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China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (D. Ast. Comy. Genl. W. F. G. Servantes) officially impressed naming, scratching to obverse fields, otherwise toned, very fine £400-£500 --- Roll confirms medal and clasp and notes that Servantes was attached to the Cooly Corps at Canton in 1860. William F. G. Servantes was appointed Deputy Assistant Commissary General on the China Station on 2 January 1856. According to Hart’s Army List for 1862, ‘Mr Servantes served upwards of ten years in the 96th and 6th Regiments previous to entering the Commissariat. Was Interpreter to the Forces in New Zealand during the rebellion of the Southern Tribes, and as such was present at the attack on the fortified positions in the Horokiwi Valley, 6th August 1846 (mentioned in despatches), and on retirement of the troops from that place was left in command of the friendly tribes with whom he followed up and dispersed the rebels after a severe encounter with them on the summit of Ponawha Mountain. Served subsequently at Wanganui, New Zealand, in the same capacity and was present at the affair of St John’s Wood, July 1847 (mentioned in despatches). Served in the Crimean campaign from 1st October 1854 (Medal with three Clasps). Served subsequently in China, and commanded a company of the Chinese coolies “Bamboo Rifles” at the capture of Canton. Was present at that city during the attacks on it in 1858, and also with the expedition which was repulsed at the Taku Forts in 1859. Was also with the forces in the North of China in 1860 (Medal and Clasp).

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (Serjt. Alexr. Thompson, No. 6 B. 12th Bde. R. Art.) officially impressed naming, polished, otherwise nearly very fine £300-£400 --- Alexander Thompson was born at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Aberdeen on 24 November 1847, aged 19, a cooper by trade. He served abroad at Barbados for 1 year 10 months, and then in China for 1 year 8 months - including the operations at Canton in 1857 for which he received the medal and clasp. Although he achieved the rank of Sergeant at this time, several subsequent misdemeanours caused him to be reduced to Gunner until May 1868 when he was promoted to Bombardier, and to Corporal in September 1869. He was discharged in that rank at Dover Castle on 3 May 1870. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm medal and clasp.

Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (706. Serjt. R. W. Welch, 17th Bde. R.A. 1873-4.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £400-£500 --- Medal and Clasp confirmed; 64 medals issued to 17th Brigade R.A., including 17 with Coomassie clasp.

The Second Afghan War Medal awarded to Driver M. Sullivan, “E” Battery “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, a possible survivor of the battle of Maiwand Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (4298, Driv:M. Sullivan, E. Batt: B.Bde. R.H.A.) nearly very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- At Maiwand, on that disastrous day of 27 July 1880, “E” Battery, “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery played a most conspicuous roll. It suffered as a consequence 2 officers and 19 other ranks killed, and 2 officers and 14 other ranks wounded, gaining in the process 2 Victoria Crosses and 8 Distinguished Conduct Medals. Retiring to Kandahar, E/B., R.H.A. served during the siege of Kandahar, with three guns mounted on the Herat facing wall and one on the Idgah Gate. It is very possible that Sullivan was with his Battery at Maiwand on that day. During the battle of Kandahar on 1 September 1880, for which he was awarded the clasp, the battery was attached to the Cavalry Brigade.

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (7427 - Gunr. G. Smith - 24/Westn. Dn. R.A.) brooch marks to obverse, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £200-£240 --- Just 8 medals for Rhodesia 1896 issued to this unit.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Natal, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (Lt: Col: P. B. Taylor, R.H.A.) officially engraved naming , good very fine £800-£1,000 --- Brevet Colonel P. B. Taylor (retired pay) was in command of “U” Battery Royal Horse Artillery in the South African War of 1899-1901, and was twice wounded: slightly at Vaal Bank on 27 November 1900, and dangerously on 20 June 1901. He took part in the relief of Kimberley, and was present in the operations in the Orange Free State February to May 1900, including operations in Paardeberg, and actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River, and Zand River. Additionally, Taylor was in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill - and later in the Transvaal east of Pretoria in 1900, which included actions at Belfast. He was also in Orange River Colony in 1900, including actions at Bothaville, and again in Orange River Colony from 30 November 1900 to February 1901, and March to June 1901. Taylor was in Cape Colony in December 1900 and from February to March 1901 (Despatches London Gazette 10 September 1901; Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel; Queen’s Medal with 8 Clasps).

Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful), (Qr. Mr. Sergt. W. H. Sidwell, 30th Nov. 1896.) lacking ribbon buckle, extremely fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case No. 29240: ‘At great personal risk, gallantly attempted to rescue R. Tailford, who was unfortunately drowned at Tynemouth, 30th November, 1897.’ Quartermaster-Sergeant Sidwell, Army Ordnance Corps, and Bombardier J. Law, R.A., at great personal risk, gallantly attempted to rescue R. Tailford, who was drowned at Tynemouth on 30 November 1896. The recipient was aged 36 at the time. Tailford was seen struggling in the sea off Tynemouth at 9.30 a.m.; he was about 100 yards out in 10 feet of water. A heavy sea was running and the water was very cold. Both men went down a steep cliff and swam out to him; however owing to the rough sea they could not effect the rescue and returned to the shore in an exhausted state. The case was sent to the Royal Humane Society by the O.C. at Tynemouth.’

Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Gunner Henry Stevens R.A. Voted 6th Feby. 1879) with uniface double-dolphin suspension, light marks, otherwise nearly very fine £600-£800 --- R.N.L.I. Silver Medal Voted 6 February 1879: ‘The silver medal of the Institution, a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum, and One Pound to Henry Stevens, Gunner, 10th Brigade, Royal Artillery, for swimming out twice at very great risk to the brigantine "Princess Royal", with the view of saving some of her crew, that vessel having been wrecked at Camden Fort. near Cork, on the night of the 24th December 1878.’

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (6 Cpl G. H. C. Chavannes. Cathcart T.G.) initials and surname corrected, very fine £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Approximately 80 medals awarded to the Cathcart Town Guard. The medal roll for the Cathcart Town Guard can be viewed online (WO100), and the handwriting is rather unclear, with the recipient appearing on the roll as: ‘6 Corpl. Chavanns (?), G. S. H.’ - little wonder that the naming on the medal has been corrected!

Three: Sergeant W. O’Neil, 46th Regiment of Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3773, Serjt. W. O’Neil. 46th. Foot.) engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with ring suspension, contact marks ands minor edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (3) £400-£500 --- William O’Neil was born in Killyman, Co. Armagh, in 1837 and attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot at Armagh on 23 June 1855. He was promoted Corporal on 27 November 1857, and Sergeant on 8 August 1860, and was appointed Sergeant Cook on 23 December 1869. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5, on 24 September 1874, and was discharged on 5 September 1876, after 21 years and 77 days’ service, of which over 10 years were spent soldiering in India. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Four: Private J. Dell, 46th Regiment of Foot, later 80th Regiment of Foot, who was reputedly the youngest man in the Regiment to receive a four-clasp Crimea Medal Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (...ivate J. Dell. 46...) Regimentally engraved naming; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (949 J. Dell H.M’s. 80th. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (949 Pte. J. Dell, 80th. Foot.) engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (..8 Jams. Dell. 46th. Regt.) Regimentally engraved naming, pierced as issued with small ring and straight bar suspension, heavy contact marks to the Crimea pair that has somewhat obscured naming, the suspension claw on the first crudely re-affixed, and with some of the rivets between the clasps replaced, these therefore fair; the IGS and LS&GC better and a scarce 4-clasp award to the 46th Foot (4) £700-£900 --- Only a detachment of the Regiment, 6 Officers and 225 men, made up of Sir George Cathcart’s Honour Guard and two companies of the Advance Party, were present at the Battle of Alma on 20 September 1854, and the subsequent actions at Balaklava and Inkermann. James Dell was born in Newbury, Berkshire, on 19 December 1836 and attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot at Windsor on 19 June 1854. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea as part of the advance party, and was present, whilst still underage, at the Alma, Balaklava, and Inkermann. He transferred to the 80th Foot in India on 1 March 1865, and saw further service during the Bhootan campaign. He was awarded his Long Service and God Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5, on 24 April 1875, and was discharged at Gosport on 28 December 1875, after 21 years and 10 days’ service. Sold with copied research.

Four: Major-General T. John, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late 2nd Regiment of Foot China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860 (Lieut. Thos. John, 1st Bn. 2nd Regt.) officially impressed naming; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85 (Lt. Col. T. John, 2/D.C.L.I.); Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmanieh, Fourth Class breast badge, silver, gold, and enamel, with rosette on riband, suspension detached between star and crescent, chips to enamel; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn and housed in a fitted glazed display frame, nearly very fine (4) £1,500-£1,800 --- Provenance: Jack Webb Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. Thomas John was born at Cork on 17 December 1835, and was commissioned Ensign in the 2nd Foot on 10 June 1853, becoming Lieutenant in December 1854. He served in China in 1860, at the capture of the Taku Forts and subsequent operations in the north of the country (Medal with clasp). He exchanged as Captain into the 46th Foot on 2 December 1862, gaining promotion to Major in July 1876, and to Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1881. He served in Egypt at El Magfar, Tel-El-Mahuta, Kassassin (28 August and 9 September, 1882), and commanded the battalion at Tel-el-Kebir after the commanding officer was wounded. He was mentioned in despatches by Major-General Graham, V.C., C.B. for the action at Kassassin on the 28th August 1882 (London Gazette 19 September 1882), received the medal with clasp, Fourth Class of the Osmanieh, and Khedive’s Bronze Star. He also commanded the battalion on the Nile Expedition in 1884-85, and in the advance column under Major-General Earle (Clasp). Placed on half-pay in the rank of Colonel in September 1885, John received promotion to the rank of honorary Major-General in December 1885. He died in Bedford on 17 April 1898. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Sergeant A. Jackson, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (5323 Corl. A. Jackson, 2: D. of C. Lt. Inft.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5323 Serjt: A. Jackson. D. of C.L.I.) number partially officially corrected on KSA, heavy contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £160-£200 --- A. Jackson was born in 1873 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 15 September 1897. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and was present at the Battle of Paardeberg on 18 February 1900, when, in the ‘Cornish Charge’, the Battalion suffered total casualties of 28 killed and 52 wounded. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.

Pair: Acting Sergeant S. Aukett, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Royal Army Medical Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches for Salonika 1914-15 Star (13400 Pte. S. Aukett. D. of Corn. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (13400 A.Sjt. S. Aukett. D.C.L.I.); together with an erased Victory Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaves, good very fine Pair: Private T. Cole, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was conscripted into the Light Infantry despite only having one eye British War and Victory Medals (26698 Pte. T. Cole. D. of Corn. L.I.) good very fine Pair: Private W. R. Edmonds, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (38058 Pte. W. R. Edmonds. D. of Corn. L.I.) good very fine (7) £90-£120 --- Stanley Aukett was born in Leytonstone, Essex, in 1890 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Stratford, Essex, on 3 September 1914. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 January 1915, before transferring to the Army Service Corps on 22 July 1918, and was Mentioned in Despatches for Salonika (London Gazette 30 January 1919). He was discharged, Class ‘Z’, on 30 May 1919, and died in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, on 2 July 1959. Thomas Cole was conscripted into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 11 March 1916, despite only having one eye! He transferred to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 27 March 1916 served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 May 1916. William Robert Edmonds attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War. Sold with copied research.

Six: Captain S. L. Peter, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Town Clerk, Mayor, and Freeman of Launceston British War and Victory Medals (Capt. S. L. Peter.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style by Spink, London; together with the related miniature awards, these mounted ordinary-style as worn, cleaned and lacquered, nearly extremely fine (6) £220-£260 --- Stuart Luttrell Peter was born in 1894 into a distinguished Launceston family - a distant ancestor, John Peter, having been Mayor of Launceston in 1553 - and was educated at Blundell’s School, Tiverton. Following the outbreak of the Great War he volunteered for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 7 August 1914, and proceeded with the 4th Battalion to India later that year (although not to a theatre of War). Advanced Captain, he served with the 1st/4th Battalion in Egypt and Palestine, and was disembodied on 28 January 1919. In civilian life Peter served as Town Clerk of Launceston, and in 1937 organised the Feudal Dues Ceremony for the Royal Visit of H.M. King George VI to Launceston Castle. He served as Civil Defence Controller and Air Raid Precautions Sub-Controller for the Borough during the Second World War, and in 1953 was appointed Mayor of Launceston for Coronation Year. Admitted a Freeman of the Borough in 1955, he died in October 1972. Sold with extensive research, including a photographic image of the recipient in his robes of office.

Seven: Sergeant R. S. Hambly, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later South Staffordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (4378 Pte. R. S. Hambly. D. of Corn. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (4378 Pte. R. S. Hambly. D.C.L.I.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (201282 Pte. R. S. Hambly. 4/D. of Corn: L.I.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2307060 Sjt. R. S. Hambly. S. Staff. R.) generally good very fine and better (7) £460-£550 --- Richard Sydney Hambly was bon in St. Austell, Cornwall, on 29 September 1890 and attested there for the 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 26 May 1909, having previously served in the Regiment’s 2nd Volunteer Battalion. He was embodied on 4 August 1914 and transferred to the 4th Battalion on 11 December 1914. He served overseas during the Great War, first in India from 9 October 1914 to 12 February 1917 (although not in a qualifying theatre of War), and then in Egypt from 13 February 1917 until the cessation of hostilities. He was demobilised on 2 April 1919, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 275 of August 1919. Hambly re-enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Territorial Army) at St. Austell on 6 March 1933, and was embodied on 2 September 1939. He was promoted Sergeant on 22 April 1940, before transferring to the South Staffordshire Regiment on 17 June 1940. He transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 23 August 1945 and was finally discharged on 10 February 1954. He was awarded his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 28 of 1944, and died in Surrey on December 1965. Sold with copied service records and other research.

Pair: Captain W. Trounson, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. W. Trounson); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. Persia (Lieut. W. Trounson.) nearly extremely fine, the GSM unique to an officer in the DCLI (2) £300-£400 --- One of only three General Service Medals with the clasp S. Persia awarded to the Duke of Cornwall’s light Infantry, Trounson being the only officer recipient. William Trounson was born in Penzance, Cornwall, in June 1887 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 10 September 1915. He was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1917, and was seconded for duty with the Military Works Services on 30 November 1918, qualifying with them for his General Service Medal with S. Persia clasp. He was restored to the D.C.L.I. establishment on 13 May 1920, and relinquished his commission on 30 September 1921. He died in Penzance on 8 February 1943. Sold with copied Medal Index Card which confirms that he did not qualify for a Victory Medal (and which gives his most senior rank as Captain, Indian Army); and other research.

Five: Private A. H. Rowe, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps, later Corps of Military Police British War Medal 1914-20 (4245 Pte. A. H. Rowe. D.C.L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (4245 Pte. A. H. Rowe. D.C.L.I.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, the Great War pair heavily polished and worn, therefore fair; the rest better (5) £200-£240 --- Albert Henry Rowe was born in Bude, Cornwall, on 27 June 1895 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 2 March 1914, serving with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in India (not entitled to a Victory Medal). Discharged on 20 June 1919, he attested for the Machine Gun Corps the following day, and later the Devonshire Regiment (Territorial Army), before reverting to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Regular Army) on 9 September 1924, and appears on the Roll for the 1937 Jubilee Medal as ‘7815537, Private, 2nd Battalion, D.C.L.I.’ He saw further service at home during the Second World War, transferring to the Corps of Military Police on 24 August 1942, and after transferring to the Reserve on 5 November 1945, was finally discharged on 7 April 1951, after over 37 years’ service, a decade of which was spent soldiering in India. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Seven: Warrant Officer Class II W. M. Rogers, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5435561 W.O. Cl.2. W. M. Rogers. D.C.L.I.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (5435561 W.O. Cl.2. W. Rogers. D.C.L.I.) first six mounted as worn, the GSM loose as issued, light contact marks, good very fine, the GSM scarce to unit (7) £300-£400 --- William Martin Rogers was born on 11 July 1912 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 13 February 1931. He was promoted Corporal on 25 August 1940, and served during the Second World War with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 30 September 1939 to 1 June 1940; in North Africa from 23 March to 15 December 1943; and subsequently in Italy. His record of service notes that he was wounded. Advanced Warrant Officer Class II on 2 June 1947, and appointed Company Quartermaster Sergeant, Rogers was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity per Army Order 14 of 1950, and subsequently served in Malaya as part of a draft attached to 21 Guard Unit (Royal Military Police) from 22 November 1950 to 22 August 1951. He was discharged on 19 February 1953 after 21 years and 7 days’ service. He subsequently served with the Territorial Army for ten years as Chief Clerk to 23 (Cornwall) Field Dressing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps (T.A.). He died at Carbis Bay, St. Ives, Cornwall, on 22 September 1966. Sold with copied service records and other research.

Eight: Sergeant J. D. Beer, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Royal Army Medical Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (22562553 Cpl. J. D. Beer. R.A.M.C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Near East (22562553 Sgt. J. D. Beer. R.A.M.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5672365 Pte. J. D. Beer. D.C.L.I.) contact marks, good very fine (8) £400-£500 --- Jack Douglas Beer was born in Wilton, Somerset, on 24 January 1921 and attested for the Somerset Light Infantry (Territorial Force) at Minehead on 17 November 1938. He transferred to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 16 May 1944, and then to the Reserve on 13 July 1946, and was discharged on 15 July 1951. Beer re-enlisted into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 16 July 1951, and served with them in Kenya and East Africa from 25 January 1953 to 19 December 1955, and then in Aden from 16 August 1959 to 12 September 1960. He was discharged on 9 December 1960, after total service of 21 years and 99 days. Sold with copied service records and other research.

A Boer D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant J. Murdison, King’s Own Scottish Borderers Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (6294 L. Corpl: J. Murdison. 1st. K.O. Scot: Bord:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (6294 Corpl: J. Murdison. K.O. Scot: Bord:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6294 Serjt: J. Murdison. K.O. Scot: Bord:); 1914-15 Star (6294 Sjt. J. Murdison. K.O. Sco: Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (6294 Sjt. J. Murdison. K.O. Sco. Bord.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; together with a King’s Own Scottish Borderers cap badge, edge bruising and heavy contact marks to the Boer War awards, these good fine; the G.V.R. awards good very fine (7) £1,400-£1,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, March 1986. D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. John Murdison was born in Lauder, Berwick, and attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers at Edinburgh in November 1897. He advanced to Lance-Corporal in October 1898, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from January 1900 until February 1903. Having advanced to Sergeant during the conflict, Murdison was reduced to Corporal in consequence of ‘Striking a Soldier’. Murdison was once again promoted to Sergeant in 1906, and served in Egypt and then in the Sudan between 1907 and 1911. During the latter period he trained in Camel Corps Duties at Khartoum, and after a period of service in the East Indies he returned to the UK for service during the Great War. He served with the Regiment in the Balkan theatre of war from 25 April 1915. Appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major Instructor of Musketry, attached 2/1st Lanark Volunteer Regiment, in August 1917, he was discharged on 20 May 1919, having served 21 years and 200 days with the Colours. Sold with copied research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp, bronze issue (301 Syce Pandoo S & T Corps Bo: Cont.) minor edge bruise, very fine £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Pandoo served with Supply and Transport Corps, Bombay Command, Poona District in South Africa during the Boer War. Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Six: Private H. Heaford, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Harold William Hoiles Heaford) in Royal Mint case of issue; together with the recipient’s original Regular Army Certificate of Service; and Imperial Service Medal bestowal Certificate, this last framed and glazed, nearly extremely fine Three: Private W. P. Deakin, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Defence and War Medals; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5433442 Pte. W. P. Deakin. D.C.L.I.) mounted as worn, good very fine (8) £140-£180 --- Harold Heaford was born in 1902 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Whitehall on 28 June 1922, having previously served as a Corporal in the Royal Army Pay Corps. He transferred to the Reserve on 27 June 1929, and was discharged on 27 June 1934, after 12 years’ service. During the Second World War he served as a Leading Aircraftman in the Royal Air Force; and in civilian life was employed as a Stores Supervisor at the Ministry of Defence, being awarded his Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement (London Gazette 28 September 1965). Sold with the recipient’s Army Vocational Training Certificate; Medal notification slip for the Second War awards; three R.A.O.B. Certificates and membership card; and copied research. William Percy Deakin was born on 8 February 1903 and ‘joined the Regiment in September 1924, and served until August 1952. He will be remembered by every officer who served during those years as a very outstanding Officers’ Mess waiter and best possible type of soldier of the pre-1939 War period. Coming originally from Birmingham, he was in the Mess at the Depot for many years, and saw active service with the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1939-40. He died in Truro on 26 December 1978.’ (the recipient’s obituary in The Silver Bugle, Spring 1979 refers). Sold with copied service papers, which confirm that he served overseas with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 30 September 1939 to 29 February 1940; and copied research.

‘Unless we can start a special war for him so that he can be posted on active service, his condition will rapidly deteriorate.’ The recipient’s Psychologist’s Report, dated November 1972, refers The remarkable campaign group of six awarded to Corporal R. Roberts, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Royal Marines, attached King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and Durham Light Infantry, who later served with the French Foreign Legion in North Africa and French Somaliland, and with the Royal Australian Air Force in Vietnam 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21182353. Cpl. R. Roberts. D.C.L.I.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (21182353 Pte. R. Roberts. D.L.I.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display purposes, contact marks and minor edge bruising, generally very fine, the GSM scarce to unit (6) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, July 1995. Roy Frederick Thacker Roberts (who also served at various points under the aliases Roberson and Dixon) attested for the Royal Marines on 21 July 1942 and served with them for the remainder of the Second World War. He transferred to the Army (General Service Corps) on 18 December 1947, and was posted to the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 1 April 1948. He served with them in East Africa from 25 September 1948 to 3 August 19149 (during which, on a four week trek through Ethiopia, some bandits stole all his gear); in Malaya from 20 October 1950, attached to the 1st Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; and then in Korea from 15 March to 25 October 1953, attached to the Durham Light Infantry. He saw further service in Bermuda, Jamaica, and Belize, and was discharged from the British Army in the rank of Corporal on 29 May 1957. Remarkably, Roberts’ time with the British Forces was only a minor part of his career. After a year on civvy street he went to Paris and joined the French Foreign Legion, under the assumed name of Roberson, stating Dutch nationality. He was machine gunner and rifleman and fought against the Arabs in Algeria and in French Somaliland. He was with the Legion for 8 years qualifying after three years as Legionnaire First Class. He lived in the desert on combat rations and in the meantime learned to speak French and German. He left the Legion on 19 August 1966 on completion of his contract and ‘did a couple of trips as a dishwasher on the liner Iberia on the England to Australia run.’ (article in RAAF News refers). On 23 April 1968, while in Perth, Western Australia, Roberts enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force, this time under the assumed name of Dixon, his express reason being that he wished to serve in Vietnam. After overcoming various bureaucratic hurdles he finally received an operational posting to 2 Squadron, and served with them in Vietnam for 16 months, from 18 March 1969 to 19 March 1970, and again from 3 March to 30 June 1971, where, amongst other adventures, ‘he hitched lifts in helicopters so he could act as door gunner.’ But by now age was catching up with him, and after a year on non-active duties, and following some ‘odd’ behaviour, he was interviewed by a R.A.A.F. Psychologist. Their report, dated 23 November 1972, makes interesting reading: ‘After a long history of Military association, he has always been proud of the uniform he has worn; always seeking active service ands engaging in a good deal of fantasy about “engaging the enemy”. He has definite levels of aspirations which are not commensurate with his ability, and this sort of situation is ideal for reinforcing his tendency to reminisce and fantasise. I believe that he as reached a point in this his life when he can no longer fantasise successfully. There is now a crack in is defences and he is thus forced with realities. His is 48 and realises that his chances of active service are less than nil. He has always shown odd behaviour, restlessness, and a need for novelty, change, and excitement. However, he now realises that the R.A.A.F. can no longer provide the environment he seek and (unless we can start a special war for him so that he can be posted on active service) his condition will rapidly deteriorate. I recommend that his is discharged “temperamentally unsuited to Service life”.’ Roberts was finally discharged out of the Royal Australian Air Force, and service life, on 16 November 1973. In addition to the medals in this lot he also received the Vietnam Medal 1964-73; the Republic of Vietnam Medal with clasp 1960-; and the French Médaille Commémorative des Opérations de Sécurité et de Maintien de l’Ordre en Afrique du Nord, with clasp Algérie; as well as the United States of America Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Vietnam Unit Citation Medal and Gallantry Cross with palm. Sold with extensive copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

Pair: Lance-Corporal B. Westwood, Light Infantry N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo; Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25083812 LCpl B Westwood LI) first mounted court-style as worn; the second loose, nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160 --- B. Westwood served in ‘A’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Light Infantry in Iraq during Operation Telic II.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (Pte. R. W. Bewick. Ladysmith Town Gd:) abrasions, cleaned and lacquered, nearly very fine £160-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Abyssinia 1867 (971 W. Gillespie Insptr. T. Tn. 46th. Regt.) re-engraved naming but in a contemporary style, edge bruise, very fine £80-£100 --- Only twelve Abyssinia Medals awarded to the 46th Regiment of Foot. Sold with copied medal roll extract that lists William Gillespie, H.M.s 46th Regiment, as being a Third Class Inspector of the Transport Train, and that his medal was sent to the Regiment in September 1870.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (5390 Pte. C. Smith. 2nd. D. of C.L.I.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Charles Henry Seymour Smith (alias John Lewis) was born (according to the recipient’s attestation papers) in Penzance, Cornwall, in 1879 (although various census records show him as having been born in Redditch, Worcestershire, in 1871), and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry under an alias on 25 January 1898. In June 1899 he was convicted by Court Martial of ‘striking his superior officer’, and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. This sentence was not carried out to its full extent, for he sailed for South Africa with his battalion on 5 November 1899, and served in South Africa until 17 February 1903 (also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with both date clasps), being present at the Battle of Paardeberg on 18 February 1900, when, in the ‘Cornish Charge’, the Battalion suffered total casualties of 28 killed and 52 wounded. Returning home, and after various further periods in the cells or subjected to hard labour, he was discharged ‘incorrigible and worthless’ on 16 March 1904. On 14 August 1909, Charles Henry Seymour Smith was charged by the civil powers with the desertion of his wife and children, and sentenced to six weeks hard labour. He died in London on 8 July 1928, his body being found by the police. Initially unidentified, he was later confirmed as Charles Henry Seymour Smith, aged 57, with a wife, Florence, living in Redditch, and an inquest found he died from a coma as a result of a fracture of the vault of the skull. He was buried in Islington Cemetery, East Finchley, on 13 July 1928. Sold with copied service papers; medal roll extracts; and other research.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Col. Sjt. W. T. Gilley. D.C.L.I.) contact marks, good very fine £120-£160 --- William Thomas Gilley was born in Plymouth, Devon, in 1867 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Devonport on 9 January 1888. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 9 October 1888 to 21 December 1900, and then in Ceylon until 10 May 1901, and saw active service on the North West Frontier 1897-98 (entitled to an India General Service Medal with claps Punjab Frontier 1897-98 and Tirah 1897-98). Advanced Colour Sergeant on 30 July 1897, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 240 of 1906, and was discharged on 25 April 1909, after 21 years and 107 days’ service. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal in December 1941, and was presented with his medal by Brigadier J. O. Carpenter, M.C. He died on the Isle of Wight on 30 September 1949. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; and copied research.

The Light Infantry Regimental Medal, silvered base-metal, unnamed, on ‘The Light Infantry’ lanyard, extremely fine £40-£50

A Second War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of four awarded to Lieutenant the Venerable F. McGowan, West Riding Regiment and Machine Gun Corps, later Archdeacon of Sarum The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. Mc Gowan); Defence Medal; together with the related miniature awards, these mounted as worn; and the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘366001’, good very fine (4) £160-£200 --- M.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 3 January 1945: The Reverend Canon Frank McGowan, Honorary Secretary, Church of England Board for the Welfare of Imperial Forces within the Diocese of Salisbury. Frank McGowan was born in Bournemouth around 1896, and was appointed to a commission in the 11th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) on 23 July 1915. Transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, he suffered a gunshot wound to the front of his foot and was evacuated to hospital on 2 November 1917 for treatment, being awarded the Silver War Badge on 27 September 1918. Post-War, McGowan read Theology at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and was ordained Deacon in 1922, and Priest in 1923. He served as Curate of St. Michael’s, Bournemouth, from 1922 until 1925; Vicar of St. Mark’s, Birmingham from 1925 until 1929; and Rector of Cholderton from 1929 until 1944. Appointed a Canon of Salisbury Cathedral in 1944, he was appointed Archdeacon of Sarem in 1951 and Chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury in 1954. He died in 1968.

A Great War ‘trench raid’ M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain A. B. H. Roberts, Yorkshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse attractively engraved with regimental badge and ‘Lieut. A. B. H. Roberts, 9th Battn. A.P.W.O. Yorkshire Regt. 1st January 1916’; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. A. B. H. Roberts. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. B. H. Roberts.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed; Coronation 1911, unnamed; together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals: Military Cross; 1914-15 Star trio, M.I.D. oakleaf; with a loose miniature Coronation Medal 1911, generally extremely fine (7) £1,200-£1,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.C. London Gazette 15 March 1916: ‘Temporary Second Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment). For conspicuous gallantry. He was one of a party which successfully raided the enemy trenches, and showed great coolness and judgement in directing his men. Two nights previously he had done good work reconnoitring the enemy’s position. He also helped two wounded officers to get back to our lines.’ Annotated Gazette states: ‘Rue du Bois, 31 December 1915-1 January 1916’.
M.I.D. London Gazette 30 May 1918.
Arthur Beverley Hepworth Roberts was born in Sandal Magna, Yorkshire, in 1894, the son of Arthur Hepworth and Mary Alice Roberts of Stoneleigh Lodge, Sandal Magna. 
In the Great War he entered the France/Flanders theatre of War as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Regiment. He served in that theatre from 25 August 1915 to 13 July 1916; from 3 February to 1 November 1917; and from 16 September to 11 November 1918 - and later in the Italian theatre of War from 2 November 1917 to 15 September 1918.
Serving with the 9th Battalion at Rue de Bois on 31 December 1915 and 1 January 1916, his gallantry and leadership gained him the award of the Military Cross. The 9th Battalion formed part of the 69th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Division of the First Army. On 31 December 1915 / 1 January 1916, a raid on enemy trenches was carried out by a detachment of the 9th Battalion. The raid, on entering the enemy’s line, divided into two parties, left and right, and proceeded to clear the German trenches by bomb and bayonet. The raid, deemed a success, resulted in about 20 of the enemy killed at a cost of seven of the raiding party wounded. Roberts was mentioned in the official report of the action as having ‘[r]emained at the point of entry and directed the parties in and out again with great coolness’.
By the end of the War, Roberts had attained the rank of Captain, had been wounded, and Mentioned in Despatches. He applied for his medals in 1921 when living at Woodthorpe Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire. 
With the start of the Second World War, Captain Roberts was appointed a Lieutenant on the General List (London Gazette 29 July 1941). He married Sheila Platts in Wakefield in 1942, but died on 9 August 1944. Captain Roberts is buried in Wakefield Cemetery.
Sold with copied research including a number of official papers relating to the trench raid.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (Corpl. W. J. Tidbury. Nesbitt’s Horse.) good very fine £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Joseph Tidbury served in the Fort Beaufort Troop, Nesbitt’s Horse, during the Boer War. Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Family Group: A Second War ‘Dunkirk’ M.C. group of three awarded to Second Lieutenant P. D. R. Kindersley, Highland Light Infantry, whose actions helped extricate his battalion from a desperate situation; transferring to the newly-formed Reconnaissance Corps, he died in service in March 1941 Military Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1940, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘H. F. T. Kindersley, Esq., c/o Mrs. J.D. Herringham, Little Lords Mead, Lymington, Hants.’ [the recipient’s brother, at their aunt’s address], extremely fine Four: Lieutenant H. F. T. Kindersley, Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately engraved ‘Lt. H. F. R. Kindersley F.M.S.V.F.’, mounted for wear, with a Federated Malay States V.F. cap badge, nearly extremely fine (7) £1,800-£2,200 --- M.C. London Gazette 22 October 1940. The original recommendation, submitted by Brigadier J. G. Smyth, V.C., states: ‘On 29 May 1940 when 1st H.L.I. became surrounded by enemy tanks and infantry this officer was acting as Brigade Liaison Officer. He came through to Brigade H.Q. to report the situation of his battalion at great personal risk and later took back a message to his C.O. which enabled considerable elements of the battalion to be extricated under cover of darkness. His behaviour throughout was admirable and his reports clear, intelligent and helpful.’ Philip Douglas Ronald Kindersley was born in 1918 at Rekko Hill, Kajang, Malaya, where his father was established as a pioneer coffee and rubber planter. Sent to England for his education, Philip attended Repton School between 1932 and 1935, passing into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in 1936. He was commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry in 1938, the Kindersley name being familiar in the regiment through the distinguished career of his uncle, Colonel Archibald Kindersley, CMG, and his cousin, Claude Kindersley (who would receive both the DSO and MC in the approaching war), already serving with the 2nd Battalion. Second Lieutenant Kindersley served as intelligence officer of the 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry when it joined the British Expeditionary Force in France. There it was assigned to Brigadier ‘Jackie’ Smyth’s 127 Infantry Brigade at his particular request, his high opinion of the regiment having been formed when its 2nd Battalion was present at the action in which he won the Victoria Cross in 1915. In mid May 1940, when the collapse of the French army and the German invasion of Holland obliged the B.E.F.’s withdrawal towards the Escaut line, 127 Brigade came under ‘Macforce’, a scratch formation created to guard the bridges over the River Scarpe between Raches and St. Amand and protect the exposed right flank. Here the H.L.I. came under sustained attack from the air, the beginning of two weeks of hard fighting during which they developed something of a speciality as a rearguard unit, in the retreat north-westwards to the Channel coast. On 29 May 1940 the Battalion was at Rexpoëde, less than 10 miles from Dunkirk, having just completed a particularly arduous march of 25 miles, hard on the heels of two successive night withdrawals. The battalion was suddenly attacked in the rear by tanks which had broken through a neighbouring formation. Determined and effective resistance was immediately organised, which kept the enemy tanks and infantry at a distance all afternoon, the position being subjected to shelling and mortar fire throughout. Any movement at once drew rifle and automatic fire. The situation was confused - the battalion out of touch with higher command and likely surrounded. It was in these circumstances that the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel J. D. Russell, gave Kindersley his task. As he recounted to a brother officer: ‘I have sent back Philip to get orders and find out what is happening. We can be quite sure that if it is humanly possible for anyone to get back, Philip will do it.’ This confidence was not misplaced; Kindersley’s journey to Brigade H.Q. under heavy fire, and his hazardous return with the order to retire, enabled the survival of the remainder of the battalion. Their arrival within the Dunkirk perimeter was a great relief to their Brigadier, as recalled by Smyth in his memoir: ‘I was particularly pleased with the H.L.I. They had had by far the worst time. They looked an awful crowd of ruffians, unshaven and black with sweat and dirt. But they were tremendously pleased with themselves. They had been up against a very awkward situation, had had a rough close-quarter scrap and given a great deal more than they had received in the way of hard knocks. They gave me a great welcome and were all full of fight and in high morale. I remembered my words to Gort when I chose them: “But they’ll fight like hell when it does start”. And they certainly did.’ When the Reconnaissance Corps was formed in January 1941, Lieutenant Kindersley was appointed to command C Squadron of 42nd Reconnaissance Regiment, in the acting rank of Captain. However, his promising career was brought to an abrupt close when a bout of scarlet fever developed into meningitis. He died at Ipswich Isolation Hospital in March 1941. Henry Francis Ronald Kindersley, the elder brother of the above, was born in 1912 and after education at Radley College he followed in his father’s footsteps as a planter in Malaya, firstly with the British American Tobacco Company, and afterwards at the Sengat Rubber Estate, Ipoh (1937-56). As an officer in the Malay Volunteers he was captured at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and worked on construction of the infamous Burma railway. On returning to England he made his home on the Isle of Wight, where he was active in business and the community. He died in 1970. Sold with a DVD of copied research.

A Second War 1944 Posthumous Albert Medal for Sea group of five awarded to Lieutenant D. M. Connor, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, for his gallantry in trying to control and contain fire and explosions aboard a motor launch in Beirut harbour, 5 March 1944 Albert Medal, 2nd Class, for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, bronze and enamel, reverse officially engraved ‘Awarded by The King to the late Lt. Douglas Mortimer Connor, R.N.V.R. H.M. M.L. 387 for Gallantry in saving life at sea, 5th March 1944’; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, campaign awards impressed ‘Boots style’ ‘T/Lieut. Douglas M. Connor R.N.V.R.’, mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine (5) £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Provenance: Sotheby’s, July 1981; Christie’s, November 1989. A.M. London Gazette 19 December 1944: ‘On 5th March, 1944, fire broke out in the starboard corner of the engine room of one of H.M. Motor Launches at Beirut. An explosion occurred immediately afterwards and the fire spread rapidly throughout the ship. Lieutenant Connor straightaway organised all the fire-fighting gear on board and sent a runner to inform Coastal Forces base and Naval Base so that the civilian and Naval fire-fighting organisation might be got into action as soon as possible. The heat from the burning ship was intense and it was well known that with the burning high octane petrol the ship was likely to blow up at any moment. The burning ship was a grave menace to other shipping berthed alongside and Lieutenant Connor made valiant efforts to make fast a tow line so that she could be towed out of the port. So great was the heat, however, that the tow line parted. At about 19.15 a third and more violent explosion occurred in which Lieutenant Connor lost his life. Lieutenant Connor well knew the risks involved, but sacrificed his life in an endeavour to prevent the spread of the fire which might well have become a major conflagration involving the loss of many lives.’ Douglas Mortimer Connor was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on 26 October 1910 and joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman on 10 April 1941. Discharged to a commission, he was commissioned Temporary Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 14 May 1942, and was promoted Temporary Lieutenant on 14 August 1942. Posted to the command of H.M. Motor Launch 387, whilst borne on the books of H.M.S. Nile, on 1 January 1944, he was killed on 5 March 1944 after an explosion occurred on his vessel whilst she was berthed in Beirut harbour. ML 1007, ML 1143 (Free French), ML 1158 and ML 1164 (Free French) were engaged in the fire fighting. Sadly it was to no avail, as ML 387 blew up killing her commanding officer in the process. Four men were mentioned in despatches, and for his great gallantry Connor was posthumously awarded the Albert Medal. He is buried in Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon. Sold with copied research.

A fine Boer War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Acting Sergeant C. Haigh, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding), who rendered gallant service as a Drummer in the Transvaal, and was later killed in action on the Western Front on 2 March 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (4050 Dmr: C. Haigh. 1st. W. Riding Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Ladysmith, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (4050 Dr: C. Haigh, W. Riding Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4050 Dmr: G. [sic] Haigh. W. Riding Regt.); 1914-15 Star (3-12061 Cpl.-A-Sjt. C. Haigh. W. Rid. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3.12061 A.Sjt. C. Haigh. W. Rid. R.) mounted court-style, good very fine (6) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. Charles Haigh was born in Bradford in 1876. A labourer, he attested at Bradford for the West Riding Regiment on 4 January 1894 and was immediately posted as Private to the 1st Battalion at Halifax. Sent to Malta between 1895 and 1898, he was transferred to South Africa on 29 December 1899 for service during the Boer War. Arriving aboard Orient, the 1st Battalion served as part of the VIth Division under General Kelly-Kenny, the Division soon distinguishing themselves in the advance from Modder River to Bloemfontein. Engaged at Klip Drift and Paardeberg, the West Ridings later lost Colonel Lloyd in an attempt to seize Rhonoster Kop. Raised Lance Corporal on 2 March 1900, Haigh spent much of 1901 employed with the 1st Battalion in the Central Transvaal. On 31 August 1901, they had the grievous misfortune to lose 7 men killed, as well as 2 officers and 14 men wounded or injured, in the derailing of a train at Hamman’s Kraal. Lord Kitchener, referring to the incident, said: ‘Although it may be admitted that the mining of railways and the derailment of trains is in no way opposed to the customs of war where any definite object is in view, it is impossible to regard senseless and meaningless acts of this nature, which have no effect whatever on the general course of operations, as anything better than wanton murder.’ Mentioned in Despatches shortly afterwards on 10 September 1901, Haigh’s gallantry at around this time was further recognised by his superiors with the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Returned home to Barnsley after almost three years in South Africa, he was later discharged from the Army in 1910. He returned to fight during the Great War, and was killed in action on 2 March 1916 whilst serving with the 9th Battalion, West Riding Regiment. He has no known grave and is commemorated upon the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant R. Dooley, Royal Field Artillery, for his gallantry at St. Quentin on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (L-10081 Sjt: R. Dooley. A.149/Bde: R.F.A.) scratches to service number (but not corrected), very fine £500-£700 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the enemy reached the gun positions he immediately organised a party with rifles and covered the withdrawal of the detachments, he himself covering the withdrawal of his party. Later, he went out by himself on a flank and held up the enemy, enabling some officers and men who had been cut off to withdraw to safety.’ Annotated Gazette states: ‘Nr. St. Quentin, 21 March 1918.’ Robert Dooley, a native of Chester, served in France from 28 November 1915 and was awarded the D.C.M. for conspicuous gallantry displayed near St. Quentin on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918.

A fine Great War D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant S. L. Ridgway, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (12439 Sjt. S. L. Ridgway. 8/W. Rid. R.); 1914-15 Star (12439. L-Cpl. S. L. Ridgeway [sic], W. Rid. R.); British War and Victory Medals (12439 A. C. Sjt. S. L. Ridgway. W. Rid. R.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (4) £600-£800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty and consistent good work. He invariably displayed coolness, courage and power of leadership. On one occasion he led his platoon with great success when his platoon commander became a casualty.’ Samuel Lyne Ridgway was born in the Parish of Hadfield, Derbyshire, in 1886. A weaver, he attested at Huddersfield for the West Riding Regiment on 25 August 1914, and was immediately appointed Private in the 8th Battalion. He served during the Great War in the Mediterranean theatre of War from 2 July 1915, and likely took part in the Battalion landing at Suvla Bay on 6 August 1915. Raised Lance Corporal on 21 August 1915, Acting Corporal on 9 September 1916, and Sergeant on 28 October 1916, he transferred to France on 3 July 1916 - almost certainly to replace those men killed on the Somme. On 30 August 1918, Ridgeway suffered a gunshot wound to the shoulder. Evacuated to Etaples, he was discharged to the Army Reserve in the spring of 1919.

A Great War 1915 ‘Battle of Neuve Chapelle’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private S. C. Climpson, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, whose actions at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on 10-12 March 1915 are vividly portrayed and described in Deeds that Thrill the Empire Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9359 Pte. S. C. Climpson. 2/North: Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9359 Pte. S. C. Climpson. 2/North’n R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (9359 Pte. S. C. Climpson. North’n. R.) nearly very fine (4) £1,800-£2,200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2007. D.C.M. London Gazette 23 June 1915; citation published 30 June 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915. When communication was rendered impossible owing to damage to cable by shell and rifle fire, he in company with another man, repeatedly endeavoured to repair the line, and on failing to do so they brought back an important message from the trenches under heavy shell and machine-gun fire’. Stanton Charles Climpson attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 November 1914. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915- his and Private Luddington’s actions that day are vividly portrayed and described in a lengthy account in Deeds that Thrill the Empire: ‘In the forenoon of 10 March 1915 - the first day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle - the 24th Brigade, composed of the 1st Worcesters 2nd East Lancashires, 1st Sherwood Foresters, and 2nd Northamptons, which attacked on our left flank from the direction of the Neuve Chapelle-Armentières highway, fought their way to the north-east of the village, and towards 4:00 p.m. it began moving southwards towards the Aubers ride, by way of the hamlet of Pietre. Two privates of the Northamptons, Climpson and Luddington, were detailed to maintain communication with Brigade Headquarters, and were to lay out wire as the troops advanced, and to keep in touch with the commanding officer, in case of anything being required from Headquarters. They soon found that, laden as they were with coils of wire, it was very difficult to keep up with their battalion, and, when darkness fell, they lost touch with it altogether for some considerable time. They continued, however, to advance, laying out wire as they went, though they had only a very vague notion as to the direction they were taking. They passed several regiments and inquired of each of them the whereabouts of the Northamptons, but could get no definite information. Finally, in the dark, they overran the line along which our troops were entrenching themselves, and would have walked into the midst of the Germans, had not an officer caught sight of them and called them back. Returning to where our men were digging themselves in, they got under cover, fixed up their telephone, and established communication with Brigade Headquarters. It was only, however, maintained for about half an hour, the wire being broken by the spades of the men digging trenches, who could not see it in the dark. Climpson and his comrade went out to try and repair it but were unable to trace the ends, and were therefore obliged to make their way back to Brigade Headquarters and lay a fresh wire. The second one remained intact for about three hours, and when it was broken they were fortunately able to find and repair the break and to re-establish the communication. Some two hours later, that is to say at 6:30 a.m., it was broken again and, as it was almost daylight, any attempt to repair it would have meant almost certain death, they lay low until dusk and then ventured forth again. Once more they were unable to trace the ends, and consequently had to make another journey to Brigade Headquarters and lay a fresh one. This third wire was broken and repaired twice during the night, but was luckily in working order when, at about 5:30 a.m. on the morning of 12 March, the enemy, reinforced by the Bavarian and Saxon reserves, counter-attacked in determined fashion all along our front. The Northamptons were hard put to hold their guard, while their ammunition began to give out, and the telephone operators received orders to send the S.O.S. for reinforcements and ammunition. Scarcely had they despatched it, when the line was broken, and as, since it was now daylight, they could not repair it, they lay down to take what rest they could amid the roar of the battle. About 9:00 a.m. however, the adjutant of their battalion came up and inquired whether the line was working, and when told that it was not, asked them to take an urgent message back to Brigade Headquarters, which it was of the utmost importance should be delivered before 10:00 a.m. About 100 yards behind our trenches was a deep ditch and, with rifle and machine-gun bullets whistling past their heads, Climpson and Luddington spurted across the open and jumped into it, and into about five feet of water as well. Once in the ditch, however, they were comparatively safe, and making their way along it for about nine hundred yards, they found themselves in an old German communication trench, which was as full of water as the ditch. Another three hundred yards of walking - or rather of wading - brought them to the road running between Neuve Chapelle and Armentières. This, with the exception of the sprint from the trenches to the ditch, was the most dangerous part of their journey, since the road, which afforded but very little cover, was being heavily shelled, and for nearly half a mile they had to make their way along it with shrapnel bursting all about them. At length, with five minutes to spare, they reached their destination, soaked to the skin and so utterly exhausted that, as soon as they had delivered their message, they lay down and fell asleep’. Both Climpson and Luddington were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Climpson was later transferred to the Royal Engineers and was subsequently awarded the Silver War Badge.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal F. J. Roberts, 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, partly for his gallantry in charge of a Lewis Gun crew during the Battle of Cambrai on 27 September 1918; for this action Captain G. F. Kerr was awarded the Victoria Cross Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (138953 L. Cpl. F. J. Roberts. 3/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (138953 L.Cpl. F. J. Roberts. 3-Can. Inf.) good very fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919; citation published 11 March 1920: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On 31 August 1918, as company runner, he carried messages from Battalion Headquarters to the attacking company through extremely heavy fire, and never failed to deliver a message. On 27 September, as Lance-Corporal in charged of a Lewis-gun crew, he cleared up an enemy machine-gun nest when his company was held up.’ Frank Jack Roberts was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 1 February 1896, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Toronto on 24 August 1915. He served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 June 1916, and was wounded by gun shot to the left thigh on 5 September 1916. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry in 1918, latterly at the Battle of Cambrai on 27 September 1918; by the end of the day the battalion had 28 heavy and field guns to its credit and Captain G. F. Kerr, by his conspicuous bravery and initiative in rushing a series of enemy machine-gun posts, capturing four machine-guns, and taking 31 of the enemy prisoner, was awarded the Victoria Cross. Roberts was discharged at Toronto on 24 April 1919. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

A Great War ‘Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant S. Schultz, 10th Canadian Infantry Battalion Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (19637 Cpl. S. Schultz.10/Candn: Btn:); 1914-15 Star (19637 Cpl. S. Schultz. 10/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (19637 Sjt. S. Schultz. 10-Can. Inf.) the last medal with machine-engraved naming but not renamed, very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.C.M. London Gazette 30 June 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion while acting as medical orderly on the night of 24th-25th April, 1915, when he remained at a dressing station after it had been practically blown to pieces, and took charge until every wounded man had been removed, displaying great courage throughout.’ Samuel Schultz was born at Warsaw, Poland, and enlisted into the 10th Battalion at Valcartier, Quebec, on 25 September 1914, a barber by trade. He was discharged at Toronto on 15 February 1919, medically unfit for service. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

A rare and deeply poignant Second War ‘Operation Demon’ D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Commissioned Engineer L. F. Bartlett, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Hero during the evacuation of Allied troops from Greece in April and May 1941. Described by one old hand as ‘far worse than Dunkirk’, the traumatic events are largely forgotten today, but bear witness to terrible suffering and loss Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (L. F. Bartlett. Ch. Engn. Room Art. H.M.S. Hero.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.34517 L. F. Bartlett. E.R.A.1. H.M.S. Courageous.) mounted as worn, the last with minor official correction to ship’s name, good very fine and better (7) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Oliver Stirling Lee Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2004. D.S.M. London Gazette 11 November 1941: ‘For gallantry and distinguished services in operations in Greek waters.’ Leslie Francis Bartlett was born in Weymouth, Dorset, on 23 December 1903. He joined the Royal Navy at Portsmouth on 3 December 1921 as a schoolboy, later witnessing service aboard a wide variety of ships and shore establishments, including Warspite, Crocus, Fisgard, Ross and the light cruiser Cardiff. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1936, he transferred to the destroyer Hero as Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class on 26 July 1939 and was soon in the thick of the action during the Norwegian campaign, and that off Cape Spada on 19 July 1940. The latter encounter proved a short and violent affair where the cruiser H.M.A.S. Sydney successfully despatched one Italian cruiser and severely damaged another off the coast of Crete; it fell to Hero and her consorts to pluck 525 survivors of the Bartolomeo Colleoni from the Mediterranean Sea. Successfully intercepting a Vichy French convoy of four merchant ships off Melilla on 1 January 1941, Hero was soon engaged in the British invasion of the Italian island of Kastelorizo, a prime site for a motor-torpedo base to challenge Italian naval might in the Dodecanese region. Transferred to escort duties in the spring, Bartlett witnessed the bombardment of Tripoli by Allied warships on 20 April 1941, before it soon became clear that the Metaxas defensive line had been overwhelmed and Britain, Australian and New Zealand were facing a critical situation in Greece. Sent to investigate the situation at Kalamata, the account by Leading Torpedo Operator A. L. Ward gives a detailed insight as to the sights witnessed by the crew of Hero at that time: ‘As we approached to within a few miles, we could see what seemed to be huge fires burning and, as we closed, tracer bullets could be seen flying from it seemed in all directions... Both sea boats (whalers) were lowered and, because the regular crews were closed up on the guns, manned by a motley crew, in fact anyone who could use an oar and was willing to have a go. The boats returned with many defiant, angry, worn out, tired and hungry troops... Under the control of the Chief Coxswain, the senior ratings organised the distribution of our passengers around the ship, in every conceivable nook or space on the upper deck, even under the torpedo tubes for the walking fit. A few swimmers did survive and these were, after a hot shower, given a variety of clothes from volunteers whilst their clothes were being dried out in the boiler room.’ Ward continues: ‘Long after collecting my demob suit in 1947, I was still occasionally awakened at night following dreams of the events at Kalamata in the Peloponnese. No other episode or incident such as dive bombing by Stukas, the action at Narvik, night action in the Mediterranean, or involvement in the relief of Tobruk and the later evacuation of Crete, affected me [so much] as did the retrieving of troops from the beaches of Kalamata. The cries of obviously exhausted men, making valiant attempts to swim from the shore, pleading for help, still echoes in my ears. “Can you see me?” some called out, and, peering into the inky night blackness, we would, with an effort of untruthful reassurance answer, “Yes, a few more strokes and you have made it!”; a cry, a gurgle and then silence, absolute silence and nothing that we on the waiting ship could do...’ Awarded the D.S.M., Bartlett later served aboard the minesweeping sloop Fraserburgh and the sloop Folkestone. Advanced Commissioned Engineer, he came ashore in September 1945, ending his career on attachment to the United States Navy Advanced Amphibious Base at Appledore. Sold with copied research.

A fine Second War ‘U-Boat Attack’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Leading Seaman L. E. F. Pearson, Royal Navy Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Ldg. Smn. L. E. F. Pearson, P/JX. 256516.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 6 June 1944: ‘For outstanding leadership, skill and devotion to duty in H.M. Ships ... Dahlia ... in successful actions with U-Boats, while on convoy escort duty in the Atlantic.’ Leslie Ernest Frederick Pearson was born in Fulham, London, in 1910. Confirmed by Seedies Roll, Pearson was serving aboard the Flower-Class corvette Dahlia when his ship carried out an attack on a U-Boat in the Western Approaches on 27 November 1943. A little more information is offered by the Fulham Chronicle on 28 July 1944: ‘Attacked Submarine. Fulham Sailor Awarded D.S.M. Leading Seaman Leslie Ernest Frederick Pearson, aged 34, whose wife lives in Hurlingham Road, Fulham, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for “outstanding skill and zeal shown in a successful attack carried out on an enemy submarine in defence of an Atlantic convoy in November, 1943.” He is the only son of Mr. Ernest J. Pearson, 33, Burnthwaite-road, Fulham, a van driver. He was educated at Fulham Central School and joined the Navy in 1941.’

A fine Great War M.M. and Second Award Bar group of three awarded to Corporal E. E. Bell, 1/5th Battalion, West Riding Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (268495 Pte. E. E. Bell. 1/5 W. Rid: R.-T.F.); British War and Victory Medals (268495 Cpl.E. E. Bell. W. Rid. R.) very fine (3) £600-£800 --- M.M. London Gazette 28 January 1918. M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 14 May 1919. Ernest Edward Bell was born in Baildon, West Yorkshire, around 1888. A married textile clerk, he was twice decorated with the Military Medal for gallantry displayed on the Western Front. Serving as part of the 147th (2nd West Riding) Brigade of the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, his Battalion fought on the Somme and at Ypres, and were hard pressed in the winter of 1917-18; by late January 1918, losses through casualties and injuries led to the 1/5th and 2/5th Battalions being amalgamated into a single 5th Battalion.

A fine Great War ‘Gallipoli Operations’ M.M. awarded to Battery Quartermaster Sergeant F. A. Granados, Royal Field Artillery, who was wounded in action on the peninsula and later suffered from nervous debility Military Medal, G.V.R. (10019 By: Q.M. Sjt: F. A. Granados. 368/By: R.F.A.) mounted with a hallmarked silver ‘1915’ riband bar, light contact marks, very fine £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916: ‘Gallipoli, 1915. - For excellent work in charge of the wagon line, supplying ammunition and looking after the horses.’ Francisco Antonio Granados was born on Portsea Island, Hampshire, in 1886, the son of Antonio and Emma Granados. Of Italian ancestry, Granados attested for the Royal Field Artillery around fifteen years of age and served in Egypt from 1 April 1915. Posted to Gallipoli with 368th Battery, 147th Field Artillery Brigade, 29th Division, he was wounded in action on 6 June 1915 and awarded the Military Medal alongside Sergeant H. Mackenzie, Corporal J. E. Hughes and Bombardier W. Rayner for bravery displayed in the field between May and August 1915. Evacuated home, it remains unclear whether he served again. Awarded a Silver War Badge, he was admitted to hospital on 26 April 1919 suffering from nervous debility – more commonly known today as shell shock. Transferred to Gateshead, he is later recorded at the War Hospital, St. Mary’s Asylum (Stannington), before being discharged permanently unfit from the Army on 28 May 1919.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Bombardier W. G. Hogg, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (608375 Gnr: -L. Bmbr:- W. G. Hogg. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (1137 Dvr. W. G. Hogg. R.A.) nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant H. L. Richards, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (146264 Sjt: H. L. Richards. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (146264 Sjt. H. L. Richards. R.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (146264 Sjt. H. L. Richards. M.M. R.G.A.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (4) £260-£300 --- M.M. London Gazette 28 January 1918. Harry L. Richards was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in August 1921.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sapper G. H. Curry, 25th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (47262 Sapr. G. H. Curry. 25/D.S. Coy. R.E.) about extremely fine £180-£220 --- M.M. London Gazette 18 October 1917.

Family group: A Great War 1918 ‘Somme’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private A. H. Adcock, 7th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, later 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment - with whom he was serving when killed in action in operations in and around Morlancourt on 11 August 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (24022 Pte A. H. Adcock. 7/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (24022 Pte. A. H. Adcock. Suff. R.) mounted for display, generally good very fine Three: Deck Hand E. J. Adcock, Royal Naval Reserve, who served with H.M. trawler Tugela and fell into the river near Great Yarmouth, where he was lost, presumed drowned, on 29 February 1916 1914-15 Star (538S.D. E. J. Adcock. D.H., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (538S.D. E. J. Adcock. D.H. R.N.R.) mounted for display, good very fine Pair: Private J. H. Adcock, 1/5th Battalion, West Riding Regiment, who was wounded during the Great War British War and Victory Medals (26713. Pte. J. H. Adcock. W. Rid. R.) mounted for display, generally good very fine (8) £700-£900 --- M.M. London Gazette 16 July 1918. Albert Herbert Adcock was born in Brandon, Suffolk, and was the son of Mr and Mrs W. Adcock of 2 Seaman Cottages, Hopton, Great Yarmouth. He initially served during the Great War with the 7th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, and was part of ‘D’ Company (commanded by Captain G. L. Crandon) which relieved a company of the 12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment from a trench position near the Millencourt Road, Somme, 2 April 1918. According to the Battalion War diary, the company was subjected to heavy trench mortar and artillery fire for the first two days in the line. During the course of which an ugly incident occurred with one of the posts of ‘D’ Company: ‘The enemy was seen advancing. The SOS was sent up and rifle and LG fire are once opened with good effect. He succeeded in getting within bombing distance of No. 6 Post and started to bomb it. This post was occupied with a LG under No. 265002 Sgt. W. Drew. Under this N.C.O.’s influence the men had discarded their equipment during the bombardment and immediately the bombing started Sgt Drew put up his hands in token of surrender, without making the slightest effort to defend his post. Capt. Crandon seeing the situation shouted to them to defend the post, this was apparently heard, owing to considerable hesitation on the part of 3 men. They all however went towards the enemy. Capt. Crandon at once order his Coy. to shoot at them and at least 2 out of the 5 were wounded… On the remainder of the front the enemy was repulsed with considerable loss.’ As well as the two wounded, Private H. Skinner was also killed in this incident. The post was retaken from German possession later the same day. The Company’s positions were attacked again on 5 April, and once again repulsed. They were relieved the following day. The conditions had been atrocious, and the already severe mud had been worsened by heavy rain throughout their five days in the front line. The Battalion War Diary lists 13 officers and men, including Crandon and Adcock, as having distinguished themselves during this period (2-6 April 1918): ‘I particularly wish to place on record the excellent spirit displayed by this Coy. throughout a very trying period. They fought exceedingly well and showed a fine spirit of determination under severe shell, TM and MG fire and severe climatic conditions. The valuable work performed by the following is particularly worthy of special mention….’ The Battalion was reduced to cadre strength on 19 May 1918, and Adcock was one of 11 officers and 408 men who transferred to the 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment five days later. Private Adcock was killed in action on the Western Front on 11 August 1918. During 8-9 August, the Battalion was engaged in attacks at Morlancourt, as part of The Battle of Amiens - and the start of The Hundred Days Offensive. The Battalion were still engaged in operations in and around Morlancourt, 11 August 1918. Private Adcock is buried in the Ribemont Communal Cemetery, Somme, France, and is commemorated on the Hopton-on-Sea War Memorial. Edgar John Adcock was born in Carbrook, Norfolk in July 1891, and was the elder brother of the above. He served during the Great War as a Deck Hand with the Royal Naval Reserve. Deck Hand Adcock served with H.M. trawler Tugela, and fell into the river at Great Yarmouth, and is presumed to have drowned on 29 February 1916. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent and the Hopton-on-Sea War Memorial. James Holton Adcock was the brother of the above, and resided at Lowestoft, Suffolk. He served during the Great War with the 1/5th, 7th, 9th and 2nd Battalions, West Riding Regiment. Adcock had enlisted in the Regiment on 10 December 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 10 April 1919 (entitled to a Silver War Badge). Sold with some copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Acting Corporal F. Peel, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who ‘rushed a pill-box’ and captured an enemy gun team Military Medal, G.V.R. (21951 L.Cpl.-A.Cpl.- F. Peel. 2/K.O.S.B.); British War and Victory Medals (21951 A.Cpl. F. Peel. K.O. Sco.Bord.) good very fine (3) --- M.M. London Gazette 28 January 1918. Foster Peel was born in the Borough of Leeds on 6 September 1893. A resident of the market town of Morley, his Military Medal was presented to him by the local Mayor on 6 September 1918. The Morley Observer adds: ‘Fountain Street, Morley, son of Mr. Solomon Peel, the Corporation’s oldest employee. He volunteered early in the war, but was refused, and after submitting to an operation at Leeds General Infirmary was accepted on the 23rd October 1915. He has served in France and Italy for 28 months, he has been wounded twice - in the Battle of the Somme and at Passchendaele. He was awarded the Military Medal on the 4th October 1917, for rushing a pill-box and capturing a machine-gun and gun team. He is now serving in Ireland.’ The recipient’s medical records further note that he was laid low on 28 April 1916 whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, as a result of German measles.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal A. Lee, West Riding Regiment, later York and Lancaster Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (24189 Pte. A. Lee. 10/W. Rid: R.); British War and Victory Medals (24189 Cpl. A. Lee. W. Rid. R.); Defence Medal, in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘Mr. A. Lee, 18 Benn Crescent, Lidget Green, Bradford, Yorks.’, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917. Arthur Lee was born in Bradford in 1892 and lived at 49, Naseby Street, Bradford. A dyer’s labourer, he attested for the West Riding Regiment in June 1916 and was posted initially to the 3/6th Battalion as Private. Transferred to the 1/6th and 10th Battalions, his Army Service Record notes that he was raised Lance Corporal on 15 June 1917, and Corporal on 6 October 1917. Awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field, Lee transferred to the York and Lancaster Regiment on 19 February 1919, but was soon in trouble after going A.W.O.L. for a period of 77 days; ‘Owing to lack of sufficient evidence to bring the case forward to trial by D.C.M., case dismissed 21-7-1919.’ Sold with cap badges for both regiments and a pair of Duke of Wellington’s Shoulder Titles.

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private G. Cooper, West Riding Regiment, later Labour Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (14561 Pte. G. Cooper. 25/Coy. Lab: C.); British War and Victory Medals (21034 Pte. G. Cooper. W. Rid. R.) good very fine (3) £160-£200 --- M.M. London Gazette 7 October 1918. George Cooper, a resident of Markfield, was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 25th Company, Labour Corps.

A Great War ‘Battle of the Somme’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private J. Shaw, West Riding Regiment (Territorial Force), who gallantly dug out wounded men under heavy shell fire Military Medal, G.V.R. (2195 Pte. J. Shaw. 1/7 W. Rid: R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (2195 Pte. J. Shaw, W. Rid. R.); British War and Victory Medals (300153 Pte. J. Shaw. W. Rid. R.) traces of verdigris to reverse of VM, contact marks and pitting from Star, good fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. John Shaw served in France from 15 April 1915 and was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 1/7th Battalion, West Riding Regiment, Territorial Force. According to the Sheffield Daily Telegraph of 19 October 1916, Shaw earned his MM alongside two ‘pals’ from the West Riding Regiment, 2489 Sergeant J. Lynn, and 1482 Private F. Waterhouse: ‘For gallantry near Thiepval on September 17, 1916, in digging out, under heavy shell fire, wounded men who had been buried.’ Shaw is further noted as wounded by the Sheffield Daily Telegraph on 11 January 1917. Sold with copied research.

A Great War Italian theatre ‘Advance on Vittorio Veneto’ M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Corporal W. Boxall, South Staffordshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (32579 Pte. -A. Cpl.- W. Boxall 1/S/ Staff. R.); 1914-15 Star (012503 Pte. W. Boxall, A.O.C.); British War and Victory Medals (012503 A. Cpl. W. Boxall. A.O.C.) good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 29 March 1919. William Boxall was born in Leigh, Surrey, c.1884, and attested for the Army Ordnance Corps at Brentwood, serving with them during the Great War initially in the Balkan theatre of War from 25 November 1915. Transferring to the South Staffordshire Regiment, he saw further service with the 1st Battalion in Italy, and was awarded his Military Medal for services during the advance on Vittorio Veneto. Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient; an original letter written by the recipient to his wife and daughter, dated 8 May [1918], from ‘somewhere on the Line in Italy’, together with two other family postcards; the recipient’s signed extract from Battalion Standing Orders for the Trenches; a newspaper cutting regarding the advance on Vittorio Veneto; and copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal W. Sim, 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders Military Medal, G.V.R. (S-9183 L.Cpl. W. Sim. 2/Sea: Highrs.); 1914-15 Star (S-9183 Pte. W. Y. Sim. Sea: Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-9183 A.Cpl. W. Y. Sim. Seaforth.) contact marks to MM from Star, otherwise very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 6 August 1918. William Yates Sim was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, around 1895. A resident of Thurso, the northernmost town on the British mainland, Sim attested for the Seaforth Highlanders and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 October 1915. Medal records note that he was posted sick in September 1916 in consequence of impetigo. He returned to duty with the 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders on 15 September 1916, and was likely heavily engaged during the Battle of Le Transloy from 1 to 18 October 1916. Awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, he was demobilised at the cessation of hostilities.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (25357 Tpr: R. Rafferty. Kitchener’s Horse.) nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- R. Rafferty attested for Kitchener’s Horse and served with them during the Boer War, prior to being discharged on 12 June 1901. Sold with copied medal roll extract.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private C. Rogers, Army Service Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (M2-031902 Pte. C. Rogers. M.T. A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine £160-£200

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private A. H. Coles, 27th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (1722 ... A. H. Coles. R.A.M.C.) rank erased, otherwise nearly extremely fine £140-£180 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant A. E. Gladwin, Royal Canadian Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (477347 Sjt: A. E. Gladwin. R. Can: R.) good very fine £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. The original recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and bravery in leading his Platoon in an attack on Sep: 15th, 1916, from the SUGAR TRENCH. On leaving the parapet where they were exposed to intense Rifle, Machine Gun and Shell fire he fearlessly exposed himself and by his example of daring materially assisted in the advance. On reaching a position his Platoon had been subjected to many casualties and had become mixed with elements of other Regiments. He again displayed great bravery in the re-organisation of his platoon which he had successfully accomplished in a very short space of time. His conduct during the fight cannot be too highly spoken of and his reckless devotion to duty was an example to all.’ Albert Edward Gladwin was born at Bradford, Yorkshire, on 26 April 1882. He had served for 12 years with the Royal Fusiliers from May 1900 prior to emigrating to Canada. He enlisted into the Royal Canadian Regiment at Halifax, N.S. on 23 August 1915, and embarked for France in November 1915. He was discharged at London on 27 June 1919. Sold with copied recommendation and attestation papers.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant W. J. Bone, 14th Battalion (Quebec Regiment), Canadian Infantry, for his gallantry during a raid on the enemy’s trenches in the Gavrelle Sector on the night of 27-28 April 1918; for this action Lieutenant G. B. McKean was awarded the Victoria Cross Military Medal, G.V.R. (823867 Sjt: W. J. Bone. 14/Quebec R.); British War and Victory Medals (823867 Sjt: W. J. Bone. 14-Can. Inf.) light contact marks, good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.M. London Gazette 29 August 1918 William John Bone served with the 14th Battalion (Quebec Regiment) during the Great War on the Western Front, and was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry during a raid on the enemy’s trenches in the Gavrelle Sector on the night of 27-28 April 1918; for his gallantry during this action Lieutenant G. B. McKean, M.M., was awarded the Victoria Cross. Sold with copied research.