Four: Private F. R. Koch, Ceylon Light Infantry Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Ceylon (11010 Pte. F. R. Koch C.L.I.); Ceylon, Dominion, Armed Forces Inauguration Medal 1954, unnamed as issued, edge bruising to last, otherwise good very fine (4) £180-£220 --- Frederick R. Koch served with the Ceylon Light Infantry during the Second World War, during which the C.L.I. was deployed to the Seychelles and Cocos Islands; escorted Italian Prisoners of War from the Middle East to Ceylon; and later escorted Japanese Prisoners of War from Ceylon to India. Koch continued to serve after the Second World War, and was awarded the Efficiency Medal in 1950 (Ceylon Government Gazette 8 December 1950), and the Ceylon Armed Forces Inauguration Medal in 1954. Sold with copied research.
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Four: Corporal M. P. Garlick, Royal Engineers Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24700161 LCpl M P Garlick RE); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24700161 LCpl M P Garlick RE); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24700161 Cpl M P Garlick RE) these last two with their named card boxes of issue, mounted court-style as worn, together with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait medals for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, both in boxes of issue, nearly extremely fine (6) £200-£240 --- Martin Phillip Garlick served in the Royal Engineers from 25 April 1998 to 1 July 2009. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal on 24 October 2000. Sold with copied Certificate of Service which confirms first four medals and two copied images of the recipient in combat uniform.
Pair: Trooper A. P. Smith, 16th/5th Lancers Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24751512 Tpr A P Smith 16/5L); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, mounted court-style as worn, with named card box of issue for the Gulf Medal; together with the recipient’s Kuwait Liberation Medal, 4th Grade, bronze and enamel, in named box of issue, nearly extremely fine (3) £180-£220 --- Approximately 380 Gulf Medals with clasp awarded to the 16th/5th Lancers.
Four: Corporal A. M. Casey, 9th/12th Lancers N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia, unnamed as issued; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo, unnamed as issued; Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25057942 Cpl A M Casey 9/12L); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £160-£200
Three: Lance-Corporal S. N. E. Davidson, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25155971 Fus S N E Davidson RRF); Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25155971 LCpl S N E Davidson RRF); Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (25155971 LCpl S N E Davidson RRF) mounted court-style as worn, edge bruise to each medal, otherwise very fine (3) £340-£400
A rare ‘Shannon With Chesapeake’ 2-clasp Naval General Service Medal awarded to Private G. Morris, Royal Marines, combining the Nile, Nelson's first annihilating Fleet Victory, with the Classic American Frigate Action, a Duel the Admiralty considers to be ‘The Finest Single-Ship Action in the Age of Sail’. After a furious exchange of multiple broadsides at very close range, Shannon’s Royal Marines joined their agile but less disciplined seamen comrades to board and capture U.S.S Chesapeake, overpowering their counterparts of the U.S. Marine Corps in vicious hand-to-hand combat Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Nile, Shannon Wh Chesapeake (Griffiths Morris.) good very fine £14,000-£18,000 --- Provenance: Spink, December 1965; Turl Collection, Spink, July 2010. Approximately 42 ‘Shannon Wh. Chesapeake’ clasps issued. One of only two medals issued with this combination of clasps. The name ‘Griffiths Morris’ is unique on the N.G.S. rolls, and his presence during the actions is verified by the muster rolls of both ships. Griffiths Morris was born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, near the border of north-east Wales, in 1772/73. A carpenter by trade, he voluntarily enlisted at Warminster, Wiltshire and attested as a Private in the Marines on 24 February 1796, aged 23. Marines were all volunteers, unlike the seamen, who included in their ranks reluctant-to-serve ‘pressed’ men, orphan boys sent by the Marine Society and ‘Quota men’ often collected from goals, hospitals and workhouses. In 1802 they were awarded the honour of becoming Royal Marines, which meant for Morris a new uniform with ‘royal’ blue cuffs and collar facings. Royal Marines were equipped with a shortened ‘sea service’ musket and were divided for administrative purposes into men with less than 7 years of service, those from 7-14 years and those who had served for over 14 years. Marines were the ship’s security force. On punishment days the Marines would parade under arms in a location overlooking the proceedings, ready to intervene if the crew became mutinous; they took part in boarding, cutting-out and littoral expeditions; they performed ceremonial duties, guarded the sensitive parts of the ship such as the spirit room and the Captain’s quarters and provided extra ‘muscle’ when needed. Marines could be and often were used as crew members of a great gun or to assist in working the ship from the deck, but they could not be ordered onto the yards to work the sails. Some volunteered as topmen, becoming sailors to increase their pay, as even the least skilled seaman, rated as ‘landsman’, was paid £1 2s 6d a lunar month compared to £0 19s 3d for a Marine private. Even after 14 years of service, a private earned just £1 3s 4d per month. When ‘Beat to Quarters’ was ordered, the Marines were stationed in detachments on the Foc’sle, Quarterdeck and in the fighting tops on the masts. Marines were trained to take cover behind the bulwarks and hammock netting while reloading their weapons, and then move to a different firing position. This involved “springing sideways with Life and Spirit”. The command “Marine Firing” allowed individual Marines to pick and engage their own target, then kneel for reloading. “The best marksmen shall be picked out, and ordered to Take Aim, and Fire at the Port-Holes; Two or Three expert Men killed at a Gun may silence it for half an hour.” In a boarding action, Marines fired volleys to clear the way for the agile but less disciplined seamen who were armed with hand-to-hand weapons such as boarding axes, cutlasses and pistols. Marines would help secure the enemy ship’s upper decks, mop up with their bayonets, secure prisoners below at musket point and guard them until they could be sent off the ship. Battle of the Nile Morris served as one of the 67 Marines on board H.M.S. Audacious during Nelson's action in Aboukir Bay, 1 August 1798, as verified by the ship’s muster. Audacious was the third of five battleships to pass the head of the line of French warships anchored close in-shore and then sail down its port side, trapping each of the leading French ships in a crossfire from two British vessels. Audacious anchored between Guerriere and Conquerant, the first and second in the French line of 74s, and engaged them for forty minutes with raking fire until the latter struck her colours, then used a spring to shift its fire onto Spartiate for another two hours. Audacious suffered casualties of one killed, thirty-five (including two marines) wounded. Audacious then took part in the blockades of Malta and Genoa for the rest of 1798 and into 1799. She escorted a convoy to Britain in late 1800, and on arrival was paid off. Morris is recorded as having deserted on 30 June 1802, during the brief peace following the Treaty of Amiens and after six years of service. He re-joined 13 months later, on 28 July 1803, two months after the resumption of hostilities. It is unclear whether he returned of his own volition or was identified as a deserter and reclaimed by the Royal Marines. The desertion probably explains why he was still serving in the same rank after 16 years of service, although with the greater seniority of 2nd Class Private, Plymouth Division, in H.M.S. Shannon (38), during the historic capture of the American frigate Chesapeake (38) in Boston Bay on 1 June 1813. Shannon with Chesapeake In the 1790s the Americans had built six large, heavily armed frigates. When war broke out between Great Britain and the United States, these vessels won a series of single-ship actions; U.S.S. Constitution captured H.M.S. Guerriere and H.M.S. Java whilst U.S.S. United States overwhelmed H.M.S. Macedonian. In response, the Admiralty instituted a closer blockade of American ports. H.M.S. Shannon, commanded by Captain Philip Broke, was one of the ships patrolling the coast of the United States. During his seven years as her Captain, Broke had worked up his ship to a peak of fighting efficiency. His gun crews were trained to fire into the hull of the enemy ship to kill the crew; his Marines were skilful snipers and their government-issue muskets were supplemented with a number of rifled carbines privately purchased for them by their officers. During a long patrol off Boston, Broke sent ashore a number of verbal messages to the Americans intended to provoke a battle, and followed up with a written message to Chesapeake’s Captain: “As the Chesapeake appears now ready for sea, I request you will do me the favour to meet the Shannon with her, ship to ship, to try the fortune of our respective flags...” In the early afternoon of 1 June 1813, the American frigate sailed out to challenge Shannon, accompanied by pleasure boats carrying spectators desirous of witnessing how quickly an American could 'whip' a British frigate. Chesapeake was slightly bigger and heavier, displacing 1,244 tons compared to the 951 tons for Shannon. The broadside weight of their great guns was similar at 540lbs for Shannon compared to 580lbs for Chesapeake; although the Chesapeake carried a greater weight of heavy close-quarter guns, the Shannon’s close action armament was more versatile. The key difference lay in the crews - Broke had 330 men (including 43 Marines) to Chesapeake’s 390 (including 44 US Marines). His superiority in manpower should have given the American Captain an advantage in fighting his ship, but this was blunted because both the Captain and his diverse crew (which included a significant number of Royal Navy deserters) were new on board Chesapeake and had not got used to working together. In contrast, 30...
The outstanding N.G.S. medal awarded to Captain Thomas Moore, Royal Marines, whose distinguished services with the marines of the Amphion over a period of 8 years gained him three mentions in despatches and the Brevet of Captain; he was senior officer of marines in the action off Lissa, was twice very severely wounded and twice rewarded from the Patriotic Fund Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 28 Aug Boat Service 1809, 28 June Boat Service 1810, Lissa, fitted with a fourth unofficial clasp inscribed ‘Umago’ (Thomas Moore, 1st Lieut. R.M.) fitted with contemporary ribbon and silver ribbon brooch, pin lacking on this, extremely fine and rare £12,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby, November 1979 and June 1990; John Goddard Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015. ‘28 Aug Boat Service 1809’ [15 clasps issued - real date of action 27 August] of which 5 are known, Lieutenant Moore being the only R.M. officer to receive this clasp: David Buchanan, Yeoman of the Sheets; C. G. R. Phillott, Lieutenant R.N. (Royal Naval Museum); Charles H. Ross, Midshipman (Patiala Collection, Sheesh Mahal Museum, India); William Slaughter, Lieutenant R.N. (National Maritime Museum). ‘28 June Boat Service 1810’ [25 clasps issued] - of which 13 are known, including examples in the National Maritime Museum; Royal Naval Museum (2); and the Patiala Collection (Sheesh Mahal Museum, India). ‘Lissa’ [124 clasps issued] - including 3 Royal Marine officers: William S. Knapman, 1st Lieutenant, Volage; John Mears, 2nd Lieutenant, Active; and Thomas Moore, 1st Lieutenant, Amphion. ‘Umago’ - this unofficial, privately added clasp commemorates Captain Moore’s part in the destruction, at the town of that name, of a 2-gun battery and the capture of 4 vessels, loaded with wine, that had been scuttled on 8 June 1813. Thomas Moore joined the Royal Marines as a Second Lieutenant on 14 January 1801; First Lieutenant, 15 August 1805; Captain, 21 November 1810; Barrack-Master, Portsmouth Division, Royal Marines, 16 August 1827, which position he held for upwards of 30 years. Captain Moore’s distinguished and gallant services are thus concisely stated in Major Hart’s Army List for the year 1857: ‘Captain Moore served in H.M.S. Amphion from May 1803 to July 1811; was in the action with and capture of four Spanish frigates off Cape St. Mary’s; action with flotilla of gun-boats in Gibraltar Bay; cutting out a schooner in Corsica; a severe action with a French frigate, and driven on shore under the batteries in the Bay of Rosas in 1808. Served at the taking of Pessara, and capture of large convoys. Commanded the marines at the taking of Cortelazza in 1809, and taking 6 gun-boats. Commanded the marines of the squadron at the taking of Grao and large convoys laden with military stores, after a most sanguinary action with a garrison of French troops at the point of the bayonet, when the whole of the garrison were killed, wounded, or taken prisoners - for this action and previous services he was made Brevet Captain. Present also at the capture of several other towns on the coast of the Adriatic, and destruction of convoys. He was senior officer of marines in the action off Lissa, 13th March 1811. Was twice very severely wounded, and twice rewarded from the Patriotic Fund. He has been in upwards of 30 successful contests with the enemy, and frequently officially mentioned for gallantry. Has received the War Medal with three clasps.’ Mentioned in despatches London Gazette 1809, pp 479-481 (taking of Cortelazza, 27 August 1809). Mentioned in despatches London Gazette 1810 p 319 (taking of Grao, 28 June 1810: ‘It is hard to particularise where all distinguish themselves, but the conduct of Lieutenant Moore, who commanded the Marines... is spoken of in such high terms by all, that I feel it a duty to mention him, and I do it in that confidence of his worth which his exemplary behaviour, during Five Years’ Service together, has long insured him.’). Mentioned in despatches London Gazette 1811 pp 159, 162 (action off Lissa: ‘Captain Moore of the Royal Marines, of this ship, received a wound, but returned to his quarters immediately it was dressed.’). Sold with copied research including gazette extracts mentioned above.
Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (Captn. J. Brandon, 46th N.I.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, toned, good very fine £900-£1,200 --- John Brandon was born in London on 4 January 1787. A Cadet in the 1805 season, he arrived in India on 11 July 1806. He was raised Lieutenant on 25 November 1807; Captain on 13 May 1825; Major on 1 December 1836, retiring on the same day; and Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel on 28 November 1854. He served at Barasat C.C. for 10 months. He was then posted as Ensign to 23rd N.I. Interpreter and Quartermaster, 2/23rd N.I., on 27 October 1814, in which position he served until 1819. Brandon also served in the 3rd Mahratta War as Lieutenant, 2/23 N.I. On furlough from December 1819 until June 1823, he was transferred as Captain to 46th N.I. (late 2/23rd N.I.) on 1 May 1824. During the First Burma War, he was at Chittagong in 1824, and at Ramu as Captain 46th N.I. (India medal). He was transferred as Captain to newly raised 1st Extra Regiment (became 69th N.I. in 1828) on 13 May 1825. Lieutenant-Colonel Brandon died in Cheltenham on 24 August 1866, and is buried in Holy Trinity Church, Portland Street, Cheltenham.
The Waterloo medal awarded to Lieutenant John Coen, 28th Foot, who was slightly wounded at Vittoria in June 1813 and again wounded at Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815 Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. John Coen, 28th Regiment Foot.) fitted with contemporary replacement hinged silver bar suspender engraved on either side “QUATRE BRAS” and “16th JUNE 1815”, the obverse with contact pitting, otherwise better than good fine, the reverse nearly very fine £3,400-£4,000 --- On 16 June 1815 at Quatre Bras the 28th in company with the 1st Royal Scots marched to the support of the hard-pressed 42nd and 44th, forming square and standing firm in a tall field of rye while subject to continuous attacks from French cavalry. Major Llewellyn wrote: ‘The rye in the field was so high, that to see anything beyond our own ranks was almost impossible. The Enemy, even, in attacking our Squares, were obliged to make a daring person desperately ride forwards and plant a flag, as a mark, at the very point of our bayonets. On this they charged, but were invariably repulsed. It fell to the lot of the 28th to bear a leading share in this Action, and I may say they lost none of their former reputation. They were frequently hardly pressed, but never lost their discipline and their self-possession. Once, when threatened on two flanks by what Sir Thomas Picton imagined an overwhelming force, he exclaimed, “28th, remember Egypt.” They cheered and gallantly beat back their assailants, and eventually stood their position.’ Two days later at the Battle of Waterloo the 28th repeatedly displayed both its renowned dash and steadiness when it played a critical part in defeating the first attack of D’Erlon’s French 1st Corps. Wellington’s controversial Waterloo Despatch, written in the night of the 18-19 June, mentioned only one English Infantry Regiment by name – the 28th: ‘The troops of the 5th Division, and those of the Brunswick corps, were long and severely engaged, and conducted themselves with the utmost gallantry. I must particularly mention the 28th, 42nd, 79th, and 92nd Regiments, and the battalion of Hanoverians.’ John Coen was appointed Ensign in the 28th Foot, from the Sligo Militia, on 7 April 1808, and was promoted Lieutenant on 29 January 1810. He served in the Peninsula with the 1/28th from September 1810 to March 1811, and from July 1811 to the end of the war in April 1814. He was present at Tarifa, Barrosa, Cadiz, Almaraz, the retreat from Burgos, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Garris, Orthes, Aire, and Toulouse, being slightly wounded at the battle of Vittoria on 21 June 1813; also in the campaign of 1815 where he was wounded at the battle of Quatre Bras on 16 July 1815. He was still serving as a Lieutenant in 1827 but appears to have left the regiment before 1830 and did not live to claim a medal for his Peninsula service. The medal is accompanied by an old copy of a cover from Lieutenant Coen, then apparently serving with the regiment at Corfu, dated 2 January 1827, addressed to his wife at ‘Millbrook, St Heliers, Jersey
Waterloo 1815 (William Holmes, 42nd or R.H. Reg. Infantry.) fitted with steel clip and contemporary silver bar suspension, solder deposit near obverse clip, overall light contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £2,000-£2,400 --- William Holmes was born in the Parish of Alness, near Tain, Ross-shire, and enlisted into the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment at Fort George, Inverness, on 30 May 1807, aged 20, for unlimited service. He served with the regiment as a Private throughout the Peninsula and at Waterloo and lived to claim the M.G.S. medal for the battles of Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes and Toulouse, at which last battle the musters record him as being wounded. He was promoted to Corporal in June 1820 and to Sergeant in November 1821, but reverted to Private in December 1822 and was discharged in that rank at Chatham on 13 January 1830, ‘his constitution being very shaken by rheumatism and infirmities of age.’ Sold with copied discharge papers and full muster search.
China 1842 (John M. Jeffery, Lieut., 98th Regiment Foot.) with small ring affixed to original suspension post and fitted with contemporary replacement silver bar suspension and ribbon buckle, toned, edge bruising and polished, therefore good fine £700-£900 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- John Morton Jeffery was appointed Ensign in the 98th Regiment, by purchase, on 28 June 1836; Lieutenant, by purchase, 22 June 1838; Captain, by purchase, 31 March 1843; Major, by purchase, 1853, and retired the same year by the sale of his commission. On 24 August 1855, he was appointed to a commission as Major in the North York Rifle Regiment of Militia. He died on 5 June 1880, at Bishop Stortford, aged 63. 'The deceased joined the regiment as ensign in June, 1836, and embarked in December, 1841, with headquarters for China, where he served with our expeditionary force, taking part in the attack and capture of Chin Kiang Foo, and the landing before Nanking (medal). He retired from the Army in 1853.’ (Naval & Military Gazette, 16 June 1880, refers).
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (W. Traveller, Painter, H.M.S. Osprey) officially impressed naming, some light scratches to obverse field, otherwise good very fine £1,600-£2,000 --- Provenance: Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996; Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008. 11 medals with these reverse dates issued to H.M.S. Osprey, 7 R.N. ratings and 4 R.M. N.C.Os. and men, all of whom were lent to H.M.S. North Star. Of these, 7 are known, 3 to R.N. ratings and 4 to R.M. N.C.Os. and men. Approximately 160 medals with these dates issued to the Royal Navy. William Traveller's medal was sent on 25 October 1870. 
William Traveller was born on 27 May 1820, at Brighton, Sussex. He joined the service as an Ordinary Seaman in March 1840 and continued to serve almost continuously until May 1879, when he was awarded the LS & GC Medal after serving for 37 reckonable years. The brig Osprey, 10-32pdr and 2-18pdr guns, was launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 2 April 1844. She was wrecked on 11 March 1846, off Hokianga, New Zealand. “The beautiful man-of-war, the Osprey brig, 12 guns, was lost 12 miles north of Hokianga on Wednesday 11th at 3 p.m. The previous day she had stood in to Hokianga and fired two guns to announce to the pilot that she had arrived, and stood off for the night in bad weather and visibility. The next day she stood in again, and entered the breakers of 'False Hokianga'. Thinking she was crossing the bar, she stood on under sail and finally struck. Guns were thrown overboard to lighten ship, but at low tide she was high and dry, and the ship's company was able to disembark. The heads at False Hokianga are very similar to the entrance to Hokianga proper.” (The White Ensign in New Zealand, J. O'C. Ross refers).

Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Lieut. C. Baldwin, 2nd. Eur. Regt.) fitted with a contemporary top brooch bar in the design of a suspension bar, nearly extremely fine £700-£900 --- Charles Baldwin was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Bengal Fusiliers on 10 July 1843, and served in the Force under Sir Charles Napier against the Hill Trines in Upper Scinde in 1845. He saw further action during the Second Sikh War in 1848-49, and was present at the action of Ramnuggur and the battles of Chilianwala and Goojerat (Medal with 2 clasps). During the Great Sepoy Mutiny, he accompanied - as Deputy Commissioner of Jubbulpore - several parties of troops sent out against the mutineers of the 52nd Native Infantry and rebels during 1857, and was Mentioned in the Despatch of Colonel Miller on 10 July 1858 (Medal). Promoted Captain on 1 May 1858, he also accompanied the Force under General Mitchell from 6 to 20 November 1858, as Deputy Commissioner of Baitool, in pursuit of Tantia Topee. Sold with copied medal roll extract.
A Great War M.B.E., Order of St. John group of six awarded to Commandant W. R. Magnus, British Red Cross and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who ferried large numbers of wounded men between hospitals in London and the Home Counties in his ambulance The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1918; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s breast badge, silver, with heraldic beasts in angles; Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Private W. Magnus); Coronation 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade, bronze (W. R. Magnus 2nd. Offr.); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Supt. W. R. Magnus.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, with one Additional Award Bar (Supt. William R. Magnus. July 1911.) nearly very fine and better (6) £300-£400 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 7 June 1918: ‘Chief of the Train Control Section, Great Eastern Railway.’ William Robert Magnus was born in Chipping Hill, Essex, around 1878. A married railway clerk, later Assistant to the London Divisional Superintendant of the Great Eastern Railway (Liverpool Street Station), he is recorded in 1911 and 1921 as a resident of 51, Stanhope Gardens, Ilford. Appointed Commandant in the British Red Cross and Order of St John of Jerusalem in May 1915, Magnus served at Oakwood Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital. His Red Cross index card adds: ‘Mr. William Robert Magnus, 51 Stanhope Gardens, Ilford, Essex. Organised whole of ambulance transport in connection with Ilford Emergency Hospital, also assisted in connection with Oakwood Red Cross Hospital, Chigwell - a total of 84 convoys and 1500 soldiers. In addition 44 journeys were arranged to various London and provincial Hospitals with transfer cases, over 100 wounded were transferred involving journeys varying from 10 to 110 miles. Personally driven car 6000 miles. Air Raid duties of detachment also.’
A fine Second War A.R.R.C. group of six attributed to Sister Hilda Cryne, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, who saved the lives of men suffering from smallpox in Algiers Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, reverse dated ‘1943’, on lady’s bow riband; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine and better (6) £400-£500 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 16 September 1943. The original recommendation by the Officer Commanding, No. 94 General Hospital, states: ‘During February and March 1943, a number of cases of severe Smallpox were treated in this wing. Only one of the small Nursing Officer staff could be spared for nursing these cases, and Miss Cryne immediately volunteered for this duty. She, assisted by four nursing orderlies, nursed and cared for the patients in the most devoted and unselfish manner - working in tents in cold and very wet weather and under most trying conditions. To her unremitting care some of the worst cases undoubtedly owe their lives. It is a very great pleasure to recommend that an award be made to this Nursing Officer in recognition of, and in appreciation of her most valuable work and outstanding devotion to duty.’ Hilda Cryne lived in Crosby, Lincolnshire, and took her nursing studies at St. Andrew’s Hospital in Bow from 1938 to 1941. Commissioned into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve as Sister on 7 October 1942, she sailed for North Africa and was taken on the strength of No. 94 General Hospital on 21 December 1942. Remarkably, she was recommended for the A.R.R.C. less than six months after joining the service, a feat commensurate with the high degree of risk associated with the smallpox contagion. A letter which accompanies the lot from the recipient’s brother to the present vendor, dated 12 July 1993, adds: ‘She served in both the Italian and African campaigns. She was blown up in an ambulance in Italy and as a result suffered spinal injuries which confined her to a hospital bed for 3 months... The medal (A.R.R.C.) was presented to her in Rhodesia by the Queen Mother, then the wife of the late King George VI.’ Sold with the original Buckingham Palace named enclose to Miss Hilda Cryne, A.R.R.C., two letters from the recipient’s brother, and copied research including a coloured photograph of her.
Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol (R. Downes. Driver. Rl. Horse Arty.) officially impressed naming, polished, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £300-£400 --- Sold with copied medal roll extracts that lists a ‘2175 Driver Robert Downes’ as being entitled to the Inkermann clasp, and a ‘2175 Driver George Downs [sic]’ as being entitled to the Sebastopol clasp, the latter roll annotated ‘died 18 June 1855’. However, Down(e)s is not listed on the casualty list for the first assault on the Grand Redan, and so the date of his death, likely from disease, is presumably mere coincidence.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (1st. Lieutt. Walter Davison. 1st. Eur. Bengal Fusrs.) nearly extremely fine £500-£700 --- Walter Davison was born in London on 3 May 1828 and was educated at Tonbridge School, Kent. He was nominated as a Cadet for the East India Company’s Bengal Infantry in 1846, and was commissioned Ensign on 20 April 1846. He arrived at Calcutta on 6 June 1846, and was posted to the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers on 1 February 1847. He was promoted Lieutenant on 6 July 1851 and served with the Regiment during the Second Burma War, being present at the relief of the garrison of Pegu on 14 December 1852 and throughout the operations in the vicinity, and then accompanied the Martaban Column, being present at the storming and capture of Belin in April 1853, and being mentioned in the Regimental History in an account of the latter action: ‘The Burmese attacked a small garrison of Madras Native Infantry, who occupied a stockade at Belin ... Major Seaton was instructed to send one company to join the force for the recapture of Belin. No 1 was the company selected, commanded by Captain G. C Lambert, Lieutenant Walter Davison being the subaltern. The detachment then proceeded down the River Sittang in boats ... The combined force now advanced to the attack, the company of the Regiment being ordered to attack the front face of the stockade ... Captain Lambert's company advanced, covered by skirmishers, and were received by a sharp fire of small arms; nevertheless they reserved their fire, and, with a rush, succeeded in scaling the stockade and opening one of the gates from the inside.’ Appointed Adjutant on 13 May 1854, Davison was praised in an Inspection Report the following February: ‘Fully qualified for his situation of Adjutant and affords the Commanding Officer every assistance, being zealous and attentive. The state of the regiment fully approves his ability and strict attention.’ Promoted Captain on 10 October 1860, Davison was granted furlough to Europe on sick certificate for two years from 1863. He did not return to India, and died on 5 March 1866. Sold with copied service papers; medal roll extract; and other research.
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Sgt. W. McIntyre Merrickville R. Co.) officially impressed naming, good very fine £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Approximately 42 Medals with clasp Fenian Raid 1866 awarded to the Merrickville Rifle Company. Sold with copied medal roll extract which states that William McIntyre also received the clasp Fenian Raid 1870 for service with the 41st Battalion.
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Pte. J. W. Robertson. Perth R. Co.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Approximately 38 Medals with clasp Fenian Raid 1866 awarded to the Perth Rifle Company. Sold with copied medal roll extract.
Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (1610. Pte. C. Buchan, 42nd Highds. 1873-4) very fine £400-£500 --- Charles Buchan was slightly wounded by a gunshot in the back at the Battle of Amoaful on 31 January 1874 (London Gazette 6 March 1874). Sold with full muster details and copied medal roll and casualty lists.
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (1009. Pte. E. Keyes, 99th Foot.) toned, edge bruising and polished, otherwise nearly very fine £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Edward Keyes was born in Newtownsands, Kerry, Ireland; a 22 year old Labourer, he attested for the 85th Brigade at Tralee on 1 February 1878, and joined the 99th Regiment of Foot the following day. Keyes served overseas in South Africa, 2 December 1878 to 29 December 1879; Bermuda, 30 December 1879 to 7 March 1881; South Africa, 8 March 1881 to 30 December 1881; and India 31 December 1881 to 19 March 1884. Discharged to the Army Reserve on 27 March 1884, Tralee District, and from 3 May 1884, Devizes District. Keyes re-joined the Colours joining his old Regiment, now styled the Wiltshire Regiment (Private No 1235), serving at home only. He was discharged on 1 February 1890, after completing 12 years and 12 days service. Edward Keyes was possibly mentioned in Colonel C. K. Person's despatch on the defence of Fort Ekowe, 24th January to 4th April, 1879: "Connected with the vedette [mounted sentry] duties, I wish to mention a circumstance which I think reflects great credit upon Captain Sherrington, Native Contingent, and the undermentioned men, viz - Corporal Adams, Native Contingent, Privates Whale, Robson, Higley and Keys, 99th Regiment, and Trooper Garlands, Victoria Mounted Rifles. The vedettes, shortly after our arrival at (Fort) Ekowe, were daily annoyed when they patrolled in the morning, before finally taking up their posts, by the fire from a party of Zulus from a high hill. It was believed that this party took up their position very early in the morning, and Captain Sherrington and the above party volunteered to go out at night and lie in wait for them behind some rocks near the top of the hill, being utterly ignorant, however, of the number of the Zulus. I consented and this little expedition resulted in three Zulus being wounded (though not so seriously as to prevent them from making good their escape) and the vedettes never being annoyed from this hill again. In fact no Zulu was ever afterwards seen there... I have, &c. C. K. Pearson, Colonel, Commanding No. 1 Column.” There are two soldiers on the 99th Regiment South Africa 1879 medal roll named ‘Keyes’ (none spelt ‘Keys’), viz 1009 Private Edward Keyes and 2106 Private Thomas Keyes, one of whom was with Captain Sherrington's party. Neither service record, however, makes mention of either being mentioned in despatches. "C", "E" and "H" companies of the 99th Regiment formed part of the Fort Ekowe garrison. Sold with copied gazette notice and medal roll extract
Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1856. Pte. W. Marshall. 92nd Highrs.) nearly very fine £100-£140 --- William Marshall was born in the Parish of Kirkaldy, Fife, and attested for the 42nd Regiment at Edinburgh on 21 January 1859, aged 23, a blacksmith by trade. He transferred to the 92nd Regiment on 1 November 1867, re-engaged on 23 April 1868, and was discharged on 29 June 1880. He served 20 years 9 months in the East Indies and Afghanistan for which he received the Afghan war medal and also the L.S. & G.C. medal. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extract.
A post-War A.R.R.C. pair awarded to Head V.A.D. Nursing Member (Naval Hospitals) Mabel Middleton, British Red Cross Society Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, reverse dated ‘1947’, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, silver (Miss Mabel Middleton); together with the recipient’s British Red Cross Society Medal with Proficiency in Red Cross Nursing top riband bar, with three additional award bars, Red Cross Nursing 1943, Red Cross Nursing 1944, Red Cross Nursing 1945 (39976 M. Middleton); and British Red Cross Society 3 Years Service Medal, with three additional award bars, unnamed, with card boxes of issue, minor enamel loss to third, good very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1947. Mabel Middleton joined the British Red Cross Society on 12 June 1940 and received her A.R.R.C. by registered post on 19 July 1947. Sold with the recipient’s original B.R.C.S. Certificate of Membership card, No. A43974, which notes her address as Trent Valley Road, Lichfield, this renewed to reverse until 1960; B.R.C.S. Certificate of Enrolment, Form D (8); two pairs of V.A.D. pin badges, enamel and base metal, by J. R. Gaunt, unworn and in original card boxes, in very good condition.
British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Troopr. A. Bremner. Salisbury Horse) nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- Andrew Bremner is confirmed on the roll as a Trooper in the Salisbury Horse during the operations in Matabeleland, including actions at Shangani and Bembesi, and as a Gunner in the Artillery Troop, Bulawayo Field Force for ‘Rhodesia 1896’ clasp.
Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (67953. Gr. N. Mc.Leod. 37th. Fd. Bty. R.A.) contemporarily engraved naming, nearly extremely fine £140-£180 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, May 2017. D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. Norman Henry McLeod was born on the Isle of Harris, where a ‘Norman McLeod’ was the father of Harris tweed, and a tailor by trade, attested for the Royal Artillery in 1888, aged 21. He went absent without leave twice in 1889 and was imprisoned for 20 days. In 1895 he qualified as a 'Master Tailor to a battery of Artillery'. He served with 37th Field Battery Royal Field Artillery during the Sudan campaign (Approximately 71 Khedive's Sudan Medals awarded to 37th Field Battery, R.F.A.) and was posted to 65th Battery. He subsequently served with the Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Paardeberg, Driefontein, Cape Colony and South Africa 1901), was promoted Bombardier in April 1900, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was discharged in August 1901 and was admitted as an In-Pensioner at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, in 1944. He died at Hornchurch, Essex, in 1946.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (6929 Pte. J. Wilkie, 2nd Rl. Highldrs:) good very fine £60-£80 --- Sold with copied medal roll extract which states medal returned as unclaimed and replacement issued in April 1907. Also entitled to clasp for Transvaal.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (334 Pte. P. C. Faulkner. Vol: Coy. Hamp: Regt.) extremely fine £70-£90 --- Percy Charles Faulkner was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, in 1881 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Newport, Isle of Wight, on 10 February 1902, having previously served in the Regiment’s 5th Volunteer Battalion. He served with the Volunteer Company, 2nd Battalion, in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 March to 31 July 1902, and was discharged on 30 August 1902. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (335 Pte. W. G. Goldring. Vol: Coy. Hamp: Regt.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £70-£90 --- William George Goldring was born in Shanklin, Isle of Wight, in 1880 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Newport, Isle of Wight, on 10 February 1902, having previously served in the Regiment’s 5th Volunteer Battalion. He served with the Volunteer Company, 2nd Battalion, in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 March to 31 July 1902, and was discharged on 30 August 1902. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (348 Pte. S. Smith. Vol: Coy. Hants: Regt.) very fine £70-£90 --- Sydney Smith was born in Southampton in 1882 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Portsmouth on 17 February 1902, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd Volunteer Battalion. He served with the Volunteer Company, 2nd Battalion, in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 March to 31 July 1902, and was discharged on 30 August 1902. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
A post-War A.R.R.C., B.E.M. group of five awarded to Head Naval Nursing Auxiliary Jean M. A. Workman, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), E.II.R., silver and enamel, reverse dated ‘1957’; British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (Miss Jean M. A. Workman. A.R.R.C., Q.A.R.N.N.S.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (0019 J. M. A. Workman. H.N.N.A. H.M.S. Collingwood.) good very fine (5) £340-£400 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 13 June 1957. B.E.M. London Gazette 2 June 1962. Jean Margaret Allan Workman was born in Kensington in 1902, the daughter of Irish shipbroker Robert A. Workman. Raised by a governess and surrounded by servants at a property in St. John’s Wood, she moved to Hayling Island in the 1930’ and took employment with Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service in Portsmouth. Awarded the A.R.R.C. as Head Voluntary Aid Detachment Nursing Member (Naval Hospitals), she was further recognised with the award of the British Empire Medal in 1962. Retired to 63 St. Thomas’s Avenue, Hayling Island, she died on 14 August 1977.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (6834 Pte. J. Millar, 2nd Rl. Highdlrs:) nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- John Millar was born at Dundee and enlisted originally for the Royal Artillery at Perth on 22 July 1897, aged 18 years 2 months, a yarn dresser by trade. After a short period as a Driver with the 82nd Field Battery, he was posted to the 42nd Royal Highlanders Depot on 1 December 1897, and to the 2nd Battalion on 10 February 1898. He served in South Africa and in India and was discharged on 20 July 1909. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extract.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (203. Pte. E. Selfe, 2: Hampshire Regt.) clasp carriage broken at base of right hand side, edge bruise, very fine £70-£90 --- Edward Selfe was born in Newhaven, Sussex, in 1881 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment, having previously served with the Regiment’s 3rd Volunteer Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and died of disease at Durban on 5 January 1902. Sold with copied Militia attestation papers; and medal roll extracts.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (166 Pte. C. French. Hampshire Regt.); together with the related miniature award, extremely fine £100-£140 --- Charles French served with the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War, and died of disease at Barberton on 8 November 1901. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
A post-War A.R.R.C. group of three awarded to Colonel Mary J. Clune, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), E.II.R., silver and enamel, reverse dated 1979; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (Capt. M. J. Clune. QARANC.); Ghana, Republic Day Medal; together with the recipient’s Q.A.R.A.N.C. Cape Badge, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1950, good very fine and better (4) £240-£280 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 16 June 1979. Mary Josephine Clune was born in the Scariff district of County Galway on 20 January 1934. Trained in Ireland, she was granted a short service commission in the Q.A.R.A.N.C. on 5 February 1958, and was raised Captain on 1 April 1962 whilst employed with the Army of Ghana. Transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers on 5 February 1963, she spent two years serving with the Far East Land Forces at Terendak Hospital in Malaysia, before being appointed Major on 13 September 1968. Transferred to Singapore from 1970 to 1972, and Berlin and Nepal from 1975 to 1978, Clune was appointed Matron of the British Military Hospital in Munster in July 1980 and was raised Lieutenant Colonel on 31 October 1983. Posted to Rinteln in November 1984, she ended her career at Catterick in the rank of Colonel, retiring to pension on 2 April 1988. Sold with copied research which confirms entitlement to the Ghana Republic Day Medal of 1 July 1960 under A.C.I. 241 of 1961, with restrictive permission for wear.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, date clasp a tailor’s copy (4653 Cpl. A. R. T. Richards, 41st. Coy. 12th Imp: Yeo:) good very fine £100-£140 --- Anthony Reynell Threlfull Richards was born in London in 1874 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Newport, Isle of Wight, on 8 January 1900, having previously served in the Hampshire Carabineers. He served with the 41st (Hampshire) Company, 12th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 31 January 1900 to 8 June 1901, and was discharged on 15 June 1901. He saw further service as a Major with the Hampshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps during the Great War, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied service papers; medal roll extracts; and other research.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (36520 Tpr: W. E. Rhoades. 50th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) extremely fine £80-£100 --- William Edward Rhoades was born in Reading, Berkshire, in 1876 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Winchester on 14 March 1901. He served with the 50th (Hampshire) Company, 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 24 March 1901 to 29 July 1902, and was discharged on 5 August 1902. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (36477 Tpr: J. E. L. Rice. 50th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) edge bruise, nearly very fine £80-£100 --- John Edward Lavington Rice was born in Southampton in 1875 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Winchester on 12 February 1901, having previously served with the 2nd Hampshire Volunteer Battalion. He served with the 50th (Hampshire) Company, 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 24 March 1901 to 29 July 1902, and was discharged on 5 August 1902. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (123 Pte. E. Evans. Hampshire Regt. Vol. Coy) ‘Vol Coy’ privately engraved in a different hand, edge bruising, suspension claw loose, very fine £80-£100 --- Edgar Ernest Evans was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, in 1875 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 17 January 1900, having previously served with the 1st Hampshire Volunteers. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 March 1901 to 37 May 1902, and was discharged on 26 June 1902. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (168 Pte. A. Stock. Hampshire Regt.) minor edge nicks, good very fine £80-£100 --- Alfred William Stock was born in Buriton, near Petersfield, Hampshire, in 1879 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Portsmouth on 17 January 1900, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd Volunteer Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 March 1901 to 13 May 1902, and was discharged on 12 June 1902. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
A fine and impressive Order of St. John group of seven awarded to Officer Elsie F. Bell, St. John Ambulance Brigade, late Voluntary Aid Detachment, whose nursing service spanned nearly half a century The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Dame of Grace lady’s shoulder badge, gold and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, on lady’s bow riband; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) shoulder badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, on lady’s bow riband; British War and Victory Medals (E. F. Bell. V.A.D.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with four Additional Award Bars (Cty/Supt. E. F. Bell. Derby. S.J.A.B. 1953.) minor white enamel loss to obverse tips of second, very fine and better (7) £400-£500 --- Elsie Ferguson Bell was born in Stafford in 1891, the daughter of Sir John Ferguson Bell of Mickleover, a former Mayor of Derby. A nurse by profession, she served in France with the Voluntary Aid Detachment from 18 October 1916, including postings to No. 25 Stationary Hospital at Rouen, No. 47 General Hospital at Le Treport, No. 2 Stationary Hospital at Abbeville and No. 81 Stationary Hospital in Marseilles. Returned home to Derby, she later nursed in Ward VI of the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, her appointment finally ending on 15 March 1919. Remaining in the Service of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, she is recorded in The Derbyshire Times of 18 June 1943 as a County Cadet Officer for the Nursing Division. A year later she is noted as 1st Lady County Cadet Officer. She was finally invested by Lord Wadhurst in March 1963 as a Dame of the Order of St John, the ceremony taking place at the Grand Priory Church, Clerkenwell, London.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (258 Dmr: P. Skeens. Hampshire Regt.) nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- Percival Henry Skeens was born at Landport, Portsmouth, in 1882 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Portsmouth on 4 February 1901, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd Volunteer Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 March 1901 to 13 May 1902, and was discharged on 12 June 1902. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between sixth and seventh clasp and not entitled to the two date clasps (12128 Bomb. R. Phillips, A.B. R.H.A.) edge bruise, minor contact marks, good very fine £240-£280 --- H. Phillips served with the Royal Horse Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 January to 29 November 1900 (and not in either 1901 or 1902). His service papers state that he was entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasp for Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Transvsal, and Orange River Colony [sic]. He saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914.
Queen’s Mediterranean 1899-1902 (438 Pte. J. Henderson. North’d Fus:) brooch marks to obverse and fitted with later non-swivel suspension, otherwise very fine £100-£140 --- John Henderson was born at Gateshead, County Durham, and enlisted into the Northumberland Fusiliers on 18 August 1883, aged 18. He was discharged on 17 August 1902, having served at Malta from February 1900 to July 1901. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm medal.
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