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
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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
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, 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, 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, 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
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
Pair: A. T. Brookes, Voluntary Aid Detachment 1914-15 Star (V.A.D.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (V.A.D.) 1914-15 Star (2) (A. Brown, B.R.C. & St. J.J.; E. H. Glover, V.A.D.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (C. C. Bennett, V.A.D.) good very fine and better (5) £50-70 Elsie Hamilton Glover, V.A.D., served in Egypt. £50-£70
Pair: Staff Nurse M. I. Witchell, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve 1914-15 Star (S. Nurse, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (S. Nurse) victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (Sister E. H. M. Burlend; S. Nurse H. Galton; 401 Wkr. E. M. A. Patterson, Q.M.A.A.C.) generally good very fine (5) £50-70 £50-£70
Pair: Leading Deck Hand C. H. Belcher, Royal Naval Reserve british War and Victory Medals (4775S L.D.H., R.N.R.) british War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. A. Holmes, R.N.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (K.38979 A. R. Biddlecombe, Sto.1, R.N.; K.1652 R. N. Bacon, L. Sto., R.N.; S.S.6014 H. C. Barham, A.B., R.N.; 305137 A. H. Davis, L. Sto., R.N.) last fine; others very fine and better (7) £60-80 Leading Stoker Albert Henry Davis, R.N., was killed in action at the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914, aged 34 years, whilst serving on the armoured cruiser Good Hope. He was the son of Daniel Harry Denis and Mary Ann Davis of Wokingham and the husband of Mrs Lily Davis of 9 Arun Cottages, Waterloo Road, Wokingham, Berkshire. £60-£80
1914-15 Star (2) (R.M.B. 1632 Mus. R. F. Beer; F. Susans, Ctn. Sr.); British War Medal 1914-20 (C. Waggett); Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (Deal 3051-S Pte. P. Brown, R.M.; 3666 Sjt. W. Brown, A Cyclist Corps; 10473 Pte. P. Perkins, Br. W.I.R.; 62 L-Nk. Ghazan, S. Waz. Militia; 45634 2 A.M. D. McLeod, R.A.F.) some edge bruising, fine and better (8) £60-80 £60-£80
A British War Medal awarded to Second Lieutenant J. A. Chrystie, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was captured and killed, 28 October 1914 british War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut. J. A. Chrystie) nearly extremely fine £80-100 James Alexander Chrystie was born on 30 May 1888 and lived at 18 South Crescent, Ardrossan, Scotland. His parents were James Brown and Elma Eliva Chrystie. He was educated at the Ardrossan Academy and Glasgow University. He was a member of the Ardrossan School Cadet Corps, which was affiliated to the 1st Volunteer Battalion Royal Garrison Artillery. In 1907 he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st V. B. Royal Garrison Artillery and was promoted to Captain in 1908. On 19 November 1913 he was commissioned as a Special Reserve Officer in the 3rd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. By September 1914 he had passed the Matriculation Examination to gain entry to Glasgow University and was in his fifth year of Medical Training. He was immediately ‘called up’ and was attached to the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. the 2nd Battalion had returned from Gibraltar in 1914 and were quickly sent to Flanders in October 1914 to join the ‘Contemptible Little Army’. They were part of 21 Brigade, 7th Division and took a major part in the heroic defence of Gheluvelt during the First Battle of Ypres. At this battle, ‘The 2nd RSF were reduced to a mere handful of men commanded by a subaltern, but held their place in the Line’. During this period Lieutenant Chrystie came to notice by utilizing his medical skills to bandage wounded soldiers. His Adjutant, later wrote, ‘This skill saved many lives’. at 6am on 28 October 1914 Lieutenant Chrystie was sent out in command of a patrol to make contact with the battalion on their right flank near Gorndvoorde, 5 miles East of Ypres. He returned from this patrol and at 9am set out again with a second patrol with the same mission. In the patrol, Privates Hill and Douglas acted as ‘Point’ followed by Lieutenant Chrystie. Following Chrystie were Corporal Richardson and three other soldiers of the 2nd Battalion including Private Harman. As they moved forward they met and joined with, a patrol of a corporal and three soldiers from the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. suddenly, according to Private Hardman, they ‘got into a trap’ and Lieutenant Chrystie, the two soldiers on ‘point’ and the four soldiers from the Royal Warwickshire Regiment were taken prisoner. Private Hardman hid in a ruined church but saw that Lieutenant Chrystie was unwounded but standing up with his revolver in his hand. He then saw Chrystie and the six soldiers being marched away as prisoners. on their return to the Battalion, Corporal Richardson and Privates Elliot and Hardman reported the incident to Sergeant J. McBain and their Company Commander, Captain J. C. Whigram. Captain Whigram initially thought that James Chrystie had either ‘been hit’ or had become separated from his patrol and had stayed with the Household Cavalry who were in the area. He did however send out a patrol to look for Lieutenant Chrystie and his soldiers, but this was unsuccessful. On 30 October 1914 Chrystie was officially reported as ‘Missing 28th October 10am while on patrol taken prisoner unwounded with 6 men’. the parents of Lieutenant Chrystie then made strenuous efforts to discover the whereabouts of their son. His Mother first met Captain Whigram in London, then his Father, Mr James Brown Chrystie, who was now Provost of Ardrossan, met Captain Whigram in Greenock. Captain Whigram consistently stated that when he interviewed the remaining soldiers of Christie's patrol, they all said that Chrystie had been unwounded when he was captured. Provost Chrystie then contacted Sergeant McBain who wrote that Private Elliot had no doubt that Chrystie was captured without being wounded and was standing untouched in any way. Provost Chrystie then interviewed Private Hardman, who had subsequently been wounded, who also confirmed that Mr Chrystie was unwounded and had been made a prisoner with the six other soldiers. The Army then officially interviewed Private Hardman and on 7 March 1915 a Captain Stanton wrote to Provost Chrystie confirming that the evidence all pointed to the conclusion that Mr Chrystie was unwounded when he had been marched away as a prisoner. On 5 August 1915 Provost Christie wrote to the Military Secretary asking for information as to whether his son was a prisoner of war or killed. The American Authorities in Berlin passed this request to the German Government who on 30 September 1915 sent a ‘Note Verbale’ which stated that at the beginning of March 1915 while deepening the bed of the road from Tenbrieler to Zandvoosde, the body of an English soldier had been found by a working party. The body had been reburied due west of the road, but apart from an identification disc - ‘Chrystie J.A. 21 Pres. RSF’ nothing further was found on the body. On 14 December 1915, Provost Chrystie was informed by the War Office that as the identity disc of his son had been forwarded by the German Government through the American Embassy ‘the death of 2/Lieut. Chrystie has now been accepted for official purposes as having occurred on or since 30th October 1914, the date he was reported missing’. james Alexander Christie's body was not recovered and his name is on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His name is also on the Ardrossan Academy Roll of Honour that is sited in the Assembly Hall, and is on the Roll of Honour of Glasgow University and the Town War Memorial of Ardrossan. Sold with copied papers and other research. £80-£100
A British War Medal awarded to Second Lieutenant C. V. Holder, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, late London Regiment, who was killed in action at Delville Wood, 24 August 1916 british War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut. C. V. Holder) good very fine £40-50 Charles Vincent Holder was born on 29 May 1885 at Cornwall House, Lavender Hill, London. On leaving school he went to the Royal Academy to study painting and after qualifying became a professional artist. With the onset of war he volunteered for the Army on 8 August 1914, joining the 1st Battalion London Regiment. As a Private he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 6 January 1915. With them he saw action at the battle of L'Epinette, the defence of Ypres and the actions at Hooge and the Menin Road. On 25 October 1915 Private Holder returned to England to be commissioned, and on 1 November became a 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. After training, he returned to France and was posted to the 5th (Service) Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. as part of the Somme offensive, South African forces in the face of bitter opposition had captured Delville Wood suffering 766 dead. The Wood was however not totally cleared and in August 1916, 42 Brigade, 14 (Light) Division that included the 5th Battalion K.S.L.I. were given the task. By 21 August the Battalion had reached trenches at the edge of Delville Wood and at 05.45am went ‘Over the Top’. They had initial success but were not supported from the flank and in the face of severe artillery and machine gun fire were forced back to their original trench and then to the second line trench. They had captured two officers and 115 German soldiers but had suffered 201 casualties. 2nd Lieutenant Holder was among the seven 2nd lieutenants killed in the attack. in 1917 when the Allies advanced through Delville Wood Holder's identity discs were found on his body. However his body was not recovered for official burial and his name was commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Sold with copied service papers, m.i.c., and other research. £40-£50
British War Medal 1914-20 (28703 A. Sjt. E. A. Wilkinson, 16-Can. Inf.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1390 A.L. Cpl. F. D. Pollard, C.A.M.C.) extremely fine (2) £60-80 Edward Austin Wilkinson enlisted at Victoria, British Columbia. Serving with the 16th Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment), he was killed in the action in St. Juliens Wood on 22 April 1915. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. private Frederick D. Pollard, Canadian Army Medical Corps, was killed in action on 27 June 1918 when the ship on which he was travelling - the Llandovery Castle - was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The ship was en-route from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, carrying 258 souls, of whom 94 were medical staff of the C.A.M.C. At 21.30 on 27 June, some 114 miles west of Fastnet, the Llandovery Castle, despite being emblazoned with the Red Cross sign, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-86 commanded by Captain Patzig. Lifeboats were got away and with the weather calm there was every expectation that the many survivors would be quickly rescued. However this was not to be, as the submarine surfaced and proceeded to fire at the helpless lifeboats. At dawn the next day, only one boat containing 24 survivors remained afloat. Captain Sylvester of the Llandovery Castle was one of the 24; Private Pollard was one of the 234 who lost their lives. His name is commemorated on the Halifax Memorial. Both medals with copied research. £60-£80
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (Lt. Col. W. L. Forbes; Capt. T. Law; 2 Lieut. A. Ramsay) very fine and better (3) £60-80 Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. Forbes, Black Watch, served in the Afghan War 1879-80 at Kandahar (Medal with clasp); the Burmese Expedition 1886-7 as Assistant to the Brigade Commissariat Officer (Medal with two clasps); the South African War 1899 Ð 1902, serving with the Imperial Light Horse, serving in operations in Natal 1899, including the action at Elandslaagte, where he was severely wounded. He was afterwards employed with Remount Department (Q.S.A. with four clasps, K.S.A. with two clasps). On 20 May 1915 he is shown as Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 4th (City of Dundee) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). t. Law became a 2nd Lieutenant in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry on 19 September 1914. In the August 1916 Army List he is shown as a Temporary Captain with effect on 1 July 1915 in the 2nd Battalion Queens Own Royal Glasgow Regiment. In December 1918 while still in that regiment, he is shown as having been attached to the 13th Battalion Essex Regiment since 1 June 1916. £60-£80
British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Lieut. W. Atherton; Lieut. S. F. Clayton; 2 Lieut. E. Collinson; Lieut. E. V. Stokes) nearly extremely fine (4) £80-100 S. F. Clayton listed in the August 1916 Army List as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Hampshire Regiment. In the April 1917 list he is shown as still with the Hampshire Regiment but serving with the Machine Gun Corps. Promoted Lieutenant in July 1917. In the December 1918 list he is shown as serving with the 10th Battalion Hampshire Regiment. e. Collinson was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the East Yorkshire Regiment in July 1917. In the December 1918 list he is shown as serving in the 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. captain E.V.Stokes, Royal West Kents. Transferred to the Labour Corps and Royal West Surrey Regiment. £80-£100
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (Lt. Col. J. H. Cooke; Major E. P. Donaldson; Bt. Col. J. M. Ransom) good very fine and better (3) £60-80 Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Cooke, 4th Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. major E. P. Donaldson, Rifle Brigade. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 15th (Service) Battalion Rifle Brigade, 12 January 1915; promoted to Lieutenant, 7 July 1916. In the April 1917 list shown as serving with the Machine Gun Corps. In the December 1918 list shown as an Acting Major, Rifle Brigade, attached to Machine Gun Corps. james Mann Ransom was commissioned into the Royal Marines but transferred to become an officer in the 12th Bombay Native Infantry, Indian Army. He then served in the 114 Mahrattas and was promoted Major in February 1901. He then retired. In November 1914 with the onset of war he was re-employed as a Brevet Colonel and in the August 1916 List he is shown as in command of the 9th (Reserve) Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry based at Pembroke Dock. In April 1917 he is shown as a Brevet Colonel in command of the 48th Battalion K.S.L.I. and Training Reserve. £60-£80
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (Lt. Col. R. W.Oppenheim; Lieut. E. Cremieu-Javal; Capt. H. C. Jackson) very fine and better (3) £70-90 Robert William Oppenheim was born in Park Lane, London on 5 May 1880. He was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards on 20 January 1900 and was promoted Lieutenant on 14 December 1901. On 26 March 1902 he transferred into the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards as a 2nd Lieutenant. In 1911, after a tour in South Africa, he became Adjutant of the 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) and was promoted Captain on 3 August 1912. When war broke out in 1914, the Westminster Dragoons were attending their annual camp and were immediately mobilised. After training and reorganising they sailed to Egypt in January 1915 and became part of the Yeomanry Mounted Brigade. On 14 January they sailed from Alexandria and landed at Sulva Bay on 18 August to become part of 5th Mounted Brigade, 2nd Mounted Division. They moved from ‘A’ Beach to Lala Baba on the 20th and then forward to Chocolate Hill. As dismounted troops they took part in the attacks on Scimitar Hill and Hill 112, where they suffered heavy casualties. Throughout September and October the Dragoons carried out tours in the Forward Areas of the Carter's House Sector, finally sailing back to Mudros on 31 October. Captain Robert Oppenheim served as Adjutant during this campaign in Gallipoli. He was then posted to Flanders to be an D.A.A. & Q.M.G. in the Machine Gun Corps and did ‘Invaluable work in the raising of the tank formations which fought at Cambrai’. He then returned to the Middle East to be an A.A. & Q.M.G. in the 53rd Welsh Division for the final campaign led by General Allenby. Oppenheim was made a Temporary Lieutenant Colonel on 8 September 1917 and confirmed as Brevet Major on 1 January 1918. For his wartime services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 June 1919), awarded the O.B.E. and Order of the Nile, 4th Class. He retired from the Army on 24 April 1921 because of ill health, and joined the Metropolitan Special Constabulary, eventually becoming Commandant of ‘A’ Division. He died on 13 December 1941 aged 62 years. lieutenant E. Cremieu-Javal, a Railway Traffic Officer. several ‘J. H. Jacksons’ in 1918 Army List. Only one with the rank of captain - Captain J. H. Jackson, 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. In the regimental history it records, ‘On the 9th September 1914 there was a sharp engagement. Five men were killed and twenty-nine were wounded including Lieut J.H. Jackson ...’ £70-£90
Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. N. R. Walker) nearly extremely fine £40-50 Norman Reginald Walker was commissioned into the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Royal Scots on 5 January 1916 and was then posted to the 1st Battalion. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1917 with the 7th Battalion, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war being attached to the 10th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action on 23 August 1918, aged 23 years of age. Walker was buried in the Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, Morbecque. He was the only son of Edwin J and Elizabeth Pullar Petrie Walker of Edinburgh. Sold with copied m.i.c. £40-£50
Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (Capt. F. I. Harrison; Lieut. C. J. A. Kysh; 2 Lieut. J. P. Storrs) good very fine and better (3) £100-140 Francis Ingleby Harrison was born on 27 April 1883 at home in Underwood House, Hornsey Lane, Islington. He was educated at Westminster College and Christ Church Oxford, then left England to be the Manager of a Rubber Estate in Malaya. With the onset of war, he returned to England and on 3 November 1915 was commissioned into the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment on 3 November 1915. On 28 July 1916 he sailed to France and joined the 1st Battalion R.W.K. and served with them in France and in Italy. He was promoted to Lieutenant in February 1918 and advanced to Acting Captain in April 1918. Returning to France, the 1st Battalion found itself at Barley as part of 13 Brigade, 5th Division, placed in Reserve. When on 9 April, the great German offensive began and the Germans broke through the Portuguese near Neuve Chapelle, the 1st Battalion was moved forward to the front line near Plate Becque. Here they suffered constant German shelling, nightly aerial bombing and continually heavy machine gun fire. During this period three officers were wounded one of whom was Acting Captain Harrison who received a ‘Gunshot wound in the right thigh, left arm and right foot.’ He was evacuated to 39th Stationary Hospital but died from his wounds on 8 May 1918. He was buried in the Aire Communal Cemetery. He was the son of Rev. J. J. Harrison, Chaplain and Naval Instructor, R.N. and L. E. Harrison, of Boscastle, Cornwall. claude James Anthony Kysh was born in St Michael’s, Barbados, on 31 January 1894. He was educated at Harrison College, Barbados, and joined the Barbados Volunteer Force in 1910. After leaving College he became a Sugar Planter. Returning to England with the onset of war, he was commissioned into the 7th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment on 14 October 1914. With them he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 18 August 1914. In November he contracted ‘Trench Foot’ and on 31 December was evacuated to England. By August 1916 he had recovered sufficiently to join the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion and sail to Egypt on ‘Draft Conducting Duties’. Still not fully fit; in July 1918 a medical report stated he was suffering from Trench Foot and Neuritis. Returning to England for treatment, he died on 27 November 1918 in the Norfolk War Hospital, Thorpe, Norfolk. james Parker Storrs was born in Stalybridge, Cheshire, and was educated at Manchester University and Clare College, Cambridge and, following his graduation, became a solicitor. On 24 May 1915 he was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment, initially into the 2nd Battalion and then on 28 July 1916 he was posted to the 1/6th Battalion in France. He was promoted a Temporary Lieutenant on 23 October 1916. He died of wounds received in action, at No.32 C.C.S. in Belgium, on 8 August 1917. All with copied service papers and research. £100-£140
Victory Medal 1914-19 (2 Lieut. E. M. Lynch-Staunton) nearly very fine £40-50 Eric Margrave Lynch-Staunton was born in Addleston, Surrey on 15 July 1897. After leaving School he worked as a ‘L.C.C. Tramways Clerk’ but as soon as he was eighteen he joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in London and on 16 August 1915 became 1659 Private E.M. Lynch-Staunton. He was appointed to a commission in the 4/3rd London Regiment on 30 December 1915. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 17 September 1916 and was posted to the 1/3rd London Regiment. He was killed in action on 9 May 1917, aged 19 years. Having no known grave, his name was commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Sold with copied service papers and m.i.c. £40-£50
Victory Medal 1914-19 (2 Lieut. W. T. Cole) nearly extremely fine £40-50 william Thomas Cole was born in Ripon on 9 July 1895. Employed as a Draper’s Assistant, he enlisted into the West Yorkshire Regiment on 19 July 1915. Posted to the 2/5th Battalion he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 5 January 1917. As a Sergeant he was severely wounded on 3 May 1917, during the Battle of Bullecourt, receiving a ‘severe gunshot wound to the left shoulder and chest’. He was evacuated firstly to the 49th C.C.S. then to the 10th General Hospital in Rouen and finally to Londonderry. On his recovery, on 27 July 1917 he returned to the 2/5th West Yorkshire Regiment in France where the Battalion was training for the Cambrai offensive. Here he was selected for officer training and returned to England on 25 October 1917. On 17 May 1918 he was commissioned into the 4th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment but returning to France he was posted to his old battalion at Pourcy. He was killed in action on 29 July 1918, aged 23 years, in the attack on Mont De Bligny. He was buried in the Chambrecy British Cemetery. 2nd Lieutenant Cole was the son of Philip and Annie Cole of 2 Blossomgate, Ripon, Yorkshire. Sold with copied service papers, m.i.c. and other research. £40-£50
Victory Medal 1914-19 (2 Lieut. A. L. Salter) very fine £40-50 Albert Leonard Salter was born in Bath on 2 November 1894 and was educated at Bath Technical and City Secondary School. Employed as a Clerk in the Rates Department, in Bath Town Hall, he enlisted into Army Ordnance Corps on 27 October 1915. on 30 October 1917 he was granted a commission in the 3rd Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Special Reserve), but by 21 March 1918 he was attached to the 2/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. On that date the Germans launched their great ‘Spring Offensive’. The 2/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment was one of the battalions in the Hirondelle Valley fighting desperately around Bullecourt. Some units were completely overrun and destroyed, others fought stubbornly to save the village. The offensive lasted a month and the total British casualties were 177,739 killed, wounded and missing. One of those reported missing (later killed in action) was 2nd Lieutenant Salter. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Sold with copied service papers, including those from his father requesting further information. £40-£50
Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. W. Aggett, 9-Bn. A.I.F.) extremely fine £70-90 William Aggett enlisted at South Brisbane, Queensland. As a Lieutenant serving with the 9th (Queensland) Battalion A.I.F., he was killed in action on 23 July 1916, in the attack along the Pozieres Ridge during the Battle of the Somme. It was in this attack that Private John Leak, 9th Battalion, A.I.F. won the Victoria Cross. Having no known grave, Aggett’s name is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. £70-£90
Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (Lt. Col. J. F. Duncan; Lieut. F. G. B. Hill; Major J. C. Lloyd; Lieut. G. E. Potter), first with M.I.D. oakleaf on ribbon, good very fine and better (4) £120-160 Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan served in the Second Boer War with the City of London Imperial Volunteers (Field Battery). Serving in the Orange River Colony and Transvaal, he saw action at Lindley, Bethlehem and Wittebergen. For his services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901) and awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps. During the Great War he served as a Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery, 1914-17, and was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 18 May 1917 and awarded the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette 4 June 1917). lieutenant F. G. B. Hill, Royal Engineers, awarded the Military Cross (London Gazette 11 May 1918). major J. C. Lloyd, South Wales Borderers, later serving as an Assistant Provost Marshal, was twice mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 20 Decembe.r 1918 and 5 July 1919) and awarded the Military Cross (London Gazette 1 January 1917). lieutenant G. E. Potter, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Machine Gun Corps, awarded the Military Cross (London Gazette 1 January 1918). £120-£160
Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (Capt. M. A. Archdale; Capt. W. S. M. Brady; Lieut. C. D. Coulby; Capt. W. J. Cowan) second fine; others good very fine (4) £80-100 Captain M. A. Archdale, R.A.M.C., served in the 3rd Northumberland Field Ambulance. captain W. S. M. Brady, King’s Royal Rifle Corps and Gold Coast Regiment. lieutenant G. D. Coulby, 7th Battalion Notts. & Derby. Regiment, attached Tank Corps. captain W. J. Cowan, two of this name and rank known - R.A.M.C. and Manchester Regiment.. £80-£100
Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (Capt. D. F. G. Duff; Major W. Franklin; 2 Lieut. V. R. Gill; Capt. J. Oliver), second lacking suspension ring, very fine and better (4) £80-100 Captain D. F. G. Duff, Machine Gun Corps, late 9th Lancers. major W. Franklin, 6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment. 2nd Lieutenant V. R. Gill, Royal Field Artillery. captain J. Oliver, 29th Battalion, Tyneside Scottish Northumberland Fusiliers. £80-£100
Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (Lieut. G. C. W. O’Carroll; Major J. D. Shepherd; Capt. W. J. Symes; Lieut. R. B. Walker), second with M.I.D. oakleaf on ribbon; last lacking suspension ring, good very fine and better (4) £80-100 Lieutenant G. C. W. O’Carroll, 4th, attached 1/5th Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry; wounded at the Battle of Lys. captain W. J. Symes, Royal Army Medical Corps. £80-£100
Defective medals (6), Pair: 1914 Star (Major D. H. Gill, R.F.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Col.D. H. Gill); Pair: 1914-15 Star (Lieut. D. B. Calder, Rl. Highrs.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lt. Col. D. B. Calder); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (Lieut. L. Anderson; Capt. H. A. Nisbet), all renamed; lapel badges (9), including U.S. F.A.A. Special Agent, nearly very fine and better (lot) £30-50 Great War medals with some research. Also with some unrelated photographs of officers and men of the 7th Northamptonshire Regiment. £30-£50
A rare Napoleonic Wars Guelphic Medal group of four awarded to Corporal Frederick Armstadt, 1st Hussars, King’s German Legion, for gallantry at the bridge of Gallegos in July 1810 and also at the battle of Toulouse in April 1814 guelphic Medal for Bravery 1815 (Ferdinand Almstedt, Corporal im 1t. Hus. Rt. K.D.L. zu N’olle) a few letters of naming obscured through contact wear; Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (Fredk. Armstadt, 1st Hussars, K.G.L.); Waterloo 1815 (Frederick A-mstadt, 1st Reg. Hussars, K.G.L.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, one letter of surname obscured through contact wear; Hannoverian Medal for Volunteers of the K.G.L. 1814, unnamed as issued, edge bruising and contact marks to the earlier awards, fine or better, the M.G.S. nearly extremely fine £6000-8000 guelphic Medal for Bravery announced in the 1819 list, for bravery at Gallegos, 4 July 1810, and Toulouse, 10 April 1814. the citation published in Beamish’s History of the German Legion reads: ‘At the bridge of Gallegos, 4th of June 1810, when the rear-guard under captain Krauchenberg, opposed the superior numbers of enemy with such persevering bravery, corporal Almstedt particularly distinguished himself. He was always one of the foremost in repelling the attacks, and saved the life of serjeant Bergmann, who, surrounded and wounded, was rescued by his cutting down several of those who were taking the serjeant away a prisoner, and putting the rest to flight. In general, upon all occasions when volunteers were required, Almstedt was the first to offer himself.’ The citation published in German by von Wissel also adds, ‘This exceptionally brave soldier was always first to step out when volunteers were needed and he also distinguished himself at the battle of Toulouse 1814’. ferdinand/Frederick Almstedt/Armstadt joined the 1st Dragoons (Hussars from 1814) K.G.L., a recruit from England, on 28 February 1807. He fought with his regiment in Portugal, Spain and France from June 1809 until the end of the war in 1814, and the campaign of 1815 in France and Flanders, including the battle of Waterloo. He returned to Hannover shortly afterwards and was discharged there on 24 February 1816, when the regiment was disbanded. Sold with full research including extracts from medal roll and muster and pay lists. £6000-£8000
Three: Private John Willis, Royal Marines south Africa 1834-53 (Private, R.M.); China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Pte., 93rd Coy. R.M., 21 Yrs.), all fitted with contemporary riband buckles for wearing, contact marks, edge bruising and a little polished, nearly very fine or better and rare (3) £800-1000 John Willis was born near Haverhill, Essex and enlisted in the Royal Marines at Newmarket in November 1847, aged 22 years. Assigned to the Chatham Division, his subsequent seagoing appointments included H.M.S. Castor, May 1849 to February 1853, in which period he was one of around 140 seamen and marines landed in South Africa in 1851, the majority to man the garrison constructed at the mouth of the River Buffalo (see roll in Naval Medals 1793-1856, by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, R.N.). So, too, the Comus, May 1853 to June 1858, and the gunboat Havock, from July 1859, in which former ship he qualified for his Second China War Medal and later the clasp ‘Taku Forts 1860’. Having then removed to the Sanspareil, he was awarded his fifth Good Conduct Badge in November 1868 and his L.S. & G.C. Medal in January 1869, shortly before he was pensioned ashore in July of that year. £800-£1000
Pair: Leading Stoker Samuel Bishop, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Warrior 1861-64, then the largest, fastest, most heavily armed and heavily armoured warship in the world baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Sl. Bishop, Lg. Stokr., H.M.S. Avon, 20 Yrs.), this last with slightly bent suspension post and a scratch over the ‘20’, one or two edge bruises but generally very fine (2) £400-450 Samuel Bishop was born in Leicester in May 1829 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker aboard H.M.S. Archer in March 1854, in which ship he quickly witnessed active service in the Baltic. But probably his most memorable ship appointment was the newly commissioned Warrior, which he joined in May 1861, then the first iron-hulled, armour-plated warship ever built for the Royal Navy, and the largest, fastest, most heavily armed and heavily armoured ship the world had ever seen. For his own part, life in her stokehold was difficult in the extreme, toiling as he did in temperatures of about 110 degrees Fahrenheit, shovelling tons of coal and ash, the air thick with dust and the noise indescribable. Indeed Bishop remained similarly employed until removing to the Asia in August 1864, thereby having served in Warrior during her prime, when crowds of upto 6,000 people turned out to greet her on her return from patrols in the Channel Squadron - and today, at Portsmouth, she remains a popular destination for those visiting the famous dockyard. he was finally pensioned ashore as a Leading Stoker from the Avon in April 1875, in which year he also received his Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal. £400-£450
Four: Surgeon W. Y. Jeeves, Royal Artillery, late 38th Foot crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, these two both unnamed as issued; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Asst. Surgn. W. Y. Jeeves, 11th Bde. Rl. Art.); Legion of Honour, Knight’s 5th class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels, all fitted with silver ribbon buckles and mounted in a contemporary carved wood frame, the last with enamel damage, otherwise toned, good very fine (4) £1000-1200 sold with 3 original commissions as Assistant Surgeon to the Forces (1 August 1856), Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Artillery (9 January 1857), and Surgeon to the Forces (21 November 1864); two letters of thanks for services in the Crimea, one signed by Sir John Hall, Inspector General of Medical services in the Crimea; and three portraits of the recipient’s father, John Jeeves of Sheffield, one particularly fine in oils on card and contained in a contemporary carved wood frame. william Younge Jeeves was born at Sharrow Grange, Yorkshire, in February 1829, and was appointed an Assistant Surgeon in the 38th Foot on 7 April 1854. He served in the Eastern Campaign of 1854-55, including the battles of Alma, Inkermann and siege of Sebastopol, seeing service in the trenches, and also took part in the assault and capture of the cemetery, 18 June 1855, for which he was mentioned in despatches (Medal and three clasps, Turkish Medal, and Knight of the Legion of Honour). major-General Eyre’s despatch stated ‘Assistant Surgeon Jeeves of the 38th, whilst exposed to a most galling fire, having exerted himself in the field in attending to the wounded in so zealous and humane a manner as to call forth special notice’. jeeves was appointed on the Staff in August 1856, and to the Royal Artillery in January 1857, subsequently seeing service with the 11th Brigade R.A. during the Indian Mutiny. He became Surgeon in November 1864, was appointed to the 2/25th Foot in 1865, and retired on half-pay in 1872. Surgeon William Jeeves died at Northallerton, Yorkshire, on 7 March 1875. £1000-£1200
Six: Paymaster-in-Chief Frederick Lima, Royal Navy india General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Fredk. Lima, Clerk, ‘Cleopatra’); Baltic 1854-55 (F. Lima, H.M.S. Princess Royal, 1854), contemporary engraved naming; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (F. Lima, H.M.S. Princess Royal), contemporary engraved naming; Egypt 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (F. Lima, Paymr., R.N., H.M.S. Achilles); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die (F. Lima, R.N., H.M.S. Princess Royal, 1855), contemporary engraved naming; Khedive’s Star 1882, the first with attempted erasure of rank, generally good very fine and a rare combination of awards (6) £800-1000 Frederick Lima entered the Royal Navy as an Assistant Clerk in November 1841, was advanced to Clerk in July 1847 and joined H.M.S. Cleopatra in the latter rank in January 1851. Having then witnessed active service in the same ship in the Pegu operations in 1853, he removed to the Princess Royal in November of the latter year, and went on to serve in the Baltic and Crimea 854-56, including the bombardment and capture of Bomarsund, and participation in the Kilburn and Sebastopol operations. Promoted to Assistant Paymaster immediately following these operations, he was advanced to Paymaster in November 1859 and witnessed further active service in the Achilles off Egypt in 1882. Lima was placed on the Retired List at his own request in January 1883, aged 59 years, in which month he was also granted the rank of Paymaster-in-Chief; sold with a file of research, including copy medal roll verification. £800-£1000
Four: Private C. B. Scott, Royal Marines india General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Pte., R.M., H.M.S. Turquoise); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Pte., R.M., H.M.S. Turquoise); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Pte., No. 1566 Ch., R.M.L.I.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, minor contact wear, generally good very fine (4) £400-450 Charles Baker Scott was born in Southport, Lancashire in January 1861 and joined the Royal Marines at Liverpool in April 1879. Assigned to the 5th Company, R.M.L.I., Chatham Division in April 1880, he served aboard the corvette H.M.S. Turquoise from May 1884 to November 1887, in which period he qualified for his Egypt Medal whilst engaged at Suakin 27-30 July 1884, and his India General Service Medal for the Burma operations of 1885-87, when he served as a member of the 1st Naval Brigade. During the course of the latter operations, Turquoise’s men destroyed a battery of 11 guns near Pagun and a fortified camp at Mingyan, while in 1887, during the course of an anti-slavery patrol off East Africa, her pinnace fought a hotly contested action with an Arab dhow - fierce hand to hand fighting ensued on the arrival of boarding party. Scott, who was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1890, was invalided from the service in June of the following year. £400-£450
Eight: Victualling Chief Petty Officer William Brumham, Royal Navy india General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (S.S. Asst., H.M.S. Bacchante); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (S.S. Asst., H.M.S. Alexandra); China 1900, no clasp (Shp. Std., H.M.S. Centurion); 1914-15 Star (107858 S.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (107858 V.C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Ship’s Stewd., H.M.S. Euphrates); Khedive’s Star 1882, contact marks, generally very fine and a rare combination of awards (8) £800-1000 William Brumham was born in Portsmouth in January 1863 and entered the Royal Navy as a Ship’s Steward’s Boy in February 1879. Subsequently present in the same rate aboard H.M.S. Alexandra in the Egypt operations of 1882, including the bombardment of Alexandria, he went on to witness further active service in the Burma operations of 1885-7 as a Ship’s Steward Assistant in the Bacchante. So, too, as a Ship’s Steward in the Centurion during the Boxer Rebellion, about the time he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal. Having then been pensioned ashore in June 1906, Brumham was recalled on the renewal of hostilities in August 1914 and, after brief service in the cruiser King Alfred, held an appointment in the shore establishment Victory I until demobilised as a Victualling Chief Petty Officer at the War’s end; sold with a file of research, including copy medal roll verification. £800-£1000
Four: Serjeant William Barton, 16th Foot, late Rifle Brigade indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Bugler, 3rd Bn. Rifle Bde.), suspension tightened but still slack; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (596 Pte., 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (33rd Bde. 627 Corpl., 2-16th Foot); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Sjt., 2/16/Foot) first three with edge bruising and contact marks, fine and better, the last nearly extremely fine (4) £700-800 William Barton was born in Canterbury, Kent. A Shoemaker by occupation, he attested for the Rifle Brigade as a Boy, on 21 June 1855, aged 14 years, 6 months. Advanced to Bugler in April 1857, he saw action at the capture of Lucknow, where he suffered a severe wound at Fort Birwa on 21 October 1858. Ranked as a Private from August 1861, he was again in action in the December 1863/January 1864 expedition to Shabkadar. He attained the rank of Colour Serjeant in April 1871. Barton was transferred to the 16th Foot in October 1875, initially reverting to a Private, he regained the rank of Serjeant in January 1877. He was discharged at his own request in March 1880, having served over 17 years in India. He was awarded the M.S.M. with an annuity of £10 in September 1910 and died on 3 November 1912. Sold with copied service papers. £700-£800
Pair: Major-General A. F. Terry, King’s Royal Rifle Corps south Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Major A. F. Terry, 3/60th Foot); Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Transkei (Major A. F. Terry, 3rd 60th Rifles) impressed naming, nearly extremely fine and extremely rare (2) £1200-1500 Only 16 Cape of Good Hope General Service medals were awarded to Imperial troops, of which 12 went to the 3rd K.R.R.C., 8 of these with the clasp for Transkei. astley Fellowes Terry was born on 12 May 1840 and was first commissioned into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps as an Ensign on 1 April 1858. He was promoted to Lieutenant in September 1860, Captain in December 1867, and Major in January 1880. He served with the 3rd 60th Rifles in the South African War in 1879, during the Zulu campaign (Medal with clasp), and took part in the operations in East Griqualand in 1880 (Medal with clasp). Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1881, he became Colonel in July 1885, and retired as Hon. Major-General on 1 July 1887. Major-General Terry, who was a Knight of Grace of St John of Jerusalem, died on 8 December 1926. £1200-£1500
Pair: Battery Sergeant-Major William Styles, Royal Artillery afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (4769 Sergt., 13/8th Bde. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (19333 By. Sgt. Maj., 1/1 Bde. Lanc. Div. R.A.) nearly extremely fine (2) £240-280 William Styles was born in Rickmansworth, near Watford, Hertfordshire. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the 66th Regiment on 20 September 1864. In March the following year he was transferred to the Royal Artillery and was ranked as a Gunner. He served in India, September 1866-February 1880, being awarded the medal for Afghanistan. Attaining the rank of Battery Sergeant-Major in February 1879, he was discharged at the termination of his second period of limited engagement, on 22 September 1885. Sold with copied service papers. £240-£280
Nine: Warrant Officer Class 1 E. Morris, Royal Engineers egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (17100 Sapr., A. Tp. [R.E.]); 1914-15 Star (52998 Q.M. Sjt., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (52998 A.W.O. Cl.1, R.E.); Defence; Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (17100Q/Mr. Sgt., R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (52998 W.O. Cl.1, R.E.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, mounted court style for display, first pitted, good fine; others very fine and better, rare long service combination (9) £800-1000 Warrant Officer 1st Class E. Morris, Royal Engineers, was born in 1865 and enlisted into the Army in 1880. He served during the Second World War as a Storekeeper with the R.E., and was awarded the M.S.M. by A.O. 34 of 1946. Morris died in 1961 (Ref. The Annuity Meritorious Service Medal 1847-1953, by I. McInnes). M.I.D. not confirmed. £800-£1000
Three: Sapper Thomas McMurray, Royal Engineers egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (16659 Sapr., 4/Sec. T. Bn. R.E.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Thomas McMurray); Khedive’s Star, 1884-86, unnamed, mounted court style for display, good very fine (3) £200-240 I.S.M. London Gazette 17 February 1922. ‘Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist, Liverpool’. thomas McMurray was born in Aughlish, near Scarva, Armagh. A Telegraphist by occupation, he entered into the Royal Engineers at Belfast on 11 August 1880, aged 21 years, 8 months. With the Telegraph Battalion, R.E., he served in Egypt, 3 September 1884-16 November 1886. He was transferred to the Army Reserve on 10 August 1888 and discharged on 10 August 1892. sold with a ‘Pass’ to visit the Pyramids, dated 2 October 1886 and a note of commendation to McMurray for services in Egypt and Sudan, dated Horse Guards, 30 September 1885 - these mounted on paper and card. Also with copied service papers. £200-£240
The Egypt pair awarded to Private J. Bolsley, 19th Hussars, who was awarded the D.C.M. for a ‘V.C. Action’ during the Battle of El-Teb egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 4 clasps, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (2235 Pte., 19th Hussars); Khedive’s Star, 1882, unnamed, slight contact marks, very fine (2) £1200-1400 D.C.M. London Gazette 6 May 1884. during the Battale of El-Teb, 29 February 1884, the 10th Hussars and two squadrons of the 19th Hussars under Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Barrow, charged a large body of Sudanese on horses, camels and foot. The Sudanese, taking advantage of the broken ground and scrub, hamstrung many of the horses as they passed, and then attacked their fallen riders. Of those brought down in the melee few came out alive. One of those brought down was Colonel Barrow; his horse had been killed and he had received a spear thrust which pinned his arm to his side. When he fell, Quartermaster Sergeant William Marshall seized a loose horse, and was attempting to place him on it, when Private Bolsley, to whom it belonged, having been thrown from the saddle, came up on foot, and under a heavy fire supported his officer into the Infantry lines, assisted by Sergeant W. S. Fenton. For their bravery, Marshall was awarded the Victoria Cross and Bolsley and Fenton were each awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. note: surname on medal spelt ‘Bolsley’; elsewhere variously spelt ‘Bosely’, Boseley’ Boosley’. Sold with copied research. £1200-£1400
Family group: indian Mutiny 1857-58, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. C. H. Strutt, R.A.), renamed, this in Spink, London case four: Major C. B. Strutt, South African Constabulary, late Mashonaland Mounted Police british South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (S.M., M.M.P.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt., S.A.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt., S.A.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Mjr.), last in card box of issue, nearly extremely fine, an interesting lot (4) £900-1000 Medal to C. H. Strutt with Passport dated 12 September 1860; printed war services of the recipient listing the actions he served in the Indian Mutiny; framed photograph of the recipient in the uniform of a Knight of Windsor; two other photographs; several press cuttings re his death; letter from Lord Roberts, dated 29 November 1908 expressing his regrets at the death of the recipient; other letters, and copied research. medals to C. B. Strutt with riband bar; silver card case, inscribed, ‘CBS’, with hallmarks for Birmingham 1905, with three cards, ‘Major C. B. Strutt, Junior United Services Club, late 3rd R.I. Rifles’; Baptismal Certificate, Dhurmsala, Punjab, 10 September 1871; Marriage Certificate, Pretoria, 27 November 1902; family tree showing descent from Edward I; a quantity of photographs of the recipient in uniform; other family papers, and copied research. £900-£1000
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