Three: Warrant Officer Class II B. T. Banyard, Hampshire Regiment, attached 12th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, Royal West Africa Frontier Force, who died on 16 November 1943 Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs. S. Banyard, 66 Windmill Road, Aldersot, Hants.’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5488310. W.O. Cl.2. B. T. Banyard. R. Hamps.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine (3) £80-£120 --- Brainyard Thomas Banyard served during the Second World War with the 24th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, and died in India on 16 November 1943, whilst attached to the 12th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, Royal West Africa Frontier Force. He is buried in Kirkee War Cemetery, India. The recipient’s Second War campaign medals were sent to his widow Sarah Banyard, of Aldershot, Hampshire.
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A Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Major E. W. Arnott, Royal Field Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarked London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. W. Arnott. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. W. Arnott.) mounted court-style, together with companion set of miniatures, both sets contained in a contemporary Garrard & Co. Ltd carrying case, extremely fine (4) £200-£260 --- Edward Whiston Arnott was the son of one of the richest men in Monmouthshire. His father had a ‘rags to riches’ story which enabled his sons to be educated in the best schools and universities. Edward was educated at Wycliffe College, in Stonehouse, near Stroud and then at Cambridge University where he obtained a degree in Law. In 1909 he was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery, but resigned his commission in 1913 to continue working as a barrister. On the outbreak of the Great War he volunteered for service and joined the Royal Field Artillery, Welsh Brigade. He served on the Western Front from November 1915 to February 1916, and then went to Egypt and was invalided home in June 1916. In July 1916 he was involved in anti-aircraft duties with the Woolwich defences and commanded No. 6 and No. 38 Anti-aircraft companies. He was second-in-command of the Nottingham Anti-aircraft defence from November 1917 to April 1918, when he moved to post of Adjutant of Anti-aircraft Brigade, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. He was demobilised in December 1918 as his services were urgently needed by the government at the Treasury. He was a Director of the South Wales Coal Control Board in 1939. He died at Westminster following surgery for prostate cancer on 31 December 1950. Sold with comprehensive research on paper and on CD, Officer Service Record, Medal Index Card, all Gazette notices, Censuses for 1891, 1900, 1911, Copy 1939 Register, Masonic Lodge Record, Baptism Record, Passenger List 1908, Marriage Record, Death Certificate, and Probate Record.
Pair: Staff Sergeant A. Stephen, Royal Engineers General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Dhofar (22783171 S. Sgt. A. Stephen RE.) with Ministry of Defence enclosure, in named card box of issue; Oman, Sultanate, General Service Medal 1959, with clasp, bronze, good very fine and better (2) £70-£90
Three: Lance-Corporal I. White, Royal Anglian Regiment General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24723781 Pte I White R Anglian); U.N. Medal, on UNPROFOR riband, unnamed as issued; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994, E.II.R. (24723781 LCpl I White R Anglian) mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (3) £140-£180
Four: Private P. E. Stokes, Royal Anglian Regiment General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25007882 Pte P E Stokes R Anglian) in named card box of issue; U.N. Medal, on UNPROFOR riband, in card box of issue; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia, unnamed as issued, in box of issue; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo, unnamed as issued, in box of issue; together with the recipient’s two metal identity tags, ‘A Pos 25007882 Stokes PE CE’, extremely fine (4) £80-£120
Four: Staff Sergeant N. P. Kenton-Barnes, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers U.N. Medal, on UNPROFOR ribbon, unnamed as issued; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24662447 SSgt N P Kenton-Barnes REME); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (24662447 SSgt N P Kenton-Barnes REME) first three mounted as worn, the last loose in named card box of issue, extremely fine (4) £140-£180 --- Sold together with six individual and group photographs of the recipient.
Baltic 1854-55 (Colonel. E. Rea, R.M.) depot impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- Edward Rea was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Chatham Division of the Royal Marines on 3 February 1823; 1st Lieutenant, 12 October 1832; Captain, 19 March 1842; Major, 20 June 1854; Lieutenant-Colonel, 21 June 1854; Colonel, 6 February 1857; Colonel-Commandant, 11 August 1859; Major-General, 25 March 1862. He served with the R.M. Battalion on the north coast of Spain against the Carlists in 1837 and 1838; and with the combined expedition to the Baltic in 1854 (Medal, brevet of Major). Major-General Edward Rea died at Croydon on 14 December 1862, in his 58th year of age. Sold with copied obituary notice from The Globe and Laurel, Harts Army List extracts, and a photocopied image of Rea as Commandant Chatham Division.
The Crimea Medal awarded to Private John Brown, 8th Hussars, who was severely wounded in the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava and subsequently died of his wounds Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (J. Brown, 8th Hussars.) officially impressed naming, suspension claw neatly re-affixed, light edge bruising and field marks, otherwise good very fine £5,000-£7,000 --- John Brown was born in Antrim, Ireland, and was a servant prior to enlistment into the 8th Hussars on 13 March 1845. He embarked for the East in the Hired Transport Shooting Star on 25 April 1854, and was at Varna from June to September 1854. He was severely wounded at Balaklava on 25 October 1854 (London Gazette 16 December 1854 refers) and died from his wounds at Scutari Hospital on 17 December 1854. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and relevant muster rolls.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (W. J. Nunnerley. 1st. Cl. 2nd. Master “Berenice”) very fine, rare to ship £400-£500 --- Wright Jebb Nunnerley was born in Cheshire in 1829 and served as a First Class Commissioned Officer in the H.E.I.C.’s steam vessel Berenice during the Burmese War of 1852-54; he took part in the capture of the fort at Pegu, for which he received not only his medal but also a considerable amount of prize money. His younger brother served as a Sergeant Major of the 17th Lancers, and rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. Sold with copied research.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Wm. Dyke. Boy. “Fox”) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £160-£200 --- William Dyke was born at Falmouth, Cornwall, on 15 December 1835, as a Boy 2nd Class on 19 September 1850, and served in this ship during the Burma campaign (Medal with Pegu clasp). He subsequently served in the Baltic aboard H.M.S. Pembroke (Medal), and aboard H.M.S. Acorn in China 1857-60 (Medal). He also received the L.S. & G.C. medal with gratuity in April 1872. Sold with copied record of service.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (1539 Pte. W. Grimbly, 3 Bn Rif. Bde.) some edge bruising, light contact marks, very fine £240-£280 --- Provenance: Hayward & Hall, April 1970. William Grimley (note Grimly on medal) was born in the Parish of Stanford, Nottinghamshire, and attested for the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade at Westminster on 5 July 1855, aged 18. He served with the regiment at the capture of Lucknow (Medal with clasp), and in December 1863 and January 1864 served on the punitive expedition sent out after a small uprising and attack on the fort at Shabkaader on the North West Frontier (Medal with clasp). He was recommended for a medical discharge in October 1865 having contracted ophthalmia in February 1863 ‘while the Bn. was marching as Governor General’s Escort’. He duly returned Home where he was discharged from the service at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netly, on 22 May 1866. Sold with copied discharge papers and a printed roll of officers and other ranks of the 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade who were awarded the clasp, ‘North West Frontier’.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1889-92 (857 Pte. A. Britton 1st Bn. Hamps: Regt.) nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- Served on the Tonhon expedition, 17 December 1889 to 8 April 1890, Major J. E. Blundell, 1st Hampshire Regiment, Commanding. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut I. D. Greeme, 37th Regt.) extremely fine £300-£400 --- James Drummond Graeme was born in Montserrat, West Indies, on 2 June 1838, and was appointed Ensign in the 37th Foot on 14 June 1855, and promoted to Lieutenant on 31 July 1857. He served in Ceylon from November 1856 to October 1857, and in India from November 1857 to March 1861 (Medal - shown as ‘Greeme’ on roll). Lieutenant Graeme died on 3 August 1862.
A Great War ’Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Company Sergeant Major E. Evans, 13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R. (18902 C.S. Mjr. E. Evans 13/R.W. Fus:) very fine £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919. Evan Evans, a native of Treorchy, South Wales, attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 December 1915. Prior to the Great War he was the amateur Middleweight Wrestling Champion of Wales (press cutting from the Rhondda Leader, refers).
An inter-War O.B.E. group of eleven awarded to Captain T. G. Harrison, Royal Navy, together with a remarkable photograph and documentary archive The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1933; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. T. G. Harrison, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. T. G. Harrison, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, Greece, Kingdom, Order of George I, Military Division, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Spink, London case of issue, minor chipping to red enamel centre on last, generally very fine and better (11) £700-£900 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1935. Greek Order of George I London Gazette 15 April 1947: ‘For valuable services rendered to the Royal Hellenic Navy.’ Thomas Garland Harrison was born on 19 December 1891 and joined the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in January 1904, attending the Royal Naval Colleges Osborne and Dartmouth for four years. His first posting at sea was to the training cruiser, H.M.S. Cornwall for 6 months, in the Mediterranean and West Indies from January to June 1908. In July 1908 he was appointed to the battleship H.M.S. Canopus as Midshipman, serving in the Mediterranean for 18 months, and for the remainder of his six months as a Midshipman he served in various ships including H.M.S. Exe, H.M.S. Natal, H.M.S. Drake and H.M.S. Good Hope; he had also served in H.M.S. Cornwall and H.M.S. Superb during his period as a Cadet between 1908 and 1912. He was promoted Sub Lieutenant in September 1911 and to Lieutenant in October 1912. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Achilles, H.M.S. Magnificent and H.M.S. Exmouth from October 1911 to January 1914. In January 1914 Harrison joined H.M.S. Ajax, in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Home Fleet, and was serving in her when War was declared in August 1914. He was present in H.M.S. Ajax at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, and left Ajax in May 1917 to attend a specialist gunnery course at Portsmouth. He returned to sea in January 1918 and served for the remainder of the war in light cruisers in the 7th Light Cruiser Squadron, H.M.S. Aurora and H.M.S. Penelope, which were employed as scouts for the main battle fleet and also as convoy escorts between Greenland and the North Cape, for Russia. After the conclusion of the Great War he joined H.M.S. Birmingham, flagship of the Africa Squadron as Gunnery Officer. Promoted Lieutenant-Commander in October 1920, the following July he joined the cruiser H.M.S. Canterbury as First Lieutenant and Gunner Officer, employed as a firing ship for seaman gunnery classes. In November 1922 Harrison joined the cruiser H.M.S. Curlew as First Lieutenant and Gunnery Officer, on the North America and West Indies station. He then proceeded to the Pacific and was employed as guard ship at the Eagle Oil (Aguila) refinery in Southern Mexico, up to the Coatzcoalcos River, to prevent interference in the refinery by the combatants in the Mexican Civil War. In August 1925, he joined H.M.S. Valiant, in the Mediterranean as First Gunnery Officer. Promoted to Commander in August 1926, he left H.M.S. Valiant and joined the Admiralty (Operations Division). His next Sea appointment was in H.M.S. Calcutta as Commander, the Flagship of Africa station, from June 1928. In 1931 he joined H.M.S. Vivid as Drafting Commander, and then H.M.S. Montrose, in command of Reserve Destroyers, in 1934. Promoted to Captain, he retired the following year, being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1935 New Year’s Honours’ List. Harrison was recalled from the Reserve in June 1939 and appointed Chief of Staff Africa Squadron in H.M.S. Neptune. On declaration of War the Africa Squadron was split up and ships took station in various patrol areas. The Commander in Chief and Staff landed and took over in Sierra Leone where Harrison became ‘Naval Officer in Charge’ and ‘King’s Harbour Master’. After 18 months he was relieved and sent to Alexandria to command landing craft, escort vessels and minesweepers in Mediterranean Command. He saw little action beyond fairly heavy bombing whereby several escort vessels were sunk. He remained at Alexandria until the end of war. He was, however, Commended by the Lords of the Admiralty ‘for good work in refloating H.T. Aquitania, which grounded’, and was awarded the Greek Order for rendering valuable services to the Greek Navy. He died on 4 January 1982. Sold together with extensive original paperwork and award certificates, including Bestowal Documents for the O.B.E., the Greek Order of George I, and the 1935 Jubilee Medal; original Admiralty letter granting unrestricted permission to wear the Greek award; and numerous photographs, many contained in two large half leather bound, gilt blocked photograph albums providing an almost complete history of his naval service both at war and at peace including several photographs taken on a goodwill tour to the U.S.A. one of which features Hollywood star, Tom Mix. The photographs and papers document voyages and tours of duty to Malta, the Americas, Scandinavia, Canada, Caribbean, Mediterranean, North Africa, West Africa and Turkey, including several photos of the aftermath of the earthquake at Messina. Also included are numerous group photos, individual portrait photographs and photographs of naval vessels, taken at different stages of his naval career, the whole forming a fascinating and historic archive of his naval service.
The Indian Mutiny Medal for the Defence of Lucknow awarded to John Phillips, an Uncovenanted original defender who fought bravely at Germon's Post and was considered one of the bravest men in the defence, accompanying sallying parties on no fewer than 3 occasions and being described by Captain R. P. Anderson, 25th N.I. as a ‘brave old volunteer’ Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (John Phillips) one very minor edge bruise, otherwise dark toned, nearly extremely fine £2,000-£2,600 --- John Phillips was born in Calcutta around 1807, of British descent. Little is known of his life until 1 March 1834, when he married Sarah Christiana Joyce at Cawnpore, stating he was an Uncovenanted Clerk in the Jubbulpore Agency, Saugor. In 1840 he is shown as a clerk at the Delhi Magazine and later clerk in the Revenue department at Agra in 1843. These appointments indicate that he worked in the Non-Regulated States or Political Agencies under the control of a Resident, as against working in the direct Company governed provinces. On 9 November 1849, Phillips was appointed to the important position of Head Clerk of the Lucknow Residency, on a salary of 190 Rupees per month. The Head Clerk managed all the various agency departments, replacing the previous incumbent, Mr Hare, who had been terminated by Sleeman for embezzlement. Phillips worked directly under the orders of Captain Fletcher Hayes, head of the Military Secretary's Office. The demise of Mr Hare, who had been in the King's pay, gave Captain Hayes the opportunity to infiltrate the King's Palace via the newly arrived Head Clerk. Successive British Residents at Lucknow had become increasingly alarmed at the King of Oudh's profligate expenditure, chaotic administration and hedonistic lifestyle of the court, so Phillips was instructed by Captain Hayes to set about organising a loose network of informers who could pass back information and gossip from the various departments as to what was happening in the palace. He was assisted in this endeavour by having several relatives and in-laws within the various Residency departments. Phillips was assigned a most prestigious house set in a large compound to the South West of the Residency which became known during the siege as “Phillips’ House and Garden Battery”. It gave full view to the Judicial garrison (Germon’s Post) and was only silenced in early October after the arrival of the first relief force. After several warnings, Lord Dalhousie annexed the province on 7 February 1856, using an egregious political device called the Doctrine of Lapse which was instrumental in sowing the seeds for the disasters that would follow in 1857. On annexation Phillips became Head Clerk to the Military Secretary’s office in the Chief Commissioner's office. He continued working in the Chief Commission's Office until 1861, when he retired and returned to Calcutta. He died at Calcutta of ‘decline due to old age’ and was buried at the General Episcopal Cemetery, Lower Circular Road, Park Street, on 30 June 1888, aged 81 and 11 months. The grave is still extant and was erected by his daughter, Ellen, wife of Christopher Best who also served throughout the siege. John Phillips was aged 50 when the siege commenced and served throughout at Germon's Post, named after Captain R. C. German, 13th Bengal Native Infantry, the commanding officer. The Post was greatly exposed to fire from the tower of Johannes’ House, just outside the Residency perimeter, and from the gun and mortar batteries from Phillips’ House and Garden battery which opened up with such force and accuracy that the position became untenable, with the wives being evacuated to the cellars of the Tykhana where the wives of the officers were sheltering. Repeated attacks were made on Germon’s Post with the one on 20th July being the fiercest. The Uncovenanted distinguished themselves greatly, all being under arms from eight in the morning to eight at night. Copies of the original lists of those who served throughout the siege show that John Phillips, Christopher James Best (son in law) and William Charles Phillips (relative) all accompanied sallying parties out of the Residency on no fewer than 3 occasions. The Colonist newspaper of 6 April 1858, has an interesting article by one of the original defenders, probably the Uncovenanted Mr John Lawrence, whose notes of the siege were given to L. E. Rees and form the basis for his book Siege of Lucknow. Under the title “Siege and Bombardment of Lucknow” it makes for interesting reading revealing a litany of prejudices and some of the less savoury aspects of the siege: ‘They then took possession of all the highest houses adjacent to our garrison and loopholed the walls from whence they used to pick off our men unceasingly. It was scarcely safe to run from one house to another without making a good mark for their riflemen. They were so far safe that our cannon could not play on their buildings, our space being very limited, whilst they had every facility for bringing their guns to bear upon us; their guns and mortars were placed in the compounds of the houses of Messrs Jhn. Phillips and J. Johannes, the former an Uncovenanted servant and the head of the Chief Commissioner's Office and the other a merchant. One day in particular and on the consequent on the annoyances and losses that we had been subjected to, from the unerring shots of both matchlock and riflemen, from the above two houses, a storming party had been ordered to dislodge them from these strongholds, and Mr Phillips had been asked to point the way, through heaps of rubbish, to his residence. This old gentleman most willingly undertook to do, expecting neither reward or thanks for what he had already done, but satisfied he was doing his duty and a public benefit besides. He asked to be accompanied by one of his brother-in law, Mr Richard Joyce (a fine smart young stripling), who was also an Uncovenanted assistant in the Chief Commissioner's Office. They went with the storming party, who had been successful with but small loss and am most happy to add that Messrs P and J return unscathed... the Uncovenanted servants of Government have to express the hope that, should these lines meet the eyes of the Home authorities, that the families of those Uncovenanted servants who have fallen in action, and the widows who had conducted themselves properly, and the residue of the Uncovenanted, will in future be treated with the consideration they are entitled to, and that suitable provisions may be directed to be made and their grievances be redressed, for well may they be dubbed THE HEROES OF LUCKNOW.’ Sold with comprehensive research and maps including Napier's dispatch of the taking of Phillips' Battery.
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Thos. Coultrup 14th. Hussars.) traces of having been held in a mount, with damage to naming at 5 and 7 o’clock, suspension claw re-affixed, very fine £140-£180 --- Thomas Coultrup attested for the 14th (King’s) Light Dragoons, and served with them in Persia, and subsequently in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, where he was present at numerous actions, including those at Jahansi, Calpee, Morar, and Gwalior. Note: The recipient’s India General Service Medal with clasp Central India is currently held by the Museum of Lancashire in Preston.
The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Colour Sergeant, later Captain, J. F. Stevens, 86th Foot, who served with Gordon during the Taiping Rebellion in 1863, and was awarded the Imperial Chinese Decoration of the Red Button Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Colr. Serjt. J. F. Stevens, 86th. Regt.) very fine £500-£700 --- John Francis Stevens was born in Galway on 10 November 1830 and attested for the 86th Regiment of Foot on 6 November 1852. Promoted Corporal on 1 July 1853, Sergeant on 20 February 1856, and Colour Sergeant on 26 August 1857, ‘he served with the 86th Regiment during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and was present at the disarming of four companies of the 27th Bombay Native Infantry at Ratnagherry in August 1857. He served in the Central India Field Force under Sir Hugh Rose, and was present at the action of Koonah, the operations before Calpee, the battle of Morar, and the battle before and storm and capture of the town and fortress of Gwalior.’ Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant on 5 October 1858, Stephens was commissioned Ensign on 9 March 1860, transferring to the 99th Regiment of Foot on 30 November 1860. Promoted Lieutenant on 3 March 1863, ‘he served during the Taeping rebellion of 1863 as Adjutant-General to the Anglo-Chinese force under Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon, was present at the attack and capture by storm of the walled city of Taipan on 1 May, and also at the attack and capture of the walled city of Quinsan, including the taking of the rebel positions at the east and west gates of the city and repulse of the sortie of the garrison, which ended in the surrender of 2,000 rebels, together with the capture of numerous stockades and minor fortifications. For these services he received the Chinese Imperial decoration of the Red Button.’ Stephens transferred to the Half Pay list, with the rank of Captain, on 1 April 1870. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Cr. Sgt. F. J. Grenny, 1st Brantford R. Co,) Canadian style impressed naming, dark toned, good very fine £300-£400 --- Francis (Frank) James Grenny was born in Brantford, Ontario, on 13 October 1840. He was employed as a general merchant and assistant postmaster at the general store at Cainsville, Ontario, run by his mother Margaret who was also Postmistress. He served as a Colour-Sergeant in the 38th Brantford Battalion during the Fenian Raid on Fort Erie in 1866, for which he subsequently received the medal and clasp issued in 1899. In 1870 Grenny was appointed Quartermaster of the 38th Regiment, or Dufferin Rifles, and in 1875 was appointed Paymaster; he eventually retired from the Dufferin Rifles as a Major in 1888. In addition to his interest in the postal service, Grenny seems to have had a successful business as a poultry breeder and by 1882 was Treasurer of the Ontario Poultry Association. Grenny also appears to have taken up an early interest in numismatics and philately, and was a Charter Member of the American Philatelic Association in 1886 (no. 107), a Founding Member of the Canadian Philatelic Association in 1887 (No. 2), and a Charter Member of the American Numismatic Association in 1891 (No. 21). In 1893 in New York was sold the collection of Canadian Coins and War Medals formed by F. J. Grenny. In 1896, his marriage of 1869 having broken up, Grenny moved to Los Angeles where he ran a business selling eggs for hatching and had an interest in agriculture. He died in Los Angeles on 4 November 1923.
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (W. Ellard, Pte. R.M, H.M.S. “Active”) light contact marks, nearly very fine £1,800-£2,200 --- William Ellard was born at Brackley, Southampton, on 30 August 1848, enlisted into the Royal Marines at Southampton on 30 August 1866, and re-engaged on 9 December 1876. He was embarked aboard the following ships during his service: Liffey, September 1863 to November 1868; Chanticleer, November 1868 to March 1872; Boscawen, October 1872 to March 1875; Alert, April 1875 to December 1876; Active, April 1877 to October 1879; Victory, March 1880 to October 1882; and Osborne, February 1882 to September 1887. A Private throughout, he was discharged due to length of service on 4 October 1887. Whilst serving in H.M.S. Alert he took part in the expedition to find a passage to the North Pole. A note on his record of service states ‘Absent from “Alert” on Arctic Sledging 55 days’. For this service he received the Arctic Medal 1875-76. In January 1877 he also received the L.S. & G.C. medal. During his service in H.M.S. Active he served in South Africa. There are two notes on his record for this period: (i) ‘Landed with Naval Brigade for operations against Kaffirs from 16th December 1877 until 13th March 1878.’ (ii) ‘Landed with Naval Brigade in Zulu War from 19th November 1878 until 31st July 1879.’ For these services he received the South Africa medal with clasp. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
A post-War O.B.E. group of seven attributed to Colonel K. Hunt, Royal Marines The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted; a Royal Life Saving Society Swimming Proficiency Medal, bronze, the reverse named ‘K. Hunt. Dec. 1920’; a Royal Marines Boxing Championship Prize Medal, silver, unnamed, in fitted case; and two miscellaneous silver prize medals, one unnamed, the other named ‘N.G.C. 1954. Col. K. Hunt’, good very fine and better (7) £240-£280 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 12 June 1947. Kenneth Hunt was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marines on 1 October 1920, and served in H.M. Ships Ramillies and Royal Oak, before joining the Fleet Air Arm in 1925, serving in carriers in the Home Fleet and on the China Station. He returned to General Service in 1930, and after a period at the Deal Depot served in H.M. Ships Erebus and Frobisher. From 1933 to 1936 he was Adjutant at Eastney, returning to sea in H.M.S. Dragon, and was serving in H.M.S. Shropshire when the Second World War commenced. During the Second World War Hunt served as Second in Command of 10th Battalion, Royal Marine Division, and then as Commanding Officer of 5th Battalion, Royal Marine Division and later 7th Battalion, Royal Marine Division in Sicily. He was the first Royal Marine Officer to command a Naval establishment, when he joined H.M.S. Robertson in 1944. He then went out to Bombay on the Staff. Post-War he served as Commanding Officer at Eastney, finally retiring in 1952. A fine athlete, Hunt represented the Royal Navy at cricket and golf, and captained both the Royal Navy and Combined Services hockey team. He died on 16 March 1971, aged 68. Sold together with the named Bestowal Document for the O.B.E.; Commission appointing Kenneth Hunt, Gentleman, a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marines, dated 1 October 1920; a Naval Message sent to the recipient; a copy of the Order of Service for the Service of Thanksgiving to mark the 300th Anniversary of the Royal Marines, St. Paul’s Cathedral, 24 July 1964; and two newspaper cuttings, one relating to the recipient’s retirement, and the other to his death, the first including a photograph of the recipient.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (J. Polkinghorn. Carps. Crew, H.M.S .”Tourmaline.”) light pitting, very fine £80-£120 --- John Polkinghorn was born in Sheerness, Kent, on 19 March 1859 and joined the Royal Navy as Carpenter’s Crew on 11 February 1878. He served in H.M.S. Tourmaline from 25 September 1880 to 23 September 1883, and was advanced Carpenter’s Mate on 12 September 1885. He was discharged, time expired, on 14 April 1888. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.
India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (3996 Pte. Calder 1st Bn. Ryl Sco. Fus.) nearly extremely fine £300-£360 --- Paul Calder was born in Inverness and enlisted at Ayr on 10 January 1893, aged 18, a baker by trade. He served in the East Indies from January 1895 to November 1902, including operations on the North West Frontier of India 1897-98. He was discharged on 8 January 1905, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extract, the latter confirming all 3 clasps.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg (3383 Tptr. W. Woods, 2nd Dragoons) some edge bruising, contact marks, very fine (2) £140-£180 --- William Joseph Wood (note Woods on medal) was born in Gravesend, Kent, and enlisted as a Boy into the Royal Scots Greys at Dundalk Barracks on 6 August 1889, aged 14 years, 2 months. Appointed a Bandsman in June 1893 and Trumpeter in August 1897, he served in South Africa, November 1899-June 1900. Discharged as medically unfit at Edinburgh on 6 May 1901. Sold with copied discharge papers and a Scots Greys cap badge which has been added for display purposes.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (8553 Pte. S. Barge. Hampshire Regt.) light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £100-£140 --- Sidney Barge was born in Sydney, Australia, and attested for the Hampshire Militia on 6 September 1898, being then resident in Gosport, Hampshire, a painter by trade, aged 18 years 11 months. In June 1900 he was called up for permanent duty with the Regular Forces and served with the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, in South Africa 1900-1902. He was killed in a railway accident near Barberton, South Africa, on 30 March 1902. Also entitled to K.S.A. and sold with copied medal roll extracts for both medals.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1112 Pte. H. Dawson, 2: R: Berks: Regt.) pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine £160-£200 --- H. Dawson sered with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War, and was severely wounded at Zelekat’s Nek on 2 August 1900. He had previously served in Egypt during the Nile Campaign (entitled to an Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 and Khedive’s Star).
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (33906 Tpr: J. Love. 89th Coy. Imp. Yeo.); together with a Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry Tribute Medal 1901, 38mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the arms of Mongomeryshire, ‘Mongomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry’ around, the reverse featuring a mounted trooper with a soldier knelt firing a rifle at his side, ‘South African Campaign 1901’ around, unnamed, and housed in fitted case, very fine and better (2) £300-£400 --- James Love was born in St Albans, Chester in 1881, and attested for the 89th (Montgomeryshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry at Ruabon on 12 March 1901, having previously served with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He served with the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa from 7 April 1901 until 27 August 1902, and was discharged on 3 September 1902.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (4676 Tpr: R. H. Allen, 50th Coy. 17th Impl: Yeo:) small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £180-£220 --- Richard Henry Allen was born in the Parish of Pentrick, Derbyshire, and enlisted for the Imperial Yeomanry at Winchester on 5 February 1900. He was then aged 34 years and served in South Africa with the 50th Company (Hampshire) Imperial Yeomanry. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1900-1901 (606 G. E. Thomas) small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £160-£200 --- Served with 9 Company (Yorkshire Hussars), 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, and is entitled to the Q.S.A. with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, and South Africa 1901.
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Gambia (188344 A.B. J. H. Littlejohns. H.M.S. Forte.) light contact marks, nearly very fine, rare £200-£240 --- Only 29 clasps awarded to H.M.S. Forte. John Stanley Littlejohns was born in Cornwall on 16 October 1878 and joined he Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 15 April 1896. Advanced Able Seaman on 2 December 1897, he joined H.M.S. Forte on 4 April 1899, and served in her during the initial stages of the Boer War (entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with claps Natal), and the operations on and off the coast of Gambia, January to March 1901. He was shore invalided on 8 May 1903. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
The Africa General Service Medal awarded to Fusilier J. Gallagher, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, late Devonshire Regiment, who was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry in North West Europe during the Second War Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (14445070 Fus. J. Gallagher. M.M. R. Innisks.) partially officially renamed, and surname officially corrected, generally good very fine £140-£180 --- M.M. London Gazette 12 July 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘At Marsum on 8 April 1945, Private Gallagher was a member of a platoon working with a troop of tanks to investigate the state of a bridge across the River Weser. When within 150 yards of the river the enemy opened up from the other side with rifles and machine-guns and 88mm. A.A. guns. Owing to the openness of the ground it was decided to withdraw the platoon to a flank behind a small rise. Private Gallagher’s section remained behind to give covering fire. The section then tried to extricate itself. Gallagher thereupon seized the Bren gun and with one other soldier remained in position firing the gun till his ammunition ran out. During this time his comrade was killed by the intense enemy fire. His bravery and coolness under extreme conditions were a magnificent example to the whole platoon and his action undoubtedly saved the lives of his comrades.’ Note: A Military Medal marked ‘replacement’ is known to exist to this recipient (Glendining’s, 6 July 1977, Lot 6), and a M.M. group including AGS was sold in these rooms in September 2004.
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925, clasp loose on riband (349696 L.A.C. S. Warn. R.A.F.) contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £700-£900 --- Sydney Warn (spelt Warnt on the latest published transcript of the medal roll) was born on 29 April 1894 and joined the Royal Air Force on 8 September 1921. Posted to 2 Squadron in 1924, he served with them during the operations in Waziristan, March to May 1925. Sold with a poor-quality copied record of service.
1914-15 Star (864 Pte. W. T. Davies. 10/L.H. Rgt. A.I.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1514 Pte. F. Pond. 4-L.H. A.I.F.) minor edge bruising to latter, very fine (2) £70-£90 --- William Thomas Davies attested for the Australian Imperial Force on 13 January 1915, and served with the 10th Light Horse at Gallipoli. Fred Pond was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, and having emigrated to Australia attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Ballarat, Victoria, on 9 July 1915. He served with the 4th Light Horse, and later with the 13th Infantry Battalion, and was killed in action on the Western Front on 7 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. Sold with copied service papers.
British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. A. H. G. Thorold. R.N.) very fine £70-£90 --- Anthony Herbert Gerard Thorold was born on 14 August 1896 and entered service in the Royal Navy on 15 May 1909. He was appointed Midshipman on 15 January 1914, and was commissioned Acting Sub-Lieutenant on 15 March 1916, being promoted Lieutenant on 13 November 1917. He served during the Russian Intervention in H.M.S. Glowworm, and was wounded when Glowworm was damaged after a barge exploded alongside her at Archangel on 25 August 1918. For his services during the Great War his name was brought to the notice of the Admiralty ‘for valuable services in the prosecution of the War’ (London Gazette 12 December 1919). He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 October 1922, and subsequently took Holy Orders. He died on 1 February 1969. Sold with copied research.
British War Medal 1914-20 (N. Sister G. F. Fox. Q.A.R.N.N.S.) officially re-impressed naming; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2. Lieut. G. B. Cox); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, on lady’s bow riband, extremely fine (3) £60-£80 --- Gertrude Fanny Fox was born at Chorlton, Lancashire in 1882 and qualified at the London Hospital in 1913. She joined Royal Naval Hospital Haslar on 4 August 1914, and in May 1915 she was appointed to the Royal Naval Hospital Malta. In December 1916 after passage on H.M. Hospital Ship Rewa she rejoined Haslar, serving there until she resigned on 14 March 1919. George Bernard Cox was born at Handsworth Staffordshire, on 31 July 1886. He was commissioned to the East Yorkshire Regiment from the Artists Rifles O.T.C., to be Second Lieutenant on 5 September 1916, and transferred to the Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers on 17 November 1917, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from April 1918. Promoted Lieutenant on 17 May 1919 he relinquished his commission on 1 April 1920. He was granted an Emergency Commission in the Second World War, and by 1945 held the Acting rank of Major in the Royal Engineers. He was an architect by profession, and co-founder of the firm of Harrison and Cox. He died at Minehead, Somerset in October 1978.
The British War Medal awarded to Private J. Duckworth, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 August 1914 British War Medal 1914-20 (9846 Pte. J. Duckworth. Lan. Fus.); Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. James Duckworth, Lancashire Fusiliers’, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, good very fine (2) £120-£160 --- James Duckworth was born in Wigan, Lancashire, and attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury, Lancashire. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August 1914, and was killed in action four days later, on 26 August 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France. Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the clasp to the 1914 Star; Imperial War Graves Commission Scroll; and copied research.
British War Medal 1914-20 (8) (P-4538 L. Cpl. J. Wilson. M.F.P.; P-9048 L. Cpl. W. A. Cox. M.F.P.; P-7875 L. Cpl. D. G. B. Hunter. M.M.P.; P-2399 L. Cpl. W. C. Smith. M.F.P.; 1102 T. Sjt. J. J. Green. M.F.P.; 1282 A. Cpl. E. J. Wood. M.F.P.; 4331 L. Cpl. J. Hemmings. M.M.P.; P-8404 L. Cpl. G. W. Greenway. M.M.P.) last with attempt to obliterate part of surname, otherwise generally very fine or better (8) £50-£70
Victory Medal 1914-19 (16-1145 Pte. D. Metcalfe. North’d Fus.) good very fine £160-£200 --- David Metcalfe was born in Tindelfell, Cumberland, and attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He served with the 16th (Newcastle) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 November 1915, and was killed in action on 1 June 1916, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. On this date the Battalion was involved in an attack at Thiepval: according to the Official History of the Great War a football was followed into battle at zero hour. Within moments the leading waves were hit by machine gun fire, with the survivors forced to lay down and await any chance of returning to their lines. One report noted that the Battalion had advanced in perfect formation, the dead being later found in straight lines as if ‘dressed’ for parade. Relieved the following day, the Battalion suffered a total of 378 casualties. Metcalfe was among those killed, and he is buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile, France.
The Naval General Service Medal awarded to Able Seaman W. G. English, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches during the Second World War for Operation Pedestal, the Malta Convoy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (SSX.21747 W. G. English. A.B. R.N.) good very fine £200-£240 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 10 November 1942: ‘For bravery and dauntless resolution while serving in H.M. Ships ... Nelson... when an important Convoy was fought through to Malta in the face of relentless attacks by day and night from enemy submarines, aircraft, and surface forces.’
A Great War R.R.C. pair awarded to Sister-in-Charge Miss Effie R. Sloan, Territorial Force Nursing Service, who served as Sister-in-Charge of No. 42 Casualty Clearing Station, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Collingwood, London, case of issue; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister E. R. Sloan.) nearly extremely fine (2) £400-£500 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919. Miss Effie Robytson Sloan joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, ultimately rising to become Sister-in-Charge of No. 42 Casualty Clearing Station at Douai. For her services during the Great War she was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 15 June 1916 and 30 December 1918) and was awarded the Royal Red Cross, First Class. Sold with copied research.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (306022 Pte. H. Price. Hamps. R.) good very fine and very rare to regiment £300-£400 --- Private Herbert Price, 1/7th Hampshire Regiment, served in South Persia attached to 103rd Mule Corps, and is one of two men of this regiment to receive the clasp ‘S. Persia’. He is also entitled to British War and Victory Medals and the Silver War Badge. He enlisted on 11 September 1914 and was discharged ‘sick’ on 27 June 1919. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and medal roll extracts.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (0579 Tpr. T.J.F.F.) very fine, scarce to unit £80-£120 --- Awarded to a trooper in the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force; no name given on medal. The Trans-Jordan Frontier Force, created in 1926, was disbanded on 9 February 1948 - many of its members being absorbed into the Arab Legion.
The Great War D.S.C. and Lloyd’s M.S.M. group of four awarded to Captain W. J. Campbell, Master of the S.S. Rathlin Head when attacked by torpedoes on 25th and 26th May, 1918, by the U-46 Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked London 1917 and engraved ‘CaptainW. J. Campbell July 1918) in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (William J. Campbell); Lloyd’s Medal for Meritorious Services, 3rd type, silver (Captain Wm. James Campbell, S.S. “Rathlin Head,” 25th May 1918.) in its Wyon case of issue, nearly extremely fine (4) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.S.C. London Gazette 7 August 1918: ‘In recognition of zeal and devotion to duty shown in carrying on the trade of the country during the war.’ The attack on the Rathlin Head was described in the Report of the Interviewing Officer with Campbell: “The Master of S.S. “Rathlin Head” complied with instructions given him by Admiralty and S.O. Convoy and did everything in his power to avoid capture. - Zigzagging at full speed and firing guns at intervals after first attack evidently prevented the submarine from successfully attacking during the night. The Master decided to abandon ship after the second attack next morning. Ship had considerable list to port having received four torpedoes - 2 in Chain Locker and No. 1 Hold and No. 2 in Stoke-hold and bunkers. Ship was in grave peril of turning turtle. Crew took to their boats an hour after last torpedo struck ship and stood by for rescuing ships seen in the distance. The Master and part of crew eventually reboarded their ship and secured tow-ropes and ship was towed into port.” The first attack took place on May 25, 1918 at 49 degrees 42 minutes N./11 degrees 30 minutes W., while the second attack took place on May 26, 1918 at 50 degrees 20 minutes N./10 degrees 45 minutes W. The minutes of the Mercantile Marine Awards Committee describes the attacks in detail: “At 3.45 pm (May 25, 1918), the S.S. Rathlin Head was attacked by two torpedoes from a S/M [later determined to be Leo Hillebrand in U-46]. The ship was zig-zagging at the time. The weather was fine. The torpedoes struck the ship near the foremost bulk-head of No. 1 hold. At 4. pm. the ship was attacked by a third torpedo, which passed 100 feet ahead of her. Fire was opened from the Howitzers at the supposed position of the S/M, 8 rounds being fired, and the ship's course altered to port, but the propellers came out of the water and she lost her way. The enemy was then taken on her port quarter, No. 6 hold was flooded and in consequence the propellers again took water at 4.30 pm. and the ship got under way slowly, doing about 3 knots to start with, which increased to 5 or 6 as her stern settled down. A course was set for Fastnet. She was yawning badly but did not zig-zag. At 5.30 pm. a S/M was sighted at a distance of 7 miles, 1 point on the port quarter and fire was opened from the 4.7” gun. At 7.25 am. on 26th May, the ship was attacked by two torpedoes which exploded in the Stokehold and cross bunker. 2 rounds from the Howitzers were fired in the direction of the wake of the torpedoes. The ship took a heavy list to port and her engines were rendered useless. She was then left by the crew. Nothing was seen of the S/M at this time. The U.S.S. “McCall” arrived within the hour and proceeded to search for the S/M. While doing so she was attacked unsuccessfully by two torpedoes. The rescue tug “Cartmell” arrived about 9 am. The Master, Chief Officer, Chief Engineer and others then reboarded the ship and made an inspection. Soon afterwards, the “McCall” was attacked again by 2 torpedoes and proceeded to drop depth charges. The rescue tug “Flying Spray” then arrived and ship (Rathlin Head) was taken in tow. She was beached in safety at Berehaven (His Majesty's Naval Base at Berehaven, County Cork, Ireland) late on the night of 27th May. 3 Firemen were killed by the second explosion and 1 injured. Captain Campbell received the D.S.C. at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace on 31 July 1918. Sold with two original letters from “Head” Line Steamers, of Belfast and Dublin, to Captain Campbell, the first, in September 1918, advising him of the grant of £100 to himself, and of other awards to the crew, ‘For gallantry and good seamanship on the occasion of the torpedoing of our “Rathlin Head” on the 25th May 1918’; the second, in October 1918, advising Campbell of the receipt of a letter from the Secretary of Lloyd’s intimating that the Committee have awarded him the Lloyd’s Silver Medal for Meritorious Service, and also the sum of Fifty Pounds; together with instructions concerning the investiture of the D.S.C., and a report with statements concerning the actions of the S.S. Carrigan Head, of which Campbell was the Master, upon receiving a wireless S.O.S. from the S.S. Maine in March 1920, and the subsequent towing of the S.S. Maine to safety in heavy seas over the course of nearly four days; a photograph of Campbell and his wife following his investiture at Buckingham Palace, and another of him with his wife, daughter and sister-in-law; two news clippings announcing his death, and a “Melmore Head” Xmas dinner menu for 1929, of which vessel he was the Master. Captain Campbell, of the steamship Carrigan Head, died without a moment’s warning on board ship whilst the vessel was passing through an icefield (undated news cuttings refer).
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal (5), one with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in card box of issue; War Medal 1939-45 (4); Africa Service Medal (2); South Africa Medal for War Service; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Canadian Forces Decoration, G.VI.R. (W.O. 2 J. L. R. Marier); Multinational Force and Observers Medal, bronze; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband, in card box of issue, generally good very fine Pair: Army Field Clerk G. M. Wetz, United States Forces United States of America, Victory Medal, 1 clasp, France, bronze; Tomkins County, New York State Great War Service Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Godfrey Wetz’, with top brooch bar; together with various cloth insignia, good very fine (20) £80-£120 --- Sold together with a Canadian Forces General Service lapel badge and other ephemera.
The Defence Medal awarded to W. D. G. Whitfield, Marlow Air Raid Precautions and Civil Defence Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. W. D. G. Whitfield, “Holcombe”, Claremont Gardens, Marlow, Bucks.’; together with an Acme ‘City’ whistle with corded lanyard; an unusually early hallmarked silver A.R.P. badge (Royal Mint hallmarks for 1936); cloth Civil Defence Insignia including two woven felt ‘Warden’ shoulder badges, ‘Marlow’ woven cloth badge; Civil Defence woven felt round badge; printed Civil Defence armband; and two printed service chevron badges, one with four chevrons and another with single chevron, the badges and armband with adhesive traces suggesting sometime mounted for display, otherwise generally good very fine £60-£80 --- William David Whitfield was born on 11 August 1876. In 1939 he is recorded as a building works manager, residing at ‘Holcombe’, Claremont Gardens, Marlow, Buckinghamshire.
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