A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Captain C. Jackson, Royal Garrison Artillery military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Capt.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1953; together with corresponding miniatures; silver and enamel medal, inscribed on obverse ‘The Municipal Tramways and Transport Association Inc.’, reverse engraved ‘C. Jackson, President 1940-41’, suspended from a neck ribbon and contained in its case of issue; a small head quarter length photograph of recipient contained in a silver frame, generally nearly extremely fine (12) £600-800 M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918. also included with the lot is a fine leather bound testimonial on vellum, inscribed in illuminated ink ‘The Municipal Passenger Transport Association (Incorporated) to Clement Jackson, Esquire, M.I.A.E., M. Inst. T. We have pleasure in informing you that the following resolution was carried unanimously at the Annual General Meeting of the Association on July 11th 1941. That the members of the Association assembled at the 40th Annual General Meeting, place on record their high appreciation of the devoted services of Clement Jackson, Esquire, in the office of President during the year 1940-41 and express to him their grateful recognition of the application of his time and abilities to the interests of the Association under very trying circumstances created by the war.’ Clement Jackson was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery (North Midland (Staffordshire) from the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps on 7 October 1915. In 1939 he was working as a General Manager and Engineer with the City of Plymouth Transport Department, Milehouse, Plymouth. £600-£800
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A fine Second World War Bomber Command operations D.F.C., D.F.M. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant R. E. Manvell, Royal Air Force, a Flight Engineer who completed a tour of duty in Lancasters of 97 Squadron before joining Pathfinders and participating in the Hamburg ‘firestorm’ and Peenemunde raids: he was killed in action in June 1944 distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (569921 Sgt. R. E. Manvell, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals, generally good very fine (6) £2500-3000 d.F.C. London Gazette 6 June 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘Flight Lieutenant Manvell is the Squadron Flight Engineer Leader and has a fine operational record. He has completed 51 operational sorties, 21 of which have been with the Path Finder Force, against the most heavily defended targets in Germany. Apart from his duties as Engineer Leader, which he has carried out with zeal and efficiency, he has shown outstanding keenness to fly on operations on every possible occasion. His enthusiasm to undertake operational work has been an inspiration and, in particular, an example to the Flight Engineers entrusted to his care. His ability for training and instructing Flight Engineers, and his high sense of devotion to duty and his work on this squadron make him very worthy of the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’ D.F.M. London Gazette 14 May 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘This airman has participated very successfully in numerous operational sorties. His targets have included Essen and other strongly defended industrial centres in the Ruhr. He also took part in raids on Berlin and Italy and with good effect. In daylight, he has attacked Milan, Le Creusot and Danzig. His skill and courage have been an example to all.’ Robert Edward Manvell, a native of New Eltham in London, commenced his operational career as a Flight Engineer in No. 97 (Straits Settlement) Squadron, a Lancaster unit operating out of Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, in June 1942, with three successive trips to Bremen, the first of them a ‘Thousand Bomber Raid’. Thus ensued a busy tour of operations, undoubtedly to targets of the heavily defended kind, including Berlin, Cologne, Duisberg (thrice), Dusseldorf (twice), Essen, Hamburg, Milan (thrice), Nuremburg and Saarbrucken, in addition to three daylight raids: Danzig on 11-12 July, a Bomber Command ‘first’ involving 44 Lancasters and a 1,500 mile round trip, Le Creusot on 17 October, No. 5 Group’s famous dusk attack on the Schneider locomotive and armaments works, and Milan on 24 October, another risky enterprise with 88 Lancasters. manvell was recommended for his D.F.M. in March 1943, having completed 30 sorties and 170 hours of operational flying, and was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the following month. returning to the operational scene with No. 156 Squadron in June 1943 - a Path Finder Force unit operating in Lancasters out of Alconbury, Huntingdonshire, and later from Warboys - Manvell quickly carried out a brace of trips to Cologne. So, too, in July, four successive strikes against Hamburg, strikes that culminated in the famous ‘firestorms’. Having then flown sorties to Mannheim, Nuremburg and Milan - the latter on three occasions - he participated in the famous Peenemunde raid on 17 August 1943, in Lancaster EE-926, piloted by Flying Officer A. M. Lutz. his very next raid proved to be the costliest of the War so far, a strike against Berlin on the night of 23rd-24th, in which nearly 60 aircraft were lost. Trips to Nuremburg, Modane and Hanover followed, but he remained grounded in the months of October and November, quite probably to attend a Squadron Flight Engineer Leader’s course - certainly he was advanced to Flying Officer in the former month. A return trip to the ‘big city’ in December, and strikes against Frankfurt, Leipzig and Stuttgart in February-March raised his operational sorties to the 50-mark - and 307 hours of operational flying - and he was recommended for the D.F.C. sadly, however, on the night of 23-24 June 1944, in Lancaster JB230 GT-S, captained by Pilot Officer D. Langford, D.F.C., he was killed in action in a marker operation for a flying-bomb site at Coubronne. His aircraft crashed at Zuytpeene, four kilometres from Cassel, only one member of crew surviving to be taken P.O.W., the remainder being buried in the local churchyard. £2500-£3000
A fine Omdurman D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Colour-Sergeant Michael Mullen, Royal Irish Fusiliers, for services with the Maxim Gun Detachment during the campaign in the Sudan in 1898 distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Corpl. M. Mullen, R. Ir. Fus. (2nd Sept. 1898)); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3188 Pte. M. Mullan, 1st Bn. Royal Irish Fuslrs.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3188 L/Sgt. M. Mullin, 1/R.I. Fus.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (3188 Sgt. M. Mullen, Rl. Irish Fus.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3188 Serjt. M. Mullen Rl. Irish Fus.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (C.Sjt. M. Mullen, R. Ir. Fus.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3188 Lce-Sergt. M. Mullin, 1st R.I.F.) mounted as worn, note variations in spelling of surname, contact marks but generally very fine or better and a rare group (7) £3500-4000 D.C.M. recommendation submitted to the Queen on 9 November 1898, and published in London Gazette of 15 November 1898, and in Army Order 153 of September 1899. Awarded for Omdurman, 2 September 1898, one of two such awards to the Royal Irish Fusiliers for the Sudan Campaign. the following details are given in R. de M. Rudolf’s Short Histories of the Territorial Regiments of the British Army: ‘The Omdurman Campaign 1898 - Colour-Sergeant J. Teague and Corporal M. Mullen were the N.C.Os. in charge of the Maxim Gun Detachment, 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers, during the above campaign, and for the excellent and determined manner in which they performed their duties during the campaign and in action they were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.’ The 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles was represented at Omdurman by only a small force, consisting of 4 officers and 91 men, of which 2 officers and 26 men formed a Maxim Gun Detachment, while the remainder constituted a remount depot. The Maxim detachment was commanded by Captain Douglas Churcher, with whom went Lieutenant Wilson. The remount group was led by Captain de Berry and Lieutenant Heard. captain Churcher’s Maxim detachment, travelling by boat and train, reached Atbara, south of Wadi Halfa, on the evening of August 8th. De Berry, who arrived on the barren scene a few days later, wrote while en route: ‘The duties are hard, as we have two boats full of animals which need 10 men always in each of them. We have had rather too much river work and I fancy the men will be rather glad to get out of the boats, although the train is far worse, yet there will be only 24 hours of it from Halfa to the Atbara. The steamers shake very much, and it is hard to write clearly.’ In the battle, the Maxim detachment fought as a self-contained unit in Major-General Lyttelton’s brigade, and was so mentioned in Kitchener’s despatches. After Omdurman most of the Irish Fusiliers returned to Alexandria, but Churcher, with 20 men and 2 Maxims, left Khartoum with General Hunter’s expedition up the Blue Nile. mullen was one of eight signallers of the Royal Irish Fusiliers to receive the medal for the Relief of Chitral 1895, together with Captain T. O’Leary of the regiment, who was Inspector of Army Signalling in the Punjab. Mullen also received the Meritorious Service Medal, anounced in Army Order 122 of 1938. £3500-£4000
A rare Great War D.S.M. group of four awarded to 2nd Lieutenant C. H. Potts, Royal Air Force, late Royal Naval Air Service distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M. 1008 C. H. Potts, C.P.O. Mech., R.N.A.S. Dover Patrol 1916-7); 1914-15 Star (M. 1008 C.P.O. 1, R.N.A.S.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut., R.A.F.), the first with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine (4) £1500-1700 d.S.M. London Gazette 12 May 1917. The recommendation states: ‘A conspicuous and reliable Chief Petty Officer. He has invented and produced an automatic carburettor which has been fitted to all Clergent engines in the Dunkirk Command.’ Charles Harold Potts was born in Cambridge in March 1888 and entered the Royal Navy as an Acting Electrician 4th Class in May 1909. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Hermes in 1913, in which year Commander C. R. Samson tested a new aeroplane fitted with folding wings, which was launched from a special platform built over the bows of that ship, and by the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914 he had attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer Mechanic in the fledgling Royal Naval Air Service. entering the French theatre of war in June 1915, he was decorated for the above cited achievements at Dunkirk, and was advanced to Warrant Officer in July 1917. He went on to serve in No. 5 Squadron, 5 Wing, R.N.A.S., which unit was operating out of Condekerque on day bombing duties in D.H. 4s, a unit which was subsequently designated No. 205 Squadron on the formation of the Royal Air Force in April 1918 - see Bomber Pilot 1916-1918, by Squadron Leader C. P. O. Bartlett, D.S.C., for full details of No. 5’s operations and several references to Potts. The latter returned to the U.K. that July as a newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and was finally placed on the Retired List in 1930. He is believed to have died in Wandsworth, London in late 1968. £1500-£1700
A good Second World War anti-U-boat operations D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Leading Seaman Matthew Lee, Royal Navy, for the destruction by H.M.S. Swale of the U-657 in May 1943 distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 276715 M. Lee, A.B.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, with original card forwarding box and Admiralty issuance slip for the campaign awards, good very fine and better (7) £1200-1400 d.S.M. London Gazette 7 September 1943: ‘For gallantry, skill and devotion to duty in actions against enemy submarines’. the original recommendation states: ‘This rating was the Asdic Operator who first gained contact with the U-Boat. His coolness and efficient operating during action resulted in the destruction of the U-Boat.’ Matthew Lee was born at Browney Colliery, Durham in November 1920 and entered the Royal Navy in July 1941. Posted to Osprey at Portland for training as an Asdic Operator that November, he joined the frigate H.M.S. Swale in June 1942, aboard which ship he was quickly employed off North Africa. But it was as a result of that ship’s subsequent convoy escort work in the Battle of the Atlantic that Lee won his D.S.M., namely on 17 May 1943, when, in response to the torpedoing of the S.S. Aymeric, Swale located and sunk by depth-charge the U-657 - there were no survivors. lee, who had already survived SC. 122 / HX. 229 in March 1943, one of the hardest fought of Atlantic convoys in which 22 ships were lost, went on to guide Swale in further noteworthy attacks, not least that leading to the destruction of the U-302 on 6 April 1944 - having just torpedoed two Norwegian merchantmen, Kapitain Herbert Sickel and his entire crew were lost to a devastating depth-charge and hedgehog attack delivered by Swale. latterly employed in the East Indies, Lee departed Swale as a Leading Seaman in August 1945 and was released from the service in April 1946. sold with a quantity of original documentation, including Admiralty letter of notification for the recipient’s D.S.M., dated 9 September 1943, and related Buckingham Palace forwarding letter; his Certificate of Service; a writing pad with his pencilled account of his journey back to the U.K. from the Indian Ocean in December 1945; and several wartime photographs and newspaper cuttings, one of the latter recounting the story of Swale’s rescue of the badly damaged Port Fairy. £1200-£1400
A rare Second World War D.S.M. awarded to Leading Airman F. R. R. Lowe, Fleet Air Arm, who was killed in the Western Desert in July 1942 distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (FX. 79410 F. R. R. Lowe, L. Airmn.), number and initials officially corrected, otherwise extremely fine £3000-3500 D.S.M. London Gazette 11 June 1942. frederick Ronald Rhodes Lowe, a native of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, attended No. 11B Telegraphist Air Gunners’ Course at Worthy Down between August 1939 and January 1940, following which he joined No. 826 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, and would quickly have seen action in the Dunkirk operations, when the Squadron’s Albacores operated out of Detling. So, too, over the coming months, operating out of Bircham Newton under R.A.F. Coastal Command. In fact, between June and November 1940, 826 carried out 22 night attacks against coastal targets in Belgium, France and Holland, dropping seven tons of mines and 56 tons of bombs, in addition to escorting 92 convoys. And it was on one of these bombing missions, against invasion barges off Calais, on 11 September 1940, in Albacore L-7097, that Lowe fought off an attack by 109s - nonetheless, his pilot, Sub. Lieutenant A. H. Blacow was injured and their aircraft severely damaged. embarked for the Mediterranean in H.M.S. Formidable in November 1940, 826’s aircrew remained actively employed in shipborne operations in that theatre of war until coming ashore in the summer of 1941, a period encompassing anti-submarine patrols and bombardment spotting, in addition to a torpedo attack in the Battle of Matapan at the end of March, and a bombing raid on Scarpanto airfield during the evacuation of Crete in May. Once ashore, initially based in the Eastern Mediterranean, but later in the Western Desert, operations continued apace, successful flare-illumination co-operation work with the 7th Cruiser Squadron leading to 826 carrying out similar duties for the Army and the Desert Air Force, more often than not on the El Alamein front - in the four months leading up to that famous battle, 826 dropped 12,000 flares, in addition to carrying out regular bombing strikes against enemy troops and shipping. The Squadron’s war diary also refers to the occasional ‘special mission’, such as that flown by nine Albacores on the night of 9-10 July, a mission 250 miles behind enemy lines to salt flats south of Sidi Barrani, where, refuelled by Bombay transport aircraft, they went on to deliver an attack on an enemy convoy approaching Tobruk. sadly, on the night of 23-24 July 1942, operating out of Grebe, the Naval Air Station at Dekheila, near Alexandria, in Albacore X-9256, Lowe was killed in action in a strike against landing grounds at Daba, so, too, his fellow crew, Sub. Lieutenants J. D. Nunnerley and M. G. A. Whittle. Aged 21 years, Lowe was buried in El Alamein War Cemetery. £3000-£3500
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal H. A. M. Bilston, 27 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was killed in action on 27 September 1918 military Medal, G.V.R. (40934 Cpl., 27/Sge. By. R.G.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (40934 Gnr., R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (40934 Cpl., R.A.) single edge bruise to first, otherwise good very fine or better (4) £350-400 M.M. London Gazette 13 November 1918. henry Augustus Morris Bilston was born and lived in Bermondsey, Surrey. He was killed in action in France and Flanders on 27 September 1918. £350-£400
Family group to three brothers: a Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private H. Johnstone, Royal Army Medical Corps military Medal, G.V.R. (354182 Pte., R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (372 Pte., R.A.M.C. ); British War and Victory Medals, these two with erased naming three: Private J. A. Johnstone, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20, these two with erased naming; Victory Medal 1914-19 (355 Pte., R.A.M.C..) three: Private A. M. Johnstone, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (277 Pte., R.A.M.C. ); British War and Victory Medals (277 Pte., R.A.M.C.) very fine and better (10) £220-260 M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919. ‘Pte., 44th Fd. Amb. (Manchester)’. harold Johnstone of 53 Clarendon Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, attested for service in the R.A.M.C. at Manchester on 1 September 1914, aged 20 years, 10 months. With the R.A.M.C. he entered the Egypt theatre of war on 26 September 1914 and served with the E.E.F. until 1 June 1915. He then served in Gallipoli, 7 June-20 October 1915 and with the B.E.F., 12 May 1917-7 July 1919. For his bravery in the field whilst serving with the 44th Field Ambulance he was awarded the Military Medal. He was discharged on 31 March 1920. Sold with copied service and m.i.c. john Arthur Johnstone of 53 Clarendon Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, attested for service in the R.A.M.C. at Manchester on 4 September 1914, aged 19 years, 1 month. With the R.A.M.C. he entered the Egypt theatre of war on 26 September 1914 and served with the E.E.F. until 5 May 1915. He then served in Gallipoli, 10 May-8 July 1915; Malta, 16 July 1915-28 March 1916; with the E.E.F., 27 March-5 April 1918, and with the B.E.F., 17 April 1918-10 April 1919. He was discharged on 31 March 1920. Sold with copied service papers and m.i.c. alexander Mortimer Johnstone of 53 Clarendon Road, Whalley Range, Manchester, attested for service in the R.A.M.C. at Manchester on 23 February 1914, aged 21 years, 10 months. With the R.A.M.C. he entered the Egypt theatre of war on 26 September 1914 and served with the E.E.F. until 5 May 1915. He then served in Gallipoli, 10 May 1915-12 January 1916, with the E.E.F., 18 January 1916-2 March 1917 and the B.E.F., 12 March 1917-9 January 1919. He was discharged on 31 March 1920. Sold with copied service papers and m.i.c. £220-£260
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Gray, Royal Army Service Corps military Medal, G.V.R. (M-281244 Pte., R.A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M-281244 Pte., A.S.C.), mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £200-240 M.M. London Gazette 20 August 1919 - attached to the 51st Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. the recipient came from Dundalk. £200-£240
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1846 to 1847 (G P Harrison, Carp Crew H M S Calliope) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £700-800 Ex George Moss Collection, New York, April 1992. george Harrison's medal was sent on 19 September 1872. 60 medals were issued with the 1846-1847 dated reverse, all to H.M.S. Calliope. In all, 62 medals were issued to H.M.S. Calliope (13 to R.N. officers, 38 to R.N. ratings, and 11 to R.M. N.C.Os. and men), of which 35 are known: one dated 1846, one with reverse undated, and the others with reverses dated 1846-1847. george Harrison was born in the parish of Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon. He was 24 years of age, a joiner by trade, when he entered the service aboard Calliope as Carpenter's Crew on 31 July 1845, from which ship he was discharged on 9 January 1849. Sold with copy of Medal Roll and two pages from Description Book for H.M.S. Calliope. £700-£800
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1866 (George Loxley Ord H-M-S-Curacoa) officially impressed naming, very fine and probably unique to Naval forces with these dates £600-800 Ex Douglas-Morris Collection, DNW October 1996. george Loxley's medal was issued on 4 August 1873. 187 medals were issued to H.M.S. Curacoa (24 to R.N. officers, 123 to R.N. ratings, 1 to R.M. officer, and 39 to R.M. N.C.Os. and men) of which 70 are known, mostly dated 1863-1864 but including one dated 1863-1866 and 3 undated to R.N. ratings. This medal is therefore probably unique to Naval Forces. douglas-Morris records in Naval Medals 1857-1880, p. 165, ‘George Loxley's medal was issued later than normal, 4th August 1873, with the incorrect dated Reverse of '1863 to 1866'. It is not without interest that a duplicate medal issued in 1879 to Able Seaman Martin Murphy, also from H.M.S. Curacoa, had included at the end of the engraved edge details the dates '1863-66'. born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire on 1 March 1841, George Loxley first entered as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Victory on 16 November 1857, and soon drafted as Boy 1st Class to H.M.S. Orion in April 1858 to serve there until November 1861, when drafted to H.M.S. Asia (1861-63). He later served aboard H.M.S. Curacoa as an 'Ord' from April 1863 until February 1867, followed by H.M. Ships Minotaur (1867-69) where he was advanced to A.B. in March 1869, then Northumberland (1869-73). In December 1873 he was placed on the books of H.M.S. Valiant as a boatman upon joining the Coast Guard Service, rising to Commissioned Boatman in December 1881, after earning his LS & GC medal on 14 June 1875 with 15 years service to his credit. He was pensioned on 7 November 1883. £600-£800
The mounted group of seven miniature dress medals attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel M. W. R. de Courcy, Indian Army, 34th Baron Kingsale and Premier Baron of Ireland distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., gold and enamel, complete with top bar; Tibet 1903-04, no clasp; India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Abor 1911-12, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1921-24; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver; Serbia, Order of the White Eagle, 5th Class badge with swords, silver, gold and enamel, mounted court style as worn, in Spink, London leather case, second fine, others very fine and better (7) £300-350 Michael William Robert de Courcy was born on 26 September 1882, the eldest son of Michael Constantine de Courcy, the 33rd Baron Kingsale (created 1223) and Baron of Ringrone. He was educated at Dulwich College; Kelly College, Tavistock, and Sandhurst. In the latter he passed out first and was awarded the King’s Medal and the Anson Memorial Sword. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Connaught Rangers in October 1902. Transferring to the Indian Army in August 1904 and serving with the 32nd Sikh Pioneers, he was promoted to Lieutenant in January 1905; Captain in October 1911 and Major in October 1917. He served in the latter part of the Tibet Expedition, 1904, then in the Abor Expedition, 1911-12, for which he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 16 July 1912). Serving during the Great War, 1915-18, he was Brigade-Major of the 6th Infantry Brigade in Mesopotamia. For his services he was three times mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 19 October 1916, 14 November 1916 and 15 August 1917) and awarded the D.S.O. (London Gazette 25 August 1917) and the Serbian Order of the White Eagle, 5th Class with swords. Major de Courcy then served in the Marri Operations for which he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 18 May 1920), the Afghan War of 1919 for which he was again mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 3 August 1920), and the Waziristan Campaign of 1921-24. In 1922 he was appointed D.A.Q.M.G. Eastern Command, India. He retired from the Indian Army as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1931 and in the same year succeeded his father as the 34th Baron (by some reckonings 29th Baron) Kingsale, Baron of Ringrone and the Premier Baron of Ireland. Baron Kingsale died on 21 October 1965 and was succeeded by his only surviving grandson, John. Sold with some copied research. £300-£350
Sir Harry Smith’s Medal for Gallantry 1851 (Henry Evans, C.M.R.) fitted with silver clip and bar suspension, good very fine, very rare and one of the finest named examples recorded £6000-8000 First recorded for sale by Debenhams in July 1898, and in the Day Collection, Sotheby 1913. when the Eighth Kaffir War started in December 1850, Sir Harry Smith was Governor and Commander-in-Chief at the Cape. Early in the campaign he was blockaded in Fort Cox, inland from Kingwilliamstown, by Gaikas under Chief Sandilli. Attempts to relieve the Fort were unsuccessful and the future of the beleaguered garrison appeared none too rosy. But there were wider issues than the survival of the garrison itself. The war had just started, and the fact that the Governor was being cooped up by 'the uncivilised Kaffirs' was adversely affecting the Colony's morale and could only result in the defection of additional tribes. Sir Harry therefore decided to make a break for it, and, escorted by about 250 men of the Cape Mounted Riflemen (a unit which at that time was predominantly Cape Coloured), succeeded in getting through the Kaffir lines, and reached Kingwilliamstown in safety. The story goes that he was so impressed by the showing of the C. M. R. on this side, and by other feats of the Cape Colonial troops during the campaign, that before he was replaced by Sir George Cathcart in April, 1852, he decided to show his high regard for the men under his command by awarding a special medal. £6000-£8000
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (1094 Pte. M. Hayes, 2d Bn. Devon Regt.) good very fine £100-140 Maurice Hayes was born in Norwood, Middlesex. A Porter by occupation, he attested for the Devonshire Regiment at Exeter on 18 December 1884. Not the best of soldiers, he was imprisoned for some offence, April-August 1887. He then deserted, December 1887-November 1889 for which he was briefly imprisoned pending embarkation for India. With the regiment he served in India, December 1889-July 1897. Hayes transferred to the Army Reserve in July 1897 but was recalled for service in the Boer War in October 1899. With the Devonshires he served in South Africa, October 1899-October 1901. He was discharged on 12 October 1901. Sold with copied service papers. £100-£140
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (489 Pte. M. Boyle, 80th Foot) edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £360-400 Martin Boyle, a miner from Lichfield, attested for service in the 80th Foot on 21 May 1875, aged 18 years. He served in South Africa, June 1877-May 1880, and was released from military service in November 1880. £360-£400
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (J. N. Everett, Capt. M. Top, H.M.S. Monarch) pitting, very fine £140-180 John Nelson Everett was born in Rotherhithe, Surrey on 26 September 1856. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 1st Class in January 1873 and was advanced to Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class when on the Bellerophon in Setember 1874. He gained the rank of Petty Officer 1st Class in February 1882 when on the Monarch - on which ship he saw active service at the bombardment of Alexandria. He was advanced to Acting Boatswain in February 1890 and Chief Boatswain in December 1908 and attained the rank of Lieutenant on 29 October 1914. Retiring from the service, he died at home on 17 December 1917. Sold with copied service papers. £140-£180
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1098 A. Cpl. A. M. Fyfe, 2/L. Gds. ), late issue, minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £350-450 1098 Private (Acting Corporal) A. M. Fyfe, 2nd Life Guards, served in the Heavy Camel Corps at the battle of Abu Klea. Sold with copied roll extracts. £350-£450
Victory Medal 1914-19 (9) (J.42503 A. Dainton, Boy 1, R.N.; L.3909 H. G. Dakers, O.S., R.N.; K.32128 W. Edwards, Sto.1, R.N.; 347399 F. W. Wilkins, C.E.R.A.2, R.N.; Ply.13854 Pte. E. F. Fisher, R.M.L.I.; 1DG-6044 Pte. F. Tizzard, 5-D. Gds.; 22046 Pte. F. Kirkham, North’d. Fus.; 235270 Pte. J. A. Cooke, L’pool. R.; 22300 Gnr. C. H. Gaudie, 3 D.A.C. A.I.F.) nearly very fine and better (9) £140-180 Boy 1st Class Arthur Dainton, R.N., was killed in action whilst serving on the battlecruiser Invincible at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was the son of Charles Henry and Ellen Dainton of 38 Granville Road, Woodford, London. officer’s Steward 2nd Class Henry George Dakers, R.N., was killed in action on 1 January 1915 when the battleship Formidable was torpedoed and sunk by the U.24 off Portland Bill. stoker 1st Class W. Edwards, R.N., died on 5 July 1918 whilst serving aboard the destroyer Landrail. He was buried in the Cefn Crib Baptist Graveyard. chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class Frederick William Wilkins, R.N., was killed in action whilst serving on the armoured cruiser Black Prince at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was the husband of Beatrice C. Wilkins of 46 Tennyson Road, Copnor, Portsmouth. private Ernest Frederick Fisher, R.M.L.I., serving on H.M.S. Doris, died on 23 May 1918. He was the son of Mr & Mrs Frederick Fisher of 23 Falcon Road, Guildford, Surrey. His name is recorded on the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial. francis Tizzard was born in Dorchester, lived in Tolpiddle and enlisted at Dorchester. Serving with the 5th Dragoon Guards, he was killed in action on 16 November 1914. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. frederick Kirkham was born in Walsall, Staffordshire and enlisted at Buxton, Derbyshire. Serving with the 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, he was killed in action on 14 March 1916. He was buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, and was the son of Joseph and Jane Kirkham of Reaps Moor, Staffordshire. lance-Corporal James Ashton Cooke was born in Haslingdon, Lancashire and enlisted at Manchester. Serving with the 6th Battalion Liverpool Regiment, he was killed in action, 21 October 1918, aged 20 years. He was buried in the Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension and was the son of Robert and Edith Cooke of 39 Queen’s Road, Oldham. gunner Charles H. M. Gaudie, 3rd Division Ammunition Column, Australian Army Service Corps, died on 23 January 1920, aged 38 years. £140-£180
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (Jun. Engr. J. M. Millar) good very fine £160-200 James Minto Millar was born in Glasgow on 19 June 1922. Served as 6th Engineer on the M.V. Rosewood, September 1940-December 1941. Postwar he served on the Blue Funnel Line ship Orestes and Antenor and Glen Line Glen Artney and Glen Orchy, 1947-50. Sold with copied research. £160-£200
South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (AB(M) P. M. Orr, D181887X H.M.S. Plymouth), mounted court style as worn, extremely fine £800-1000 H.M.S. Plymouth was a ‘Rothesay’ Class type 12 anti-submarine frigate of 2,800 tons, launched at Devonport in 1959 and commissioned in 1961. Heavily involved in the Falklands War, she sailed with tanker R.F.A. Tidepool and destroyer H.M.S. Antrim to South Georgia with Royal Marines and S.A.S. aboard. She then provided cover for the aircraft carriers and amphibious vessels and was one of the first Royal Navy ships to enter San Carlos Water. On 21 May 1982 she went to the assistance of the frigate H.M.S. Argonaut that had suffered bomb damage. On 8 June she was attacked by five Mirage aircraft. In the ensuing action she managed to destroy two and damage two others but was hit by four bombs and numerous shells; five men were injured in the attack. After emergency repairs she returned to the fleet and was able to provide gunfire support to the land forces. She returned home on 21 June. During the course of the Falklands War she had steamed 34,000 miles, fired 900+ 4.5 inch shells and destroyed five aircraft. H.M.S. Plymouth was decommissioned on 28 April 1988 and was preserved, being open to the public at Birkenhead since 1992. able Seaman Orr received a Commendation from the Commander of Task Force 317: ‘Able Seaman (M) Orr was the Aimer of the GWS 20 action Sea Cat aimer crew. From 21 May to 8 June 82, they displayed good teamwork and skill against frequent enemy attacks, operating from their exposed position aft. They successfully shot down several enemy aircraft and damaged others. Target presentation was minimal owing to the close proximity of land and very low level attacks. Able Seaman Orr contributed greatly to the air defence of H.M.S. Plymouth, and I commend him for his courageous performance throughout the period of operations’. sold with copied Certificate of Commendation and ship history. £800-£1000
A rare Great War ‘France’ M.S.M. group of four awarded to Acting Leading Seaman G. M. Martin, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1914-15 Star (CZ-286 A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (C.Z.286 Act. L.S., R.N.V.R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (CZ286 A.B.-H.G., Drake Bn. R.N.V.R.), mounted for display, good very fine, scarce (4) £600-700 M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. ‘... for valuable services rendered with the Forces in France’. a total of 119 G.V.R. Field Marshal’s bust ‘Immediate’ M.S.M’s. were awarded to Naval recipients, of which 47 were awarded to the Royal Navy and 72 to the Royal Marines. Of those to the Royal Navy, the majority were awarded to the R.N.V.R. £600-£700
A rare George VI issue ‘Crowned Head’ M.S.M. group of four awarded to Squadron Serjeant-Major M. E. Swan, 1st Dragoons queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony (2852 Serjt., 1Dgns.) ‘Laing’s Nek’ clasp a contemporary copy; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2852 Serjt., Rl. Dragoons); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2852 Sq. Sjt. Maj., 1st Dragoons); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, ‘crowned head’ (Sq. S. Mjr., 1-Dns.), mounted as worn, first two with some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £1200-1400 The Army L.S. & G.C. was announced in Army Order 189 of 1905; the M.S.M. in Army Order 44 of 1942. Only about 55 G.VI.R. ‘Crowned Head’ M.S.M’s. were awarded. £1200-£1400
Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Australia (393 W.O.II E. M. Hill, A.I.C.) nearly extremely fine £180-220 Everard Michael Hill was born in Young, New South Wales on 21 July 1894. A Clerk by occupation, he enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force at Sydney on 2 August 1915. On 12 November 1915 he departed Sydney for Egypt as part of the 6th Reinforcement Group for the 18th Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd Division. Posted to ‘C’ Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, on 14 February 1916, he embarked at Alexandria for Marsailles on 22 March 1916. Posted to northern France, he was slightly wounded at Pozieres on 18 August 1916. After a period of sickness he was present in the attacks at Passchendaele during the Autumn of 1917. He returned to Sydney in May 1919 and was discharged on 9 July 1919. On 6 April 1920 he enlisted into the Permanent Military Forces with the Instructional Staff in Sydney, becoming a Warrant Officer Class 1 in June 1937. On 15 December 1939 he was appointed Honorary Lieutenant in the Australian Instructional Corps and Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster of the 2nd Battalion. Further promotions followed, becoming a Temporary Major in August 1941. He died suddenly on 5 March 1943 at Kedron Camp and was buried at Luywych Cemetery, Queensland. In addition to his Long Service medal he was entitled to the 1914-15 Star trio, War and Australian Service Medals. Sold with copied service details. £180-£220
Maidstone Typhoid Medal 1897, silver (A. M. Richards) with brooch fitting to reverse in addition to ring suspension, lacking brooch bar, very fine £200-240 Three nurses with the surname ‘Richards’ appear in the South Eastern Gazette listing of recipients - none with the initials ‘A.M.’ £200-£240
The Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Medal awarded to Tom Harrison, Explorer, Anthropologist, Archeologist and wartime Guerilla Leader royal Geographical Society, Founder’s Medal, by W. Wyon, obv. head of William IV right, rev. Britannia standing holding scroll and laurel wreath, with a globe and sextant at her feet (Tom Harrison, 1962), 54mm., gold, 98.37g., ref. Eimer 1229; B.H.M. 1467, minor scratch marks, nearly extremely fine £1500-2000 the R.G.S. Founder’s Medal, awarded annually since 1839, is given for the encouragement and promotion of geographical science and discovery. thomas Harnett (Tom) Harrison was born in Argentina in 1911, the son of Brigadier-General G. H. Harrison, C.M.G., D.S.O., of The End House, Otterbourne, Winchester. He was educated at Harrow (1925-30) and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied Ecology. A true polymath, in the course of his life he was an ornithologist, anthropologist, explorer, mass-observer, journalist, broadcaster, soldier, ethnologist, museum curator, archaeologist, filmmaker, conservationist and author. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, he conducted ornithological and anthropological work in Lapland, the New Hebrides and Borneo, spending much of his life in the latter. He was involved in the British social research organisation ‘Mass-Observation’ (1937-47). during the Second World War he was a Major involved with British Special Operations in the Far East. His local knowledge of Borneo and Sarawak being particularly valuable. He formulated the plan to recruit Dayak headhunters as guerillas against the occupying Japanese. By the end of the war, his army of ‘headhunters’ had ‘officially’ accounted for 1,500 killed or captured Japanese. On 25 March 1945, when attached to Z Force and in command of seven other agents, he was parachuted into Borneo, landing on the high plateau occupied by the Kelabit People. For his wartime services he was awarded the D.S.O. in 1946 (London Gazette 6 March 1947, ‘For gallant and distinguished services in the South West Pacific’). His recommendation states: ‘Major Harrisson (sic) and a Services Rec. Dept. party of seven white men were inserted by parachute into the Kelabit Plateau of Central Borneo on 25 Mar. 45 to establish an intelligence network into the Br???? area of Sarawak. Nothing was known at the time of the extent of the Jap penetration or the reception likely to be given by hostile tribes which inhabit the area. Major Harrisson successfully established his party on the ground and set up a base from which the whole of Sarawak (Kuching excepted) was later penetrated. Since the date of insertion until 15 Aug. 45, the activities of Maj. Harrisson in sequence have been: 1. Denial of essential supplies of food and labour from the rich Bawang Valley to the Japanese in Tarakan and Malenau areas. 2. Blockade of escape and reinforcement sorties from Tarakan to Brunei and Southern British North Borneo ... 3. Provision of valuable pre-invasion intelligence ... 4. Prevention of the southward movement of Jap forces from British Borneo to Sarawak ... 5. Construction of an emergency landing ground in the Bawang Valley ... 6. Establishment of control both military and administrative of an area of approx. 9,000 square miles stretching from Brunei to Malinau. 7. Infliction from Mar-Aug. of the following confirmed ??? .... killed 940 PW 33 (?) Auxiliaries killed 32 Auxiliaries captured 201. The above was achieved with a final strength of 37 white personnel and 800 guerillas. His losses were 14 native soldiers killed. Major Harrisson has shown great energy, imagination and powers of leadership with great aptitude for guerilla warfare. The success of Services Reconnaissance Dept. operations into Sarawak is undoubtedly due to his ability, courage and determination. On several occasions this officer personally led his guerilla bands into attacks which inflicted heavy casualties upon the enemy’. after the war he was employed as Curator of the Sarawak Museum, 1947-66. In the early 1960’s Tom and his wife Barbara, in conjunction with others, began an Orangutan rehabilitation centre at Sepilok and he pioneered the conservation of Green Turtles. In 1962 he was awarded the prestigious R.G.S. Founder’s Medal, ‘for explorations in Central Borneo’. Tom Harrison died in a road accident in Thailand in 1976. very much a ‘larger than life’ character; he was described by A. Heinmann, a U.S. diplomat as ‘a romantic polymath, a drunken bully, an original thinking iconoclast, a dreadful husband and father, a fearless adventurer, a Richard Burton of his time ...’ British broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough, wrote of him, ‘Explorer, museum curator, guerilla fighter, pioneer sociologist, documentary filmmaker, anthropologist - Tom Harrison was all of these things. He was also arrogant, choleric, swashbuckling, often drunk and nearly always deliberately outrageous. In spite of these contradictions, he became a key figure in every enterprise he undertook’. for further details see his biography, The Most Offending Soul Alive, by Judith M. Heimann; his wartime actions, World Within, A Borneo Story and the B.B.C. Four documentary Tom Harrison - The Barefoot Anthropologist - narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Harrison’s published works include, ‘Savage Civilisation (1937); Living Among Cannibals (1943) and World Within, A Borneo Story (1959). Sold with some copied research. £1500-£2000
Robertson, Sir George S., Chitral, The Story of a Minor Siege, Methuen, London, 1898, x, 368, 40pp., some pages loose; Younghusband, Capt. G. J. & Younghusband, Capt. F. E., The Relief of Chitral, Macmillan, 1895, vi, 183pp., some pages loose; Spring, Col. F. W. M., The Bombay Artillery, List of Officers ..., Clowes, London, 1902, xii, 135pp; Younghusband, Col. G. J., The Story of the Guides, Macmillan, London, 1909, xvi, 207pp., frontispiece loose; Eyre, Lieut. Vincent, The Military Operations at Cabul ...., Murray, London, 5th Edition, 1843, xxvii, 436pp; Steward, W. A., War Medals and Their History, Stanley Paul & Co., London, xvii, 407pp; Anon., A Book of Remembrance ... of the Old Boys and Masters of Watford Grammar School who served in the Great War 1914-1918, 64pp., fairly good and better condition (7) £70-90 £70-£90
Group of medals and papers to the Paske family: three: Major-General W. Paske, Indian Army punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Ensign, 28th Bl. Native Infy.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Lieut., 3rd Punjab Infy.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn., 28th Bengal N.I.), mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine a Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Paske, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Capt., Oxford L.I.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1937, mounted court style as worn, very fine and better national Service League Medal (Major A. G. Paske, September 1910) 18ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1910, 24mm., complete with ‘N.S.L. For Merit’ gold brooch bar, extremely fine (lot) £2600-3000 Major-General William Paske william Paske was born on 20 May 1828 and baptised in Madras. He was commissioned an Ensign in the Indian Army on 11 February 1845. He was promoted to Lieutenant in May 1852, Captain, in the Bengal Staff Corps in June 1857, Captain in the Army, July 1858, Major in February 1865, Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1871 and Colonel in February 1876. Paske retired with the rank of Colonel on 14 August 1876 and on 28 October 1876 was promoted to Major-General. In the 2nd Sikh War, he served with the 28th Bengal Native Infantry in the force under General Sir H. M. Wheeler against the forces of Ram Singh. During 1850-53 he served in the expedition against the Ranezais and other hill tribes on the N.W. Frontier. In the suppression of the Indian Mutiny he was employed in watching and pursuing mutineers and mutinous regiments in flight. He received the thanks of the Secretary of State for India, the Governor-General and Chief Commander of the Punjab, for his assistance in suppressing the mutiny in the wing of the 4th Native Infantry at Hooshyarporein 1858. Latterly living in Elgin Crescent, Kensington, he died on 29 February 1908. Sold with framed photograph of the recipient in uniform; commission documents (10) for the ranks of Ensign (2), Lieutenant (2), Captain (3), Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel; an ‘In Memoriam’ card for his wife Eliza, who died in May 1882, and some copied research. lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Paske d.S.O. London Gazette 4 June 1917. ‘Maj. and Hon. Lt-Col., Oxf. and Bucks. L.I., Spec. Res.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917; 15 May 1917; 5 July 1919. george Frederick Paske, 3rd son of the above, was born on 30 April 1864 and baptised in Clapham Surrey. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Oxford Militia on 10 April 1886 and was promoted to Captain in March 1890. Appointed an Honorary Captain in the Army, 2 November 1900, with the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; he served in the Boer War in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900. Promoted to Major in September 1906. During the Great War he served as Major and Honorary Colonel of the 3rd Battalion Ox. & Bucks. L.I., serving in Gallipoli and France as an Assistant Provost-Marshal. For his wartime services he was three times mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. Paske relinquished his commission whilst retaining his rank, on 16 September 1920. Lieutenant-Colonel Paske died on 6 January 1945. Sold with three M.I.D. certificates; photograph of the recipient in uniform and some copied research. major Arthur Goldingham Paske arthur Goldingham Paske, 2nd son of William Paske, and an elder brother of George Frederick above, was born on 2 October 1861 and baptised in Missouri, India. He was commissioned into the 3rd Middlesex Militia in February 1881, was a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers in July 1881 and a Captain in the Reserve in December 1888. He was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 21 December 1889 and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1892 and Captain in February 1900. He was latterly a Major in the Reserve of Officers and sometime Mayor of Aylesbury. Sold with a silver Cup, inscribed, ‘A. G. Paske, 2nd 1/4 Mile, Ealing, 1880’; a silver napkin ring, inscribed, ‘A. G. Paske, 1885’, and a framed document bearing the Armorial Bearings of Major Arthur Goldingham Paske; also with commission document appointing A. G. Paske as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Middlesex (Royal Westminster) Regiment, and Musketry Certificate, 1888. sold with a large quantity of items and papers relating to the Paske family, including the ‘Paske’ Family tree showing family members from the 16th Century, in metal protective case; the ‘Haselfoot’ Family tree (with whom the Paske family had connection) showing family members from the 16th Century, in metal protective case; Grant of Arms to Theophilus Paske-Haselfoot, with seal in metal case, all contained in damaged leather case of issue; belts (2); wooden shield of Clare College Cambridge; hat plumes in card case; Swagger Stick commemorating the Coronation of 1937. £2600-£3000
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