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Click here to subscribeA quantity of mainly 1980's earrings and late 20th Century costume jewellery to include Monet, enamelled and cloisonne earrings, faux pearl and multiple gold tone and silver tone necklaces and chains, a quantity of bracelets all housed in a late 20th Century turquoise coloured jewellery box. Location:BWR
A 1960's/70's arctic fox jacket 36" chest x 37" long, with intermittent vertical grey leather striped sections and leather internal trim with hook and eye fastenings and a grey silk lining with images of herons. Location:RailCondition:Good, no stiffening, strong smells, missing fur or stains, with lining intact.
Early 20th Century to 1970's silver and white metal jewellery to include a white metal necklace with rectangular tablets and a moss agate locket, a silver pair of black faceted earrings stamped with the Dutch sword mark (1906-1953), a silver and green stone ring, a pair of vintage Giorgio Armani grey faceted glass earrings, a 1970's silver and pink quartz butterfly necklace stamped with the makers mark JAM (J.A Main Ltd) and a carved Greek amethyst coloured glass pendant on a silver chain. Location:BWR
A pair of 9ct gold earrings stamped 375 with white paste stones, a single yellow metal earring with sapphire cabochon and 9ct gold earring back, a yellow metal wedding band A/F 2.7g, a silver locket with makers mark S.Bros, a pair of yellow metal earrings with amber coloured cabochons having 9ct gold earring backs ,a rolled gold cross pendant on a gold tone chain, a Swarovski Byzantium Collection pendant on silver chain, a 1970's silver cameo pendant with maker's initials ZJ on a Sterling silver chain and a cameo brooch, mixed silver and other earrings, a silver and blue cabochon ring, a Monet gold tone bracelet and other items of jewellery. Location:PORTERS
Mixed 1960's and 1970's fabric remnants and curtains to include 1984 Arthur Sanderson's 'Caly Nework' by Sesame 140cm x 340cm and Liberty 3D lattice in fern green, white and dark green 280cm x 130cm, calico remnants, a pair of vintage red floral curtains with gathered heading tape, unlined, each curtain measuring 120cm Wide x 135cm Deep and a pair of modern grey striped sheer curtains.
Silver and white metal jewellery, mainly necklaces and earrings to include a Deakin & Francis Ltd wax filled and engraved silver bangle, a silver and amber pendant, a white metal Egyptian bracelet with 7 engraved tablets and mixed costume rings together with a 1980's American Schrade folding penknife.
Early to mid 20th Century clothing and decorative items comprising white cotton christening gowns and children's clothing, a Chinese sheer and hand painted circular table covering with matching coasters, a pair of 1940's gold ladies shoes, a 1960's red embroidered skirt, a Japanese short robe, an Indian style shawl and a WW1 Peace crotchet table covering, framed.
Skeletons: A Cast of a Dodo Skeleton (†Raphus cucullatus), modern, a complete skeletal cast of an adult full mount Dodo, in standing position looking straight ahead, mounted within a large five-glass table display case with oak base, 69cm by 33cm by 74cm, the skeletal bones were cast from actual bones collected by George Clarke from the Mare aux Songes, Mauritius during the 1860's, bearing identification plaque to interior.
Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Cased Pair of Magnificent Rifle Birds (Ptiloris magnificus), re-cased by Rowland Ward Ltd, 64/65, Grosvenor Street, London, (circa 1960), a superb pair of rare and interesting Magnificent Riflebirds, the male with wings outstretched displaying his colourful neck plumage, the female perched beside with head raised, both mounted upon a small branch, amidst reeds and leaves, set above soil covered groundwork below, enclosed within a typical Rowland Ward five-glass table display case with green painted taped frame, 49.5cm by 27cm by 41cm, bearing a trade mark circular ivorine button to interior groundwork, bird specimens were mounted circa 1875, and then re-cased in the 1960's by Rowland Ward.
The Chin-Lushai campaign medal awarded to Mr. S. V. Tayler, Assistant District Superintendent of Police in Bengal, who was Mentioned in Despatches India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (Mr. S. V. Tayler, Asst. Dist. Supt. of Police) engraved naming, small official correction to end of surname, otherwise nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2003. S. V. Tayler was appointed Assistant Superintendent, 3rd Grade, in the Bengal Police, sometime before January 1886, when he is shown as serving at Burdwan. He later served at Backergunge and at Midnapore, and by January 1889 had been appointed to the 2nd Grade, serving at Chittagong Hill Tracts. He took part in the Chin-Lushai expedition of 1889-90, with the Chittagong Frontier Police and after a period of furlough, then served in the South Lushai Hills. He is last mentioned in the Indian Army List of July 1892. Tayler was mentioned in the Chin-Lushai, Field Operations Despatch, London Gazette 12 September 1890: ‘On the Lushai side the Cachar Military Police under Messrs. Daly and Broderick were brought to the front with great rapidity and in admirable order, and did most useful service, while the Chittagong Frontier Police did good work under Mr. S. V. Tayler.’ He is also mentioned again later in the same Despatch: ‘Chittagong Frontier Police. During the last expedition I was able to make very favourable mention of the men composing the Chittagong Frontier Police Battalion, under the command of Mr. C. S. Murray, District Superintendent of Police. During this expedition 50 men accompanied the Northern Column, and 100 under Mr. S. V. Tayler, Assistant Superintendent of Police, were employed with the advanced party, and did excellent work. They are the most useful and willing men I should ever care to serve with. Besides being keen soldiers, they can build huts, thatch roofs, construct rafts and, in fact, put their hands to anything, and are accustomed to carry all their own kits.’
The Second Afghan War Medal awarded to Lieutenant T. J. O’D. Renny, 4th Punjab Infantry, who was mortally wounded on 14 December 1879, while forcing the Zawa Pass during the expedition against the Zaimukhts Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lt. T. J. O’D. Renny, 4th Pun, Infy.) minor edge bruise, otherwise good very fine and rare £1,200-£1,600 --- Thomas John O’Dwyer Renny was born at Mussoorie on 15 August 1846, third son of Colonel Robert Renny, C.B., Bengal Staff Corps. He entered H.M.’s Service on 11 April 1868, as an Ensign in the 31st Foot, but was transferred on the same day to the 36th Foot, and being in India when he was gazetted, he joined the latter regiment at Peshawar in the succeeding June. In November 1869 he accompanied the regiment to Rawal Pindi, and, on 28 October 1871, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. On 5 January 1872, he was appointed Second Wing Subaltern in the 4th Punjab Infantry, on probation for the Bengal Staff Corps, into which he was subsequently admitted with effect from that date. He joined this regiment at Abbottabad, and at that station from February 1873 to April 1874 he officiated as Quarter-Master of the corps, acting also as Adjutant, in addition, from the month of January. In April 1874 he was appointed First Wing Subaltern, and, still officiating as Adjutant, he, in December of that year, marched with the regiment to Kohat, at which station he continued officiating as Adjutant of the corps until February 1870. From September 1876 to May 1877 he again officiated as Quarter-Master, and during this period a reorganisation of regimental appointments having taken place, his permanent appointment received the designation of “Wing Officer”. In August 1877 he took part with the regiment in a raid into the country of the Jowaki Afridis, carried out in reprisal of Jowaki incursions into British territory, and in the following winter, as Adjutant of the regiment (to which post he was permanently appointed in November 1877'), he served with the corps throughout the arduous operations against that troublesome clan (India Medal and Clasp). On the termination of this campaign he accompanied the regiment to Edwardesabad, arriving there in April 1878, and during the cold season of 1878-79 he was actively employed with the corps in protecting the Tank border against the Mahsud Waziris, who had at that time been making a series of unusually daring raids into British territory. In the autumn of 1879, on the renewal of the Afghan War, he accompanied the regiment to the Kuram Valley, and in December of the same year he took part with it in the expedition against the Zaimukhts, a tribe which had been conspicuously troublesome in its plundering and murdering incursions on the line of communications. In the operations which followed he unfortunately lost his life, having, on the 14th December, fallen mortally wounded, shot through the head in the assault of Zawa, the Zaimukht stronghold. He died of his wound on the following day, in camp at Chinarak, whence his remains were afterwards removed to Kohat, and there interred.
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (214659 Dvr. A. E. Jackson. R.A.) surname officially re-impressed; British War Medal 1914-20 (J.88029 C. G. Jeffreys. Boy 2 R.N.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (3503 Sepoy Ganesha Singh. 4 Rd. Constn. Bn.) unit partially officially corrected and top lugs on clasp bent; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2037238 S. Sjt. J. Terry. R.A.) generally very fine and better (4) £70-£90
1914-15 Star (429258 Pte P. Rutledge. 7/Can: Inf:); together with British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (2193345 Sjt. R. J. Burland. C. E.; 629923 S. Sjt. J. T. Rigg. 47-Can. Inf.; 791065 Pte. J. Fraser. 47-Can. Inf.; 629559 Pte. J. Oxnam. 47-Can. Inf.) suspension claw re-pinned on last, edge bruising, nearly very fine, remainder generally very fine or better (5) £70-£90 --- Peter Rutledge was born in Waterside, Ayrshire, Scotland in November 1875. He had 14 years prior service with Royal Marine Light Infantry; and, 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. Rutledge served during the Great War with the 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Rutledge died of illness, 12 September 1916, and is buried in the Wokingham (St. Sebastian) Churchyard, Berkshire. John Thornthwaite Rigg was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland in July 1881. He was a mining engineer by profession, with prior service with Bedfordshire Regiment and Canadian Army Medical Corps. Rigg served with the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and his name brought to the notice of Secretary of State for War for valuable service in connection with the war. John Oxnam was born in Marazion, Penzance, Cornwall in June 1897. He served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Oxnam was killed in action in the attack at Regina Trench (Courcelette), 11 November 1916. He is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (M8589 W. T. Matthew Car. Cr. R.N.; SS.111544 W. Will. L. Sto. R.N.; Ply.338-S- Act. Sgt. L. Snellgrove. R.M.L.I.) suspension claw loose on 1st, last officially renamed, edge bruising, nearly very fine (3) (3) £80-£120 --- William Thomas Matthews was a native of Islington, London, and the son of Mr and Mrs W. T. S. Matthews, of 19, Whitehall Park Road, Chiswick, London. He served during the Great War as Carpenter’s Crew with H.M.S. Black Prince, and was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland. During the late afternoon and night of 31 May the Black Prince had lost touch with the main fleet, and at about 00.15 on 1 June she found herself 1,600 yards from ships of the German 1st Battle Squadron. Illuminated by searchlights, several German battleships then swept her with fire at point blank range. Unable to respond, she burst into flames and four minutes later after a terrific explosion she sank with all hands - 37 officers, 815 ratings, and 5 civilians. Matthews in commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. William Will was born in Aberdeen in March 1893. He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in November 1911, and subsequent service included with H.M.S. Legion from 18 July 1914. Whilst serving with her, Will took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. He transferred to the cruiser Calliope in March 1916, and served with her as part of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland. Louis Snellgrove served with the Royal Marine Light Infantry during the Great War, and was wounded in action at Gallipoli. Snellgrove served with H.M.S. Fox, and was awarded the M.S.M. for services in Russia (London Gazette 17 October 1919, having already been M.I.D. London Gazette 22 April 1919).
British War Medal 1914-20 (S. Nurse F. E. Dingle.) very fine £30-£40 --- Florence Emma Dingle was born in 1874 at Lostwithiel, Cornwall, and trained at Bristol General Hospital, 1905-08. She joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service in 1914 and served initially at 4th Northern General Hospital, Lincoln. She was sent to Salonica where she served from 7 September 1917, initially at No. 43 General Hospital and shortly afterwards at No. 48 General Hospital and then at No. 40 Casualty Clearing Station. After the war ended she served some time at the British Military Hospital in Sofia before being demobilised. She joined the Nursing register in 1921 (No. 423) and was also appointed a Queen’s Nurse. She also joined the Reserve and was promoted to Sister, but resigned in 1930 having reached the age limit. She continued her nursing work into her mid-60s, her record giving details of appointments, courses, character and abilities until 1938. She died in 1965. Sold with copied research including service record and medal rolls which confirm additional entitlement to Victory Medal and Territorial Force War Medal.
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (429282 Pte. E. G. Larson. 7-Can. Inf.; 845382 Pte. S. J. Tulloch. 47-Can. Inf.; 628207 Pte. G. Pease. C.M.G. Bde.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (428292 Pte. J. Fyffe. 7-Can. Inf.; 428547 Pte. J. O’Neill. 7-Can. Inf.; 116168 A.C.S. Mjr. H. Brady. 47-Can. Inf.) generally very fine or better (6) £80-£100 --- Samuel John Tulloch was born in Sombra Township, Ontario, Canada in February 1894. He served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry in the UK, and died of illness, 9 May 1918, and is buried in the Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire. John Fyffe was born in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland in August 1883. He served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and died of wounds, 7 May 1917. The CEF Burial Registers gives - ‘Died of Wounds - (Shrapnel wound, left arm amputated) at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples.’ Private Fyffe is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. William Alexander McNeill/James O’Neill enlisted under the latter name as an alias. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in September 1887. O’Neill served during the Great War with the 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and died of wounds, 30 March 1916. The CEF Burial Registers gives - ‘Died of Wounds - whilst with his Company in the support trenches on March 29th 1916, he was wounded by shrapnel from enemy shell. He was immediately taken to No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station, where he died the next day.’ Private O’Neill is buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Hugh Brady was born in Inniskillen, Ireland in August 1877. He resided at 1550 Vine Street, Kitsilano, Vancouver, British Columbia. Brady had 12 years prior service with 6th Dragoon Guards (entitled to QSA and KSA ); and, two years with BC Horse as Squadron Sergeant Major. He served during the Great War as Company Sergeant Major with the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front.
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (3056553 Pte. A. Tremblay 38-Can. Inf.; 3204466 Pte. D. J. Molyneux. N.S.R.) third erased; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (Sergt. Albert S. Molden) in Royal Mint case of issue; Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R. (Cpl. J. M. J. C. Tremblay) last in case of issue, generally very fine (5) £80-£120 --- Adelard Tremblay was born in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada in July 1895. He was a Stenographer by trade, and served during the Great War with the 38th Battalion (Ottawa), Canadian Infantry. Private Tremblay was killed in action on the Western Front, 2 September 1918, and is buried in the Dury Mill British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Daniel John Molyneux was born in Dundas, Prince Edward Island, Canada in June 1887. He served during the Great War in the UK with the 1st Depot Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (29436. Cpl. A. Stanton. R.A.F.; 33455. 1.A.M. J. Flatman. R.A.F.; 33589. 1.A.M. N. S. Hodgson. R.A.F.; 135856 2.A.M. L. Black. R.A.F.) generally very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Albert Stanton was born on 18 January 1885 and commenced service in the Royal Flying Corps on 27 May 1916, at the age of 30, and was by trade a Carpenter and Joiner. He served in France as an Aero Rigger, including service with 23 Squadron, from 21 June 1916 to 24 September 1918, before transferring to the Reserve on 9 March 1919. John Flatman was born in 1887 and commenced service in the Royal Flying Corps on 17 June 1916, at the age of 28, and was by trade a chauffeur. He served in France as a Driver / Chauffeur from 27 November 1916 to 6 February 1919, and was discharged to the Reserve on 10 March 1919. Norman Simon Hodgson was born in 1882 and commenced service in the Royal Flying Corps on 20 June 1916, and was by trade a baker. He served in France with No. 6 Wing, R.F.C. from 13 October 1917 to 25 February 1919 and was discharged to the Reserve on 27 March 1919. Lewis Black was born in 1897 and commenced service in the Royal Flying Corps on 16 May 1916, declaring prior service as a Private in the Seaforth Highlanders, and was by trade an apprentice coppersmith. He had served in France with the Seaforth Highlanders from 5 September 1916 to 9 December 1917, and then as a coppersmith with the R.F.C. and R.A.F. from 10 December 1917 to 14 February 1919. He was discharged to the Reserve on 23 March 1919.
Regimental Sporting Medallions (14), Northern Ireland District Curragh Challenge Cup 1927 (1st D.L.I. ‘C’ Coy Cpl. J. Gallagy); London Territorial Sprts 1909; Cirty of London (T) A & S A War Memorial Trophy (Football Ravensbourne H A Gough 1927); Ordnance Athletic Recreation Club Cricket (Foremans Cup Runners Up 1020 Erecting & Test J. Harris); RNAS Evanton (2) (Inter Hut Soccer Aug. 1945 Runners Up J. Walton. L.A.F.A.; Football 1946 Winners Dispersal J. Walton L.A.F.A. 12th Man); ACAC (Unit Team Championships J. B. Jarvis 43rd Light Infantry 1932); The Army Football Association (Army v Essex County 1960-61 Referee Captain R. A. Baker R.A.E.C.); United Services Football League (Junior Challenge Cup Winners 1938-39); British Legion Band Society 1927 (Brass Band Contest Winners J. Bell); Military College of Science; 101 Training Reserve Batt.; Mill Hill O.T.C.; Miniature Rifles Society Clubs, all silver and enamelled, the last with solder over naming, generally very fine (14) £100-£140
Mentioned in Despatches Certificates (3): Chief Engineroom Artificer Herbert Mitchell, dated 11 June 1946; Corporal I. A. Stephenson, Royal Army Service Corps, dated 4 April 1946; and Captain G. R. Gout, Corps of Royal Engineers, dated 8 May 1956, the last mounted in a glazed display frame, the last with considerable foxing; otherwise generally good condition (3) £60-£80 --- Herbert Mitchell was Mentioned in Despatches ‘for distinguished service during the War in the Far East’ (London Gazette 11 June 1946). Ivan Asher Stephenson was awarded the British Empire Medal (Military) as an Acting Sergeant, R.A.S.C., (London Gazette 13 June 1946), and was Mentioned in Despatches ‘in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North-West Europe’ (London Gazette 4 April 1946). Sold with a 21st Army Group Commander in Chief’s certificate, for outstanding good service named to S/290127 Corporal I. A. Stephenson, Royal Army Service Corps, bearing the facsimile signature of Field Marshal B. L. Montgomery; Buckingham Palace congratulations slip dated 24 June, 1947 addressed to Sergeant Ivan A. Stephenson. B.E.M. Royal Army Service Corps, dated 24 June 1947; original letter from R.A.S.C. Records Office, forwarding Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated May 1948, and addressed to Mr. I. A. Stephenson, 27 Damory Street, Blandford, Dorset; and Army Council Issue slip for Second World War campaign medals, indicating the issue of 4 medals and one emblem. George Roy Gout was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, on 25 March 1945, and was promoted Lieutenant on 27 March 1948 and Captain on 6 July 1951. He was Mentioned in Despatches ‘in recognition of distinguished services in Malaya during the period 1st July to 31st December, 1955’ (London Gazette 8 May 1956). He was promoted Major on 2 February 1959 and retired on 22 May 1975.
Miscellaneous Documents, booklets and ephemera, mainly of military interest. Comprising a Soldier’s ‘Brown Book’ Service and Pay Book, Regular Army Soldier’s ‘Red Book’ Certificate of Service, Record of Service Sheet, and Parchment Royal Warrant, on appointment as Warrant Officer, relating to Warrant Officer Class II, Company Sergeant Major A. M. Williams, Royal Engineers and Royal Signals, together with a group photograph supposedly including the recipient; a Parchment Certificate of Service (Army Form D.426), Parchment Certificate of Discharge (Army Form B.2077), and Certificate of Employment During the War (Army Form Z. 18), relating to Regimental Sergeant Major G. R. Marsden, 4th Dragoon Guards; a small bundle of letters home, mainly from India and Burma in the early 1890s, relating to Lance Sergeant R. Scott, Cheshire Regiment, including a parchment Camp Cookery Certificate issued by the Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General, Aldershot Camp, this all giving an interesting snapshot of military life on campaign in India and Burma; a R.A.F. Form 2520B Airwoman, Royal Air Force Service and Release Book, and letter from the Royal College of Music, London, relating to Flight Sergeant H. M. Klein, B.E.M., Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; a Home Guard Service Certificate, 1952-56, named to G. E. A. Bourne; two National Registration Identity cards, one named to W. J. J. Haynes, of Brierly Hill, with a Gloucestershire Regimental Association Life Membership Card; an Army Booklet ‘Health Memoranda for British Soldiers in the Tropics’ 1941; and other ephemera; together with a British cast copy of the Sinking of the S.S. Lusitania Medal by K. Goetz, 55mm, unboxed, generally good condition £60-£80 --- Alexander Mitchell Williams was born in 1904, and enlisted at Cork into the Royal Engineers on 2 February 1920. He transferred into the Royal Signals on 6 November 1920, and remained in the Royal Signals for his military career. He served at Home, in Egypt, India and served with the B.E.F. in France from September 1939 to June 1940, the remainder of his Second World War Service being ‘at Home’. His Certificate of Service confirms that he had served 25 years and 253 days with the Colours and seven years in the Reserve, having a combined service of 33 years. He received the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1938, the 1939-45 Star and the Defence and War Medals. He was discharged from the Army Reserve in 1953. George Richard Marsden was born in Ashford, Kent. He enlisted into the Dragoons of the Line as Private No. 4802, 4th Dragoon Guards, at London on 13 May 1898. He transferred to the Army Reserve at Gosport on 20 April 1905, and was recalled for service in the Great War being promoted Regimental Sergeant Major on 13 October 1917. Robert Scott received the India General Service Medal 1854, with clasp Chin-Lushai 1889-90, for service in India as Colour Sergeant, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Miss Hilda Minnie Klein was born in Bow, London, in October 1896. A talented pianist, she entered the Royal College of Music on 23 September 1915 and studied there for 19 terms. She won numerous prizes, became an Associated Board examiner and held a teaching post until the late 1960s. Miss Klein enlisted in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force at Harrogate on 30 September 1940. Promoted to Corporal on 24 January 1941, she was trained as a Photographic Interpreter (P.I.) and transferred to R.A.F. Medmenham in Buckinghamshire on 17 April 1942; the station was the R.A.F.’s Central Interpretation Unit, responsible for analysing air photographs and producing reports of enemy positions. The unit issued target maps to 617 Squadron prior to the Dambusters Raid, and kept close tabs upon the movements of the Tirpitz in Norway. For her services she was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1945) and additionally awarded the British Empire Medal, Military Division (London Gazette 1 January 1946). She was discharged on 14 September 1945 and died at Hove, Sussex, on 7 June 1981.
Copy Medals (5): British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916 (3), silver issue, 1 clasp (2), Punitive Expeditions; Rundum; bronze issue, 1 clasp, Punitive Expedition; British North Borneo Company Medal 1898-1900 (2), silver issue, 1 clasp, Tambunan; bronze issue, 1 clasp, Tambunan, the edge of all stamped ‘copy’, and all with the usual obliteration to the ‘S’ of ‘Son’ of Spink and Son, nearly extremely fine (5) £100-£140
Copy Medals (5): British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916, silver issue, 1 clasp (2), Punitive Expedition; Rundum; British North Borneo Company Medal 1898-1900, silver issue, 1 clasp, Tambunan (2); British North Borneo General Service Medal 1937, silver, the edge of all stamped ‘copy’, the first four with the usual obliteration to the ‘S’ of ‘Son’ of Spink and Son; the last with the usual obliteration of the far laurel leaf in exergue; together with two poor-quality cast copies of the British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916, one with clasp Punitive Expedition, the first five nearly extremely fine (7) £100-£140 --- Sold with a cast copy British North Borneo Police waist-belt clasp; and three modern Malaysian proof coins.
Austria, Empire, Military Merit Cross 1914-18, Third Class, silver and enamel, good very fine Belgium, Kingdom, Commemorative Medal for the Great War, bronze, good very fine Italy, Kingdom, Africa Campaign Medal, bronze, with 2 engraved clasps, Adua 1890, Casssala 1894; East Africa Medal, bronze, 2 clasps, 1936, 1937, edge bruising to first, generally very fine Kuwait, Emirate, Military Service Medal, Second Class, silvered, with silver star on riband, extremely fine Netherlands, Kingdom, Cross for Important War Actions, white metal, 2 clasps, Atjeh 1873-1896, Atjeh 1896-1900, the reverse crudely numbered ‘51503’, very fine Norway, Kingdom, Medal for Freedom and Fatherland, silver, the reverse impressed ‘P. S. Floge’; together with a commemorative medal for the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Narvik 1940-90, white metal; and a miniature medal for Borgerdad, Carl XIV Johan, silver, with crown and wide suspension, edge bruise to first, very fine (9) £100-£140
The campaign pair to the Rorke’s Drift defender Sergeant Alfred Saxty, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot, who served as a Corporal in “B” Company at the defence and was one of the last few survivors of Rorke’s Drift South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (849 Cpl. A, Saxty, 2-24-Foot,); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (849 Sjt. A. Saxty, 2-S, W, Bord,) both early 20th century replacement medals officially impressed in small capitals, the I.G.S. struck with ‘Crimea’ dated obverse, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine and rare (2) £15,000-£20,000 --- Replacement medals claimed by Saxty whilst an In-Pensioner at Chelsea Hospital, sometime around October 1930, and issued under Authority Chelsea Rep/68/GEN/5160. Alfred Saxty was born at Buckland Dinham, near Frome, Somerset, and enlisted for 25 Brigade at Newport, Monmouthshire, on 11 September 1876, aged 19, being posted to the 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot at Brecon two days later. He was appointed Lance-Corporal in April 1877, promoted to Corporal in August 1877, and appointed Lance-Sergeant in February 1878 but reverted to Corporal in July 1878. He served in South Africa from 1 February 1878 to 12 January 1880, and was a Corporal in “B” Company of the 2nd Battalion who defended the hospital at Rorke’s Drift on 22 and 23 January, 1897, against 3,000 Zulus and beat them off. Loopholes were made in the farm buildings, and biscuit tins and bags of corn were used as a breastwork around the main buildings. Outnumbered by thirty to one the gallant garrison fought through the night to repulse the Zulu warriors who left 400 killed before they retreated. His presence at Rorke’s Drift is confirmed on the Chard roll, on Bourne’s rolls, in which he is incorrectly listed as a Sergeant, and on Dunbar’s list. In fact Saxty was promoted to Sergeant the day after the defence. After 7 months service in the Mediterranean, the regiment moved to India in August 1880 and served in Burma from May 1886 to January 1887, before returning to India again. Saxty was confined on 6 May 1881, charged with being drunk on picquet, and sentenced by District Court Martial to be reduced to Private and to 56 days imprisonment with hard labour and stoppage of pay, in addition being fined £1 and forfeited Good Conduct Pay. He steadily regained his steps in rank to become Sergeant again in December 1885. After his service in the Burma campaign, Saxty re-engaged for the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment at Madras on 4 October 1887, ‘for such term as shall complete 21 years service.’ He transferred to the 2nd Battalion of that regiment on New Years Day 1888, and then transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 14 July 1891. Reduced to Corporal in October 1894, he was discharged at his own request at Thayetmyo, Burma, on 28 February 1895. Saxty had married Mary Copeland on 30 December 1885, at Ootacamund, India, and by December 1894 had issue four children, Albert, Mary, Wilfred and Leo. He was admitted to In-Pension at Chelsea Hospital on 12 June 1930, but reverted to Out-Pension in October 1933 in order to live with his sister in Newport, Monmouthshire. In 1934 he attended the Northern Command Tattoo, held at Gateshead, County Durham, 7-14 July, when he appeared in the arena with Bourne, Cooper, Jobbins and Wood, all former comrades at Rorke’s Drift. Saxty died of myocarditis and senility at Woolaston House Infirmary, Newport, Monmouthshire, on 11 July 1936. He was buried with military honours at St Wollos Cemetery, Newport, on 15 July. The Royal Horse Artillery provided the gun carriage, the South Wales Borderers Depot the bearers, firing party and bugler. A large number of Officers and other ranks of the Regiment and a strong contingent of British Legion attended. Lieutenant-Colonel Bourne sent a wreath, as did five other survivors of the former Rorke’s Drift garrison. Sold with a set of original Attestation and Discharge papers, Medical History, full pension record and Chelsea Hospital Death Certificate; together with a contemporary photograph of the ‘Five Defenders of Rorke’s Drift’ at the Northern Command Tattoo at Gateshead in 1934, fully annotated and identified in ink by Lieutenant-Colonel Bourne and accompanied by a manuscript letter from Bourne, dated 14 April 1939, at which time he and six others were the sole survivors of Rorke’s Drift. Together with comprehensive copied research including news cuttings, photographs, and Chard’s report on the defence of Rorke’s Drift.
A fine Second War submariner’s D.S.O. and D.S.C. group of eleven awarded to Captain Dudley Norman, Royal Navy, who won the D.S.C. when in command of H.M. Submarine H.44 for sinking shipping off the coast of Norway in 1940, and the D.S.O. when in command of H.M. Submarine Upright for sinking the Italian cruiser Armando Diaz in February 1941; he was afterwards the first Commodore of the Malaysian Navy Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1941, with integral top ribbon bar; Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1941, hallmarks for London 1940; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977; Malaysia, Pingat Khidmat Berbakti; Denmark, silver medal for Galathea Deep Sea Expedition 1950-1952; Netherlands, Red Cross Decoration, silver-gilt and enamels, and Red Cross Medal of Merit, silver, medals unmounted, together with mounted group of eight miniature dress medals and a loose Jubilee 1977, generally good very fine (12) £4,000-£5,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 23 September 1941. Seedie’s Submarine roll confirms award ‘For sinking the Italian Cruiser Armando Diaz off Kerkenah Bank in the Mediterranean on 25 February 1941, and a supply ship.’ D.S.C. London Gazette 1 January 1941. Edward Dudley Norman was born on 2 August 1910, and went to Dartmouth in 1924. He joined the Submarine service in 1932 and served in submarines at Devonport, Gosport and Portland before undergoing the Submarine C.O.’s Qualifying Course in 1940. His first submarine command in March 1940 was the 1920-vintage H.44, in which he carried out several patrols in the North Sea, sank enemy shipping off the Norwegian coast, and was awarded the D.S.C. In December 1940, Norman went out to the Mediterranean to take command of Upright in the Malta-based flotilla, later dubbed ‘The Fighting Tenth’. Sailing for his second patrol in February 1941, Upright had to encounter a new hazard: Italian acoustic mines laid in the harbour approaches. Upright’s sailors detonated them by firing machine gun bullets into the water about 100 yards ahead of the boat. On 21 February, Norman took Upright inside the Tunisian harbour of Sfax to look for targets, but found none. “As we were then scraping along the bottom at periscope depth,” he said, “it seemed prudent to reverse course and retire to the open sea.” Four nights later, Upright was on the surface off Sfax, charging main batteries, when the officer of the watch sighted “a cruiser or a very large destroyer, escorted by two destroyers, one on each bow”. Norman estimated the target’s course and speed, fired four torpedoes, and then dived. “As I got below,” he said, “the periscope was going up. I got it on the right bearing in time to see the first torpedo hit, in the light of which I considered the target was probably a cruiser.” He had, in fact, sunk the 5,000 ton Italian cruiser Armando Diaz and was awarded the D.S.O. Invalided home from Malta with dysentery in July 1941, he took command, in October, of the German U-boat U.570, which had surrendered to an R.A.F. Hudson aircraft south of Iceland in August, and was renamed H.M.S. Graph. U.570’s cryptographic material had been ditched and many instruments smashed, but in a year’s trials under Norman, Graph gave the Allies priceless information about the construction, performance and weaponry of the standard Type VII U-boat. After Graph, Norman commanded Tuna and Alcide, one of the first of the long-range A Class patrol submarines intended for the Pacific. Norman left the Submarine Service in 1947 and had appointments in the Admiralty, with Nato, as Executive Officer of H.M.S. Heron, the naval air station at Yeovilton, where he learned to fly, and in command of the sloop Nereide on the South African Station. The Royal Malaysian Navy, which formed on independence in 1957, began modestly with the purchase of a handful of ex-Royal Navy minesweepers. But as its first Commodore, Norman laid the foundations of a small but efficient force which played a full part in the confrontation with Indonesia in the 1960s. When Norman retired in 1960, he was awarded the Malaysian decoration, the Pingat Khidmat Berbakti. In retirement, Norman was secretary of the Royal Malta Yacht Club, and he played an influential role in establishing the first Whitbread Round the World Race. He died in 1998, aged 87. Sold with original warrant and statutes for D.S.O., award certificates for Coronation Medal and Netherlands Red Cross Decoration (16 January 1959), various correspondence, and an original photograph album compiled by Norman with 16 large black and white photographs of the captured U.570 on later trials as H.M.S. Graph, some captioned and dated 15 October 1941, showing interior images and various detailing around her, together with four larger loose photographs of the submarine.
An inter-War ‘South Persia operations’ O.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. B. White, Commanding Officer, 39th King George’s Own, Central India Horse, late 4th Hussars The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1918; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. W. B. White.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Major W. B. White.) light contact marks, very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 23 July 1920: ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in South Persia.’ William Blomfield White was born in 1882 and was educated at Harrow. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th Hussars in 1901, and was promoted Lieutenant in 1904. He transferred to the Indian Army in 1908, and was promoted Captain in 1910 and appointed a Squadron Commander in the 39th King George’s Own Central India Horse. He was promoted Major in 1916, and temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1918, and for his services during the Great War and in the subsequent operations in South Persia he was both Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 23 July 1920) and was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1927, and retired 1931. The history of the Central India Horse refers to him as follows: ‘He was essentially a bahadur (a brave man and one of renown), and as such was admired and respected by all the Indian ranks of the regiment.’ Sold with copied research.
A Great War ‘French theatre’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major S. Taylor, ‘D’ Battery, 236th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. S. Taylor. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major S. Taylor.) generally very fine or better (4) £700-£900 --- M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 23 December 1918. Stanley Taylor was commissioned in the 22nd London (Howitzer) Battery, Royal Field Artillery in May 1914, and advanced to Lieutenant in December of the same year. He served during the Great War with ‘D’ Battery, 236th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery in the French theatre of war from 16 March 1915. Taylor advanced to Acting Captain in January 1917, took command of the Battery, and advanced to Acting Major in August 1918.
A Second War ‘1945’ D.F.C. group of five attributed to Flight Lieutenant, late Warrant Officer, S. A. Anderson, 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer, a Halifax and Lancaster flight engineer who flew in at least 53 operational sorties, including a tour with 161 (Special Duties) Squadron Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, mounted on investiture pin, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Engineer’s Brevet, nearly extremely fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 25 May 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘Warrant Office Anderson is Flight Engineer in Flight Lieutenant Rosenhain’s crew and has completed 45 operational sorties totalling 272 hrs. 10 mins. On his first tour with 161 Squadron he completed 32 sorties, all on Halifax aircraft. On joining the Squadron, he crewed up with Flight Lieutenant Rosenhain and has since completed 13 sorties. A resourceful and courageous engineer whose infectious enthusiasm is largely responsible for the magnificent co-operation that exists in his crew. He has also rendered valuable assistance to his leader. He is recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. Remarks of Station Commander: This Warrant Officer has set an excellent example to the other aircrew members of his Squadron.’ Sidney A. Anderson served as a Flight Engineer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. He carried out training at St. Athan and Marston Moor at the end of 1942, before being posted for operational flying to 161 (Special Duties) Squadron (Halifaxes) at Tempsford in December 1942. Anderson flew in 32 operational sorties with the Squadron between April - November 1943, including ‘supplying arms, spies etc. to the European Underground Movements. These included operations over Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, France, Poland, Czechslovakia, Italy and Corsica.’ (Recipient’s Resume included in lot refers). Having completed his first tour of operations, Anderson returned to operational flying with 15 Squadron (Lancasters) at Mildenhall in December 1944. He flew in 21 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Trier; Cologne; Koblenz; Vohwinkel (2); Krefeld (2); Saarbrucken; Enkerschwick; Wanne Eickel; Sterkrade; Munchen-Gladbach and Wiesbaden. Anderson was awarded the D.F.C., commissioned, and left the service in 1950 having advanced to Flight Lieutenant. Sold with named Buckingham Palace enclosure for D.F.C.; a short typed Resume compiled by and signed by the recipient; file of copied research including the relevant ORB entries and a photographic image of recipient’s crew.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant-Major J. H. Rubery, 1/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (243115 A.C.S. Mjr: J. H. Rubery. 1/6 R. War: R.-T.F.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (243115 Sjt: J. H. Rubery. 1/6 R. War: R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1547 L. Cpl. J. H. Rubery. R. War: R.); British War and Victory Medals (243115 W.O. Cl. 2. J. H. Rubery. R. War. R.) medals unmounted, light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 26 November 1917; citation published 8 February 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When his officers became casualties during an advance he took command of all the men in the neighbourhood and led them forward to the company’s objective, which he consolidated, capturing a large number of prisoners and several machine guns. His leadership and example were of the greatest value.’ M.M. London Gazette 26 May 1917. Immediate Reward, announced in Routine Orders by General Sir H. S. Rawlinson, Bart., K.C.B., K.C.V.O., Commanding Fourth Army, 27th April 1917. John Henry Rubery was born on 2 August 1895, in Birmingham and served with the 1/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, in France from 22 March 1915, and was demobilized on 29 March 1919. He died in Birmingham on 14 November 1979. Sold with three original photographs of the recipient with his wife and family, original copy of Routine Orders of April 1917, cutting from Birmingham Daily Mail announcing D.C.M. with citation, and certificate of Disembodiment on Demobilisation confirming both awards; together with copied research including gazette notices, D.C.M., M.M. and Medal Index Cards.
A rare Great War April 1917 D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private H. W. Green, 10th Hussars, for the notable cavalry V.C.-action at Monchy-le-Preux on 11 April when, with the Essex Yeomanry, they suffered heavy casualties in their heroic defence of the village over several days Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11558 Pte. H. W. Green. 10/Hrs:); 1914-15 Star (11558 Pte. H. W. Green. 10th Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (11558 Pte. H. W. Green. 10-Hrs.) medals unmounted, good very fine (4) £1,600-£2,000. --- D.C.M. London Gazette 18 June 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He formed a dressing station in a dug-out and got a large number of wounded into it, and for several days continued to render assistance to wounded men, exposing himself continuously.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Monchy, 11 April 1917.’ On 9 April 1917 the British and Canadians began an attack which would become known as the Battle of Arras. The opening day was a spectacular success with the Canadians capturing Vimy Ridge but the British cavalry was held back too far behind the lines to exploit the temporary disarray in the German defences. At dawn on the 11th of April, elements of the 15th (Scottish) and 37th Divisions were holding positions in and around the village of Monchy-le-Preux. The 10th (Prince of Wales’ Own Royal) Hussars, along with other regiments from their Brigade, were ordered to circle round the village and advance to a position between Monchy and the River Scarpe. At 8.30am, in a blizzard, the Hussars began their advance along with the Essex Yeomanry and, as they crossed the southern slope of Orange Hill to the north of Monchy, they came under shell and machine gun fire which caused a number of casualties and forced the survivors to take shelter in the streets of Monchy itself. Here they became trapped under heavy shell fire for over three days, engaged in heavy fighting with the streets being strewn with the bodies of troopers and their horses. One eyewitness recounted that: ‘The main street of Monchy was indeed a terrible sight, and the horrors are not being exaggerated when it is described as being littered with dead men and horses. In one place the horses were lying so thick that it was necessary to climb over them in order to pass along the street.’ The Hussars lost 27 men killed during the attack and 157 wounded, and between themselves and the Yeomanry, around 900 horses are thought to have become casualties. Lance-Corporal Harold Mugford, Machine Gun Corps, attached Essex Yeomanry, was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action. Harold W. Green served with the 10th Hussars in France from 18 October 1915. His was one of only 10 D.C.M.’s won by the 10th Hussars during the Great War, two of which were awarded for Monchy-le-Preux.
A rare Great War ‘West Africa 1914 operations’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Quarter-Master Sergeant G. Prince, Royal Army Medical Corps, who distinguished himself in an action at Susa while attached to the Nigeria Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (14082 S. Sjt: G. Prince. R.A.M.C.) edge bruise; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (14082 Q.M. Sjt: G. Prince. R.A.M.C.) mounted for wear, very fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 1999 and September 2008. D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1916. The original recommendation states: ‘Staff Sergeant G. Prince, specially mentioned by Lieutenant-Colonel Haywood, Commanding No. 2 Battalion, Nigeria Regiment. During the action near Susa on 19 October 1914 two sections of ‘E’ Company were making a counter attack when they were surrounded and fired on from all sides. For a period of two hours Staff Sergeant Prince showed the greatest coolness and indifference to the enemy’s fire, when he might well have taken cover, he continued to remain in an exposed position devoting himself to his duty.’ The above recommendation was included in an official report entitled ‘West African Expeditionary Force (Secret), Government House, Duala, 22 February 1915’ (National Archives WO 158/516 refers). M.I.D. London Gazette 31 May 1916 (Cameroons).
A Great War 1916 ‘Mesopotamian theatre’ I.D.S.M. awarded to Havildar Sahib Singh, 21st Field Company, 3rd Sappers and Miners Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (3120 Naik Sahib Singh. 21st. Field Co. 3rd S. & M.) suspension loose, nearly very fine £300-£400 --- I.D.S.M. G.G.O. 1385 of 1916 (Mesopotamia).
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Tel-El-Kebir (W. H. Rumph. A.B. H.M.S. “Penelope”) pitting from star, otherwise very fine and rare £400-£500 --- William Henry Rumph was born at Bethnal Green, Middlesex, on 14 September 1862, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Fisgard in September 1877. He served as an Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Penelope from 22 June 1882 to 8 January 1884. During his service in the latter vessel he took part in the bombardment of Alexandria and was landed for service on shore with the ship’s Naval Brigade where he fought at the battle of Tel-El-Kebir as a crew member of the Naval Armoured Train (See roll below). Rumph purchased his discharge from the Navy as a Petty Officer 2nd Class from H.M.S. Myrmidon on 11 April 1888. In addition to the Naval “Armoured Train” manned by seamen and marines from Hecla and Invincible, there were two other offensively armed devices operating in this Egyptian war zone. Often referred to as “Armed Trains”, they were in reality no more than specially armed trucks, one manned by seamen and the other by marines, which saw service at Kassassin and Tel-El-Kebir. The ‘tar’s’ four-wheeled gun-truck had steel plated sides that were “fairly bullet-proof”, with sandbags hung around the car outside. An awning was fitted to this open topped truck on which was fitted a 40-pounder gun. A separate box-car similarly fitted with steel side plates and sandbags had two compartments for the 230 shells (mostly shrapnel) and charges, entrance to each magazine being only from the top. Since no steam trains could be obtained, this armed contrivance, manned by seamen from Penelope, was pulled from Ismalia to Nefiche by 16 horses, four abreast, on 26 August 1882. Immediately ahead of this “Armoured Train” was another truck on which a captured 8cm Krupp gun had been mounted and worked by Royal Marine Artillery men under Captain Tucker R.M.A. On 1 September it was taken to Kassassin and participated in an action on the 9th September in defence of Kassassin Camp against an Egyptian reconnaissance party. The officer in charge of this “Armoured Train”, Lieutenant C. K. Purvis, R.N., and his 2nd in command, Sub Lieut James Erskine, with a party of twenty blue-jackets had been working the train on the line a little beyond the camp, when the enemy turned their guns on it. Purvis and Erskine had dismounted from the train to take some observations and were standing close together when a shell burst near them, striking Purvis in the foot and tearing a portion of it off, necessitating immediate amputation at the ankle joint. Command of this “Armoured Train” passed to Lieutenant F. E. W. Lambart, R.N., but it was never engaged after 9 September, and on 23 September the crew from Penelope were re-embarked. All the following men from H.M.S. Penelope earned the clasp for ‘Tel-El-Kebir’ and formed the crew of the horse-drawn “Armoured Train”: AHEARN, R., Ord BEARD, W. H., A.B. BETTS, Frederick, A.B. BILLINGTON, Alfred, A.B. BRUNTON, J. T., Ldg Seaman CAMPBELL, Arthur, Armourer CONNOR, Alexander, A.B. ERSKINE, James, Sub Lieut GRIFFIN, George, A.B. GUNNER, William, Captain Fo’csle HADLEY, Louis, A.B. HANKIN, Thomas, Quarter Master KNIGHT, William, Coxwain Pinnace LAMBART, F. E. W., Lieut MOCKFORD, T. E., Ldg Seaman POOLE, W. B., Signalman 3rd Class REYNOLDS, George R., Captain Main Top RUMPH, W. H., A.B. SELLEY, Thomas, Ldg Seaman SELMAN, Edward, A.B. SELWOOD, Charles, Ldg Seaman SMITH, C. H., Gunner’s Mate SOPER, James, Ldg Seaman SMART, T .J., A.B. TESSEMAN, J. S., Captain of Mast TERREF, James, Ord WALSH, George, A.B.
A fine Australian Great War ‘Battle of Hamel’ 1918 M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal G. Trubi, 13th Field Company, Australian Engineers, Australian Imperial Force, who along with 8 others, was detached from his company and accompanied the infantry ‘over the top’ on the first day of the battle of Hamel on 4 July 1918, leading an engineer reconnaissance which resulted in him capturing two machine gunners and their gun Military Medal, G.V.R. (2355 L.Cpl. - T.2. Cpl. - G. Trubi. 13/Fd: Coy. Aust: E.); 1914-15 Star (2355 Spr G. Trubi. 3/F.C. Eng. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (2355 2-Cpl. G. Trubi. 3 F.C.E. A.I.F.) very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 21 October 1918. The original Recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on 4 July 1918, north of Hamel. This N.C.O. made an Engineer reconnaissance of deep dugouts and machine gun emplacements in territory just captured in our advance. His dauntless bearing and coolness in face of heavy shelling and machine gun fire set a fine example to his party - leading them from one dugout to another capturing two machine gunners and their gun. The information supplied as a result of his reconnaissance was of immediate value to the Division.’ George Trubi a 24 year old Prospector, attested for the 3rd Field Company Engineers, Australian Imperial Force, on 9 August 1915 and embarked on H.M.A.T. Beltana at Sydney on 9 November 1915. He served with the 3rd, 13th, and 15th Field Companies during the Great War on the Western Front, being awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry with the 13th Field Company on 4 July 1918. On this date, Lieutenant McKay, 2 N.C.O.’s and 6 Sappers were detached from the Company and accompanied the Infantry “over the top” on the first day of the battle of Hamel, a combined Australian, American and tank attack on Le Hamel. According to Lieut McKay’s report, his command proceeded to reconnoitre the ground captured by 11th Brigade; 42nd, 43rd and 44th Battalions, A.I.F, who had been tasked of taking the strong points around Hamel. Whilst the battle was still underway, McKay and his men made reconnaissances of enemy trenches and dugouts and R.E. dumps, coming under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. McKay’s report notes that one machine gun and 3 prisoners were captured, the former and two of the latter being captured by Lance Corporal Trubi. Trubi returned to Australia on 28 February 1919. Sold with copied service papers and the July 1918 War diary for 13th Field Company (on CD). A group photo of 13th Company, including Trubi, is held in the Australian War Memorial collection.
Pair: Bandmaster H. Chant, Royal Munster Fusiliers India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, clasps remounted in this order, as usual (2041 Private H. Chant 2nd. Bn. R. Muns. Fus.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (334. S; Drumr: H. Chant. R: Muns: Fus.) engraved naming, contact marks and edge bruising, the IGS somewhat worn, otherwise generally nearly very fine (2) £400-£500 --- Henry Chant was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire, in 1861 and attested for the 70th Brigade at Belfast on 6 May 1878. Posted to the Royal Munster Fusiliers, he served with the 2nd Battalion India and Burma from 3 March 1884 to 4 December 1892, and was promoted Corporal on 22 December 1889, and Sergeant on 24 March 1892. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 173 of 1896, and was finally discharged on 5 September 1907, after 29 years and 123 days’ service, his discharge papers noting ‘... is a highly trained musician and since 1893 has been Bandmaster to the 4th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers.’ Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (1674. Pte. F. Evans. 1/S. Staff: R.) good very fine £240-£280 --- Clasps not confirmed. The 1st South Staffordshire Regiment was present as a whole in 1882, and also on the Nile and at Kirbekan but was not present at Tel-el-Kebir.
Three: Captain H. C. Macdonald, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who, after an adventurous time in West Africa, was recruited by the British Military Intelligence Department at the War Office for a secret mission to Rio de Janiero and later to St Petersburg in 1909 where he supposedly died of heart failure Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt. H. C. Macdonald. A. & S. Highrs); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 Cpt. H. C. Macdonald. A. & S. Hgrs.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, S. Nigeria 1904, S. Nigeria 1904-05 (Captain H. C. Macdonald. S.N. Rgt.) medals mounted as worn and contained in a glass fronted display stand together with corresponding mounted group of miniature dress medals, nearly extremely fine (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Matthew E. Taylor Collection, Christie’s, November 1990. Henry Craigie Macdonald was born at 32 Belsize Park, Hampstead, London, on 13 April 1868. The son of Chessborough Claudius Macdonald (late 22nd Foot), Macdonald was educated at Harrow School and Jesus College, Cambridge, and then passed into Sandhurst in 1888. After graduating from the Royal Military College he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 93rd Highlanders on 31 May 1890. From there, Macdonald was promoted Lieutenant on 7 November, 1894, and then Captain on 12 December 1899. In 1899 Macdonald was serving with the 91st Highlanders but did not sail with that battalion when it departed on 27 October 1899 for South Africa. Instead, on 15 December 1899 he took charge of 185 reservists from the Gordon Highlanders who were temporarily stationed in Edinburgh Castle, destined for South Africa. Although he missed most of the earlier battles, Macdonald was present at a number of the military operations: the advance to Kimberley, Orange Free State (February to May 1900), operations in the Transvaal east of Pretoria (July to November 1900), Orange River Colony (May to November 1900) and was present at a number of engagements during those periods. It is recorded that, with his company, Captain Macdonald charged and occupied a pass at Olifantsnek. Macdonald was invalided home early in 1901 but on 13 November 1901 he returned to South Africa, on board the Orotava, in command of a draft of 52 non-commissioned officers and men. He was seconded to the West African Frontier Force on 26 September 1903, and soon saw further action. In December the Colonial Office decided to organise a military expedition under the command of Colonel A. F. Montanaro, the objectives being to punish various tribes which were closing trade routes, to bring under control the part of the Ibibbio country lying between the Cross and Imo rivers, and to establish a new military station. Due to an inspection of the Southern Nigeria Regiment by the inspector general of the West African Frontier Force, the expedition was delayed. However, a camp was prepared at Mbiakpan on 1 January 1904, ready to receive the troops. On the 7th, Colonel Montanaro and his headquarters staff arrived in camp, though it took until 12 January before the entire force was fully concentrated at Mbiakpan. The force assembled was made as strong as possible and consisted of: 15 officers, five British non-commissioned officers, two 2-95 guns and 428 rank and file. Prior to the arrival of Colonel Montanaro, a reconnaissance force commanded by Macdonald scouted as far as the Ikono town of Okpom-Itu. Macdonald reported Okpom-Itu as being unfriendly as he had seen large numbers of armed natives in the vicinity of the town. Based on this report, Montanaro decided to strike first into the Ikono district. The troops marched out on 13 January, taking the usual military precautions. However, the troops met no opposition as they passed through the first couple of towns. They even found a few guns had been laid down on the path. Unopposed, the column moved deeper into the district. It finally stopped on 15 January at a place called Ikot-Ntuen, where a standing camp was established. From this base camp a number of smaller columns went out daily in all directions. They demanded guns to be delivered to them by the local chiefs, and those who refused to comply were severely punished. Although natives in the area resisted a great number of these columns, three of the columns are recorded as having met the strongest resistance. The first example was when a column under the command of Macdonald, consisting of three sections of ‘G’ Company, were attacked on all sides by several hundred bushmen on 16 January at Mbiabon. The attack was repelled with considerable loss of life to the enemy. During this action, although severely wounded, 2197 Private Ojo Olan pursued the bushmen who had shot both him and Private Akandi Ibadan. Pte Olan, who was later awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, managed to kill one of them and bring back Pte Ibadan, who had been mortally wounded. On the same day, another column lead by Lieutenant Fox was also heavily attacked and, as in the previous action, the attackers were beaten off. The third attack occurred on 22 January when a column under Captain Hosley was attacked at 0700hrs by numerous armed bushmen. The bushmen were driven off and pursued through the towns of Okpom-Ungwana and Okpom-Ita. The pursuit was finally ended late that afternoon. By 4 February most of the neighbouring Ikono towns had been dealt with and the locals had made their submissions. On 5 February the entire force marched towards Ikot-Ekpene in the Anang district of the Ibibio country with the objective of establishing a new camp. While on the march, the advance guard under Macdonald was attacked by the enemy at the town of Ikot-Ukpom. After an hour of intense fighting the enemy were forced to retire, suffering many casualties. At the same time a column near Ikot-Ntuen, under the personal command of Montanaro, was attacked and had to ‘form square’. The enemy was initially repelled but returned a short time later and attacked the column again from all sides. The fighting lasted for about three hours before the attackers were beaten off. Similarly, when a column under the command of Captain Hosley was opposed at the town of Ukana his column was attacked three times, with the enemy only deciding to retire once charged with the bayonets. The locals of the Anang district showed a more determined nature than those of the Ikono district. One notable example took place on 10 February when a column entering the town of Ikot-Ukpong suffered a fierce attack by the natives. Throughout the following day various columns visiting a collection of towns met with similar resistance. On 24 February the force moved camp to Erriam and yet again refusal to offer up arms was met with punishment. However, the tactics seem to have worked because, over a period of time, several towns in the district sued for peace. On 6 March Colonel Montanaro received instructions to divide his force and return to Calabar. Montanaro placed No 1 column under the command of Macdonald, which consisted of: 27 men ‘A’ Company, 87 men ‘G’ Company, 28 men ‘H’ Company, one British officer (Lieutenant Williams) and two British NCOs. His instructions were to complete the disarming of the Erriam district started by the previous patrol. He was further instructed to return to Ikot-Ekpene with orders to construct a permanent station. The No 2 column, which was a much larger force, was placed under the command of Major Trenchard, who had orders to proceed to the Imo River. Two days prior to this Private Ogunbi Ondo was reported as missing. To begin with it was believed that he had absconded from camp in order to loot some of t...
Pair: Staff Quartermaster Sergeant W. Dornan, Army Service Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches for both the Boer War and the Somaliland campaign 1904 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (11565. S. Sgt. W. Dornan. A.S.C.) engraved naming; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (11565 S. Qr. Mr. Serjt. W. Dornan. A.S.C.), light contact marks, better than very fine (2) £300-£400 --- William Dornan was born at Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland, and attested for the Army Service Corps at Glasgow in 1893 at the age of 23. Advanced Staff Sergeant in 1899, he served in South Africa during the Boer War, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 29 July 1902). Promoted Staff Quartermaster Sergeant, he saw further service during the Somaliland campaign of 1904, and was again Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 2 September 1904). He was discharged on 18 April 1916, due to ‘General Paralysis of the Insane’.
Family Group: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (1687 Tpr: E. M. Hoops. S.A.C.); together with a silver prize medal, the reverse engraved ‘3rd Prize Boys Championship Race Won by E. M. Hoops.’; and the recipient’s South African War Veterans Association lapel badge, gilt and enamel, toned, good very fine Pair: Staff Nurse E. C. Hoops, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (S/Nurse E. C. Hoops) surname officially corrected on VM; together with the recipient’s silver identity bracelet, nearly extremely fine (lot) £140-£180 --- Ernest Mostyn Hoops was born in Donegal, Ulster in September 1878, and was the son of a Doctor, and brother of Eilsea Hoops. The family moved to Canada in the 1890’s, and Hoops subsequently resided in South Africa, Argentina and Canada retiring to White Rock - where he died in 1964. Eilsea/Eileen Constance Hoops was born in Wrexham, Wales in 1885. She trained as a nurse in Vancouver, Canada, and served as a Staff Nurse with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 September 1917. After the war she resided in Palo Alto, California, and died in Vancouver General Hospital in February 1963. Sold with a commemorative ‘horseshoe’ brooch badge for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee 1887, silver and enamel; and a commemorative brooch badge for King George VI’s Coronation 1937, bronze-gilt; and copied research including photographic images of both recipients.
Three: Warrant Officer Class I H. S. Ward, Royal Marine Brigade, Royal Marine Light Infantry 1914 Star (Ch. 7234 Cr. Sergt. H. S. Ward, R.M. Brigade.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch. 7234 H. S. Ward. Cr. Sgt. R.M.L.I.) very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Harry Santley Ward was born at Bury St. Edmunds in 1874 and enlisted in the Royal Marines there on 18 March 1893. Appointed to the Chatham Division, he was promoted Corporal in 1895, Sergeant in 1902 and Colour-Sergeant in 1912 before being pensioned and discharged to the Royal Fleet Reserve in March 1914, his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal having been awarded in 1908. Soon recalled to the Chatham Division on mobilisation on 2 August 1914, Ward served with the Royal Marine Brigade in the Royal Naval Division landing at Ostend, 27 August to 2 September 1914 (entitled to a clasp to his 1914 Star) and most likely also at Dunkirk and the Defence of Antwerp. He returned to the Chatham Division Depot on 4 December 1914 and served there for the remainder of the war, receiving promotion to Warrant Officer Class I in 1917. Sold with copied record of service.
Three: Staff Nurse E. M. Price, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve 1914 Star (Miss E. M. Price. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals (S. Nurse E. M. Price.) with the recipient’s Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve cape badge light contact marks overall, therefore generally nearly very fine or better (3) £300-£400 --- Approximately 175 ‘1914 Stars’ issued to Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. Edith M. Price resided at New Hook Cottage, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey. She joined the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve in September 1914, and served with the 9th General Hospital. She had to leave service due to ill health, 5 August 1915.
Nine: Major and Commissary L. J. D. Wiltshire, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, late Supply and Transport Corps 1914 Star (S. Sergt. L. J. D. Wiltshire. S. & T. Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (S-Sergt. L. J. D. Wiltshire, S.T.C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (10834 S.Sjt. L. J. D. Wiltshire. S. & T. Corps.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Major. L. J. D. Wiltshire. R.I.A.S.C.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S.Sergt. L. D. J. Wiltshire. S. & T. Corps.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S. Sgt. L. J. D. Wiltshire. S. & T.C.) mounted for dispaly, light contact marks, generally very fine and better (9) £400-£500 --- Leonard John Duncan Wiltshire was born on 26 September 1885. He served as Staff Sergeant in the Indian Expeditionary Force, 1914-16, on board H.M.S. Sicilia, and later in the Bushire Field Force 1918-19, and was awarded the G.S.M. with clasp South Persia, for service as Staff Sergeant, I.A.S.C., 144 Tally Section. He was appointed Assistant Commissary on 1 January 1935 (with rank of Lieutenant), and was advanced Deputy Commissary (Captain) on 1 January 1936 and Commissary (Major) on 1 January 1937. He is confirmed on the medal roll for the 1935 Jubilee Medal as Lieut, (A.C.) 6 D.C.C., Trimulgherry. He retired on 26 September 1938 and died in Bournemouth, Hampshire, in 1965.
Three: Chaplain E. S. Phillips, Royal Navy, who was present in H.M.S. Inflexible as Chaplain during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, and at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 1914-15 Star (Chapn. E. S. Phillips. M.A., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Chapn. E. S. Phillips. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Ernest Spencer Phillips was born on 5 March 1869, at The Rectory, Ickleford, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, the son of the Reverend Spencer William Phillips, the Rector of Ickleford, and his wife Emily. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, and taking Holy Orders was Ordained Deanon in 1893, and Priest in 1894. He served as Curate at Borden, Kent, 1893-96; South Norwood, 1896-97; and at St. Albans Abbey, 1898. He became a Naval Chaplain with seniority 10 October 1903, serving in H.M.S. Centurion, 1903-05; H.M.S. Canopus, 1905-07; H.M.S. Hermione, 1907-09; H.M.S. Topaz, 1909-11; H.M.S. Aboukir, 1911; H.M.S. Hampshire, 1911-12; H.M.S. Inflexible, 1912-16; H.M.S. Vernon, 1916-17; R.N. Air Station, 1917-18; and H.M.S. Dolphin, to 1923. He died at Brading Avenue, Fareham, Hampshire on 19 May 1950. Sold with copied research including a group photographic image from the recipient’s undergraduate days.
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