Six: Lieutenant-Colonel W. M. H. Armstrong, Army Service Corps, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches, and was wounded during the Great War Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (Capt. W. M. H. Armstrong. A.S.C.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj: & Adjt: W. M H. Armstrong. A.S.C.) engraved naming; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lt: Col: W. M. H. Armstrong. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. W. M. H. Armstrong.) mounted for wear, contact marks, generally very fine (6) £700-£900 --- William Meredith Howard Armstrong was born on 7 October 1868 and was educated at Clifton College, where he captained the Cricket XI. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the 3rd (Fermanagh Militia) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 4 September 1889, and converted to the Regular Army as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment on 12 March 1892. He transferred to the Army Service Corps on 1 April 1893, and was posted to No. 14 Company at Dublin. Promoted Lieutenant on 30 March 1894, he embarked for the Gold Coast the following year and took part in the Ashanti expedition. Promoted Captain on 19 June 1898, Armstrong served in South Africa during the Boer War from 1899, and took part in the operations in Cape Colony south of the Orange River in 1899 to 1900; in the Orange Free State in 1900, including the engagement at Paardeberg from 17 to 26 February; in the Orange River Colony from November to December 1900; and in the Transvaal from December 1900 to May 1902. Appointed Adjutant on 5 December 1900, he was promoted Brevet Major on 22 August 1902, and for his services was Mentioned in both Lord Roberts’ Despatch of 4 September 1901 (London Gazette 10 September 1901) and Lord Kitchener’s Despatch of 23 June 1902 (London Gazette 29 July 1902). Promoted Major on 1 April 1905, Armstrong returned to Ireland and served in Dublin and Longford before being appointed Commanding Officer, Army Service Corps on the Island of Bermuda, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, on 15 December 1913. Following the outbreak of the Great War he served in France with the British Expeditionary Force as Commanding Officer of the Advance Horse Transport Depot from 22 August 1914; was wounded in action; and was Mentioned in Field Marshal French’s Despatch of 14 January 1915 (London Gazette 17 February 1915). He later served on the Staff as Assistant Director of Supply and Transport at HQ, Irish Command, and was placed on the Reserve of Officers List on 24 January 1919. Sold with copied research.
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India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (71540 Br. Cr. Maker J. M. Greenway No. 1 Mtn. By R.A.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine £100-£140 --- John Mathew Greenway was born in the Parish of Doderell, near Worcester, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Hilsea on 16 March 1889, aged 19 years 7 months. He served in India from March 1890 to March 1896, and from February 1898 to January 1910. Having passed the Collar Maker’s course at Cawnpore in September 1893, he was appointed and promoted Bombardier Collar Maker in April 1895, and promoted to Saddler Sergeant on 31 March 1905. He was discharged at Gosport upon termination of his second period of engagement on 15 March 1910. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm medal for North West Frontier 1897-98, and Good Conduct Medal (with Gratuity) in Army Order 242 of 1907.
The unique Great War 'Gibraltar Naval Hospital' R.R.C. and 'Plymouth Naval Hospital' Second Award Bar pair awarded to Head-Sister-in-Chief M. L. Hughes, Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel; British War Medal 1914-20 (Hd. Sister M. L. Hughes. Q.A.R.N.N.S.) mounted court-style for display, with lady’s bow riband to the RRC, good very fine; the award of a Second Award Bar to the RRC unique to the QARRNS for the Great War (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- Only 8 Royal Red Crosses First Class and 1 Second Award Bar were awarded to Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service during the Great War. R.R.C. London Gazette 16 December 1916. R.R.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 9 May 1919. Miss Mildred Lloyd Hughes was born at Lampeter, Cardiganshire, on 9 March 1879, and trained at St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, joining Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service on 28 December 1908. Posted initially to Haslar Hospital as a Nursing Sister on 15 September 1909, she was advanced Superintending Sister in 1911, before being posted to Gibraltar Hospital on 14 January 1913. She served in Gibraltar during the first two years of the Great War, where the hospital was, from the start of May 1915 onwards, dealing with the influx of casualties from Gallipoli. For her services dealing with both the administrative and medical needs of the wounded, she was awarded the R.R.C. Following the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula Miss Hughes was posted back to the U.K. in April 1916, and on 22 November 1916 was posted to Plymouth Naval Hospital as Head Sister. For her services at Plymouth Naval Hospital she was awarded the unprecedented Second Award Bar to the R.R.C. After the Great War she continued to serve in this position at Plymouth, being promoted Head-Sister-in-Chief on 14 March 1929. She retired on 9 March 1934 and died in Cheshire in 1962.
A rare campaign service group of nine awarded to Paymaster Captain J. M. L. Cusack, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Russian Order of St. Anne for his services in H.M.S. Yarmouth at the Battle of Jutland, in addition to receiving the Czech War Cross Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Clerk J. M. L. Cusack, H.M.S. Doris); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (J. M. L. Cusack, Clerk, R.N., H.M.S. Magicienne); 1914-15 Star (Payr. J. M. L. Cussack, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Payr. Lt. Cr. J. M. L. Cusack, R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Russia, Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class breast badge, with swords, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 36 x 36mm., gold and enamels, with manufacturer’s name on the reverse, ‘56’ gold mark on eyelet and kokoshnik mark on sword hilts; Czechoslovakia, War Cross, mounted as worn, together with a mounted set of related miniature dress medals, the St Anne in gold but with damage to reverse, and two ribbon bars, all contained in a leather carrying case, generally good very fine (9) £2,000-£2,400 --- James Meade Loughnan Cusack was born in Kilkenny in September 1880 and entered the Royal Navy as an Assistant Clerk in January 1898. Joining H.M.S. Doris a few months later, and having passing his Clerk’s examination, he witnessed active service off South Africa in the Boer War, including time ashore in Cape Colony (Medal & clasp). Next joining the Magicienne, he added a rare Africa General Service Medal for Jubaland to his accolades, and was advanced to Assistant Paymaster in September 1901. By the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, Cusack was serving as a Paymaster in the cruiser Yarmouth, in which capacity he was present at the battle of Jutland. As part of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron, and in the company of her consort Falmouth, she fought several duels, scoring some hits on the Lutzow and Derfflinger, and possibly the Seydlitz too; one of these, according to an officer on the bridge, making ‘a topping target and it was very pleasant to see salvo after salvo of our 6-inch hitting her’. Indeed so enthusiastic was the Yarmouth’s gunnery department that new ‘ammunition was sent up the hoists with so much energy as to accumulate a dangerous amount at the top’. In Jellicoe’s subsequent despatch (London Gazette 15 September 1916, refers), Cusack was cited for good services in action and recommended for early promotion. He was duly appointed Staff Paymaster and, later still, awarded his 3rd Class Russian Order of St. Anne ‘for distinguished service rendered at the Battle of Jutland’ (London Gazette 5 June 1917). Moreover, he was awarded the Czechoslovakian War Cross (London Gazette 26 August 1921), an extremely rare accolade in terms of British recipients, let alone an R.N. officer. Cusack ended the Great War as a Paymaster Commander in the cruiser Suffolk. Having then served on the China Station in the gunboat Bee in the mid-1920s, he was placed on the Retired List as a Paymaster Captain in September 1930. Recalled on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, he served at the R.N.H. Chatham and in H.M.S. Flora, a parent ship at Invergordon. He died in Honiton, Devon in September 1961, aged 80 years. Sold with copied research.
Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Stewart, 7th and 13th Rajputs, Indian Army India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (Lieutt. J. A. Stewart, 7th Bl. Infy.); China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Captn: J. A. Stewart, 7th Rajput.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-14 (Major J. Stewart, I.A. H.M.S. Perseus.); 1914-15 Star (Maj. J. A. Stewart. 13/Rajputs); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt-Col. J. A. Stewart); Delhi Durbar 1911 (Major J. A. Stewart, 7th D.C.O. Rajputs 12-12-1911.) mounted as worn, generally very fine and rare (7) £2,600-£3,000 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 30 June 1916. John Alexander Stewart was born on 5 June 1868, and was first commissioned into the Manchester Regiment on 22 August 1888. He transferred to the Indian Army on 1 June 1893, and was appointed to the 7th Rajputs, with whom he served in the relief of Chitral 1895 (Medal with clasp), the relief of Pekin 1900 (Medal with clasp), and in the operations on the North West Frontier in the Mohmand country 1908 (Medal with clasp). He served aboard H.M.S. Perseus in command of a detachment of 7th Rajputs during the anti-gun running operations in the Persian Gulf from 1909 to 1914, and was thus one of only 17 Army and police officers to receive this Naval medal. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in the 13th Rajputs on 22 August 1914, and commanded the regiment from 17 November 1916 to 5 June 1920, when he retired on attaining 52 years of age. Note: Stewart is also entitled to the medal for ‘North West Frontier 1908’. Sold with an article from the O.M.R.S. Journal on the background to the award of the N.G.S. ‘Persian Gulf’ to certain army and police officers (17 medals awarded) by Major M. C. Spurrier. He confirms Major Stewart as having been borne in H.M.S. Perseus in 1912 and being shown in the Indian army lists of April and July 1912 as being ‘at Jask’.
An Order of St. John Serving Sister’s group of three awarded to Sister E. M. King, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, silver and enamel; Defence Medal; Service Medal of the Order of St. John, with 5 Additional Award Bars (28637 A/Sis. E. M. King, No. 1 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1944) re-engraved naming, mounted court style for wear, white enamel damage to first, nearly very fine and better (3) £40-£50 --- Provenance: Eric Smith Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, November 2009.
1914-15 Star (2) (M. E. Ninnes. B.R.C. & St. J.J.; E. M. Bristowe. B.R.C. & St. J.J.) glue residue to reverse of first, some staining,nearly very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Ethel May Bristowe, a member of the British Red Cross, or Order of St. John of Jerusalem, served during the Great War as a Nursing Sister on the Western Front. Maude Elsie Ninnes, a member of the British Red Cross, or Order of St. John of Jerusalem, served during the Great War as a Nursing Sister on the Western Front. She is also recorded as having nursed wounded Belgian soldiers.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (129. Cpl: W. Menzies. Band. R. M. Col.) toned, edge bruise, good very fine, scarce £140-£180 --- Provenance: The D. R. H. Jones Collection of Victorian Long Service Medals, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2001. William Menzies was born in Dundee, Scotland. He attested for the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots Regiment at Dundee in April 1882, and was appointed as a Bandsman in February of the following year. Menzies transferred to the Band Corps, Royal Military College in July 1890, and was discharged to pension in May 1904, having served for 22 years and 36 days (awarded L.S. & G.C. in 1900). After service he resided at 192 Westbourne Road, Sandhurst, and died there in March 1946. Sold with copied service papers.
Australia Service Medal (2) (256197 V. M. Ransome; 140365 J. H. J. Waters) generally nearly very fine (2) £40-£50 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, November 2009. Victor Moritz Ransome was born in Mildura, Victoria, in October 1907 and enlisted in the R.A.A.F. in Melbourne, Victoria, in June 1942. He was discharged as a Flying Officer from No. 43 Squadron on 3 January 1946.

James Henry Joseph Waters (listed as ‘Watson’ on the Australian War Memorial website) was born in Alberton, South Australia, in March 1922 and enlisted in the R.A.A.F. in Adelaide in May 1943. Having then served at Air Defence H.Q. Morotai, he was discharged as a Leading Aircraftman in November 1945.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (Sister M. H. Croll.; S. Nurse L. Wood.; E. W. Robin.) nearly very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Martha Helen Croll attested into the Territorial Force Nursing Service and served during the Great War, being entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio. Louise Wood attested into the Territorial Force Nursing Service and served during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre, being entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio. Ethel W. Robin, a member of the Jersey branch of the British Red Cross Society, served with the French Red Cross during the Great War on the Western Front as a Canteener at d’Eclopes et D’Isoles from November 1916 to March 1917. Her older brother, Charles Harold Robin, was commissioned into the 13th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, and was killed in action at Oppy on 11 May 1917.
Three: Chief Engine Room Artificer S. Bryant, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (S. Bryant. E. R. Artfr. H.M.S. “Invincible.”); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Saml. Bryant, Chf: E. R. Artfr. H.M.S. Magicienne.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, last with lightly scratched letters ‘M’ and ‘R’ to reverse, mounted on card for display purposes, light pitting, generally very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Provenance: O. Stirling Lee Collection, December 2004. Samuel Bryant was born in Bradford, Wiltshire, in May 1852. He joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer in August 1876. Bryant subsequently witnessed active service with H.M.S. Invincible in the Egypt operations of 1882, including the bombardment of Alexandria, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. in August 1890. Bryant was pensioned ashore as a Chief Engine Room Artificer in August 1896. Sold with copied service papers.
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (S. Nurse M. Appleyard.; S/Nurse A. P. McEnery.; S/Nurse F. M. Walker); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (S. Nurse M. Robertshaw.; S. Nurse E. Robertson.) nearly very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Marion Appleyard served in Salonika with both the Territorial Force Nursing Service and Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve during the Great War, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 13682. Annie Philomena McEnery, later Mrs. Powersland, attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and served during the Great War. Florence M. Walker, née Endall, attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and served during the Great War. Marion Robertshaw attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and served during the Great War. Euphemia Robertson attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve for service during the Great War, and served in Mesopotamia from 5 May 1918.
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (E. Dykes. V.A.D.; N. Marling. V.A.D.; G. T. M. Taylor. V.A.D.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Elsie Dykes served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War. Nancy Marling was born around 1892. Taken into an orphanage run by the Sisters of the Church in Paddington, she later appears in the 1911 census as a Matron. She served as a Storekeeper with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War. Gertrude Theresa Madeline Taylor served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War.
A M.1936 Spanish Civil War Wound Badge in Black with Fretted-out Swords. A very good quality example, retaining much of the original chemically blued factory finish, some rubbing to highlights. Slightly curved, high relief steel helmet, and not maker marked. Hollow back type, with round pin. An issued example in overall good condition, but blued finish worn, good very fine £140-£180
A M.1936 Spanish Civil War Wound Badge in Black in Presentation Case. An exceptional quality example, retaining almost all original chemically blued factory finish. Not maker-marked. Hollow back type, with round pin. Mint, unissued condition. The case is the cardboard type covered in purple paper artificial leather, with a flat lid. The upper inside section is in white paper, and the lower in dark purple velvet, and is with a cut-out recess for the pin. The case is also in about mint condition, extremely fine £200-£240
Pair: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant F. R. Hardy, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (90002 B.Q.M. Sgt. F. R. Hardy. 73rd. Bty., R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (90002 B. Qr:-M: Serjt: F. R. Hardy. R.F.A.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £100-£140
Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (24071 Wkr. L. M. Cutler. Q.M.A.A.C.; 21580 Wkr. A. Pimley. Q.M.A.A.C.; 16643 Wkr. C. L. Stamp. Q.M.A.A.C.) very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Lilly Maria Cutler attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 17 March 1918 to 14 March 1919. Annie Pimley attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 9 January 1918 to 14 June 1919. She was discharged on grounds of unsuitability on 10 August 1919. Clara Lily Stamp was born in Worthing, Sussex, in 1895. She attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 29 December 1917 to 15 April 1919, the same year that she married George Cranham.
A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Second Award Bar group of nine awarded to Brigadier H. H. M. Oliver, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was wounded in 1917, taken Prisoner of War at St. Quentin in 1918, and subsequently served in the jungles of Burma during the Second World War Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. H. H. M. Oliver. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. H. M. Oliver.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, the Great War awards mounted as worn, the later awards loose, contact marks to the Great War awards, therefore very fine; the unmounted awards extremely fine (9) £1,400-£1,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.C. London Gazette 26 November 1917; citation published 6 April 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in maintaining communication as forward observation officer under heavy shell fire. On six occasions he went out himself under heavy fire and mended telephone wires. He also brought in four wounded men who were lying out exposed to fire.’ M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 8 March 1918. Henry Herbert Montague Oliver was born at Dharwar, Maharashtra, India, on 22 April 1897, the only son of Edward Graves Oliver, Deputy Conservator of Forests in the Indian Forestry Service, and was sent to England as a baby. Spending his school holidays with Anglo-Irish relatives in Galway, he did not see his parents again until he was 16. Passing fourth into the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 28 July 1915, and served with the Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 August 1915. Promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1917, he was reported wounded on 19 October 1917, and the following year was captured and taken Prisoner of War at St. Quentin. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Military Cross and a Second Award Bar. Following the cessation of hostilities, Oliver served in Ireland during the Irish Civil War, before being posted to India in 1922, and from there to Hong Kong, where he met his Canadian wife, Elizabeth Jones. They were married at the Garrison Church, Aden, on 23 March 1928, ‘attended by all the troops and their dogs, and followed by a reception feast of liver and onions. Their wedding night was spent under the stars at the end of a row of fellow officers’ cots, whose legs were standing in tins of kerosene to keep off the bugs’ (Imperial Vancouver Island Who was Who refers). In 1936, Oliver was posted again to Hong Kong, much to the delight of his family, as recounted by his daughter Elizabeth, who was aged four when they moved: ‘Hong Kong was a wonderful place to be a soldier. Soldiering meant going to the office in the morning, lunch at the Club or the Peninsula Hotel, followed by race meetings at Fanling or Macao in the afternoon and dinner parties at night. We had a Chinese cook, two house boys, a fah wong (gardener), an amah, and a Portuguese nanny - all on a Major's pay! My father kept two race horses, Double Chance, a little grey China pony, and Sea Urchin, an Australian mare. They won the Governor's Cup twice, much to his delight. He rode himself as a 'bumper' or gentleman jockey, being too tall - 6' 1"- and heavy for anything else. They also ran a drag hunt, and we raised two foxhound puppies every year for the hunt.’ Oliver’s posting to Hong Kong came to an end in 1940, and the family returned to England. The following year, with the rank of temporary Brigadier, he was recalled for War service, and served in both North Africa and then in Burma, fighting the Japanese in alien jungle conditions and an appalling climate. As a result, he was to suffer from recurring bouts of malaria for the rest of his life. After a brief spell in command of a territorial unit in Cumberland (an appointment that he took up ‘to improve his pension’), he finally retired to Victoria, British Columbia, in 1947. Following the death of his wife in 1971, he became something of a recluse, ‘his best friends being his neighbours’ dogs’. He died on 8 February 1984 at the age of 86. Sold with the recipient’s small travel suitcase, this inscribed ‘Lt. Col. Oliver. H. H. M.’, and containing a large number of Great War period maps of the Western Front; together with the recipient’s miniature awards (the Great War awards mounted on one bar; the Second War awards mounted on a separate bar; the Jubilee Medal not present; and an additional set of the Great War campaign miniatures); Great War riband bar; Regular Army Reserve of Officers lapel badge; various Military cartoon prints by H. S. Cameron; three photographic images of the recipient; and copied research.
The extremely well-documented and scarce Helicopter Winchman’s ‘Search and Rescue’ 1969 A.F.C., 1957 A.F.M. group of six awarded to Master Engineer P. E. J. ‘Chalky’ White, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force, for his gallant rescue of a watchman on a drilling barge, in the midst of a violent storm, off Dubai Jetty, Persian Gulf, 25 January 1969. In a career of over 28 years, White amassed thousands of flying hours in at least 37 different aircraft Air Force Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially dated ‘1969’, and reverse additionally engraved ‘GO. 579681 M. Eng. P. E. J. White R.A.F.’; Air Force Medal, E.II.R. (579681. F. Sgt. P. E. J. White. R.A.F.); War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Near East (579681 F. Sgt. P. E. J. White. R.A.F.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (60579681 M. Eng. P. E. J. White RAF); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (579681 F. Sgt. P. E. J. White. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, housed in a Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd leather case, generally very fine (lot) £6,000-£8,000 --- A.F.C. London Gazette 10 June 1969: ‘On 25th January 1969, Master Engineer White was briefed as winchman of the 78 Squadron Duty Search and Rescue helicopter crew, to attempt the rescue of a watchman from a drilling barge, with a 40 foot gantry on the stern, in difficulties half a mile off Dubai Jetty. A number of attempts at rescue had been made by various vessels from Dubai but, due to the violent sea state, they had all proved abortive. With a visibility of five nautical miles, the vessel was quickly located and found to be dragging its anchor in breakers approximately 300 yards from a lee shore. The generally rough sea, (sea state five) and the dragging effect of the one bow anchor caused the 80 foot barge to corkscrew violently and the gantry to gyrate furiously. The vertical movement of the bow was estimated to be twenty feet. With the barge lying head into wind, which at this time was gusting between 20 and 30 knots, the pilot found that, in the normal head-into-wind hover, the tail rotor of the Wessex helicopter was within feet of the top of the gyrating gantry and the first attempt was abandoned. Master Engineer White suggested that if the helicopter could be hovered 45 degrees out of wind this would keep the tail rotor away from the gantry and he would be willing to attempt a rescue. This was done and Master Engineer White started to winch down to the barge. However, due to lack of visual reference, the pilot was unable to maintain a steady hover and, although the winchman made contact with the barge, the rescue attempt had to be discontinued and Master Engineer White was winched back into the aircraft. Master Engineer White indicated that he would risk a further attempt at rescue, and the helicopter was brought into position at a much lower hover. Master Engineer White managed to obtain a foothold on the pitching deck and within a minute the survivor was secured and winched aboard the Wessex. During both winching operations, Master Engineer White was in grave danger of being dashed against the side or superstructure of the barge and, throughout the entire incident, he acted in the best tradition of the Service. He displayed complete disregard of personal safety and showed tenacity and courage well beyond the call of duty. The fact that both he and the remainder of the crew are only part-time Search and Rescue operators, with minimal training in the role, does much to emphasise his courage.’ 1 of 2 A.F.C’s awarded for the incident, as well as a Queen’s Commendation For Valuable Service In The Air. A.F.M. London Gazette 13 June 1957. The original recommendation states: ‘Flight Sergeant White has served with 511 Squadron, Royal Air Force Station, Lyneham, since March, 1952, as a flight engineer. For the last two years he has held an above average Transport Command category and at all times his work, keenness and efficiency have been an inspiration to all. On 6th October, 1956, he was flight engineer on a Hastings aircraft detailed for a flight from Lyneham to Luqa. As the aircraft crossed the English coast, the airspeed indicator suddenly failed to register. Flight Sergeant White investigated the failure and ascertained that no pressure was entering the instruments. By experimenting with lengths of alloy tubing, he produced a reading on the air speed indicator. Then, with the external rudder lock, webbing tape and tubing from the pressure head lines, he constructed a substitute pressure head and mounted it in the air-stream, through the starboard static vent access panel. The airspeed obtained appeared accurate with the power set and the aircraft was stalled to verify this. The result was exceedingly accurate. Flight Sergeant White’s remarkable ingenuity and knowledge of the aircraft resulted in the flight being continued to a safe landing at Luqa. Flight Sergeant White is an enthusiastic and thoroughly capable Air Engineer, who continues to perform outstanding work with his Squadron both in the air and on the ground. His resourcefulness on the flight to Malta is but one example of what could be expected of this aircrew Non-Commissioned Officer when face to face with danger or difficulty. His technical knowledge, combined with determination and natural ability, has done much to ensure aircraft serviceability and airborne efficiency. Flight Sergeant White’s devotion to duty and invaluable contribution to his Squadron and the Long Range Force are worthy of recognition.’ Peter Ernest John ‘Chalky’ White joined the Royal Air Force as an Apprentice Airframe Fitter at No. 1 School of Technical Training, Halton in August 1943. He joined the 47th Entry, and passed out in August 1946. White was posted for pilot training to No. 4 F.T.S., Heany, Southern Rhodesia in 1949, however, he was deemed unsuitable for flying and posted to No. 4 Technical Training School, St. Athan in September the following year. White remustered as a Flight Engineer in April 1951 and was posted for further training to No. 242 O.T.U., Dishforth. White served with 511 Squadron (Handley Page Hastings) at Lyneham, March 1952 - May 1957 (A.F.M.). He was posted to 216 Squadron (Comets) at Lyneham, and then served with 99 Squadron (Britannias) also based at Lyneham, from 1959. The latter was a Conversion Flight, and White served with them until February 1968. During his time with 99 Squadron he qualified as a Master Engineer and had amassed a total of over 8,000 flying hours world-wide. White retrained as a Helicopter Crewman at R.A.F. Odiham in March 1968, and was then posted to 78 Squadron (Wessex Helicopters) at Sharjah, Persian Gulf in June 1968. 78 Squadron were employed as a Search and Rescue unit, and it was whilst serving with them as a Winchman that White distinguished himself during the rescue of a watchman from a drilling barge off the Dubai Jetty, 25 January 1969 (A.F.C.) After a nine month tour, White returned to R.A.F. Odiham where he was to become an Instructor with the Helicopter Operational Training Flight in September 1970. He was to be involved in compiling the technical training syllabus for both pilots and crew of Puma helicopters. White had to take enforced retirement in August 1973, by which time he had completed over 28 years service and flown in at least 37 different types of aircraft. Master Engineer White died in January 1987. Sold with the following archive: i) No. 6B (warm weather) Non-Ceremonial Dress Issue (complete with brevet and ribands); R.A.F. issue white soft leather, Flying Gloves; American type O/S/FAP-2 Sheepskin Summer Flying Gloves; Warrant Officer Copper topped hard wood, Swagger Stick; Gold embroidered 115 Squadron badge (Q.C.) on black felt; 115 Squadron Blaz...
Pair: Edith M. R. Brown, British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem British War and Victory Medals (E. M. R. Brown. B.R.C. & St. J.J.) very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Edith Mary Rosetta Brown, a member of the British Red Cross, or Order of St. John of Jerusalem, served during the Great War as a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, before transferring into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, with whom she served at Home from 4 September 1917.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (108. Qr. M. Sgt. W. D. Blythe. R. Mil: Coll:) suspension slack, edge bruising, nearly very fine, scarce £140-£180 --- Walter Donald Blythe was born in Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland. He attested for the 64th Foot at Glasgow in November 1874, and advanced to Sergeant in October 1875. Blythe was appointed Temporary Clerk for three years at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in May 1878. He transferred as Colour Sergeant to The Staff of the Army in January 1879, and advanced to Quartermaster Sergeant, Staff Clerk in July 1881. Blythe transferred to the Corps of Military Staff Clerks, Sandhurst in December 1883, before permanently transferring to the Royal Military College in March the following year. He was discharged to pension in November 1904, having served for 30 years. Sold with copied service papers.
An unusual ‘double issue’ group of five awarded to Sergeant Major Instructor J. N. Grobler, Union Defence Force British War Medal 1914-20 (Sjt. Instr. J. N. Grobler. S.M. Staf.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Sjt. Instr. J. N. Grobler. S.M. Staf.); War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘170104 J. N. Grobler.’; Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (1046 S/M/I. J. N. Grobler. S.A.I.C.) good very fine (5) £200-£240 --- Johannes Nicolas Grobler was born at Ermelo on 28 November 1892, the son of Vechtgeneraal J. N. H. Grobler, and was educated at Stellenbosch University. He joined the South African Defence Force in 1914, and served during the Great War and subsequently with the 13th Mounted Rifles during the Rand Strike of 1922 - according to the police files, his horse was shot from under him and he was slightly injured. For most of his military career Grobler served as a small arms instructor, and did duty with the Special Service Battalion in Roberts Heights, Pretoria. Discharged as medically unfit in 1937, he saw further service at home during the Second World War as an instructor with the Tank Corps. Grobler married Miss Olive Chew on 2 February 1926, and died at Middleburg, Transvaal, on 9 November 1958. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s father, see Lot 147; and for the medals awarded to the recipient’s wife and other family members, see Lots 187 and 443.
A particularly fine I.G.S. 1908-35 with Waziristan 1921-24 clasp awarded to Sergeant W. H. Fearn, Royal Air Force, who served as a DH9A air gunner with 27 Squadron on bombing operations against the hill tribes of Waziristan - and remarkably survived being shot down and captured in enemy territory. Fearn also survived various other abortive flights, only for his luck to run out on 25 April 1930, when he was killed in a flying accident whilst serving as a pilot instructor at R.A.F. Cranwell India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (328556. L.A.C. W. H. Fearn. R.A.F.) mounted for display purposes, good very fine £400-£500 --- William Henry Fearn was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, in November 1901. He enlisted as a Boy in the Royal Air Force in March 1919, and two weeks after arriving at the Recruit Depot (Boys Section) he moved to the newly formed School of Technical (Boys) Halton. The apprenticeship scheme was, at that stage, still in embryo form, and Fearn spent only six weeks there before before moving to another boys’ establishment at Eastchurch to continue his training as a Fitter Aero Engine. Fearn returned to Halton in order to complete his training, and did so in November 1920. Within a month he was posted to the Aircraft Depot, Lahore, after which he spent a further six months at the Aircraft Park also based there. Fearn was posted to the R.A.F. School at Ambala in October 1921, before being posted as an AC1 to 27 Squadron (DH9A’s) at Risalpur in October 1922. The Squadron was operational, and at this point was heavily engaged in bombing raids against the hill tribes in Waziristan. Fearn found himself employed as an Air Gunner on the squadron’s DH9As. He moved with the Squadron to Razmak in December 1922, and 21 January 1923, whilst flying with Flying Officer R. J. M. St. Leger, he found adventure that few survived: ‘While I was having tea at Dardoni I was told that Flying Officer St. Leger and Leading Aircraftman Fearn, who had been shot down and taken prisoner, had now returned from the Military Post at Ladha, where they had been staying for a few days after being released. During our raids on the Abdullai villages in the Razmak area a few weeks back, before they had come to terms, the machine St. Leger was flying was hit by rifle fire and he had to make a forced-landing in enemy territory; his second forced-landing in Waziristan within 12 months. When the raids for the day were over and we had no news of them, we feared the worst because this is terrible country to crash in. The day after, we were told that they had been captured by the Mahsuds. Fearn told me, when I saw him later this evening, that after crashing, though badly shaken, they were unhurt. They escaped from the pursuing Abdullais after an exciting chase, but were captured by another section of the Mahsuds. Seeing that it was impossible to escape from this second party and that they were being attacked by tribesmen carrying dangerous knives, St. Leger probably saved their lives when they were being approached at the end of the second chase. By a flash of wit he calmly walked up to the leading pursuer and asked him, speaking in Urdu, how much he wanted for his knife - “Churi, kitni pice hait?” As it happened, the tribesman thus addressed understood Urdu, and the incongruity of the situation must have amused him, for from that moment instead of being a deadly foe he became a friend. He put away his knife and conducted these mad, and brave Englishmen, for neither of them was armed, to his village, where they remained until contact had been made with the Political Agent and their release arranged. During the days they were in captivity their fate hung in the balance, owing to the demands of other sections of the tribesmen for revenge. Eventually they were handed over the Military Authorities at Ladha, where a ransom of 5,000 rupees was paid to their captors, from whom they parted on quite friendly terms. Two knives, similar to those the tribesmen were carrying when the chase was on, were presented to St. Leger and Fearn on their departure from the village.’ (With The First In The Field, by A. E. Cowton - a N.C.O. in 27 Squadron at the time - refers) Having survived that ordeal Fearn had a further brush with death on 15 July 1924. On take-off at Risalpur, his pilot, Flight Officer C. A. Mason, throttled back too early and the aircraft crashed on rough ground. Fortunately both survived without significant injury. Fearn was posted for pilot training at No. 4 F.T.S., Abu Sueir, Egypt in January 1925. In gained his ‘Wings’ and advanced to Sergeant in January the following year. Fearn was subsequently posted as an Instructor at R.A.F. Cranwell in August 1928, and it was here that he met an untimely death. On 25 April 1930, Sergeant Fearn was carrying out a test in an Avro 504N with A.C.1 Charlton in the other seat. According to the evidence given at the inquest, the aircraft was approaching for what appeared to be a normal landing. At about 50ft, it suddenly reared upwards, with black smoke coming from the underside. The aircraft then stalled, and went in to a short spin before hitting the ground. Both airmen were killed, and are buried in the Churchyard in Cranwell village. Their names are also listed on the Roll of Honour displayed in the Church in the grounds of the R.A.F. College. Sold with copied service papers and research.
Pair: Chief Stoker T. Hanley, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (T. Hanley, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Forte.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Thos Hanley, Ch. Sto., H M S Forte.) impressed naming, good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Soldiers and Sailors Families Association Medal, 49 x 36mm., silvered metal; Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, Medal for Zeal, by Kenning, London, 38 x 28mm., silver, reverse inscribed, ‘C. M. Chapman, Queen Alexandra, Sept. 27th 1927’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919; Naval League Cross, 27 x 27mm., silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Miss Gibbons’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1938, with ‘Special Service’ brooch bar, good very fine and better (3) £80-£100 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, November 2009.
Pair: Eva Bolgraaf, Australian Women’s Army Service War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, both officially named ‘NF409447 E. Bolgraaf’, very fine Pair: Lieutenant Ola M. T. Elliott, Australian Forces War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, both officially named ‘NFX138216 O. M. T. Elliott’, very fine Pair: Evelyn G. Hudson, Australian Army Canteen Service War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, both officially named ‘NF443239 E. Hudson’, first officially renamed, nearly very fine Australia Service Medal (2) (VF396869 J. E. Gibson); another, unnamed; together with War Medal 1939-45 (229523 L. W. Allen) very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009. Eva Bolgraaf was born in Temora, New South Wales, on 11 May 1921. She enlisted on 5 July 1942 and served in the Australian Women’s Army Service. As a Signalman she was discharged on 18 December 1945. Sold with two badges.

Ola Maree Teece Elliott was born in Sydney on 24 August 1912. She enlisted on 8 October 1942, and was discharged as a Lieutenant on 6 August 1946, her last posting being on 2/1 Hospital Ship AANS AIF.

Evelyn Grace Hudson was born in Sydney on 21 June 1914. She enlisted on 12 November 1942 and served in the AA Canteens Service. She was discharged on 17 November 1944. 

Joyce Elsie Gibson was born in Brunswick, Victoria, on 8 October 1923. She enlisted on 19 December 1942 and served in the Australian Women’s Army Service. As a Corporal she was discharged on 29 October 1945.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (41055 Wkr. M. Almond. Q.M.A.A.C.; 35451 Wkr. E. J. Graham. Q.M.A.A.C.; 10855 Wkr. W. D. Bishop. Q.M.A.A.C.) traces of verdigris to last, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Mary Almond attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 15 June 1918 to 4 February 1919. Ellen Jane Graham attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 5 May 1918 to 25 May 1919. Winifred Daisy Bishop attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 6 December 1917 to 14 February 1919.
Pair: Forewoman Margaret G. Gale, later Lady Cox, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps British War and Victory Medals (2773 Fwm. M. G. Gale. Q.M.A.A.C.) mounted for wear, good very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Margaret Goddard Gale was born in Hornsey, Middlesex, on 15 March 1896. She attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps on 14 August 1917 for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front from 4 September 1917 to 3 March 1919. She was discharged as being medically unfit on 16 May 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 479,898. Post-War in India, Miss Gale married Brigadier Matthew H. Cox, C.I.E., O.B.E., M.C., Indian Army, who was later knighted in 1960 for services in connection with development projects in India. She died in Chichester, West Sussex, in March 1978. Sold with copied research.
Four: Driver A. Miles, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star, with clasp (24120 Dvr: A. Miles. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (24102 Dvr. A. Miles. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (24120 Dvr: A. Miles. R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Arthur Miles was born in Notting Hill, London, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery in London on 18 November 1897, aged 18 years 8 months, a footman by trade. He served in South Africa with 37 Battery, R.F.A., from 19 December 1899 to 6 October 1902 (Queen’s medal with 5 clasps; King’s medal with 2 clasps). He served with 14th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, on the Western Front from 23 August 1915 to the end of December 1916, when he went on leave to England as servant to Brigadier-General C. M. Ross-Johnson. He proceeded by ship to Mesopotamia in September 1917 as Batman to Brigadier-General Ross-Johnson, where he served until 14 April 1918, before returning to France by ship and serving there from 5 May 1918 to 1 April 1919. Sold with copied attestation papers. For the Sudan pair of medals awarded to the recipient’s brother, Private T. Miles, 21st Lancers, see Lot 130.
Five: Major G. H. M. L. Drummond, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Capt. G. H. M. L. Drummond. R.A.) very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Geoffrey Hugh Mowbray Langdale Drummond was born on 19 July 1923, and served in the ranks for 1 year and 79 days. He was commissioned into Royal Artillery as 2nd Lieutenant on 7 November 1942, and was subsequently: W.S. Lieut. from 7 May 1943; Acting Captain from 25 February 1946; Temp. Captain from 25 May 1946; Captain from 19 July 1950; Temp. Major from 23 January 1956; and Major from 19 July 1957. In 1950 he was A.D.C. to the G.O.C. Singapore District (Major-General D. Dunlop), and on 23 January 1956 he was appointed T.S.O.2 at Armaments Research and Development Establishment, Fort Halstead, Kent. Drummond retired on 21 February 1958, and afterwards was employed by Alcan Jamaica Ltd, Kirkvine, Jamaica. He died in London on 16 November 1988.
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (D. B. Filleul. V.A.D.; J. M. J. Rorke. V.A.D.; E. E. Ross. V.A.D.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Dorothy Blanche Filleul served as Kitchen Staff with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War. She was descended from a Jersey family, and was the daughter of the Rev. Philip William Girdlestone Filleul. One of her brothers, Philip Rowland Filleul, won a rowing silver in the 1908 Olympics; his son, Flt/Lt Philip Richard Steuart Filleul served with the RAF and was lost on 12 September 1944 when his Flying Fortress of 214 Squadron disappeared over the English Channel. Another brother, Leonard Amauri Filleul, was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry and attached to the 2nd battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light infantry. He was killed in action on 21 October 1914. Julia Mary Josephine Rorke served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War. Edith Emily Ross served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War.
British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (J. Jamieson. B.R.C. & St.J.J.; E. M. Saunders. B.R.C. & St.J.J.; E. G. Wheatley. B.R.C. & St.J.J.; D. M. Pressley-Smith.) good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Jessie Jamieson, a member of the British Red Cross, or Order of St. John of Jerusalem, served overseas during the Great War. Ethel Margaret Saunders, a member of the British Red Cross, or Order of St. John of Jerusalem, served overseas during the Great War. Elizabeth Gertrude Wheatley, a member of the British Red Cross, or Order of St. John of Jerusalem, served as a Nursing Sister in Egypt and on the Western Front during the Great War. Dorothy May Louise Pressley-Smith, a member of the Young Men’s Christian Association, served during the Great War on the Western Front from March to September 1916. She later married the Reverend John Bennett Reed.
A collection of Funk/Soul/R&B LPs and 12" Singles to include artists; Boney M, Earth Wind & Fire, Michael Jackson, Womack & Womack, Commodores, The Crusaders, The SOS Band, The Fatback Band, George Clinton, Imagination, Shango, Midnight Star, Rose Royce, Carl Carlton, as well as others; All conditions vary from Good Plus to Very good including sleeves. (40)
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