The scarce Second China War C.B. pair awarded to Lieutenant-General Franklin Dunlop, Royal Artillery, who commanded the Troops in China from the breaking out of hostilities in 1856 to the end of April 1857; in January 1857 he suffered severely from the attempt by the Chinese to poison the inhabitants of Hong Kong by mixing arsenic mixed with the bread sold on 16 January; he nevertheless recovered to command the Artillery at the capture of Canton in December 1857 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 22 carat gold breast badge, hallmarked London 1857, maker’s mark ‘WN’ for William Neale, complete with gold swivel-ring bar suspension, gold three-pronged ribbon buckle, and gold three-pronged top brooch buckle; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (Coll. Frankiln Dunlop C.B. Royal Arty.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine (2) £4,000-£5,000 --- Franklin Dunlop was born at Onchan, Isle of Man, on 17 February 1812, and choosing a military career was appointed Gentleman Cadet on 30 January 1827. He joined the Army on 18 December 1829, as Second Lieutenant, and some three months later was gazetted First Lieutenant to the 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery. Having been made Captain in the 7th Battalion on 23 November 1841, he became Lieutenant-Colonel on 20 June 1854, and full Colonel exactly three years later. On the latter date he had never been on half-pay, but in continuous active service; and now came his chance for distinction. When trouble arose in the Far East, Colonel Dunlop was placed in charge of the troops in China, from the breaking out of hostilities in 1856 to the end of April 1857. In January 1857, he suffered severely from an attempt made by the Chinese to poison the inhabitants of Hong Kong by mixing arsenic with the bread sold on 10 January. At the capture of Canton in December 1857, Colonel Dunlop commanded the Artillery, and was awarded a C.B. and the China medal with clasp for his services. Colonel Dunlop's next appointment was to the command of the artillery forces in Canada, as Colonel on staff with headquarters at Montreal. The date of this promotion was 31 December 1861; he had become a full Colonel on 26 October 1858, and had passed the staff college. He vacated the appointment in 1857, and retired with full pay on his promotion to Major-General on 2 February 1868. Less than three months afterwards - on the 23rd April - he received the honorary rank of Lieutenant-General. His good service pension of £90 per annum, dated 23 March 1861, had been increased to £100 per annum on 12 May 1866. General Dunlop died on 24 April 1887 at his residence ‘Sunnyside’, in the village of Holmwood, near Dorking.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (Lieut. G. H. C. King. R.F.A.) good very fine £300-£400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901. Captain G. H. C. King, Royal Artillery, served in the South African War from 1899 to 1901. He was present at the Relief of Ladysmith, including the operations of 17-24 January and 5-7 February 1900; the action at Vaal Krantz; and the operations on the Tugela Heights from 14 to 27 February 1900, being wounded on 24 February. Kind was also in Natal from March to June 1900; in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, from July to 29 November 1900, including at actions in Belfast (26-27 August) and Lydenberg (5-8 September). He was once again in the Transvaal from 30 November 1900 to March 1901, and was entitled to a Queen’s medal with seven clasps.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal W. Cutler, 14th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (53752 A. Bmbr: W. Cutler. 141/Hy: By: R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (53752 Cpl. W. Cutler. R.A.); Defence Medal, mounted court-style for display, good very fine (4) £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 19 March 1918. William Cutler was a native of Ringwood, Hampshire.
Three: Sergeant J. Livingstone, Kimberley Volunteer Regiment, late Kimberley Town Guard Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (878 Serjt: J. Livingstone. Kimb: Town Gd:) minor official correction to latter part of surname; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (878 Sjt. J. Livingstone. Kimb: Vol: Regt.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’ and privately engraved ‘Sergt. J. Livingstone Kbly. Regt.’, lacking integral top riband brooch, very fine (3) £400-£500 --- J. Livingstone lived in the besieged diamond mining town of Kimberley and served as part of the Kimberley Town Guard during the encirclement. Initially ill-prepared, the local populace organised an energetic and effective improvised defence which prevented the town from falling into Boer hands. Transferred to the Kimberley Volunteer Regiment, Livingstone is noted on the roll for the King’s South Africa Medal as ‘discharged at own request, 21/3/02.’
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal H. F. Tallent, Essex Regiment, who suffered from shell shock, a gunshot wound and a broken leg during the course of his service Military Medal, G.V.R. (43623 Pte.-L.Cpl. H. F. Tallent. 1/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (43623 A.Cpl. H. F. Tallent. Essex R.) the MM extremely fine, the pair very fine (3) £280-£340 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919. Henry Francis Tallent attested for the 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, on 19 September 1914. A motor scout, his Army Service Record notes service overseas with the British Expeditionary Force from 31 July 1916 to 22 November 1917, but this was curtailed upon receiving a gunshot wound to the left foot which necessitated removal to the University War Hospital, Southampton. Returned to the Western Front from 26 May 1918 to 12 October 1918, Tallent was decorated with the Military Medal before returning to hospital suffering with a fractured fibula. He was finally discharged in March 1919, his home address given as 21 Madeleine Road, Petersfield.
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. De Villiers, Cape Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Lt: Col: A. P. De Villiers, Cape G.A.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R., ‘Victoria Regina et Imperatrix’ (Lieut. Col. A. P. de Villiers. Cape Garrison Arty.) this on original investiture pin and clearly never worn, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- ‘The death occurred this morning, at his residence at D'Urban Road, of Lieutenant Colonel A. P. de Villiers, Commanding the Cape Garrison Artillery. The deceased gentleman, who was a member of the firm of Lindenberg and De Villiers, auctioneers, was an enthusiastic Volunteer, having survived the Colony and the Empire for twenty-two years as a citizen soldier. He worked his way from private in the ranks to Commanding Officer, a record of which he was always proud as also of the fact that, though not of British blood, he was a British subject. His connection with Volunteering commenced in 1879 when he joined the Cape Town Volunteer Engineers, saw service with his corps in the Transkei Rebellion of 1879-80, and afterwards became successively lieutenant, captain, adjutant, major, and ultimately lieutenant-colonel, to which latter post he was appointed on the recommendation of Colonel Forbes-Taylor, R.A. He rendered great assistance in the inception and establishment of the new corps of Garrison Artillery, of which unit he became first head. In 1899 he became entitled to the long service medal, and was duly invested with it - on paper. As a matter of actual fact, he never received it, though nearly two years have elapsed since he became entitled to it. He was a very popular officer, beloved by his men, and his general presence was welcome everywhere. At the outbreak of the war he went into active service with his corps. Last August he was found to have contracted a severe kidney affection, and was sent by his medical advisers to Europe to recruit, but his insidious complaint was too much for him, and after spending over six months under medical care - nine weeks of which he passed in Netley Hospital - he returned home to the Colony. His demise - at the early age of 41 - will come as a shock to many of his old friends, who will find it hard to realise that the cheerful and buoyant "A.P. (Apie)" of the old days is no more. He leaves a widow and three daughters.’ Sold with details of obituary notice (undated but circa 1903-10) and funeral arrangements and several copied photographs of De Villiers in uniform.
India General Service 1908-35 (2), 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (6436 Naik Khushal Khan, 5-1 Punjab R.); 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Burma 1930-32 (9069 Sep. Rahim Gul, 3-10 Baluch R.); Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (3035234 Sep Sultan Mohd 8 Punjab R.) nearly very fine (3) £70-£90
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant-Major J. W. Embleton, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (51070 S. Mjr: J. W. Embleton. 181/Bde: R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (66856 Sgt. J. W. Embleton, 84th Batt. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (66856 Serjt. J. W. Embleton. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (51070 B.S. Mjr. J. W. Embleton. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (51070 W.O. Cl.1. J. W. Embleton. R.A.) mounted court-style, contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (6) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 4 June 1917; citation published 9 July 1917: ‘For continual gallantry and devotion to duty. He has performed consistent good work throughout, and has at all times set a fine example to his men.’ M.I.D. not confirmed. Sold with copied research including service records, gazette notices and extracts from 181st Brigade War Diary.
Punniar Star 1843 (Private Geo. A. Scoons, H.M. 9th Queen’s Own Lancers) with replacement hinged straight bar suspension, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £460-£550 --- George Albert Scoons attested for the 9th Lances on 16 March 1841, and embarked for India on 13 May 1842, arriving at Fort William on 25 August 1842. He embarked back for England on 23 February 1854. Sold with copied muster details. Note: The recipient’s Punjab Medal with clasps for Chilianwala and Goojerat sold in these rooms in December 2006.
Five: Warrant Officer Class II P. Pynisky, 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, who was killed in action on during Operation Hydra, the Peenemunde Raid, 17-18 August 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, Canadian issues in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp, mounted court-style for display in this order; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. ‘W.O.2 Air Gunner P. Pynisky R104462’, nearly extremely fine (6) £500-£700 --- Peter Pynisky was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, on 5 June 1921. A steel mill worker of Greek Catholic heritage, he attested for the Royal Canadian Air Force on 31 July 1941, and earned his Air Gunner’s Badge on 27 April 1942. Posted to 44 Squadron in March 1943, he died on the night of 17/18 August 1943 whilst serving as mid upper gunner aboard Lancaster DV202 under the command of Pilot Officer Reginald Harding, Royal Canadian Air Force. Directed to attack the V-1 and V-2 rocket facility of Peenemunde on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom as part of Operation Hydra, the crew of seven departed Dunholme Lodge at 2140hrs and were subsequently lost without trace, with one of three aircraft of No. 44 Squadron shot down on this mission. Remarkably, some 70 years later and during a heat wave, the remains of the Lancaster bomber were discovered poking out of the water of a lake in northern Germany. On 16 July 2014, the story caught the attention of The Mirror newspaper, who traced Elaine Towlson, the daughter of Sergeant Stanley Shaw, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, air gunner aboard the bomber: ‘When Elaine was just nine years old she waved him off on another vital mission against the Nazis, wondering when she would see him again. But she never did. At 31, he was the father figure among the crew, some of whom were boys barely out of school. She still remembers his visits home, often accompanied by three or four of his crewmates who would bring her sweets and hoist her on to their shoulders on trips to the cinema.’ An eyewitness account by German soldier Botho Stuwe describes what happened to their Lancaster bomber: ‘There was a flash and a line of tracer fire, then an explosion. This fireball hung there and then it fell from the point of impact down in a curving line into the Kolpinsee.’ Pynisky is commemorated along with his crew on the Runnymede Memorial. Sold with copied R.C.A.F. Service Record, and private research, including a photographic image of the recipient in uniform.
A post-War ‘Civil Division’ O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Major A. Young, Essex Regiment, later Royal Engineers, sometime Mayor of Ilford The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. A. Young.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. A. Young. Essex R.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, with integral top brooch bar, mounted as worn, toned, very fine and better (7) £500-£700 --- O.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 1 January 1957: ‘For public services in Essex’. M.I.D. London Gazette 22 January 1919 (Egypt). Alexander Young was commissioned from the ranks of the 5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) to be 2nd Lieutenant in the 7th Battalion, Essex Regiment, on 5 August 1914. He was promoted Lieutenant on 28 April 1915, promoted Captain on 1 June 1916, and served during the Great War in Egypt from 10 February 1916. An unattributed obituary, dated 1960, states: ‘Major A. Young, O.B.E., T.D., J.P., died in St Bartholemew’s Hospital on Sunday, October 9, aged 81 years. Major Young served with the Essex Regiment in the Middle East, during the First World War, and later with the Royal Engineers. After his military service he devoted his life to public service and in 1948 was made a Freeman of the Borough of Ilford. He was also a Freeman of the City of London. His O.B.E. was awarded some three years ago in recognition of his public service to the County of Essex. In all he gave over 40 years of his life to civic service, which began when he joined Ilford Ratepayers Association in 1919. Six years later he was Chairman of the old Urban District Council and in 1931 he was elected Mayor. He joined the Essex County Council in 1945 and four years later became Chairman of the Essex County Education Committee. He continued his public duties right up to the time of his illness.’ Young appears on the medal roll for the 1935 Jubilee Medal as Major Alexander Young, T.D., Staff Officer, Engineering Department, G.P.O.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (225 2/Cpl. W. P. Goulding. Hant: (Fts.) R.E.) very fine £60-£80 --- William Percy Goulding was born in Gillingham, Kent. He served during the Great War with the 560th (Hants) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers in the French theatre of war from 21 January 1915 (awarded the T.F.E.M. in July 1911). Sergeant Goulding was killed in action on the Western Front on 7 June 1917, and is buried in the Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C., D.C.M. group of five awarded to Captain E. C. Trudgill, “L” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2270 Sjt: E. Trudgill, ‘E’ Bty: R.H.A.); 1914 Star (2270 Cpl. E. Trudgill. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. C. Trudgill.) mounted as worn, very fine and better (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918: ‘Lt. (A./Capt.) Edward Trudgill, D.C.M., R.H. & R.F.A.’ D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1916: ;For conspicuous gallantry on all occasions since the beginning of the war, in charge of his gun, and frequently under a very heavy shell fire. His courage and devotion to duty have been most marked.’ Edward Charles Trudgill served with the Royal Horse Artillery in France from 15 August 1914 and is entitled to the clasp on his star. Later commissioned, he was Adjutant of the West Lancashire Divisional Ammunition Column from 14 February 1917.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Regimental Sergeant Major T. Irvine, Highland Light Infantry and Scottish Rifles Military Medal, G.V.R.(41156 Sjt. T. Irvine. 9/Sco. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (7539 Sjt. T. Irvine. H.L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (7539 Pte. T. Irvine. H.L.I.); Defence Medal, mounted for wear, good very fine (5) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919. Thomas Irvine was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 9th Battalion, Scottish Rifles. The Hamilton Advertiser of 9 November 1918, carried the following notice: ‘Military Medal: Mr Thomas Irvine of 5 Broadloan, Renfrew, has been informed that his son, Acting Sergt.-Major Thomas Irvine, Scottish Rifles, has been awarded the Military Medal for a feat of bravery in the field. He was a Territorial in the 8th H.L.I., Shotts Company, and previous to mobilisation was an apprentice moulder with the Shotts Iron Company, Shotts.’ His T.F.W.M. was a late issue in June 1940.
Four: Captain R. Collymore, 2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. Collymore.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. R. Collymore. 2-Lond. R.); Defence Medal, the first three mounted for wear, the last loose; together with the related four miniature awards, these mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Robert Collymore initially served in the ranks of King Edward’s Horse and the 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment on 2 January 1915. He was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1915, and temporary Captain on 22 September 1915, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from January 1917.
Three: Gunner Joseph Milligan, Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (J. Milligan. Gr. & Dr. 6th Batn. Rl. Arty.) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, unnamed; France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, silver and gilt, this lacking enamel, otherwise very fine (3) £500-£700 --- Medaille Militaire: ‘Corporal Joseph Milligan, 8th Company 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery. Present at the Battle of Alma, and served in the trenches, and was present at all bombardments.’ Joseph Milligan was born near Ballymena, County Antrim, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Lisburn on 25 February 1846, aged 25, a labourer by trade. He was briefly promoted to Bombardier on 1 April 1858 but was tried by Court Martial on 18 May 1858 and reduced to Gunner, in which rank he was finally discharged on 5 May 1868. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm medals but not clasp for Alma. This however is fully confirmed on the medal roll and by virtue of his Medaille Militaire citation.
A Boer War D.C.M. group of six awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major P. J. Lydon, East Lancashire Regiment, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (3617 Serjt:-Maj: J. P. Lydon. 1st. E. Lanc. Regt.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3617 Lc. Corpl P. Lydon 1st Bn. E. Lanc Regt); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (3617 Sgt. Drmr: P. J. Lydon. E. Lanc: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Sjt. Major. P. Lydon. E. Lanc. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3617 C. Sgt. P. Lydon, E. Lanc. Regt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (R.S. Mjr. P. J. Lydon. E. Lan. R.) note variations in initials, contact marks, generally nearly very fine; the MSM better (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- 1 of 8 D.C.M.s awarded to the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, during the Boer War. D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902. Patrick Joseph Lydon was born in Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland, in 1867. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, he enlisted into the 60th Rifles at 14 years and 3 months on 7 June 1881, and spent the following 9 years on home service, in which time he earned his 3rd and 2nd Class Certificates of Education. Posted to India on 25 November 1890, Lydon transferred to the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, on 30 September 1893; advanced Bandsman 1 October 1893; Lance Corporal 11 October 1893; and Sergeant 27 January 1896. Present at the Isazai Expedition of 1892 and the siege and relief of the Sikh and Kashmiri-held fort at Chitral in 1895, Lydon was subsequently transferred to Burma on 29 February 1896. He married Lilian Horlick at Meikhtila and returned home aboard the S.S. Dunera on 18 December 1897. Posted initially to Portsmouth, followed by Hilsea and Jersey on 12 September 1899, Lydon witnessed active service with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 13 January 1900 to 9 September 1902. As part of the 15th Brigade under Major General A. G. Wavell - and later, part of VIIth Division under Lieutenant General Tucker - the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, soon gained plaudits from high command. The Battalion was said to have done well at Karee Siding on 29 March 1900, losing 5 men killed and 14 wounded. Similarly, at the crossing of the Zand River on 10 May 1900, they were noted for doing their portion of the task well. In 1901, the Battalion furnished the infantry of columns which operated in the Southern Transvaal and in the Orange River Colony under Brigadier General G. Hamilton, Colonel Grey, Colonel Garratt, and others, and necessarily did a lot of very hard marching and engaged in a good number of skirmishes. For his service during this time, Lydon was Mentioned in both Lord Robert’s Despatch of 4 September 1901, and Kitchener’s Despatch of 23 June 1902, and was later decorated with the D.C.M. Advanced Sergeant Major on 22 January 1902, Lydon was discharged at his own request on 2 July 1909. His departure was much lamented by his Regiment: ‘On joining us he was found to be a musician of no mean order, due no doubt to some of his service K.R.R.s being spent in the band of that distinguished Corps, combined with a natural inclination for music. This accomplishment caused him to join the drums... In bidding good-bye to Sergt. Major and Mrs Lydon and Family, we hope that “Versicus” will continue to support our columns with his welcome contributions from time to time.’ Lydon took employment with the Civil Service as a Messenger in the Office of the Board of Trade, and then returned during the Great War to serve at home as R.S.M. with the 6th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. This almost certainly involved the training of new recruits, local lads borne of the industrial centres of Preston, Blackburn and Burnley. Transferred to depot at Bury, he was brought to the attention of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services in connection with the war, before discharge in consequence of sickness on 17 September 1917. Awarded a silver war badge, he was also the recipient of a rare G.V.R. ‘coinage head’ M.S.M., one of only five issued in total to the Regiment. Sold with a comprehensive file of copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient, compiled whilst part the Usher Collection and subsequently retailed in October 1983.
Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (No. 1089. Corpl. John. Crawford. 46th. Regt.) Regimentally impressed naming, lacquered, good very fine £180-£220 --- John Crawford was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, in 1816 and attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot at Kilmarnock on 27 February 1836. He served with the Regiment at Gibraltar, in the West Indies for 3 years; in North America for 3 years and 2 months; and in Malta, Corfu, and the Crimea. He was promoted Corporal on 10 October 1852, and was discharged on 15 September 1857, after 21 years and 182 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Six: Sergeant J. H. Finn, Northumberland Fusiliers, later Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (3600113 A. W.O. Cl. II. J. Finn. North’d Fus.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (360113 Sjt. J. Finn. North’d Fus.); Defence Medal; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1660410 Gnr. J. H. Finn. R.G.A.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (John H. Finn) mounted as worn in the incorrect order, light contact marks, good very fine (6) £300-£400 --- John Finn served in both the 36th and 22nd Battalions, Northumberland Fusiliers, and later re-enlisted into the Royal Garrison Artillery, being re-numbered 1660410. He was awarded the T.F.E.M. per Army Order 65 of February 1921.
Four: Gunner W. J. Craig, Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (147 Gnr. W. J. Craig. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (147 Gnr. W. J. Craig. R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (230796 Gnr. W. J. Craig. R.A.) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Sold with copied Medal Index Card confirming all medals and clasps.
A rare West African Frontier Force D.C.M. pair awarded to Gunner Damana, No. 2 Battery, Northern Nigeria Regiment West African Frontier Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (352 Gnr: Damana, N. Nigeria Regt.); Ashanti 1900, 1 clasp, Kumassi (352 Gnr: Damana. A.N.N. Regt.) suspension detached on first and post needs re-affixing, both sometime plated, contact marks and edge bruising, therefore good fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- W.A.F.F. D.C.M. awarded for the Kano-Sokoto Campaign 1903, for distinguished conduct at the storming of Kano, 3 April 1903. Only 58 Edward VII West African Frontier Force D.C.Ms awarded. He is also entitled to the A.G.S. medal with clasps for N. Nigeria and N. Nigeria 1902. Sold with full details, including a copy of the despatches relating to the Kano-Sokoto expedition.
Regimental Prize Medals (17), Lancashire Fusiliers, 9ct gold; 1st C.V.R.; 1st L.R.V.; 2nd L.R.V.; 3rd L.R.V.; Honourable Artillery Company (2); City of London, 5th (London Rifle Brigade) Battalion, London Regiment; 9th (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment (3); 10th (Hackney Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment (2); Royal Army Medal Corps; Signallers 1902, silver, one with yellow metal mount, some with enamelling, some missing suspension rings, generally very fine (17) £80-£100
Five: Battery Quarter-Master Sergeant W. F. Kemp, Royal Artillery 1914 Star, with clasp (53879 Bmbr: W. F. Kemp. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (53879 Sjt. W. F. Kemp. R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (53879 Sgt. W. F. Kemp. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1040255 B.Q.M. Sjt. W. F. Kemp. R.A.) mounted as worn, toned, very fine or better (5) £200-£240 --- Walter F. Kemp served in France with 35 Brigade Royal Field Artillery from 6 October 1914. L.S. & G.C. awarded in Army Order 150 of 1927. Sold with copied Medal Index Card which confirms all medals and clasps.
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1893-94 (13695. 2/Cl: Mr. Gr. R. Cole. R.A.) very fine £300-£400 --- Richard Cole was born at Woolwich, Kent, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Westminster on 16 July 1875, aged 15 years, a musician by trade. He served overseas in South Africa from 10 March 1881 to 2 March 1882; in India from 23 February 1884 to 28 April 1887; in St Helena from 9 August 1888 to 25 January 1889; in Sierra Leone from 21 March to 11 April 1890; and from 27 May 1893 to 19 July 1894 in ‘operations on the Gambia’, for which he received the ‘Medal for West Africa with clasp 1893-4.’ He had been promoted to Corporal in February 1880, and appointed 2nd Class Instructor in Musketry in January 1883. He was then promoted Sergeant & 1st Class Instructor in Musketry in February 1884; 3rd Class Master Gunner in April 1888; 2nd Class Master Gunner (Warrant Officer) in January 1889; 1st Class Master Gunner (W.O.) in January 1898; and finally to a Commission as Lieutenant on 11 January 1899. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (36440 Tpr: H. H. Downs. 50th Coy Imp: Yeo:) very fine £70-£90 --- H. H. Downs served with the 50th (Hampshire) Company, 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, and was ‘Invalided 16.09.01.’ Sold with copied medal roll.
A Great War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Lieutenant J. G. Barraclough, Royal Fusiliers, who served with the Royal Naval Reserve during the Second World War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. G. Barraclough.); Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Fifth Class breast badge, gold and enamel, unmarked; France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour, with Swords, in ‘Gold’, silver-gilt, unnamed, very fine and better (5) £600-£800 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 22 March 1919: 'For valuable services rendered in connection with the War.' Italian Order of the Crown, Fifth Class London Gazette 29 September 1922. French Medal of Honour, 'avec Glaives en Vermeil', London Gazette 5 November 1920. Jackson Gurth Barraclough was born at Whitby, Yorkshire, on 4 July 1887. Educated at St. Paul's, Birmingham, he was appointed as Cadet to the Artist's Rifles Officer Training Corps on 6 December 1915. Appointed to a Commission with the 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, he was sent to France on 28 September 1916 and immediately transferred to the 17th Battalion of the Regiment. Posted to Courcelette on the Somme, Barraclough was wounded in the right knee on 12 February 1917 and suffered concussion from a shell burst. The recipient's Officer Service Papers add: 'Smashed up my knee till it locked in a bent position in going "over the top" to my post while relieving.' Sent to Seaford to recover, the incident later manifested itself in a speech impairment and lameness exacerbated by fluid retention and swelling. Barraclough was later released from service with effect from 1 March 1919, under Royal Warrant promulgated in Army Orders of 16 December 1918. Despite his afflictions, he went on to serve once again during the Second World War, and is recorded as a Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch) in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 14 March 1944. This included postings to H.M.S. Braganza and the holding camp H.M.S. Mayina on the island of Ceylon. Sold with copied Officer Service Papers and private research.
Four: Private R. C. McGowan, Winnipeg Grenadiers, who was killed in action during the defence of Hong Kong on 19 December 1941, on which date Company Sergeant Major John Osborn, of the same unit, was awarded the Victoria Cross 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp and additional ‘Hong Kong’ clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; together with the recipient’s Birk’s Memorial Bar ‘Pte. R. C. McGowan, Wpg. Gren., Died in his Country’s Service, 19 Dec. 1941’, about extremely fine (5) £400-£500 --- Robert Clarence McGowan was born at Gladstone, Manitoba, on 15 December 1919, and attested for the Winnipeg Grenadiers at Winnpeg, Manitoba, on 25 April 1941. He departed Vancouver, as part of “C” Force, in the troopship Prince Rupert on 27 October 1941, arriving in Hong Kong, after brief stops at Honolulu and Manila, on 16 November 1941. What followed in the desperate struggle to defend the colony that December resulted in the decimation of the regiment’s ranks - one of its number, Company Sergeant-Major John Osborn, winning the Victoria Cross for his gallantry in the fierce fighting on 19 December, on which date McGowan was killed in action, just six days before the Colony fell. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Sai Wan Memorial, Hong Kong. Of the 1,975 Canadians who sailed from Vancouver in October 1941, 290 were killed in action, 267 died in captivity, and a further 493 were wounded in action. In 1995, the Manitoba government gave the name ‘McGowan Bay’ to a small bay on Wither Lake in his honour.
Pair: Private S. N. Driver, Bombay Battalion, Indian Defence Force British War Medal 1914-20 (689 Pte. S. N. Driver Bombay Bn. I.D.F.); Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte. S. Driver. Bombay Bn. (A.F.I.)) impressed naming, mounted for wear, very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2010.
A Korean War M.B.E. group of ten awarded to Captain G. S. Blake, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany 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. oakleaf; Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (ZC 705 G. S. Blake); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea 1950-54; U.N. Korea 1950-54 (ZC 705 G. S. Blake); Canadian Forces Decoration, G.VI.R. (Capt. G. S. Blake), the silver awards all rhodium-plated, the others gilded, mounted court-style as worn, very fine (10) £300-£400 --- M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 2 October 1953: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Korea during the period 1st January to 30th June, 1953.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 9 March 1946. C.D. CAO 313 of 15 December 1952. Captain George Stewart Blake was a native of Ottawa and received his M.B.E. at an investiture given by Governor-General Vincent Massey at Government House on 26 January 1954. He died on 16 October 2006. Sold with original news cutting with group photograph of investiture, together with copied research and related cloth and metal uniform insignia.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. Hurley, 114 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (371057 Gnr. J. Hurly. 114 Sge. By: R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (371057 Sjt. J. Hurley. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (371057 Gnr. J. Hurley. R.A.) with one flattened named card box of issue, suspension of MM repaired and now non-swivelling; the MM heavily polished, therefore fair; the rest good fine (4) £260-£300 --- M.M. London Gazette 28 September 1917. The original Recommendation states: ‘For gallantry and conspicuous bravery, also devotion to duty, and keeping two heavy guns in action when 3 of our guns had been silenced and were being heavily shelled at by 4 hostile batteries.’ James Hurley was born in 1886 and was a resident of Garnant. He served with the 114th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front, rising to the rank of Sergeant, and was awarded the Military Medal. He was disembodied on 28 January 1919. Sold with the original worn and grubby ‘Copy of official Announcement of Military Medal awarded to 671057 ([sic] Bombardier now Sergeant James Hurley June 10th 1917’; several Irish and Roman Catholic good luck and religious charms; a three-leafed silver framed shamrock brooch with green polished stone ‘leaves’, lacking one stone leaf; small personal religious leatherette folder containing small crucifix, the Lords Prayer etc. and note stating ‘In case of accident or severe illness please notify the nearest Catholic Priest’ with name and address of J. Hurley, 5 Arcade Terrace, Garnant, Ammanford, South Wales; and damaged rosary chain.
Three: Private W. Rhodes, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was wounded and taken prisoner of war at Oppy on 3 May 1917 British War and Victory Medals (1600 Pte. W. Rhodes. W. York. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1600 Pte. W. Rhodes. W. York. R.) contact marks, very fine (3) £200-£240 --- William Rhodes was born in the parish of St. Johns, Bradford in 1896 and enlisted in the West Yorkshire Regiment on 24 March 1914, at the age of 17, his home address being at 117 Garnett Street, Bradford. He served overseas with 2/6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was recorded as missing on 3 May 1917, subsequently being confirmed as a prisoner of war in Germany on 17 July 1917, having been captured at Oppy, on which occasion he was wounded by shrapnel. He was repatriated to England on 5 December 1918 and was demobilised from 5th Reserve Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment on 30 March 1919, suffering from neurasthenia and stomach troubles.
Six: Corporal G. Gardner, Royal Scots, late Scottish Rifles British War and Victory Medals (235261 Cpl. G. Gardner. Sco. Rif.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (375045 Cpl. G. Gardner. R. Scots.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (375045 Cpl. G. Gardner. 10-R. Scots.) edge bruise to last, minor contact marks, generally good very fine (6) £240-£280 --- George Gardner was awarded the T.E.M. per Army Order 100 of 28 May 1930.
Seven: Sapper W. H. Masters, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (516020 Spr. W. H. Masters. R.E.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (516020 Spr. W. H. Masters. R.E.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1857772 Spr. W. H. Masters. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1857772 Spr. W. H. Masters. R.E.) mounted court-style together with a Dunkirk Commemorative Medal; minor edge bruising, the G.V.R. awards polished and worn, therefore nearly very fine; the G.VI.R. awards nearly extremely fine (8) £300-£400 --- William H. Masters, an engine driver by trade, served with the Royal Engineers (Territorial Force) during the Great War, and was demobilised on 7 March 1919, was awarded the T.E.M. in November 1921. Re-enlisting into the Regular Forces, he subsequently served at the Railway Training Centre at Longmoor, Hampshire.
India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (2785 Private J. Canny 2nd Bn. R. Muns. Fus.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, clasps unofficially attached in reverse order as usual, edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise very fine £160-£200 --- Sold with copied medal roll entry.
Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (1481 Pte J. W. Beere. 5th V.B. Hamps: Regt) partially officially renamed; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (2) (518295 T. Sjt. G. W. Davies. R.E.; 173 Sjt: J. J. Hart. Hants: (F) R.E.) 1st double-struck in places, generally very fine or better (3) £80-£120 --- J. W. Beere was awarded the Volunteer Long Service Medal in October 1902. G. W. Davies was awarded the T.F.E.M. in August 1920. James J. Hart was awarded the T.F.E.M. in July 1913, and additionally entitled to a Great War pair as well as a T.F.W.M. Sold with copied research.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22307012 Pte. N. C. J. Draper. Suffolk.) mounted for wear; together with a silver ‘Securicor’ Medal for good conduct, named to the recipient; a named Best Drill Medallion dated 1950; and a Suffolk Regiment cap badge, some scratches, very fine £80-£100 --- Sold with letter addressed to the recipient regarding the issue of his Securicor Medal.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (5340 Corl. A. Chambers, 2: D. of C. Lt. Infy.) nearly extremely fine £180-£220 --- Albert Thomas Chambers was born in Islington, London, in 1878, and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Dalston on 22 September 1897, having previously served in the 26th Middlesex Cyclist Volunteer Corps and the 5th (Militia) Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Appointed Lance-Corporal on 4 October 1898, he served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 5 November 1899 to 25 May 1900, and was wounded in action at Paardeberg on 18 February 1900, on which date the battalion suffered 3 officers and 27 men either killed in action or died of wounds, along with 4 officers and 56 men wounded. Returning home, Chambers was discharged, medically unfit, on 20 June 1901, after 3 years and 272 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extracts, census details, and other copied research.
Pair: Corporal Hashimu, No. 1 Battery, Northern Nigeria Regiment (Artillery), who was killed in action during the Sokoto-Birmi expedition of April-July 1903 Ashanti 1900, 1 clasp, Kumassi (631 Corpl: Hashimu. W.A.F.F.) low relief bust, officially impressed naming; Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, N. Nigeria, N. Nigeria 1903 (Corpl: Hashima. N. Nigeria Regt.) low relief bust, second clasp loose as issued, officially impressed naming, extremely fine (2) £400-£500 --- Corporal Hashimu served with No. 1 Battery, Northern Nigeria Regiment (Artillery), West African Frontier Force, with the column which moved from Beckwai on 13 July 1900, for the relief of Kumassi (Medal with Clasp). He received the Africa General Service medal with Clasp ‘N. Nigeria’ for the expedition against the Emir of Yola, August to September 1901; and the Clasp ‘N. Nigeria 1903’ for services during the Sokoto-Birmi expedition, 15 April to 27 July 1903. The roll for this clasp states that Corporal Hashimu was killed in action during the campaign. Of the 17 men killed during this campaign, 10 died at the storming of Birmi on 27 July 1903, when No. 1 Battery N.N. Regiment were engaged firing shrapnel at the town from their 75 mm guns.
A Second War B.E.M. group of six awarded to Corporal L. Hammond, Royal Army Service Corps British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (T/209272 Cpl. Laurence Hammond R.A.S.C.) in card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (6) £160-£200 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 13 December 1945. Laurence Hammond was born in Hull and educated at the Constable-street School and the local Technical College. Details regarding his award were published in the Hull Daily Mail on 19 February 1946: ‘Hull B.E.M. Ex-Corporal Lawrence [sic] Hammond, R.A.S.C., of 2, Eastfield-road, Hull, has received notification that he has been awarded the British Empire Medal. Called up in 1940 Mr. Hammond spent five years in the Army, attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps. He took part in the landings in North Africa and from there went to Italy. After two years in Italy he went to Greece and Austria. Following his demobilisation in December of last year he returned to his old firm of Montague L. Meyer, Ltd.’ Sold with original typed letter of notification for B.E.M.; and medal entitlement slip and O.H.M.S. envelope, named to the recipient at the above address.
Five: Sergeant J. Robinson, East Surrey Regiment, who was killed in the attack on Ale Alley and Beer Trench near Ginchy on 3 September 1916 British War and Victory Medals (192 Sjt. J. Robinson. E. Surr. R.), with flattened named card box of issue and transmission slip, in damaged outer envelope addressed to, ‘Mrs. J. Robinson, 55 White Hart Line, Barnes, SW’; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (192. Sjt. J. Robinson. E. Surr. R.); with flattened named card box of issue and transmission slip in damaged outer envelope similarly addressed; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (192 Sjt. J. Robinson. 5/E. Surr: Regt.); Memorial Plaque (Jacob Robinson) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, nearly extremely fine (5) £600-£800 --- Jacob Robinson was born in 1879 at Putney, Surrey and resided at Tottenham, Middlesex prior to attesting for the East Surrey Regiment at Wimbledon, Surrey. He served during the Great War ranked Sergeant in the 5th Battalion (Territorial Force) in India for one year and seven months, after which he was posted to the 9th (Service) Battalion in France where he was killed on 3 September 1916, only a month after his arrival, during the attack on Ale Alley and Beer Trench near Ginchy: ‘On 3 September, 7th Division, on the right of 24th Division was to attack Ginchy, half a mile south-east of 9/East Surrey. Germans in Ale Alley and Hop Alley could enfilade units advancing on Ginchy. The battalion was ordered to assist by attacking, at noon, Ale Alley from the north-west, whilst a bombing party from the brigade on the right would attack from the south. The battalion was also to capture Beer Trench, which was then lightly held. However, the neighbouring brigade declared a change of plan, so that their bombers would attack Hop Alley instead. Captain Ingrams and Second Lieutenant Tetley led around forty men attacking Ale alley at noon, with a second attack 40 minutes later. Unfortunately, the attack by the brigade on the right did not progress and the Surrey men failed to break into the two Alleys. Captain Ingrams was killed and Lieutenant-Colonel de la Fontaine was very severely wounded leading an attack. An officer and three men crawled forward to a shell hole and sniped at Germans, who they reported to be holding Ale and hop Alleys in strength. Part of Beer Trench was, however, seized and thirty Germans advancing towards it were badly hit by Lewis gun fire. The war diary complained of the support given to the battalion’s attack. ‘Our own artillery did not assist us very much. Our heavy guns were throwing shells into our trench instead of Ale Alley. Our stokes guns failed to fire anywhere near the enemy trench and the T.M. firing smoke bombs stopped firing much too soon.’ (The Journey’s End Battalion: The 9th East Surrey in the Great War by Michael Lucas refers). Sergeant Robinson’s T.F.E.M. was issued posthumously under Army Order 143 of 1920. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Pair: Sergeant Trumpeter W. H. Lee, Hampshire Yeomanry, late Sergeant Bugler, King’s Royal Rifle Corps India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1891, Samana 1891 (1456 Sergt. Bugler W. Lee 1st Bn K.R.Rif.C.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (88 Sjt: Tptr: W. H. Lee. Hants: Yeo:) mounted for wear, very fine (2) £300-£400 --- William Henry Lee was born in Winchester, Hampshire, and attested as a Boy for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Winchester in February 1877. He advanced to Lance Sergeant in March 1889, and to Sergeant Bugler in March 1895. Lee was discharged in February 1898, having served 21 years with the Colours. He subsequently joined the Hampshire Yeomanry, and was awarded the T.F.E.M. in January 1911. Sold with copied service papers.
Pair: Private W. Saunders, 4th (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (1644 Pte. W. Saunders. 4-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1644 Pte. W. Saunders. 4-Lond. R.); contact marks, edge bruise to the last, otherwise very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Woolf Saunders enlisted initially into 1st Battalion London Regiment on 18 February 1913, before transferring to 4th Battalion and was later renumbered 280183. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on Malta from 13 September 1914 to 11 March 1918, serving also attached to 1st Garrison Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, and is not entitled to the Victory Medal. He was demobilised on 24 April 1919. His home address was at 174 Wellington Road, Bethnal Green.
Five: Private A. H. Bartlett, Royal Artillery, late Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (330900 Pte. A. Bartlett. Hamps. R.) edge bruise to BWM; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (5489508 Gnr. A. H. Bartlett. R.A.) mounted for wear, generally very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Augustus Henry Bartlett was born in July 1894. He served during the Great War with the Hampshire Regiment, and was wounded in action. Bartlett re-engaged for service during the Second World War with the Coast Artillery, Royal Artillery, and was discharged in 1944 (awarded the Efficiency Medal in August 1940). In later life he resided at Malvern Cottage, Haven Street, Near Ryde, Isle of Wight. Sold with the following original documents: recipient’s Soldier’s Service Book; Discharge Certificate; enclosure slip for Second War campaign awards; enclosure slip for the Efficiency Medal Clasp, dated 13 March 1947; correspondence between recipient and the R.A. Records Office with regards to entitlement; photograph of recipient in military convalescence clothing, with other ephemera.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (A. Large, 14th. King’s Lt. Dgns.) light contact marks, very fine £400-£500 --- Augustus Large attested for the 14th Light Dragoons and served with the Regiment during the Persia campaign of 1857, and subsequently during the Great Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-59 (entitled to an Indian Mutiny medal with ‘Central India’ clasp). He died at sea on 11 April 1860.
Four: Corporal F. J. Smith, Hampshire (Fortress) Royal Engineers (T.F.) British War and Victory Medals (518035 Cpl. F. J. Smith. R.E.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (518035 Cpl. F. J. Smith. R.E.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (135 2/Cpl. F. J. Smith. Hants: (F) R.E.) mounted for wear, toned, generally good very fine (4) £280-£340 --- Frederick J. Smith served with the Hampshire (Fortress) Royal Engineers (awarded the T.F.E.M. in April 1914, and the Second Award Bar in November 1936). Sold with copied service papers.
Eight: Able Seaman J. McInnes, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J.78591 J. Mc. Innes. A.B. R.N.) BWM partially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, the Second War awards all privately engraved ‘J. McInnes A.B. D/J78591’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.78591 J. McInnes. A.B. H.M.S. Glorious.) mou nted court-style for display with traces of adhesive to reverse of medals, the GVR awards polished and worn, therefore fine; the Second War awards better (8) £70-£90
Five: Sergeant A. Troke, 7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (305021 Sjt. A. Troke. Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (119 Sjt. A. Troke. Hamps. R.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (405 L. Sjt. A. Tooke [sic] 4th V.B. Hamp: R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (305021 Sjt. A. Troke. 7/Hamps: R.) mounted for wear, unit partially officially corrected on last, good very fine (5) £200-£300 --- Alfred Troke initially served with the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (awarded the Volunteer Long Service Medal in August 1905). He subsequently advanced to Sergeant, and served with the 7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (awarded T.F.E.M. in April 1920). Sold with copied research.
Five: Private H. F. Poole, Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-15 Star (L-8432 Pte. H. F. Poole. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-8432 Pte. H. F. Poole. R. Suss. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (L-13721 Pte. H. F. Poole. R. Suss. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (6392439 Pte. H. F. Poole. R. Suss. R.) the campaign medals mounted as worn, the LS & GC loose, the campaign medals worn, therefore fair to fine, the LS & GC nearly extremely fine (5) £140-£180 --- Henry Frederick Poole attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the North West Frontier regions of India from 17 August 1915. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and medal roll extracts.
A ‘Civil Division’ M.B.E. pair awarded to D. McAlpine Esq., late Bengal and North Western Railway Battalion, Auxiliary Force India The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India (Pte. D. MxAlpine. B. & N.W. Ry. Bn., A.F.I.) mounted for wear, good very fine (2) £120-£160
A fine 'Defence of Ladysmith' Queen's South Africa Medal awarded to Private A. Spray, King's Royal Rifle Corps, who was blown up by a 6-inch shell from a Boer artillery piece commanding high ground to the south of the town, and was later wounded in the knee Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (8601 Pte. A. Spray, K.R.R.C.) small pawnbroker’s mark to obverse, extremely fine £200-£240 --- Arthur Spray was born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, in 1873, the son of lace mender Eliza Spray. He attested for the King's Royal Rifle Corps at Birmingham on 20 June 1894 and was posted from depot to the 4th Battalion at Winchester on 22 October 1894. For reasons unknown, Spray absconded just before Christmas Day in 1895, and spent almost a month on the run from the military authorities. Placed in confinement on 21 January 1896, he was tried by the District Court Martial and found guilty of desertion and loss of equipment resulting in 30 days' imprisonment with hard labour. Remarkably, less than a year later, Spray returned to the cells when given a further 14 days' hard labour on 10 December 1896, but the unexpired portion of his punishment was remitted upon Spray's agreement to transfer to the 2nd Battalion, and he headed to South Africa forthwith. According to the recipient's Army Service Record, Spray served three terms in South Africa, from 15 December 1896 to 5 April 1899, 18 September 1899 to 26 July 1900, and 11 December 1901 to 9 October 1902. These were separated by five months in India and a brief spell back in England. Most importantly, Spray was present throughout the Siege of Ladysmith in Northern Natal, from 2 November 1899 to 27 February 1900, and returned home to give a rare firsthand account which was published in The Nottinghamshire Guardian on 28 July 1900: 'A Nottingham Soldier's Experience At the invitation of Mr. Godfrey L. Evans, a meeting was held on Tuesday on the lawn of his residence, Hamilton-road, the chief object of the gathering being to hear an address by Private A. Spray, of the 2nd King's Royal Rifles, on "The Siege of Ladysmith..." He said that many of the soldiers looked like scarecrows, having gone seven days without a wash and with no change of underclothing. "Gentleman Joe," the name of a gun, sent his first shot on the morning of November 27th, just after breakfast, and another shell struck the ground a few feet in front of where the speaker was standing, sank six feet, and then exploded, blowing up the rough sun-shelter, and scattering the men right and left, but hurting no-one. The speaker described the various battles in which he had taken part, and the circumstances under which he was wounded in the knee. After the 6th of January, when the Boers were supposed to have lost only a few men, he saw them carting their dead and wounded all day long, under the white flag. The lecturer then described, in vivid fashion, the scene when the relief column came to Ladysmith, and said that the invalids were splendidly treated on board the hospital ship, Lismore Castle, on their way home...' Spray was particularly fortunate that the 96-pound shell from the French-manufactured creusot gun "Gentleman Joe" had failed to find its mark, for other similar weapons including "Long Tom" and "Puffing Billy" had delivered a particularly intense barrage from 8 to 9 a.m. that morning. Ladysmith: The Diary of a Siege points to a most unpleasant incident not far away, and taking place just minutes earlier: 'This morning a Kaffir was working for the Army Service Corps (being at that moment engaged in kneading a pancake), when a small shell hit him full in the mouth, passed clean through his head, and burst on the ground beyond.' Referring to the events of 6 January 1900, Spray's life was saved once again when large numbers of Boers, encouraged by President Kruger, launched a major attack on Ladysmith designed to overwhelm the garrison and take the town. At Wagon Hill, a confused and fierce fight took place in the dark between the Boers and the men of the King's Royal Rifles, Gordon Highlanders and Imperial Light Horse, supported by a hotchkiss gun. The enemy retreated but the siege prevailed, and by mid-January 1900, the remaining cavalry horses had to be shot for food.
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (J. Priest, Lieut. Com. Royal Arty. Drivers) nearly extremely fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, April 1956 and December 1980. John Priest was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery Drivers on 13 July 1805, and promoted 1st Lieutenant & Commissary on 1 January 1806. He served in Portugal and Spain in 1808 and 1809, and was present at the battle of Corunna, for which he received the War Medal and one clasp. He died on 18 February 1860.
An unattributed Order of St. John group of four The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, the reverse dated 1957, with top Territorial riband bar, mounted court-style as worn, gilding somewhat worn on last, very fine Service Medal of the Order of St. John, unnamed as issued; together with a British Red Cross Society Medal (M. Connelly) with top ‘Proficiency in Red Cross Nursing’ riband bar, nearly extremely fine (6) £100-£140
Pair: Gunner W. Chapman, Royal Artillery South Africa 1834-53 (Gunr. & Dr. W. Chapman. Rl. Arty.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2968. Gunr. W. Chapman, Depot Bde. R.A.) mounted on an attractive contemporary silver brooch bar, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Roll confirms service with 3 Company, 7th Battalion in the second and third Kaffir Wars. William Chapman was born at Crieff, Perthshire, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Perth on 11 May 1842, aged 18, a gardener by trade. He was discharged at Woolwich on 19 January 1864, having completed 21 years’ service, including 10 years 5 months at the Cape of Good Hope. His discharge papers state that ‘he has been awarded a Medal for service in the field in South Africa and a silver medal for long service and good conduct and a gratuity of £5 on discharge.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
A fine Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 awarded to Captain G. Cheyne, Royal Navy, who, having been taken prisoner following the Seagull’s ‘glorious resistance of 2 hours and 30 minutes’ against a far superior Danish flotilla off Norway in June 1808, was ‘employed with the Army under the Duke of Wellington near Bayonne’ in February-August 1814 - but only after he had managed to pass ‘the fearful bar of the Adour in an open boat with five men’, an example of ‘dashing intrepidity’ that won the admiration of his Admiral Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (George Cheyne, Lieut. R.N.) minor edge nicks, better than very fine £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2007. George Cheyne was baptised at St. Andrew’s Church, Edinburgh in March 1788 and entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in the Texel on 12 October 1804. Removing to the Seagull of 16 guns and 94 men, as Master’s Mate, under Commander Robert Cathcart, in September 1805, he was subsequently present at her loss off Norway: ‘The latter vessel was captured off the coast of Norway 19 June 1808, by a powerful Danish force, consisting of the Lougen, of 20 guns and 160 men, and of six gunboats, all heavily armed and manned, after a glorious resistance of two hours and 30 minutes, in which she lost eight men killed and 20 wounded, and was reduced to a sinking state. Mr. Cheyne was, with the rest of his shipmates, taken prisoner and confined until the following October’ (O’Byrne refers). A rather more informative account of this action, namely the official report submitted by Commander Cathcart, was published in the London Gazette of 17-20 September 1808: ‘I beg leave to acquaint you, that in His Majesty’s sloop Seagull, under my command, yesterday at 2 p.m., off Norway bearing W.N.W. seven or eight leagues, I discovered a brig inshore running to the eastward, and immediately made all sail in chase of her; at half-past four we came within gunshot and hoisted our Colours, which she answered by hoisting Danish Colours and opening fire on the starboard side. At this time it became nearly calm from a fresh breeze we had at W.S.W. and which obliged us to get our sweeps out, in order to get between her and the shore. At five we got within musket-shot of the enemy and commenced action; having now most of our sweeps shot away and a great part of the rigging. At twenty minutes past five we discovered several gunboats coming towards us, which had been concealed behind the rocks; and it being perfect calm, they had every advantage they could with in placing them. They took their position on each quarter, raking us every shot, while the brig had the same advantage on the larboard bow. At half-past six five of our carronades were dismounted on the larboard side (the only side we could bring to bear on the enemy), and several of the officers and crew killed or wounded. Every method was used to get the Seagull round, so as to bring the starboard guns to bear, but without effect; with our sweeps being all shot away, the gunboats hulling us every shot they fired, five feet of water in the hold, and all our sails and rigging cut to pieces, at half-past seven, from the sinking state of the ship, and also the great slaughter made by the gunboats, I considered it an indispensable duty for the preservation of the surviving officers and crew, to order the Colours to be hauled down. I have the satisfaction to acquaint you, there was scarcely sufficient time to remove the wounded out of the Seagull before she sunk. The force opposed to her was the Danish brig of war Lougen, mounting 20 guns (18 long-18-pounders and two long-6-pounders); six gunboats, most of them carrying two 20-pounders and from 50 to 70 men each. The action was fought close to the mouth of the harbour of Christiansand. I cannot speak in terms adequate to the defence of every officer and man under my command on this trying occasion. I received that support from Mr. Hatton, the First Lieutenant, I had every reason to expect from his general good conduct; and the officers and crew have my warmfelt thanks for their cool and steady behaviour; and I consider it a duty I owe them, to add, that never was more British valour displayed than on this occasion, although opposed to so very superior a force. The enemy must have suffered very considerably, but I have not been able to ascertain to what extent. Several of the Danes perished on board the Seagull, so precipitately did she go down; I herewith send to you a list of the killed and wounded on board the said sloop.’ Following his release in October 1808, Cheyne joined the Nightingale, under Captain William Wilkinson, while his subsequent appointments in the Ganymede (1809-10) and Alexandria (1810-11) were under his old C.O., Robert Cathcart, the whole on the Home or Baltic Stations; so, too, his time in the Victory under Sir James Saumarez (1812). Advanced to Lieutenant in the Defiance in December 1813, he removed in the same month to the Porcupine, under Captain John Coode and, in February 1814, to the sloop Woodlark. It was in this latter capacity, using a Spanish boat ‘destined to assist the operations of the Army under Marquess of Wellington’, that he made his courageous crossing of the ‘fearful bar’ of the Adour (Rear-Admiral Penrose’s despatch, as per London Gazette 15 March 1814, refers). Those duties discharged, Cheyne joined the Queen in the Mediterranean that September, prior to removing to another command of John Coode, the Albion, in December 1815, and in her was present at the bombardment of Algiers. Cheyne came ashore when the Albion was paid-off in May 1819, was advanced to Commander that August and, on half-pay, to post-rank in April 1832. Sold with extensive copied research.
The British War Medal awarded to Sir Norman Strathie, K.C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, who served during the Great War as a Corporal in the Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles, Indian Defence Force British War Medal 1914-20 (593 Cpl. D. N. Strathie, S. Prov. M. Rif. I.D.F.) good very fine, rare to unit £200-£240 --- K.C.I.E. London Gazette 1 January 1944: David Norman Strathie, Esq., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Adviser to His Excellency the Governor of Madras. C.I.E. London Gazette 2 January 1939: David Norman Strathie, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Member, Board of Revenue, Madras. Sir (David) Norman Strathie was born in Glasgow on 31 October 1886 and was educated at Glasgow Academy and Balliol College, Oxford. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1911 and served initially as Under Secretary in the Revenue, Judicial, and Public Departments, Madras. He served during the Great War with the Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles, Indian Defence Force, from November 1917 to February 1918 (entitled to British War Medal only). Thereafter he was Commissioner of Income Tax, Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Inspector of Local Boards, and Adviser to the Government of Madras. He served as Commissioned of Income Tax for Palestine, and became Chief Civil Representative with the Southern Army in India. During the Second World War he returned to the U.K. and served in the Home Guard in London. Appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1944, for his services as tax expert and adviser to the Governor of Madras, he retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1946, and subsequently served as Financial Secretary of Jamaica from 1946 to 1949. He died on 3 August 1959. Strathie was evidently an accomplished Baritone, as he entertained the listeners of Madras Radio on one occasion with a medley of songs (appearing on the programme just after a Violin Recital given by Yehudi Menuhin). Sold with copied research.
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