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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

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 (2 Lieut. W. F. Fisher) good very fine £40-50 2nd Lieutenant Wilfred Frederick Fisher, 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, was killed in action on 24 July 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. £40-£50

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