Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (C. Fuller. Sto. H.M.S. Barracouta.) impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (13850 Corpl: A. Johnstone. A.S.C.) minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Approximately 262 no clasp Queen’s South Africa Medals awarded to H.M.S. Barracouta. Charles William Fuller was born in Stonar, Kent, on 22 October 1874 and joined the Royal Navy on 2 January 1894. Promoted Stoker on 15 September of that year, he joined H.M.S. Barracouta on 1 April 1898 and served in her during the Boer War. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 July 1906, he was invalided out of the service on 9 November 1911. Sold with copied service record and medal roll extract.
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The Egypt and Sudan campaign medal to Major W. H. Atherton, 5th Dragoon Guards, who was killed in action at Abu Klea Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (Capt: W. Atherton. 5th Dn. Gds.) official correction to ‘5th’, some pitting from star, therefore nearly very fine £2,800-£3,400 --- Provenance: Jack Webb Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008; purchased ex Seaby Bulletin, March 1965. Another medal named to this officer was offered by Sotheby’s in November 1984 with poor rivets and copy Abu Klea clasp (£540); also by Dix Noonan Webb in December 2002 but now with genuine clasp (£2200), and again in December 2013 (£3300). Both medals appear to be genuine issues and it is probable that the recipient received a double issue, one through the 4th D.G. and one through the 5th D.G. 4 officers and 44 other ranks of the 5th Dragoon Guards served in the Heavy Cavalry Regiment on the Nile, of whom Major Atherton and 31 other ranks fought at Abu Klea. Major Atherton and 10 men were killed in action or died of wounds, mostly when the Heavy Camel Regiment section of the square was overwhelmed.

Walter Hyde Atherton was commissioned Lieutenant in the 5th Dragoon Guards on 2 December 1874, and became Captain on 27 August 1879. He was attached to the 4th Dragoon Guards in Egypt 1882 and was present at the Battle of Tel-El-Kebir on 13 September 1882. Promoted to Major on 16 April 1884, Atherton commanded the 5th Dragoon Guards detachment of 31 men at the Battle of Abu Klea on 17 January 1885, during which action he was killed. Of the nine British officers killed in action at Abu Klea, seven of them belonged to cavalry regiments of the Heavy Camel Regiment, the other two serving with the Naval Brigade.

Four: Corporal J. Wellings, 72nd Highlanders Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (2978 Cpl. J. Wellings. 72nd Highrs.) modern re-engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (John Wellings 72nd. Highlanders); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (John Wellings 72nd Highlanders) lighly engraved naming, plugged and fittted with a Crimea-style suspension; Germany, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Ernestine House Order Merti Medal, silver, mounted for wear, the Crimea medal lacquered, generally nearly very fine (4) £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
A Great War M.C. and Second Award Bar group of five miniature dress medals worn by Lieutenant-Colonel R. Blandy, 9th Gurkha Rifles, late Royal Munster Fusiliers Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1908, Waziristan 1919-21; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, mounted court-style with torn Spink & Son label to reverse, nearly extremely fine (5) £240-£280 --- M.C. London Gazette 25 August 1917:
‘For Distinguished Service in the Field in Mesopotamia.’ M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 11 January 1919:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty [in Mesopotamia]. He commanded with great-ability a patrol which, under the fire of the enemy, discovered after dark a ford over the river by which the troops crossed on the following night. But for his intrepid action the troops would not have been able to cross.’ Raleigh Blandy was born at Funchal, Madeira, on 22 May 1884, a scion of the famous Blandy family that controlled the Madeira Wine and Shipping trades. Commissioned into the Indian Army on 29 August 1906, he served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Mohmand campaign 1908 before transferring to the 2nd Battalion, 9th Gurkha Rifles. In December 1911, his unit, as part of the Dehra Dun Brigade, took part in the Coronation Durbar in Delhi (Medal). From April to October 1913, Blandy commanded a group of 11 Gurkhas who were signallers assigned to the Triangulation Survey Party in the Pamirs. Promoted Captain on 29 August 1915, he served during the Great War in Mesopotamia from late September 1916, and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry during the crossing of the Tigris River at ‘Shumran Crossing’ on 23 February 1917 - an epic action for 2nd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles, and their seminal battle honour for the Great War: Major Wheeler, leading the first ‘assault tow’, was awarded the Victoria Cross, and Lieutenant Russell an immediate D.S.O. Blandy himself was in command of the 'Second Tow', and the regimental history of 9 Gurkha Rifles describes his part in the forced landings at Shumran, as follows: ‘Immediately after landing the first tow, the ten boats started on their return journey. But shelling and small arms fire permitted only six to reach. These were loaded with 'C' Company under Captain R. Blandy and Lieutenant S. D. Gladstone, but gain came under heavy small arms fire, wounding or killing the rowers. Captain Blandy seized the oar and guided the boat in, collecting two bullets through his left sleeve and whilst disembarking, was wounded in the abdomen by a bullet which providentially deflected off his belt buckle, thus not proving fatal.’ During the crossing of the ‘Shumran Bend’, 2/9 Gurkha Rifles suffered a total of 107 casualties, including 7 British Officers, of whom 2 were killed and another 5 (including Blandy) were wounded. Blandy was awarded a Second Award Bar to his Military Cross for reconnaissance work in advance of another river crossing later in 1917; and for his services during the Great War was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 15 August 1917 and 12 March 1918). In May 1918, he transferred to the newly-raised 4th Battalion, 11th Gurkha Rifles as a Company Commander, which proceeded to take part in the final Palestine campaign, and continued to serve with them until their disbandment in India in late 1919. Returned to the 9th Gurkhas, Blandy was promoted Major on 29 August 1921, and by 1927 was serving with the Burma Military Police. He returned to his unit in 1928 and was appointed Second-in-Command, served with in the Malakand. Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 3 June 1932, he commanded the 2nd Battalion from 1932 until his retirement on 1 January 1935. He died in 1967. Sold with the recipient’s riband bar; and four photographic images of the recipient. Note: The recipient’s full sized awards, also mounted court-style by Spink & Son, were sold by Spink in April 2014.
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captain, I. A. Fane, 46th. Regt. 18 May, 1855.) contemporarily engraved naming, mounted as worn with a top Hunt & Roskell silver riband buckle with gold pin, edge bruising, nearly very fine £300-£400 --- Provenance: John Fane Collection (i.e. direct from the family), Dreweatt’s, November 2009. John Augustus Fane was born in Wormesley on 23 September 1830, the son of John William Fane, High Sheriff and Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the Oxfordshire Militia. Appointed Ensign on 19 October 1849, Lieutenant on 31 December 1852, and Captain on 29 December 1854, he landed with the 46th Regiment of Foot in the Crimea on 8 November 1854. Returned home on 6 February 1855, he received the Crimea Medal by Royal presentation on 18 May 1855. Resigning from the Army upon the sale of his commission on 29 May 1857, Fane subsequently served in the Oxfordshire Rifle Volunteers and died in 1908. Sold with an attractive pair of related silver dress miniatures, comprising Crimea Medal, clasp Sebastopol, and Turkish Crimea Medal, Sardinian issue, mounted upon contemporary wearing pin; with a small gilt-metal regimental cap badge, a silver and blue enamel College of Nursing badge, numbered ‘16378’ to reverse, by J. R. Gaunt & Son., and a large Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary badge, by W. Lewis of Birmingham.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (9) (23941 Gnr. C. Tripp. R.A.; 7491 Pte. A. H. Edwards. Som. L.I.; 3-6460 Pte. E. Oliver. Som. L.I.; 4240 Pte. J. Smith. Notts. & Derby. R.; M2-168240 Pte. G. J. Beakes. A.S.C.; SS-23087 Pte. H. Burgess. A.S.C.; M2-132241 Pte. H. E. Cowey. A.S.C.; M2-021808 Pte. S. J. Gerrett. A.S.C.) some edge bruising, generally very fine (9) £90-£120 --- Albert Henry Edwards, an errand boy from Weston-super-Mare, was born in March 1888. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry and served on the Western Front from 27 December 1914. He was killed in action on 16 September 1916, whilst serving with the 6th Battalion and is buried in Combles Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Sold with copied research.
Three: N. J. Ubrihein, Royal Australian Air Force Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘433540 N. J. Ubrihein’, very fine and better War Medal 1939-45 (2) (154253 J L MacGregor; 22608 D A Moir) both officially impressed, very fine (5) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Neville John Ubrihein was born in Lismore, New South Wales, on 24 April 1921, and served with the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. James Lewis MacGregor was born in Melrose, South Australia, on 21 February 1910. A locomotive driver, he enlisted in Adelaide on 12 December 1944 and served as Aircraftman 1st Class (Technical Trainee) in the Royal Australian Air Force until discharge on 27 September 1945; confirmed as full entitlement according to online service record. Donald Arthur Moir was born in Sydney on 22 July 1908. A shoemaker, he enlisted in Brisbane on 10 June 1940 and witnessed extensive service with the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War, notably with No. 1 Airfield Construction Squadron from 4 November 1944. Discharged as Sergeant (Equipment Assistant) on 26 February 1946, he returned home to Duncan Street, Norman Park, Brisbane.
An extremely rare Baltic and China War campaign group of three awarded to 1st Engineer J. Urquhart, Royal Navy, who was awarded the Naval Engineers Medal in 1845, believed to be the eighth and final award of this Medal Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, unnamed as issued; Naval Engineers Medal, 1842-46 (James Urquhart 1st Engineer of H.M.S.V. Columbia, 1845.) good very fine (3) £1,400-£1,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Triffett Collection (Tasmania) 1948; Spink, July 1988. James Urquhart was born on 1 May 1811 and entered the Royal Navy as 1st Engineer at Woolwich on 2 July 1839. Initially posted to the William & Mary, he transferred to Firefly on 10 October 1839 and Columbia from 28 June 1842 to 12 January 1848. According to an entry in the Admiralty Digests for 1845, Urquhart qualified at this time for the Naval Engineers Medal for his invention of a Tide Gauge, it being presented to him on 8 July 1845. Transferred to Fisgard, Scourge, Blenheim and Caesar, Urquhart went on to serve aboard the frigate Retribution from 1 April 1855 to 22 December 1860, and is entitled to the Baltic 1854 and China Campaign 1857-60 medals during this period. According to the Head of the Admiralty Record Office at Whitehall on 3 April 1950: ‘It may be interesting to note that the satisfaction of the Board of the Admiralty was conveyed to the Commanding Officer, H.M.S. ‘Retribution’ in February 1860 for the ‘unremitting exertions of Chief Engineer I James Urquhart.’ Further posted to Asia and Cumberland, Urquhart reverted to shore at his own request on 24 February 1866. Sold with an impressive file of copied research regarding the recipient and the Naval Engineers Medal, with confirmation by Seaby’s in November 1950, reprinted from the Newsletter of the Australian Numismatic Society, that Urquhart is the eighth recipient of the Naval Engineers Medal to be found, the rolls and work by Major L. L. Gordon in his British Battles and Medals, 1st Edition - initially quoting six recipients - being incomplete and possibly inaccurate. Gordon himself amended the number to seven medals in his 2nd edition of 1950, the eighth to Urquhart being confirmed by Admiralty Digests. Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris also confirms the award of Urquhart’s Medal.
Fifeshire Volunteers 1802. A circular engraved medal with thistle decorated rim, 58mm, silver, with some faint partial Edinburgh? hallmarks, obverse engraved with ornate crowned ‘GR’, with ‘Reward of Merit’ above and ‘Fifeshire Volunteers’ below, reverse engraved ‘Won by Ensign R. Wilkie, Best Shot with Ball at the Hundred Yards Target Practice 27th April 1802’, within a wreath of laurel, with ornate swivel ring suspension, some hairline cracks, very fine £260-£300 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Murray Collection, Glendining’s, May 1926. Owing to the uncertainty that exists with regard to the original provenance and manufacture of some early engraved Regimental and Volunteer Medals, this lot is sold as viewed.
Six: Sergeant J. Falkingham, Royal Signals General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2321443. Sgln. J. Falkingham. R. Signals); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, very fine (6) £100-£140 --- John Haw Falkingham was born in York on 6 June 1913 and joined the Royal Signals in the early 1930s. Initially drafted to India in 1933 with the 5th Divisional Signal Company, he transferred in 1936 to the 1st Cavalry Brigade Signal Company at Risalpur. Transferred to Palestine for service with the Palestine Force Signals, he returned home to England in 1939 and was court martialed; convicted of fraud, he received 28 days’ detention in August 1939. Witnessing extensive service in North Africa, Italy and north-west Europe during the Second World War, Falkingham is recorded in 1947 as a Sergeant with the 7th Armoured Division Signals Regiment at Bad Rothenfelde. The following year he formed part of the Hannover District Signal Squadron, before taking civilian employment as a security officer in Surrey. He died at Guildford on 13 July 1974. Sold with copied research relating to the Court Martial at Bulford Camp and later service in Germany - including a couple of military group photographs with the recipient identified.
Pair: Corporal T. Harwood, 59th Regiment of Foot Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ahmed Khel (509 Corpl. T. Harwood. 59th Foot.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (509 Corpl. T. Harwood. 2nd Bn. E. Lanc Regt.), first medal polished and fitted with a replacement suspender, edge bruises, contact marks, rank slightly polished on both medals, good fine and better (2) £180-£220 --- Thomas Harwood, a Labourer from Crewkerne, Somerset, was born around 1844. He attested into the 59th Foot on 4 October 1862 and was initially appointed Corporal on 1 September 1867. He served in Afghanistan from 13 December 1878 to 1 September 1880, where he was present at the action at Ahmed Khel. Awarded his LSGC with gratuity in 1882, he was discharged on 1 February 1884. Sold together with copy service papers.
British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (154798 Spr. J. H. McLaren. R.E.; 352286 Pte. D. McLaren. Labour Corps; 147103 Pte. R. W. McLaren. Labour Corps.; M2-148388 Pte. F. McLaren. A.S.C.; 015306 Pte. T. McLaren. A.O.C.) edge digs to second medal, otherwise very fine (5) £60-£80 --- Sold together with copied research.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (436 L. Cpl. J. T. McLaren. P. Elzbth. T. G.) scratch to obverse, otherwise extremely fine £60-£80 --- James Torrance McLaren, a commercial traveller from Port Elizabeth, was born in Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, in 1870. He emigrated with his family to South Africa, and later attested into the Port Elizabeth Town Guard and served during the Boer War, on escort duty. He died in Port Elizabeth, aged 57, on 2 November 1927. Sold together with copy research and medal roll extract.
Four: Acting Sergeant E. W. Stevens, Somerset Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1990 Pte. E. W. Stevens. Som. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1990 A. Sjt. E. W. Stevens. Som. L.I.); Defence Medal, contact marks, very fine Four: Sergeant L. Cotton, Rifle Brigade 1914-15 Star (2453 L. Cpl. L. Cotton. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (2453 Sjt. L. Cotton. Rif. Brig.); Defence Medal, good very fine Four: Gunner C. H. Light, Royal Artillery, late Cullian’s Horse 1914-15 Star (Pte. C. H. Light. Cullians Hse.); British War and Victory Medals (266636 Gnr. C. H. Light. R.A.); Defence Medal, good very fine (12) £100-£140 --- Ernest William Stevens was born in Pilton, Somerset, in 1896. He attested into the 4th Battalion (Territorial Force), Somerset Light Infantry on 19 September 1913 and served during the Great war in the Frontier regions of India from 9 October 1914. Posted to Mesopotamia in February 1916, he returned to India suffering from dysentery seven moths later. Upon recovery he rejoined his battalion in March 1917. After further periods of sickness, he transferred into the Royal Engineers. Appointed Acting Sergeant, he was discharged in May 1919. In civilian life he served as a Police Officer in Yeovil. He died in 1962. Louis Cotton was born in Ascot Under Whichwood, Oxfordshire, in 1891. He attested into the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment on 17 September 1907, and after two months’ service attested into the 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade. He appears in the 1911 census as serving in Cairo, Egypt. He served during the Great War on the Western Front, before moving to Salonika in November 1915, where he served for the duration of hostilities. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the Home Guard detachment at Highworth, Wiltshire. He died, aged 91, in 1984. Charles Henry Light was born in Hewish, North Somerset, on 28 January 1880. Emigrating to South Africa, he attested into Cullian’s Horse on 26 October 1914 for service during the Great War. Upon his discharge, he returned to the U.K. where he attested for further service into the Royal Artillery. Sold with copied research.
The C.B.E. and Brazilian O Globo merit medal attributed to Mr J. A. Cayton, Representative, British Council in Canada, formerly British Council in Brazil The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, with full neck riband in Garrard, London, case of issue; Brazil, Republic, Merit Medal of the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, silver-gilt, with neck riband, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £260-£300 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1972: John Alwyn Cayton, O.B.E., lately British Council Representative in Canada. John Alwyn Cayton served as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in the Second World War and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1943). He was awarded the O.B.E. on 11 June 1960, for services as Representative, British Council, Brazil, residing in Rio de Janeiro; and was promoted to C.B.E. in the New Years Honours of 1972, for services as Representative, British Council, Canada. O Globo is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro. Sold with a calling card for ‘Mr J. A. Cayton, O.B.E., Representative, British Council, Brazil.’
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. J. Hardy Naval Schmr., H.M.S. Ganges.) impressed naming, edge bruising, nearly very fine £100-£140 --- William James Hardy was born in Wellington, Somerset, in June 1864. He was appointed as a Naval Schoolmaster in the Royal Navy in May 1887, and his service included at H.M.S. Ganges from June 1888 to September 1902 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in May 1902). Hardy transferred as a Schoolmaster to the Royal Marines at the R.M. Depot, Deal, in September 1904. Serving with the Chatham Division, he advanced to Headmaster in March 1918, and to Chief School Master in June of the same year (entitled to British War Medal). Hardy retired in April 1920, and died in March 1936. Sold with copied service papers.
A Royal Navy Gunner’s Powder Horn, engraved to H.M.S. Endimion. Approx. 38cm long. A wonderful example of shipboard sailor work, featuring a slight naïve scrimshaw engraving of the ship, with below the title ‘INDYMYON’, a crowned lion over another crown, stylised thistle, 2 intertwined turtle doves, stylised thistle, &c. The nozzle appears to be a Russian one captured from Baltic operations, with their anchor Acceptance stamp. 2 iron suspension rings on top, good condition £400-£500 --- During the American War of 1812-15, H.M.S. Endimion’s most famous action was the leading part that she played in the Gold Medal action: the capture of the larger 50 gun USS President off New York on 15 January 1815.
Five: Acting Sergeant R. G. Pearce, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5438386 Cpl. R. G. Pearce. D.C.L.I.) mounted as worn, good very fine Five: Private J. L. Williams, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry France and Germany Star; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5438165 Pte. J. L. Williams. D.C.L.I.) court mounted in this order, good very fine (10) £100-£140 --- Ronald George Pearce was born in Bude, Cornwall, on 6 June 1921. A carpenter by trade, he attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 15 May 1939 and was appointed Private in the 4/5th Battalion. Mustered in the trade of carpenter and joiner Class I, Group B, under A.O. 137/40 on 13 February 1941, he witnessed extensive service in North West Europe and was raised Acting Sergeant on 14 October 1945 when part of the British Army of the Rhine. Released from service in May 1946, his reference adds a little more detail: ‘Exemplary. Served with distinction in the North West European campaign. A fine leader. Very thorough, reliable and hard working, a skilled tradesman. He has commanded the Pioneer Platoon with success. His conduct has been beyond reproach.’ Sold with the recipient’s original typed letter of reference, dated 12 August 1945, mounted on card, a contemporary photograph of the recipient in military uniform, a bronze XXX Corps Alamein & Cuxhaven 1944-45 medallion, unnamed, and a file of copied research. John Leslie Williams was born in Camelford, Cornwall, on 20 February 1920. A stone mason’s apprentice, he attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 2 May 1939 and served in Normandy with the 5th Battalion, D.C.L.I., from 17 June 1944 as a Commanding Officer’s signaller throughout the North-West Europe campaign. Appointed Lance Corporal 25 November 1944 he was struck off strength from the British Army of the Rhine on 14 October 1945. Posted to Reserve, he was awarded the Efficiency Medal in 1946 and died at the East Cornwall Hospital in Bodmin on 14 August 1984. His obituary in the Silver Bugle reads: ‘He served throughout the whole of the North West European Campaign as the Commanding Officer's signaller. He will always be remembered in this capacity where his calm, stubborn and persistent voice was so often heard holding the Battalion's wireless net together on those difficult and temperamental No. 18 sets. No doubt he drove the CO and other members of Tac HQ mad with his continuous tuning and netting calls, but to his compatriots trying to keep in contact with Battalion HQ, his voice conveyed confidence and assurance. So often he would be heard calmly requesting "Through me” to an out-station struggling to get through in the heat of battle. He set his standard of excellence in Normandy and maintained it at Falaise pocket, the crossing of the Seine, the race to Arnhem, the winter campaign of 1944 and the crossing of the Rhine, culminating in the final battles for Bremen.’ Sold with an original photograph of the recipient in military uniform and copied research.
Four: Petty Officer First Class J. W. Burch, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Suakin 1884 (J. W. Burch, Boy 1.Cl: H.M.S. “Alexandra”); British War Medal 1914-20 (113739 J. Burch. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (J. W. Burch, P.O. 1Cl, H.M.S. Crescent.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine; the BWM better (4) £400-£500 --- Joseph William Burch was born in Hull, Yorkshire, on 10 July 1865 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 28 October 1880. He served in H.M.S. Alexandra from 30 June 1882 to 31 January 1883, and then in H.M.S. Carysfort from 1 February 1883 to 14 April 1884. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 7 November 1893, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 6 March 1901, and was shore pensioned on 28 July 1903, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Recalled for service on 14 July 1915, he served during the Great War borne on the books of H.M.S. Vivid until demobilised on 12 September 1919. He died in Hull in 1943. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Shropshire Volunteers 1802. A circular struck medal, 45mm, gilt, obverse featuring Britannia seated, with shield and lion, ‘Shropshire Volunteers’ engraved above, ‘Best Shot’ in exergue, reverse engraved ‘Lieut. Cureton 1802’ within wreath, with integral loop suspension, good very fine £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Gaskell Collection, Glendining’s, May 1911. Referenced in Balmer, R505.
Five: Corporal S. W. Holman, Royal Signals General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6365. Cpl. S. W. Holman. R. Signals.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (6365 Cpl. S. W. Holman. R. Signals.) good very fine and better (5) £100-£140
Three: Band-Sergeant F. Cullen, Royal Garrison Artillery, late Sergeant Trumpeter, 7th Dragoon Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2727 Sjt. Tptr. F. Cullen, 7/D.G.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (15690 Band-Serjt. F. Cullen. R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (15690 Band. Sjt. F. Cullen. R.A.) mounted for display, the first two with contact marks and polished, good fine, the last extremely fine (3) £280-£340 --- M.S.M. Army Order 193 of 1944.
A fine Second War C.M.G., inter-War K.P.M. group of five awarded to Inspector General R. C. Morris, Burma Police The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with section of neck riband for display purposes, in Garrard, London, case of issue; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (Dy. Insp. Genl. R. C. Morris. Police Dept); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, for Distinguished Service (Ralph Clarence Morris, Indian Police, Burma.) last four mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- C.M.G. London Gazette 1 January 1941. K.P.M. Gazette of India 1 January 1935. The official citation, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary on 1 January 1935, states: ‘Mr. Ralph Clarence Morris, Deputy Inspector-General of Police for Railways and Criminal Investigation, joined the Indian Police in 1908 as an Assistant Superintendent and very early in his career showed promise of developing into an officer of more than average merit. During the Great War he acted in the capacity of Personal Assistant to the Deputy Inspector-General of Military Police from May 1917 to February 1920 and was highly commended for his exceptional ability, self-reliance, resource and industry. While in charge of the Police in the Meiktila District in 1921 he dealt effectively with a serious outbreak of crime. In October 1921 he was specially selected for the post of Superintendent of Police Supplies which he held till February 1926 and brought the Department to a high state of efficiency. In June 1926 he was promoted to the Selection Grade and officiated as Deputy Inspector-General, Administration, from April to November 1928 when he was appointed as Assistant Inspector-General of Police. He held this post with distinction for about three years, earning the highest praise from the Inspector-General. In March 1931 he was appointed as Deputy Inspector-General of Police for Railways and Criminal Investigation and during the strenuous months of that year of rebellion he showed himself once more to be a very able, hard working and successful officer. As officiating Inspector-General of Police from June 1933 to January 1934 he gave complete satisfaction in the administration of the force and proved himself to be a sound and efficient administrator.’ Ralph Clarence Morris was born in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, on 10 March 1889. Educated at Ludlow Grammar School, he joined the Indian Police and served in Burma from 6 December 1908. Enjoying steady advancement in his career, Morris also saw the increasingly violent opposition to British rule in Burma led by a section of English-educated nationalists, as detailed by author S. R. Chakravarty in The Tharrawaddy Rebellion in Burma: ‘Influenced by Indian revolutionaries - especially those from Bengal - the mid-1920’s witnessed the development of secretive Burmese cells with a mission to convince the local populous of the need to self rule. Arguing that ‘liberty’ and ‘good government’ could not be delivered by one group of people to another, the revolutionaries succeeded in stirring up the people with arguments of imperialism being founded upon force and fraud.’ The resultant anti-imperialist rebellion broke out on 22 December 1930, taking the immediate form of attacks on police stations and governmental buildings. It ended in August 1931 with the capture of the nationalists’ leader, physician and former monk Saya San. Awarded the India General Service Medal and confirmed as entitled to the Silver Jubilee and Coronation Medals, Morris was decorated with the C.M.G. in 1941 as Inspector General of Police, Burma, and is later recorded in the Civil List for Burma (1 September 1942) as ‘on leave preparatory to retirement’. Relocating to Bournemouth, Morris died on 28 May 1959. Sold with copied research.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (5462 Pte. W. Cousins, Somerset: Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5508 Pte W. Farrow. Somerset: L.I.) scratch to obverse of KSA, slight edge digs, otherwise very fine (2) £100-£140 --- William Frederick Farrow, a butcher from Burnham on Sea, Somerset, was born in 1881. He attested into the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry on 19 December 1899 and served in South Africa during the Boer War. Also entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasp for Cape Colony, he was court martialed and jailed twice for deserting his post and wilfully injuring his equipment, before his discharge, by purchase, in May 1903. He later attested into the Hertfordshire Regiment in 1916 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from December 1917, before transferring into the Royal Engineers. He was finally discharged in October 1919. Sold with copied service records and other research.
A fine Indian Mutiny ‘Clause 13’ V.C. to Rough Rider Edmond Jennings, 1st Troop, 1st Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery, for gallantry during the Relief of Lucknow in November 1857, specifically for rescuing a wounded officer when under attack and conveying him to safety on his own horse, following which his fellow non-commissioned officers elected him for the award of the Victoria Cross - a fitting reward at the end of twenty four years’ service in India Victoria Cross, reverse of the suspension bar inscribed ‘Rough Rider E. Jennings. Bengal Artilly.’, reverse centre of the Cross inscribed ‘Novr. 1857’, on original double pronged presentation mounting pin, good very fine £20,000-£30,000 --- The Jennings Victoria Crosses Two Victoria Crosses are known to this recipient, the one offered for sale here, and a second one which is held by the “F” (Sphinx) Battery, 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (the successor unit to Jennings’ original unit), together with his campaign medals. Whilst the exact reason for two Victoria Crosses named to this man is a matter of some conjecture, the most likely reason is that the first-named V.C. was sent out to India for presentation to him there (as were the other Bengal Artillery Victoria Crosses), but that once it was known that he was returning home to the U.K. Queen Victoria herself expressed a wish to personally decorate him with the V.C. at an Investiture at Windsor on 9 October 1860, and a second Cross was consequently named up (in the event Jennings’ ship had been delayed in departing India, and he did not arrive in time, thereby missing the Windsor investiture). Given the slight difference in the way the unit is abbreviated and the absence of a calendar date on the V.C. in this lot, when compared to the V.C.s awarded to Park and Laughnan, which were both sent out to India, and are named ‘Gunner J. Park Benl. Artily. 14 to 22 Novr. 1857’ and ‘Gunner T. Laughnan Benl. Artily. 14 to 22 Novr. 1857’ respectively (and indeed the other Jennings V.C., which is dated ‘14 to 22 Novr. 1857’ in full), it seems likely that the V.C. in this lot was the one that was named up for presentation by Queen Victoria herself, and the presence of the original Victorian mounting pins would seem to support this conjecture. Falling on hard times towards the end of his life, Jennings sold his Victoria Cross and campaign medals, and they were acquired by Colonel Littledale, of Cheltenham. They have appeared twice at auction, the first time at Sotheby’s on 25 November 1910, when as part of the Colonel Littledale Collection (Lot 130A) they sold for £67 to ‘White’; and then secondly at Glendining’s on 24 July 1946, when as part of the Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Godfrey Dalrymple White, Bt., Collection (Lot 112) they sold for £105 to Dr. James Muirhead. Following Dr. Muirhead’s death in 1963 they were acquired by “F” (Sphinx) Battery, 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery for £600. The Victoria Cross in this lot was sold by Charles Lusted in November 1980 (when it was listed at £5,500). _____________________________________________________________________________________ V.C. London Gazette 24 December 1858: Rough Rider E. Jennings, Bengal Artillery (in a joint citation with Lieutenant Hastings Edward Harrington, and Gunners J. Park, T. Laughnan, and H. McInnes, all Bengal Artillery) Date of Acts of Bravery: From 14th to 22nd November 1857 Act of Bravery for which conferred: Elected respectively, under the 13th clause of the Royal Warrant of the 29th January 1856, by the officers and non-commissioned officers generally, and by the private soldiers of each troop or battery, for conspicuous gallantry at the relief of Lucknow, from 14th to the 22nd November 1857’ Edmond Jennings (often mistakenly referred to as Edward Jennings) was born in Ballinrobe, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, in 1815, ‘a place which he himself describes as a barren wilderness, physically and mentally’ (The Bangalore Spectator, 4 November 1880 refers), and enlisted in the Honourable East India Company’s service at Tullamore, Co. Westmeath, on 2 April 1836. He arrived in Calcutta on 5 December 1836, and was posted to the 1st Troop, 1st Brigade, Bengal Artillery in 1838. He saw active service during the First Afghan War (Medal for Ghuznee 1839), and during the First Sikh War (Medal for Aliwal without clasp). Appointed a Rough Rider on 7 December 1855, Jennings served throughout the Great Sepoy Mutiny with the Bengal Horse Artillery (Medal with three clasps, for Delhi, the Relief of Lucknow, and Lucknow); is recorded as having received a slight wound to his right arm during the capture of Delhi; and was elected by his comrades to receive the award of the Victoria Cross for his gallantry during the Relief of Lucknow between 14 and 22 November 1857, specifically for the following action, as reported in the Civil and Military Gazette at the time of the recipient’s death: ‘During the siege of Lucknow Jennings, accompanied by half a dozen of his troop, was one day entrusted with the conveyance of a despatch to a Captain Rennington. On the return journey the attention of the party was arrested by the cries of a European. Jennings at once volunteered to go in quest, the others remaining on the look-out. A high wall had to be surmounted; then the horseman galloped along a narrow street, at the end of which he discovered a British officer standing with his back against a wall, bayonet in hand, endeavouring to keep at bay a small host of excited natives, armed with short swords. The trooper shouted, in the vernacular, “They are coming”, on hearing which the horde broke and scattered, not before, however, the gallant Irishman had cut down at least half a dozen. The ground thus cleared, Jennings dismounted, and attended to the wants of his superior, whom he found bleeding freely from several sabre wounds and a gunshot wound, the most serious one on his hip. The trooper had with him some rum, which he administered, and then put the well-nigh exhausted Lieutenant on his own beast, and safely emerging from between two cross-fires of artillery, deposited his bleeding charge at the general hospital, the officer declaring that but for this intervention he could not have held out another half hour.’ A few days later Jennings was summoned to the hospital by the young officer he had rescued, and was presented with a gift of 1,000 rupees. Reputedly, Sir Colin Campbell was in the hospital at the time, and hearing about the gallant act offered Jennings a commission, although the offer was declined on the basis that he could neither read nor write (The Bangalore Spectator, 4 November 1880 refers). Elected to receive the Victoria Cross for his gallantry at Lucknow by his fellow non-commissioned officers, Jennings retired on 21 March 1859, and returned to the United Kingdom the following year, after 24 years in India. He was later employed as a local corporation scavenger (a road sweeper) in North Shields, Northumberland, on the wage of 18 shillings a week (to go with his 7 shillings per week military pension, and £10 per annum Victoria Cross annuity), and died in poverty in North Shields on 10 May 1889. Buried in a pauper’s grave in Preston Cemetery, North Shields, a new headstone was erected over his grave in September 1997. Victoria Cross Royal Warrant - Clause 13 Awards
When drawing up the original warrant for the Victoria Cross there was understandable concern with singling out one or two individuals for special recognition for acts of bravery, as this had the potential to cause resentment am...
The outstanding N.G.S. medal awarded to Admiral Thomas Bennett, R.N., who was wounded as a 12 year-old midshipman at the battle of Camperdown, and was second Lieutenant of the Seahorse in Captain John Stewart’s extraordinary and brilliant ‘Gold Medal’ night action with a Turkish squadron in July 1808 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Camperdown, Seahorse Wh Badere Zaffere (Thomas Bennett, Lieut.) together with contemporary miniature medal with two engraved clasps on original ribbon fitted with silver ribbon buckle, good very fine (2) £18,000-£22,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby, June 1971 (to Fergus Gowans Collection); Glendining’s, March 1989; John Goddard Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015. Camperdown [298 issued] - including 3 officers and 20 men of the Monarch. Seahorse Wh Badere Zaffere [32 issued] - including 11 officers of which the following six are known: Thomas Bennett, Lieutenant (third senior officer aboard the Seahorse and senior surviving claimant); Hon. George P. Campbell, Midshipman; Lord John Hay, Midshipman; Viscount A. G. Kenmore, Midshipman (Honeyman Collection, Huntington Library, U.S.A.); William Oastler, Surgeon; Edwin L. Rich, Midshipman (Royal Naval Museum). A surprisingly rare clasp despite the number awarded. Thomas Bennett was born on 22 February 1785, at Hereford, a nephew of Francis Bennett, Esq., Purser of the Nassau 64, who perished in that ship when wrecked on the coast of Holland, 14 October 1799, and of Commander William Bennett, R.N., who died in 1819. He entered the Navy in March 1797 as a Volunteer, on board the Monarch 74, Captain John Elphinstone, flagship afterwards of Vice-Admiral Richard Onslow, under whom he fought and was wounded, while only twelve years of age, in the battle of Camperdown, 11 October following. On leaving the Monarch, in which ship he had previously witnessed the mutiny at Spithead, he successively joined the Nassau 64, Captains William Hargood and George Tripp, guard-ship at the Nore, and, in the early part of 1798, the Amphion 32, Captain Richard Henry Alex. Bennett, employed on the North Sea, African, and West India stations. Among other achievements he assisted, while cruizing off the island of Jamaica in company with the Alarm 32, in effecting the capture, 25 November 1799, of the Asturiana, Spanish letter-of-marque, mounting 28 guns, with a complement of 180 men; and for his zeal and activity on various occasions, but more especially in the boat-chase of a privateer off Port Royal, was ultimately, in 1801, transferred by the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Hugh Seymour, to his flagship, the Sans Pareil 80. The premature death, however, of the gallant Admiral depriving him of the immediate promotion he had been promised, Mr. Bennett did not obtain any advancement in his profession until January 1802, when he appears to have been appointed Acting-Lieutenant, for a short time, of the Tartar 36, and Vanguard 74, both commanded by Captain James Walker. He returned home in the course of the same year on board the Cerberus 32, Captain James Macnamara; and on being reappointed as Admiralty Midshipman, at the commencement of hostilities, to the Amphion, then commanded by Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy, conveyed Lord Nelson to the Mediterranean, where he was promoted by his Lordship, who had previously made him his Signal Officer, into the Camelion 18, Captain Thomas Staines, 25 July, 1803 – an act which was officially confirmed on 9 December following. During the next two years Bennett was warmly engaged, nearly the whole time as First-Lieutenant, in destroying the enemy’s coasting-trade between Toulon and Genoa. On one occasion, on 29 August 1803, whilst attacking five vessels under the batteries at Rimasol, his clothes and hat were shot through in an extraordinary manner, and every person in his own boat, except himself, two men, and a boy, was either killed or wounded. Seahorse with Badere Zaffer, Gold Medal action In May 1805, after assisting at the capture, within sight of the British fleet, of Le Renard schooner, of 12 guns, he exchanged into the Seahorse, of 42 guns and 281 men, commanded at first by Captains Hon. Courtenay Boyle and Robert Corbett, and from April, 1806, until June, 1811, by Captain John Stewart, in whose distinguished services during that period he proved an active participator. On the failure of Sir Arthur Paget’s pacific mission to restore peace between Great Britain and Turkey, Captain Stewart was despatched, in August 1807, to examine the ports in the Cyclades, to report as to their capacity, and to promote and facilitate trade with Malta. Cruizing in the Archipelago on the evening of 5 July 1808, the Seahorse fell in with two Turkish frigates, the Badere Zaffer, 52 guns, and the Alis-Fezan of 26 guns. The crew of the Badere Zaffer alone was nearly double that of the Seahorse, and her armament was heavier, but Captain Stewart engaged both ships, and after an action of about half an hour, the smaller Turkish frigate, much damaged, made sail away. Her consort fought in the most determined manner, and made several unsuccessful attempts to board the Seahorse, who poured broadside after broadside into her opponent with most destructive effect. For more than three hours the contest raged, from nine p.m. till past midnight, when the ships separated, the Turk with all her topmasts shot away, and her fire silenced. At dawn, the Seahorse bore down to renew the engagement, and the Turkish captain, though ready to fight again, was compelled by his crew to surrender, his ship being so shattered that she was with difficulty kept afloat. What occurred after the Badere Zaffer had struck her colours is best told in the words of an officer present: ‘The little Arab who commanded the Turkish ship, on being brought aboard and asked for his sword, had no idea of surrendering it; indeed he had, immediately after his colours were struck, dressed himself entirely in white, meant perhaps as a flag of truce. Having obtained permission to return to his ship, and being in the confusion of the moment unguarded, he got one of the fighting lanterns, which were still alight, and had reached the magazine passage then not secured, and over ankle deep in gunpowder, when just as he was in the act of taking the candle from the lantern the schoolmaster, who had come aboard the prize from curiosity, and happened to be providentially on the lower deck, immediately on seeing the danger knocked down the Arab, dowsed his glim, and saved us from the inevitable destruction of one, if not both, frigates. He was removed on board the Seahorse, and as he spoke Italian fluently, Captain Stewart rebuked him severely in that language for his breach of the laws of honour and war, to which he listened with unmoved patience. When the speaker ceased, the little tiger bent forward his head, and pointing to his neck, said, “Take it, it is yours, don’t hesitate, for had the fortune of war been mine I would have had your head off two hours ago. I only did my duty in attempting to blow up my ship, and I curse my own stupidity for not succeeding.” His officers declared that during the action he had put 17 of his own men to death with his own hand in attempting to keep them at their quarters.’ The British loss was five men killed and ten wounded; the loss of the enemy, one hundred and seventy killed and about two hundred wounded, many mortally, showing the difference in the handling and gunnery of the two ships. Captain Stewart took his shattered prize into Malta, and being unsuitable for the British Navy, she was sold to some merchants. In addition to the Naval Gold Medal, Captain Stewart received a £100 sword from the Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund for this service. The First-Lieutenant, George Dow...
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (91926 Gnr: H. F. Vowles, 73rd Bty: R.F.A.); 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5173 Pte. J. O’Brien. 1/Welsh R.) surname unofficially renamed; the first polished and worn, this good fine, the second nearly very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Herbert Fry Vowles, a butcher from Cross, Compton Bishop, Somerset, was born in 1872. He attested into the Royal Field Artillery on 8 August 1892 and was transferred to the Army Reserve on 14 November 1898. He was recalled for further service on 9 October 1899 and served in South Africa with the 73rd Battery, during the Boer War, before being invalided home with cardiac disease on 6 August 1900. He died on 8 March 1901 and is commemorated on a plaque in St. Congar Church, Badgworth Somerset, together with his brother Percy Evans Vowles, 3rd Grenadier Guards, who died of enteric fever in Johannesburg on 10 June 1900. John O’Brien, a labourer from Aston, Birmingham, was born around 1880. He attested into the Lincolnshire Regiment at Sheffield on 7 October 1898, stating that he was a member of the 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire Militia, before deserting after three weeks’ service. On 1 December 1898 he attested into the the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, before transferring into 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards on 31 January 1999, before once again deserting on 29 April 1899. Further enlisting into the Welsh Regiment under the false surname of ‘Carbery’, he served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa, during the Boer War. Upon his return home, he was returned to the Coldstream Guards on 16 October 1903, court martialled and imprisoned, before being further court martialled on 24 October 1903 for failing to appear in prison, and discharged. After his imprisonment on 2 July 1904, he was further court martailled by the Lincolnshire Regiment and sentenced to a further 140 days’ imprisonment, before his final discharge on 18 August 1904. Sold together with copied service papers, copied research and copied medal roll extracts confirming the late issue of O’Brien’s Queen’s South Africa Medal on 27 November 1919.
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1847 (J. Butler, Pte. R.M., H.M.S. Racehorse) officially impressed naming, nearly very fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Only 35 medals issued to the Royal Navy with these dates, 34 to H.M.S. Racehorse including 9 to Royal Marines, and 1 to Hazard. James Butler was born at Honiton, Devon, and was attested for the Plymouth Division of the Royal Marines on 17 August 1843, aged 21, a Shoemaker by trade. He was discharged at the Royal Marine Barracks at Stonehouse, Devon, on 16 October 1857. His discharge records his entitlement to the Crimea Medal with clasps for Sebastopol and Balaklava, and that he “was engaged in New Zealand storming a stockade when several were killed”. This would have been at Kawiti’s Pa during the Battle of Ruapekapeka. He served aboard H.M. ships Racehorse, 24 December 1844 to 24 August 1848; Impregnable, 2 July 1848 to 19 February 1849; Ganges, 10 November 1849 to 27 July 1852; Sans Pareil, 2 April 1853 to 29 November 1855 (With Battalion in Crimea); London (Support), 6-28 April 1856; Ajax, 27 May 1856 to 12 October 1857. Sold with copied service details which show some variance in the series of vessels from May 1848 to November 1857.
A Great War ‘Palestine Operations’ M.M. awarded to Private A. P. House, 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion), London Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (491976 Pte. A. P. House. 2/13 Lond: R.) minor edge nicks, very fine £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 25 April 1918. Arthur Percy House was born in Stratford, Essex, in 1881. A travelling salesman, he attested for the London Regiment at Stratford on 3 April 1916 and served with the 13th Battalion on the Somme from 11 October 1916 as part of 179th Brigade in the 60th (2/2nd London) Division. Transferred with his Battalion to Salonika on 19 November 1916 and Egypt in July 1917, House was later awarded the Military Medal - most likely an award for the capture and defence of Jerusalem in December 1917.
A fine British War Medal awarded to Chauffeuse Miss Emily R. Duncan, Scottish Women's Hospitals and French Red Cross, who spent two years driving an ambulance in Salonika, much of this time as part of the pioneering 'All Women' Girton and Newnham Unit British War Medal 1914-20 (E. R. Duncan.) nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- Emily Robertson Duncan was born on 5 October 1883 and lived at 20 Queen's Road, Aberdeen. She volunteered for the Scottish Women's Hospitals in the summer of 1917 and served in Salonika as a chauffeuse from 17 July 1917 to 24 November 1917. A contemporary newspaper article written by a Press Association Special Correspondent offers a little more information about the lives of these women volunteers at that time: ‘It is only right to pay a tribute to the bravery and devotion of the chauffeuses of the Scottish Women's Hospital attached to the Serbian Army, who take the ambulances as far as the cars can go along the precipitous paths in order to meet the wounded, and are constantly risking life and limb in this dangerous work, which requires skill as well as nerve. Yet young girls perform the journey sometimes twice daily, and often have to spend the night on the mountain side, as breakdowns are, unfortunately, too frequent in such bad country.’ On 23 March 1918, Duncan was posted to the Girton and Newnham Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. Named after the only two Cambridge colleges to admit women, this all-female establishment og 60 staff was led by the pioneering Dr. Anne Louse McIlroy, a former surgeon in gynaecology, who devoted her time to treating wounded and sick French, Serb, Albanian and Russian servicemen. Reports from this time state that the heat of the Greek summer of 1918 made conditions almost unbearable to work in, with many diseases spreading from the patients to the staff; nevertheless, the staff proved that women were more than capable of running a war hospital and able work in any field of medicine or surgery, including those specialities previously restricted to male doctors. Such pioneering work and endurance was not lost on the local dignitaries. According to a Correspondent working for the Daily News: 'The large corps of the Scottish Women Motor Transport, etc., in the Dobrudja, is earning the great admiration of the Rumanians and Russians alike. The Prefect of Constanza said to me... "It is extraordinary how these women endure hardship. They refuse help, and carry the wounded themselves. They work like navvies. No wonder England is a great country if the women are like that."’ Duncan left Salonika on 1 July 1919 and likely returned home to Scotland. She is later recorded as working at St. George's Hospital in London in 1939, her employment described as 'Late Appeal'. She died in Chelsea on 24 November 1963.
Four: Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant T. A. Kearns, Royal Canadian Artillery Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Canada, with three additional service clasps, all King’s Crown (L/Sgt. T. A. Kearns R.C.A. (N.P.)); Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R. (RQMS (WO2) T. A. Kearns) mounted as worn, together with Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans in Canada enamelled badge, named on the reverse ‘T. A. Kearns Montreal Unit No. 14 25th January 1954’, good very fine (5) £140-£180
The Egypt and Sudan Medal awarded to Lieutenant A. D. Homfray, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Royal Monmouthshire Engineers, who succumbed to disease in Upper Egypt on the eastern bank of the River Nile Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut: A. D. Homfray. 2/D of Corn: L.I.) abrasively cleaned and polished (although all naming perfectly clear), good fine £200-£240 --- Augustus Devereux Homfray was born in Malpas, Monmouthshire, around 1859, the son of Lorenzo Augustus Homfray. Granted a commission on 10 December 1878 as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Monmouthshire Regiment - with favour of His Grace The Duke of Beaufort - he witnessed initial service with the Royal Monmouthshire Engineers and was raised Lieutenant in the London Gazette of 23 April 1880. Transferred to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and keen to be placed on active service, he is noted in the Historical Records of the 32nd Regiment as having volunteered for service in Egypt; transferred from the 1st to 2nd Battalion, D.C.L.I., alongside Lieutenant J. T. Bowles, Homfray embarked for service overseas on 4 December 1884. Serving on the Nile, Homfray was soon seized with fever at Keneh. The Star of Gwent, dated 18 December 1885, takes up the story: ‘The arduous work which he had to undertake, coupled with climatic influences, brought on enteric fever, to which the young Lieutenant succumbed on the 2nd April last, thus putting an end to a career full of hope and promise. Death of loved ones is ever harrowing to the feelings of fond parents, and this is even more the case when it takes place thousands of miles from home... Yet Mr. and Mrs. Homfray must have derived some consolation from knowledge of the fact that their son died a noble death, for he fell while fighting for his Queen and country.’ Sold with extensive copied research, including the above newspaper article and correspondence to the Duke of Beaufort.
Four: Sergeant C. J. Radford, Royal Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (99299 Bomb: C. J. Radford, 2nd W.D., R.G.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (99299 Corpl. C. J. Radford. R.G.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (99299 Sjt: C. J. Radford. R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (99299 Sjt. C. J. Radford. R.A.) mounted as worn, the first two fine, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £200-£240 --- M.S.M. Army Order 103 of 1945.
Pair: Corporal C. R. Sansom, Army Cyclist Corps, later Royal Air Force, who served for two years as a Signaller on the Western Front and later attempted to gain his ‘Wings’ as a pilot British War and Victory Medals (157 A.Cpl. C. R. Sanson [sic]. A. Cyc. Corps.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (495567 Pte. R. A. Beith. 13-Lond. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (SE-22445 Pte. J. W. Steer A. V. ---) unit partially erased; Silver War Badge No. 87469, nearly very fine and better (5) £60-£80 --- Charles Richard Sansom was born in London on 29 June 1896 and lived with his mother at 18 Fullerton Road, Wandsworth. An advertising clerk by profession, he attested for the 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion), London Regiment on 2 September 1914 and served as part of the regimental Cyclist Company. Qualifying as a 1st Class Signaller in April 1915, Sansom transferred from his parent regiment to the newly formed Army Cyclist Corps and arrived in France on 24 June 1916, just a week before the opening exchanges of the Battle of the Somme. Raised Corporal, he ended the War serving with the 18th Battalion, Army Cyclist Corps, attached to the Royal Air Force as Cadet Pilot. Sent to No. 8 R.A.F. Cadet Wing at Sandling West Camp, he passed his Cadet Brigade Course in January 1919. Sold with a fine array of original documentation, including Soldier’s Pay Book for use on Active Service; Certificate of Demobilisation; Certificates of Employment (2); Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity; and paper packet of transmittal for medals, this addressed to: ‘Mr C. R. Sanson (sic), 71 Swaby Road, Earlsfield.’ Robert Adam Beith attested for the 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion), London Regiment on 7 December 1915. A civil service clerk, he survived the Great War but died in 1921. James Welsh Steer served during the Great War in the Army Veterinary Corps.
Nine: Warrant Officer Class II W. J. Collar, Royal Signals India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (2568275. Sigmn. W. J. Collar. R. Sigs.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, second clasp loose on riband, as issued (2568275 W.O.Cl.2. W. J. Collar. R. Sigs.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (2568275 W.O. Cl.2. W. J. Collar. R.Sigs.) mounted court-style for display, contact marks, generally very fine and better (9) £180-£220 --- Sold with copied medal rolls confirming entitlement to the IGSM whilst acting as Signalman with the Rawalpindi District Signals, and GSM, clasp Palestine, on 23 January 1948, as issued by No. 1 Special Communications Unit of the Royal Signals.
Three: Corporal J. Leach, 1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 1914-15 Star (2141 L. Cpl. J. Leach, Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2141 Cpl. J. Leach. Suff. R.) mounted for wear, generally very fine or better Three: Private C. Leeks, 1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 1914-15 Star (2398 Pte. C. Leeks. Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2398 Pte. C. Leeks. Suff. R.) generally very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (3856 Pte. A. Leeks. Suff. R.) generally very fine (7) £80-£100 --- John Leach served during the Great War with the 1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in Gallipoli from 10 August 1915 (entitled to Silver War Badge). Cecil Leeks served during the Great War with the 1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in Gallipoli from 10 August 1915 (entitled to Silver War Badge). Albert Leeks served during the Great War with the Suffolk Regiment, and later the Labour Corps (entitled to Silver War Badge).
Five: Corporal R. J. Beal, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2573036 Cpl. R. J. Beal. R. Sigs.) nearly very fine Six: Driver R. J. Elliott, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2584877 Dvr. R. J. Elliott. R. Sigs.); together with the related miniature awards, these mounted as worn but lacking Efficiency Medal; a modern Middlesex Yeomanry bullion badge; and sundry base-metal medals commemorating the 1935 Jubilee and 1937 Coronation, nearly very fine (11) £80-£100
Pair: Warrant Officer Class II M. D. Stubbs, Royal Air Force and Royal Signals General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (2742325 S.A.C. M. D. Stubbs R.A.F.); Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (24286483 WO2 M D Stubbs R Signals) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, toned, good very fine (2) £80-£100
British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Capt. N. E. MacDougall; Lieut. B. R. Bechtel.; Lieut E. L. Gleason; 3180017 Sjt. D. W. McNeil. C.S.E.F.; 1078622 Spr. E M. Cashman. C.R.T.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (Capt. T. F. Graham; 2768898 Pte. J. C. Anderson. C.S.E.F.; 2015751 Pte. T. Spouse. C.S.E.F.) some edge bruises, generally very fine (7) £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Neil Edward MacDougall, a doctor from Caca, Saskatchewan, attested into the Canadian Army Medical Corps for service during the Great War and served at the Canadian Army Medical Corps Training Depot, No. 11 and at Shaunessey Hospital, Canada. Ernest Leslie McLeod Gleason attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the Canadian Railway Troops. He was accidentally killed in action on 2 November 1917 and is buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. Edward Michael Cashman attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 67th Battalion. He was later commissioned into the 102nd Battalion and was killed in action on 9 August 1917. He is buried in Villers Station Cemetery, France. Thomas Fleck Graham, a doctor from Brantford, Ontario, attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 86th Battalion Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He was later commissioned into the Canadian Army Medical Corps and died of Cardiac Failure on 20 September 1918. He is buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Sold together with a 32nd C.E.F. cap badge and some copied research.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Jas Howlett, 2nd C. Qr. Dk, H.M.S. Excellent.) impressed naming, light pitting, therefore nearly very fine £70-£90 --- James Howlett was born in Sheerness, Kent, in August 1858. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1874, and advanced to Petty Officer 1st Class in January 1887. Howlett served with H.M.S. Inflexible from July 1881 to February 1885 (entitled to Egypt Medal with ‘Aexandria 11th July’ clasp), and H.M.S. Excellent, on and off between February 1885 and November 1905 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in October 1886). He advanced to Chief Petty Officer in May 1895, and was shore pensioned in March 1908. Sold with copied service papers.
A scarce inter-War K.P.M. pair awarded to Jamadar Raz Muhammad Khan, Manjhi Frontier Constabulary Post, North-West Frontier Province Constabulary, who effected a most gallant rescue of an elderly tribesman who was in danger of drowning in the Gomal River King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Raz Muhammad Khan. Jemadar, N.W.F. Constab.) on gallantry riband; India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Subdr. Raz Mohd., F.C.) good very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- K.P.M. London Gazette 1 January 1931. The official joint-citation with Naik Lal Din, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinaire, 1 January 1931, states: ‘On the 25th July 1929, an old man named Umar Khan went to the bed of the Gomal River to collect drift wood, and was cut off by the river which suddenly came down in spate. For two days and nights he remained marooned on a sand bank, just clear of the water. The local Police and villagers had made repeated and unsuccessful attempts to reach the man. None of the local people, themselves strong swimmers, knowing the currents and the treacherous nature of the river, dared attempt to swim the flood. The river at the joint when Umar Khan was cut off was some 200 yards in width and the water was over seven feet deep; the sand bank on which the man was stranded became equidistant from both banks. The chief obstacles were the treacherous nature of the river, which is full of quicksands and whirlpools, and the force of the current which is fierce and swift. On the third day as the old man was in danger of succumbing to hunger and exhaustion, the villagers came to Manjhi post for assistance. On hearing of Umar Khan’s plight, Jemadar Raz Muhammad and Naik Lal Din at once left for the river bank. Both are strong swimmers but realised full well the risks they ran of themselves drowning. Despite this, they swam out, with the aid of an inflated bullock skin, and with great difficulty managed to bring the old man back to safety. Both the rescuers displayed gallantry of the highest order. Neither of them belonged to this locality, so that they had no interest in the rescued man and might well have copied the example of his friends in declining to risk the passage. The Gomal river has claimed many victims, including men of the Frontier Constabulary, so that there were plenty of reasons to deter the rescuers. Apart from the bravery of their actions, the Jemadar and Naik are to be congratulated on what most people would have considered a humanely impossible feat. It is noteworthy that the Jemadar has previously been commended for saving life in the water.’ Sold with copied research.
Four: Warrant Officer A. McWilliam, Royal Horse Artillery China 1900, no clasp (21470 Bombr. A. McWilliam B. By. R.H.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (21470 Sjt. A. McWilliams. R.H.A.) note spelling of surname; British War and Victory Medals (21470 W.O. Cl. 2. A. McWilliam. R.A.) nearly very fine £240-£280 --- Alexander McWilliam served with 3rd Brigade, R.H.A., in France and Flanders from 15 August 1914. Sold with copied Medal Index Card.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1884, Tamaai (A. Mann. A.B. H.M.S. “Euryalus”) sometime silvered, contact pitting from star, good fine and better £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 1994. Allan Mann was born at Alyth, near Blairgowrie, Perthshire, on 20 November 1862, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Unicorn (Time only) on 20 November 1878, and removed to St Vincent the following day. He served aboard a variety of ships before joining Euryalus as an Ordinary Seaman on 11 January 1882, his character rated ‘V. Good’ throughout. However, having been advanced to Able Seaman in May 1882, he was charged and found guilty of the theft of 3 Rupees from another A.B. in Euryalus in July 1884, and ‘adjudged to be imprisoned with hard labour for six calendar months.’ The Court, however, considered the charge proved, but Mann, in consideration of his previous good character, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment only. He earned both the Egypt 1882 medal and the clasps in Euryalus, the medal being delivered on board on 30 June 1883, and the clasps sent to Duke of Wellington on 19 February 1885. Despite his continued service in the Navy, Mann’s character remained indifferent and ‘Bad’ with several periods in cells, culminating in 42 days in Malta Gaol, followed by a further 90 days in a civil prison at Malta, upon the expiration of which he was to be ‘Dismissed the Service as objectionable’, which duly occurred on 6 May 1888. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Three: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant H. Feegan, Royal Artillery Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (14809. By. Qr. Mr. Sergt. H. Feegan. H/1st Bde. R.A.) ; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (8463. By. Qr. Mr. Sergt. H. Feegan. H/1st R.A.); Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Actg: Serjt: Maj: H. Feegan. R.A.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, naming lightly engraved on reverse points of star (H F H 1 RA) the first with pitting from star, good fine, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £300-£400 --- M.S.M. with Annuity £10 granted 1 January 1905. L.S. & G.C. and gratuity £5 awarded 1 April 1882. Henry Feegan was born at Purfleet, near Brentwood, Essex, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 7 April 1863. He served in Afghanistan and in Egypt with H/1st Brigade (also entitled to Afghanistan medal, no clasp; Egypt medal, Tel-el-Kebir clasp). He was discharged having reached the age limit on 9 December 1897, and died at Drayton on 20 October 1918. Sold with copied research and discharge papers.
A fine post-War 1964 ‘Aden Brigade’ B.E.M. Pair awarded to Staff Sergeant J. K. Roberts, Royal Signals, who was instrumental in enabling military and civil communications across Aden British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (22515075 Sgt. John K. Roberts. R. Sigs.) with Royal Mint case of issue; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (22515075 S.Sgt. J. K. Roberts. B.E.M. R. Signals.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1964. The original recommendation states: ‘Aden Colony and State. 17 May 1961 to 6 May 1963. He carried out his basic line work and administrative duties as Troop Sergeant of Line Troop most successfully. These line duties entailed a supervision of work effort on cable projects, works services and fault repairs through the whole of Aden State. In addition to these, his established duties, he was intimately concerned in the detailed planning of Signals Works Services for Aden Colony (and State) and the preparation of specifications and stores forecasts for such projects. He applied the knowledge gained from his General Post Office background and training to the multitudinous line communication problems, with an intelligence and shrewdness which always produced the right answer. His task on line communications was a difficult one owing to the paucity, indeed non existence in many instances, of cable routing records in the Services and Posts and Telecommunications Aden: These difficulties were aggravated by the rapid build up of Army units with associated new camps and installations. He showed admirable flexibility of mind in coping with the continual changes in communication planning required by this build up. A flair for making use of what equipment and cable was available as opposed to what was technically required enabled him to produce the solution to many immediate communication problems. His work called for a considerable and sustained personal effort far greater than that required or expected from one of his rank and seniority. His example was an inspiration to those who worked for and with him. These additional duties entailed close liaison with the Senior British engineers of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Aden and his work enabled the first intelligible set of cable records for both civil and military installations, to be made. His conduct and ability gave an excellent impression of the potential of Army Signals to the Civil Technical Staff in Aden: so much so that the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications acknowledged his fine spirit of cooperation and his excellent work by sending a letter of appreciation, at the end of his tour, to Headquarters Middle East Command.’ John Keith Roberts was recommended for the B.E.M. on 3 July 1963 by Major P. A. MacGillivray, Officer Commanding No. 254 Signal Squadron (Aden), and Brigadier M. Harbottle, Commander Aden Garrison. Formerly known as Headquarters British Forces Arabian Peninsula (Independent) Signal Squadron, No. 254 Signal Squadron (Aden) was disbanded in 1965 and absorbed into No. 15 Signal Regiment, being later tasked with UN peacekeeping duties in Cyprus.
1939-45 Star (2), one with copy Battle of Britain clasp; Africa Star, this a copy; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (2), one with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45 (2), one a Canadian issue in silver; India Service Medal; New Zealand War Service Medal; Australia Service Medal (NX9710 J. E. Madden); together with three miniature awards, comprising Atlantic Star; Burma Star; and Defence Medal, two of the stars gilded, generally good very fine (13) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Four: Warrant Officer Class II R. H. Burke, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, both Canadian issues in silver; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada (WO. Cl.II (CSM) R. H. Burke RCASC) the three Second War awards all in card boxes of issue; together with two medalets and a miniature lapel badge, good very fine Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (B.57292 Tpr. D. G. LaFleur) nearly extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Donald George LaFleur was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 28 June 1921 and attested foe the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 4 September 1942. He served as a Guardsman with the Governor General’s Foot Guards, R.C.A.C., during the Second World War, and was killed in action on 14 August 1944. He is buried in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France.
Four: Signalman M. Edwards, Royal Signals, who was Mentioned in Despatches in 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, in O.H.M.S. card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. M. Edwards, 34 Heathland Road, London, N16.’, good very fine Five: Signalman E. J. Read, Royal Signals, who served as a Wireless Operator in North Africa and Italy 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with two card identity discs, both impressed ‘Read E. J. C.E. 2345670’, very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Myrddin Edwards was born in Tylorstown, Glamorgan, on 23 November 1919. A sales progress clerk, he attested at Catterick for the Royal Signals on 23 May 1940. Raised Lance Corporal on 17 December 1943, he was later Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 6 April 1944). Attached to the 4th Indian Divisional Signals, he was promoted Lance Sergeant on 27 August 1945 and discharged to Army Reserve in September 1946. Sold with the recipient’s original Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; a letter from the War Office enclosing oak leaf emblem; Certificate of Transfer to Army Reserve; a fine mid-1950s Irish Driving Permit; and various photographs of the recipient and family. Ethelbert Jack Read attested for the Corps of Royal Signals at Prestatyn on 13 June 1940. An outfitter’s assistant, he was posted to training schools at Liverpool and Thornbury, and completed a wireless course on 20 October 1942. He was demobilised on 26 September 1946. Sold with an archive of original documentation including the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, this confirming medal entitlement; Soldier’s Release Book; a letter regarding medal entitlement, dated 3 February 1947 and noting his address as Parkstone, Dorset; Notice to join the T.A. for training, dated 14 June 1952; Record of Service Card.
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India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Hazara 1891 (6971 Sergt. Farier [sic] G. Gregory No. 1 By. 1st Bde. E. Dn. R.A.) nearly very fine £160-£200 --- Medal and 3 clasps confirmed as Sergeant Farrier with 1/1st Brigade, Eastern Division R.A., later No. 9 Mountain Battery, R.A.
Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (6877 C. Sjt: G. McLaren. 1/V. B, Rl. Hdrs.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (665015 B.Q.M. Sjt. A. McLaren. R.F.A.) edge bruising to first, generally very fine (2) £90-£120 --- Alex McLaren attested into the Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force and served during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre. He was later appointed Battery Quarter Master Sergeant.
A Great War ‘Battle of Festubert 1915’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private F. Ball, South Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4-8804 Pte. F. Ball. 2/S. Staff: Regt.); 1914 Star 8804 Pte. F. Ball. 1/S. Staff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8804 Pte. F. Ball. S. Staff. R.) medals unmounted, the first polished on the obverse, otherwise nearly very fine and better (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 5 August 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and resource on the 16th-18th May, 1915, at Rue du Bois. After the N.C. Officer and remainder of his machine-gun team had been killed or wounded, Private Ball, with great coolness and courage succeeded, under a heavy shell fire, in bringing his gun into action. He maintained his gun in an exposed position for two days on the left flank of a captured German trench under a heavy fire, and thus prevented the enemy repairing an important communication trench.’ Frederick Ball enlisted into the South Staffordshire Regiment Special Reserve on 14 June 1911, aged 17, a brass stump moulder by trade. Mobilised on 5 August 1914 and posted to the 2nd Battalion, he landed in France on 9 November 1914. He was appointed Lance-Corporal on 25 May 1915, shortly after his actions at the battle of Festubert for which he was awarded the D.C.M. He was wounded on 25 September 1915, by gunshot to the left leg and right thigh at Cuinchy during the Battle of Loos, and evacuated to England. He returned to France in August 1916 and on 27 August was transferred to the 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He was again wounded on 16 November 1916, while serving on the Somme and was evacuated to England at the end of that month suffering from trench foot. He spent the remainder of the War on home service. In October 1917 he was transferred to the Labour Corps, and in January 1918 he was transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic 3rd Class. In February 1919 he was transferred to ‘Class G of the Air Force Reserve’, being finally discharged on 30 April 1920. Sold with copied research including attestation papers, R.A.F. service papers, War Diary extracts, D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards.
Six: Quartermaster Sergeant T. N. Newstead, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (20188 L. Cpl. T. Newstead. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (20188 Cpl. T. H. Newstead. R.E.); Defence Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1849242 C.Q.M.S. T. H. Newstead. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1849242 Sjt. T. H. Newstead. R.E.) G.V.R. awards mounted as worn, the G.VI.R. awards loose, the MSM in named card box of issue, contact marks and minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine and better (6) £200-£240 --- Travis Hargreave Newstead was born in Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire, in 1895. He attested into the Royal Engineers on 11 June 1910 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 November 1914. Post-War, he served in Germany where he married his wife Elaine, a member of Q.M.A.A.C., in Cologne cathedral on 23 November 1921. Returning home on 19 November 1925, he was subsequently advanced Company Quartermaster Sergeant and discharged on 17 February 1936. During the Second World War, he served with Air Raid Precautions, at his employer, Imperial Tobacco, Bristol. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, with annuity, in 1970, he died in 1978. Sold with the recipient’s original Certificate of Service Red Book; various group photographs; a named regimental medallion; various cap badges; and copied research.
A rare ‘Posthumous’ post-War K.P.F.S.M. pair awarded to Assistant Superintendent D. J. Flanagan, Palestine Police, who displayed outstanding courage and devotion to duty on the occasion of an attack by armed terrorists on Police Headquarters, Jerusalem, on 27 December 1945 King’s Police and Fire Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Gallantry (Dennis J. Flanagan. (Deceased), Asst. Supt. Palestine Police.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48, unofficial rivets between clasps (385 T.2 B.Sjt. D. J. Flanagan. Pal. Police.) nearly extremely fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- K.P.F.S.M. London Gazette 5 February 1946. The joint citation, with British Constables Nicholson and Hyde, states: ‘On Friday 27th December, 1945, a large number of Jewish terrorists armed with automatic weapons made an attack on Police HQ in Russian Compound, Jaffa Road, Jerusalem. In the course of the attack they destroyed an electricity distribution centre plunging the district around Police HQ into darkness. An enormous exchange of gunfire then occurred between police and the terrorists as they planted several bombs for the purpose of destroying the Police HQ building and killing as many police personnel as possible. British Constable Noel Nicholson, whilst engaging the attacking terrorists was killed in one of the resultant explosions. Assistant Superintendent Dennis Joseph Flanagan who was on his way to hospital in answer to an emergency call for a blood donor, hastened to the scene of action and armed with two revolvers entered the small lanes through which the attackers were likely to escape. After engaging a party of the terrorists he expended all ammunition from both revolvers and he was then shot and killed. As the terrorists escaped some ran into Zion Square located about 300 yards from the Police HQ. There British Constable Edward Hyde, who was off duty at the time, courageously engaged a group but was killed by overwhelming firepower of the offenders.’ Dennis Joseph Flanagan was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1912. Serving as Assistant Superintendent in the Palestine Police, he was killed in action when a joint Irgun-Lehi force, led by Shraga Alis, launched an assault on the British Intelligence Offices in Jerusalem. Despite the British having instituted special security arrangements in the Russian Compound following a preliminary attack in March 1944, the Jewish underground fighters proved adept at evading British patrols and managed to enter the building. Setting charges, the subsequent explosion resulted in the deaths of seven British policemen with large numbers of casualties trapped beneath the rubble or injured by the blast. The enemy success was overshadowed by the death of Yvi Aharoni - fatally injured in the attack - and the wounding of Yaakov Granek, later known as ‘blond Dov’, both Lehi force members. It also corresponded with further attacks on British Intelligence offices in Jaffa and the army camp at the Exhibition Ground in north Tel Aviv; at the latter, a British soldier and Irgun fighter under the leadership of Amichai Paglin were killed during a particularly intense exchange of fire. Sold with extensive copied research.
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