Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (Private W. Humphreys, S.L.I.) extremely fine £1000-1200 William Humphreys was born in the Parish of Lingden (?), near Shrewsbury, Shropshire. A Labourer by occupation and a member of the 3rd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry, he attested for service with the Shropshire Light Infantry at Shrewsbury on 9 May 1887, aged 18 years, 3 months. Posted to the 1st Battalion as Private 2321, he served in Malta, September 1888-March 1891; Egypt, March-December 1891, and Hong Kong, December 1891-January 1895. Whilst in Hong Kong he was fined by a Civil Court for Drunkenness and twice imprisoned for a short period for breaking out of barracks when a defaulter; his service papers record his general conduct as difficult. Returning to Britain in January 1895, he was transferred to the Army Reserve and was discharged on 8 May 1899. The Hong Kong Plague Medal was his only medallic award. With copied service papers.
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Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (8509 G. Glen, 19th Coy. 6th Impl. Yeo.), last clasp unofficially riveted, very fine £150-200 Graham Glen, a well-known Scottish portrait artist who was active in the years 1897-1925, was born in Edinburgh and enlisted in the Imperial Yeomanry in January 1900, aged 22 years. Posted to the 19th (Lothian and Berwickshire) Company, 6th Battalion, he served in South Africa from February of the same year until June 1901, and was discharged on his return to the U.K. in the following month; sold with copied service record which verifies the above described Medal & clasps.
Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (10228 Tpr. Golding, 37th Coy. 10th Imp. Yeo.), last clasp loose on riband, extremely fine £140-160 William Russell Gordon Golding was born in Farnham, Surrey, the son of Noah Golding, and enlisted in the Imperial Yeomanry in February 1900, aged 20 years, direct from the 2nd South Middlesex Militia. Posted to the 37th (Buckinghamshire) Company, 10th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, he served in South Africa from April 1900 until April 1901, his service record confirming his entitlement to the above described Medal and clasps (excepting ôSouth Africa 1901ö), and attachment to the 1st Provost Battalion ð so, too, his presence in operations at Bethlehem and Prinsloos surrender. See lots 220 and 587 for brothers medals.
Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (22485 Tpr. P. Golding, 69th Coy. Imp. Yeo.), dated clasps loose on riband, good very fine £200-250 Percy Goldney Golding was born in Farnham, Surrey, the son of Noah Golding, and enlisted in the Imperial Yeomanry in January 1901, direct from the 2nd South Middlesex Militia. Posted to the 69th (Sussex) Company, 7th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, he served in South Africa from February 1901 to August 1902, his service record confirming his entitlement to the above described Medal and clasps. Moreover, on the 69th Company having transferred to the 14th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, he was slightly wounded at Vlakfontein on 29 May 1901 ð his discharge papers noting a gunshot wound, left thigh. See lots 219 and 587 for brothers medals.
Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Diamond Hill, Belfast (189331 A-B. F. W. Bowden, H.M.S. Doris) impressed naming, very fine, unique clasp combination to ship £420-480 Francis William Bowden was born in St. Keverne, Cornwall, on 22 August 1878. A Farm Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy on 10 July 1896 as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Curacoa. On the same vessel he was advanced to Boy 1st Class in October 1896 and Ordinary Seaman in January 1897. He served on the Doris, November 1897-May 1901, being promoted to Able Seaman in May 1899. During this period he served in the Boer War and saw extensive action on land. Awarded the Q.S.A., he was one of 16 men from the Doris to be awarded the medal with five clasps and was the only man of the Doris to receive the medal with the above clasp combination. Further service followed on a number of vessels. He was discharged dead on 19 April 1908 at Plymouth Hospital, having suffered from syphilitic meningitis. With copied service paper and other research.
Defence Medal (7) six unnamed, one impressed (2278 B. Crumpsty, A.B., R.N.) this with contact marks and slight edge bruising; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed, very fine and better (9) £40-60 Defence Medal, unnamed, with Ministry of Food Ration Book bearing the name and address, S. Abrahams, Flat 233C Clayhall Ave., Ilford, Essex, together with two Clothing Coupon booklets. Defence Medal, unnamed, in card forwarding box addressed to Mrs Florence A. Bell, 39 Temple Road, Croydon, Surrey, together with a named identity card of the Salop County Council Public Assistance Committee. Defence Medal, unnamed, and A.R.P. Badge with Borough of Camberwell Civil Defence Services Certificate of Appreciation named to Mr W. J. Bilby. Defence Medal, unnamed, in card forwarding box addressed to Miss M. A. Chantler, 48 St. Dunstans Street, Canterbury, Kent, with forwarding slip. Defence Medal, unnamed, attributed to Herbert Harry George Pawley, a Private in the Home Guard serving, 23 October 1942-31 December 1944. Defence Medal, unnamed, in card forwarding box addressed to Mr W. H. Riches, 26 Lingfield Crescent, Eltham, London S.E.9, with forwarding slip. War Medal, unnamed, in card box stamped Deceased and with the label Staff Sjt. G. A. Paish, E.A.A.S.C., together with a registered envelope addressed to Mr Paish G. A., c/o Mrs A. Paish, Gloster Villa, Cirencester, Glos, U.K. and an associated slip. Staff Serjeant George Alfred Paish, a Mechanic with the East African Army Service Corps, died on 2 August 1940, aged 39 years. He was buried in the Ndola (Kansenshi) Cemetery, Zambia and was the son of Alfred and Emma Paish of Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Australia Service Medal (NX194204 R. Noble) some contact marks, good very fine £60-80 M.I.D. London Gazette 14 February 1946; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 21 February 1946. Robert Noble was born in Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria on 26 January 1910. A Porter by occupation, living at Bondi, N.S.W., he attested for war service at Waverley Park, N.S.W. on 29 January 1942. He served as Private N220251, later NX194204, in the 25th Australian Infantry Battalion. As a Lance-Corporal in the unit he was mentioned in despatches and was killed in action at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 17 March 1945. His remains were later reburied in the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery. He was the son of James Colquhoun Noble and Kathleen Helena Noble and husband of Thelma May Noble of Bondi, N.S.W. With copied service and other papers.
Four: Lieutenant A. R. de Hoxar, United Provinces Light Horse Coronation 1902, bronze; Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed; Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), E.VII.R. (Lieut., United Prov. Lt. Horse) engraved naming; Indian Volunteer Forces Officers Decoration, G.V.R., reverse engraved, Lieut. A. R. de Hoxar, U.P. Horse 1st (Southern) Regt., lacking brooch bar, very fine and better (4) £240-280 A. R. de Hoxar, an Indigo Planter, was awarded the Coronation 1902 as a Sergeant in the Ghazipur Light Horse. As a Lieutenant in the 1st United Provinces Horse, he was awarded the Delhi Durbar. Lieutenant de Hoxar was awarded the Volunteer Long Service Medal by I.A.O. 110 of March 1908. With copied research.
Three: Sapper I. Clarke, Royal Engineers and Nottinghamshire Constabulary British War and Victory Medals (146677 Spr., R.E.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ira Clarke) Pair: Special Constable R. W. Attey, West Riding Constabulary Defence, unnamed; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Robert W. Attey) Pair: Special Constable W. P. Allen Defence, unnamed; Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., 2nd issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1942 (William P. Allen) very fine and better (lot) £50-70 Special Constabulary Long Service Medal to Clarke in card box of issue, showing service with the Nottinghamshire Constabulary. With copied m.i.c. Special Constabulary Long Service Medal to Attey with forwarding slip from The Superintendent, West Riding Constabulary, Wakefield, 13 August 1950. Also with riband bar and two A.R.P. Badges.
Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (9), G.V.R., 1st issue (Sect. Ldr. Harry Birdsall; Albert E. Chamberlain; Sub-Inspr. Charles J. Hurd; Sub Inspr. Frank Izod; Inspr. John Martin; Sergt. Thomas E. Miln; William H. Smith; David Weedon; Sergt. Robert W. Wesson) generally good very fine (9) £70-90 Medals to Chamberlain, Hurd and Smith with clasp The Great War 1914-18. Medal to Weedon with clasp, Long Service 1929.
Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (7), G.V.R., 1st issue (Frank C. W. de Laspee; Sub-Inspr. Leonard Horner); G.VI.R., 1st issue (Bertie T. A. Grimes; Sergt. John A. Maxwell; Stanley Wright); E.II.R., 2nd issue (Alfred W. Stannard; Stanley J. Sunley) very fine and better (7) £50-70 Medals to Stanley Wright, Alfred Stannard and Stanley Sunley in card boxes of issue, showing service with the East Riding, Plymouth and Cornwall Constabularies respectively.
Jubilee 2002, unnamed, in card box of issue; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Mildred May Frake) in Royal Mint case of issue; 8th Army Entrance of the British Army in Italy Medal 1943; Miniature dress medals (2): Belgium Croix de Guerre, A cypher; France Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, good very fine and better (5) £70-90
Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 1st type, silver (William Hay) lacking brooch bar, substitute ribbon, some edge bruising, good very fine £120-160 William Hay of 186 Stobcross Street, Glasgow, was awarded the Glasgow Bravery Medal on 11 March 1930. He rescued a man from drowning in the River Clyde at Queens Dock on 6 February 1930.
Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 3rd type, 9ct. gold (Arthur Ross 1974) complete with gold brooch bar, extremely fine £200-240 Arthur Ross of 330 Royston, Glasgow. Awarded the Glasgow Bravery Medal on 30 April 1975. ... for bravery in connection with the rescue of six persons from a fire on 12th October 1974. With a letter from the Chief Constable of the City of Glasgow, dated 3 March 1975, informing Arthur Ross that he had recommended him for the Bravery Medal for your courageous actions at the fire which occurred at the McPhee house, 330 Roystonhill, on Saturday 12 October 1974. In the meantime, I would ask you to accept my sincere thanks for your bravery in the face of danger on this occasion. It gives me great pleasure to enclose a token monetary reward of ú10. Also with a letter from The Corporation of Glasgow, dated 22 April 1975 regarding the presentation of the medal...
Staff Surgeon William Job Maillard, V.C., Royal Navy A scrap of Naval Victoria Cross ribbon bearing the bronze V.C. emblem, frayed Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, V.C., Royal Flying Corps Riband bar created for display, bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross, with bronze V.C. emblem; Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order, with silver rose; Military Cross; Distinguished Flying Cross, 2nd type ribbon; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with silver Maple leaf emblem; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration; France, Legion of Honour; France, Croix de Guerre, W.W.1, with bronze palm, the riband bar on card together with cloth R.A.F. wings and a copied photograph of the recipient in uniform; together with another riband bar created for display purposes, bearing addition ribbons Air Commodore Ferdinand Maurice Felix West, V.C., Royal Air Force Riband bar created for display purposes, bearing the ribbons: Victoria Cross, with bronze V.C. emblem; Order of the British Empire, 2nd issue, military; Military Cross; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. emblem; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; Belgium, Order of the Crown; Italy, Order of the Crown; Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, mounted on card bearing a photograph of the recipient in uniform Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, V,C., Royal Air Force Loose, short lengths (approx. 30mm.) of ribbon: Victoria Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Distinguished Flying Cross; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977; together with a photograph signed by the recipient, Leonard Cheshire, varied condition, sold as found (lot) £60-80 Maillard V.C. London Gazette 1 December 1898. Surgeon Maillard, Royal Navy, won the V.C. for his gallant action in Crete on 6 September 1898. With copied research. Bishop V.C. London Gazette 11 August 1917. Captain Bishop, Royal Flying Corps, won the V.C. for his gallant action against enemy aircraft near Cambrai, France, on 2 June 1917. With copied research. West V.C. London Gazette 8 November 1918. Captain West, Royal Air Force, won the V.C. for his gallant action N.E. of Roye, France, on 10 August 1918. With copied obituary cuttings and a copied photograph of the recipient in later life. Cheshire V.C. London Gazette 8 September 1944. Wing Commander Cheshire, Royal Air Force, won the V.C. for his sustained gallant actions over the period 1940-44. With some copied research..
Group Captain Sir Max Aitken, Royal Air Force, D.S.O., D.F.C. Ribbons mounted for display to represent those of the recipient: Distinguished Service Order; Distinguished Flying Cross; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe, with silver rosette; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. emblem; Czechoslovakia, War Cross 1940; together with a signed photograph of the recipient in uniform Air Vice Marshal D. C. T. Bennett, Royal Air Force, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. Ribbons mounted for display to represent those of the recipient: Order of the Bath; Order of the British Empire, 2nd issue, military; Distinguished Service Order; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals; U.S.S.R. ribbon, mounted on card with a copied photograph of the recipient and two cloth badges Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick William Bowhill, Royal Air Force, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. Ribbons mounted for display to represent those of the recipient: Order of the British Empire, 2nd issue, military; Order of the Bath; Order of St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order, with silver rosette; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Africa General Service 1902-56; Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Foreign ribbon with crossed swords emblem; U.S.A. Legion of Merit, with Commander emblem; Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, with Grand Cross rosette; Norway, Order of St. Olaf, with Grand Cross rosette; Poland, Order of Poland Restored, with Grand Cross rosette; mounted on card with a copied photograph of the recipient and signature of the recipient on a separate card, good condition (lot) £70-90 Sir (John William) Max Aitken (1910-85), 2nd Baronet, a fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain, commanded a night fighter squadron, 1941-42, and was a Group Captain commanding Strike Mosquito Wing, Norgegian Waters, 1943. latterly President of Express Newspapers Ltd. Air Vice Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett (1910-86), was the Air Officer Commanding the Pathfinder Force of the R.A.F. Bomber Command, 1939-45. With newspaper obituary. Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill (1880-1960), was an officer in the Merchant Navy, 1896-1912 and in the Great War served in the R.F.C. (Naval Wing), R.N.A.S., and R.A.F. During W.W.2 he was Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Coastal Command, 1937-41, and Air Officer Commanding Transport Command, 1943-45.
Midshipman Thomas C. Armstrong, Royal Navy, C.S.C. Riband bar, with pin-fitting, bearing the ribbons: Conspicuous Service Cross; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19, 1914-15 Star ribbon a little frayed, fairly good condition £20-40 Riband bar attributed to Midshipman Thomas C. Armstrong, Royal Navy, who was one of only eight recipients of the Conspicuous Service Cross, ref. London Gazette 2 July 1901, for services in South Africa. With copied photograph of the recipient and copied research.
Lance-Sergeant Robert Bennett, M.M., B.E.M., Special Air Service, late Grenadier Guards Original riband bar (in three strips) bearing the ribbons: Military Medal; British Empire Medal, 2nd issue, military; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62; Army L.S. & G.C.; Imperial Service Medal, fair condition £20-40 Ribbons attributed to Bennett with booklet The S.A.S. Elite Forces; a letter to Judge Pownall from Lieutenant-General Sir Peter de la Billiere, dated 28 May 1990, relating to Bennetts M.M. citation, for the second raid on Tamet Aerodrome, December 1941. - a copy of which is with the lot, together with other related letters and copied research. Citation: This NCO in the second raid on Tamet Aerodrome, showed the highest qualities of determination. Although silhouetted against the light of burning aircraft and thus easily visible to the enemy, he continued his task in the face of heavy fire from automatic weapons, until demolition charges had been placed on all the aircraft. On completing his task he managed to shoot his way clear of the aerodrome. This NCO has successfully participated in five other raids. It is requested that no details should be published of these operations owing to their secrecy.
Admiral Humphrey Wykeham Bowring, C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order; East & West Africa 1887-1900; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; France, Legion of Honour, with 4th Class rosette; Italy, Order of the Crown, with 4th Class rosette; Romania, Order of the Star, 1st issue ribbon, with 4th Class rosette; Belgium, Order of Leopold I, with 4th Class rosette; together with a miniature (Naval) riband bar with pin-fitting bearing the above (less the Order of the Bath) good condition (2) £30-50 Ribbon bars attributed to Admiral Humphrey Wykeham Bowring, Royal Navy, C.B., D.S.O. (1874-1952). Entered the Royal Navy in 1887 and served in the Witu Expedition of 1890. Served as a Captain during the Great War, was twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. in 1916. Promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1924; Vice-Admiral in 1929, and Admiral (Retired) in 1933. Awarded the C.B. in 1927. With some copied notes and certified provenance of riband bar.
Brigadier-General John Byron, C.B., C.M.G., Royal Artillery Riband bar, buckram, mounted on card, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath; Order of St. Michael & St. George; India General Service 1895-1902; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Italy, Order of St. Maurice & St. Lazarus; Italy, War Cross; with cloth badge, good condition £20-30 Riband bar attributed to John Bryron who was born in 1872. After attending the Royal Military Academy, he entered the Royal Artillery in 1893. He served with the Malakand Field Force in 1897 and in the Boer War and was mentioned in despatches in both conflicts. Appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1915, he was Assistant Superintendent of the Royal Arsenal, 1914-15; held a Special Appointment with the Ministry of Munitions, 1915-16; was Deputy-Director of Artillery at the War Office, 1916-18, and commanded the Divisional Artillery in Italy, 1918-19. After the war he commanded the Royal Artillery in Palestine and Egypt, 1920-24. Placed on Retired Pay in 1925. For his war services he was awarded the C.B. in 1918 and C.M.G. in 1919. Brigadier-General Byron died in 1944. With some copied notes and a photograph of his insignia.
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, G.C.B., G.C.H., one of Wellingtons six Divisional Commanders at the battle of Waterloo Lengths of ribbon: Army Gold Cross/Large Gold Medal, approx. 48mm. wide and 283mm. long, a little ragged, marked and stained; Austria, Order of Maria Theresa, watered, approx. 38mm. wide and 187mm. long; Russia, Order of St. George, approx. 35mm. wide and 180mm. long, fairly good condition (3) £100-140 With some copied research and certified provenance of the ribbon taken from the insignia of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton.
Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, K.T., G.C.B., O.M., D.S.O., Royal Navy Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order, with two silver rosettes; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, 1914-18; Greece, Medal of Military Merit, with bronze oak leaf emblem, good condition £40-60 Andrew Browne Cunningham was born in 1883. He entered the Royal Navy in 1898 and saw service in the Boer War. For his service in the Great War he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. and 2 bars. In the Second World War he was C-in-C Mediterranean, 1939-42; Head of the British Admiralty Delegation in Washington, 1942; Naval C.-in-C Expeditionary Force North Africa, 1942; C-in-C Mediterranean, 1943; and First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, 1943-46. Attained the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in 1943. For his many excellent wartime services, he was created Viscount Hyndhope in 1946, a K.T. in 1945; G.C.B. in 1941; and O.M. in 1946 (the Order of the Thistle and Order of Merit are never represented on a riband bar). In addition to his British honours he was awarded a number of high allied honours. With copied research and certified provenance of the riband bar.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Edwards, C.M.G., D.S.O., T.D., D.L., J.P., Welsh Horse, late 15th Hussars, 6th Baron Kensington Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Order of St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Territorial Decoration, good condition £30-40 Hugh Edwardes was born in 1873, the son of the 4th Baron Kensington. He succeeded his brother in the title in 1900. He entered the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 15th Hussars and served in South Africa, 1899-1901, as A.D.C. to Lieutenant-General Sir H. M. L. Rundle, for which he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He became Lieutenant-Colonel of the Welsh Horse in 1914 and saw service in the Dardanelles and in the Sinai and Jerusalem campaigns for which he was again mentioned in despatches. In 1918 he was awarded the C.M.G. With some copied research and certified provenance of the riband bar.
Field Marshal Sir Francis Wogan Festing, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., late East Lancashire Regiment Riband bar, on buckram, in two strips, bearing the ribbons: Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; Order of the Bath; Distinguished Service Order; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953; U.S.A. Legion of Merit, with Commander emblem; China; Order of the Cloud and Banner; together with buttons (10) and cloth and metal uniform insignia, good condition (lot) £30-40 Riband bar, buttons and insignia attributed to Field Marshal Sir Francis Wogan Festing. As the Order of the British Empire is in the senior position to the Order of the Bath, the riband bar may be dated to the period 1952-57, the recipient having been awarded the C.B.E. in 1945, C.B. in 1946, K.B.E. in 1952, K.C.B. in 1956 and G.C.B. in 1957. Francis Wogan Festing was born in 1902 and educated at Winchester and Sandhurst. He entered the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade in 1921. In 1939 he was a Lieutenant-Colonel and commanded the 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment. He commanded a Brigade in Madagascar in 1941 and commanded the 36th Division in Burma, 1942-45. Post-war he was GOC British Troops in Egypt, 1952-54; GOC-in-C Eastern Command, 1954-56; and C-in-C. FARELF, 1956-58. Attaining the rank of Field Marshal in 1960 and Colonel Commandant of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 1953-65, he died in 1976. With a letter from a former owner of the Field Marshals uniform.
Colonel John Herschel Glenn, Jr., United States Marine Corps, the first American to orbit the Earth Ribbons mounted for display, to represent those of the recipient: U.S.A. Distinguished Flying Cross, with silver oak leaf cluster; Air Medal, with three silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters; Navy Unit Commendation ribbon; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; American Campaign Medal; Victory Medal 1945; China Service Medal 1937-57; National Defence Service Medal; South Korean unknown; Korean Service Medal; U.N. Korea Medal; NASA Distinguished Service Medal, these mounted on card, together with a cloth badge and a signed photograph of Glenn, good condition £20-30 With copied biographical details.
Captain Sir Edward Headlam, C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., F.R.G.S., Royal Indian Navy Riband bar, on buckram, in two strips, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Star of India; Order of St. Michael & St. George; Distinguished Service Order; China 1900; Naval General Service 1915-62; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1911, ribbons a little faded, fairly good condition £20-30 Edward James Headlam was born in 1873 and educated at Durham School and H.M.S. Conway. He entered the Royal Indian Navy as a Sub-Lieutenant in 1894 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1900 and Commander in 1913. Headlam served with the Marine Survey of India, 1897-1914 and was Assistant Marine Transport Officer, British Expeditionary Force, North China, 1900-01, for which he was mentioned in despatches. During the Great War he was Naval Transport Officer, East African Forces, 1914-17; then Principal Naval Transport Officer, South and East Africa, 1917-19. For his services he was specially promoted to Captain, four times mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. in 1916 and C.M.G. in 1919. Post-war he was Director of the Royal Indian Marine, 1922-28 and was awarded the C.S.I. in 1924. Additionally awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal in 1900 for saving the life of a Sepoy who had fallen overboard from the transport Wandha off Taku; also the American Military Order of the Dragon. Captain Headlam died in 1943. With copied research and certified provenance of the riband bar.
Lieutenant-Commander Douglas George Jeffrey, D.S.O., M.B.E., Royal Canadian Navy Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Distinguished Service Order; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; 1939-45 Star; Polar Medal 1904; Royal Naval Reserve Decoration; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with silver Maple Leaf emblem; France, Croix de Guerre, 1914-18; Serbia, Order of the White Eagle; Russia, Order of St. George, good condition £30-50 Douglas George Jeffrey, Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.R., April 1912; Lieutenant, December 1914; Lieutenant-Commander, December 1918. Awarded the D.S.O. (London Gazette 17 November 1917). Post-war he served on the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, 1921-22, aboard the Quest, the members of which appear not to have qualified for the Polar Medal. During the Second World War he served with the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy, commanding a number of vessels including the Q-Ships Chagford, Arvonian and Pangloss. In later life he was the Conservative Party Agent for Sir Alec Douglas-Home and was awarded the M.B.E. for his political service. With copied research.
Air Vice Marshal James Edgar (Johnnie) Johnson, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C., D.L., Royal Air Force Riband bar created for display purposes, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath; Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; Distinguished Service Order, with two silver rosettes; Distinguished Flying Cross, with one silver rosette; 1939-45 Star, with silver rosette; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Korea 1950-53; U.N. Korea 1950-54; Belgium, Order of Leopold I, with 4th Class rosette and bronze palm; U.S.A., Legion of Merit; France, Croix de Guerre 1939-45, with bronze palm. U.S.A., Distinguished Flying Cross; U.S.A., Air Medal, good condition £20-30 With two autographs Johnnie Johnson - one on a photograph. With some copied research.
Brigadier-General Charles Edward Every Francis Kirwan Macquoid, C.I.E., D.S.O., Indian Army Riband bar, pin-backed (lacking pin), bearing the ribbons: Order of the Indian Empire; Distinguished Service Order; India General Service 1895-1902; Queens South Africa 1899-1902; 1914 Star, with silver rosette; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19, with M.I.D. oak leaf; India General Service 1908-35; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, good condition £20-40 Riband bar attributed to Brigadier-General Charles Edward Every Francis Kirwan Macquoid. Born in 1869 and educated at Dover College. He entered the Army, as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Kings Regiment, in 1888. Later with the Indian Army, he was Commandant of the 4th Cavalry, 1916-19. He served in the military operations on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1895-96, at Tirah, the operations against the Khani Khel Chamkanis, Mohmand and Samana, for which he was awarded the I.G.S. 1895 with three clasps, was mentioned in despatches and was awarded the D.S.O. He then served in the Boer War, being awarded the Queens medal with one clasp. In the Great War, he served in France, Egypt and Mesopotamia, 1914-18, being mentioned in despatches and attaining the rank of Brigadier-General in 1918. He was G.O.C. Kuki Punitive Measures, 1918, for which he was awarded the C.I.E., and G.O.C. Brigade Afghan Frontier, 1919. Brigadier-General Macquoid died in 1945. With copied research..
Miss Emma Maria Pearson and Miss Louise E. MacLaughlin, National Aid Society An original photograph of each of the ladies mounted on card, each in uniform, wearing medals from the Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 and the Turko-Serbian War 1876, that of Pearson, incribed in a shaky hand, Emma M. Pearson 1877; that of MacLoughlin, inscribed in the same hand, Louise E. McLaughlin taken in 1877; on the back of both cards is a hand-written list of the medals and insignia they are wearing, good condition; with short lengths of ribbon representing the ladies medals: Prussia, War Medal 1870-71, non-combatants; Hesse-Darmstadt, Military Sanitary Cross 1870-71; France, Cross of Honour of the Red Cross Society of France; Serbia, Order of Takova; together with two old multi-coloured ribbon strips, these a little frayed and worn (lot) £40-60 Emma M. Pearson and Louise E. MacLaughlin were two of the earliest Red Cross Volunteers to work amongst the battle casualties of Europe. Emma Pearsons first experience of war wounded was when she and two other ladies and a maid visited the battlefield of Mentana, near Rome in 1867. Both Emma Pearson and Louise MacLoughlin were amongst the first to volunteer for the National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War (soon abbreviated to the National Aid Society) - an organisation that eventually became the British Red Cross Society. The two women were detailed to the English Column which comprised 1 surgeon, 4 ladies, 1 paid nurse and 1 male secretary, who were detailed to serve in Sedan, August-October 1870. They then returned to England to plead for money and stores for the unit and whilst there were each presented with a gold and enamel locket presented on behalf of the National Society. They then returned to France, joining the Anglo-American Ambulance which was relocated, by a circuitous route, Sedan to Versailles to Orleans, where it remained until the Spring of 1871 when peace was declared. The two ladies were decorated by both sides, receiving the War Medal 1870-71 for non-combatants from Prussia; the Military Sanitary Cross 1870-71 from Hesse-Darmstadt and the Cross of Honour of the Red Cross Society from France. Both ladies again served with the British Red Cross Society during the Turco-Serbian War 1876, based at the Red Cross Hospital in Belgrade. For their work, often in appalling conditions, both women were awarded the Serbian Order of Takova Gold Cross. The two photographs are featured in Honours and Awards to Women to 1914 by Norman Gooding. With copied research and letters to Henry Pownall relating to the two women.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Woodcroft Sorby, Gurkha Rifles Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: 1914-15 Star; War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-18; Coronation 1911; Blue ribbon; 1939-45 Star; Khaki ribbon, with M.I.D. oak leaf, good condition (lot) £20-30 With original M.I.D. certificate to Major (T/Lieut-Colonel) W. J. W. Sorby, V.D., Corps of Indian Engineers, London Gazette 5 August 1943 - in envelope; with 26 related original photographs, some identified. With newspaper clipping with his obituary, 7 October 1960.
General Sir Harry Tuzo, G.C.B., O.B.E, M.C., late Royal Artillery Riband bar created for display purposes, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; Military Cross; 1939-45 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62; General Service 1962, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Brunei, Order of Setia Negara, mounted on card with a photograph of the General with paper slip bearing his autograph, good condition Lieutenant-General G. Peter Walls, G.L.M., D.C.D., M.B.E., Commander Combined Operations, Rhodesia Rhodesia, Legion of Merit, Military; Defence Cross for Distinguished Service; General Service Medal; Exemplary Service Medal, with silver rosette; G.B., Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62; Coronation 1953, mounted on card with a photograph of the General, the card signed, W. P. Walls, Lt. Genl. Commander Combined Operations Zimbabwe Rhodesia, 16 Nov. 79, good condition £30-50 General Sir Harry Tuzo, was born in Bangalore, India, in 1917. He joined the Supplementary Reserve of Officers in 1939 and in 1943 was given a Regular Army commission in the Royal Artillery. In the Second World War he saw service in N.W. Europe and in 1944/45 he commanded a battery of 21 Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. in the Guards Armoured Division. After the war he held a number of Staff appointments. In 1967 he was appointed Chief of Staff, H.Q. British Army of the Rhine with the rank of Major-General and in 1969 he was appointed Director, Royal Artillery. In 1971 he was appointed General Officer Commanding and Director of Operations, Northern Ireland, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1973 he was appointed Commander Northern Army Group and C-in-C. British Army of the Rhine. Having been granted the K.C.B. in 1971, he was promoted to G.C.B. in 1973. With some copied biographical details. Peter Walls was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1926. He enlisted into the Southern Rhodesian Army in October 1944 and was commissioned into the Black Watch, British Army, in 1946. Commissioned into the Southern Rhodesian Permanent Staff Corps in 1948, he raised the Southern Rhodesian Far East Volunteer Unit for Malaya, 1950, and commanded C (Rhodesia) Squadron 22nd Special Air Service in Malaya, 1951-53. At the time of U.D.I. in 1965 he was Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion The Rhodesian Light Infantry, 1964-67. He was later appointed Commander, Rhodesian Army, 1972-77, and Commander, Combined Operations, Rhodesia, 1977 onwards. With copied research and copied photographs and with a signed note from Peter Walls which accompanied the above ribbon-bearing card.
Dame Leslie Whateley, D.B.E., Director of the World Bureau of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, late Chief Controller of The Army Territorial Service Riband bar, on buckram, in two strips, bearing the ribbons: Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, military; France & Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Decoration; France, Legion of Honour; France, Resistance Medal; U.S.A. Legion of Merit, with gilt Officers emblem; together with a miniature riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the above ribbons in incorrect order and Efficiency Medal instead of Efficiency Decoration, good condition (3) £20-30 Dame Leslie Whateley, D.B.E. was Director of the World Bureau of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, 1951-63. Prior to this, she had risen through the ranks to become a Major-General in the British Womens Army. Her medal were sold in Christies, 17 November 1987. With some copied research and certified provenance of riband bars
Admiral Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse, K.C.B., Royal Navy, who commanded H.M.S. Ajax at the battle of the River Plate, 13 December 1939 Riband bar, pin-backed, bearing the ribbons: Order of the Bath; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; unknown watered dark blue ribbon, slight signs of wear, fairly good condition £50-70 Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse was born on 9 July 1893 and was educated at R.N. Colleges Osborne and Dartmouth. Entering the Royal Navy, he was appointed a Captain in 1934. Woodhouse was Captain of the cruiser Ajax during the battle of the River Plate, 13 December 1939. The squadron of cruisers, Exeter, Ajax and Achilles commanded by Commodore Harwood from the Ajax, successfully engaged the German pocket battleship Graf Spee in the action. Harried, outmanoeuvred and significantly damaged, the Graf Spee entered the neutral port of Montevideo, Uruguay. Ultimately deceived by reports of a British naval build up off the port, the Graf Spee was scuttled on 17 December. For his part in the action, Captain Woodhouse was awarded the C.B. Post-war he was C-in-C. East Indies Station, 1948-50; was appointed a K.C.B. in 1949. He retired from the service in 1950 and was promoted to Admiral on the Retired List in 1952. Admiral Woodhouse died on 23 September 1978. Sold with a card bearing the signature, C H L Woodhouse H.M.S. Ajax 13 12 39; together with a hand-written letter from his widow, Barbara Woodhouse, to a Mr Woodcock, which accompanied the above riband bar; With copied photograph of Captain Woodhouse being greeted by the Mayor of Plymouth in 1940; with some copied research.
Brigadier Peter Young, D.S.O., M.C. and 2 bars; No. 3 Commando, late Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment and latterly 9th Regiment, Arab Legion Riband bar, pin-backed (lacking pin), bearing the ribbons: Distinguished Service Order; Military Cross, with two silver rosettes; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62; Jordan, Order of El Istiqlal, a little faded, good condition £40-60 Peter Young was born on 28 July 1915 and educated at Monmouth School and Trinity College, Oxford. A 2nd Lieutenant with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment in 1937, he served with the B.E.F. and was wounded at Dunkirk. Then volunteering for special service, he spent over four years with No. 3 Commando, taking part in raids on Guernsey, 1940; Lofoten and Vaagso, 1941; Dieppe, 1942, and Sicily and Italy, 1943. He commanded No. 3 Commando, 1943-44. He then served in Normandy, 1944 and Arakan, 1944-45, and commanded the 1st Commando Brigade, 1945-46. For his war service he was awarded the D.S.O. in 1942; the M.C. in 1942 and two bars to the M.C. in 1943. After the war he commanded the 9th Regiment, Arab Legion, 1953-56, being awarded the Order of Istiqlal in 1954. He was Reader in Military History at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 1959-69 and a notable author and editor of a number of publications on military history. He died on 13 September 1988.. Ribbon bar attributed to Brigadier Peter Young. With a signed photograph of the recipient in uniform.
A mounted pair of miniature dress medals: Kings Police Medal, E.VII.R., on Gallantry ribbon; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, mounted as worn A mounted group of five miniature dress medals: Distinguished Service Order, uniface, base gilt metal and enamel, with top bar; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, silver base metal; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, LII cypher, bronze palm on ribbon; U.S.A., Air Force Cross, bronze and enamel; U.S.A., Distinguished Flying Cross, mounted as worn, good very fine (7) £50-70
A mounted group of nine French miniature dress medals: France, Legion of Honour, 5th Republic, silver and gilt base metal and enamel, with Officers rosette; Order of National Merit, gilt base metal, with Commanders rosette; Order of Arts and Letters, silver and enamel; Academic Palms, silver-gilt and enamel, with Commanders rosette; Order of Agricultural Merit, silver, gilt and enamel, with Commanders rosette; Medal of Sporting Merit, gilt, with rosette; Order of the Star of Anjouan, silver-gilt and enamel; Order of Saharan Merit, silver base metal; Medal of Honour, for Prisons, silver base metal, mounted from a silver-gilt chain, good very fine (9) £60-80
A rare Memorial Plaque and Scroll posthumously awarded to Able Seaman Edward Henry Coase, Royal Navy, who was killed in the H.M.S. Glowworm explosion on the Dvina River, 25 August 1919 Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Edward Henry Coase) with associated slip in card envelope; together with Memorial Scroll, medal extremely fine £120-160 Edward Henry Coase was born in Devonport, Devon, on 5 October 1896. He enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 28 March 1912 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in August the same year. He entered the war serving on the battleship Centurion, on which he was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in October 1914 and Able Seaman in June 1915. He then served at Vivid I, November 1915-July 1916, before joining the gunboat Glowworm, based on Halcyon, July 1916-September 1918; Pembroke II, October 1918; Monitor 25, October 1918-May 1919, and Fox, June 1919-August 1919. Able Seaman Coase was killed on 25 August 1919 as a result of the blowing up of an ammunition lighter. On the night of 25 August 1919, the gunboats Glowworm and Cockchafer were proceeding down the Dvina River to relieve Cricket and Cicala as part of the advance guard on R.N. gunboats operating on the Dvina. As the Glowworm and Cockchafer neared Bereznik the watch on the Glowworm spotted a barge on fire mid river. The Mercantile Marine Reserve and Russian crew of Army barge NT326 ôEdinburghö had raked out the galley fire as usual before heading to their hammocks for the night. Closer to midnight two of the crew awoke to find the aft cabin ablaze. Unable to stem the flames some of the crew fled the barge in a small boat. The crew of the barge had good reason to flee the inferno as they knew what Commander Green onboard Glowworm did not, that the barge was being used to transport ammunition and was loaded with 70 tons of explosive. As Commander Green brought the Glowworm alongside, nose towards the blazing barge, the crew of the gunboat rushed with hoses to fire-stations on the fore-deck in preparation to put out the conflagration. Many of Glowworms crew not involved in fighting the fire crowded the fore-deck to watch the brilliant bonfire before them. As the crew of Glowworm began to fight the fire, the Cockchafer, some distance away, began to manoeuvre to approach the barge from another direction. A crowd had gathered ashore of men watching the spectacle. As the crowd watched in horror a huge wall of flame rose into the calm night sky. Soon after there was another explosion and several smaller ones after that. It is unknown how many of Glowworms crew died in the initial explosions but it now must have been apparent to Commander Green that he had brought his ship alongside a blazing ammunition barge. A few minutes later an enormous flash blanketed the countryside. Seconds later the deafening roar and shock wave of the explosion ripped through air sending debris up to a mile away. Slowly as those ashore began to regain their senses, hastily cobbled together rescue teams began to make their way towards Glowworm in whatever vessel they could find. As the rescue teams boarded Glowworm they could not believe the devastation that awaited them. The entire superstructure seemed to be scorched and bent, debris and what remained of the bodies of the crew lay everywhere. The fore-deck had suffered the most damage being closest to the explosion. All of the fire-fighting crews had been wiped out whilst manning their hoses. As rescuers came across wounded sailors they carried them to the relatively undamaged after-deck and lay them in rows for the medical staff to attend to. Commander Green was found on the bridge mortally wounded, surrounded by the bodies of other officers and sailors who had been killed outright in the explosion. He was evacuated to the hospital barge which moored alongside the smoking Glowworm but did not regain consciousness and died an hour later. In the meantime Cockchafer, under Commander Preston Thomas, had come to her stricken sister ships aid. She lit the ship with her searchlights to aid the rescue efforts whilst coming alongside. From the bridge of Cockchafer, Commander Thomas directed the rescue crews through a megaphone. The following day the full scale of the tragedy became apparent. Onboard Glowworm, 23 officers and men had been killed, and another 15 had been wounded. Additionally two M.M.R. men and two Russian seamen onboard a nearby ammunition barge had been killed by flying debris and three other M.M.R. men wounded. It was the largest single day loss of life suffered by the Royal Navy in North Russia 1918-19. The damage to Glowworm was significant. She was towed back to Archangel to be refitted and repaired and was able to make her way back to England under her own steam, but she was too worn out to continue service and was paid off almost as soon as she arrived back at Chatham on 18 November 1919 and was eventually scrapped in 1921. With copied service papers and research.
A Quantity of Medal Ribbon, mostly full-size, mainly British but includes ribbons from Germany, Rhodesia, South Africa, Zimbabwe; together with a quantity of mounting bars, crossed sabre emblems; split rings, split pins and studs British Red Cross Society, Proficiency Cross (2), for Red Cross Nursing; another, for Red Cross First Aid; B.R.C.S., Three Year Service Medal, all enamelled, all unnamed, in card boxes, these inscribed, C. Finnie, sold as found (lot) £50-70
Ireland, Service Medal 1917-21 (2), no clasp, unnamed, both lacking ribbon and brooch bars; with a loose Comrac suspension for the Service Medal 1917-21; Emergency Medal 1939-46 (2), for The Local Defence Force and Local Security Force; Reserve Forces Service Medal, these three lacking suspensions; together with two metal bars and several modern lengths of Irish ribbon, nearly very fine and better (lot) £160-200
Family group: Three: Field Reservist N. Hoskin-Davies, Rhodesian Police Reserve Rhodesia, General Service Medal (7836R F/R N. Hoskins-Davies); Police Reserve Faithful Service Medal (7836R F/R N. Hoskins-Davies); Zimbabwe Independence Medal 1980 (54127) Pair: Women Field Reservist P. G. Hoshins-Davies, Rhodesian Police Reserve Rhodesia, General Service Medal (633MW W/F/R P. G. Hoskins-Davies); Police Reserve Faithful Service Medal (200633D W/F/R/ Hoskins-Davies P. G.) nearly extremely fine (5) £140-180 With Certificate of Service Police Reserve to Field Reservist Norman Hoskins-Davies, B.S.A. Police Reserve, dated 19 March 1974. With two riband bars as above and a B.S.A. Police cap badge, all contained in wooden case.
Russia, St. George Cross for Bravery (2), 3rd Class, silver, reverse numbered, 384040; another, 4th Class, silver, reverse numbered, 382238, mounted together Russian style, with modern ribbon, both are copies; Hungary, Regency, Order of Vitez, enamelled; France, Escapers Medal; Order of the Holy Ghost, base metal copy, last nearly very fine; others good very fine (5) £80-100
Four: Captains Coxswain T. J. Webber, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Ts. J. Webber, Captns. Coxn. H.M.S. Fisgard 20 Yrs); Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, toned, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-600 Thomas James Webber was born at Falmouth, Cornwall, on 1 February 1832, and entered the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. William and Mary on 15 July 1846. He served as an Able Seaman aboard the Trafalgar at Sebastopol, and aboard the Russell in the Baltic. He served subsequently aboard the Vigilant and, from December 1859, in the Fisgard, continuously until his discharge, except for a period of nearly two years in 1860-61 when he was employed as a Rigger at the Woolwich Dockyard. He was discharged from Fisgard on 29 October 1870, having been recommended for his Pension, Medal & Gratuity. Sold with copy service papers.
Four: Stoker John Burns, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (John Burns, Stoker, H.M.S. Vanguard 20 Yrs); Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, the first with light contact marks, otherwise, extremely fine (4) £500-600 John Burns was born in Saltash, Cornwall, on 6 September 1835, and entered the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. St George on 22 February 1851. He joined the Sans Pareil in June 1852 and served in her at Sebastopol, as a Boy 1st Class, and at Canton as an Ordinary Seaman. He was rated Stoker in October 1858 and discharged to Impregnable in February 1859, subsequently serving aboard H.M. Ships Exmouth, Wellington, London, Indus, Ocean, Audacious and, finally, Vanguard. He entered this last ship in July 1871 and was discharged from it on 10 September 1873, having been recommended for his Pension, Medal & Gratuity. Sold with copy service papers.
Pair: Private John Haverfield, Royal Marine Light Infantry China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension ((Jn. Haverfield, Pte., 23 Co. R.M.L.I. 21 Yrs.) extremely fine £400-450 John Haverfield was born in Walton, Glastonbury on 27 November 1832. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the Royal Marines at Glastonbury on 27 January 1850, aged 19 years, 2 months. He saw active service in the Second China War with the Royal Marine Battalion, and was awarded the Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal with gratuity in 1873. Sold with a quantity of copied service papers and research.
Five: Gunner W. Smart, Royal Field Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (12776 Gunr., 57th Fd. By. R.A.) unofficial rivets between 1st and 2nd clasps; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (12276 Guner. (sic), 12th Baty. Rl. Fd. Artry.); 1914 Star, with clasp (12776 Gnr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (12776 Gnr., R.A.) note variation in service number, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (5) £450-500 With copied roll extract for the India General Service Medal - one of three members of the 57th Field Battery entitled; roll extract for the China Medal 1900 and m.i.c. The latter showing entry into the France/Flanders theatre of war on 16 August 1914, serving with the 4th Brigade; later with the R.G.A.
Four: Stoker Petty Officer E. L. Bull, Royal Navy Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (286447 Sto., H.M.S. Terrible) impressed naming; China 1900, no clasp (Sto., H.M.S. Terrible); British War Medal 1914-20 (S.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (286447 Ldg. Sto., H.M.S. Blake) first two with contact marks and edge bruising, good fine; other good very fine (4) £340-380 Erwin Leigh Bull was born in Shanklin, Isle of Wight, on 17 April 1877. He entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 25 November 1897. Bull served on H.M.S. Terrible, December 1898-October 1902, and was advanced to Stoker in April 1899. He was promoted to Stoker 1st Class when on the Prince of Wales in July 1906 and to Leading Stoker on the same ship in October 1907. He attained the rank of Stoker Petty Officer in August 1910. During the Great War he served on the Spanker, July 1914-February 1915 and March 1915-September 1917. Stoker Petty Officer Bull was demobilised on 12 March 1919. With copied service papers..
Three: Leading Seaman S. L. Evans, Royal Navy Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (167411 A.B., H.M.S. Powerful); British War Medal 1914-20 (167411 L.S., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (167411 Lg. Sea., H.M.S. Victory), the first with minor official correction to surname, one or two edge bruises, minor contact wear, generally very fine (3) £500-600 Samuel Lindop Evans was born at Landport, Hampshire in January 1877 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in June 1892. Landed with the Naval Brigade in South Africa during his subsequent appointment in H.M.S. Powerful, he was present at the defence of Ladysmith. Having then been advanced to Leading Seaman in June 1904, Evans was invalided from the service in July 1907. Recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he served at H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth until being demobilised in July 1917. He had, meanwhile, been awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in April of the same year; also see Lot 627 for his sons Honours & Awards.
Four: Private E. G. Moore, Royal Marine Light Infantry Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Paardeberg, Cape Colony, Driefontein (9687 Pte., R.M., H.M.S. Monarch); 1914-15 Star (Ch.9687 Pte., R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch.9687 Pte., R.M.L.I.) named as ôG. Mooreö on last three, first with edge bruising, very fine and better (4) £300-350 George Moore was born on 4 December 1878 in Ipswich. A Groom by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Marines in London on 12 March 1897. He served on the old battleship Monarch, November 1899-June 1903, and was awarded the Queens medal with three clasps. During the Great War he served aboard the Endeavour, April 1914-January 1919. With recipients Permanent Pass, a group photograph, a postcard photograph of the 1911 H.M.S. Monarch, and copied service papers.
Five: Private W. H. Ryan, Royal Canadian Regiment, late Leinster and Essex Regiments Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (3619 Pte., 2-Leins. R.) late issue; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9823 Pte., 2/Essex R.) gilded; British War and Victory Medals (9823 Pte., Essex R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Canada (Pte., R.C.R.) very fine and better (6) £260-300 William Henry Ryans original Queens South Africa Medal was forfeited in 1906. It was restored with his re-enlistment for service in the Great War. Serving with the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 August 1914. Later made a prisoner-of-war. Clasp to 1914 Star confirmed. With Leinster Regiment cap badge, copied m.i.c. and other research.
Pair: Sergeant W. Lane, Welsh Regiment Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (4444 Pte. W. Lane, Welsh Regt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4444 Sjt. W. Lane, Welsh R.) good fine (2) £350-400
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