN, [1924], 1st edn, orig pict cl gt + MRS LEONIDAS HUBBARD: A WOMAN’S WAY THROUGH UNKNOWN LABRADOR ------, 1908, 1st edn, orig cl gt (3)
Lot 587
G K BLYTH: THE NORWICH GUIDE AND DIRECTORY -----, 1842, ttl page and first two pp of preface supplied in typescript, signature of initials R H Mottram, rebound (not recent), cl, + THE HANDBOOK TO THE CITY OF NORWICH A COMPLETE GUIDE ------, Norwich, Jarrold & Sons, 1883, fdg frontis plan, orig pict wraps worn, + V D LIPMAN: THE JEWS OF MEDIEVAL NORWICH, 1967, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + G A STEPHEN: 100 PICTURES OF NORWICH, 1926, orig wraps worn, + WALTER RYE (ED): CITY OF NORWICH NORWICH CASTLE MUSEUM CATALOGUE OF ANTIQUITIES FOUND PRINCIPALLY IN EAST ANGLIA, 1909, orig printed bds, (5)
Lot 1800
K. ROBINSON 12-BORE (3IN) TOPLEVER HAMMER WILDFOWLING GUN, serial no. 11580, 30in. nitro barrels with broad, raised matt rib, tubes engraved 'K. ROBINSON (GUNMAKERS) LTD. HULL.', 3in. chambers, bored approx. 3/4 and full choke, treble-grip action with side-clips, carved percussion fences, rebounding sidelocks, border and scroll engraving, retaining traces of colour-hardening and finish, 14 1/2in. pistolgrip stock with pistolgrip-cap, weight 8lb. 3oz. The gun was completed circa 1935 / 6
Lot 61
greenaway (K.) Marigold Garden, n.d. [1885], orig. printed bds.; idem. Little Ann and Other Poems, n.d., orig. qtr. cl., printed bds.; Leblanc (G.) The Children's Blue Bird, 1913, cold. plts., dw., (dw. defective); Corbould (E.) Sweet Little Rogues, A Child's Story, 1876, orig. cl.; Little Folks, The Young Person's Magazine, 1913, orig. dec. cl.; with A Large Quantity of Volumes related (qty.)
Lot 77
nielsen (K.) (illus.) East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales of the North, n.d. garden City ed., eight cold. plts., dec. e.p.s. and cover by Victor Candell, cl.; Upton (F.K.) The Golliwogg's Desert-Island, n.d., 1st ed., (a worn copy with later colouring to t.p.), bds.; with One Other Volume (3)
Lot 124
modesitt (L.E.) The Magic of Recluce, 1991 1st ed., dw.; Jordan (R.) The Great Hunt, 1991, 1st UK ed, dw.; Kushner (E.) Swordspoint, 1987, 1st UK ed., dw.; Saberhagen (F.), Empire of the East, 1984, 1st UK ed. dw.; Brooke, (K.) & Brown (E.) Parallax View, 2000, 1st ltd. ed. sgnd., dw.; with A Quantity of Volumes related (11)
Lot 132
dick (P.K.) The Selected Letters of..., 1991-6 5 vols., dws.; Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities, The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick, 1984, 1st ed., dw.; Warrick (P.S.) Mind in Motion, 1987, 1st ed., dw.; Welcome to Reality, The Nightmares of Philip K. Dick, 1991, 1st pbk. ed.; In Pursuit of Valis, 1991, 1st pbk ed., signed by edit., with Nine Other Volumes related to Philip K. Dick (18)
Lot 200
gee (F.) Rotorua Trout, 1960 1st ed., dw.; Trout and Salmon Fishing in Southland, NZ, 1929, card wraps; Draper (K.) Trout Flies in New Zealand, 1971, dw.; Haig-Brown (R.L.) A River Never Sleeps, [1946], 1st ed., cl.; Weatherall (N.L.) Pike Fishing, 1961, 1st ed., dw.; Venables (B.) Fishing for Pike, 1963, card wraps; with A Quantity of Volumes related (qty.)
Lot 878
Pair: Private W. Bant, King’s Royal Rifle Corps india General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (4471 Pte., 1st Bn. K. R. Rifle Corps), official correction to naming; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (4471 Pte., K.R.R.C.), last clasp a copy, mounted as worn; together with a Birmingham Tribute Medal 1899-1902, gilt white metal, unnamed, complete with brooch bar, good very fine and better (3) £450-550 William Bant was born in Birmingham on 7 April 1869. A Brass Founder by occupation, he attested for service with the K.R.R.C. at Birmingham on 7 April 1888, aged 19 years, having previously served with the 4th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. With the 1st Battalion he served in India, November 1890-February 1896, taking part in the Isazai Expedition 1892 and serving in the Chitral Relief Force 1895. He then served in the Boer War, December 1899-April 1901. He was discharged on 17 July 1901 at the termination of his first period of engagement. during his period of service in the Boer War he kept a diary covering the period, 12 December 1899-1 April 1901. The diary, written in a small notebook, 97 x 51mm., in small neat script. The notebook has a repaired leather cover. Sold with a full typescript. Also with copied service papers. ‘8th January 1900. Turned out at half past four, firing going on K.R.R. and R. Bde. are made into camp site. Battalion under Stuart-Wortley inspected by General Lyttleton. Mr Winston Churchill in camp’. ‘27th February 1900. Escort to 4.7ý Naval gun. We hear of Cronje surrender. Cheering all round position. Moved on the heights to cover the right flank of position. Fearful battle this day - Majuba Day - slept by pontoon bridge’. ‘29th May 1900. Skirmished to States Drift. Forded river into Transvaal for the first time. Saw the enemy in the distance. No fighting. Plenty of sport with fowl and pig. One of ours caught an Ostrich - had to hand it to an officer - not allowed to loot - not Tommy’. ‘26th September 1900. Few Boers in the hills, guns shell them out. Stop at mine Mooi River supposed poisoned - did not matter - drank it.’ ‘25th December 1900. Christmas Day. Roast meat and duff and a drop of - oh my dear teetotallers - 3 bottles of lemonade’. £450-£550
Lot 898
A Great War C.M.G. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Long, King’s Royal Rifle Corps the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rev. centre slightly depressed; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Lushai 1889-92 (2d Lieut., 4th Bn. K. Rl. Rif. Corps); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Orange Free State, Cape Colony (Captain, K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt., K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (Major, K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed, mounted for wear, first three medals with some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (8) £1200-1400 wilfred James ‘Linger’ Long was born in 1871, the son of Rear-Admiral Samuel Long. He was educated at Winchester. Commissioned into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, he served in the Burmese Expedition of 1891-92, including operations in the Chin Hills with the Lushai column (One company of the 4th Battalion K.R.R.C. present). As a Captain he saw fighting in the Second Boer War, being present in the relief of Ladysmith, the actions at Tugela Heights, Pieter’s Hill, Laing’s Nek, Belfast and Lydenberg. For his services he was twice mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901, 29 July 1902) and awarded the Queen’s medal with six clasps and the King’s medal with two. In the Great War, he commanded the 3rd Battalion K.R.R.C. in Salonika, for which, in 1916, he was awarded the C.M.G. In June 1918 he was placed in command of the 1st Battalion in France, and on 23 June he suffered from the effects of a gas attack at Quesnoy Farm. For his services during the war he was three times mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 22 Jue 1915, 1 January 1916, 21 July 1917) and received the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel. He was placed on Retired Pay in 1920. Latterly living at Maytree, Josephine Avenue, Lower Kingswood, Surrey; he died on 24 May 1954. in an obituary, a brother officer wrote, ‘‘Linger’ was a sound and practical soldier. He was never afraid of expressing his opinion, however unpopular, preferably to those in authority over him; and he was usually right. He was never very particular about his appearance or dress, which was rarely according to regulations. ....’Linger’ played no games, never shot, rode very seldom, never seemed particularly genial, yet was always extremely popular, especially with us younger officers. ...’ sold with copied research including several extracts written by Long for the K.R.R.C. Chronicle. £1200-£1400
Lot 899
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. K. Priaulx, 11th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who, having been seriously wounded in 1914 and in 1915, was killed in action leading his battalion, 24 March 1918 distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, complete with top bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Capt. K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt., K.R.R.C.); 1914 Star with clasp (Capt., K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.), mounted on pad for display; Memorial Plaque (George Kendall Priaulx), in card envelope, Q.S.A. and K.S.A. with contact marks, very fine; others extremely fine (7) £2400-2800 d.S.O. London Gazette 18 June 1917. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of his battalion. With the utmost confidence and determination he fought his battalion through the village, overcoming all obstacles and gaining his objectives. He set a magnificent example throughout’. m.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901, 23 June 1902; 21 December 1917. george Kendall Priaulx was born on 15 September 1877 and educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the 60th Rifles on 22 February 1898 and promoted to Lieutenant on 21 October 1899 and Captain on 22 January 1902. Serving in the Boer War, he was present at the relief of Ladysmith, the battles of Colenso, Spion Kop, Tugela Heights and Laing’s Nek. After peace was declared he served with the 2nd Battalion K.R.R.C. in India. With the onset of the Great War, he went to France in August 1914 and was dangerously wounded during the battle of the Marne in September 1914. Recovering, he returned to France, and in command of the 2nd Battalion he was again severely wounded at the battle of Loos in September 1915. In 1916, he was in command of the 11th Battalion, which captured the village of Metz and he was present at the operations near Langemarck, CrevecÏur and Cambrai. He was killed in action on 24 March 1918, aged 40 years, at Voyennes in the St. Quentin offensive, being first shot through the shoulder and then killed by a shell. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. a Staff Officer at the H.Q. 18th Corps wrote, ‘On March 24th, 1918, when we were particularly hard pressed, his Battalion was making a very plucky stand at Voyennes, near St. Quentin; he was hit throught the shoulder and a few minutes later was killed by a shell. I need hardly tell you what a tremendous loss he was to the Division. His Battalion loved him and would have followed him anywhere. A splendid C.O. .... he did not seem to know what fear was’. sold with copied research and copied photographs. £2400-£2800
Lot 968
Four: Leading Stoker L. Fieldman, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.22925 Sto.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.22925 L. Sto., R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (K.22925 (Po.B.11906 L. Sto., R.F.R.), mounted as worn, contact marks, about very fine three: Able Seaman C. W. J. Woollett, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J.11745 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.11745 A.B., R.N.) edge bruising, contact marks, worn three: Leading Stoker L. Rutherford, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.6326 Act. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.6326 L. Sto., R.N.), this group good very fine (10) £100-140 £100-£140
Lot 974
Pair: Captain K. S. Howard, Sherwood Foresters, who was killed in action, 6 October 1918 british War and Victory Medals (Capt.) nearly extremely fine (2) £160-200 Kenneth Salway Howard was born in Bushbury, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire on14 December 1879. He was educated at Gorsebrook House, Bushbury; Wolverhampton Grammar School, Haverford West and Durham University. After leaving University he became an Assistant Master at the Royal School, Armagh, Northern Ireland and then a Superintendent of the Irish Intermediate Education Board. in August 1914 he was serving in camp at Kempton Park, Sunbury as a Private in ‘A’ Company of the 79th Public Schools Battalion, 16th Middlesex Regiment. With the onset of war he volunteered for the Army and on 19 August 1914 applied for a commission. He was attested on 5 September 1914 and continued to serve in the Public Schools Battalion. On 17 May 1915 he was commissioned into the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion of the Royal Sherwood Foresters. he served at home until 1 September 1918 when he joined the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters in France. On the night of 6/7 October during the 2nd Battle of Arras, the Germans launched a counter attack on the Rouvroy Fresnes Line at Oppi. In a fierce fight the counter attack was repulsed but Captain Kenneth Salway Howard was killed. He was buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery. Sold with copied service papers, m.i.c., a modern photograph of his grave and other research. £160-£200
Lot 980
Pair: Leading Deck Hand C. H. Belcher, Royal Naval Reserve british War and Victory Medals (4775S L.D.H., R.N.R.) british War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. A. Holmes, R.N.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (K.38979 A. R. Biddlecombe, Sto.1, R.N.; K.1652 R. N. Bacon, L. Sto., R.N.; S.S.6014 H. C. Barham, A.B., R.N.; 305137 A. H. Davis, L. Sto., R.N.) last fine; others very fine and better (7) £60-80 Leading Stoker Albert Henry Davis, R.N., was killed in action at the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914, aged 34 years, whilst serving on the armoured cruiser Good Hope. He was the son of Daniel Harry Denis and Mary Ann Davis of Wokingham and the husband of Mrs Lily Davis of 9 Arun Cottages, Waterloo Road, Wokingham, Berkshire. £60-£80
Lot 1013
Three: Private John Willis, Royal Marines south Africa 1834-53 (Private, R.M.); China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Pte., 93rd Coy. R.M., 21 Yrs.), all fitted with contemporary riband buckles for wearing, contact marks, edge bruising and a little polished, nearly very fine or better and rare (3) £800-1000 John Willis was born near Haverhill, Essex and enlisted in the Royal Marines at Newmarket in November 1847, aged 22 years. Assigned to the Chatham Division, his subsequent seagoing appointments included H.M.S. Castor, May 1849 to February 1853, in which period he was one of around 140 seamen and marines landed in South Africa in 1851, the majority to man the garrison constructed at the mouth of the River Buffalo (see roll in Naval Medals 1793-1856, by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, R.N.). So, too, the Comus, May 1853 to June 1858, and the gunboat Havock, from July 1859, in which former ship he qualified for his Second China War Medal and later the clasp ‘Taku Forts 1860’. Having then removed to the Sanspareil, he was awarded his fifth Good Conduct Badge in November 1868 and his L.S. & G.C. Medal in January 1869, shortly before he was pensioned ashore in July of that year. £800-£1000
Lot 1099
Four: Sergeant P. S. K. Koelber, 9th Battalion, London Regiment 1914 Star, with copy clasp (831 Pte., 9/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (831 Pte., 9-Lond. R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with additional service clasp (6607009 Sjt., 9-Lond R.) some contact wear and edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine or better (4) £120-150 £120-£150
Lot 1119
Six: Battery Quartermaster Serjeant A. G. R. Cunningham, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (13 Whlr. S. Sjt., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (13 B.Q.M. Sjt., R.A.); Defence, unnamed; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (739211 S. Sjt., R.F.A.), note initials are ‘A. G. K.’ on this medal; Civil Defence Long Service, E.II.R., unnamed, mounted as worn; Silver War Badge (B188611) good very fine (7) £70-90 Wheelwright Staff Sergeant Albert George Reginald Cunningham, R.F.A., entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 27 March 1915. Commissioned 18 September 1917, he served with the 19th Anti-Aircraft Company, R.G.A. Sold with copied m.i.c. Silver War Badge to Cunningham not confirmed. silver War badge ‘B.188611’ was awarded to ‘12262 Sergeant George Robinson, Royal Army Veterinary Corps’, who enlisted on 19 October 1915 and was discharged on 23 March 1919. £70-£90
Lot 1125
Three: Stoker 1st Class H. McAlenan, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K. 21956 Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K. 21956 Sto. 1, R.N.)), extremely fine (3) £60-80 Hugh McAlenan was born in Liverpool in March 1894 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in February 1914. He subsequently witnessed active service in the Dardanelles in 1915, firstly in the battleship H.M.S. Queen, including operations in support of the A.N.Z.A.C. landings at Gaba Tepe, and latterly, from July until the evacuation of the Peninsula, in the cruiser Dublin. Then from March 1916 until September 1918, when he was invalided ashore, he served in the destroyer Mermaid, a period that witnessed at least one successful encounter with a U-Boat, when, on 19 January 1918, she spotted a periscope off Cap Gris Nez: the enemy submarine U-95 immediately dived - into a minefield - an error of judgement confirmed by an almighty explosion about ten minutes later. £60-£80
Lot 1127
Three: Stoker Petty Officer J. Elliott, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K. 11372 Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K. 11372 L. Sto., R.N.), generally very fine (3) £40-60 Joe Elliott was born in Yorkshire in October 1892 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in May 1911. He subsequently served in the battleship H.M.S. Venerable from the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914 to December 1916, in which period he was present at bombardments off the Belgian coast and operations in the Dardanelles, and, from July 1917 until the end of the War, in Europa I and II, torpedo boat destroyer bases in the Aegean. Advanced to Chief Petty Officer in June 1919, he was discharged in June 1922. £40-£60
Lot 1129
Four: Engine Room Artificer 1st Class J. H. Rowe, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (M. 14200 E.R.A. 4, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 14200 E.R.A. 4, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., coinage bust (M. 14200 E.R.A. 1, H.M.S. Curlew), one or two edge bruises and polished, thus good fine or better (4) £70-90 James Henry Rowe was born in Birmingham in January 1887 and entered the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class in June 1915. He subsequently witnessed active service in the battleship H.M.S. Dominion, from August 1915 to April 1918 - in which period she survived a U-Boat attack in May 1916 - and, following a brief appointment aboard the Commonwealth, in April to May 1918, transferred to submarines with an appointment at Dolphin. His service record thereafter reveals assorted appointments in ‘H’, ‘K’ and ‘L’ class submarines 1918-28, prior to his return to surface duties in the Calliope in 1928. £70-£90
Lot 1130
Nine: Commander K. J. Riddell, Royal Navy, who won a ‘mention’ for his leadership of at least two boarding parties in the South Atlantic 1939-40 1914-15 Star (Mid., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, together with a silver dollar of Chiang Kai-shek, the reverse with engraved inscription, ‘D.O.S., Drunken Old Sots Avec Knobs, Hong Kong 1926-27’, and the edge engraved, ‘Life Holder Lieutenant K. J. Riddell’, fitted with loop and bar suspension and four engraved clasps, ‘12.3.1927’, ‘12.4.27’, ‘Ambrose Ch. Party’ and ‘Roman Party’, mounted as worn, generally very fine or better (10) £350-400 Kenneth John Riddell was born in June 1899 and entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet in May 1912. Appointed a Midshipman in the cruiser H.M.S. Lowestoft in August 1914, he was quickly in action at Heligoland Bight on the 28th of that month, following which he removed to the battleship Britannia that October, and thence to the cruiser Courageous in November 1916. Having then served as a Sub. Lieutenant in the destroyer Nith from December 1917 until July 1918, he transferred to submarines, but, having held appointments in assorted ‘E’, ‘K’ and ‘L’ class submarines, reverted to the Retired List in the rank of Lieutenant-Commander in January 1929. recalled shortly before the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, Riddell joined the cruiser Despatch on the South Atlantic Station, and was mentioned in despatches for his part in the boarding and capture of the Dusseldorf on 15 December 1939, and the boarding of the Troja on 29 February 1940 (London Gazette 24 April 1940). On the former occasion, and as described in his official report, with the exception of the Captain, Chief Officer and a wireless operator, the enemy abandoned ship in two boats, undoubtedly because they were aware that a time bomb had been set in the Dusseldorf’s engine-room. As it transpired, the resultant damage was minimal, and Riddell soon had control of the bridge and wireless office, so much so that he and his men were then able to re-embark those Germans who had taken to the boats, and order the embarkation of a prize crew from the Despatch. on the second occasion, a night action on 29 February 1940, the enemy ship, the Troja, was already burning fiercely. Nonetheless, having ‘encouraged’ the fleeing crew to make for the Despatch - ‘I fired a round over their heads to emphasise my orders’ - Riddell took two of his men and boarded the stricken vessel, to see whether the fire could be brought under control, ‘but the whole superstructure was now a mass of flames and the ship was commencing to list heavily and settling’. Of those captured Germans subsequently interrogated, the Second Officer said he had met Hitler, spoke at length of his faith in him and said that he had assisted to build a ‘strength through joy’ ship in the Troja. riddell appears to have served in the Despatch until March 1942, when he joined the staff of the Admiralty delegation in Washington D.C. Then in early 1944, he took up an appointment in Capetown, and finally reverted to the Retired List in the rank of Commander in July 1946. £350-£400
Lot 1135
Four: 2nd Corporal P. J. Hockaday, Royal Engineers, who died on active service in Khartoum, 31 August 1917 1914-15 Star (15361 2 Cpl., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (15361 2 Cpl., R.E.); Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 2nd issue, 1 clasp, Darfur 1916, unnamed, good very fine and better (4) £400-500 Percy John Hockaday was born in Dawlish, Devon, and enlisted at Exeter. Whilst serving with ‘K’ Telegraph Company R.E. in the Sudan, he died on 31 August 1917. He was buried in the Khartoum War Cemetery. £400-£500
Lot 1157
Three: Private E. Huse, 24th (Sportsman’s) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (456 Pte., R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (K-456 Pte., R. Fus.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-100 Ernest Huse was born and lived at Hanwell and enlisted in London. He was killed in action in France and Flanders on 23 August 1918 whilst serving with the 24th (Sportsman’s) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. £80-£100
Lot 1318
Five: Stoker Petty Officer C. E. McCann, Royal Navy atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (K.62081 S.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (K.62081 S.P.O., H.M.S. Havock) generally good very fine (5) £100-140 On the 6 April 1942 the destroyer, H.M.S. Havoc was bound for Gibraltar with a large number of officers and ratings as passengers, in addition to her official complement of 145. She ran ashore off Kelibia, on the coast of Tunisia, and became a total wreck, but only one rating of her entire company lost his life. The French authorities, who were not friendly to the British at the time, placed all the survivors in a prison at Laghouat, in Algeria. They were released when General Eisenhower’s forces landed in North Africa in November 1942. £100-£140
Lot 1323
Four: Chaplain H. K. White, Royal Navy defence and War Medals, unnamed; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Chapn., R.N.); U.N. Korea, unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine and better (5) £220-260 Harold Kent White was born in 1905. He gained a B.A. in Theology at Oxford in 1927 and a M.A. in 1937, White was ordained a Deacon in 1928 and Priest in 1929. He was Curate of St. George, Tredegar, 1928-37; Librarian of Pusey House, Oxford with Licence to Officiate in the Diocese of Oxford and Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Monmouth, 1937-41. He was appointed Perpetual Curate at Beeston Hill, 1941-44 and was Chaplain of the R.N.V.R., 1944-46, being based at Hasdrubal and St. Angelo. Appointed a Chaplain of the Royal Navy in 1946, he served on Goldfinch, 1946-47; Impregnable, 1947-48; R.A.F. Chaplain’s School, 1948-50; Belfast, 1950-53 - during which time he served in the Korean War; Collingwood, 1953-55; Highflyer, 1955-57; Pembroke, 1957-60. After service in the Navy, he was appointed Rector of Waldershare with Coldred, 1960-62; Curate-in-Charge of Tilmanstone, 1960-62; Vicar of St. Mary, Aldermary City, Diocese of London from 1962 and had Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Southwark, 1962-69. Sold with some copied research and a white metal ‘Coronation Medal 1937’ of Edward VIII. £220-£260
Lot 1357
Pair: Guardsman K. Stuchbury, Coldstream Guards general Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24125555 Gdsm., Coldm. Gds.); U.N. Medal, UNFICYP ribbon, unnamed pair: Lance Bombardier A. P. Fuller, Royal Artillery general Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24767931 L. Bdr., RA); U.N. Medal, UNFICYP ribbon, unnamed pair: Private S. J. Sands, Royal Anglian Regiment general Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24707798 Pte., R. Anglian), edge bruising; U.N. Medal, UNPROFOR ribbon, mounted court style as worn, good very fine (6) £120-160 £120-£160
Lot 1367
Three: Private K. R. A. Martin, Parachute Regiment general Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25111958 Pte., Para) ; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, no clasp, for Macedonia, unnamed; Operational Service Medal 2000, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (25111958 Pte., Para), rosette on ribbon, mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (3) £800-1000 Notes with the lot state that Private K. R. A. Martin, 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, served in East Tyrone, Northern Ireland, 1999 and September 2002-March 2003. He then served in Operation ‘Essential Harvest’ in Macedonia, August-September 2001, followed by service in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 2001-March 2002. Since leaving the Army he has served in Iraq as a ‘Close Protection Bodyguard’, 2005-06. £800-£1000
Lot 1389
Pair: Private K. M. Scaife, Royal Army Ordnance Corps gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24780628 Pte., RAOC), mounted as worn, with named card box of issue; Kuwait, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade, in case and named card slip box of issue, extremely fine (2) £160-200 £160-£200
Lot 1392
Pair: Lance-Corporal J. K. Youens, Black Watch n.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo, unnamed; Iraq 2003, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (25086388 Pte., BW), mounted court style as worn, extremely fine (2) £260-300 Lance-Corporal J. Youens, Black Watch, left the Army on 10 March 2006 after serving 7 years, 206 days. Sold with copied Certificate of Discharge. £260-£300
Lot 1428
A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Captain F. K. Matthew, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Capt.) good very fine (3) £700-800 M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918. m.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917. frederick Keith Matthew was commissioned on 3 June 1915, promoted to Lieutenant in August 1916, Acting Captain in May 1916 and Temporary Captain in September 1916. Serving with the 4th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment he entered into the France/Flanders theatre of war on 10 January 1916. He was wounded on 30 November 1917, mentioned in despatches, awarded the Military Cross and subsequently awarded the Silver War Badge. sold with copied m.i.c. and gazette extract. £700-£800
Lot 1440
A Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of four awarded to Serjeant E. J. West, King’s Royal Rifle Corps distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (R-7339 Cpl., 6/K.R.R.C.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (R-7339 Sjt., D.C.M., 2/K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-7339 Sjt., K. R. Rif. C.); together with a set of four miniature dress medals, good very fine (8) £1800-2200 d.C.M. London Gazette 13 February 1917. ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He got on to the parapet under heavy fire, and drove back the enemy parties on both sides of the trench. Later, he rallied and led forward a party of men’. m.M. London Gazette 7 October 1918. edward James West was born in 1892. Coming from Staines and a Lino Maker by occupation, he enlisted into the K.R.R.C. on 18 November 1914. Serving with the 6th Battalion K.R.R.C. he was awarded the D.C.M. for conspicuous gallantry on 22 July 1916. Later serving with the 2nd Battalion he was awarded the M.M. for bravery. He was transferred to the Army Reserve on 10 February 1919. After the war he returned to employment with the Staines Lino Company and worked for a total of 48 years with them until his eyesight failed. He came to St. Dunstans in 1954. He died on 28 January 1972 leaving a widow and a married daughter. According to the vendor who purchased these medals directly from the family he was told that the M.M. was awarded for saving men’s lives on the Somme river. sold with copied research; the recipient’s Certificate of Transfer to Reserve; Certificate of Emloyment during the War; handwritten notes re the forwarding of the D.C.M. and M.M. dated 1919; a letter from St. Dunstan’s re. a pension, dated 2 March 1954; St. Dunstan’s Golden Jubilee 1915-65 London Reunion Invitation Card to Mr and Mrs West; together with a Menu, which includes a list of St. Dunstaners (including West) attending; St. Dunstans Review, March 1972 - with obituary; several photographs including two of the recipient in uniform; and one of recipient’s sweetheart whom he later married; also with a K.R.R.C. cap badge and three metal and two cloth badges and a leather wallet. £1800-£2200
Lot 192
China 1842 (P. A. Helpman, Lieut. H.M.S. Columbine), with replacement silver mount and contemporary gold swivel straight bar suspension, with gold buckle and brooch bar, edge bruising, very fine £750-850 Philip Augustus Helpman entered the Royal Navy on 19 July 1821; passed his examination in 1828 and obtained his first commission on 26 March 1839, following service aboard the gig Fair Rosamund and an attack on a pirate brig off Benin. On 3 January 1840 he became an Additional- Lieutenant of the Wellesley, on the East India Station; and on 19 Jan. 1841, was there appointed to the Columbine. He served in the China campaign, where, besides sharing in the actions of May 1841 against Canton, he served on shore in those of March 1842 against Tsekee, and further participated in the attack of 16 June on the batteries at Woosung. For his services in the campaign Helpman was advanced to the rank of Commander on 23 December 1842. On 20 Feb. 1846 he was appointed Coast Guard Inspecting Commander at Sunderland and placed on Retired Pay on 5 February 1858. king John VI of Portugal's Jewel: Portrait Badges Awarded to Officers of H.M. Ships Windsor Castle and Lively for a 'Nasty Occurrence'. Ref K. Douglas-Morris Naval Medals 1793-1856, p. 209 records the names and ranks of all officers aboard H.M. Ships Windsor Castle and Lively on 13 May 1824, and therefore probable recipients of King John VI of Portugal's 'Portrait Badges'. Philip Helpman is shown as Midshipman on the Windsor Castle with a footnote for his entitlement to the China Medal 1842. Whilst the Portuguese Jewel is not known to Helpman, other ‘Portrait Badges’ are known to other Midshipmen on the Windsor Castle and it is therefore possible that Helpman also received one. Sold with copied research. £750-£850
Lot 371
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (4683 Tpr. K. Barkham, 50th Coy. 17th Impl. Yeo.) lacquered, nearly very fine £160-180 Trooper Barkham was a member of the original 50th (Hampshire) Company, 17th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, and landed in South Africa on 4 May 1900. £160-£180
Lot 428
Victory Medal 1914-19 (9) (J.42503 A. Dainton, Boy 1, R.N.; L.3909 H. G. Dakers, O.S., R.N.; K.32128 W. Edwards, Sto.1, R.N.; 347399 F. W. Wilkins, C.E.R.A.2, R.N.; Ply.13854 Pte. E. F. Fisher, R.M.L.I.; 1DG-6044 Pte. F. Tizzard, 5-D. Gds.; 22046 Pte. F. Kirkham, North’d. Fus.; 235270 Pte. J. A. Cooke, L’pool. R.; 22300 Gnr. C. H. Gaudie, 3 D.A.C. A.I.F.) nearly very fine and better (9) £140-180 Boy 1st Class Arthur Dainton, R.N., was killed in action whilst serving on the battlecruiser Invincible at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was the son of Charles Henry and Ellen Dainton of 38 Granville Road, Woodford, London. officer’s Steward 2nd Class Henry George Dakers, R.N., was killed in action on 1 January 1915 when the battleship Formidable was torpedoed and sunk by the U.24 off Portland Bill. stoker 1st Class W. Edwards, R.N., died on 5 July 1918 whilst serving aboard the destroyer Landrail. He was buried in the Cefn Crib Baptist Graveyard. chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class Frederick William Wilkins, R.N., was killed in action whilst serving on the armoured cruiser Black Prince at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was the husband of Beatrice C. Wilkins of 46 Tennyson Road, Copnor, Portsmouth. private Ernest Frederick Fisher, R.M.L.I., serving on H.M.S. Doris, died on 23 May 1918. He was the son of Mr & Mrs Frederick Fisher of 23 Falcon Road, Guildford, Surrey. His name is recorded on the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial. francis Tizzard was born in Dorchester, lived in Tolpiddle and enlisted at Dorchester. Serving with the 5th Dragoon Guards, he was killed in action on 16 November 1914. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. frederick Kirkham was born in Walsall, Staffordshire and enlisted at Buxton, Derbyshire. Serving with the 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, he was killed in action on 14 March 1916. He was buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, and was the son of Joseph and Jane Kirkham of Reaps Moor, Staffordshire. lance-Corporal James Ashton Cooke was born in Haslingdon, Lancashire and enlisted at Manchester. Serving with the 6th Battalion Liverpool Regiment, he was killed in action, 21 October 1918, aged 20 years. He was buried in the Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension and was the son of Robert and Edith Cooke of 39 Queen’s Road, Oldham. gunner Charles H. M. Gaudie, 3rd Division Ammunition Column, Australian Army Service Corps, died on 23 January 1920, aged 38 years. £140-£180
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