Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Talana, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (6059 Pte. B. Donohoe, Rl. Dublin Fus:) extremely fine £200-£260 --- Bernard Donohoe was born in Dublin and attested for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers at Naas on 22 March 1897. He served in South Africa from December 1898 to February 1902, during which period he was tried and imprisoned for 14 days in February 1901, and again for 124 days in April 1901, being released on 5 August 1901. In February 1902 he went to the East Indies, where he served until 18 November 1903, being transferred to the Army Reserve in March 1904. He was found guilty of fraudulent enlistment when he attested for the Wicklow R.G.A. in February 1905 and sentenced to 3 months imprisonment. He was finally discharged on 21 March 1909, upon termination of his first period of engagement. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extracts which show he is also entitled to the K.S.A. with 2 clasps.
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King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2), (5682 Pte. J. Hodson. E. Lanc: Regt.; 5545 Pte. G. Skivington. Rifle Brigade.) the first good fine, the second nearly very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Hodson entitled to Q.S.A. with 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal; Skivington entitled to Q.S.A. with 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing's Nek, Belfast. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (786887 Gnr. J. Alford. R.A.); together with a King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct emblem affixed to the riband of the War Medal 1939-45, minor edge bruise, good very fine £80-£120 --- King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct London Gazette 11 July 1941 James Alford attested for the Royal Artillery on 23 October 1928 and served with the 4th Light Battery in India, before transferring to the Army Reserve on 8 February 1935. Recalled for service during the Second World War, he was advanced Sergeant, and was awarded a King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct, presumably for his services during or in the aftermath of enemy air raids.
The British War Medal awarded to Stoker 1st Class A. W. Howe, Royal Navy, who served aboard H.M.S. Lion at the battles of Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank and was lost in submarine H3 when mined in the Adriatic on 15 July 1916 British War Medal 1914-20 (K.10819 A. W. Howe. Sto.1. R.N.) naming officially re-impressed, good very fine £40-£60 --- Arthur William Howe was born in Kilburn, London, on 14 July 1890, and was a plumber’s mate by trade when he joined the Royal Navy on 29 March 1911, as a Stoker 2nd Class. He served aboard the battleship Lion from 4 June 1912 until 31 March 1915, seeing action at the battles of Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank. He joined submarine H3 on 1 April 1915 and was lost with all hands when the boat was mined in the Adriatic whilst attempting to penetrate the Austrian anchorage at Cattaro. He is commemorated by name on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Sold with copied record of service.
The British War Medal awarded to Able Seaman H. S. Cross, Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches for services in action with enemy submarines and was killed in action when the Q-Ship Stonecrop was sunk on 18 September 1917 British War Medal 1914-20 (211054 H. S. Cross. A.B. R.N.) good very fine £60-£80 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 16 November 1917: ‘For services in action with enemy submarines:- A.B. Herbert Stanley Cross, O.N. 211054 (Po.) (since killed)’. Herbert Stanley Cross was born in Peckham, London, on 18 April 1884, and was a milkman when he joined the Royal Navy on 3 August 1900, and signed on for 12 years Continuous Service on 18 April 1902. His C.S. expired on 1 May 1914, but on 4 September he signed on again for the duration of the war, serving in the light cruiser Birmingham from September 1914 to September 1916. After postings to Vernon and Victory I, he joined his next ship, H.M.S. Stonecrop, on 1 August 1917. Originally the collier Glenfoyle, she was converted for service as a ‘Q-Ship’ in April 1917 and fitted with one visible 6-pounder gun capable of firing only in the aft direction (as was legitimate defence for a merchant ship) but also with a concealed 4-inch gun, 12-pounder howitzers for projecting bombs, and torpedo tubes. On 17 September 1917, when some 300 miles south-west of Co. Kerry, she sighted a submarine on the surface at 14000 yards distance. The submarine opened fire and Stonecrop turned away at her top speed of 7 knots, sending out SOS signals. The submarine followed, overtaking and firing, but without making any direct hits. After half an hour of this, Stonecrop lighted her Smoke Apparatus, simulating a very realistic fire, and sent off her ‘panic party’. the submarine then submerged but reappeared later and circled the ship at 600 yards. Stonecrop opened fire with her 4-inch gun, scoring several hits. The submarine then moved away, to sink stern-first. She surfaced again briefly before finally sinking. Her conning-tower hatch had not been opened and no wreckage appeared, just oil and scum, but Stonecrop’s captain was convinced that she had been sunk. The Admiralty awarded £1000 to be distributed amongst the crew, of which Cross’s share, as an Able Seaman, would have been £9. 1s. 10d. The submarine is believed to have been the U-151. On 18 September 1917, at 1 p.m. Stonecrop was some 180 miles south-west of Fastnet when she was struck by two torpedoes, suffering extensive damage and slowly settling by the head. The ‘panic party’ left in the boats and the gun crews went to their concealed posts and waited. A submarine appeared and cruised around at about 3000 yards but never came within the field of fire of any of the ship’s remaining weapons which were still serviceable. The ship continued to settle and at about 2.30 p.m. all those still on board had to abandon her as she tilted into a vertical position and sank. The submarine then approached to enquire the ship’s name and destination, a false answer being given. She then left without taking any further hostile action. The men in the water had two boats, a partly wrecked raft and plenty of wreckage, from which they repaired the raft and constructed another. One boat was sent away towards Ireland to fetch assistance. It arrived safely and ships were sent out the following day to search. Meanwhile, the other boat became separated from the rafts during the night of 18-19 and, since it could be of no help even if it did find them again, it sailed on towards and reached Bantry Bay at 7.30 p.m. The two rafts were not sighted by the searching ships until the afternoon of 23 September. They had been without food and with only a little water since 20 September, and only 10 remained alive out of the 22 who had been on the rafts originally. In all, some 32 of the ship’s complement perished including Able Seaman H. S. Cross who is commemorated by name on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
British War Medal 1914-20 (25-689 Sjt. J. Wilkinson. North’d Fus.) nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- John Wilkinson was born in Blyth, Northumberland, and attested there for the Northumberland Fusiliers. He served with the 25th (2nd Tyneside Irish) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion, alongside the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Tyneside Irish Battalions as part of the 103rd Brigade, 34th Division, was tasked with attacking the German positions at La Boisselle. Advancing at 7:45 a.m. the Battalion came under heavy fire from the moment the assembly trenches were left, but the advance was maintained until ‘only a few scattered soldiers were left standing , the discipline and courage of all ranks being remarkable’. The other Tyneside Irish Battalions fared no better: the 1st Tyneside Irish came under intense machine gun fire, and only 1 officer with a handful of men reached the objective before being forced to retire; the 3rd Tyneside Irish ‘advanced as if on parade under heavy machine gun and shell fire’, with small parties holding out in shell holes in No Man’s Land; and the 4th Tyneside Irish managed to reach the objective, before being forced to retire, having suffered over 70% casualties. In total the tremendous casualties inflicted upon the four Tyneside Irish battalions were among the worst ever recorded on the Somme, with the 2nd Tyneside Irish suffering 487 casualties, and the four Battalions in total suffering well over 2,000 casualties Wilkinson was amongst those killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
British War Medal 1914-20 (23-693 Pte. R. Bradley. North’d Fus.) edge bruise, very fine £300-£400 --- Patrick Bradley was born in Felling-on-Tyne, Gateshead, and attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He served with the 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion, alongside the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Tyneside Scottish Battalion, as part of the 102nd Brigade, 34th Division, was tasked with attacking the German positions at La Boisselle. They attacked south of the village at 7:30 a.m. and were met with heavy machine gun and shell fire. The tremendous casualties suffered by the four Tyneside Scottish battalions were among the worst ever recorded on the Somme, with losses including all 4 Commanding Officers killed and all second in commands and adjutants. Of the 80 officers that went into action only 10 returned, and of the men some 80 per cent became casualties, with 940 other ranks killed and some 1,500 wounded. Bradley was amongst those killed, aged just 20. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
British War Medal 1914-20 (G-13668 Sjt. W. H. Cox. E. Surr. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (11735 Pte. F. C. W. Bass. E. Surr. R.; 13955 A.Cpl. R. Cornelius. E. Surr. R.; 17178 Pte. A. C. Rummery. E. Surr. R.) very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Frederick Charles William Bass was born in Mitcham, Surrey, and attested for the East Surrey Regiment at Kingston-on-Thames. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion, as part of 55th Brigade, 18th Division, was tasked with attacking from the front line between Talus Boisé and Carnoy-Montauban Road towards Montauban Ridge: ‘Symbolic of the first day of the Battle of the Somme and the way that the men went forward in brave, confident, and well disciplined order is the kicking of footballs into No Man’s Land by men of the 8th East Surrey Regiment. “B” Company on the left was led by Captain W. P. Nevill who had provided each platoon with a football. Special permission to kick footballs into action had been obtained; however, there was a proviso that proper formation and distance had to be kept. The first ball was kicked by Captain Nevill and his 2 leading platoons moved forwards towards the enemy’s Breslau Trench some 400 yards ahead at 7:27 a.m. Soon machine gun fire from craters to the left would cut down the leading waves; Captain Nevill’s body, along with two footballs, would later be found just outside the German wire.’ (British Battalions on the Somme, by Ray Westlake refers). The Objective was reached at 12:22 p.m., but the Battalion had suffered total casualties of 446. Bass was amongst those killed; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Robert Cornelius was born in Clapham, Surrey, and attested for the East Surrey Regiment at Wandsworth, Surrey. He served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 24 April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Alfred Charles Rummery was born in Rotherhithe, Kent, and attested for the East Surrey Regiment at Deptford, Kent. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 20 September 1917. He is buried in Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, France.
The British War Medal awarded to Private S. E. Pilbrow, Middlesex Regiment and Manchester Regiment, attached 20 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, who was awarded the Military Medal for shooting down four enemy aircraft - three in one day - and was killed in aerial combat by the German Ace Werner Voss on 15 August 1917 British War Medal 1914-20 (2381 Pte. S. E. Pilbrow. Midd’x R.) nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 28 September 1917. Stanley Edward Pilbrow was born in Battersea, London, and attested for the Middlesex Regiment. Transferring to the Manchester Regiment, he served with the 22nd Battalion during the Great War, before being attached to 20 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. He was killed in action in aerial combat on 15 August 1917- ‘September Evening: The Life and Final Combat of the German World War One Ace Werner Voss’ takes up the story: ‘On the afternoon of 15 August a patrol of FE2bs from 20 Squadon was circling over Ypres when they ran into elements of Jasta 10. In the dogfight that followed Voss latched onto the FE of Second Lieutenant Charles Cameron, a 21-year-old Canadian volunteer from Ottawa. He first disabled the engine with a telling burst of fire from his twin Spandau machine guns, and on his second pass killed Private Stanley Pilbrow, Cameron’s observer/gunner. Pilbrow had been in the R.F.C. for less than a month but was already credited with shooting down four enemy machines- three of these in one day. For this action he had been awarded the Military Medal, but after encountering Voss he never lived to receive it.’ Pilbrow is buried in The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium. Sold with a copy of the book ‘Winged Sabres’, by R. A. Sellwood, which mentions the recipient; and copied research.
British War Medal 1914-20 (266408 Pte. G. P. Wright. Kent Cyc. Bn.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (G-13241 Pte. F. Beaumont R.W. Kent R.; G-20625 Pte. G. Turvill. R.W. Kent R.; 202377 Pte. L. Weiner. R.W. Kent R.) second heavily corroded, generally nearly very fine and better (4) £60-£80 --- Frederick Beaumont was born in Kirton, Suffolk, and attested for the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment at Bury St Edmunds. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 30 May 1917. He is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France. George Turvill was born in Crondall, Hampsire, and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Hounslow, Middlesex. He transferred to the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. Taken Prisoner of War, he died in captivity on 3 July 1918, and is buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany.
The Victory Medal awarded to Stoker 1st Class F. G. Stubbington, Royal Navy, who was interned in Denmark after the submarine E13 ran aground off the German coast in August 1915 and was attacked by a German torpedo boat Victory Medal 1914-19 (304560 F. G. Stubbington. Sto. 1. R.N.) very fine £50-£70 --- Francis George Stubbington was born at Soberton, Hampshire, on 20 August 1883, and was a miller when he joined the Royal Navy on 27 July 1903. He transferred to the submarine service in early 1913, and was serving aboard submarine E13 when she ran aground on the sandbanks of Saltholm just outside Copenhagen on the night of 18/19 August 1915. The next morning she was attacked by German torpedo boat destroyers which caused the loss of 15 petty officers and men before the remainder abandoned ship and spent the remainder of the war interned in Denmark. Stubbington was repatriated in December 1918 and received his Naval L.S. & G.C. medal in February 1919. Also entitled to 1914-15 Star and British War Medal. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
The Victory Medal awarded to Able Seaman J. D. Harness, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when the destroyer Vittoria was sunk by the Bolshevik submarine Pantera in the Baltic on 31 August 1919 Victory Medal 1914-19 (J.31257 J. D. Harness. A.B. R.N.) in its damaged named card box of issue for British War and Victory Medals, extremely fine £50-£70 --- John David Harness was born at Alford, Lincolnshire, and joined the Royal Navy on 1 May 1914. He served aboard H.M.S. Lord Nelson from January 1915 to September 1917, including the Dardanelles. He was transferred to the destroyer Vittoria in February 1918 and was killed in action in the Baltic on 31 August 1919. The Vittoria, Lieutenant-Commander Vernon Hammersley-Heenan, formed part of the force deployed to the Baltic to assist anti-Bolshevik forces. Patrolling in company with the flotilla leader Abdiel, it was thought safe, in the absence of hostile naval activity, for the pair to anchor about two-and-a-half miles off Seskar Island lighthouse, in the approaches to St Petersburg. At 6.20 p.m. a periscope was sighted on the starboard bow and simultaneously the tracks of two torpedoes were seen. One passed about thirty yards ahead of the Vittoria, but the second struck her on the starboard side in the vicinity of the after bulkhead of the engine room. The force of the explosion carried away the bulkhead causing the engine room to rapidly flood. The ship took a heavy list to port and in five minutes she rolled over, breaking in two as she did, the bow and stern sections rising vertically before they sank. Eight ratings died in the loss. Her attacker had been the Bolshevik submarine Pantera. Able Seaman Harness is commemorated by name on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
The Victory Medal awarded to Signalman W. J. Tanner, Royal Navy, who was lost in H.M. Submarine K5 on 20 January 1921 Victory Medal 1914-19 (J.21454 W. J. Tanner. Sig. R.N.) extremely fine £50-£70 --- William James Tanner was lost aboard H.M. Submarine K5 when engaged in an exercise in the Bay of Biscay on 20 January 1921. K5 had signalled that she was diving but she did not surface at the end of the exercise. An oil slick was discovered and after planks from the battery covers and a sailor’s “ditty box” were recovered, it was presumed that she had somehow gone past her maximum depth and been crushed with the loss of all 57 hands. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (6) (K-1305 Pte. F. Goodwin R. Fus.; SD-1331 Pte. P. Fuller. R. Suss. R.; 20978 Pte. C. Johnson. Hamps. R.; 18774 Pte. F. Judge. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 8879 Pte. G. Dunkley. R. Berks. R.; 634419 Pte. G. Eden 20-Lond. R.) generally nearly very fine and better (6) £80-£120 --- Frederick Goodwin attested for the Royal Fusiliers and served with the 22nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 29 April 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Peter Fuller, a native of Bognor, Sussex, attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment and served with the 12th (2nd South Downs) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died on 30 June 1916, and is buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery Souche, France. Charles Johnson, a native of Chichester, Sussex, attested for the Hampshire Regiment and served with the 15th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 7 October 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. George Dunkley, a native of Portsmouth, attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 22 September 1914; he has no known grave and is commemorated on La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (50411 Pte. E. T. Atkinson. L’pool R.; 25499 A.Cpl. F. Carnell. L’pool R.; 24201 Pte. T. Ellis. Lan. Fus.; 8503 Pte. H. G. Waugh. E. Lan. R.; 15191 Pte. W. Ainscough. L.N. Lan. R.) staining and edge bruising to last two, generally nearly very fine and better (5) £60-£80 --- Edmund Thomas Atkinson, a native of Oldham, Lancashire, attested for the Liverpool Regiment and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He died on 11 April 1918, and is buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, France. Thomas Ellis was born in Clipstone, Nottinghamshire, and attested for the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment at Nottingham. Transferring to the Lancashire Fusiliers, he served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 July 1915, and was killed in action on 12 October 1918, whilst attached to the 52nd Light Trench Mortar Battery. He is buried in Neuvilly Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Henry George Waugh, a native of York, attested for the East Lancashire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great Wart on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 15 February 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France. William Ainscough attested for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 4 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was in action at La Boisselle. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
The Victory Medal awarded to Lance-Corporal T. H. Murphy, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was awarded the Military Medal, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme, 15 July 1916 Victory Medal 1914-19 (22086 Pte. T. H. Murphy. L.N. Lan. R.) naming details lightly struck, worn in parts, better than good fine £60-£80 --- M.M. London Gazette 19 February 1917. Thomas Henry Murphy was born in Salford, Lancashire, and attested there for the Manchester Regiment. Transferring to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, he served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 August 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 15 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Bazentin-le-Petit Wood. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (739532 Spr. A. C. Davey. C.E.) very fine and scarce to an indigenous Native American recipient £70-£90 --- Alfred Charles Davey, a Native American of the Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario, Canada, was born at Six Nations on 28 August 1887, the son of Young Davey, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Fore at Caledonia, Ontario, on 1 December 1915. He served as a Sapper with the 107th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Engineers during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 May 1917, and suffered gas poisoning in August 1918. He died on 8 May 1946. Sold with copied attestation papers and other research.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Capt. R. J. U. Barrow. I.G.) together with companion mounted miniature dress medal, the first with edge bruises, otherwise very fine £160-£200 --- Sir Richard John Uniacke Barrow, 6th Baronet Barrow of Ulverstone, was born on 2 August 1933, son of Major Sir Wilfrid Barrow, 5th Bt. He was educated at Beaumont School, served as a Captain in the Irish Guards, and succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1960, in which year he joined International Computers and Tabulators Ltd. Hedied on 16 February 2009, aged 75.
General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq (45029 Pte. Eshaya Barcham. 1-Assyrian Bn.) nearly very fine and rare £180-£220 --- Sold with copied Medal Index Card and medal roll extract for ‘1st Assyrian Battalion, attached to Nightingale Column, 18th Divn., June 1919 to Aug 1920.’ Approximately 134 G.S.Ms. to the Assyrian Battalion.
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Sister’s badge, 1st type (1892-1939), circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background, on lady’s bow riband; Service Medal of the Order of St John (3) (48609. D/Off. J. H. Williams. P. for W. S.J.A.B. 1953.; 31937. Pte. F. Nixon. Lancashire. S.J.A.B. 1945.; Div/Supt. E. Wilkinson WR Yorks SJAB 1966) first with three Additional Award Bars; second with one Additional Award Bar; St. Andrews Ambulance Corps Jubilee Medal 1954, generally very fine (5) £80-£120
The India Service Medal attributed to Junior Commander Norah G. Breen, Women’s Auxiliary Corps (India) India Service Medal, unnamed as issued; together with an unrelated 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (5) £40-£50 --- Norah Grace Breen, née Middleton, was born in Penang on 20 July 1902 and was commissioned Second Subaltern in the Women’s Auxiliary Corps (India), on 17 May 1943. Promoted Subaltern and temporary Junior Commander on 2 November 1943 she served during the Second World War in India, and was released Class ‘A’ on 31 October 1946. Sold together with named Government of India letter of Thanks; various original letters and documents; and a selection of group photographs, including one of the recipient’s husband.
General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (23670382 Sgt. A. F. Martin. 3 Green Jackets.); together with Battalion Rifle Meeting 1960 Platoon Match Winners Medal, silvered-bronze, engraved ‘L/Cpl Martin. Best L.M.G. Shot’, extremely fine (2) £80-£120 --- Anthony F. Martin attested for the Royal Green Jackets and served with them as a Platoon Sergeant with 11 Platoon, C Company in Borneo. He was accidentally killed on 1 September 1965- his Platoon C.O., Second Lieutenant Simon Adams, wrote: ‘The Battalion started cross border patrolling and ambushes and one of these involved a plan to attack a village occupied by the military. 11 Platoon were now issued with new grenades, the M26, which could be fired from the end of an Armelite M16 rifle using a projectile cartridge. My Platoon Sergeant, Tony Martin, was killed on the range when a malfunction caused the grenade to be initiated before the cartridge was inserted. He tried to pull the grenade off the end of the rifle while the fuse burned down for four seconds. Riflemen Bonner and Thompson were unhurt, but Rifleman Baker, who had been holding the rifle and appeared to be OK was casevaced and we never saw him again. The operation went ahead and 10 days were spent in ambush but the village remained obstinately empty.’ Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24362977 Spr K J Parsons RE) in named card box of issue, minor edge bruise, extremely fine £80-£120 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 31 December 1990. Kevin James Parsons served with the Royal Engineers in Northern Ireland, and was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 1991 New Year’s Honours’ List. It is believed that this award was in recognition for his services with a bomb disposal unit.
Three: Andrew M. Wright, St Andrew’s Ambulance Association Visit to Scotland 1903 (A. M. Wright. St. A.A.A.) with thistle top suspension; British Red Cross Society, membership cross, silver-gilt and enamels, hallmarked Birmingham 1914 (4040 Andrew Wright); St Andrew’s Ambulance Association Medal, silver (J.8.1899. A. M. Wright. G.9.7.13. P.6.2.14) with gold ribbon bar, mounted as worn, the second with chip to one arm, otherwise good very fine (3) £100-£140
Three: Inspector Sir Henry Pelham, K.C.B., Special Constabulary, who served as Permanent Secretary at the Board of Education 1931-37 Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Inspr. Henry Pelham) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Sir (Edward) Henry Pelham was born in Oxford on 20 December 1876, the eldest son of Henry Francis Pelham, President of Trinity College, Oxford, and was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford. He joined the Board of Education (the predecessor to today’s Department of Education) in 1901, and steadily advanced through the grades of the Civil Service, being appointed Principal Assistant Secretary in 1920, Deputy Secretary in 1929, and Permanent Secretary in 1931. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1921 New Year’s Honours’ List, and was advanced to Knight Companion of the Bath in the 1933 New Year’s Honours’ List. He retired in 1937, and died in Oxford on 18 December 1949. Sold with copied research.
Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Canadian Army, Navy, & Colonial Forces Veterans Medal 1901, silver, unnamed as issued; Confederation of Canada Centenary Medal 1967, unnamed as issued; Uganda Independence Medal 1962, unnamed as issued; together with an unofficial Coronation Medal 1902, silver, good very fine and better (6) £70-£90
Pair: Company Sergeant Major E. R. Fraser, Machine Gun Corps Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (24141 C.S. Mjr: E. R. Fraser. 168/Coy. M.G.C.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Sergt. Ernest R. Fraser.) nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£120 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 4 June 1917.
Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse (Henry McCawley, 13th Light Dragoons.) a few light marks, otherwise good very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Henry McCawley was born in the Parish of Glenterbert, County Monaghan, and enlisted into the 13th Light Dragoons at the age of 18 years on 7 June 1811. He served with the regiment in Spain and France from May 1812, and afterwards at the battle of Waterloo where he was wounded. He was discharged on 9 December 1816, in consequence of ‘Wound in his Arm received in action at Waterloo on the 18th June 1815.’ He had served for 7 years 185 days, including 2 years additional service for Waterloo, during which time he was a ‘well conducted and attentive soldier’. Aged 23 at the time of his discharge he was admitted to a Chelsea Hospital out-pension of 6d per day on 4 September 1817, due to ‘wounded right arm at Waterloo’. This pension was subsequently increased to 9d per day. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extracts.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (George Jacobs. Cap. Qr. Dk. Men. H.M.S. Excellent.) officially re-impressed naming, very fine £60-£80 --- George Jacobs was born in Alverstoke, Hampshire, on 2 December 1852 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in March 1868 as a Boy 2nd Class, first serving in H.M.S. Duke of Wellington. He later transferred to H.M.S. Glasgow and then to H.M.S. Excellent, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving with the latter vessel.
The Waterloo Medal awarded to Lieutenant James Mill, 13th Light Dragoons, who was wounded in the hand by a sabre in the battle, and retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 50th Foot Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. James Mill, 13th Reg. Light Dragoons.) fitted with steel clip and later ring suspension, the clip a little loose, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £3,000-£4,000 --- James Mill was born in Montrose, Scotland, in 1789 and grew up in Ipswich, Suffolk. He was commissioned as Ensign in the 78th Foot on 25 January 1810, was promoted to Lieutenant on 7 November 1811, and transferred to the 13th Light Dragoons on 20 February 1812. He served with the 13th Light Dragoons in the Peninsula from December 1812, and was present at the battles of Vittoria, Nivelle, Vive, Orthes, Aire, St Gaudens, and Toulouse. Placed on half-pay in 1814 upon the disbandment and reduction in the regiment, Lieutenant Mill returned to full-pay on 17 April 1815, and was present with the regiment at the battle of Waterloo where he was slightly wounded in the hand by a sabre. Promoted to Captain in the 13th Light Dragoons on 24 March 1816, he was placed on half-pay very soon afterwards on 25 May. He transferred as Captain to the 78th Foot on 6 November 1817, the regiment being posted to Dublin in the same month. He was promoted to Major in the 78th on 8 April 1826, placed on half-pay (unattached) in May 1829, and returned to the full-pay of the 50th Foot on 25 August 1848, but retired on the same date with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. He had inherited substantial property in the Caribbean and lived there with his family for a period of time. He returned to England in about 1851 and lived at Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, until his death on 1 January 1868. Mill received the M.G.S. medal with 5 clasps but this has never appeared on the market.
The Waterloo Medal awarded to Captain Brook Lawrence, 13th Light Dragoons, who succeeded to the command of the regiment at Waterloo after Lieutenant-Colonel Shapland Boyse was wounded, and was promoted Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel by the Prince Regent for his ‘conduct in the Battle of Waterloo’ Waterloo 1815(Capt. B. Lawrence, 13th Reg. Light Dragoons.) fitted with original steel clip and silver bar suspension, light marks, otherwise good very fine £4,000-£5,000 --- Brook/Brooks Lawrence was appointed Cornet in the 13th Light Dragoons on 24 February 1797; Lieutenant, 16 January 1799; Captain, 3 February 1804; Brevet Major, 4 June 1814; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 18 June 1815. It is evident from the regimental history of the 13th Light Dragoons that Lawrence served in the Peninsula and is mentioned for his presence in the gallant little affair at St Gaudans in March 1814: ‘On the following day the Thirteenth Dragoons pursued the enemy in the direction of Mont de Marsan; and on the 2nd of March, they were engaged in a slight affair at Ayre. The British divisions continued to move forward, and the French were everywhere driven before the allied army. The Thirteenth shared with their old comrades of the “ragged brigade,” the gallant Fourteenth, in the advance-duties of the army, which brought them repeatedly into collision with the enemy. On the 22nd of March, as three troops of the Thirteenth Light Dragoons, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Patrick Doherty, with Major Boyse, Captain Macalister, Lieutenants Doherty, Drought, and Lawrence, and Brigade-Major Dunbar, approached St. Gaudens, four squadrons of French cavalry were discovered drawn up in front of the town. Undismayed by the superior numbers of the enemy, the Thirteenth advanced to the charge, and such was the ardour and determined bravery with which they rushed upon their numerous opponents, that the French horsemen were overthrown at the first shock, and they galloped in disorder through the streets; but they rallied at the other side of the town, and prepared to resist the few British troopers whose audacity they were desirous to punish. The Thirteenth being supported by the Third Dragoon Guards, dashed through the town, and rushing sword in hand upon the French squadrons, broke them in an instant, and pursued them for two miles, cutting many down, and taking above a hundred prisoners, and sixty horses. The ground was covered with cavalry equipments, arms, and dead and wounded men and horses. The conduct of the Thirteenth was highly commended in Major-General Fane's report of this action; the officers and soldiers were also thanked in orders by Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill, and the signal gallantry evinced by Captain James Macalister, who commanded the advance on this occasion, was rewarded with the rank of major in the army. The Thirteenth nobly upheld, on this occasion, their well-earned fame as bold horsemen and dextrous swordsmen; and, by their promptitude in rushing to the attack, showed that they possessed the true spirit of good cavalry, adding another to the many proofs they had already given of the insufficiency of the mere preponderance of superior numbers to resist the shock of a determined charge.’ At Waterloo the regiment was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Shapland Boyse, while Brook Lawrence, although a Brevet Major in the Army, was the senior Captain in the Regiment and, as will be seen, commanded it by the end of the day: ‘At daylight on the morning of Sunday, June 18, the brigade consisting of the 7th Hussars, 13th Light Dragoons, and 15th Hussars, under the command of Major-General Grant, moved to the right centre of the position occupied by the army, and took up its post on the left of the road leading to Nivelles, in rear of the brigade of Guards commanded by Major- General Byng. A portion of the Guards brigade occupied the house and gardens of Hougomont, and in the rear of this and the orchard, where others of the Guards were, the cavalry brigade took post. Between 10 and 11 A.M. the furious attacks on Hougomont began, and most sanguinary conflicts took place. But despite the attacks of the enemy again and again renewed, the Guards held their ground and the French were repulsed. Meanwhile the cavalry brigade was exposed to a most heavy artillery fire, which, coupled with musketry, lasted until between 3 and 4 P.M. During this time many casualties took place, men and horses being killed and wounded. About noon Lieut. – Colonel Boyse had his horse killed under him by a cannon-shot, and in the fall was so severely bruised as to be compelled to leave the field. The command of the regiment therefore devolved on Major B. Lawrence. Lieutenant Packe and Lieutenant Irving were about the same time wounded, the former by a splinter of a shell which struck him in the hip, and the latter by a spent ball which hit him in the jaw. Both of these officers were removed to the rear. The brigade had not, however, been stationary during these long hours. It had been moved more than once, but hitherto no opportunity had arrived for more active operations. However, the enemy now pushed forward two strong columns of cavalry supported by infantry, in an endeavour to force the British position. The cavalry brigade received orders to charge. It charged, and the charge succeeded. The enemy broke and were pursued until the approach of a fresh body of the enemy’s cavalry on the left flank was detected. The brigade then retired and formed in the rear of the infantry. Shortly after the regiment was brought on to the attack by Lord Uxbridge and Lord Hill, and charged a square of the enemy’s infantry, which it completely broke, routed, and dispersed. There were several other attacks, till at length the enemy were completely driven from the position. But the losses of the regiment had been most severe. The continual artillery fire of round-shot, shell, and grape, besides musketry, had sadly thinned the ranks. Captain Gubbins was killed by a cannon-shot, Lieutenant Geale and Lieutenant Pymm had both been mortally wounded by musketry fire, while Captain Gregorie and Lieutenant Mill, though with sabre wounds in their hands, yet were able to continue with the regiment in the field. The afternoon passed, and towards evening the enemy in their last endeavours renewed their attacks, and renewed them with redoubled fury. Forward were sent their massive columns of cavalry and infantry—columns which were received with the utmost determination by the British, and, as all know, repulsed. Lord Hill again ordered up the brigade and also that commanded by General Dornberg, which was formed up on the left. Cheering them on, the two brigades were launched against a heavy column of infantry. At it they rode, delivering their charge amid a most severe and galling fire. But the cavalry brigades were not to be denied. The charge was perfectly successful. The enemy faltered, gave way, and was routed. It was the beginning of the end. In this desperate attack the casualties were also numerous. Lieutenant Doherty received a severe wound: a grape-shot contusion in his groin, which only missed killing him owing to his watch. The watch, a doubled-cased one, was flattened. He was also severely wounded in the head by a musket–shot. Lieutenant Bowers was similarly shot in the head. For nearly three months these two officers lay sick at Brussels, and even when they did join the regiment were not completely cured for some time after. Captain Doherty received a wound in his hand, another a musket-shot in the arm and a contusion in his side by a blow from a sabre. Despite this he did not quit the field. The losses in horses too were heavy. Major Lawrence lost three killed and wounded, and hardly an officer escaped h...
Family Group: Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (2) (427 Cpl. W. Chappell. 4/Nthptn: Regt.; 226090 Cpl. W. J. Chappell. 9/North’n R.) battalion number over-stamped on last, better than very fine, the last extremely rare to unit (2) £160-£200 --- Note: The 9th Battalion was a Home Service Battalion.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (2) (31488 Sjt. W. Austin. 4-North’n R.; 659 Pte. A. Houghton. 4/North’n Regt.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5886356 Sgt R H Baker North)n R) minor edge bruising to first, this very fine, the others extremely fine (3) £140-£180 --- William Austin served with the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 29 July 1915
The Waterloo Medal awarded to Corporal James Fox, 18th Hussars, who famously took the bâton of Marshal Jourdain at Vittoria and was rewarded with ten dollars by Lord Wellington Waterloo 1815 (Corp. James Fox, 18th Regiment Hussars) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, the usual asterisks erased from either side of the suspension clip, light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: C. S. Nicklin’s Collection 1911; on sale at Baldwin’s in July 1912; Glendining’s, June 1917; Montague Collection, and Ernest Blair Collection 1937. James Fox was born in the Parish of Castelbar, County Mayo, and enlisted into the 18th Hussars at Dublin on 27 November 1806, a taylor (sic) by trade. He was promoted to Corporal on 25 March 1814, and was present with the regiment in the Peninsula and at Waterloo. He was discharged on 10 June 1816, ‘Having completed his first period of service.’ He did not serve long enough to obtain a pension and does not appear to have lived to claim an M.G.S. medal. The part played by Fox at Vittoria is related in Memoirs of the Eighteenth Hussars, ‘Marshal Jourdain’s Bâton’, by Colonel H. Malet: ‘After pressing the enemy’s centre, which was retiring in great confusion, the Hussar Brigade entered Vittoria at a gallop, and turning to the right through the eastern gate along the road leading to Pampeluna. The Regiment followed the 10th Hussars, pursuing the rear of the French Army along the Pampeluna road until sunset, when they halted and bivouacked for the night. The strength of the French engaged was 27,000, and that of the Allies 20,000. A part of the Regiment captured the equipages of King Joseph, and were close to him when he fled precipitately from the field. Corporal Fox, of the Regiment, took the famous bâton of Marshal Jourdain, but took off the gold ends; the wooden part and its case was stolen from him by a friend in the 87th, and this case and stick was presented to Lord Wellington by the Colonel of that regiment. Referring to the matter of this bâton, I here quote from Major Hughes’ letter to his brother, in which he says:- Corporal Fox, of the Regiment, the real person who took the bâton of Marshal Jourdain at Vittoria, brought me the golden ornaments at the end, which bore the following legend:- “Seror, Belli, Decus, Pacis.” and on the reverse, “Jean Baptiste Jourdain, nommé par l’Empereur Napoleon, Maerschal de l’Empire Floreat, etc., etc.” The stick part had been stolen from him by a drummer of the 87th. I sent the rest with a letter to Lord Wellington, and in reply the following letter was received:- “Lord Fitzroy Somerset’s compliments to Major Hughes, and is directed by Lord Wellington to acknowledge the receipt of his letter of the 21st of December, and to return his thanks for the ornaments belonging to the bâton which were sent by the same occasion. “The Marquess of Wellington requests that Major Hughes will have the goodness to give ten dollars to the Hussar who gave him the ornaments, and Lord Fitzroy Somerset will repay the sum to the Paymaster of the Regiment the first time that that officer has occasion to come to headquarters. “St Jean de Luz, Dec. 28th.” This victory gained for Wellington the bâton of a Field-Marshal, which was notified to him in a most flattering letter from the Prince Regent. “You have sent me among the trophies of your unrivalled fame the staff of a French Marshal, and I send you in return that of England.”
Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (4) (4380226 Sjt. J. Brown. C.M.P.; 866374 Cpl. J. Tee. R.M.P.; 887625 Pte. S. Richards. R.M.P.; 7685015 Pte. J. B. Robbins. R.M.P.) traces of adhesive to reverse of first; edge bruising to last, otherwise generally nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140
Imperial Service Medal (2), G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (William Richard James Ainsworth Redding.); E.II.R., 2nd issue (Robert Seath); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R., unnamed as issued; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 2 clasps, The Great War 1914-18, Long Service 1929 (Sam Sawyer); Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (Niaz Ahmad Khan A.S.I.); together with a miniature Special Constabulary Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, generally good very fine (6) £80-£120
Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const Robert Morgan) in Royal Mint case of issue; together with a Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary badge; and a Cities & Boroughs Chief Constable Bristol lapel badge, extremely fine Pair: Constable J. Lobley, Liverpool City Police Liverpool City Police Good Service Medal (2), bronze, ‘P.C. J60 “E” John Lobley. Presented by Watch Committee 23rd July 1920’, with integral top brooch bar; another, silver, ‘Con. 160 “E” John Lobley. Presented by Watch Committee 23rd July 1925’, with integral top brooch bar, both on 1st type ribands, in damaged cases of issue, extremely fine (3) £100-£140
Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Henry Hunter) together with City of Coventry Special Constabulary medal for long Service 1914 (H. Hunter); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Dennis Gordon); Birmingham Special Constabulary Long Service 1916 (F. Salmon); Birmingham Special Constabulary, Water Works Guard 1917-1918, bronze medal (2), both unnamed as issued; Cardiff City Special Police, The Great War 1914-19, bronze medal, unnamed as issued; Edinburgh City Special Constabulary, Long Service 1914, unnamed as issued; Metropolitan Special Constabulary, Long Service 1914, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine or better (9) £100-£140
Pair: Private J. Hobbs, 18th Hussars, the only man from his regiment to serve at Tel-el-Kebir whilst attached to the 19th Hussars Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1730. Pte. J. Hobbs. 18th Hussars); Khedive’s Star 1882, reverse of the lower point fitted with small ‘shoe’ once used in ‘cavalry style’ mounting, better than very fine and unique to the regiment (2) £400-£500 --- Sold with copied medal roll extract which notes ‘rejoined 18th Hrs.’
Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Fireman Clive T. Bell); National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal (4), silver, the reverse engraved ‘F. Charles‘, edge numbered ‘1004’, with top ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar; another, silver, edge numbered ‘1232’, with top ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar; another, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Capt. T. Hollands. Rainham F.B., Kent. July 31. 1912’, edge numbered ‘4486’, with top ‘Ten Years’ brooch bar; another, bronze, edge numbered ‘6103’, with top ‘Ten Years’ brooch bar, the last three in cases of issue with named award slips; Ulverston Urban District Council Fire Brigade Medal, silver, the obverse engraved ‘Presented to Fireman M. Higgin’, the reverse engraved ‘For 10 Years’ Service with the Ulverston Fire Brigade.’, with top silver riband buckle, generally good very fine --- Harry Stiff, of the Old Clare Fire Brigade, was awarded his 20 Year Long Service Medal (No. 1232) on 26 November 1914. T. Hollands, of the Rainham Fire Brigade, was awarded his 10 Year Long Service Medal (No. 4486) on 20 June 1912. Harry Hunt, of the Dartford Fire Brigade, was awarded his 10 Year Long Service Medal (No. 6103) in June 1919.
Pair: Fireman Henry W. Stevenson, Derbyshire Fire Brigade Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Fireman Henry W. Stevenson) in its named card box of issue; British Fire Services Association, bronze medal for 10 years (H. W. Stevenson) in named card box of issue; together with St John Ambulance Association re-examination cross, bronze (292228 Henry Stevenson) with dated bars for 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1941, the last unattached, all numbered on the reverse ‘292228’, nearly extremely fine (3) £50-£70
Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Ldg. Fireman Archibald J. Thomas); British Fire Services Association, bronze medal for 10 years (S. Bassett.) in card box of issue; National Fire Brigades Union, bronze medal with bar ‘Ten Years’, 1st type (Chas. Thomas (Hon. Sec.) Ferndale F.B. 1918) the edge numbered ‘5981’; British Fire Services Association, bronze medal with bar ‘Ten Years’, 2nd type (14940 Albert L. Shepherd); London Private Fire Brigades Association, bronze medal awarded for Long Service and Good Conduct, unnamed, the edge numbered ‘423’, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (5) £80-£120
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