Three: Able Seaman J. G. Bond, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (191678 J. G. Bond. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (191678. J. G. Bond, A.B. H.M.S. Vulcan.) very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Joseph George Bond was born at Faversham, Kent in June 1881 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in January 1897 as a Boy Second Class. After serving with numerous ships including H.M.S. Lion, Diadem, Argonaut, Minerva and Lord Nelson, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in June 1911. Recalled in August 1914, Bond saw operational service during the Great War aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Mars and the torpedo boat depot ship H.M.S. Vulcan; it was while serving with the later that he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in August 1917. He was demobilised in June 1921.
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Family Group: Pair: Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class E. H. Trett, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (M.18020 E. H. Trett. Act. E.R.A.4 R.N.) good very fine Four: Petty Officer Diver H. E. Trett, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (6) £80-£120 --- Edwin Herbert Trett was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 19 May 1885 and joined the Royal Navy for the duration of hostilities on 16 December 1915. He served as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class in H.M.S. Geranium from 10 March 1916 to 24 October 1918, and was shore demobilised on 22 February 1919. Herbert Edwin Trett, son of the above, was born in Devonport on 27 November 1919, and served as a Petty Officer Diver with the Royal Navy during the Second World War and in the immediate post-War years. Sold with the recipient’s Training Sheet; Second Word War Medal entitlement letter; and other ephemera.
Three: Surgeon-Lieutenant A. S. Bissett, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Prob. A. S. Bissett. R.N.V.R.); Voluntary Medical Service Medal (Dr. A. Bissett.) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Alexander Shanks Bissett was born on Islay on 28 March 1896 and was educated at the University of Glasgow. Enlisting in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve whilst still at university, he was aboard the first ship to sail from Scapa Flow for the Battle of Jutland, the Fleet Minesweeper H.M.S. Gentian. Upon completing his medical training he joined the battleship H.M.S. Caesar in the eastern Mediterranean, and served as a temporary Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Dardanelles before being demobilised on 1 December 1919. In civilian life Bissett became a successful medical practitioner, and died in June 1979.
Six: Pioneer Sergeant Owen Frewin, 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1753 L. Cpl. O. Frewin. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (1753 Sjt. O. Frewin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (200176 Sjt. O. Frewin 4/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, with clasp ‘Long Service, 1949’ (Owen Frewin) nearly very fine or better (6) £180-£220 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the British forces in Italy.’ The recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous good work and devotion to duty as Battalion Pioneer Sergeant during the whole period the Battalion has been abroad.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 30 May 1918. Owen Frewin was a pre-war territorial and went to France with the 1/4th Battalion on 29 March 1915. After the war he joined the Special Constabulary, receiving the Long Service medal in 1939 and a bar in 1949. Sold with ribbon bars, two OBLI collar badges, and two Pioneer Sergeant’s stripes, one in cloth with brass insignia, the other entirely in cloth.
Pair: Chief Motor Mechanic R. A. Clark, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (M.B. 2320 R. A. Clark. C.M.M. R.N.V.R.) good very fine Pair: Major E. L. Heywood, Middlesex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. E. L. Heywood.) edge bruising, nearly very fine Pair: Private W. J. Grey, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (11561 Pte. W. J. Grey. K.R. Rif. C.) good very fine Pair: Private H. W. Fisk, Rifle Brigade British War and Victory Medals (S-21934 Pte. H. W. Fisk. Rif. Brig.) with named lid of card box of issue; together with the recipient’s daughter’s L.C.C. King’s Medal, 1 clasp, 1919-20 (E. Fisk) nearly extremely fine (9) £120-£160 --- Richard Augustus Clark was born on 14 October 1898 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 18 February 1918. He served during the Great War as a Motor Mechanic in various Motor Launches and Coastal Motor Boats, and was promoted Chief Motor Mechanic on 1 November 1918. He was shore demobilised on 14 January 1920, and died in Haringey in 1982. Everard Lemprière Heywood was born on 26 August 1898 , the son of Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Heywood, Royal Army Medical Corps, and was educated at Haileybury. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 29 August 1917, he served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 25 January 1918. Remaining in the Army following the cessation of hostilities, was saw further service during the Second World War, and was advanced to Major. He died in 1967. Walter Joseph Grey attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star), subsequently transferring to the Machine Gun Corps. Henry William Fisk was born on 25 August 1885 and attested for the Rifle Brigade on 11 December 1915. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was discharged on 28 August 1917 due to inflammation of the kidneys aggravated by service. He was awarded a Silver War Badge, and died in Bromley on 8 September 1929. The King’s Medal was awarded to the recipient’s daughter, Ellen Fisk. Sold with some original ephemera for the last group, and detailed copied research for all.
Pair: Flight Sub-Lieutenant C. R. W. Hodges, 4 (Naval) Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, who was killed when his Sopwith Camel was shot down during a dogfight on 18 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (Flt. S. Lt. C. R. W. Hodges. R.N.A.S.) the Victory Medal officially re-impressed, extremely fine (2) £300-£400 --- Charles Raymond Walker Hodges was born on 22 September 1897, and joined the Royal Naval Air Service as a temporary Flight Sub-Lieutenant on 25 June 1916. He obtained his R.A.C. Certificate No. 3439 at Eastbourne on 18 August 1916, and was posted to No. 4 (Naval) Squadron R.N.A.S. On 18 August 1917, was piloting Sopwith Camel B3938 in formation with 4 others when attacked by 20 enemy aircraft. He was apparently hit early in the fight for he got into a spin as if out of control, billowing smoke, east of Dixmude. Reported missing presumed killed. He is commemorated by name on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. There is also a memorial to him in the Church of St John the Baptist at Thaxted, Essex, which reads: ‘MEMORY/ OF/ FLIGHT SUB LIEUT. C. RAYMOND WALKER HODGES R.N./ AGED 19 1/2 YEARS/ ELDER SON OF MAJOR CHARLES E. WALKER HODGES RFA/ AND OF LOUIE E. WALKER HODGES/ SHOT DOWN 10 MILES/ EAST OF DIXMUDE AT/ 12000 FEET UP IN A/ FIGHT AGAINST HEAVY/ ODDS/ AFTER HIS/ FLIGHT OF FIVE PLANES/ HAD ACCOUNTED FOR/ THREE OUT OF A TOTAL/ OF TWENTY SIX ENEMY/ MACHINES, ON AUG 18TH 1917/ A MODEST HERO/ LOVED BY ALL’. Sold with record of service and various copied combat reports for the period May to July, 1917.
Family group: Pair: Captain E. W. Angell, Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. W. Angell) good very fine Pair: Fireman W. Angell, Slough Volunteer Fire Brigade Slough Volunteer Fire Brigade Medal, with long service brooch bar and three clasps: 1881-1888; 1888-1895; and 1895-1902, the obverse featuring a fireman’s helmet and scroll with the letters ‘S.V.F.B.’, the reverse impressed ‘Fireman W. Angell 1974-1881’, in its damaged fitted case of issue; Windsor Fire Brigade Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal, bronze, with fireman’s helmet suspension and pin, the helmet inscribed ‘F.B.A. Windsor June 23rd 1887’, good very fine --- Ernest William Angell was born in Chalvey, near Slough, Buckinghamshire in 1886, the son of William Angel and was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Royal Garrison Artillery on 26 February 1917. He served with them in France /Flanders from 20 October 1917 and relinquished his commission on 30 September 1921, retaining the rank of Captain. William Angell, father of the above, was born in Cippenham, Buckinghamshire in 1852. He was a carpenter by occupation and was an active member of Slough Volunteer Fire Brigade for upwards of 30 years. He died in 1905.
Family Group: Pair: Corporal A. Vann, Hampshire Regiment and Military Foot Police British War and Victory Medals (2794 Pte. A. Vann. Hamps. R.) good very fine Three: Lance-Sergeant A. G. Vann, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was taken Prisoner of War in the Western Desert on 26 January 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- Alfred Vann was born in Over Wallop, Hampshire, in 1875 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment (Territorial Force) at Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 23 January 1914, He served with the 1st/6th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, during the Great War, before transferring to the Military Foot Police, and was advanced Corporal. He was discharged at his own request on 14 February 1929. Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Discharge. Alfred George Vann, son of the above, was born at Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, on 20 January 1907 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 23 January 1924. He was discharged on 14 February 1929, but subsequently re-attested in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps 2 January 1940, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Second World War. He was taken Prisoner of War in the Western Desert on 26 January 1942, and was ultimately held at Stalag 4B. He was discharged on 27 September 1945. Sold together with the recipient’s Certificate of Attestation; Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Soldier’s Release Book; and various photographs taken whilst a Prisoner of War.
Four: Warrant Officer Class II J. Scott, Black Watch, late Tank Corps and Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (201982 Pte. J. Scott. Tank Corps); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (38989 A. Sjt. J. Scott. M.G.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, this loose on riband (2746858 Sjt. J. Scott. 6-Black Watch.); together with 41 shooting medals of which 20 are cased, awards for local competitions to N.R.A. national tournaments at Bisley, some in silver; the majority named and/or dated, dates from 1906 to 1948, extensive verdigris to second and minor verdigris to third, otherwise very fine (45) £300-£400 --- James Scott, a native of Perth, Scotland, attested for the 4th (Perthshire) Volunteer Battalion, (The Black Watch) Royal Highlanders prior to 1 April 1908 and was serving with A Company of its lineal successor, the 6th (Perthshire) Battalion Royal Highlanders (Territorial Force), in July 1914, in which month he also took first place in the County of Perthshire Shooting Championships. Scott served during the Great War on the Western Front initially with the Machine Gun Corps, subsequently transferring to the 9th Battalion, Tank Corps, with which unit he was present on the Somme in 1917 and then latterly he rejoined the 6th/7th Battalion Black Watch, advancing to Warrant Officer Class II. He was awarded the T.F.E.M. in 1923 and a second award bar in 1928 while still serving with the 6/7th Battalion, although now in the rank of Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant. Sold together with a 5 Franc silver coin, the reverse bearing a finely engraved depiction of a British tank traversing a trench, with detailed edge surround and engraved ‘201982 Sgt. Scott 1917 Somme Tank Corps’.
Three: Corporal C. Pippard, 8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), who was discharged due to wounds on 4 May 1918 British War and Victory Medals, with copy M.I.D. oak leaves (3095 Cpl. C. Pippard. 8-Lond. R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Charles Pippard) slight edge nick to BWM, otherwise good very fine or better (3) £60-£80 --- I.S.M. London Gazette 7 May 2021: ‘Pippard, Charles, Assistant Superintendent, London Postal Region.’ Charles Pippard was born in 1880 in Kensington, London and was appointed a Postman with the Post Office in London in 1898. During the Great War he enlisted in the Post Office Rifles on 6 February 1915 and was discharged due to wounds on 4 May 1918. He was awarded a Silver War Badge. M.I.D. not confirmed.
Pair: Acting Corporal W. H. Rixon, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (S4-157928 A-Cpl. W. H. Rixon. A.S.C.) very fine Pair: E. D. Collins British War and Victory Medals (E. D. Collins.) very fine British War Medal (91450 Gnr. H. F. Litten. R.A.); Defence Medal; together with a renamed King’s South Africa Medal 1901-02 (15440. Sgt. F. Ferguson. 75th. Coy. 18th. Imp. Yeo.) renamed and lacking retaining rod and clasps; a renamed India General Service Medal 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (Miss E. M. Cooper) renamed; and a Voluntary Service Medal (Pte. J. F. Lawrence. Ox & Bucks.) nearly very fine and better (9) £60-£80 --- Sold together with an empty Princess Mary 1914 Christmas Tin.
Family Group: Three: Corporal E. P. Simmonds, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (78291 Cpl. E. P. Simmonds. R.A.M.C.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Edgar Pye Simmonds) good very fine Seven: Corporal E. R. Simmonds, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Liverpool Regiment and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was wounded in North West Europe in August 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22258588 Cpl. E. Simmonds. R.A.M.C.) surname partially officially corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (22258588 Pte E. R. Simmonds. R.A.M.C.) good very fine (10) £140-£180 --- Edgar Pye Simmonds was born in Widness, Lancashire, on 7 May 1888, and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War. He was later employed by the Post Office, and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement. Edgar Rawcliffe Simmonds was born in Wigan, Lancashire, on 5 April 1915, the son of Edgar Pye Simmonds. He attested for the Liverpool Regiment on 2 August 1934 and served with them during the Second World War in North West Europe from 1 July 1944. Posted to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, he was wounded in the stomach on 9 August 1944, and was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 1 August 1946. Re-enlisting in the Royal Army Medical Corps, he saw further service in Korea on attachment to the Black Watch from June 1952 to August 1953, and was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. He died in Southampton in March 1980. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
Eight: Flying Officer Harold Parker, Royal Air Force, late Royal Army Medical Corps and Gloucestershire Regiment, who died on active service with 14 Squadron in Egypt in July 1941 British War and Victory Medals (1866 Pte. H. Parker. R.A.M.C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (W/O. H. Parker. (349879) R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (349879. F/Sgt. H. Parker. R.A.F.) the Great War medals polished, nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine or better (8) £240-£280 --- Flying Officer Harold Parker, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died on 4 July 1941, aged 44, and is buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research.
Six: Wing Commander C. T. McKnight, Royal Air Force, who died in Iraq in January 1942 British War and Victory Medals (121308 A.C.1 C. T. McKnight. R.A.F.); Jubilee 1935; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (121308 F/Sgt. C. T. McKnight. R.A.F.); Russia, Empire, Order of St Anne, 3rd Class breast badge with swords, bronze-gilt and enamels, these five mounted as worn, with a companion set of five mounted miniatures, all contained in a hinged wooden box with ivorine label inscribed ‘C. T. McKnight’; together with War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure (Wing Commander C. T. McKnight), good very fine (6) £600-£800 --- Cyril Thomas McKnight served in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force as an electrician. He received his L.S. & G.C. medal as a Flight-Sergeant in July 1931, and was granted a permanent commission as Flying Officer on 22 April 1936, becoming Flight Lieutenant on 22 April 1939; Squadron Leader, 1 September 1940; Wing Commander, 16 December 1941. Wing Commander C. T. McKnight died on 12 January 1942, and is buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Note: McKnight is recorded on the latest published roll of White Russian Awards as having received a Silver Medal, rather than the Order of St. Anne 3rd Class.
Family Group: Pair: Lieutenant L. H. Riddell, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, who was shot down, wounded, and taken Prisoner of War on the first day of the Battle of Amiens, 8 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. L. H. Riddell. R.A.F.) nearly very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (J. Riddell.) good very fine (3) £200-£240 --- Leonard Harper Riddell was born in Manchester in 1899 and joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1917. He kept a photograph album and wrote letters home to his parents describing his enthusiasm for flying: ‘I tried my hand at stunts today and attempted three side loops and a spinning nose dive. It’s really a great sensation and gives one a great deal of confidence in both oneself and the machine.’ Promoted Flight Sub-Lieutenant, by March 1918, just five months after he had taken his first solo flight, he had been sent to the Western Front, and was posted to 201 Squadron, flying Sopwith Camels. The level of risk facing him soon became apparent, as his diary entry for 2 April 1918 describes going out on patrol and coming across anti-aircraft fire: ‘Got Archied very badly- heard the bursting shrapnel which indicates that it is time to do a bit of dodging about. Did dodge muchly.’ His luck finally ran out on 8 August 1918, on the first day of the Battle of Amiens. Taking off at 8:30 a.m. in Sopwith Camel D9652 on a line patrol near Bayonvillers, Riddell was hit by anti-aircraft fire, and was seen to crash behind enemy lines shortly after 9:00 a.m. The R.A.F. casualty lists for his day were far higher than any other day during the Great War, especially for 201 Squadron, who had lost seven aircraft. Wounded with a badly broken leg, Riddell was taken prisoner of war and remained in captivity for the rest of the war. Repatriated following the cessation of hostilities, he relinquished his commission on 6 August 1920 on account of his wounds. He died in Yorkshire in 1984. Note: The recipient’s wartime diaries, letters, photographs, and other ephemera are all held by the Imperial War Museum.
Eight: Captain S. G. Dickinson, Canadian Forces British War and Victory Medals, naming erased; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, the reverse impressed (Capt S. G. Dickinson) note, only last medal named, good very fine (8) £100-£140
Pair: Chief Petty Officer T. Munday, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (181238 T. Munday. Act. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (181238. Thomas Munday, C.P.O, H.M.S. Acacia.) light contact marks, very fine and better (2) £50-£70 --- Thomas Munday was born at Southwick, Sussex, in December 1878 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in August 1894 as a Boy Second Class. He served with numerous ships including H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, Stork, Irresistible and Dominion. Throughout the Great War Munday served at the shore establishment H.M.S. Pembroke and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1919 while on the crew of the sloop H.M.S. Acacia, having attained the rate of Chief Petty Officer. He was demobilised in July 1919.
Pair: Chief Engine Room Artificer F. A. B. Haynes, Royal Navy, who during the Second World War served with the destroyer H.M.S. Wrestler and was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal for his involvement in the Malta Convoy Operation Harpoon British War Medal 1914-20 (M.26933 F. A. B. Haynes. B. Art. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.26933 F.A.B. Haynes. E.R.A. 2. H.M.S. Garry.) light contact marks, very fine (2) £100-£140 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 22 September 1942: ‘For bravery and resolution ... while escorting an important Convoy to Malta’ Frederick Arthur Boulton Haynes was born at Usk, Monmouth in June 1901. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in July 1917 and was posted to the mechanics' training establishment H.M.S. Indus as a Boy Artificer Second Class, remaining there until August 1920, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July 1934 while serving with the naval trawler H.M.T. Garry. Haynes served on the crew of the destroyer H.M.S. Wrestler throughout the Second World War, having attained the rate of Chief Engine Room Artificer. In July 1940, Wrestler was present at the attack on Mers-el-Kébir, where she rescued crews from the French battleship Strasbourg, which had been sunk by the Royal Navy. On 18 October 1940 she assisted in sinking the Italian submarine Durbo, east of Gibraltar. From July 1941 to April 1942 Wrestler was stationed at Freetown and was then transferred to the Malta Convoys as part of Force H and ‘Operation Harpoon’, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. The ship later served as one of the naval escorts for ‘Operation Torch’. On 2 May 1942 she assisted in the sinking of the German submarine U-74 and then on 15 November 1942 single-handedly sunk the U-98. In 1943 Wrestler took part in ‘Operation Husky’ off Sicily until July that year, when she returned to Atlantic and Arctic convoy duties. On 6 June 1944, whilst participating in ‘Operation Neptune’, she was mined off Juno Beach, declared a total loss and later sold off as scrap.
Pair: Petty Officer First Class A. H. Dormer, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (149397 A. H. Dormer. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (149397 A. H. Dormer, P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Vernon.) very fine or better (2) £60-£80 --- Alfred Henry Dormer was born at Paddington in November 1873 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in June 1889 as a Boy Second Class. He served with numerous ships including H.M.S. Lion, Imperieuse, Australia, Anson and Powerful, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1909 while serving at the shore establishment H.M.S. Vernon, having attained the rate of Petty Officer First Class. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in November 1913 and was recalled in August 1914. During the Great War he was assigned to the shore establishment H.M.S. Excellent remaining there until he was invalided out of the service, receiving a Silver War Badge in December 1917.
Pair: Officer’s Steward First Class D. R. Legg, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (358570 D. R. Legg. O.S.1 RN.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (358570 D. R. Legg, Off. Std. 1.Cl. H.M.S. Maidstone.) very fine (2) £50-£70 --- Douglas Reginald Legg was born at Southampton in November 1879 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in July 1900 as a Domestic Second Class. He saw active service during the Great War aboard the submarine depot ship H.M.S. Maidstone and while still on her crew was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in January 1919, having attained the rate of Officer’s Steward First Class. He was invalided out of the service in June 1925, suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
Six: Shipwright G. R. Williams, Royal Navy, who survived the sinking of the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Courageous on 17 September 1939 British War Medal 1914-20 (M. 7917 G. R. Williams. B. Shpt. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Admiralty enclosure slip, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. G. R. Williams, 80A South…., St. Judes, Plymouth, Devon’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M. 7917. G. R. Williams. Shipt. 1. H.M.S. Devonshire.) very fine or better (6) £80-£120 --- George Rosevear Williams was born at St. Jude’s, Plymouth, in September 1899. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in September 1917 as a Boy Shipwright and served the remainder of the Great War at Devonport Dockyard, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in November 1932 whilst serving with the heavy cruiser H.M.S. Devonshire. During the early stages of the Second World War, Williams served aboard the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Courageous and was a member of her crew when she was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland and sunk with the loss of 519 men, including her captain. The survivors were rescued by the Dutch ocean liner Veendam and the British freighter Collingworth. He later served with the escort vessel depot ship H.M.S. Sandhurst and the anti-aircraft cruiser H.M.S. Colombo.
Pair: Lieutenant C. W. Cotton, Indian Army British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. C. W. Cotton.); Coronation 1937 (C. W. Cotton) contemporarily engraved naming, good very fine (2) £40-£60 --- C. W. Cotton, formerly Indian Civil Service, was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers on 22 June 1918.
Pair: Sergeant Ayenda Bin Ogutu, East Africa Police and Kenya Police British War Medal 1914-20 (1113. 1/Sgt. A. Gota. Kenya Police); African Police Medal for Meritorious Service, G.V.R., 1st issue (Sergt Ayenda Bin Ogutu East African Police) contact marks, polished and worn, therefore fair to fine, scarce (2) £700-£900 --- African Police Medal for Meritorious Service East Africa Protectorate Gazette 1 August 1917: ‘In recognition of long service which has been marked by exceptional ability and merit.’
Six: Able Seaman C. F. Savage, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J.125305 C. F. Savage. A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX.125305 C. F. Savage. A.B. H.M.S. Bulolo) good very fine (6) £200-£240 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1943. Seedies confirms awarded for service in H.M.S. Leeds.
Three: Captain J. Duncan, Welsh Guards, late South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action with the British Expeditionary Force on 23 May 1940 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Lieut. J. J. Duncan. S. Wales.Bord.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with a Dunkirk Commemorative Medal 1940, bronze, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- John Duncan was born in Cardiff in 1913, and was educated at Rugby and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. A talented cricketer and golfer, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers on 3 February 1933, and saw active service in pre-War Palestine. Transferring to the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards. At the outbreak of the war he was part of the King’s Guards at the Tower of London. In May 1940 he arrived in Boulogne with orders to defend the city, and was involved in much of the fighting, especially in defence of the docks area. He was killed in action on 23 May 1940, and is buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient. For the recipient’s brother’s medals, see Lot 16.
Six: Lieutenant-Commander R. B. Poland, Royal Navy, who served as one of Queen Elizabeth’s Gold Staff Officers during her 1953 Coronation 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Lieut. R. B. Poland. R.N.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, very fine or better (6) £140-£180 --- Richard Bengt Poland was born in London in June 1923 and was a resident of Seal, Kent. He was the great grandson of Sir W. H. Poland, Sheriff of London and son of Commander John A. Poland, R.N., City Marshal of London. He entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1940 and saw operational service during the Second World War, serving aboard the light cruiser H.M.S. Edinburgh, the battleship H.M.S. Malaya and destroyer H.M.S. Eggesford. Following the war he was on the crew of the destroyer H.M.S. Venus, which between 1946 and 1949 was part of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, based in the Mediterranean. The ship was involved in Royal Navy patrols preventing illegal Jewish immigration into Mandatory Palestine. In 1951 he was serving aboard the frigate H.M.S. Loch Quoich. Poland was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander in March 1952 and was selected to act as one of the 400 Gold Staff Officers on duty during Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Coronation. These men were appointed by the Duke of Norfolk, hereditary Earl Marshal, to act as ushers responsible for admission and seating of the 8,000 guests at Westminster Abbey. Poland’s Gold Staff Officer appointment is confirmed in the 1953 Coronation Medal roll. A photograph of Poland in full dress uniform at his wedding, wearing his medals, was published in the 31 March 1954 edition of The Tatler. He died in April 1996, aged 72.
Three: Corporal T. S. C. Joiner, 8th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died in Salonika on 24 September 1918 1914-15 Star (15649 L.Cpl. T. S. Joiner, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20, naming erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (15649 Cpl. T. S. C. Joimner. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Samuel Carlisle Joiner) good very fine (4) £80-£120 --- Thomas Samuel Carlisle Joiner was born in Birmingham and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and subsequently in Salonika, and died there on 24 September 1918. He is buried in Taranto Town Cemetery Extension, Italy
Five: Master at Arms E. J. Clark, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX. 61886 E. J. Clark. M.A.A. H.M.S. Wayland.), mounted as worn, partly officially re-impressed, good very fine (5) £80-£120 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1946.
Six: Chief Petty Officer R. M. Barden, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches for Minesweeping Operations 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Pacific Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX. 135140 R. M. Barden. C.P.O. H.M.S. Stormcloud.), mounted as worn, contact marks, otherwise very fine (6) £80-£120 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1949. Note: The recipient was Mentioned in Despatches for Minesweeping operations in 1948, not for service during the Second World War.
Seven: Shipwright Artificer First Class E. A. White, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (C/MX. 51213 E. A. White, Shpt. Art. 1. R.N.) official correction to rate; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (MX 51213 E. A. White Shpt. Art. 2. H.M.S. Ganges) contact marks, very fine or better (7) £120-£160 --- Ernest Arthur White saw operational service during the Second World War and the Suez Crisis of 1956. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1951 while serving at the shore establishment H.M.S. Ganges, having attained the rate of Shipwright Artificer Second Class.
Three: Able Seaman F. L. G. Ellissen, Royal Navy, who lost his life on the occasion the Cunard White Star liner Laconia was torpedoed and sunk in shark-infested waters off West Africa on 12 September 1942, with 1,800 Italian Prisoners of War aboard: on learning of this, the U-Boat commander commenced rescue operations, but his admirable endeavours, and those of other U-Boats that joined the scene, were quickly curtailed by an unfortunate attack delivered by Allied aircraft - and the transmittal of Doenitz’s notorious “Laconia Order” 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs. I. M. M. Ellissen, 6 Cardigan Road, Richmond Hill, Surrey’, extremely fine (3) £140-£180 --- Francis Lyon Gordon Ellissen served during the Second World War as an Able Seaman borne on the books of H.M.S. President III, and died when the Cunard White Star liner Laconia was torpedoed and sunk in shark-infested waters off West Africa in September 1942. Homeward bound from the Cape in September 1942, with some 2,700 people aboard, among them 1,800 Italian Prisoners of War under a 160-strong Polish guard, the Laconia was torpedoed by the U-156, commanded by Kapitain Werner Hartenstein, on 12 September, in a position about 500 miles south of Cape Palmas, Liberia. Shortly after the liner capsized, the crew of the now surfaced U-Boat were amazed to hear Italian voices yelling amongst the survivors struggling in the water, and on speaking to some of them, Werner Hartenstein immediately began rescue operations, alerting at the same time nearby U-Boats to come to his assistance. Also by radio he contacted his seniors in Germany, asking for instructions and, more courageously, sent out an un-coded message inviting any nearby ships to assist, allied or otherwise, promising not to attack them on the basis his U-Boat was left unmolested. And amazingly, to begin with at least, Berlin replied in the affirmative, although Hitler personally intervened to threaten Admiral Raeder in the event of any U-Boats being lost to enemy action as a result of the rescue operation. Over the next few days, Hartenstein’s ‘rescue package’ achieved commendable results, and by 16 September, U-156 had picked up around 400 survivors, half of which she towed astern in lifeboats, while other enemy U-Boats, the U-506 and the U-507, and the Italian Cappellini, had arrived on the scene and acted with similar compassion. Tragically, on 16 September, an American Liberator bomber, operating out of Ascension Island, attacked the gathered U-Boats, forcing Hartenstein and his fellow captains to cut their tows with the lifeboats and submerge. Mercifully, some neutral (Vichy) French warships arrived on the scene soon afterwards from Dakar, and in total, including those still aboard the U-Boats, some several hundred men, women and children were saved. But two lifeboats remained undiscovered, their occupants having to endure a living nightmare, adrift without adequate sustenance, under a burning sun, with sharks for company, for several weeks. Following his enforced departure from the scene of rescue on 16 September, Kapitain Hartenstein remained in contact with Berlin, in a vain attempt to complete his worthy task. In the event, he, and his fellow U-Boat commanders, received Doenitz’s famous “Laconia Order”, a diktat that mercilessly rewrote the conduct of sea warfare (and became one of the charges levelled at the Grand Admiral at Nuremberg). Turner was amongst those who died on or after the 12 September, and he is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
Five: Ordinary Telegraphist G. W. Pearce, Royal Navy, who was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for outstanding service during the operations which led to the capture of the Island of Elba when he was attached to 2 Combined Operations Bombardment Unit with the French Groupe de Commandos d’Afrique 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; France, Fourth Republic, Croix de Guerre 1939, with silver star, together with metal insignia of the Groupe de Commandos d’Afrique, original pin-back badge by Grazziani of Algiers, some loss of paint to the last, otherwise good very fine and very rare (6) £300-£400 --- Seedie’s Roll confirms Croix de Guerre, ‘2nd Bombardment Group, Elba’ but not gazetted. Accompanying Admiralty letter (see below) states: ‘Confirmation, when approved, will be promulgated in Fleet Orders and in the Press.’ Sold with Admiralty letter dated 24 July 1946, granting unrestricted permission to wear the enclosed Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, awarded by the President of the Provisional Government of France ‘for outstanding service during the operations which led to the capture of the Island of Elba’; and original French permission to wear the insignia of the Groupe de Commandos d’Afrique from Lieutenant-Colonel Bouvet, Commandant le Groupe de Commandos d’Afrique, to ‘PJX 330231 O/TEL Pearce G. Royal Navy Attached to 2 Combined Operations Bombardment Unit a porter l’insinge du Groupe de Commandos qu’il lui a remis pour sa participation aux Combats de l’Ile d’Elbe (17-19 Juin 1944) dans les rangs du Groupe de Commandos.’ Together with Admiralty report on Operation “Brassard”, the assault of Elba.
Three: Gunner A. C. F. Barker, Royal Artillery, who was taken Prisoner of War at Sidi Anisa on 29 June 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. A. C. F. Barker, 18 Allenby Road, Forest Hill, SE23.’, extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Arthur Charles Frederick Barker served as a Gunner with the 9th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, and was taken prisoner of War at Sidi Anisa on 29 June 1942, during the 8th Army’s retreat to Mersa Matruh. Held at camps in Libya, Italy, and Germany, he was liberated by the Red Army from Stalag IVB in June 1945. He died in Tunbridge Wells in 1997. Sold with copied research.
Four: Gunner E. N. S. Young, Royal Artillery, who was killed in action at Larino, Italy on 27 October 1943 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs Young, 253 Du Cane Road, Shepherds Bush, London W12.’ extremely fine (4) £60-£80 --- Eric Norman Stanley Young was born in Hammersmith, London in 1920 and served with the 3rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War. He was killed in action at Larino, Italy on 27 October 1943. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cassino Memorial, Italy.
Four: Captain H. R. Stevens, Movement Control Section, Royal Engineers, later Army Catering Corps 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Capt. H. R. Stevens. c/o The Dive, 24 Southwark Street, London SE1’; Army Emergency Reserve Decoration, E.II.R., reverse officially dated 1965, in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- H. R. Stevens served during the Second World War as a Captain in the Movement Control Section, Royal Engineers, before transferring to the Army Emergency Reserve of Officers on 16 February 1955. He transferred to the Army Catering Corps, A.E.R.O. on 10 February 1965, and was awarded his Army Emergency Reserve Decoration later that year (London Gazette 14 May 1965).
Three: Signalman H. Alston, Royal Signals, who was taken Prisoner of War at Dunkirk 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Militia (2327116 Sigmn. H. Alston R. Sigs); together with a Dunkirk Commemorative Medal, bronze, good very fine (4) £140-£180 --- H. Alston seerved with the Royal Signals during the Second World War, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Dunkirk. He was incarcerated for the rest of the War in Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf, Germany.
Five: Major J. C. Stott, Royal Fusiliers, late Honourable Artillery Company, who served with S.O.E.’s Force 133 in Jugoslavia and later with 1 Special Force in Italy 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with two additional service clasps (Major J. C. Stott R.F.) on H.A.C. ribbon extremely fine (5) £600-£800 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946 (Mediterranean theatre). Efficiency Medal 16 April 1940; 1st Clasps 16 April 1943; 2nd Clasp 16 April 1946 John Charles Stott was born in London on 19 September 1908. He served in the ranks of the H.A.C. Infantry from 1928 to 1 October 1939, when he was granted an Emergency Commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers. He served in France with the B.E.F. south of the Somme from April 1940 and on 3 May 1940 joined Syme’s Battalion in Beauman’s Division. Syme’s Battalion was distinguished in holding up the 5th Panzer Division for several hours outside Rouen in the late afternoon of 8 June, before being forced to retire south of the Seine. During the night the remainder of Beaumont’s Division retired across the river. Falling back on Cherbourg, the division was evacuated on 16-17 June, and Stott arrived back in England on 18 June 1940. Appointed temporary Captain and War Substantive Lieutenant w.e.f. 1 November 1940, he attended various courses in the U.K. before being posted to the R.A.F. Iraq Levies from 13 July 1942, serving at Basrah, Habbaniya, Hamadan, and finally at Ramleh, until 22 March 1943. He was next posted to M.O.4 G.H.Q. M.E.F., the name, at the time, of the Special Operations Executive in the Middle East, arriving at Cairo on 2 June 1943. Here he underwent parachute training at 4 M.E.T.S. from 15-20 June, and at M.E. 102 in June and July. Fluent in French, fairly fluent in German and Italian, Stott also had a working knowledge of Serbo Croat, having previously spent 9 months in Yugoslavia and Serbia. He consequently served with Force 133 in Yugoslavia from August 1943 to May 1944. He thereafter served with the S.O.E. in Italy with No. 1 Special Force C.M.F., until April 1945. Sold with a good quantity of original documents including record of service (Army Form B-199A); Army Medal Office letter enclosing ribbon and rosettes for Efficiency Medal; Officers’ Release Book; a good number of Telegrams from Stott to a Mrs Ross at Huddersfield, seemingly sent every month during 1942-45, though not all present, and mostly with a simple message ‘Am fit and well’; 5 typed letters from S.O.E. officers to Mrs Ross, January-March 1945, advising that ‘her friend, Captain Stott is very fit and well and in the best of spirits’; embroidered cloth parachute wings; National Identity Card and various post-war official service correspondence; and various wartime maps of Europe, two printed on silk.
Four: Corporal L. H. Smith, Green Howards, who was wounded and taken Prisoner of War at Sidi Muftah on 28 May 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. L. Smith, 50 Roseberry Avenue, Bridlington, Yorkshire’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (4391405. Cpl. L. H. Smith. Green-Howards) in named paper envelope; together with the recipient’s For Loyal Service badge, extremely fine (4) £80-£120 --- Leslie Harry Smith served with the Green Howards as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second Wold War, and was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940. Proceeding to North Africa with the 7th Battalion, he was wounded and taken Prisoner of War at Sidi Muftah on 28 May 1942, and was ultimately held at Stalag 344 at Lansdorf, Germany.
Seven: Warrant Officer Ian McInnes, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, later honorary Consul of Belgium at Mombasa, Kenya 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7596406 S. Sjt. I. McInnes. R.A.O.C.); Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, mounted court style as worn, very fine (7) £100-£140 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946 (Mediterranean Theatre). Crown of Belgium, Chevalier, Edinburgh Gazette 2 February 1968. Sold with original Warrant of Appointment as Consul at Mombasa, dated 7 February 1962, and original Licence to wear the Insignia of Chevalier of the Order of the Crown, dated 25 January 1968.
Seven: Sergeant S. Lawson, Royal Military Police, who was wounded in North-West Europe on D-Day, 6 June 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (2878550 Sgt. S. Lawson. R.M.P.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2878550 Pte. S. Lawson. C.M.P.) nearly extremely fine (7) £300-£400 --- S. Lawson served with the Corps of Military Police during the Second World War and was wounded on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Sold with a group photograph of four mounted Military Policemen.
Pair: Lance-Corporal J. Tyson, Corps of Military Police, late Coldstream Guards, who was killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk on 3 June 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with a Dunkirk Medal, bronze, in card box, extremely fine (3) £80-£120 --- James Tyson, a native of Egremont, Cumberland, served with the Coldstream Guards before joining the Burnley Police Force in 1934. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he was called up to the Coldstream Guards on 1 December 1939, and was subsequently transferred to the Corps of Military Police. He served with the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War, and was killed in action at Middelkerke, Belgium, during the retreat to Dunkirk, on 3 June 1940. He is buried in Middelkerke Communal Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with a quantity of original letters and documents relating to the recipient’s death, all addressed to the recipient’s widow, Mrs. D. Tyson, 72 Lyndhurst Road, Burnley, Lancashire, including War Officer letter; two Corps of Military Police Record Office letters; International Red Cross letter; and two British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem letters; together with the recipient’s mobilisation papers, and copied research.
Six: Driver S. P. Hodgson, Royal Army Service Corps and St. John Ambulance Brigade 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Service Medal of the Order of St John, silvered base metal (33793. Pte. S. P. Hodgson. Bedford. S.J.A.B. 1946/) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £80-£120 --- Sydney Palmer Hodgson was born in Sedgefield, co. Durham, on 22 September 1914, and attested for the Suffolk Regiment (Territorial Army) on 27 February 1941. Transferring to the Royal Army Service Corps on 5 June 1941, he served during the Second World War as a Driver predominately with 5, later 236, Brigade Company in the Middle East, Africa, and Italy, and was released Class ‘Z’ on 4 September 1946. He died in Bedford on 29 May 1964. Sold with cloth formation signs for the 21st Army Group, the Second Army, and the 7th Armoured Division, and a Fitter’s Trade cloth patch; and copied service papers and other research.
A ‘Battle of Britain’ casualty’s campaign group of three awarded to Flying Officer A. J. S. Pattinson, Royal Air Force, who, having earlier flown Blenheim nightfighter patrols with 23 Squadron, was killed serving with 92 Squadron when his Spitfire was shot down by a Messerschmitt 109 over Hawkinge, 12 October 1940 1939-45 Star, 1 copy clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council condolence slip in the name of ‘Flying Officer A. J. S. Pattinson’ and ‘ticker tape’ entitlement slip, medals housed in a small glazed wooden frame, nearly extremely fine (3) £800-£1,200 --- Aberconway John Sefton Pattinson was born on 18 December 1918 in Chelsea, London and was commissioned Acting Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force on 19 February 1938. Posted to No. 5 Flying Training School, Sealand on 5 March, he afterwards joined No. 25 Squadron (Blenheims) at Hawkinge on 17 September 1938, the squadron relocating to Northolt the following August for the defence of the London area. On 3 September 1939, Pattinson briefly joined 3 Squadron (Hurricanes) at Croydon but on 5 October, he moved on to 23 Squadron at Wittering and undertook convoy patrols and North Sea offensive patrols in Blenheims over the following weeks. Remaining with 23 Squadron during the ‘phoney war’ period, he undertook searchlight co-operation sorties from February to May 1940. He was then engaged in defensive nightfighter patrols from 5 June to 6 September - a period incorporating the opening and middle phases of the Battle of Britain. Having been promoted to Flying Officer on 29 July 1940, Pattison was posted on 7 September to 616 Squadron, a Spitfire unit based at Coltishall from where, on 11 October, he was sent to join 92 Squadron, also equipped with Spitfires, on the front line of the Battle at Biggin Hill. The very next day he encountered a Messerschmitt Bf 109 over Hawkinge and in the ensuing combat was shot down and killed. His Spitfire, X 4591, crashed and burned out in Bartholomew’s Wood, Postling Wents. The only son of Lieutenant J. F. Pattinson, Royal Engineers, who was killed on the Somme in May 1918 with the Australian Tunneling Corps, and his wife Daphne, he was 21 years of age at the time of his death and is buried in Parkstone Cemetery, Poole, Dorset.
Four: Flying Officer R. T. Mirtle, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Fg. Off. R. T. Mirtle. R.A.F.) last in named card box of issue, extremely fine (4) £80-£120 --- Robert Turner Mirtle attested for the Royal Air Force and served with them in the ranks during the Second World War, before being commissioned Pilot Officer in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch on 6 September 1945. Promoted Flying Officer on 1 May 1946, he transferred to the Catering Branch on 1 January 1947, and relinquished his commission on 27 July 1954.
Three: Sergeant H. W. Lyons, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure and medal entitlement ticker tape, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘H. W. Lyons, Esq., 174 Abbotsbury Road, Morden, Surrey’, extremely fine Three: W. P. R. Pasby, Royal Air Force Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with medal entitlement ticker tape, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘W. P. R. Pasby, Esq., 27 Tressillian Road, Brockley, London SE’, extremely fine (6) £70-£90 --- Sold with copied research.
Three: Sergeant J. H. Bakewell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 101 Squadron, killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down during a raid on Berlin on the night of 17/18 January 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed as issued, together with named Air Council enclosure and named medal entitlement slip, this pasted on card, extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- Sergeant James Henry Bakewell served in ‘B’ Flight, No. 101 Squadron and was killed in action on the night of 17/18 January 1943, in a raid on Berlin. The crew were on only their second full operation, having been forced to abort on three occasions and once being prevented from taking off because of problems on their own airfield. Their operational career spanned just nine days. He has no known grave and is commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Sold with further research.
Three: Sergeant Henry Wilson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 207 Squadron, killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down during a raid on Toulouse on 6 April 1944 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed as issued, together with named Air Council enclosure and named medal entitlement slip, these pasted on card, extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- Sergeant Henry Wilson was an Air Gunner with No. 207 Squadron, Bomber Command. He volunteered for service at Oxford in early 1943 and during a brief operational career of just eighteen days, he survived the disastrous raid on Nuremburg on the night of 30/31st March 1944, when 95 aircraft were lost. He was killed in action on 6 April 1944, whilst on his sixth operation, when his Lancaster was shot down during an attack on an aircraft factory at Toulouse. He is buried in Toulouse (La Fourguette) Communal Cemetery. Sold with copied extracts from 207 Squadron O.R.B. and other research.
Five: Private J. Cowman, 20th Battalion (The Canterbury Regiment) N.Z. Infantry, who was killed in the same action that Captain C. H. Upham, of the same regiment, won his second Victoria Cross at El Ruweisat Ridge on 15 July 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal, these five unnamed as issued, together with New Zealand Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (16187 Pte. J. Cowman) extremely fine (6) £300-£400 --- James Cowan, 20th Battalion (The Canterbury Regiment), New Zealand Infantry, was killed in action on 15 July 1942, aged 32, and is commemorated by name on the Alamein Memorial. On 14-15 July 1942, at El Ruweisat Ridge, Captain C. H. Upham, also of the 20th Battalion (The Canterbury Regiment) won a Bar to the Victoria Cross he had won in Crete the year before.
Three: Warrant Officer C. H. Belshaw, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (3122 W.O. Cl. 2. C. H. Belshaw. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, together with Royal Humane Society silver medal for proficiency in swimming (Charles H. Belshaw, Higher Grade School, Bolton 1905) extremely fine (4) £200-£260 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917. Medaille Militaire London Gazette 1 May 1917. Charles Herbert Belshaw was a scout master of 3rd Atherton Troop prior to enlistment. He served in France with the 2/4th Battalion, O.B.L.I. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research. See Lot 120 for the medals to his brother.
Three: A. P. Hughes, South African Forces Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all three officially impressed (210375 A. P. Hughes) mounted as worn together with ribbon bar War Medal 1939-45 (5), all unnamed as issued; Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Thomas Leonard Lane); Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Sergt. Frederick A. Blee) generally very fine or better (10) £50-£60
Five: Regimental Sergeant-Major Harold Thompson, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Coronation 1953; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada (W.O. Cl. I (RSM) H. Thompson RCOC); Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R. (S/Sgt. H. Thompson), together with The Lucas-Tooth Boys Training Fund for Efficiency, silvered bronze medal with ‘1922’ ribbon bar and ‘Lucas-Tooth’ top suspension bar (Cpl. H. Thompson, Devonshire Regt.) the first five mounted as worn, very fine (6) £80-£120 --- Sold with a representative group of 6 miniature medals, RCOC cap badge, and Canadian Forces service records for the period September 1940 to August 1955, giving confirmation of medals but no details of place or date of birth but presumably somewhere in the U.K.
Pair: Petty Officer H. A. Arch, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (P/JX. 661023 H. A. Arch. Ord. Smn. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (JX 661023 H. A. Arch. P.O. H.M.S. Undaunted.) minor edge bruising, good very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Herbert A. Arch was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1963 while serving with the destroyer H.M.S. Undaunted. At the time, this ship was operating as part of the 2nd Frigate Squadron at Portland.
Pair: Major-General R. M. Johnstone, M.B.E., M.C., Royal Army Medical Corps, who was awarded an Immediate Military Cross for his gallantry with the Middle East Forces during the Second World War, and was awarded the M.B.E. for his services in Malaya Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Lt. Col. R. M. Johnstone. M.B.E. M.C. R.A.M.C.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, extremely fine (2) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2005. M.B.E. London Gazette 26 October 1954: ‘In recognition of distinguished services in Malaya during the period 1 January to 30 June 1954.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘This Officer has consistently displayed the highest qualities of loyalty, professional skill, and military efficiency throughout his service in this unit. He has devoted himself especially to the care of the Gurkha TB patients. The high morale of these patients and their excellent medical condition are due almost entirely to his own very hard work and his personal interest in each patient. His attention to their care has never been limited to their medical treatment, but he has executed his influence on all their activities. The present efficiency and smooth running of the medical division is entirely due to him. His personal integrity, his professional knowledge and experience, his application of himself to the leisure activities of the unit, as well as to its work have all been an outstanding example to the junior officers. As Commanding Officer of this Hospital I do not hesitate to say that his presence in the unit has been the biggest single factor in enabling the unit to achieve the present high regard in which I know its work is held in Kuala Lumpur, and throughout Malaya. The standard and scope of his work has been consistently beyond what would normally be expected of an officer in his appointment.’ M.C. London Gazette 19 August 1943: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘During the action near Tebaga on 9 May 1943, Major Johnstone worked under heavy shell and mortar fire clearing casualties from our forward positions. Later on the same evening when the Commanding Officer of the Field Ambulance was killed he took charge of all forward clearing of casualties. He went to the assistance of a Regimental Aid Post in which the Regimental Medical Officer had been wounded and which had become very disorganised. Under heavy fire he reorganised the treatment and evacuation of casualties from this Regimental Aid Post. By his skill and devotion to duty large numbers of casualties were successfully evacuated. Throughout the whole action his example was inspiring to all and his courage and disregard of personal danger quite outstanding.’ Commander, Order of St. John London Gazette 20 June 1969. Robert Maxwell Johnstone was born in Edinburgh on 9 March 1914 and educated at the Edinburgh Academy, Craigflower, Fettes College, Christ College Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh. Gaining the M.A. M.B. B.Chir. from Cambridge and the M.B. Ch.B. from Edinburgh in 1938, he became a M.R.C.P. in 1940, a F.R.C.P. in 1944 and a M.D. (Edinburgh) in 1954. He was employed as a Resident House Physician and Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, 1938-39. Serving in the Second World War with the R.A.M.C., he was employed with the 129 Field Regiment 1938-41, was company commander of the 167 Field Regiment 1941-43, employed at the Staff College, Haifa during 1943 and was C.O. of 3 Field Ambulance 1945-46. He attained the rank of War Substantive Major in January 1946 and was awarded the M.C. for his services at Enfidaville in April/May 1943. Employed as Advisor in Medicine, H.Q. East Africa Command 1950-51; during the Korean War he was then Consultant Physician at the Commonwealth General Hospital in Japan. He was later Professor of Medicine and Honorary Consulting Physician to the Iraqi Army 1959-63. He attained the rank of Major-General in May 1967 as Consulting Physician to the H.Q. Far East Land Forces 1965-67, after which he was employed as Deputy Director of Medical Services, Southern Command 1967-68 and Army Strategic Command 1968-69, in which latter year he retired. Sold with a letter from Major-General Johnstone in which he provides some service details, lists his medals and explains why he parted with his British Korea Medal, believing (erroneously) that he was not entitled to it. Major-General Johnstone was awarded the M.B.E., M.C., C.St.J., 1939-45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army clasp; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service Medal with clasp Palestine 1945-48; Korea Medal; U.N. Korea Medal; and Coronation Medal 1953.
Four: Corporal Frederick Belshaw, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later 1st Garrison Battalion, attached 52 Wing R.A.F. in Afghanistan British War and Victory Medals (200909 Cpl. F. Belshaw. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (200909 Cpl. F. Belshaw, Oxf & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (200909 Cpl. F. Belshaw. 4/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) extremely fine (4) £300-£360 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 14 May 1920: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with operations on the North-West Frontier, India:- 200909 Cpl. Belshaw, F., 4th Bn., Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Atherton).’ M.S.M. is unique to the regiment for Afghanistan. Belshaw’s I.G.S. is confirmed on the roll of the 1st Garrison Battalion, O.B.L.I., ‘attch. 52 Wing, R.A.F. (Originally 4th Bn.), one of only 3 I.G.S. medals for Afghanistan to the battalion. See Lot 119 for the medals to his brother.
Pair: Electrical Mechanic (Air) First Class F. W. Chilton, Fleet Air Arm General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (F. 941423 F. W. Chilton. A/L. E.M. (A). R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (F. 941423 F.W. Chilton. E.M. (A). 1. H.M.S. Seahawk.) contact marks, very fine or better (2) £80-£120 --- Fred W. Chilton served as an Electrical Mechanic (Air) with the Fleet Air Arm. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1970 while serving at H.M.S. Seahawk (Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose).
Five: Lance-Bombardier J. Spearpoint, Royal Artillery Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24863556 LBdr J Spearpoint RA); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24863556 LBdr J Spearpoint RA) in named card box of issue; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 2 clasp, Former Yugoslavia, in box of issue; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, with riband bar, in box of issue; Kuwait, Emirate, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade, with riband bar, in box of issue, extremely fine (5) £140-£180
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