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

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

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, Balaklava, clasps mounted in this order with unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (Corpl. Wm. Barker. 46th. Regt.) re-engraved naming, slight excess of solder to top clasp carriage, nearly very fine and a rare 4-clasp award to the 46th Foot £200-£240 --- Only a detachment of the Regiment, 6 Officers and 225 men, made up of Sir George Cathcart’s Honour Guard and two companies of the Advance Party, were present at the Battle of Alma, 20 September 1854, and the subsequent actions at Balaklava and Inkermann. D.C.M. Recommendation dated 15 January 1855. William Barker was born near Swaffham, Norfolk, and attested there for the 46th Regiment of Foot on 30 January 1839, aged 21. He served with the Regiment in Gibraltar, India, and in the Crimea; was promoted Corporal on 29 July 1845; and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £10, for his distinguished conduct in the Crimean War. He was invalided out of the Army on medical grounds on 27 July 1857, after 20 years and 179 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts. Note: The recipient’s single Distinguished Conduct Medal was sold by Baldwins in April 2016.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.