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Lot 136

The Kings Gold Medal Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 1931, won by Cadet Corporal H.R.C. Gillman (probably 22ct), 57grams, cased

Lot 137

WW1 medals group comprising:- George V war medal, Victory medal and George VI Defence medal together with French bronze cross 1914-18, relating to Lance Cpl. F Order Alder MFP together with a silver framed photograph of Frank Alder RAF.

Lot 140

1914 Victory medal, 1914-18 George V war medal, Cpl. R. Biggs with two Worcester City peace medals together with a set WWII medals with ribbons, the Defence medal, the Italy bronze star and the 1939-45 bronze star, boxed

Lot 149

Private T.Garbett, 2nd Shropshire Lt Infy, no.5060, Queens South Africa medal with Johannesburg, Driefortein, Paardeberg and Cape Colony bars and Kings South Africa medal with 1901 and 1902 bars

Lot 150

China Medal 1900, bronze, no clasp (pte Servi Nabi Bahhsh), suspension slack, edge bruising, very fine

Lot 45

A silver gilt Masonic medal, a silver and enamel medal and two others (4)

Lot 128

A World War I medal group to 28218 Pte R Dixon, W York R, death plaque etc

Lot 184

A 9ct gold medal and a pair of hoop earrings

Lot 458

World War I medal to W R Moody 176539, drawing set, lighters etc

Lot 130

David Crone RHA RUA (b.1937) Plant Pots Acrylic on paper, 68 x 91cm (26¾ x 35¾") Provenance: Tom Caldwell Galleries This work was awarded the silver medal at the 1982 Royal Ulster Academy annual exhibition

Lot 1

A Royal Observer Corps Medal, awarded to OBSERVER. W.E.WELFORD, in box of issue together with letter of presentation.; a Quantity of Coins, including two Decimal proof sets, crowns etc

Lot 2

A Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul Medal 1842, awarded to *No 1012 ALFRED HASEMERE 3D KOLD*, the reverse inscribed CABUL 1842

Lot 3

A Sutlej Medal 1846, awarded to ALFRED HASSEMAR 3RD LT DRAGNS, the exergue named SOBRAON 1846

Lot 4

A First World War Pair, awarded to T.Z.11756 F.DEIGHTON. R.N.V.R., comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal, with dog tags; a Second World War Trio, comprising 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star and War Medal, in box of issue addressed to J.A.B.Jackson, Leeds, together with King`s Badge, three other badges and a lapel pip

Lot 5

A First World War Pair, awarded to 796729 GNR.S.W.CARR. R.A., comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal; a Second World War Group of Four Medals, comprising 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence and War Medals; a Silver Gilt and Enamel Medallion, to the Past President of the Faculty of Teachers in Commerce, hallmarks for Birmingham 1932 (7)

Lot 6

A First World War Gallantry Group of Three Medals, awarded to 107315 SPR.H.STOREY. R.E., comprising Military Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal, together with a framed award certificate, and two sweetheart badges; a Second World War Group of Five Medals, awarded to 14612462 PTE.D.STOREY. D.W.R., comprising 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and General Service Medal 1918-62 with clasp PALESTINE 1945-48 (11)

Lot 7

A Memorial Plaque, to Pte.JOHN HENRY COOK, Yorkshire Light Infantry, in a glazed display with scroll; two Single Victory Medals, to 78727 PTE.A.J.TALBOT DURH.L.I. and 26452 A.SJT. S.SLIM. R.A.M.C., with a Worcestershire County Council School Attendance Medal to STANLEY SLIM 1905-6, a 1935 Silver Jubilee medal and twenty three commemorative crowns (28)

Lot 9

A Group of Eight Miniature Medals, comprising OBE, Military Cross, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 1st Army clasp, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and General Service Medal with two clasps MALAYA and CYPRUS, with a typed note to Major T E F Penny KOYLI; a Group of Seven Miniature Medals, comprising India General Service Medal with two clasps PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98 and TIRAH 1897-98, Queen`s South Africa Medal with four clasps, King`s South Africa Medal with two clasps, 1914 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Long Service Good Conduct Medal, with typed note to Colour Sergeant W Singleton Yorks LI; a Group of Five Medals, of Military Cross, QSA with three clasps, KSA with two clasps, 1914-15 Star, BWM and Victory Medal (MID), with typed note to Major C A Mackenzie KOYLI, all brooch mounted (3)

Lot 11

An India General Service Medal 1854, with clasp HAZARA 1891, awarded to 3298 Sepoy Maidan Ali ``Q.O``Corps of Guides Infy.

Lot 12

A Crimea Medal 1854, with clasps SEBASTAPOL, awarded to JOHN KING 4TH REGT.

Lot 13

A Victorian Grenadier Guards Group of Three Medals, comprising Queen`s Sudan Medal, Khedive`s Sudan Medal with clasp KHARTOUM and Queen`s South Africa Medal with seven clasps BELMONT, MODDER RIVER, DRIEFONTEIN, JOHANNESBURG, DIAMOND HILL, BELFAST and SOUTH AFRICA 1901, awarded to 5389 PTE.A.R.CURTIS 1/GREN:GDS:, together with a Queen Victoria South Africa 1900 New Year tin, five buttons, four badges, a shoulder insignia, a South African War Veteran` s Association membership card and a postcard

Lot 16

A First World Gallantry Group of Four Medals, awarded to 1815 PTE. A. KELLY. 1/5 L`POOL:R., comprising Military Medal - T.F., 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal

Lot 17

A Second World War Group of Four Medals, awarded to 1043928 Corporal R W Middleton RAFVR, comprising 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence and War Medal, in box of issue with medal slips, together with dog tags, Service and Release Book, New Testament, map and ephemera, two sweetheart badges, two stick pins and two brooches, in a planished brass card box

Lot 18

A Very Interesting First/Second World War Gallantry Group of Seven Medals, awarded to G-495 PTE.(later SJT) H.HAVERS. 11/MIDDX:R., comprising Distinguished Conduct Medal (George V) with bar (London Gazette 22.01.1916 & 3.09.1918), 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Defence Medal, Coronation Medal 1953 and Royal Household Faithful Service Medal (Elizabeth II) 1940-1960, together with a German trench knife, a St Christopher`s medal, an EV enamelled stick pin (a gift from Queen Ina of Spain), a silver mounted swagger stick, a breast badge, a mother of pearl button engraved with a crowned GR cypher, a hat brush and a clothes brush, each with wood back brand stamped with crowned A (as used by Prince Albert Duke of York), two packs of playing cards with GVIR cypher to the backs, a photograph album with group photographs of First World War British and German soldiers, a volume of Red Aces by Edgar Wallace signed by Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later the Queen Mother), a volume of Sassoon, The Worlds of Philip and Sybil and a folio of research material and related ephemera including Royal correspondence, copies of supplements to the London Gazette, letters of congratulation, thanks and reference **Herbert Havers led a very interesting life. He grew up in London and was employed by the Countess of Lovelace until he joined the 11th Middlesex Regiment at the outbreak of the First World War. He won the first DCM in October 1915 and the bar in March 1918. After the war he returned to service in noble households, eventually working for Viscount Carisbrooke. He left the Carisbrookes in 1934 for the job of running the Park Lane home of Sir Philip Sassoon until his death in 1939. He then accepted the position of Steward at Royal Lodge, Windsor where he became a great favourite with the Royal Family. He served with the Home Guard in the Second World War

Lot 20

A First World War Pair, awarded to 34230 PTE.F.W.KINCHIN. YORK.R., of British War Medal and Victory Medal; a Single Victory Medal, to 49266 PTE.H.BAUM. DEVON R.; a Second World War RAF Group of Five Medals, of 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with clasp NORTH AFRICA 1942-43, Italy Star, Defence and War Medals in cardboard box of issue with medal slip; a 1939-45 War Medal, a Princess Mary 1914 Christmas tin, and a Corona Ware pottery photograph holder

Lot 21

A First World War Trio, awarded to S-5158. PTE. W.M.WILLIAMSON. A.& S.HIGHRS., comprising 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, with Memorial Plaque, to WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, an Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders glengarry badge, an embroidered silk postcard ``from Willie``, a Soldier`s Bible and a small quantity of stamps, in an Anvil toffee tin

Lot 22

The Robinson Family at War:- A First World War Pair of British War Medal and Victory Medal and Memorial Plaque, to 30608 PTE.A.(ARTHUR) ROBINSON DURH.L.I., another Pair to J.77687 R.T.ROBINSON. R.N. (HMS Monarch & HMS Victory); a Memorial Plaque, to 32/649 Private ALFRED ROBINSON, 17th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, together with photographs and ephemera

Lot 23

A First World War Pair, of British War Medal and Victory Medal, with Defence Medal, to J.70636 F.EMMERSON. ORD. R.N., with portrait photographs, a newspaper cutting, Home Guard Citation and diagrams showing the Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet 21.11.18 and the Disposition of the Grand Fleet escorting them into the Firth of Forth

Lot 24

A Second World War RAF Long Service Group of Eight Medals, awarded to 565439 F.SGT. D.H.WATSON. RAF, comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with clasp NORTH AFRICA 1942-43, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, General Service Medal 1918-62 with clasp MALAYA and Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a cap badge, rank badge, and three albums of photographs, including group shots, scenes in North Africa 1935, formation photographs and personal

Lot 25

An Africa General Service Medal, with clasp KENYA, awarded to 23126285 CFN.J.CALL R.E.M.E.; a First World War Pair, to PLY.17939, PTE.F.McMANUS, R.M.L.I., of 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal; a British War Medal, to 107548 SPR.J.E.BELL. R.E.; a Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, to IRVIN BUNTMAN; Militaria:- two King`s War Badges; three Royal commemorative medals; an Erection Grand Lodge State of Israel breast badge - cased; two Fourteenth Army insignia, four Royal West Africa Frontier Force shoulder strap titles and two cap badges

Lot 26

A Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (George V), awarded to WILLIAM HEBBRON; A Small Quantity of Militaria, including a Yorkshire Regiment brooch, two commemorative medallions, two ARP badges, shoulder titles etc

Lot 28

A First World War Trio, awarded to CAPT.L(Lancelot) BECK, of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers, (City of London Regiment), comprising British War Medal, Victory Medal and Territorial Force War Medal, together with his dog tags, two group photographs, his commission and a brass Trench Art miniature ewer, six tankards and a tray

Lot 29

A Volunteer Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1894, (Victoria Regina), awarded to NO.662.QR.MASTER SERGT. J.P.BECK 2ND.V.B.R.W.REGT.

Lot 31

A First World War Gallantry Group of Four Medals, awarded to L-15546 CPL.C.J.THOMPSON. R.FUS., comprising Military Medal, 1914 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, together with letter of congratulation for being awarded the Military Medal, two Character Certificates, a Certificate of Transfer to B Reserve and Discharge Certificate. Also a typed document describing his act of desertion, subsequent capture, trial and sentence to be reduced to the rank of Private on 3rd February 1920 and transferred to B Army Reserve. Charles James Thompson had one wound stripe, one red chevron and three blues

Lot 32

A First World War Pair, awarded to M2-193607 PTE.T.LEAVER. A.S.C., comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal; a Princess Mary 1914 Christmas Tin, lacks contents (3)

Lot 33

A Second World War Group of Five Medals, awarded to 2590436 L/SGT.WILLIAM CHALONER, R.C.S., comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, War Medal and British Empire Medal (23rd August 1946), together with ribbon bar and two letters of congratulation from Buckingham Palace and his commanding officer

Lot 34

A First World War Pair, awarded to 130320D.A. E SHIMMIN. D.H. R.N.R. comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal; a Second World War Royal Navy Group of Four Medals, comprising 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Burma Star and War Medal, with medal slip, two British Minesweeping/anti-submarine badges and two cloth insignia

Lot 37

Four Groups of Medals Relating to the Jago Family in the First and Second World War: a Trio, to Captain Edwin Osborne Jago, Gloucestershire Regiment, comprising British War Medal, Victory Medal and Defence Medal, mounted in a glazed display with portrait photograph, cap badge, ARP badge and 7 Years Service National Savings badge; a French Medaille Militaire 1870 and Croix de Guerre, to Paul Denoeud (whose sister was married to the above), set in a glazed display against an overpainted photograph; a Group of Four, to Pilot Officer Paul Osborne Jago RAF, comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence and War Medal, in a glazed display with portrait photograph, breast insignia and biography 19/4/1920 - 20/8/1940, While serving with 8 Bomber Squadron in Aden, he was shot down over Abyssinia, aged 20, together with research material; a Group of Four, to Captain Claude Ashley Jago, Royal Artillery and Air Observation Post Squadrons RAF 1940-46, comprising 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence and War Medal, with portrait photograph, cap badge, breast insignia and biography (4)

Lot 38

Two Boy Scout Medals of Merit, awarded to Clifford Cookson, 13.2.35, the first centred by a fleur de lys set onto a swastika, the second of typical circular form pierced and set with a fleur de lys, in cases of issue. **The first medal was recalled when Adolf Hitler adapted the swastika as the Nazi emblem. Clifford refused to return it, so he had to have the brooch pin broken and was forbidden to wear it.

Lot 39

A First World War Trio, to SE-13313 PTE.H.E.BLOOMFIELD. A.V.C., a Lusitania Medal (boxed); a Queen Alexandra`s Imperial Nursing Service Reserve Medal; a 1945 Victory Medal (6)

Lot 45

A First World War Pair, awarded to D-1966 L.SJT. H.WEBBER.3/D.GDS., comprising a 1914 Star and a British War Medal

Lot 46

A Boer War Pair, awarded to CORPL:G.McCARTNEY. KIMBERLEY TOWN GD:, comprising a Queen`s South Africa Medal with clasp, DEFENCE OF KIMBERLEY and a silver Kimberley Star 1899-1900 with hallmarks for Birmingham 1900 (date letter a)

Lot 47

An India Medal 1896, with clasp RELIEF OF CHITRAL 1895, and Queen`s South Africa Medal, with three clasps CAPE COLONY, PAARDEBERG and JOHANNESBURG, awarded to 3171 PTE.J. McCARTNEY.K.O. SCOT:BORD:

Lot 48

A First World War Gallantry Group, awarded to 34758 PTE.W.SHARRETT.NORTH`D FUS. (later 72792 56/M.G.C.), comprising Military Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal, with MGC cap badge

Lot 50

A Queen`s South Africa Medal, awarded to 9077 PTE. P.CATLING.YORK & LANC:REGT.; a First World War Pair, awarded to CAPT.G.A.G.HEWITT, comprising a British War Medal and Victory Medal; a British War Medal, awarded to LT.COL.J.HEWITT; Various Booklets, on British War Medals, Crests and Flags

Lot 51

A Second World War Trio, comprising 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star and War Medal, to J R Matthews, Royal Artillery, in box of issue, together with boxed King`s Badge, a cap badge, two sweetheart badges, an F.E.P.O.W. cloth insignia and a volume of Banpong Express - an account of the Malaya Campaign

Lot 52

A First World War Group of Four Medals, awarded to K.7184, W.W.CURTIS, ACT.L.STO.R.N., comprising a Russian Cross of St George, 4th Class, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, together with Certificate of Service named to Walter Wilfred Curtis and Qualifications in Stoker Ratings certificate (6)

Lot 137

Uniforms, comprising:-two Merchant Navy Officer`s tunics, one with Second World War medal ribbon bar; two Army Officer`s No.2 dress tunics; a Man`s raincoat and a Royal Engineers beret

Lot 140

A Modern Royal Canadian Mounted Police Uniform, circa 1980/81, comprising a red tunic, the blue faced stand-up collar with collar badge, copy Long Service and Good Conduct medal, rank and marksman`s sleeve insignia, leather Sam Brown with pistol holster and cartridge pouch, blue trousers with yellow side stripes

Lot 146

A German Third Reich Mother`s Cross, gold class, with ribbon; an American Civil War 1861-1865 Commemorative Medal, with ribbon (2)

Lot 159

A German Third Reich SS Long Service Medal: 8 Years Service; a Copy of a German Third Reich General Assault Badge, in zinc, the reverse with recessed plates for securing the needle pin and catch fastening, marked JFS; eight Other Copy Badges, and a cap eagle

Lot 163

A German Third Reich Army Officer`s Dagger, the unmarked steel blade with broken tip, the tang with billet mark, white metal hilt with wrythen fluted cream plastic grip, with hammered white metal scabbard; a Pair of Arab Jambiyas, each with curved blade with raised medial ridge, horn grip with white metal applied rosettes and leather scabbard; a Victory Medal, renamed (4)

Lot 232

A German 1898/05 Butcher Bayonet, Second Pattern, the blade stamped WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER A.G. OBENDORF a.N, with steel scabbard; a British 1939-45 War Medal and two Royal Artillery Sweetheart Brooches, in tortoiseshell and mother of pearl (4)

Lot 43

India General Service Medal 1909 to Sepoy B. Singh, one clasp North West Frontier 1908 (3004 Sepoy Banta Singh). India General Service Medal 1935 to Sepoy N. Chand, one clasp North West Frontier 1935 (12842 Sepoy Nanka Chand. 5-12 F.F.R.). India General Service Medal 1936-39 to Sepoy N. Chand, one clasp North West Frontier 1936-37 (12842 Sepoy Nanka Chand 5-12 F.F.R.), (3).View on dnfa.com

Lot 44

A Great War Group of Three to Private S. Haigh Army Service Corps, British War and Victory Medals ( DM2-231899 Pte. S. Haigh. A.S.C.), General Service Medal 1918-62, one clasp Iraq (DM2-231899 Pte. S. Haigh R.A.S.C.). 1914 Star to Private C. Brown, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade (9206 Pte. C. Brown. 1/Rif. Brig.), (4).View on dnfa.com

Lot 47

A Rare Emotive Great War Family Collection of Medals to the Peachey Brothers of Newbury, Berkshire. A Great War Group of Three to Private A. W. Peachey, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1914-15 Star (10526 Pte. A. W. Peachey. R.A.M.C.) British War and Victory Medals (15619 Pte A. W. Peachey. R.A.M.C.). A Great War Casualty Group of Three to Private W. J. Peachey, 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, British War and Victory Medals (10526 Pte. W. J. Peachey. R. Berks. R.) Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Wilfred John Peachey). Lance Corporal Wilfred Peachey Fell on the 25th of September 1915, aged 29 years, Son of Richard and Julia F. Peachey, of Falkland Farm, Wash Common, Newbury, Berks, he has no known grave, but is Remembered with Honour at the Loos Memorial, to the Missing (Dud Corner Cemetery) Panel 93 - 95,. Dud Corner Cemetery stands almost on the site of a German strong point, the Lens Road Redoubt, captured by the 15th (Scottish) Division on the first day of the battle.The name "Dud Corner” is believed to be due to the large number of unexploded enemy shells found in the neighbourhood after the Armistice. The Loos Memorial commemorates over 20,000 officers and men who have no known grave, who fell in the area from the River Lys to the old southern boundary of the First Army, east and west of Grenay. On either side of the cemetery is a wall 15 feet high, to which are fixed tablets on which are carved the names of those commemorated. At the back are four small circular courts, open to the sky, in which the lines of tablets are continued, and between these courts are three semicircular walls or apses, two of which carry tablets, while on the centre apse is erected the Cross of Sacrifice. A Great War Casualty Group of Three to Gunner E. R. Peachey, ‘B’ Battery, 165th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, British War and Victory Medals (901295 Gnr. E. R. Peachey. R. A.) Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Edward Richard Peachey). Gunner Edward Peachey Fell on the 29th of October 1918, aged 29 years, less than a month before the end of hostilities, Son of Richard and Julia F. Peachey of Sydmonton, Newbury ; husband of Florence L. Peachey of ‘Heatherlea’, Wash Common, Newbury, Berks, he is Remembered with Honour at the La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouck G.R. V.25, France. La Kreule Military Cemetery was opened in April 1918 by the 1st and 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Stations, which came back from Outtersteene ahead of the German advance, and the 17th, which arrived from Lijssenthoek. These three stations, known collectively as "Ana Jana Siding”, were posted to the north of La Kreule, but in the middle of April they withdrew to Blendecques, near St. Omer, and the cemetery was then used by heavy artillery and fighting units. In October 1918, the 17th Casualty Clearing Station returned with the 8th and the 64th and the cemetery was closed at the end of the month. A Second World War Group of Three to R. Peachey, 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, War Medal 1939-1945, in their inscribed card box of issue.View on dnfa.com

Lot 49

A Rare Great War ‘Western Front’ Nursing Pair to Sister Ethel Styler of the British Red Cross and Saint John of Jerusalem, British War and Victory Medals (E.A. Styler. B.R.C. & St. J. J.), mounted for wearing, together with related dress miniatures, a gold hair slide inscribed ‘B.R.C.S. 14333 Ethel. A. Styler. France’, the reverse ‘From Dudley’ and a large comprehensive collection of photographs and related ephemera, including an album, of black and white photographic images many of Great War nurses and wounded soldiers, a Brevet from the Belgian Army, inscribed to Miss Styler, framed and glazed, a collection of Red Cross Joint War Committee letters, awards, an album of postcards, nurses and wounded soldiers at Tottenhall Auxiliary War Hospital, Palmers Green London, a unique autograph album, each page inscribed with poems, sketches, and thank-you notes to Miss Styler from some of the soldiers she nursed during the Great War. A Second World War Group of Four to Private D.J.W. Hiscocks (Husband of the above) Order of St. John, Defence Medal, Coronation Medal 1953, Service Medal of the Order of St John (B347 Pte. D.J.W.Hiscocks Wembley 7 Harls’dn Div No.1.Dis S.J.A.B.1930) mounted for wearing, with related dress miniatures.View on dnfa.com

Lot 51

The Most Distinguised Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s neck Badge, silver gilt and enamel, in case of issue, together with a Turkish Order and photograph of recipient, inscribed in pencil to reverse ‘Uncle Charlie - Charles Hooper - Mummy’s Brother’. A Great War Group of Eleven Dress Miniatures, 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals, Khedive’s Sudan Medal 1910, General Service Medal 1918-62, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Jubilee Medal 1935, Coronation Medal 1937, mounted for wearing.View on dnfa.com

Lot 52

A Rare 1918 March Retreat Great War Group of Three to Sergeant W. J. Tyack of No.3 Section, A Company, 8th Battalion, Machine Gun Corp, British War and Victory Medals (108226 Sjt. W. J. Tyack. M.G.C.) Defence Medal, enlisted April 20th 1917, aged 18 years. Related Photographs and original Machine Gun Corp Cloth Insignia of the recipient. Sergeant Tyack’s Handwritten Note-Book, written at the time, inscribed in pencil, including ‘nominal roll’, details of members of machine gun teams, and diary entries, titled ‘The Great Retreat March 31st (1918). Mar 21st - 8th Division rushed from Ypres to the Somme. Mar 22nd - Go in action, are opposed by 10 divs to 1. We retreat 12 kilo fighting rear-guard actions, 2 teams and guns captured, i manage to get away. Mar 23rd - We cover retreat of West Yorks as they fall back over the Somme. Lose my officer and another gun. Am one of last to cross bridge before being blown up. Next day am ordered to cover the retreat of Middlesex. The Germans advance in mass formation, we mow them down in front, but get surrounded on flanks. officer says ‘no surrender’. We put gun out of action and 14 of us fight our way out with revolvers. We get shot down and i am the sole survivor, have had nothing to eat or any sleep for three days. Humour running out of my eyes, i can hardly get along, find my way by map as best i can, first British i meet 6 kilo away. ‘1 Officer, myself and 9 men answer roll call out of 187’..................... 8th Division Parchment Certificate for Gallant Conduct and Devotion to Duty Awarded by the General Officer Commanding 8th Division to :- No.108226, Lance Corporal William Tyack, 8th battalion Machine Gun Corps. ‘At Brie on 25th March, 1918, Lance-Corporal Tyack showed great gallantry and resource in keeping his gun in action until the last possible moment. He covered the retirement of the infantry and hung on to his position until the enemy were within 50 yards and then succeeded in getting his gun away - 26th May 1918. A Rare Original Ink Inscribed Exercise Book ‘W. J. Tyack, 108226, Hut 24, 23 Coy, 4th Batt., Machine Gun Corps, Clipstone Camp, Notts, Sep 24 1917’ detailing his training on the machine gun, ‘care & cleaning’, ‘aiming instructions’, ‘immediate action’.............View on dnfa.com

Lot 53

A Great War Military Medal Group of Four to Gunner G. Dickens, A/84th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, Military Medal GRV (42961 Gnr. G. Dickens. R.F.A.), 1914 Star with Mons Clasp (42961 Gnr. G. Dickens. R.F.A., British War and Victory Medals (42961 Gnr. G. Dickens. R.A.)View on dnfa.com

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