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Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (38 Pte. A. Hoskins, 2-60th Foot) slight edge bruising, very fine £80-100 Entitled to the Indian Mutiny Medal without clasp and China Medal 1857-60 with clasps for Taku Forts 1860 and Pekin 1860. £80-£100

Delhi Durbar 1911 (7469 Rfn. W. Ryan, 3 K.R.R.); Army Rifle Association Medallions (2), The Queen Victoria’s Cup Winners, rev. inscribed, ‘2nd Battalion The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Rifleman H. Sharp’, silver, 53mm. dia., 6mm. thick; another, rev. similarly inscribed, silver, 53mm. dia., 4mm. thick; King’s Royal Rifles Medal, for South Africa 1900-02, 33mm., silver, unnamed; Royal Green Jackets Medal, 39mm., gilt base metal, unnamed, with ribbon for neck wear; Letter, dated 24 May 1802, written and signed by Paymaster James Nowland, 4th Battalion 60th Rifles, claiming the sum of £321.19.3 in respect of ‘Black Servants Money to 31st March 1802’ and ‘200 days Forage Baggage & bat. money 3 officers’, the letter bearing a statement from Robert Robertson that the sum was duly paid, this a little worn and discoloured at the edges, generally good condition, medals good very fine and better (6) £90-110 Ryan verified in published Delhi Durbar Medal roll. rifleman Sharpe (note spelling) was a member of the Queen Victoria Cup winning team in 1909 and 1910. 5593 Rifleman H. Sharpe, 2nd Battalion K.R.R.C., died of wounds on 2 November 1914. He was buried in the Messines Ridge British Cemetery. Sold with copied research. £90-£110

Four: Sergeant E. Dubberly, 60th Rifles south Africa 1834-53 (Serjt., 2nd Bn. 60th Rifles); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Sergt., 2nd Batn. 60th Ryl. Rifles); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (181 Sjt., 2nd Btn. 60th Rgt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt., K.R.R.C.), surname spelt ‘Dubberley’ on last, mounted on pad for display, some edge bruising, first and second with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £750-850 Edward Dubberly was born in Longhope, Gloucester. He attested for the 32nd Regiment at Devonport on 20 July 1837, aged 14 years, 6 months. Transferred to the 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles in February 1838, he was promoted to Corporal in July 1848 and Sergeant in November 1850. He was transferred to the South Gloucester Militia in October 1860 and was discharged in March 1864, having served nearly one year in Canada, over 6 years in the Cape Province, where he took part in the 3rd Kaffir War, and over one year in India. Dubberly was awarded the M.S.M. with an annuity of £10 in July 1908. He died on 13 August 1914. Sold with copied photograph and discharge papers and other research. £750-£850

Five: Staff Armourer Sergeant H. Proctor, Corps of Armourers and King’s Royal Rifle Corps south Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2119 Armr. Sgt., 3/60th Foot); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (2419 Armr. Sgt., 3/K.R. Rif. C.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S. Armr. Sgt., C. of Armrs.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, mounted for display, slight edge bruising and minor contact marks, good very fine and better (5) £650-750 Henry Proctor was born in Aston, Birmingham. A Gunsmith by occupation, he enlisted into the Corps of Armourers on 8 November 1864, aged 21 years, 8 months. Promoted to Armourer Sergeant in February 1865, he was appointed as such to the 3rd/60th Rifles in March 1866. With them he served in India, June 1866-December 1872 and South Africa, July 1879-July 1882, being present in the Zulu War of 1879 and the 1st Boer War of 1881. Service in Malta, February-July 1882, and Egypt, July 1882-January 1883, followed. Proctor received the L.S. & G.C. medal in November 1889. In 1920 he was awarded the M.S.M. with an annuity of £10. He died c.1924. Sold with copied service papers and other research. £650-£750

Pair: Major H. R. Lovett, 60th Rifles afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (Lieut., 2/60th Foot); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Samana 1891, Hazara 1891 (Major, 1st Bn. R. Rif. C.); together with an erased Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880, minor contact marks, very fine (3) £750-850 Hubert Richard ‘Bill’ Lovett was born in 1854 and educated at Cheltenham College. He was a Lieutenant in to the 2nd/60th Rifles in 1874 and was advanced to Captain in 1883 and Major in 1890. With the 60th Rifles he served in the Afghan War 1879-80, including the march to, and occupation of, Kandahar; the battle of Ahmed Khel; the surrender of Ghuznee; the action at Urzoo; the march to from Kabul to Kandahar, and the battle of 1 September (Medal with two clasps and Star). He then served in the Marri Expedition 1880; the 2nd Boer War, 1881; the Egyptian War 1882, including the action at Kassassin, 9 September and the battle of Tel-el-Kebir and occupation of Cairo (Medal with clasp and Star). Then in India he served in the Hazara Expedition, 1891 (Medal with clasp), and Miranzai Expedition (Clasp). Major Lovett retired in 1894. Noted for his cool determined courage and feats of strength; Lovett was credited with rescuing at least one of his men from a swollen river in South Africa, and in taking a leading part with a mixed band of Riflemen and Highlanders in capturing two Egyptian field guns. Sold with copied research. £750-£850

Pair: Private J. Jewell, 60th Foot afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar (60/1294 Pte., 2/60th Foot); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (60/1294 Private John Jewell, 2/60 Foot) first with edge bruising and contact marks, fine and better (2) £450-500 John Jewell was born in Bideford, near Barnstaple, Devon. A Fitter by occupation, he attested for service in the 60th Rifles at Rochester on 1 October 1874, aged 20 years. He served extensively abroad, in India, January 1877-December 1878; Afghanistan, December 1878-October 1880; Mari Country, October-November 1880; India, November 1880-January 1881; South Africa, January 1881-January 1882; Egypt, September 1882-February 1883; India, September 1885-October 1886; Burma, October 1886-December 1888, and India, December 1888-March 1895. For his services he was awarded the above two Afghan War medals, the Egypt Medal and Khedive’s Star and the I.G.S. Medal with clasp for Burma 1887-89. After transferring to the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade in February 1895 he was discharged having given notice on 26 February 1896. Sold with copied service papers. £450-£500

Pair: Private W. Bant, King’s Royal Rifle Corps india General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (4471 Pte., 1st Bn. K. R. Rifle Corps), official correction to naming; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (4471 Pte., K.R.R.C.), last clasp a copy, mounted as worn; together with a Birmingham Tribute Medal 1899-1902, gilt white metal, unnamed, complete with brooch bar, good very fine and better (3) £450-550 William Bant was born in Birmingham on 7 April 1869. A Brass Founder by occupation, he attested for service with the K.R.R.C. at Birmingham on 7 April 1888, aged 19 years, having previously served with the 4th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. With the 1st Battalion he served in India, November 1890-February 1896, taking part in the Isazai Expedition 1892 and serving in the Chitral Relief Force 1895. He then served in the Boer War, December 1899-April 1901. He was discharged on 17 July 1901 at the termination of his first period of engagement. during his period of service in the Boer War he kept a diary covering the period, 12 December 1899-1 April 1901. The diary, written in a small notebook, 97 x 51mm., in small neat script. The notebook has a repaired leather cover. Sold with a full typescript. Also with copied service papers. ‘8th January 1900. Turned out at half past four, firing going on K.R.R. and R. Bde. are made into camp site. Battalion under Stuart-Wortley inspected by General Lyttleton. Mr Winston Churchill in camp’. ‘27th February 1900. Escort to 4.7ý Naval gun. We hear of Cronje surrender. Cheering all round position. Moved on the heights to cover the right flank of position. Fearful battle this day - Majuba Day - slept by pontoon bridge’. ‘29th May 1900. Skirmished to States Drift. Forded river into Transvaal for the first time. Saw the enemy in the distance. No fighting. Plenty of sport with fowl and pig. One of ours caught an Ostrich - had to hand it to an officer - not allowed to loot - not Tommy’. ‘26th September 1900. Few Boers in the hills, guns shell them out. Stop at mine Mooi River supposed poisoned - did not matter - drank it.’ ‘25th December 1900. Christmas Day. Roast meat and duff and a drop of - oh my dear teetotallers - 3 bottles of lemonade’. £450-£550

Three: Captain F. Walton, M.M., King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action at the battle of Flers, 15 September 1916 queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (2538 Corpl., K.R.R.C.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (2538 C.S. Mjr., 2/K.R. Rif. C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt.); together with an erased Victory Medal 1914-19, M.I.D. oak leaf; ‘The J. H. Steward Jewel’ 1911, rev. inscribed, ‘South Eastern District Rifle Association won by Col. Sgt. Walton’, 35 x 33mm., 15ct. gold; Queen Victoria’s Cup Medallion, rev. inscribed, ‘2nd King’s Royal Rifles, Col. Sergt. F. Walton’, 54mm., silver; Henry Whitehead Cup Medallion, rev. inscribed, ‘1st Cheshire Regt. The Henry Whitehead Cup (Cavalry & Infantry) 1913, Col. Sergeant F. Walton, 2nd King’s Royal Rifles’, 44mm., silver, some scratches to Q.S.A., otherwise nearly extremely fine (lot) £300-360 Frederick Walton was born in Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire. A Fitter by occupation, he attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 9 January 1900, aged 18 years, 3 months. Posted to the 4th Battalion, he served with the regiment in South Africa, December 1901-December 1902. Then with the 2nd Battalion he served in India, December 1902-February 1910. At the beginning of the Great War he was a Company Sergeant-Major, and went to the France/Flanders theatre of war on 12 August 1914. For gallant conduct he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 17 September 1914), was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 22 January 1917) and given a commission in the regiment in April 1915. Serving with the 5th Battalion, he was wounded, suffering a gunshot wound to the back, on 26 May 1915, during the battle of Ypres. returning home, he was for some time an Instructor in Musketry with the 5th battalion at Sheerness. From there he joined the 18th Battalion in March 1916, to which battalion he was appointed Adjutant on 30 March. As a Captain with the 18th battalion he was killed in action at the battle of Flers, 15 September 1916, aged 34 years. He was buried in the Serre Road Cemetery, No.2. He was the eldest son of William H. and Fanny Walton of Beeston Hill, Leeds and husband of Marion Walton of 18A High Street, Godalming. Sold with about 78 copied sheets of service and related papers, together with a quantity of other research including copied photographs. Also with cap badge and riband bar. £300-£360

Pair: Band-Serjeant J. Richards, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, a survivor from the Warren Hastings queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal (3471 Band-Serjt., K.R.R.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (3471 Band Sgt., K.R.R.C.), service number corrected, first with edge bruising, good very fine (2) £360-400 Joseph Richards was born in Wellington, Shropshire. He attested for the 60th Rifles as a Boy aged 13 years, 3 months on 22 November 1878. Ranked as a Bandsman in the 1st Battalion in September 1884, he attained the rank of Band-Serjeant in May 1896. He was a survivor from the troopship Warren Hastings when she ran aground and was wrecked off the Island of Reunion, on 14 January 1897. In April 1898 he was awarded his L.S.& G.C. Medal. With the 1st Battalion he served in India, November 1890-January 1897; Mauritius, January 1897-March 1899, and South Africa, March 1899-February 1901. Band-Serjeant Richards was discharged at Cork on 23 August 1901 having completed his second period of engagement. Sold with copied service papers and photograph. £360-£400

Nine: Warrant Officer Class 1 H. Robinson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps 1914 Star, with copy slip-on clasp (10062 L. Cpl., 2/K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (10062 Sjt., K.R. Rif. C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6837479 W.O.Cl.1, K.R.R.C.); Defence and War Medals, unnamed; Jubilee 1935 (R.S.M. H. Robinson); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (6837479 W.O. Cl. II, K.R.R.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (6837479 W.O.Cl.1, K.R.R.C.); together with a Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs Medal, rev. inscribed, ‘1931 The Army .22 Rifle Match, R.S.M. Robinson’, bronze, Great War and Long Service medal worn; others good very fine and better (10) £400-450 Harry Robinson was born in 1892 and enlisted into the 2nd Battalion K.R.R.C. at Winchester on 24 April 1911. During the Great War he served with the B.E.F. in France, 12 August-5 December 1914 and 9 February -24 November 1915, and was then in the Balkans, 25 November 1915-17 December 1918. Postwar he served in India, October 1919-March 1929 and in Palestine, September 1936-March 1937. As a Warrant Officer Class 1 he was discharged on 23 August 1937 on reaching the age limit but re-enlisted during the Second World War. Sold with Regular Army Certificate of Service, copied photograph, research and m.i.c., the latter showing entitlement to the clasp to the 1914 Star. £400-£450

Three: Private C. Hillman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, killed in action, 23 October 1914 1914 Star, with copy slip-on clasp (5422 Pte., 2/K.R. Rif. C); British War and Victory Medals (5422 Pte., K.R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Hillman), in card envelope, extremely fine (4) £350-400 Charles Hillman was born in and enlisted at Birmingham. With the 2nd Battalion K.R.R.C. he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 13 August 1914. With them he was killed in action, in the retreat from Mons, on 23 October 1914. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. sold with original photograph; forwarding slip for the Victory Medal, and a note to accompany the forwarding of Princess Mary’s (Christmas) gift to ‘Mr J. Hillman of Spring Hill, Birmingham’. Also with copied research including m.i.c. £350-£400

Three: Private S. H. Lacey, 9th Battalion London Regiment british War and Victory Medals (1704 Pte., 9-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1704 Pte., 9-Lond. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £120-160 The 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) London Regiment were an affiliate of the K.R.R.C. £120-£160

Pair: Private G. Stripp, King’s Royal Rifle Corps british War and Victory Medals (44509 Pte., K.R. Rif. C.) five: Rifleman G. E. Clifford, King’s Royal Rifle Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, with numeral ‘8’ on ribbon; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, all unnamed as issued, extremely fine (9) £70-90 Sold with silver medal inscribed, ‘Boxing B.W. Rfn. Stripp, A Coy.’ and ‘Army of Occupation, 18th/60th, Germany 1919’, 38mm., hallmarks for Birmingham 1917; and with an enamelled K.R.R.C. Association lapel badge. george Edward Clifford was born on 25 March 1914. He enlisted in Birmingham in July 1940. With the K.R.R.C. he served in Egypt, October 1940-July 1943; Sicily, July-August 1943, and Italy, August 1943-March 1945. He was discharged on 11 February 1946. Medals confirmed. Sold with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book containing his discharge certificate. £70-£90

Five: Sergeant A. Chable, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, killed/died in Italy, 26 October 1944 general Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6845596 Rfmn., K.R.R.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £200-250 6845596 Serjeant Albert Eric Daniel Chable, 1st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps, was killed/died on 26 October 1944, aged 26 years. He was buried in the Cesena War Cemetery, Forli, Italy. £200-£250

Five: Colour Sergeant W. Phillips, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and M.O.D. Police, captured by the Germans at Calais 1940 general Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (6843855 Cpl., K.R.R.C.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (6843855 Sjt., K.R.R.C.), mounted court style for wear; Police Long Service, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. William E. Phillips) minor contact marks, good very fine and better (6) £180-220 sergeant William E. Phillips, K.R.R.C., was captured by the Germans at Calais and was held as a prisoner-of-war at Lamsdorf. sold with some biographical details and copied photographs. Also with an ‘Indian Football Association Calcutta’ Medal, silver and enamel, rev. inscribed, ‘1933’. £180-£220

Four: Serjeant G. F. Huckle, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, a prisoner-of-war of the Germans 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (6642447 Sjt., K.R.R.C.); together with ‘56th (1st London) Division T.A. Miniature Range’ Medal, bronze, unnamed, in case of issue, extremely fine (5) £120-160 George Frank Huckle enlisted in 1931. Serving with the K.R.R.C. he was captured in North Africa and spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans held in the camp at Lamsdorf. After the war he was repatriated and at the time of his demobilization, was serving with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. sold with original Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Soldier’s Release Book; National Identity Card; medal forwarding slip; German P.O.W. camp money (5 notes); Certificate of Transfer to the Army Reserve; Medical Card; together with cloth shoulder badges, riband bar etc. £120-£160

A Great War C.M.G. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Long, King’s Royal Rifle Corps the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, rev. centre slightly depressed; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Lushai 1889-92 (2d Lieut., 4th Bn. K. Rl. Rif. Corps); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Orange Free State, Cape Colony (Captain, K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt., K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (Major, K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed, mounted for wear, first three medals with some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (8) £1200-1400 wilfred James ‘Linger’ Long was born in 1871, the son of Rear-Admiral Samuel Long. He was educated at Winchester. Commissioned into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, he served in the Burmese Expedition of 1891-92, including operations in the Chin Hills with the Lushai column (One company of the 4th Battalion K.R.R.C. present). As a Captain he saw fighting in the Second Boer War, being present in the relief of Ladysmith, the actions at Tugela Heights, Pieter’s Hill, Laing’s Nek, Belfast and Lydenberg. For his services he was twice mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901, 29 July 1902) and awarded the Queen’s medal with six clasps and the King’s medal with two. In the Great War, he commanded the 3rd Battalion K.R.R.C. in Salonika, for which, in 1916, he was awarded the C.M.G. In June 1918 he was placed in command of the 1st Battalion in France, and on 23 June he suffered from the effects of a gas attack at Quesnoy Farm. For his services during the war he was three times mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 22 Jue 1915, 1 January 1916, 21 July 1917) and received the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel. He was placed on Retired Pay in 1920. Latterly living at Maytree, Josephine Avenue, Lower Kingswood, Surrey; he died on 24 May 1954. in an obituary, a brother officer wrote, ‘‘Linger’ was a sound and practical soldier. He was never afraid of expressing his opinion, however unpopular, preferably to those in authority over him; and he was usually right. He was never very particular about his appearance or dress, which was rarely according to regulations. ....’Linger’ played no games, never shot, rode very seldom, never seemed particularly genial, yet was always extremely popular, especially with us younger officers. ...’ sold with copied research including several extracts written by Long for the K.R.R.C. Chronicle. £1200-£1400

A Great War M.C. pair awarded to Captain E. A. Rudd, King’s Royal Rifle Corps military Cross, G.V.R., rev, inscribed, ‘Capt. E. A. Rudd, Ypres 1916’; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt.) nearly extremely fine (2) £400-500 M.C. London Gazette 23 August 1916. For conspicuous gallantry during a raid. He led his party through heavy shell, machine gun and rifle fire both advancing and returning and carried out his attack in a most successful manner’. ernest Albert Rudd was born on 29 August 1880. A Farmer, living at Makemi, Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia, he attested for service in September 1915 with the Rhodesian Platoon of the 6th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Granted a commission in December 1915, he served in France/Flanders with the 11th Battalion K.R.R.C. and was awarded the M.C. for his services on the Ypres Salient during 1916. Details from 11th Battalion records, read ‘On the 13th June 1916, after a discharge of gas, a raid was carried out under Lieut. H. A. Denison and 2nd Lieut. E. A. Rudd on the ‘Mound’, a strong fortified hostile sap running out from their trenches just South of the Potijze Road. ..... On the 10th July the battalion again took an offensive ops. Gas was discharged directly after dark along practically the whole of the Divisional front. Four raiding parties, of two officers and 35 other ranks each, were to have gone over, as soon as the gas ceased, to clean up what was left over the way. However, the battalion on our right unfortunately started a few minutes too early with their gas, and the enemy opposite us were fully prepared when our gas started and manned their parapet with rifles and machine guns throughout. The orders were not to go over unless the gas was effective, which obviously was not. 2nd Lieut. E. A. Rudd and Gilpin, however, got over the ‘Mound’ with their party doing very well. They bombed the enemy back to their front line and returned with several things found there. ...’ In 1917 Lieuteant Rudd was permitted to return to Rhodesia to attend to his farm and family and resigned his commission in 1918. He died on 25 April 1941. Sold with a quantity of service papers. £400-£500

A Boer War ‘Defence of Ladysmith’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Major J. T. Mitchell, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, a survivor from the Warren Hastings distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (5518 L. Corpl., 1st K.R.R.C.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (5518 Pte., 1st Bn. K.R. Rifle Corps); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (5518 Cpl., K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5518 Sjt., K.R.R.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (5518 Sjt., K.R.R.C.), mounted as worn, in case, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (5) £2000-2500 D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. james Thompson Mitchell was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A Sailor by occupation, he enlisted into the K.R.R.C. at Dublin on 29 November 1889, aged 14 years. Posted as a Boy in 1889 and as a Bandsman in 1895, he served in India, November 1890-January 1897, and was present in the relief of Chitral operations. He was a survivor from the troopship Warren Hastings when she ran aground and was wrecked off the Island of Reunion, on 14 January 1897. He then served in South Africa, March 1899-September 1902 and was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.C.M. for his services during the defence of Ladysmith. He was then discharged, having given notice, on 20 May 1911. Latterly a Cadet-Major with the 1st Cadet Battalion K.R.R., he died in December 1943. Sold with copied service papers and other research. £2000-£2500

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant G. W. Colley, King’s Royal Rifle Corps distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (505280 Sjt., ) nearly extremely fine £600-700 D.C.M. London Gazette 2 December 1919. ‘On the 29th September, 1918, at Flot Farm, he was ordered to lead his platoon to clear an enemy position which was enfilading an important crossing of the St. Quentin Canal. With most marked courage and able leadership he captured the position - viz., 1,000 yards of trench. Although his platoon was only forty strong, he not only drove the enemy out of the position, but captured 103 prisoners, including four officers and five machine-guns, three field guns, and numerous trench mortars and other stores. He did magnificent work’. £600-£700

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant W. H. Benbow, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, attached Royal Berkshire Regiment, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action, 23 August 1918 military Medal, G.V.R. (Y-964 Sjt., 1/K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (Y964 Pte. (A. Sjt.), K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); Memorial Plaque (Walter Harold Benbow), this in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (5) £800-1000 M.M. London Gazette 17 April 1917. walter Harold Benbow was born in Brueton, Somerset, on 10 February 1889 and educated at King Edward’s Grammar School, Camp Hill, Birmingham. A Clerk by occupation, he attested for service on 27 August 1914. With the 1st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps he served with the B.E.F. in France, 3 August 1915-12 March 1916. Suffering a gun-shot wound to the chest on 7 March 1916, he was evacuated to England and remained there until 15 August 1916. He returned to further service in France, 16 August 1916-31 May 1917 and was awarded the M.M. for bravery in the field during 10/11 March 1917 which resulted in the capture of the Grevillers Trench Line and capture of Bailleul Village. After attaining the rank of Company Quartermaster Sergeant with the K.R.R.C. he was commissioned into the 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Returning once more to France, and attached to the 7th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, he was killed in action on 23 August 1918, aged 29 years. He was buried in the Bienvillers Military Cemetery. He was the son of Mr H. Stewart Benbow of ‘Chadshunt’, Lyttleton Road, Stechford, Birmingham. Sold with a quantity of copied service papers and other research. £800-£1000

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal F. Whitehouse, King’s Royal Rifle Corps military Medal, G.V.R. (R-14048 Pte., 8/K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (14048 Pte., K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-14048 Cpl., K.R. Rif. C.) some edge bruising, very fine (4) £350-400 M.M. London Gazette 23 August 1916. private Whitehouse was awarded the Military Medal for his work in capturing a crater - the result of a mine under British held trenches, that was exploded by the Germans on 1 July 1916. £350-£400

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private J. Hobson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, late Royal Army Medical Corps military Medal, G.V.R. (R-40903 Pte., 4/K.R. Rif. C.), edge additionally engraved, ‘66 Potternewton Lane, Chapel Allerton , Leeds’, nearly extremely fine £200-240 M.M. London Gazette 18 July 1919. james Hobson, from Chapel Allerton, Leeds, entered the Balkan theatre of war on 20 May 1915, as a Private in the R.A.M.C. Subsequently transferring to the K.R.R.C., he was awarded the M.M. for bravery during the advance on the Maubeuge-Avesnes Road during November 1918 - one of the main problems of the advance being the extreme fatigue felt by the men due to the rapid advance and the distance covered. Sold with copied research. £200-£240

A Second World War ‘N.W. Europe’ M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Serjeant E. G. M. Willcocks, King’s Royal Rifle Corps military Medal, G.VI.R. (6850428 A. Sjt., K.R.R.C.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, mounted court style for wear, good very fine and better (5) £1600-1800 m.M. London Gazette 21 June 1945. ‘For gallant and distinguished service in N.W. Europe’. recommendation reads, ‘Throughout this period, from November 1944 to January 1945, during which the Battalion has been almost continuously in the line, Cpl. Willcocks has consistently shown the highest qualities of leadership and courage. His example of cheerfulness and coolness under fire has maintained the spirit and increased the ‘dash’ shown by his section of motor infantry. In particular his conduct at Tongerloo may be mentioned. His platoon was ordered to find out the location of the enemy positions. His platoon commander, two NCOs and one Rfn were badly wounded, the platoon Sgt and one Rfn were killed by Spandau fire. Cpl Willcocks was the only remaining NCO. He held the platoon together by his leadership and completed the task of the platoon. He used the platoon weapons with resource and initiative, and thereby extricated all the wounded. His behaviour on this occasion is in keeping with the standard of conduct which he has reached, and which he may confidently expected to maintain’. willcocks, from Kingsgate, Kent, was serving in the 2nd Battalion K.R.R.C. at the time. The battalion was part of 4th Armoured Brigade, 8th Corps, 2nd Army. £1600-£1800

General Service 1962, 2 clasps, Northern Ireland, Dhofar (24105622 Sig. D. A. Ware, R. Signals), in its card box of issue, together with related miniature dress medal and an S.A.S. cap badge, good very fine £400-500 Duncan Alexander Ware was born in May 1952 and enlisted in the Royal Signals at Edinburgh in September 1967. In his subsequent career of 18 years with the Colours he completed no less than four operational tours in Northern Ireland, the first of them in 1973 and the last in 1980, in addition to participating in the Dhofar operations in 1974-75. However, as verified by his Certificate of Service (copy included), he also served in the U.K. on a ‘classified’ basis on at least six occasions between 1977-81, namely during his employment with 264 S.A.S. Signals, so he may well have re-visited Northern Ireland on an operational footing during the periods in question. He was discharged with an ‘Exemplary’ conduct rating in July 1986; sold with a portrait photograph wearing his S.A.S. beret. £400-£500

Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5111040 Cpl. H. Lewis, Para. Regt.) good very fine £80-100 £80-£100

Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (5384124 Pte. W. F. Colling, Para. Regt.) edge bruising, very fine £80-100 £80-£100

Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (23478609 S. Sgt. W. Allan, Para.) good very fine £80-100 £80-£100

Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, T. & A.V.R. (22518557 Pte. J. Smith, Para.) unit officially corrected, edge bruise over surname, otherwise good very fine £60-80 £60-£80

Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, T. & A.V.R. (23589542 Sgt. A. F. Canavan, Para.) extremely fine £100-120 £100-£120

Six: Private C. W. E. Morris, South Staffordshire Regiment, who is believed to have served at Arnhem 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5382094 Pte., S. Stafford R.), together with a pair of embroidered Airborne ‘Wings’, the last an official but later impressed issue, generally good very fine (6) £80-100 The 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, South Staffordshires formed part of the 1st Air-Landing Brigade at Arnhem. £80-£100

Seven: Private J. Harrison, Parachute Regiment and Army Air Corps, late Cameronians, a member of one of ‘Lonsdale’s Force’ who evaded capture at Arnhem in September 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (3246747 Pte., A.A.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (3246747 Pte., Para.), very fine and better (7) £1200-1500 John ‘Jock’ Harrison, originally from Glasgow, enlisted in the Cameronians aged 17 years and, after training on Bofors and anti-tank weapons, served in North Africa, including the actions at ‘Knightsbridge’ and Tobruk. He then volunteered for the 11th Battalion, Parachute Regiment, forming in Palestine, and fought at Arnhem in September 1944, when he was among those to make their escape over the Rhine - his Battalion had been surrounded at Den Brink and reduced to 150 all ranks, following which the second-in-command, Major R. T. H. ‘Dickie’ Lonsdale, D.S.O., M.C. withdrew them to Oosterbeek church, where he told them they must ‘stand or fall, and fight to the last round’. And so they did, just a handful from ‘Lonsdale’s Force’ eventually making it over the Rhine on the 25th - an accompanying obituary from the Leicestershire Branch of the Parachute Association states that Harrison was saved by ‘a Geordie woman, Mary Baer, the wife of a Dutchman’, through whose terraced house he made his escape as the net closed. £1200-£1500

Five: Private R. McLaughlin, Army Air Corps 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya (14162077 Pte., A.A.C.), good very fine or better (5) £200-250 £200-£250

Three: Corporal E. J. Hookway, Army Air Corps and Parachute Regiment war Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Palestine 1945-48 (14988732 Pte., A.A.C.), single initial ‘E.’; General Service 1962, 2 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula (23505951 Cpl., Para.), generally good very fine (3) £300-350 Having enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1945, and re-enlisted in the Parachute Regiment in 1961, Hookway served with 2 Para. in the Borneo operations. According to the vendor, a photograph of Corporal Hookaway appears in the Pegasus journal on the occasion of his winning a Hillman Imp car in a competition. A copy of this photograph, however, is not included with the lot. £300-£350

Four: Warrant Officer Class 2 H. Arnold, Army Air Corps and Parachute Regiment, whose determined leadership of 3 Para’s Anti-Tank Platoon in the Radfan operations led to the capture of an important ridge, thereafter known as ‘Arnold’s Spur’: he was, in the words of one ex-Para, ‘the finest R.S.M. the Parachute Regiment ever had ... a legend that none will surpass in the annals of the Regiment’ War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Near East, Cyprus (14458239 Sjt., A.A.C.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Radfan (22813442 W.O. Cl. 2, Para.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (22813442 W.O. Cl. 2, Para.), mounted court-style as worn, polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (4) £1800-2200 herbert ‘Nobby’ Arnold was born into a family of ten in April 1927, left school at the age of 11, and did odd jobs ranging from baker to truck driver. Enlisting in the Army in 1945, aged 18 years, he served with the Army Air Corps in Palestine before returning to civilian life to compete as a professional boxer. Two years later he rejoined the Colours with an appointment in the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, and served in the Canal Zone in the early 1950s, followed by Cyprus and Suez. a strict disciplinarian, he went on to serve as a Drill and Weapons Instructor at the R.M.A. Sandhurst, but he returned to regular regimental duty as a C.S.M. in time for the Radfan operations. No doubt spurred on by news of the decapitation of two members of 22 S.A.S., who had originally set out to find a potential D.Z. for 3 Para., he first went into action in late May 1964, when given command of the Anti-Tank Platoon. The Red Devils, by G. G. Norton, takes up the story: ‘When the advance was continued on the evening of the 19th a forward patrol had a brush with a group of seven rebels and surprise was now lost. They covered a further 10,000 yards up onto the Hajib escarpment, and half the ridge was now in their hands. The advance on the 20th was led by the Anti-Tank Platoon under the forceful Company Sergeant-Major ‘Nobby’ Arnold. They surprised a party of 12 dissidents and captured three of them with their arms - the first time this had been achieved in the campaign so far. In recognition of his leadership the ridge was promptly named ‘Arnold’s Spur’. ‘ But to those who knew the C.S.M., such an achievement was a right of passage, for by then he had gained a reputation that was second to none - one regimental website carries a mass of individual tributes from ex-Paras: ‘Did he really think there was crude oil in the ground, when he had soldiers in Palestine dig for crude oil on the spots where the trucks had been leaking? Did he really think the Regimental Mascot, the pony ‘Pegasus’, was being insubordinate when it relieved itself on the parade ground? Were the regimental flags really ‘refusing to soldier’ when they wound themselves around the flag poles and did not fly? Or was he giving us all a lesson on military discipline and humour at the same time?’ ‘Nobby’ Arnold, who also gained fame for placing his pace-stick under close arrest, died at Worthing in July 2001: his funeral was attended by over 300 people, among them Field Marshal Sir Roland Gibbs and his old Radfan C.O., General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley - a legend indeed. an excellent photograph of R.S.M. Arnold in full uniform wearing his four medals appears in the book, On The Word of Command. £1800-£2200

Four: Corporal G. Furlong, Parachute Regiment, late Royal Artillery and Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, who was wounded in the drop at El Gamil Airfield during Operation Musketeer korea 1950-53 (22039245 Gnr., R.A.); U.N. Medal; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (22039245 Pte., R.N.F.), initials ‘G. F.’; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Cyprus, Near East (22039245 Cpl., Para.), generally good very fine (4) £800-1000 the following obituary, which includes a photograph was published in the Pegasus journal, 1991: ‘Gerry Furlong died in April 1991 aged 61 years after a long illness. Gerry was called up for his National Service in 1948 and served with the Royal Artillery in B.A.O.R. He signed on for a further two years and saw service in Korea with the U.N. Commonwealth Division. He was demobbed in 1952 and after various jobs in civy street, he enlisted into the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in 1953. He served with the Fusiliers in Kenya and took part in the operations against the Mau Mau. in 1954 Gerry transferred into the Parachute Regiment and was posted to the Third Battalion from 1954 until he was forced to leave the army in 1963, due to a back injury. Gerry was a well known J.N.C.O. in the battalion who was respected by everyone who came into contact with him. During his time in the battalion Gerry served in Cyprus in 1956 and was wounded in the drop at El Gamil Airfield and after a spell in hospital in Malta he rejoined the battalion in the U.K...’ Operation Musketeer the most recent, and to date, the last combat drop by the Paras, took place at Suez, when they joined French forces to protect the shipping canal after Egypt's President Nasser ‘nationalised' the international waterway. In November 1956, Lt Col Paul Crook, commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment, was told to prepare his Cyprus based unit for an operation. But with the 'run-down' of airborne forces after the war, equipment was in short supply. the plan, jointly agreed with French military commanders, called for 3 Para to parachute into a 'hot DZ' - held by the enemy - where they expected to face a fierce battle against 2,000 Egyptian troops, who were supported by armour. Operation Musketeer would need the element of total surprise if it was to succeed, and all 660 men had to be on the ground at El Gamil airfield and ready for action within four and a half minutes. Aircraft were covered in a coat of 'Gentian violet', a blue coloured medication, in a bid to camouflage them against the bright rays of the rising sun. In addition the airstrip at El Gamil was very narrow and the drop height had to be restricted to 700ft or less, in order to avoid soldiers being swept off the DZ by crosswinds. a further move which was not popular with the Battalion, was the decision not to wear reserve parachutes, due to the fact that they would not have the chance to use them at such low level. The Brigade had hardly enough aircraft for a single battalion lift. The Hastings and Valettas were unable to carry heavy equipment and at that time, the new Beverley transporters were not yet available. At 04.15 hours on November 5, 1956, 3 Para jumped in and although opposition was heavy, casualties were few. The unit medical officer, Lt Sandy Cavanagh, was shot in the eye as he descended to the DZ, as well as a dozen other injuries sustained on the ground. the Egyptians had been supplied with Soviet weapons and on the second day a Russian Mig fighter strafed the Paras, causing two casualties. It was a 'one-off incident, regarded as a show of strength by the Red Air Force against world opinion. A sergeant, who was one of the first out of the door at Suez, still remembers his concern for the unexpected 'We were nervous, nobody really knew what to expect, but as soon as we left the aircraft, they started firing at us . . . The airfield was covered with oil drums to stop aircraft landing and once we had cleared it, we made our way to Port Said. There was quite a bit of fighting and we took a few injuries, but nothing to shout about'. at Port Said, 2 Para came ashore, but within a week a ceasefire had been announced and the regiment pulled out, heading back to Cyprus. World opinion had forced Britain and France to withdraw their forces. £800-£1000

Five: Staff Sergeant R. Dove, Royal Tank Regiment, late Special Air Service u.N. Korea; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, E.II.R. (22122080 Tpr., S.A.S.); General Service 1962, 2 clasps, South Arabia, Northern Ireland (22122080 S. Sgt., R.T.R.); U.N. Medal, UNFICYP riband; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (22122080 Sgt., R.T.R.), good very fine or better (5) £1800-2200 roy Dove was called up for National Service in March 1949 and served for 18 months in 7 Royal Tank Regiment, following which he joined the County of London Yeomanry (Territorials) before enlisting in 5 Royal Tank Regiment in 1952. And it was whilst employed as an M.T. driver in the latter unit in Korea that he volunteered for 22 Special Air Service, passing his parachute and selection courses in Singapore before being posted to ‘A’ Squadron, S.A.S. in Malaya. He was subsequently employed in ‘Operation Termite’, participating in several deep penetration patrols into the jungle, more often than not via parachute from Valettas, or helicopters, a pioneering technique known to the S.A.S. as ‘Tree-hopping’. having then been demobilised from 22 S.A.S. in 1957, he re-enlisted into 2 Royal Tank Regiment in 1960, and served in Libya, Cyprus and Germany, until, in 1965, he was appointed House Sergeant to Major-General Ward, the C.O. of 1 Division, H.Q. & Signals. On Ward’s departure, he remained employed in a similar capacity to General Alan Taylor, later Deputy Commander of U.K. Land Forces, while in 1976, he joined 1 Royal Tank Regiment and served as Officer’s Mess Steward until his retirement - his C.O. then noting that he was ‘the most be-medalled soldier in the Regiment (I’ll be glad to see him go!)’. He added, too, ‘having served in the S.A.S. myself, I probably understand Roy Dove better than anyone else in the Regiment - he’s nuts!’ £1800-£2200

Six: Staff Sergeant J. P. Jones, Parachute Regiment, late Royal Marines, who won a ‘mention’ with 3 Commando Brigade in Malaya in 1952 naval General Service 1915-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Near East, M.I.D. oak leaf (RM. 8119 A./Sgt., R.M.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (23542136 Pte., Para.); U.N. Medal, UNFICYP riband; General Service 1962, 1 clasp, South Arabia (23542136 S. Sgt., Para.); Coronation 1953; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (23542136 S. Sgt., Para.), mounted court-style as worn, together with a set of related miniature dress medals, very fine and better and rare (6) £800-1000 John Patrick Jones, who was born in Sutton, Surrey in September 1930, was awarded his mention in despatches ‘for gallant and distinguished service with 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines in Malaya during the period 1 January to 30 June 1952’ (London Gazette 21 October 1952 refers), most probably as a member of 42 Commando. Having then attended the Coronation Day parade in 1953, he participated in ‘Operation Musketeer’ in the Near East in 1956 and transferred to the Parachute Regiment towards the end of the decade. Thereafter, he witnessed further active service in Cyprus 1958-59 and in South Arabia in the 1960s, in addition to a tour of duty in the former country under the the auspices of the U.N. £800-£1000

Three: Corporal R. Bicknell, Parachute Regiment general Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (23901134 L. Cpl., Para.); Jubilee 1977; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (23901134 Cpl., Para.), mounted court-style as worn, occasional edge bruising, very fine and better (3) £300-350 Ronald Bicknell was born in November 1945 and enlisted in the Parachute Regiment at Halifax in February 1962. Having then served in Northern Ireland from September 1970 to May 1972, he was awarded the Jubilee Medal in June 1977 and his L.S. & G.C. Medal in May of the following year (copy service record refers). He was discharged in November 1985; also sold with his Certificate of Qualifications. £300-£350

Pair: Private W. Piper, Parachute Regiment general Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24333088 Pte. W. Piper, Para,); U.N. Medal, UNFICYP riband with metalled ‘3’ fitment, good very fine and better (2) £150-200 £150-£200

A Second World War D-Day operations M.M. group of five awarded to Private R. J. Brennan, 7th Parachute Battalion, Army Air Corps, who landed behind enemy lines on the night of 6 June 1944 military Medal, G.VI.R. (4462955 Pte. R. J. Brennan, A.A.C.), an official replacement with attempted erasure of the ‘R.’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, together with a Parachute Regiment badge, good very fine or better (6) £600-800 m.M. London Gazette 31 August 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘Private Brennan was one of the parachute troops who landed behind the German lines on 6 June 1944. His battalion was in continual action for 21 hours. Throughout this time, Private Brennan’s courage and cheerfulness were an inspiration to his comrades and made an important contribution to the success of this unit.’ Ronald James Brennan, a native of Darlington, is listed among those members of his battalion who were wounded in the period leading up to 5 August 1944 (W.O. 171/1239 refers). the 5th Parachute Brigade, a glider-borne force which included the 7th Parachute Battalion, was charged with seizing the crossings over the River Orne and the canal at Benouville and Ranville, in addition to clearing landing zones north of Ranville for the arrival of reinforcements later on D-Day. Famously, of course, the capture of the former objective was carried out by six platoons of the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment, commanded by Major R. J. Howard, but it should be added that it was the 7th Parachute Battalion who arrived on the scene a little later, in order to help secure the area. of the fate of Brennan’s original M.M., and his replacement award, the following extract from a Northern Ireland Branch S.S.A.F.A. newsletter is not without interest: ‘At a simple ceremony in the Northern Ireland War memorial Building on Thursday, 8 January 1987, Mr. Ronald I. Brennan, M.M., was re-presented with the decoration awarded to him for gallantry in Normandy in 1944 ... an Englishman who has been living in Northern Ireland for some years, he served in the 7th (Light Infantry) Battalion, the Parachure Regiment in North-West Europe 1944-45. The original medal was presented by the then General Montgomery at an investiture in the field in 1944 ... After the War, during the course of his travels as an entertainer, Mr. Brennan lost his Military Medal, and it was not until S.S.A.F.A. came to his assistance on another matter, that Mrs. Grace Herbert, the Secretary for Northern Ireland District, heard the story and applied to the Army Medal Office for a replacement.’ £600-£800

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Elandslaagte (4148 Pte. A. Flannagan, Manch. Regt.) very fine and a rare single clasp £400-450 The recipient was wounded at Elandslaagte on 21 October 1899, while serving in the 1st Battalion; sold with Medal & clasp roll verification. £400-£450

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (Capt. G. S. Walker, R.A.M.C.) nearly extremely fine £550-600 George Stanley Walker was born in February 1865 and was commissioned in the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1892. Advanced to Captain in July 1895, he arrived in South Africa from India in October 1899, and was present at Elandslaagte and the defence of Ladysmith, where he died of enteric on 23 February 1900. He was posthumously mentioned in despatches by Sir George White (London Gazette 8 February 1901 refers); sold with Medal & clasp roll verification. £550-£600

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (4497 Cpl. H. Coppard, 5th Dragoon Guards) good extremely fine £450-500 The recipient was present at Elandslaagte and at the defence of Ladysmith, where he died of enteric on 11 January 1900; sold with Medal & clasp roll verification. £450-£500

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (300 Tpr. H. L. Norton-Smith, Natal M.R.) second initial and surname officially corrected, extremely fine £300-350 Sold with Medal & clasp roll verification. £300-£350

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (9979 Gnr. J. Smith, 42nd Bty. R.F.A.) good very fine £300-350 In addition to its part at Elandslaagte, 42nd Battery, R.F.A. was in action at Rietfontein and lent good service during the Boer attack on Wagon Hill on 6 January 1900; sold with Medal & clasp roll verification. £300-£350

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (4821 Pte. H. B. Guest, Devon Regt.) edge nicks and light contact marks, very fine £400-450 Sold with Medal & clasp roll verification. £400-£450

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Elandslaagte, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (97 Dvr. T. McBain, Natal F. Arty.) unofficial clasp rivets, re-riveted and slack suspension claw, slightly bent suspension bar and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £200-250 Sold with Medal & clasp roll verification. £200-£250

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4185 Corpl. C. Drake, Rl. W. Surrey Regt.) officially re-impressed naming, edge nicks and contact marks, nearly very fine £250-300 Charles William Drake was born in Castor, Northamptonshire in July 1875 and enlisted in the Royal West Surrey Regiment in November 1892, direct from the 3rd (Militia) Battalion. Subsequently embarked for India, he was present in the Tirah and Punjab Frontier operations of 1897-98, in addition to qualifying for the above described Medal & clasps in South Africa - one of just three men in his regiment to qualify for the ‘Elandslaagte’ clasp. Having then been discharged in March 1907, largely as a result of an injury to one of his feet caused by a wagon at Ladysmith, he rejoined the Colours with an appointment in the Military Mounted Police in September 1914, and first entered the French theatre of war as a Sergeant that December. Remaining there until his transferral to the Salonika front in January 1916, he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 22 June 1915 refers) and awarded the D.C.M. (As per Army Order No. 58, dated 1 February 1916). So, too, another ‘mention’ for his subsequent services with H.Q., 27th Division in Salonika (London Gazette 28 November 1917 refers). Re-embarked for the U.K. in March 1918, he was commissioned in the Army Service Corps and was finally demobbed as a Lieutenant in January 1920. Drake died at Camberley, Surrey in March 1951, aged 67 years; sold with a quantity of research, including Medal & clasp roll verification. n.B. The recipient’s complete set of Honours & Awards, including his D.C.M. and another Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 Medal, were sold at Spink in May 1902. £250-£300

Three: Captain W. A. B. RusswŸrm, Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts, late Bulawayo Field Force and Natal Mounted Rifles british South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Sergt., ‘G’ Troop, B.F.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (317 Capt., Natal M.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Cpt. & Adjt., Kitchnr. F. Scts.), the second with officially corrected rank, light contact marks and edge nicks, otherwise generally good very fine (3) £600-800 After serving with the Natal Mounted Rifles at Elandslaagte and Ladysmith, William RusswŸrm was temporarily transferred to the Natal Volunteer Composite Regiment before joining 2nd Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts; sold with Medal & clasp roll verification. £600-£800

Four: Major C. F. Wilkins, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (Lieut., 6/Drgns.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt., Innis. Dgns.); British War and Victory Medals (Major), mounted as worn, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (4) £600-700 Cecil Francis Wilkins was present at Elandslaagte, Rietfontein, Lombard’s Kop and the defence of Ladysmith as a Trooper in the Natal Mounted Rifles. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons in May 1900, he was quickly back in action at Laing’s Nek, in addition to operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony from February 1901 to May 1902, in which lattter period he was advanced to Lieutenant - and became the only member of the regiment to be awarded the ‘Elandslaagte’ clasp. He then served with the Regiment in Ireland and Egypt, but resigned his commission in December 1906, no doubt having got to know Lieutenant L. E. G. Oates - of future Antarctic fame - in the interim. re-employed in the Great War, Wilkins first entered the French theatre of war as a Major in February 1918, his MIC entry revealing service with 311 Brigade, R.F.A., while he also appears to have served in the East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry in the 1920s; sold with Medal & clasp roll verification. £600-£700

A most unusual Spanish War 1898, Boer War and Great War group of five awarded to Major S. Norton-Taylor, 10th Canadian Infantry, late 1st Florida Infantry and Imperial Light Horse queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., I.L.H.); 1914-15 Star (Lieut., 10/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); U.S.A., Spanish War Service Medal 1898, the edge officially numbered ‘30475’, generally good very fine and rare (5) £1200-1500 seymour Norton-Taylor, who was born at Bovey Tracey, Devon in November 1878, first saw active service as a Private in ‘C’ Company, 1st Regiment of Florida Infantry in the Spanish War of 1898, having enlisted in that corps at Tampa, Florida that May. Discharged at Tallahassee at the end of the same year, he next travelled to South Africa, where he enlisted in the 1/Imperial Light Horse and was present at Elandslaagte and the defence of Ladysmith, and participated in later operations after being commissioned in the 2nd Battalion. having then made his way to Canada where he worked as a rancher, Norton-Taylor volunteered for the Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier, Quebec in August 1914 and was quickly commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 10th Battalion Canadian Infantry. Embarked for England in the following month, and thence for France, he was wounded by shrapnel in his right hand on 13 March 1915, and evacuated to the U.K. rejoining his unit in the Field as a Temporary Captain a month or two later, he was seriously wounded by an explosion in his dugout at Ploegsteert on 23 October 1915: ‘During the month of October 1915, Private Clutterbuck found a nose-cap of a shell. He took it into the dugout, where he accidentally dropped it. An explosion followed with the result that Captain Norton-Taylor, who was in the dugout, was severely wounded in the legs and Private Clutterbuck was also severely wounded - he afterwards died as a result of his injuries’ (an official witness statement refers). rushed to a Casualty Clearing Station at Bailleul, and thence to the Red Cross Hospital at Le Touquet, both of Norton-Taylor’s legs were amputated below the knee, but, after gangrene set in, it was necessary to amputate the right leg above the knee. Yet the latter still caused problems by the time he was strong enough to be transferred to a hospital in the U.K., and a further ‘shortening operation’ took place in December 1916. Indeed Norton-Taylor did not return to duty until May 1917, having by then mastered the use of his artificial limbs, and was seconded to the Adjutant-General’s Branch as, appropriately enough, a Hospital Representative. He was honourably discharged as a Major in October 1919, and, given his terrible wounds, lived to a ripe old age, dying at Westgate, Kent in December 1963; sold with a quantity of research. £1200-£1500

Five: 2nd Lieutenant J. L. Power, Royal Artillery queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (5514 Cpl., 21st Bty. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5514 Sjt., R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (5514 S. Mjr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.), the last renamed, occasional edge bruising and somewhat polished, nearly very fine or better (5) £350-400 joseph Lionel Power was born in July 1879 and enlisted in the Royal Artillery in July 1894. Posted to 21st Battery, R.F.A. out in India later that year, he was embarked for South Africa in October 1899, where he served at Elandslaagte and at the defence of Ladysmith, and won entitlement to the above described Medals and clasps. The 21st Battery first went into action at Lompard’s Kop on 30 October 1899, and was several times engaged at Ladysmith, including the actions of 3 November and 6 January 1900. Having then returned to the U.K., Power removed to 47th Battery, R.F.A. in 1910, and to the 1st East Anglian F.A. Brigade (Territorials) in August 1913, and remained employed in the U.K. until September 1915. in that month, he entered the French theatre of war as a Sergeant-Major in D/5 Battery, 5th Brigade, R.F.A., Lahore Divisional Artillery, while in December of the same year he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. Still with the Lahore Divisional Artillery, he was wounded in the left shoulder and head on the Somme on 9 September 1916, and was evacuated from Calais to Southampton a few days later. He did not return to duty until March 1917, when he was attached to the Anti-Aircraft Depot at Woolwich, following which, in July of the same year, he joined 25th Anti-Aircraft Company as a Lieutenant. He was placed on half-pay in May 1919; sold with a quantity of research, including Medal & clasp roll verification. £350-£400

A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Acting Corporal R. Smith, Royal Scots distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3285 A. Cpl., 2/R. Scots) suspension refixed, signs of brooch mounting to rev., edge bruising, about very fine £300-350 D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1918; citation 17 April 1918. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He did excellent work on many occasions, and especially after an attack, where he repeatedly searched No Man's Land under machine-gun and rifle fire and brought in many wounded men. By courage, zeal and initiative he undoubtedly saved many lives’. 2nd Battalion Royal Scots were part of 8 Brigade 3 Division. Private Robert Smith landed in France on 2 December 1914 and qualified for the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. On 17 February 1920 by ruling of a District Convened Civil Court his D.C.M. was forfeited but this was later restored. Sold with copied m.i.c. and other research. £300-£350

A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Private A. W. Cooke, West Yorkshire Regiment distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1790 Pte., 5/W. Yorks. R.-T.F.) suspension re-pinned, edge bruising, contact marks, fine £450-550 D.C.M. London Gazette ‘For conspicuous gallantry when, though wounded in the head he volunteered to carry bombs to a bombing post and, in order to save time, went across the open in full view of the enemy; while crossing he was seriously wounded but handed over the bombs to the post’. serving with the 5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment he was severely wounded in the action for which he was awarded the D.C.M. He later served with the Military Mounted Police. Entitled to the British War and Victory Medals and Silver War Badge. Sold with copied m.i.c. £450-£550

A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Serjeant E. Kent, Royal Field Artillery distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (52086 Sjt., C.153/Bde. R.F.A.) some edge bruising and contact marks, good fine £450-550 D.C.M. London Gazette 21 October 1918. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action. He continued to serve his gun single-handed after the whole of the detachment except him had become casualties. He has invariably set a splendid example to all ranks by his gallantry under fire’. edward Kent landed in France on 11 November 1914 as a Gunner in 33 Royal Horse Artillery. He subsequently transferred to the Royal Field Artillery and won the D.C.M. serving with C.153 Brigade R.F.A. He qualified for the 1914 Star and the British War and Victory Medals. However his m.i.c. indicates that his medals were forfeited but were subsequently restored. £450-£550

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Serjeant R. Dooley, Royal Field Artillery, awarded for an action near St. Quentin, 21 March 1918 distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (L-10081 Sjt., A.149/Bde. R.F.A.) very fine £500-600 D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1918. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when the enemy reached the gun positions he immediately organised a party with rifles and covered the withdrawal of the detachments. He himself covering the withdrawal of his party. Later, he went out by himself on a flank and held up the enemy, enabling some officers and men who had been cut off to withdraw to safety’. 21 March 1918 was the first day of the great German offensive ‘Operation Michael’ the main weight of the attack was between Arras and a few miles South of St Quentin. The new German infiltration (‘Hutier’) tactics meant that small groups of infantry using bombs and machine guns avoided Allied strong points and continued to press forward wherever there was an opportunity. Serjeant Dooley earned his D.C.M. for his gallantry in this very confusing and dangerous situation. £500-£600

A Great War D.C.M. awarded to Battery Sergeant-Major C. E. Dyer, Royal Field Artillery distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (41556 B.S. Mjr., R.F.A.) edge bruising, pitting, worn £450-550 D.C.M. London Gazette 30 October 1918. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action. He displayed great coolness and power of leadership in getting his Battery away from a narrow track in a wood when caught in a very heavy shellfire, which caused many casualties to horses. By his quickness and initiative he saved his battery from heavy casualties’. m.I.D. London Gazette 18 May 1917. battery Sergeant-Major Charles E. Dyer entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 19 August 1914. He was subsequently promoted to Acting Warrant Officer 1st Class. He was entitled to the 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals and the General Service Medal with clasp for Iraq. Sold with copied m.i.c. £450-£550

Three: Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Lensh, Special List 1914-15 Star (Lieut.); British War and Victory Medal (Lt. Col.) good very fine (3) £70-90 £70-£90

Pair: Lieutenant R. V. Manford, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action, 8 August 1918 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., R.F.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut.) extremely fine (2) £80-100 Reginald Valentine Manford was born in Welshpool, Montgomeryshire on 14 February 1892. Educated at Welshpool Grammar School, and then became the Private Secretary to the Earl of Powis at Powis Castle. On 2 March 1914 he joined ‘B’ Company Montgomeryshire Yeomanry as 2080 Private R.V. Manford. On 21 May 1914 he was promoted Lance-Corporal Artificer in the Motor Cycle Section and on 5 August 1914 was embodied into ‘D’ Company and was later promoted Sergeant. on 22 February 1915, having served 358 days in uniform, he was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery (Chester Brigade). He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 21 November 1915. On 8 August 1918 as a Lieutenant serving with 59 Battery, R.F.A. in the 18th Army Brigade, 1st British Army, he was killed in action, aged 26 years. He was buried in Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme. He was the son of Mr and Mrs S. Manford of Springbank, Welshpool. Sold with copied service papers. £80-£100