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Four: Colour Sergeant G. T. Norman, Royal Marine Light Infantry, who was discharged dead on 18 August 1928 1914-15 Star (Po. 15674. Cpl. G. T. Norman. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Po. 15674 Cpl. G. T. Norman. R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (Po. 15674 G. T. Norman Sgt. R.M.) all housed in a fitted wooden case, edge bruise to last, otherwise good very fine (4) £120-£160 --- George Thomas Martin was born at Braintree, Essex, on 17 August 1891 and joined the Royal Marines on 21 June 1910. He was promoted Corporal on 29 March 1912 and served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore-based establishments. He was promoted Sergeant on 17 December 1919, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with Gratuity, on 17 August 1925. He was promoted to his ultimate rank of Colour Sergeant on 23 October 1927, but, upon returning to Portsmouth, was seen drunk whilst in uniform and was reported to his Commanding Officer. Fearful of being reduced in rank, and conscious of the shame and disgrace he had brought upon his uniform, he hanged himself on 18 August 1928. Sold with a the recipient’s Parchment Certificate of Service; a large number of Masonic Documents and other ephemera; and copied research.

Three: Fireman J. Green, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914-15 Star (J. Green, Fmn., M.F.A.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (John Green); Victory Medal 1914-19 (J. Green. Fmn. M.F.A.) good very fine Pair: Private P. Harkin, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (29550 Pte. P. Harkin. R. Innis. Fus.); together with a Royal Tournament Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘1929 Bayonet Combats N. Ireland Command The R. Innisklg. Fus.’, the pair polished and worn, therefore fine; the Royal Tournament medal good very fine Pair: Private P. Farrell, Army Veterinary Corps British War and Victory Medals (12794 Pte. P. Farrell. A.V.C.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, nearly very fine (8) £100-£140

Pair: Private G. Gilruth, 6th Dragoon Guards, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 28 March 1918 1914-15 Star (D-1210 Pte. G. Gilruth. 6th. D. Gds.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (D-1210 Pte. G. Gilruth. 6-D. Gds.); Memorial Plaque (George Gilruth) very fine (3) £70-£90 --- George Gilruth was born in Dundee and attested for the 6th Dragoon Guards at Lochgelly. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 May 1915, and died of wounds on 28 March 1918. He is buried in Verberie French National Cemetery, France. Sold with a studio photograph of the recipient’s grave, the naming details on it hand touched-up

Three: Sergeant J. P. Foote, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (L-8447 Cpl. J. P. Foote. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (L-8447 Sjt. J. P. Foote. R.A.) very fine Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (John Rowland); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (J. 38235 (Dev. B. 13953) R. T. Harwood. A.B. R.F.R.) very fine (5) £70-£90 --- John Paisley Foote attested in the the Royal Field Artillery for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 24 December 1915. He was later appointed Sergeant. John Rowland - there were two men with this name who served in the Mercantile Marine during the Great War. Richard Thomas Harwood, an office boy from Salford, Lancashire, was born on 20 April 1898. He attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 22 April 1915 and served during the Great War, including service afloat in H.M.S. King Edward VII and H.M.S. Sutlej. Advanced Able Bodied Seaman on 19 April 1917, he was discharged to shore on 19 April 1928, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. His LSGC was sent to him on 25 September 1933. Sold with copy research.

Five: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant J. Gutteridge, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-15 Star (32818. A-Bmbr. J. Gutteridge, R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (32818 Cpl. J. Gutteridge. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1405365 Sjt. J. Gutteridge. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1405365 B.Q.M.S. J. Gutterridge [sic]. R.A.) last in named card box of issue, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine; the MSM extremely fine (5) £200-£240 --- James Gutteridge was born on 21 February 1892 and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Chatham on 14 March 1910. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 March 1915, and then post-War in India from 17 November 1919 to 26 November 1924. He was discharged on 13 March 1933, after 23 years’ service. Sold with the recipient’s original Red Book Certificate of Service; Second Class Certificate of Education; War Office enclosure for the M.S.M., dated 25 April 1952; a group postcard photograph, in which the recipient is identified; and a small photograph of the recipient.

Five: Company Sergeant Major R. Stoot, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (11763 C.S. Mjr. R. Stoot. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (11763 T.W.O. Cl.2. R. Stoot. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (11763 Sjt -T.C.S. Mjr.- R. Stoot. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (851488 T.W.O. Cl. II. R. Stoot. R.E.) good very fine (5) £200-£240 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’ Robert Stoot attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 March 1915.

Four: Private W. de J. Brett, Royal Irish Regiment, later Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Guernsey Light Infantry, and Hampshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (3170 Pte. W. D. J. Brett. R. Ir. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (3170 Pte. W. D. J. Brett. R. Ir. Regt.); Service Medal of the Order of St John (2412. W. Brett. S. Africa. S.J.A.B.O. 1937.) in Lamb & Co., London, fitted case of issue; together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘322045 William Brett’, with ten date bars for the years 1928 to 1937 inclusive, the reverses of each all engraved ‘322045’, very fine (5) £60-£80 --- William de Jersey Brett attested for the Royal Irish Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 December 1915, subsequently transferring to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; the 1st Battalion, Guernsey Light Infantry; and finally the Hampshire Regiment. Sold with the recipient’s two card identity discs ‘W Brett 3170 CE RIR’; and a perspex-covered riband bar for the Great War trio.

Three: Private W. Harries, South Wales Borderers, who served at the siege of Tsingtao, North China, in November 1914, and was drowned at sea the following year when the troopship Royal Edward was torpedoed off Gallipoli 1914-15 Star (10789 Pte. W. Harries. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (10789 Pte. W. Harries. S. Wales. Bord.) some staining, nearly very fine (3) £240-£280 --- William Harries, from St. Michael’s, Aberystwyth, Cardigan, attested into the South Wales Borderers and served during the Great War. He was present from 23 September 1914 with the 2nd Battalion, stationed in China where they formed part of the international garrison at Tientsin. In September 1914 the Battalion, supported by half a Battalion of the 36th Sikhs, joined their Japanese allies in an expedition against the German occupied territory of Kiaochow and its port of Tsingtao. On 23 September 1914 the battalion’s embarkation of 22 officers and 910 men landed at Lao Shan Bay, about forty miles N.E of Tsingtao, and began the difficult trek to the well fortified main German settlement on Kiaochau Bay which was the object of the expeditionary force. Casualties were generally light, although the extremely arduous conditions and bad weather caused them great discomfort. The nights of 5 and 6 November, however, brought the battalion heavier casualties than it had yet suffered. Brigadier-General Nathaniel Barnardiston, Commanding Tsingtau Expeditionary Force, gave the following details in his third Despatch:
‘On the 5th November I was ordered to prepare a Third Position of attack on the left bank of the river. This line was to a great extent enfiladed on both flanks by No. 1 and 2 redoubts, especially the latter from which annoying machine-gun fire was experienced. The bed of the river (a small stream running over a broad bed of sand) had also to be crossed, and in doing so the working parties of the 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers suffered somewhat severely, losing 8 non-commissioned officers and men killed and 24 wounded.’ The siege was soon brought to a successful conclusion with the assistance of an assault by Japanese forces present, and the white flag went up on 7 November 1914, giving the Regiment the unique distinction of a battle honour held by no other British Regiment. The Battalion’s losses overall had been just 14 men killed or died of wounds or disease, and 2 officers and 34 men wounded. Harries died at sea the following year when the troopship Royal Edward was torpedoed by U-15 whilst en route between Alexandria and Lemnos on 13 August 1915, with the loss of some 1,000 lives. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey. Sold with copy Medal Index Card and copy extract from Soldiers Died in the Great War.

Pair: Private J. Brooke, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action during the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1917 1914-15 Star (20429 Pte J. Brooke, K.O. Sco: Bord:); British War Medal 1914-20 (20429 Pte. J. Brooke. K.O. Sco. Bord.) with Cap Badge, named medal enclosures addressed to ‘Miss Brooke, 9558 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Canada’, his father’s Yorkshire Federation of United Irish League Clubs Membership Card, and a silk memorial bible marker commemorating the death of father and son, good very fine 1914 Star (11781 Pte W. Currie. K.O. Sco: Bord:) obverse polished, therefore good fine (3) £200-£240 --- John Brooke was the son of Lawrence Brooks, and was born in Batley, Yorkshire. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers in Gallipoli from 3 October 1915. Private Brooke was killed in action during the First Day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, and is buried in the Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Somme, France. His father died aged 56 on 17 December 1916. William Currie was born in Balmagie, Kirkcudbright. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers on the Western Front from 7 October 1914. Private Currie died of wounds on the Western Front on 15 April 1918, and is buried in Aire Communal Cemetery, France.

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captn. Alfred Henry Waldy, 46th. Regt. 18 May 1855.) Hunt and Roskell engraved naming, the date neatly added by a different hand but in the same style to commemorate the fact that the medal was personally presented to the recipient by H.M. Queen Victoria on Horse Guards on that date, with the remnants of a top silver brooch bar, minor edge bruising, very fine £240-£280 --- Alfred Henry Waldy was commissioned Ensign, by purchase, in the 46th Regiment of Foot on 14 December 1849, and was promoted Lieutenant, by purchase, on 1 April 1853, and Captain on 29 December 1854. He served with the Regiment at the siege of Sebastopol 1854-55, and was among those veterans of the Crimea who were personally presented with their medals by H.M. Queen Victoria on Horse Guards on 18 May 1855.

Three: Private V. T. Rowland, Border Regiment 1914-15 Star (18034 Pte. V. T. Rowland. Bord. R.); British War and Victory Medals (18034 Pte. V. T. Rowland. Bord. R.) contact marks, very fine (3) £50-£70 --- Vincent Thomas Rowland was born in Newton Heath, Manchester on 10 December 1893. He attested into the Border Regiment on 23 November 1914 for service during the Great War, and served at Galipolli with the 6th Battalion from 14 September 1915. He saw later service on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion before his discharge on 7 December 1917. Sold together with his Silver War Badge, No, 292785, original discharge character certificate, and copy Medal index Card.

Four: Private J. H. Fletcher, York and Lancaster Regiment and Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (1235 Pte. H. Fletcher, York. & Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1235 Pte. H. Fletcher. Y. & L.R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (480885 Pnr: J. H. Fletcher. R.E.) minor edge bruising, very fine (4) £100-£140 --- J. Harry Fletcher attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 April 1915. Transferring as a Pioneer to the Royal Engineers, he saw further service with them, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 178 of May 1919.

Eight: Sergeant S. Claydon, Royal Munster Fusiliers, later Gloucestershire Regiment 1914-15 Star (9579. Pte. S. Claydon. R. Muns. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9579 Pte. S. Claydon. R. Muns. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (315274. Sjt. S. Claydon Glouc. R.) surname officially corrected on last, mounted court-style as worn, the Great War trio all official replacements and marked as such, nearly extremely fine (8) £80-£100 --- Samuel Claydon attested for the Royal Munster Fusiliers and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 16 March 1915. His Medal Index Card notes that replacement medals were issued in April 1956.

Four: Sergeant W. Easton, Royal Munster Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (9146 L. Cpl. W. Easton, R. Muns. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9146 Sjt. W. Easton. R. Mun. Fus.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, naming erased on last, this nearly very fine; the Great War awards good very fine (4) £80-£100 --- William Easton attested for the Royal Munster Fusiliers and served with them in India, being awarded the 1911 Delhi Durbar Medal whilst attached to the Civil Police on railway duty. He served during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre of War from 30 March 1915, and subsequently transferred to the Cheshire Regiment.

Pair: Private J. Dalton, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (23966. Pte. J. Dalton. R. Dub. Fus.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (23966 Pte. J. Dalton. R.D. Fus.) very fine Pair: Sergeant F. Hobbs, Royal Dublin Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (41388 Sjt. F. Hobbs. R.D. Fus.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (9563. Pte. J. Donnelly. R. Dub. Fus.); British War Medal 1914-20 (3-21105 Pte. P. Preece. R.D. Fus.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (31486 Pte. C. Doheney. R.D. Fus.; 30419 Pte. E. Yarr. R.D. Fus.) generally nearly very fine (8) £160-£200 --- John Dalton attested for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1915. He was discharged on 23 February 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Fred Hobbs served with both the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the Royal Irish Regiment. Joseph Donnelly was born in Aragher, Co. Tyrone, and attested for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers at Dungannon. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 May 1915 and was killed in action on 24 May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Patrick Preece served with both the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the Gordon Highlanders. Edward Yarr served with both the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the Royal Irish Regiment and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

Three: Private E. Jenkins, Army Cyclist Corps 1914-15 Star (3647 Pte. E. Jenkins. A. Cyc. Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (3647. Pte. E. Jenkins. A. Cyc. Corps.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘ B215332’, good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (E. J. Petherick, I.E. Tel. Dept.) very fine, scarce to unit (4) £70-£90 --- Ezra Jenkins attested for the Army Cyclist Corps and served with the 14th Divisional Army Cyclist Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 May 1915. Transferring to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he was wounded in September 1917, and was discharged on 23 December 1918, being awarded a Silver War Badge. E. J. Petherick served with the Indo European Telegraph Department.

Three: Private E. C. Taylor, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (2225. Pte. E. C. Taylor, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2224 Pte. E. Taylor. R.A.M.C.) note different service numbers, nearly very fine Three: Acting Corporal J. A. Gussin, Army Pay Corps, later Middlesex Regiment 1914-15 Star (2717 Pte. J. A. Gussin. A.P.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2717 A.Cpl. J. A. Gussin. A.P.C.) nearly very fine Pair: Private D. A. Martin, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (46973. Pte. D. A. Martin. R.A.M.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (46973 Pte. D. A. Martin. R.A.M.C.) nearly very fine Pair: Private E. A. Weedon, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M1-6242 Pte. E. A. Weedon. A.S.C.) minor edge bruise to BWM, very fine Pair: Private H. B. Parks, Royal Army Medical Corps British War and Victory Medals (61417 Pte. H. B. Parks. R.A.M.C.) good very fine (12) £140-£180 --- Ernest C. Taylor attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 10 August 1915. John A. Gussin attested for the Army Pay Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 May 1915, before transferring to the Middlesex Regiment. David A. Martin attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them during the Great War in Egypt from 3 April 1915. Edgar A. Weedon attested for the Army Service Corps and served with the 1st Advanced Motor Transport Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 October 1914 (also entitled to a 1914 Star).

Three: Gunner D. L. C. Duncan, Canadian Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (41284 Gnr: D. L. C. Duncan. Can: Fd: Art:); British War and Victory Medals (41284 D. L.C. Duncan. C.F.A.) mounted for wear, very fine Three: Acting Bombadier J. J. Kee, Canadian Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (7796 A. Bmbr. J. J. Kee. C.F.A.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, unnamed as issued, some verdigris on VM, very fine Family Group: Pair: Corporal W. H. Gaines, 1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action at the Battle of Givenchy on 15 June 1915 1914-15 Star (7000 Pte. W. H. Gaines. 1/Can: Inf.); Victory Medal (7000 Cpl. W. H. Gaines. 1-Can. Inf.) very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (3314556 Pte. E. B. Gaines C.O.R.) very fine (9) £120-£160 --- David Low Cromby Duncan was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 22 July 1887. He attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 28 September 1914 and served on the Western Front with the Canadian Field Artillery. He was wounded by both gas and shrapnel during the Battle of Ypres, and later returned to Canada after breaking his leg in an accident. John James Kee was born in Streetsville, Ontario on 15 October 1894. He attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 5 February 1915 and served on the Western Front with the Canadian Field Artillery; he was wounded by a gun shot to his side and leg in September 1918, and appointed Acting Bombardier the following month. He was discharged in Canada on 30 May 1915. William Henry Gaines, a machinist from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, was born in England in 1892. He attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action on 15 June 1915, and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France. Sold with copy service records and local newspaper clippings.

Eight: P. Bond, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Percy Bond); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Cyprus, Near East, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (P. Bond.) mounted as worn, good very fine and better (8) £300-£400 --- Percy Bond was Master of the armed merchant ship Ocean Honour which was sailing independently on a voyage from Liverpool to Aden and Alexandria via Durban with a cargo of 6,000 tons of government stores including motor vehicles. When in the Gulf of Aden, near Socotra Island on 16 September 1942, she was torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-29 commanded by Izu. The Master, Captain Percy Bond, 29 crew and 3 gunners landed on an isolated island and were rescued by R.A.F. aircraft and taken to Aden. 15 of the crew and 5 gunners were lost.

Six: Petty Officer Steward R. S. Purves, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Daring was torpedoed by the German submarine U-23, under the command of the ‘Wolf of the Atlantic’ Otto Ktretschmer, and sank off Duncansby Head on 18 February 1940 British War and Victory Medals (P/L.6143 R. S. Purves. O.S.1. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (L.6143 R. S. Purves. O.S.1. H.M.S. Dolphin.) scratches to obverse field of last, otherwise good very fine (6) £120-£160 --- Reuben Stanley Purves was born in Chester on 26 April 1896 and joined the Royal Navy on 5 January 1915, serving both during and post the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 31 January 1930, and was advanced Petty Officer Steward on 1 October 1931. He was shore pensioned on 4 January 1937. Purves was recalled for War service on 27 December 1939, and was posted to the D-class destroyer H.M.S. Daring on 16 January 1940; the ship had, for a time, been the first command of Lord Louis Mountbatten. On 18 February 1940 H.M.S. Daring was one of four destroyers escorting a convoy from the Norway campaign to the U.K. In the early hours of the morning the convoy was sighted by U-23, commanded by the man who would later become known as the ‘Wolf of the Atlantic’, Otto Kretschmer. At a point some 30 miles East from Duncansby Head U-23 found herself trapped on the surface between the two port-side escorts of the convoy. In order to enable an escape Kretschmer decided to attack the stern destroyer, H.M.S. Daring. Two torpedoes were fired and Daring was hit; almost immediately later a secondary explosion ripped through the ship, broke her in half she sank within two minutes, with the loss of 157 Officers and crew. There were only 5 survivors. Purves was amongst those killed, and he is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Three: Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class H. E. Milligan, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (M.18551 H. E. Milligan. Act. E.R.A.4 R.N.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Harry Edward Milligan) in Royal Mint case of issue, naming rubbed on ISM, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private B. J. Knight, Labour Corps British War and Victory Medals (198517 Pte, B. J. Knight. Labour Corps) nearly extremely fine Pair: Air Mechanic Third Class A. Trickett, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (112680. 3.A.M. A. Trickett. R.A.F.); together with a Royal Air Force cap badge, extremely fine (7) £80-£100 --- Sold with an empty Princess Mary Christmas 1914 tin.

Six: Marine (late Bugler) A. B. Lawrence, Royal Marines British War and Victory Medals (PO.19286 Bugr. A. B. Lawrence, R.M.L.I.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (PO/19286 A. B. Lawrence. Mne., R.M.); Denmark, Kingdom, Slesvig Medal 1920, silver (Bugler A. Lawrence, R.M.L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better (6) £200-£240 --- Archie Baden Lawrence was born in Hambledon, Portsmouth on 13 March 1902 and enlisted into the Royal Marines at Gosport on 7 August 1917. As a Bugler he served on H.M.S. Inconstant, July to December 1918. His next sea-going appointment was aboard the light cruiser H.M.S. Carysfort, May 1919 to July 1920, seeing service in the Baltic Sea in support of the White Russian forces in the Russian Civil War and then later in 1920 as part of the British and French operations in support of the Slesvig plebiscite. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in May 1935 and was discharged in March 1941 at the termination of his second period of service.

Nine: Gunner G. F. Claridge, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (741092 Gnr. G. F. Claridge. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (741092 Gnr. G. F. Claridge. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (741092 Gnr. G. Claridge. R.F.A.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (George Claridge) mounted court-style as worn, very fine and better (9) £240-£280 --- George F. Claridge was awarded his Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 192 of 1922.

Pair: Driver D. Golden, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (100911 Dvr. D. Golden. R.A.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (2426, Pte. W. Seabury. R. Muns. Fus.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (11223 Pte. M. Daly. R. Ir. Fus.) very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Daniel Golden attested for the Royal Field Artillery and served with the 19th Divisional Ammunition Column during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. He was killed in action on 15 July 1916, and is buried in Becourt Military Cemetery, France. William Seabury was born in Featherstone, Yorkshire, and attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Doncaster, before transferring to the Royal Munster Fusiliers. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 July 1915, before proceeding to the Western Front, and was killed in action on the Loos Salient on 30 June 1916. He is buried in Bois-Carre Military Cemetery, France. Michael Daly attested for the Royal Irish Fusiliers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August 1914. He subsequently transferred to both the Army Service Corps and then the Royal West Kent Regiment.

Three: Temporary Sergeant J. Howard, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (2253 T.Sjt. J. Howard. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2253 Sapr. -A.Cpl.- J. Howard. R.E.) good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 29 August 1918.

Three: Lieutenant E. D. Lunn, South Lancashire Regiment, late Royal West Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. E. D. Lunn.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lt. E. D. Lunn, S. Lan. R.) ‘2’ before rank on last erased, mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Ernest Donald Lunn attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the North West Frontier of India, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the South Lancashire Regiment on 31 August 1917. He saw further service during the Third Afghan War; his Medal Index Card indicates that his India General Service Medal should indeed bear the rank ‘Lieutenant’.

Three: Corporal A. J. Froom, Connaught Rangers, later Royal Irish Regiment and Royal Engineers, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War whilst serving with 124th Tunnelling Company on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (6371 Pte. A. J. Froom. Conn. Rang.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (6371 Pte. A. J. Froom. Conn. Rang.) light contact marks, good very fine, the last rare to unit (3) £360-£440 --- TFWM rare to unit, only one other being recorded in Cresswell’s Irish Medals. Alfred James Froom was born in Brentford, Middlesex, in 1891 and attested for the Connaught Rangers on 9 December 1915. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 February 1916, with variously the Connaught Ranges, Royal Irish Regiment, and Royal Engineers. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Bullecourt on 21 March 1918, the first day of the German Spring Offensive, whilst serving with the 124th Tunnelling Company, R.E., and is later recorded as having received gun shot wounds in both buttocks from a German sentry - whilst a Prisoner of War - on 31 October 1918. He was repatriated on 9 December 1918 and was discharged on 1 March 1919, reverting to the Territorial Force. Advanced Corporal, he was awarded his Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 158 of 1925, and died in Weymouth in 1931. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Four: Second Lieutenant F. R. Hunt, Royal Flying Corps, later Assam Volunteer Light Horse British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. F. R. Hunt. R.F.C.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India (Sjt. F. R. Hunt Assam V.L.H. A.F.I) mounted as worn, edge bruising, very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Francis Raimond Hunt was born on 31 October 1898 and enlisted into the Royal Flying Corps on 9 November 1916. Mobilised on 8 March 1917, he was posted to the Royal Flying Corps with the Service No 68960 for flying training. Discharged to a commission on 20 June 1917, he was injured on 4 September 1917 when the Bristol Fighter he was training on flew into the ground and overturned. He survived and was posted to the 48th Squadron R.F.C. in France, where he flew the Bristol Fighter. Hunt was injured on 19 February 1918 when, on returning from escorting a camera/reconnaissance flight, he flipped his Bristol Fighter when attempting to land on a ploughed field near the aerodrome near Flez. He was subsequently evacuated to England and remained there upon recovery. Post-War, Hunt returned to India and tea plantations. He served with the Assam Volunteer Light Horse and in 1935 was awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal as a Sergeant with the A.V.L.H., and the 1939 census records him living in England, a tea planter serving with the A.V.L.H. as a Lieutenant. Sold with the original named Bestowal Document for the Silver Jubilee Medal; and copied research.

Eight: Lieutenant G. R. G. Shipp, 40th Pathans and Indian Army Reserve of Officers British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. G. R. G. Shipp.); Victory Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2. Lieut. G. R. G. Shipp.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2-Lieut. G. R. G. Shipp, 40 Pathans.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., India, with Second Award Bar (Pt. G. R. G. Shipp2 Coy., M.G.C., A.F.I.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (8) £160-£200 --- M.I.D. unconfirmed.

Pair: Private W. White, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, who was killed in action during the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (739 Pte. W. White. R. Newf’d R.) generally very fine or better Victory Medal 1914-19 (586 Pte. J. J. Hickey. R. Newf’d R.); together with Memorial Plaque (Alfred Perry) last in card envelope of issue, generally very fine (4) £400-£500 --- Willis White was born in New Harbour, Newfoundland in June 1896. He was a Lumberman by trade, and resided at Comfort Cove, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. White served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment on the Western Front. Private White was killed in action during the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, and is commemorated on the Beaumont-Hamel (Newfoundland) Memorial, Somme, France. The 29th Division included the 1st Battalion of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, as it was then called. The attack on Beaumont-Hamel in July 1916 was the first severe engagement of the regiment, and the most costly. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, no unit suffered heavier losses than the Newfoundland Regiment which had gone into action 801 strong. The roll call the next day revealed that the final figures were 233 killed or dead of wounds, 386 wounded, and 91 missing. Every officer who went forward in the Newfoundland attack was either killed or wounded. For this reason, the government of Newfoundland chose the hill south-west of the village, where the front-line trenches ran at the time of the battle, as the site of their memorial to the soldiers (and also to the sailors) of Newfoundland. John Joseph Hickey was born in Newfoundland, and was the son of Patrick Hickey of 119 Bond Street, St. John’s, Newfoundland. Hickey served during the Great War with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment on the Western Front. Alfred Perry - there are several men of this name listed on the CWGC website, one of whom served as 1273 Private, 1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment. The latter was wounded on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, and wounded again later on the Somme leading to both of his legs being amputated. Private Perry died of these wounds on 21 January 1917, and is buried in Guards’ Cemetery, Lesboeufs, France.

The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Private A. Rumball, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was killed in the famous ‘Cornish Charge’ at the Battle of Paardeberg on 18 February 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (4142 Pte. A. Rumball, 2nd. D. of C. Lt. Infy.) initial officially corrected (see footnote), otherwise extremely fine £240-£280 --- Arthur Rumball was born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1876 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in London on 17 July 1893. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and was killed in action during the famous ‘Cornish Charge’ at the Battle of Paardeberg on 18 February 1900; on this occasion the Battalion suffered 28 fatal casualties, including their Commanding Officer, Colonel W. Aldworth, D.S.O., who led the Charge, and whose final words were: ‘We will make the name of the Cornwalls ring in the ears of the world boys... go on men and finish it.’ Rumball is commemorated on the Regiment’s Paardeberg Memorial at Bodmin, where his initial is given as ‘T’ - presumably that is how his Queen’s South Africa Medal was originally named before his initial was corrected to ‘A’. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Driver W. H. Farthing, Canadian Field Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (312020 Dvr. W. H. Farthing. C. F. A.); together with a Millwood Great War Tribute medal, with top clasp ‘1914 Great War 1918’ (Presented to W. H. Farthing by the citizens of Millwood District on his return from active service), gold (9ct., approx. 11g) good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- M.I.D. London Gazette, 28 May 1918. Wilfred Horace Farthing, a mechanical tractor engineer from Millwood, Manitoba, was born in England on 28 June 1883, and having emigrated to Canada attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 6 January 1916. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery on the Western Front from 15 July 1916; was Mentioned in Despatches; and was demobilised in Canada on 2 February 1919. Sold with copy service papers.

Pair: Private S. A. Winkler, 4th Battalion (Central Ontario), Canadian Infantry, who was awarded the M.M. and Bar for gallantry on the Western Front in 1918 - and also wounded in action British War and Victory Medals (730123 Pte. S. A. Winkler. 4-Can. Inf.); with Preston, Ontario 1919 Souvenir of Peace Celebration Medal; recipient’s identity discs, damaged named card box of issue for campaign awards, Telegram to recipient’s mother informing her that her son has been wounded, 16 September 1918, suspension claw loose on BWM, otherwise nearly extremely fine (lot) £100-£140 --- M.M. London Gazette 29 August 1918. M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 11 February 1919. Samuel Alonzo Winkler was born in Preston, Ontario, Canada in August 1896. He served during the Great War with 4th Battalion (Central Ontario), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and was admitted to the 3rd General Canadian Hospital, Boulogne with a gun shot wound to the head and the back leg on 6 September 1918. Sold with photographic image of recipient in uniform.

Four: Lieutenant H. D. Rochfort, 29th Battalion (Vancouver), Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut.. D. D. Rochfort.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, with British Empire Service League Canadian Legion Medal, reverse engraved ‘Henry D’O Rochfort Stewart BC No. 85 Branch 1927’, generally good very fine (lot) £80-£100 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 11 July 1919. Henry D’Oyley Rochfort was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in August 1888. He emigrated to Canada, and resided in Victoria, British Columbia. Rochfort served as a Sergeant with 5th Regiment, Canadian Garrison Artillery prior to the Great War. Rochfort initially served in the ranks with the 11th Battalion, before being commissioned in to the 29th Battalion (Vancouver), Canadian Infantry. He had two brothers, both with the middle name of D’Oyley, who served as Lieutenants with the 47th Battalion during the Great War.

Pair: Captain C. L. P. Tollfree, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. L. P. Tollfree) good very fine Pair: Private H. Gallagher, 24th Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (3083469 Pte. H. Gallagher. 24-Bn. Can. Inf.); together with an unnamed gilded County of Victoria Great War Tribute Medal, official correction to initial on VM, good very fine Pair: Private W. Last, 78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (2373391 Pte. W. Last. 78-Can. Inf.); together with a Rockwood, Manitoba Great War Tribute Medal (Pte. Wilfred Last # 2373391) silver, good very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Carl Leicester Powis Tollfree was born in Toronto, Ontario on 21 October 1891. He was commissioned into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force and served in England with the Accountant-General’s staff, before serving on the Western Front from 27 August 1918, after his appointment as Paymaster of the 267th Railway Construction Battalion. Sold together with original pay book for Private Gallagher and copy service records.

Pair: Private C. M. Reddy, 5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles British War and Victory Medals (3082085 Pte. C. M. Reddy. 5-C.M.R.) traces of silver plating on BWM, very fine Pair: Private Private L. G. Dinsmore, 26th Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (709365 Pte. L. G. Dinsmore. 26-Can. Inf.) very fine Pair: Private A. Lorking, 1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (2355331 L. Cpl. A. Lorking. 1-Can. Inf.) edge bruise to Victory Medal, very fine Pair: Private E. Larock, 19th Canadian Infantry, an American citizen, who died on 24 March 1921 British War and Victory Medals (120513 Pte. E. Larock. 19-Can. Inf.) very fine Pair: Private H.Larivee, 24th Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (4040424 Pte. H. Larivee. 24-Can.Inf.) very fine (10) £100-£140 --- Emery J. Larock, a carpenter from Orleans, Vermont, United States of America, attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 20 August 1915 for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front and was demobilised on 4 July 1919. He died as a result of illness brought about during his service and is buried in Barton (St. Paul’s) Cemetery, Orleans, Vermont, United States. Sold together with original discharge certificate and original paperwork in relation to his widow’s claim for a pension. Sold with copy service records.

Pair: Driver W. D. Martin, 1/3rd Devon Battery 4th (Wessex) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (1186 Dvr. W. D. Martin. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1186 Dvr. W. D. Martin. R.A.) with named enclosure for BWM addressed to ‘Mrs. B. Martin, 1 Church Lane, Tavistock, Devon’, generally good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Wesley Dingle Martin was the son of the late Thomas Dingle Martin and Bessie Martin, of Post Office House, Tavistock, Devon. He served during the Great War with the 1/3rd Devon Battery 4th (Wessex) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, and died in India, 15 August 1916. Driver Martin is buried in Barrackpore New Cemetery, India.

Pair: Lieutenant A. G. Clutterbuck, Royal Engineers British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. A. G. Clutterbuck.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. A. G. Clutterbuck. R.E.) good very fine (2) £140-£180

Pair: Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant L. A. Hargreaves, Lancashire Fusiliers British War Medal 1914-20 (16041 W.O. Cl.II. L. A. Hargreaves. Lan. Fus.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (16041 R.Q.M. Sjt: L. A. Hargreaves. 18/Lan: Fus:) minor edge bruising and light contact marks, good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (3282 Pte. J. Borland, 2: D. of C. Lt. Inft.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £240-£280 --- James Borland was born in Plymouth, Devon, in 1873 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Bodmin, Cornwall, on 9 February 1891, having previously served in the regiment’s 3rd Militia Battalion. Posted to the 1st Battalion, he served with them in India from 20 February 1893 to 25 January 1899, and took part in the operations on the Punjab Frontier with the Tirah Expeditionary Force in 1897-98. (Medal with two clasps). Transferring to the Army Reserve on 28 January 1899, Borland was recalled to the Colours for service during the Boer War, and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa from 5 November 1899 to 8 March 1901. Whilst in South Africa he was tried and convicted by District Court Martial for using insubordinate language to a superior officer, and was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment with hard labour. He was released from prison after 364 days’ confinement, and was discharged on 8 March 1903, after 12 years’ service. Borland saw further service with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 December 1914 to 15 February 1915, and then with the 1st Garrison Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, in Egypt from September 1915. He was finally discharged, Class Z, on 13 March 1919. Sold with copied research.

Three: Sergeant W. H. James, Royal West Kent Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (2095 A. Sjt. W. H. James. R. W. Kent. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2095 Pte. W. H. James. R. W. Kent. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (200539 Cpl. W. H. James, R. W. Kent R.) all with flattened named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- Entitled to Silver War Badge.

Three: Bombadier F. P. Churcher, Royal Field Artillery Victory Medal 1914-19 (951 Bmbr. F. P. Churcher. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (951 Dvr. F. P. Churcher. R.A.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (850118 Bmbr F. P. Churcher. R.F.A.) contact marks, very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Frederick Percy Churcher was born in Hampshire around 1898. He attested into the Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force and served during the Great War, initially in India from 4 October 1914, and then in Mesopotamia from September 1916. He was demobilised in the United Kingdom on 28 August 1919.

Six: Sepoy Ghulam Mahiudin, 2-8th Punjab Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (7037 Sep. Ghulam Mahiudin, 2-8 Punjab R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Indian Recruiting Badge, G.VI.R., breast badge, silver and bronze, the reverse officially numbered ‘3860’, with top silver riband bar, generally very fine (6) £60-£80

Nine: Warrant Officer Class III J. R. Prior, Highland Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (3307012 Cpl. J. Prior. H.L.I.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (3307012 L/Sgt. J. Prior. H.L.I.) unofficially renamed and unconfirmed; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3307012 Sjt. J. Prior. H.L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (3307012 W.O. Cl.3. J. R. Prior. H.L.I.) ‘3’ of rank officially corrected, mounted as worn, generally very fine (9) £180-£220 --- Note: The Highland Light Infantry did not serve on the North West Frontier 1936-37, and the recipient’s entitlement to this medal is both unconfirmed and unlikely.

Six: Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic G. Born, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (C/KX.89170. G. Born. C.P.O.S.M. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (KX89170 G. Born. C.P.O.S.M. H.M.S. Kenya.) minor official correction to ship, mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine (6) £140-£180

Six: Stoker Petty Officer L. Cowan, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (KX.81500 L. Cowan. S.P.O. H.M.S. St. James.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (6) £70-£90

Three: Stoker First Class M. V. Tuck, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Barham was torpedoed by the German submarine U-331 and sank in the Mediterranean, 25 November 1941 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. E. Tuck, 43 Ranelagh Street, Barton Hill, Bristol, 5’, extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Mervyn Verdon Tuck served during the Second World War as a Stoker First Class in the Dreadnought-class Battleship H.M.S. Barham, that had seen action during the Great War at the Battle of Jutland. On 25 November 1941, as part of the Mediterranean Fleet, H.M.S. Barham was one of three battleships and eight destroyers tasked with covering an attack on Italian convoys when she was hit, at 4:25 p.m., by three torpedoes fired by the German submarine U-331, under the command of Lieutenant Hans Diedrich von Tiesenhausen. The torpedoes were fired from a range of only 750 yards, providing no time for evasive action, and struck closely together. As Barham rolled over to port, her magazines exploded and she quickly sank with the loss of more than two-thirds of her crew. Out of a total compliment of 1,184 Officers and ratings, 841 were killed. U-331 was forced to dive to evade the escorting ships before Barham exploded, and heard only the detonation of the torpedoes. Her captain, Lieutenant von Tiesenhausen, could not be sure whether he had sunk Barham, or merely damaged her, and left the scene before he resurfaced. In an effort to conceal the sinking from the enemy, and to protect British morale, the Admiralty censored all news of Barham’s destruction, and it was not until 27 January 1942 that the Admiralty officially announced her loss. Lieutenant von Tiesenhausen was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross that day. Tuck was amongst those killed, aged 24. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. His medals were sent to his father Ernest Tuck.

Six: Second Deck Hand G. F. Lee, Royal Naval Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (10418 S.D. G. F. Lee. 2nd Hd. R.N.R.) minor official correction to rate; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Jubilee Medal for the 40th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1985, bronze, mounted as worn, some staining to Atlantic Star, otherwise nearly extremely fine (6) £70-£90

Four: Second Cook E. R. Sykes, Mercantile Marine, who was Commended for Brave Conduct when the M.V. Pontfield was attacked by enemy aircraft 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf and King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct plastic badge, extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct London Gazette 2 May 1944: ‘For brave conduct when their ships encountered enemy submarines, aircraft, ships, or mines.’ Edgar Ramsay Sykes was serving as a Second Cook in M.V. Pontfield when he was commended for his brave conduct. Sold with the recipient’s original Commendation for Brave Conduct Certificate; Ministry of War Transport notification letter; Merchant Navy A/A Gunnery Course Certificate of Proficiency; and other ephemera.

Five: Captain T. S. Peters, Royal Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches for Burma 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Lt. T. S. Peters. R.A.) mounted as worn, the last on Honourable Artillery Company riband, good very fine Italy Star; Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine (7) £80-£100 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 9 May 1946 (Burma).

Three: Gunner G. E. Ruddick, Royal Artillery, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Singapore, and died in captivity in June 1943 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, extremely fine (3) £60-£80 --- George Edward Ruddick, a native of Falmouth, Cornwall, was taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, while serving in the 3rd Battery, 6th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, and died in Japanese hands on 13 June 1943. He is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.

Four: Gunner G. E. Spirling, Royal Artillery, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Tobruk on 20 June 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (909420. Gnr. G. E. Spirling. R.A.); toether with the recipient’s King’s Badge, in card box of issue, the Second War awards all somewhat later issues, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- George Ernest Spirling was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk, on 27 July 1919, and enlisted in the Royal Artillery at Felixstowe on 4 May 1939. He qualified as a Gun Layer in March 1940, and served during the Second World War with the 69th Medium Regiment, R.A., in the Middle East from 29 July 1941. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Tobruk on 20 June 1942, and was held initially in Italy, and then at Stalag 18A at Wolsberg. Repatriated following the cessation of hostilities, he was discharged on 1 June 1945. Subsequently emigrating to Australia, he died in Queensland on 19 February 2001. Sold with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; card Identity disc and P.O.W. Identity tag; and copied research.

Four: Corporal K. M. Collins-Stoneman, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn; together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Release Book, nearly extremely fine Four: Private R. Earnshaw, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Soldier’s Release Book; and Dunkirk Commemorative Medal, nearly extremely fine (9) £80-£100

Pair: Attributed to Private S. W. Brighton, Royal Norfolk Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War in June 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted together with a Defence Medal (to which the recipient was not entitled), and accompanied by six further medals, comprising a Polish Cross of Merit, 1st issue, 3rd Class, bronze, with separate crossed swords suspension; and five recently issued awards, one of the latter damaged; otherwise generally very fine Pair: Constable L. E. Bullimore, Metropolitan Police Defence Medal; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Const. Lealand E. Bullimore) nearly extremely fine (lot) £80-£100 --- Stanley William Bighton was born on 5 July 1913 and attested for the Royal Norfolk Regiment on 5 November 1931. He served with them in Gibraltar from 3 March 1937 to 23 September 1938, and then with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 20 September 1939. He was captured ad taken Prisoner of War on 4 June 1940, ands spent the rest of the War in captivity, being released on 17 April 1945. In common with other prisoners captured at the fall of France he would not have been entitled to the Defence Medal. He was discharged on 7 January 1946. Sold with two Army Council Certificates of Education named to the recipient; a R.A.O.B. Certificate named to the recipient; various photographs, including one of him wearing his medals (including the Defence Medal); a Polish regimental medallion; and copied research. Lealand E. Bullimore joined the Metropolitan Police on 19 November 1923 and was posted to ‘C’ (St. James’s) Division. Sold with the recipient’s riband bar.

The Victory Medal awarded to Sergeant J. H. Wood, 1st/5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was awarded the D.C.M. for his conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Le Sart on 12 April 1918, on which occasion his conduct was ‘beyond all praise’ Victory Medal 1914-19 (1208 Sjt. J. H. Wood. D. of Corn. L.I.); together with an original unnamed (and not erased) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R.; and an unnamed (not erased) British War Medal 1914-20, representative of the recipient’s full entitlement, nearly extremely fine (3) £400-£500 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1919; citation published 3 September 1919: ‘He has been out with this battalion for twenty-eight months and is Signalling Sergeant. He has invariably worked for the battalion and kept signal communications open under heavy fire with conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On 12 April 1918, at Le Sart, during a very trying time, he was invaluable in collecting men and forming a fighting line. His energy on this occasion, as well as at his specialist work, is beyond all praise.’ John Henry Wood was born in Bude, Cornwall, in 1896, and prior to the Great War was employed as a Telegraph Messenger. He attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and served with the 1st/5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916 as Signalling Sergeant, being awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Sold with copied research, including copies of the Battalion War Diary for the date of Wood’s gallantry at Le Sart, 12 April 1918.

Four: Private J. Whittaker, 13th Battalion, Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps, who was part of the platoon which mistakenly dropped deep behind the lines on D-Day, 6 June 1944. With a broken arm he evaded capture for 3 months living with three others in a French barn near Port L’Eveque, and after recovery he dropped again into Germany in Operation Varsity on 24 March 1945 and was badly wounded during the battle of Wunstorf airfield on 10 April 1945 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (14410473 Pte J Whittaker AAC) the medals all somewhat later issues, minor edge bruise to last, nearly extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- Joseph Whittaker was born in Salford, Lancashire, on 4 November 1924 and initially enlisted into the General Service Corps on his 18th birthday. After initial training was posted to 70th Welch, he transferred into the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion on 13 October 1943. He was part of 9 Platoon, ‘C’ Company that jumped into Normandy on the night of the 5-6 June 1944. Aboard aircraft 325 were 19 Paratroopers and a motorcycle belonging to 9 Platoon, 'C' Company. The story is taken up in 13 - Lucky For Some: The History of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion by Andrew Woolhouse, quoting the following Paratroopers: ‘Private Len Cox (9 Platoon, 'C' Company): "We emplaned and were waiting in the aircraft for take-off when the engines spluttered and then went silent. We had a mad de-bus and were loaded into another Dakota. The flight as far as the French coast was OK, but then we ran into heavy flak and seemed to fly on and on. It wasn't until the third run in that we actually jumped; something or other went wrong on the first two." Corporal John Mescki (9 Platoon, 'C' Company) “Our officer, Tiger Lee, was the first out. No. 2 was his batman, Dougie Sharp from Cheadle, No.3 was a fellow called "Nutter" [Private Charles Hadley from London] who had a water diviner strapped to his leg and this got stuck in the door and the dispatcher kicked him out. I said, "Don't kick me out, don't push me," because I didn't want to spiral. So just jumped out and when I jumped out it was very quiet, beautiful, and quiet, just the noise of the aircraft and my chute popping open. After landing carried on about another 50 yards and I'm lost here, because I thought there was electric and telephone wires going across the field and I knew from the photographs of the DZ that there was no such thing, so I was pretty lost I to came another hedge and intended to jump through it, but got stuck half-way. Then I heard some footsteps and I thought, ‘Oh, hell, I've had it,’ but it turned out to be 2 friends, one who had broken his arm [Private J. Whittaker] and the other who had burned his fingers on his chute [Pte S. Fell]. We went straight down this road together and heard a noise like a tank, so said, ‘Let's get behind the hedge and throw some grenades.’ So we pulled the pin from out grenades, ready to throw them over the hedge, and who should come riding past were a man and a woman. Luckily, we kept the pins and rings and pushed them back on, peeked out and they disappeared round the next crossroad. We got back on the road, realising we should go in a northerly direction, when a Typhoon came over. I thought it was going I to strafe us, so we dived in the hedgerow and found a little path along into a wood. I said, ‘If we stay off the road, we'll make it.’ After I a while I saw this farmhouse, and got my binoculars out and looked at it. There, was smoke coming out of the chimney, but it was well protected from the road. I thought we could get round the back without anyone noticing and I went round and saw the door was open. It was now getting on for about 6 o'clock in the morning. knocked on the door and this French lady came. She didn't look surprised; she just looked at me and said, ‘M'sieur?’ I asked her if there were any Germans in the house and she said no and so I said, ‘I've got 2 wounded comrades, can you look after us?’ She said yes, enter if you wish. I said can you give us any idea where we are and she showed us on a little tiny railway map where we were. I said the British will be here in 3 days, will you hide us? She said yes, and took us out 3 months”.’ Whittaker, Fell and Mescki remained in the barn for three months and were eventually liberated when their battalion reached Pont L’Everque. Fell would later be killed in Operation Varsity. After liberation, Whittaker returned to the UK malnourished and he was sent to Swansea to recover from his ordeal. He was to rejoin his battalion in February 1945. On 24 March 1945, he would jump into combat in Operation Varsity, when the battalion advanced into Germany, and by 7 April had reached Petershagen, in between Osnabrück and Hanover. It continued to proceed east by motor transport and encountered enemy forces defending Wunstorf airfield at around 14:30 hours, although earlier reconnaissance reports had indicated that it had been abandoned, resulting in the ambush of the leading elements crossing the bridge to approach it, and heavy casualties. Whittaker was wounded by a high explosive shell to his left arm. After the surrender of the Japanese, Whittaker sailed to Singapore and the Far East and was involved in the round up of ‘stray’ Japanese servicemen on the Malay-Siam border. In November and December 1945 he served in Java to help put down the Indonesian Rebellion. There was an infamous mutiny of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion in May 1946 due to poor conditions. He was discharged in November 1946, his services no longer required; it is not known if he was one of the 251 mutineers whose charges were later dropped. In 1958 Whittaker rejoined the Territorial Army and the Royal Artillery for a year. He subsequently applied for the Efficiency Medal (Territorial), but this was refused, with his records stating ‘Very Naughty Boy’. He died in Salford on 1 September 1991. Sold with copied service papers and other research, which states that his Second War medals were issued in November 1980; and his GSM in December 1982.

Seven: Warrant Officer Class II A. W. J. Vian, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (T.401177 Sjt. A. W. J. Vian. R.A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (T/401177 W.O. Cl.2. A. W. J. Vian. R.A.S.C.) mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (7) £200-£240

Four: Major A. G. A. Tarsnane, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Lt. A. G. A. Tarsnane. R.E.M.E.) mounted court-style, surname partially officially corrected on last, and this medal somewhat abrasively cleaned with acid, overall very fine and better (4) £60-£80 --- Alan G. A. Tarsnane, late Armament Staff Sergeant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 16 February 1951, and retired in the rank of Major on 16 June 1958. Sold with copied research.

Six: Warrant Officer Rear Gunner H. S. A. Lynch, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear; together with the recipient’s unofficial ‘Bomber Command’ medal, in box of issue, good very fine (7) £400-£500 --- Hugo Sylvester Andrew Lynch was born on 22 February 1922 and joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 8 October 1940. He served during the Second World War overseas in the Middle East and Italy from July 1941 to April 1945, and received his first operational posting, to 142 Squadron, flying Wellingtons, in July 1944. His first operational sortie was to Trieste on 24 July 1944 (‘heavy flak on route’); further targets included Portes les Vallenes, Szombathely, Polesti (‘intercepted West of Danube - enemy aircraft Ju.88 driven off’); Genoa; Marseilles; Bologna; Athens; Salonika; San Benedetto; and Zagreb. Continuing into 1945, the majority of the operational sorties in January 1945 were supply drops for Yugoslav patriots; before resuming bombing targets in northern Italy in February 1945, especially the railway marshalling yards at Verona. Lynch’s final operational sortie (and his tenth in the space of three weeks) was to Pola on 21 February 1945. He was promoted Warrant Officer on 3 March 1946, and was discharged on 24 April 1946. Sold with the recipient’s somewhat damaged Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, covering the period 8 February 1944 to 21 February 1945 (the unused pages of the Log Book subsequently used as a child’s colouring book); the recipient’s Service and Release Book; Identity Card; a selection of original aerial photographs; and other ephemera.

Six: Flight Lieutenant J. B. Nicholson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Act. Flt. Lt. J. B. Nicholson. R.A.F.V.R. (T.)) mounted as worn, the last loose, good very fine and better (6) £360-£440 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1941. The original Recommendation, dated 10 August 1940, states: ‘Sergeant Nicholson has proved himself a keen and reliable Wireless operator who has carried out his duties in a reliable most satisfactory manner on 25 operational flights.’ John Bertram Nicolson was born in Gateshead-on-Tyne on 16 May 1915. He joined the RAF in 1935 and was posted to the Wireless School to train as a radio operator. He was posted first to 102 Squadron, then 10 Squadron in Disforth in March 1937, who were flying Whitneys. Serving from the start of the war as a wireless operator air gunner, his first operational sortie was on 8 September 1939 when No. 10 Squadron began its first operation of the War, leaflet-dropping over Germany with the Whitley Mk.IV. He served continually on the squadron until August 1940. On the night of 11-12 June 1940, he took part in raids on the Italian cities of Turin and Genoa. On 8 July 1940, the unit moved to RAF Leeming, Yorkshire. Nicolson flew with several pilots and targets included Berlin and factories deep inside Germany. One of his pilots included Flight Lieutenant Anthony French-Mullen, shot down in July 1940, and who later would be involved in the planning of the ‘Great Escape’ at Stalag Luft 3. In June 1942 Nicholson was selected for pilot training and was commissioned on 19 October 1942 to train in Canada. He entered the Far East theatre in August 1944, where he flew a second tour as a second pilot on Sunderlands under Flight Lieutenant R Levy-Haarscher. In February 1944 the squadron had moved further east to Ceylon to support the Operations in Burma, including supply operations to Chindits and casualty evacuation. In February 1945, a detachment moved to Calcutta to transport freight into Burma and casualties back out, using an inland lake as the Burmese end of the route. In April 1945 the entire squadron moved to Burma and was used to attack Japanese coastal shipping between Malaya and Burma. In December 1945 the squadron finally returned to Singapore, but only for a short period, and in April 1946 it returned to the UK. After the War, Nicholson served in the Cadet Force as part of 1029 Squadron ATC. He finally resigned his commission on 17 November 1966. Sold with copied research including copied Operations Record Book extracts.