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One: Leading Seaman R. G. Halfyard, H.M.S. Warspite, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who saw previous service with Hawke Battalion in 1914 Victory Medal 1914-19 (L.3-3619 R. G. Halfyard. L.S. R.N.V.R.) good very fine £30-£40 --- The battleship H.M.S. Warspite was launched on 26 November 1913 and was part of the 5th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she was hit 13 times during the Battle, suffering 14 men killed and 16 wounded. Reginald Gill Halfyard was born in the City of London on 18 February 1891 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 10 June 1909. He joined Hawke Battalion on 22 August 1914 (entitled to a 1914 Star), and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Warspite from 1 April 1915 to 14 October 1918, being advanced Leading Seaman on 1 April 1918. At Jutland Warspite was hit by no fewer than 13 ‘large projectiles’, several of them when her helm jammed and forced her out of line. Making an involuntary circle at ‘Windy Corner’, she became the prime target of the ‘big guns’ of the High Seas Fleet. He was shore demobilised on 20 February 1919.

Pair: Private M. Walsh, 10th Foot Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Goojerat (Michl. Walsh. 10th. Foot.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (M. Walsh, 1st. Batn. 10th. Regt.) suspension claw tightened on both, edge bruising and heavily worn, therefore about fair (2) £200-£240 --- Two men with the name Michael Walsh served in the 1st Battalion, 10th (Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, one entitled to a no clasp medal, and the other entitled to a medal with clasp Lucknow.

Pair: Private Sim Wallace, 43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry South Africa 1834-53 (S. Wallace. 43rd Regt.); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (3161. S. Wallace. 43rd Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Sim Wallace served in the Kaffir War of 1850-53 (Medal). The 43rd were ordered to India in December 1853, where they served throughout the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59 (Medal). In October 1863, the 43rd were ordered to New Zealand, landing at Auckland on 11 December, before moving to the Queen’s Redoudt, north of the Waikato River. The medal roll confirms that Sim Wallace served on campaign in New Zealand from 9 January 1864 to 8 March 1866, and that he was present at the actions of Maketu, 21 April 1864, and Te Ranga, 21 June 1864. He was discharged on 18 September 1866. Sold with copied medal roll extract for New Zealand medal.

A fine K.C.V.O., C.B.E., O. St. J. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Cecil Bingham Levita, Royal Field Artillery The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘K543’; and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with gold pin, the reverse officially numbered, ‘543’; Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1973, enamel damaged and gilding worn; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, with neck cravat in Garrard, London case of issue (lacking internal pad), small enamel chip to upper arm; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Commander’s neck badge, silver and enamel, in fitted case of issue; British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Lieut. C. B. Levita, R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Major C. B. Levita, M.V.O., R.F.A.); Jubilee 1897, silver (Lieut. C. B. Levita, R.H.A.); France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, in case, enamel damage, generally very fine (9) £4,000-£5,000 --- Cecil Bingham Levita was born on 18 January 1867 and was educated at R.M.A. Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1886 and was promoted to Captain in 1897 and Major in 1902. Served in the Matabele War in 1896 (Medal). Served as A.D.C. to Lieutenant-General Sir Baker Russell, 1899-1900 and was special service officer, South African War and D.A.A.G., 5th Division, Natal Field Force. Took part in the relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; the operations of 17th to 24th January 1900, and engagement at Spion Kop; of 5th to 7th February 1900, and action at Vaal Krantz; on Tugela Heights, and action at Pieter’s Hill (mentioned in despatches, Medal with three Clasps). Levita commanded “N” Battery, R.H.A. at the funeral of H.M. Queen Victoria for which he was awarded the M.V.O. 4th Class on 19 March 1901. In the Reserve of Officers, 1909-14. Recalled to service as a General Staff Officer 1st Grade in 1914. Awarded the C.B.E. (Military) in 1919. After the war he served as a member of the London County Council for North Kensington, 1911-37 and was Chairman of the L.C.C., 1928-29. At the end of his term of office he was Knighted for his public and political services. He was Deputy Lieutenant for the County of London and was Justice of the Peace, 1920-50. Appointed a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1929, and Commander of the Order of St. John in 1930. As originator of the King George Hospital, Ilford, he was awarded the K.C.V.O. on 1 January 1932. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Cecil Bingham Levita died on 10 October 1953. Sold with original bestowal documents for the C.B.E. and M.V.O., 4th Class; a commission document appointing Levita a Lieutenant, 29 July 1886; a fine portrait photograph of the recipient, 293 x 236mm., mounted on card; a group photograph with his fellow officers at Aldershot in July 1901; an appointment on vellum as Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London; and a silver presentation trowel, hallmarked London 1927, with ivory handle, inscribed ‘This trowel was used by Lieut-Colonel Sir Cecil B. Levita C.B.E., M.V.O., D.L., J.P., L.C.C. when laying a foundation Stone of the King George Hospital, Ilford on the 5th July, 1930.’ Together with a substantial file of copied research.

Six: Sergeant William Bell, Royal Artillery, one of the few men of 10th Mountain Battery who evaded capture at Nicholson’s Nek and got back into Ladysmith on 30 October 1899 Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (33729 Driv: W. Bell. 2/1. So: Ir: Div: R.A.; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (33729 Sgt. W. Bell, 10th M.B., R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (33729 Serjt. W. Bell, R.G.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (33729 Sjt. W. Bell. R.H.A.) official correction to unit; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue (Sjt. W. Bell. R.A.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed, mounted court-style, the Egypt pair with contact pitting, therefore good fine, otherwise very fine and better (6) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. Army Order 237 of 1936. William Bell was born at Brighton, Sussex, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Southampton on 17 July 1882, aged 19 years 5 months. He served in Egypt with 2/1st South Irish Division from 2 December 1885 to 11 November 1887, including operations on the Upper Nile in 1885-86 (Medal). Following nearly six years service at Home, he went to South Africa in June 1893 and served there until April 1903. At Ladysmith, on 30 October 1899, afterwards known as ‘Mournful Monday’, he was one of the few men of the 140-strong 10th Mountain Battery who evaded capture at Nicholson’s Nek, when the battery was lost through the stampeding of the mules, and got back into Ladysmith. Close to 1,000 British soldiers, mainly from the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Royal Irish Fusiliers, were taken into captivity after the battle in what was the biggest surrender of British troops since the Napoleonic wars. Sergeant Bell was discharged, time expired, on 16 July 1903. He re-enlisted at Southampton on 2 September 1914 and served in the U.K. throughout the Great War, being invalided out on account of his age on 10 July 1918. Sold with copied research including discharge papers and medal roll extracts.

Four: Private W. Burton, Northamptonshire Regiment, later Royal Engineers India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3691 Pte. W. Burton 1st Bn. Northn Regt.); 1914-15 Star (87789 Spr. W. Burton. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (87789 Cpl. W. Burton. R.E.) very fine (4) £120-£160 --- William Burton was born in Peterborough, Huntingdon, and attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment at Peterborough on 29 December 1891, aged 19 years 9 months, a labourer by trade. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 4 October 1892 to 3 March 1902, when he transferred to the 2nd Battalion for service in South Africa until 22 September 1902. He was discharged on 28 September 1903. He re-enlisted in London on 13 April 1915, aged 42, now a platelayer by trade, and served at Gallipoli from 20 September 1915, with 117 Railway Company, Royal Engineers. Sold with copied discharge papers and Medal Index Card which confirm I.G.S. and 1914-15 Trio.

Pair: Petty Officer S. T. Payne, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1901, no clasp (S. T. Payne, P.O. 1st Cl: H.M.S. Monarch); British War Medal 1914-20 (130197 S. T. Payne. P.O. R.N.), good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Samuel Thomas Payne was born in St Andrews, Devon, on 4 October 1869 and entered naval service on 14 January 1885, serving until he transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 2 October 1909. Recalled for service on the outbreak of the Great War, he served until demobilisation in December 1918.

Pair: Company Quarter Master Sergeant A. Hepburn, Imperial Yeomanry, later Royal Engineers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (No. 3127 Corpl. A. Hepburn. 14th Co. Imp. Yeo.) naming unofficially re-engraved; 1914-15 Star (81404. C.Q.M. Sjt. A. Hepburn, R.E.) the first re-engraved, nearly very fine (2) £50-£70 --- Alexander Hepburn served in South Africa with the 14th (Northumberland) Company, 5th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, and later with the 120th (Younghusband’s Horse) Company, 26th Battalion I.Y. He was slightly wounded at Wolmaranstadt on 14 February 1901. He served in France with the Royal Engineers from 8 November 1915, and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps on 18 August 1917. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extracts.

Four: Private W. Ward, Royal Scots Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6752 Pte. W. Ward. Rl: Scots); 1914 Star (6752 Pte. W. Ward. 2/R. Scots); British War and Victory Medals (6752 Pte. W. Ward. R. Scots) together with a renamed K.S.A. with 2 clasps (6752 Pte. W. Ward. Rl. Scots), a Royal Scots cap badge and a Great War souvenir commemorative medalet, very fine (5) £180-£220 --- Entitled to clasp to 1914 Star but not entitled to K.S.A. William Ward was born at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, and attested for ‘General Service Infantry’ at Bedford on 29 May 1899, aged 20 years 1 month, and was appointed to the Royal Scots. He served in South Africa from 7 September 1901 to 25 March 1902, and afterwards in India until 1 May 1907, and transferred to Army Reserve the same month. Mobilised in August 1914, he was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots, and proceeded to France on 20 September 1914. He received a gunshot wound to the scalp at Kemmel on 15 April 1915. He afterwards served at Salonika from 13 December 1915 until 10 May 1916, when he embarked for England per H.M.T. Euripides on ‘expiration of service’ and was discharged on 26 May 1916. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extracts.

Five: Private J. Tegg, Royal Scots, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Paardeberg, Wittebergen, Relief of Kimberley, Driefontein (3744 Pte. J. Tegg. Royal Scots Regt.) re-engraved naming, unofficial rivets, last four clasps all tailor’s copies; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3744 Pte. J. Tegg. Royal Scots Regt.) re-engraved naming as before; 1914 Star, with clasp (6946 Cpl. J. Tegg. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6946 Pte. J. Tegg. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Sold with copied Medal Index Card which shows ‘France 12.9.14. Reverted for misconduct. Disch. S.W.B. List L/965.’

Seven: Private A. J. Whitnall, East Kent Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (6395 Pte. A. Whitnall. E. Kent Regt.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (L-6395 Pte. A. J. Whitnall. 1/E. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6395 Pte. A. J. Whitnall. E. Kent. R.); National Fire Brigades Association Long Service, silver, with ‘Five Years’ and ‘Twenty Years’ bars, edge impressed ‘4166’ and engraved ‘Alfred J. Whitnall’; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service, bronze, reverse engraved ‘Westgate-on-Sea Fire Brigade’, edge impressed ‘6866’ and engraved ‘A. J. Whitnall’; Westgate-on-Sea Fire Brigade Challenge Medal, silver medal by Vaughton & Son, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, unnamed, the reverse inscribed ‘Westgate-on-Sea Fire Brigade Challenge Medal won by...) mounted for wearing, nearly very fine or better (7) £260-£300

Three: Private J. Wood, Liverpool Regiment, later Mercantile Marine Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3021 Pte. J. Woods [sic], Liverpool Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3021 Pte. J. Wood. Liverpool Regt.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Joseph Wood) edge bruising to KSA, nearly very fine and better (3) £140-£180

Four: Private T. Lee, Devonshire Regiment, later Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (2701 Pte. T. Lee, Devon: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (SS-16003 Pte. T. Lee. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (16003 Pte. T. Lee. A.S.C.) together with Silver War Badge (No. 322786) the first with damaged and slack suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Tom Lee was living at Cullompton, Devon, when he attested for the Devonshire Regiment in London on 30 August 1915, aged 44. He served in France from 9 September 1915 to 8 October 1917, having transferred to the Labour Corps on 16 September 1917, and completed the remainder of his service at home until discharged on 4 February 1918. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts, together with Devon Regiment cap badge, lacking reverse fitting, Devon brass shoulder title and A.S.C. cap badge.

Five: Colour-Sergeant Thomas Goddard, Worcestershire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4583 Corpl: G. Goddard. Worcester: Regt.) note initial; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4583 Serjt: T. Goddard. Worcester: Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (4583 W.O. Cl. 2. T. Goddard. Worc. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4583 C. Sjt: T. Goddard. Worc: Regt.) claw damaged and repaired on the first, Boer War medals with slack suspensions, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, otherwise good very fine (5) £300-£360 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 18 December 1917. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and research.

Pair: Private Thomas Lee, Worcestershire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (1517 Pte. T. Lee, Worcester: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1517 Pte. T. Lee. Worcester: Regt.) very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Thomas Lee was born at Kidderminster, Worcester, and attested for the Worcestershire Regiment at Stourbridge on 18 February 1886, aged 18 years 2 months, a striker by trade. He served in the East Indies from September 188 to November 1893, and in South Africa from 18 March 1900 to 15 September 1902. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.

Five: Second Lieutenant G. A. Cook, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (5238 Cpl. G. Cook. Middlesex Regt.) medal detached from suspension; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5238 Serjt: G. Cook. Middlesex Regt.); 1914 Star (2.Lieut. G. A. Cook. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. G. A. Cook.) note damage to the first, otherwise good very fine or better (5) £200-£260 --- George Albert Cook, 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regiment, who was ‘killed on the 10th March, 1915, while leading his men at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, was born in London, and served in the ranks of the Army for eighteen years. He took part in the South African War for which he received the Queen’s Medal with four clasps (sic) and the King’s Medals with two clasps. He was always a studious man, desirous of improving his position, and was given his commission, as 2nd Lieutenant, in October 1914, while serving at the front. 2nd Lieutenant Cook married Ellen Agnes, daughter of Henry Power, and left two children, Ellen Agnes, aged nine, and George Albert, aged six.’ (The Bond of Sacrifice refers)

Three: Private William Freegard, Wiltshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5248 Pte. W. Freegard. Wilts: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5248 Pte. W. Freegard. Wiltshire Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5248 Pte. W. Freegard. 2/Wilts: R.) polished, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £140-£180 --- William Freegard was born at Melksham, Wiltshire, and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment at Devizes on 7 February 1899, aged 19 years 1 month. He served in South Africa from 19 March to 23 June, 1900, when he was invalided home. He returned to South Africa on 29 November 1900, and served there until January 1903. He transferred to Army Reserve in March 1903 and was mobilised at Devizes on 5 August 1914, proceeding to France with the 2nd Wiltshires on 7 October 1914. He received severe shrapnel wounds to his left foot, both thighs and right hand, causing him to be invalided to England on 28 October 1914, where he continued to serve at the Depot. He later served as a Lance-Corporal in the Labour Corps, and in July 1918 transferred to the Royal Defence Corps. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.

Five: Sergeant A. Davies, Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifle Corps, later Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2103 L. Serjt: A. Davies. D. of E. Own V.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02(2103 Serjt: A. Davies. D.E.O.V.R.C.); 1914 Star (TISR-1000 Dvr. A. Davies. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T1SR-1000 Sjt. A. Davies. A.S.C.) very fine (5) £160-£200 --- Arthur Davies was born at Wrexham, Denbighshire, and served in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Volunteer Rifle Corps during the Boer War from 1 February 1900 to 22 January 1902. Upon the outbreak of the Great War, he attested for service at Aldershot on 22 September 1914, and served in France with the Army Service Corps from 12 October 1914 to 13 May 1916, and at Home until 23 October 1916, when he was discharged. Entitled to Silver War Badge. Sold with copied WWI papers and medal roll extracts.

Pair: Private C. Alldis, Kimberley Volunteer Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (463 Pte. C. Alldis. Kimberley Vol: Regt.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar, generally very fine (2) £400-£500 --- Sold with copied medal roll extract which states the recipient became non-effective on 1 March 1900.

Pair: Private W. Martheze, Kimberley Volunteer Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (224 Pte. W. Martheze. Kimberley Vol: Regt.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, unnamed as issued, lacking integral top suspension bar, good very fine (2) £300-£360 --- Sold with copied medal roll extract which notes: Non effective 18 July 1900.

Pair: Master at Arms A. P. Breeze, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (A. P. Breeze. M.A.A., H.M.S. Arethusa.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (150113 A. P. Breeze, Sh. Cpl. 1Cl. H.M.S. Hearty.) minor contact marks, very fine (2) £180-£220 --- Arthur Prescott Breeze was born in Thorpe, Norwich, on 19 November 1866 and enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 19 July 1893. Advanced Master at Arms on 26 August 1899, he served in H.M.S. Arethusa from 14 November 1899 to 3 April 1903, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 16 January 1907. He was shore pensioned on 20 November 1911.

Six: Bandmaster Second Class G. T. Devereux, Royal Marine Band, who served in H.M.S. Warspite at the Battle of Jutland China 1900, no clasp (G. Devereux, Bandsn. H.M.S. Endymion.); 1914-15 Star (H.M.B.390. Bdmr.2. G. Devereux.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.B.390 Bdmr.2. G. Devereux.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (390. George Devereux. Bandmaster. R.M.); Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (RMB.390 B.M.11. G. Devereux. 28.2.1951.) last partially officially corrected; light contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Christie’s, July 1984. George Devereux, a foundling boy, was born in London c.1881 and, like many foundling boys, joined the Royal Marines as a Band Boy on 17 July 1895. He served in H.M.S. Endymion from 8 June 1899 to 4 September 1902, and saw service during the Third China War. Promoted Band Corporal on 16 April 1904, he was awarded a Hurt Certificate on 11 May 1911 whilst serving in H.M.S. Formidable. Promoted Bandmaster Second Class on 2 November 1914, Devereux served during the Great War in H.M.S. Minotaur from the outbreak of War to 6 January 1915, and in H.M.S. Warspite from 5 April 1915 to the cessation of hostilities, being present in the latter vessel at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 18 February 1917, and retired to pension on 1 May 1920. He received his Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal on 28 February 1951, and died on 20 November 1957. Sold with copied research.

Six: Petty Officer G. F. Ryder, Royal Navy Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (234550 G. F. Ryder. A.B. H.M.S. Philomel:); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (234550 G. F. Ryder. A.B. H.M.S. Philomel.); 1914-15 Star (234550, G. F. Ryder, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (234550 G. F. Ryder. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (234550. G. F. Ryder, P.O. H.M.S. Columbine.), contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £240-£280 --- George Frederick Ryder was born in Gosport, Hampshire, on 29 May 1888 and entered naval service on 14 August 1905, serving in H.M.S. Philomel between July 1909 and September 1911. He spent the bulk of the Great War serving in Vernon, Neptune and Woolwich. He was shore-pensioned from Vernon in 1928, having been awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1921.

Five: Stoker C. R. Walker, Royal Navy, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for rescuing a drowning man in the Thames Estuary in November 1916 Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (SS. 110850 C. R. Walker. Sto. 1Cl. H.M.S. Perseus); 1914-15 Star (SS. 110850, C. R. Walker, Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS. 110850 C. R. Walker Sto. 1. R.N.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Christopher R. Walker. R.N. 20th Nov. 1916), last lacking integral top riband buckle, good very fine (5) £300-£400 --- R.H.S. Case no. 43,050: ‘At 11:30 a.m. on 20 November 1916, a man fell overboard from his vessel in the Estuary of the Thames, the sea being choppy and the vessel going 12 knots. Frederick J. Wood, Petty Officer, and C. R. Wlaker, Stoker, at once jumped after him and kept him afloat until they were picked up.’ Christopher Richard Walker was born in Paddington, London, on 4 January 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 5 April 1911. Promoted Stoker 1st Class on 9 May 1912, he served throughout the Great War in H.M.S. Actaeon, and was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal in 1916 for rescuing a drowning man in the Thames Estuary. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 4 July 1919.

Seven: Sergeant O. M. Wilde, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (58431 Cpl. O. M. Wilde. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (58431 A-B.Q.M. Sjt. O. M. Wilde. R.A.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (58431 Sjt. O. M. Wilde. R.F.A.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1019956. Bdr. O. M. Wilde. R.A.) mounted as worn, very fine or better (7) £200-£260 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916 (France). M.S.M. London Gazette 22 September 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the British Forces in Mesopotamia.’ Oscar M. Wilde was a native of Bradford and proceeded to France with 8th Brigade R.F.A. on 19 August 1914. He was serving in Mesopotamia attached to 1A Reserve Brigade R.F.A.

Family group: Five: Lieutenant G. G. C. Garrard, Royal Engineers, late Honourable Artillery Company 1914 Star, with clasp (936 Pte. G. G. C. Garrard. H.A.C. (Inf)); British War and Victory Medals (936 Cpl. G. G. C. Garrard. H.A.C. (Inf.)); Defence Medal, with its named card box of issue addressed to the recipient at ‘”Braziers”, Cherry Tree Land, Ivor Heath, Bucks’; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 3 clasps, ‘Long Service, 1942’, ‘Long Service, 1945’, and ‘Long Service, 1952’ (George G. Garrard.), mounted as worn, together with pre-Second War group of four mounted miniatures and ribbon bar Four: J. M. G. Garrard, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, with card box of issue (no address), Army Council enclosure and R. Signals Records letter, 14 April 1947, addressed to the recipient at the same “Braziers” address and confirming medal entitlement; together with silver I.D. bracelet, three card identity discs, and ‘Acme Thunderer’ whistle, medals generally good very fine or better (9) £100-£140 --- Sold with Medal Index Card for George G. C. Garrard which shows that he served in France from 18 September 1914, and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 8 August 1915. Also on ‘Refusal List SWB 8.5.17’. The Card indicates that his British War and Victory Medals should have been named ‘2.Lt.’

Three: Private F. A. Wells, 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 12 March 1915 1914 Star (4-7079 Pte. F. A. Wells. 2/Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (4-7079 Pte. F. A. Wells. Bedf. R.) extremely fine (3) £260-£300 --- Frederick Arthur Wells proceeded to France with the 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment on 11 November 1914. He was killed in action on 12 March 1915, during the battle of Neuve Chapelle, and is commemorated by name on the Le Touret Memorial. Sold with a card identity disc, three photographs, and a letter of condolence to his sister from one of his comrades giving details of his death and burial. Together with copied Medal Index Card which confirms entitlement to clasp to 1914 Star.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of nine awarded to Major J. A. Lasenby, Pioneer Corps, late Royal Horse Artillery, who was decorated for gallantry in 1918 as a Forward Observation Officer when the building he was occupying was demolished by repeated hits from artillery shells, he and his signaller only escaping by means of a rope Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (55575 W.O. Cl. II. J. A. Lasenby. R.H.A.) later small impressed naming; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2-Lieut. J. A. Lasenby.) later impressed naming; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (9) £700-£900 --- M.C,. London Gazette 26 July 1918: ‘2nd Lt. James Arthur Lasenby, R.F.A. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as F.O.O. in action. Throughout the day he displayed the highest courage and resource, keeping in touch with the infantry and his battery, although the shelling was heavy and continuous, and the building, which was his observation post, was repeatedly hit and finally demolished, he and his signaller only escaping by means of a rope. The information he sent in was of the greatest value.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 8 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in North-West Europe - Major J. A. Lasenby, M.C., Pioneer Corps.’ Great War M.I.D. not confirmed. Delhi Durbar 1911 confirmed on the roll of “N” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, which notes that a replacement medal was issued in May 1934. Annotations on his Medal Index Card appear to indicate that replacement Great War medals were issued in September 1937. James Arthur Lasenby served in France as a Bombardier, R.H.A., from 27 September 1914. Rising to the rank of Battery Sergeant-Major, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 21 February 1917, ‘for service in the field’. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 21 August 1918, and retired on 1 June 1920. Placed on the Reserve of Officers, he was transferred on 21 February 1940, to the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps and served with this unit in North-West Europe in 1944-45. He afterwards settled in New Zealand, residing at Somerset Place, Porirua East, and last had his nine medals mounted by the Disabled Serviceman’s Shop in Willis Street, Wellington, in August 1967. Sold with copied research and related ribbon bar.

Four: Sergeant T. P. Nichols, Northamptonshire Regiment 1914 Star (8639 Cpl. T. P. Nichols. 2/North’n R.); British War and Victory Medals (8639 A. Sjt. T. P. Nichols. North’n. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5876501 Sjt. T. P. Nichols. North’n. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Sold with copied Medal Index Card which confirms entitlement to clasp to 1914 Star for service in France from 8 November 1914.

Three: Private R. Thompson, Northamptonshire Regiment 1914 Star (9433 Pte. R. Thompson. 1/North’n R.); British War and Victory Medals (9433 Pte. R. Thompson. North’n. R.) nearly very fine Four: Private G. P. Edwards, Northamptonshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (12943 Pte. G. P. Edwards, North’n. R.); British War and Victory Medals (12943 Pte. G. P. Edwards. North’n. R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Parbery Edwards) good very fine Three: Private A. C. Tee, Northamptonshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (14821 Pte. A. C. Tee. North’n R.); British War and Victory Medals (14821 Pte. A. C. Tee. North’n. R.) good very fine (10) £80-£120 --- Richard Thompson served in France from 13 August 1914 and is entitled to the clasp to 1914 Star. He also served as No. 48850 in the Suffolk Regiment and was discharged on 18 June 1917. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and discharge papers. George Parbery Edwards served with the 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment in France from 10 February 1915, and later with the 14th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, until his discharge from wounds on 14 November 1918. He was later a postman in Rugby and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal for his services (London Gazette 2 April 1948). Sold with copied S.W.B. roll and Medal Index Card. Archie C. Tee served in France from 26 July 1915. Sold with copied Medal Index Card.

Four: Chief Armourer C. H. Foster, Royal Navy, who was Commended for his work in designing a target carrier for a deflection target 1914-15 Star (157740, C. H. Foster, Ch. Ar., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (157740 C. H. Foster. Ch. Amr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (C. H. Foster, Ch. Armr. H.M.S. Cambridge.) good very fine (4) £140-£180 --- Charles Henry Foster was born in Stoke Damerel, Devonport, in 1869 and entered naval service on 2 October 1890. In 1906, Smith, who had been promoted Chief Armourer in 1900, was commended for zeal and ingenuity displayed in designing a target carrier for deflection target. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1905, he was pensioned to shore on 2 October 1912. Recalled on the outbreak of War, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Caesar and Impregnable, and at the shore based establishment H.M.S. Vivid.

Four: Chief Petty Officer Writer R. H. Cutting, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (M. 6119, R. H. Cutting. Wr. 3, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 6119 R. H. Cutting. Wr. 2 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M. 6119 R. H. Cutting. C.P.O. Wr. H.M.S. Victory.) contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- Reginald Herbert Cutting was born in Notting Hill, London, on 15 April 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as a Writer 3rd Class on 9 June 1913. He served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, and was advanced Chief Petty Officer Writer on 4 January 1924. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 30 September 1928, and was shore pensioned on 8 June 1935.

Four: Chief Engine Room Artificer H. W. Everitt, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (271277, H. W. Everitt, E.R.A. 2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (271277 H. W. Everitt. C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.); Royal Nay L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (271277 H. W. Everitt. Ch. E.R.A. 2. H.M.S. Egmont.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Horace William Everitt was born in Southampton on 31 August 1888 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1904. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Venerable, London, Prince of Wales, Adamant, Liverpool and Egmont, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1921. He was pensioned to shore on 31 August 1928.

Four: Petty Officer S. J. Smith, H.M. Yacht Alexandra, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (228028 S. J. Smith. Smn. Rigger., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (228028 S. J. Smith. Smn. Rigger. R.N); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (228028. S. J. Smith, P.O. H.M.Y. Alexandra) mounted as worn; together with a named Tug o’War prize medal, bronze, nearly very fine (5) £120-£160 --- Samuel John Smith was born in Southampton on 14 February 1888 and served throughout the Great War in H.M.S. Agincourt, being present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He subsequently served in the Royal Yacht H.M.Y. Alexandra, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1927. He was shore pensioned in February 1928.

Five: Leading Signalman T. B. C. Loach, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J.6794 T. B. C. Loach, L. Sig., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.6794 T. B. C. Loach. L. Sig. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (J.6794 (PO.B. 12950) T. B. C. Loach. L. Sig., R.F.R.); London Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C. (Fireman T. B. C. Loach) together with L.F.B. cap badge and ribbon bars including Defence Medal, good very fine (5) £60-£80 --- Thomas Benjamin Cutler Loach was born at Peckham, London, on 1 January 1894, and joined the Royal Navy on 12 January 1910, an errand boy by trade. He served in H.M.S. Barham from 1 October 1915 to 1 July 1918, and was present in her at the battle of Jutland. Sold with copied record of service.

Three: Stoker First Class J. C. Merry, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K.27339 J. C. Merry. Sto.2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.27339 J. C. Merry. Sto.1 R.N.) very fine Pair: Lieutenant H. E. F. Ralph, Canadian Forces, who was gassed on the Western Front on 18 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. E. F. Ralph.); together with a Southend-on-Sea Education Committee bronze medal for Regular Attendance, the reverse impressed ‘Harold Ralph 1905’; and five Canadian Masonic and Veterans badges, one in silver engraved ‘Corp. H. Ralph, Capt.’ very fine (5) £50-£70 --- Harold Edmund Flower Ralph was born in Essex on 19 August 1887, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Toronto on 12 April 1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 20 January 1917, he served during the Great War with the 18th Battalion on the Western Front from 30 April 1917, and was admitted to the 20th General Hospital suffering from the effects of Gas on 18 August 1917. Repatriated to the U.K., he was discharged on medical grounds on 30 November 1918, and died in Toronto on 13 October 1963.

Four: Engine Room Artificer A. Beer, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (M. 13534, A. Beer, Act. E.R.A. 4., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (13534 A. Beer. E.R.A. 3 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (13534 A. Beer. E.R.A. 1. H.M.S. Osprey.) edge bruising and contact marks, polished, generally good fine (4) £100-£140 --- Arthur Beer was born in Devonport on 19 March 1892 and enlisted in the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 11 May 1915. He served during the Great War predominately in H.M.S. Liverpool; advanced Engine Room Artificer 1st Class, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 19 May 1930.

Family group: Three: Able Seaman H. O. Champion, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (217232, H. O. Champion, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (217232 H. O. Champion. A.B. R.N.) extremely fine Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (T/1453153. Pte. W. T. Champion. R.A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£120 --- Herbert Owen Champion was born in 1884 at Chiddingfold, Surrey and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 12 August 1901. He was shore expired and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in May 1914. Champion served during the Great War in the pre-dreadnought battleships H.M.S. Illustrious, August 1914 to November 1915, and H.M.S. Vengeance, December 1915 to January 1917. He then served in H.M.S. Northbrook, a troopship of the Royal Indian Marine, from March 1917 to August 1917, and as such would have been present as the Northbrook assisted in the capture of the Turkish Garrison at Salif in June 1917. He was invalided ashore due to bronchitis in January 1918 and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Six: Able Seaman J. Clinch, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J. 15834, J. Clinch, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 15834 J. Clinch. A.B. R.N.); Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, these three unnamed as issued, the first three polished, good fine, the others better (6) £50-£70 --- Also entitled to 1939-45 Star.

A post-War ‘Operation Bintang’ Malaya Operations M.C. group of seven awarded to Major J. I. D. Pike, Middlesex Regiment, attached 2nd Battalion, Royal Malaya Regiment, for his example of skill, daring, determination and gallantry while commanding patrols which killed two terrorists and captured others; Soldier magazine called him ‘an outstanding leader in jungle actions’ Military Cross, E.II.R., reverse of lower arm officially dated ‘1958’ and reverse centre privately engraved ‘Capt. J. I. D. Pike’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp Malaya (Capt. J. I. D. Pike. Mx.); Malaysia, Active Service Medal, mounted court-style, nearly extremely fine (7) £5,000-£7,000 --- M.C. London Gazette 29 July 1958: ‘For successful leadership and bravery in several actions against Communist Terrorists in Malaya between 4 February and 31 March 1958.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘Since the start of Operation ‘Bintang’ Captain J. I. D. Pike has been determined to eliminate the Communist Terrorists in his company area and to this end has directed all his energy and considerable skill. On 4 February 1958 after laying a skilful ambush in an area being worked by rubber tappers, he and one soldier personally eliminated an armed uniformed terrorist with out loss to his own men. On 6 February 1958, realising that another of his ambushes had been located, he crawled forward to investigate and engaged the terrorists while calling forward his men for the follow-up. On 7 March 1958 he again laid a skilful ambush in difficult country and eliminated a second armed and uniformed terrorist. On 21 March 1958, he led a four man patrol to keep observation on several tin mines which the communist terrorists were thought to be visiting. Through his binoculars he saw two men in civilian clothes acting in a suspicious manner and advanced with three of his men to investigate. The two parties suddenly came face to face in rough mining country of swamp and tin tailings. Captain Pike challenged and the two men turned and fled. Realising that they were definitely Communist Terrorists, Captain Pike roared “Charge” and dashed forward followed by his men. After a brief exchange of shots Captain Pike overtook one of the Communist terrorists in a patch of swamp and despite the fact that all the Communist Terrorists previously eliminated had been armed with, and tried to use, a grenade Captain Pike immediately closed with him and after dragging him to higher ground opened fire on the second Communist Terrorist who was being pursued by the remaining three soldiers of his patrol. While Captain Pike held onto his captive the remainder of the patrol pursued the second man with such dash and determination that although they did not capture him, he surrendered the same evening bringing with him an automatic pistol and 27 rounds of ammunition. The captured man’s rifle and ammunition were also recovered. On the night of 31 March 1958 Captain Pike was in command of a four man night ambush. At 1:30 am in the moonlight, he saw two dim figures moving through the trees and scrub at a distance of about 100 yards. Realising that the figures would not enter his ambush position he redeployed his three men in cut-off positions and advanced alone to where he had seen the figures. After advancing some 70 yards fire was opened upon him, bullets passing through the hood of his camouflage jacket. He immediately opened fire with his Bren gun and advanced again. After moving about 30 yards fire was again opened on him with a pistol. He fired at the pistol flashes and continued his attack until he heard two bodies running away through the undergrowth. The immediate follow-up recovered a Mauser automatic pistol, ammunition and a bag of supplies at the scene of his second encounter which was marked by the strike of bullets, testimony of the deliberate and accurate fire of Captain Pike. Throughout these five actions the skill, dash, determination and disregard for his personal safety with which Captain Pike led his patrols has been an inspiration to all ranks of ‘B’ Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Malay Regiment as is amply demonstrated by their success in operations against the Communist Terrorists in Operation ‘Bintang’. Joseph Ian David Pike, usually known as David by his family and friends, was born on 28 February 1925 at Steyning, Sussex. He became a keen cricketer from an early age and completed his schooling at Hurstpierpoint College in 1943. He was mobilised on a ‘hostilities only’ basis and completed his training in time to see active service in Europe. On demobilisation Pike successfully applied to join the regular army on a Short Service basis and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps on 20 September 1947. He served for three years until his engagement expired in February 1950. In 1950 he married Doris Heidenreich, whose family had settled in Finchley, north London. In April 1951 he joined the Territorial Paras and rose to Acting Captain by the end of the year. Pike re-joined the Regulars as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion the Middlesex Regiment on 15 July 1952. He was promoted Captain effective January 1954. Pike had what his battalion commander called ‘a difference of opinion that caused your posting from my battalion’ (personal letter of 30 June 1958 from a former Commanding Officer of the 1st Middlesex refers). Pike seems to have been posted from 1 Middlesex to the token British military force stationed in the British Occupation Zone of Austria, followed by a three-year secondment in Malaya. What lay behind this would be recorded in his official “P/C files”, but it is possibly relevant that Pike had met Sir Oswald Mosley, the discredited British fascist leader, who had launched the far-right Union Movement in 1948 in an attempted political comeback. Mosley had self-exiled in the early 1950s, leaving Britain to live in Ireland and then France. Mosley’s activities and associates in the UK were still monitored by MI5 and notified to relevant Ministries, including the War Office. It may well be that Pike had reacted inappropriately to a formal warning about his links to Mosley and the Union Movement. The ‘difference of opinion’ had to be officially notified to the army hierarchy, but it does not seem to have involved a clash of personalities. Pike’s posting in Austria came to an end in early 1955 as the Austrian State Treaty was negotiated, establishing Austria as sovereign, permanently neutral and free of both Allied occupation troops and their bases. On 4 July 1955 Pike and his family embarked at Southampton for Singapore. The War Office did not consider Pike’s lapse serious enough to bar him from active service in a war zone as part of a locally-raised British army unit which had an important role in driving the ‘Malayisation’ of the indigenous armed forces and the preparations for granting independence. Pike’s posting to 2nd Battalion the Royal Malay Regiment was intended to ‘wipe the slate clean’ and allow him to resume his army career. There were challenges – the creation of effective local Malay officers took a great deal of time. In mid-1958, with independence imminent, almost all the senior positions in the battalion were still held by British officers. Major A.S. Blackman had been ‘bound over’ by the civil authorities and sent back to the U.K. after being caught with “a Chinese boy in KL… although everybody knows about it, it is never discussed” (personal letter dated 21 August 1958 refers) but Blackman was not re...

Four: Private D. J. Ellis, Royal Marine Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (Ch.13821, Pte. D. J. Ellis, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch.13821 Pte. D. J. Ellis. R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ch/13821 D. J. Ellis, Private R.M.L.I.) very fine (4) £100-£140 --- David James Ellis was born in West Ham, London, on 23 March 1881 and joined the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 28 December 1898. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Hibernia from the outbreak of War to 15 October 1917, and then in H.M.S. Actaeon from 2 December 1917 to the cessation of hostilities. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 January 1919, and was invalided out of the Service on 21 April 1920. He died on 21 May 1952. Sold with copied research.

Four: Private H. Gray, Royal Marine Light Infantry, later Royal Fleet Reserve 1914-15 Star (Ply.14167. Pte. H. Gray, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply.14167 Pte. H. Gray. R.M.L.I.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ply.14167 B.1255 H. Gray. Mne. R.F.R.) very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Harry Gray was born in New Gillingham, Kent, on 1 October 1889 and joined the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 21 September 1907. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Essex from the outbreak of War to 23 August 1916, and in H.M.S. Cumberland from 11 June 1917 to the cessation of hostilities. He was demobilised on 4 December 1919, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in September 1923. He was discharged on 30 September 1929. Sold with copied research.

Four: Bandmaster First Class S. Dennis, Royal Marine Band 1914-15 Star (R.M.B. 1475. Mus. S. Dennis.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.B. 1475 L.Sgt. S. Dennis.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (R.M.B. 1475 S. Dennis. Bdmr.2. H.M.S. Ganges.) last officially re-impressed, contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Sidney Dennis was born in Pentonville, London, on 26 June 1893 and joined the Royal Marines as a Band Boy on 18 September 1908. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Dreadnought from the outbreak of War to 2 February 1917, and was serving in her when Dreadnought became the first and only battleship ever to sink a submarine, when she rammed and cut in two the German submarine U-29 on 18 March 1915. Advanced Band Corporal on 26 April 1916, Dennis was promoted Bandmaster Second Class on 23 May 1924 and Bandmaster First Class on 24 January 1927, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 26 September 1926. He was discharged on 25 June 1932, and died on 9 January 1971. Sold with copied research.

Three: Deck Hand S. S. Slape, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914-15 Star (S. Slape, A.B., M.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (S. S. Slape. D.H. M.F.A.) pitting from star, good fine and better Pair: Chief Petty Officer W. E. Kent, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (163354 W. E. Kent. C.P.O. R.N.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (SA.2212, J. H. Baker, 2.Hd., R.N.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (K.55440 R. A. P. Frampton. Act. Sto.1 R.N.) the VM heavily polished and worn, therefore about fair, the Star better (7) £50-£70

Pair: Captain R. M. Cardwell, Sussex Yeomanry, who was Mentioned in Despatches 1914-15 Star (Lieut. R. M. Cardwell. Suss. Yeo.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. R. M. Cardwell.); together with an erased British War Medal 1914-20, good very fine (3) £80-£120 --- Ronald McKenzie Cardwell was born in Eastbourne, Sussex, in 1888 and was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Sussex Yeomanry, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, being Mentioned in General Sir Douglas Haig’s Despatch of 30 April 1916 (London Gazette 15 June 1916). Sold with copied research, including a photocopy of a postcard photograph believed to be the recipient.

‘They were under the impression we were going to lie in our ditch, shoot the enemy from a distance and they would run away. But I believe we caught the enemy on the hop that day and we had to take the fight to them... I decided the best way to attack was a full-frontal assault. It was my decision to fix bayonets and assault their position.’ (Corporal M. R. Byles, 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales Royal Regiment) The exceptional Iraq ‘Battle of Danny Boy’ M.C. group of six awarded to Corporal M. R. Byles, 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, who was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry on 14 May 2004 when he dismounted his Warrior armoured vehicle and led a full frontal assault with automatic fire, grenades and fixed bayonets to clear an enemy trench system – a comrade of Johnson Beharry, whose Victoria Cross was awarded for bravery during the same extraordinarily action-packed tour, Byles is extensively mentioned in Beharry’s memoir ‘Barefoot Soldier’ and also in Richard Holmes’s compelling account of this renowned 7 month deployment ‘Dusty Warriors’ Military Cross, E.II.R., reverse inscribed ‘24836752 Cpl M. R. Byles, PWRR, 2005’; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24836752 Pte M R Byles R Hamps); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia; Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (24836752 M R Byles PWRR); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994 (24836752 Pte M R Byles PWRR) good very fine and better (6) £14,000-£18,000 --- M.C. London Gazette 18 March 2005. The following is extracted from the official recommendation submitted by Lieutenant B. U. Plenge (Officer Commanding, 9 Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment): ‘Report on the actions taken by Corporal Byles on the 14 May 2004 at Danny Boy Permanent Vehicle Check Point: On the afternoon of 14 May 2004 Corporal Byles was travelling in the back of Warrior 30 with Private Beggs. The call sign had been crashed out in response to a mortar attack on camp and subsequent ambush on light call signs from 1st Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. As W30 arrived on the scene to the north of Danny Boy, and to the west of the dual carriageway, Lieutenant Plenge gave the signal to debus and a quick steer to another friendly dismounted call sign (Lance-Corporal Wood, and Privates Rush and Tatawaki). Almost immediately they began to come under sporadic small arms and RPG fire. Corporal Byles was then quick to identify the enemy positions that posed the biggest threat. He issued Battle orders to the section and they broke down into fire-teams. He assessed that the best way to assault the positions was full frontal. This was due to the ground and also to minimise the threat of Blue on Blue [‘friendly fire’] from heavy call signs by remaining clearly visible to them. They then crossed the open ground using fire-team fire and movement. Approximately 10 metres from the position, the order, “Pairs assault” was given by Corporal Byles. At this point the section split with Lance-Corporal Wood assaulting one half and Corporal Byles the other. Bayonets were fixed and grenades and automatic fire was used to clear the 20m long trench position. There were several enemy on the position and 4 Prisoners of War were captured. Almost immediately the trench came under fire from a depth position, previously unseen to the south. The Prisoners of War had to be controlled quickly due to the numbers involved (5 soldiers/4 prisoners) and the pressure of the situation. They were therefore treated roughly as some still resisted, and all were bound with plasicuffs. Corporal Byles then organised a full re-org on the position despite being under effective enemy fire from 5 enemy in depth. He began to engage the enemy and killed 2. A further 1 was killed by chain gun from a Warrior call sign, and the other 2 played dead and were subsequently captured. After a few moments W22, commanded by Sergeant Broome, arrived on the position. At this point Corporl Byles and Private Beggs left the rest of the section to rejoin the other dismounts from his Platoon. They then assisted on the re-org conducted by W33A. Throughout the whole contact Corporal Byles showed immense professionalism under pressure. He showed bravery in the face of the enemy and strong leadership qualities in leading a dangerous assault against a larger enemy position. He is certainly a credit to his Platoon, Company and Cap badge and it is my belief that he should be recognised as such.’ Mark Richard Byles was born in Portsmouth in 1970. Having joined the British Army, he transferred to the 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment in June 2003 and was deployed with an advance party of his unit to Iraq in early April 2004. His battalion’s seven month tour of Iraq in 2004, during Operation Telic 4, would be a highly notable deployment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Matt Maer, during which a number of very high profile and dangerous events took place; the Battle of ‘Danny Boy’ and the ‘Siege of CIMIC House’ (CIMIC House was the HQ of British led Civil Military Co-operation) most significant amongst them. In addition, the battalion conducted Operation Waterloo, clearing insurgents from Al Amarah. Large numbers of gallantry awards were won, including Private Johnson Beharry’s Victoria Cross. During that tour, the 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment Battlegroup faced the most constant period of conflict of any British Army unit since the Korean War. 1 Mechanised Brigade, within which the Battalion served, fired more small arms ammunition in those six months than the British Army as a whole did in thirty years in Northern Ireland. This Battlegroup in Maysan Province faced over one hundred contacts in one day alone and close to 900 over the duration of the tour. Every member of the Battalion on this operation was in some form of contact. To quote the Commanding Officer, ‘That in itself made it a tour like no other’. Into the crucible Stationed at Camp Abu Naji, Al-Amarah, Iraq, for the duration of the tour, the battalion’s role was to police Maysan Province, of which Al-Amarah is the capital, assisting the Iraq Civil Defence Corps (ICDC) maintain law and order. In implementing this, the earlier operations in Kosovo were intended to serve as a model: a combination of foot patrols, Land Rover patrols and Vehicle Check Points, or VCPs. However, the battalion assumed command of the Province from 1 Light Infantry on Sunday 18 April just as a major backlash against coalition forces by the Mahdi Army loyal to Muqtadar Al-Sadr was getting underway. The situation deteriorated rapidly, with repeated violent attacks in Al Amarah itself and the repelling of an attack on a joint PWRR / Light Infantry patrol in the nearby town of Majar Al Kabir. Corporal Byles’ role whilst in theatre was that of dismount commander - commanding troops following their deployment out of the back of a Warrior tracked armoured vehicle - in C Company. His comrade in C Company, Private Sewell remembered being faced with the reality on the ground soon after arrival: ‘We were deploying on what we believed to be a peace keeping operation. That idea lasted approximately 24 hours. On arriving at the base location, C Company, along with B Company 1 Light Infantry were deployed to the city to deal with an incident that turned from bad to worse in a short space of time... The contact was a definitely a planned ambush on the coalition force callsigns [callsign denoting a group of soldiers] as they moved through the location at that time. Unluckily for the enemy, I d...

Three: Gunner F. Warren, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (83747 Gnr: F. Warren. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (63747 Gnr. F. Warren. R.A.) very fine Three: Sapper W. C. Abbott, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (138005 Spr. W. C. Abbott. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (138005 Spr. W. C. Abbott. R.E.) very fine Three: Sapper W. D. Robinson, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (325574 Spr. W. D. Robinson. R.E.) in named card box of issue; Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine 1914-15 Star (Spr. S. G. Woodcock. Can: Eng:) nearly very fine (10) £100-£140

Family Group: Three: Driver G. Head, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (82446. Dvr. G. Head, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (82446. Dvr. G. Head. R.A.) minor edge bruise to BWM, very fine Three: Driver G. E. Head, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (50881 Dvr: G. E. Head, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (50881. Dvr. G. E. Head. R.A.) very fine Three: Sapper H. G. Head, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (29528 Spr: H. G. Head. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (29528 Spr. H. G. Head. R.E.) very fine Three: Driver C. Head, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (T4-041457, Dvr. C. Head, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (T4-041457 Dvr. C. Head. A.S.C.) very fine Pair: Private W. S. Head, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (S-314114 Pte. W. S. Head. A.S.C.) pawn broker’s mark to obverse of BWM, very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (51351 Dvr. R. Head. R.E.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (15) £140-£180

Eight: Captain B. R. Vertannes, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Honourable Artillery Company, who subsequently served with the 18th Rangoon Battalion, Indian Defence Force 1914-15 Star (3639 Pte. B R. Vertannes. H.A.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. B. R. Vertannes. R.A.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. B. R. Vertannes. R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte. B. R. Vertannes, 18-Rangoon Bn. I.D.F.) light pitting to BWM, generally very fine and better (8) £400-£500 --- Benjamin Raphael Vertannes attested for the Honourable Artillery Company and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 January 1915, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on 5 April 1917, serving with 42 Squadron. A Member of the 18th Rangoon Battalion, Indian Defence Force in the inter-War years, he saw further service during the Second World War, being granted an emergency commission in the Army in Burma Reserve of Officers on 10 April 1942. Sold with typed extracts from the Squadron Record Book giving details of the recipient’s flying operations during the period 5 December 1917 to 9 March 1918.

Family group: Three: Private G. R. White, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action at Miraumont during the operations on the Ancre on 17 February 1917 1914-15 Star (7042 Pte. G. R. White. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (GS-7042 Pte. G. R. White. R. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (George Richard White) in card envelope; Memorial Scroll (Pte. George Richard White, Royal Fusiliers), the scroll torn evenly into two pieces across the coat of arms - having been previously folded, otherwise good very fine Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Harry White) very fine £160-£200 --- George Richard White, a native of West Molesey, Surrey, served with the 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 July 1915 and subsequently with the Machine Gun Section, D Company at the Battle of Trones Wood, July 1916, subsequent to which the men of his section wrote a 7 stanza poem regarding their grievances at the press adulation of the Royal West Kent Regiment for their stand at Trones Wood on 13 July 1916. The poem, entitled ‘The Press Heroes of Trones Wood’ claims that the Royal West Kents ‘stopped as if they’d seen a ghost’ when confronted by the Germans and were found by the Middlesex with their ‘heads stuck in the ground’ before ‘running like hell the other way’. In fact, the poem claims, it was the ‘Middlesex drove Fritz away’ and the Northants and Middlesex who ‘held on like grim death’ with close behind them the ‘good old Fusiliers’: And so the fight continued The Germans did their best And many a poor fellow There entered his long rest For six long days and nights boys (It is no idle boast) The Mids, Northants and Fusiliers Stuck Stubborn to their post. Of that six days of torture No written word can tell To those who took part in it T’was absolutely hell Yet while they stood and suffered It was their lot to read Big headlines in the papers Of the West Kent’s gallant deeds. The papers tell us nothing Of what those heroes did Their doings and their sufferings By “Royal West Kents” is hid But still they want no limelight And their reward is won In the quiet satisfaction Of duty nobly done. White was killed in action on 17 February 1917 at a time when his Battalion was engaged at Miraumont during the Operations on the Ancre. He is buried at Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France. Sold together with two Royal Fusiliers cap badges; identity tag stamped ‘G. R. White II. RF 7042 C.E.’; a photo of the recipient standing in uniform with another Royal Fusilier, captioned to the reverse ‘Uncle Tiny on left’; an empty Princess Mary Christmas 1914 Tin; and a hand written poem regarding the battle of Trones Wood, July 1916, written by the men of the Machine Gun Section, D Company, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Harry White, older brother of the above, served as a Special Constable in the Metropolitan Police District from 15 November 1915 until 19 July 1919. Sold together with a Metropolitan Police Certification of Service named to ‘Harry White’; Metropolitan Police Whistle by J. Hudson & Co. 244 Barr Street, Birmingham and chain, the whistle inscribed ‘09021’; Metropolitan Special Constabulary cap badge, bronze.

Three: Private C. Hood, King’s Own Scottish Borderers 1914-15 Star (11013 Pte. C. Hood, K.O. Sco. Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (11013 Pte. C. Hood. K.O.S.B.) mounted as worn, polished, better than good fine Pair: Mate C. Brock, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary British War and Victory Medals (Mte. C. Brock. M.F.A.) very fine New Zealand War Service Medal, unnamed as issued, good very fine (6) £50-£70

Family Group: Pair: Corporal H. Lee, Scottish Rifles, later Cameron Highlanders and Labour Corps Scottish Command 1914-15 Star (8734 Cpl. H. Lee. Sco: Rif:); Victory Medal 1914-19 (24229 Pte. H. Lee. Cam’n Highrs.) very fine Three: Attributed to Gunner J. Lee, No. 1 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery, who died on 30 October 1942 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, slightly later issues, extremely fine (5) £80-£120 --- Henry Lee attested for the Scottish Rifles and served with the 1st/8th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 14 June 1915. Discharged, he subsequently re-enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders on 21 July 1916 and served with them on the Western Front, before transferring to the Labour Corps Scottish Command. John Lee, the son of the above, served with 1 Battery, No. 1 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War, and died on 30 October 1942. He is buried in La Palma (Mazo) Cemetery, Spain, the only Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial in this cemetery. Sold together with a Boys Brigade cap, with number 139; a quantity of Boys Brigade insignia; a King’s Badge attributed to 2389754 Private T. W. Adams, Royal Corps of Signals; and other ephemera.

Eight: Captain H. C. Mackenzie, 2/7 Rajputs, late South Lancashire Regiment 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. C. Mackenzie. S. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. H. C. Mackenzie.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. H. C. Mackenzie, 2-7 Rajput R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Capt. H. C. Mackenzie.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, the reverse officially dated ‘1947’, mounted as worn, very fine (8) £300-£400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 28 November 1917 (Salonika). Herbert Cedric Mackenzie was admitted to the Indian Army on 13 February 1918, but ranking from 11 August 1916 (London Gazette 14 February 1919 refers). Sold with copied Medal Index Card which shows B.W.M. and V.M. issued from India.

Six: Private H. Taylor, Northamptonshire Regiment, later Royal Engineers and Kettering Fire Brigade 1914-15 Star (606 Pte. H. Taylor. North’n. R.); British War and Victory Medals (606 Pte. H. Taylor. North’n. R.); Jubilee 1935; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (526310 Spr: H. Taylor. R.E.); National Fire Brigades Association, silver medal for long service, with top suspension bar for ‘Twenty Years’ and three bars for ‘Five Years’, unnamed, very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Harry Taylor was born at Kettering,Northamptonshire, and enlisted into the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment on 1 April 1908, and re-engaged for a further 4 years on 1 April 1912. He served at Gallipoli from 15 August 1915, and later transferred to the Royal Engineers. Sold with copied service papers and Medal Index Card, together with a newspaper obituary cutting from 28 February 1964, which states: ‘Mr Harry Taylor, of 73 Green Lane, Kettering, died last week - on the day of his wife’s funeral. Mrs Charlotte Taylor died aged 73. He was 85. Mr Taylor worked as a bricklayer for Kettering Co-operative Society building department for many years. He was a member of Kettering Fire Brigade for 35 years, serving in the days of the old steam fire appliances, and also a member of the United Trades Club for sixty years and a keen Poppies supporter.’

Three: Private W. McKay, Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915, on which date his Battalion suffered over 500 casualties 1914-15 Star (18159 Pte. W. McKay. High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (18159 Pte. W McKay. High. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (William McKay) extremely fine (4) £160-£200 --- William McKay was born in Durnock, Sutherland, in May 1890 and emigrated to Canada in July 1909. Residing in Winnipeg, he returned to the U.K. following the outbreak of the Great War and attested for the Highland Light Infantry. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 July 1915, and was killed in action on 25 September 1915, during the Battalion’s attack on Hill 70, on the first day of the Battle of Loos, on which date the Battalion suffered over 500 casualties. He is buried in St. Mary’s A.D.S. Cemetery, Haisnes, France. Sold together with the named Record Office enclosures for the 1914-15 Star and the British War Medal; and copied research.

A Great War ‘Second Battle of Ypres’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private A. Gray, Seaforth Highlanders, later Machine Gun Corps, who was gassed in September 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8773 Pte. A. Gray. 2/Sea: Hdrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (8773 Pte. A. Gray 2/Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (8773 Pte. A. Gray. Seaforth.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with bronze palm emblem on riband, very fine (5) £800-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry. When the remainder of the team had been put out of action by the enemy’s fire he kept his gun going, and by his bravery and resource did much to save the situation at a critical time.’ Arthur Gray attested for the Seaforth Highlanders and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry near St. Julien on 26 April 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres, on what was the Battalion's first major action of the Great War, certainly in terms of casualties suffered: ‘Called on to attempt the impossible, without adequate artillery preparation and support, on ground unknown and unreconnoitred, they were sent to turn an enemy well provided with machine-guns out of a position which had ready-made cover in houses and a wood, and splendid artillery observation from higher ground behind it.’ (Military Operations in France and Belgium 1915 by Brigadier-General J. E. Edmonds and Captain G. C. Gwynne refers). Total casualties suffered by the 2nd Battalion during the battle were 348 officers and men killed or wounded. Gray was wounded by gas poisoning on 18 September 1915, and subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 8 December 1915. Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient and copied research, including the relevant Battalion War Diaries. Note: The recipient’s Belgian Croix de Guerre is unconfirmed.

Pair: Captain P. S. Carden, Army Service Corps, late Sussex Yeomanry, who was Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War 1914-15 Star (Lieut. P. S. Carden. A.S.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (211 Cpl. P. S. Carden. Sussex Yeo.); together with a County of Sussex Rifle Association Prize Medal, bronze and enamel, the obverse with the Sussex coat of arms and crossed rifles, the reverse engraved ‘C. of Sx. R.A. Corpl. P. S. Carden Sx Yeo Team Lewis Cup 1909’, good very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Philip Sidney Carden, a native of Brighton, served with the Sussex Yeomanry and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 107 of April 1912. Following the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned into the Army Service Corps on 17 September 1914, and as a Temporary Captain he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 29 May 1917). Sold with copied research.

Family Group: Three: Acting Sergeant D. L. Reid, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (55467 Pte. D. L. Reid, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (55467 A.Sjt. D. L. Reid. R.A.M.C.) good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (125936 Gnr. T. Reid. R.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (53634 Pte. J. Reid. R.A.M.C.) good very fine (5) £50-£70

Seven: First Class Sub Assistant Surgeon Dilbag Rai, Indian Medical Department 1914-15 Star (No. 1134 2/Cl. S.A.S. Dil Bag Rai, I.M.D.); British War and Victory Medals (1154 S.A.S. Dilbag Rai, I.M.D.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (1139 S.A.S. Dilbag Rai, I.M.D.); Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1134 1/Cl. S.A.S. Dilbagh Rai, I.M.D.); Coronation 1937; Romania, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, 4th Class breast badge, silver and enamels, mounted on original wearing bar with distressed ribbons, some medals dismounted, generally very fine (7) £260-£300 --- Crown of Romania, 4th Class (Chevalier), London Gazette 29 September 1922, a unique award to the Indian Subordinate Medical Department, although listed as a Cross for good service, 2nd Class, in Indian Army Honours and Awards. Indian M.S.M. awarded for service in India during the war.

Family Group: Three: Driver G. A. Kennedy, 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was wounded in action by gun shot to the head on 11 March 1917 1914-15 Star (3583 Pte. G. A. Kennedy. 2/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (3583 Dvr. G. A. Kennedy. 2 Bn. A.I.F.); together with the recipient’s riband bar and related miniature awards, nearly very fine Five: A. Kennedy, Australian Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially named ‘NX1098 A. Kennedy.’; together with the recipient’s riband bar and related miniature awards, good very fine (8) £100-£140 --- G. A. Kennedy attested for the Australian Imperial Forces and was wounded in action by ‘gun shot wound, head’ on 11 March 1917, whilst serving with the 5th Pioneer Battalion. Admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance on 3 January 1919 suffering from a ‘septic leg’, he was classed as ‘invalid’ arriving in Sydney on 1 June 1919, and was discharged ‘permanently unfit’.