Pair: Private J. Longland, 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (23808 Pte. J. Longland. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine Pair: Private L. Oakley, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 September 1917 British War and Victory Medals (235084 Pte. L. Oakley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine 1914-15 Star (13351 Pte. R. P. Parker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (22963 Pte. P. G. Woodley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) extremely fine (6) £120-£160 --- Joseph Longland attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 6th Battalion on the Western Front during the Great War. He later transferred to the 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, with whom he was killed in action on 2 April 1917. He is buried in Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Leonard Oakley was born in Tring, Hertfordshire and lived in Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. He attested for the Oxfordshire Yeomanry for service during the Great War and later transferred to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, with whom he served on the Western Front. He was killed in action, aged 28, with the 5th Battalion on 27 September 1917 and is buried in Westhof Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Robert Parker attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 3 September 1914 and served during the Great War in Salonika where he was hospitalised with shell shock on 27 September 1916. He later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 24 March 1918, a week before it was amalgamated into the Royal Air Force. He died of influenza on 10 December 1918 and is buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. Sold with copy service record. Percival Charles Woodley was born in St. Ebbes, Oxford and resided in Cassington, Oxfordshire. He attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front during the Great War. He later transferred to the 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, with whom he was killed in action on 9 October 1917. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
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Pair: Private H. C. Ham, 13th (Kensington) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (494264 Pte. C. Ham 13-Lond R.); together with a 13th Battalion London Regiment (Kensington) cap badge and three uniform buttons, very fine Pair: Private W. R. Rookes, 14th (London Scottish) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (5137 Cpl. W. R. Rookes. 14-Lond. R.); together with a 14th (London Scottish) Battalion London Regiment large white metal headdress badge, good very fine Pair: Private G. H. Cole, 15th (Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (3554 Pte. G. H. Cole. 15-Lond. R.); together with a 15th County of London (Prince of Wales Own) Civil Service Rifles cap badge, light contact marks, very fine (6) £100-£140
Pair: Private H. Maxted, 19th (St. Pancras) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (7150 Pte. H. Maxted. 19-Lond. R.); together with a 19th Battalion (St. Pancras) County of London Regiment cap badge, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private H. A. Speight, 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment, who was wounded on the Western Front in October 1916 British War and Victory Medals (5887 Pte. H. A. Speight. 20-Lond. R.); together with a 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment cap badge, light contact marks, very fine Pair: Private H. G. Farrant, 21st (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2814 Pte. F. G. Farrant. 21-Lond. R.); together with a 21st (First Surrey Rifles) County of London Regiment cap badge, good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Herbert Alexander Speight voluntarily enlisted in November 1915, into 10th Battalion East Surrey Regiment and transferred to the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment in June 1916. He suffered a shell or shrapnel wound to the back in October 1916 and was initially reported missing, but re-joined and was evacuated to the U.K. He later served in the Labour Corps and was re-numbered 341867. He was discharged in February 1919.
Pair: Captain B. M. Young, 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. B. M. Young.) light contact marks, very fine (2) £70-£90 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 30 May 1918. Bertram Michell Young was born on 13 April 1872 and was educated at Clifton College, Bristol. He qualified as a doctor at St. Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, London, becoming Demonstrator in Hygiene at King’s College London, and was a Fellow of the Institute of Public Health. In 1905 he was in medical practice at Hassocks in Sussex. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 16 October 1914, and, having been promoted Captain on 16 April 1915, served with the 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance on the Western Front from June 1916, later becoming part of the 74th (Yeomanry) Division. For his services in the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches. He later resided at the family home at Crocombe House, Taunton, and died in 1948. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
Pair: Trooper L. Grisdale, Canadian Light Horse, Canadian Cavalry, who was killed in action during a mounted patrol, 9 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (227022 Pte. L. Grisdale. Can. Cav. Bde.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (2) (77067 Pte E. Smyth. 7/Can: Inf:; 20690 Pte W. M. Tawse. 10/Can: Inf:) last with Silver War Badge, reverse numbered ‘C331’, last with verdigris, generally very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Lionel Grisdale was born in Thorold, Ontario, Canada in July 1897. He served during the Great War with the Canadian Light Horse, Canadian Cavalry on the Western Front. Trooper Grisdale was killed in action on the Western Front, 9 August 1918, when he was in a mounted patrol which went forward into the enemy line in front of Bouchoir to cut off a German ammunition convoy. The objective was safely reached by the patrol, but on its return was caught by flanking enemy machine gun fire, and Trooper Grisdale was instantly killed. He is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Edward Smyth was born in Belfast, Country Antrim in January 1888. He served during the Great War with the 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Smyth died of illness, 4 October 1917, and is buried in the Fort Massey Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. William Michael Tawse was born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in January 1888. He served during the Great War with 10th Battalion (Canadians), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and was wounded in action at St. Julien 23 April 1915. Private Tawse was discharged due to his wounds, 27 September 1916.
Pair: Trooper G. Lewis, Canadian Light Horse, who was killed in action during the first day of the Battle of Vimy, 9 April 1917
 British War and Victory Medals (551380 Pte. G. Lewis. C.L.H.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (551380 Pte. G. Lewis) good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- George Lewis was born in Colwall, Herefordshire in April 1893. He served during the Great War with the Canadian Light Horse in the French theatre of war from April 1916. Trooper Lewis was killed in action during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9 April 1917, and is buried in the Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Thelus, Pas de Calais, France. Sold with copied service papers.
A Second War M.B.E., Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of eleven awarded to Major A. Shelton, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Military Medal, G.V.R. (39929 Sjt: A. C. Shelton. 48/D.A. R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (39929 Sjt. A. Shelton. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (39929 W.O. 11. A. Shelton. R.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (39929 W.O. 2. A. Shelton. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (1026026 W.O. Cl.I. A. Shelton. R.A.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1026026 W.O. Cl.II. A. Shelton. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (39929 B.S. Mjr: A. Shelton. R.H.A.); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1950, with integral top riband bar, mounted court-style for display purposes, light pitting from star to both the MM and BWM, these very fine, the rest better (11) £700-£900 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1941. M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916. M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’ Arthur Shelton attested for the Royal Artillery at Glasgow on 16 November 1905, and served during the Great War initially with the 35th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on the Western Front from 6 October 1914. He was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 48th Divisional Artillery, and an ‘Immediate’ Meritorious Service Medal whilst serving as Battery Sergeant Major of the 2nd/1st (Warwick) Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force). Discharged on 11 June 1931, he re-enlisted in the Royal Artillery on 10 May 1939, and was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) on 5 August 1939. He was promoted Captain on 5 August 1945, and Major on 1 May 1947, and relinquished his commission having exceeded the age limit on 5 April 1948, retaining the rank of Major. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1950 (London Gazette 21 April 1950). Sold with copied research.
Pair: Attributed to D. E. Ridley, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the riband of the Atlantic Star, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. D. E. Ridley, 28 Gilpin Avenue, East Sheen, London’, and inscribed in ink ‘C/LDX 4775’, good very fine Five: Representing the entitlement of Trooper J. McGrath, 41st Royal Tank Regiment T.A., 3rd Kings Own Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, late Lancashire Fusiliers and Manchester Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, court mounted, unnamed as issued but accompanied by copies of service records, some laminated, and a statement that the medals had belonged to the former owner’s grandfather, good very fine Three: Attributed to Private R. Williams, Devonshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with one large brass and one smaller bi-metal regimental button; a personalised 1936 Christmas Card from Roy Williams; and two photographs of the recipient, very fine Three: Attributed to Private R. D. Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine One: Attributed to Mr. A. T. W. Daniels Defence Medal; unnamed as issued, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named Home Office card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. A. T. W. Daniels, 51 Navarino Mansions, Dalston Lane, Hackney’, and Home Secretary enclosure slip, very fine South Africa Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued, good very fine (15) £80-£100 --- D. E. Ridley, No. X4775 was an Acting Petty Officer Telegrapher, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and received the Royal Naval Reserve Long Service Medal in October 1945. John McGrath was born on 24 February 1914. He first enlisted into 10th Battalion Manchester Regiment on 12 May 1936, and was transferred to 41st Royal Tank Regiment in September 1939, but was discharged, as he was urgently required for civil employment. He re-enlisted into the Royal Armoured Corps on 24 June 1940, but was posted to 1st/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, until posted to 108th Regiment R.A.C. and then to 142nd Regiment R.A.C. in 1942, serving with that unit in North Africa and Italy. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve in May 1946. His home address in 1940 was at Oldham, Lancs and later at Warwick Rd., Clacton on Sea, Essex. There is no indication in his service papers that he was mentioned in despatches, and the award has not been traced in the London Gazette. Raymond D. Williams served in the B.E.F. with H.Q. 3rd Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. He later served in No. 10 General Hospital, Gibraltar. His home address was at 29 Penbryn Terrace, Penrhiwceiber, Glamorgan. A handwritten note with the lot states that he assisted in the burial of the first British Casualty in the B.E.F., at Luttange, of a Pte. Priddy [sic] of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (Private T. W. Priday, K.S.L.I., died on 9 December 1939, and is buried in Luttange Communal Cemetery, France; he is recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as the first British casualty of the Second World War). Sold a with named ‘Toc H’ Pass issued to 7264200 Pte. R. D. Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps dated 9 December 1939; a small personal diary for 1940 issued by the ‘Toc H’ organisation to named to R. D. Williams, H.Q. 3rd Field Ambulance B.E.F. France, containing some faint pencil entries relating to his time in the B.E.F. and being evacuated from Cherbourg on 12/13th June 1940, this distressed with loose pages; a couple of press cuttings in which he is mentioned; and a glossy postcard photo book containing 10 postcard photographs of Gibraltar where he was later stationed
Five: Gunner E. G. Pannell, 610 Regiment ‘The London Scottish’, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, light contact marks, very fine Four: Private H. Holder, Suffolk Regiment, who received a Divisional Commanding Officer’s Commendation for devotion to duty and personal courage for the campaign in North West Europe following D-Day 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, the address somewhat faded; together with a 3rd British Infantry Division, Divisional Commander’s Commendation card congratulating Pte. H. Holder, 1st Bn., Suffolk Regiment, for his ‘consistent devotion to duty and personal courage during the entire campaign from D Day, acting as rangetaker and wireless operator in the Mortar Platoon’ signed by Major General L. G. Whistler and dated 28 June 1945, nearly extremely fine (9) £80-£100 --- Edwin George Pannell was born on 25 May 1908 and enlisted at Oswestry for the duration of the war on 16 January 1941. His Army Book confirms the award of the Africa Star with 1st Army clasp, and the award of three service chevrons in January 1944. Sold with the recipient’s original Soldier’s Service and Pay Book (Army Book 64); Certificate of Transfer to the Army Reserve, dated March 1946; original Soldier’s Release Book with ‘exemplary’ officers reference, confirming service with 610 Regiment Royal Artillery (Garrison) ‘The London Scottish’, a wedding photograph, and an additional photograph of the recipient’s wife.
Family Group: A Second War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class I J. E. Eames, Royal Sussex Regiment, late Hampshire Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War near Amiens on 20 May 1940 - escaping, he was recaptured 24 hours later, and held in captivity for the rest of the War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (24603 Sjt. J. E. Eames. Hamps. R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5485467 W.O. Cl. II J. E. Eames. Hamps. R.) generally very fine and better Coronation 1911, County and Borough Police (P.C. Joseph Eames Winchester City Police) good very fine (7) £600-£800 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 29 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Field.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘Regimental Sergeant Major Eames, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, served with the Battalion from its inception at the outbreak of War. This Warrant Officer was invaluable in helping lay the foundation of general discipline and in training and building up a healthy structure of non-commissioned officers, in spite of the almost complete lack of any real experience amongst those from whom he had to draw. His assistance in training young officers was also of great importance. He set a fine example to all and his deportment and patience at all times went far in guiding the numbers of young recruits onto the right lines. This example was carried out in full, when, on the weekend of 18-20 May 1940 the Battalion, entirely alone in a French Sector (just west of Amiens) was attacked by General Rommel’s Panzer Division. A very great deal is owing to this fine old soldier (who had been a pensioner and was 52 years old at the time) for the manner in which all ranks carried out their orders and held their ground until he and other survivors had not alternative to being taken Prisoner. After being taken Prisoner he escaped with some others on the same evening (20 May 1940), but they were overtaken by Armoured Cars 24 hours later. I recommend that this Warrant Officer be awarded the M.B.E.’ Joseph Edward Eames was born in 1889, the son of Police Constable Joseph Eames, Winchester City Police, and served during the latter stages of the Great War with the Hampshire Regiment. Advanced Company Sergeant Major, he proceed to Guernsey on 19 December 1924 for posting to the Permanent Staff, 1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, and served on the island for a number of years. Returning to his parent unit, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1933. Eames subsequently transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment, and served with the 7th Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War. He was captures and taken Prisoner of War on 21 May 1940 (see M.B.E. Recommendation), and held in captivity for the rest of the War. For his services leading up to his capture he was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He died at Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 10 September 1949. Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient, and copied research.
Pair: Corporal Budhibahadur Thapa, 2nd/6th Gurkha Rifles General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21138605 Rfn. Budhibahadur. Thapa. 6 GR.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (21138605 Rfn. Budhibahadur Thapa. 2/6 GR.) mounted for wear, light polishing, very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Budhibahadur Thapa was born in 1935 and joined the British Army on 9 August 1950, as Rifleman (No. 21138605) 2nd/6th Battalion, Gurkha Rifles. He is recorded as having served in Malaya, having disembarked at Penang in September 1953 and returning to India in November 1954, he again served in Malaya from March 1959 to July 1961 when he was posted to Hong Kong, and then back to India in November 1961. He moved with his family to resided in Hong Kong in May 1952. He was again posted to Labuan in Indonesia from June 1963, returning to Hong Kong in September 1963. He was appointed Lance Corporal on 10 May 1964 and was posted, with his Battalion to Brunei in September 1964 and subsequently served at Labuan in Indonesia and in 1966 saw further service in Borneo. He was promoted to Acting Corporal in November 1966, and having extended his service to complete 16 years was confirmed in that rank in March 1967. He was discharged on 2 August 1968, his conduct being noted as ‘Exemplary’. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Pair: Lieutenant C. J. C. Wynne-Edwards, Royal Navy, later Lieutenant Commander who served in Admiralty surveying vessels and also in the nuclear submarine H.M.S. Valiant Korea 1950-53 (Lieut. C. J. C. Wynne-Edwards. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, a few light surface marks, generally very fine (2) £300-£400 --- C. John C. Wynne-Edwards was born on 16 July 1930. He commenced naval service as Midshipman with seniority 1 May 1948, and served in H.M.S. Superb from October 1948. He was advanced to Acting Sub Lieutenant from 1 September 1949, joining H.M.S. Finisterre in May 1950. He joined H.M.S. Sparrow in June 1951, serving in her in the Far East and off Korea as a confirmed Sub Lieutenant, and as a Lieutenant, appointed 16 April 1952, until joining H.M.S. Vidal as a hydrographic surveyor and 4th Class Assistant Surveyor in September 1953. He joined the small Surveying Motor Launch (S.M.L. 325) in October 1955, and was in command of this small surveying vessel until moving to H.M.S. Protector, the Ice Patrol Ship in late 1956 where, during the Antarctic summers of 1956-57 and 1957-58 he surveyed the Bismark Strait and Grandidier Channel. He then served in the Hydrographic Office briefly before serving in H.M.S. Cook in the South Pacific, and in H.M.S. Scott as First Lieutenant, having been promoted to Lieutenant Commander on 16 April 1960. In the early 1960s, he served in H.M.S. Egeria in the Inshore Survey Squadron, working mainly in the Southern North Sea and then, from 1965, in the new Ocean Surveying Ship H.M.S. Hydra, again as First Lieutenant before going to Hydrographer’s Office in Whitehall, where his rôle was to bring new surveying ships into service and, especially, the Ice Patrol Ship H.M.S. Endurance, previously the ice-strengthened Danish Anita Dan. At some stage at this time, he also joined the fairly-new nuclear-powered submarine H.M.S. Valiant and undertook a 12,000 mile submerged voyage over 28 days from Singapore to U.K. by way of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He left the Navy at his own request in late 1967 and later emigrated with his wife to South Africa. Sold with research and copy correspondence.
Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. Richard Down, 6th or Inniskilling Drag.) fitted with original steel clip and German silver bar suspension, light marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £4,000-£5,000 --- Richard Down was appointed Cornet in the 6th Dragoons on 7 March 1811; Lieutenant, 31 March 1814; Captain, 29 September 1824; exchanged to half-pay Unattached, 7 April 1826. Captain Down died at 13 Grand Parade, Brighton, on 9 November 1857, aged 66.
Waterloo 1815 (Captain Boldero, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, clip a little loose, otherwise light contact marks, very fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Lonsdale Boldero was born on 8 September 1793, and was commissioned Ensign in the Grenadier Guards on 15 December 1809; Lieutenant, 29 December 1813; Captain, 20 October 1814; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, 22 July 1830; Colonel, 15 April 1845. Boldero served in the Peninsula with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards from December 1810 to May 1811, and with the 1st Battalion from September 1812 to October 1813. He was present at Cadiz in 1810 and at the battle of Barrosa in 1811, in the Peninsular in 1812 and 1813, in Holland in 1814, and the campaign of 1815, in which he served as Adjutant of the 3rd Battalion at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and at the taking of Peronne. He received the War medal with one clasp for Barrosa. He was the younger brother of Henry Boldero who was also present at Waterloo as a Lieutenant in the 14th Foot. Colonel Boldero died at Lower Beeding, West Sussex, on 20 January 1863.
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No. 1613. Charles Davies. 23. R.W.F.) Regimentally impressed naming, light contact marks, very fine £260-£300 --- Charles Davies attested for the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers and served with them in the Crimea, and in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny (slightly wounded, Medal and clasp for Lucknow). He died in India on 7 June 1858. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3596 Pte. J. Bishop, 1: Leic: Regt.) light contact marks, very fine £260-£300 --- John Bishop was born in Leicester in January 1874 ands attested for the Leicestershire Regiment on 2 November 1892, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 17 December 1895 to 9 September 1902, including the entirety of the Boer War. He transferred to the Reserve on 20 March 1903, and was discharged on 1 November 1904, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1402 Pte. E.Pleass, Impl: Lt. Infy.) worn, therefore fine £100-£140 --- Edward Pleass was born at Gosport, Hampshire, on 23 March 1868 and attested for the Royal Artillery on 10 May 1890. Discharged on 28 July 1892, he subsequently enlisted in the British South Africa Police and served in Rhodesia in 1896 (Medal). He saw further service during the Boer War the Imperial Light Infantry, being discharged on 22 October 1901 at Pietermaritzburg, and subsequently with Steinaecker’s Horse from November 1901 to February 1903. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
1914 Star (2) (8559 Pte. A. Batley. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.; 7280 Pte. A. Pope. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (20934 Pte. G. F. Phillips. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, generally very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Arthur Batley attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 16 October 1907 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. Awarded a clasp to his 1914 Star, he was discharged due to sickness on 21 March 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B220481. Alfred Pope attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 29 October 1902 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. He later served with the 5th Battalion and was discharged on 30 August 1916 due to wounds, being awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 52815. George. F. Phillips attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 10 August 1915 and served with the 1st Battalion during the the Great War. He was discharged due to sickness on 17 January 1919 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B214806.
British War Medal 1914-20 (7) (206014 A.Sjt. A. H. Chapman. Devon. R.; 15628 Sjt. J. Cade. Som. L.I.; G-19487 Pte. J. Cook. R.W. Kent. R.; 4140. Pte. A. Piper. 9-Lond. R.; 2417 Pte. C. E. Tolley. 16-Lond. R.; 3812 Pte. J. S. Williamson. 16-Lond. R.; 5492 A. Sjt. W. G. Patmore. 22-Lond. R.) some edge bruises and contact marks, generally nearly extremely fine (7) £80-£100 --- Archibald Henry Chapman attested for the Devonshire Regiment during the Great War and served with the 2/6th Battalion. He was disembodied on 25 January 1920. Joseph Cade attested for Somerset Light Infantry during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 8th Battalion from 8 September 1915. Charles E. Tolley attested for the 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 21 January 1915. John S. Williamson attested for the 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War, on 15 February 1915. He was discharged on 14 February 1919, aged 30, and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 476970.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (9) (2. Lieut. F. S. Dawson.; 677 Sgt. G. W. Turner. R.A.; 1348 Sjt. R. Butler. R. Lanc. R.; 307716 Pte. E. Illingworth. W. Rid. R.; 46497 Pte. J. Tallentyre. Durh. L. I.; S-10434 Pte. W. Henry. Cam’n. Highrs.; 3-5122 Pte. N. Morrison. Cam’n. Highrs.; 7989 Pte. J. Ross. Cam’n Highrs.; 1367 L-Nk. Sultan Mohd, 29 Mule Cps.; RPCD-378 Bhisty Bahadur Ali.) some edge bruises, some contact marks, a few spots of verdigris, generally very fine (9) £140-£180 --- Frank Stewart Dawson was commissioned into the Royal Engineers and served during the Great War in the Inland Water Transport section. George W. Turner attested for service in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 6 June 1915. He was appointed Sergeant and awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 12 September 1916). Reuben Butler attested for service with the Royal Lancaster Regiment during the Great War. Appointed Sergeant, he served on the Western Front with the 1/5th Battalion from 14 February 1915. Edward Illingworth attested for the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, on 5 December 1915 and served during the Great War with both the 1/5th and 9th Battalions. He was discharged on 26 April 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B233,368. James Tallentyre attested into the Durham Light Infantry for service during the Great War on 19 November 1917. He served with the 15th Battalion and was discharged on 24 July 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B305,317. William Henry was born in Dalkeith, Midlothian and attested at Musselburgh into the Cameron Highlanders on 25 August 1914. He served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 12 November 1914 and was wounded, with a Gun Shot Wound to his face, on Christmas Day 1914. (His name is misspelt as Hendry on the 1914 Star roll). Wounded again in 1916, he was transferred to the Reserve, Class WA, before being recalled and was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 13 March 1919) for his bravery at Epehy in September 1918. Sold with copied research. Neil Morrison attested for the Cameron Highlanders on 12 November 1909, serving with B (South Uist) Company. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 May 1915 and was wounded the following year. He was discharged as a consequence of those wounds on 8 August 1917 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 236,928. Sold with copied research. James Ross, a Butcher from Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, attested, aged 18, into Cameron Highlanders on 14 August 1907. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1914 and was discharged on 13 August 1919.
A Boer War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant Major W. Marsden, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (5781 Serjt:- Maj: W. Marsden. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Transvaal (5781 S. Major. W. Marsden. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5781 S. Major. W. Marsden. R.F.A.) recently renamed; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (5781 By Q.M. Sgt: W. Marsden. R.A.) engraved naming; Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt: Maj: W. Marsden. R.A.) light contact marks, generally very fine (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. William Marsden was born in Sheffield in 1857 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Nottingham on 11 December 1877. Posted to the 3rd Brigade as a Gunner, he served with the 64th Field Battery in India from 4 February 1887 to 12 December 1888, and in South Africa during the Boer War from 6 November 1899 to 17 September 1902, with the rest of his service being at home. He was advanced Battery Quartermaster Sergeant on 1 July 1889, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 75 of 1896. He received the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry in South Africa during the Boer War, and was discharged on 10 December 1903, after 26 years’ service. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, together with an annuity of £10, in January 1905, and saw further service during the Great War as an Army Pensioner Canteen Steward with the Territorial Forces. He died on 4 October 1918, and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Ladywell Cemetery, London. Sold with copied research.
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia 1917’ D.C.M. and M.S.M. group of six awarded to Acting Regimental Sergeant-Major Samuel Gibson, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, late Manchester Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7755 A.R.S. Mjr: S. Gibson. 6/R. Lanc: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6648 Pte. S. Gibson, Manch: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (7755 C.Q.M. Sjt. S. Gibson. R. Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7755 W.O. Cl.1. S. Gibson. R. Lanc. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (7755 A.R.S. Mjr: S. Gibson. 6/R. Lanc: R.) mounted for display, the 1914-15 Star sometime gilded, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 29 August 1917: ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty. He has done consistent good work under fire, and has set a fine example of duty to those under him.’ M.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917 (Mesopotamia). Samuel Gibson was born in Manchester and enlisted into the Manchester Regiment on 14 March 1901, aged 19 years 8 months. He served with the Manchester Regiment in South Africa from 9 November 1901 to 8 April 1903 (Queen’s medal with 3 Clasps). He transferred to the Royal Lancaster Regiment on 26 February 1903, and served in India from February 1904 for nearly five years, returning home to the U.K. on 7 January 1909, when he transferred to the Army Reserve as a Lance-Sergeant. He was appointed paid Lance-Sergeant upon mobilisation into the 6th King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment on 13 August 1914, and promoted to Sergeant nine days later. He was appointed Company Quarter-Master Sergeant in February 1915 and proceeded overseas with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 13 June 1915. Promoted W.O. 2 and appointed Company Sergeant-Major in August 1915, he was appointed Acting Regimental Sergeant-Major the following month and served in that capacity with the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia from 13 February 1916, until August 1918. He was finally discharged on 17 November 1919. Sold with copied research including discharge papers, 6th Battalion War Diary for 1917 in Mesopotamia, and a copied photographic image of the recipient in uniform with his wife and infant child.
Pair: Private W. E. Berry, 20th Middlesex (Euston Square) Rifle Volunteer Corps, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal in Bronze for saving life at Great Yarmouth in August 1880 Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (2504 Pte. W. E. Berry. 20 / Midd’x. V.R.C.) engraved naming; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (William Ed. Berry. Aug. 26, 1880. Duplicate) with integral top riband buckle, the RHS Medal a Duplicate, light scratches to first and suspension claw crudely re-affixed on latter, nearly very fine (2) £80-£100 --- William Edward Berry was born on 1857 at Brompton, Middlesex. He was a commercial traveller, and at the age of 21, was commended for an award for saving life at Great Yarmouth and was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal (R.H.S. Case No. 21079). The Norwich Mercury of 6 November 1880 reported, under the heading ‘Reward for Bravery’, that: ‘Mr. W. Berry son of Inspector Berry of Gravesend, and late Inspector of the Great Yarmouth Police Force, has been awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze medal for rescuing a young man named Bartram, who was nearly drowned while bathing on the beach last summer.’ In the 1911 Census he is recorded as a commercial traveller for a galvanised iron manufacturer and was residing at Brownhill Rdoad, Catford. Sold with copied research.
Memorial Plaque (3) (Robert Wheeler Marshall; Ernest Dunnett; William John Moss) two very small holes to the first, traces of verdigris, the second fair, otherwise generally very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Robert Wheeler Marshall attested at Portreath, Cornwall into the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry for service during the Great War. Appointed Sergeant, he was killed in action on 7 June 1917 and is buried Orchard Dump Cemeterey, Arleux-En-Gohelle, France. Ernest Dunnett was born in Holbrook, Suffolk and attested at Ipswich, into the Suffolk Regiment during the Great War. He served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 18 May 1915 and was killed in action just a week later on 25 May 1915. He has no known grave as is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Several men with the name William John Moss appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.
A Great War Western Front ‘Battle of Richebourg, May 1915’ and ‘Battle of Givenchy, September 1915’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant F. Merry, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9140 L. Cpl. F. Merry. 2/O. & B.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (9140 Pte. F. Merry. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9140 Sjt. F. Merry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) mounted on card for display, contact marks, very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous devotion to duty. Although very ill, he refused to go sick, and carried on all his duties, including the voluntary collection of the wounded between the lines, till he became light-headed. He also did very good work on another occasion.’ Annotated Gazette states: ‘Richebourg 15 & 16 May 1915; Givenchy 25 & 26 September 1915’. Fred Merry was born on 26 September 1884, and served 7 years with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry before being transferred to the Reserve. Recalled on the outbreak of war, he re-enlisted on 2 September 1914, at Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He landed in France on 26 January 1915, joining the 2nd Battalion O. & B.L.I., then already on the western front as part of 5th Brigade, 2nd Division. Appointed Lance-Corporal in August 1915, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions during the battles of Festubert in May 1915, and Loos in September 1915. In October 1915 Merry contracted bronchitis and was invalided to England. In May 1916 he departed from Devonport to join the newly reconstituted 1st Battalion in Mesopotamia, landing at Basra on 24 June 1916. He was appointed Corporal in August 1916, and promoted to Sergeant on 3 February 1917, following short periods as Lance-Sergeant and Acting Sergeant. He embarked again at Basra on 22 February 1919, bound for England and subsequent demobilisation on 25 April 1919. Fred Merry was afterwards publican of The Punch Bowl public house at Nuneaton and died at Fleetwood, Lancashire, on 23 May 1981. Sold with original Post Card portrait photograph and Certificate of Transfer to Reserve, together with comprehensive copied research including War Diary extracts.
A Great War D.S.M. group of three awarded to Leading Seaman W. J. W. Newland, Royal Navy, for services in H.M.S. Hecla during a heavy gale in December 1917 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (225861. W. J. W. Newland, Lg. Sean. H.M.S. Hecla. 1917); British War and Victory Medals (225861 W. J. W. Newland. L.S. R.N.) light contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £700-£900 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 8 March 1918: ‘For services in destroyer and torpedo boat flotillas during the period ending 31st December 1917.’ The recommendation states: ‘H.M.S. Hecla 2nd T.B.Ds. 16 December 1917. At Rathmullan a very heavy gale sprung up at about 3am. This man at very considerable risk to his life, went down into steamboats lying alongside, which had no crew in them, and by his personal exertions prevented the loss of the boats. (ADM 116/1561/MS18 refers). William Johnson Warnes Newland was born on 9 June 1885, at Blakeney, Norfolk. He commenced naval service as Boy 2 Class, H.M.S. Northampton, on 2 April 1903, and advanced to Boy 1 Class on 2 July 1903; Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Cleopatra, 2 October 1903, and to Able Seaman, H.M.S. Brilliant, on 13 October 1904. He became a Seaman Gunner on 14 July 1905; Gunlayer 3rd Class, 31 January 1913, and Gunlayer 2nd Class on 20 March 1915. It was not until 1 October 1915 that he was advanced to Leading Seaman in H.M.S. Tartar. He served in H.M.S. Hecla, at least nominally for pay purposes, from 9 December 1915 to 6 November 1920. He was shore pensioned on 15 June 1925, after 22 years service, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve two days later. Recalled for war service in October 1939, he served in H.M.S. Pembroke I, and H.M.S. Wildfire (Queenborough Pier). He was invalided out of the service in January 1944. He was also entitled to a 1914-15 Star and would have a medal entitlement for his Second World War Service.
A rare Great War 1917 ‘French theatre’ R.E.8 Aerial Gunner’s M.M. group of nine awarded to Air Mechanic 2nd Class T. A. H. Lea, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (T.F.). He was wounded in action serving with the Army in Gallipoli in 1915, prior to transferring to the Royal Flying Corps and becoming 1 of the first 12 R.F.C. gunners to be formally trained at Hythe in December 1916. He distinguished himself as an Aerial Gunner whilst serving with 52 Squadron in France, in particular when attacked by 6 hostile enemy aircraft south east of Mory, 18 September 1917. On the latter date he helped fend off the swarm of enemy aircraft, forcing one down, prior to succumbing to the same fate with his pilot Second Lieutenant S. Canning. Lea re-engaged for service as Lieutenant with the Royal Corps of Signals (T.F.) between the wars, and advanced to Major during the Second World War Military Medal, G.V.R. (49338 2. Cl. A.M. T. H. Lea. 52/Sq: R.F.C.); 1914-15 Star (3071 Pte. T. H. Lea. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, loose (401031. 2. A.M. T. H. Lea. R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated ‘1944’, with 2 additional G.VI.R. long service award bars, mounted court-style by Spink & Son Ltd as originally worn, with related miniature awards similarly mounted, the last lacking additional award bars, all housed in a leather Spink & Son Ltd case, lacquered, generally nearly very fine or better (lot) (9) £2,000-£3,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917. The original recommendation states: ‘Lea. Thomas Henry 2nd A.M. Aerl. Gunr. No. 52 Squadron, R.F.C. Has shown conspicuous ability in action since joining the R.F.C. in the Field as an Aerial Gunner on 8.5.1917. He has had several combats with hostile aeroplanes and has proved himself to be a gunner upon whom his pilot can rely for protection with absolute confidence. On the eighteenth ultimo [September] he put up a very fine fight against heavy odds, defending his machine against a simultaneous attack by six hostile aeroplanes, and by good shooting succeeded in forcing one of them to land close to the enemy’s front line. Recommended for the Military Medal 4.10.17.’ Approximately 167 M.M.’s, and 2 Second Award Bars were awarded to the Royal Flying Corps for the Great War. Thomas Alfred H. Lea was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire in January 1898. He enlisted in the 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (T.F.), 12 November 1914, aged 16 years and 10 months. Lea served with the Battalion in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 11 June 1915, and received a gun shot wound to the right thigh the following month being admitted to the Clearing Hospital on ‘W’ Beach, 12 July 1915. Lea transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class, 5 September 1916, and was one of the first 12 Royal Flying Corps gunners to be formally trained. He graduated from Hythe, 22 December 1916, and was posted for operational service as an Aerial Gunner with 52 Squadron in France in May 1917. The Squadron was equipped with R.E.8’s and mostly tasked with reconnaissance and light bombing duties. Lea flew with Second Lieutenant S. Canning as his pilot, and they engaged 6 enemy aircraft in aerial combat south east of Mory, 18 September 1917. Lea successfully forced one of the enemy aircraft down, before he and Canning were forced down themselves, landing at an Allied Advanced Landing Ground. Their aircraft was claimed as the 6th ‘Victory’ of Leutnant V. Schobinger of Jasta 12 (he went on to add another 2 to his score, and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, and the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order). Lea transferred to the Royal Air Force as Private 1 in April 1918. He was posted to No. 1 Officer Cadet Wing in May 1918, and graduated as a Flight Cadet, 5 October 1918. Lea was transferred as Second Lieutenant to the Unemployed List in February 1919. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals (T.F.) in August 1931, and advanced to Major in July 1939 (awarded his Efficiency Decoration in September 1944, and the additional clasps both in January 1955). Major Lea retired in March 1948, and died in Bangor, Wales in October 1966. M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with copied research.
A German Second World War Parade Bayonet. The longer version of the German parade bayonet, excellent blade by Carl Eickhorn. Unusually number issued GGH2 to the cross guard. All plating to the cross guard, hilt and eagles head pommel in place, undamaged grips. The leather washer is still in place. Fitted into its original scabbard, which has some minor indentations and light service rust, fitted with a K98 bayonet frog, reasonable condition £80-£100 --- This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
Miscellaneous German Third Reich Badges, Tinnies, and Awards. Comprising a 1939 German, England light athletic meeting in Koln, multi coloured, multi enamelled badge, nice quality. 50mm Cortina Italy 1941 Winter Olympic medallion. A shield for one of the series of the German Marksmanship awards without its pins. A good condition SA Braunschweig Oktober 1931 badge with its pin fitting. An example of the Third Reich awarded 1914 War Honour Cross with crossed swords, maker marked WK. A group of 3 Kriegsmarine officers buttons, two in gilt, one in white metal. Dutch NSB tinny for Goudsberg in 1940, pin suspension missing. German multi enamelled Reich Luftschutz pin, maker and Ges Gesch marked on the reverse side. A broken and repaired Meissen commemorative plaque for the Battle of Norway April 1940. Luftwaffe marked dinner service fork, marked Vesterland 1939 with eagle and swastika. Unidentified German black enamelled pin, central cross with large outline of a mortar type weapon, lapel buttonhole fixing, generally good condition (11) £70-£90
Miscellaneous German Third Reich and Associated Tinnies. Comprising 1 Dutch NSB aluminium tinny Oudsberg 1940, some light oxidisation to the front face side. Heimat 1933 Munster, colourful square large tinny. Hitler Youth shield shaped tinny. DAF 1933 tinny. SA Gruppe Niedersachsen 1936 aluminium tinny. VDA 1934 tinny. World Youth, undated, in bronze tinny. National Soldiers Day tinny. Saar 1936 Reunification tinny. Kreistag Nuremberg 1940, some light oxidisation. All with pins on the reverse side, generally good condition (10) £120-£160
A Second War ‘North Africa’ M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal J. Anderson, Royal Tank Regiment, who was subsequently wounded in North West Europe Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2693929 Cpl. J. Anderson, R. Tank R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- M.M., London Gazette 5 November 1942. The original Recommendation, for an Immediate award, dated 6 September 1942, states: ‘On 3 September 1942, in the area of Deir el Agram ridge, Corporal Anderson commanded a light tank which formed part of a fighting patrol directed against enemy Motor Transport. The patrol was surprised by four concealed anti-tank guns from about 300 yards range. Corporal Anderson’s tank was nearest the guns and received a direct hit, but remained in action. No cover was available and Corporal Anderson directed his tank straight at the guns and succeeded in killing the crews of two of them before his tank received another hit and burst into flames. He managed to evacuate the crew from the tank although two of them were wounded and brought them to safety using his burning tank as a screen.’ The original Recommendation is counter-signed by three of the outstanding commanders of the Second World War, Horrocks, Montgomery, and Alexander. Jack Anderson, a native of Selkirk, joined the Scots Guards in May 1931 under the alias George Whyte. He deserted in 1936, and re-enlisted in the Royal Tank Regiment in 1937 as Private 7887636 Jack Anderson. He was soon caught out, punished, and reverted to his original Scots Guards number, but remained with the Royal Tank Regiment under his correct name. He served with the 1st Regiment during the Second World War in North Africa, Italy, and North West Europe, and in addition to being awarded the M.M. was twice wounded, at home in 1941, and in Normandy in 1944 (copied press reports refer). Sold with copied research.
Pair: Colonel John Vandeleur, 12th Light Dragoons, late 71st Foot; he was severely wounded at Fuentes D’Onor and later commanded the 10th Hussars Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive (J. Vandeleur, Ensn. 71st Foot & Lieut. 12th Lt. Dns.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. John Vandeleur, 12th Reg. Light Dragoons.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and bar suspension, the second with edge bruising and contact pitting, otherwise good fine, the first good very fine (2) £6,000-£8,000 --- John Vandeleur was born in 1793 and attended the Royal Military College. He was commissioned as an Ensign in the 71st Foot in 1809 and sailed with its 1st Battalion to Portugal in September 1810. He served with them in the Lines of Torres Vedras and was severely wounded at Fuentes de Oñoro on 5 May 1811. His wounds were so severe that he was sent back to England to recuperate and shortly after arriving home he was promoted to Lieutenant. He exchanged into the 12th Light Dragoons and returned to Portugal with them in the autumn of 1812. In August 1813 Lieutenant Vandeleur was able to convince his cousin, General John Ormsby Vandeleur, to take him on as an extra aide-de-camp. He served in that position through the invasion of France in the autumn of 1813 and the winter of 1814, until the British Army returned to England after the abdication of Napoleon in April 1814. During that period he was present at Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Adour and Bordeaux. Lieutenant Vandeleur served at Waterloo with his regiment and was part of the Army of Occupation of France. He was promoted to Captain, 28 February 1822; Major, 1 October 1825; Lieutenant-Colonel, 18 December 1827; He received a special gold medal at the Queen’s coronation (The Waterloo Roll Call refers); Colonel, 10th Hussars, 23 November 1841. He died at Ballinacourty, County Limerick, on 1 April 1864. See Letters of Colonel John Vandeleur 1810-1846, privately published in 1896; reprinted by Frontline in 2015 under the title With Wellington’s Outposts: the Peninsula and Waterloo letters of John Vandeleur, edited by Andrew Bamford.
Pair: Sergeant J. Mann, 47th Foot Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Barrosa, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (John Mann, Serjt. 47th Foot.); Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Serjt. J. Mann, 47th Foot) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000 --- John Mann was born at Norwich, Norfolk. His discharge papers are supposedly in WO 97/617 but have not been found online.
Pair: Private John Dennison, 2nd Life Guards Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Vittoria (John Dennison, 2nd Life Guards.); Waterloo 1815 (John Denison, 2nd Reg. Life Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, minor edge bruising to the last, light contact marks overall, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000 --- John Dennison/Denison was born in the Parish of Guisley, Yorkshire, and enlisted into the 2nd Life Guards at Leeds on 27 October 1802, aged 19, a wool-sorter by trade. He served 17 years 90 days, including 2 years for Waterloo, and was discharged at London on 24 January 1818, due to length of service. He was admitted to an out-pension of 5d per day on 4 February 1818. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Four: Colonel F. W. Drummond, Bengal Cavalry Punniar Star 1843 (Lieutt. F. W. Drummond 8th Regiment Light Cavalry) original brass hook suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845 (Lieut. F: W: Drummond 8th Regt. L:C:); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Lieut. F. W. Drummond, Adjt. 8th Bengal Cavalry); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. F. W. Drummond, 5th Bengal Eurn. Cavy.) generally very fine or better (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- Francis Walker Drummond was commissioned Cornet in the 8th Bengal Regiment of Light Cavalry on 2 June 1837; Lieutenant, 8 March 1848; Brevet Captain, 2 June 1852; Captain, 8th Bengal Light Cavalry, 1 November 1854; Major, 18 February 1861; Lieutenant-Colonel, 2 June 1863; Colonel, 2 June 1868. He served in the campaign in Bundelecund in 1842. Present at the battle of Punniar, 29th December 1843 (Bronze Star). Sutlej campaign of 1845-46, including the battle of Ferozeshuhur (Medal). Also throughout the Punjab campaign of 1848-49, including the affair at Ramnuggur, and actions of Sadoolapore, Chilianwala, and Goojerat (Medal with two Clasps). Upon the disarming of the 8th Bengal Light Cavalry at Mean Meer in 1857, Captain Drummond transferred to the 5th Regiment of Bengal European Cavalry in July 1858 and served with the Right Wing of the regiment during the Indian Mutiny campaign (Medal). For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 77.
Three: Petty Officer W. H. Morgan, Royal Navy, Sailmaker’s Crew attached to Shannon’s Naval Brigade during the Indian Mutiny, who later survived the destruction of H.M.S. Bombay by fire off Montevideo in December 1864 Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, clasp loose on ribbon; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (W. H. Morgan, Sailmrs. Crew. Shannon.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, the first cleaned, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- William Henry Morgan was born on 8 September 1837, and christened on 15 October following at St. Dunstan in the West, City of London, to William Morgan, a shop-man, and his wife Sarah. He joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class aged 14 and was placed on the books of H.M.S. Victory on 4 June 1851. He was transferred to Furious on 15 December 1852 until 20 August 1856. He was advanced to Boy 1st Class on 20 November 1854, and to Ordinary Seaman, 19 May 1856. The Furious was present in the Crimea from September 1854 to September 1855, earning Morgan his Crimean medals. He joined H.M.S. Shannon on 1 October 1856, as Sailmaker's Crew and was present as part of the Naval Brigade in the operations that resulted in the Capture of Lucknow. The Shannon returned to England on 1 January 1859, and after shore leave he briefly joined Cossack before transferring to Cumberland. He was promoted to Sailmaker's Mate on 23 November 1862, and joined H.M.S. Bombay on 25 February 1864, being appointed Ship's Corporal 2nd Class on the same date and rapidly raised to Ship's Corporal 1st Class on 29th April. or Petty Officer 1st Class. On 14 December 1864 Ship's Corporal Henry Morgan experienced a mariner's worst nightmare when H.M.S. Bombay was totally destroyed by fire off Montevideo. ‘The following despatch, addressed to Lord Clarence Paget, was received at the Admiralty last night:- Lisbon, Jan. 15, 2:30 P.M. “Admiral Elliot reports the total loss of Her Majesty's ship Bombay by fire, at Montevideo, on the 14th December. Mr Smallhorn, Assistant-Surgeon, of the officers, alone is missing; but 93 of the crew are supposed to be lost. Lieutenant Stirling, bearer of the despatches, proceeds by French packet to Bordeaux today.” H.M.S. Bombay a 2nd Rate 84 gun ship of the line was flagship to Rear Admiral Charles G. J. B. Elliot, under the command of Captain Colin Alan Campbell. Originally built as a teak wood sailing ship in Bombay in 1828, she had been lengthened and converted in April 1864 to a Line-of-battle screw steamer of 400 horsepower at Chatham. She had a complement of 619 officers and men. Captain Campbell's report states that the Bombay was ordered to leave Montevideo for gunnery operations at 6:15 a.m. on 14 December 1864. The ship's company had been exercising the guns at general quarters until forenoon close to Flores Island and English Bank. “At 1:45 p.m. we again went to quarters keeping the foremost lower deck guns exercising at targets until nearly 3:00 p.m. At 3:35 p.m. the fire bell was rung and a fire reported to me in the after magazine. A good supply of water was raised and I ordered the after magazine flooded. Both main and lower decks were full of smoke. No man could stand on the orlop deck and flames started coming out of the after hold. I directed the quarter-boats to be lowered and the sick to be placed in them. At 3:52 p.m. I ordered the boom-boats to be got out and the cutter, pinnace and 1st launch were hoisted out the starboard side. At 4:00 p.m. the boats were out with the exception of the 2nd launch. Flames started coming out of the hatchways igniting the awnings and sails rendering it impossible for the men to work. The sick were already in the boats and the crew followed. I instructed that all gratings, hammocks and anything that would float be thrown over the side to assist those already in the water. At 4:15 p.m. the mainmast went over the side quickly followed by the mizzenmast at 4:40 p.m. The foremast fell at 5:50 p.m. and the after magazine exploded at 8:25 p.m. The ship immediately sank in 8 fathoms of water.” With no telegraph in Montevideo two officers from the Bombay travelled by the first available vessel to Lisbon, Portugal with the despatch outlining the disaster. Admiral Elliot advised the Admiralty that he had found passage for 200 officers and men, including Morgan, on the Steam Vessel Herschel which arrived in Liverpool 6th February 1865 (the Herschel sank while navigating the River Plate almost exactly one year to the day in December 1865). All the ship's officers and men were brought before a court-martial which was convened on H.M.S. Victory on 8 February 1865. For the duration of the court-martial the Ship's company were berthed on the Training Ship Duke of Wellington. Captain Campbell, of H.M.S. Bombay stated in defence, “that the heroic conduct and steady discipline of both officers and men who remained on board the ship nobly doing their duty under the momentary expectation of explosion of the magazine, while large shells were bursting between decks, was only equalled by the devotion displayed by many of those in the boats, who, notwithstanding the fact that some of the guns were shotted, that some of the masts were falling over the side, that the whole ship was wrapped in flames, and that an explosion was imminent, pulled in and picked off those who, unable to swim, were still clinging to the ship, thus saving by means of the ship's boats alone 525 lives out of 619.” On 20 February 1865, the court, having investigated the tragic loss of the Bombay, could find no evidence of the source of the fire and that the officers and crew were blameless, instead blaming the shipyard work which caused a complete state of ventilation that allowed the fire to spread so rapidly. The crew were paid wages and granted leave with all passes being paid by the Admiralty. Before being dismissed, a letter from Lord Paget was read to the crew stating: “Their Lordships cannot allow the ship's company to be broken up without expressing their admiration of the noble conduct of both officers and men under the trying circumstances in which they were placed. My Lords are satisfied that if human efforts could have saved the Bombay from destruction they would not now have had to lament the loss of a ship, which, under any circumstances in which she might have been placed, would have reflected the highest credit on the British Navy.” William Morgan does not appear in the transcripts of the court-martial although two Ship's Corporals died in the disaster. On 18 February 1865 he signed off H.M.S. Bombay and after shore leave joined H.M.S. Terrible, during which time, in conjunction with the S.S. Great Eastern, they laid the first successful Atlantic cable. He was discharged to shore on 15 February 1867, at which time he took the opportunity to get married, to Louisa Lockwood, at St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, on 9 March. He returned to sea in H.M.S. Nymph on 30 April 1867, and afterwards served aboard St. Vincent, 15 July 1867; Prince Consort, 1 July 1870; Caledonia, 18 September 1871; and St. Vincent, 25 September 1872, until 1 April 1876, when he retired to pension having served a total of 21 years 136 days. Throughout his latter service he retained the rank of Ship's Corporal 1st Class. The regulations existing at the time required that all Ship's Corporals should be at least 5 foot 7 inches or taller but Morgan's height is listed as 5 foot 3 inches. He does not appear to have been issued with his L.S.G.C. Medal. Henry Morgan and Louisa had issue 7 children. In 1881 he is shown as being a Greenwich Pensioner and Greengrocer but the censuses of 1891 and 1901 show him as the Pier Master at...
Three: Assistant Surgeon C. F. Williams, Royal Navy India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu, (Chas. F. Williams. Asst. Surgn. “Cleopatra”); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Chas. F. Williams, Asst. Surgn. “Cyclops”) contemporary engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, fitted with rings for suspension, light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine (3) £600-£800 --- Charles Foster Williams was born in 1824 and was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Navy on 21 November 1846, having passed the London Diploma on 29 May that year. He served aboard a variety of vessels including the Cleopatra during the operations in Burma, and the Cyclops in the Crimea. Williams was court martialed in September 1863 for drunkenness, being reprimanded and admonished ‘to be more circumspect in his conduct in future’. Later that year he was late in joining H.M.S. Cambridge and a special report was to be made on the state of his health. In January 1864 he was admitted to R.N. Hospital, Plymouth with a stricture of the urethra. This stricture led to fistula formation and he was not discharged until August 1864. He was again admitted in March 1865 with haematuria and was discharged in May 1865. In August 1867 he was surveyed and placed on half-pay. Williams died on 8 March 1874. Sold with copied record of service.
Pair: Major F. C. W. Drummond, 11th Bengal Native Infantry, late H.M. 53rd Regiment Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Ensign F. C. W. Drummond, 53rd Regt.); China 1857-60, no clasp (Lieut. F. C. W. Drummond. 11th Regt. N.I.) officially impressed naming, edge bruise to latter, contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £1,000-£1,400 --- Francis Charles Walker Drummond was born at Cawnpore on 26 June 1840, the son of Ensign F. W. Drummond, 8th Light Cavalry. He was nominated as a Cadet for the Bengal Infantry by John H. Astell, a Director of the East-India Company, and recommended by Sir J. C. Melvill, K.C.B.; examined and passed on 11 November 1857, he proceeded overland to India on 4 January 1858. He ‘joined Her Majesty’s 53rd Foot in February 1858. Continued with Her Majesty’s 53rd Foot till November 1858, when ordered to join the 70th Native Infantry; joined 70th Native Infantry in China in February 1859; appointed Acting Adjutant in 11th, late 70th Regiment Native Infantry in May 1862; remained in that appointment till return of the Adjutant from furlough in November 1862; attached to 7th Regiment Native Infantry in April 1863; appointed Wing Subaltern 25th Punjab Regiment Native Infantry in August 1863; appointed Quarter Master 25th Punjab Regiment Native Infantry in January 1864; appointed Adjutant 7th Regiment Native Infantry in August 1854 and remained in this appointment until November 1869; appointed Officiating W. Wing Officer 7th Regiment Native Infantry in November 1869; commanded Right Wing 7th Regiment Native Infantry and Station at Cachar during 1870; appointed Staff Officer at Banda in addition to other duties in 1864; Station Officer at Dacca in addition to other duties in January 1868. He served at the siege and capture of Lucknow with Her Majesty’s 53rd Foot, in March 1858 (Medal and Clasp). Present at the affair of Koossie and the passage of the Goomtee at Sultanpore in 1858. Foreign service in China with 70th Native Infantry in 1859 and 1860 (Medal).’ Sold with copied Cadet papers and statement of services. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s father, see Lot 70.
Pair: Corporal W. Buchan, Highland Light Infantry, who was severely wounded at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir on 13 September 1882; Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry, he was personally present with his Egypt Medal by H.M. Queen Victoria Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (2693. Corpl. W. Buchan. 2nd. Highd. Lt. Infy.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting, very fine (2) £300-£400 --- William Buchan attested for the Highland Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt. He was severely wounded by gunshot to the left ankle at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir on 13 September 1882, and for his gallantry was Mentioned in General Wolesley’s Despatch (London Gazette 2 November 1882), one of only 5 other ranks from the Regiment so honoured. He was personally presented with his Egypt Medal by H.M. Queen Victoria on 29 November 1882. He was discharged on account of his wounds on 30 January 1883, and after 2 years and 62 days’ service, and was subsequently an out-patient of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. He died at East Ham on 9 February 1939. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private. T. Foster, Highland Light Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1733 Pte. T. Foster 2/High. L.I.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, suspension loose, heavy pitting from star, nearly very fine (2) £240-£280 --- Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
Four: Able Seaman, later Chief Petty Officer, A. Tett, H.M.S. Woodlark, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (A. Tett A.B. H.M.S. Woodlark.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (A. Tett, A.B. H.M.S. Woodlark.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming Abm. Tett. A.B. H.M.S. Woodlark.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £500-£700 --- Abraham Tett was born on 6 March 1847, at St Peter's Port, Guernsey. He commenced naval service as Able Seaman, H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, on 1 December 1875, and was employed as boats' crew for the Harbour Master at Portland. He remained there until 9 April 1883, until briefly moving to H.M.S. Hercules on 10 April 1883. He returned to H.M.S. Duke of Wellington until 23 February 1884, again apart from a short spell in H.M.S. Repulse. He joined H.M.S. Woodlark on the East Indies Station on 24 February 1884, remaining in her as an Able Seaman until 25 March 1887. He was advanced to Leading Seaman on 18 April 1888; to Petty Officer 1 Class on 24 October 1889; to Acting C.P.O., 10 May 1893, and finally to C.P.O. on 10 May 1894. He was traced for his L.S. & G.C. medal on 24 February 1887. He was discharged to shore from H.M.S. Australia on 2 December 1895 and pensioned after 20 years service, aged 48. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 149.
Three: Corporal H. Green, Military Mounted Police, late 20th Hussars Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, Gemaizah 1888, Toski 1889 (2629. Pte. H. Green. 20th Hussars); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (317 Corpl: H. Green. Mil: Mtd: Police.); Khedive’s Star, undated, unnamed as issued, mounted for display, light pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine and better (3) £500-£700 --- Henry Green was born at Enfield, Middlesex, in 1865 and enlisted into the 20th Hussars at Bedford on 9 March 1886, aged 21, a farm labourer by trade. He embarked for Egypt on 2 December 1886, to take part in the Mahdist War in the Sudan. The Anglo-Egyptian Army moved to counter an attack in the Suakin region by the Mahdist General Osman Dinga in 1888. This attack was focused on a pair of British Forts at Gemaizah which were besieged and the decision was taken by General Grenfell to break this siege as soon as he was able. With the arrival of reinforcements from Cairo including a Squadron of the 20th Hussars, the attack commenced on 20 December 1888. During the battle an outflanking manoeuvre by the Mahdist cavalry was countered by the 20th Hussars and driven from the field. Notably this pursuit continued well beyond the order to cease fire. The next year Green again served under Grenfell's command as part of the British Squadron present at the battle of Toski. A Mahdist Army of six thousand men had advanced into Egypt and Grenfell led the Egyptian Army to meet it. The battle was a resounding victory for the Egyptians with the Mahdist Army utterly shattered and its commander killed. The only British troops present were a single squadron of the 20th Hussars who took part in the final decisive cavalry charge which broke the wavering enemy line. Green remained in Egypt transferring to the Military Mounted Police on 1 February 1891. Finally returning to England on 29 March 1896, he continued to serve, being promoted Corporal on 7 December 1898. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in 1904. On his discharge on 8 March 1907, his conduct and character were described as 'exemplary' and a ‘good groom’. He served a total of 21 years.
Three: Sergeant-Major H. Cross, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, clasps mounted in this order, as usual (382 Sergt. H. Cross. 2d. Bn. Hamps. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (382 Serjt:- Maj: H. Cross. Hampshire Regt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (3/4895 S. Mjr. H. Cross. Hamps. R.) light contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £300-£400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 22 March 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’ Henry Cross was born in Southampton in 1863 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 2 August 1882, having previously served in the 3rd Militia Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma from 19 January 1886 to 7 February 1888, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 10 of 1903. He was discharged on 1 August 1907, after 25 years’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War Cross re-enlisted in the Hampshire Regiment on 17 September 1914, and served throughout the War at the depot at home. For his services he was awarded an Immediate Meritorious Service Medal, and was discharged on 17 January 1919, after a further 4 years and 121 days’ service. Sold with copied research including various photographic images of the recipient.
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