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Lot 698
Six: Gunner J. Lawrie, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 1st type, silver (James Lawrie), complete with ‘Gallantry’ brooch bar, in Elkington case of issue, extremely fine (lot) £300-350 Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, awarded 24 January 1934, ‘... in respect of the rescue by you of a boy from drowning in the River Clyde at Glasgow Green on 3rd September last’. the medals sold with a wealth of associated material. Includes: Second World War medals card forwarding box with partial address label - ‘Dagenham, Essex’; riband bar; Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal certificate of award (folded and repaired); Certificate of Transfer to the Army Reserve, dated 26 April 1946 - Gunner 1686706 James Lawrie, served in the R.A. L.A.A.; Day School Certificate, for attendance at Blantyre R.C. Public School; Transport and General Workers’ Union Membership Cards, 1940-49 (7); Amalgamated Engineering Union Membership Card, 1950; Amalgamated Engineering Union Shop Steward’s Credential Card, 1953 - recipient was a Shop Steward at the Ford Motor Company at Dagenham; pair of cufflinks in 10ct. white gold, 15.95g. - for 25 Years Service at Ford, in card box; sundry wartime photographs; other photographs in album (some loose), several recording his postwar visit to China; a number of postwar letters; Booklet: A Short History of the Seventh Armoured Division, October 1938-May 1943; Book (repaired), A Short History of the Seventh Armoured Division, June 1943-July 1945; Book: The British Army; several other booklets including; Trade Unions in People’s China (2); The Trade Union Law of the People’s Republic of China; Chinese Workers March Towards Socialism; Eyewitness! Poland. £300-£350
Lot 699
Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 2nd type, silver (S. L. Bryons) unusual style of naming within scroll, complete with silver brooch bar, both medal and bar with hallmarks for Birmingham 1953, in slightly damaged Cuthbert, Glasgow case of issue, extremely fine £100-140 Sold with original citation document which reads, ‘The Corporation of the City of Glasgow, The Medal for Bravery is awarded to Samuel Lawson Bryons, 54 John Knox Street, Glasgow, for bravery in attempting to rescue a child from drowning in the Forth and Clyde Canal on 4th July, 1964’. £100-£140
Lot 700
Maidstone Typhoid Medal 1897, silver (A. M. Richards) with brooch fitting to reverse in addition to ring suspension, lacking brooch bar, very fine £200-240 Three nurses with the surname ‘Richards’ appear in the South Eastern Gazette listing of recipients - none with the initials ‘A.M.’ £200-£240
Lot 701
Six: J. Shenton, British Army, formerly a Boy Scout from Rugby 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, bronze (John Shenton, March 4 1921), complete with ‘For Humanity’ brooch bar, in Spink, London case of issue; Rotary Club, Past President’s Badge, Port Talbot branch (John Shenton 1957-58), silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1957, in Toye, London plastic wallet; Primrose League Badge, gilt and enamel, pin-backed, extremely fine (8) £180-220 extract from 1921 R.S.P.C.A. Annual Report: ‘Boy Scout John Shenton, Rugby, for saving the life of a runaway horse’. with copied extract from the Rugby Advertiser of 8 March 1921 which provides further details: ‘A Plucky Scout - On Friday afternoon a Boy Scout named John Shenton, of Lawford Road, aged 16, a member of the Lower School Troop, proved the value of Scout training, combined with grit, in a highly commendable manner. He was cycling from the town in the direction of Lower Hillmorton Road; and on reaching Whitehall Road noticed a run-away heavy horse, attached to a cart, the body of which was tipped and dragging along the road. The animal was galloping madly along the Lower Road, in the direction of the town. The Scout quickly dismounted his cycle, laid it aside, and, as the horse reached him smartly put into practice the Scout method he had been taught to adopt under such circumstances, caught the horse’s rein, and soon brought the excited animal to a standstill. A small crowd of onlookers immediately gathered, whom the Scout requested to lift the body of the cart. He then put right the disarranged harness, calmed the excited horse, and led it quietly back in the direction from which it had come until he met its driver, whom the horse had knocked down and slightly hurt in breaking away. The horse and cart were the property of Mr J. Durham, of West Street. It is highly probable that through this Boy Scout’s prompt and plucky action, serious damage to either person or property in the town was averted, and his performance on this occasion is highly creditable to both him and the troop to which he belongs’. second World War Medals in card box with forwarding slip; with riband bar and copied research. £180-£220
Lot 702
Switzerland, Geneva Presentation Medallion, obv. the arms of the Canton of Geneva, rev. within a wreath of laurel and oak leaves, engraved, ‘Offert par L. H. Malet Capitaine de la Cie de Sauvetage Genve’, 48mm., bronze, in red leather case of issue, lid bearing the same inscription in gilt lettering as on medal; Belgium, ‘Societe Royle & Centrale des Sauveteurs Belges’ Medal, obv. Leopold II, rev. inscribed, ‘E. Vandenbruel’, 26mm., silver, with crown suspension; France, ‘Societe des Sauveteurs de la Seine’ Medal, rev. inscribed, ‘Milon Pierre Honoraire 1891’, 31mm., silver, these two with ribbon, good very fine and better (3) £100-140 the rescue service of Geneva was founded in 1885 and was responsible for lifesaving on Lake Geneva. The Society of Rescuers of the Seine was founded in 1845. £100-£140
Lot 706
Order of the British Empire (2), 1st type, C.B.E.+, Civil Division, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage; another, 1st type, M.B.E., Civil Division, silver; Military Cross, E.II.R.; Order of St. John, base silver metal and enamel; Waterloo 1815, modern striking; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24; War Medal 1939-45, silver; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., no clasp; Army L.S. & .G.C, V.R., very fine (10) £60-80 £60-£80
Lot 709
Aber & Blaengwynfi War Service 1914-19, by Vaughton Birmingham, obv. a building, rev. inscription (name engraved), ‘William Sanger’, 35 x 25mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, rev. enamelled, ring suspension; Llanfihangel Rhosycorn War Hero Medal 1914-18, by C. & F. Ltd., obv. a soldier and a sailor clasping hands, with angel of victory in background, rev. inscription (part engraved), ‘J. L. Lewis, Abernantyffin, R.E., France’, 32mm., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, ring suspension, extremely fine (2) £80-100 Lieutenant J. Llewelyn Lewis, Royal Engineers, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 30 December 1914. During the course of the war he attained the rank of Major. Sold with copied m.i.c. £80-£100
Lot 710
Brancepeth Nos. 1 & 2 & Sunny Brow Miners Memorial Medal, obv. civic building, rev. inscribed, ‘Presented by his fellow workmen in honour of R. Laws who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1918’, 26mm., 13.35g., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, ring suspension, pitted, very fine £100-140 Ralph Laws was born in and enlisted at Willington, Co. Durham. Serving with the 19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, he was killed in action in France on 17 April 1918, aged 31 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. He was the son of George Laws of 5 Park Villa, Low Willington, Co. Durham. £100-£140
Lot 711
Crickhowell Services Rendered Medal 1914-18, obv. coat-of-arms, inscribed, ‘Capt. P. A. Hill’, rev. Britannia, with shield, holding forth a wreath, 29mm., silver, good very fine £70-90 ex Spencer Collection, D.N.W. 16 December 2003, lot 1169. philip Aubrey Hill was born in Crickhowell, Brecknockshire, on 13 December 1873. Educated at Uppingham and Caius College, Cambridge, he was employed as a Schoolmaster. Having served in the Cambridge University Rifle Volunteers, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Brecknock Territorial Reserve Battalion on 15 September 1914. Captain Philip Aubrey Hill, attached 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers (Brecknockshire Battalion), entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 22 January 1917. he was killed in action on 23 April 1917, aged 43 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. He was the son of Dr. P. E. Hill of Latham House, Crickhowell, Brecknockshire and husband of Ethel G. Hill of Crossway Cottage, Four Oaks, Warwickshire. in The History of the South Wales Borderers 1914-1918, by C. T. Atkinson, it was reported that in the action at Monchy le Preux, ‘.... Captain Hill, who though wounded in the advance had remained with his company, was now shot by a sniper and killed, and many other casualties occured. Sold with copied research including service papers, m.i.c. and war diary extracts. £70-£90
Lot 712
Deaf Hill Lodge Welcome Home Medal, obv. a wreathed shield, rev. inscription (name engraved), ‘Presented to J. Grieves in appreciation of Services Rendered in the Great War’, 28mm., 9.33g., 9ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £80-100 £80-£100
Lot 713
Gateshead Tribute Medal, obv. shield and legend, rev. inscription (name engraved), ‘Presented to Gnr. W. T. Delph by the Gateshead War Honours Recognition Committee Mons Star 1914’, 33 x 21mm., 7.06g., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, ring suspension, good very fine £120-160 Ex D.N.W. 28 June 2000, lot 649. gunner Walter T. Delph, 31st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 21 August 1914. Awarded the 1914 Star, he was later discharged. Sold with copied m.i.c. £120-£160
Lot 715
Corporation of Glasgow Special Constabulary Services Rendered Medal 1914-19 (2), obv. coat-of-arrms, rev. inscription (name engraved), ‘Presented by the Corporation to John Stewart Special Constable in acknowledgement of Services Rendered’, with ‘3 Years’ brooch bar; another, to ‘John Muir Jr.’, with ‘4 Years’ brooch bar, very fine (2) £60-80 £60-£80
Lot 716
Gowerton Tribute Medal 1914-19, by Fattorini, Birmingham, silver medal, obv. with a gold central disk inscribed, ‘C. Humphreys’, enclosed by a gold thistle wreath, rev. inscribed, ‘Gowerton’s Appreciation for Services in Great War 1914-1919’, 28.5mm., ring suspension, edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £60-80 Gowerton is situated near Swansea. £60-£80
Lot 717
Kenfig Hill Services Rendered Medal 1918, by Fattorini, Bradford, ornate medal, obv. bearing the initials ‘T.E.’, rev. inscribed, ‘Presented to Writer Tom Edwards of Kenfig Hill in recognition of Services Rendered in the Great War 1918’, 35 x 29mm., silver and gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, ring suspension, in case of issue, good very fine £40-60 Kenfig Hill is situated in Glamorgan. £40-£60
Lot 718
Llandebie Tribute Medal 1914-19, by Vaughton, Birmingham, obv. coat-of-arms, rev. inscription (name, rank, regt. engraved), ‘Presented by the People of Llandebie to Sgt. Fred Taylor, D.C.M., M.M., R.E.’, 31mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1921, ring suspension, very fine £80-100 D.C.M. London Gazette 18 July 1917. ‘40783 Sapper (L./Cpl.) W. J. F. Taylor, R.E.’ ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He showed great gallantry in rescuing four men from a mine gallery. On one occasion he had to wear rescue apparatus for one hour, and travelled 800 yards in a low narrow gallery’. m.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917. ‘40783 Spr. (actg. L./C.) W. J. F. Taylor, R.E.’ William J. Frederick Taylor, from Llandebie, Carmarthenshire, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 7 July 1915. He was placed in ‘Z’ Reserve on 22 January 1919. Sold with copied m.i.c. and gazette extracts. £80-£100
Lot 719
Malleable Works War Fund Souvenir Medal 1914-18, by Fattorini, Bradford, obv. coat-of-arms, rev. inscription, ‘Presented by the South Durham Officials & Workmen in Memory of F. N. Urwin who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1918’, 25mm., 15.92g., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1920, ring suspension, good very fine £100-140 Frederick Norman Urwin was born in and lived and enlisted at Stockton-on-Tees. Serving with the 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment he was killed in action in France on 7 October 1916, aged 24 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Urwin of 8 Dixon Street, Stockton-on-Tees. £100-£140
Lot 725
Parish of Great & Little Usworth Tribute Cross 1914-18, by Vaughton, Birmingham, obv. crossed pick and shovel, ‘Parish of Great & Little Usworth for Services in the War 1914-1918’, rev. engraved, ‘Geo. G. Willey’, 35 x 35mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, ring suspension; St. Lawrence’s C.Y.M.S. Welcome Home Medal 1919, by Fattorini, Bradford, obv. crossed swords and angel of Victory, rev. inscribed, ‘Pte. O. Barrow, 111437 D.L.I., June 5th 1919’, 36 x 24mm., silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918, ring suspension, good very fine (2) £80-100 Great and Little Usworth are situated in Co. Durham. Gunner George G. Willey served in the Royal Garrison Artillery. Sold with copied m.i.c. £80-£100
Lot 726
Washburn Valley Tribute Medal 1914-18, by Fattorini, Bradford, obv. ‘In Appreciation for War Services 1914-1918’, rev. inscribed, ‘Presented to J. C. Beecroft by the inhabitants of the Washburn Valley 1921’, 28mm., 8.94g., 9ct gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1921, ring suspension, nearly extremely fine £80-100 corporal John C. Beecroft served in the Household Battalion Grenadier Guards. Sold with copied m.i.c. £80-£100
Lot 730
Great War Tribute Medal, obv. crossed oil can and spanner, ;718’ ‘Somme Arras Ypres 1916-1919’, rev. ‘France Belgium Germany’, and inscribed, ‘T. H. Pickett’, 22mm., 5.60g., 9ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, ring suspension, nearly very fine £60-80 private Thomas H. Pickett, Royal Army Service Corps, attached M.T. 1st Indian Army G.H.Q., died on 24 January 1919. He was buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery. £60-£80
Lot 736
Arctic Medal 1875-76 (W. Dougall, Ice Qr. Mr., H.M.S. Discovery), with riband buckle, edge bruise, good very fine £2500-3000 William Dougall joined Discovery from the Unicorn in April 1875, shortly before her departure for the Arctic, and was one of three members of her crew to be rated an Ice Quarter-Master. In his Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea, the expedition’s commanding officer, Captain George Nares, refers to Dougall participating in a sledge journey in April 1876: ‘23 April: Captain Stephenson and Mr. Mitchell, Hans the Eskimo, with William Dougall, Ice Quarter-Master, and Henry Petty, a Marine, arrived with twelve dogs from the ‘Discovery’, having left that ship on the 18th. They have experienced strong northerly winds during the journey, and, like the other travellers, a very rough road; but, with the exception of the leader who is severely attacked with snow-blindness, all are in excellent health.’ While in his Naval Reminiscences 1868-1891, Rear-Admiral Crawford Conybeare, who was then a Sub. Lieutenant in the Discovery, mentions Dougall in a more amusing light: ‘The Ice Quarter-Masters, who were great characters, were Alec Grey, Wm. Dougal and Ed. Taws, all dour Scots from whalers and hailing from Dundee and Peterhead. One day later [after a narwhal had been harpooned], when we were in Smith’s Sound and were all in the mess, Old Dougal came down from the deck and going to the 1st Lieutenant said, ‘Number One, the Captain is speering for ye.’ But to return to the narwhal. The three Ice Quarter-Masters fell on with their guming-knives, cut off the blubber in strips and cut up the carcass, which was all put in casks for the dogs.’ He also refers to the fact Dougall received a Jack-in-the-Box for Christmas, via the wife of Lieutenant Rawson - ‘some of the things [she gave] created shouts of laughter’, and to the occasion the dour Scot alerted him to a seal asleep on the ice astern ship - Conybeare, Officer of the Watch that Sunday, as all hands had gone over to the Alert for church, duly received a reprimand from Captain Stephenson for his well-aimed rifle shot ‘disturbing Divine service’. £2500-£3000
Lot 737
The Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Medal awarded to Tom Harrison, Explorer, Anthropologist, Archeologist and wartime Guerilla Leader royal Geographical Society, Founder’s Medal, by W. Wyon, obv. head of William IV right, rev. Britannia standing holding scroll and laurel wreath, with a globe and sextant at her feet (Tom Harrison, 1962), 54mm., gold, 98.37g., ref. Eimer 1229; B.H.M. 1467, minor scratch marks, nearly extremely fine £1500-2000 the R.G.S. Founder’s Medal, awarded annually since 1839, is given for the encouragement and promotion of geographical science and discovery. thomas Harnett (Tom) Harrison was born in Argentina in 1911, the son of Brigadier-General G. H. Harrison, C.M.G., D.S.O., of The End House, Otterbourne, Winchester. He was educated at Harrow (1925-30) and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied Ecology. A true polymath, in the course of his life he was an ornithologist, anthropologist, explorer, mass-observer, journalist, broadcaster, soldier, ethnologist, museum curator, archaeologist, filmmaker, conservationist and author. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, he conducted ornithological and anthropological work in Lapland, the New Hebrides and Borneo, spending much of his life in the latter. He was involved in the British social research organisation ‘Mass-Observation’ (1937-47). during the Second World War he was a Major involved with British Special Operations in the Far East. His local knowledge of Borneo and Sarawak being particularly valuable. He formulated the plan to recruit Dayak headhunters as guerillas against the occupying Japanese. By the end of the war, his army of ‘headhunters’ had ‘officially’ accounted for 1,500 killed or captured Japanese. On 25 March 1945, when attached to Z Force and in command of seven other agents, he was parachuted into Borneo, landing on the high plateau occupied by the Kelabit People. For his wartime services he was awarded the D.S.O. in 1946 (London Gazette 6 March 1947, ‘For gallant and distinguished services in the South West Pacific’). His recommendation states: ‘Major Harrisson (sic) and a Services Rec. Dept. party of seven white men were inserted by parachute into the Kelabit Plateau of Central Borneo on 25 Mar. 45 to establish an intelligence network into the Br???? area of Sarawak. Nothing was known at the time of the extent of the Jap penetration or the reception likely to be given by hostile tribes which inhabit the area. Major Harrisson successfully established his party on the ground and set up a base from which the whole of Sarawak (Kuching excepted) was later penetrated. Since the date of insertion until 15 Aug. 45, the activities of Maj. Harrisson in sequence have been: 1. Denial of essential supplies of food and labour from the rich Bawang Valley to the Japanese in Tarakan and Malenau areas. 2. Blockade of escape and reinforcement sorties from Tarakan to Brunei and Southern British North Borneo ... 3. Provision of valuable pre-invasion intelligence ... 4. Prevention of the southward movement of Jap forces from British Borneo to Sarawak ... 5. Construction of an emergency landing ground in the Bawang Valley ... 6. Establishment of control both military and administrative of an area of approx. 9,000 square miles stretching from Brunei to Malinau. 7. Infliction from Mar-Aug. of the following confirmed ??? .... killed 940 PW 33 (?) Auxiliaries killed 32 Auxiliaries captured 201. The above was achieved with a final strength of 37 white personnel and 800 guerillas. His losses were 14 native soldiers killed. Major Harrisson has shown great energy, imagination and powers of leadership with great aptitude for guerilla warfare. The success of Services Reconnaissance Dept. operations into Sarawak is undoubtedly due to his ability, courage and determination. On several occasions this officer personally led his guerilla bands into attacks which inflicted heavy casualties upon the enemy’. after the war he was employed as Curator of the Sarawak Museum, 1947-66. In the early 1960’s Tom and his wife Barbara, in conjunction with others, began an Orangutan rehabilitation centre at Sepilok and he pioneered the conservation of Green Turtles. In 1962 he was awarded the prestigious R.G.S. Founder’s Medal, ‘for explorations in Central Borneo’. Tom Harrison died in a road accident in Thailand in 1976. very much a ‘larger than life’ character; he was described by A. Heinmann, a U.S. diplomat as ‘a romantic polymath, a drunken bully, an original thinking iconoclast, a dreadful husband and father, a fearless adventurer, a Richard Burton of his time ...’ British broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough, wrote of him, ‘Explorer, museum curator, guerilla fighter, pioneer sociologist, documentary filmmaker, anthropologist - Tom Harrison was all of these things. He was also arrogant, choleric, swashbuckling, often drunk and nearly always deliberately outrageous. In spite of these contradictions, he became a key figure in every enterprise he undertook’. for further details see his biography, The Most Offending Soul Alive, by Judith M. Heimann; his wartime actions, World Within, A Borneo Story and the B.B.C. Four documentary Tom Harrison - The Barefoot Anthropologist - narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Harrison’s published works include, ‘Savage Civilisation (1937); Living Among Cannibals (1943) and World Within, A Borneo Story (1959). Sold with some copied research. £1500-£2000
Lot 738
Regimental medal, Royal Irish Dragoon Guards (4th Dragoon Guards), circular engraved silver medal, 86mm, Obv: an Irish Harp on crossed swords with crown above, ‘GR’ and shamrocks, all within ornamental band inscribed ‘Royal Irish Dragoon Guards’ Rev: ‘Awarded by the Officers of the Royal Irish Dragoon Guards for display of Swordsmanship to Patrick O’Brien 1804’, hallmarked London 1804, with integral loop for suspension, very fine £200-250 Ref. Balmer R18. Ex Day Collection. £200-£250
Lot 739
Regimental medal, 21st Light Dragoons 1819, circular engraved silver medal, 51mm, Obv: ‘XXI’ with crown above and ‘LD’ below, surrounded by laurel wreath bearing regimental honours ‘Cuttack’, ‘San Domingo’, Monte Video’, and ‘Africa’; Rev: engraved inscription ‘Presented to Mr John Schroeder, Veterinary Surgeon by Colonel Richard Pigot as a token of regard on the disbanding of the regt. 1819’, with reeded rim and integral loop for suspension, nearly very fine £200-250 Ref. Balmer R106. john Schroeder, Veterinary Surgeon, 25 June 1812. richard Pigot, Captain December 1793; Major April 1802; Lt.-Col. May 1806; Colonel June 1814. £200-£250
Lot 740
73rd Highlander Regimental Medal, engraved, obv. crowned ‘GR’ with ‘73’ above and ‘Second Battn. Highlanders’ below, with spriggs of thistle to either side; rev. inscribed, ‘A Reward for Military Merit given by the Officers to John Williams 1816, Mangalore’, 52mm., silver, with fixed ring suspension, ref. Balmer R.460, good very fine £220-260 John Williams served as Paymaster of the Northamptonshire Militia prior to being appointed, on the recommendation of Lieutenant-General Harris, to the Paymastership of the 2nd Battalion 73rd Foot on 31 May 1810. He served in this capacity throughout the active service period of the battalion. Placed on Half Pay on 13 December 1821, he died c.1824. £220-£260
Lot 750
A group of five military presentation medallions awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. J. W. Malet, O.B.E., Royal Hussars u.S.A., Department of the Army, by Dondero Inc., obv. trophy-of-arms, rev. plain, undated, 76mm., bronze-gilt, in case of issue, inside with plaque, ‘Presented by General John A. Wickham, Jr, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army’; Portugal, Ecercito Portugus, obv. heraldic shield and helmet, rev. inscribed, ‘From General Jorge Salazar Braga, Chief of the Portuguese Army Staff, March 1985’, 90mm., bronze, in velvet covered case of issue; Brazil, Ecercito Brasileiro, obv. bust of Luis Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias (1803-1880), undated, 70mm., silvered bronze, in velvet covered case of issue bearing gilt and enamel emblem of Brazil, inside of lid inscribed, ‘Exercito Brasileiro Presena Nacional’; France, Plaquette, bearing a shield marked, ‘E.M.A.T.’ and the inscription, ‘Offert par le General d’Armee Maurice Schmitt Chef d’Etat-Major de l’Armee de Terre Franaise au Lieutenant-Colonel G. J. Malet, Mars 1987’, 125 x 77mm., silvered metal, in Delsart, Sens case of issue; Oriental (? Vietnam), Commemorative Bronze Medal, 1927-1987, 49mm, in case of issue, all unnamed except where stated, virtually mint state (5) £80-120 O.B.E. London Gazette 31 December 1987. ‘Lieutenant Colonel, The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own)’. Recommendation states, ‘Lt Col Malet has been Head of the Army Section of the Foreign Liaison Section since November 1983. His duties cover maintaining a close liaison with all the foreign MilitaryAttaches in London, staffing their many requests for information, hosting representational functions, arranging and escorting Attache group visits to UK and BAOR Military establishments, coordinating programmes for foreign military visitors and planning, programme and escorting CGS’s inbound COS visitors. ...... Dealing with the representatives of foreign countries provides unlimited scope for disaster but he has always foreseen and therefore averted problems. He is held in extremely high regard by all the foreign representatives who value his friendship, direction and help. ....’ greville John Wyndham Malet was born on 6 December 1939, the son of Captain John Wyndham Malet (1910-40) and June Rosalind nee Broadley, and was a scion of the Malet Baronets. He was educated at Harrow and in July 1958, after serving in the ranks for 242 days, he gained a commission in the 10th Hussars. Following the regiment’s amalgamation with the 11th Hussars in 1969, he continued to serve with the Royal Hussars. He was appointed G.S.O.2 (Author) at the R.A.C. Tactical School, December 1971-January 1974 and held the rank of Acting-Major from December 1971 until promoted to that rank in December 1972. In July 1980 he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; was awarded the O.B.E. in 1987 and was placed on Retired Pay in February 1990. He married in 1972, the Hon. Margaret Cherry Wigram, eldest daughter of the 2nd Baron Wigram, with whom he had two children. Latterly living at the Walled House, Hathertop, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, he died on 5 September 2004. william Malet, the founder of the Malet family in England, was a companion of William the Conqueror at Hastings and was related by marriage to Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy. Sold with copied research. £80-£120
Lot 764
Defective Medal, Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3899 Pte. R. Binks, 2/K.R.R.C.), renamed, good very fine £80-100 D.C.M. London Gazette 30 June 1915. ‘For gallant conduct on the 31st December, 1914, and following days at Cuinchy in reconnoitring up to a German communication trench. Later, after a detachment had been forced back, he went out in front on two occasions and brought in two wounded men and a wounded officer’. robert Binks was born in Woodleford, Leeds and enlisted at Leeds. Serving with the 2nd Battalion K.R.R.C. he entered into the France/Flanders theatre of war on 15 September 1914. Serving with the 4th Battalion K.R.R.C., he was killed in action on 11 May 1915. He was buried in Bedford House Cemetery. Sold with copied research. £80-£100
Lot 765
Defective medal, Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (William Harvey, 36th Foot), renamed, nearly very fine £100-140 Sold with copied discharge papers dated March 1826, ‘... discharged as a consequence of impaired vision also bad health from recurrent fever contracted in the Ionian Islands in 1821 and 1824, and a gunshot wound in left arm received at Toulouse in 1814’. The published medal roll confirms the four clasps to the recipient. £100-£140
Lot 767
Defective medals (12), Khedive’s Star 1882, rev. impressed, ‘75 2148’, badly worn; Afghanistan 1878-80 (6718 Gunr. A. Jones, H/1st Bde. R.A.), lacks suspension, signs of brooch mounting to obv., scratched, bad edge bruising; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), no clasp (524 Tpr. D. Hillhouse, Johannesburg M.R.), this correctly named but with replacement suspension fitted, with scratches and edge bruising; another (2955 Pte. A. Fairlie, 1 Cam.’n. Hdrs.), renamed; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 and King’s South Africa 1901-02 (4695 Cpl. E. Hawkins, 1 Batt. S. Stafford Regt.) both lacking suspensions, both renamed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (2758 Pte. H. Findlay, 2/Sco. Rif.), suspension slack, renamed; British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (Lieut. A. Aitkin; 20285 Pte. T. Powell, Som. L.I.; 27969 Pte. A. W. Richardson, North’n. R.; 5256 A. Cpl. G. Talbot, Suff. R.; 10058 Pte. H. E. Tubby, K.R. Rif. C.) ‘Powell’ renamed; first B.W.M. with loop suspension, others lacking suspensions, sold as found (12) 100-150 Medal to ‘2148’ awarded to 2148 Private G. Gillingham, Gordon Highlanders, entitled to the Egypt Medal with clasps for Tel-el-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaii, The Nile 1884-85. medals to ‘Aitken’, ‘Powell’, ‘Talbot’, and ‘Tubby’ with copied m.i.c., the latter two entitled to the Silver War Badge. £100-£150
Lot 775
Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (John Connor, 52nd Foot) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1000-1200 Ex Harris Collection 1984. john Connor was born in Roscommon and enlisted into the 52nd Foot in 1809. He served as a private for 6 years and 247 days before being discharged on 14 October 1815, in consequence a gun shot wound in the left leg received at Badajoz 6 April 1812. Sold with copy discharge papers and medal roll entry. £1000-£1200
Lot 792
Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (4747 Pte. W. Merry, 3/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) slight edge bruising, very fine £260-300 Walter Merry was born in Oxford. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 22 November 1893, aged 19 years, whilst serving in the 4th (Militia) Battalion of the Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India, February 1896-May 1898, then with the 1st Battalion in South Africa. Serving with the Mounted Infantry during the Boer War, he was reported as Missing in Action at Gottenburg, 1 December 1900 but was later able to rejoin his unit. For his services he was awarded the Queen’ medal with clasps for Cape Colony and Orange Free State (4th battalion roll) and Paardeberg, Relief of Kimberley and Transvaal (1st battalion roll), and the the King’s medal with two clasps. In 1912 he was awarded the Special Reserve Long Service Medal (one of 8 to the unit). With the onset of the Great War, he served in France/Flanders, 13 August-30 October 1914. His service at the front was terminated by a gunshot wound to the back on 25 October. Returning to England he was discharged on 21 November 1915 on the termination of his period of engagement. Sold with copied service papers and roll extracts. Note: except for the medal and roll and the Q.S.A. Medal roll extract for the 4th battalion, his service number is given as ‘4646’. £260-£300
Lot 795
Viceroy’s Medal for Rifle Shooting, obv. Hardinge coat-of-arms, rev. Victory standing right with wreaths, holding one aloft, with inscription (rank, name and unit engraved), ‘Presented by Lord Hardinge Viceroy of India to [erasure] Lce. Sgt. H. Grace, Oxford & Bucks Lt Infty for Rifle Shooting’, 51mm., gold, 60.85g., pierced with ring suspension, in an unrelated case, edge bruising, contact marks, very fine £450-550 6830 Serjeant H. Grace, 1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, was awarded the D.C.M. in the Great War. d.C.M. London Gazette 22 January 1916. ‘For conspicuous gallantry at Kut-al-Amara (Mesopotamia) on 28th September 1915. He sent messages to the artillery by heliograph under heavy fire, although he had to stand in full view of the enemy’s redoubts in order to do so’. henry Grace was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire and enlisted at High Wycombe. Serving as a Serjeant with the 1st Battalion Oxf. & Bucks. L.I., he died on 21 April 1916, aged 33 years. He was buried in the Kut War Cemetery. Sold with copied research. £450-£550
Lot 796
Pair: Private G. Lackie, 43rd Regiment south Africa 1834-53 (43rd Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (1247 43rd Foot) minor edge bruising, very fine and better (2) £350-400 George Lackie was born in Gibraltar. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the 43rd Regiment at Fredricton, New Brunswick, on 29 November 1837, aged 14 years, 7 months. With the regiment he served 8 years 5 months in North America, 2 years at the Cape of Good Hope and 8 years 9 months in the East Indies. He was awarded the South Africa Medal for service in the Third Kaffir War, 1850-53. Lackie was discharged due to medical disability on 21 April 1863, aged 40 years. Sold with copied discharge papers. for his father’s medal, see lot 777. £350-£400
Lot 797
Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant W. Walton, 43rd Regiment indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Colr. Serjt., 43rd Light Infantry); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (969 Qr. Master-Sergt., 43rd Foot), both with silver brooch bars, first with slight scratch to ‘Queen’s’ cheek, very fine (3) £400-450 William Walton was born in Cambridge. A Butcher by occupation, he attested into the 43rd Regiment at Cambridge on 27 August 1853, aged 18 years. With them he served in the East Indies for 12 years, 6 months, which included service in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny. Attaining the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant in September 1868, he was subsequently awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal with a gratuity of £10. He was discharged in 1875 having completed his second period of limited engagement. Sold with Silver Cased Hunter Pocket Watch, by Charles Frodsham, London, inscribed, ‘Presented by the Sergts. 43rd Lt. Infty. to Qr. Mr. Sergt. W. Walton as a token of esteem after 21 years service’, hallmarks for London 1874, complete with key (condition of internal workings unknown), in case. Also with copied service papers. £400-£450
Lot 802
Six: Colour Serjeant S. G. White, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 Star, with copy slip-on clasp (9905 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), late issue; British War and Victory Medals (9905 C. Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), these two with contact marks and worn; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5373240 C. Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5373240 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a mounted set of five miniature dress medals as above but lacking ‘Defence’, minor contact marks, about very fine except where stated (14) £220-260 Sold with Silver Cased Half Hunter Pocket Watch, by Coombes, Rangoon & London, rev. inscribed, ‘52nd Light Infantry Regimental Rifle Meeting 1931, Winner Regimental Championship, Sergt. S. J. White’, glass to front casing cracked (condition of internal workings unknown), with chain, with an Army Rifle Association Medal attached as a fob, this bronze, rev. inscribed, ‘18th Hussars Cup, 1924, Sergt. S. White’; with cap badge. £220-£260
Lot 803
Family group: three: Private J. Stallard, 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, killed in action at Nonne Bosschen Wood (Nun’s Wood), Ypres, on 11 November 1914 1914 Star, with copy clasp (7425 Pte., 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7425 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (James Stallard), in card envelope three: Private J. W. Stallard, 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, killed in action at Nonne Bosschen Wood (Nun’s Wood), Ypres, on 11 November 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (8303 Pte., 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8303 Pte., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) victory Medal 1914-19 (A-3584 Pte. G. S. Stallard, K.R. Rif. C.) extremely fine (8) £750-850 James Stallard was born in Hockley, Warwickshire, and living at Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire, enlisted at Oxford. Serving with the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. He was killed in action at Nonne Bosschen Wood, near Ypres, on 11 November 1914, aged 28 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and on the Stantonbury Memorial. Before the war he had been a well known boxer; known amongst his comrades in India as ‘The Mad Mullah’. john William Stallard was born in Birmingham, and living at Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire, enlisted at Oxford. Serving with the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. He was killed in action at Nonne Bosschen Wood, near Ypres, on 11 November 1914, aged 26 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and on the Stantonbury Memorial. He was the husband of Mrs Stallard, of 48 Grafton Street, Northampton. Before the war he had worked at Messrs. Smith, Major & Stevens, of St. James’s, Northampton. george Sydney Stallard, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war as a Private in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 19 May 1915. Later in the year he was wounded, suffering deafness and injuries to his back and hips. Invalided to Lord Derby’s Hospital in Warrington, he was subsequently discharged because of his injuries. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star. james, John William and George Sydney Stallard were the sons of James and Florence Stallard of 67 St. Mary Street, New Bradwell, Buckinghamshire. sold with framed commemorative scrolls for James and John William Stallard; copy m.i.c’s. for the three brothers; and a quantity of copied research, including extracts from The Wolverton Express. An extract from The Wolverton Express dated 16 October 1914, reprinted extracts from a letter from John William to his parents, dated 24 September. ‘I beg the finish of this war, and it is war - hell cannot be worse. It is just like waiting for death, but still, we are lucky enough to escape so far, and can safely say it is a game of luck, and trust luck will be with us to the end. .... We are not against a lot of farmers but against a nation of fighting material. One of the most touching events I have seen in this war was in Belgium, in our advance and retirement on and from Mons. .... At one large house, as we advanced on Mons, the family were just leaving, and with eyes much swollen by crying, one young girl, about 22 or 23, unable to hold herself in check, ran forward at the sight of our troops and before we were aware of her intentions, had kissed several of us on both cheeks. That sort of thing tends to touch even the hardest of hearts. The people of Belgium behaved to us splendidly. Never to my dying day shall I forget their kindness. .... the Germans ... They looted everything and everywhere; hardly a house escaped their evil work .... but as we got further, instead of household things lying about, it was the Germans themselves lying in all directions. At first it appears rather a ghastly sight - but one has to get used to more than this - things I am not allowed to speak of. .... Still, it is surprising how the boys keep up their spirits. It is beautiful to see and hear them; there is plenty of life in them. We are all the same; set faces one minute, joking and laughing the next. ... Jack and I are still side by side. We are both all gay. The Winter will be awful, I bet, it is terrible at nights now ....’ £750-£850
Lot 805
Four: Company Quartermaster Serjeant W. F. Taylor, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry british War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (265029 C. Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (337 Sjt., Bucks. Bn. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (265029 C.Q.M. Sjt., 4/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a mounted set of four miniature dress medals, good very fine and better (8) £160-200 M.S.M. London London 18 January 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders’. m.I.D. London Gazette 21 December 1917 (Haig) (France). the recipient came from Stantonbury. £160-£200
Lot 807
Three: Serjeant A. Lambert, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry british War and Victory Medals (25130 A.C. Sjt., Oxf. & Bcks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (25130 Sjt., 11/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising, contact marks, fine (3) £100-140 M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders’. the recipient came from Plaistow. £100-£140
Lot 809
Pair: Captain and Quartermaster G. F. L. Hayes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Norfolk Regiment and Army Pay Corps british War Medal 1914-20 (Q.M. & Capt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (323 S. Sjt., A.P.C.), second with minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine (2) £90-120 George Frederick Lacy Hayes was born in Calcutta on 13 September 1865 (elsewhere given as 28 March 1866). A Clerk by occupation, he enlisted into the Norfolk Regiment at Cork on 13 February 1883. He served seven years with the Norfolks, two years with the Military Staff Corps and twelve years with the Army Pay Corps, during which time he served in India, South Africa and Burma. For his services he was awarded the India General Service Medal with clasp for Burma 1887-89, the Queen’s and King’s South Africa Medals and the Army L.S. & G.C. He was discharged at his own request with the rank of Staff Quartermaster Sergeant in 1905. With the onset of war he applied for a posting in the Army and in 1915 was appointed Captain and Quartermaster to the 1st Garrison Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in India. He returned to England in June 1919 suffering from a number of medical complaints and in November was released from duty. Sold with copied servce papers. £90-£120
Lot 812
Group of medals and papers to the Paske family: three: Major-General W. Paske, Indian Army punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Ensign, 28th Bl. Native Infy.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Lieut., 3rd Punjab Infy.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn., 28th Bengal N.I.), mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine a Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Paske, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Capt., Oxford L.I.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1937, mounted court style as worn, very fine and better national Service League Medal (Major A. G. Paske, September 1910) 18ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1910, 24mm., complete with ‘N.S.L. For Merit’ gold brooch bar, extremely fine (lot) £2600-3000 Major-General William Paske william Paske was born on 20 May 1828 and baptised in Madras. He was commissioned an Ensign in the Indian Army on 11 February 1845. He was promoted to Lieutenant in May 1852, Captain, in the Bengal Staff Corps in June 1857, Captain in the Army, July 1858, Major in February 1865, Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1871 and Colonel in February 1876. Paske retired with the rank of Colonel on 14 August 1876 and on 28 October 1876 was promoted to Major-General. In the 2nd Sikh War, he served with the 28th Bengal Native Infantry in the force under General Sir H. M. Wheeler against the forces of Ram Singh. During 1850-53 he served in the expedition against the Ranezais and other hill tribes on the N.W. Frontier. In the suppression of the Indian Mutiny he was employed in watching and pursuing mutineers and mutinous regiments in flight. He received the thanks of the Secretary of State for India, the Governor-General and Chief Commander of the Punjab, for his assistance in suppressing the mutiny in the wing of the 4th Native Infantry at Hooshyarporein 1858. Latterly living in Elgin Crescent, Kensington, he died on 29 February 1908. Sold with framed photograph of the recipient in uniform; commission documents (10) for the ranks of Ensign (2), Lieutenant (2), Captain (3), Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel; an ‘In Memoriam’ card for his wife Eliza, who died in May 1882, and some copied research. lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Paske d.S.O. London Gazette 4 June 1917. ‘Maj. and Hon. Lt-Col., Oxf. and Bucks. L.I., Spec. Res.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917; 15 May 1917; 5 July 1919. george Frederick Paske, 3rd son of the above, was born on 30 April 1864 and baptised in Clapham Surrey. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Oxford Militia on 10 April 1886 and was promoted to Captain in March 1890. Appointed an Honorary Captain in the Army, 2 November 1900, with the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; he served in the Boer War in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900. Promoted to Major in September 1906. During the Great War he served as Major and Honorary Colonel of the 3rd Battalion Ox. & Bucks. L.I., serving in Gallipoli and France as an Assistant Provost-Marshal. For his wartime services he was three times mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. Paske relinquished his commission whilst retaining his rank, on 16 September 1920. Lieutenant-Colonel Paske died on 6 January 1945. Sold with three M.I.D. certificates; photograph of the recipient in uniform and some copied research. major Arthur Goldingham Paske arthur Goldingham Paske, 2nd son of William Paske, and an elder brother of George Frederick above, was born on 2 October 1861 and baptised in Missouri, India. He was commissioned into the 3rd Middlesex Militia in February 1881, was a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers in July 1881 and a Captain in the Reserve in December 1888. He was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 21 December 1889 and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1892 and Captain in February 1900. He was latterly a Major in the Reserve of Officers and sometime Mayor of Aylesbury. Sold with a silver Cup, inscribed, ‘A. G. Paske, 2nd 1/4 Mile, Ealing, 1880’; a silver napkin ring, inscribed, ‘A. G. Paske, 1885’, and a framed document bearing the Armorial Bearings of Major Arthur Goldingham Paske; also with commission document appointing A. G. Paske as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Middlesex (Royal Westminster) Regiment, and Musketry Certificate, 1888. sold with a large quantity of items and papers relating to the Paske family, including the ‘Paske’ Family tree showing family members from the 16th Century, in metal protective case; the ‘Haselfoot’ Family tree (with whom the Paske family had connection) showing family members from the 16th Century, in metal protective case; Grant of Arms to Theophilus Paske-Haselfoot, with seal in metal case, all contained in damaged leather case of issue; belts (2); wooden shield of Clare College Cambridge; hat plumes in card case; Swagger Stick commemorating the Coronation of 1937. £2600-£3000
Lot 813
The Great War ‘Salonika’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. Wheeler, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top bar, slight enamel damage; 1914-15 Star (Major, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medal, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.), rank officially re-impressed on ‘Victory’; Defence; Greece, War Cross 1916-17, 2nd Class, bronze star on ribbon, mounted as worn, very fine and better (6) £1600-2000 d.S.O. London Gazette 26 July 1917. ‘Temporary Major, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Although wounded, he assumed command of the battalion, which had no officer available, and organized an attack on the enemy’s second line. By his energy and courage he inspired confidence in all ranks, and remained in command for four hours until relieved’. m.I.D. London Gazette 28 November 1917 (Salonika). greek War Cross 2nd Class London Gazette 7 October 1919. ‘Temporary Major, D.S.O., 7th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry’. cordy Wheeler was born on 13 September 1884. Educated at West Buckland School, Devon, and Keble College, Oxford, he was sometime an Assistant Master at Wellington College, Berkshire, and Headmaster of the Lower School of Lawrence Sheriff, Rugby. With the 7th Battalion Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. he served in Salonika and was their 2i/c during 1917 and was wounded. Still in Salonika he was appointed to the command of the 11th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment on 19 May 1918 and was subsequently wounded for a second time. For his services during the war, he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. and Greek War Cross 2nd Class. Postwar he had published, The Memorial Record of the 7th (S) Batt. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. sold with D.S.O. bestowal document; D.S.O. Statutes booklet; riband bars; M.I.D. Certificate; cloth 2 wounds stripe; Salonika Reunion lapel badge, enamelled; W.W.2 Defence Medal forwarding slip, and copied research which includes extracts from the above publication. £1600-£2000
Lot 814
A Great War D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Temporary Warrant Officer Class I T. A. Love, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, captured by the Turks at Kut-el-Amara, 29 April 1916, he commanded the men of the battalion as prisoners-of-war, being ‘vilified, insulted and reviled by the Turks’ Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5574 T.R.S. Mjr., 1/O. & B. L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (557 Corl., Oxford. Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5574 Corpl., Oxford. L.I.); 1914-15 Star (5574 C.Q.M. Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, small M.I.D. oak leaf (5574 T.W.O. Cl.1, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.. 1st issue (5574 W.O. Cl.II, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), mounted as worn but 1914-15 Star detached, edge bruising, contact marks, worn (7) £3000-3500 d.C.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917 (No citation). m.I.D. London Gazette 13 July 1916. thomas A. Love was born in Woking, Surrey. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Slough on 4 November 1897. With them he served in South Africa, December 1899-February 1902, and India, March-October 1902 and October 1907-December 1914. With the onset of war, he served with the 1st Battalion Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. in the Indian Expeditionary Force from 20 December 1914. Promoted to Company Quartermaster Sergeant in January 1915, he was appointed Temporary Regimental Sergeant-Major on 12 October 1915. The battalion formed part of Townsend’s besieged force at Kut-el-Amara and C.S.M. Love was captured upon the capitulation of Kut on 30 April 1916. With the officers separated from the other ranks, C.S.M. Love was placed in command of the 250 plus men of the battalion able to march into captivity. The captives, already weakened by disease, were then subjected to forced marches, starvation, beatings and indifference which was to cause untold deaths. captain Neville in his History of the 43rd and 52nd (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) Light Infantry in the Great War, 1914-1919, wrote, ‘Upon Regimental Sergeant-Major Love, D.C.M., descended the mantle of leadership, and, as ever in the history of the 43rd, this gallant warrant officer assumed it and all its responsibilities. Sick though he was, he never spared himself in his efforts to protect those in his charge. Quick to realise that the lives of his men depended on him, he enforced discipline and self-control with all the strength of his character and training at the cost of his popularity, ably supported in all his endeavours by Quartermaster Sergeant Burbidge, D.C.M., Sergeant Ward, D.C.M. and the non-commissioned officers. Vilified, insulted and reviled by the Turks, he never for one moment surrendered to the enemy, though their prisoner, nor gave up the unequal contest. His wholly admirable conduct under treatment which few Englishmen have ever been called upon to endure should be remembered by those who have the honour to serve in the 43rd as an example of leadership, courage and determination ...’ He remained a prisoner-of-war until 24 November 1918 when he was repatriated. For his services in the field between 5 October 1915 and 17 January 1916, Love was mentioned in despatches, and for these and services prior to the capitulation of Kut, he was awarded the D.C.M. of the estimated 308 rank and file members of the 43rd Regiment (1st O. & B. L.I.) and 77 reservists and others attached to the 43rd, present at the surrender of Kut on 29 April 1916, some 277 are believed to have died in Turkish captivity. sold with copied service papers, m.i.c. and other research. For his son’s medals, see Lot 1085. £3000-£3500
Lot 815
Family group: a Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Company Sergeant-Major W. Richardson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8238 C.S.Mjr., 2/). & B.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8238 W.O. Cl. 2, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9288 Pte. F. Richardson, 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) 1914-15 Star (8093 Sjt. E. R. Richardson, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine and better (5) £900-1000 william Arthur Richardson was born in and enlisted at Brighton, Sussex. Serving as a Company Sergeant-Major with the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 23 November 1914. d.C.M. London Gazette 13 February 1917. ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. When his company became mixed with the wave in front, he reformed it and conducted its further advance. He set a splendid example of courage and coolness throughout’. c.S.M. W. Richardson, 2nd Battalion Oxf. & Bucks. L.I., died of wounds on 11 May 1918, aged 30 years. He was buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.2. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star. frederick Richardson was born in and enlisted at Brighton, Sussex. Serving as a Private in the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. As a Corporal in the battalion he was killed in action on 30 July 1916, aged 23 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Entitled to 1914 Star clasp. edward Richard Richardson was born in and enlisted at Brighton, Sussex. Serving as a Sergeant in the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he entered the Asiatic theatre of war on 5 December 1914. He died in Mesopotamia on 24 September 1916, aged 30 years. He was buried in the Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery. the three brothers were the sons of Cain and Elizabeth Mary Richardson, of 18 Kimberley Road, Brighton. All three with copied death certificates, m.i.c. and other research. £900-£1000
Lot 816
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Private E. Parker, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, killed in action, 24 July 1918 distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (11751 Pte., 6/O. & B.L.I.) nearly extremely fine £700-800 d.C.M. London Gazette 14 November 1916. ‘For conspicuous gallantry in an attack when he engaged a machine gun single handed with bombs, killing two of the gunners and putting the gun out of action’. edward Parker was born in and enlisted at West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Serving as a Private in the 6th Battalion Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. he was awarded the D.C.M for conspicuous gallantry in action. Serving as a Private with ‘E’ Company, 2nd Battalion Oxf. & Bucks. L.I., he was killed in action on 24 July 1918, aged 35 years. He was buried in the Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. He was the husband of Rebecca Parker of 16 Lyndon, West Bromwich. One of only 7 D.C.M’s. to the 6th Battalion. £700-£800
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