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Lot 591
A rare and poignant Our Dumb Friends League Medal pair to Army deserter and career-criminal Mr. E. Netley, who sustained serious injuries whilst out on the prowl one evening at West Croydon railway station, when he attempted to rescue a dog which had strayed onto the tracks. Found unconscious alongside the body of a cream coloured Alsatian which was described in contemporary accounts as a ‘blackened mass’ lying across the live rail, Netley was fortunate to escape with his life Our Dumb Friends League Medal, heart-shaped, silver (Awarded to Mr. Edward Netley. For the courageous rescue of a Dog from a railway track. August 1929.) hallmarks for Birmingham 1927; together with a privately commissioned bronze medal by Vaughton, Birmingham, unnamed as issued, swing mounted, pawnbroker marks to edge of first, scratches to reverse of both, very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Edward Netley was born in Brighton around 1893. A labourer of no fixed abode, he attested for the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment around his eighteenth birthday (10047 Pte. E. Netley) and was soon the subject of a Court Martial at Warley Camp on 22 May 1911, in consequence of desertion. Found guilty, he was released from service. Familiar with dwellings along the London to Brighton railway line, Netley soon caught the attention of the Croydon Borough Bench when charged with stealing furniture from Mr. Arthur Winter who had known him just a few weeks. Out of compassion and seeing Netley with no home and no work, Winter had provided him with lodging and partial board, but was soon dismayed to hear that his goods had been sold in Portobello Road, the shop proprietor believing them to have originated from Netley’s ‘late mother’. The following year, Netley was back before the courts after breaking into his mother’s house at 3, Holland Road, South Norwood. Very much alive, she saw to it that he was sentenced to three month’s hard labour for theft. The outbreak of the Great War saw little change in Netley’s behaviour. Attesting for the 6th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (18676 Pte. E. Netley), he served in Egypt from 16 November 1915 but was soon in trouble for desertion alongside a pal when back home in England. Wearing the stripes of a Corporal, he pretended to be an escort to his friend when challenged by a policeman. The ruse failed and Netley was transferred to the Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment (64025 Pte. E. Netley). A while later, Netley was charged with obtaining money by false pretences. Appearing in the dock at Croydon Borough Police Court, he described himself as a ‘wounded Private’ of the 3rd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Wearing the ribbon of the Military Medal, his largesse went further. The Croydon Times of 16 November 1918, adds: ‘Netley told the Bench that he had won the Military Medal and had been wounded four times. He wanted to retrieve his character and would pay back the money. He had been in the army four years. The father said he was sorry his son had not better sense, and hoped the magistrates would deal leniently with him. In reply to Ald. Fox. defendant said he won the Military Medal for capturing a machine gun and seven prisoners.’ Remarkably, Alderman Fox offered Netley ‘one more chance,’ much to the chagrin of his mother. Analysis of Netley’s Army Service Records show that he was indeed wounded, suffering a slight wound in France whilst with the 7th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, and another slight wound to the left hand whilst with the West Yorkshire Regiment. No trace of the award of the MM can be found. Discharged from the Army on 12 September 1919 and issued a Silver War Badge in consequence of disability, Netley forfeited his Great War medals on 23 December 1920 following further convictions for theft and fraud. Remaining in South London for the next nine years, Netley finally caught the attention of the local press for all the right reasons on a summer evening in 1929. Crossing the bridge at West Croydon Railway Station, he ‘heard the cries of a dog’ and leapt over an 8-foot wire security fence, falling 30 feet down the embankment. He then attempted to move the animal by hand, but was electrocuted and knocked unconscious, being found soon thereafter atop the clinker and wooden sleepers. Initially described as an ‘unknown hero’ by the contemporary press on account of Netley carrying no identification about his body, he was later identified at Croydon General Hospital and received considerable praise. Discharged, he travelled south to Brighton and was immediately caught stealing a bicycle. According to the Derby Daily Telegraph, 30 August 1929: ‘In recognition of this act of bravery the justices only sentenced Netley to three months’ hard labour. But for this act the sentence would have been much greater as he had a bad record.’ Awarded the Our Dumb Friends League Medal, it appears that the recipient’s life of poverty and cycle of petty theft continued unabated. Possibly pawned by the recipient, Netley was later admitted to the Kensington and Chelsea workhouse. In 1939, he was further charged at Brentford for having absconded from Isleworth Casual Ward, and fined 5 shillings. Having burned all his bridges with friends and family alike, it appears that his life ended in abject poverty. An article published in The Guardian newspaper describes the life of one man in a London workhouse at this time: ‘I found myself in a small room with other casuals. There were old men and young men; men who smiled and men who sneered; men who stared fixatedly before them and men who talked in low, toneless voices... But they were all men with one thing in common - hunger.’ Sold with copied research.
Lot 106
Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze, unnamed as issued in its damaged case of issue, together with original Buckingham Palace Certificate of Award to ‘Petty-Officer John Alfred Wise’, dated 5th August 1907, suspension re-affixed, otherwise very fine £200-£240 --- R.V.M. (Bronze) awarded 5 August 1907 to Petty Officer 1st Class Gunnery Instructor John Alfred Wise as a member of the gun laying team on the occasion of King Edward VII’s Inspection of H.M.S. Dreadnought at Cowes, 5 August 1907. Sold with a fine original photograph of Dreadnought’s gunnery team posing proudly on deck with the target used in the demonstration before the King at Cowes in August 1907; together with copied service papers and medal roll showing entitlement to 1914-15 Star trio but with no indication of actual issue. In February 1916, Wise was court-martialled for theft and receiving government stores, and bookmaking on the results of gunnery trials. He was consequently sentenced to 12 months imprisonment and discharged from the service with forfeit of pension. It is therefore unlikely that he received his Great War medals.
Lot 41
Pair: Private W. E. Clarke, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment Ashanti Star 1896 (3324 Pte. W. E. Clarke 2. W. Yorks R.) reverse inscribed in the usual Regimental style; Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (William Eustace Clarke) mounted court-style for wear, edge bruise to ISM, good very fine (2) £400-£500
Lot 330
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Chas Taylor. 43rd Lt. Infy.) suspension claw crudely re-affixed with an excess of solder, light contact marks, good fine £140-£180 --- Charles Taylor, a shoemaker from Little Wilbarahm, Cambridge, was born around 1836. He attested into the 43rd Light Infantry on 1 February 1853 and served for 9 years and 11 months in India, including during the Mutiny, and in New Zealand for 2 years and 7 months. Appointed Corporal, he was discharged with Good Conduct, and in possession of four Good Conduct badges, after 18 years and 107 days’ service. His New Zealand medal was sold in these rooms in December 2014 (lot 612). Sold together with copied discharge papers.
Lot 278
Waterloo 1815 (William Ward, Royal Artillery Drivers.) fitted with silver ring fitment and small split ring for suspension, traces of brooch fitting to obverse, naming very weak, pitted and worn overall, fair to fine £200-£300 --- William Ward served at Waterloo in Major N. Turner’s “A” Troop, Royal Artillery Drivers. He also served in the Peninsula and France and lived to claim the M.G.S. medal with four clasps for Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes and Toulouse.
Lot 482
Four: Private G. Heard, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment 1914-15 Star (73 Pte. G. Heard. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (73 Pte. G. Heard. Essex R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (73 Pte. G. Heard. 5-Essex R.) mounted as worn; together with a R.A.O.B. Jewel, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to Primo George A. Heard. Jan. 14. 1921’, minor edge nicks, very fine (5) £80-£100 --- Provenance: Dix & Webb, March 1996. George A. Heard was born in Wanstead, Essex, in 1891 and attested for the Essex Regiment. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 9 August 1915, and was awarded his Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 305 of August 1922.
Lot 2
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. H. Rickard, 38th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, who was slightly wounded at de Klip drift on 7 March 1902 Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (84179 Serjt: J. H. Rickard. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (84179 Sgt. J. H. Rickard, 38th. Bty., R.F.A.) rank officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (84179 Serjt: J. H. Rickard. R.F.A.) area of erasure between surname and unit on last, the first two with top brooch bars, light contact marks, very fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902. M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1902. J. Rickard served with the 38th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War, and was slightly wounded at de Klip drift on 7 March 1902.
Lot 210
Six: Temporary Major N. W. Imrie, Indian Army, late Calcutta Light Horse and Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. N. W. Imrie) erasure of ‘2’ before ‘Lieut.’ on both; Defence and War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, India (Cpl. N. W. Irmie. Cal. L.H., A.F.I.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1916, with bronze palm on riband, mounted court style for wear, some contact marks, very fine (6) £180-220 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. Norman William Imrie was born in Moss Side, Manchester, on 15 August 1892. He served in the ranks of Royal Army Service Corps (Territorial), November 1908-August 1911 and during the Great War he served in the ranks of the Royal Field Artillery from December 1915 to January 1918. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve on 21 January 1918 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 21 July 1919. During the war he served on the Western Front from February to August 1918, being gassed during the ‘August Advance’; and in Turkey from June to October 1919. According to his ‘Record of Services Officers, Indian Services’ he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre in June 1918 (not found in the London Gazette). He was released from military service in March 1920. Between the war, Imrie went to India and there joined the Army in India Reserve of Officers, being appointed Captain in October 1926. He served with the Artillery, firstly with the Pack Artillery Training Centre at Lucknow and was later at Meerut. Serving in the Auxiliary Forces India, he was awarded the Efficiency Medal (India) as a Corporal in the Calcutta Light Horse, this announced in I.A.O. 536 of June 1938. During the Second World War Imrie returned to active service and was granted an emergency commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army on 30 November 1940. He was subsequently promoted to War Substantive Captain in December 1941 and became a Temporary Major, December 1941 to January 1943. He served as an officer with a prisoner-of-war camp at Ramgarh, November 1940-September 1941, and was then with the Corps of Indian Engineers at Jullundur, September-November 1941, after which he served as D.A.D. Tn. (Stores) in Persia, January 1942-January 1943. Until November 1944 he was then on regimental duty at Jullundur and Baroda. He was S.S.O. Baroda from December 1946. Sold with recipient’s identity disc.
Lot 611
Soldiers and Sailors Families Association Medal, 49 x 36mm., silvered metal; Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, Medal for Zeal, by Kenning, London, 38 x 28mm., silver, reverse inscribed, ‘C. M. Chapman, Queen Alexandra, Sept. 27th 1927’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919; Naval League Cross, 27 x 27mm., silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘Miss Gibbons’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1938, with ‘Special Service’ brooch bar, good very fine and better (3) £80-£100 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, November 2009.
Lot 487
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (250013 C.S. Mjr: V. L. Jefferies. 5/Essex R.) extremely fine £80-£100 --- Vincent Lewis Jefferies was born in Brightlingsea, Essex, in 1880 and served during the Great War at home as a Company Sergeant Major with the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 236 of 1918. He subsequently transferred to the Regular Army with number 6000832 (an Essex Regiment number), and died in Peshawar, India, on 27 June 1925 whilst serving as an Instructor with the Army Educational Corps. This is his sole medallic entitlement.
Lot 255
The Peninsula War medal awarded to Captain E. Wolfe, 28th Foot, a descendant of General Wolfe of Quebec, who was severely wounded at Vittoria and again severely wounded at the battle of the Nive Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Vittoria, Nivelle, Nive (E. Wolfe Capt. 28th Foot) engraved correction to last letter of surname, otherwise nearly extremely fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, May 2016. Edward Wolfe was commissioned as Lieutenant in the 28th Foot on 9 January 1806, and became Captain on 9 September 1813. He served with the 2/28th in the Peninsula from July 1809 to June 1810, and with the 1/28th from September to November 1810, and from December 1811 to April 1814. He was present at Tarifa, Almaraz, Vittoria, Nivelle and Nive, was severely wounded at Vittoria, 21 June 1813, and again severely wounded at the battle of the Nive (or St Pierre), 13 December 1813. On 23 May 1845 Captain Wolfe was appointed to the full pay of the 77th Foot, from half-pay 28th Foot, and retired by the sale of his commission the same day. The same gazette announced his brevet of Major in the Army, dated 10 January 1837. Sold with an old printed statement of financial accounts, The Report of the Committee of the Forenaghts Cavalry, appointed to examine the accounts of the Corps, Dublin 1803, with mentions of Colonel John Wolfe, Captain Theobold Wolfe, and Captain John Wolfe, jun. As a result of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, members of the Forenaghts Cavalry were left with debts of some £33 10s each.
Lot 571
Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, New Zealand (W.O.II (C.S.M.) R. S. Davidson, W.W.C. Rgt.) engraved naming, some contact marks, very fine £100-£140 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. Ronald Stuart Davidson was born on 29 October 1908. A Clerk by occupation, he enlisted at Wanganui. With the 27th Machine Gun Battalion he embarked for overseas service in May 1940; served in the Middle East; and was at Sidi Azeiz during 26/27 November 1941. Corporal Davidson is mentioned in the History of the 27th Battalion as being on the right flank and was later heavily shelled from Halfaya. He was later mentioned as having given excellent support during the attack against the Italians at Gazala. For his services he was awarded the 1939-45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army clasp; Defence; War and New Zealand Service Medals. As Company Sergeant Major of the Wellington and West Coast Regiment, he was subsequently awarded the Efficiency Medal (New Zealand). Sold with copied research.
Lot 436
British War Medal 1914-20 (96557 Pte. G. H. F. Growns. Tank Corps.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (William H. Relph); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1361 Cpl. F. Reynolds. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; copy Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, the ACE Star a copy; generally very fine and better (12) £80-£100
Lot 605
Three: J. H. Marsh, Southern Railway Southern Railway St. John Ambulance Association Service Medal (3), gold (9ct., 11.70g), for 21 Years’ Service ‘James H. Marsh 1941’, with integral top gilt riband bar; silver, for 14 Years’ Service ‘James Marsh 1934’, with integral top silver riband bar; bronze, for 7 Years’ Service ‘James H. Marsh 1927’, with integral top bronze riband bar, good very fine (3) £160-£200 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2009.
Lot 614
A Napoleonic Letter. Signed by Commander Bernard Dubourdieu, Captain of the frigate Pauline, and counter-signed by General Jean-Baptiset Moletto, Baron of Morangies, folded with a tear where the seal has been broken, otherwise reasonable condition for age £40-£50 --- Bernard Dubourdieu was a famous frigate captain of the French Navy, who came to prominence after his capture of H.M.S. Proserpine whilst blockading Toulon on 27 February 1809. He attained the rank of Rear Admiral, and on 23 October 1810 he raided Lissa and captured six ships at harbour. Following this success, he was tasked with capturing the island, but in the ensuing battle his force of six frigates was routed by British forces commanded by Captain William Hoste; Dubourdieu was killed on his flagship Favourite, which was driven ashore and destroyed, and led to the award of the clasp ‘Lissa’ to the Naval General Service Medal.
Lot 114
Pair: Captain W. E. Warren, Essex Artillery Volunteers, late Royal Artillery South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (644. Sergt. W. E. Warren. 5th. Bde. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (Sergt. Maj. W. E. Warren Essex Arty. Vols.) edge bruise to latter, very fine and better (2) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Mount Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2003. William Edward Warren was born at Redfield, Bristol, in 1850 and attested for the Royal Artillery in 1868. In 1870, when stationed in India, he was selected to act as Footman to H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh at the opening of the station at Jubbulpore. Serving in South Africa from 9 January 1878 to 31 January 1882, he served with ‘N’ Battery 5th Brigade R.A. in the Kaffir Wars of 1877-78 and then in the Zulu War of 1879, being present at the Battle of Ulundi. He was still in South Africa at the time of the First Boer War 1880-81. In 1885 he was transferred to the 1st Essex Artillery Volunteers as an instructor and was promoted Battery Sergeant Major on 8 April 1889, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 4 of January 1892. He was finally discharged on 30 June 1898, after 30 years and 84 days’ service. With the outbreak of the Great War he was appointed Superintendent of Recruiting for Grays and district, and accepting a commission in his 65th year in 1915, he was promoted Captain in 1916. He died in 1932. Sold with copied service papers and obituary.
Lot 74
A fine Second War ‘Withdrawal from Dunkirk’ D.S.M. group of nine awarded to Engineering Room Artificer J. Barton, Royal Naval Reserve, for services in the destroyer H.M.S. Express, one of the first ships to arrive at Dunkirk she was the means of rescuing some 2795 British and French troops; Express and the destroyer Shikari were the last ships to leave Dunkirk with troops when the evacuation ended Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P.O. 32EE. J. Barton. E.R.A. 1. R.N.R.); 1914-15 Star (E.A. 1202, J. Barton, E.R.A., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (1202 E.A. J. Barton. E.R.A. R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (138 F.D. J. Barton. E.R.A. R.N.R.) mounted court-style as worn, some awards polished and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine or better (9) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1940:
‘For good services in the withdrawal of the Allied Armies from the beaches at Dunkirk’ M.I.D. London Gazette 17 April 1918. James Barton was born in Belfast on 16 October 1891. He enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve on 2 September 1914, seeing service in H.M.S. Arrogant and Attentive II between between the start of the War and 1919. He was later re-engaged for service in the Second War. Dunkirk by A. D. Divine - who was himself awarded a D.S.M. - notes that Barton’s award was for services in Express. In June and July 1940, Express made a number of trips to Dunkirk and was one of the first to arrive and commence taking troops off the beaches. At first there were not many soldiers on the beach, but numbers soon grew and they were subject to continual attack by enemy aircraft. Taking troops off from a shelving beach could only be done in small boats, although there had been an attempt to make a pier by driving lorries into the sea for the troops to walk out on. Later troops were taken off from Dunkirk Harbour. The Express and Shikar were the last ships to leave with troops before the evacuation was ended; in total, the Express brought out 2,795 troops, including some French. Many ships were sunk or damaged during the evacuation. The Express was damaged by bombing, but was repaired in time to continue taking part in the evacuation. On 31 August 1940, the Express and four other Minelaying Destroyers left Immingham to lay an offensive field off the coast of the Netherlands. At around 23.00 hours almost to the point of dropping mines, it was reported by radio that there was an enemy convoy near at hand, which was to be attacked after the mines had been dropped. Before any mines were dropped, three of the ships, including Express, had themselves struck mines. Express was the first and some of the crew were picked up by the Ivanhoe, who then also struck a mine. Meanwhile, the Esk was struck and sank almost immediately. There was a considerable loss of life in all three ships, with the Express losing 4 officers and 55 ratings. In spite of having most of her bows blown off, the Express was towed back to port and eventually rebuilt. The Ivanhoe could not be saved and had to be sunk.
Lot 166
Four: Leading Seaman W. Evans, Royal Naval Reserve, late Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J. 40694. W. Evans, A.B., R.N.; British War and Victory Medals (J. 40694. W. Evans. A.B., R.N.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (5790 C. W. P. Evans. L. Smn. R.N.R.) contact marks, sever edge bruises to BWM, otherwise, good fine Four: Leading Stoker F. W. Clayon, Royal Fleet Reserve, late Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (SS.114235, F. W. Clayton, Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (S. 114235 F. W. Clayton. Act. L. Sto. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S. 114235 (Dev. B. 7863) F. W. Clayton. L. Sto. R.F.R.) mounted for wear, contact marks, good fine Pair: Chief Writer P. Shea, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (341697. R. Shea. Ch. Wr., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (341697. Peter Shea, Chief Writer. H.MS. Alsatian.) contact marks, edge bruise, good fine (10) £140-£180 --- William Percy Evans was born in Liverpool on 15 August 1896. He attested into the Royal Navy on 4 June 1915 for service during the Great War and served afloat in H.M.S. Attentive, H.M.S. Hecla and H.M.S. Apollo. He was demobilised to shore on 25 February 1919. Fred Willie Clayton, from Brighouse, Yorkshire, was born on 15 August 1892. He attested into the Royal Navy on 26 June 1913 and served during the Great War afloat in H.M.S. Gibraltar and H.M.S. Erin. Advanced Leading Stoker on 27 February 1919, he was demobilised to shore on 8 March 1919, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Peter Shea, from Falmouth, Cornwall, was born on 16 April 1882. He attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy Writer on 7 September 1897 and was advanced Chief Writer on 16 April 1912. His service afloat during the Great War including service in H.M.S. Alsatian, H.M.S. Sandhurst and H.M.S. Melbourne. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 March 1915 and he was shore pensioned on 15 April 1922. Sold with copied research.
Lot 484
Three: Corporal J. W. Ranson, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, later Royal West Surrey Regiment and Labour Corps British War and Victory Medals (41619 Sjt. J. W. Ranson. The Queen’s R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (128 Cpl. J. W. Ranson. 5/Essex Regt.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £120-£160 --- James Walter Ranson was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in July 1910, one of only 41 E.VII.R. Territorial Force Efficiency Medals awarded to the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment. He served with the Royal West Surrey Regiment during the Great War, and also with the Labour Corps, being discharged due to sickness on 24 March 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. B283376. Sold with two Essex Regiment cap badges, Essex shoulder title, and two T5 shoulder titles; three card identity discs, named ‘2447 J W Ranson, CE, 5 Ex’; ‘77407 J W Ranson, CE, 130 Lab Co’; and ‘77407 J Ranson, CE, 130 Lab Co’; and a somewhat damaged Diploma from Braintree Council inscribed ‘Presented to Sergt J W Ranson by the people of Braintree to record their appreciation of his services to our country during the Great War of 1914-18 and to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude for the devotion and self-sacrifice which made possible the great victory. Signed Rob J Johnson, Chairman, Braintree Urban District Council, Braintree, 15 Dec 1919.’
Lot 232
Four: Attributed to Captain G. Smart, African Colonial Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named enclosure; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, last in card box of issue, extremely fine An unattributed group of four 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all later issues, extremely fine An unattributed group of four France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, reverse officially dated 1956, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (12) £100-£140 --- George Smart was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the African Colonial Forces on 31 December 1940.
Lot 170
Seven: Able Seaman (Pensioner) H. L. W. Young, Royal Navy, whose service during the Great War had been recognised by the award of a Royal Naval M.S.M. in 1919; he re-engaged in April 1937 and was killed in action when his ship H.M.S. Kelly (Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten) was torpedoed during the Battle of Norway in May 1940 1914-15 Star (J.21506, H. L. I. Young, A.B., R.N.) note incorrect third initial; British War and Victory Medals (J. 21506 H. L. W. Young. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J. 21506 H. L. W. Young. A.B. H.M.S. Medway.; Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 21506 H. L. W. Young. A.B., “Zephyr” Patrol 1918); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, the Great War awards polished, otherwise nearly very fine, others very fine or better (7) £600-£800 --- Royal Naval M.S.M. London Gazette 11 April 1919. Awarded for services during the period 1 July to 11 November 1918, patrol destroyers Irish Sea Flotilla 1918. Henry Lewis Wade Young was born in London on 29 April 1897, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 16 November 1912. He had advanced to Ordinary Seaman in March 1915 and was rated Able Seaman from June 1915. He re-engaged on 29 April 1927 as A.B. (Pensioner) with new Official No. C./J.X.152921. He was killed in action when H.M.S. Kelly was torpedoed and badly damaged by the German motor torpedo boat S 31 on 9 May 1940, with the loss of 27 crew. He was buried at sea in the Skagerrak Strait and is commemorated by name on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Lot 87
A Second War ‘North West Europe’ B.E.M. group of five awarded to Staff Sergeant C. J. Martin, Royal Artillery British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (968471 S/Sgt. Cornelius J. Martin, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine and better (5) £160-£200 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 21 June 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘Staff Sergeant Martin has served AA of the Field Army since the original formation of a separate AA section of the RA Branch of GHQ Home Forces in March 1941. From that time on he has given his unstinting service to the AA branch which expanded until it finally became a separate HQ. During the last three months the HQ has been reorganised with a separate operations branch in which Staff Sergeant Martin is the Chief Clerk. He has organised the clerical side of this branch with zeal and ability, and although this change has come at a time when the operational work has been particularly heavy, and when his private affairs at home have given him considerable worry, he has preserved a sense of humour and a high standard of work. His subordinates have given him their most willing support because of his example and his superiors know that they can rely on him with complete confidence. He has carried out work of exceptional responsibility during the last three months with most marked success for one of his rank.’ Cornelius James Martin was born in Castle Cary, Somerset, on 4 July 1916.
Lot 216
Pair: Chief Sick Berth Steward F. W. Hicks, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (109085 F. W. Hicks. Ch. S.B.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (F. W. Hicks, Sk. B. Stewd 2nd Cl. H.M.S. Cleopatra) impressed naming, generally very fine or better (2) £100-£140 --- Frederick William Hicks was born in Stoke Damerel, Devon, in March 1861. He joined the Royal Navy as an Assistant Sick Berth Attendant in May 1879, and advanced to Chief Sick Berth Steward in February 1898. He served at various naval hospitals, as well as in H.M.S. Cleopatra from November 1888 to July 1892 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in October 1889). Hicks served at Plymouth Naval Hospital for the duration of the Great War (BWM being sole entitlement), and was demobilised in December 1918. Sold with copied service papers.
Lot 696
A War Service Cross First Class with Swords Presentation Case and Matching Maker’s Outer Cardboard Box. An almost mint condition case, covered in black artificial leather, with a solid image in silver of the Cross printed on the flat lid. Inside it is lined on the lower section in black velvet, and white artificial silk in the top. The outer pale cream cardboard box is also about mint and has printed on the top ‘Kriegs Verdienstkreux 1. Klasse mit Schwertern’. On the side is printed the maker’s name ‘Wilhelm Deumer Kom-Ges. Ludenscheid’, case only (no medal), extremely good condition £100-£140
Lot 631
The French Legion of Honour awarded to Lord Hindley, Director of the Bank of England France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris case of issue, damage to reverse blue enamel, good very fine £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008 (when sold alongside the recipient’s other honours and awards). John Scott Hindley was born on 24 October 1883, the son of Rev. William Talbot Hindley, M.A., of Eastbourne. He was educated at Weymouth College. During his lifetime he held a number of important positions, being a member of the Coal Controller’s Export Advisory Committee, 1917-18; Commercial Advisor, Mines Department, 1918-38 and 1939-42; Controller-General Ministry of Fuel and Power, 1942-43; Director of the Bank of England, 1931-45; Chairman of Stephenson Clark Ltd., 1938-46; Managing Director of Powell Duffryn Ltd., 1931-46; Chairman, Maris Export and Trading Co. Ltd., 1938-46; Chairman, Finance Corporation for Industry Ltd., 1945-46; Chairman, London Committee of the Combined Productions and Resources Board, 1943-46; Chairman of the National Coal Board, 1946-51; Alderman Ward of Tower, 1924-30; Member of the Committee on Industry and Trade, 1924-29; Master of the Clothworkers Company, 1953-54. For his many services to trade and industry he was granted numerous awards, being Knighted in 1921; created a Baronet in 1927; created a Baron in 1931; awarded the G.B.E. in 1939, and created a Viscount in 1948. In addition he received a number of foreign awards, including the prestigous U.S.A. Medal of Freedom with Gold Palm. Hindley married Vera Westoll in 1909, by whom he had two daughters. Latterly living at Meads Cottage, Rondle Wood, near Liphook, Hampshire, Viscount Hyndley died on 5 January 1963. Sold with a letter from the French Embassy, dated 8 August 1939, with translation, ‘Dear Lord Hyndley, ... The French Government was anxious to recognise officially the great services which you have rendered to the Franco-British economic collaboration on which our public administrations as well as our most important coal firms have always had reason to congratulate themselves. ...’
Lot 239
Pair: Eva Bolgraaf, Australian Women’s Army Service War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, both officially named ‘NF409447 E. Bolgraaf’, very fine Pair: Lieutenant Ola M. T. Elliott, Australian Forces War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, both officially named ‘NFX138216 O. M. T. Elliott’, very fine Pair: Evelyn G. Hudson, Australian Army Canteen Service War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, both officially named ‘NF443239 E. Hudson’, first officially renamed, nearly very fine Australia Service Medal (2) (VF396869 J. E. Gibson); another, unnamed; together with War Medal 1939-45 (229523 L. W. Allen) very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009. Eva Bolgraaf was born in Temora, New South Wales, on 11 May 1921. She enlisted on 5 July 1942 and served in the Australian Women’s Army Service. As a Signalman she was discharged on 18 December 1945. Sold with two badges.

Ola Maree Teece Elliott was born in Sydney on 24 August 1912. She enlisted on 8 October 1942, and was discharged as a Lieutenant on 6 August 1946, her last posting being on 2/1 Hospital Ship AANS AIF.

Evelyn Grace Hudson was born in Sydney on 21 June 1914. She enlisted on 12 November 1942 and served in the AA Canteens Service. She was discharged on 17 November 1944. 

Joyce Elsie Gibson was born in Brunswick, Victoria, on 8 October 1923. She enlisted on 19 December 1942 and served in the Australian Women’s Army Service. As a Corporal she was discharged on 29 October 1945.
Lot 259
A fine 10-clasp Peninsula War medal awarded to Private William Needles, 48th Foot, who was severely wounded in the arm, leg and thigh at the battles of Salamanca, Pampeluna and Nivelle Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (William Needles, 48th Foot.) minor edge bruise, otherwise toned, good very fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Henry Gaskell Collection 1907; Glendining’s, July 1940. William Needles was born in the Parish of Wepenham, Northamptonshire, and was enlisted into the 48th Foot on 31 August 1807, aged 15 years. He was discharged to Kilmainham Hospital at Naas on 24 January 1817, in consequence of being ‘wounded in arm, leg & thigh at the battles of Salamanca, Pamplona & 10 Nov. 1813’. The last mentioned action on 10 November 1813, was at the crossing of the Nivelle river at Sare. A note appended to his discharge document from Major George D. Smith, Commanding 48th states ‘Private William Needles during his service of nearly seven years has been extremely well conducted and was severely wounded at the battles of Salamanca, Pampeluna and Sare. I beg to recommend this man to the favourable consideration of the Governors of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Naas Barracks, January 1817.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
Lot 498
Jubilee 1977, Canadian issue, silver, unnamed as issued, on lady’s bow riband, in card box of issue; Confederation of Canada Centenary Medal 1967, unnamed as issued, in case of issue, with separate lady’s bow riband; Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, unnamed, extremely fine (3) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Lot 157
Six: Private R. Heseltine, Army Service Corps 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (CMT-2569 Pte. R. Heseltine. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (CMT-2569 Pte. R. Heseltine. A.S.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for wear, very fine (6) £90-£120 --- Robert Heseltine, a chauffeur from Glasgow, was born on 1 April 1892. He attested into the Army Service Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 5th Ammunition Park, from 16 August 1914. He died, aged 80, in Edinburgh, on 3 December 1972. Sold with copied research.
Lot 164
Four: Chief Petty Officer W. Godley, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (160669 W. Godley. P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (160669 W. Godley. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (160669 William Godley P.O., H.M.S. Teal.) nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Godley was born in London on 21 February 1876 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 26 May 1891. He was advanced Petty Officer First Class on 19 November 1902, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 4 November 1911. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Africa from the outbreak of War until 8 September 1916, and was advanced Chief Petty Officer on 1 August 1917. He was shore demobilised on 19 February 1919. Sold with copied record of service.
Lot 415
Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (23211291 Pte. H. S. E. Foy. Para.) good very fine, rare to unit £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Henry Stanley Edward Foy was born on 22 June 1931 and attested for the Parachute Regiment. He saw active service in Kenya during the Mau Mau Rebellion, and died in Aldershot from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest on 6 March 1958. He is buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire. Sold with a file of copied research, which includes the following statement: ‘Private H. S. E. Foy went absent from the Parachute Regiment and re-enlisted into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers with the new service number 23219242 and served in Kenya with them. He was issued with an AGS Kenya to the Royal Innsikilling Fusiliers on 23 February 1956. It was then discovered that he was absent from the Parachute Regiment and his medal was returned and re-issued in 1957 with his correct number and Regiment (23211291 Para)’. The research file also suggests that the recipient passed the S.A.S. selection course (although there is no suggestion that he served with the S.A.S. operationally).
Lot 303
Crimea 1854-56, no clasp (Michl. Toomey. 2 Cap. Fore. Top. H.M.S. Albion.) officially engraved by Messrs Hunt & Roskell as issued to this ship, edge bruising, worn, therefore fine £140-£180 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Medal delivered on board H.M.S. Albion on 30 December 1855. Also entitled to a Sebastopol clasp (although the medal was named and issued to the recipient before the clasp was authorised).
Lot 132
Three: Corporal A. Bates, Rifle Brigade Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4053. A/Cpl. A. Bates. 2/R. Bde:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (4053 Cpl. A. Bates, Rifle Brigade); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (4053. A/Cpl. A. Bates. 2/R. Bde:) contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £600-£800 --- Albert James Bates attested for the Rifle Brigade and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, being wounded at Colenso on 6 January 1900. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1914 and served during the Great War on the Western Front as a Company Sergeant-Major with the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade from 23 August 1914, being slightly wounded, after three days, on 26 August 1914 (most likely at the battle of Le Cateau). Bates’s Regimental conduct sheet states: ‘certified no entry of offences; discharged in Winchester on 5 February 1919, termination of his second period of engagement, aged 43 and 2 months, having served 23 years and 112 days. Military character exemplary.’
Lot 449
Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (41055 Wkr. M. Almond. Q.M.A.A.C.; 35451 Wkr. E. J. Graham. Q.M.A.A.C.; 10855 Wkr. W. D. Bishop. Q.M.A.A.C.) traces of verdigris to last, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Mary Almond attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 15 June 1918 to 4 February 1919. Ellen Jane Graham attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 5 May 1918 to 25 May 1919. Winifred Daisy Bishop attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 6 December 1917 to 14 February 1919.
Lot 180
Three: Private A. R. Chichester, 10th (Stockbrokers’) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, a descendant of Sir Walter Raleigh and cousin to Sir Francis Chichester, he became a U.S. citizen in December 1900 and, although he briefly held a commission in the Royal North Devon Yeomanry prior to the Great War and was gazetted a temporary 2nd Lieutenant in February 1915, chose to serve in the ranks 1914-15 Star (STK-931 L.Cpl. A. R. Chichester. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-49980 Pte. A. R. Chichester. R. Fus.) very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Arthur Raleigh Chichester was born on 30 May 1879, a grandson of Sir Arthur Raleigh Chichester, Baronet Raleigh of Devon. He was gazetted Second Lieutenant in the Royal North Devon Yeomanry Cavalry (Hussars) on 4 October 1899, but resigned his commission in February 1900 in order to emigrate to America, where he arrived at San Francisco on 1 October 1900 and was declared a naturalised citizen on 11 December 1900. At a prominent society wedding at Southsea on 16 December 1903, he married Isabel Edith Thomasine Thomas, daughter of Sir George Thomas, 6th Bt., but the couple had no children. He was gazetted a temporary Second Lieutenant on 23 February 1915, but chose instead to serve in the ranks of the 10th (Stockbrokers’) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, whom he accompanied to France on 31 July 1915. He was wounded whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on 13 August 1917, returning to France on 19 December 1917, serving successively with the 7th, 8th and 9th Battalions, Royal Fusiliers until 7 November 1919. He died on 18 June 1949, aged 70. Sold with copied research including Medal Index Card, family history and two newspaper accounts of his society wedding.
Lot 127
Seven: Major W. H. White, Royal Irish Regiment, who was killed in action near St Eloi on 14 February 1915 India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (Lieut. W. H. White 2d Bn. Ryl. Ir. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Belfast (Capt. W. H. White. 1/Rl. Irish. Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. W. H. White. Rl. Irish Rgt.); 1914-15 Star (Major W. H. White, R. Ir. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major W. H. White.); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued, together with related group of seven unmounted miniature medals, the earlier campaign medals with contact marks, nearly very fine, otherwise extremely fine (7) £800-£1,000 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 22 June 1915. ‘William Hawtrey White, 1st Batt. Royal Irish Regiment, who was killed in action on February 14th last, when gallantly leading his men in a night attack on a trench held by the Germans near St Eloi, and was mentioned in despatches, was a son of the Rev. James White, late Vicar of St Peter’s, Paddington, a member of an old Co. Wexford family. Major White entered the Army in 1892, took part in operations on the North West Frontier of India in 1897-8, receiving the medal with two clasps. He served in the South African War, 1899-1902, and received the Queen’s Medal with three clasps and King’s Medal with two clasps. He married, in 1911, Muriel, daughter of Major Braddon, of Skisdon, Cornwall.’ (Our Heroes, Supplement to Irish Life, September 24th, 1915, refers). White is buried in Dickebusch Old Military Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with portrait photograph of Major White wearing the first three medals; his riband bar for the pre-Great War awards; and a contemporary newspaper cutting from the Morning Post.
Lot 213
Pair: Lieutenant J. Eggbeer, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. J. Eggbeer. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (John Eggbeer. Cap. Coxn. H.M.S. Iron Duke.) impressed naming, mounted on card for display purposes, last with suspension post re-affixed, generally good very fine (2) £80-£100 --- John Eggbeer was born in Ashburton, Devon, in July 1854. He joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class in July 1872, and advanced to Petty Officer 1st Class in October 1879. His service included as Captain’s Coxswain with H.M.S. Iron Duke from July 1878 to March 1883 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in October 1882). Eggbeer was shore pensioned as Chief Boarswain in July 1909, but re-engaged for service aged 61 with the training vessel H.M.S. Vivid in August 1915. He was promoted as Lieutenant (Retired) in July 1918, and died in January 1938. Sold with copied service papers.
Lot 624
Miniature Medals: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type badge, silver; 1914 Star; 1914-15 Star (3); Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful), lacking integral silver riband buckle; Russia, Empire, Order of St. Anne, Military Division, bronze-gilt and enamel, with crossed swords, of Continental manufacture; together with another badge of the Order of St. Anne, Civil Division, but lacking both obverse and reverse central medallions, nearly very fine and better World Orders and Medals (full-sized): Chile, Republic, Star for the Lima Campaign 1882, Third Class, silver, suspension ring crudely re-soldered; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918; Germany, Wurttemberg, Campaign Medal 1793-1815, bronze, number of campaigns erased from reverse, and suspension ring re-soldered; good fine and better (11) £80-£100 --- Sold with a top ‘bow riband’ bronze brooch.
Lot 250
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 4 clasps, Egypt, 28 Aug Boat Service 1809, 28 June Boat Service 1810, Lissa (Francis Blyth.) a little distortion to lower clasp carriage at the side, otherwise lightly polished and toned, good very fine and rare £10,000-£14,000 --- Provenance: By descent to the present vendor. Approximately 612 clasps issued for Egypt, including 26 to H.M.S. Kent; 15 clasps issued for Boat Service 28 August 1809; 24 clasps issued for Boat Service 28 June 1810; approximately 123 clasps issued for Lissa, including 36 top H.M.S. Amphion. This is a unique name on the roll and a unique combination of clasps. Approximately 100 medals issued with 4 clasps. Francis Blyth is confirmed on the Message roll as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Kent for the operations off the coast of Egypt and, in a separate entry, as Captain of the Forecastle in the boats of Amphion in the services of August 1809 and June 1810, and as Quartermaster in the same ship in the action at Lissa. Blyth was discharged from Impregnable in February 1815 with 15 years 6 months of service, which would take him back to Egypt and admitted to pension at the rate of £16 per annum on 3 March 1815. The clasp for ‘Egypt’ was not authorised until 1850 when “... such officer, seaman, or marine, as shall already have received the Naval Medal for other services, shall receive, instead of a new additional Medal, a clasp with the word ‘Egypt’ engraven thereon.” Boats of the Amphion at Cortelazzo, 28 August 1809 ‘The thirty-two gun frigate Amphion, Captain W, Hoste in cruising the Adriatic, on August 24th, discovered lying in the port of Cortelazzo, near Trieste, six Italian gun-boats, and a convoy of trabaccolos, under a battery of four twenty-four pounders. The shallowness of the water not allowing the frigate to enter the port, Captain Hoste decided to send in his boats. To prevent any suspicion of his intention, he kept off out of sight from the land, till the evening of August 26th, when soon after midnight he anchored off the place. At three in the morning, a party of seventy men under the command of Lieutenants Phillott and Jones, landed about a mile to the Southward of the battery, leaving another party under the orders of Lieutenant Slaughter, in the boats, to attack the vessels when the battery had been carried. At a quarter past three a.m., Lieutenant Phillott assailed the battery, and though surrounded by a ditch and cherauz-de-frise captured it in ten minutes, and made the pre-arranged signal for the boats to advance. The guns in the battery were immediately turned on the gun-boats, which were boarded and taken possession of after a slight resistance, by Lieutenant Slaughter, though mounting long twenty-four pounders and swivels. Two trabaccolos laden with cheese and rice were brought off, and five others burnt. The battery was destroyed and the guns spiked, and the boats returned to the Amphion with but one man wounded. For his distinguished behaviour on this and other occasions, Lieutenant Phillott was promoted to the rank of commander.’ (Medals of the British Navy by W. H. Long, 1895, refers) Capture of twenty-five Vessels at Grao, 28 June 1810 ‘The British frigates, Active, thirty-eight, Captain J. Gordon, and Cerberus, thirty-two, Captain H. Whitby, under the orders of Captain W. Hoste, of the Amphion, thirty-two, were cruising in the Gulf of Trieste, in the month of June. On the morning of June 28th, the Amphion chased a convoy laden with naval stores for the arsenal at Venice, into the harbour of Grao. Captain Hoste decided upon the capture or destruction of the vessels, which, owing to the shoals, could be effected only by boats. In the evening he signalled to the Active and Cerberus, to send their boats to him at midnight, but owing to her distance in the offing the Active was unable to obey the signal in time. At the hour appointed the boats of the Amphion and Cerberus, commanded by Lieutenant W. Slaughter, (second of the Amphion) assisted by Lieutenants D. O'Brien, and J. Dickenson, pushed off, and before daylight landed a little to the right of the town. On advancing the British were attacked by a body of French troops, and armed peasantry, who were charged with the bayonet, and a sergeant and thirty-five men made prisoners. The town was then entered, and the vessels, twenty-five in number, taken possession of, but it being low water, it was late in the evening, and only after great exertions they were got afloat, and over the bar. In the mean time the boats of the Active came up, and assisted in repelling another attack of the enemy, taking their Commander and twenty-two men prisoners. Five vessels were brought out with their cargoes, and a number of small trading craft, laden with the cargoes of eleven vessels which were burnt. At eight p.m., the boats and the prizes had joined the ships, which had anchored about four miles from the town. The loss of the victors in this dashing affair, was four men killed, and Lieutenant Brattle of the Marines, and seven men wounded. Lieutenant Slaughter was promoted to the rank of Commander in the month of November following.’ (Medals of the British Navy by W. H. Long, 1895, refers) Action off Lissa, 13 March 1811 ‘In 1811, Captain W. Hoste in the Amphion, thirty-two, having under his command the Active, thirty-eight, Capt. J. A. Gordon; Cerberus, thirty-two, Captain H. Whitby; and the Volage, twenty-two, Capt. P. Hornby, was cruising in the Adriatic. On March 13th, off the Island of Lissa, he met with a French squadron of four French and Venetian frigates of forty guns each, two of thirty-two guns, a corvette of sixteen guns, and four smaller vessels, more than double his force. Hoste formed his line of battle, and with the signal, "Remember Nelson," at his masthead, awaited the attack of the enemy, who bore down in two divisions and attempted to break his line. They were received by so well directed a fire that their leading ship La Favourite became unmanageable, and in endeavouring to wear, ran on the rocks. Part of the French squadron then engaged the British to leeward, while their other ships continued the action to wind-ward, thus placing Hoste between two fires, a French frigate taking her station on the lee quarter, and a Venetian frigate on the weather quarter of the Amphion. After a severe contest both were compelled to strike. The remainder of the enemy then bore off, the Amphion was too crippled to pursue, but the Active and Cerberus chased and captured the Venetian frigate Corona of forty-four guns. Another French frigate, which had struck her colours and surrendered, taking advantage of the disabled state of the Amphion stole off, and with the smaller vessels escaped. The French Commodore Dubourdieu was slain in the action, and his ship being on the rocks was set on fire by her crew and destroyed. The loss of the British was fifty men killed and one hundred and fifty wounded. The loss of the French was much greater.’ (Medals of the British Navy by W. H. Long, 1895, refers) Sold with a copied photographic image supposed to be of Blyth in later life.
Lot 154
Four: Driver A. Miles, Royal Field Artillery 1914 Star, with clasp (24120 Dvr: A. Miles. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (24102 Dvr. A. Miles. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (24120 Dvr: A. Miles. R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Arthur Miles was born in Notting Hill, London, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery in London on 18 November 1897, aged 18 years 8 months, a footman by trade. He served in South Africa with 37 Battery, R.F.A., from 19 December 1899 to 6 October 1902 (Queen’s medal with 5 clasps; King’s medal with 2 clasps). He served with 14th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, on the Western Front from 23 August 1915 to the end of December 1916, when he went on leave to England as servant to Brigadier-General C. M. Ross-Johnson. He proceeded by ship to Mesopotamia in September 1917 as Batman to Brigadier-General Ross-Johnson, where he served until 14 April 1918, before returning to France by ship and serving there from 5 May 1918 to 1 April 1919. Sold with copied attestation papers. For the Sudan pair of medals awarded to the recipient’s brother, Private T. Miles, 21st Lancers, see Lot 130.
Lot 236
Five: Head Naval Nursing Auxiliary Sarah C. Williams, Royal Navy and Voluntary Aid Detachment Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953 (S. C. Williams. Head V.A.D.) contemporarily engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (0001 S. C. Williams. H.N.N.A. R.N.H. Chatham.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with one Additional Award Bar (29930 A/Sis. S. C. Williams. Priory for Wales S.J.A.B.) mounted as worn, generally nearly extremely fine and the earliest possible number on the LS&GC (5) £240-£280 --- Sarah Catherine Williams was awarded her Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with official number 0001, on 13 July 1960, whilst serving at the Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham.
Lot 586
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Pte. W. A. Mackay, R.M.L.I. 6th. Oct. 1907.) planchet only, very fine £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- R.H.S. Case no. 35,706: ‘On 6 October 1907, a man threw himself into the Medway from the esplanade at Stroud, there being a depth of 10 feet. W. A. Mackay, Private, R.M.L.I., plunged in and rescued him.’
Lot 443
British War Medal 1914-20 (O. S. Chew. V.A.D.) officially re-impressed naming; together with the recipient’s South African Military Nursing Service lapel badge; a pair of Nursing Service shoulder boards; and three lapel badges, for Navy War Fund, South African Legion Women’s Auxiliary, and British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John, very fine £70-£90 --- Olive Sidney Grobler, née Chew, was born in India on 6 September 1886 and, following the death of both her parents, was sent to live with her uncle, Dr. William Roger Chew, in Grahamstown, South Africa. Following nursing training in Port Elizabeth, she was sent to England and served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War on the Western Front. According to family tradition, Miss Chew was shipwrecked when the troopship R.M.S. Kenilworth Castle collided with H.M.S. Rival off the Eddystone Lighthouse on 4 June 1918; 15 crew members were drowned and the ship was badly damaged, but Miss Chew survived, dressed in only her night-dress and an overcoat. This account has not been confirmed, however. Returning to South Africa, Miss Chew completed her training at Johannesburg General Hospital, and subsequently married J. N. Grobler on 2 February 1926. They had one daughter together, Eugene Mary Grobler. Olive Grobler died on 25 December 1962. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s husband, see Lot 219; and for the medals awarded to the recipient’s uncle and other family members, see Lots 147 and 187.
Lot 215
Pair: Chief Petty Officer W. Gilbert, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (182560 W. Gilbert. Act. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (182560 William Gilbert. P.O. 1Cl. H.M.S. Jupiter.) good very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Gilbert was born in Lambeth, London, on 3 September 1879 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 26 January 1895. Promoted Petty Officer First Class on 15 September 1904, he served in H.M.S. Jupiter from 26 June 1912 to 8 January 1913, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 7 September 1912. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Penelope from 10 December 1914 to 19 May 1916, and again from 16 September 1916 to 2 September 1917, and was promoted Chief Petty Officer on 5 March 1919. He was shore demobilised on 2 September 1919, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day.
Lot 214
Pair: Chief Armourer A. Lowton, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (119568 A. Lowton. Ch. Amr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Alfred Lowton, Armourer, H.M.S. Pembroke.) impressed naming; Silver War Badge, reverse officially numbered ‘RN 38364’, very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Alfred Lowton was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, in July 1861. He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in April 1882, and advanced to Chief Armourer in August 1895. His service included with H.M.S. Pembroke from August 1892 until May 1893 (awarded the L.S. & G.C. in May 1893), and was employed as an Instructor of Mines at H.M.S. Victory during the Great War (BWM being sole entitlement). Sold with recipient’s Marriage Certificate; several photographs of recipient in uniform; a letter from recipient; and copied service papers.
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