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Lot 858
Tithes. Benett (John, Esq; of Pyt House, Wilts), An Essay on the Commutation of Tithes; to which was adjudged The Bedfordean Gold Medal, by the Bath and West of England Society [...], first edition, Bath: Printed by Richard Cruttwell; et al., 1814, contemporary quarter-morocco gilt over marbled boards, marbled edges, yellow endpapers, 8vo, Toller (Samuel), A Treatise on the Law of Tithes [...], first edition, London: A. Strahan, 1808, contemporary calf, 8vo, Bearblock (The Rev. James), A Treatise Upon Tithes: Containing an Estimate of Every Titheable Article in Common Cultivation [...], third edition, London: J. Hatchard; et al., 1809, contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, [&] Cobbett's Legacy to Parsons, sixth edition, London, 1835, original roan boards rebacked in 20th century gilt-lettered morocco, 8vo, (4). Provenance: 2nd: Thomas Netherson Parker (1772-1848), of Sweeney Hall, Oswestry, Shropshire, armorial bookplate to recto pastedown and title-page with ink MS ownership inscription.
Lot 945
Carter (Matthew, Esqr), Honor rediviuus, or An analysis of Honor and Armory, second edition, London: printed for Henry Herringman, 1660, lacking frontispiece, allegorical and heraldic title-page engraved by Richard Gaywood, 7 plates, in-text armorial woodcuts, a few minor worm trails to margins and edges, early 19th century quarter-calf over marbled boards, spine with faults, 8vo, Laskey (Captain J.C.), A Description of the Series of Medals Struck at the National Medal Mint by Napoleon Bonaparte [...], London: Printed for H.R. Young, 1818, portrait frontispiece, wood-engraved in-text vignettes, contemporary calf, repaired spine, marbled endpapers, 8vo, Numismatics, Ede (James), A View of the Gold & Silver Coins of All Nations, Exhibited [...], [London]: Printed for J.M. Richardson, n.d. [1808], 34 engravings, comprising engraved title-page, divisional title, and 32 plates, rebacked marbled boards, 12mo in 6s, (3).
Lot 126
Victorian Period - Superb Quality Sterling Silver Ornate Open Faced Pocket Watch, with ornate silver dial and gold markers attached to a long sterling silver Albert chain. All links marked for silver. Also, a silver Vesta case and fob/medal. Hallmarked Chester 1897. Movement signed John Forrest of London serial No. 75032. Chronometer maker to the Admiralty . Top watch maker, all pieces excellent condition.
Lot 1081
DRAKE RIMMER; a collection of musical ephemera to include a Baton of Honour presented to Drake Rimmer Royal Albert Hall London October 1967, three further silver mounted ebonised conductor's batons and half a baton, a J.H Iles medal presented to Drake Rimmer in 1960, a silver plated Alloa Band contest 1963 trophy, a Thorens oak cased musical box with presentation inscription to Mr Rimmer from Bowhill Silver Band, dated 1952, and a Victorian hallmarked silver presentation trophy engraved to Sir David Radcliffe, Mayor of Liverpool to the Band of the 13 Lancashire Regiment Volunteers on the 11th-12th May 1886, weight 10.5ozt/337g (trophy broken at stem).
Lot 186
A Victorian Queen's South Africa Medal with four bars 'Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902' awarded to Private W. Falconer Scottish CC 7511, together with a George V Faithful Service Medal awarded to William Falconer and a black and white photograph of William (Falconer) and a Scottish army form B.73 (4).
Lot 77
HOLBORN RESTAURANT; a late 19th century base metal members' medallion presented by the proprietors to H.House Esq, Nov 23rd 1895, with a borough of Cambridge 1902 Coronation medal, an Elect Cocoa George V Coronation medal, a British War Medal awarded to C.H 20767 Private R.J Waller R.M.L.I and two other items.
Lot 16
MODEST CUIXART I TÀPIES (Barcelona, 1925 - Palafrugell, Girona, 2007).Untitled, 1990-1995.Oil on canvas.Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Signed and dated on the back.Size: 41,5 x 33,5 cm; 68 x 60 cm (frame).Cuixart's material and suggestive composition, which, despite bordering on abstraction, does not lose the referential element: a hut, a bird... The result is highly poetic, stratifying into levels of reality.Cuixart initially studied medicine, but soon abandoned his studies to devote himself to painting, and entered the Academia Libre de Pintura in Barcelona. In 1948 he took part in the founding of the group Dau al Set, together with Brossa, Ponç, Tàpies and Tharrats, among others. Concerned with the plastic value of the sign, his work has from the beginning a strong kinship with surrealism, as well as a great sensitivity towards the expressive power of colour. Towards 1955 he immersed himself in material informalism, which led him to use "grattage" in works with a certain orientalist flavour. In 1959 he won first prize at the São Paulo Biennial and exhibited at the Documenta in Kassel, and the following year he took part in an exhibition of Spanish avant-garde works at the Tate Gallery in London and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Cuixart introduced collage into his work in 1962, which gradually led him towards pop art. Enriched by all these experiences, he returned to flat painting, achieving a very personal critical realism, which synthesised expressionism with dramatically transformed figuration, always valuing chromatic qualities. In the seventies he exhibited in numerous national and international capitals, such as Paris, Madrid, São Paulo, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Basel, Barcelona and Milan, among others. In the following decade, Cuixart gradually freed his painting from its aggressive aspects to give it a more lyrical tone. He also took part in a group exhibition at the Palais de l'UNESCO in Paris, was awarded the Cross of Saint George by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Cross of Isabella the Catholic. In 1988 he holds an anthological exhibition in Japan, in the cities of Kobe and Tokyo. He continues to work with exuberant colours and forms, and reincorporates a more material figuration into his work. In 1998 the foundation named after him was created in Palafrugell, and the following year he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts by the Ministry of Culture. He is represented in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Tate Gallery in London, the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the Contemporary Art Museums of Madrid, Barcelona and Saint-Etienne (France), the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid, the Museo de Grabado Español Contemporáneo in Marbella, the Museo de Arte de la Universidad de São Paulo, the Museo de Arte Abstracto in Cuenca and the Museo del Ampurdán, among many others.
Lot 51
ANTONI CLAVÉ I SANMARTÍ (Barcelona, 1913 - Saint Tropez, France, 2005)."Guerrier".Mixed media (collage, oil and watercolour) on paper.Signed in the lower right corner.Size: 70 x 50 cm; 90 x 70 cm (frame).In parallel to his activity in the field of theatrical scenography, between approximately the mid-1940s and mid-1950s, Antoni Clavé began an illustration project for "Gargatú" which led him to become familiar with a medieval iconography that he would develop in his famous series of warriors, kings, queens and knights. In parallel with the evolution of his plastic language, these images of medieval characters started from a certain realism and moved increasingly closer to abstraction. Thus, the figures lost precision and form, giving way to line and colour in painting, and to the use of irregular textures and volumes in sculpture. Nevertheless, as in the rest of his work, these figures of warriors and kings always retain a figurative element.Antoni Clavé is one of the most important figures in Spanish contemporary art. Trained at the San Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, Clavé initially devoted himself to advertising graphics, illustration and the decorative arts. In 1936 he took an active part in the Civil War, joining the Republican ranks, which led him to go into exile in France at the end of the war. That same year, 1939, he exhibited the drawings he had made on the battlefields. He settled in Paris, where he met Vuillard, Bonnard and Picasso. From this period onwards, Clavé began to develop a work marked by a different, less classical style. During this period his figures gradually lost their precision and form, giving way to the lines and a personal range of colours and textures that were to become the main features of his works from that time onwards. He was already enjoying great international prestige at the time when he began to be recognised in Spain, after his exhibition at the Sala Gaspar in Barcelona in 1956. In 1952 he made the sets for the film "Hans Christian Andersen", by Charles Vidor, and was nominated for an Oscar. In 1954 he gave up decorating to devote himself to painting. In the 1960s he painted a tribute to El Greco, and his painting at this time reveals the influences of that master, as well as those of the Baroque painters. Of particular relevance is the theme of the knight with his hand on his chest, a reference that would be repeated in Clavé's future works. This period is characterised by the definitive transition to abstraction. In the 1970s Clavé's work continued to evolve, using various techniques such as collage, and inventing new ones such as "papier froissé", the result of a chance use of aerosol on crumpled paper. In 1978, the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris, now the Centre Georges Pompidou, devoted a retrospective to him that made him one of the most prestigious artists of his generation. In the 1980s he dedicated a series of works to Picasso under the title "To Don Pablo". His latest works are characterised by the recreation of textures within abstraction, with a profuse use of papier froissé. He was awarded prizes at the Hallimark in New York in 1948, at the Venice Biennial in 1954 and at the Tokyo International Biennial in 1957. In 1984 the Spanish state recognised his artistic value with the exhibition of more than one hundred of his works in the Spanish pavilion at the Venice Biennale. That same year he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Clavé's work can be found, among many others, in the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, the Tate Gallery, the Modern Art Museum in Paris and Tokyo, the British Museum and the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid.
Lot 58
FERNANDO ZÓBEL DE AYALA Y MONTOJO (Manila, Philippines, 1924 - Rome, Italy, 1984)."La ventanita", 1969.Oil on canvas.Work verified by the art historian Don Alfonso de la Torre.The piece will be included in the artist's catalogue raisonné.Signed in the lower right corner. Signed, dated, located (Seville) and titled on the back.Size: 40 x 40 cm; 55 x 55 cm (frame).The subject matter of the work and the period in which it was executed bring us closer to a period in which Zóbel worked aesthetically inspired by the view from his studio window. During this period he adapted his compositions to the landscape itself, basing them on the masses of stone and trees, synthesising the forms into a lyrical abstract expression in which the superfluous fades away. The work proposes a dialogue where the concept of the window, which is represented by the geometric forms defined in the centre of the image, merges into a subtle, vibrant and metaphorical atmosphere. The theorist José Hierro defined this period of the artist as follows: "We are in the realm of painting as a "mental thing", in the Platonic world of ideas. Zóbel finds the embryo of his work in nature. But he needs this raw material to lose its consistency, its geological elementality, to become a product of intelligence assisted by sensibility. The whole quest consists in finding an essence that is the "objective correlate" of the landscape seen, seen again, travelled through, dreamt of. Zóbel acts with the serenity of a chemist who breaks down a substance into its simple elements...".Also known as Fernando M. Zóbel, he was a Spanish Filipino painter, businessman, art collector and founder of the Museum of Abstract Art in Cuenca. Zóbel was born in Ermita, Manila in the Philippines, and was a member of the prominent and well-to-do Zóbel de Ayala family. It was his uncle who would teach the young Fernando his first knowledge of art. Zóbel studied medicine at the University of Santo Tomás in Manila. In 1942, he suffered a spinal deficiency that forced him to stay in bed that year. To pass the time, he turned to painting. He studied at the University of Santo Tomas and then transferred to Harvard University in 1946 to pursue degrees in history and literature. He finally graduated in three years and wrote a thesis on the work of Federico García Lorca. Zóbel began painting during this period without formal training at Harvard. In the fall of 1946 he met Jim Pfeufer and his wife Reed Champion Pfeufer. Reed was a painter who was loosely related to the Boston School, and she became a mentor to the young artist. Zóbel graduated in 1949 magna cum laude. After completing his degree, he returned briefly to Harvard to study law, and then worked as a curator at the Houghton Library. He founded the Museum of Spanish Abstract Art at Casa Colgadas, in the city of Cuenca, Spain, in 1963. The museum was expanded in 1978, and in 1980 Zóbel donated his collection to the Fundación Juan March, which later incorporated it into its own collection. Zóbel was a mentor and collector who assisted in the careers of Spanish modernist painters, including Antonio Lorenzo, Eusebio Sempere, Martín Chirino López, Antonio Saura and many others. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Zóbel was working on a series of paintings called Dialogues which were his abstract variations on paintings he admired in museums. He also produced a series of paintings inspired by the river Júcar in Cuenca. After suffering a stroke that left him slightly impaired, he created a series called "Las Orillas" which he produced on the theme of rivers. In 1983, King Juan Carlos of Spain awarded Zóbel the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts.
Lot 67
MIGUEL BERROCAL (Villanueva de Algaidas, Malaga, 1933 - Antequera, Malaga, 2006)."Figura acostada", 1987.Lithograph, copy 76/100.Signed, dated and justified by hand.Size: 56 x 75 cm; 64 x 82 cm (frame).Berrocal began his training at the School of Arts and Crafts in Madrid, as a pupil of Ángel Ferrant. He then went on to the San Fernando School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Ramón Stolz. He complemented his training with work as a draughtsman in the studio of the architect Casto Fernández Shaw and as an assistant to several architects in Rome between 1952 and 1954. During his stay in Paris in 1955, he finally decided to devote himself to sculpture. His early works show the influence of Chillida, while at the same time denoting his preference for articulated and detachable forms in bronze. The difficulty involved in making each of his sculptures led him to decide to produce them in series. With this idea in mind, he produced two hundred copies of the sculpture "Maria de la O", for which he received the prize for sculpture at the Paris Biennale and which was later acquired by the MOMA in New York. In 1966 he settled permanently in Verona, and since 1968 he has alternated his work between monumental and small-scale works. Together with several gallery owners, he founded the Società Multicettera, the first industry of small sculptures. He has exhibited in Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the United States, received the gold medal of the Bronze of Padua, the Grand Prize of Honour at the Brazil Biennial, and was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. He has sculptures in public places in Korea, Bordeaux, Denmark and Switzerland, as well as in various places in Spain. He is represented in the Museums of Modern Art in New York and Paris, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, the Kunsthalle in Hamburg, the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, the National Gallery in Rome and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Lot 69
LUIS FEITO (Madrid, 1929- 2021).Untitled.Silkscreen, copy P.A.Signed and justified by hand.Measurements: 76 x 56 cm.Born and educated in Madrid, he was one of the founding members of the group El Paso. In 1954 he had his first individual exhibition, with non-figurative works, at the Buchholz gallery in Madrid. From then on Feito exhibited regularly in the most important cities in the world, such as Paris, Milan, New York, Helsinki, Tokyo and Rome. Appointed professor at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts in 1954, two years later he left teaching and went to Paris on a scholarship to study the avant-garde movements in force. During this period he was influenced by automatism and matter painting. In 1962 he became a founding member of the El Paso group, with which he had lost contact during his years in Paris. His first works were figurative painting, followed by a phase in which he experimented with cubism and finally moved fully into abstraction. At first he only used black, ochre and white colours, but when he discovered the potential of light he began to use more vivid colours and smooth planes. He evolved until he used red as a counterpoint in his compositions (from 1962) and, in general, more intense colours. In his abstract phase, which includes the 1970s, Feito showed a clear tendency towards simplification, with the circle predominating in his compositions as a geometric form. Possibly, the influence of Japanese art can be seen in his preference for large bands of black. Most of his works are untitled and can therefore be recognised by a number assigned to them. Among his awards is his appointment as an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France in 1985. In 1998 he was awarded the Gold Medal of Fine Arts in Madrid, and was made a Full Member of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In 2000 he was awarded the Prize of the Spanish Association of Art Critics at the Estampa Salon, in 2002 the AECA Grand Prize for the best international artist at ARCO, in 2003 the prize for the most important artist at the Osaka Art Fair (Japan), in 2004 the Prize for the Culture of Plastic Arts of the Community of Madrid, in 2005 the Francisco Tomás Prieto Prize of the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, and in 2008 the Jorge Alió Foundation Prize and the Grand Prize for Spanish Contemporary Art CESMAI. Luis Feito is represented in the most important museums all over the world, including the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome, the Guggenheim, the MoMA and the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, the Museums of Modern Art in Tokyo, Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Montreal, the Lissone in Italy, etc.
Lot 70
MANUEL HERNÁNDEZ MOMPÓ (Valencia, 1927 - Madrid, 1992)Untitled.Silkscreen, copy H.C.Signed and justified by hand.Slight rust stains in the margins and a small tear.Measurements: 56 x 75 cm.The son of a painting teacher, Hernández Mompó alternated his basic and high school studies with classes at the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Trades in Valencia, where he entered in 1943. In 1948 he obtained a grant to paint in Granada, at the Residence for Painters, and three years later a new grant enabled him to travel to Paris. In the French capital he came into contact with the circles of informalist painters, whose influence would mark his later work, leaving behind the landscapes and portraits that had dominated his oeuvre until then. Between 1954 and 1955 he spent a long period in Rome, on a grant from the Department of Culture of the Ministry of National Education to study at the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in the Italian capital. In 1954 he took part in the Viareggio International Exhibition, where he was awarded the Italian Navigation Prize. He left Italy and settled in Amsterdam, where he again frequented the informalist cenacles. In 1957 he returned to Spain and settled in Aravaca (Madrid). The following year he was awarded a grant from the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, and won the Grand National Painting Prize and a first medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. During the sixties and seventies he alternated his residence between Madrid, Ibiza, and in 1973 he spent a year in California. On his return to Spain he settled in Mallorca. Hernández Mompó exhibited in the main capitals of Europe and the United States, and took part in national and international exhibitions. Among his most outstanding awards was the Unesco Prize received at the 34th Venice Biennale in 1968. In 1984 he was awarded the National Prize for Fine Arts by the Ministry of Culture. His youthful style was soon influenced in a definitive way by abstract expressionism and informalism, although his works never lost reality as a reference point. In his production, Hernández Mompó captures a figurative and poetic imagery, harmoniously mixed with abstract elements and rich superimposition effects. Hernández Mompó is represented at the IVAM in Valencia, the Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, the Museo de Arte Abstracto in Cuenca, the British Museum in London, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Chase Manhattan Bank Collection in New York and the Winterthur Museum in Switzerland, among many others.
Lot 1
A scarce Great War ‘Warrant Officer’s’ M.C. group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer Class I W. H. Tilbury, 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who later served as an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Assam and was a member of the Surma Volunteer Light Horse, Auxiliary Force India Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5369 Pte. W. Tilbury. Rl: Berks: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5369 Serjt: W. Tilbury. Rl: Berks: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (16689 Sjt. W. Tilbury. R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (16689 W.O. Cl.1. W. Tilbury. R. Berks. R.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Pte. W. H. Tilbury. Surma V.L.H. A.F.I.); Belgium, Kingdom, Order of Leopold II, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, with bronze A.I.R. palm on riband, contact marks and minor edge bruising, generally nearly very fine and better (8) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917. Belgian Order of Leopold II, Chevalier, with palms London Gazette 5 April 1919. William Harry Tilbury was born at Burchetts Green, Berkshire, on 5 November 1881 and attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment aged 15 years and 6 months. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 July 1915. Advanced Warrant Officer Class I, he was awarded the Military Cross; the following account appeared in the Berkshire Chronicle: ‘The Germans were making a rush for the guns which they had almost surrounded when the party I have spoken of together with the other Berkshire men and the Guards thwarted the desperate attempts which the Boches made to capture them... In regard to the saving of the guns I should like to say that splendid work was performed by our signalling officer, whose name I cannot remember, and Regimental Sergeant Major Tilbury.’ Subsequently commissioned Captain, post-War Tilbury served with the Assam Civil Service as an Extra Assistant Commissioner of Police, with the rank of Major, and whilst in India served with the Surma Volunteer Light Horse, Auxiliary Force India. He died of Malaria on 15 December 1932.
Lot 115
The Order of St. John of Jerusalem (3), Officer’s (Brother’s) breast badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; Serving Brother’s breast badge (2), 1st type (1892-1939), circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background, white enamel damage to one arm of cross; 4th type (1974-84), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles flush with the background; Service Medal of the Order of St John, silvered base metal, with one Additional Award Bar (45126. D/Supt. W. M. Davies. N’umberland. S.J.A.B. 1949.) this last with riband bar, in named card box of issue with label reading ‘Div. Supt. W. M. Davies, Riverside Ambulance Division.’, generally very fine and better (4) £100-£140
Lot 118
A post-War K.B.E., C.B., Order of St. John group of thirteen awarded to Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir K. Alexander Ingleby-Mackenzie, Royal Navy, who served as Medical Director-General of the Royal Navy and later Assistant Managing Director of the brewers Arthur Guinness The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, K.B.E. (Military) Knight Commander’s 2nd type set of Insignia, comprising neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; and reast Star, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel; The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Knight of Grace's set of Insignia, comprising neck Badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with short section of neck riband for display purposes; and breast Star, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. K. A. I. Mackenzie. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, the last ten mounted for wear, traces of adhesive to reverse of the C.B., generally good very fine (15) £3,000-£4,000 --- K.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1953. C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1951. Order of St John, Knight of Grace London Gazette 1 January 1957. Sir (Kenneth) Alexander Ingleby-Mackenzie was born on 19 August 1892 and was educated at Repton and Trinity College, Oxford. He completed his medical training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he was awarded the Willett Medal for Operative Surgery in 1916. He joined the Royal Navy Medical Service that same year and served in the Grand Fleet during the Great War from 1916 to 1918. During the Second World War he served as Fleet Medical Officer in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Far East Fleets, being promoted to Surgeon Captain in 1942. He was Senior Medical Officer, Medical Section, R.N. Hospital, Haslar, from 1944-47, and Medical Officer-in-Charge of the R.N. Hospital at Chatham from 1948-52. He was appointed Honorary Physician to the King, and promoted to Surgeon Rear-Admiral in 1948, and to Surgeon Vice-Admiral in 1952. He held the appointment as Honorary Physician to the Queen, and as Medical Director-General of the Navy, from 1952 until his retirement from the Navy in 1956. After his retirement from the Royal Navy Ingleby-Mackenzie was appointed Assistant Managing Director of the brewing company Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. Ltd. in 1956, and held that position until his death on 17 January 1961. A keen sportsman, he had played hockey for the Royal Navy, and was a member of both the Marylebone Cricket Club and the All England Lawn Tennis Club. His son, Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie, was a first-class cricketer who captained Hampshire to the County Championship in 1961, and was later President of the M.C.C. Sold with copied research.
Lot 119
A Victorian C.B. group of three awarded to Colonel T. W. R. Boisragon, 30th Bengal Native Infantry, Indian Army The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 18ct gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1879, with integral gold riband buckle; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. T. W. R. Boisragon, Nusseeree Batn.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Col. T. W. R. Boisragon. 30th. Ben; N.I.) light contact marks, very fine and better (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- C.B. London Gazette 1 March 1881. Theodore Walter Ross Boisragon was born in India on 19 May 1830 and was commissioned into the Indian Army on 2 September 1846. He first saw service with the Nusseeree Battalion during the Great Sepoy Mutiny (Medal), before he was appointed Commandant of the 30th Bengal Native Infantry on 16 August 1861, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 2 September 1872, and Colonel on 2 September 1877. He saw further service during the Second Afghan War (Medal), and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He retired with the rank of Major-General on 2 September 1881, and died in Bedford on 21 September 1882.
Lot 12
Three: Private E. Day, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving the life of a man from drowning at Roodevval Spruit, Orange River Colony, on 16 September 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (4838 Pte. W. Day, 2: R: Berks: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4838 Pte. W. Day. Rl: Berks: Regt.) number officially corrected; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (J. Day. 2nd. Bttn: Berks: Regt, Sep. 16 1900.) with integral top bronze riband buckle, light contact marks, generally good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- R.H.S. Case no. 30,977: ‘On 16 September 1900, J. J. Le Roux, the son of a local burgher, by holding on to the tail of a horse, was carried out some 25 yards from the bank in a pond at Roodevval Spruit, Orange River Colony. Seeing his danger, Privates Jones and Day, both 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who were bathing near, at once swam out, and at great risk rescued him.’
Lot 121
A Boer War C.B. group of four awarded to Colonel The Honourable R. T. Lawley, 7th Hussars, who commanded his regiment in South Africa and was later 4th Baron Wenlock The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels, complete with swivel-ring bar suspension and ribbon buckle; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut: Hon: R. T. Lawley, 7/Husrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt: Col: Hon R. T. Lawley, C.B., 7/Hrs:); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, the second with contact pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine, the remainder good very fine (4) £2,600-£3,000 --- Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock, was born on 21 August 1856, second son of Beilby Richard, 2nd Baron Wenlock of Escrick Park, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and Colonel of the Yorkshire Hussars, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, daughter of 2nd Marquess of Westminster. He was brother of Sir Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock, Governor of Madras (1891-96), whom he succeeded in 1912 as the 4th Baron Wenlock. He was educated at Eton (1870-74) in the Rev. William Wayte’s House where, although not academically gifted, he was a successful cox. He entered the army in 1875, serving throughout with the 7th Hussars, retiring as Colonel of the Regiment in 1904. He served throughout the Nile Expedition of 1884-85 with the Light Camel Regiment, in which the 7th Hussars detachment comprised three officers and 44 other ranks, and took part in the operations of the Desert Column including the engagement at Abu Klea Wells, 16 and 17 February 1885. After service in Egypt, Lawley served in the Boer War, sailing for the Cape on board the S.S. Templemore, and commanded the 7th Hussars in South Africa from 20 December 1901 to 22 January 1902, after which he commanded a column composed of the Queen’s Bays, 7th Hussars, two guns and a pom-pom from 39th R.F.A., formed at Winburg and operating towards Senekal from 23 January to 31 May 1902, to clear the country in that district of cattle and provisions. He was present during operations in the Transvaal from March to 31 May 1902; Orange River Colony from January to March, and May 1902; Cape Colony from December 1901 to January 1902. He was mentioned in despatches London Gazette 17 June 1902, and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath ‘in recognition of services during operations in South Africa’, London Gazette 26 June 1902. Following a posting at Aldershot, he retired on 2 November 1904. He was married in 1909 to Rhoda Edith, a daughter of Canon Knox-Little. He succeeded his brother as 4th Baron Wenlock in 1912, and died at Hestercombe, Devon, on 25 July 1918. Sold with full research including various copied photographs together with medal roll and gazette entries saved to CD.
Lot 123
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Colonel J. D. Pitman, Canadian Ordnance Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (34803 Sgt. Maj. J. D. Pitman. 1/Can: Div: H.G.) rank corrected; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major J. D. Pitman.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, generally very fine or better (6) £800-£1,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917, 28 December 1917 and 9 February 1920. John Downey Pitman was born in Somerset, Bermuda in May 1881. He was employed in Canada by Hancock Manufacturing Company prior to the war, having served served in the British Army for 7 years and 153. Pitman initially served during the Great War as a Sergeant Major with the Canadian Ordnance Corps, and was appointed Assistant Commissary of Ordnance with the rank of Honorary Lieutenant in January 1915. He advanced to Acting Major, and was appointed D.A.D.O.S., Canadian Corps in September 1917. Pitman was subsequently posted as Chief Ordnance Officer, Ashford in October 1918. He returned to Canada, and advanced to Major in January 1925, retiring as Lieutenant Colonel in May 1936. Pitman re-engaged for service with the Canadian Militia in September 1939, and served as Acting Lieutenant Colonel, Officer Commanding Canadian Ordnance Corps Training Centre. He died in February 1959. Sold with copied research.
Lot 128
A Great War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander C. S. Brewer, Mersey Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (Surg. Lt. Cr. C. S. Brewer, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. Cr. C. S. Brewer. R.N.V.R.); Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Surgeon C. S. Brewer, R.N.VR.) mounted court style, cleaned, otherwise extremely fine (5) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. Only 65 R.N.V.R. L.S. & G.C. medals awarded during the reign of Edward VII. Charles Samuel Brewer received his medical training at the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, qualifying as L.R.C.P. and L.R.C.S., Edinburgh, 1882, and later D.P.H., Liverpool 1909. He was appointed Surgeon of the Birkenhead Corps of the Liverpool Brigade of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, 30 October 1889, serving until the R.N.A.V. were disbanded on 1 April 1892. He was appointed Surgeon of the R.N.V.R. on 3 February 1904, in the Liverpool Division, later re-titled Mersey Division. He received the R.N.V.R. L.S. & G.C. medal during the reign of Edward VII, and was appointed an O.B.E. (Military) on 11 June 1919, for valuable services at the Depot for Mercantile Marine Reserve Ratings at Liverpool. Doctor Brewer practised in Birkenhead and died there on 7 September 1927. Sold with comprehensive research.
Lot 130
A Second War ‘Burma Operations’ O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. K. Willans, Royal Army Service Corps, late Royal Artillery and Royal Indian Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933 (2 Lieut. C. H. K. Willans, R.A.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. C. H. K. Willans, R.I.A.S.C.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R., with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major C. H. K. Willans, R.A.S.C.) generally good very fine (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, May 2016 (when sold without the India Service Medal). O.B.E. London Gazette 17 January 1946. Charles Harte Keatinge Willans was born in December 1907 and was originally commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in September 1927, in which capacity he served in the North-West Frontier operations of 1930-31, gaining advancement to Lieutenant in September of the former year and secondment to the Indian Army Service Corps in January of the latter year. Having then been present in the Mohmand operations of 1933, he was advanced to Captain in September 1936, the same year in which he participated in further operations on the North-West Frontier. For his services he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 February 1938). Having then attended Staff College and been advanced to Major, Willans was appointed a Staff Officer in November 1940 and saw further action with the R.I.A.S.C. in Burma 1944-45, for which services he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He reverted to the Royal Army Service Corps after Indian Independence and was again Mentioned in Despatches for his part in the Malayan Emergency (London Gazette 30 October 1953). Subsequently placed on the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, he ceased to belong to the Reserve in December 1962, and was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Sold with copied research.
Lot 133
An inter-War M.B.E., Great War ‘1916’ M.S.M. group of eleven awarded to Colonel (Quartermaster) F. W. Price, Royal Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with clasp (S-21925 Sjt. F. W. Price. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S-21925 W.O. Cl.1. F. W. Price. A.S.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S-1010 S. Sjt. F. W. Price. R.A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S-21925 Sjt: F. W. Price. A.S.C.); France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour, Gold Medal, with swords and laurel wreath, silver-gilt, silver mark to edge, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn and housed in a glazed display case, light contact marks, good very fine and extremely rare to rank (11) £800-£1,000 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 July 1926. M.S.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. French Medal of Honour London Gazette 29 January 1919. Frederick Walter Price attested for the Army Service Corps at York, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 August 1914, and subsequently as a Staff Sergeant-Major on the Quartermaster-General’s Staff. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1926 Birthday Honours’ List, and was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) in the Royal Army Service Corps on 14 January 1931. He was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel in 1943, and retired on 12 March 1947, being granted the honorary rank of Colonel, the first Quartermaster of the Royal Army Service Corps to be so honoured. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
Lot 134
A Second War ‘Civil Defence’ M.B.E. pair awarded to T. Kennett, Esq., Assistant Town Clerk and Re-Housing Manager, Metropolitan Borough of St. Marylebone The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1942: Thomas Kennett, Esq, Assistant Town Clerk and Re-Housing Manager, Metropolitan Borough of St. Marylebone ‘For services to Civil Defence.’ Thomas Kennett was born in Paddington, London, and attested for the 2nd County of London Yeomanry on 7 August 1914. He was discharged ‘Medically Unfit’ on 21 August 1914. Sold with the original Bestowal Document for the M.B.E. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 299.
Lot 14
Four: Lance-Corporal A. Hewitt, Royal Berkshire Regiment 1914 Star, with copy clasp (9588 L. Cpl. A. Hewitt. 2/R. Berks: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9588 Pte. A. Hewitt. R. Berks. R.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Arthur Hewitt) light contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Arthur Hewitt attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November 1914.
Lot 141
The extremely well-documented and scarce Helicopter Winchman’s ‘Search and Rescue’ 1969 A.F.C., 1957 A.F.M. group of six awarded to Master Engineer P. E. J. ‘Chalky’ White, 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force, for his gallant rescue of a watchman on a drilling barge, in the midst of a violent storm, off Dubai Jetty, Persian Gulf, 25 January 1969. In a career of over 28 years, White amassed thousands of flying hours in at least 37 different aircraft Air Force Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially dated ‘1969’, and reverse additionally engraved ‘GO. 579681 M. Eng. P. E. J. White R.A.F.’; Air Force Medal, E.II.R. (579681. F. Sgt. P. E. J. White. R.A.F.); War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Near East (579681 F. Sgt. P. E. J. White. R.A.F.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (60579681 M. Eng. P. E. J. White RAF); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (579681 F. Sgt. P. E. J. White. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, housed in a Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd leather case, generally very fine (lot) £3,000-£4,000 --- A.F.C. London Gazette 10 June 1969: ‘On 25th January 1969, Master Engineer White was briefed as winchman of the 78 Squadron Duty Search and Rescue helicopter crew, to attempt the rescue of a watchman from a drilling barge, with a 40 foot gantry on the stern, in difficulties half a mile off Dubai Jetty. A number of attempts at rescue had been made by various vessels from Dubai but, due to the violent sea state, they had all proved abortive. With a visibility of five nautical miles, the vessel was quickly located and found to be dragging its anchor in breakers approximately 300 yards from a lee shore. The generally rough sea, (sea state five) and the dragging effect of the one bow anchor caused the 80 foot barge to corkscrew violently and the gantry to gyrate furiously. The vertical movement of the bow was estimated to be twenty feet. With the barge lying head into wind, which at this time was gusting between 20 and 30 knots, the pilot found that, in the normal head-into-wind hover, the tail rotor of the Wessex helicopter was within feet of the top of the gyrating gantry and the first attempt was abandoned. Master Engineer White suggested that if the helicopter could be hovered 45 degrees out of wind this would keep the tail rotor away from the gantry and he would be willing to attempt a rescue. This was done and Master Engineer White started to winch down to the barge. However, due to lack of visual reference, the pilot was unable to maintain a steady hover and, although the winchman made contact with the barge, the rescue attempt had to be discontinued and Master Engineer White was winched back into the aircraft. Master Engineer White indicated that he would risk a further attempt at rescue, and the helicopter was brought into position at a much lower hover. Master Engineer White managed to obtain a foothold on the pitching deck and within a minute the survivor was secured and winched aboard the Wessex. During both winching operations, Master Engineer White was in grave danger of being dashed against the side or superstructure of the barge and, throughout the entire incident, he acted in the best tradition of the Service. He displayed complete disregard of personal safety and showed tenacity and courage well beyond the call of duty. The fact that both he and the remainder of the crew are only part-time Search and Rescue operators, with minimal training in the role, does much to emphasise his courage.’ 1 of 2 A.F.C’s awarded for the incident, as well as a Queen’s Commendation For Valuable Service In The Air. A.F.M. London Gazette 13 June 1957. The original recommendation states: ‘Flight Sergeant White has served with 511 Squadron, Royal Air Force Station, Lyneham, since March, 1952, as a flight engineer. For the last two years he has held an above average Transport Command category and at all times his work, keenness and efficiency have been an inspiration to all. On 6th October, 1956, he was flight engineer on a Hastings aircraft detailed for a flight from Lyneham to Luqa. As the aircraft crossed the English coast, the airspeed indicator suddenly failed to register. Flight Sergeant White investigated the failure and ascertained that no pressure was entering the instruments. By experimenting with lengths of alloy tubing, he produced a reading on the air speed indicator. Then, with the external rudder lock, webbing tape and tubing from the pressure head lines, he constructed a substitute pressure head and mounted it in the air-stream, through the starboard static vent access panel. The airspeed obtained appeared accurate with the power set and the aircraft was stalled to verify this. The result was exceedingly accurate. Flight Sergeant White’s remarkable ingenuity and knowledge of the aircraft resulted in the flight being continued to a safe landing at Luqa. Flight Sergeant White is an enthusiastic and thoroughly capable Air Engineer, who continues to perform outstanding work with his Squadron both in the air and on the ground. His resourcefulness on the flight to Malta is but one example of what could be expected of this aircrew Non-Commissioned Officer when face to face with danger or difficulty. His technical knowledge, combined with determination and natural ability, has done much to ensure aircraft serviceability and airborne efficiency. Flight Sergeant White’s devotion to duty and invaluable contribution to his Squadron and the Long Range Force are worthy of recognition.’ Peter Ernest John ‘Chalky’ White joined the Royal Air Force as an Apprentice Airframe Fitter at No. 1 School of Technical Training, Halton in August 1943. He joined the 47th Entry, and passed out in August 1946. White was posted for pilot training to No. 4 F.T.S., Heany, Southern Rhodesia in 1949, however, he was deemed unsuitable for flying and posted to No. 4 Technical Training School, St. Athan in September the following year. White remustered as a Flight Engineer in April 1951 and was posted for further training to No. 242 O.T.U., Dishforth. White served with 511 Squadron (Handley Page Hastings) at Lyneham, March 1952 - May 1957 (A.F.M.). He was posted to 216 Squadron (Comets) at Lyneham, and then served with 99 Squadron (Britannias) also based at Lyneham, from 1959. The latter was a Conversion Flight, and White served with them until February 1968. During his time with 99 Squadron he qualified as a Master Engineer and had amassed a total of over 8,000 flying hours world-wide. White retrained as a Helicopter Crewman at R.A.F. Odiham in March 1968, and was then posted to 78 Squadron (Wessex Helicopters) at Sharjah, Persian Gulf in June 1968. 78 Squadron were employed as a Search and Rescue unit, and it was whilst serving with them as a Winchman that White distinguished himself during the rescue of a watchman from a drilling barge off the Dubai Jetty, 25 January 1969 (A.F.C.) After a nine month tour, White returned to R.A.F. Odiham where he was to become an Instructor with the Helicopter Operational Training Flight in September 1970. He was to be involved in compiling the technical training syllabus for both pilots and crew of Puma helicopters. White had to take enforced retirement in August 1973, by which time he had completed over 28 years service and flown in at least 37 different types of aircraft. Master Engineer White died in January 1987. Sold with the following archive: i) No. 6B (warm weather) Non-Ceremonial Dress Issue (complete with brevet and ribands); R.A.F. issue white soft leather, Flying Gloves; American type O/S/FAP-2 Sheepskin Summer Flying Gloves; R.A.F. issue wire arm Flying Sunglasses; Warrant Officer Copper topped hard wood, Swagger Stick; Gold embroidered 115 Squadron badg...
Lot 142
A very scarce inter-war A.R.R.C. group of five awarded to Nursing Sister A. M. Shrewsbury, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service, who was decorated by the French Government for services on board the Hospital Ship St Margaret of Scotland Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; 1914-15 Star (N. Sister A. M. Shrewsbury, Q.A.R.N.N.S.); British War and Victory Medals (N. Sister A. M. Shrewsbury. Q.A.R.N.N.S.); France, Third Republic, Medaille d’Honneur des Epidemies, Ministere de la Marine, bronze with anchor embroidered on ribbon (Miss Shrewsbury Ste Marguerite d’Ecosse 1918) mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £1,800-£2,200 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1930. Medaille d’Honneur des Epidemies London Gazette 24 May 1919. One of only three awards to Q.A.R.N.N.S. Alice Mary Shrewsbury was born in Cambridgeshire on 17 August 1880, where her father had a farm of 160 acres. She had at least one brother and six sisters. She commenced her nursing training at Guy’s Hospital and trained there for four and a half years before joining the Royal Navy on 6 August 1913, at R.N.H. Haslar. At the commencement of the war she was sent to the Hospital Ship Drina and served on her until August 1915 when she was transferred to R.N.H. Haslar. In May 1917 she served for just one week on the Hospital Ship St Margaret of Scotland before being placed at R.N.H. Malta. It was at this stage that nursing sisters were withdrawn from sea service. However, in November 1917 she once more transferred to the St Margaret of Scotland and appears to have served aboard her for the rest of the war. After the war she served at Haslar, Chatham, Malta, and R.N.H. Plymouth. She was discharged to pension on 17 August 1930. Her nursing reports show her as always being assessed as very good, exemplary or above average. She was awarded the Medaille d’Honneur des Epidemies in May 1919 and the medal was forwarded to her on 19 May 1922. She attended Buckingham Palace for the investiture of her A.R.R.C. on 14 March 1930. According to information provided by Q.A.R.N.N.S. Archives there were only 53 1914-15 Star trios awarded to Q.A.R.N.N.S. Sold with copied record of service and other research. For the recipient’s Great War miniature awards, see Lot 650.
Lot 145
The unique ‘Gedid operations 1899’ D.C.M. group to three awarded to Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor (later Captain) S. W. McConnell, Army Gymnastic Staff, attached XIII Sudanese Battalion, Egyptian Army, late Durham Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (St-Sjt: S. W. M’Connell. A. Gym: Staff.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Q.M. Sjt: Instr. S. W. McConnell. A. Gym: St.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 3 clasps, Gedaref, Gedid, Sudan 1899, unnamed as issued, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (3) £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2018. D.C.M.: London Gazette 13 March 1900: ‘Final pursuit and defeat of the Khalifa, Soudan, November 1899.’ A unique pre-Great War award to the Army Gymnastic Staff. The original recommendation by Major Doran, Royal Irish Regiment, attached 9th Sudanese Battalion, states:
‘For his excellent instruction in fire discipline which has improved the Bn [9th Sudanese] so very much - and for his steadying effect on the men in the face of the enemy.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 30 January 1900 (Colonel F. R. Wingate, Battle of Gedid). Samuel W. McConnell was born in Sunderland, County Durham, and attested for the Durham Light Infantry at Redcar in June 1893 aged 18. Trade given as labourer. Declared service in the Militia. He was promoted to Corporal in June 1896, and transferred as a Sergeant to the Army Gymnastic Staff in December 1897. McConnell was appointed Drill Instructor to the Egyptian Army in August 1898, and served with them in the Sudan from that month until March 1900. McConnell is listed as attached to the 13th Sudanese Battalion, Egyptian Army, but he served with the 9th Sudanese Battalion, Egyptian Army, during the Gedaref operations and at the battle of Gedid, 22 November 1899. At Gedid, the Khalifa and Ahmed Fedil were both killed, and the reconquest of the Sudan was complete. The part played in the battle by the 9th Sudanese under Major Doran, is recorded in the despatch of Colonel Sir Reginald Wingate: ‘Major Maxse (Coldstream Guards), Brevet Major Doran (Royal Irish Regiment) and Brevet Major Gorringe (Royal Engineers) commanded the 13th, 9th, and Irregular Sudanese Battalion’s respectively, and I cannot speak too highly of the excellent behaviour on the line of march, and the gallant conduct in action of every officer, non-commissioned officer, and man composing this infantry brigade. Such results can only be obtained by constant drill and attention to discipline, and the gallant and able commanders of the 9th and 13th deserve special commendation for the high state of efficiency of their battalions. It was in front of the 9th that the Khalifa met his death... Immediately in front of the line of advance of the 9th Sudanese, and only a few hundred yards from our original position on the rising ground, a large number of the enemy were seen lying dead, huddled together in a comparatively small space; on examination these proved to be the bodies of the Khalifa Abdulla et Taaishi, the Khalifa Ali Wad Helu, Ahmed-el-Fedil, the Khalifa’s two brothers, Sennousi Ahmed and Hamed Mohammed, the Mahdi’s son, Es-Sadek, and a number of other well-known leaders. At a short distance behind them lay their dead horses, and, from the few men still alive - amongst whom was the Emir Yunis Eddekein - we learnt that the Khalifa, having failed in his attempt to reach the rising ground where we had forestalled him, had then endeavoured to make a turning movement, which had been crushed by our fire. Seeing his followers retiring, he made an ineffectual attempt to rally them, but recognising that the day was lost, he called on his Emirs to dismount from their horses, and seating himself on his ‘furwa’ or sheepskin - as is the custom of Arab chiefs, who disdain surrender - he had placed Khalifa Ali Wad Helu on his right and Ahmed Fedil on his left, whilst the remaining Emirs seated themselves round him, with their body-guard in line some 20 paces to the front, and in this position they had unflinchingly met their death... The Khalifa’s death was the signal for the wholesale surrender, and by the afternoon we had collected upwards of 3,000 men and 6,000 women and children, besides quantities of rifles, swords, spears, cattle, etc.’ McConnell advanced to 1st Class Sergeant Instructor in November 1902, and was promoted to Quarter Master Sergeant Instructor in October 1912. He was discharged as Quarter Master Sergeant Instructor on 12 June 1914, having served for 21 years. McConnell was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant, Educational and Training Gymnasia, in August 1915. He advanced to Temporary Captain, without pay and allowances whilst employed on Gymnastic Staff in September the following year. In October 1917, ‘a party of officers and 19 A.G.S. instructors proceeded to the U.S. [El Paso, Texas] to assist in training their newly raised armies. The officers included Capt. McConnell. The part deserves much credit. Their work and spirit appealed to the American temperament and wherever they went they won excellent opinions. Many of the American divisions refused to part with their British instructors when ordered to France and took them with them.’ (Extract from the History of the A.P.T.C. refers). McConnell was not one of those who went to France, and indeed given his unpaid capacity it would appear that he was not entitled to any Great War Medals. Long Service Medal awarded in AO 99 of 1914. Sold with copied research including Wingate’s despatch saved to C.D.
Lot 146
A fine Great War ‘Havrincourt Wood, September 1918’ D.C.M. and ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar group of seven awarded to Private J. Schlencker, 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10913 Pte. J. Schlencker. M.M. 4/Midd’x R.); Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (10913 Pte. J. Schlencker. 4/Middx: R.); 1914-15 Star (G-10913 Pte. J. Schlencker. Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-10913 Pte. J. Schlencker. Midd’x R.); Defence Medal; Service Medal of the Order of St John, silvered base metal (1524 Cpl. J. Schlencker, London S.J.A.B. 1951) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (7) £2,800-£3,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 16 January 1919: ‘On the 9th/10th/11th September, 1918, in Havrincourt Wood. Under very heavy fire of all descriptions he attended to wounded men and dressed their injuries during these days’ hard fighting, working with a gallantry and self-sacrificing devotion to duty that was a splendid example to all.’ M.M. London Gazette 28 September 1917: ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty East of Oosttaverne during operations on the 31st of July 1917... The following Congratulations have been received:- “The G.O.C. 37th Division, wishes to convey to the Officers, NCOs & Men of this Battalion his appreciation of their steadfastness and gallantry during the recent operations. He considers that they have fully maintained their name of ‘Die Hards’.”’(4th Middlesex War Diary refers) M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 25 April 1918. An award for the German Spring Offensive. John Schlencker was a native of High Barnet and proceeded to France with the 4th Middlesex Regiment on 19 October 1915. Sold with copied research including War Diary entries for actions of July 1917 and September 1918.
Lot 147
A fine Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant Joseph Thelwell, 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action near Bourlon Wood in January 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7723 Sjt. J. Thelwell, 1/4 R.W. Fus:-T.F.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (200721 Sjt. J. Thelwell, D.C.M. 1/4 R.W. Fus:-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (7723 L/Cpl. J. Thelwell, R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (7723 Sjt. J. Thelwell, R.W. Fus.) mounted for display, nearly extremely fine (5) £2,800-£3,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1916; citation published 21 June 1916: ‘For consistent good and gallant work as a bomber and when on patrol.’ M.M. London Gazette 1 January 1918. Joseph Thelwell was a native of Wrexham and was employed at the Cambrian Leather Works. He joined the 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (T.F.) at the outbreak of the War, and probably served in “A” or “B” Company, both of which were comprised of Wrexham men. He joined the battalion in France on 10 January 1915, taking part in the operations at Givenchy on 25 January 1915, and Richebourg on 9 May 1915. The battalion was converted to Pioneers at the beginning of September 1915 and were employed as such at Loos. From March 1916 the battalion was at Vimy, where, on 3 May 1916, three large British mines were exploded, and it was their duty to consolidate the craters. It is probable that Thelwell’s D.C.M. was connected with this operation. In November 1917 the battalion was at Bourlon Wood and it is likely the Thelwell’s M.M. was awarded in connection with the difficult withdrawal from that place. He was killed at Flesquiéres, near Bourlon Wood, on 19 January 1918. A letter from an officer stated that a shell came into the trench and killed him instantly, and added “we are all very sorry as he was such a splendid fellow.” Thelwell’s D.C.M. and M.M. were formally presented to his widow at a parade of troops on 3 June 1918. Sold with comprehensive copied research.
Lot 148
A fine Great War ‘Old Contemptibles’ 1914 D.C.M. group of five awarded to Corporal A. A. Page, 4th Hussars, for gallantry at Houdeng-Aineries, at St. Christophe-a-Berry, and again in the action near Hollebeke on 30 October 1914 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5748 Cpl. A. A. Page. 4/Hrs.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5748 {te. A. A. Page. 4/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (5748 Pte. A. A. Page. 4-Hrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (H-5748 Sjt. A. A. Page. 4/Hrs.) mounted as worn, suspension claw of the first held with wire and requires re-pinning, otherwise a little polished and generally nearly very fine (5) £2,000-£2,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 16 January 1915: ‘For gallantry and ability at Houdeng-Aineries and at St. Christophe-a-Berry. In the action near Hollebeke on 30th October his gallant conduct was again noticeable.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 20 October 1914. Arthur Alfred Page was born at Bagshot, Surrey, on 4 January 1885. Page served for 21 years in the Forces. He joined the Royal Marines in 1901 but after two years transferred to the Army. In the 1914-18 war, while serving as a corporal in the 4th Hussars, he won the Distinguished Conduct Medal and was mentioned in despatches. Page subsequently transferred to the 15th King’s Hussars and was discharged on 4 March 1922, when he received a testimonial from his commanding officer describing his service with the colours as exemplary, and his service in the war ‘fine.’ He was a member of Godalming Old Contemptibles’ Association and Godalming British Legion. For some years he was employed at the Godalming Gas Works (Newspaper obituaries refer). Sold with two original photographs of the recipient, one seated, the other mounted on horseback, two character certificates from C.O. 15th Hussars, two newspaper obituary notices, and a ribbon bar.
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A scarce Great War ‘Battle of Jerusalem 1917’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant-Major W. C. Windows, 5th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (240116 C.S. Mjr: W. C. Windows. 1/5 Som: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (240116 W.O. Cl. 1 W. C. Windows. Som. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1246 C. Sjt. W. C. Windows. Som. L.I.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1246 Sjt. W. C. Windows. 5/Som: L.I.) mounted on card for display, toned, good very fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 May 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He took command of his company and led his men right up to his objective. Remaining in this position under heavy fire throughout the day he, on the withdrawal being ordered, collected his remaining men and brought them back with great ability and coolness.’ William Charles Windows was born at Redcliffe, near Bristol, on 14 January 1875. A cooper by trade, he joined the Royal Navy as a 2nd Cooper on 25 May 1898, aged 23, for 12 years continuous service. However, following the death of both his father and younger brother in March 1901, he purchased his discharge from the Navy on 2 May 1901. He subsequently joined the 5th (Territorial) Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry and served overseas with the 1/5th Battalion during the Palestine campaign in 1917-18. His D.C.M. was awarded for the attack on El Jib by the 1/5th Battalion on 23 November 1917, during the battle of Jerusalem, as described in the regimental history: ‘But the fighting was not yet over. After a bitterly cold night (it was the end of November, some 3,000 feet above sea-level and the men wearing khaki-drill shorts and tunics, with no blankets or greatcoats), the troops awoke on 23 November to the knowledge that El Jib was still to be taken. The 1/5th Somersets were detailed for the attack, and at dawn the Commanding Officer went forward with the Brigadier to obtain a view of the objective. Seen from the west, El Jib presented a formidable aspect. A natural stronghold, it stood upon a hill, about a mile to the east, with steep rocky terraces affording natural facilities for defence by enfilading machine-gun fire. The approach to the village was through a valley some 700 yards wide, with Nebi Samwil on the right, and, on the left, high ground and ridges leading forward from Beit Izza. The Mosque on the lofty slopes of Nebi Samwil, which stood out in relief against the surrounding country, was occupied by the 3/3rd Gurkhas, who held on to their position most gallantly after desperate hand-to-hand fighting, in which even boulders were used by the defenders of the Mosque, in almost mediæval fashion. This, then, was the position which the Somersets were asked to assault, with no other support than the light guns of a mountain battery, with its limited supply of ammunition, and a detachment of the Brigade Machine-Gun Company. The Battalion was now reduced to an effective strength of about 400 men, and, apart from the C.O., the second-in-command, and the adjutant, there were only four subalterns left to go into action with the companies; No. 3 Company, having no officers at all, was commanded by C.S.M. W. C. Windows. (For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty C.S.M. W. C. Windows was awarded the D.C.M.) At 8 a.m. the Battalion left the bivouacs it had occupied overnight and moved up to the place of deployment where the Commanding Officer detailed the plan of attack to his Company Commanders. The general plan was that the 1/5th Somersets should capture and hold El Jib, after which the 2/3rd Gurkhas were to push on and take Bir Nebala, thus clearing the way for the advance to Bireh. The enemy were already busy, at this stage, shelling the northern slopes of Nebi Samwil from the direction of the Nablus-Jerusalem road, and as soon as the deployed lines of the Somersets came under observation, the Turks concentrated a heavy fire of shrapnel and high-explosive upon them. As the 75th Divisional Artillery had been unable to reach Biddu, there was no means of keeping down this well-directed and deadly fire. The attacking lines, however, moved forward with great coolness and precision, in spite of the intense machine-gun fire which opened on them as they came within range. No attack could live long under that fire. As one of the officers with the attack described it, “every other man seemed to be falling... it was terrible... the lines just melted away.” The machine-gun fire was coming not only from the El Jib position, where it was to be expected, but a particularly galling fire was also raking the attacking lines in enfilade from the northern slopes of Nebi Samwil on the right flank. Nothing daunted, what remained of the attacking lines pressed forward under intense and continuous fire. The fourth company, which had been held in reserve, was now thrown into the attack, together with any of the Battalion Headquarters who could be spared. Captain A. O. Major, who went forward with this company, was first wounded, and then killed outright by a shell. The leading waves had now reached the foot of the rocky hill on which stood El Jib. Here they were faced by steep and almost unscaleable terraces which they endeavoured to climb. Three Lewis-gun sections managed to scale the terraces with their guns, and small parties of men actually reached the village itself. This was, perhaps, the most gallant feat of arms throughout the whole of the two-days operation, but, unhappily, it was a forlorn attempt, and none of these brave fellows were seen again. When El Jib was ultimately captured by the 74th Division, identity discs of 27 men of the Somersets were recovered on the position, which seemed to suggest that the men were shot down as they reached the upper terraces.’ Sold with copied research including Medal Index Card and medal roll entries.
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