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Lot 230
WW2 Medals & Badges of Able Seaman D J Baldwin D.E.M.S (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships), consisting of 1939-45 star, Atlantic star and 1939-45 war medal, all housed in the original OHMS forwarding box. Accompanied by his original Royal Naval release document and four items of cloth insignia.
Lot 231
WW2 Royal Navy Submariners Medal & Insignia Grouping, consisting of 1939-45 star, Atlantic star, Africa star, Pacific star, Defence medal and 1939-45 war medal. Accompanied by the original OHMS forwarding box and Admiralty forwarding slip which has pencilled to the bottom “P/RX 128394 J E BROCK RN”. Accompanying the medals is his original wartime period HMS cap tally, HM Submarines cap tally and bullion Submarines Old Comrades Association badge. Campaign stars have been privately named to the reverse.
Lot 232
WW2 Medal & Insignia Group of Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Signals & Chindit Interest, the medals consist of 1939-45 star, Africa star, Burma star and 1939-45 war medal. Medals are accompanied by a WW2 war economy plastic Royal Signals cap badge, embroidered CHINDIT shoulder title, rank chevron and skill at arms badge, photographs and a note book of poems all relating to the service of Reginald Irwin Rowland.
Lot 233
WW2 Medals & Cloth Insignia Grouping of Major D Mould 19th Indian Division 14th Army, medals consist of 1939-45 star, Atlantic star, Burma star and 1939-45 war medal. Pair of printed 19th Indian Infantry division cloth formation signs, 2x bullion embroidered large 14th Army formation signs, tropical Majors slip on rank slide, Burma Star Association membership badge, Burma Star Association membership card and a set of enamelled regimental cuff links.
Lot 234
WW2 Royal Navy Campaign Medal Group of Six, consisting of 1939-45 star, Atlantic star, Africa star, Burma star with Pacific bar, Italy star and 1939-45 war medal. Medals are swing mounted for wear. Accompanied by pin back tunic ribbon bar and corresponding miniature medal group. Vendor attributes the group to Lieutenant Commander A N Davies Royal Navy.
Lot 235
British George VI Royal Naval Long Service Good Conduct Medal HMS Abercrombie, Mentioned in Despatches (M.I.D) For Minesweeping off the German Coast in 1945, the medal was awarded to “MX 45797 F RONSON E.A.1 H.M.S ABERCROMBIE”. Complete with ribbon and remains in good condition. Medal is accompanied with photocopied research stating that Chief Engine Room Artificer Francis Ronson was Mentioned in Despatches (MID) whilst serving on HMS Prophet doing Minesweeping duties off the German coast in May 1945, gazette date 4th September 1945.
Lot 285
Uniforms of Lieutenant Commander C A A Rayner Fleet Air Arm, consisting of standard Naval officers blue tunic with double row of gilt metal EIIR Naval officers tunic buttons, medal ribbons for his WW2 service, rank lace to cuffs and bullion embroidered Fleet Air Arm pilots wing above the cuff lace. Accompanied by the matching trousers; Khaki four pocket tropical tunic with removable brass Kings crown Royal Navy tunic buttons. His name has been inked to the inside of the collar; Royal Navy issue wool duffle coat with large circular plain buttons. All generally in good condition. (4 items) Claude Rayner served on various Fleet Air Arm aircraft carriers in the Far East during WW2. These included HMS Indomitable, Unicorn and Venerable. After his training he was qualified as a pilot and sent out to the Far East as part of the British Pacific Fleet flying photographic reconnaissance and Anti-Submarine patrols on various aircraft.
Lot 302
Grouping of British Military Uniform, consisting of WW2 Royal Artillery officers four pocket service dress tunic and trousers, red battery flashes to the shoulder straps and metal rank insignia for Colonel rank. Bronze collar badges and green lanyard. Brass Royal Artillery tunic buttons to the front, shoulders and pockets; Officers four pocket service dress tunic for a Brigadier with medal ribbons above breast pocket for the MBE, Military Cross, WW1 service, WW2 North Africa and Italy service and an American award. Red gorget collar patches and brass tunic buttons. Name label to the inside collar but details are not clear; 1949 pattern battle dress blouse for a Captain in the Royal Marines, with cash tape Royal Marines shoulder titles and medal ribbons to breast including the Military Cross. Three rank pips to the shoulder boards. 1953 dated size label to the inside; Fine quality pair of WW2 period British Army officers breeches with name label for “H J Salt Esq R.A.S.C”. Various conditions. (5 items)
Lot 307
Tunic of Captain Hugh Askew Corbett C.B.E, D.S.O, D.S.C Royal Navy, standard double breasted Royal Navy officers dress tunic with double row of gilt Queens Crows buttons. To the cuffs is rank lace for the of Captain in the Royal Navy. To breast are medal ribbons for C.B.E, D.S.O, D.S.C, Naval General Service medal, 1939-45 star, Atlantic star, Africa star with rosette, Italy star and 1939-45 war medal with bronze MID oak leaf. To the interior pocket is the original tailors label which is named “H A Corbett” and dated 8.10.60. Remains in good condition. Hugh Askew Corbett was born in Stepney on 25th June 1916. His father was a Reverent who died of the Spanish Flu in 1919. He was educated at St Edmunds, Canterbury. In 1933 he joined the Royal Navy. His obituary gives the following details “At the outbreak of war Corbett was junior hand in Impulsive, but was soon appointed first lieutenant of Brazen. He was due to leave her to take a course in torpedo and anti-submarine warfare, but insisted on staying at sea. On 15 April 1940, while escorting a landing force to Harstad during the Norwegian campaign, Brazen and her fellow destroyer Fearless attacked the German submarine U-49. Five depth charges were dropped and the U-boat burst to the surface . All but one of the 42-man crew were saved, and while engaged in the rescue work Brazen picked up papers which gave the entire U-boat disposition for the German invasion of Norway. Corbett was mentioned in despatches. After Brazen was sunk off Dover by German aircraft on July 20 1940, Corbett served briefly as first lieutenant in the Hunt-class Tyndale, and in June 1941 he joined the newly-built Lookout, which took part in Arctic convoys, in Operation Ironclad (the occupation of Madagascar) and Operation Pedestal (to resupply Malta). Under a new commanding officer, in May 1943 Corbett took part in Operation Retribution, which prevented the escape by sea of German forces from North Africa to Sicily . Only a few hundred Germans escaped the blockade, and Corbett was awarded a DSC. In September 1943 Corbett was given command of Wheatland, and was at the Allied landings at Salerno until deployed to the Adriatic. On the night of November 1 1944, Corbett was in command of the Hunt-class destroyer Wheatland, leading the destroyer Avon Vale northwards through the shipping lanes inshore of the island of Lussino in the northern Adriatic. His mission was to prevent the evacuation of German troops from Dalmatia, and, keeping his ships hidden against the shadow of the land, he was watching carefully over the Quarnerolo Channel when he spotted two German corvettes, UJ-205 and UJ-208. Increasing to full speed, and lighting the channel with star shell, Corbett opened fire with four-inch guns at 4,000 yards, and in a fierce exchange quickly reduced one corvette to a wreck and blew up the other. Avon Vale had stopped to pick up survivors when a third German ship, the ex-Italian torpedo boat-destroyer TA-20, rounded a headland and opened fire before turning to flee. Corbett gave chase, and in a running fight sank TA-20. The action was over in half an hour, and 71 German survivors were pulled from the water that night and 20 more the next day. Corbett was awarded a DSO. He continued to serve in the Royal Navy during the post war years, being awarded the CBE in 1968. He retired from the Navy in 1969 and died in April 2012.
Lot 323
WW2 German Tunic Medal Ribbon Bars, consisting of five piece bar for the Imperial Iron Cross 2nd class, 1914-18 honour cross with swords, NSDAP 25 year faithful service cross, Red Cross / Social Welfare medal and 1st October medal; Three piece bar for the Iron Cross 2nd class (Third Reich), 13th March medal and West Wall medal; Two piece bar for Iron Cross 2nd class (Third Reich) and Army Long Service medal; three single medal ribbon bars for Iron Cross 2nd class (Third Reich), 1st October medal with bar and Imperial button hole ribbon for Iron Cross 2nd class and Black Wound badge. Also accompanied by a post WW2 tunic ribbon bar with WW2 Iron Cross, War Service cross, Eastern Front and Bundeswehr decoration. All with fittings to the reverse. (7 items)
Lot 439
WW1 1st Life Guards 1914 Star Group of Three Medals Awarded to '2535 TPR D BARRY 1-L GDS'. Comprising 1914 Star, 'L.CPL 1/LIFE GDS', British War Medal, Victory Medal. 'TPR 1-L.GDS'. Originally mounted as worn, ribbons fragile. Trooper David Barry landed in France on the 15th August 1914. His ranks are confirmed on the MIC.
Lot 440
WW1 Royal Field Artillery 1916 Military Medal Group of Four. Awarded to '31121 GNR J. MORRIS RA'. Comprising: Military Medal '31121 GNR J. MORRIS 53/BY RFA', 1914 Star with clasp (Late Issue), '31121 GNR RFA', British War Medal, Victory Medal, 'GNR RA'. Medals loose. The announcement of the award of the Military Medal appeared in the London Gazette on the 27th October 1916. Gunner Joseph Morris landed in France on the 11th September 1914. His MIC notes he was issued a second clasp March 1933
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Irish. Boer War Inniskilling Fusiliers Queen's South Africa Medal. Awarded to '1087 PTE O MURPHY 1ST RL INNIS FUS.' Bearing the two clasps 'Natal', 'Belfast' Private Owen Murphy had previously served with the 5th Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He served in South Africa from March 1900 until September 1901.
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Irish. WW1 Royal Munster Fusiliers 'Deserter's' Victory Medal. An interesting example awarded to '7784 Cpl J Fitzpatrick R. Mun Fus' GC. The Medal Index Card for Corporal James Fitzpatrick states that he deserted on the 27th April 1918. This has then been crossed through. The BWM & VM with reference numbers have also been crossed through with an additional comment to the BWM.
Lot 447
Irish. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Gallipoli Casualty Pair of Medals. Awarded to '9163 Pte G. Doherty R. Innis Fus'. Comprising: 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal. GC (BWM Absent). Information supplied by the Vendor. Private George Doherty of the 1st Bn landed at Gallipoli on the 25th April 1915. He died of wounds on the 24th August 1915 following the attack on Scimitar Hill, Suvla Bay and was buried at sea. Please note BWM not present
Lot 448
WW1 268th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal. Awarded to '56797 GNR F. QUAIFFE 268 SGE BY RGA'. ... Accompanied by original 1924 Army Discharge Form. Gunner Frederick Quaife enlisted into the Royal Garrison Artillery on the 13th May 1914. He was awarded the Military Medal, BWM & VM. He was discharged on the 12th May 1926.
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Irish. 2nd Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Victorian Campaign Medal Pair. Awarded to '4366 PTE W. ROBINSON RL: INNIS FUS'. Comprising: India General Service Medal, with two clasps 'Punjab Frontier 1897-98', 'Tirah 1897-98', 'PTE 2ND BN RYL INNIS FUS', Queen's South Africa Medal, three clasps 'Orange Free State', 'Transvaal', 'South Africa 1902' 'PTE RL INNIS FUS'. Medal loose, IGS with slightly slack suspension. Contact marks.
Lot 450
Irish. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers King's South Africa Medal. Awarded to '3591 PTE H. SHRUBB INNIS FUS'. Bearing two claps 'South Africa 1901', 'South Africa 1902'. .... Accompanied by a Great War Pair of medals comprising: British War Medal, Victory Medal awarded to '30607 PTE C. SAYER R. INNIS FUS'. Medals loose. Private Sayer is confirmed as being awarded the pair only.
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Irish. 1st Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Boer War Pair of Medals. Awarded to '6249 PTE T HIGGINS INNIS FUS' Comprising: Queen's South Africa Medal, bearing three clasps 'Orange Free State', 'Transvaal', 'Cape Colony', 'PTE S. HIGGINS 1ST RL INNIS FUS', King's South Africa Medal, two clasps 'South Africa 1901', 'South Africa 1902', 'PTE T. HIGGINS INNIS FUS'. Medals loose and have been lacquered.
Lot 452
WW1 36th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal Group of Three Medals. Awarded to '21352 PTE M Mc MANUS RAMC' Comprising: Military Medal '21352 PTE M Mc MANUS RAMC', British War Medal, Victory Medal 'PTE RAMC'. Medals loose ... Accompanied by a 1918 St. John Ambulance Association Medal engraved '234128 MICHAEL McMANUS. PLEASE NOTE Entitled to the 1914.15 Star. Private Michael Mc Manus a native of South Shields announcement of the Military Medal appeared in the London Gazette on the 23rd July 1918. The journal of the RAMC September 1919 shows Private McManus serving with 36th Field Ambulance Unit which was attached to the 12th Eastern Division. He landed in Egypt on the 8th October 1915 and was discharged on the 16th January 1919.
Lot 454
WW1 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force) Attached 2nd Life Guards Military Cross & Bar Group of Seven. Awarded to Captain John Nethersole. Comprising: Military Cross & Bar, 1914 Star with clasp (well erased), British War Medal 'Capt J Nethersole', Victory Medal (Erased), 1911 Delhi Durbar, GVR Jubilee Medal, George VI Coronation Medal. The group is mounted by Spink & Son Ltd Court style and have been worn. Mounted by Spink .... Accompanied by a corresponding group of miniature medals, with the addition of a MID to the Victory Medal. These again mounted Court style as originally worn and have the tailor's details of 'Ranken & Co Ltd India to the reverse. Medals GC. Please note only the British War Medal is named. The announcement of the Military Cross appeared in the London Gazette on the 23rd June 1915 and shows Captain Nethersole as attached to the Life Guards at the time of the award. The announcement of the Bar appeared on the 27th July 1918 Indian Cavalry for operations in East Africa. The MIC confirms the 1914 Star was earned whilst attached to the 2nd Life Guards. He was appointed Lieutenant in 1909, and the 1920 Indian Army list shows him serving as Commandant of the Governor's Bodyguard Bombay
Lot 458
Royal National Life Boat Institution Bronze Life Saving Medal Sennan Cove Lifeboat 1920. A George V Bronze example awarded to 'ERNEST GEORGE VOTED 9TH JANUARY 1920'. Accompanied by original case. Ernest George was a crewman on the Sennen Cove Cornwall Lifeboat. On the 29th November, 1919, a naval motor launch was driven on to the Longships Reef, where a furious sea was breaking. A heavy gale was blowing, and the Sennen Cove Lifeboat put out at once to the helpless launch. The crew, as a last hope, were taking to the dinghy; but she capsized almost at once, and the nine men aboard were thrown into the breaking water. four of them managed to get aboard the launch again, and the other five were left struggling in the sea. Fortunately, the Life-boat was just in time to save four of them, but the fifth was drowned before she could reach him. Meanwhile the launch, with the other four aboard, had been smashed to pieces, and the men were left clinging to the rocks, with the seas breaking furiously over them. There was only one way of reaching them. The anchor was got up, and the Life-boat was worked through a gap in the reef. There she was carefully manoeuvred close under the rocks, the four men dragged on board with life-lines, and the Life-boat got safely away. The slightest mistake during the work of rescue would have meant disasterÑthe certain loss of the crew of the launch, of the Lifeboat, and of all the Life-boat men. But no mistake was made, and a most gallant and skilful rescue was successfully accomplished. Two Silver and 12 Bronze Medals were awarded.
Lot 459
Royal National Life Boat Institution Silver Life Saving Medal Padstowe Lifeboat 1872. A Victorian Silver example awarded to 'MR SAMUEL BATE VOTED 2ND MAY 1872 '. Accompanied by original case. Mr Samuel Bates served as Second Coxswain on the Padstowe Lifeboat. On April 2nd. 1872, there was a strong NNW gale and a tremendous sea breaking heavily along the whole of the north Cornish coast. The barque Viking, of Sunderland, with a cargo of coal from Cardiff for the Mediterranean, had been desperately trying to away from the land, but had lost the unequal struggle. She found herself embayed, utterly unable to round Trevose Head, and in a desperate attempt to save lives, if not the ship, her master headed her towards the sandy beach of Harlyn into which a fearful surf was driving. Even so, there was a slightly better chance of the ship staying intact there long enough to save the crew. The news reached the town and the lifeboat men hurried to the cove to put into practice the scheme they had often tried at quarterly exercises. They launched the boat and brought her back to Padstow. Meanwhile ten horses had been obtained and brought the carriage from its house in the town to the outer slip. The boat was drawn onto its carriage and the team started along the quay. With several local officials to keep the way clear they took the hill at a gallop, and when the tempo flagged many willing hands pushed and pulled wherever they could get a handhold. Once out of Padstow the pace quickened again and they were soon at Harlyn Bay, where the barge was now ashore but some distance off. Three men had taken the desperate step of trying to swim ashore and had been saved by brave spectators dashing into the surf. The sands were soft, the water shallow, and the gale right on shore, bringing in very heavy breakers. By superhuman efforts the boat was got afloat. She was filled by the first breaker, and as they strained at the oars against the sea and the gale their progress was so slow that there were many who thought they would be beaten back. But they slowly crept forward and reached the wreck at last. As she was lying bows-on there was virtually no shelter to be gained and the boat had to be kept under the bowsprit by means of a single line and constant use of the oars. Seas were constantly sweeping the length of the barque and over her foc'sle head into the lifeboat. The mate first came down the line with a bundle in his coat which proved to be the master's baby. The baby was snatched by the bowman and handed back in the boat, but the mate missed his hold and was swept away to drown. At the same moment the rope parted and a succession of seas sent the lifeboat back to the shore. The opportunity was taken to land the baby and again they battled their way back to the wreck. They then took off the master, his wife and boy, and three others. The cook refused the lifeboat, but lashed himself to a ladder and jumped overboard. He was washed ashore insensible but revived after artificial respiration.Two Silver Medals were awarded for this action.
Lot 460
Royal National Life Boat Institution Silver Life Saving Medal Inspector Irish Division A Victorian Silver example awarded to 'LIEUT H.T GARTSIDE TIPPING RN VOTED 12TH MAY 1892 '. Lieutenant Henry Thomas Gartside-Tipping RN was appointed District Inspector Irish Division. During his term in office he invented the Tipping's Plates which enabled heavy lifeboats be transported on its carriage over deep and soft sand. This invention was later adopted by the Royal Artillery for its guns. He resigned from his post of Inspector of Life-boats for the Irish District, which he had filled for thirteen years. The Committee, in accepting Lieutenant Gartside-Tipping's resignation, expressed their high appreciation of his zealous and efficient services, and unanimously voted him the Silver Medal of the Institution in acknowledgement of the risk of life he had frequently incurred in the Life-boat service.At the age of 65 at the outbreak of the Great War he volunteered for service with the Royal Navy and was given command of the steam yacht Sanda, which was part of the Dover Patrol. On 24 September 1915 Sanda was part of a force which attacked Ostend. In the ensuing bombardment Sanda received a direct hit below the bridge and all her executive officers, including Gartside-Tipping were killed.
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Royal National Life Boat Institution Double Award Silver Life Saving Medal & Royal Humane Medal Group of Four. A fine life saving group awarded to Captain Charles Gray Jones RN. Comprising: Crimea Medal, clasp 'Sebastopol', (Unnamed), ; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (fitted with scroll suspension), Royal National Lifeboat Institution Victorian silver issue 'CAPT CHARLES GRAY JONES RN VOTED 5TH MARCH 1874', with Second Service clasp 'VOTED 7TH JANY 1875', Royal Humane Society, bronze small issue (successful) 'CAPT C.G. JONES RN 29 DEC 1872. Medals loose first two with contact marks. Award of the RNLI Silver Medal March 1874:The silver medal of the Institution was voted to Capt. C, Gray Jones,R.N., recently appointed its Second Assistant-Inspector of Life-boats, in acknowledgement of his gallant services in the Newcastle Life-boat, when she saved 4 out of 5 of the crew of the schooner Rose, of Youghal, wrecked in Dundrum Bay, during a S.E. gale and in a heavy sea, on the 16th Feb.Clasp to RNLI Silver Medal January 1875:Also the Second Service Clasp of the Institution to Capt. C. Gray Jones, R.N., one of its Assistant- Inspectors of Life-boats, in admiration of his valuable and skilful services in the Ilfracombe Life-boat on the 16th Dec., and also of his gallant conduct in rushing into the surf and helping to save the master of the smack Charlotte, of Padstow, which was wrecked in Widemouth Bay, Cornwall, during a westerly gale, and in a heavy sea on the 6th Dec.Royal Humane Society Medal December 1872:Commander Charles Gray Jones, R.N., aged 36 years, of H.M.S. Pert, saved the life of Able Seaman Dobbin, aged 30 years, at Monte Video. At 4 p.m. on 29 December 1872 on the Santa Lucia River, a boat capsized with Dobbin on board. Commander Jones jumped from the boat fully dressed and brought Dobbin to the surface and supported him until a boat arrived.Captain Charles Gray Jones RN joined the Royal Navy at the age of 13 as a Cadet in 1851 and was appointed Midshipman in 1857. In 1865 he was appointed Commander and attached to the Coast Guard as Inspecting Officer of the Kilsale, Co. Cork Division. He resigned from the Coast Guard in 1868 and in 1870 he took command of HMS Pert a post he held for three years and the ship he earned the Royal Humane Society Medal. Promoted to Captain in 1874, the following year he was appointed Second Assistant-Inspector of Life-boats to the RNLI and following his two acts of bravery continued his links to the RNLI until his death in 1878.
Lot 462
Royal National Life Boat Institution Historically Important Silver Life Saving Medal Admiral John Ross Ward 1852. who invented the cork lifejacket, which he introduced to the RNLI, and was also responsible for the development of classic shaped RNLI self-righting lifeboat. This early issue Victorian Silver example was awarded to 'CAPTN JOHN R. WARD RN VOTED 11TH NOVR 1852 '. ... Accompanied by a small quantity of research. Awarded in consideration of the risk to life he had incurred while making some experimental trials with the new lifeboats, during rough weather, on the coast of Northumberland. In 1851 he was engaged by Algernon, the Fourth Duke of Northumberland to try experiments with lifeboats. On the 5th February 1852 he was elected a member of the committee of the Institution and appointed Inspector of Lifeboats in August. His development work on the self-righting lifeboat became the classic form which was used throughout the 19th Century. His development of the first lifejacket using cork saved countless lives. On his retirement in 1883 as Chief Inspector he was awarded an Honorary Gold Medal.
Lot 463
Netherlands Royal South Holland Life Saving Society Gold Medal for Saving Life from a Shipwreck. A very fine and rare example engraved to 'A. St.Vincent Nepean 22 January 1881'. This award was made to Captain A St. Vincent Nepean (1844-1914) RN and District Inspector of Lifeboats for his part in the rescue of the crew of the steamer 'Ingerid' stranded on the Sunk Sand, in thick fog and a snowstorm. Captain A St. Vincent Nepean was onboard the Harwick. For his action in the rescue he was also awarded the RNLI Gold Medal.Details of the rescue:'20-21 January 1881: The 438 ton Dutch screw steamship Ingerid of Rotterdam on passage from Norway to Naples, Italy, with a cargo of fish, struck the Sunk Sand, off Clacton, Essex, on 17 January. Seven men left the steamship the next day in one of her boats, whilst two more men were lost overboard, which left the Master and six men lashed to the foremast in bitterly cold conditions. When the wreck was finally reported by the Cork lightship on the 20th, the Harwich lifeboat Springwell set out at 7pm, but the frost had been so severe that a way had to be cut through the ice to the harbour mouth. After a difficult journey the lifeboat found the wreck between 4 and 5am and, at the second attempt, put a line aboard. The lifeboat crew, led by Mr Britton and including Captain Nepean, boarded and helped the survivors into their boat which set off on the return journey. Arriving at the Cork lightship, they encountered the Lowestoft tug Despatch which took them in tow, and they reached Harwich, just before 10am on the 21st.' (Lifeboat Gallantry by Barry Cox)Assistant Coxswain William Britton was awarded the RNLI Silver Medal and the Royal South Holland Life Saving Sociaty Silver Medal
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WW1 Royal Marine Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, Naval MSM China 1900 Group of Six Medals A rare and fine fighting citation Distinguished Conduct Medal group awarded to Colour Sergeant Sergeant George William Woodard DCM., MSM. who having fought in China in 1900 saw service in East & West Africa, before winning the DCM on the Western Front. Comprising: Distinguished Conduct Medal 'PO-10112 SJT G.W. WOODARD RMLI', China Medal 'G. WOODARD PTE RM HMS ORLANDO', British War Medal, Victory Medal, 'PO 10112 CR SJT G.W. WOODARD RMLI', Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (GVR), 'PO-10112 G.W. WOODARD SERGEANT RMLI', Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal (GVIR), 'PO.10112 CR SGT G.W. WOODARD DCM 6.5.51'. Group mounted for display. ... Accompanied by a corresponding miniature medal group. ... Also a gold plated half hunter pocket watch, with engraved presentation 'PRESENTED TO SERGT G WOODARD BY 23RD S S SQUAD RMLI DEAL. AS A SMALL TOKEN OD ESTEEM JULY 1916. The pocket watch is not in working order. Contained in the original Deal retailers case. (3 parts) The announcement of the award of the DCM appeared in the London Gazette on the 3rd October 1918.'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action, when in charge of a Lewis Gun most of his men around him had become casualties and five distinct rushes were made by the enemy on his position, and it was owing to his gun this position of the line was not broken. Again later though his gun was put out of action by an enemy bullet he repaired the damage under extremely heavy fire and silenced the enemy machine gun which was inflicting heavy casualties on our troops. On all occasions he has set a magnificent example of gallantry and devotion to duty'.Colour Sergeant Sergeant George William Woodard DCM., MSM. was born in 1881 and enlisted into the Royal Marine Light Infantry on the 23rd November 1898. He was posted to HMS Orlando during the China War of 1900. Promoted to Corporal in 1904, he attained the rank of Sergeant in August 1913 and was awarded the LS&GC Medal on the 16th April 1914. On the outbreak of the Great War he was serving as an Instructor in Musketry at Deal. He remained here until January 1917 when he was attached to the West African Frontier Force and saw service in West Africa and later East Africa. He returned to Britain on the 13th July1918 and very quickly embarked to France. It is believed the DCM was won for action at Loupart Wood which took place on the 25th August 1918, indicating that Woodard had only been in France for a matter of weeks before earning the DCM. Promoted to Colour Sergeant in July 1918, he remained with the 'Royals' until 1926 when he enlisted into the Royal Marines Police as a Constable. He received his final discharge on the 13th February 1931. He was recommended for the award of the Meritorious Service Medal on the 8th August 1923, which he finally received on the 6th April 1951 at the age of 70 years.
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Royal Marines British Empire Medal, WW1 / WW2 Campaign Medal Group of Seven Medals Awarded to Colour Sergeant Arthur Charles Edwin Milne BEM who served during WW1 as a Bugler onboard HMS Arlanza an Armed Merchant Cruiser. Comprising: British Empire Medal (Military Division), 'COL/SGT ARTHUR C.E. MILNE RM PO19150', British War Medal, Victory Medal, 'PO.19150 BUGR A.C.E. MILNE RMLI', Naval General Service Medal, clasp 'Palestine 1936-1939', 'PO19150 A.C.E. MILNE SGT RM REPLACEMENT', Defence Medal, War Medal, Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (GVR) with Second Award Clasp 'PO. 19150 A.C.E. MILNE SGT RM'. Mounted for display PLEASE NOTE NGS is an official Replacement medal. The London Gazette Date for the British Empire Medal is the 1st January 1946 HMS Spartiate.Colour Sergeant Arthur Charles Edwin Milne BEM was born in 1901 and enlisted into the Royal Marine Light Infantry underage on the 11th January 1916. During the Great War he served as a Bugler onboard the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Arlanza from November 1916 until September 1917 and later onboard HMS Barham. Remaining with the Royal Marines after the war, he was awarded the LS&GC Medal on the 15th June 1934 and the second award clasp was confirmed on the 30th July 1952. His Naval General Service Medal is confirmed and at this time was serving onboard HMS Durban. During the Second World War he first served at HMS Victory and later a Depot Ship in Glasgow. On the recommendation of C-in-C Western Approaches for 'Good Service' August 1945 he was recommended for the award of the British Empire Medal, which was granted in the New Years Honour list of 1946. This being one of only 159 Military Division BEM's awarded to the Royal Marines during WW2.
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Royal Marine Light Infantry Meritorious Service Medal, China Campaign Long Service Group of Three Medals. Awarded to Colour Sergeant William Owen MSM. Comprising: China Medal 'W. OWEN SERGT RM HMS PHOENIX' Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (VR Narrow), 'WM OWEN SERGT NO.3659 PLYMO RMLI', Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal (GVIR First Issue), 'DEPOT 183 W. OWEN CLR SGT RM'. Slight contact marks. Colour Sergeant William Owen MSM was born in 1866 at Totnes Devon and enlisted into the RMLI on his 19th birthday in 1885. He attained the rank of Corporal in 1893 and was promoted Sergeant on the 28th October 1897. He joined HMS Phoenix a Pearl-class cruiser on the 15th May 1900 and was onboard during the China War. He was awarded the LS&GC Medal on the 17th September 1901, this probably being one of the last Queen Victoria issues. He was discharged to the Reserve with the rank of Colour Sergeant on the 17th June 1903 and enrolled into the RFR with his rank in 1907. Recalled to the Colours for Great War service he was awarded the British War Medal which is absent from the group. He was recommended for the Meritorious Service Medal which he received on the 28th September 1942. He died the following year on the 17th December 1943
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Victorian 1854 Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal A fine and early example awarded to Sergeant Thomas Smith, who was wounded at the Battle of Hernani and was subsequently awarded the Order of Isabella. Comprising: Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal 'SERGT THOS SMITH WOOLWICH DIVN RM 30 JAN 1854' Sergeant Thomas Smith was born in 1810 and enlisted into the Woolwich Division of the Royal Marines on his 18th birthday. He was promoted to Corporal in 1832 and Sergeant in 1834. With the latter rank in April 1836 he was part of a Royal Marine Detachment despatched to the North coast of Spain and fought at the Battle of Hernani on the 16th March 1837, where he was slightly wounded and subsequently awarded the Cross of the Order of Isabella. He returned to Britain in September 1840. From 1846 to 1857 he served as Foreman of Stores. He was awarded the MSM on the 30th January 1854. He was also awarded the LS&GC Medal with annuity of £10, but did not receive the medal.
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Royal Marines Light Infantry Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal, Long Service Pair. Awarded to Colour Sergeant Francis Burden MSM. Comprising: Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (VR Engraved) 'FS BURDEN COLR SERGT 18TH CO RMLI', Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal (GVR Admiral bust), '18TH COY F. BURDEN CR SGT RMLI 20 OCT 1925' Colour Sergeant Francis Burden MSM a native of Kidderminster was born in 1843. He joined the RMLI in 1861 and promoted to Corporal in 1863, Sergeant 1866 and Colour Sergeant in 1874. He was awarded the LS&GC Medal 1875, this being his only medal for his RM service. He was discharged in 1883 with an 'Exemplary' character and was recommended for the MSM with an annuity which he received on the 1st January 1925. He died four years later on the 18th April 1929.
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WW1 Royal Marine Brigade 1914 Star, Imperial Russian Medal for Zeal Group of Four Medals. Awarded to Private Henry Williams, who served at Ostend and was later awarded the Russian Medal of Zeal whist serving onboard HMS Jupiter at Archangel 1915. Comprising:1914 Star 'PLY.11275 PTE H. WILLIAMS R.M. BRIGADE', British War Medal, Victory Medal, 'PTE RMLI', Russian Medal of Zeal (St.Stanislas Ribbon (Privately Engraved)), 'PLYIC 35 PTE H WILLIAMS RMR HMS JUPITER'. Medals loose, BWM & VM possibly officially re-impressed. Private Henry Williams was born in 1884 and enlisted into the RMLI in 1901. He served for 9 years before his discharge by purchase in 1910. He then enrolled into the Royal Fleet Reserve. Recalled to the Colours at the outbreak of the Great War joining the Plymouth Division he was posted to form the Royal Marine Brigade at Ostend landing on the 28th August. He was recalled with the rest of the Brigade and on the 12th September joined HMS Jupiter an old Majestic Class Battleship. In January 1915 the Russian Navy called on the Admiralty to help clear the sea passage to the Russian port of Archangel free from ice, as their icebreaking vessel was laid up. HMS Jupiter was despatched rescuing a number of trapped ships and keeping the route open. For its services the Czar confirmed a number of Awards including that awarded to Pte Williams. In June 1915 he was posted to HMS Monitor 29 which served in the Mediterranean, and took part in the Battle of Jaffa. In June 1918 he returned to Britain. After the war he remained with the RFR, having lost Good Conduct chevrons on a number of occasions it seems unlikely he was awarded a Long Service Medal.
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Royal Marine Light Infantry Victorian Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, Engraved with years of service An extremely rare example, being one of only four narrow suspension examples with years of service to the edge. Awarded to 'JAMES OERAM PTE 16TH CO RMLI 21 YRS'. The medal is accompanied by the original card box of issue with ink name (folded flat). ... Also a small original photograph. Private James Oeram was born in 1834 a native of Blackman in Essex. He enlisted into the RMLI in 1855, he remained a Private for the whole of his 21 years service and of that spent three years afloat on HMS James Watt. On the 29th September 1876 he was awarded the LS&GC Medal. This example being engraved with years and is one of only four known examples (See The Naval Long Service Medals by Kenneth Douglas-Morris which confirms details).
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Royal Marine Light Infantry Bugler's East & West Africa, Boer War and Africa General Service Medal Group of Four. An interesting medal combination group awarded to Bugler Henry Thomas Richard Porter of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, who during the Great War was attached to the RNAS and Later RAF. Medal Group:East & West Africa Medal, clasp, 'Gambia 1894', 'H PORTER BUGLER R.M. HMS RALEIGH', Queen's South Africa Medal, two clasps 'Cape Colony', 'South Africa 1901', 'H.T.R. PORTER BUGLER HMS NAIAD', Africa General Service Medal, clasp 'Somaliland 1902-04' (clasps loose), 'H T R PORTER BUGLER RM HMS NAIAD', Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (GVR Admiral Bust), 'PO5547 H T R PORTER BUGLER RMLI'. Medals loose with contact marks, first medal slightly slack suspension. Bugler Henry Thomas Richard Porter was born in 1876 and at the age of 14 1/2 years old enlisted into the RMLI as a Boy. Qualifying as a Bugler his medal entitlement is confirmed. During the Great War he was attached to the RNAS in 1916, serving at Barrow, on the formation of the RAF in April 1918 he remained on attachment, until he returned to the RMLI in February 1919. He was awarded the single BWM for Great War service.
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Royal Marine Artillery HMS Boadicea South Africa Zulu War Medal. Awarded to 'F. PARFITT GUNR RMA HMS BOADICEA'. BEARING THE CLASP '1879' Gunner F Parfitt is confirmed on the medal roll as to receiving the clasp 1879. The vendor believes Gunner Parfitt was Severely wounded. This has not been confirmed by Bosleys. HMS Boadicea was a Bacchante class corvette
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HMS Belleisle Naval General Service Medal Clasp 'Martinique'. A unique issue awarded to 'JOHN SAUL' Landsman John Saul is confirmed as serving onboard HMS Belleisle a 74 third rate ship of the line that had seen action at the Battle of Trafalgar. He is shown on the NGS Roll as also entitled to the clasp 'Algiers' clasp at that time serving as an Able Seaman onboard HMS Superb. The medal is recorded as been sold with the single clasp in 1988.
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HMS Spartan Ships Purser's Naval General Service Medal Clasp 'Spartan 3 May 1810'. Awarded to 'JAMES DUNN PURSER' . This medal is fitted with an old unofficial clasp, scratch marks below the claw to the obverse indicates suspension professionally reconstituted, prior to the first recorded selling of the medal by Glendinings in 1904 and later in 1962. Purser James Dunn is confirmed on the NGS Medal Roll. He was appointed to the post of Purser in 1806 on the commissioning of Spartan a 38 gun fifth rate frigate. Under the command of Captain Jahleel Brenton she was ordered for service on the Adriatic Campaign. He was present at the ships actions and a one stage served as secretary to Commodore Spranger at the taking of the Ionian Island. He is noted at one action against a French Privateer he commanded a boat, crewed by Greek sailors in this action he was wounded. In the action of the 3rd May 1810 when Spartan engaged a Neapolitan Squadron of the 40 gun frigate Ceres, Corvette Farma 28 and brig Sparviere 8, plus seven gun boats at the mouth of the bay of Naples. Against overwhelming odds the small 38 gun Spartan stood her ground and fought taking prize Marshal Murat own yacht the brig Sparviere. In Spartans wake she left behind Ceres withdrawn to the safety of the harbour guns and Farma so damaged she had to be towed back to Naples. Purser James Dunn was mentioned in Captain Brenton's Despatches, 'His Purser James Dunn who took charge of a Division of guns on the main deck in the place of the Officer already mentioned as absent in a prize'
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HMS Berwick Naval General Service Medal Clasp 'Gaieta 24 July 1815' A unique issue awarded to 'THOMAS NEWMAN' Mark to cheek of Victoria and contact marks. Able Seaman Thomas Newman is confirmed as serving onboard HMS Berwick a 74 gun third rate ship of the line at the blockade and bombardment of Gaieta. Recorded as being sold by Spink February 1955 and Glendinings March 1988
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HMS Nassau Naval General Service Medal Clasp 'Nassau 22 March 1808' Awarded to 'JAMES TOOTH'. Confirmed on the NGS Roll, however two men by the name James Tooth appear on the NGS Roll the other a Royal Marine with clasp 'Trafalgar'. Landsman James Tooth was serving onboard HMS Nassau a 60 gun ship of the line along with HMS Stately when they engaged the Danish 74 Gun ship Prins Christian Frederik, commanded by Captain Carl Wilhelm Jessen, in a battle at Zealand Point. 30 Clasps awarded This medal is recorded as been sold by Glendinings 1992.
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Flag Lieutenant to Rear Admiral Sir David Milne Naval General Service Medal Two Clasps 'Egypt' & 'Algiers' Awarded to 'T. REVANS FLAG LIEUT RN' Commander Thomas Revans Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Milne, at the battle of Algiers was born at Lymington in October 1781. From a Naval family he joined the Royal Navy on 6 December, 1792, as a First Class Volunteer on board HMS Lizard and was employed in the Channel and North Sea for nearly eighteen months. He next served onboard HMS Sheerness off the coast of Africa as an Able Seaman and Master's Mate, until transferred to HMS Hannibal in November 1798, he was slightly wounded in the boats under Lieutenant George Frederick Stovin at the capture of a Spanish letter-of-marque off the isle of Pines. On his return from the West Indies, towards the end of 1800, he joined HMS La DŽterminŽe and was present in the expedition to Egypt in 1801 and was employed afterwards on the coasts of Catalonia and Italy. When La DŽterminŽe was shipwrecked off Jersey in March 1803, Revans was one of five persons who, with their Captain, remained on board until the last moment. He next served on board HMS Dreadnought and later HMS Ville de Paris, in the latter he assisted in driving the French fleet into Brest on the 22nd August, 1805. Now confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant he was commissioned to HMS ImpŽtueux, and accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809 and witnessed the destruction of a French frigate off L'Orient. He was also employed in her boats in co-operation with the British army when occupying the lines of Torres Vedras.In the summer of 1812 he joined HMS Dublin as her First Lieutenant and also served onboard HMS Venerable and HMS Bulwark, on the Home and North American stations. He was onboard HMS Bulwark at the capture of the towns of Castine, Hamden, and Bangor, and at the self-destruction of the U.S. corvette Adams. In May, 1816, he became Flag-Lieutenant, in HMS Leander Flagship of his old Captain, Rear-Admiral Milne, in this post he was on HMS Impregnable at the battle of Algiers, and was given command of a Division of Gun Boats of the flotilla (London Gazette 1816). He returned with the Rear-Admiral to England in HMS Glasgow, and on his arrival was promoted to the rank of Commander.
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Naval General Service Medal Two Clasps '1 June 1794' & 'Egypt' A unique issue awarded to 'DAVID THOMSON' Quarter Gunner David Thomson is confirmed on the NGS Roll for both clasps. On the Glorious 1st June he was serving as a Landsman onboard HMS Tremendous a 74 gun third rate ship of the line. During the Egypt expedition he was serving as a Quarter Gunner onboard HMS Camelion a Diligence class brig-sloop commanded by Commander Frederick Lewis Maitland who would in 1815 take the personal surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte and rise to the rank of Rear Admiral of the Red
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WW2 Important 1st SAS Special Air Service Operation Titanic D-Day Military Medal. An historic Military Medal, awarded to 3909446 Trooper Anthony Merryweather MM., MID. B Squadron 1st Special Air Service Regiment, one of a six man Pathfinder team who would go down in military history as the first Allied Parachutist team to hit French soil on D-Day as part of Operation Titanic. An operation to draw German forces south of the American & British Airborne Forces drop zones and then create as much havoc behind enemy lines before a link up with American Forces within 9 days. Six weeks later tying up a German Company they were finally captured in a last ditch fire fight as their hide was encircled by German Paratroopers.Comprising: Military Medal '3909446 TPR A MERRYWEATHER A.A.C.'. Medal remains mounted for wearing. The citation for the award of the Military Medal was raised on the 5th November 1945 by Lt. Col 'Paddy' Mayne DSO, Countersigned by Brigadier J.M. Calvert DSO Commander of the SAS and confirmed by Field Marshal Montgomery.On the night 5/6 June 1944 Tpr. Merryweather landed by parachute with a party of 2 Officers and 3 OR's about 15 miles South of the Cherbourg Peninsula. The party dropped within enemy lines with the task of distracting the Germans from a large scale airborne operation by American Forces to the North. They were told they could expect to be overrun by American troops within 9 days. They waited for six weeks and were captured while trying to reach Allied lines on the 17 July 44. During this period the endured very considerable hardship and danger. They were constantly hunted by the enemy who despatched a Coy. of troops for the purpose. Because they moved at night and had to be constantly about about during the day, they got almost no rest. During the last 3 weeks they lived almost exclusively off raw vegetables. They were seldom over 200 yards from Germans and as the area was packed with enemy troops they were subject to constant shellfire from our guns. They accomplished much valuable sabotage work. Some 8 times Tpr. Merryweather volunteered to accompany an Officer on sabotage expeditions. In the darkness they passed Germans often at 30 yards, several times fired upon. Four times for food they entered a farmhouse partly occupied by Germans. Once they went 10 miles to collect two escaped American P.O.W's one so wounded that he had to be carried. Despite the acute nervous and physical strain Tpr. Merryweather showed exemplary fortitude and courage which contributed inestimably to the moral of the party. His determination and audacity were of the highest Quality.'Trooper Anthony Merryweather was serving with B Squadron 1st SAS when volunteers were called for a special operation in Northern France. Six men were selected for the mission which would be called Operation Titanic, the men saw this name as a clear indication this was going to be a one way ticket mission. The team comprising: Lieutenant Poole (Team Leader), Lieutenant Fowles, Troopers, Dawson, Sanders, Hurst and Merryweather, they were destined to be the first Allied Special Forces SAS Team to parachute on occupied French soil on D-Day leaving the aircraft at 00.20hrs. They were briefed to be dropped in Northern France on the night of the 5th/6th June 1944, south of the main drop zones for the British & American Airborne Forces. They would be dropped from aircraft of 138 Special duties RAF squadron with a mass drop of 'Ruperts' the dummy Paratroopers in an attempt to confuse the German command into thinking the mass Parachute drop would be, and was happening to the South. Merryweather's team after landing would activate speakers to simulate gunfire, remove ballast for weapons containers to fool the Germans into thinking weapons had been distributed and then leg it into the undergrowth and then continue sabotage operations until the link up with US forces within nine days, Simple ! As of all plans this did not go exactly to plan. The team dropped and after landing, it was then discovered that the two Officer's were no where to be seen and the remaining four were some two miles north of the intended drop zone. The equipment canisters had also gone astray, along with most of their heavy weapons. The team laid twenty Lewis bombs over a 500 square yard area and ignited them. At 3am as it became light they went to ground and hid up the following day, near a road, with orders to attack suitable target, one report claimed the only thing to go past them on that day was a German soldier on his bicycle, he survived to ride another day. In the evening they linked up with the local French Resistance unit and to their delight were reunited with their two Officers. The citation for the Military Medal, clearly indicates the type of sabotage and adventures the team undertook. After six weeks of creating problems for the Germans, who were dedicating more and more resources to their capture, time was running out for the team. On the 17th July they found themselves close to a German position being mortared by American forces, it was decided at nightfall, they would make a break for the Allied lines, however about Midday two German Paratroopers stumbled on their hide, an exchange of fire followed but not before two stick grenades were tossed into the hide, Merryweather taking fragments to his back, two other team members were hit and the group retired to a farm house. Within 30 minutes the Germans had surrounded the farmhouse, after a short fire fight it was obvious that their would be no hope of getting out of this one and the order was given to surrender, a number of the SAS having to be carried out of the farmhouse. The now POW's were treated well, being offered cigarettes and chocolate. Merryweather was transferred to a German field dressing station and then spent three months in hospital before being liberated by advancing Allied Forces.
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