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A scarce Great War ‘Western Front’ A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Sister Zoe B. Douet, Territorial Force Nursing Service, who served at No. 55 General Hospital, Wimereux, France Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister Z. B. Douet.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Sister Z. B. Douet. T.F.N.S.) with flattened named card boxes of issue and outer OHMS transmission envelopes addressed to ‘Miss Z. B. Douet, A.R.R.C., 8 Nevill Road, Rottingdean, Sussex’, nearly extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 5 June 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 30 December 1918. Miss Zoe Blanche Douet was born at South Norwood, Surrey, in 1872 and trained as a nurse at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, from 1904 to 1907. She served during the Great War with the Territorial Force Nursing Service as a Nursing Sister at No. 55 General Hospital, British Expeditionary Force, at Wimereux, France, from 30 April 1917, and for her services was awarded the A.R.R.C. and was Mentioned in Despatches. She died in Brighton in 1926. Sold with the recipient’s Territorial Force Nursing Service small cape badge, in Gaunt, London, case of issue; original Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated 8 November 1918; original letter permitting her to retain her T.F.N.S. badge following demobilisation after 4 years’ war service; personal reference from the Matron in Chief, T.F.N.S. confirming her war service, dated 31 March 1920; Membership Registration Certificate of the College of Nursing, dated 19 May 1919; and letter addressed to her sister following her death in 1926 passing on condolences from Her Majesty Queen Mary, from the Matron in Chief, T.F.N.S.

Pair: Captain and Quartermaster E. H. Noyes, Bombay Native Infantry, Indian Army, late Midshipman, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. E. H. Noyes, 10th. Bombay N.I.) minor contact marks and light polishing to second, very fine and better (2) £400-£500 --- Edward Herbert Noyes was born in 1835 and baptised in the Parish of Lindfield, Sussex. Educated privately, he served as Midshipman in the Royal Navy aboard H.M.S. Edinburgh from 1852 to 1855, qualifying for the Baltic Medal. Returned to land, he joined the Oxfordshire Militia from 20 October 1857 to 17 March 1858. He then qualified as musketry instructor at Hythe, before obtaining a commission in the Indian Army. Noyes went on to witness action during the Central Indian campaign, but his promising military career was cut short by cholera in July 1875 at Ahmedabad, whilst serving as Captain and Quartermaster of Her Majesty’s 3rd Regiment, Native Infantry.

The Waterloo medal awarded to Lieutenant G. A. F. Dawkins, 15th Hussars, who was present at the Duchess of Richmond’s Ball on 15th June, and who was wounded at Waterloo on 18th June 1815 Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. G. A. F. Dawkins, 15th or King’s Reg. Hussars.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, the obverse with some light marks, otherwise good very fine and better £5,000-£7,000 --- George Augustus Frederick Dawkins was a peripheral member of the Dawkins family of Over Norton, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. He was appointed an Ensign in the 3rd Foot Guards on 1 February 1812, and transferred in the same rank to the 15th Light Dragoons on 3 June 1813. His name appears on the list of guests invited to attend the Duchess of Richmond’s Ball at Brussells on the eve of the battle of Quatre Bras. He was wounded at Waterloo on 18 June, and was placed on half-pay on 25 June 1816. He died on 14 November 1821, aged 30 years and four days, and is named on the Family Memorial tablet in St Mary’s Church, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

Pair: P. Trenchard, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Percy Trenchard) both impressed with slightly smaller letters than usual, the BWM planchet slightly mis-struck, very fine Four: Donkeyman F. Edwards, Mercantile Marine Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Fred Edwards); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine Four: W. O. Williams, Mercantile Marine and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War Medal 1914-20 (W/O. Williams. R.N.V.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (W/O. Williams. R.N.V.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (W/O. Williams. R.N.V.R.); Defence Medal, the Great War awards all renamed, good very fine Five: Attributed to Radio Officer W. O. Austin, Mercantile Marine 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; Pacific Star, 1 clasp, Burma; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine Four: Attributed to Seaman R. Aird, Mercantile Marine 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, these all somewhat later issues, extremely fine (19) £100-£140 --- William Oswald Austin was born in Lucknow, India, on 29 September 1920. He initially joined the Royal Air Force at Blackpool as Aircraftsman 2nd Class, but transferred to the Merchant Navy in 1940, and was posted aboard the Empire Moose as Radio Officer. Austin subsequently served aboard a host of vessels including the British Fidelity, Empire Rain, Empire Planet and Empire Record, before being discharged at his own request on 3 May 1947. Sold with named O.H.M.S. box of transmittal for medals, addressed to Mr William O. Austin, 41 Montefiore Road, Hove, Sussex, BN3 6EP, Campaign Stars, Clasps and Medals entitlement slip, and extensive copied service research. Robert Aird was born in Scotland on 31 December 1914. He served with the Merchant Navy throughout the Second World War, including postings aboard the Strathaird, Empire Farmer, Empire Tavistock, and Lord Byron. Sold with original application document for Campaign Stars, and Department for Transport General Register Office of Shipping and Seamen issuance slip, confirming entitlement and dated December 1989.

A scarce Great War ‘Cameroons 1914-15’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Brigadier-General G. D. Mann, Royal Artillery, attached West African Frontier Force, in command of Artillery in Northern Cameroons 1915; he subsequently commanded the Nigerian Brigade in East Africa Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: G. D. Mann, Imp: Yeo:) second clasp a contemporary copy; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, N. Nigeria 1906 (Lieut: G. D. Mann. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (Major G. D. Mann. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Brig. Gen. G. D. Mann.) mounted court-style as worn but now rather tatty, some chips to wreaths of D.S.O., otherwise generally very fine or better (6) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 14 January 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 31 May 1916 (Cameroons), and 7 March 1918 (East Africa). George Duncan Mann was born on 28 August 1876, son of Horace and Mina Mann. Educated at Repton, he was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Norfolk Artillery Militia on 12 April 1898. He then joined the Royal Artillery on 5 May 1900, being made Lieutenant on 1 May 1901; Major on 30 October 1914; and Temporary Brigadier-General on 19 October 1917. Mann served in the South African war in 1902 with the 132nd Company (Irish Horse) Imperial Yeomanry (Queen’s Medal with 2 clasps). He was employed with the West African Frontier Force from 1905 to 1909, and served in West Africa (N. Nigeria) in 1906 (Medal with clasp). He was again employed with the W.A.F.F. from 1911 to 1918, and entered the Cameroons theatre of war on 24 August 1914, commanding the Artillery in the Northern Cameroons in 1915 (Despatches). Mann then commanded the column operating from Ibi, on Banzo and Jaundi, from July 1915 to February 1916; commanded Nigerian Brigade in all fighting, from October 1917 to February 1918; and commanded British Troops south of the Rouma River, in Portuguese East Africa, from December 1917 to February 1918 (Despatches three times (sic), Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel; 1914 Star (sic)). Two of his brothers were killed in action, one in 1915, and the other in 1916, and his fourth brother was wounded. Sold with original warrant for the D.S.O. and a photograph of the recipient in ‘civvies’, together with some copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Sergeant A. Roberson, 55th (West Lancashire) Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers, for his gallantry at Guillemont between 6-15 August 1916, and again at Locon on 10 April 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (6468 L.Cpl. A. Roberson. 55/W. Lanc. D.S. Coy. R.E. - T.F.); British War and Victory Medals (6468 Sjt. A. Roberson. R.E.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (6468 Spr. A. Roberson. R.E.) heavy verdigris to reverse of VM, otherwise very fine and better (4) £800-£1,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 16 November 1916. For gallantry at Guillemont between 6-15 August 1916. M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 7 October 1918. The original Recommendation states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and determination in action at Locon on 10 April 1918’. Arthur Roberson attested for the Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) at St. Helens, Lancashire, and served with the 55th (West Lancashire) Divisional Signal Company during the Great War on the Western Front, being advanced Sergeant. Sold with a quantity of original documentation and paperwork, including a Divisional Commanders’ Gallantry Card for gallant conduct on 6-15 August 1916 at Guillemont, dated 7 October 1916; Divisional Commanders’ Gallantry Card for gallant conduct at Locon on 10 April 1918, dated April 1918; XI Corps Commanders gallantry card confirming the award of the Bar to the Military Medal to 432022 Cpl. A. Roberson, M.M. R.E., ‘; M.M. and Bar enclosure slip, dated 27 August 1919; original page from passport with photographs of the recipient and his wife dated February 1924; Demobilization notice (Army Form Z.B.) stating that Sgt. A. Roberson of 55 Divisional Signal Company R.E. was not demobilized until after the unit was dispersed; and other ephemera.

Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue; together with a Saudi Arabia Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait, in case of issue, extremely fine (3) £60-£80

Family Group: A Second War ‘Internment Camp Commandant’s’ O.B.E. group of five awarded to Colonel E. D. B. Kippen, Veterans Guard of Canada The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. D. B. Kippen.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, mounted as worn, together with mounted companion set of miniature dress medals, good very fine 1914-15 Star (55084 Pte. A. Kippen. 19/Can: Inf:) reverse scratched overall in attempt to obscure naming, otherwise good very fine (6) £280-£340 --- O.B.E. (Military) Canada Gazette 8 June 1944: ‘Colonel Eric Douglas Bruce Kippen, Veterans Guard of Canada.’ The recommendation states: ‘This officer has completed over five year’s service as Officer Commanding Internment Camps of Prisoners-of-War, having in that period an enviable record of success in several military districts. His last command has been Camp 133, Lethbridge, Alberta, with a prisoner of war strength of upwards of 13,000. He has at all times displayed tact and fairness in dealing with his charges, but has been instrumental in fostering among them the ideals and practical machinery of democratic methods, by both precept and practice. His work has been voluntarily enlarged by exhibiting the same qualities in his dealings with the civil population adjacent to camps so that the relationship between them and the guards and other army personnel has been maintained on a basis of good will and courtesy. His service embraces also the war of 1914-1919 in which he served.’ Eric Douglas Bruce Kippen served in France in World War I, having been commissioned in 1916, severely wounded and taken prisoner in the battle of Cambrai in December 1917. The first three months of his captivity were spent in German hospitals, and then for over a year he was detained at four different camps in Germany until he was liberated in December 1918. Returning to Canada in May 1919, Kippen obtained his discharge and went into the investment business in Montreal and New York. In 1922 he launched his own investment firm, Kippen and Company, in Montreal. Anxious to serve his country again when the Second War started, the present commanding officer of Canada's largest Prisoner Of War camp volunteered his services, and in June 1940 became a major in the Veterans Guard of Canada. That same month he opened an internment camp at Lle-Aux-Noix, Quebec, for internees from England and received his first prisoners in July. He opened another camp at Farnham, Quebec, in October 1940. Early in 1942 he was posted to the P.O.W. camp at Espanola, Ontario, in command of a guard company, and after a short stay there was sent to the camp at Angler, Ontario. From Angler he went to the temporary camp at Ozada, near Banff, in the summer of 1942. Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, Kippen was appointed commandant of the internment camp at Angler in September 1942, which was the camp detaining Japanese internees. The following February, Colonel Kippen organised and opened the Prisoner Of War camp at Grande Ligne, Quebec, for German officers, and received his first captives in June. He remained commandant of that camp until moving to Lethbridge Camp in October 1944, at the same time receiving his promotion to the rank of full Colonel. After the war he returned to his investment business, from which he retired as a Director in 1975. Colonel Kippen died at Toronto on 22 October 1988, aged 95. Arnold Kippen ‘is reported wounded again. He went overseas in May 1915. He was then a lance-corporal, but received his commission on the field [as Lieutenant]. He is 23 years old, and was employed at the Merchants Bank. This is his third time wounded. Last March he was severely wounded, and might have had light duty in England, but volunteered to go back on the firing line.’ (Copied news cutting refers). Sold with copied research and the book Prisoners of the Home Front, by Martin F. Auger, which contains numerous mentions of Colonel Kippen.

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (636 Cpl. H. Botting. 1/Dorset R.G.A.V.) impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £60-£80

Five: Company Quarter Master Sergeant B. W. G. Winter, East Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (200318 A. W.O. Cl. 2 B. W. G. Winter. E. Surr. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (200318 Sjt. B. W. G. Winter. E. Surr. R.); Defence Medal; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (6135159 C.Q.M. Sjt. B. W. G. Winter. 5 - E. Surr. R.) the first four mounted for wear, the last crudely stitched to mounting bar, contact marks and a couple of small edge bruises, overall very fine and better (5) £260-£300 --- Bertie William George Winter re-enlisted in the East Surrey Regiment (T.F.) after the Great War and was awarded the T.E.M. in Army Orders in June 1926. He was discharged at Hounslow on 3 July 1926.

Three: Private G. R. Martin, 19th (County of London) Battalion (St. Pancras), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (1697 Pte. G. R. Martin. 19-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1697 Pte. G. R. Martin. 19-Lond. R.) the obverses heavily polished, therefore fine; the reverses better (3) £180-£220 --- Sold with four original postcard-sized group photographs of men of the 19th Battalion the London Regiment in 1914 and in 1917, presumably including the recipient, though he is not identified.

Three: Sergeant E. Tidey, Royal Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (1350 Pte. E. Tidey, R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (K-1359 Sjt. E. Tidey. R. Fus.) mounted for wear, very fine Pair: J. Howarth, Special Constabulary Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (John Howarth), mounted for wear, very fine (5) £60-£80 --- Edgar Tidey attested into the Royal Fusiliers for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 22nd Battalion from 16 November 1915. He saw later service with the 6th Battalion and was appointed Sergeant on 15 April 1918. He was wounded in action on 27 August 1918, and returned to the U.K. on 8 September 1918. Discharged ‘Class Z’ on 24 March 1919, and awarded a war pension, he died on 6 January 1922. Sold with copy Medal Index Card and copy research.

Six: Battery Quarter Master Sergeant R. Peters, Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (334038 B.Q.M. Sjt. R. Peters. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (334038 B.Q.M. Sjt. R. Peters. R.A.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal G.V.R. (334038 B.Q.M. Sjt. (A. B.S. Mjr.) R. Peters. R.G.A.) surname partially officially corrected; Service Medal of the Order of St. John (21843 Sgt. R. Peters. No. 9 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1940); together with St. John Ambulance re-examination sterling silver medallion, the reverse named ‘Richard Peters 296994 1932’, with 12 additional dated attendance at training ‘labels’ from 1929 to 1941 inclusive, these all in silver and all numbered ‘296944’, light contact marks, nearly very fine (7) £280-£340 --- Richard Peters served as Battery Quartermaster Sergeant of the 527th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, and was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 23 of 1 February 1920.

Four: Sergeant W. Cross, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (142 Sjt. W. Cross. Devon R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (142 Cpl. W. Cross. Devon R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (200014 Sjt: W. Cross. 4/Devon R.) medals mounted for wear in the incorrect order, light contact marks, better than very fine (4) £260-£300 --- Walter Cross was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order No. 236 of 1 August 1918, and the clasp in Army Orders in February 1929. He was disembodied on 2 June 1919. Sold with the recipient’s riband bar; a bronze National Rifle Association Rifle Clubs prize fob medal, unnamed; and a Territorial Army Rifle Association bronze prize medallion engraved to reverse ‘4th Battn. Devon Regt. won by Sergt. W. Cross “H.Q.” Wing 1924’.

Five: Private H. Holstead, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1914-15 Star (18623 Pte. H. Holstead. L.N. Lan. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (18623 Pte. H. Holstead. L.N. Lan. R.) renamed; Victory Medal 1914-19 (18623 Pte. H. Halstead. L.N. Lan. R.); Defence Medal; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1915, very fine Pair: Corporal H. J. E. Hooper, East Surrey Regiment, late Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 26 October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (240440 Cpl. H. J. E. Hooper. E. Surr. R.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, otherwise nearly extremely fine Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3530 C.Sjt: N. H. P. Page. Devon: Regt.) minor edge bruising, very fine (8) £80-£100 --- Henry John Edward Hooper was born in Burnham on Crouch, Essex, around 1893. An assistant professional golfer at Chertsey, he attested for the 2/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, on 11 December 1913, and spent the first few years of the war on home service. Posted to Redhill in January 1916, his Army Service Record notes neglect of duty for leaving the Reigate guard room in a dirty condition. Posted to the Western Front on 15 September 1917, Hooper transferred to the 4/5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on 19 September 1917 and was killed in action barely a month later on 26 October 1917. His medals were later posted to his mother at 12 Herbert Road, Clacton-on-Sea. Sold with an original postcard photograph of the recipient in civilian attire; further entitled to TFWM under A.O. 143/20. Nathaniel Henry Pettitt Page attested for the Devonshire Regiment at Exeter on 28 June 1892. He served overseas with the 2nd Battalion during the South African Campaign from 20 October 1899 to 21 May 1903, and was discharged as Colour Sergeant on 15 November 1910. Sold with a reproduction Princess Mary Christmas tin.

A Great War 1916 ‘French theatre’ M.M. pair awarded to Company Sergeant Major S. G. Burt, 1/2nd (Hants) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers, and Hampshire (Fortress) Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (43 C.S. Mjr: S. G. Burt. 1/2 Hants: A.T. Co: R.E.-T.F.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (43 Sjt: S. G. Burt. Hants (F.) R.E.) minor edge nicks, therefore very fine or better (2) £280-£340 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 September 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 13 June 1916. Stanley G. Burt served with the Hampshire (Fortress) Royal Engineers prior to the Great War (awarded T.F.E.M. in July 1912, and the Second Award Bar in November 1920). He served during the Great War with the 1/2nd (Hants) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers in the French theatre of war from 18 January 1915. Sold with copied research.

Waterloo 1815 (Samuel Cartlidge, Driver, Royal Horse Artillery.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, a few light marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Samuel Cartlidge served as a Driver in Ramsay’s “H” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, at Waterloo. He also served in the Peninsula with Bean’s “D” Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, and received the M.G.S. medal for Vittoria and Toulouse.

Pair: Trooper J. H. Richards, Imperial Yeomanry, later Shanghai Volunteer Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (13598 Tpr: J. H. Richards, 73rd. Coy. 19th. Imp. Yeo:); Shanghai Volunteer Corps Long Service Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘J. H. Richards. Active 1903-1907, 1911-1919.’, contact marks and minor edge bruising, generally very fine and better (2) £600-£800 --- J. H. Richards served with the 73rd (Paget’s Horse) Company, 19th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War, and subsequently with the Shanghai Volunteer Corps.

A Great War D.C.M. and Second Award Bar pair awarded to Gunner C. Edwards, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (93304 Gnr: C. Edwards. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (93304 Gnr. C. Edwards. R.A.) good very fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 May 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed marked courage and coolness in repairing telephone wires in the open under a heavy fire. It was due to his determination and energy that communications were successfully maintained throughout the day. He also assisted another battery by taking up wire to its observation post under an intense fire. His devotion to duty was most praiseworthy.’ D.C.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 27 June 1919 (Mesopotamia): ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Benagadi, near Baku, on 31st August 1918. When acting as telephonist to his F.O.O. he frequently left his trench to repair the telephone wires in the open, though the enemy were sweeping our position with heavy fire. Later, when our line was compelled to withdraw, he again established communications, and although wounded in the neck continued at duty until the severity of his wound forced him to withdraw.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 12 March 1918. Charles Edwards first entered the Egyptian theatre of war on 14 July 1915. Sold with copied D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards which show that replacement medals were issued in September 1962.

Five: Colour Sergeant W. C. Little, 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment, later Warrant Officer Class II, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (1808 Pte. W. C. Little. 8-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1808 Pte. W. C. Little. 8-Lond. R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (5595515 Sjt. W. C. Little. 7/8 Lond. R.) number partially officially corrected; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial, with Second Award Bar (595515 C. Sjt. W. C. Little. 7-C. of Lond. R.) mounted for wear, light contact marks, very fine and better (5) £300-£400 --- William Charles Little served with the 8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 January 1917, and was awarded the T.E.M. in Army Orders in February 1923, as Sergeant 7/8 London Regiment. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal in May 1933, and the clasp in 1939, as a Warrant Officer Class II, Royal Engineers.

Royal Warrant Holders Association Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued, with integral top silver riband bar, nearly extremely fine £40-£50

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (65 Corpl. R. Brady H.Ms. 101st Regt.) brooch fittings removed from obverse, suspension re-affixed and claw re-pinned, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £200-£240 --- Robert Brady was born in the Parish of Blums, Hillsborough, County Down, and attested for the 101st Foot at Belfast on 30 May 1859. He served in India from October 1859 to February 1869, including the Umbeyla campaign on the North West Frontier where he was ‘wounded by bullet in left shoulder in action’; this was almost certainly in the Crag Picquet action. He was discharged in the rank of Sergeant at Tralee, County Kerry in October 1880, being then in possession of the ‘Medal for N.W. Frontier of India with Clasp for Umbeyla; Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct.’ Brady was subsequently taken on the Permanent Staff of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, P.W.O. Yorkshire Regiment, as a 1st Class Sergeant Instructor, serving for a further 14 years until November 1894 when he retired having reached the age limit. Sold with copied discharge papers.

Three: Private S. Greasley, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (1671 Pte. S. Greasley. W. York. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1671 Pte. S. Greasley. W. York. R.) last with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Stanley Greasley was born in Leeds and attested there for the West Yorkshire Regiment. He served in 2/8th and 1/8th Battalions during the Great War on the Western Front, and was reported missing, presumed killed in action, on 9 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Sold with a double sided 9ct gold fob locket containing photographs believed to be of the recipient and sweetheart, together with another very small oval photograph of his sweetheart.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. group of six awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major H. F. Conway, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (960008 B.S. Mjr: H. F. Conway. 7/Lond: Bde. R.F.A.-T.F.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (772 B.S. Mjr: H. F. Conway. A.237/Bde: (Lond:) R.F.A.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (772. Sjt. H. F. Conway, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (772 W.O. Cl. 2. H. F. Conway. R.A.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (960008 B.S. Mjr: H. F. Conway. R.F.A.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (6) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1918; citation published 17 April 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has displayed marked courage and coolness, particularly on one occasion when the wagon lines were bombed and shelled by the enemy. His example and fine soldierly spirit are invaluable in his battery.’ M.M. London Gazette 14 September 1916. T.F.E.M. Army Order 167 of 1 February 1919. Horace F. Conway was a native of Uxbridge, London, and served with the London Brigade R.F.A. in France from 18 March 1915.

A ‘Royal Funeral’ R.V.M. group of five awarded to Captain W. Holden, Royal Field Artillery, late Royal Horse Artillery 1914-15 Star (Lieut. W. Holden. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. W. Holden.); Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., bronze, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (92204 Sjt. W. Holden. R.H.A.) very fine or better (5) £180-£220 --- R.V.M. awarded February 1901: ‘Corporal W. Holden, “Y” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, funeral of H.M. Queen Victoria.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 23 December 1918. William Holden was commissioned into the Royal Horse & Royal Field Artillery on 23 March 1915, and served in France from 12 December 1915.

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Thos. Cox. 46th. Regt.) officially impressed naming, about extremely fine and a rare 4-clasp award to the 46th Foot £800-£1,000 --- 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. Thomas Cox was born at Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, and attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot at Kilkenny on 4 March 1854, aged 21. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea, before going sick to Scutari in December 1854, and died at Scutari on 10 March 1855. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and muster lists.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Major W. O. Wright, Royal Lancaster Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major W. O. Wright.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. W. O. Wright. R. Lanc. R.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, the reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star on riband, mounted as worn, very minor enamel damage to D.S.O., otherwise good very fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 18 December 1917. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 7 October 1919. William Oswald Wright, the only son of Mr. Samuel Wright, J.P., sometime Mayor of Morecambe, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 5th Territorial Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and was promoted Captain in September 1910. ‘Shortly after his mobilisation in 1914 he was attached to the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, and subsequently served as staff captain afterwards, Brigade Major of the 186th Infantry Brigade, 82nd West Riding Division in France, Belgium and Germany, until he was demobilised In 1919. Major Wright was thrice [sic - only once] Mentioned in Despatches, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and also the Croix de Guerre with bronze star. After the war Major Wright served on the architectural staff of the London County Council until his retirement 1943 on account of ill-health’ (the recipient’s obituary in the Lancaster Guardian, 3 August 1951 refers).

Four: Corporal P. Smyth, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14452208 Cpl. P. Smyth. D.C.L.I.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, South Arabia (14452208 Cpl. P. Smyth. SCLI.) edge bruising and contact marks to third, generally good very fine (4) £240-£280 --- Patrick Smyth was born at Granard, County Longford on 6 January 1926 and joined the Army at Omagh on 9 September 1944. Posted to the Suffolk Regiment on 26 October 1944, he served with them during the final months of the Second World War, before transferring to the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 8 November 1945, and served with them in post-War Palestine from 5 December 1945 to 30 December 1948. He saw further service with the British Army of the Rhine, and then on various other non-operational postings, where, after being promoted Corporal on 7 June 1956, he seems to have served as the Battalion postman, featuring in the Regimental Journal in October 1966 thus: ‘I am a jolly postman, my name is Paddy Smythe. I haven’t touched a weapon since the Gatling down at Hythe. I run around with letters and your parcels by the ton, And I always like a Guinness when the hard day’s work is done. But I’m getting rather fed up with my labours, don’t you see, Cos’ I haven’t had a letter since 1943!’ Smyth then served operationally in Aden from 7 April to 27 October 1966, and was discharged on 15 March 1968, after 23 years and 188 days’ service. He died in Dartford, Kent, on 7 October 1976. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Pair: Corporal H. C. Smith, C (Wessex Royal Artillery, Princess Beatrice's) Company, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Territorials, late Royal Army Service Corps General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (S/22592141 Pte. H. C. Smith. R.A.S.C.); Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, T. & A.V.R. (22592141 Cpl. H. C. Smith. Hamps and I.O.W.) mounted for wear, very fine and scarce (2) £80-£120 --- Awarded Efficiency Medal in 1969.

A Second War ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. group of seven attributed to Ship’s Master G. G. Rich, Merchant Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Pacific Star; Italy Star, War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (7) £160-£200 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 4 June 1943. George Gapon Rich was born in Deptford, London, on 13 January 1905. He joined the Merchant Navy in July 1920 and served in 1942 as First Mate aboard the steel motor vessel African Prince. Advanced Chief Officer, he was awarded the M.B.E. whilst in service with the Merchant Navy. Rich ended his career as Master of the Egyptian Prince on 17 June 1964, his home address given as 309, Limpsfield Road, Sanderstead, Surrey. Sold with copied Merchant Navy Service Record, including an image of the recipient., but no original documentation.

Seven: Honorary Captain T. Paterson, Royal Scots Fusiliers, late Seaforth Highlanders India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (4166 Lce. Corpl. T. Patterson [sic] 2d. Bn. Seaforth Highlrs.); Queen's Sudan 1896-98 (4166. Corpl. T. Paterson, 1/Sea. Hrs.); 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Lieut. T. Paterson. R. Sc. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. T. Paterson.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (S. Mjr: T. Paterson. St. of the Army.); Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (4166 Cpl. T. Paterson 1st. Sea Highrs.) engraved naming, edge bruising and contact marks to the Victorian era medals, otherwise nearly very fine and better (7) £400-£500 --- Thomas Paterson was born on 27 August 1872, and served in the ranks for 15 years and 320 days, including during operations in India and the Nile Expedition with the Seaforth Highlanders. Appointed Sergeant Major, Staff of the Army, and awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1909 under Army Order 270, Paterson transferred to the School of Instruction for Mounted Infantry not long thereafter. Paterson was appointed to a Commission as Quartermaster with this unit on 20 April 1910, and was then transferred to the 3rd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, on 19 March 1913. He served in France from 20 October 1915, and was promoted Honorary Captain on 1 July 1917, attached to the 3rd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Placed on retired pay five months later, he was issued Silver War Badge No. '291191', which was sent to a forwarding address at Newton-on-Ayr, Scotland, which correlates with that to the reverse of his M.I.C. Sold with copied research.

Four: Lieutenant N. H. N. MacLeod, Royal Air Force, late Surma Valley Light Horse British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. N. H. N. MacLeod. R.A.F.) surname partially officially corrected on BWM; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (L-Sgt. N. H. N. MacLeod. S.V. Lt. Horse A.F.I.) impressed naming, very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Provenance: Noonans, May 2022 (when sold without the Delhi Durbar Medal).

Pair: Private H. E. Norman, 11th (Cambridgeshire) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (16703 Pte. H. E. Norman. Suff. R.) nearly extremely fine (2) £300-£400 --- Herbert E. Norman attested for the Suffolk Regiment and served with the 11th (Cambridgeshire) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. The Battalion War Diary for 1 July 1916 reads: ‘7:28 a.m. The mine opposite left of 101st Brigade was exploded. 7:30 a.m. The infantry assault was launched. The Battalion followed the 10th Lincolns from our assembly trenches down into Sausage Valley and across to the German lines. Owing to the failure of the 102nd Brigade on the left to capture La Boiselle, our advance from the moment it left our assembly trenches was subjected to a very heavy fire from machine guns from La Boiselle. In spite of the fact that wave after wave were mown down by machine gun fire, all pushed on without hesitation, though very few reached the German lines.’ Relieved on 4 July, the Battalion had suffered total casualties of 691. Norman is buried in Ovillers Military Cemetery, France. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and War Diary extract.

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Corpl. John Nice, Rl. Arty.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- John Nice served with ‘B’ Field Battery, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery, and died in the Crimea. Sold with copied medal rolls which are marked ‘Dead’ and show his final rank as Sergeant.

Imperial Service Medal (3), G.V.R., Circular issue, 1st ‘coinage head’ issue (Henry Pycroft) minor official correction to first part of surname; G.VI.R., 1st issue (Thomas Henry Snow.); E.II.R., 2nd issue (James Alastair Mc.Neill); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (3), G.V.R., 1st issue (Thomas P. Reed.) edge bruising; G.V.R., 2nd issue (Alfred G. Anderson.); G.VI.R., 1st issue (William Branch) generally very fine and better (6) £100-£140 --- Sold with the named Home Office Certificate for the first Imperial Service Medal, named to Mr. Henry Pycroft, H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth, and dated 5 March 1923; and a newspaper cutting recording that Skiller Labourer Henry Pycroft was awarded his Imperial Service Medal by Rear-Admiral Sir Percy Grant, K.C.V.O., C.B., Admiral-Superintendent, H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth.

A Great War ‘East Africa’ D.C.M. awarded to Battery Quarter-Master Sergeant N. F. Gill, 11th Hull Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (290120 B.Q.M. Sjt: N. F. Gill. 11/Hull Hy: By: R.G.A.) good very fine £500-£700 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 October 1918: ‘For consistent devotion to duty and conspicuous ability shown at all times since the arrival of the Battery in this country (East Africa). He has shown a fine example of endurance and resourcefulness.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 7 March 1918 (East Africa). Sold with original news cutting ‘D.C.M. for Hull Sergeant’ giving citation details as above.

46th Regiment of Foot Merit Medal, 57mm, silver, the obverse engraved with a crowned central roundel, ‘46’ in centre and ‘South Devon Regiment - For Merit’ around, surrounded by a Rose and thistle wreath; the reverse engraved ‘S. Mc.Donnell from his Comrades 1811’, within laurel wreath, with silver loop and small ring suspension, good very fine £240-£280 --- Provenance: Murray Collection, Sotheby’s, May 1926. Referenced in Blamer, R360. Stephen McDonnell attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot around 1791 and served with the regiment ‘in actual and Severe Service, in Gibraltar and the West Indies in 1795 and 1796: - under General Vaughan in the Island of St. Vincent against the French, and the Caribs, - and in the Island of Dominica on 22nd February, 1805, under General Provost, against the French.’ Advanced Sergeant Major of the Regiment, he was commissioned as Quartermaster Donnell (presumably attempting to distance himself from either an Irish or Scottish background) and in 1811 was awarded the above medal. By 1812 his health, ‘daily declining through a severe bruise received on his breast in Dominica during the Hurricane of 1806 of which he had never perfectly recovered, together with the pernicious effects of that climate, having been stationed there at two periods nearly twelve years, and as he is advancing to a time of life (being nearly fifty years of age) at which his health and strength naturally decline, is truly solicitous on finding that from illness he is prevented from fulfilling the regular duties of his office with that vigour and activity so absolutely requisite for one in his situation’, he petitioned for, and was - eventually - granted a Lieutenancy in a Veteran Battalion, being gazetted to the 2nd Royal Veteran Battalion on 8 July 1813. Sold with copied research. Note: Owing to the uncertainty that exists with the original provenance and manufacture of some early engraved Regimental and Volunteer Medals, this lot is sold as viewed.

Three: Sergeant G. Harris, 19th (County of London) Battalion (St. Pancras), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals; (1541 Sjt. G. Harris. 19-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 ( 1541 Sjt. G. Harris. 19-Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £180-£220 --- George Harris attested for the 19th (St. Pancras) Battalion, London Regiment, and served with them during the Great War, firstly in France from 24 June 1916 to 24 November 1916; then in the Balkan Theatre (Greek Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria) from 1 December 1916 to 9 June 1917; and finally in German South West Africa from 12 June 1917 to 11 November 1918.

Pair: Private P. Chillingworth, Imperial Yeomanry, later Special Constabulary Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (6024 Pte. P. Chillingworth. 39th. Coy. 10th. Imp: Yeo:); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 2 clasps, The Great War 1914-18, Long Service 1929 (Sergt. Percy Chillingworth) good very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Percy Chillingworth served with the 39th (Berkshire) Company, 10th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War.

A Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Acting Bombardier R. C. Hooper, 63rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (30798 A: Bombr: R. C. Hooper. 63rd Bty: R.F.A.) contact marks, nearly very fine £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901.

Eight: Warrant Officer Class 2 E. J. Taylor, 10th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, later Gloucestershire Regiment 1914-15 Star (9864 Pte. J. Taylor. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9864 Pte. J. Taylor. Hamps. R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (5488562 C.Q.M. Sjt. E. J. Taylor. 5-7-Hamps. R.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5488562 W.O. Cl. 2. E. J. Taylor. Glouc. R.) mounted for wear, note initials, generally nearly very fine (8) £240-£280 --- E. J. Taylor served during the Great War with the 10th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment in Gallipoli from 5 August 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 7 April 1917 (entitled to Silver War Badge), and subsequently served with the 5/7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment (T.A.) and was awarded the T.E.F.M. in May 1932, and the Jubilee Medal. Taylor later transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment and was awarded the Efficiency Medal in September 1942. Sold with copied research, including the duplicate M.I.C.’s which explain the variation of initials.

A rare ‘Palestine 1945-48 operations’ B.E.M. pair awarded to Aircraftman 1st Class A. Vickers, Royal Air Force, a Motor Transport Driver who detected, and single-handedly repelled, a gang of armed Arab thieves at No. 120 Maintenance Unit, Levant - wounding two of the thieves, and capturing one in the process, all of which was done under small arms fire British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (659202 A.C. 1 Cl. Albert Vickers. R.A.F.) suspension claw loose; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (659202 A.C. 1. A. Vickers. R.A.F.) mounted on card for display, otherwise generally very fine (2) (2) £360-£440 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 29 October 1948: ‘For gallantry and good service in Palestine prior to evacuation on 30th June 1948.’ The original recommendation states: ‘No. 120 Maintenance Unit, Levant - A.C.1. Vickers, an M.T. driver, set his colleagues a fine example by his devotion to duty and his determination to complete his work regardless of difficulties or dangers. On one occasion, Arabs had broken in and were stealing equipment. He called out the Striker Force but, realising the need for prompt action, he immediately launched an attack on the thieves unaided. Although under fire himself, he wounded one Arab and pressed on with his attack. Unexpectedly confronted by another Arab, A.C.1 Vickers felled him with the butt of his rifle and cooly arrested the wounded Arab, although this involved crawling forward under fire and in the face of thieves with a high reputation for skill at this form of fighting. This airman’s courageous action was typical of the high sense of duty and courage he displayed through the evacuation of his unit. His brave action undoubtedly saved the loss of valuable equipment.’ The Secretary of State for Air, in making recommendations to the Committee for the George Cross, the George Medal and the British Empire Medal, graded Vickers as No. 1 of the three airmen being put forward for recognition. A total of only six B.E.M.’s were awarded to the Royal Air Force for the whole of the Palestine operations between 1945 and 1948.

A Great War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major F. H. Makey, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 4 October 1917 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (28518 B.S. Mjr: F. H. Makey, 66/Sge: By., R.G.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (28518 Gnr: F. H. Mackie, 2nd S.D., R.G.A.); China 1900, no clasp (28518 A. Bomb: F. H. Mackie, 62nd Coy. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (28518 W.O. Cl. 2 F. H. Makey, R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (28518 By: S. Mjr: F. H. Makey, R,G.A.) mounted for display, note variation in surname; together with an erased 1914-15 Star, second and third with contact marks, very fine and better (7) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When his battery was being shelled, he superintended the collecting and removal of the wounded, setting a fine example of coolness and indifference to his own personal safety. He has on several occasions behaved in a similar manner, notably on one occasion, in clearing the congestion of traffic which had been thrown into confusion at some cross roads by shell fire.’ Frederick Makey was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, the son of William Joseph Makey. He served with the R.G.A. in both the Boer and China Wars. In the Great War he entered Egypt on 29 December 1915, and his bravery and leadership in action whilst serving with the 66th Siege Battery R.G.A. earned him the D.C.M. He was killed in action, in either France or Flanders, on 4 October 1917, aged 39 years, and was buried in the White House Cemetery, St. Jean-les-Ypres. He was the husband of Dorothy Mabel Makey, of 4 Privett Road, Gosport, Hampshire. Sold with copied research, including two Medal Index Cards, one in the name Makey, the other Mackie. His 1914-15 Star was returned by his family to have the incorrect surname amended, 19 August 1920.

Six: Warrant Officer J. H. Kitching, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1056880 W.O. Cl. 1. J. H. Kitching. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1056880 W.O. Cl. 1. J. H. Kitching. R.A.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £160-£200

The scarce Second China War C.B. pair awarded to Lieutenant-General Franklin Dunlop, Royal Artillery, who commanded the Troops in China from the breaking out of hostilities in 1856 to the end of April 1857; in January 1857 he suffered severely from the attempt by the Chinese to poison the inhabitants of Hong Kong by mixing arsenic mixed with the bread sold on 16 January; he nevertheless recovered to command the Artillery at the capture of Canton in December 1857 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 22 carat gold breast badge, hallmarked London 1857, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, complete with gold swivel-ring bar suspension, gold three-pronged ribbon buckle, and gold three-pronged top brooch buckle; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (Coll. Frankiln Dunlop C.B. Royal Arty.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine (2) £4,000-£5,000 --- Franklin Dunlop was born at Onchan, Isle of Man, on 17 February 1812, and choosing a military career was appointed Gentleman Cadet on 30 January 1827. He joined the Army on 18 December 1829, as Second Lieutenant, and some three months later was gazetted First Lieutenant to the 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery. Having been made Captain in the 7th Battalion on 23 November 1841, he became Lieutenant-Colonel on 20 June 1854, and full Colonel exactly three years later. On the latter date he had never been on half-pay, but in continuous active service; and now came his chance for distinction. When trouble arose in the Far East, Colonel Dunlop was placed in charge of the troops in China, from the breaking out of hostilities in 1856 to the end of April 1857. In January 1857, he suffered severely from an attempt made by the Chinese to poison the inhabitants of Hong Kong by mixing arsenic with the bread sold on 10 January. At the capture of Canton in December 1857, Colonel Dunlop commanded the Artillery, and was awarded a C.B. and the China medal with clasp for his services. Colonel Dunlop's next appointment was to the command of the artillery forces in Canada, as Colonel on staff with headquarters at Montreal. The date of this promotion was 31 December 1861; he had become a full Colonel on 26 October 1858, and had passed the staff college. He vacated the appointment in 1857, and retired with full pay on his promotion to Major-General on 2 February 1868. Less than three months afterwards - on the 23rd April - he received the honorary rank of Lieutenant-General. His good service pension of £90 per annum, dated 23 March 1861, had been increased to £100 per annum on 12 May 1866. General Dunlop died on 24 April 1887 at his residence ‘Sunnyside’, in the village of Holmwood, near Dorking.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (Lieut. G. H. C. King. R.F.A.) good very fine £300-£400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901. Captain G. H. C. King, Royal Artillery, served in the South African War from 1899 to 1901. He was present at the Relief of Ladysmith, including the operations of 17-24 January and 5-7 February 1900; the action at Vaal Krantz; and the operations on the Tugela Heights from 14 to 27 February 1900, being wounded on 24 February. Kind was also in Natal from March to June 1900; in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, from July to 29 November 1900, including at actions in Belfast (26-27 August) and Lydenberg (5-8 September). He was once again in the Transvaal from 30 November 1900 to March 1901, and was entitled to a Queen’s medal with seven clasps.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal W. Cutler, 14th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (53752 A. Bmbr: W. Cutler. 141/Hy: By: R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (53752 Cpl. W. Cutler. R.A.); Defence Medal, mounted court-style for display, good very fine (4) £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 19 March 1918. William Cutler was a native of Ringwood, Hampshire.

Three: Sergeant J. Livingstone, Kimberley Volunteer Regiment, late Kimberley Town Guard Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (878 Serjt: J. Livingstone. Kimb: Town Gd:) minor official correction to latter part of surname; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (878 Sjt. J. Livingstone. Kimb: Vol: Regt.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’ and privately engraved ‘Sergt. J. Livingstone Kbly. Regt.’, lacking integral top riband brooch, very fine (3) £400-£500 --- J. Livingstone lived in the besieged diamond mining town of Kimberley and served as part of the Kimberley Town Guard during the encirclement. Initially ill-prepared, the local populace organised an energetic and effective improvised defence which prevented the town from falling into Boer hands. Transferred to the Kimberley Volunteer Regiment, Livingstone is noted on the roll for the King’s South Africa Medal as ‘discharged at own request, 21/3/02.’

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal H. F. Tallent, Essex Regiment, who suffered from shell shock, a gunshot wound and a broken leg during the course of his service Military Medal, G.V.R. (43623 Pte.-L.Cpl. H. F. Tallent. 1/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (43623 A.Cpl. H. F. Tallent. Essex R.) the MM extremely fine, the pair very fine (3) £280-£340 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919. Henry Francis Tallent attested for the 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, on 19 September 1914. A motor scout, his Army Service Record notes service overseas with the British Expeditionary Force from 31 July 1916 to 22 November 1917, but this was curtailed upon receiving a gunshot wound to the left foot which necessitated removal to the University War Hospital, Southampton. Returned to the Western Front from 26 May 1918 to 12 October 1918, Tallent was decorated with the Military Medal before returning to hospital suffering with a fractured fibula. He was finally discharged in March 1919, his home address given as 21 Madeleine Road, Petersfield.

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. De Villiers, Cape Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Lt: Col: A. P. De Villiers, Cape G.A.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R., ‘Victoria Regina et Imperatrix’ (Lieut. Col. A. P. de Villiers. Cape Garrison Arty.) this on original investiture pin and clearly never worn, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- ‘The death occurred this morning, at his residence at D'Urban Road, of Lieutenant Colonel A. P. de Villiers, Commanding the Cape Garrison Artillery. The deceased gentleman, who was a member of the firm of Lindenberg and De Villiers, auctioneers, was an enthusiastic Volunteer, having survived the Colony and the Empire for twenty-two years as a citizen soldier. He worked his way from private in the ranks to Commanding Officer, a record of which he was always proud as also of the fact that, though not of British blood, he was a British subject. His connection with Volunteering commenced in 1879 when he joined the Cape Town Volunteer Engineers, saw service with his corps in the Transkei Rebellion of 1879-80, and afterwards became successively lieutenant, captain, adjutant, major, and ultimately lieutenant-colonel, to which latter post he was appointed on the recommendation of Colonel Forbes-Taylor, R.A. He rendered great assistance in the inception and establishment of the new corps of Garrison Artillery, of which unit he became first head. In 1899 he became entitled to the long service medal, and was duly invested with it - on paper. As a matter of actual fact, he never received it, though nearly two years have elapsed since he became entitled to it. He was a very popular officer, beloved by his men, and his general presence was welcome everywhere. At the outbreak of the war he went into active service with his corps. Last August he was found to have contracted a severe kidney affection, and was sent by his medical advisers to Europe to recruit, but his insidious complaint was too much for him, and after spending over six months under medical care - nine weeks of which he passed in Netley Hospital - he returned home to the Colony. His demise - at the early age of 41 - will come as a shock to many of his old friends, who will find it hard to realise that the cheerful and buoyant "A.P. (Apie)" of the old days is no more. He leaves a widow and three daughters.’ Sold with details of obituary notice (undated but circa 1903-10) and funeral arrangements and several copied photographs of De Villiers in uniform.

India General Service 1908-35 (2), 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (6436 Naik Khushal Khan, 5-1 Punjab R.); 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Burma 1930-32 (9069 Sep. Rahim Gul, 3-10 Baluch R.); Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (3035234 Sep Sultan Mohd 8 Punjab R.) nearly very fine (3) £70-£90

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant-Major J. W. Embleton, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (51070 S. Mjr: J. W. Embleton. 181/Bde: R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (66856 Sgt. J. W. Embleton, 84th Batt. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (66856 Serjt. J. W. Embleton. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (51070 B.S. Mjr. J. W. Embleton. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (51070 W.O. Cl.1. J. W. Embleton. R.A.) mounted court-style, contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (6) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 4 June 1917; citation published 9 July 1917: ‘For continual gallantry and devotion to duty. He has performed consistent good work throughout, and has at all times set a fine example to his men.’ M.I.D. not confirmed. Sold with copied research including service records, gazette notices and extracts from 181st Brigade War Diary.

Punniar Star 1843 (Private Geo. A. Scoons, H.M. 9th Queen’s Own Lancers) with replacement hinged straight bar suspension, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £460-£550 --- George Albert Scoons attested for the 9th Lances on 16 March 1841, and embarked for India on 13 May 1842, arriving at Fort William on 25 August 1842. He embarked back for England on 23 February 1854. Sold with copied muster details. Note: The recipient’s Punjab Medal with clasps for Chilianwala and Goojerat sold in these rooms in December 2006.

Five: Warrant Officer Class II P. Pynisky, 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, who was killed in action on during Operation Hydra, the Peenemunde Raid, 17-18 August 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, Canadian issues in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp, mounted court-style for display in this order; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. ‘W.O.2 Air Gunner P. Pynisky R104462’, nearly extremely fine (6) £500-£700 --- Peter Pynisky was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, on 5 June 1921. A steel mill worker of Greek Catholic heritage, he attested for the Royal Canadian Air Force on 31 July 1941, and earned his Air Gunner’s Badge on 27 April 1942. Posted to 44 Squadron in March 1943, he died on the night of 17/18 August 1943 whilst serving as mid upper gunner aboard Lancaster DV202 under the command of Pilot Officer Reginald Harding, Royal Canadian Air Force. Directed to attack the V-1 and V-2 rocket facility of Peenemunde on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom as part of Operation Hydra, the crew of seven departed Dunholme Lodge at 2140hrs and were subsequently lost without trace, with one of three aircraft of No. 44 Squadron shot down on this mission. Remarkably, some 70 years later and during a heat wave, the remains of the Lancaster bomber were discovered poking out of the water of a lake in northern Germany. On 16 July 2014, the story caught the attention of The Mirror newspaper, who traced Elaine Towlson, the daughter of Sergeant Stanley Shaw, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, air gunner aboard the bomber: ‘When Elaine was just nine years old she waved him off on another vital mission against the Nazis, wondering when she would see him again. But she never did. At 31, he was the father figure among the crew, some of whom were boys barely out of school. She still remembers his visits home, often accompanied by three or four of his crewmates who would bring her sweets and hoist her on to their shoulders on trips to the cinema.’ An eyewitness account by German soldier Botho Stuwe describes what happened to their Lancaster bomber: ‘There was a flash and a line of tracer fire, then an explosion. This fireball hung there and then it fell from the point of impact down in a curving line into the Kolpinsee.’ Pynisky is commemorated along with his crew on the Runnymede Memorial. Sold with copied R.C.A.F. Service Record, and private research, including a photographic image of the recipient in uniform.

A post-War ‘Civil Division’ O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major A. Young, Essex Regiment, later Royal Engineers, sometime Mayor of Ilford The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. A. Young.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. A. Young. Essex R.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, with integral top brooch bar, mounted as worn, toned, very fine and better (7) £500-£700 --- O.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 1 January 1957: ‘For public services in Essex’. M.I.D. London Gazette 22 January 1919 (Egypt). Alexander Young was commissioned from the ranks of the 5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) to be 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Battalion, Essex Regiment, on 5 August 1914. He was promoted Lieutenant on 28 April 1915, promoted Captain on 1 June 1916, and served during the Great War in Egypt from 10 February 1916. An unattributed obituary, dated 1960, states: ‘Major A. Young, O.B.E., T.D., J.P., died in St Bartholemew’s Hospital on Sunday, October 9, aged 81 years. Major Young served with the Essex Regiment in the Middle East, during the First World War, and later with the Royal Engineers. After his military service he devoted his life to public service and in 1948 was made a Freeman of the Borough of Ilford. He was also a Freeman of the City of London. His O.B.E. was awarded some three years ago in recognition of his public service to the County of Essex. In all he gave over 40 years of his life to civic service, which began when he joined Ilford Ratepayers Association in 1919. Six years later he was Chairman of the old Urban District Council and in 1931 he was elected Mayor. He joined the Essex County Council in 1945 and four years later became Chairman of the Essex County Education Committee. He continued his public duties right up to the time of his illness.’ Young appears on the medal roll for the 1935 Jubilee Medal as Major Alexander Young, T.D., Staff Officer, Engineering Department, G.P.O.

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (225 2/Cpl. W. P. Goulding. Hant: (Fts.) R.E.) very fine £60-£80 --- William Percy Goulding was born in Gillingham, Kent. He served during the Great War with the 560th (Hants) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers in the French theatre of war from 21 January 1915 (awarded the T.F.E.M. in July 1911). Sergeant Goulding was killed in action on the Western Front on 7 June 1917, and is buried in the Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C., D.C.M. group of five awarded to Captain E. C. Trudgill, “L” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2270 Sjt: E. Trudgill, ‘E’ Bty: R.H.A.); 1914 Star (2270 Cpl. E. Trudgill. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. C. Trudgill.) mounted as worn, very fine and better (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918: ‘Lt. (A./Capt.) Edward Trudgill, D.C.M., R.H. & R.F.A.’ D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1916: ;For conspicuous gallantry on all occasions since the beginning of the war, in charge of his gun, and frequently under a very heavy shell fire. His courage and devotion to duty have been most marked.’ Edward Charles Trudgill served with the Royal Horse Artillery in France from 15 August 1914 and is entitled to the clasp on his star. Later commissioned, he was Adjutant of the West Lancashire Divisional Ammunition Column from 14 February 1917.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Regimental Sergeant Major T. Irvine, Highland Light Infantry and Scottish Rifles Military Medal, G.V.R.(41156 Sjt. T. Irvine. 9/Sco. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (7539 Sjt. T. Irvine. H.L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (7539 Pte. T. Irvine. H.L.I.); Defence Medal, mounted for wear, good very fine (5) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919. Thomas Irvine was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 9th Battalion, Scottish Rifles. The Hamilton Advertiser of 9 November 1918, carried the following notice: ‘Military Medal: Mr Thomas Irvine of 5 Broadloan, Renfrew, has been informed that his son, Acting Sergt.-Major Thomas Irvine, Scottish Rifles, has been awarded the Military Medal for a feat of bravery in the field. He was a Territorial in the 8th H.L.I., Shotts Company, and previous to mobilisation was an apprentice moulder with the Shotts Iron Company, Shotts.’ His T.F.W.M. was a late issue in June 1940.

Four: Captain R. Collymore, 2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. Collymore.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. R. Collymore. 2-Lond. R.); Defence Medal, the first three mounted for wear, the last loose; together with the related four miniature awards, these mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Robert Collymore initially served in the ranks of King Edward’s Horse and the 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment on 2 January 1915. He was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1915, and temporary Captain on 22 September 1915, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from January 1917.

Three: Gunner Joseph Milligan, Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. Milligan. Gr. & Dr. 6th Batn. Rl. Arty.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed; France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, silver and gilt, this lacking enamel, otherwise very fine (3) £500-£700 --- Medaille Militaire: ‘Corporal Joseph Milligan, 8th Company 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery. Present at the Battle of Alma, and served in the trenches, and was present at all bombardments.’ Joseph Milligan was born near Ballymena, County Antrim, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Lisburn on 25 February 1846, aged 25, a labourer by trade. He was briefly promoted to Bombardier on 1 April 1858 but was tried by Court Martial on 18 May 1858 and reduced to Gunner, in which rank he was finally discharged on 5 May 1868. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm medals but not clasp for Alma. This however is fully confirmed on the medal roll and by virtue of his Medaille Militaire citation.