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Lot 151
A set of three World War I medals, including a 1914-15 star, War medal and Victory medal, issued to Eng. Lt. J.R.Baker. R.N.R. together with matching miniatures, the British War medal has bars for Mediterranean 1918, North sea 1917, Jutland, 31 May '16, North Sea 1916, North Sea 1915 and North Sea 1914, two Victorian Afghanistan 1978-79-80 miniatures, epaulettes, World War II medals including The Defence Medal, The France and Germany Star and the War Medal, in original box, despatched to Mr P B Baker, a ration book and a silver photograph frame with Battle of Jutland white metal medallion and photograph
Lot 152
World War II medals including The Defence Medal, War Medal, The 1939-1945 Medal, The Pacific Star together with a George VI Territorial medal dated 1950, two silver open faced pocket watches, a gold plated open faced pocket watch, silver napkin rings, silver spoons and forks, white metal mug etc
Lot 394
David TinkerShellback WatercolourSigned and dated 03115823.5 x 54cmIMPORTANT: ***Artists resale rights may be applicable to this lot*** CONDITION REPORT: The painting is framed and glazed, there does appear to be a tear that has been over painted about half way along the top David Tinker was one of the stars of the Welsh Group's 50th anniversary retrospective at the national museums and galleries of Wales. In 1956, he was co-founder of the radical exhibiting co-operative 56 Group Wales, acting as chairman of the Welsh Group for 15 years. At Cardiff, his students had included Sir Anthony Hopkins and the painters Ivor Davies and Professor Glyn Jones. In 1962, he moved to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, leading its growing art school until his retirement in 1986. Tinker sat on the Welsh Arts Council's art panel and the executive of the Contemporary Art Society for Wales. Examples of his work are held by the Arts Council of Wales and the National Gallery in Cardiff. He was awarded the Queen's Medal for Art in 1977.
Lot 408
David TinkerThe Magic MoundOil on boardInscribed versoArts Council of Great Britain Welsh Committee label verso76 x 54.5cm ***Artist resale rights may apply to this lot*** CONDITION REPORT: David Tinker was one of the stars of the Welsh Group’s 50th anniversary retrospective at the national museums and galleries of Wales. In 1956, he was co-founder of the radical exhibiting co-operative 56 Group Wales, acting as chairman of the Welsh Group for 15 years. At Cardiff, his students had included Sir Anthony Hopkins and the painters Ivor Davies and Professor Glyn Jones. In 1962, he moved to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, leading its growing art school until his retirement in 1986. Tinker sat on the Welsh Arts Council’s art panel and the executive of the Contemporary Art Society for Wales. Examples of his work are held by the Arts Council of Wales and the National Gallery in Cardiff. He was awarded the Queen’s Medal for Art in 1977.
Lot 598
Lancashire Northern Rugby Football Union - A red and white rugby jersey with Lancashire N.R.U rose embroidered badge, together with an 1899 maroon velvet cap with rose and shield embroidered emblem, made by Joe Nicholl & J T Brown, Halifax, embroidered with the initials "H.K.", a 15ct yellow gold medallion cast with three lions on shield on a leaf cartouche, "Presented by The Lancashire County Football Union" on the front, the reverse "Northern Union County Championship won by Lancashire, H K Kruger, Half Back", hallmarked Birmingham, 1899, approximately 16 grams, and a hand coloured photograph of Henry Kruger wearing the jersey and cap.Henry Kruger was born in 1878 in Manchester but of Welsh parentage. His parents returned to Cardiff. He played rugby as half back for Llwynypia and then "went north" and played for Rochdale Hornets and Hull Kingston Rovers. The medal, jersey and cap were won for Lancashire against Yorkshire in 1899, part of the Rugby League "War of Roses" series CONDITION REPORT: Provenance - By decent from the family
Lot 83
A 9ct gold open-faced pocket watch with an enamel dial Roman numerals and a seconds subsidiary dial together with a silver vesta case, World War I medals including the War Medal and Victory medal issued to 2 Lieut E.A. Price and World War II medals including Two of The Africa Stars, The Italy Star, two of the 1939-1945 stars, Defence Medal, two British War medals coins and commemorative medallions
Lot 3931
Local Interest - Sport/Football - a George V silver, gold-mounted and enamel Derbyshire Football Association medal, Medal Competition Winners 1921, Vaughton & Sons, Birmingham 1920, inscribed and fitted case en suite; others, Div. II. South Runners Up 1920-1921, Vaughton & Sons, Birmingham 1920 and Intermediate Winners 1921-22, Vaughton & Sons, Birmingham 1921, 43.4g gross
Lot 3072
A 19th century plaster medallic roundel, of Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1811-1827), after the death medal by Isaac Parkes of Dublin (1791-1870), 7cm diam, ebonised frame, 15cm x 11cm overall Condition Report: The impression good. The frame good with light wear.
Lot 3391A
Sport - Football -a 9ct gold circular medal, London Football Association: Professional Charity Fund 1925, presented to George Clarke of Crystal Palace Football Club, Birmingham 1925, 19.4g; another, Flootlight Football, London, January 4th, 1933, Birmingham 1932, 12.2g [2]Provenance: By direct family descent.
Lot 3402
A 19th century clarinet, by Jacques Albert, Brussels, sold by W D Cubitt, London, stamped, plated keys, 65.5cm long; another, similar (2)Provenance: Played in the military in the late 19th century and offered ensuite with a photograph of a soldier holding one of them. He appears to be wearing a South Africa medal, suggesting that these instruments may well have been played during the Transvaal campaign.
Lot 3775
Medal, Boer War, 6-Bar Queen's South Africa Medal (5 Battle) - Mounted Infantry, Bedfordshire Regiment, QSA (2nd type rev. Ghost Dates)/6 clasps (5304 Pte. W. Barnes, Mtd. Inf., Bedf. Regt) - official rivets: Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Witterbergen, original ribbon; copy of medal roll confirming all bars as full entitlement
Lot 3776A
Medals, World War I & II, Royal Air Force, a pair, British War and Victory, named to 167754.3.A.M. GWI Towers RAF; a set of four, 1939-45 Medal, Defence Medal and 1939 - 45 Star and Africa Star to George W Towers; Airman's Service and Pay Book, Railway Ticket, other related paperwork and correspondance
Lot 3782
Medals, Adjutant General's Corps (Special Protection Service), Post-War group of four, UNPROFOR United Nations Medal (Yugoslavia), unnamed as issued; NATO Service Medal/clsp. Former Yugoslavia, unnamed as issued; Golden Jubilee Medal 2002, EIIR - named card box of issue, ribbon bar; Army LSGC Medal, EIIR/Reg. Army clsp. (25003042 S.Sgt. R.P. Lee, AGC (SPS)), court-mounted for wear
Lot 3783
Medals, B.E.M., WW1 Royal Marines, WW2 ARP, 1937 Coronation, 1953 Coronation, group of six, B.E.M. (Civ.), GRI (Walter W. Ryle) L/G 10.6.1948; British War Medal (PO. 11008/S W.W. Ryle, Pte., R.M.; Victory Medal 9PO.11008/S W.W. Ryle, Pte., R.M.; WW2 Defence Medal/ARP badge, 1937 Coronation Medal, GRI; 1953 Coronation Medal EIIR, pin-mounted for wear in an incorrect order, the last medal mounted later; research, including Royal Marines Short Service papers, First World War Medal Roll & SWB certificate, 1937 & 1953 Coronation Medal Rolls (HM Treasury Messenger/Office Keeper) and L/G dated 10th June 1948 for his B.E.M. awardWalter William Ryle was born in Islington, November 10th 1895, and enlisted in the Royal Marines at Southampton on October 14th 1915. Serving in ships and shore establishments under war conditions, including active service with the Royal Marine Brigade in France from September 1916 to March 1917. He was invalided as unfit for further service on July 4th 1917 and is entitled to the WW1 SWB (not included). He subsequently served in HM Treasury pre and post-WW2, based in London, and died there aged 74 in 1970
Lot 3784
Medals, Boer War, Queen's South Africa Medal, with three clasps: Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony, named to Surgeon A. de. W. Snowden, Surgeon [Arthur de Winton Snowden, CBE (1872-1950)], original ribbon, ribbon bar en suite; Court set dress miniatures, CBE and QSA, four clasps: South Africa 1901, Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony
Lot 3785
Medals, British India/Raj, Order of British India 1st Class (Gold/Enamel) Neck Badge, Mention in Despatches, group of six, O.B.I. (1st Cl. Neck Badge/pre-1939 Neck Ribbon), Subadar Dalel Khan, 1st Pjb. R, late 56th Rifles; IGS 1908-35 (GVR)/4 clsps.- Afghanistan North West Frontier 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1935 - 1530 Sepoy Dalel Khan, 2-56 Rfls.; IGS 1936-39/clsp. NWF 1937-39/MiD (Subdr. Dalel Khan, 5-1 Punjab R.); 1939-1945 Star, 1939-1945 War Medal and India Service Medal, all unnamed as issued; researchMention-in-Despatches L/G 8.5.36, Dalel Khan, Jemadar, 5th Btn. 1st Pjb. R., 'For distinguished services rendered in connection with the Mohmand operations, NWF of India, 15th/16th August to 15/16th October, 1935 - mounted on IGS 1936-39 ribbon (no room on 1908-35?)Provenance: Spink of London, July 2013
Lot 3790
Medals, GSM/CSM/Army LSGC, group of three, Sgt. J.A. Spencer, REME, GSM 1918-62 EIIR/clsp. Arabian Peninsular (22526134 Cpl. J.A. Spencer, REME); GSM 1962-2007, EIIR/clsp. South Arabia (22526134 Sgt. J.A. Spencer, REME); Army LSGC Medal, EIIR/Regular Army clsp. (22526134 Sgt. J.A. Spencer, REME), all pin-mounted for wear
Lot 3791
Medals, Major George Augustus Webb, 9th Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles, group of five, Indian Volunteer Forces Officers' Decoration, GVR, silver - Maj. G.A. Webb, 9th Northern Benhal Mtd. Rfls., I.D.F.; British War Medal - Maj. G.A. Webb; Jubilee Medal 1935; Coronation Medal 1937; Volunteer Force LSGC, GVR - Lieut. G.A. Webb Northern BI. Mounted Rifles, Court mounted for displayProvenance: Spink of London, Lot 314, 2013
Lot 3792
Medals, Matrimonial Groups: Lt. Cdr. John D. Stott, RNVR/RNR Grp. of 5 & Mrs A. Stott (née Robinson), WVS, Lt. Cdr. John D. Stott: 1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, pin-mounted for wear on original ribbons; RNVR Decoration, EIIR, 1962; Royal Life Saving Society Bronze medal, boxed & certificate en suite (Mount St. Mary's, Sheffiled, 1939); a pair of Merchant Navy 1st Officer's (Cdr.) epaulettes; original letters and documents, some copied research; Mrs Althea Stott (née Robinson): WVS Long Service Medal, boxed, with award letter dated January 1944; original documents in maiden name from Buenos Aries, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay, where she grew up, including two passports with photographs, 1932 and 1942John Stott (b. July 1924) and Althea Robinson (b. December 1924( were both born in Lancashire, but Althea grew up in Argentina and then Uruguay. The British Consular records from 1941-45 show that they were married in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, most likely at the end of the Second World War in 1945. Provenance: By direct family descent; then purchased by the present vendor.
Lot 3794
Medals, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Chief Petty Officer's First Gulf War Medal, group of three, 1992 Gulf War Medal (no clasp) - (CPO [Plumb] G. Wright, RFA); Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal 1952-2002 (unnamed as issued); Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service Medal (CPO [E] G. Wright, Medal 21.6.04) - early issue, each medal in original named box of issue, with original packaging, spare ribbon and documentation
Lot 3795
Medals, WW1 Trio (W.O. Royal Munster Fusiliers), Territorial Medal 5th Lincs. R.G., group of four, 1914-1915 Star (7878 L.Sjt. W. Drury, R.Mun.Fus) - entered F&F 24.03.1915; British War Medal (7878 W.O. Cl. 2. W. Drury, R.MUN.FUS); Victory Medal (7878 W.O. Cl. 2 W[illiam] Drury, R.MUN.FUS); Territory Efficeny Medal, GVR (4795288 W.O.Cl.II W. Drury, 5-Linc. R.), all medals pin-mounted for wear on original watered silk ribbons; silver 5th Lincolnshire Regiment Football Medal (CSM W. Drury), Chester 1924; Territorial Army Rifle Association bronze medallion; 10th Lincolnshire Regimental bronze medallion; Warrant Scroll as W.O.Cl.2. w.e.f. 29.06.1923, dated 4th Aug. 1923; Territorial Lincolnshire Rifle Association 'Champion' gold thread cloth badges, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937 (4); CSM sleeve rank gold thread cloth crown; Medal Index Card confirming service numbers, ranks, regiments, dates, medal entitlement
Lot 3796
Medals, WW1 Trio, Notts & Derby, LSGC & Meritorious Medal, S. Staffs, group of five, 1914-1915 Star (30048 Pte. B. Priest, Notts & Derby R.) - entered Balkan 07.11.1915; British War Medal (30048 Pte. B[ert] Priest, Notts & Derby R.); Victory Medal (30048 Pte. B. Priest, Notts & Derby R); Army LSGC Medal, GVR, Coronation Robes/Regular Army Bar (4906088 Sjt. B. Priest, S. Staffordshire R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, GVIR (4906088 Sjt. B. Priest, S. Staffords R.)Medal Index Card confirms WW1 entitlement. Provenance: Spink of London, [April?] 2014
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Lot 3797
Medals, WW1, 1914-15 Star, the card plaque inscribed Awarded to SPR W. Wragg, 1914-1918 War [...] Presented to Mrs John Taylor, wife of a Police Officer Who died needlessly, ~ From an anonymous friend. Lest we forget, framed, condolence card en suite, 29cm x 23cm overall; WW1 khaki armband, On War Service 1915 badge; WW1, British War Medal 1914-1918, named to 57675 Pte. P. Micklewright, Lancashire Fusiliers; WW2, 1939-1945 Defence Medal, American Victory Medal 1941-1945; USSR, Soviet Jubilee Medal 1945-1965; Freemasonry, Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution, awarded to Bro. E.E. Graham, Served As Steward To The R.M.I.B. 1946 - 1960, silver gilt band, gilt-metal and enamel bar clasp, ribbon (qty)
Lot 3798
Medals, WW1, Double 'Immediate Gallantry Awards - Military Medal & Bar, group of three, 103961 L/Cpl* Frederick M. Hartley (L/Cpl is regarded as an 'Appointment' which is not recorded in medal naming), 18th Divisional Signals Cy., Royal Engineers, MM, GVR (immediate, L/G January 28th 1918); bar to MM (immediate, L/G August 29th 1918); British War Medal; Victory Medal, all named to 103961 Sapr. F.M. Hartlet, 18/D.S. Coy., R.E., original silk riboons; two personal congratulation letters to the recipient, signed in the field by Major-General R.P. Lee, Commanding 18th Division, for his gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field 21st/22nd October, 1917, near Poelcappelle (MM), and 21st March, 1918, near La Fonteine (MM Bar); contemporary Royal Engineer's other ranks cap badge; official army certificate from O.C. 4th Army, General Rawlinson, dated June 3rd 1918, for Bar to MM, Army Orders by General Sir H.S. Rawlinson, Bart, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., parchment scroll for Hartley's immediate award of Bar to MM dated June 3rd 1918; original research, including MiC, London Gazette pages, newspaper cuttings with photo
Lot 3799
Medals, WW1, Great War Memorial Plaque & Medals - Pte. Richard Dewhurst, Liverpool Regiment, British War Medal (50189 Pte. R.T. Dewhurst, L'Pool R), contained in original buff envelopes; Victory Medal (50189 Pte. R.T. Dewhurst, L'Pool R), named boxes of issue - watered silk ribbons en suite; Great War bronze memorial plaque, Richard Thomas Dewhurst, original card envelope with condolence slip from Buckingham Palace, registered envelope addressed to Mrs E[lizabeth] Dewhurst, Blackburn (casualty's mother); copied research, including Mic, cwgc cert., cemetry details, memorial scrollRichard Thomas Dewhurst was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, the son of Richard and Elizbaeth Dewhurst. He served with the 19th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment and died of wounds in Flanders on 22nd November 1917 and is buried in the Nine Elms British Cemetry, Poperinge, Belgium.
Lot 3801
Medals, WW1, India Distinguished Service Medal, group of four, IDSM, GVR 1st type K-i-H - 1357 Kot Dfdr Daud Khan, 23rd Cavly F.F.; British War Medal - 1357 SDM Daud Khan, 23 Cavy. F.F.; Victory Medal, unamed; IGS Medal 1908-35, GVR/clsp. Afghanistan North West Frontier 1919 - 1357 K.D. Daud Khan/23 Cavy; researchI.D.S.M. award announced in Indian Government General Order 879 1919: Daud KHAN, 1357 Kot-Dafadar, 23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Mesopotamia). N.B. IDSM awards are normally only gazetted in the London Gazette February 1915-February 1918 and November 1940-September 1947, with no citations on both the L/G and the Indian Gazette. Provenance: Spink of London, 2013
Lot 3802
Medals, WW1, Local Interest, pair, British War, 1914-1918 and Allied Victory medals, named to 28740 Pte. W. Corless Notts & Derby. R [Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment]; another pair, named to T-37765 Dvr. B. Corless A.S.C [Army Service Corps], original ribbons; Allied Victory Medal, named to 54263 Pte. D. Corless R. War. R [Royal Warwickshire Regiment] The brothers William (1893-1916) and Daniel (1900-17/18?) were born in Winster, Derbyshire, to John Corless and his wife Annie (née Sweeney). 2874 Private William Corless and was killed-in-action serving with the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. The Derbyshire Courier, Tuesday, 24th April 1917 reported, "Mr. and Mrs. John Corless parents of Private William Corless, Sherwood Foresters who has been missing since June [1916] received a letter stating that their son died on 4 June [1916] or since. Before joining the colours he worked for Mr. Walton, Darley Mill. He was 23 years of age. His three brothers. Bernard, Frank and Fred, are all fighting for their country". As the April 1917 article makes no reference to Daniel being an enlisted soldier one presumes he 'joined-up' in late 1917 or 1918 and presumably in the Sherwood Foresters, too. The two brothers are remembered in two memorial plaques at Winster Parish Church.
Lot 3804
Medals, WW1, pair, Cpl. Alfred C. Hill, Leicester Yeomanry, later Machine Gun Corps, British War Medal (255416 Cpl. A.C. Hill, Leic. Yeo.), Victory Medal (255416 Cpl. A.C. Hill, Leic. Yeo.), original watered silk ribbons, original card box of issue with registered envelope from the MGC addressed to the recipient in Leicester Alfred Hill's Medal Index Card shows that his medal entitlement is for the Leicester Yeomanry, however he subsequently served with the Machine Gun Corps.
Lot 3805
Medals, WW1, pair, Lieutenant Robert William Mallett, 3rd Co. London Yeomanry - 'Sharpshooters', British War Medal (Lieut. R.W. Mallett), British Victory Medal (Lieut. R.W. Mallett), original watered silk ribbonsRobert William Mallett's Medal Index Card shows that he was initially commissioned in the Norfolk Yeomanry before transfer to the 3rd County of London Yeomanry, with whom he entered the Egyptian theatre of war in August 1917 (medal entitlement). It also shows that he was not eligible for the Territorial Forces Efficency Medal, so the WW1 pair is his full entitlement.
Lot 3806
Medals, WW1/WW2, Colonial, Unique and Very Rare All-Name Group of Seven to W.O. Class 1, Australian Imperial Forces, Including the Extremely Rare Commonwealth of Australia Meritorious Service Medal, British War Medal - 346 T/WO 2 J. Hulme, Sge. A. Bde., A.I.F.; Victory Medal - 364 (sic) T-WO-2 J. Hulme, S.A.B., A.I.F.; 1939-1945 War Medal - NP646 J. Hulme; Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 - NP646 J. Hulme; Permanent Forces of the Empire Beyond the Seas LSGC Medal (GVR) - No. 646 B.S.M. (W.O. II), J. Hulme, A.I.C.; Army LSGC Medal, GVIR/Australia bar suspension - 2/804 WO1 J. Hulme, A.M.F.; Commonwealth of Australia Meritorious Service Medal, GVR 2nd Coronation Robes type - No. 646 W.O. (II), J. Hulme, A.I.F.Provenance: Spink of London, Lot 28, July 24th, 2014
Lot 3807
Medals, WW2 and Post-War, group of six, Captain G.V. Neil, RAMC, 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 Medal, unnamed as issued; GSM 1918-62, GVIR/clsp. Malaya (Capt. G.V. Neil, RAMC); Army LSGC Medal, GVIR/Regular Army clsp. (Captain [O.M.] G.V. Neil, RAMC), all pin-mounted for wear
Lot 3808
Medals, WW2, Coronation, Army LSGC, group of seven, corresponding miniature en suite, Sgt. F.W. Robinson, RE, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal; 1953 Coronation Medal, unnamed as issued; Army LSGC Medal, EIIR/Regular Army clsp. (2570237 Sgt. F.W. Robinson, RE), pin-mounted for wear, miniatures also pin-mounted for wear (last three silver)
Lot 3809
Medals, WW2, group of five, 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, 1962 General Service Medal with Cyprus and Malaya clasps, 1962 Campaign Service Medal with Radfan clasp, the latter two named to 14442603 Sgt. H.G. Williams Royal Welsh Fusiliers, mounted for wear; a group of four conforming court miniatures, without CSM; RWF cap badges (2); regimental buttons; later cufflinks (qty)
Lot 3810
Medals, WW2, Japanese Prisoner-of-War, group of four, Bombardier H.H. Fairbanks, RA, 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, with medal allocation slip, card box from RA records; soldier's service and pay book; PoW 'Welcome Home' letter from Buckingham Palace, dated September 1945; research, including copied maps, PoW 'de-brief' forms and Japanese captivity recordsHerbert Henry Fairbanks was born on May 23rd 1919 near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, the son of Leonard and Ellen Fairbanks. He enlisted as 940633 Gunner in the Royal Artillery on October 18th 1939. As a Bombardier, he was captured at Singapore by the Japanese on February 15th 1942 and spent the rest of the war as a PoW in Changhi Gaol (Singapore), Keijo and Jinsen (Korea), and Kawasaki/Kyushu (Japan), before his final release on September 19th 1945.
Lot 3812
Medals, WW2, 'Lushai Scouts', V-Force Burma 'Behind Enemy Lines' Posthumous Immediate Military Cross (recommended Colonel Ord Wingate), group of five, Captain J.G. Woods, Royal Scots Fusiliers, attd. Lushai Scouts 'V' Force, kia December 24th, 1944, MC, GVIR, 1945, original case of issue; 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medakm 1939-1945 War Medal - late issue box, named allocation slip, original carbon citation slip for MC, Royal Scots Fusilier's officer's two-piece brass cap badge, Lushai Brigade 'V' Force Commando cloth patch, extensive copied research including war diaries of 7 'V' Ops. unit under the command of Lt. Col. Ord Windgate of Chindit fame (later brigadier, and killed in an air accident), their plans, directives, selection and training, and the BBC WW2 People's War articleL/G 28th June 1945 Citation: From 19th to 24th May (1944), Captain Woods led a patrol of two sections behind enemy lines to a depth of 35 miles, successfully ambushing a Japanese car within 300 yards of a large enemy lorry, and then getting his party back without a casualty and bringing with him three enemy native intelligence men as prisoner'.Date & Place of Action: 21st May, 1944 on Tiddim-Imphal Road'This officer has on several occasion shows a high standard of courage and initiative'.Recommended: Lt. Col. W.A. ORD (Wingate), Commdg. 5 'V' Ops. Area, Brigadier P.C. Marindin, MC (later DSO), Commdg. Lushai Bgde., 25th Oct. 1944ApprovedL Lieut. General W.J. (Bill) Slim, G.O.C.-in-Chief Fourteenth Army, 30th Nov. 1944James Gerard Woods was born in Glasgow, Scotland on June 14th 1917, the son of John Woods, a restaurateur. After graduating from Glasgow University with an MA in 1940, he enlisted in the British Army and was commissioned as a wartime infantry officer with the Royal Scots Fusiliers (L/G May 30th, 1941). He served in India and Burma, having volunteered and been selected in March 1944 for the Lushai Scouts 'V' Force (attached to the 7th/14th Punjab Regiment), a commando force operating in Japanese occupied territory. The unit consisted of six British officer led by Major Jack Longbottom under Lt. Col. Ord Wingate, anf a force essentially of native soldiers locally recruited by Longbottom from the Lushai Hills in north-east India near the Burmese border tasked with halting the Japanese advance. Woods was awarded the MC for his actions on May 21st, 1944 on the Tiddim-Imphal Road, posthumously recorded in the L/G of June 28th 1945, when his ultimate superior Brigadier Marindin was awarded the DSO. After a further seven months of guerilla action, Woods was killed in action in Burma on December 24th 1944, aged 27, the only British office casualty of the Lushai Scouts, which was disbanded after only eighteen months in August 1945 at the end of hostilities. He is buried in the Rangoon Memorial cemetery.
Lot 3814
Medals, WW2, Territorial, group of five, corresponding miniatures en suite, Gnr. D.J. Parry, RA, 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 War Medal, unnamed as issued; Territorial Efficiency Medal, GVIR Ind. Imp/Territorial bar (5569980 Gnr. D.J. Parry, RA); three of five miniatures en suite in silver, all medal pin-mounted for wear
Lot 3817
World War II - an RAF Bomber Command Pilot's log book, 1941-1944 & 1946W/O Norman John Clifford, latterly No. 7 Squdn, RAF Oakington, shot down and captured Jan 1944, USA USAAF Pilot Training certificate and RAF wings tucked in also Air Ministry report on fate of crew of Lancaster III JA718 missing 29/1/1944, N J Clifford Capt. and one other survived, along with medals as issued unmounted in box, War medal 19139-1945 star, Aircrew Europe star, all GEF (2)
Lot 119
"The Fighting Free French", a fascinating, extensive and valuable gold medal winning collection of postal history relating to the Free French forces in their various colonies and elsewhere between 1940 and 1945, divided largely by colony or area with some additional study of postal markings which were not specific to one area, in brief the collection covers the Free French in London incl 1940 (July) front addressed to De Gaulle, c/o The Right Honourable Winston Churchill, 10 Downing Street, London, then re-addressed to 125 St Stephen's House, where De Gaulle was actually based,1944 (Nov) Air Force cover from Lille to Loughborough, then multiply readdressed with red 'ETAT MAJOR/LONDRES' cachet, Syria from both Damascus and Aleppo, Indian Settlements, New Caledonia, French Guinea, Cameroun, French Equatorial Africa, Algeria, Lebanon incl 1942 (Nov) Beirut to Alexandria with F.F.L.L./POSTE SUR ARMEES/VE17' and 'TO BE DELIVERED BY/CIVIL POST OFFICE' cachets, Levant including 1943 (Jan) Damascus to Djibouti 'B.C.M.1', also from Libya with B.P.M.6 cds, French Somali Coast incl 1943 from French Consulate in Dire Daoua (Ethiopia) with FSC stamps tied by 'Cross of Lorraine' marks in violet, also a good selection of literature (some non-philatelic) including "The Free French in London 1940-45" by Peter A Baker, this signed by the author, the collection represents an unrepeatable opportunity to obtain such a wide range of this material which has been painstakingly assembled over many years by the vendor (Hundreds)
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