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Three: Colour Sergeant R. D. Ramsey, Manchester Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (1383 Cr. Sergt. R. D. Ramsey. 2/Manch. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1383 Cr. Sgt. R. D. Ramsey. Manch: R.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, contact marks with pitting from star, nearly very fine and better (3) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, May 2016. Robert D. Ramsey attested for service in the 96th Regiment of Foot in 1858, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1 April 1887. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2341 Benjn. Bresnihan, 96th Foot) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £70-£90 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006. Benjamin Bresnihan was born in Newmarket, Co. Cork, in 1828. A labourer by occupation, he enlisted at Doneraile, Co. Cork, on 24 November 1848 and was posted to the 96th Foot. He served overseas in India, Gibraltar and the Cape of Good Hope, and was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1868. He was discharged having completed his term of engagement on 12 December 1870. Sold with copied service papers and muster roll extracts.

Five: Attributed to Lieutenant J. M. S. Collins, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, good very fine (5) £60-£80 --- Sold with the recipient’s Naval epaulettes; various group and individual postcard photographs and photographic images; the recipient’s riband bar; and the recipient’s silver napkin ring, engraved with the list of ships in which he served, thus: J. M. S. Collins. “Warspite” 1940: “Rodney” “Nelson” “Birmingham”; 1942: “Tern”; 1944: “Baldur II” (A.C.I. (C.)); 1945: “Indomitable”; 1948: “Daedalus (F.O. Air (Home)); 1950: “Condor” (R.A.R.A.); 1952: “President” (Addl.) “Cook”; 1954: “Falcon”; 1956: “Blackcap”; 1st May 1958: “The Beach”.

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (3307. Ag. Bombr. H.T. Ryan. 5/11th. Bde. R.A.) contact marks, polished, nearly very fine £160-£200 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2010. Henry James Ryan was born at Deptford, Kent, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 2 February 1871. He was promoted to Bombardier on 1 February 1880, to Corporal in in June 1880, and to Sergeant in January 1884. He served latterly with the 3/1 North Irish Division, R.A., and was discharged on 2 February 1892, additionally being awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.

Seven: Petty Officer T. W. Moorcroft, Royal Navy, who was mentioned in despatches for Palestine 1948 Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1936-39, Palestine 1945-48, with M.I.D. oak leaf (J.113787 T. W. Moorcroft. L.S. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; Burma Star; War Medal; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.113787 T. W. Moorcroft. A/P.O., H.M.S. Resolution) mounted as worn, generally extremely fine and rare (7) £700-£900 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.I.D. London Gazette 7 January 1949: ‘For distinguished services in connection with operations in Palestine before the withdrawal of British forces.’ The M.I.D. recommendation states: ‘H.M.S. Stag (Haifa). For outstanding service in Palestine. This rating has been singled out for the high qualities displayed under the most testing and dangerous conditions then prevailing in Haifa. Moorcroft distinguished himself as a ready volunteer for any hazardous mission and for his easy acceptance of responsibility and for his adaptability and fearlessness and displayed an equally exemplary performance whether in charge of armed guards, as coxswain of a Haifa patrol M.F.V. or in connection with evacuation operations in the Port.’ Thomas William Moorcroft was born in West Ham, London, on 30 September 1909. He joined the Royal Navy in May 1925 and was finally discharged in November 1949. He served in Pelestine before the Second World War, and again afterwards, being one of only a few recipients of these two clasps. Sold with original M.I.D. Certificate, dated 7 January 1949; original Certificate of Service; various documents and photographs, including Neptune Certificate and forwarding letter for second Palestine clasp; two miniature hallmarked silver oars, each mounted on a plinth and inscribed ‘Atlantic Fleet, 1928. All Comers Race, 1st Gig.’ and ‘H.M.S. Repulse. One Mile Whaler. 1st.’; together with a prize teaspoon and two sporting medals.

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (422 Pte. J. Venning. late 1/13th Foot) nearly extremely fine £500-£700 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2014. John Venning was born in Pitminster, near Taunton, Somerset, in 1856 and attested for the 13th Regiment of Foot at Taunton on 14 April 1875. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 1876-79, seeing active service in the Sekhukhune Campaign 1878 and the Zulu War 1879. He died of disease at Durban, Natal, on 23 August 1879. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (A/I. R. E. Royse.) officially renamed, very fine £100-£140 --- A unofficially renamed G.V.R. medal with ‘Jubaland’ clasp to this name was sold in these rooms in May 2023.

Four: Private R. Cartmell, Manchester Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at Dunkirk India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (3524577 Pte. R. Cartmell. Manch.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3524557 Pte. R. Cartmell. Manch.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, IGS a later issue with fixed suspension, one digit of service number double stamped on the first, the first two with minor edge nicks and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £200-£240 --- Reginald Cartmell was born on 28 January 1910, at Lytham. He enlisted as a Private in the Manchester Regiment on 31 July 1930. He served with the 2nd Battalion of the Manchester Regiment in India and Burma, transferring to 1st Battalion in 1934. He served in Palestine during the Arab Revolt, his battalion arriving in Haifa on 15 January 1938. He returned to the 2nd Battalion in January 1938. On 2 September 1939 he embarked with his battalion in the S.S. Biarritz, landing at Cherbourg to join the B.E.F.; by 21 May 1940 the Germans had captured Boulogne and encircled Calais, and Private Cartmell failed to make it back to the beaches at Dunkirk. Taken prisoner, he was reported ‘missing’ prior to 16 June 1940, and was later confirmed as a Prisoner of War by 8 July 1940. He was imprisoned at Stalag XX-A, Torun, Poland. He was reported as being back in Allied hands by 5 May 1945, and continued in service until discharged to the Army Reserve on 19 February 1946. He died at Bolton on 29 March 1983. Sold with a copy of an article in the Orders and Medals Research Society Journal, by Bob Barltrop (September 2017) which features this medal group.

Russia, Empire, Medal for the Pacification of Hungary and Transylvania 1849, silver, very fine £100-£140

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Lce. Sergt. E. S. Watson. Manchester Regt. 1st Sept. 1891) with integral top bronze riband buckle, nearly extremely fine £160-£200 --- Edward S. Watson was born about 1868 and attested as a Private in 1st Battalion the Manchester Regiment at Ashton Under Lyne on 16 July 1887. He served initially at Aldershot and then at Ireland being posted to Fort Camden, Cork. Local newspapers reported that at or about 1.00 am on 1 September 1891, during a violent storm, a sentry at Rocky Island, Cork, heard cries for assistance coming from the sea. The alarm was raised and four soldiers put to sea in a small boat and found four soldiers clinging to the piles at the end of the dock wall after their boat had capsized in the storm; but as they neared the rescue boat also capsized and all the men were thrown into the waves. Lance Sergeant Edward Watson had seen the incident and reported to Second Lieutenant Herbert Ravenscroft, who ordered that a further boat be launched whilst he and Edward Watson swam out to find the one unaccounted for soldier; despite initially failing, they persevered and after having put to sea in another boat succeeded in recovering the by now unconscious Private Lewis. On the recommendation of the officer commanding the regiment both Second Lieutenant Ravenscroft and Lance Sergeant Watson were awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal (R.H.S. Case No. 25,616). Sold with copied research.

Pair: Orderly R. Boffey, Abram Colliery Division, St John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1690 Ordly: R. Boffey, St. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1690 Pte. R. Boffey, Abram Colliery Div.) good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Orderly R. Boffey served with No. 21 Bearer Corps in South Africa.

Honourable East India Company Medal for Nepaul 1814-16, silver, fitted with silver loop for suspension, a good original striking, good very fine and rare £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Jubilee Collection, Glendining, May 1992. Awarded by the Governor General to native officers and to selected other ranks who were specially recommended for their zeal or gallantry.

Pair: Private S. Booth, Manchester Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (3519484 Pte. S. Booth. Manch. R.); War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90 --- Sydney Booth was born at Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire on 11 October 1905. After leaving school he joined the Merchant Navy as a ‘Buffet Boy’, but enlisted in the Manchester Regiment on 19 March 1924 and was posted to 1st Battalion on 21 August 1924. He served in Germany and at ‘home’ in Shorncliffe Barracks, before being posted to 2nd Battalion for service in India and Burma on 27 March 1928, and served in the Burma campaign from 1930 to 1932. He was discharged to the Army Reserve on 28 February 1932, before re-enlisting into the Royal Artillery on 3 May 1938. During the Second World War he served at home in coastal battery and anti-aircraft defences, and his service papers confirm that the 1939-45 War Medal was his sole medal entitlement for the Second World War. He died at Birkenhead in February 1973. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Honourable East India Company Medal for the Coorg Rebellion 1837, silver, fitted with riveted silver loop for suspension, a good original striking, much edge bruising and contact wear, therefore nearly very fine £400-£500

Southern Rhodesia Service Medal, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine £180-£220

An extremely rare Silver Cross of Rhodesia group of three awarded to Colour-Sergeant J. “Jock” McKelvie, Support Commando, 1st Rhodesian Light Infantry, late Royal Marine Commandos Silver Cross of Rhodesia (727700 Sgt. J. McKelvie) officially impressed naming on reverse of cross; General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, Northern Ireland (RM. 22353 J. McKelvie. Mne. R.M.); Rhodesia General Service (727700 Sgt. McKelvie, J. (R)) note this last an official replacement stamped ‘(R)’, generally good very fine (3) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: A. A. Upfill-Brown Collection, Buckland Dix & Wood, December 1991; Dix Noonan Webb, June 2008. The Silver Cross of Rhodesia was awarded on just 30 occasions, four of the recipients being members of the Rhodesian Light Infantry. The official citation for McKelvie’s award, signed by Lieutenant-General J. S. V. Hickman, Commander of the Army, in July 1977, states: ‘Sergeant McKelvie was involved in 14 contacts during the period May 1976 to February 1977. In all these contacts he displayed considerable initiative, leadership and gallantry and, together with his men, accounted for over 60 terrorists. The following contacts are particularly noteworthy: On 9 November 1976, Sergeant McKelvie and seven men were dropped by helicopter into an area in which a large group of terrorists were based. The helicopter was subsequently grounded. Despite the lack of air support, Sergeant MeKelvie and his men killed 18 terrorists in the space of three hours. Sergeant McKelvie's conduct during this contact was exemplary. The success of this contact, which was enhanced by the killing of a further five terrorists and the capture of one, was due principally to Sergeant McKelvie’s personal example, gallantry and coolness in the face of determined opposition. On the 24 November 1976, Sergeant McKelvie and seven men were dropped by helicopter into an area containing a group of terrorists. Once again, through determination, aggression and first class leadership, Sergeant McKelvie and his men, who were later joined by additional men, killed 13 and captured two wounded terrorists. Throughout these and other contacts Sergeant McKelvie has inspired confidence and aggressive spirit in his men. His gallantry, example and disregard for his personal safety have been of the highest order and his professional dedication and determination have been an inspiration to all who serve with him. While in a contact in December 1976, he was severely wounded in the thigh and leg causing him to be hospitalised for two months.’ John “Jock” McKelvie was born in Glasgow in July 1946 and joined the Royal Marines in July 1963. During his 12 years with the Marines he served with 40, 41 and 42 Commando R.M., and was present in operations in Borneo, the Malay Peninsula and Northern Ireland - his official certificate of service confirms. Having been promoted Sergeant in January 1974, he took premature voluntary release in June of the following year, and, with much experience of Commando and anti-terrorist operations under his belt, was a natural candidate for the Rhodesian Army, in which he served with distinction, winning the Silver Cross of Rhodesia. Accompanying research suggests that McKelvie left Rhodesia at short notice, as a result of which he never received his Rhodesia General Service Medal. However, as confirmed by an accompanying letter, and with Lieutenant-General John Hickman’s blessing, a replacement was obtained ‘through the official manufacturer’ and mounted for display with his original Silver Cross and General Service 1962 awards in 2001. Sold with the recipient’s original Royal Marines certificate of service, together with congratulatory letters from President Wrathall, Lieutenant-General J. S. V. Hickman, and officers of the 1st Rhodesian Light Infantry, for the award of his Silver Cross; an eye-witness account of the action fought on 9 November 1976, written by one of the helicopter pilots; three official group photographs, and several other associated photographs, letters and confirmation of provenance.

Pair: Private H. Stones, Manchester Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his gallant conduct during the Defence of Ladysmith Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (4304 Pte. H. Stones. Manchester Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4304 Pte. H. Stones. Manch: Regt.) mounted court-style for display, minor edge bruising to the QSA, otherwise better than very fine (2) £240-£280 --- M.I.D. London Gazette: 8 February 1901 Henry Stones (also recorded as Stone) was born in Bollington, Cheshire, in 1873. On 12 September 1894 he attested as a Private in the Manchester Regiment, declaring that he was still serving in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Lancashire Regiment. He initially served ‘at home’ with 1st Battalion but in February 1896 transferred to 2nd Battalion, stationed in Dinapure, India. In November 1897 he reverted to the 1st Battalion then at Gibraltar; in 1899 his battalion embarked for South Africa, landing at Cape Town and then onwards to Natal and proceeded by rail to Ladysmith. Stones was one of those defenders of Caesar’s Camp at Ladysmith which was heavily assaulted on 6 January 1900. For his conduct that day he was Mentioned in the Despatch of Lieutenant General Sir George S. White of 23 March 1900; of the 14 soldiers so mentioned, the two Sergeants mentioned, Gresty and Grant, were both subsequently awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He returned to the U.K. in early September 1902 and was posted to the regimental depot at Ashton Under Lyne on 26 September, being demobilised the following day. Sold with copied service papers and extensive research.

North West Canada 1885, no clasp (Bomb. T. J. McHarg. M.G.A.) contemporary engraved naming, very fine £300-£400 --- Thomas John McHarg is confirmed on the roll as a Bombardier in the Montreal Garrison Artillery, entitled to the medal without clasp.

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1893-94 (2nd Liet. [sic] F. F. C. Margesson. 1/W.I.R.) cleaned, good very fine £400-£500 --- Medal Roll gives initials as ‘J. F. C.’, and Army Lists show recipient as ‘Died, 1894.’

Pair: Corporal J. McCormack, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who served as Second Servant to the Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. Rooth, who was killed in action at the head of his Battalion at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 1914-15 Star (9993 Pte. J. Mc Cormack. R. Dub. Fus.); British War Medal 1914-20 (9993 Cpl. J. Mc Cormack. R. Dub. Fus.) number officially corrected on BWM, very fine Renamed and Defective Medals (2): 1914 Star (8447 L/Cpl. H. Botting 2nd. Scots Gds) renamed; British War Medal 1914-20 (13400 Sjt. G. Crosbie. R. Dub. Fus.) planchet only, lacking suspension; edge bruising, contact marks, about fine (4) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- James McCormack attested for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 6 January 198, and served during the Great War as Second Servant to the Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. Rooth. He served during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from the date of the initial landings on 25 April 1915; it was on this date that Rooth was killed at the head of his Battalion. McCormack subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps, and was discharged on 3 August 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B305,147. George Crosbie attested for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 10 July 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps, and was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 9 March 1919.

Pair: Private V. C. Botterill, 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (630752 Pte. V. C. Botterill, 20-Lond. R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B340837’, BWM officially corrected, good very fine Pair: Private A. H. Botly, 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (635595 Pte. A. H. Botly, 20-Lond. R.) with flattened named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private H. G. Hartley, 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (1613 Pte. H. G. Hartley, 20-Lond. R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge ,the reverse officially numbered ‘366672’; and a Woolwich & District War Memorial Hospital Medal, bronze and enamel, unnamed, good very fine (6) £120-£160 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. Vernon C. Botterill attested for the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment on 2 September 1914 and was discharged due to wounds on 8 March 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge No. B.340837. Albert H. Botly attested for the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment on 11 December 1915 and was discharged due to wounds on 22 March 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge No. 460045. Henry G. Hartley attested for the 20th (Blackheath and Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment on 19 May 1914 and was discharged due to wounds on 9 May 1918, being awarded a Silver War Badge nNo. 366672. Sold with copied medal index cards and Silver War Badge roll extracts.

Pair: Rifleman Thomas H. Cooke, Southern Rhodesia Volunteers Southern Rhodesia Service Medal, unnamed as issued; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (E.85 Rfm. Thomas H. Cooke, Southern Rhodesia Volunteers.) very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Approximately 144 G.V.R. C.A.F. long service medals issued.

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, bronze (Thos. Jones. S.S. “Bavarian” For Rescuing With Boat’s Crew 4 of the Schooner “Eddy Pierce” Sept. 26. 1888.) with integral top riband buckle, suspension slightly bent, good very fine £120-£160 --- Thomas Jones was born in Liverpool on 12 April 1873, and upon joining the Mercantile Marine was awarded the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Lifesaving Marine Medal in bronze for his participation in the rescue of four of the crew of the schooner Eddy Pierce on 26 September 1888. The event was covered in local newspapers: ‘A silver medal and vote of thanks to Captain Archibald W. Ball, steamship Bavarian, for having on the 26th September last, rescued four of the crew of the schooner Eddy Pierce, which vessel was in a sinking condition on the American coast, and had fallen over on her beams ends immediately before the rescue. A silver medal and vote of thanks to Mr George W. Muir, chief officer of the Bavarian, for having with a boat’s crew, rescued four men from the above schooner, the captain having been drowned. A bronze medal and 20 shillings to each of the seven men who formed the boat’s crew and rescued the crew of the Eddy Pierce in a gale of wind and heavy sea.’ A further article states: ‘The Board of Trade have received through the Foreign Office the under-mentioned rewards, which have been made by the United States Government to certain of the officers and crew of the British Steamer Bavarian, in recognition of services rendered by them to the ship-wrecked crew of the American schooner Eddy Pierce on the 26th of September: - a gold watch and chain to the master, Archibald W. Ball; a gold medal and $50 to the chief officer, George W. Muir and a sum of $10 to each of the seven seamen, John Oliver Johnston, James Byrne, James Henry Spencer, Arthur McGuire, James Burns, John Hurley and Thomas Jones.’ Jones later served as a Master in the Mercantile Marine during the Great War (entitled to a British War Medal and Mercantile Marine War Medal). Sold with a USB stick of copied research, which includes a photographic image of the recipient.

Pair: Drummer W. T. Westhorpe, 29th Regiment Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845, 1 clasp, Sobraon (Drumr. William T. Westhorpe 29th Regt.); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Drumr. W. T. Westhorpe, 29th Foot.) edge bruising, contact marks and a little polished, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £700-£900 --- William Thomas Westhorpe was born in the Parish of St Mary’s, Westminster, and attested for the 29th Foot at Woolwich on 25 January 1840, aged 14 years. He served in the East Indies for practically the entirety of his service - six years, six months. He was appointed a Drummer from 1 November 1841 to 5 February 1851, when he was promoted Corporal. He was reduced from Corporal on 28 December 1852, ‘in confinement’, but promoted again on 18 March 1858; however, on 4 March 1859, he was ‘tried and reduced for being Drunk on duty not under arms’. Westhorpe was finally discharged at Devonport on 10 July 1860, suffering from ‘chronic hepatitis, rheumatism and bronchitis’ contracted while on service in India. His discharge papers record that ‘[h]e wears the Sutlej medal & one clasp - also the Punjab medal & two clasps.’ Sold with copied discharge papers, medal roll entries and other research.

A Great War ‘St George’s Day Raid 1918’ D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Yeoman of Signals A. J. Gamby, Royal Navy, Leading Signaller aboard the Vindictive at Zeebrugge who participated in the ballot for the V.C. Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J.11326 A. J. Gamby, Lg. Sig. “Vindictive.” Zeebrugge-Ostend. 22-3 Apl. 1918.); 1914-15 Star (J,11326 A. J. Gamby, Sig. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.11326 A. J. Gamby. L. Sig. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (J.11326 A. J. Gamby. C.Y.S. H.M.S. Hawkins) mounted court-style for display, first three with contact pitting from Star, otherwise nearly very fine or better (5) £2,400-£2,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.M. London Gazette 23 July 1918: ‘For services during the operations against Zeebrugge and Ostend on the night of 22nd-23rd April 1918. Ldg. Sig. Albert James Gamby, ON J.11326 (Ch.), H.M.S. Vindictive.’ One of 16 D.S.M’s awarded to the crew of the Vindictive. The Yeoman of Signals on the Vindictive, John Buckley D.S.M., was alone by himself in a special steel shelter on the bridge and by this method it was hoped to give him protection whilst he carried out his important duties. Unfortunately his shelter was hit by a shell as Vindictive approached the Mole, and he was killed. Leading Signaller Gamby was no doubt on the after platform when this happened and called to the bridge to take over the signalling duties. No other signaller from Vindictive received an award, except a posthumous mention for the Yeoman of Signals. Gamby ‘participated in ballot for V.C. granted for operations against Zeebrugge & Ostend, 22-23 April 1918 (LG 23/7/18)’ and his record of service is so stamped. Albert James Gamby was born at Barnet, Hertfordshire, on 30 April 1895. He joined the navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1911. By the outbreak of war he was serving as a Leading Signaller aboard H.M.S. Antrim. He was lent from H.M.S. Pembroke to join the crew of Vindictive for the Zeebrugge Raid and was awarded the D.S.M. and participated in the ballot for the V.C. He was promoted to Yeoman of Signals in April 1919 and to Chief Yeoman of Signals in December 1926, and received his L.S. & G.C. medal whilst serving in H.M.S. Hawkins in September 1928. He was Shore Pensioned on 29 April 1934, but when hostilities broke out in 1939 he re-joined the Service and for two and a half years served in the armed merchant cruiser Pretoria Castle until invalided out on 13 July 1942. Sold with copied research, including record of service and a Zeebrugge Museum Association booklet from August 1927.

Three: Private E. Leach, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action at the Battle of the Scarpe on 18 August 1918 British War Medal 1914-20, naming erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (275332 Pte. E. Leach. Manch. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (275332 Pte. E. Leach. Manch. R.) mounted court-style for display, some spotting to VM, good very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Ernest Leach was born at Openshaw, Manchester, in 1889 and was one of those who volunteered for service in early September 1914, for service in the 7th (Territorial) Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He was posted to 2/7th (Home Service) Battalion and served on the East Coast Defences at Crowborough and Colchester. The battalion was mobilised for overseas service in February 1917, and he landed in France on 5 March 1917. Leach was posted to the 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment following the reduction of the 2/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment on 31 July 1918. His new battalion took part in the Battle of the Aisne, and the Battle of the Scarpe, a phase of the Second Battle of Arras, 1918. He was killed in action on 18 August 1918, and is buried at Thelus Military Cemetery, France. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sapper E. Sheffield, 7th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (43663 Sapr. E. Sheffield. 7/D.S. Coy. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (43663 Pnr: E. Sheffield. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (43663 Spr. E. Sheffield. R.E.) polished, light pitting from Star, good fine and better (4) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 4 February 1918. Ernest Sheffield was born in Peterborough in 1891 and attested for the Royal Engineers on 3 September 1914. A fitter by trade, he qualified as field line telegraphist and served in France from 22 August 1915. Awarded the Military Medal, he witnessed the final months of the war in Italy before being demobilised at Thetford in March 1919. His Army Service Record confirms that he likely returned home to his wife Hilda who was at that time living at 41 Cremorne Street, Nottingham. Sold with a corresponding group of miniature awards, mounted as worn but with a 1914 Star; with two contemporary brass cap badges.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private E. Coleman, Manchester Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (27923 Pte. E. Coleman. 2/Manch: R.) good very fine £200-£240 --- M.M., London Gazette: 14 May 1919. Edward Coleman was born at Salford, Lancashire, on 26 June 1886 and attested for service in 4th Battalion the Manchester Regiment on 4 September 1914, but was rejected for service due to an unhealed broken arm. He again enlisted a year later in August 1915 and was posted to 3rd Battalion then at Cleethorpes. In January 1916 he was posted to join the 2nd Battalion in France. He then served continuously with 2nd Battalion, being gassed on 6 June 1918. He took part in and was wounded in the 96th Brigade’s attack on the enemy trench system at ‘Swiss Cottage’ in early October 1918, in which the 2nd Manchester’s ‘showed great gallantry’. On 21 October it was announced that Private Coleman had been awarded the Military Medal. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Pair: Drummer J. Garside, Manchester Regiment Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1217 Dmr. J. Garside 8/Manch. R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted court-style; light contact marks to the first, very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 April 1918. James Garside was born at Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, in 1884 and in April 1909 he enlisted in 8th (Territorial) Battalion of the Manchester Regiment, with the rank of Drummer. In August 1914 his battalion was mobilised and was destined for Egypt and thence to Gallipoli, landing at ‘V’ Beach on 6 May 1915 with 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. Garside was evacuated from the Peninsula in August 1915, due to sickness or wounds and was repatriated to the U.K. In early 1917 he was transferred to 5th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, landing in France in March 1917. A few weeks later he was transferred again to the 19th (Service) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, which took part in the second and third battles of the Scarpe (April and May 1917) and the recapture of Vimy Ridge. Private Garside’s award of the Belgian Croix de Guerre was likely for this offensive. He was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order of October 1919. He also served at some point in the Labour Corps and Royal Defence Corps and is entitled to a 1914-14 trio. Sold with extensive copied research and service papers.

Honourable East India Company Medal for Ceylon 1795-96, silver, a slightly later striking with faint signs of early die degradation, struck on a slightly larger flan, fitted with silver ‘post’ suspension, two digs in obverse field and other minor marks, otherwise good very fine £400-£500 --- Provenance: Jubilee Collection, Glendining, May 1992.

St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (904. Pte W. Coggan. Derby Div.) good very fine £200-£240

Pair: Private A. Ashman, Metropolitan Corps, St John Ambulance Brigade St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (45. Pte. A. Ashman Met. Corps.); Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Private A. Ashman.) polished, good fine (2) £140-£180 --- Also entitled to Q.S.A., 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State.

Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (M. Murphy, 11th Lt Dragns) short hyphen reverse, edge bruise, very fine £600-£800 --- Provenance: Spink, March 1995. Two men of this name are listed on the medal as serving with the regiment and being entitled to this clasp.

Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (11), G.V.R. (5), 1st issue (4) (William Brailsford; William M. Harris; William R. Larkin; Stanley E. Wright); 2nd issue (Sergt. John R. Hardy.); G.VI.R., 1st issue (2) (Sergt. Edward A. Allen); 1 clasp, Long Service 1943 (Charles Raymond); E.II.R., 2nd issue (4) (Ronald H. Allen; John E. Jackson; James Jervis; Ernest S. Wooldridge) generally nearly very fine and better (11) £120-£160

St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (837 Pte. T. Bolton. Preston Corps.) obverse polished, good very fine £240-£280

Four: Sergeant G. F. Brady, 3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment, later Essex Regiment and West Riding Regiment 1914-15 Star (75 Sjt. G. F. Brady. 3rd. Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (250010 Sjt. G. F. Brady. 3-Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (303138 Sjt: G. F. Brady. 7/Essex: R.) generally very fine (4) £100-£140 --- George Francis Brady was born in 1888 and attested for the 3rd Battalion, London Regiment, on 1 April 1908. Raised Lance Sergeant in 1914, he served with the Regiment in France from 2 January 1915 and was admitted to No. 6 General Hospital at Rouen in March 1915 due to frost bite. Transferred to the 2/7th Battalion Essex Regiment on 6 June 1917, his Army Service Record and MIC confirm a further transfer to the 13th Battalion, West Riding Regiment on 20 July 1918. Admitted to No. 39 Stationary Hospital on 17 October 1918, he returned home to St. Pancras, London on 26 February 1919.

Three: Acting Matron Mary R. Makepeace, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. R. Makepeace.) officially re-impressed naming as typically encountered with QSAs to nurses; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. R. Makepeace.); British War Medal 1914-20 (A. Matron. M. R. Makepeace.) good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Mary Ridley Makepeace was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne on 7 January 1860 and trained at the London Hospital from 1890 to 1892. She enlisted in the Army Nursing Service as a Nursing Sister on 15 October 1894 and served served at Netley from 1894 to 1897, and at Shorncliffe from 1897 to 1899. She served during the Boer War in the Hospital Ship Spartan from October 1899 to January 1900, and then in the Hospital Ship Avoca from February 1900 to October 1901. She subsequently served during operations in the Orange River Colony from November 1901 to 31 May 1902, and was appointed to Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service as a Sister on 17 February 1903. She saw further service during the Great War, and was advanced Acting Matron (also entitled to a Victory Medal and a Silver War Badge). Nurse Makepeace is identified in a group photograph on board the Spartan published in the Black and White Budget of 6 January 1900. Sold with copied research including medal rolls for both Boer War medals and Great War Medal Index Card which shows entitlement to British War and Victory Medals and to Silver War Badge.

Three: Private A. Talbot, 63rd Regiment of Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (... Talbot. 63rd. Ft.) contemporarily engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3470 Ambrose Talbot 63rd Foot) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (A. Talbot. 63rd. Reg.) contemporarily engraved naming, pierced with small ring suspension, mounted court-style for display, heavy edge bruising and contact marks especially to the first, with some consequent naming loss, therefore fine; the LS&GC better (3) £300-£400 --- Ambrose Talbot was born about May 1835 at Ardington, near Wantage, Berkshire. He attested for service in the 63rd Regiment at Reading on 30 March 1854. By the August of 1854 his regiment had became part of the 2nd Brigade in the 4th Division in the Crimea. He was taken ill, probably with cholera, shortly after landing in the Crimea and he was evacuated to Scutari Hospital, and repatriated to the U.K. He subsequently saw service in Ireland, Canada, Scotland, and India and was awarded the Army Long Service Medal with £5.00 gratuity in 1872. He was discharged in 1875, stating his intended place of residence as Ardington, Berkshire. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2093 Park Greenacre 96th Foot) suspension claw tightened (and loose), edge nicks, nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Park Greenacre (also recorded as Patrick Greenacre) was born at East Dereham in 1823. He attested as a Private in the 96th Regiment on 7 January 1845, and served with the 96th in Van Diemen’s Land, Canada, and in India. He was invalided home on 7 March 1864 and was discharged from Netley Hospital. He was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1865 and died on 20 April 1879 at Norwich, a Chelsea Out Pensioner. Sold with copied discharge papers and muster roll extracts.

Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (1715 Pte. J. Milne. 63rd Reg.) engraved naming as issued in India, dark stained ‘spot’ to reverse centre, contact marks, otherwise very fine and believed unique to unit £220-£260 --- James Jamieson Milne was born in 1850 and attested for service as a Private in the 63rd Regiment of Foot at Lambeth, London, on 26 July 1870. He subsequently served in Ireland and in India. The 63rd Regiment played no part in the early stages of the Afghan War and it was only after the disaster at Maiwand did the 63rd receive orders to join the Kandahar Field Force. Four companies of the 63rd, including Private Milne, were attached to the 2nd Infantry Brigade and left Quetta for the march to Kandahar. Private Milne returned to the Regimental Depot at Jullundur at the beginning of 1881, and died there of illness on 26 March 1881. The medal roll shows Private Milne as being entitled to the Afghanistan 1878-1880 medal without clasp. Gordon’s British Battles and Medals (4th Edition) records that Private Milne was the only recipient of the Kabul to Kandahar Star from the 63rd Regiment. Sold with copied research.

An unusual ‘South Russia 1919’ M.B.E. and ‘Western Front 1915’ D.C.M. group of eight awarded to Quartermaster & Major F. W. Sharpe, Royal Army Medical Corps, who also received awards from Serbia for services at Salonika during 1917 and from Greece in 1919 for his work at the town of Edessa The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarked London 1919; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10711 S. Mjr: F. W. Sharpe. R.A.M.C.); 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (10711 Q.M. Sjt. F. W. Sharpe. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Major F. W. Sharpe.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue10711 Q.M. Sjt: F. W. Sharpe. R.A.M.C.); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St Sava, 5th Class, silver and enamels, chipped in places; Greece, Kingdom, Order of George I, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamels, medals unmounted, generally very fine (8) £1,200-£1,600 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 February 1920: ‘... on the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding the British Military Mission, in recognition of services rendered in connection with Military Operations in South Russia. Dated 11th November 1919.’ D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in performance of his duties, on many occasions under heavy fire.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1915 (Field Marshal French’s despatch of 5 April 1915). Order of St Sava London Gazette 28 January 1918. Believed to be for distinguished services to the Serbian sick and wounded during 1917. Order of George I London Gazette 1 July 1920. Frederick William Sharpe was born in October 1872 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps on 18 April 1895, at Aldershot, having previously served in the 1st Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment from September 1890 to February 1892, and in the Medical Staff Corps from August 1892 to March 1894, and gave his occupation as ‘medical attendant’. Sharpe initially served in the U.K. and was promoted Lance Corporal on 6 December 1899, shortly before leaving for South Africa, where he arrived on 10 January 1900, to be promoted Corporal on 12.1.00. He remained in South Africa until 22 July 1900, when he returned to the U.K., being further advanced to Lance-Sergeant on 14 May 1901; to Sergeant on 1 October 1901; and to Sergeant Instructor on 16 December 1901. He does not appear to have been awarded the Q.S.A. medal. From September 1906 until April 1907, he was stationed in Jamaica where, on 8 February, he fractured his pelvis during an earthquake, before returning once more to the U.K. On 27 August 1907, he was promoted to Staff Sergeant and then spent the period February 1910 until July 1913 in South Africa. While there he was promoted to Q.M. Sergeant on 1 March 1911. On 1 April 1914, he was awarded the Long Service Good Conduct Medal, announced in Army Order 99 of 1914, upon completion of 21 years’ service. Upon the outbreak of the Great War, Sharpe landed in France on 24 August 1914, serving with 12th General Hospital at Rouen. His service papers, however, state that he left Southampton on board S.S. Fremona on 12 August and landed in Rouen on 13 August. On 12 October 1914 he was appointed Sergeant-Major. Although his 1914 Star bears the clasp, his medal index card makes specific mention that he is ‘ineligible’, presumably because the hospital he was serving at did not qualify as being ‘within range of the German guns’. Sharpe was transferred to No 6 Cavalry Field Ambulance on 8 December 1914, and remained with that unit until 28 May 1916, when he was discharged to a commission in the R.A.M.C. as Quarter-Master. Unfortunately, Sharpe's service papers as an officer have not been traced, so we do not know his exact movements after his commission. However, we know from his awards that he served at Salonika and in South Russia. Latterly Sharpe was promoted Major and transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. Sold with a contemporary postcard photograph of the St Sava insignia 1917 and manuscript note ‘Presented to Lieut. F. W. Sharpe D.C.M. by order of the King of Serbia for distinguished services to the Serbian sick and wounded’, Greek award certificate for the Order of George I together with a Greek language certificate expressing thanks and gratitude of the Community of the town of Edessa for his many philanthropic acts toward the community and his generous donations to the town’s hospital and other facilities. Together with copied research including attestation papers, gazette notices and D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards.

King’s Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom, unnamed as issued, edge bruise, very fine £260-£300

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (3202 Pte. H. Bright. Manchester Regt.) suspension rod sometime re-fixed, light contact marks, very fine £120-£160 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2014. Harry Bright was born in Hulme, Manchester. A Labourer by occupation and a member of the 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment (Militia), he attested for the Manchester Regiment at Ashton-under-Lyne on 7 April 1891, aged 18 years. With the 2nd Battalion he served in India from September 1894 until November 1898. Transferred to the Army Reserve in December 1898, he was recalled to the Colours in November 1899 and with the 3rd Battalion served in South Africa from November 1899 to October 1900, seeing service in the Relief of Ladysmith with the 8th Bearer Company before being invalided. He was discharged on 23 April 1906 being medically unfit for further service. On his discharge paper his character is described as ‘Fair, addicted to absence’. Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extract and other research.

Six: Acting Sergeant Major C. Yeates, Manchester Regiment and Military Mounted Police, who was awarded the M.S.M. for Mesopotamia Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (4811 Cpl C. Yeates. Manchester Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4811 Serjt. C. Yeates. Manch: Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (4811 Sjt. C. Yeates. 1/Manch: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (4811 A. W.O. Cl. 2. C. Yeates. Manch. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (4811 Sjt. C. Yeates. 2/Manch: R.) mounted court-style for display, contact marks to the Boer War pair, nearly very fine and better (6) £500-£700 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917 (Mesopotamia). M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Charles Yeates was born at Bristol on 24 March 1872 and attested for service in the Manchester Regiment on 23 December 1895. He served with 1st Battalion in the South African War and was with the half battalion of his regiment at Elandslaagte, and was also at Caesar’s Camp in the Defence of Ladysmith. By 8 May 1900 he had been promoted to Sergeant. His battalion embarked on the S.S. Dilwara on 11 March 1903, bound for Singapore, but by 1904 were destined for service in India. His battalion was mobilised for service on 8 August 1914 and took ship to Marseilles and thence to Ypres and Festubert. At this time Sergeant Yeates was serving at least nominally attached to the Military Mounted Police, but appears to have remained with his battalion. By 1916 he had been posted with the Manchester Regiment to the Mesopotamia Field Force, arriving in Basra on 22 January 1916 and took part in the advance along the Tigris, the Relief of Kut and the taking of Baghdad. Acting Sergeant Major Yeates returned to England on 22 September 1919, having seen continuous service ‘with the colours’ since 1897. He was discharged on 9 November 1919, his stated place of residence being at Orchard Street, Weston Super Mare. He had been tried by District Court Martial in 1908 over alleged ‘embezzlement of funds’, which may explain the lack of a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Sold with copied research.

Four: Sergeant A. E. Darbyshire, Manchester Regiment and Machine Gun Corps British War Medal 1914-20, naming erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (137073 Pte. A. E. Darbyshire. M.G.C.); Jubilee 1935 (3512180 Sgt. A. E. Darbyshire. The Manchester Regt.) privately engraved naming; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (3512180 Pte. A. E. Darbyshire. 6-7-Manch. R.) mounted court-style for display, edge bruising to last and light contact marks, generally very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Albert Edward Darbyshire was born in Manchester in 1899 and joined the Machine Gun Corps in April 1917. Following the Great War he enlisted into one of the Territorial Battalions of the Manchester Regiment, which became the amalgamated 6/7th Battalion. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal per Army Order 213, of November 1930, and appears on the medal roll for the 1935 Jubilee Medal as Sergeant No. 3512180, 6/7th Manch. R. (T.A.). He was discharged in December 1936. Sold with copied research.

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Ply.12260. Pte. A. Tait, R.M.L.I. H.M.S. Perseus.) good very fine £160-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Alexander Tait was born in Glasgow on 7 December 1883 and enlisted into the Plymouth Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in Liverpool on 15 July 1903. He served in H.M.S. Perseus from 24 February to 19 September 1913, and during the first year of the Great War in H.M.S. Active. He was discharged on 1 January 1920, his character rated ‘Fair’. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (Capt. S. W. Dixon. Manch: R:) engraved naming, suspension claw sometime tightened, nearly very fine £200-£240 --- O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 12 December 1919. Sidney Wentworth Dixon was bon on 6 March 1868 in Marylebone. He volunteered for service in 1888 and served for ten years in the ranks of the 20th Artists Rifle Volunteers rising to Sergeant. He was a keen sportsman and competed in the one-mile cycle race in the Royal Military Exhibition (R.M.E.) in 1890, he was also in the London Rowing Club VIII against Oxford University in 1895 and again in 1901. He was commissioned Captain in 3rd & 4th Battalions the Manchester Regiment from 20th Middlesex (Artist’s) Volunteer Rifle Corps on 2 March 1898. He served in the South African War with 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, being invalided home with dysentery and jaundice. He resigned his commission in March 1903, and took up a position with The Gramophone Company as assistant manager and Company Secretary. Following the outbreak of the Great War, Dixon was commissioned Captain in the Army Service Corps from 31 August 1914, and was posted to the Horse Transport Depot, Deptford. He appears in a group photograph of the officers of the First Reserve Horse Transport (A.S.C.). During the War he suffered from failing health and contracted tuberculosis being discharged by a Medical Board in 1919, retaining the rank of Major. His service papers record that he landed in France in on 1 December 1914, but was invalided home by the 30 of the same month. He appears entitled to medals for his Great War service in France in 1914, but has not been traced in the medal rolls, so may never have applied for their issue, due perhaps to his premature death at the age of 54 on 10 April 1922. His service in the Great War was recognised by the award of the O.B.E. Sold with the recipient’s miniature medal group consisting of O.B.E. (Military) 1st type, Queens South Africa medal with matching clasps, and 1914-15 trio; five prize medals, three from the 20th Artists Rifle Volunteers, School of Arms, one in un-hallmarked white metal (1888-9 Quarter Staff S. W. Dixon), two in bronze both named, with two additional prize medals, one in white metal and another bronze named (R.M.E. Sergt. S. W. Dixon, 1890) and the other (R.M.E. Dixon 1890); together with copied research including a copied photographic image of the recipient.

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Maida (James Mahony, 58th Foot.) toned, extremely fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Sotheby, July 1891 and Glendining, May 1965. Listed on Medal Roll as ‘Mahoney’.

Three: Private J. Hardy, Royal West Kent Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2527 Pte. J. Hardy. 1/R.W. Kent R.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3096 Cr: Sgt. J. H. Hardy. Rl. W. Kent R.) unofficially engraved in block capitals; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, pitting from Star, good fine (3) £200-£240 --- James Henry Hardy was born in Kingston, Surrey, in 1862 and attested for the 31st Brigade of Infantry on 2 February 1881, transferring to the 46th Brigade on 14 May 1881. He was posted to the Royal West Kent Regiment on 1 July 1881, and served with them in Egypt and the Sudan from 3 August 1882 to 3 January 1883, and again from 25 April 1883 to 16 June 1886, seeing active service during the 1882 campaign, the Nile Expedition of 1884-85, and the Frontier Field Force 1885 action of Ginniss. He was promoted Corporal on 2 August 1885, and Sergeant on 29 May 1887, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 July 1899. He was discharged on 1 February 1903, after 22 years’ service. Sold with copied service records.

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Alma (David L. Goode. 63rd Regt.) officially impressed naming, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £200-£240 --- David Levi Goode, a native of Maxstock, Warwickshire, was born in 1831 and attested for the 63rd Regiment at Cheltenham on 26 March 1851. He served in Limerick and Dublin until his regiment embarked for the Crimea on 22 July 1854. The regiment was engaged at the Alma on 20 September 1854 and David Goode is recorded as having ‘died at the Alma’ on 22/23 September 1854, two days after the action. He is not listed in the published rolls of those wounded but may well have died of disease such as cholera. Sold with copied extracts from the medal and muster rolls.

Four: Gunner E. Martin, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914 Star, with clasp (26397 Gnr: E. Martin. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (26397 Gnr. E. Martin. R.A.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Ernest Martin) mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- Ernest Martin was born in Halstead, Essex, in 1886, and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Warley on 3 May 1907. Qualified as Siege Specialist (Layer) 1 June 1910, his Army Service Record confirms service in France from 17 September 1914 to 2 March 1919. Posted to Headquarters of 1st Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery on 12 August 1915, he was later transferred to the Anzac Corps on 12 April 1916, before returning to the U.K. on demobilisation on 28 January 1919.

Six: Able Seaman E. P. Moore, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (LD.X1542 E. P. Moore AB RNVR) mounted as worn, the LS&GC an official Replacement marked as such, some spotting to Stars, generally good very fine Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (2), 2nd issue, fixed suspension (302294 G. Burton. S.P.O. H.M.S. Danae.); 3rd issue, coinage head (K.66965 A. W. Fuggle, Sto.1, H.M.S. York,); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.107056 Dev. B.16208 L. L. White. A.B. R.F.R.) minor edge bruise to second, very fine and better (9) £100-£140 --- Sold with a Royal Navy Historic Flight lapel badge; and another naval lapel badge.

Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (7742 Pte. D. Carew. R. Ir. Regt.; 9230 Pte. W. T. Mayes. R. Mun. Fus.) edge bruising to latter, generally very fine, the latter one of the scarce ‘dark-chocolate colour’ types of Victory Medal (2) £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Denis Carew was born in Tipperary in 1881 and attested there for the Connaught Rangers on 30 June 1903, having previously served in the 4th Royal Irish Regimet Militia. He transferred to the Royal Irish Regiment on 2 July 1903, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Bertry on the night of 26-27 August 1914, following the Battle of Le Cateau; two companies of the Royal Irish, together with the 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, ran into a strong German force on the outskirts of Bertry and after an hour’s fierce fighting many men became casualties and large numbers were forced to surrender. Carew was amongst those captured, a fellow comrade stating:
‘We were fighting a rearguard action, and in consequence of some misunderstanding about retiring, we were surrounded on the night of 26th-27th August 1914. We surrendered at 2 a.m. on 27th - 496 unwounded prisoners altogether.’ Carew was interned in Switzerland from 13 December 1916, and was repatriated in June 1918. He was discharged, no longer physically fit for War service, on 29 January 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B113,397. Sold with copied service papers, medal index card, and other research. William Thomas Mayes attested for the Royal Muster Fusiliers on 10 July 1909 and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War fro 25 April 1915, taking part in the historic landing from the River Clyde. He was discharged due to wounds on 23 November 1915, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 150,948. Sold with copied medal index card and other research.

Five: Private J. Smith, Manchester Regiment 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22700793 Pte. J. Smith. Manch.) mounted court-style for display, very fine and better Four: Private C. Forrester, Manchester Regiment, later Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (3521962. Spr. C. Forrester. R.E.) mounted court-style for display with the addition of the riband of the India General Service Medal 1908-35, very fine (9) £120-£160 --- J. Smith served in the reformed 1st Battalion the Manchester Regiment which landed in Normandy on 26 June 1944, and saw further service in the Malayan Emergency in 1951. Cecil Forrester was born on 3 June 1907 at Ardwick, Manchester. He attested for service in the Manchester Regiment at 1927 at Ashton under Lyne, at the age of 18, serving with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma, and is entitled to the India General Service Medal 1908, with clasp for Burma 1930-32. He transferred to the Army Reserve in 1934. He rejoined the Royal Engineers (T.A.) on 13 June 1939, his home address at the time being at Stockport. He served in the B.E.F. in France from October 1943 and later in the War in Persia and Iraq. Sapper C. Forrester was awarded the Efficiency Medal in Army Orders List Number 3 of July 1946. He died at Stockport in December 1972. Sold with copied research.

A good Second War G.M. awarded to Mr. R. E. Robinson, a Draughtsman with the Gas Light and Coke Company, for his outstanding courage and determination in attempting to rescue two men trapped in the plant house basement at the Beckton Gas Works following a severe enemy attack on the night of 19-20 April 1941 George Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Robert Edgcombe Robinson.) on original mounting pin, nearly extremely fine £3,000-£4,000 --- G.M. London Gazette 1 August 1941: Robert Edgcombe Robinson, Draughtsman, Gas Light and Coke Company (in a joint citation with David Craig Bertram, Deputy Station Engineer, Gas Light and Coke Company [also awarded the George Medal]; and Leslie Joseph Clark, Assistant Mechanical Engineer; James Coppin, Works Fireman; Peter James Eldridge, Dehydration Plant Attendant; and James Allen Nichols, Senior Assistant Engineer, all Gas Light and Coke Company [all awarded the British Empire Medal]) ‘A severe attack was make on a gas works and high explosive and incendiary bombs started serious fires. Steam pipes, water mains and electrical cables were fractured and barrels of tar caught fire and exploded. Gas mains flared and the blaze was fed by benzole which dripped from damaged flanges. Mr. Bertram displayed outstanding courage and leadership in dealing with the situation. He ran through the flames to shut down gas valves, put out fires on the top of a holder and made gallant efforts to rescue two men who were trapped in a plant house which had been wrecked by an explosion. Mr. Coppin was on duty in a valve-room when an explosion occurred. The premises were enveloped in steam and flames but Coppin, with no regard for his own safety, got his hoses to work and after three hours the fire was put out. He continued, throughout the night, to organise the firefighting in the works and was ably assisted by Mr. Nichols and Mr. Eldridge. These men by their coolness and courage set a splendid example to the others and worked in scorching heat while high explosive and incendiary bombs were falling. Mr. Robinson, after helping to put out a number of fires, learned that two men were trapped in a plant house which had been partially demolished by a bomb. The explosion had blown the walls outwards and caused part of the roof to cave in but Robinson got into the building and made his way to the basement where he thought the men might be. Great blocks of concrete and wrecked machinery were everywhere. He was warned that the rest of the roof was collapsing and he got out just before it did. In spite of the danger of being trapped himself, of the steam, burning gas and flaring benzole, Mr. Robinson made further attempts to get at the men but was forced to give up when the basement flooded. He displayed outstanding courage and determination. Mr. Clark was on holiday on the night of the raid but he borrowed a child's bicycle, the only one he could get, and pedalled through the raid to the Works, a distance of eighteen miles. He gave invaluable help in reorganising the damaged steam and water systems and in getting power supplies going. He has shown exceptional devotion to duty and disregard of his own safety during this and other raids.’ Robert Edgcombe Robinson was born at Shepshed, Loughborough, Leicestershire, on 9 April 1906, and was at the time of the award of his George Medal was employed as a Draughtsman with the Gas Light and Coke Company, based at the Beckton Gas Works in East London. He died in Wokingham, Berkshire, on 11 March 1985. Sold with two portrait photographs of the recipient (one in uniform); four group photographs (one of the recipient in uniform, the others of a family nature); copied Birth, Marriage, and Death certificates; and other research.

Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver, unnamed as issued, in Royal Mint case of issue, good very fine £120-£160

A battle of Ginnis 1886 D.S.O. awarded to Major Elmhirst Rhodes, Royal Berkshire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt, gold and enamels, with integral top riband bar; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek (Lieut. E. Rhodes. 1/Berks. R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (Major E. Rhodes. D.S.O. 2/Rl. Berks. Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj. E. Rhodes. D.S.O. Rl. Berks. Rgt.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, Egypt medal with light pitting from star, nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine (5) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 26 November 1886: ‘For action at Ginnis.’ The insignia above is probably a later replacement as the awards for Ginnis should be in gold, not silver gilt. Elmhirst Rhodes was born on 28 April 1858, son of the Rev. F. W. Rhodes, Rector of Bishop’s Stortford, and was the youngest brother of Cecil J. Rhodes, who established Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia). He was gazetted to the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 25 May 1878, and served in the Egyptian War of 1882, being present at the surrender of Kafr Dowar (Medal and Bronze Star). He again saw active service in the Sudan Expedition of 1885 at Suakin, and was employed in the Signalling Department. He was present at the reconnaissance to Hasheen; actions at Hasheen and Tofrek; operations at and destruction of Tamai (Despatches London Gazette 25 August 1885; two clasps to Egypt medal). He served in the Sudan 1885-86 with the Frontier Field Force, and was employed in the Signalling Department at Kosheh, and in the action at Ginniss (Mentioned in Despatches, and created a Companion of the D.S.O. London Gazette 26 November 1886). The Insignia of the Order were presented to Captain Rhodes by Queen Victoria. He became Major on 30 August 1893. Major Rhodes served from 1899 to 1900 as Director of Signalling to the South African Field Force and afterwards as Station Commandant. He was present in the advance on Kimberley, including: the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State between February and May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg (17-26 February) and actions at Poplar Grove and Driefontein; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, from July to November 1900; operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, in July and August 1900, including actions at Zilikat's Nek (slightly wounded); operations in Orange River Colony from May to July 1900; operations in the Transvaal between November 1900 and July 1901; operations in Cape Colony from July 1901 to 31 May 1902. He was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 26 January 1900, and 7 May and 10 September 1901) and received the Queen's Medal with five clasps, and the King's Medal with two clasps. He was present at the bedside of his elder brother, Cecil John Rhodes, when he died at Muizenburg on 26 March 1902. Major Elmhirst Rhodes retired on 3 October 1903, and died at Brighton on 27 April 1931, aged 73. Sold with copied research including gazette notices and medal roll extracts.

Three: Captain R. W. Wood, Manchester Regiment, later Royal Army Ordnance Corps Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, with one Additional Award Bar (Lt. R. W. Wood. Manch. R.), mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Rowland Weyland Wood was born in Hampstead, London, on 16 January 1913. He attended Harrow County School for Boys, and on 1 May 1933 he attested for service in the Territorial Army and was posted to the machine gun company of 16th London Regiment, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He was promoted Corporal in in 1937 and Sergeant in 1939. He attended 164th Officer Cadet Training Unit and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 28 December 1940 and was posted to the Manchester Regiment, and shortly thereafter to 7th Loyal (North Lancashire) Regiment but serving at 9 Corps Vehicle Maintenance Unit as an instructor. He was promoted Lieutenant in June 1942, unpaid Captain in November 1942, and Temporary Captain in June 1943. He was transferred to the R.A.O.C. Depot at Chilwell with the rank of Substantive Lieutenant on 13 November 1944 for service with 19th Armoured Fighting Vehicle Depot until the conclusion of the Second World War. He was transferred to Class ‘A’ Army Reserve in December 1945. He returned to serve in the Army Reserve, R.A.O.C. until relinquishing his commission on 1 March 1955, retaining the rank of Captain. He died on 16 March 1963. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal (Territorial) in the London Gazette 6 March 1947 (Manchester Regiment); and the clasp in the same London Gazette (Royal Army Ordnance Corps). A cartoon image of the officers of ‘A Vehicle School’ was published in The Tatler and Bystander on 23 December 1942 which includes a caricature likeness of the recipient. Sold with the original Army Council issue slip for the two campaign medals; small original portrait photographic image of the recipient in uniform; two epaulettes bearing cloth Captain’s rank insignia, medal riband bar and eight loose cloth rank pips; together with extensive copied research.

Five: Major R. E. W. Cole, Manchester Regiment General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Lt. R. E. W. Cole. Manch.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Indian Independence Medal 1947 (Major R. E. W. Cole. Manch. R) officially impressed naming, mounted court-style as worn, contact marks and minor edge bruising to the first,otherwise very fine, the last scarce to unit (5) £160-£200 --- Ronald Edward William Cole was born on 24 November 1916, at Portsmouth, Hampshire. He was commissioned from the Royal Military College, into the Manchester Regiment on 27 August 1936, and promoted Lieutenant on 27 August 1939, Captain on 27 August 1944, and Major 27 August 1949. He served in Palestine with the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He resigned his commission on 4 March 1958, transferring to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, retiring on attaining the age limit on 24 November 1966. He died on 27 January 1999, at Lee on Solent, his occupation described as Scientific Officer, Ministry of Defence (retired).

Pair: Chief Engine Room Artificer J. H. Mullens, Royal Navy, who was killed in action in H.M. Submarine Regulus in December 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. W. A. Mullens, 21 Highlands Road, Fareham, Hants’, the original inscription since reinforced by darker ink; together with Fourth Submarine Flotilla prize medal, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1932, the reverse inscribed ‘Orpheus, 1934, J. H. Mullens’, one or two edge bruises to this last, otherwise extremely fine 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Amelia Florence Tollett); Corps of Commissionaires Medal, bronze and enamel, unnamed; National Rifle Association Medal, 48mm, silver (Won by Corpl. Carter, Colonial Prize Firing 1872) edge bruising to last, very fine (10) £100-£140 --- John Henry Mullens served during the Second World War in H.M. Submarine Regulus, and was killed in action on 6 December 1940, when the Regulus was mined in the Straits of Otranto. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Sold with an unrelated selection of Southport R.S.L. Services Club and other similar lapel badges, gilt and enamel.