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Lot 137
An Edward Medal, second class, awarded for bravery in the aftermath of the Wellington Pit mine disaster at Whitehaven, Cumbria, May 11th 1910, to Samuel Turner, Mine Manager, in fitted presentation case, with photographs of Turner as Mayor[Extract form the Whitehaven News, 12th May 1910 Last (Wednesday) evening a rumour rapidly circulated through Whitehaven that a serious accident had taken place at Wellington Pit, either a heavy fall in the workings or an explosion; and hundreds of people hastened to the pit top to find the rumour confirmed that something of a serious nature had happened. The Manager, Mr. Steele, Mr. Turner (manager of William Pit); and Mr. Blair, Mining Engineer, with ready volunteers, descended the pit, but a considerable time elapsed before any information was available. Then it began to be rumour that two men had been found dead about a mile from the bottom of the shaft; and that it was feared an explosion had taken place, imprisoning the men at work some two miles or two miles and a half further on. Volunteers continued to descend the pit as required, and about a quarter past eleven o'clock the cage came up with two men, Joseph Walker, of Newhouses, and Stephen Gregory of Back Ginns, shiftsmen, who had been found in an unconscious condition at Benk's Turn about a mile in. Demands from the pit bottom for brattice cloth and bricks to be sent down were rapidly complied with, and between eleven and twelve o'clock it was reported that the exploring party had not penetrated beyond about a mile and a half. The working with which communication was cut off is about three to three and a half miles in and here 86 haggers and 54 shifts-men and boys were employed at the time of the mishap. The working is a six to seven feet one, and like the rest of the pit has always been considered remarkably free from the risk of explosion. The shaft is about 100 fathoms deep, and amongst the reports current was that an explosion had been felt at the pit mouth, and that dust and smoke had reached to the shaft. Amongst others who were on the pit top were Dr. Jos. Dickson, Mr. J. G. Dees, Dr. Muriel, Dr Norton, Mr. T. Black, Mr. C. Robinson, Mr. W. Moore, the two district nurses, Nurse Wilson, and Nurse Hampton. When the two men, Walker and Gregory, were brought up they were taken to the engine room and attended to by Dr. Dickson, under whose care they were recovered. Mr. Harris went down with the first rescue party and remained some hours in the pit. About one o'clock it was rumoured about that some of the timbering was on fire, and Vanguard extinguishers and sand were sent down the shaft. Shortly afterwards some rescue workers, of whom there were about 160 in the pit, came up and it was stated that the rescue party had got to a place known as the Low Chimney, which is on an incline on the main road about two miles in and supposed to be about 400 yards from the obstruction shutting the imprisoned men in. About half past one two more men were brought up suffering from the effects of the accident and they also speedily recovered. By this time one of the first two to come up wished to go down again, but was not allowed to do so. One of the men who came up about one o'clock reported that the men and boys in North District, 16 men and probably four or five boys, were safe, being behind a closed door. Mr. Turner had returned from the pit but was unable to afford any definite information to the Press. About three o'clock, accompanied by Mr. R. W. Moore, Mr. Turner again descended, and more wagons of bricks and lime followed later, about four o'clock, by planking, for diverting the air, were sent down. Food had previously been collected from various hotels and other sources in the town, and sent down for the nourishment of the rescuers in their arduous and dangerous task. By half past four it was considered that some hours must elapse before anything definite could be known, and some time before this the doctors and nurses left the pit top. All through the night a patient crowd of men and lads, women and children, many of them no doubt the wives and children or other relatives of the imprisoned miners, thronged the roadway between the offices and the pit head buildings, waiting with quiet and steady patience for the removal of their deep anxiety. The dark night changed to the grey dawn and broadened into day, and still they maintained their anxious and pathetic vigil, which up to five o'clock this morning was unrewarded. Wellington Pit commenced drawing coal in 1841, the pit being christened by Lady Beckett. Coal was then drawn by both the east and west shafts, but is now drawn by the east shaft alone, the west shaft being used for pumping. The seam of coal in which the men cut off are working dips considerably from the bottom of the shaft (about 150 fathoms from the surface) as it goes seaward, and there is a roof of such great depth and thickness that the pit is reckoned quite safe from the sea.”]
Lot 328
1948 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES 8x12 photo multi signed by GB Medal winners David Bond, Dorothy Tyler, Robin Lindsay, Bill Griffiths, Mike Lapage & Bert Bushnell. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95.
Lot 402
ENGLAND WORLD CUP WINNERS MEDAL 1966 Postcard Signed by Martin Peters, Geoff Hurst & George Cohen. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95.
Lot 215
*A Sudan Campaign Pair awarded to Private J. Gallacher, 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, comprising: Queen’s Sudan, 1896-98 (5395. Pte J. Gallacher 1/Sea Hrs); Khedive’s Sudan, 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (5359 [sic] Pte J. Gallacher 1st Sea.. Highrs), second with slack suspension, pair lightly toned, good very fine (2). Private J. Gallacher (service number 5395) is confirmed on the medal roll for the Sudan Campaign of 1896-98.
Lot 272
An Interesting Metropolitan Police Group of 4 awarded to Police Constable Edward Gaston, of ‘D’ (Marylebone) Division, Metropolitan Police, comprising: Jubilee 1887, Metropolitan Police issue, with clasp ‘1897’ (PC, E. Gaston. D. Divn); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police issue (P.C. E. Gaston. D. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police issue (P.C., E. Gaston.); Hearts of Oak Benefit Society, silver commemorative medal, 50mm, reverse engraved ‘Edward Gaston’; First and third lacking ribbons, medals generally about extremely fine (4)
Lot 191
*A Rare Officer’s Prisoner of War MGS awarded to Captain George Tito Brice, 3rd Dragoon Guards, who was severely wounded by a cannonball at Talavera and captured by the advancing French forces whilst lying wounded on the field of battle. He was initially held at the infamous prison-fortress & town of Verdun until the end of the Peninsular War, when his passport was reportedly signed by Napoleon himself at the time of his release, comprising: Military General Service, 1793-1814, single clasp, Talavera (G. T. Brice, Capt 3rd Dragn Gds.), offered with complete box of issue and original ribbon, old cabinet tone, just one or two tiny marks, otherwise practically as struck and rare with original box. Ex Spink, December 1986; Ex DNW, 23 September, 2011; Ex Baldwin, 2013, retail purchase. George Tito Brice was born in 1872 in Wimborne, near Poole, Dorset, the first son of Reverend George Tito Brice – Vicar of Great Canford, Dorset. As a young man of some private means, he purchased a Cornetcy in the 3rd Dragoon Guards for £630 on 17 October 1799, being promoted to Lieutenant on 24 April 1801, and then being reduced to half-pay. He was re-appointed Lieutenant on 2 September 1802, and was very soon after promoted to Captain on 17 December 1803. Serving in the Peninsular War, he landed with the 3rd Dragoon Guards at Lisbon on 26-27 April 1809 as part of Fane’s cavalry brigade. Marching on 4 May to join Wellington’s army they took part in the battle of Talavera on 27 and 28 July, where he was wounded by a cannonball during abortive preparations for a cavalry charge against the opposing French infantry. Captain Brice and one other Trooper were wounded and subsequently captured and taken as prisoners of war from the battlefield as the British troops withdrew to Portugal. According to analysis in Michael Lewis’ ‘Napoleon and his British Captives’ the Army accounted for only 25%, or 1,000 officers and other ranks, of a total of 4,000 British sailors and soldiers held as prisoners of war by Napoleon. Lewis indicates that a total of 229 Army officers were held as prisoners during the Napoleonic War, so a medal to one is really quite rare. A particularly high number of officers were taken prisoner – with many wounded – after Talavera; Lewis indicates no less than 52. In addition, analysis suggests that perhaps 16 Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons elected to attend to the needs of the wounded after the battle in full knowledge that they would fall into captivity as Wellington’s forces left the field. After presumably being treated and transported to France, he arrived at the military fortress of Verdun on 13 May 1810 for registration as a P.O.W. High-ranking officers such as Brice were given the opportunity to live on parole and to pay for their own lodgings elsewhere within the town itself, having given their word as gentlemen not to escape, but with strict curfews issued and daily rolls enforced nonetheless. He remained in Verdun until April 1814 (having in the meantime received the brevet of Major in May of the year before), and for his wounds received at Talavera he was issued an annual pension of £100, dated from 25 December 1811. His death was erroneously announced in The Gentleman’s Magazine in January 1814 (Vol. 84, Part I) with other accurate details included beside it, where it stated: ‘At Great Cranford, where he had lately arrived from France, Capt. Brice, 3rd drag. guards, son of the Rev. George Tito B. vicar of that parish. He was severely wounded at the battle of Talavera, and had been a prisoner four years at Verdun. Bounaparte signed his passport, with those of four other wounded officers, at Dresden, the beginning of September.’ Returning to ‘life’ in Britain alive, he was confirmed as Major in January 1818, and in due course settled in Fordingbridge, Hampshire. In later life he became a local magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for his county, and he died at Packham House on 29 March 1862, aged 80. His son Major-General George Tito Brice C.B., of the 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot, served with distinction in the Crimea and in Canada, and his medals are held by the Leicester City Museum.
Lot 14
*China, Kuang-Hsu Envoy Medal, circa 1902 (year 28), in base silver and blue enamel, obv., two dragons around central character, legend above, all on a pale blue enamel ground, rev., impressed characters, 34mm (excluding suspension), with integral suspensionto which a suspension clip on a short chain is fitted, very fine
Lot 131
*Afghanistan, Hazarajat Medal AH 1311 (1894), in silver (2), 27.6mm, 11.77 and 10.40g (Tammann 83 (incorrectly described as Herat Medal); Haynes 1061; Barac 3), fine or better (2) In 1891 a renewal of Hazara raiding caused Abdur Rahman to launch a campaign to subdue the mountainous and inhospitable territory of the Hazaras in central Afghanistan. Those who were not killed or enslaved moved over the border into Baluchistan.
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