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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.