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Pair: Corporal P. W. Moyses, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (S-33885 Cpl. P. W. Moyses. A.S.C.) very fine Pair: Private H. J. B. Whittingham, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (63444. Pte.1. H. J. B. Whittingham. R.A.F.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (1744 A-Bmbr. F. Coates, R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (51123 Spr. W. H. Rotherham. R.E.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (3658 Pte. J. Slater. L.N. Lan. R.) generally very fine (lot) £80-£100 --- Horace John Bertram Whittingham was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, in 1884. A master tailor, he joined the Royal Flying Corps as Air Mechanic 2nd Class on 1 March 1917, and was transferred to the newly-created Royal Air Force as Private 1st Class on 1 April 1918. He served in France from 3 May 1918, spending the majority of his time in the clothing stores at Courban. Sold with a British Red Cross Society Medal, with top riband bar ‘Proficiency in Red Cross Nursing’ (25593 G. Whitham); a British Red Cross Society Medal, with top riband bar ‘Proficiency in Red Cross First Aid’ (27627 G. L. Whitham); two Silver War Badges, officially numbered ‘C30333’ and ‘B306971’, the second lacking pin catch; two Great War period brass cap badges to the Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery, the second heavily worn; a Primrose League sweetheart brooch, black bakelite; a Bevin Boy Veteran lapel badge, gilt and enamel, in box of issue; a small ‘V’ for Victory badge; and a Freedom of the City of London Certificate to ‘Raymond Wesley Page, Citizen and Spectacle Maker of London’, dated 10 May 1927, in red transmission envelope; together with a pair of contemporary metal-rimmed spectacles, in leather case marked ‘P.A.’, the whole contained in card box of issue by the ‘General Optical Co., 120 Clerkenwell Road, London, E.C.1.’ Raymond Wesley Page invented the military spectacle.

Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (Thomas Alexander, 57th Regiment Foot. 1835.) original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, good very fine £600-£800 --- Provenance: Sotheby, April 1910; Needes Collection 1939 and Jack Webb Collection, August 2020. Thomas Alexander was born in the Parish of St John, Sligo, and attested for the 57th Foot at Bandon, County Cork, on 3 August 1810, aged 20. He served in Spain and Portugal for four years; in America fo one year; in France for three years; in New South Wales for six years; and in India for three years, six months. He was present at the battles of Vittoria, Pampeluna, Nive, Nivelle and Pyrenees. He deserted on 24 May 1815, but rejoined on 20 December 1815. Alexander was a Corporal from March to November 1826, but was reduced to Private on 1 December 1826, and remained in that rank until his discharge on 13 October 1835. The L.S. & G.C. roll notes medal ‘Sent 6 Octr. 1847, c/o Staff Offr. Pensns. Sligo, Ireland.’ Thomas Alexander claimed and received the M.G.S. medal with clasps for Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes and Toulouse, but this has never been recorded on the market.

Three: Major C. C. A. Wilson, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Lieut. C. C. A. Wilson. Hamps. R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted generally good very fine (3) £160-£200 --- Charles Congreve Archer Wilson was born in 1910, and was the son of the Reverend Charles Edward Wilson, M.A. of Charlton Musgrove, and the wife of Audrey Wilson, with whom he resided in Forest Row, Sussex. He was commissioned and served with the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment on the North West Frontier. Wilson advanced to Major, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Second World War. He died of illness on 1 August 1942, and is buried in Charlton Musgrove (St. Stephen) Church, Somerset.

Pair: Colonel J. F. Forster, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1884, The Nile 1884-85 (Major, J. F. Forster. 2/D of C.L.I.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, minor edge bruising and light pitting, generally very fine, the Suakin clasp rare to unit (2) £700-£900 --- One of only 6 ‘Suakin 1884’ clasps awarded to the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, and the only Officer to receive the clasp. James FitzEustace Forster was born at Swords House, Swords, County Dublin on 27 September 1834, the only son of Joshua M. Forster of St. Croix, West Indies. He purchased a commission as Ensign in the Ceylon Rifles on 19 December 1862, and served in Ceylon from 30 March 1863 to 11 May 1866. On 14 September 1866, Forster next purchased a Lieutenancy in the 1st West India Regiment, with which regiment he served in Hong Kong, exchanging to the 4th West India Regiment on 30 March 1867, serving with them in the West Indies. He purchased his Captaincy in this regiment on 16 September 1868, only to be placed on half-pay on reduction of the unit on 30 December 1869. He was restored to the active list on 19 June 1872, when he joined the 46th Regiment of Foot, and was promoted Major in the 46th on 1 July 1881. Forster served with the 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (as the 46th Foot had become) during the Egypt Campaign of 1882, and took part in the reconnaissance in force from Alexandria on 5 August 1882. He also served in the engagements at El Magfar on 24 August and Tel-el-Maskhuta on 25 August, and in the famous night action at Kassassin on 28 August 1882, where he was severely wounded by gunshot to the thigh. For his services in this campaign he was awarded the Egypt Medal without clasp and the Khedive's Star. He saw further service in the Soudan Expedition of 1884, serving with the Transport Department, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 6 May 1884). He was promoted Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on 21 May 1884, and received the clasp Suakin 1884 to his Egypt Medal, the only officer from the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry to receive this clasp. Forster rejoined his battalion and saw further service during the the Gordon Relief Expedition of 1884-85, taking part in the operations of the advanced column under Major General Earle, for which he was awarded the clasp The Nile 1884-85. He was promoted substantive Lieutenant Colonel on 30 November 1884, and Brevet Colonel on 21 May 1888, commanding the Battalion at some point. He retired on 27 September 1889. A Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for County Dublin, Forster died in Dublin on 1 April 1915, aged 81. Sold with a small Carte de Visite studio portrait photograph of the recipient; a photographic image of the recipient wearing his medals; and copied research.

The unique I.G.S. 1908-35 Medal awarded to Flight Lieutenant R. J. O. Bartlett, 20 Squadron, Royal Air Force, a Wapiti pilot who was mentioned in despatches for his gallantry against the Upper Mohmands in 1933. Bartlett was subsequently employed as an Instructor at R.A.F. College, Cranwell, and was killed in a flying accident there, 7 October 1936 India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933, with M.I.D. oak leaf (F/O. R. J. O. Bartlett. R.A.F.) 2nd clasp loose on riband, as issued, good very fine £700-£900 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 3 July 1934: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service rendered in connection with the operations against the Upper Mohmands during the period July - October 1933.’ The Royal Air Force received little recognition for their services in the above operations, being awarded 1 D.F.M. and 3 M.I.D.s. Of the 3 M.I.D.s, one went to the Group Captain commanding No. 1 Indian Group, who co-ordinated the operations; one to Bartlett and one to an other rank. Approximately 180 ‘Mohmand 1933’ clasps awarded to the R.A.F., only 26 of which were to officers, six of which had this combination of clasps - with Bartlett’s being the only one with an M.I.D. oak leaf. Roy James Oliphant Bartlett was commissioned in the Royal Air Force in 1928, and posted to the Aircraft Depot, India in March of the following year. Having gained his ‘Wings’, he advanced to Flying Officer in January 1929 and subsequently served with 5 Squadron out of Quetta. Bartlett was posted to 20 Squadron (Wapitis) at Peshawar in April 1933. Bartlett returned to the UK, and was posted to No. 1 Armament Training Camp, Catfoss, in February 1934. He advanced to Flight Lieutenant in April 1934, and was posted to 17 Squadron (Bulldogs) at Kenley in October of the same year. Subsequent postings included with 3 and 214 Squadrons, before being posted as an Instructor to R.A.F. College, Cranwell in August 1936. Flight Lieutenant Bartlett was killed in a flying accident on 7 October 1936. He and Flight Commandant H. F. B. Burton were both flying Hawker Fury Mk1s, when they collided during camera gun practice. Both pilots successfully abandoned their respective Furies, but Bartlett was tragically struck by one of the falling aircraft, and killed. He is buried in St. Andrew’s Churchyard, Cranwell. Sold with copied research.

A Second War M.B.E and Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. T. Cassels, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved ‘Gordon Thomson Cassels Royal Canadian Horse Artillery’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut: G. T. Cassels. R. Can: H. Art:); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. T. Cassels.); Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these last three unnamed as issued, mounted court-style, cleaned and lacquered, good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.B.E. (Military) Canada Gazette 2 June 1943. The recommendation states: ‘Major Cassels was born at Toronto, Ontario on 5 October 1894, being educated at St Andrew’s College and Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario. He served with distinction during the war 1914-1918, being awarded the Military Cross in the field for bravery. He was mobilized in October 1940 and proceeded overseas as Second in Command 14th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, being appointed Deputy Adjutant General and Quartermaster-General “C” Group in March 1942. He is an officer with ability and tact, very much above the average. Through his energy, tactfulness and soldiering qualities he has been an example to all he has come in contact with. He has done a great deal towards the building of the Canadian Artillery, both in his regiment and the reinforcement units. I consider him a most outstanding officer.’ M.C. London Gazette 20 October 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and good work during operations. He carried out reconnaissances very ably and distinguished himself as F.O.O. One night he brought a section into action under very difficult conditions.’ Gordon Thomson Cassels was born on 5 October 1894, son of W. Gibson Cassels, of Toronto, and attended St Andrew’s College between 1903 and 1912. He then attended Royal Military College for two years and seven months, before joining the 22nd Battery, Canadian Field Artillery of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 5 January 1915, being awarded the Military Cross in 1916. He served 35 years as a member of St Andrew’s College Board of Governors between 1926 and 1961, and was Vice Chairman in 1951. During the Second War he served as a Major after being mobilised in October 1940, and was made M.B.E. in 1943. Sold with comprehensive copied research including record of service.

Family Group: Four: Gunner J. Conboy, Royal Garrison Artillery, later Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (308021 Gnr. J. Conboy. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (204 Gnr. J. Conboy. R.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (308021 Gnr: J. Conboy. R.G.A.) nearly very fine and better Pair: Corporal J. A. Conboy, Royal Corps of Transport War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (22976646 Cpl. J. A. Conboy. RCT.) nearly extremely fine (6) £240-£280 --- James Conboy was born in Liverpool in 1893 and attested in his home city for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 10 July 1911. He served four separate overseas postings with the British Expeditionary Force, commencing 9 February 1916, and was wounded on 22 August 1917, his Army Service Record adding ‘remained at duty’. Awarded the TFEM per Army Order of August 1919, he served with the 1/2nd Lancashire Heavy Battery at Dover, and later with the 3rd West Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.

A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.M. and Royal Humane Society medal group of four awarded to Corporal Signaller S. D. Igglesden, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (910525 Cpl. Sglr: S. D. Igglesden R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (1551 Cpl. S. D. Igglesden. R.A.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful), (Corpl. S. D. Igglesden R.F.A. 25th May 1918.) complete with top ribbon brooch buckle, good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 20 August 1919 (Mesopotamia): ‘91025 Cpl. Siglr. S. D. Igglesden, 220th Bde. R.F.A. (Dover).’ R.H.S. Case No. 44785. Bronze Medal awarded for saving life from the river Tigris at Samarra on 25 May 1918.

Pair: Sepoy Babu Ram, 59th Rifles Frontier Force, Indian Army British War and Victory Medals (1752 Sepoy Babu Ram, 59 Rfls. F.F.) number corrected on BWM, good fine India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2054 Rfmn. Phurba Lam, 2/10/Gks.); British War Medal 1914-20 (39027 M-Man. Jan Mohd, I.W.T.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2066 Sepoy Allah Dad, 1-67 Pjbis.); General Service 1918-62, 1 copy clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (17770 Jundi Suleiman Mufaddi Arab Legion) last with replacement suspension and copy clasp; nearly very fine (6) £70-£90

Three: Private F. J. Nicholas, Somerset Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (5841 Pte. J. Nicholas. Som. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1496 Pte. F. J. Nicholas. Som. L.I.) nearly extremely fine (3) £160-£200 --- Frederick John Nicholas served in both 1/5th and 1/4th Battalions the Somerset Light Infantry. He was disembodied on 5 July 1919. Sold with a small photograph containing a small group of labourers or agricultural workers believed to include the recipient.

Pair: Superintending Clerk W. J. Coombes, Royal Garrison Artillery Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (92433 Q.M. Sjt: W. J. Coombes. R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (92433 Supt: Clk: W. J. Coombes. R.G.A.) nearly extremely fine (2) £140-£180 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 22 February 1919.

A fine Great War R.R.C. group of three awarded to Matron K. M. Hewetson, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; British War and Victory Medals, with copy M.I.D. oak leaves (A. Matron K. M. Hewetson.); together with the recipient’s Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service cape badge; and a Red Cross Society Medal for War Service 1914-18, good very fine (5) £600-£800 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 8 April 1919: Miss Katharine Milligan Hewetson, Asst. Matron, Royal Herbert Hosp., Woolwich ‘In recognition of valuable nursing services in connection with the War.' Miss Katharine Milligan Hewetson was born at Penpont, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, on 2 July 1868. She qualified as a Midwife on 7 August 1913, before emigrating to the small village of Kaslo, British Columbia, not long thereafter. Returned to England at her own expense, she reported for duty on 10 May 1915 at the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich. Transferred to France as Assistant Matron on 22 February 1918, she served at the Villa Tino, Le Touquet, and was later attached to the 24th General Hospital at Etaples. Struck off strength on 10 May 1919, her reference was most impressive: ‘As Matron in charge of the Sick Sister's Hospital at Le Touquet she has shown very good administration capacity, and when occasion arises, of initiation well carried out. She has a sound knowledge of professional work. Her energy and zeal are unlimited and directed with consummate ease. Punctual and thoroughly reliable, and her influence generally has been the best.' It is believed that Miss Hewetson returned to British Columbia in 1919. It is later noted in her Service Record that she could be contacted at an address in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the mid 1930s. She later died in hospital in Edinburgh on 28 December 1944.

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (46354 Gunr. W. H. Joyce No. 1 By. 1st Bde. E. Dn. R.A.) unofficial attachment between clasps, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £200-£240 --- William Henry Joyce served as a Gunner with 1/1st Brigade, Eastern Division, Royal Artillery, in Burma from 1 May 1887 to 15 April 1888, and was invalided to England on 25 October 1889. Sold with confirmation of medal and clasps.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Temporary Captain F. W. Crate, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (23632 Sjt: F. W. Crate. 1/S. Bty: R.G.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (23632 Sjt. F. W. Crate. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. F. W. Crate.) toned, nearly extremely fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 18 February 1915; citation published 1 April 1915: ‘Serjeant F. W. Crate, 1st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. For gallantry and ability on all occasions in action. Has been an example in zeal and cheerfulness.’ Frederick William Crate served in France with the 1st Siege Battery R.G.A. from 17 September 1914. He was commissioned on 29 December 1915, and ended the war in the rank of Temporary Captain.

The Indian Mutiny Medal to Joseph Henry Lockwood who, as an Assistant Apothecary, was attached to the Shannon’s Naval Brigade, serving throughout all of the affairs of the mutiny with the Brigade. Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Asst. Apothy. J Lockwood. Shannon. Naval Brigade) extremely fine and scarce £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996. Joseph Henry Lockwood was born into a Eurasian family on 21 June 1835, at Berhampore, the son of Joseph Lockwood, Drum Major 40th Regiment N.I., one of only two Bengal Marine Native Infantry Regiments that, because of caste, could voyage overseas, and his wife Diana. He joined the Bengal Subordinate Medical Department as Hospital Apprentice on 13 January 1853; was advanced Assistant-Apothecary on 11 May 1858; advanced Hospital Steward on 26 February 1863; and advanced Apothecary 1st Class on 20 September 1867. On joining the service, Lockwood was attached variously to H.M. 27th and 70th Regiments at Rawalpindi and Peshawar, with stints at the Presidency's General Hospital and 2nd Company 6th Battalion Artillery. Lockwood was on medical leave at the outbreak of the mutiny. Recalled, he was one of a very small number of Subordinate Medical Officers seconded from the Bengal Army to the British and Indian Naval Brigades. Lockwood served under Dr Anthony Beale, who later stated that Lockwood ‘had been attached to the Naval Brigade under my Medical charge from 18 August 1857,’ the date the Shannon's First Party departed Calcutta, ‘his rank then being described as Acting Assistant-Apothecary and Assistant Steward.’ Lockwood remained with the Brigade until 25 May 1858. James Flanagan, Assistant Surgeon of Shannon’s Naval Brigade, reported in April 1858 that ‘I have known Mr Lockwood for the last nine months, while acting with me as Assistant Apothecary. His strict attention to his duties and gentlemanly bearing have elicited my warmest admiration as well as the officers and men of this Brigade with whom he has come professionally in contact. I consider him a young man of considerable ability, and one who, if he followed in the course he has pursued while acting with me, will yet prove an ornament to his profession’. Furthermore, in 1862, Flanagan confirmed Lockwood’s application for his Mutiny medal and two clasps when stating that ‘he had been engaged in the Relief of Lucknow, and the operations against the city from 2nd to 16th March, including the battles of Khujwa, Futtehgurh and the second battle of Cawnpore’. (IOR L/MIL/5/100 dated 11 March 1862 refers.) After the mutiny he worked for many years at the Garrison and General Hospitals Allahabad. In early 1870 he sailed to Ireland to study and qualified there as a Licentiate of the King’s and Queen’s College of Physicians (Ireland) L.K.Q.C.P., Licentiate of Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland) L.R.C.S.I. and a Licentiate of Midwifery L.M. On return to India he was posted, 7 December 1872, to the Sutlej Bridge Division, Indus Valley (State) Railway and took charge of medical affairs. The district was notoriously unhealthy and in 1874 a pestilence caused the deaths of countless bridge workers. Sadly Lockwood, too, succumbed and he died on 22 August 1874 while recuperating at Almora. Though a qualified doctor, Lockwood was unable to be promoted beyond Apothecary 1st Class due to the regulations existing at the time, a situation that changed a few years after his death when, in 1881, the government recognised the iniquity of the situation. Lockwood married Jane Fleming on 12 December 1867 at Allahabad without issue. Sold with a comprehensive file of research.

A Second War M.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Major (Quartermaster) R. T. Guscott, Middlesex Regiment, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal during the Great War, and was taken Prisoner of War following the fall of Hong Kong, 25 December 1941 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (L.11350 C.Q.M. Sjt. R. T. Guscott. Midd’x. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (L-11350 W.O. Cl.2. R. T. Guscott. Midd’x. R.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (6188477 W.O. Cl.1. R. T. Guscott. Midd’x. R.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (L 11350 Q.M .Sjt. R. T. Guscott. Midd’x. R.) mounted as worn, the pre-Second War awards all replacement issues (although not marked as such), the originals having presumably been lost at the fall of Hong Kong, good very fine and better (12) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Wallis and Wallis, June 1964; Jack Webb Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, August 2020. M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1942. M.S.M. London Gazette 12 December 1919. Robert Thomas ‘Bob’ Guscott ‘was born on 10 November 1888 and enlisted into the Middlesex Regiment on his 18th birthday in 1906. He served with the 2nd Battalion at home until 1913 and then went to Malta when the Battalion started out on its overseas tour. This was cut short when war broke out in 1914, and the Battalion joined the B.E.F. in France in November of that year. By that time he had risen to the rank of Colour-Sergeant. He remained continuously on active service with he 2nd Battalion until Armistice Day 1918. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches in January 1917 [London Gazette 14 January 1917] and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919. Guscott rejoined the 2nd Battalion after the war and, in August 1919, he went to Egypt when the Battalion continued its overseas tour, which had been interrupted in 1914. He was posted for a tour of duty at the Depot in 1921, and in 1923 he became Regimental Sergeant Major at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall. There he remained until 1930. On 22 January 1930 Guscott was appointed to a commission as Lieutenant (Quartermaster) and in March of that year he was posted to the 2nd Battalion, then stationed at Madras. He returned to this country with the Battalion on completion of its overseas tour in the Sudan in December 1931 and remained with it until, in 1935, he was posted to the Depot. In October 1937 Guscott was posted to the 1st Battalion in Hong Kong and as soon as war was imminent in 1939 he began the hard task of equipping the unit to War Scale. The results were so efficient that he was recommended for, and awarded the M.B.E. Publication was made on 1 January 1942, and that same month he was promoted to the rank of Major (Quartermaster). He did not learn of the award until after the end of the War, for after the capture of the Colony by the Japanese in December 1941, he was reported missing. Nine months later news filtered through that he was prisoner of war. He was repatriated on 21 November 1945, and retired on 29 December 1946, going to live at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. He died on 8 February 1964.’ (The recipient’s obituary, published in The Die Hards, refers). Sold with copied research.

Four: Driver R. H. Chapman, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (T4-212614 Dvr. R. H. Chapman. A.S.C.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (T4-212614 Dvr. R. H. Chapman. A.S.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (T4-212614 Dvr. R. H. Chapman. R.A.S.C.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Robert H. Chapman was awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order No. 148 of 1920.

A Great War ‘Gallipoli’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel K. G. Campbell, Royal Garrison Artillery, Commandant, 26th Jacob’s Mountain Battery, Indian Army Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (Lieut. K. G. Campbell, R.A.) high relief bust, officially engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Major K. G. Campbell. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. K. G. Campbell.) mounted as worn in contemporary carrying case, good very fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1916: ‘Major, Royal Artillery, attached 26th Jacob’s Mountain Battery, Indian Army.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 13 July 1916: ‘Major, attached 26th Jacob’s Mountain Battery (Dardanelles).’ Keith Gordon Campbell was born on 29 October 1876, son of Colonel W. M. Campbell, R.A. Educated at Dulwich College and R.M.A. Woolwich, he was first commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1896. He served in the operations against the Ogaden Somalis, Jubaland, 1901 (Medal with Clasp); in the European War, Defence of Suez Canal from February 1915; in Gallipoli; and in Mesopotamia. He was made Commandant, 26th Jacob’s Mountain Battery.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant J. Hurley, East Lancashire Regiment, who was later brutally set upon and murdered by a notorious thug and member of the ‘Blackshirts’ in his home town of Accrington Military Medal, G.V.R. (240065 Sjt: J. Hurley. 1/5 E. Lanc: R.-T.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (240065 Sjt. J. Hurley. E. Lan. R.) nearly very fine (2) £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 4 February 1918. Joseph Hurley was born at Church, near Accrington, in 1894. He attested for the 1/5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, on 18 January 1912, and served overseas in Egypt, Gallipoli, Sinai and the Western Front. In the absence of a surviving citation, a clue as to the circumstances leading up to the award of the M.M. lies in the Divisional History; from November 1917 to January 1918, his Battalion was stationed in the La Bassee Sector and were involved in repeated trench raids on the German lines near Givenchy. Returned home to Cobden Street, Accrington, at the cessation of hostilities, Hurley took employment as a steeplejack and labourer through much of the 1920s and early ‘30s. Settling into relative obscurity, everything changed on one fateful night in late December 1934, when he was set upon and killed by another local man, William Hodson. A known troublemaker and nicknamed ‘Bronco Bill’ on account of the style of hat which he habitually wore, Hodson took affront at Hurley and his apparent disdain for the ‘Blackshirt’ organisation and set upon him with extreme violence. A detailed piece published in the Accrington Observer & Times on 12 February 1935, adds: ‘Flying Kicks. The man [Hodson] got up and appeared to walk two strides away, and then turned round and took two flying kicks at the man on the ground, one connecting with the left side of the face and the other with his chest. He then went to the other side - the right side - and kicked him there. He returned to the left side, and was shouting something when a lady came forward. She appeared to try and stop prisoner, but she was pushed away. Hodson then stood at one side. He appeared to be challenging the crowd...’ The accused then seized Hurley round the waist, lifted him off his feet and threw him to the ground. Unconscious on the floor, Hurley had no opportunity to defend himself. Admitted to Hospital just after midnight on 22 December 1935, Hurley died soon thereafter as a result of a fractured skull and beating to the entirety of the body. William Hodson was later convicted of murder at the Manchester Assizes. Sentenced to death on 6 March 1935, he was later shown clemency upon rendering assistance to the prison staff during a riot at Dartmoor Prison, and paroled in the mid-1940s. Sold with extensive research.

A superb Great War ‘Machine Gunner's’ D.C.M. and Second Award Bar, M.M., and Russian Medal of St. George group of six awarded to Sergeant A. Burnett, Royal Scots and Machine Gun Corps, who repeatedly showed great presence of mind when holding back waves of enemy storm troopers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (18327 Cpl. A. Burnett. M.M. 25/M.G.C.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (18327 L.Cpl. A. Burnett. 27/Coy. M.G.C.); 1914-15 Star (11928 Pte. A. Burnett. R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (11928 Sjt. A. Burnett R. Scots.); Russia, Empire, Medal of St George for Bravery, 3rd Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘167785’, the silver medals toned, nearly extremely fine (6) £4,000-£5,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1918: 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of two Vickers guns, reconnoitring for positions for them under direct hostile fire, and doing the same later in the day for corps machine guns. Again, for tactical skill and initiative when, a flank having been thrown open, he disposed a gun so as to protect that flank, holding on until nearly surrounded and two of his team killed. At all times his conduct in action has merited the highest praise.' D.C.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 3 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This N.C.O. was in charge of a machine gun, his flanks being protected by infantry, when about 500 of the enemy attacked. On the infantry withdrawing to a fresh position he covered the movement and remained firing his gun from the top of a disused dug-out, inflicting severe casualties, and helping to break up the attack. He was all the time under machine-gun fire. M.M. London Gazette 16 November 1916. Russian Medal of St. George, 3rd Class, London Gazette 15 February 1917. Alexander Burnett was born in Leith, Midlothian, in 1881, the son of Annie McGlade Burnett and brother of 1140, Private John Burnett, “B” Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Scots, who died in the Quintinshill rail disaster on 22 May 1915. Attesting for the Royal Scots on 11 August 1914, he was posted to France on 11 May 1915 with the Regimental machine-gun section and soon found himself transferred with other sections of 27 Brigade to the fledgling 27th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Wounded in action in the rank of Private, he returned to the Western Front, was advanced Lance Corporal, and decorated with the Military Medal - presumably for services during the Battle of the Somme. He was also amongst a relatively small band of men to receive recognition from Imperial Russia, less than a month before the start of the Russian Revolution. Transferred to the 25th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, Burnett was raised Corporal 20 December 1917, Acting Sergeant 1 April 1918, and Sergeant on 22 April 1918. As a skilled tactician and experienced soldier, he survived repeated German attacks during the German Spring Offensive and enjoyed the rare distinction of having both his D.C.M. and Second Award Bar gazetted on the same date. His gallant actions on the Vaulx-Morchies Line were later noted in the publication 25th Division in France & Flanders, by M. Kincaid Smith: 'Cpl. Burnett, M.M., Sergt. Whiting, and L-Cpl. Bretherton did splendid work with their guns, and all received well-earned decorations.' Wounded for a second time on 29 May 1918, which effectively ended his campaign, he was discharged from the Army on 7 March 1919 and awarded Silver War Badge No. 487219. An indication of the intensity of the fighting faced by Burnett and his fellow machine-gunners at around that time can be found in the casualty report for 9 April 1918 to 4 May 1918: in this brief period the 25th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, suffered 3 Officers killed, 17 wounded and 10 missing in action. They also recorded 34 Other Ranks killed, 207 wounded and 167 missing. Sold with a large file of research, including written correspondence from the 1970s between the vendor and extended family of Sergeant Burnett, who noted that he was 'a very quiet chap by nature, and never spoke much of the war when he came home.’

Five: Warrant Officer Class II A. Leevers, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (T4-252699 Sjt. A. Leevers. A.S.C.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (T4-252699 Dvr. A. Leevers. A.S.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (M-30567 W.O. Cl. II A. Leevers. R.A.S.C.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £260-£300 --- Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 July 1918. Alfred Leevers was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 300 of 1927. The Liverpool Echo of 15 July 1918 contains the following: ‘A Southport Soldiers’ Honour: Acting Sergeant Alfred Leevers, A.S.C., who has been awarded the French [sic] War Cross, is a son of Mr. William Leevers, Union Street, Southport. One of his brothers has been killed and another is in the Army.’ In the 1939 Register he is recorded as a resident of Wennington Road, Southport, and was a wood repairer and French polisher. Sold with small original group photograph supposedly including the recipient.

Seven: Donkeyman J. Malin, Mercantile Marine, who was awarded a post-War British Empire Medal whilst serving aboard the S.S. Moreton Bay British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (John Malin); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with a cast copy British Empire Medal (Civil), G.VI.R., 1st issue, added for display purposes, good very fine (8) £60-£80 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 2 January 1950. John Malin was awarded the B.E.M. for service aboard the S.S. Moreton Bay at a time when she offered a commercial service from London to Sydney. Fitted out in 1946 to carry 514 passengers, her final sailing took place on 30 November 1956 before being sent to the breakers. Sold with two original O.H.M.S. boxes of transmittal, named to the recipient.

Germany, Württemberg, King Karl Jubilee Medal, silver, with integral top bronze brooch bar, in case of issue, extremely fine £50-£70

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (Gunr. John Lavin, 1st Bn. Bengal Art.) medal has been in a ‘widow’s mount’ and has been expertly plugged at 2, 6, and 10 o’clock, last letter of surname retouched, and re-fitted with genuine suspension and clasp, otherwise very fine £300-£400 --- Gunner John Lavin was an original defender at Lucknow and was killed in action at Chinhut on 30 June 1857.

Great War Tribute Medal, 29mm, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, the obverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘Peace Celebration, given by Mrs Hardwick, Kirkella, July 1919’; the reverse plain within a laurel wreath, with small loop suspension, edge bruise, good very fine London Stock Exchange Broker’s badge, 6th 1972 type, 44mm, silver, the obverse depicting the New Stock Exchange; the reverse depicting the arms of the City of London, and named ‘George Teasdale Birks’ in exergue, minor edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine (2) £70-£90

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (J, Bennett, A,B, In. Nl. Bde. H.M.P.V. Calcutta) good very fine, rare to vessel £700-£900 --- Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996. John Bennett served with No. 4 Brigade, which reached Dacca in August 1857 and was comprised of men from the Indian Navy ships Punjaub and Clive. They witnessed hard fighting and the defeat of rebellious sepoys on 22 November 1857, where Midshipman Arthur Mayo of the Indian Navy charged down two six-pounders which were keeping up a heavy fire; Mayo was subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross. Note: Her Majesty’s Pendant Vessel Calcutta was a small cutter used by the Naval Brigades for administrative purposes, with men such as Bennett borne on the books of this vessel. Of the 14 Indian Naval Brigades that were eventually formed, only 3, 4 and 7 Brigades qualified for the Indian Mutiny Medal.

A Second War ‘Italian theatre’ M.M. group of six awarded to Lance-Bombardier Benjamin Garnett, 11th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Military Medal, G.VI.R. (918496 L. Bmbr. B. Garnett. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £700-£900 --- M.M. London Gazette 19 April 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ The recommendation states: ‘Gnr (U/L/Bdr) 918496 Benjamin Garnett, 11th Fd Regt RA. L/Bdr Garnett has acted as wireless signaller and OPA in this regiment from June 42 to July 44, when he was severely wounded. Throughout this period he has rendered exceptional service without thought of his own safety. At all times he has remained cool, able and cheerful under heavy fire and extreme stress. In July 1944 in the UMBERTIDE area when acting as OPA to an FOO, he and his officer were both wounded by a mortar bomb. Although bleeding profusely from multiple wounds to his head and body, L/Bdr Garnett refused the only stretcher insisting that his officer should be evacuated on it, walked back 2 miles over broken country, and before being evacuated reported on the situation to his Battery Commander.’

Three: Quarter-Master Sergeant D. Cameron, Royal Artillery Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (22666. Batt: Sergt. Maj: D. Cameron, 1/1 Bde. Lon: Div. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (22666. Q.M. Sgt. D. Cameron. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Q.M. Sjt. D. Cameron. R.E.) the first with edge bruising and contact marks, fine, otherwise nearly very fine or better (3) £300-£400 --- M.S.M. Army Order 432 of 1922 with Annuity of £10. Late Permanent Staff, West of Scotland Artillery Militia. He was still alive in 1926.

A Great War 1917 ‘French theatre’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal H. V. Chignall, 15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (26956 L. Cpl. H. Chignell. 15/Hants: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1408 Cpl. H. V. Chignall [sic]. Hamps. Yeo.); Coronation 1937, mounted for wear, edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (4) £360-£440 --- M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917. Horace Victor Chignall was a native of Winchester, Hampshire. He served during the Great War with the 1/1st Hampshire Yeomanry on the Western Front, and was serving with it when it amalgamated with the 15th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment to form the 15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Chignall was wounded in action (entitled to Silver War Badge), and was discharged in March 1919. At the time of the 1937 Coronation, he was employed as Examining Officer H.M. Customs, Kenya. Sold with copied research.

Family Group: Four: Captain the Hon. R. W. D. Legh, Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry, later 3rd Baton Newton and Hon. Colonel, 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. Hon. R. W. D. Legh.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. Hon. R. W. D. Legh. Lan. Hrs.); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officialy dated 1946, with integral top riband bar, the first three mounted as worn, the last loose, minor contact marks and small verdigris spot to the third, otherwise better than very fine Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with ‘Geneva Cross’ Second Award Bar (The Lady Newton) good very fine (5) £600-£800 --- Richard William Davenport Legh, 3rd Baron Newton, was born on 18 November 1888, the son of the British diplomat and Conservative politician Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton. His grandfather, William John Legh, also a Conservative politician, had been raised to the peerage as Baron Newton, of Newton-in-Makerfield in the County Palatine of Lancaster. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he was an attaché for the British Embassy at Istanbul (later Vienna), and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry on 1 March 1910. He served with the Lancashire Hussars during the Great War, was appointed a Staff Captain on 17 July 1917, and for his services was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 11 December 1917). He relinquished his commission on account of ill health on 17 January 1919, and was entitled to the Silver War Badge Having succeeded to the peerage, Lord Newton was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, on 4 April 1939, and during the Second World War he served as a Staff Captain at the War Office. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1946 (London Gazette 31 January 1946), and died on 11 June 1960, at age 71. The Hon. Helen Winifred Meysey-Thompson, Lady Newton, wife of the above, was born on 14 June 1889, the daughter of Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompson, 1st Baron Knaresborough, and married the Hon. Richard William Davenport Legh, later 3rd Baron Newton, on 28 January 1914. She died on 28 December 1958 at age 69.

Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, bronze, 48mm, Soho Mint, unmounted, small rust spot to reverse and minor edge nicks, very fine £200-£240

Seven: Lieutenant J. Shearer, Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile Marine 1914-15 Star (Lieut, J. Shearer, R.N.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. J. Shearer. R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (John Shearer); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. J. Shearer. R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly very fine and better (7) £100-£140 --- John Shearer was born in Ardrossan on 25 September 1888. A Steamship Master, he joined the Royal Naval Reserve in the summer of 1915 and was appointed Temporary Sub Lieutenant on 4 September 1915; Temporary Acting Lieutenant on 8 November 1915; and Temporary Lieutenant on 4 September 1917. His Service Record notes him as ‘level headed, quite up to av: mercantile deck officer, tactful, knows his work’. He served on a number of vessels during the Great War, but struggled with hyperthyroidism and was discharged in early 1920, returning home to Ardrossan to convalesce. His health regained, Shearer spent the next 20 years plying the world’s oceans with the merchant fleet. Returned to service during the Second World War, he died on 2 October 1940 whilst aboard the S.S. Beverdale. Sold with an original Ministry of Transport Campaign Stars, Clasps and Medals slip, named to the recipient, confirming WW2 entitlement, together with extensive copied research including an image of Shearer.

Four: Corporal W. J. Dunning, Dorsetshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (1263 Cpl. W. J. Dunning. Dorset R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1263 Pte. W. J. Dunning. Dorset R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200028 Cpl. W. J. Dunning. 4 / Dorset R.) polished, generally nearly very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- William John Dunning was disembodied on 22 May 1919 and was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 148 of April 1920.

Three: Private F. J. Milsom, Glamorgan Yeomanry and 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion, Welsh Regiment British War and Victory Medals (1292 Pte. F. J. Milsom. Glam Yeo.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1292 Pte. F. J. Milsom. Glam. Yeo.) very fine and better (3) £300-£400 --- Frederick James Milsom served in the Glamorgan Yeomanry and later transferred to the 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion, Welsh Regiment, being renumbered 320611.

Abyssinia 1867 (1321 Corpl. R. Carsons, 1st Battn. 4th The K.O.R. Regt) fitted with copy suspension, very fine £160-£200 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2005. Robert Carsons, a labourer from Comber, Co. Down, was born in 1835. He attested into the 89th Foot on 31 December 1856, before transferring to the 95th Foot on 1 August 1859. Re-engaging to complete his 21 years service on 6 July 1867, he further transferred to the 1/4th Foot on 1 December 1867 and then the 1/5th Foot on 28 March 1870, with whom he saw service in the Abyssinia campaign. On 11 May 1880 he was found to be unfit for further service due to varicose veins and being generally worn out, afterwards living in Hollywood, Co. Down. Sold with copy service papers and copy medal roll extract.

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (127 L. Cpl. C. W. Butler. Hants: (Ftrs.) R.E.) polished, good fine £60-£80 --- Clement William Butler was born in Andover, Hampshire, and was awarded the T.F.E.M. in January 1909.

Five: Second Lieutenant F. G. Grigsby, York and Lancaster Regiment and Special Constabulary, late Royal Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (4914 Pte. F. G. Grigsby. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. F. G. Grigsby.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1940, Long Service 1944 (Sergt. Frank G. Grigsby); together with a Medal for the Battle on Asiago Plateau, 15 June 1918, silver, the trio and SCLSM mounted for wear, some contact marks, good very fine (5) £120-£160 --- Frank Gordon Grigsby, originally a house furnishings salesman, was born in Reading, Berkshire on 24 May 1885. He attested into the 20th (Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front from 14 November 1915. He was commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment on 28 August 1917 and served with the 8th Battalion. Awarded a pension post-War, he settled in Tavistock, Devon, where he joined the Special Constabulary. Appointed Sergeant, he served during the Second World War, thus qualifying for the Defence Medal. He died, aged 66, in Tavistock, on 22 November 1951.

War Medal 1939-45 (20), all unnamed as issued, generally very fine (20) £60-£80

Seven: Flight Lieutenant T. H. Fynn, Royal Air Force, later Rhodesian Police Reserve, who was taken Prisoner of War when his Lancaster, of which he was the pilot and sole survivor, was shot down over Stuttgart on 15 March 1944 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Rhodesia, General Service Medal (10835B F/R T. H. Fynn); Rhodesian Police Reserve Long Service Medal (10835B F/R Fynn, T. H.); Zimbabwe, Independence Medal 1980 (060935) nearly extremely fine (7) £400-£500 --- Terence Hugh Fynn was born in King William’s Town, South Africa, on 27 February 1916, a direct descendent of Henry Francis Fynn of Northern Ireland, who settled in the Eastern Cape in the 1820s and gave his name to the suburb of Fynnlands in Natal. A farmer by profession and member of the British South Africa Police Reserve, Fynn attested for the Royal Air Force in October 1940, and was trained as a Pilot aboard Tiger Moth, Avro Anson, Oxford and Fairey Battle aircraft. Sent to Leuchars, Babbacombe, Newquay and Padgate, he converted to bombers at R.A.F. Swinderby from 29 August 1943 to 13 October 1943, before posted to Dunholme Lodge in Lincolnshire with 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron, Royal Air Force. Operating the Avro Lancaster bomber, 44 Squadron was heavily engaged at this time with attacks on the Biscay Ports, the Ruhr, Berlin, and the major industrial heartland cities of occupied Europe. According to the Operations Record Book, Fynn bombed Dusseldorf on the night of 3/4 November 1943, as part of a 15-aircraft sortie likely targeting the Rhenania Ossag oil refinery. A few days later, he carpet-bombed Berlin, a mission repeated on 23 December 1943 and again on 1 January 1944. This was followed by an attack on Stettin on 5 January 1944, the O.R.B. entry for Fynn’s aircraft noting: ‘attack was seen to be very good, with good fires taking hold of blocks of buildings. Rear gunner could see fires from 90 miles away and altogether a very good trip.’ Fynn is recorded on a further ten operational sorties to Berlin, Leipzig and Stuttgart, the entry of 15 March 1944 noting: ‘F/Lt. Fynn failed to return from this operation but no signals were received from him. All the other aircraft reached and bombed the target and returned to base successfully’. Initially posted missing in action, it later emerged that he was the sole survivor of his Lancaster’s crew, spending the remainder of the conflict as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft I in western Pomerania. Liberated by Russian forces on 30 April 1945, Fynn returned to Rhodesia, joined the Police Reserve in 1961 and served until Independence. Sold with the original slip for Campaign Stars, Clasps and Medals, with named envelope to recipient, c/o. O.H.M.S. Southern Rhodesia, and extensive copied research, including an annotated photographic image of the recipient with this Lancaster crew.

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees (James Diamond, Arty. Driver) very fine £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Glending’s, May 1992. James Diamond served in Ross’s “A” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, and is also entitled to the Waterloo medal.

Four: Private E. Clemmet, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, late Lincolnshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14751665 Pte. E. Clemmet. D.C.L.I.) mounted as worn, pitting and contact marks, especially to last, nearly very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Eric Clemmet was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, on 4 April 1926 and - having been called up on 20 April 1944 - was posted to the Lincolnshire Regiment. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Second World War in North West Europe from 2 November 1944 to 27 June 1945, and transferred to the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 24 August 1945, seeing further service with them in post-War Palestine. He was discharged, Class ‘Z’ Reserve, on 4 January 1948. Clemmet was called up for training duties at the height of the Korean War, but was not mobilised for active service. He was was finally discharged from the TA Reserve on 10 February 1954. He died in Bradford on 26 July 190. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

The I.G.S. 1908-35 Medal with ‘North West Frontier 1930-31’ clasp awarded to Flying Officer E. N. V. Everett, Royal Air Force and Flying Instructor for the Madras Flying Club, who was killed in a flying accident whilst piloting a DH 80 A with Rajah IV Krishna Rau, 25 August 1935 India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (F/O. E. N. V. Everett. R.A.F.) good very fine £200-£300 --- Ernest Norman Victor Everett was commissioned Pilot Officer (on probation) in the Royal Air Force in January 1928, being confirmed in that rank the following January. He was posted to the Aircraft Depot, India in October 1928, and advanced to Flying Officer in June of the following year. Everett was posted as a pilot to 60 Squadron (DH 9A’s) at Kohat in January 1930. Everett transferred to the Reserve of Air Officers, and was killed in a flying accident over India on 25 August 1935. Everett was employed as the Flying Instructor for the Madras Flying Club, and on the latter date had been flying a DH 80A with Rajah IV Krishna Rau and a Mr H. J. Carter of the Imperial Tobacco Company. The aircraft belonged to the Rajah, and was flying from Secunderabad to Madras, a journey of just over 300 miles, when a wing broke off and the aircraft crashed near Nellore - some 80 miles short of Madras.

Eight: Stoker Petty Officer A. H. T. Curtis, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51, unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (K.67297 A. H. T. Curtis. S.P.O. H.M.S. Resolution.) mounted as worn, good very fine (8) £120-£160

A Great War M.M. group of ten awarded to Warrant Officer Class II W. Cunnington, Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion and Royal Warwickshire Regiment, later Northamptonshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (268479 Pte. W. Cunnington. 1/7 R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals (221 Pte. W. Cunnington. Hunts. Cyc.. B.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (221 Pte. W. Cunnington. Hunts. Cyc. Bn.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (5878256 Sjt. W. Cunnington. 5 - North’n R.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (5878256 W.O. Cl. II W. Cunnington M.M. 5 - North’n R.) mounted for wear, some polishing and contact marks, overall better than very fine (10) £800-£1,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1920 William Cunnington, from Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdonshire, served during the Great War in both the 1/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion and the 1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. His medal index card also notes service with 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. He was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 435 or 1925, and is confirmed on the medal roll for the 1935 Jubilee Medal as Warrant Officer Class II, 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (Territorial Army). Sold with original transmittal slip for the M.M., dated 17 March 1920, which was sent to the recipient at Park Farm, Hinchingbrooke, Huntington; a photograph of the recipient in later life; Army Council medal transmittal slip for three medals granted for his service in the Second World War; white card medal issue box named to 221 Pte. W. Cunnington, Hunts. Cyclist Bn., & Royal Warwickshire Regt., together with copy correspondence from The Huntingdon Branch of the Northamptonshire Regiment Old Comrades Association to his widow regarding the dedication of a bench in his memory, following his death in 1968.

Three: Signalman A. J. Journet, Royal Signals U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, with ‘2’ emblem; U.N. Medal, on UNTAG riband; Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991(24762343 Sig A J Journet R Signals) mounted as worn, polish residue, some contact marks, good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Sold together with copy research suggesting that the recipient served with 30 Signal Regiment, who having served with the United Nations force in Namibia, in 1989, became the first ground force detachment sent to the Gulf as part of Operation Granby in 1990 to establish satellite communications.

Pair: Company Sergeant Major S. E. Baker, East India Railway Regiment, Auxiliary Force India India Service Medal; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India (C.S.M. S. E. Baker. 2-E.I. Ry. R., A.F.I.); together with the recipient’s Lucknow Contingent, A.F.I. Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to S.S.I. S. E. Baker. on disbandment 14 Aug. 1947.’, mounted as worn, good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (702 Pte. F. N. Cumming, 23 Sind Btn. I.D.F.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India (Pte. L. G. Mackenzie, O & T. Ry. Bn., A.F.I.) last with official corrections, very fine (5) £80-£100

Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4871 Pte. E. Ascott. L.N. Lanc: R.); Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue, Territorial reverse officially dated ‘1966’, with integral top riband bar, in Royal Mint case of issue, contact marks to first, very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Edward Ascott attested into the East Lancashire Regiment and served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, on the Western Front from 12 August 1914 and saw later service with the Cheshire Regiment. Sold together with a CD-ROM, presumably containing research.

Pair: Lance-Corporal A. E. Annison, East Surrey Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (868 Pte. A. E. Annison. E. Surr. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (868 Pte. A. E. Annison. E. Surr. R.); together with two bronze regimental prize fob medals for the 5th Territorial Battalion, East Surrey Regiment in the form of small sized regimental badge with top ring suspension, the first inscribed ‘Pte. A. E. Annison: Inter Company Morris Tube Competition’, the second inscribed ‘Field Firing Competition 1913 B. Coy. L. Corpl. Annison’, good very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Alfred Edward Annison, a native of Leatherhead, Surrey, served with the 5th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, and was not entitled to the Victory Medal. He was awarded a Silver War Badge No. B272782, and was in receipt of an army disability pension.

Three: Colour Sergeant C. N. Glanfield, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (200359 C.Sjt. C. N. Glanfield. Devon.R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1922 A.Cpl. C. N. Glanfield. Devon.R.) light contact marks to BWM, otherwise very fine (3) £160-£200 --- Cecil Northcote Glanfield was born on 7 January 1895 and baptised at Tiverton. He was awarded the TFWM for service with the 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and was discharged on 24 August 1919.

Five: Private H. F. McCourt, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, who was killed in action during Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid, on 19 August 1942, and was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry during the raid 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, with M.I.D. oak leaf; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1939, with bronze palm on riband; together with the recipient’s Birk’s Memorial Bar ‘Pte. H. F. McCourt, R.H.L.I., Died in his Country’s Service, 19 Aug. 1942’, about extremely fine (6) £400-£500 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 14 March 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services at Dieppe in August 1942.’ French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 25 November 1946. Hugh Francis McCourt was born at Eganville, Ontario, on 16 January 1921, and attested for the Canadian Active Service Force at Hamilton, Ontario, on 5 March 1940. He served during the Second World War as a Private with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry overseas from February 1941, and was killed in action in the Dieppe Raid, Operation Jubilee, on 19 August 1942, for which he was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches. He is buried in Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, France. Sold with an R.H.L.I. cap badge and copied service papers.

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24554963 Pte C L Harrop LI); together with a Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue, representative of the recipient’s full entitlement; and cap badge, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90 --- Christopher L. Harrop was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in 1964, and attested for the Light Infantry in c.1980, serving initially as a Bugler, and latterly as Regimental Police. Sold with copied research, which indicates that the recipient was awarded the Jubilee Medal 2002 after having left the Army, and so presumably whilst serving with some other uniformed service, most likely the Police.

Four: Chief Cook W. Betts, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary, who served aboard the S.S. Ophir during the Messina Earthquake rescue operations of 1908 1914-15 Star (W. Betts. W. R. Ck.1. M.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (W. Betts. Ch. Ck. M.F.A.); Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued, VM officially re-impressed, good very fine (4) £160-£200 --- William Betts is recorded in Angels in Blue Jackets, The Navy at Messina, 1908, as serving as a scullion aboard the S.S. Ophir.

A Second War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of ten awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. A. Branch, Chief of Police, Leeward Islands, late Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and Durham Light Infantry, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving life on Anguilla in November 1931 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1914-15 Star (410906 Pte. J. R. A. Branch. P.P.C.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. R. A. Branch.); War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Lt. Col. John R. A. Brnach.’, lacking integral top riband bar; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Captain J. R. A. Branch. 20th. Nov. 1931.) with integral top bronze riband buckle, the first nine mounted court-style as worn, the last loose; together with the related set of nine miniature awards (omitting the RHS Medal), the ED again lacking integral top riband bar, these similarly mounted, polished and worn, with almost all the gilding rubbed from the ED, therefore good fine and better (10) £600-£800 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1941: John Reginald Arthur Branch, Esq., Superintendent of Police, Leeward Islands.’ John Reginald Arthur Branch was born in St. John’s, Antigua, Leeward Islands, on 24 June 1894 and was educated at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Initially attesting for the 1st Universities Company, 38th Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Montreal on 17 February 1915, he served with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 31 July 1915, before being commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry on 25 October 1916. Promoted Lieutenant, he was wounded on the Western Front on 23 September 1918. Following the cessation of hostilities, Branch returned to the Leeward Islands, and served with the Islands’ Police, ultimately rising to the rank of Chief of Police. For his gallantry in saving life at sea off Anguilla on 20 November 1931 he was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal (R.H.S. Case no. 51,083), and was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1941 New Year’s Honours’ List.

Three: Major P. G. Baker, Royal Australian Army Service Corps, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and Middlesex Regiment 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; together with a Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry Champion Recruit Medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘1938 5437808 Pvt. [sic] P. G. Baker’; and the related group of three miniature dress medals, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 5 May 1945: ‘For distinguished services in Burma and on the eastern frontier of India.’ Patrick George Baker was born at Headley, Hampshire, on 16 April 1921 ands attested for the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1938, receiving a prize medal for Champion Recruit. He served in “B” Company, 2nd Battalion, during 1939, which included a period of garrison duty at the Tower of London, before proceeding for service in Burma. After attending an Officer Training Unit at Quetta, India, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 31 May 1941, and was promoted to War Substantive Lieutenant on 1 October 1942. For his services in Burma during the Second World War he was Mentioned in Dispatches; a photograph taken in Rangoon in 1945 shows him in the rank of Captain, and prior to his discharge he was promoted temporary Major. Post-War, Baker worked as a forest engineer in Burma, in charge of a labour force which included many elephants. He subsequently emigrated to Tasmania and was employed by the Hydroelectric Commission. He attested for the Australian Citizen Military Forces and was commissioned as a Captain on 9 September 1952 and was posted to 123 Independent Transport Platoon, Royal Australian Army Service Corps. He was ultimately promoted to Major and served as the Officer Commanding, 123 Independent Transport Platoon, R.A.A.S.C. A photograph shows them at Brighton Camp, Tasmania, in May, 1953. He transferred to the Reserve of Officers on 23 February 1955, and died in Launceston, Tasmania, on 23 June 1999, aged 78. Sold with a group photograph of the recipient with “B” Company, 2nd Battalion, D.C.L.I., on garrison duty at the Tower of London; a group photograph of the recipient with other officers in Rangoon in 1945; an annotated group photograph of 123 Independent Transport Platoon, R.A.A.S.C., May 1953; two large portrait photographs of the recipient; riband bar; D.C.L.I., Middlesex Regiment, and R.A.A.S.C. cap badges; and copied research.

Three: Sapper C. V. Emmons, Canadian Engineers 1914-15 Star (5662 Spr: C. V. Emmons. 1/Can: D.S.Coy.); British War and Victory Medals (5662 Spr. C. V. Emmons. C.E.) minor patch of staining to obverse of last, otherwise very fine Five: Private C. C. Carmody, 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), later Canadian Army Medical Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-15 Star (50439 Pte. C. Carmody. 24/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (50439 Pte. C. C. Carmody. C.A.M.C.); Canadian Voluntary Service Medal 1939-45, without clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, BWM and VM officially re-impressed, traces of lacquer, with verdigris to reverse of Star and obverse of Victory Medal, overall good fine (8) £70-£90 --- Clarke Vincent Emmons was born at Rosehall, Prince Edward County, Canada, on 3 July 1896. He attested for the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier on 23 September 1914, witnessing service in France with the 1st and 3rd Divisional Signal Companies, Canadian Engineers, from 20 March 1915. Emmons survived the war and returned home soon after the cessation of hostilities, but his service was marked by stomach complaints associated with the dreadful conditions experienced on the Western Front. Charles Cecil Carmody was born at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, on 3 June 1898. He served in France with the 24th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, from 15 September 1915, and was buried on the Somme in September 1916. Admitted to hospital at Etaples suffering from nervous debility, he was transferred to the Red Cross Hospital at Sherborne, Dorset, and later the Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Epsom, to recuperate. Continuing to suffer from nerves and poor health, Carmody was struck off strength and repatriated home to Canada in November 1917. Sold with a silver-gilt Hawkesbury Lodge Masonic Medal, engraved to reverse, 'Presented to Wor. Bro. C. P. Carmody, W.M. 1947-48, by Hawkesbury Lodge, No. 450. A. F. & A. M.', a United States of America Non Resident Alien's Border Crossing Identification Card to Charles Paton Carmody, and extensive copied research. Additionally sold together with a United States of America European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, bronze, mounted in a glazed display frame together with the cap badge, shoulder title, nurses lapel badge, portrait photograph, and identity tag named to ‘Hortense F Rowland’.

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Peiwar Kotal (1608. Pte. L. Duckworth. 2/8th Regt.) slight edge bruise, some contact marks, very fine £200-£240 --- Sold with copy medal roll extract.

A fine Great War ‘Horse Transport’ M.M. group of four awarded to Driver W. S. Keillor, Royal Army Service Corps, for his gallantry in the vicinity of Ypres on 25 September 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (T4-123849 Dvr: W. S. Keillor. R.A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (14-123849 Dvr. W. S. Keillor. A.S.C.); France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, mounted as worn, gilding somewhat rubbed on last, very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919. William Smith Keillor was born in Forfarshire, Angus, in 1873. A stableman, he attested for the Army Service Corps at Bradford on 25 October 1915, and served as a Driver in France and Flanders from 9 January 1916. He was wounded in action on 25 September 1918, suffering a gunshot wound to the jaw, back and right hand. Sent home to Dundee on furlough, he was later awarded the Military Medal in consequence of the bravery he displayed when wounded. Unusually, given his rank, the citation can be found in his unit war diary, which reinforces the information offered in his Army Service Record: ‘No. T4/123849 Dvr. W. S. Keillor, A.S.C. H.T., formerly attached to the Field Ambulance, awarded the Military Medal for gallantry on the La Clytte - Reninghelst Road on 25 September 1918. A shell burst close to the horse ambulance wagon, killed 3 R.A.M.C. men, 9 wounded and although he too was severely wounded in the jaw he continued to drive the wagon until reaching the A.D.S. [Advanced Dressing Station].’ Sold with copied Army Service Record and War Diary entry. Note: French Medaille Militaire unconfirmed.

A fine and rare 1936 ‘Palestine’ military division B.E.M. group of ten awarded to Wing Commander, late Warrant Officer, H. Taylor, Royal Navy attached R.N.A.S. and Royal Air Force - 1 of only 2 B.E.M’s awarded to the R.A.F. for operations in Palestine prior to the Second World War British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (313928 Flt. Sgt. Harry Taylor R.A.F.); 1914-15 Star (J25779 Boy 1. H. Taylor. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.235779 H. Taylor Act. A.M. 1. R.N.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (313928 Cpl. (A/Sgt.) H. Taylor. R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (313928. F/Sgt. H. Taylor. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., fixed suspension (313928 Sgt. H. Taylor, R.A.F.); Jubilee 1935, mounted on card for display in this order, earlier awards polished good fine, remainder generally very fine (10) £700-£900 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 11 May 1937: ‘For valuable services rendered in the field in connection with the operations in Palestine during the period April - October, 1936.’ Approximately 15 B.E.M.s in total awarded for operations in Palestine prior to the Second World War, of which only 2 were awarded to the Royal Air Force. Taylor served on the Combined Staff at HQ. Harry Taylor was born in Preston, Lancashire, in April 1898. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy in July 1913, and was attached for service during the Great War with the Royal Naval Air Service - being rated Air Mechanic I (W/T) on his 18th birthday. Taylor advanced to Acting Air Mechanic I (W/T) and saw much service on R.N.A.S. airship stations on the North East Coast, being the W/T operator on airships carrying out reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrols over the North Sea. He saw subsequent service at Howden and Pulham, in addition to spells with the Beardmore Construction Co. Inchinnan, Scotland and Barlow, Yorkshire. The latter being the home of Armstrong Whitworth, another airship construction company at the time. On 1 April 1918, on the merger of the R.N.A.S. and the R.F.C. to form the R.A.F., Taylor was transferred to the new Service under the terms for R.N. ratings attached to the R.N.A.S. He was allocated the service number ‘313929’ from the block of numbers allotted for such transferees. Taylor advanced to Warrant Officer in June 1937 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in February 1932), and was granted a commission as Flying Officer on probation (Signals Officer) the following year. He was posted to the School of Naval Co-operation at Ford. Taylor advanced to Flight Lieutenant in March 1941, and to Squadron Leader in July 1943, spending the majority of his war service with the Directorate of Signals, Air Ministry. He advanced to Wing Commander in July 1948 and retired on his 55th birthday, 8 April 1953, completing a spell of continuous service lasting some 42 years. Wing Commander Taylor resided at 14 Arlington Avenue, Cottingham, and died at the Royal Infirmary Hull in March 1978. Sold with copied service papers.

Five: Company Quarter Master Sergeant and Temporary Staff Sergeant Major W. H. Rench, 57th (West Lancashire) Divisional Train, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (S4-252651 T. W.O. Cl. 1 W. H. Rench. A.S.C.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (S4-252651 A. W.O. Cl. 1. W. H. Rench. A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S4-252651 C.Q.M. Sjt. T.S.S. Mjr: W. H. Rench. 57 / D.T. A.S.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (44 C.Q.M. Sjt. W. H. Rench. W. Lanc. D.T. A.S.C.); mounted for wear in the incorrect order, contact marks and minor edge bruising, very fine and better (5) £360-£440 --- William H. Rench was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 372 of 1 November 1917; and the Meritorious Service Medal as a Company Quarter Master Sergeant and Temporary Staff Sergeant Major with the 57th Divisional Train, Army Service Corps, for service in France (London Gazette 17 June 1918).

Honourable East India Company Medal for Seringapatam 1799, silver, 48mm, Soho Mint, fitted with a contemporary silver pillar suspension, minor edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine £600-£800