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Noonans Mayfair
Lot 402

Tibet 1903-04, no clasp, bronze issue (207 Yak Driver Puchra S & T. Corps) suspension claw tightened, very fine £140-£180

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Lot 403

Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (23245 Gnr. S. M. Gerard 7th Mtn. By R.G.A.) nearly extremely fine £500-£700

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Lot 406

1914 Star (7338 Pte. S. King. 3/Worc: R.) sometime lightly silvered, nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Samuel King attested for the Worcestershire Regiment and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914. He later transferred to the Labour Corps. His Medal Index Cards states ‘K[illed] in A[ction]’, although this is unconfirmed.

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Lot 415

British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (2. Lieut. C. H. Fox; 2. Lieut. R. A. Cameron; 1765 Dvr. R. Pemberton. R.A.; S-17908 Pte. W. J. Stove. Gordons.; 8078 Pte. J. J. Maddock. 9-Lond. R.; 76106 Pte. J. Castley. R.A.M.C.) first officially re-impressed, otherwise very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Cecil Hubert Fox attested for the 5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment, for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front from January 1917, and saw further service with the Royal Irish Rifles before being commissioned into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, with whom he served in the 11th Battalion. R. A. Cameron was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders for service during the Great War, with whom he served on the Western Front from 8 May 1918. Reuben Pemberton attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served during the Great War in Egypt from 27 May 1915. He died at home on 10 January 1917 and is buried in Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery, Lancashire. William J. Stove attested into the Gordon Highlanders for service during the Great War, serving overseas with the 6th Battalion. James Joseph Maddock attested into the 9th (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment for service during the Great War on 15 November 1915. He served overseas from 4 February 1917 and was discharged on 22 October 1919, aged 35, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B333524. John Castley attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps for service during the Great War and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15 August 1917).

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Lot 417

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (31331 Pte. A. J. Bignell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 9121 Pte. H. Busby. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 200 Cpl. G. S. Morris. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; I21276 Pte. H. E. Strong. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1265 Pte. G. Sturgess. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); some edge bruises and scratches, otherwise very fine (5) £70-£90 --- Alec Joel Bignell, from Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War, with whom he saw service on the Western Front before transferring to the 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. He was killed in action on 25 September 1918 and is commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France. Henry Busby attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War and saw service with the 1/4th Battalion in the Asiatic theatre from 5 December 1914. He was discharged on 15 January 1919. George S. Morris attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War and saw service with the 1/4th Battalion on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was discharged on 14 February 1919. Harry Edward Strong attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 15 November 1915 for service during the Great War and served in India with the 1st Garrison Battalion. He was discharged due to sickness, aged 41, on 17 August 1918 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 435,680. His British War Medal is his sole Great War medal entitlement. George Sturgess attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 9 February 1912 and saw service during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 12 May 1917 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 190,914. Sold with copied research.

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Lot 419

British War Medal 1914-20 (Payr. C. S. Honey. Nigerian Marine) minor edge bruise, otherwise very fine and rare to unit £60-£80 --- Sold with copy medal roll extract confirming this as his sole entitlement.

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Lot 421

Victory Medal 1914-19 (7) (130033 C.Q.M. Sjt. J. D. Allsobrook. R.E.; 222992 Spr. E. T. Bowen. R.E.; 134 Spr. F. J. Cornish. R.E.; 150984 2.Cpl. J. H. Harrison. R.E.; 396 A.2.Cpl. E. J. Thomas. R.E.; 029324 Pte. S. Ashford. A.O.C.; 7457 Ibrahim. Tel. Dept.) glue residue to reverse of Cornish medal, otherwise generally very fine (7) £60-£80

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Lot 425

Victory Medal 1914-19 (11) (7296 Pte. J. Burns. R. S. Fus.; 7326. W. O. Cl. 2 J. Whittaker. R. S. Fus.; 1872 Pte. W. Hendry. R. Highrs. 39142 Cpl. G. A. Leach. High. L.I.; 7290 Pte. E. W. Higgins. H.L.I.; S-9009 Pte. W.McConnochie. Sea Highrs.; S-11990 Pte. J. Murray. Sea. Highrs.; S-22348 Pte. J. Mackay. Camerons.; S-17679 Pte. D. Menzies. Camerons.; 10789 Pte. J. Carson. A. & S.H.; 8681 Pte. J. McFarlane. A. & S.H.) some edge knock and contact marks, otherwise generally very fine (11) £100-£140 --- James Burns attested into the Royal Scots Fusiliers and served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 19 November 1914. John Whittaker attested into the Royal Scots Fusiliers and during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 8 September 1914. He was appointed Company Sergeant Major and commissioned Second Lieutenant on 17 March 1919. William Hendry attested into the Black Watch and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 October 1914. Ebenezer W. Higgins attested into the Highland Light Infantry during the Great War and served with the 8th Battalion. He later transferred to the Royal Scots and was discharged on 4 February 1919. Duncan Menzies attested into the Cameron Highlanders on 29 March 1915 for during the Great War and served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 30 June 1915. He received a Gun Shot Wound to the head on 4 October 1916 and was initially mistakenly reported as having been killed in action. He was discharged due to wounds on 21 March 1917 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 159,241. John McFarlane attested into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on 1 May 1913 and served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 6 March 1915. He was discharged on 27 February 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B170,562. His Great War Medals were initially forfeited, but later reinstated.

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Lot 427

Victory Medal 1914-19 (9) (M-349843 Pte. A. A. Hamilton. A.S.C.; S4-094695 S. Sjt. J. Farr. A.S.C.; M2-982613 W. O. Cl. 2. F. Harrison-Caulfield. A.S.C.; M-297455 Pte. H. G. Wright. A.S.C.; 185 Pte. S. Arnott R.A.M.C.; 22389 Pte. J. Billing. R.A.M.C.; 112322 Pte. J. Fraser. R.A.M.C.; 153933 Pte. G. H. Fuller. R.A.M.C.; 112342 Pte. F. C. Hendy. R.A.M.C.) verdigris to Arnott medal, otherwise generally very fine (9) £80-£100

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Lot 435

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp (2), Palestine (5948170 Pte. G. Hatton. Beds. & Herts. R); Malaya, G.VI.R.(Cey/18038699 Pte. B. S. Fernando. R.P.C.) very fine (2) £70-£90

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Lot 437

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Pal/13786 Pte. S. Gamliel. Pal Regt.) nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- Shlomo Gamliel served with the 608th (Palestine) Company, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps during the Second World War and was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Greece on 29 April 1941. He was held at Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf, Poland. At the war’s end, he was repatriated to Palestine where he re-attested for The Palestine Regiment and served for a period during the troubles preceding the end of the British Mandate. His entry on the Palestine 1945-48 medal roll, informs he lived at Shaaraim, Israel. Sold with copied research.

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Lot 44

Three: Private S. J. Rackham, East Kent Regiment, later Essex Fire Brigade General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6285085. Pte. S. J. Rackham. The Buffs); Defence Medal (S. J. Rackham) contemporarily engraved naming, a slightly later issue, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. S. J. Rackham, 19 Mulberry Court, Langthorne Road, Leytonstone E.11, London’; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Fireman Samuel J. Rackham) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160

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Lot 444

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Radfan (23508507 Spr. R. S. Sutton. RE.) nearly extremely fine £60-£80

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Lot 446

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24852166 Rgr S James R Irish) very fine £80-£100

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Lot 448

Gulf 1990-91, no clasp (FS J S McLear (R8139258) RAF) nearly extremely fine £100-£140

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Lot 462

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (861 Tp: Sgt. Maj: H. J. S. Barrett. 17th. Lancers.) good very fine £140-£180 --- Harry John Salter Barrett was born near Bromyard, Herefordshire, in 1847 and attested for the 17th Lancers at Worcester on 12 September 1865. He served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Zulu War from 26 February to 7 October 1879 (Medal and clasp 1879), and subsequently in India from 8 October 1879 to 29 December 1886, with the rest of his service being at home. Advanced Troop Sergeant Major on 17 July 1881, he was discharged on 24 January 1888, after 22 years and 135 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service.

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Lot 465

Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (2), 1st issue, Regular Army (3234094 W.O. Cl.2 R. Higgins, Cameronians.) minor official correction to unit; 2nd issue, bilingual Permanent Force (P4275 S Ser J. N. P. Kotze SAPK); together with a South African John Chard Decoration, silver, reverse with E.II.R. cypher above coat of arms, with ‘JCD’ Additional Award Bar, officially numbered ‘196’; a South African John Chard Medal, bronze, reverse with E.II.R. above coat of arms, officially numbered ‘670’; and the planchet only of a Jamaican Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (K. L. Witter Insp. J.C.F. 20-11-75) generally good very fine and better (5) £120-£160

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Lot 473

Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C. (2), G.VI.R., 1st issue, with Second Award Bar (W/O S. Booth. (590261) R.A.F.); E.II.R., 2nd issue (Chf. Tech. P. L. Marshall. (AO680828) RAF) generally good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Stephen Booth was advanced Warrant Officer on 1 April 1941.

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Lot 475

Pair: Warrant Officer Class 1 S. T. Nurse, Canadian Permanent Army Veterinary Corps Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (Sergt-Major. (W.O.) S. T. Nurse. C.P.A.V.C.); Canada Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (S.M. (W.O. Cl. 1) S. T. Nurse. R.C.A.V.C.) mounted as originally worn, with riband bar, good very fine, scarce (2) £500-£700 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 21 February 1919. M.S.M. London Gazette 4 November 1922. Spencer Thomas Nurse was born in London, England in September 1875. He resided with his wife at 1456 Chabot Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Nurse served during the Great War with the Canadian Permanent Army Veterinary Corps in Canada. He died in November 1954, and is buried in the Montreal Memorial Park, Montreal, Quebec.

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Lot 478

The Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C. awarded to Seaman F. S. Martin, D.S.M., who served in H.M.S. Salamander for the duration of the War, and twice survived his ship being hit in air attacks, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (10051B. F. S. Martin. Smn. R.N.R.) extremely fine £100-£140 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1944: ‘For gallantry or outstanding service in the face of the enemy, or for zeal, patience, and cheerfulness in dangerous waters, and for setting an example of wholehearted devotion to duty, upholding the high tradition of the Royal Navy.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 11 June 1942 and 1 January 1944. Frederick Stanley Martin was born in Liverpool on 1 January 1909 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Reserve on 20 January 1932. Called out by proclamation on 7 October 1939, he was posted initially to H.M.S. Drake, and then to the Halycon-class Minesweeper H.M.S. Salamander on 16 October 1939, serving in her until 31 January 1945. Present at Dunkirk, in the Atlantic, the Russian Convoys, and in action on D-Day, he twice survived Salamander being hit in air attacks, the first time by the Luftwaffe off Dunkirk on 1 June 1940, and the second time mistakenly by the Royal Air Force off Le Harve in August 1944. He was awarded his Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 17 August 1943, and having returned to H.M.S. Drake on 1 February 1945 was invested with his Distinguished Service Medal on 2 March 1945. He was shore released on 16 October 1945 and died in Liverpool in 1983. Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extracts, and other research.

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Lot 5

A rare Great War campaign service group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer, later Sub Lieutenant, H. A. Stevens, Royal Navy, who served in H.M’s Armoured Train Déguise in support of the Royal Naval Division in Belgium, 1914-15, and was twice decorated for his service by the Belgian Government 1914 Star, with clasp (201399. H. A. Stevens, Act. C.P.O. Armd. Trains.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S. Lt. H. A. Stevens. R.N.V.R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Military Decoration, A.I.R., 1st class, gilt, with palm emblem on riband, on bravery and devotion riband; Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with Naval Armoured Trains badge, bronze, and bullion cap badge generally very fine or better (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- Only 77 1914 Stars issued to R.N. Armoured Trains. It is believed that only 2 Belgian Military Decorations were awarded to the Royal Navy, and 1 to the Royal Marines, for the Great War. Henry Adolphus Stevens was born in Schull, County Cork, Ireland in May 1883. He was educated at Greenwich Hospital School, from which he entered the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class in October 1898. Stevens advanced to Able Seaman in May 1902, and to Petty Officer in September 1912. He served with H.M.S. Royal Arthur from October 1912, and H.M.S. Excellent from February 1913. Whilst serving at the latter, Stevens was drafted for service with the Royal Navy Armoured Trains in Belgium. He served with H.M.A.T. Déguise in Belgium, September-December 1914. Three Heavy Armoured Trains were built in Antwerp in September and October 1914, mounted with British naval guns, and placed under the overall command of Commander A. S. Littlejohns, R.N., with Lieutenant-Commander P. H. Riddler, R.N., as his second-in-command. Known from 9th November as H.M. Armoured Trains Jellicoe (Cdr. Littlejohns) with three 4.7-inch guns, H.M.A.T. Déguise (Belgian Captain Servais) with three 4.7-inch guns, and H.M.A.T. Churchill (Lt.-Cdr. Riddler) with two 6-inch guns, these three armoured trains fought around Antwerp until 7th October, then retreated via Ghent, in support of General Rawlinson’s advance to Ypres. H.M.A.T. Churchill became operational at Oostende after the retreat from Antwerp and in December went into action in the area around Oostkerke against German batteries to the south of Dixmude. From the end of December 1914 to March 1915, the three trains were continuously in action, sometimes in support of an assault (Jellicoe at la Bassée on 10 January), but in particular in counter-battery or bombardment missions in action to neutralise trench lines (Jellicoe at Beuvry 20-24 January, Churchill at Oosterkerke on 28-29 January, and against an observation post at Ennetieres on 11 February, Déguise at Beuvry firing on a rail junction on the 15th, among other targets, and Churchill against a battery at Fleur d’Ecosse on 3 March). The guns of the trains were extremely effective, notably against troop concentrations. On 18 February, H.M.A.T. Déguise fired seven shells at German troops to the South-West of la Bassée. These actions brought the trains within range of the German artillery. The Germans scored hits, but the armour protection and swift manoeuvring of the trains normally protected the crews, except on 25 January when Jellicoe was hit, wounding two men and killing the Belgian engine driver. Between 10 and 13 March, the three trains supported the action at Neuve Chapelle. On that occasion, Field Marshal Sir John French paid a surprise visit to H.M.A.T. Churchill, which was the command train for Commander Littlejohns. Towards the end of March 1915, the three trains were withdrawn from service. Stevens advanced to Acting Chief Petty Officer in December 1914, and was commissioned Temporary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in March 1915. He advanced to Temporary Lieutenant in March 1917, and was attached to the Royal Naval Depot at Crystal in 1918. Stevens was demobilised in January 1920. For his services with Déguise he was awarded the Belgian Military Decoration - ‘awarded by Belgian Govt. for service while connected with armoured trains in Belgium’; and the Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 14 September 1918). M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with copied research, including correspondence from Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris from when the above group was in his collection.

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Lot 51

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (22765713 Pte. D. S. Austen. Buffs.) extremely fine £80-£100

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Lot 510

Commemorative Plaque for the Zeebrugge Raid 1918. A near rectangular plaque, by Pieter de Soete, 81mm x 42mm, bronze, the obverse featuring Victory rising from a cloud, St George slaying the dragon in the background, ‘Zeebrugge on St. George’s Day. April 23d. 1918’ at base; the reverse inscribed ‘To six very gallant Gentlemen: Lt. R. D. Sandford, V.C., R.N., Lt. J. Howell-Price, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.R., Sto. H. C. Bendall, C.G.M., Ldg. Sea. W. G. Cleaver, C.G.M., D.S.M., Petty Officer W. Harner, C.G.M., E.R.A. A. G. Roxburgh, C.G.M. 1918-1927’, in Fisch, Brussels, card box of issue, good very fine £100-£140 --- London Gazette 23 July 1918: Honours for Services in the Operations against Zeebrugge and Ostend on the night of the 22nd-23rd April 1918: V.C.: Lieutenant Richard Douglas Sandford, R.N. ‘For most conspicuous gallantry. This officer was in command of submarine C.3, and most skilfully placed that vessel in between the piles of the viaduct before lighting her fuse and abandoning her. He eagerly undertook this hazardous enterprise, although well aware (as were all his crew) that if the means of rescue failed and he or any of his crew were in the water at the moment of the explosion, they would be killed outright by the force of such explosion. Yet Lieutenant Sandford disdained to use the gyro steering, which would have enabled him and his crew to abandon the submarine at a safe distance, and preferred to make sure, as far as was humanly possible, of the accomplishment of his duty.’ D.S.O.: Lieutenant John Howell-Price, D.S.C., R.N.R. ‘His assistance in placing Submarine C.3 between the piles of the viaduct before the fuse was lighted and she was abandoned was invaluable. His behaviour in a position of extreme danger was exemplary.’ C.G.M.: Stoker 1st Class Henry Cullis Bendall; Petty Officer Waler Harner; Leading Seaman William Gladstone Cleaver; and Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Allan Gordon Roxburgh: ‘These four ratings were members of the crew of the Submarine C.3, which was skilfully placed between the piles of the Zeebrugge mole viaduct and there blown up, the fuse being lighted before the submarine was abandoned. They volunteered for and, under the command of an officer, eagerly undertook this hazardous enterprise, although they were well aware that if the means of rescue failed, and that if any of them were in the water at the time of the explosion, they would be killed outright.’ The above plaque commemorated the exploits of the crew of the submarine C.3 during the attack on the heavily fortified Mole at Zeebrugge, Belgium, on St. George’s Day, 23 April 1918. C.3’s role was to destroy the railway viaduct connecting the Mole with the main land installations. Towed by H.M.S. Trident, the C.3 moored alongside her objective under very heavy fire. The six man crew (all of whom were decorated for their gallantry) abandoned the submarine, making use of a motor skiff which had been installed on the vessel. At 12:20 a.m. on 23 April 1918 the C.3’s packed cargo of high explosives was detonated leaving a 100 foot gap in the viaduct.

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Lot 526

Baden-Powell Scouting Badge, by Elkington, London, gilt, with applied silver St. George and the Dragon motif to centre, the reverse officially inscribed ‘For Scouting, from R. S. S. B.-P. 1906’, pierced as issued with small ring suspension, very fine, scarce £300-£400

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Lot 54

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (Lieut. W. G. Jackson; G-24038 Pte. H. W. Sargent. E. Kent R.; 203081 Pte. L. W. Smith. E. Kent R.) good very fine and better Pair: Lance-Corporal W. Croft, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 31 July 1917 British War and Victory Medals (G-11452 Pte. W. Croft. R.W. Kent R.) nearly extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- Wilfred George Jackson was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Kent Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 January 1915. He was wounded in action and taken Prisoner of War on 27 April 1915; an eyewitness reported that ‘this Officer was shot through the stomach at St. Julien, and taken Prisoner. Informant thinks that recovery was impossible.’ Jackson was promoted Lieutenant on 4 August 1915, but clearly had not survived his wounds, and was regarded for official purposes as having died on or since 27 April 1915. He has no known grave ands is commemorated on the Ploegsteert memorial, Belgium. Herbert Walter Sargent was born in Braintree, Essex, and attested for the East Kent Regiment, serving with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. The Historical Records of the Buffs 1914-19 by R. S. H. Moody states: ‘On 23 September 1917 the Buffs moved to St. Janter Biezen. Five days later enemy aircraft flew over in the dark and dropped six bombs in the camp causing great devastation, killing 1 officer and 26 men, and wounding 3 officers and 63 men.’ Sargent was amongst those wounded, and he died of his wounds two days later on 30 September 1917. He is buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium. Leonard Walter Smith, a native of Stone-in-Oxney, Ashford, Kent, attested for the East Kent Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the western Front. He was killed in action on 9 April 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. William Croft, a native of the Isle of Sheppey, was born in 1896 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Sheerness on 29 November 1915. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 May 1916, and was appointed Lance-Corporal on 16 June 1917. He was killed in action on 31 July 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research.

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Lot 551

The mounted group of twelve miniature dress medals worn by Brigadier J. P. Girvan, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., V.D., 15th Canadian Infantry Battalion, the most decorated officer of the 15th (48th Highlanders of Canada) Infantry Battalion in the Great War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) 2nd type badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with Second Award Bar and integral top ribbon bar; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R., mounted as worn, very fine (12) £200-£300 --- Also entitled to Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration, G.V.R. C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1946: ‘Brigadier J. P. Girvan, D.S.O., M.C., V.D., Canadian Army.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 1 February 1919: Maj. (A./Lt.-Col.) John Pollands Girvan, M.C., 15th Bn., Can. Inf., 1st C. Ont. R. ‘For conspicuous gallantry opposite Cherisy on 1st September, 1918. He commanded his battalion with the greatest skill and ability, pushing resolutely forward in face of extreme machine-gun fire, and after a personal reconnaissance continuing his advance and capturing and consolidating a position some 6,000 yards in front of the jumping-off line. His courage and leadership were admirable.’ D.S.O. Second Award Bar London Gazette 8 March 1919; citation published 4 October 1919: Maj. (A./Lt.-Col.) John Pollands Girvan, M.C., 15th Bn., Can. Inf., 1st C. Ont. R. ‘For marked gallantry and ability in the attack on Canal du Nord on 27th September, 1918. Crossing the canal on light bridges, and the River Agache by planks, under heavy machine-gun and sniping fire, he pushed on. He personally attacked and captured an enemy machine gun, shooting the gunner and turning the gun on the enemy. He went on and assisted in capturing Chapel Corner and the village of Marquion, and then gained his final objectives. His courage and dash were a fine example to his command.’ M.C. London Gazette 18 October 1917; citation published 7 March 1918: Capt. (A./Maj.) John Pollands Girvan, M.C., Canadian Inf. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Throughout an attack he led his company with the greatest skill and courage, continually going forward into our own barrage at great personal risk in order to check men who were advancing too fast. He directed his men amidst the fiercest shelling, and it was due to his gallant personal example that hostile counter-attacks were fruitless. His reports were invaluable, and it was largely due to him that the enemy were held back from the captured ground.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 16 March 1916. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 1 May 1917. John ‘Jack’ Pollands Girvan was born born on 28 November 1887, at Kingarth, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. In 1907, he became a clerk in the Civil Service. He was a fine athlete, winning numerous championships as a member of the Argonaut rowing club. He belonged to an active militia when he attested on 14 September 1914, at Valcartier, Quebec. During the Great War, he married Nursing Sister Jean Elizabeth Sword. Girvan sailed on 3 October 1914, with the first contingent, arriving in England on 16 October 1916. On 4 February 1915, the 15th Battalion battalion paraded in light marching order for ‘Inspection & Review’ by H.M. the Kin, followed by the March Past, at North Larkhill camp. The following week, they boarded S.S. Mount Temple, at Avonmouth, on 12 February 1915. After a very rough voyage with high seas, they arrived at St Nazaire, in France, on 15 February 1915. Two days later, they arrived at Hazebrouck in Belgium, moving into billets at Caestre the next day and into billets in Armentieres on 23 February 1915. The 15th Battalion entered the trenches for the first time on 24 February 1915, suffering their first casualty on the night of the 27th. They entered the trenches at Rue Petillon, on 6 March 1915, pulling out three days later. In April 1915, the Canadians moved to the Ypres area and took part in the battle of Kitchener’s Wood (Second Battle of Ypres). The 15th Battalion held the line against the German chlorine gas attack, but suffered heavy casualties. The battalion was at the apex of the Canadian position on 24 April. The 15th Battalion suffered the heaviest casualties of any Canadian unit, with over 647 casualties, being hit by the heaviest of the gas, and was overrun by the Germans. Girvan’s No. 1 Company, was on the extreme right flank of the Battalion’s three forward companies and was very lucky to have survived. In the battle of Festubert, on 15 May 1915, the battalion again suffered heavy casualties. Girvan was promoted to be Sergeant, in the field, ‘A’ Company, 15th Battalion, on 11 June 1915. He was appointed to Temporary Commission, and posted to 15th Battalion on 26 September 1915; granted 5 days leave, 17 October 1915; granted 7 days leave, 5 January 1916; to be Captain, 27 April 1916; granted leave of absence from 25 May to 2 June 1916. On 3 June 1916 the Battalion conducted the first Canadian counter-attack of the war against Observatory Ridge, in opening stages of the battle of Mount Sorrel, again suffering heavy casualties. Now a Major commanding No. 3 Company, he was wounded during the battle of Flers–Courcelette on 24 September 1916, by a bullet wound which penetrated his right chest at the sternum, and travelled down and lodged in abdominal muscle. He was admitted to 2nd Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, on 27 September 1916, and to Yorkhill War Hospital, Glasgow, on 1 October 1916. He was discharged on 18 October 1916, but was declared unfit for service for three months and granted leave to Canada, 21 October 1916 to 21 January 1917. Girvan returned to England in late March of 1917, and was appointed Acting Major on 28 April 1917. Then, awarded the Croix du Guerre, on 1 May 1917. Here he spent several months in Bramshott Camp, Hampshire, where his future wife Jean Sword was undergoing training at the camp hospital, and they undoubtedly spent some time together. Girvan returned back to France where, on 30 July 1917, he was indemnified for loss of kit. He was in command of No. 1 Company leading the forward assault of the 15th Battalion during the battle of Hill 70, and was awarded the Military Cross for this action in which the 15th Battalion assaulted and captured Puits 14 and Bois Hugo as part of the Canadian Corps assault on Hill 70 near Lens, France. The battalion was in the first wave of the assault on the Corps’ exposed and vital left flank. Having secured all their objectives on the morning of 15 August 1917, the battalion defended its position for a day and half against numerous German counter attacks until it was relieved and withdrawn from the line. Girvan was struck off the strength of the 15th Battalion to attend a Command Officers Course at Aldershot on 27 June 1918 for 8 weeks, and during this time married Nursing Sister Jean Sword. Girvan, now second in command of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, proceeded overseas to the 15th Battalion, from Witley, on 20 August 1918. For the third time, he landed in France, on 23 August 1918, and rejoined his unit on 26 August. With the Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Bent severely wounded, Girvan took command as the Acting Commanding Officer. Upon the C.O.’s return, several times Girvan acted as C.O. while the commander was away. On 30 August 1918, he narrowly escaped death when the Battalion H.Q. dugout took a direct hit from a German artillery shell. Gir...

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Lot 60

General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Malaya, second clasp a tailor’s copy (14439798 Pte S Larigo Buffs) a somewhat later issue, extremely fine £70-£90

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Lot 424

A 9ct gold signet ring, 10.1g, size S/T

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Lot 435

Two 9ct gold signet rings, 7.7g, sizes S & U

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Lot 447

A 9ct gold signet ring set with a Masonic plaque and a 9ct gold Masonic pendant, 3.7g, size R/S

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Lot 450

A 9ct gold signet ring set with onyx, 5.3, size S

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Lot 461

A 9ct gold ring set with a 1984 gold 1/10 Krugerrand, 9.9g, size S

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Lot 475

Two 9ct gold rings set with diamonds, and two other 9ct gold rings, 8.2g, two size S, two size M

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Lot 534

A 9ct gold ring set with five oval cut tourmaline, 4.7g, size S

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Lot 554

A 9ct gold ring set with a round cut citrine, 5.6g, size S

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Lot 566

A 9ct gold ring set with a garnet, pearls and two diamonds, each approximately 0.25ct, 3.4g, size S

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Lot 647

An 18ct gold ring set with a pearl surrounded by rubies, 3.4g, size S 

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Lot 660

A 9ct rose gold ring set with a cabochon, with engraved decoration to the band and setting, Chester 1918, 2.9g, size S

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Lot 685

A 1970s 18ct gold ring set with diamonds in a tiered setting the largest diamond approximately 0.15ct, maker CJ, London 1977, 18.3g, size S

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Lot 693

Asprey 18ct gold pendant set with a diamond surrounded by marquise cut pink tourmalines in a tiered floral cluster on 18ct gold Asprey chain, in Asprey London box, 8.7g

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Lot 899

An 18ct gold ring set with three old cut diamonds, the centre diamond approximately 0.35ct, 2.8g, size S

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Lot 997

A c1930's 18ct gold brooch in the form of a tennis racquet, set with a transitional cut diamond, 3.3g

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Lot 1355

A 9ct gold necklace made up of S shaped links, length 45cm, 8.9g

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Lot 1481

A 1920's 9ct gold fob / medallion awarded to Bretforton Football Club (near Evesham, Worcestershire), 5.0g, in vintage box

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Lot 1482

A 1930's 9ct gold fob/ medallion awarded to E Tomkins of Badsey Rangers, runners up in the Worcester League 1930-31, of Evesham interest, 4.2g

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Lot 1483

A 1930's 9ct gold fob/ medallion awarded to A.M. Corr for the Oakleigh Championship under 16 100 yards, 3.4g

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Lot 153

Four silver pendants, three silver chains, silver charm bracelet and a silver butterfly brooch set with enamel by JA & S

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Lot 180

Hallmarked silver brooch in the form of a butterfly set with guilloché enamel, maker J A & S, 3.5 x 6.5cm

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Lot 1836

P S Bartlett Waltham 18ct gold keyless winding half hunter pocket watch with inset subsidiary seconds dial, blued hands, black Roman numerals, white enamel dial, inlaid blue enamel Roman numerals to the case and signed and engraved 17 jewel movement, case diameter 50mm, serial number 22043542, 115g.

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Lot 1906

 Vintage Chanel chocolate brown quilted leather handbag with classic chain strap and logo, c1980's, with card bearing serial number 0303210 and original dust bag. Consigned by a former employee of Chanel

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Lot 200

A hallmarked silver bangle and pendant, each in the form of an octopus, maker C G & S

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Lot 201

A hallmarked silver pendant in the form of a ram, on silver chain, maker C G & S, 72g

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Lot 202

A hallmarked silver pendant in the form of an owl, on silver chain, maker C G & S, 57g

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Lot 203

A hallmarked silver pendant in the form of a stingray, on silver chain, maker C G & S, 43g

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Lot 204

A hallmarked silver pendant in the form of a scarab beetle, on silver chain, maker C G & S, 36g 

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Lot 205

A hallmarked silver pendant in the form of a turtle, on silver chain, maker C G & S, 69g 

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Lot 207

A hallmarked silver pendant in the form of an elephant, on silver chain, maker C G & S, 40g 

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Lot 208

Two hallmarked silver pendants, one in the form of a seahorse and the other a hare on silver chains, maker C G & S, 57g 

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Lot 209

Five hallmarked silver rings in the form of a frog, duck, scarab beetle, dolphin and otter, maker C G & S, 47g

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Lot 2527

George VI hallmarked silver three branch candelabra, London 1942, maker C S Harris & Sons Ltd, width 36cm, height 23cm

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