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Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 (Verpleger R. C. Leonhard.) extremely fine £300-£400 --- Rudolf Cornelis Leonhard served as a male nurse [Verpleger] with the 1st Ambulance of the Dutch Red Cross in South Africa. ‘The personnel of the First Dutch Red Cross Ambulance comprised Doctor G. Lingbeek (leader), Prof. J. Korteweg, Doctors Romeyn, Oidtmann, Bierens de Haan, and Vinckhuijzen, ten nursing sisters (all from Amsterdam), and four male nurses, including R. C. Leonhard. At Rietfontein, Dr Bierens de Haan took over the clinic and Dr Lingbeek was in charge of the outpatient clinic, but as it became clear that one doctor could manage at Rietfontein on his own, Dr Lingbeek with male nurses Leonhard and Bos, went to General Erasmus’s laager. They established a small field hospital using their cumbersome Amsterdam ambulance wagon that was of no use for patient transport but provided excellent accommodation for the staff. The masterly inactivity for which this general had gained considerable renown ensured that they had very little work to do, particularly as far as surgery was concerned. In September [1900] Dr Bierens de Haan, his assistant Leonhard and three volunteers left Hectorspruit with their refurbished ambulance to accompany Commandant General Louis Botha to the Northern Transvaal. Bierens de Haan apparently reported on this expedition in his letters to the Dutch Red Cross Society but the official report he submitted was lost so that relatively little is known about this spell of two months (September to November 1900) that he spent in the northern Transvaal.’ (Helpers, Healers and Hospitals, by J. C. (Kay) de Villiers, refers) Sold with copied Vorm “B” and extracts from the above publication which gives a good account of the First Dutch Red Cross Ambulance with several more mentions of Leonhard.

Honourable East India Company Medal for Java 1811, silver, fitted with a contemporary silver loop suspension, minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mother Agnes.) officially impressed naming, toned, extremely fine and rare £300-£400 --- Mother Agnes heads the list of 20 ‘Civil Nurses’ on the medal roll, including 4 Mothers, five Sisters, ten Nursing Sisters, and one Matron. The roll notes: ‘These ladies were employed in the Victoria Hospital, Johannesburg and nursed military patients during the war.’ Sold with copied medal roll and some other research.

Five: Sergeant B. J. Liebenberg, Royston’s Horse, later Botha’s Natal Horse Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Tpr: B. Liebenberg, Royston’s Horse.); 1914-15 Star (Far. Sjt. B. J. Liebenberg Bothas Ntl. Hse.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. B. J. Liebenberg Bothas Ntl. Hse.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Southern Rhodesia (3222 Sgt. B. J. Liebenberg.) light contact marks, traces of lacquer, good very fine (5) £500-£700

A fine Great War ‘German Spring Offensive’ 1918 D.C.M. and ‘Battle of the Somme’ 1916 M.M. group of twelve awarded to Colour-Sergeant W. A. Barnby, 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, a committed territorial who was gassed at Passchendaele in November 1917, wounded on the Aisne in May 1918, and later joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them during the Second War in Africa and Italy, being mentioned in despatches during the latter campaign Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (200343 Cpl.-A. Sjt:- W. A. Barnby. M.M. 1/4 E. York: R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (1908 Pte. W. A. Barmby. 4/E. York: R.-T.F.) note spelling of surname; 1914-15 Star (1908 Pte. W. A. Barnby. E. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1908 A. Sjt. W. A. Barnby. E. York. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., with two additional service clasps (4336419 Sjt. W. A. Barnby. 4-E. York. R.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (4336419 C. Sjt. W. A. Barnby. D.C.M. M.M. 4-E. York. R.) official correction to two digits of number, very fine or better (12) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 30 August 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He showed great coolness in organising and reforming his men under heavy fire. Later he showed fine leadership and courage in rallying his men under heavy shell fire, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘East of Estaires, 10 April 1918.’ M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. Probably an award for operations on the Somme during September and October 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 24 August 1944: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy. - 4336419 Sergt. W. A. Barnby, D.C.M., M.M., Royal Army Medical Corps.’ Walter Arthur Barnby was born in Hull, Yorkshire, in March or April 1895, the son of Arthur and Emma Barnby. He enlisted in the 4th Battalion (Territorial), East Yorkshire Regiment in 1908 and landed in France with the Battalion during the Great War on 17 April 1915, initially as Private, No. 1908. The Battalion was part of 150th Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division with whom they served until July 1918, taking part in the 2nd Battle of Ypres in 1915; the Battle of the Somme in 1916; the Battle of Arras and Passchendaele in 1917; and the Battles of Lys and Aisne during the German offensive of 1918. By that time the battalion had been reduced by losses to a cadre and was transferred to Lines of Communication and attached to 116th Brigade, 39th Division. Under the re-numbering of the Territorial Force in 1917, Barnby was given the new number 200343. Barnby was gassed in November 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele, and again wounded in action on 27 May 1918, during the 'First Assault' of the Battle of the Aisne. Company Sergeant-Major Barnby was demobilised, 20 February 1919, but re-engaged serving as 4336419 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. In 1923 he was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal under Army Order 299, for 12 years’ service in the Territorials. He was also awarded the Efficiency Medal (Territorial) in the early to mid 1930s and in February 1950 received two clasps to his T.E.M., each clasp signifying a further 6 years’ service. He was discharged, 20 May 1935 but again re-enlisted (retaining his service number) on 18 July 1935. He was transferred to 160th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, on 30 September 1938, and served with the Corps in Africa and Italy during the Second War, being mentioned in the espatches for services in Italy in 1944. Sold with original photograph in uniform with medal ribbons, original M.I.D. Certificate, XI Corps D.C.M. Card ‘For great coolness and initiative in action under heavy shell fire. 10.4.18.’, and various related documents including Soldiers’ Service and Pay Book, together with copied research.

Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Military), unnamed as issued, extremely fine £160-£200

United States of America, Silver Star (Army), Bronze Star, Air Medal, World War II Victory Medal (2), Defence Medal (2), Army American Campaign Medal 1941-45 (2), Navy American Campaign Medal 1941-45, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (2), Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal 1941-45 (2), Army of Occupation Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal, Korean Service Medal (boxed), Vietnam Service Medal (2), National Defence Medal (2) one boxed, Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Medal (2), Army Good Conduct Medal (2), Air Force Good Conduct Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Marine Corps Reserve Service Medal, generally very fine (28) £120-£160 --- Sold together with two London Borough of Harrow, Youth Service medallions.

A post-War O.B.E., K.P.M. group of ten awarded to Deputy Commissioner F. W. Syer, Tripolitinia Police Force, late Nigeria Police and Palestine Police, and Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; King’s Police and Fire Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Distinguished Service (Frederick W. Syer, Asst. Inspr. General of Police, Palestine.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. F. W. Syer. R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (Deputy Supt. F. W. Syer. Pal. Police.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, these three all privately engraved ‘Frederick W. Syer Asst. Inspr. General of Police Palestine’; Colonial Police Forces Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Asst. Insp. Gen. Frederick W. Syer, Palestine Police Force) edge prepared prior to naming; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (10) £800-£1,000 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 10 June 1954: Frederick William Syer, Esq., Deputy Commissioner, Tripolitania Police Force. K.P.F.S.M. London Gazette 8 June 1944: Frederick William Syer, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Palestine. C.P.M. London Gazette 13 June 1946: Frederick William Syer, Assistant Inspector General, Palestine Police Force. Frederick William Syer was born in Farnham, Surrey, on 20 August 1899 and was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant on probation in the Royal Flying Corps on 20 January 1918. He transferred in this rank to the Royal Air Force as a founder member on 1 April 1918 and served with 76 Squadron, before transferring to the Unemployed List on 15 September 1919. He subsequently joined the Colonial Police Force, and was awarded the 1937 Coronation Medal whilst serving with the Nigeria Police Force. Transferring to the Palestine Police Force on 8 September 1939 he rose through the ranks to the position of Assistant Inspector General, and for his services was awarded the King’s Police and Fire Service Medal. He married Doris Macqueen at St. George’s Cathedral, Jerusalem, on 18 February 1948, before becoming Deputy Commissioner of the Tripolitania Police Force. Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1954 Birthday Honours’ List, he died in Norfolk on 28 June 1971. Sold with a family photograph album; and copied research. For the recipient’s wife’s M.B.E., see Lot 208. For the recipient’s related miniature awards, see Lot 571.

Three: Jemadar Gulab Khan, 127th Baluch Light Infantry, late 27th Bombay Light Infantry East and Central Africa 1897-99, 2 clasps, Lubwa’s, Uganda 1897-98 (1126 Lc. Nk. Ghulab Khan, 27/Bo. L. Inf.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (Jemdr. Gulab Khan, 127/Baluch L.I.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued, first good fine, otherwise very fine (3) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2014 (when sold without the Delhi Durbar Medal). Sold with copied medal roll entry for the Delhi Durbar.

Three: Sergeant J. B. Richards, Queenstown Rifle Volunteers Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Pte. J. B. Richards, Queenstn. R. Vol.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (79 Serjt. J. B. Richards, Queensland (sic) R.V.); Coronation 1902, bronze, one or two minor surface scratches to the first, otherwise generally good very fine (3) £500-£700 --- One of seven members of the Queenstown Rifle Volunteers who attended the 1902 Coronation as part of the Cape Colony Contingent. Sold with medal roll verification for all three medals.

An unattributed B.E.M ‘Civil Division’ group of six miniature dress medals British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R.; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal; Netherlands, Kingdom, War Commemorative Cross, no clasp, mounted court-style as worn, very fine United States of America, Bronze Star (2); Purple Heart, these all full-sized and all unnamed as issued; together with a miniature Distinguished Service Cross; Legion of Merit; Bronze Star; and Purple Heart, traces of adhesive to reverses of miniatures, good very fine (13) £60-£80

Three: Captain G. H. Kennedy, 3rd Bombay Native Infantry India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Ensn. G. H. Kennedy, 3rd Regt. Bombay N.I.); China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Lieut. Kennedy 3rd Regt. Bombay N.I.) note lack of initials; Abyssinia 1867 (Captn. G. H. Kennedy 3rd Regt. Bombay N.I.) light contact marks and scratching to reverse of the last, otherwise very fine or better (3) £1,800-£2,200 --- Gerald Hume Kennedy was born in London in 1837, educated at Burry Grammar School, Suffolk, and Addiscombe House and entered the employment of The Oriental Bank Corporation, London, as a Clerk before applying for a Cadetship in the H.E.I.C. Army in 1854. He was appointed Ensign on 20 February 1855, attached to 13th Infantry from 27 March to 17 May 1855, and appointed to the 3rd Bombay Native Infantry on 2 June 1855. He served in Persia at the bombardment and capture of Mohomra and pursuit of the Persian Army (Medal with Clasp). He joined the detachment which marched from Sholapoor to Lunderpoor (40 miles) in 17 hours, the detachment thanked by command of Her Majesty the Queen. Captain Kennedy commanded the Bhuma Kushna frontier in October and November 1858 and was almost continually employed from 5 August 1858 to 24 September 1859 in command of detachment on field service. He was commended by His Excellency the Commander in Chief for Zeal and Energy. In addition to command of a detachment, he aacted as Post Master and Superintendent of Bazars of the Field Force under Sir H. Rose, G.C.B. in the Nizam’s dominions in March and February 1859. Kennedy served with the Horse Transport Service in the China Expeditionary Force under Lt. General Sir Hope Grant, G.C.B., and was present at the landings at Peh-Tang; the battle of Sin Ho; the bombardment and capture of the entrenched village of Tankow; the assault and capture of the Taku Forts; and he accompanied the advance of the Army on Tien Tsin and Pekin, including the battles of Chang Kia Wan and Tungchow, and occupation of Pekin (Medal with two Clasps). He was made Lieutenant on 23 January 1960, and Captain on 20 February 1867. He served in the Abyssinian campaign of 1868 as Adjutant, 3rd Bombay Native Infantry (Medal). Captain Kennedy died at Ahmadabad, Gujerat, on 10 June 1872. Sold with copied research including two copied portrait photographs of the recipient.

Riband: Two sections of the original embroidered riband for the French China Expedition Medal 1960; and two sections of the original embroidered riband for the French Mexico Expedition Medal 1862-63, one of the China ribands slightly frayed but otherwise generally good condition (4) £80-£100

Nine: Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel S. G. Hollingsworth, Royal Artillery, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who flew operationally in the Kurdistan and Iraq operations 1919-20 British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.F.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1229 Gnr. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (P./O. S. G. Hollingsworth, R.A.F.) surname officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, the reverse inscribed, ‘Major S. G. Hollingsworth, Royal Artillery, 23/2/32’, with integral top riband bar; mounted for display together with a Royal Artillery Officer’s cap badge; a Major’s rank crown; a R.A.F. cloth Pilot’s Wings; a R.A.F. Officer’s cap badge; and the recipient’s riband bar; minor contact marks and the earlier awards a little polished, otherwise generally very fine or better (9) £800-£1,000 --- Samuel Gerald Hollingsworth, who was born in September 1897 and educated at Westminster City School, and onetime a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery (Territorials), was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in March 1918 and qualified as a pilot that June. Subsequently posted to 31st Wing in Mesopotamia, he joined 63 Squadron in February 1919, and 30 Squadron in March 1920, and participated in the Kurdistan and Iraq operations. He returned to the U.K. in May 1920, and was placed on the Unemployed List. Returning to civilian life, but retaining his interest in the Territorial Army, Hollingsworth was awarded his Efficiency Decoration while serving as a Major in 103rd (Suffolk) Field Brigade, R.A. (London Gazette 24 May 1932), and was advanced to the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in August 1942.

A scarce South Africa 1877-79 Medal awarded to Trooper W. Rusch, 1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry, who was wounded in action in the second assault on Morosi’s Stronghold on 5 June 1879 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Tpr. W. Rusch 1st Cape Yeory.) good very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- W. Rusch served in the 1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry during the Morosi campaign of 1879. This unit saw a good deal of action at Morosi’s Mountain in 1879 and Basutoland in 1880, suffering many casualties. Trooper Rusch is listed as wounded during the second failed assault on Morosi’s Mountain on 5 June 1879 (confirmed in published Casualty roll), his Regiment suffering 20 killed and wounded, and the 2nd Regiment loosing a further 12 men. For his gallantry during the assault, Surgeon Major Hartley would be awarded the Victoria Cross. A trooper De Rusch, 2nd Cape Mounted Yeomanry is listed in the London Gazette, 14 December 1880 as slightly wounded at Mohalie’s Hoek on 4 October 1880. Whether this is the same man is as yet unknown.

A fine Great War 1918 ‘Second Battle of Sambre’ D.C.M., M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant J. Sims, 32nd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, late North Staffordshire Regiment, who distinguished himself at the Oise-Sambre Canal during the last set-piece battle fought by the B.E.F. on the Western Front, 4 November 1918. The latter resulted in the award of 7 Victoria Crosses, and notably amongst the casualties, the death of the poet Wilfred Owen Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9795 Sjt. J. Sims. M.M. 32/M.G.C.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (9795 Cpl. J. Sims. 32/M.G.C.); 1914-15 Star (10639 Pte. J. Sims. N. Staff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10639 Sjt. J. Sims. N. Staff. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (7807382 Sjt. J. Sims. M.G.C.) mounted court-style for display, edge bruising overall, otherwise nearly very fine (6) £2,000-£2,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 18 February 1919; citation published 10 January 1920: ‘On the 4th November, 1918, he went forward with his officer to reconnoitre the position of a bridge to be built across the Oise-Sambre Canal, near Ors, and then returned and guided his section to it under heavy fire. On three occasions, after crossing the canal, he worked forward and succeeded in silencing enemy machine guns which were holding up the infantry.’ M.M. London Gazette 27 June 1918. John Sims was a native of Burton-on-Trent, and served during the Great War with the North Staffordshire Regiment on the Western Front from 2 May 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, and won his D.C.M. and M.M. whilst serving with 32nd Battalion, M.G.C. on the Western Front. The D.C.M. was awarded for the Second Battle of Sambre, 4 November 1918 - the last set-piece battle fought by the B.E.F. on the Western Front. During the latter, 13 Divisions attacked the German positions over a 20 mile front, resulting in the award of 7 Victoria Crosses and notably amongst the casualties, the death of the poet Wilfred Owen. The Armistice was signed a week later, and after the Great War Sims continued to serve with the M.G.C. during operations in Iraq 1919-20.

Miniature Medal: Sutlej 1845-46, reverse exergue blank, 1 engraved clasp, Sobraon, with contemporary Hunt & Roskell top silver riband buckle, nearly extremely fine £40-£50

Three: Private H. Langston, Suffolk Regiment British War and Victory Medals (1309 Pte. H. Langston. Suff. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1309 Pte. H. Langston. Suff. R.) very fine (3) £140-£180

A Great War ‘Ypres 1916’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private G. M. Wright, 20th Canadian Infantry Battalion, who, despite being wounded in seven places by a bomb, picked up his mortally wounded officer and carried him back to our lines under continuous fire Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (412874 Pte. G. M. Wright. 20/Can: Inf: Bn:); 1914-15 Star (412874 Pte. G. M. Wright. 20/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (412874 Pte. G. M. Wright. 20-Can. Inf.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914 1917, with bronze Palme, light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 July 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry. During a raid on the enemy the officer in charge of the party fell mortally wounded on the enemy’s parapet. Private Wright, although wounded in seven places by a bomb, picked up his officer and carried him back to our lines under continuous fire. He then had to be himself carried away on a stretcher.’ The above incident took place at ‘The Bluff’, near the Ypres-Comines Canal, on the night of 27-28 June 1916, as recorded in the battalion war diary: ‘Our raiding party deployed at 12 midnight close to enemy parapet - the enemy had a working party out and was very alert - our party was observed and fired on - Pte Burns being killed - the party then prepared to advance and bomb. The enemy then opened up a heavy rifle fire and commenced to bomb. About this time Lieut. Anderson was killed and the party, knowing nothing of this, were waiting his signal to enter the trench - the delay thus caused made it necessary for the party to retire, this was done and they returned to our trench, only after considerable difficulty and delay - Pte Wright, though wounded himself, carried in Mr Anderson’s body - it was impossible to recover Pte Burns’ body - Pte Baker is missing. Pts Andrus and Mitchell were wounded. This experience only confirms the belief that such enterprises cannot hope to be successful without a great deal of preparation. The enemy line along our front is apparently strongly held and sentries very alert.’ French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 14 July 1917. George Mervyn Wright was born at Picton, Ontario, on 25 July 1894, and enlisted there for the 39th Battalion on 1 February 1915. He transferred to the 20th Battalion, C.E.F. on 31 December 1915, and served in France from 1 January 1916. After being wounded near Ypres on 27/28 June 1916, he was evacuated in Hospital Ship St Denis to Folkestone and then transferred to 1st Northern General Hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne, for treatment. He was discharged ‘medically unfit’ due to wounds at Toronto on 5 March 1919. Sold with copied research including attestation papers, war diary extracts and gazette notices.

Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2) (5624653. Gnr. S. W. G. Isaac. R.A.; 1434092. Gnr. W. Wright. R.A.) edge bruising and contact marks to first, surname partially officially corrected on second, nearly very fine (2) £60-£80

An important Q.S.A. awarded to Emanuel Peter, a Clerk by profession and a Leader in the Natal Volunteer Indian Ambulance Corps under Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (E. Peter. Natal Vol: Ind: Amb: Corps) toned, very fine and very rare £600-£800 --- The recommendation for the award of a medal to ‘The Natal Volunteer Indian Ambulance Leaders’ put forward by Lancelot P. Booth, Medical Officer to the Corps, dated 5th October, 1900, states: ‘These men are educated, English-speaking Indians residing in Natal who volunteered for active service in any capacity and underwent training in Ambulance work, and when some 700 to 800 Indian coolies, ignorant of English, were engaged as Ambulance “bearers” these volunteers were appointed Leaders. The Leaders stipulated that they should be unpaid, as their one desire was to prove in some humble way their loyalty to the Empress of India. These men saw active service in the operations at the Tugela, at Colenso and Spion Kop. Their special usefulness was in helping to remove the severely wounded to Rail-end by stretcher when the troops fell back carrying as far as 25 miles in one day. The War Medal would be highly prized by them.’ The list of 19 names that followed was headed by ‘Mohandas K. Gandhi, Bar:-at-Law, Inner Temple’ (a.k.a. Mahatma Gandhi). At No. 13 on this list is ‘Emanuel Peters, Clerk.’ Emanuel Ambrose Peters (known as Manuel Peters or Emanuel Peters) was born at Durban, Natal, of Indian parentage. He was married to Janetta (née de Mink) who died on 4 February 1924, leaving two daughters born in 1921 and 1923. Emanuel Peters died at Johannesburg on 2 April 1940, aged 65, and had been a chef by trade. Sold with copied medal rolls, and other research, including a copied image of the Indian Volunteer Ambulance Corps with Gandhi, Peters and others all identified.

Royal Fusiliers Sportsman’s Battalion Medal, 26mm, silver, the obverse with twin coat-of-arms and numbered ‘236’, the reverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘from Emma Cunliffe-Owen, Oct. 1914, ‘God guard you’, with small ring suspension, fine, scarce £60-£80 --- Mrs Emma Cunliffe-Owen was born in Kensington in 1863, of mixed English and German heritage. Her father, Sir Francis Phillip Cunliffe-Owen, was the director of the South Kensington (now the Victoria and Albert) Museum. Her maternal grandfather was a German Baron who had served as an aide-de-camp to Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia. At the outbreak of war, it is reputed that, whilst walking down Bond Street, she met two big-game hunters of her acquaintance. Half-jokingly, she asked them why they had not signed up, and half-jokingly they challenged her to raise a battalion of her own. A keen sportswoman in her youth, in response, she telegraphed Lord Kitchener in September 1914, who accepted her offer to raise a battalion of physically fit men, able to shoot and ride. With her husband Edward, she set up a recruiting office in the Hotel Cecil, on the Strand, and placed an advert in The Times, seeking ‘Sportsmen, aged 19 to 45, upper and middle class only. Wanted at once.’ Despite the restrictions stated in the advert, men from all walks of life joined up in response. Such was the success in her efforts, that the War Office asked her to raise a second battalion of 1600 men. And so were formed the 23rd and 24th (Service) Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment, otherwise known as the ‘1st and 2nd Sportsmans Battalions’. Mrs Cunliffe-Owen presented all ranks of her battalions with a silver medallion, engraved with the recipient’s regimental number, bearing her signature and the message, ‘God guard you.’

Three: Acting Matron M. R. Makepeace, Army Nursing Service, later Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. R. Makepeace) officially re-impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister M. R. Makepeace.) officially impressed naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (A. Matron. M. R. Makepeace.) toned, good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Mary Ridley Makepeace was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 7 January 1860. She trained at the London Hospital 1890-92, and was Staff Nurse at the Throat Hospital and at Croydon General Hospital 1893-94. She first enlisted into the Army Nursing Service as a Nursing Sister on 15 October 1894, and was renamed Sister when the A.N.S. became Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service in 1902. She was formally appointed to Q.A.I.M.N.S. as a Sister on 17 February 1903. She served at Netley 1894-97, and at Shorncliffe 1897-99. The entry in the Army List for 1921 under “War Services” states: ‘Makepeace, Miss M. R. (Sister) S. African War, 1899-1902 - Served on Hosp. Ship “Spartan” Oct 1899 to Jan 00 and “Avoca” Feb 00 to Oct 01. Operations in the Orange River Colony, Nov 01 to 31 May 02. Queen’s Medal.’ Nurse Makepeace is identified in a group photograph on board the Spartan published in the Black and White Budget of Jan. 6, 1900. Sold with copied research including medal rolls for both Boer War medals and Great War Medal Index Card which shows entitlement to British War and Victory Medals and to Silver War Badge.

An outstanding Inter-War ‘Loe-Agra Operations’ I.D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Naik Farman Ali, 2nd Punjab Regiment, for his gallant conduct during an epic defence of Kila Hari Post, 5-6 April 1935, when a small detachment of his unit was besieged by an unexpected and well organised tribal lashkar of 1,000 Shamozais tribesmen, which threatened to overwhelm the defenders in a series of fiercely contested hand-to-hand attacks that involved revolvers, bayonets, stones and knives over a prolonged and sustained ten hour period Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (L-Nk. Farman Ali, 3-2 Punjab R.) with integral top silver ribbon bar; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935, with M.I.D. oak leaves (7466 L-Nk. Farman Ali, 3-2 Punjab R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46, unnamed as issued to Indian personnel, good very fine and scarce (7) £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2017. I.D.S.M. G.G.O. 480 of 1935. Approximately 98 I.D.S.Ms of this type are believed to have been awarded. M.I.D. G.G.O. 166 of 1936: ‘for gallant and distinguished services during the Loe-Agra Operations between 23 February to 13 April 1935.’ Farman Ali served with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment during the operations against the Upper Mohmands during 1933, and was also present during the Loe-Agra Operations in the North-West Frontier Province, which lasted from 23 February to 13 April 1935, services for which he was awarded the Indian Distinguished Service Medal, one of five such awards given for this campaign. The action in which Farman Ali was decorated has been described as ‘one of the most ferocious and sustained attacks that was ever inflicted by tribesmen in the history of the North-West Frontier. The night defence of Kila Hari post in the Loe-Agra operations of the Nowshera Brigade in April 1935 by a party of the 72nd Punjabis is an epic. A small detachment was attacked by an unexpectedly well-led tribal lashkar of 1,000 Shamozais. They were almost overwhelmed in the hand-to-hand fighting which involved revolvers, bayonets, stones and knives and lasted an incredible ten hours. No significant opposition had been met during the advance to Loe-Agra, and there was no evidence of any substantial lashkars in the area. Nevertheless it was determined that a strong picquet should be left on the heights dominating Loe-Agra known as Kila Hari. This piquet consisted of one rifle company and a machine gun platoon drawn from the 3/2nd Punjabis. An intelligence report was received during the afternoon of 5 April that a large enemy lashkar had been sighted and was intending to launch an attack on Kila Hari Post from the east. This report was considered unreliable and not given credence. The unexpected attack began about 7:30 p.m., when Shamozai swordsmen attempted to rush the machine-gun post. This resulted in severe hand to hand fighting, but the tribesmen’s attack, although pressed home with considerable ferocity was beaten back. The enemy made further assaults at about 15 minute intervals until midnight, but all were repulsed. At about 9:30 p.m. the lower post on the ridge was heavily attacked, followed by other attacks against other posts which were also beaten off. The tribesmen surrounded the position and kept it under constant fire until just before dawn, when they withdrew. It was then confirmed that during this night attack 28 tribesmen had been killed, and almost certainly a far larger number wounded.

Pair: Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel G. Andrew, Army Medical Department attached 12th Foot India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (At Surgn G. Andrew H.M.’s 1st Bn 6th Regt); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Surgn. Maj: G. Andrews, 1/12th Regt) light contact marks, very fine (2) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2006 (I.G.S. only) and J. B. Hayward, June 1972 (Afghanistan only). George Andrew was born on 5 September 1840, and qualified M.A., King’s College, Aberdeen, 1860, and M.B. 1864. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon on the Staff in March 1865, and to the 6th Foot in July 1866, and served with that regiment in the Hazara campaign of 1868, including the subsequent operations in the Black Mountain (Medal with clasp). He was appointed Surgeon Major in March 1877, and served with the 12th Foot in Afghanistan 1878-80, during the first campaign with the Peshawar Valley Field Force, and during the second campaign with the Khyber Division and Khyber Line Force. He retired as Brigade Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel in April 1895, and resided in later life at 37 Westburn Road, Aberdeen. He died in October 1899. Sold with photographic image of recipient in uniform, and copied research.

Four: Reserve Constable J. A. Ryan, Royal Ulster Constabulary, late Ulster Defence Regiment and Royal Irish Fusiliers General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (23721802 Pte. J. A. Ryan UDR) with named card box of issue; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994, E.II.R. (23721802 LCpl J A Ryan UDR); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., ‘Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve’ reverse (R/Const J A Ryan) with Royal Mint case of issue; Royal Ulster Constabulary Service Medal, E.II.R. (R/Const J A Ryan) on 2nd type ribbon, with Royal Mint case of issue, mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- James Alexander Ryan undertook Northern Ireland home service initially with the 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers from 15 October 1959 to 14 October 1965, and later with the Ulster Defence Regiment from 20 November 1971 to 10 January 1973, and again with the 2nd Battalion 17 December 1974 to 16 December 1978, all in County Armagh. Ryan also served in Armagh with the Royal Ulster Constabulary in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s as a part time Reserve Constable. Sold with a quantity of original ephemera including the recipient’s fully completed and signed Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book for the period 17 December 1974 to 16 December 1978; original Army Form B108D Territorial Army Certificate of Service for the period 15 October 1959 to 14 October 1965; original Army Form B108D Ulster Defence Regiment Certificate of Service for the period 20 November 1971 to 10 January 1973; an original signed and named R.U.C. Standard of Efficiency certificate, dated 1 January 1980; three group photographs; a blank R.U.C. pocket notebook; O.C.A. lapel badge; eight various R.U.C. uniform/cap badges; and three Association medals (Royal Irish Rangers, Royal Irish Fusiliers; and Territorial Army), the first two named on reverse ‘L/Cpl J A Ryan 23721802 5th Batt R.I.F.’, and all swing mounted for wear.

Four: Warrant Officer Class II C. H. Youngjohns, Worcestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (9 S. Sjt. C. H. Youngjohns. Worc. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (9 W.O. Cl. II C. H. Youngjohns. Worc. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (9 Sjt: C. H. Youngjohns. 7/Worc: Regt.) minor edge bruising to last, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- Charles Henry Youngjohns was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, in 1883 and served pre-War with the 7th (Territorial) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, being awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal on 1 April 1912. Appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major on 21 June 1915, he served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. Sold with copied research.

Nine: Colonel L. C. Sherer, Leicestershire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Bimb: L. C. Sherer E.A. Tpt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (Major L. C. Sherer. Leic: Regt.) official correction to rank; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj. L. C. Sherer. Leic. Rgt.); 1914 Star (Col: L. C. Sherer.); British War and Victory Medals (Col. L. C. Sherer.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class breast abdge, silver, gold and enamel; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Firket, Hafir, unnamed as issued, some chips to enamel on the Medjidie and some light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (9) £1,400-£1,800 --- Lionel Copley Sherer, son of John W. Sherer, C.S.I., was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment on 11 August 1880; Lieutenant, 1 July 1881; Captain, 5 September 1888; Major, 14 August 1901; and Lieutenant-Colonel, 10 September 1908. He served as a Special Service Officer with the Dongola Expeditionary Force under Sir Herbert Kitchener in 1896, including the engagement at Firket and the operations at Hafir (mentioned in despatches, Khedive’s Medal with 2 Clasps, English Medal). He then served in the South African war with the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, in command of a Mounted Infantry Battalion, from 9 October to 7 December 1900, and in command 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, from 15 December 1900 to 29 April 1901. Sherer took part in the operations in Natal in 1899, including actions at Talana and Lombard’s Kop, and at the Defence of Ladysmith; and was in Natal, from March to June 1900, including action at Laing's Nek, 6 to 9 June, as well as in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, from July to 29 November 1900, including actions at Belfast and Lydenberg. He was once more in the Transvaal from November 1900 to September 1901, and from October 1901 to 31 May 1902. Sherer was also involved in the operations on the Zululand Frontier of Natal in September and October 1901 (despatches London Gazette 8 February 1901; Queen’s Medal with 4 Clasps, King’s Medal with 2 Clasps). He served during the Great War as Colonel on the Reserve of Officers and was in France from 10 August 1914, as A.A.Q.M.G. Headquarters No. 3 Base.

A rare and extremely well-documented post-War M.B.E., Boer War ‘Siege of Ladysmith’ R.R.C. and Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ Second Award Bar group of six awarded to Nursing Sister Miss Jessie P. Stow, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, late Natal Volunteer Medical Corps, later Rhodesian Railways Nursing Service, who was awarded the R.R.C. for her services at the Intombi Camp Hospital during the Siege of Ladysmith; was Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War; and received her final honour in 1951, after a nursing career spanning over half a century The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type lady’s shoulder badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue; Royal Red Cross, 1st Class, V.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, with Second Award Bar, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister J. P. Stow.) officially re-impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister J. P. Stow.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Sister J. P. Stow.) nearly extremely fine (6) £3,000-£4,000 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1951. R.R.C. London Gazette 31 October 1902. R.R.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services with the British Forces in Mesopotamia.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919. Miss Jessie Philipson Stow was born in South Africa in 1877 and was educated at the Diocesan School at Grahamstown. She did her nursing training at St. Bartholemew’s Hospital in London from 1895 to 1899, before returning to South Africa. She served with the Natal Volunteer Medical Corps during the Boer War, and was present throughout the Siege of Ladysmith at the Intombi Camp Hospital, and for her services was awarded the Royal Red Cross, First Class. Miss Stow was Matron of Livingstone Hospital from 1908 to 1914, before joining Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, whom she served with during the Great War in Malta, Egypt, India, and Mesopotamia. For her services in Mesopotamia she was Mentioned in Despatches by Lieutenant-General Sir W. R. Marshall, and was awarded a Second Award Bar to her Royal Red Cross. Post-War, Miss Stow served as Matron of the Government Hospital at Der-es-Salam, before taking up an appointment with the Rhodesian Railways Nursing Service in 1932. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1951 New Year’s Honours’ List, and finally retired in 1952. She died in Luansha, Northern Rhodesia, in 1962. Sold with an extensive file of original documents, including the recipient’s original M.I.D. Certificate, dated 7 February 1919; various telegrams and letters regarding both the award of the R.R.C.; the Second Award Bar; and the M.B.E.; a large quantity of original letters, newspaper cuttings, and photographs; other ephemera, including the recipient’s napkin ring, this damaged, engraved ‘J.P.S. Malta Xmas 1915’; and copied research, including medal roll extracts.

Pair: Clerk of Stores John J. Mc Bean, Field Train, Royal Foot Artillery Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Corunna, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive (J. J. McBean, Clerk of Stores, Field Train.); Waterloo 1815 (John J. Mc. Bean, Cl. of Stor. Royal Foot Artillery) fitted with original steel clip and replacement silver bar suspension, official correction to ‘J. Mc.’ on the second, minor edge bruising and marks, otherwise good very fine and rare to unit (2) £2,600-£3,000 --- Dalton’s Waterloo Roll Call lists just two officers of the Field Train Department of the Ordnance. However the Royal Mint Waterloo medal roll confirms five Clerks of Stores and six Conductors of Stores in the Field Train Department as being present at Waterloo.

An unattributed Greek group of three Greece, Kingdom, Royal Order of George I, Civil Division, Knight’s breast bade, silver and enamel; Medal of Military Merit, Fourth Class, bronze; Allied Victory Medal 1914-18, bronze, mounted as worn, good very fine Greece, Kingdom, Cross of the Bavarian Volunteer Corps, bronze, very fine An unattributed group of nine Greek miniature dress medals Royal Order of George I, Military Division, gilt and enamel; Royal Order of George I, Civil Division, gilt and enamel; Order of the Phoenix, Civil Division, gilt and enamel; Order of the Phoenix, Military Division, silvered and enamel; Air Force Flying Cross, bronze; War Cross, bronze; Distinguished Conduct Medal, bronze; War Medal 1940-41, uniface, bronze; War Star 1940-41, uniface, bronze, mounted, mounted court-style as worn; together with three loose and separate United States of America miniature medals, including the Bronze Star, good very fine and better (16) £60-£80

Colonial Prison Service Long Service Medal, E.II.R. (Supt. of Prisons N. T. Smart, Fed. Malaya) good very fine, rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. The regulations for the Colonial Prison Service Medal were published in the Federation of Malaya Government Gazette of 30 May 1957. Soon afterwards, on 31 August 1957, the Federation of Malaya became an independent country within the Commonwealth. No awards of the Colonial Prison Service Medal were published in the Government Gazette and consequently this award cannot be traced. Norman Thomas Smart was born in London on 10 January 1911. He entered the Colonial service on 1 January 1935, in the Prisons Department of the Malay Straits Settlements. After the War he continued in the Malayan Prisons Service and in October 1946 assumed duty as Warder in a local prison in Singapore. In December 1949 he assumed duty as a Warder at Johore Behru Prison. He was later promoted a Superintendent of Prisons, and in February 1956 assumed duty in that post at Penang.

War Medal 1939-45 (20), all unnamed as issued, generally very fine (20) £60-£80

British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (3233586 A. Sjt. D. E. Jones. C.F.A.; 310911 Gnr. J. R. Fergusson. C.F.A.; 42524 Dvr. J. G. Lye. C.F.A.; 512543 Sjt. V. J. Draper. C.R.T.; 2497712 Spr. H. Merrow. C.R.T.; 174029 Pte. W. Denton. C.M.G. Bde.) minor edge bruising, generally very fine (6) £60-£80

An unattributed C.B.E. group of seven miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt and enamel; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, very fine A mounted M.B.E. group of six miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style, extremely fine An unattributed M.B.E. pair of miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s badge, silver; Defence Medal, mounted as worn, the MBE on lady’s bow riband, extremely fine An unattributed group of four miniature dress medals France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, very fine A mounted group of four miniature dress medals Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977; Jubilee 2002; Jubilee 2012, mounted court-style, good very fine (23) £70-£90 --- Note in relation to the second group of miniatures that it was not possible to be awarded both the Pacific Star and the Burma Star.

Four: Squadron Sergeant Major F. Battson, Glamorgan Yeomanry and 14th Hussars, who was awarded a scarce M.S.M. for Egypt and received the 14th Hussars Regimental Medal British War and Victory Medals (3254 W.O. Cl.2. F. Battson. Glam. Yeo.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3254 Sq. S. Mjr: F. Battson. 14/Hrs.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (H-47818 Sq: S. Mjr. F. Battson. 14/Hrs.) mounted court-style; together with the recipient’s 14th Hussars Regimental Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘To No. 3254 S.S.M. Frederick Battson 14th. (King’s) Hussars in recognition of the valuable services to the regiment Mhow 10th. Dec. 1912.’, nearly extremely fine (5) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in Egypt.’ One of only two M.S.M.s awarded to the Hussars for Egypt (the other being to the 8th Hussars). Frederick Battson was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 July 1911, and received the 14th Hussars Regimental Medal the following year. The 14th Hussars Regimental Medal was instituted by Lieutenant-Colonel E. D. Browne-Synge-Hutchinson, V.C., in 1909; available to all ranks, it was awarded to those who ‘contributed in some conspicuous manner to the military efficiency or the military honour of the Regiment’. A total of 70 awards (68 medals and two Second Award bars) were made between 1909 and 1949. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private H. M. Smith, 17th Lancers Military Medal, G.V.R. (L-2175 Pte. H. M. Smith. 17/Lrs:); 1914 Star (2175 Pte H. M. Smith. 17/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (L-2175 Pte. H. H. [sic] Smith. 17-Lrs.) contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine, scarce to unit (4) £600-£800 --- One of approximately 21 Military Medals awarded to the 17th Lancers for the Great War. M.M. London Gazette 11 December 1918. Harry Manser Smith was born in Eastbourne and attested for the 17th Lancers, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 November 1914. He was awarded his Military Medal as part of a batch awarded for operations on the Western Front during August 1918, one of 12 M.M.s. awarded to the Regiment for services in connection with the Allied offensive on the Western Front during August 1918.

Three: Captain R. B. Creyke, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (R. B. Creyke, Mate.); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver, unnamed as issued, fitted with contemporary replacement silver bar suspension, each medal fitted with silver ribbon buckle and long pin for wearing, nearly extremely fine (3) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, March 1998, when mounted in glass fronted display case, the black-on-gold painted labels from which accompany the group. Richard Boynton Creyke entered the Navy in July, 1829, as first-class volunteer on board the Atholl, on the west coast of Africa, from which vessel, in April 1831, he was transferred to the Medina, where he remained until July of the same year. He joined the Ocean as a midshipman in December 1831, the Magpie in November 1832, and the Rolla in November 1833. In these vessels he was employed at Sheerness, and on the North Sea and Lisbon stations. He went to the Mediterranean in April 1834, in the Revenge, and as a Mate became attached to the Bellerophon in May 1838. In the Bellerophon, as a Mate, he took part in the operations on the coast of Syria, and was present at the bombardment of St. Jean D’Acre. In July 1841, he was appointed to the revenue cutter Defence, employed in the North Sea, and was transferred, in July 1843, to the steam vessel Blazer, Captain John Washington (afterwards Hydrographer) employed on surveying service in the same neighbourhood. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in September 1843. From February 1844, to October 1845, he served on the west coast of Africa in the Penelope, Alert, and Growler, the former being the Commodore’s vessel on that station. He commanded the boats of the Alert in an attack on pirates at the Arguin islands, near Cape Blanco, for which he was mentioned favourably in the despatches of the Commodore. In January 1846, he was appointed to the survey of the west coast of Scotland, under Captain C. G. Robinson, in the Shearwater, and in October of the same year was made an Assistant-Surveyor. In October 1847, his name was transferred to the books of the San Josef and subsequently to the Impregnable and Fisgard, his services throughout being continued in the survey of the west coast of Scotland. In February 1855, Lieutenant Creyke was appointed First Lieutenant of the Merlin, Captain Bartholomew J. Sulivan, attached to the Baltic fleet, in which vessel he assisted in surveying the north part of Cronstadt, as well as the vicinity of Sweaborg, previous to its bombardment, at which he was present. For his services on this occasion he was so strongly recommended by the Commander-in-Chief to the favourable consideration of their lordships, that he was promoted to the rank of Commander in September of the same year, and in the following November again resumed his duties as an Assistant-Surveyor on the west coast of Scotland, under Captain E. J. Bedford, with whom, as Chief Assistant-Surveyor, he continued to serve until about the year 1861. He was promoted to be Retired Captain on 11 February 1862, in consideration of his services and the impaired state of his health. For his war services Captain Creyke has received the Syrian and Baltic medals.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Probationer Lilly Elsoner.) officially re-impressed naming, toned, extremely fine £200-£300 --- Lilly Elsoner is confirmed on a roll of Civil Nurses as one of 15 Probationers who served in the Victoria Hospital, Johannesburg, and nursed military patients during the war. Sold with copied medal roll.

Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, white metal, contained in unmarked silver glazed watch case with integral post and loop suspension, some light surface corrosion and discolouration, otherwise a pleasing very fine £300-£400

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (2), 1st issue (203331. J. T. Gamsby., A.B. H.M.S. Victory.); 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.1632 A. H. Bates. A-P.O. H.M.S. Verbena.) suspension on first replaced fixed a fixed suspension; contact marks and edge bruising, good fine and better (2) £70-£90 --- John Thomas Gamsby, a Baker from Manchester, was born on 29 October 1882 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 24 September 1903. He was advanced Able Seaman and discharged to shore on 4 November 1912, having joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. He served afloat during the Great War in in the minelayers H.M.S. Thetis and H.M.S. Princess Margaret, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 January 1918. He was shore pensioned on 1 March 1923. Albert Henry Bates, a Messenger Boy from Timoleague, Co. Cork, was born on 7 March 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 29 June 1908. He served afloat during the Great War in H.M.S. Dublin at Gallipoli and was later present at the Battle of Jutland. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 14 April 1925 and he was Advanced Petty Officer on 17 November 1925. Pensioned to shore on 6 March 1932, he re-entered the service on 17 February 1936 and was discharged to shore as unsuitable on 27 July 1937, but recalled further from 28 September 1938 until 2nd October 1938. Recalled for Second World War service on 25 August 1939, he was invalided to shore on 18 December 1940 due to vascular syphilis. He died on 30 June 1941.

The important Naval General Service Medal awarded to Able Seaman Charles Stewart, who was present on board H.M.S. Mars in her epic conflict with the Hercule in April 1798, and later fought at Trafalgar aboard H.M.S. Victory Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Mars 21 April 1798, Trafalgar (Charles Stewart.) suspension claw re-fixed, edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine £14,000-£18,000 --- Provenance: Payne Collection 1911; Glendining’s, May 1922, July 1946 (G. Dalrymple White Collection), and July 1977; Spink, July 2000 (Ron Byatt Collection) £11,500; Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015 (John Goddard Collection) £14,000. Mars 21 April 1798 [26 issued] - 10 medals known, including examples in the National Maritime Museum; Royal Naval Museum; Honeyman Collection (U.S.A.); and Patiala Collection (Sheesh Mahal Museum, India). Trafalgar [1611 issued] - including 18 officers and 104 men on board Nelson’s flagship Victory. The published Naval General Service Medal rolls confirm Charles Stewart as an Ordinary Seaman aboard the Mars for the action of 21 April 1798, and as an Able Seaman aboard the Victory at the battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. One other man appears on the roll with these names as a recipient of the ‘Copenhagen 1801’ clasp. Charles Stewart, who was from Banffshire, Scotland, originally entered the Royal Navy aboard H.M.S. Zealand in September 1797 but had removed to the Mars in time for her famous duel with the Hercule in April 1798: Mars captures Hercule At 11 a.m. on the 21st April as the British fleet was crossing the Iroise Passage two sails were spotted to the east. The three most easterly ships were detached to investigate the sails, these being the 74-gun ships of the line Mars, Captain Alexander Hood, and Ramillies, Captain H. Inman, and the 38-gun frigate Jason, Captain C. Stirling. At 2 p.m. a third sail was sighted close to the shore to the southeast. This new sail was much larger than those sighted earlier, and the squadron turned towards the new ship, the 74-gun Hercule on her maiden voyage. During the chase Ramillies lost her fore topmast and dropped back, whereupon Captain Hood made every effort to accelerate the sailing of the Mars and soon gained on the leading ship, the Jason, and the Hercule. Captain L'Héritier of the Hercule realised that in open water he would soon be caught and overwhelmed, and sought instead to escape through the channel of the Raz de Sein. As the Hercule neared the channel, the Mars overtook the Jason and Captain Hood put her on a starboard tack and bore down on the Hercule. At 8.30 p.m., finding herself unable to sail against the strong current, the Hercule dropped anchor at the mouth of the channel, swung her broadside about to face the enemy and furled her sails. Captain Hood attempted to manoeuvre the Mars into an effective position to attack the Hercule, but the current in the Raz de Sein passage prevented this and instead he decided to bring the Mars directly alongside and fight broadside to broadside. At 9.25 p.m., after an initial heavy exchange, with the Mars fighting the current, she pulled slightly ahead of the Hercule and dropped anchor. The port bow anchor of the Mars became entangled with the starboard anchor of the Hercule, causing the British ship to swing violently and collide with the Hercule. Thus entangled and with sides rubbing together, both captains ordered their ships to pour fire into the other. The situation was such that many cannons on both ships could not be run out, and instead had to be fired from inside, so that the ships sides were much burnt and quite blackened. During the exchange, Captain Hood was mortally wounded by a musket shot to the thigh but he lived just long enough to hear the cheers of his victorious seamen, and to learn that he had not in vain died for his country. The Hercule twice failed to board the Mars sustaining heavy casualties on each attempt. Captain L'Héritier himself was injured twice leading the assault. At 1030 p.m., after an hour of continual bombardment L'Héritier surrendered, the hull of the Hercule being torn open and the Jason being seen fast approaching. The Hercule had suffered a loss of 250 men killed and wounded. The casualties of the Mars were also very heavy. In addition to Captain Hood, a Captain of Marines, one Midshipman and 28 men were killed or missing, and two Lieutenants, one Midshipman and 57 men were wounded. The Hercule was carried into Plymouth and added to the Navy under the same name. Lieutenant William Butterfield, First of the Mars, was promoted to the rank of Commander. Stewart joins the Victory and fights at Trafalgar Very probably aboard the Mars when she was beached in April 1802, Stewart was quickly 'Prest' back into service aboard the Penelope and, in May 1803, joined the ship's company of the Victory, in which ship he was present under Nelson at Trafalgar: 'The story of the great fight, which commenced at noon, needs no telling here. On the firing ceasing, the Victory was found to have lost 57 killed and 103 wounded, and was herself all but a wreck. The tremendous fire to which she had been exposed when leading her line into action had caused great damage at a very early period in the Battle; and before she herself fired a gun, many of her spars were shot away, and great injury had been done to her hull, especially to the fore part. At the conclusion of the action she had lost her mizzenmast, the fore-topmast had to be struck to save the foremast, and the main mast was not much better, while her figurehead had been struck by shot and part of it carried away. Her sails were badly wounded, and it took all the exertions of her crew to refit the rigging sufficiently to stand the bad weather that followed. Her trophy, the 74-gun French Redoubtable, was one of those that sank after the action in deep water, and in her, as many of the other vessels lost, went down her Prize Crew of gallant British seamen. On 3 November the Victory sailed from Gibraltar on the melancholy but proud duty of conveying the body of the dead hero of England. She reached Spithead on 4 December, and Sheerness on the 22nd, where Nelson's body was removed to a yacht for conveyance to Greenwich and St. Paul's. During the ceremony of removing his remains, the hero's flag, which had flown half-mast ever since the action, was lowered for the last time' (Ref: The Trafalgar Roll, by Colonel R. H. Holden). Able Seaman Stewart was invalided at Malta Hospital in early December 1807 and later became a Greenwich Pensioner. He must have died after 17 December 1863 since all deaths are recorded in ADM 73/47 up to this date. Sold with detailed research by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, R.N.

Pair: Chief Carpenter's Mate J. Rouse, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863-1865 (J. Rouse, Cf. Carps. Mate, H.M.S. Eclipse) the last with named lid of card box of issue, good very fine and a rare combination (2) £600-£800 --- One of only 60 New Zealand Medals bearing these reverse dates issued to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, all to H.M.S. Eclipse. Jordan Rouse was born at Minster, Kent on 22 July 1827 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Ocean in April 1845. Appointed Carpenter's Crew in H.M.S. Howe in early 1848, he was advanced to Carpenter's Mate in April 1853 and joined H.M.S. Monarch in March 1854, in which ship he witnessed active service in the Baltic operations (Medal). Having then been advanced to Chief Carpenter's Mate in H.M.S. Eclipse in October 1862, he witnessed further active service in New Zealand. H.M.S. Eclipse was a barque-rigged wooden screw sloop of 750 tons, armed with a 110-pounder Armstrong gun and two 68-pounder pivot guns, as well as two 32-pounders. Under Commander Richard Mayne, R.N., she was the first naval ship to enter the Waikato Heads. Having participated in the bombardment of Maori positions at the mouth of the Katikara River on 4 June 1863, Commander Mayne led a force of 200 Bluejackets at the capture of Merrimi in October of the same year. The following month Mayne commanded a force of 400 Bluejackets in the invasion of Waikato but he was seriously wounded in that action at Rangiriri and invalided home. Mayne was replaced by Commander Edmund Fremantle, R.N., following which Eclipse participated in the bombardment of enemy positions on 21 September 1865, in addition to sailing to Opotiki in the Bay of Plenty to investigate reports of the Reverend Volkner's murder. Rouse was shore discharged in August 1870 and died in Sheppey, Kent in late 1872. Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extracts, and other research.

Pair: Nursing Sister S. J. Barnes, Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff and South African Constabulary Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister S. J. Barnes. I.Y. Hp. Staff) officially impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister S. J. Barnes, S.A.C.) officially impressed naming, toned, very fine and scarce £400-£500 --- Sarah J. Barnes was trained at Guy’s Hospital, London, and enlisted into Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve on 10 January 1900. She served in South Africa with the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff, and with the South African Constabulary, “E: Division, from 20 December 1900. She was discharged from the S.A.C. on 1 July 1907. Sold with copied research including medal roll entries.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, disc only without suspension (Lieut. S. B. Noble, 32nd L.I.) edge bruising, contact marks and polished, therefore fine £180-£220 --- Samuel Black Noble was commissioned Ensign in the 32nd Light Infantry on 18 May 1855, and promoted Lieutenant by purchase on 23 March 1858. He purchased a Captaincy in the 41st Foot on 22 March 1864, and retired by sale of his commission in 1871. He served with the 32nd Light Infantry during the Indian Mutiny Campaign in 1858-59, and was present at the actions of Doadpore, Jugdeshpore, the surrender of the forts of Ahmetie and Shunkerpore, and throughout the Oude Campaign (Medal).

Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 (Verpleegster C. R. Visser.) officially re-impressed naming, otherwise extremely fine and rare £300-£400 --- Cornelia Rozina Visser was a Red Cross nursing sister serving with the Veldt-Hospital at Mafeking. Sold with copied Vorm “B” and various submissions, mostly in Dutch. A small note attached in English reads ‘Served in Ambulance. Attack of malaria at Litchenburg where she had to remain, and lost contact with ambulance - returned to Holland - date not given but prob before 1902.’

A Second War O.B.I. group of six awarded to Subadar Dalel Khan, 1st Punjab Regiment, late 56th Rifles, Indian Army, who was Mentioned in Despatches for the Mohmand Operations on the North West Frontier of India in 1935 Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck riband; India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., 4 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1935 (1530 Sepoy Dalel Khan, 2-56 Rfls.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Subdr. Dalel Khan, 5-1 Punjab R.) unit partially officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, nearly very fine or better, the OBI good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 8 May 1936: Dalel Khan, Jemadar, 5th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment
‘For distinguished services rendered in connection with the Mohmand operations, North West Frontier of India, 15th/16th August to 15th/16th October, 1935.’ Sold with copied research.

A C.I.E. group of five awarded to Captain A. R. Leishman, Assam-Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles, who for many years was a prominent member of Chittagong’s municipal and business community The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. A. R. Leishman); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed; Indian Volunteer Forces Decoration, G.V.R., the reverse officially engraved ‘Capt. A. R. Leishman, The A.B. Rly. Bn. (A.F.I.)’ with top suspension bar drilled for sewing to ribbon; Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Lieutt. A. R. Leishman, Assam Bl. Ry. Vol. Rfls.) last four mounted for wear, good very fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- C.I.E. London Gazette 3 June 1931. Alan Ross Leishman was born in 1878, the younger son of James Matthew Leishman and Sarah Robina Boog. Educated at Aldenham School 1892-95, he left for India shortly thereafter, where he took up an appointment with James Finlay & Co. in Chittagong, most probably via the offices of his father, who had earlier been employed by Bulloch Brothers & Co. Ltd. in Burma. Be that as it may, young Alan excelled in his chosen career and was for 30 years Manager of Finlay’s branch in Chittagong, so too President of the local Chamber of Commerce on 23 occasions, a Port Commissioner (1907-29), and Chairman of the Port Commissioners (1929-34). He also served on the District Board and as a member of the Hospital Committee and, from 1911, served on occasion as the Vice-Consul for Chile - the same year in which he was awarded the Delhi Durbar Medal in a civil capacity. A keen member of the Indian Volunteers, Leishman was originally commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Assam-Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles in October 1908. Advanced to Lieutenant in September of the following year, he was awarded the Indian Volunteer Long Service Medal in 1915 (IAO 292 of 7 June that year refers), and the Indian Volunteer Forces Officer’s Decoration in 1923 (the Gazette of India 15 September of that year refers). In the interim, during the Great War, he had been advanced to Captain in July 1916 and was placed on the Supernumerary List of the Indian Defence Force in April 1917 (British War Medal 1914-20). Having then added the C.I.E. to his accolades in 1931, as Manager of James Finlay & Co., he retired to England, where he died at Bromley, Kent in December 1937, aged 59 years, after having been knocked down by a motor-cyclist - the latter being driven by an R.A.F. Sergeant. Leishman was buried at Chislehurst Cemetery. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

A Great War ‘Battle of the Somme 1916’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant E. Crowder, 2nd Company, Machine Gun Corps, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (17026 A. Sjt: E. Crowder. 2/Co: M.G.C.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (10850 Pte. E. Crowder. 2/K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (10850 Sjt. E. Crowder. K.R.R.C.) medals unmounted, nearly very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 25 November 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He handled his machine guns with great courage and determination. He set a fine example to his men, thereby enabling them to hold out.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Near Bazentin Le Petit, 9-10 September 1916.’ Ernest Crowder served in France with the 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, from 13 August 1914, and afterwards with the 2nd Company, Machine Gun Corps, with whom he won the D.C.M. in the Battle of the Somme.

Pair: Reverend H. H. Scofield, Chaplain, No. 7 General Hospital, Pretoria Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Rev: H. H. Scofield,) officially engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Rev. H. H. Scofield, C. to F.) officially engraved naming, very light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £200-£300 --- Reverend H. H. Scofield is confirmed on the roll for the Army Chaplains Department, which contains 75 names. Sold with copied medal roll and a copied image of Rev. Scofield with the Bishop of Pretoria in front of the church tent with a number of convalescent soldiers immediately after a Confirmation service at No. 7 General Hospital, Pretoria.

The Battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain, and France.
A set of 13 hand-coloured circular aquatint views of the Battles of Vimiero, The Douro, Talavera, Busaco, Albuera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pampeluna, St. Sebastian, Toulouse, and Waterloo, by Edward Orme, London, 66mm diameter, each on thin card, with an historical account of the action on the reverse, contained in a circular bronze case in form of a medallion, bust of the Duke of Wellington on obverse lid; winged muse of history seated beneath an olive tree recording on a tablet the ‘Record of British Valour’ on reverse lid, ‘Picture Medal’ inscribed below; ‘The Battles of the British Army in Portugal, Spain and France from the Year 1808 to 1814 under the Command of England’s Great Captain Arthur Duke of Wellington’ title card on inside of lower lid, traces of tabs that originally held the cards together, otherwise very fine and scarce £240-£280 --- Mr. Edward Orme, of Bond Street, London, was, after Ackermann, the most important publisher of coloured aquatint prints. British success at sea and on land was one of the staple subjects of his publishing: ‘He has omitted no opportunity of bringing forward to public admiration, by the graphic art, the principal events in which our arms have triumphed both by sea and land, publishing at various periods engravings of those great exploits most calculated to impress the mind with correct ideas of the arduous struggles which have immortalised the British name.'’ (The History of Aquatint Engraving, by S. T. Prideaux refers).
It is thought that he produced over 700 of this series.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Ward Maid M. Wilson. I.Y. Hp. Staff.) officially impressed naming, surface scratches, otherwise very fine and scarce £200-£300 --- M. Wilson is confirmed on a roll of 10 Ward Maids employed with Imperial Yeomanry Hospital Staff, all of whom were disallowed the clasp for Cape Colony. Sold with copied medal roll.

Three: Lance Corporal J. Mason, Suffolk Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (4028 Pte J. Mason. 1st Suffolk Regt); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (4028 Pte J. Mason. Suffolk Regt); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4028 L. Cpl. J. Mason. Suff: Regt) contact marks to first two, good fine, last good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- John Mason was born in Farnborough, Warwickshire. He attested for the Suffolk Regiment at Bury St. Edmunds in November 1894. Mason served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from November 1899 to October 1900, and then from April through to September 1902. He was appointed a Bandsman in July 1902, and served with the Battalion in Egypt from January 1911 until October 1914. Mason subsequently served as a Lance Corporal with the 3rd Battalion at Home from 24 October 1914 to 10 January 1917 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in 1915; entitled to British War Medal, and Silver War Badge). He was discharged on 10 January 1917, having served 22 years and 63 days with the Colours. Sold with copied service papers.

“B” Bankers’ Company, 1st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers Lowson Medal for Success in Shooting, 88mm, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Won by Lieut. P. F. W. Edington 1904’; together with two related “B” Company, 1st L.R.V. fob medals, the first silver, the reverse engraved ‘1st L.R.V. B. Coy. Aggregate won by Lieut. P. F. W. Edington 1904’; the second bronze, the reverse engraved ‘1st L.R.V. B. Coy. Aggregate won by Lieut. P. F. W. Edington 1905’, good very fine (3) £80-£100

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Corporal D. Glen, 6th Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, who was twice wounded, the first wound almost certainly received during the Battalion’s operations at Hill 70 during the Battle of Loos on 25-26 September, for which action the Battalion’s Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. Douglas-Hamilton was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (S.10599. Cpl. D. Glen. 6/Cam: Hdrs.); 1914-15 Star (S-10599. L-Cpl. D. Glen. Cam’n Highrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (S-10599 Cpl. D. Glen. Cam’n Highrs.); Victory Medal 1914-19, naming erased; light contact marks, generally very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.M. London Gazette 1 September 1916. M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 6 August 1918. Daniel Glen was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, on 26 April 1889 and attested for the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, serving with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 July 1915. He was wounded by gun shot to the leg in September 1915, and was transferred to the sick convoy on 28 September 1915; given the date of his transfer to the convoy his wound was almost certainly received during the Battalion’s operations at Hill 70 during the Battle of Loos on 25-26 September, for which action the Battalion’s Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. Douglas-Hamilton was awarded the Victoria Cross: ‘For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when commanding his battalion during operations on 25 and 26 September 1915, on Hill 70. On 26 September, when the battalions on his right and left had retired, he rallied his own battalion again and again, and led his men forward four times. The last time he led all that remained, consisting of about fifty men, in a most gallant manner and was killed at their head. It was mainly due to his bravery, untiring energy and splendid leadership that the line at this point was enabled to check the enemy's advance.’ (London Gazette 18 November 1915). Glen was wounded for a second time in July 1918, but survived the War, and transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 8 March 1919. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Captain A. F. Dalzel, Devonshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Ladysmith on 27 December 1899 India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Lieut. A. F. Dalzell. 1st Bn. Devon: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith Capt. A. F. Dalzel. Devon. Rgt.) extremely fine (2) £2,800-£3,400 --- Augustus Frederick Dalzel, Devonshire Regiment, was killed in Ladysmith by a Boer shell, December 27th, 1899. He was the only son of the late William Frederick Blygh (sic) Dalzel, M.D., Surgeon-Major Bengal Army, was born Sept., 1870, educated at Haileybury, and joined the Devonshire Regiment, January 1892, being promoted Lieutenant, May 1895. He served with the first battalion of his regiment in the campaign on the North-West Frontier of India, 1897-98, under the late Sir William Lockhart, with the Tirah Expeditionary Force, being present at the capture of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, receiving the medal with two clasps. Lieutenant Dalzel was serving with his battalion in Natal, when war broke out, was in the fighting round Ladysmith, and served in the town during the siege until killed.’ (The “Last Post” refers). ‘27th December. We are all feeling terribly down in the mouth today, as an unlucky shell came right into our mess this morning and burst there, killing poor Dalzel on the spot, and wounding eight other officers more or less. Price-Dent, and Caffin of the Yorkshires, are dangerously wounded, and Lafone, Byrne (Inniskillings), Tringham (Queen’s), Twiss, Scafe, and Kane very slightly - all with knocks on the head from bits of stone. Price-Dent has a piece of the back of his head knocked off, exposing the brain, and Caffin has his right arm broken and a bit of stone in his lung, and the doctors think badly of both cases. The rest are all right. I was down in the orderly-room at the time, and most of the officers had just left it and gone back to the mess, which is a big canvas and tarpaulin shelter behind a 7 ft. thick stone wall, with an earth bank behind it, and is pretty safe; but, by bad luck, the shell just scraped the top of the wall and burst over the heads of the fellows sitting underneath, sending showers of stones and dirt over them. Dalzel was sitting further on at a table reading, and had just laughingly said he wouldn’t move but would take his chance, when he was struck and killed instantaneously. One of the newspaper correspondents has very kindly sent a message through for me, asking his editor in London to break the news to Dalzel’s sisters, so that I hope they will know before they see the bare official news in the papers. Our mess can’t be seen from anywhere near the Boer guns, so that this shot was a pure fluke, and must have been aimed at something else. It has wrecked the mess, smashing two-thirds of the tables and chairs, and cutting the canvas and tarpaulin into shreds. It was a big 6-inch shell from a hill nearly four miles off. We have a look-out man, with a whistle, who blows whenever this gun fires, so that everyone has lots of time to get under cover, and the fellows in the mess thought they were quite safe. It is not likely to happen again in 1000 rounds. Poor Dalzel will be buried this evening in the cemetery here.’ (Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Park at Ladysmith refers).

Family group: Four: Private A. E. Evans, 2nd Battalion, Transvaal Scottish, Union Defence Force, who was taken prisoner of war during the attempted break out from Tobruk in June 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘32564 A. E. Evans’, very fine Four: Private W. C. Evans, 1st Royal Natal Carbineers, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘590497 W. C. Evans’, generally very fine or better (8) £100-£140 --- Albert Edward Evans was born in January 1910. He enlisted in the Union Defence Force at Johannesburg in May 1940, and was subsequently posted to ‘H.Q.’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Transvaal Scottish. Evans disembarked in Egypt in June 1941, and was with the Regiment when it attempted to break out of the Axis cordon surrounding Tobruk, 21 June 1942, ultimately leading to the Garrison’s mass surrender on that date. Evans was taken prisoner of war by the Italians, and was initially interned at Campo 82 (Laterina). He was subsequently transferred to Germany and interned firstly at Stalag IX - C, Mulhausen, and then at Stalag IV - B, Muhlberg. Evans was repatriated in June 1945, but subsequently spent time in military hospital suffering from renal problems. Walter Charles Evans was the brother of the above, and was born in March 1908. He enlisted in the Union Defence Force at Port Elizabeth in January 1944, and was subsequently posted to the 1st Royal Natal Carbineers, 6th South African Armoured Division. Evans disembarked in Italy, via Egypt, in August 1944. Sold with extensive copied research.

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (... pr. G. le H. Bainbridge-Ritchie. N.F.) number and rank erased, with traces of having been held in a circular mount, suspension re-affixed, very fine £140-£180

Six: Major H. C. F. Wortherspoon, South African Technical Service Corps, late Lincolnshire Regiment and Royal Scots, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War on the Western Front in March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. C. F. Wotherspoon.); War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, with copy Protea emblem, the two Second War Medals both named ‘117584 H. C. F. Wotherspoon’; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (3048449 W.O. Cl.II H. C. F. Wotherspoon. R. Scots.) contact marks to the Great War pair, these polished and worn and therefore fair; the rest good very fine and better (6) £200-£240 --- Henry Charles Frederick Wotherspoon was born in New South Wales, Australia, on 17 September 1897. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 30 May 1917, and was posted to the 7th Service Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He led ‘C’ Company in action during the First Battle of Passchendaele on 12 October 1917, and was advanced Captain on 25 October of that year. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 24 March 1918- the Battalion History gives the following account: ‘The pressure of the enemy on Demicourt and Doignies on the night of 22-23 March had, as was anticipated, its effect on the 7th Lincolnshire, holding Hermies, for that Battalion early on the 23rd observed the enemy massing in the valley north and north-west of the latter village. Hermies was heavily shelled, the trench system round the eastern and northern exits escaped with only slight shelling. During the morning headquarters ordered the evacuation of Hermies. The Commanding Officer (Lieutenant-Colonel Metcalf) with A and C companies, withdrew at 1.45; he was followed at 2.15 p.m. by Major Peddie with B and D Companies. At 2 p.m. the enemy had broken into the Hermies line south of Graincourt Road (Lurgan Switch), and there was a gap from south of the road, which was filled by one platoon of D Company under Second Lieutenant Dunn. Hermes was now beset by the enemy on three sides. His troops poured down the Graincourt and Demicourt roads and up the valley north-west of the village. On the Graincourt road flank, Second Lieutenant Dunn with his platoon was soon engaged in a stiff rearguard action, a platoon of B Company being similarly engaged on the Demicourt road flank. Captain Carr and Captain Wotherspoon and Second Lieutenant Hommert, with about sixty other ranks of B Company, who had taken cover in the Quarry, were cut off and surrounded and presumably captured. After falling back from Hermies, the 7th Lincolnshire formed up in column of route at the eastern end of Bertincourt, A and C Companies being detailed to move to the north-eastern end of Velu Wood.’ Wotherspoon was repatriated after the end of the War on 29 November 1918. He saw further service as a regular soldier with the Royal Scots, and then during the Second World War, first as Acting Major from 12 December 1940 with the South African Technical Services Corps, having responsibility as Officer Commanding at various stations such as at the Bomb Assembly and Shell Fill Depot Camp at Pretoria. He was confirmed in this rank on 1 January 1941, and in 1944 he served as Officer Commanding at the No. 96 T.S.C. Camp at Lenz. He died following a coronary thrombosis in Johannesburg on 13 April 1954.

Pair: Sergeant T. Stapleton, Border Mounted Rifles Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Orange Free State, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (413 Tpr: T. Stapleton. Border M.R.); Natal 1906, no clasp (Sgt: T. Stapleton. Border Mtd. Rifles.); together with a miniature Natal 1906 medal, with 1906 clasp, minor edge bruising to latter, good very fine (2) £160-£200