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Four: Major L. Lamb, West Lancashire Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers and 56th (1st London) Divisional Signals Company, Royal Signals, late Essex Regiment British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. L. Lamb.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. L. Lamb. R.E.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver gilt, with integral top riband bar (rear pin removed to facilitate court mounting), mounted court style as worn, good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 21 May 1918. T.D. London Gazette 3 November 1925. Lionel Lamb was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 7th Battalion, Essex Regiment on 28 April 1910, and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 January 1913. He transferred to West Lancashire Divisional Signal Company, No. 1 Section, Royal Engineers on 28 May 1914, and was promoted temporary Captain on 10 June 1915; Captain on 8 October 1918; and Major in October 1920. He resigned his commission from the 56th (1st London) Divisional Signal Company on 29 August 1925, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration later that year. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he was granted an Emergency Commission as Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, on 7 September 1940.

Six: Battery Sergeant-Major F. B. Asher, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (38707 Bmbr. F. B. Asher. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Malabar 1921-22, Waziristan 1921-24 (1408529 Sergt. F. B. Asher, R.A.); Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1408529 W.O. Cl. II. F. B. Asher. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1408529 W.O. Cl. 2. F. B. Asher. R.A.) very fine and better (6) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. awarded under the terms of Army Order 98 of 1953 without annuity. 42 India General Service medals issued to the Artillery with these two clasps; Sergeant Asher is conformed on the roll serving with 10 Mountain Battery. Frank Bertram Asher enlisted into the Royal Garrison Artillery at Fort Rowner, Gosport, on 4 March 1913, and served with the B.E.F. in France from 1 March 1918 to 3 April 1919. He served in India from 23 February 1921 until end of March 1927, and then at Home until his discharge at Battery Sergeant-Major on 3 December 1940. Sold with Regular Army Certificate of Service which confirms all medals and clasps except M.S.M.; warrant as Battery Sergeant-Major, assistant instructor in gunnery (Warrant Officer Class II) dated 30 June 1933; Certificate of Discharge; two School of Artillery Course Certificates; and a quantity of original photographs, including 10 taken during the Moplah rebellion, often including the recipient, some showing Moplah prisoners and armoured cars.

Pair: Sergeant E. H. Guard, Devonshire Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (30405 Sjt. E. H. Guard. Devon. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (556 Cpl. E. H. Guard. Devon. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Ernest Henry Guard was born in St. Giles in the Woods, Devon, on 8 July 1889 and served with the 2/4th Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Great War. The Battalion served at Fort George, Madras, before leaving India on 15 October 1917 and landing at Suez on 26 October 1917, being placed under orders of Lines of Communication. Disbanded in Egypt in the autumn of 1918, it appears that Guard enjoyed a brief spell with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry before qualifying for a Territorial Efficiency Medal in 1925 whilst serving with the 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.

A Second World War 1945 ‘North West Europe’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant W. H. McPherson, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, attached 4th Canadian Armoured Division Military Medal, G.VI.R. (C36045 Sjt. W. H. McPherson. R.C. Sigs.) mounted as worn on investiture pin, scratches in obverse field, otherwise good very fine £700-£900 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 October 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’ The original recommendation states: ‘Sergeant McPherson landed in France with the advanced party of the 4th Cdn Armd Div Sigs on *** July 45. Since that time he has worked continuously on line building, maintenance and trouble-shooting in all types of weather, both day and night. These line communications are of the most vital importance to the successful planning of operations. Despite the rapid advances and the sudden moves of Main Div HQ, this NCO, has at all times made these line communications possible with little or no delay. Due to his skilful and determined efforts, his line detachment has time after time, completed important lines from Main Div HQ to a fwd fighting Bde HQ. In order to plan line communications in advance of Main Div HQ, Sgt. McPherson has repeatedly laid line forward of Bde to the Bn areas. Under mortar and shell fire this NCO has been cool and resourceful, never for one minute letting the enemy’s fire deter him from completing the job in hand. On one occasion, when his sqn commander was wounded by mortar fire, Sgt. McPherson doggedly continued to lay line and ultimately completed a very vital communication artery from Main Div HQ to 4th Cdn Armd Bde HQ. During operations, this NCO has worked under the most trying conditions, willingly and cheerfully. Lack of sleep and the resultant fatigue have never dulled his conscientious determination to do a job and do it well. This attitude on the part of Sgt. McPherson has not only set a superlative example to the men under his command but has won for him the admiration and respect of all ranks in his unit.’ William Henry McPherson served during the Second War with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals attached to the 4th Canadian Armoured Division.

Five: Sergeant T. L. Carr, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (40705 Spr. T. L. Carr. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (40705 Sjt. T. L. Carr. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (40705 Sjt. T. L. Carr. R.E.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated, 1914-1918, with bronze star on riband, some glue residue on reverse, good very fine (5) £220-£260 --- Tom Lint Carr attested into the Royal Engineers for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 20 May 1915. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 May 1918); was awarded he Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 18 January 1919); and received the French Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 19 June 1919). Appointed Sergeant, he was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 24 February 1919. Sold together with a Royal Engineers cap badge and copied research.

A superb Great War 'German Spring Offensive' D.C.M. group of ten awarded to Sergeant C. Hackey, 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, late 6th (The Carabiniers) Dragoon Guards, an experienced cavalryman who was severely wounded in action whilst attempting to lead his men and stem the enemy advance Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (D-20306 Sjt. C. Hackey. 3/D. Gds.); 1914 Star, with clasp (4014 Sjt. C. Hackey. 6/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (6DG-4014 Sjt. C. Hackey. 6-D. Gds.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (390553 Sjt. C. Hackey. 3-D. Gds.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze Palme; Romania, Kingdom, Cross of Military Virtue, Second Class, bronze, very fine and better (10) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919; citation published 11 March 1920: 'For consistent gallantry and devotion to duty, and especially for his courage and resource at Noreuil on 23rd March, 1918, when as senior non-commissioned officer of headquarters, after the enemy had broken through on the left of the sector held by his regiment, he organised and led the men of headquarters. He was severely wounded, but continued fighting till he was hit the second time.' Romania, Kingdom, Cross of Military Virtue, Second Class, London Gazette 20 September 1919: 'At Norieul [sic] on March 23rd 1918 he was senior N.C.O. with Regimental Headquarters. About 11.am the Germans made a heavy attack breaking through the infantry on the left of the sector held by the Regiment, thus threatening the Flank. Sergt. Hackey was with men of Regimental Headquarters who were hastily collected and put in the line. He displayed marked bravery and initiative and, although badly wounded, remained on fighting till knocked over by a shell.' France, Croix de Guerre, London Gazette 14 July 1919. Charles Hackey was born at Sialkote, India, in 1881, the son of Bolton-born Corporal Charles Hankey of the 6th Dragoon Guards. He witnessed extensive service overseas in India and South Africa from 27 September 1902 to 11 January 1913, before finding himself in the thick of the action as the British Expeditionary Force desperately attempted to stem the tide of the German advance. The Bolton Evening News of 13 November 1914 describes his early experiences of war: 'Saved by the London Scottish Another of Bolton's hero soldiers in the person of Sergt. Charles Hackey, of the 6th Dragoon Guards, has returned to England from France. Sergt. Hackey, who is at present at Bristol Hospital suffering from an attack of rheumatics, writes home to his mother at 143, Cannon-St., stating that since the beginning of the campaign he has been in eight engagements and a number of skirmishes, and although the fighting has been very severe he has escaped unwounded. At one period he was in the trenches for four days, and again when they were surrounded they were in grave danger of being wiped out, when they were saved by the dashing charge of the London Scottish. "I thank the Lord," he writes, "that I am safe and sound. The fighting last Saturday and Sunday was awful. They rushed the trenches last Sunday morning, and we were surrounded, but we charged again and again. We were split up, and it was a case of killing everything in front of you and get back as best you could. Sixty of our poor chaps were killed and wounded."' Transferred to the 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, Hackey returned to the Western Front from 30 March 1917 to 26 March 1918. Wounded in the head during the action at Noreuil in the Pas-de-Calais, he spent nearly three months in recovery before returning to France for a third time from 17 June 1918 to 21 March 1919. Awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in November 1921, he was discharged at Canterbury. Sold with the original Certificate of Award relating to the Romanian decoration, dated 5 February 1920, this in relic condition, together with copied research.

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Vol. J. R. Hall Burma Rys Vol Corps.) engraved naming, polished, nearly very fine £70-£90

Pair: Private R. W. Salter, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14905178 Pte. R. W. Salter. DCLI.) latter in named card box of issue; together with a DCLI cap badge, extremely fine (2) £60-£80 --- R. W. Salter served with the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in the Palestine operational area from 20 March to 12 July 1946. Sold with copied medal roll extract which states that the recipient’s G.S.M. was approved on 3 August 1967.

King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3123 Pte. E. Parker. 14th Hussars) contact marks, edge digs, otherwise very fine £50-£70 --- Ernest Parker, a porter from Shoreham, Sussex, attested into the 14th (The King’s) Hussars on 21 March 1892. Discharged to the Army Reserve on 17 March 1899, he was recalled for service in South Africa during the Boer War. He is additionally entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with eight clasps. The medal rolls note that replacement medals were issued on 13 April 1908. Returning home he was eventually discharged from the Reserve on 17 March 1908. Sold with copy service papers.

Three: Sergeant G. R. S. Jeram, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (38803 Pte. G. S. Jeram. D. of Corn. L.I.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (38803 Sjt. G. R. Jeram. D.C.L.I.) minor edge nicks, good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- George Robert Sandell Jeram was born in Portsmouth in July 1899 and joined the Army on 8 March 1917. Mobilised into the Devonshire Regiment on 7 June 1917, he was subsequently posted to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 April 1918. Demobilised, he re-enliisted on 11 February 1919, and saw further service in Mesopotamia in 1920, and was discharged at Exeter on 31 March 1921. He died in Hampshire on 18 February 1965. Sold with copied record of service, medal index cards, and other research.

Eight: Captain B. R. Vertannes, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late Honourable Artillery Company, who subsequently served with the 18th Rangoon Battalion, Indian Defence Force 1914-15 Star (3639 Pte. B R. Vertannes. H.A.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. B. R. Vertannes. R.A.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. B. R. Vertannes. R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte. B. R. Vertannes, 18-Rangoon Bn. I.D.F.) impressed naming, mounted court-style for wear, light pitting to BWM, generally very fine and better (8) £700-£900 --- Benjamin Raphael Vertannes, an Armenian, attested for the Honourable Artillery Company and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 January 1915, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on 5 April 1917, serving with 42 Squadron. A Member of the 18th Rangoon Battalion, Indian Defence Force in the inter-War years, he saw further service during the Second World War, being granted an emergency commission in the Army in Burma Reserve of Officers on 10 April 1942. Sold with typed extracts from the Squadron Record Book giving details of the recipient’s flying operations during the period 5 December 1917 to 9 March 1918.

A fine Second War ‘North Africa 1943’ Immediate D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Brigadier H. Thorne Thorne, Royal Artillery Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1943, with integral top riband bar; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Brig. H. Thorne-Thorne. D.S.O. Staff.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, minor chips to wreaths of the first, otherwise nearly extremely fine (8) £2,600-£3,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 19 August 1943: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East:- Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Houghton Thorne-Thorne, Royal Regiment of Artillery (Woking).’ The original recommendation for an Immediate D.S.O. was submitted by Brigadier H. K. Dimoline, C.R.A. 4th Indian Division: ‘Major (T/Lt-Col) Houghton THORNE-THORNE, 1st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 4 Indian Division. For outstanding ability, courage and devotion to duty during the battle for the GARCI feature on 20-22 April 1943. Lt-Col THORNE-THORNE acted in direct support on 5 Ind Inf Bde and controlled the fire not only of of his own Regt but that of Army Field Regts affiliated to the Bde. He acted throughout the 72 hours operation with coolness and outstanding ability bringing the fire of these Regts to bear time and again, upon concentration and assembly areas with speed and precision. Through his quick action and decision he beat off serious counter attacks with the fire of his guns alone. The marked efficiency of his ceaseless and untiring work was appreciated during the battle by more than one personal message from Bn Comds asking the C.R.A, to convey their thanks to him. Infantry exposed on the bare rocky hills to ceaseless mortar, shell and MMG fire have never been in a more precarious situation. It was in part measure due to Lt-Col THORNE-THORNE that this tired infantry held its ground and never yielded a yard.’ Houghton Thorne-Thorne was born on 12 April 1903, educated at Harrow and was a direct entry to R.M.A., Woolwich from school. Commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 30 January 1924, he retired on 21 May 1956, and died on 14 March 1982. Sold with original documents including warrant for D.S.O., M.I.D. Certificate (23 May 1946), named Buckingham Palace Certificate for Coronation medal, O.T.C. Harrow School Certificate “A”, commission document as Second Lieutenant 30 January 1924, a confidential report from 1933 when stationed in India, and contemporary copy of recommendation for D.S.O.

Three: Private S. Ball, 10th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date his battalion suffered over 750 officers and men killed or wounded, the greatest number of casualties to a single battalion on the first day of the Battle 1914-15 Star (14275 Pte. S. Ball. W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (14275 Pte. S. Ball. W. York. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £400-£500 --- Sydney Ball was born in Leeds and attested there for the West Yorkshire Regiment. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 March 1915, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. On this date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Fricourt. Two companies moved forward at zero hours on the left of the assault, and cleared the enemy front lines with little loss. The supporting companies, however, met heavy fire, machine-guns having been brought from the dug-outs. The Regimental history records that the latter were almost annihilated, with total casualties of 22 officers and approximately 750 other ranks, the most casualties of any Battalion on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Ball has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and Battalion War Diary extract.

Specimen Medal: Edward Medal (Industry), E.VII.R., an unnamed specimen, planchet only, housed in a contemporary fitted case, toned, extremely fine £400-£500

Four: Private H. J. Denton, 11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles), later 22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (364 Pte. H. J. Denton. 11-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (364 Pte. H. J. Denton. 11-Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (698142 Pte. H. J. Denton. 22/Lond. R.) polished, contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Henry John Denton served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 11th Battalion, London Regiment from 5 February 1917 to 29 January 1918, and as No. 698142 with the 22nd Battalion, London Regiment from 30 January 1918 to 7 February 1919. He was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 67 of 1 February 1919.

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Armr Sjt. C. G. Gwynne Malabar Voltr Rfls) engraved naming, edge bruising, good very fine £80-£100

Pair: Petty Officer Steward R. Kelly, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (11825 R. Kelly B.Svt. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (L.11825 R. Kelly. L.Std. H.M.S. Leander.) mounted as worn, edge knock to BWM, very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Richard Kelly was born at Kilmacow, Kilkenny, Ireland, on 26 April 1901. He witnessed extensive inter-war service with the Royal Navy and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal on 17 May 1934, but his promising career came to a premature end on 4 October 1939 when he was invalided from the service in consequence of a cerebral aneurism.

Pair: Gunner G. F. Needham, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (177316 Gnr. G. F. Needham. R.A.) good very fine Pair: Private J. Smith, Lancashire Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (4581 Pte. J. Smith. Lan. Fus.) good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (153837 2-Cpl. G. J. Smith. R.E.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (George W. Wallace); together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘23605’, generally good very fine An unattributed group of three miniature dress medals British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, nearly very fine France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star on riband, nearly very fine (lot) £70-£90

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (J. McCord, 95th Regt.) officially impressed naming, claw refitted, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine £160-£200 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013. James McCord was born in Clone, near Dungannon, Co. Tyrone. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the 95th Regiment at Dungannon on 6 November 1854, aged 18 years. With the regiment he served 18 months in the Crimea and 13 years, one month in the East Indies. In addition to the above medal he was awarded the Turkish Crimea Medal and the Indian Mutiny Medal with clasp for Central India. He claimed his discharge after completing his second period of service on 8 January 1876. Sold with copied service papers

China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Lieut. H. M. Moorsom, No. 6 B. 12th Bde. R. Art.) officially impressed naming, £500-£700 --- Henry Manvers Moorsom was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Moorsom of the Royal Scots Fusilier Guards, of Airey Hill, Whitby. Educated at Radley, he entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1854, and was awarded the Sword of Honour in 1857. He served in the China War in 1860, including the capture of the Taku Forts and the surrender of Pekin (Medal and two Clasps). He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1883 and to Colonel in 1888. He was an instructor at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from 1877 to 1884. He retired in 1896, and in 1905 was awarded an additional pension for distinguished service. He died at Brighton on 5 May 1915.

Four: Sergeant J. Keenan, Royal Artillery General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Near East, Arabian Peninsula (22536060 Gnr. J. Keenan. R.A.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (22536060 W.O. Cl. 2 J. Keenan. R.A.); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP ribbon; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (22536060 Sgt. J. Keenan. R.A.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £120-£160

Three: Private W. B. Scoffings, Royal Lancaster Regiment British War and Victory Medals (244510 Pte. W. B. Scoffings. R. Lanc. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (244510 Pte. W. B. Scoffings. R. Lanc. R.) with two flattened named card boxes of issue, nearly extremely fine (3) £180-£220 --- William Birch Scoffings was born at Belper, Derbyshire, on 17 September 1899. The Sheffield Daily Telegraph of 17 August 1923, reported that Scoffings had signed as an amateur goalkeeper for Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.

A fine Great War ‘Ypres 1915’ D.C.M. and ‘Salonika’ M.S.M. group of six awarded to Acting Regimental Sergeant-Major T. H. Court, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (14946 Sjt: T. H. Court. 11/Bty: R.F.A.); 1914 Star (14946 Sjt. T. H. Court. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (14946 T.W.O. Cl.1 T. H. Court. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1019266 T.W.O. Cl.1 T. H. Court. D.C.M. R.F.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (14946 B.S. Mjr.-A.R.S. Mjr. T. H. Court. D.C.M. R.F.A.) mounted as worn, very fine (6) £900-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 5 August 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry throughout the fighting east of Ypres, and particularly on the 8th May, 1915, when although wounded and suffering from the explosion of a high explosive shell, he continued to perform his duties, and showed a splendid example of courage and devotion to his men.’ M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919 (Salonika). M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1915.

A scarce Victory Medal awarded to Private R. F. Vanderplank, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Non Combatant Corps, a ‘conscientious objector’ who put faith at the forefront of his decision making and served his country through hard manual labour and assisting the sick and wounded Victory Medal 1914-19 (144286 Pte. R. F. Vanderplank. R.A.M.C.) nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Robert Frank Vanderplank was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on 21 January 1878. A joiner and carpenter by trade, his Army Service Record records him living with his wife at 27 Quentin Street, Cardiff, and worshipping as an active member of the Plymouth Brethren. According to historian Elisabeth Wilson in The Eyes of the Authorities are Upon Us: The Brethren and World War I, the outbreak of the Great War ‘took the Brethren by surprise, and forced many of them to examine their views on the state afresh... There was private agonising over decisions, and some public debate and disagreement.’ Alongside Quakers, Christadelphians and Jehovah’s Witnesses, many refused to take up arms, and this in turn resulted in a large number of military tribunals; those who found enlistment acceptable were soon deployed as stretcher bearers and despatch riders, but those who refused to co-operate or faced unsympathetic magistrates were swiftly and harshly dealt with. Wilson notes, ‘there were usually forty or fifty brethren from Open assemblies in Dartmoor (prison) at any one time.’ Keeping strongly to his core belief, ‘thy shalt not kill’, Vanderplank obtained exemption from carrying arms on 2 August 1916. Appointed Private in the recently created Non Combatant Corps, he witnessed home service with No. 5 (Northern) Company and No. 6 (Western) Company, before requesting transfer to the Royal Army Medical Corps on 9 July 1918. Sent to Blackpool for training, he crossed from Southampton to Havre on 7 November 1918 and witnessed the final days of the war attached to 1/1 Northumbrian Field Ambulance.

Four: Sergeant H. McHardy, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders British War and Victory Medals (251030 Pte. H. McHardy. A. & S.H.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (3080 Pte. H. McHardy. A. & S.H.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (2069275 Sjt. H. McHardy. 6/A. & S.H.) mounted for wear, light contact marks, very fine (4) £260-£300 --- Hugh Mc Hardy served as a Bugler with 14th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Great War.

Pair: Sergeant C. J. Buur, Cape Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (7 Serjt: C. J. Buur. Cape G.A.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Sgt. C. J. Buur C.G. Arty.) good very fine (2) £160-£200

Family Group: Three: Major C. F. Wightman, Hertfordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Major C. F. Wightman.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major C. F. Wightman, Herts. R.) nearly extremely fine, the last rare to unit Pair: Second Lieutenant W. P. Westwood, 6th Battalion attached 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action on 26 September 1917 British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W. P. Westwood.) nearly extremely fine (5) £600-£800 --- One of only two Territorial Force War Medals recorded as having been issued to the Hertfordshire Regiment. Cecil Frank Wightman served as Signalling Officer in the Hertfordshire Regiment, and later served as a Brigade Major on the Staff of 19th Division Head Quarters, landing in France in June 1916. His home address in 1921 was at The Old Palace, Royston, Herts. In civilian life he was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows Online carries the following entry: ‘Born at Bungay, Suffolk, 7 January 1870, the fifth son of Henry Wightman, draper, and his wife, née Hambling. He was educated at the Grammar Schools at Bungay and Great Yarmouth, before proceeding to St Bartholomew's Hospital. From the Hospital he passed the final examination for FRCS at the age of 23. He filled the offices of house surgeon at the Scarborough Hospital, at the Chichester Infirmary, and at the Bolton Infirmary. In 1896 he entered into general practice in Leicester, but soon moved to Cornwall Gardens, London, where he practised as a consultant. Failing health led him to settle at Royston in 1902, where he entered into partnership with Dr C W Windsor, and retired in 1926 when his eyesight began to fail. He acted for many years as surgeon to the Royston Hospital, and was instrumental in getting it enlarged as the Royston and District Hospital. During the war he served with the Hertfordshire Regiment, and retired with the rank of major. He died unmarried at the Old Palace, Royston on 4 May 1937, and was buried at Therfield, Royston, Herts. He left £100 to St Dunstan's Home for the Blind. Dr Wightman did much for Royston. He was a good churchman, being Vicar's warden 1917-1929, was interested in the Boy Scout movement, and was the mainstay of the Social Club, where he was president for many years, until he resigned the position in 1933.’ Sold with a copy of his publication First Aid in Accidents, published jointly with Sir John Collie, London, 1912 (this in very distressed condition with covers and binding detached, contents good); two period photographs including the recipient, one being a group photo of a prize presentation, and the other as driver of a vintage motor vehicle; with additional copied press cuttings, including a photograph, and obituary. Walter Peter Westwood was the son of Mrs. Clara Westwood, of 43, Queen's Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, with his widowed mother remarrying Cecil Frank Wightman (see above). Westwood served in the ranks of the Suffolk Regiment as Colour Sergeant, but was commissioned prior to overseas service. He landed in France on 4 May 1917, and was killed in action on the 26 September 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar, and inter-war B.E.M. group of eight awarded to Battery Quarter-Master Sergeant Norman Lloyd, Royal Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (67877 Cpl. N. Lloyd. H.Q. 24/Bde: R.F.A.); British Empire Medal, (Military) G.V.R. (No. 1021894 By. Q.M. Sergt. Norman Lloyd, M.M., R.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (67877 Bmbr: N. Lloyd. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (67877 Sjt. N. Lloyd. R.A.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1021894 B.Q.M. Sjt. N. Lloyd. M.M. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1021894 B.Q.M.S. N. Lloyd M.M. B.E.M. R.A.) nearly very fine or better (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.M. London Gazette 27 October 1916. M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 15 June 1916. B.E.M. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1933. M.S.M. awarded under the terms of Army Order 98 of 1953 without annuity. Norman Lloyd landed in France as a Bombardier with 24 Brigade Royal Field Artillery, on 11 September 1914. Sold with copied gazette notices and Medal Index Card.

Five: Lieutenant Colonel H. A. Orme, Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force, late South Staffordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. H. A. Orme.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-1919 (Lt. Col. H. A. Orme. R.A.); Jubilee 1897, bronze, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, with integral top riband bar, minor contact marks to fourth, otherwise good very fine and better (5) £300-£400 --- Herbert Alfred Orme was born at Wolverhampton on 27 May 1877. Educated at Cheadle Hulme School, he was appointed to a commission as Second Lieutenant in the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, the South Staffordshire Regiment, on 24 April 1897. Promoted Lieutenant on 17 November 1897, and Captain on 11 July 1903, he was transferred to the 3rd North Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force, on 1 April 1908. Later advanced Major on 1 April 1909, he served for the majority of the Great War on home service including postings at Leighton Buzzard and Ripon in command of a Battery of No. 1 Reserve Brigade. He also served with an Anti-Aircraft Reserve Brigade stationed at Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight. Having been promoted Lieutenant Colonel on 19 July 1918, Orme witnessed the closing stages of the war in France from 2 October 1918 to 10 March 1919, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration on 19 August 1919. Sold with copied research.

A Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Baines, Leicestershire Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (6775 Pte. J. C. Baines. I: Leic: Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. C. Baines.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major J. C. Baines. Leic. R.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top slip on brooch bar, mounted for wear; together with the related miniature awards, the D.S.O. in gold and enamel, these similarly mounted, and all housed in an ‘A. & N.C.S., London, fitted case; together with a small piece of shrapnel, this probably a memento of his being wounded, light contact marks, very fine and better (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 18 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer commanded the battalion during a week's fighting with great skill in difficult circumstances, having only joined it the day before. He was constantly in touch with them all, and kept the brigade well informed of the situation, besides filling up gaps with his reserve companies. On one occasion when the line was bent back he counter-attacked at once, restoring the situation. Owing to his close liaison with other units the relief of the brigade was much facilitated.’ John Cecil Baines was born at St. Peters, Leicester in 1876 and attested for the the Leicester Regiment on 26 January 1900, having previously served with the Regiment’s 1st Volunteer Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War and was discharged on his return on 30 May 1901. His service papers show entitlement to the clasps for Laing’s Nek and Belfast; however, the medal rolls for the 1st Volunteer Battalion the Leicester Regiment confirm entitlement to all four clasps. Baines is shown in the November 1914 Army List as a Captain in the 4th (T.F.) Battalion, Leicester Regiment, with seniority from 14 May 1909, and as Instructor of Musketry. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 February 1917, and was also sometime attached to the 2/5th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, and the 14th Battalion, Leicester Regiment. He was promoted acting Lieutenant-Colonel whilst commanding a Battalion on 12 April 1918, and was wounded by gun shot to his left leg. Awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1919 (London Gazette 19 August 1919), he died at Leicester on 26 January 1928.

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, Balaklava, clasps mounted in this order with unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (Corpl. Wm. Barker. 46th. Regt.) re-engraved naming, slight excess of solder to top clasp carriage, nearly very fine and a rare 4-clasp award to the 46th Foot £200-£240 --- 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, 20 September 1854, and the subsequent actions at Balaklava and Inkermann. D.C.M. Recommendation dated 15 January 1855. William Barker was born near Swaffham, Norfolk, and attested there for the 46th Regiment of Foot on 30 January 1839, aged 21. He served with the Regiment in Gibraltar, India, and in the Crimea; was promoted Corporal on 29 July 1845; and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £10, for his distinguished conduct in the Crimean War. He was invalided out of the Army on medical grounds on 27 July 1857, after 20 years and 179 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts. Note: The recipient’s single Distinguished Conduct Medal was sold by Baldwins in April 2016.

Four: Private A. C. Lightwood, East Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (1811 Pte. A. C. Lightwood. E. Surr. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1811 Pte. A. C. Lightwood. E. Surr. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240313 Pte. A. C. Lightwood. 6/E. Surr. R.) mounted as worn in the incorrect order, light contact marks, good very fine (4) £220-£260 --- Archibald Charles Lightwood was born at Windsor, Berkshire in 1896. He served during the Great War with the 1/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, and later in Aden attached to the Machine Gun Corps, and was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 148 of April 1920. He died at Staines, Surrey in 1973.

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (13240 Dr. H. Lewis, 10th Fd. By. R.A.) contact marks, therefore very fine £100-£140 --- Provenance: A. M. Macfarlane Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, July 2001. H. Lewis served with the 10th Battery, Royal Field Artillery during the operation on the Punjab Frontier- the battery was especially commended by Sir Bindon Blood for getting its guns forward over very difficult terrain during the march to relieve Malakand Fort in 1897. Lewis subsequently served with the 12th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, in China during the Boxer Rebellion from July 1900 to November 1901, and was wounded in action on 30 October 1901 (entitled to the China medal with clasp Relief of Pekin).

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (1176. Pte. W. Hacker. 80th. Foot.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £180-£220 --- W. Hacker attested for the 80th Foot and served with the Regiment in Perak, and also in South Africa (entitled to the South Africa Medal 1877-79 with clasp ‘1878-9’).

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Corunna, Badajoz (R. Thompson, 1st Foot.) nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Needes Collection 1940; Glendining’s, March 1969 and Spink Numismatic Circular, February 1975. Regimentally unique two clasp medal.

Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24527750 LCpl A Taylor RCT) mounted as worn, in named card box of issue; together with the recipient’s Saudi Arabia Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140

Three: Private C. C. Kettle, 25th (County of London) Battalion (Cyclists), London Regiment, later Middlesex Regiment, who died in India on 16 July 1918 British War and Victory Medals (267477 Pte. C. C. Kettle. Midd’x R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (3134 Pte. C. C. Kettle. 25-Lond. R.) extremely fine (3) £180-£220 --- Clifford Charles Kettle served initially in 6th (Suffolk) Cyclists Company in 1913, and was transferred to 25th Battalion, London Regiment in December 1915. He disembarked at Bombay on 26 February 1916 and served with the Waziristan Field Force, before transferring to the 1/9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment at Ambala on 5 November 1917. After serving with the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force from November 1917 to July 1918, he died of pneumonia at the Wellington Barracks Hospital, Madras, India whilst on leave on 16 July 1918 and is buried in Wellington Garrison Cemetery.

Four: Colour Sergeant W. J. Davis, South Staffordshire Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (793 Pte. W. H. Davies [sic]. 1/S. Staff: R.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2509. Cr: Sgt: W. J. Davis. S: Staff: R.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (C. Sjt. W. J. Davis. S. Staff. R.); Khedive's Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, contact marks and pitting to naming of first which has obscured much of the number and Regiment, otherwise good fine and better (4) £400-£500 --- William John Davis was born on the island of Corfu, Greece, in 1862. Following three years' service in the Dorset Militia, he attested for the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot at Manchester on 14 September 1876 and was appointed Drummer. He served overseas in Malta and Egypt, and was present with the 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, when a British column under General Earle stormed the heights of Kirbekan and routed a strong Mahdist force. Appointed Colour Sergeant on 6 April 1887, Davis re-engaged for the South Staffordshire Regiment at Gibraltar on 18 July 1888 and served as drill instructor for a number of years until his discharge to pension in 1908. Awarded the M.S.M. under Army Order 242 of 1926, he died at Smethwick, Staffordshire, on 4 November 1932. Sold with copied research including two photographs of the recipient.

Four: Chief Technician P. I. P. Hills, Royal Air Force Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Malay Peninsula (U0572457 Ch. Tech. P. I. P. Hills. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (572457 Sgt. P. I. P. Hills. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, contact marks, scratches and traces of lacquer to reverse of third medal, edge bruise to last, otherwise very fine (4) £280-£340 --- Patrick Ivor Phillip Hills was born in 1921. He attested into the Royal Air Force in 1937, serving at RAF Halton and Cosford, and he saw further service at home and in Southern Rhodesia, South Africa, Egypt and Sudan, Libya, Germany, Singapore, and Aden. Retiring in 1969 after 31 years’ service, he died in 1973. Sold with the recipient’s Flying Log Book covering the period 1944-48; and framed commendation by the Air Officer Commanding No. 224 Group, Far East Air Force, dated 1 January 1963.

Pair: Battery Sergeant-Major S. Brown, Royal Horse Artillery Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (330. By. Sgt. Maj. S. Brown. C.A. Bde. R.H.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (B.S. Mjr: S. Brown. R.H.A.) the first nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- M.S.M. Army Order 106 of 12 February 1915, with Annuity of £10. He died circa 1918.

Three: Private I. Jackman, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 May 1917 British War and Victory Medals (40167 Pte. I. Jackman. W. York. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (40167 Pte. I. Jackman. W. York. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £240-£280 --- Ingham Jackman attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment at Bradford and served with the 15th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was reported missing, presumed killed in action, on 3 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Five: Staff Sergeant Major G. Twissell, Royal Army Service Corps, who served as Master Baker in South Africa during the Boer War Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (4906. S. Qr. Mr. Sjt. G. Twissell. A.S.C.) engraved naming; King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4906 S. Serjt:- Maj: G. Twissell. A.S.C.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (4906 St. Qr: Mr: Serjt: G. Twissell. A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (S/4906 S.S. Mjr. G. Twissell. R.A.S.C.) good very fine (5) £300-£400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 29 June 1943. Gustavus Twissell was born in Bisley, Gloucestershire, on 30 September 1864, and attested at Aldershot for the Commissariat and Transport Corps on 3 July 1883. He served in Ireland, South Africa and Malta in various bakery and mill branches between 1884 and 1893, followed by a stint in the clothing stores at Aldershot, before returning to the Cape from 21 October 1899 to 29 November 1902 as Master Baker. The recipient's Service Record adds: 'This N.C.O. served for nearly three years at Orange River. He rendered valuable services during the war and in every capacity in which employed always gave the utmost satisfaction.' Awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal on 15 January 1902, Twissell was advanced Staff Sergeant Major on 6 July 1906 and received the 1911 Coronation Medal whilst serving with the Army Service Corps. Discharged at Portsmouth from the 7th Supply Company, his exemplary behaviour was rewarded with the Annuity Meritorious Service Medal and gratuity in 1943. Sold with extensive copied research.

A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant F. Dunton, Bedfordshire Regiment, late Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (3-8572 Pte. F. Dunton. 2/Bedf: R.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (5831 Pte. F. Dunton. Derby: Regt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5831 Pte. F. Dunton. Notts: & Derby: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (3-8572 Sjt. F. Dunton. Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-8572 Sjt. F. Dunton. Bedf. R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Frederick Dunton) the silver awards heavily toned, good very fine and better (7) £600-£800 --- M.M. London Gazette 21 January 1919. Frederick Dunton was born in the parish of Shefford, Bedfordshire, in 1878, and initially attested for the Grenadier Guards at Long Eaton on 9 February 1898. Transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment six days later, Dunton was first sent to Malta for a year and thence to South Africa from 21 November 1899 to 7 September 1902. Attached to 21st Brigade, his Battalion soon developed a reputation for good work, notably during the many actions from 3 to 24 May 1900, and later at Doornkop on 29 May 1900, and Diamond Hill on 11/12 June 1900. However, his Army Service Record notes two weeks' incarceration not long thereafter, in consequence of 'setting the veldt on fire'. Discharged in February 1910 upon termination of his first period of engagement, Dunton returned home to Shefford and took employment as a postman. The outbreak of the Great War saw him return to service with the Colours, being posted to France on 12 August 1915 as Sergeant in the 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. The following year this Battalion was heavily engaged during the Battle of the Somme, specifically the storming of the Pommiers Redoubt on 1 July 1916, the Battle of Bazentin, where the Division captured Trones Wood on 14 July 1916, and the Battle of Thiepval in September 1916. The latter engagement included the storming of Thiepval Village and the front face of the Schwaben Redoubt on 28/29 September 1916. Dunton was later commended by Major General R. P. Lee, Commanding 18th Division, for gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the Field on 5/6 August 1918, south of the Bray-Corbie Road. Decorated with the MIlitary Medal, he returned to employment with the post office and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal on 3 March 1939 as a postman based at the Harpenden Sub-Office, St. Albans. He died in St. Albans on 26 November 1946. Sold with the original hand-annotated card of commendation; three parchment certificates of character; and copied research.

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5434601. Pte. H. J. Wheeler. D.C.L.I.) nearly extremely fine, scarce to unit £160-£200 --- Harold James Wheeler was born in Bridgewater, Somerset, on 15 April 1911 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Taunton on 2 May 1928. Transferring to the Reserve, he was recalled as a Section “A” Reservist in September 1936, and served as part of a draft from the Regiment attached to the 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps in Palestine from 10 September to 16 November 1936. He transferred to the 4th Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps, on 22 January 1941, and died in Taunton on 16 October 1988. Sold with copied medal roll extract and copied research.

Five: Sergeant T. E. Walsh, 9th Lancers, later Sub-Conductor, Indian Unattached List Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (4077. Corpl. T. E. Walsh. 9/Lcrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4077 Corpl: T. E. Walsh 9th Lancers.); Tibet 1903-04, no clasp (4077 Sergt: T. E. Walsh. 9th Lcrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4077 S-Cond. T. E. Walsh. I.U.L.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.,1st issue (Staff-Serjt. T. E. Walsh. I.M.L) light contact marks, generally very fine, the Tibet Medal believed unique to unit (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- Thomas Edward Walsh was born in November 1876 and initially served with the 9th Lancers during the Boer War. Returning to India, he was posted on attachment to the Supply and Transport Corps, and served during the Tibet Campaign. He later transferred to the Remount Department and served with the Indian Unattached List during the Great War, with sole entitlement to the British War Medal. An active member of the 9th Lancers Old Comrades Association, Walsh returned from India during the 1920s and was soon appointed to the Committee of the OCA. He was latterly appointed as Hon. Treasurer - a role he held for some 15 years. He died in November 1950 and is buried in Harrow. Sold together with copied O.C.A. Committee photograph which includes the recipient; marriage certificate; and written copied obituary from The Delhi Spearmen.

A Great War ‘French theatre’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. A. Mowat, 2/1st Hampshire Yeomany, attached 15th (Service) Battalion (2nd Portsmouth), Hampshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. A. Mowat.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2. Lieut. J. A. Mowat. Hamps. R.) mounted for wear, generally good very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918. John Alexander Mowat was born in Wick, Caithness in September 1887, and subsequently moved with his family to Southampton, Hampshire. He enlisted in the Hampshire Carabiniers at Winchester in February 1909, and advanced to Sergeant in October 1914. Mowat was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2/1st Hampshire Yeomanry in July 1916, and was attached for service with the 15th (Service) Battalion (2nd Portsmouth), Hampshire Regiment. He served with the latter in the French theatre of war from September 1916, and advanced to Temporary Captain. Mowat’s brother Second Lieutenant R. J. D. Mowat also served during the Great War with the Hampshire Yeomanry and was killed whilst attached to the M.G.C., 24 September 1918. Sold with a telegraph from recipient to his family address in Southampton, stating that he was ‘safe and well’, dated 5 July 1918; a photographic image of recipient in uniform, and copied service papers.

Four: Warrant Officer Class II J. Stolber, 1st (London) General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (349 S. Sjt. S. J. Stobler. R.A.M.C.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (515008 S. Sjt. J. Stolber [sic]. R.A.M.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (349 S. Sjt. J. Stolber 1/Lond: G.H. R.A.M.C.) mounted for wear, contact marks, polished, nearly very fine (4) £260-£300 --- John Stolber was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 372 of November 1916, and the Second Award Bar per Army Order 292 of 1926. He had several different service numbers in the course of his service in the R.A.M.C, including 515008, 349, 5006, and 7335932, and rose to the rank of Warrant Officer Class II, being appointed Staff Sergeant.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1045754 Sjt. G. Boxall. R.A.) extremely fine £80-£100

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Tpr. W. M. Arrindell, Cawnpore A.F.) impressed naming, some light staining to obverse field, good very fine £80-£100

Three: Corporal R. W. Page, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (11941 Pte. R. W. Page, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (11941 T.Cpl. R. W. Page. R.A.M.C.) good very fine Pair: Private V. H. Page, Essex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (29363 Pte. V. H. Page. Essex R.) good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (27551 Pte. A. W. Page. Wilts. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (404057. Cpl. G. F. Page. R.A.F.; 31693 Pte. J. H. Page. M.G.C.) generally very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Raymond Wesley Page was born in 1896 and served in the Balkan theatre of war from 18 October 1915. He is recorded as suffering from pleurisy in April 1916, and was sent to Mustapha to convalesce. Albert William Page was born in Dorking, Surrey, in 1899. He served with the 1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), and died on 28 August 1918. George Frank Page was born in 1884 and lived in Norwich. A cabinet maker by profession, he served with the Royal Flying Corps from 10 October 1916, and was later promoted Corporal Mechanic in the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918. John Henry Page was born in Clitheroe around 1896 and served with the Machine Gun Corps in Salonika. Evacuated home suffering from malaria, his Army Service Record notes 14 days confined to barracks from 23 April 1918, in consequence of ‘destroying Government property i.e: chopping up a bed.’

A Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Corporal William Cookney for service with “Pom-Poms” Section, Royal Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (88540 Corpl: W. Cookney. R.A.) light surface marks, otherwise good very fine £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902: ‘Corporal W. Cookney, “Pom-Poms” Royal Artillery.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1902, Kitchener’s final despatch of 26 March 1902, as Corporal in “Pom-Poms”. William Cookney was born at Bermondsey, London, and served in the Royal Artillery from 19 January 1892 to 18 January 1904. He served in India from December 1892 to December 1897, and was wounded in the right cheek whilst on duty on 8 September 1897. He served in South Africa from October 1899 to August 1902 and is entitled to the Q.S.A. with 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal, and the K.S.A. with 2 clasps.

Five: Private H. P. Ford, Hampshire Yeomanry British War and Victory Medals (717 Pte. H. P. Ford. Hamps. Yeo.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (717 Pte. H. P. Ford. Hamps. Yeo.); Defence Medal; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (100074 Pte. H. P. Ford. Hamps. Yeo.) mounted for wear, last a slightly later issue, generally very fine or better (5) £280-£320 --- Awarded T.E.M. in September 1942.

A scarce Great War ‘Egyptian theatre’ M.S.M. combination group of seven awarded to Sergeant A. Peachey, Mounted Military Police and Metropolitan Police, late 9th Lancers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Natal, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (4324. Pte. A. Peachey. 9/Lcrs.) top lugs filled with retaining rod for mounting purposes; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4334 [sic] Pte A. Peachey. 9th Lancers.); 1914-15 Star (P. 764 L-Cpl. A. Peachey, M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (P-764 Sjt. A. Peachey. M.M.P.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. A. Peachey); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (P-764 L. Cpl. - A. Sjt: - A. Peachey. M.M.P.) mounted for display, good very fine (7) £500-£700 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1918 (Egypt). A. Peachey served during the Second Boer War with the 9th Lancers, before joining the Metropolitan Police as a Police Constable. With the outbreak of the Great War, Peachey transferred to the Military Mounted Police, advanced to Sergeant and served with them in the Egyptian theatre of war from 28 January 1915.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Stoker Peter Byrne. Shannon.) good very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Peter Burns (alias Byrne) was born at Spike Island, County Cork, Ireland, on 1 June 1823. He entered the Royal Navy as Ordinary Seaman on 18 February 1845, and served aboard the 90-gun second-rate ship of the line H.M.S. Rodney until 9 March 1849. Advanced Able Seaman, he transferred to the Royal Yacht H.M.S. Victoria and Albert, and then served aboard H.M.S. Neptune and H.M.S. Furious, the latter in the rank of Stoker. Present during the Crimean War (Medal and clasp, Sebastopol), he joined H.M.S. Shannon on 21 August 1856, and served throughout the Indian Mutiny detached from Shannon with Peel’s Naval Brigade, for which he was awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal with two clasps. Returning from service in the Indian Mutiny, Byrne served for a short period aboard H.M.S. Hannibal and was fortunate to transfer as Boatswain to the Coast Guard on 2 February 1859, just months before the Hannibal faced a significant smallpox epidemic aboard ship which led to the deaths of a number of crew and Italian soldiers under the command of Giuseppe Garibaldi. He subsequently served with the Coast Guard at Seasalter on the north coast of Kent. Sold with copied research.

Five: Major A. Sissons, East Yorkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Major A. Sissons.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major A. Sissons. E. York. R.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top slip-on brooch bar; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Alfred Sissons) mounted as worn and housed in a fitted leather case, good very fine (5) £360-£440 --- Alfred Sissons was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, on 10 October 1900. He was appointed Captain and Instructor of Musketry on 20 February 1908, and was appointed to be Captain in the 4th (Territorial) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment on the establishment of the Territorial Force on 1 April 1908. Sissons served as Adjutant of his battalion from 25 September 1914, until seconded for duty with 25th Provisional Battalion on 15 August 1915 when he vacated his appointment as Adjutant. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from July 1917, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1919 (London Gazette 15 July 1919).

Army Emergency Reserve Efficiency Medal, E.II.R. (22398116 Sgt. D. L. Evans. RA.) good very fine £80-£100

A fine Great War ‘Battle of Jutland’ D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Yeoman of Signals W. W. Day, Royal Navy, who was decorated for gallantry aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Nestor as she attempted to lead a near-suicidal torpedo attack against the German High Seas Fleet Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (216047. W. W. Day, Yeo. Sigs. “Nestor” 31st. May-1st. June. 1916.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (216047 W. W. Day, Lg. Sig, H.M.S. Proserpine:); 1914-15 Star (216047, W. W. Day, Y.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (216047 W. W. Day. Y.S. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st type (216047. W. W. Day, Yeo. Sig. H.M.S. Victory) light contact marks throughout, otherwise nearly very fine (8) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 5 October 1918: ‘Additional Awards for Services in the Battle of Jutland on the 31st May, 1916.’ The official recommendation states: ‘H.M.S. Nestor, Battle of Jutland, 31 May-1 June, 1916. Whilst under heavy shell fire did carry out his duties with the greatest efficiency and coolness, although one of his staff was killed alongside him and he was handicapped by his halliards, semaphore and searchlight being shot away. Always a most zealous and capable Yeoman.’ William Walter Day was born in Bromley, Kent, on 25 October 1884. He joined the Royal Navy as a schoolboy on 25 July 1901, and witnessed rapid promotion in a little over a year from Boy 2nd Class to Signalman aboard H.M.S. Lion. Advanced Yeoman of Signals aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Venus on 1 February 1913, Day served at various shore establishments and depot ships from 1914 to 1916, before being posted to the destroyer H.M.S. Nestor on 25 May 1916, with less than a week to go before the largest fleet engagement of the Great War, the Battle of Jutland. To gain a real insight of the little destroyer’s part in the Battle, the following extract from Deeds that Thrill the Empire brings the story to life: ‘Some of our destroyers, too, had a busy and fruitful time during the run south. Nominally, they accompanied the battle-cruisers in order to protect them against submarine attack (in which they succeeded to perfection), but opportunity came to them for still more effective work. At 4.15 a division of these vessels, under the command of Commander The Hon. E. B. S. Bingham, in the Nestor, moved out towards the enemy with the object of delivering a torpedo attack. On the way they met a flotilla of hostile destroyers setting out towards our own battle line with a similar object, and a fierce fight ensued between the opposing craft, in which two of the enemy’s vessels were sunk without loss to us. The hostile attempt to attack our battle-cruisers was thus frustrated, and our boats pressed on with their original plan. The Nestor, Nomad and Nicator rushed in at the enemy under a terrific fire and discharged torpedoes at them. By all the rules of the game, they should have been sunk with every man on board, and, as it was, the only one of the three to escape was the Nicator, whose commanding officer, Lieutenant Jack Mocatta, was rewarded with the D.S.O. ‘The Nestor and Nomad were both disabled within easy reach of the enemy’s guns, and neither of them survived the experience, although, happily, many of those on board were saved by the enemy. These included Lieutenant-Commander Paul Whitfield, in command of the Nomad, who was specially promoted to the rank of commander, and Commander Bingham, of the Nestor, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for “the extremely gallant way in which he led his division in their attack, first on the enemy destroyers, and then on the battle-cruisers. He finally sighted the enemy battle fleet, and, followed by the one remaining destroyer of his division (Nicator), with dauntless courage he closed to within 3,000 yards of the enemy in order to attain a favourable position for firing the torpedoes. While making this attack, Nestor and Nicator were under concentrated fire of the secondary batteries of the High Seas Fleet. Nestor was subsequently sunk.”’ Plucked from the choppy North Sea by the Germans, Day was landed at Wilhelmshaven on 3 May 1916. Transferred from a German P.O.W. camp to Holland on 30 April 1918, it was only then that official reports of his brave actions aboard Nestor reached the Admiralty in London; recommended for the D.S.M. and accelerated promotion, he was raised Chief Yeoman of Signals on 18 January 1921, before being shore pensioned in the summer of 1922. Day returned to service during the Second World War, but his time was cut short in June 1941 in consequence of mental health problems, most likely associated with the horrors witnessed at Jutland and the deprivations associated with two years as a prisoner of war. Sold with an original small Battle of Jutland 1916 Commemorative Medal, base metal with ring suspension, in Spink & Son Ltd. card box; a set of period silk ribands; and copied research.

The historically important Great War Victory Medal awarded to Colonel T. Sinclair, Army Medical Service, who personally conducted the first post-mortem examination of Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen in a hanger of No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, just hours after he was extricated from the wreckage of his red triplane, near Corbie, on 21 April 1918 Having analysed the pathway of a single .303 bullet through the Baron’s torso using a rudimentary piece of wire, it was Sinclair’s report which gave considerable weight to the argument that the fatal shot came from a trailing aircraft, rather than the ground - thus, the Canadian Pilot, Captain A. R. Brown, was officially credited with the ‘kill’ shortly after receiving a Bar to his D.S.C. Victory Medal 1914-19, with copy M.I.D. oak leaves (Col. T. Sinclair.) mounted on contemporary wearing pin, better than very fine £500-£700 --- ‘Copy extracts from A. H. File No. 21/13/506 In the Field 22nd April 1918. We have made a surface examination of Captain Baron von Richthofen and find there are only the entrance and exit wounds of one rifle bullet on the trunk. The entrance wound is on the right side about the level of the ninth-rib, which is fractured, just in front of the posterior axillary line. The bullet appears to have passed obliquely backwards through the chest striking the spinal column, from which it glanced in a forward direction and issued on the left side of the chest, at a level about two inches higher than its entrance on the right and about in the anterior axillary line. There was also a compound fracture of the lower jaw on the left side, apparently not caused by a missile – and also some minor bruises of the head and face. The body was not opened – these facts were ascertained by probing from the surface wounds.’ Thomas Sinclair, Colonel AMS, Consulting Surgeon IV Army, B.E.F. Thomas Sinclair was born in Belfast in 1858. Credited by the Ballymena Weekly Telegraph as ‘one of the most outstanding Ulstermen of his generation’, Sinclair graduated with distinction from the Royal University of Ireland and became Professor of Surgery at Queen’s University in 1886. Appointed surgeon to the Royal Victoria Hospital and consulting surgeon to the Ulster Hospital for Children, the Forster Green Hospital, and the County Antrim Infirmary, Sinclair spent the next thirty years training a generation of medical students in the art of surgery - indeed, under his tutelage, the Belfast School of Modern Surgery came to be regarded as one of the most advanced in the British Isles. Volunteering for active service at the outbreak of hostilities, Sinclair served as Colonel in Egypt from 15 November 1915, before being transferred to the Western Front as Consulting Surgeon to the Fourth Army, which at that time was commanded by that other distinguished Ulsterman, Lord Rawlinson. Decorated with the C.B., ‘in recognition of work well and faithfully done on various fighting fronts’, Sinclair was further Mentioned in Despatches on 4 January 1917 whilst serving as Consultant. However, quite by accident and pure circumstance, it was from Headquarters on a sunny spring day in 1918 that Sinclair received the order to proceed immediately to a small hangar at Poulainville aerodrome on the Somme; awaiting his inspection lay the body of one of the most dangerous foes of the Great War. Controversy remains to this day as to who exactly fired the fatal shot which killed the Red Baron. During the autopsy it was noted that Sinclair used a piece of wire, rumoured to be fence wire, to track the path of the bullet, rather than a more appropriate smooth and rounded apparatus. Such a crude improvisation laid open the opportunity for error and inaccuracy, but it is widely accepted that this first report remains the most important piece of evidence to this day which addresses the circumstances of death and factual wounds, more-so given that the infamous red Fokker Dr.I. 425/17 triplane was scavenged within hours for souvenirs. Sinclair’s conclusions however, remain contested, especially following recent analysis of the path of the machine gun bullets fired from the trenches by Sergeant Cedric Popkin of the 24th M.G.C., 1st Australian Imperial Force. Elected to the Ulster Senate representing Queen’s in 1921, Sinclair was later honoured as Founder of the Modern Ulster School of Surgery and is remembered via a large and impressive oil portrait by George Harcourt, R.A., which hangs to this day in the Great Hall of Queen’s University, Belfast. His acceptance speech was particularly humbling: ‘What a sustaining and consoling thought it is to me that so many warm friends consider that I have not altogether lived in vain, but have been enabled in some degree to alleviate or assuage the heavy burden of human suffering throughout the years.’ Sinclair died of illness on 5 November 1940.

Three: Corporal C. W. Whincup, 11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles), London Regiment, later Royal Garrison Artillery and Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (318148 Cpl. C. W. Whincup. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (639 A.Cpl. C. W. Whincup. 11-Lond. R.) mounted as worn, lightly polished and some staining to VM, contact marks and edge bruising, therefore good fine (3) £180-£220 --- Charles William Whincup was born in Westminster, London on 7 January 1892. He served initially as a Private in the 11th (1st Finsbury Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment (T.F.) from 10 February 1909 to 10 February 1913, before transferring to the Royal Garrison Artillery (T.F.) as Signaller, from 3 March 1913 to 3 August 1914, and when mobilised served in the R.G.A. from 4 August 1914 to 5 February 1919. He subsequently enlisted in the Royal Air Force on 18 July 1921, describing his trade as photographer, and residing at 12 Wemyss Road, Blackheath London. He served in Iraq with the Royal Air Force from 1921 to 1922 with 84 Squadron. He transferred to the R.A.F. Reserve in 1927 and then emigrated to Australia where his address was 86 Livingstone St., Ivanhoe, Melbourne, Australia.

Three: Sergeant K. C. Jackman, 1st West Lancashire Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps, later Lancashire Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (13849 Sjt. K. C. Jackson. A. Cyc. Corps); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (86148 Pte. K. C. Jackson. A. Cyc. Corps.) good very fine (3) £180-£220 --- Kenneth Courtenay Jackson was born in 1896 and served with the 1st West Lancashire Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps during the Great War, later transferring to the 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. He was disembodied on 8 March 1919, and died in Liverpool in 1937.