Family Group: A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Battery Sergeant Major H. Golesworthy, Royal Field Artillery Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (25864 B: Sjt: Maj: H. Golesworthy. 2nd. B: R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (25864 B.S. Major. H. Golesworthy, 2nd. Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (25864 B. Serjt:- Maj: H. Golesworthy. R.F.A.) QSA and KSA both partially officially corrected, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine Three: Gunner W. H. Golesworthy, Royal Artillery 1914-15 Star (47047 Gnr. W. H. Golesworthy, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (47047 Gnr. W. H. Golesworthy. R.A.) light pitting from Star, very fine (6) £700-£900 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. The recommendation states: ‘A very excellent N.C.O. who has rendered valuable services throughout the campaign. His services have been specially brought to notice by the Officer Commanding, 2nd Battery Royal Field Artillery.’ Harry Golesworthy was born in Gibraltar in 1867 and was educated at the Royal Military Asylum. He attested for the Royal Artillery on 31 December 1881, as a Boy, and was appointed a Trumpeter on 28 August 1882. Promoted Bombardier on 22 November 1887, Corporal on 2 May 1888, and Sergeant on 17 November 1891, he suffered burns on his hands and face whilst on duty, on 20 June 1890. Having served in South Africa from October 1883 until November 1885, and in India from September 1893 until December 1898, he was advanced to Battery Sergeant Major on 4 October 1897, and went with the Artillery to South Africa for service in the Boer War on 21 January 1900. He was finally discharged on 7 May 1903, after 21 years and 128 days’ service. Golesworth married Miss Matilda Twyman at St. Mary’s Northgate, Canterbury, on 6 February 1887. He died at Romsey District Hospital, Hampshire, on 27 August 1941. William Harry Golesworthy was born in London in 1892 and served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front. Sold with copied research.
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Five: Stoker Harry West, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin River 1894 (H. West, Sto., H.M.S. Phoebe.) slightly later impressed naming; 1914-15 Star (165687 H. West, Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (165687 H. West. Sto. 1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (165687 Harry West, Sto. 1Cl. H.M.S. Devonshire.) mounted for display, the earlier medals with contact marks and polished, otherwise nearly very fine or better (5) £300-£400 --- Duplicate East and West Africa medal and clasp issued, 6 July 1903. Harry West was born in the Parish of Renton, Starcross, Devon, on 18 March 1872, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in Vivid II on 11 January 1892. He joined Phoebe on 1 December 1892, was rated Stoker in April 1893 and remained in Phoebe until January 1896. He was rated Stoker 1st Class in July 1906 whilst serving in Devonshire and received his L.S. & G.C. medal in the same ship on 5 February 1907. Shore pensioned on 18 January 1914, he joined the R.F.R. the same day and was recalled for service on 2 August 1914. He was finally released on 15 February 1919. Sold with copied research including record of service and medal rolls.
Pair: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant J. Haynes, Royal Artillery Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (B.Q.M. Sjt. J. Haynes. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (5548. By. Qr. Mr. Sgt. J. Haynes. R.A.) good very fine and better (2) £140-£180 --- Jeremiah Haynes was born in Abbotsley, Huntingdonshire, around 1852, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 3 August 1872. Posted to India on 9 January 1873, his Army Service Record states ‘invalid’ shortly thereafter, but he remained with the Colours and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity on 30 August 1890. Discharged upon expiration of his second period of engagement 29 August 1893, he was later awarded an annuity Meritorious Service Medal.
An unusual C.B.E., M.C. and Gold Kaisar-I-Hind group of nine awarded to Captain E. J. Bunbury, Grenadier Guards, later a Director of the Bank of England The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, in its Garrard, London case of issue; Military Cross, G.V.R., in case of issue; Kaisar-I-Hind, G.V.R., 1st class, 2nd type, gold; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. J. Bunbury.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1953; International, Sovereign Military Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes & Malta, Knight of Honour and Devotion neck badge, 132mm including crown and trophy of arms suspension x 48mm, silver-gilt and enamels, with neck riband, nearly extremely fine (9) £1,800-£2,200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- C.B.E. London Gazette 5 June 1952: ‘Evelyn James Bunbury, Esq, M.C., Chariman, Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.’ Kaisar-I-Hind Medal First Class London Gazette 1 January 1932. M.C. London Gazette 15 February 1919; citation published 30 July 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and able leadership at St. Python, on 14 October 1918. He was ordered to establish a bridgehead north of the village. Owing to constant machine-gun fire from within 150 yards, he consolidated in a bank close to and across the Selle River; and next day pushed forward patrols, and after making a personal reconnaissance, repelled a counter attack on the houses held by his men; finally, withdrawing his troops with few casualties to the east bank of the Selle.’ Evelyn James Bunbury, C.B.E., M.C., who was a director of the Bank of England from 1937 to 1938, died at the age of 76. Before taking the directorship, he had spent many years in India, and there acquired considerable experience of Indian banking and economic conditions. Born on 31 October 1888, he was educated at the Oratory School, Edgaston; Queen's College, Oxford; and Caen University. During his time in India he became chairman of Forbes Forbes Campbell Co Ltd of Bombay, and President of the Local Board of the Imperial Bank of India. During the First World War he served in Europe with the Grenadier Guards. From 1935 to 1937 he was Chairman of the London Tin Corporation Ltd and the Anglo-Oriental Mining Corp Ltd. In 1947 he was a member of the arbitration tribunal set up under the Cable & Wireless Act. He was later Chairman of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Ltd, and of the London Board of the National Mutual Association of Australasia. In 1942 he became JP, and CBE in 1953. He married, in 1928, Marjorie, daughter of the late Lt-Col E. B. North, and they had one daughter together.
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ O.B.E. group of three awarded to Major W. C. Reid, 32nd Lancers, Indian Army, who was also Mentioned in Despatches; he later served as Commandant of the Myitkyina Battalion, Burma Military Police The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt. W. C. Reid, 32/Lncrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Maj. W. C. Reid.) mounted court-style together with the riband for the Victory Medal with M.I.D. oak leaves; together with the recipient’s related group of four miniature dress medals and riband bar, all housed in a Spink, London, fitted case, gilding somewhat rubbed on OBE, generally very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in Mesopotamia.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919 (Mesopotamia). Walter Clarke Reid was born in London, Ontario, on 12 April 1881, and was educated at Huron College School and the Royal Military College. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on the Unattached List on 27 August 1902, and was appointed to the Indian Army on 28 January 1904. Posted to the 32nd Lancers, he was promoted Lieutenant on 27 November 1904, and Captain on 27 August 1911. He was appointed Assistant Commandant, Burma Military Police Battalion at Taunggyi on 10 April 1912, before reverting to Regimental duty in 1914, and served with the 32nd Lancers during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 August 1914 to 15 June 1917. Promoted Major on 27 August 1917, he saw further service in Mesopotamia from 14 August 1918, and for his services there was Mentioned in Lieutenant-General Sir W. R. Marshall’s Despatch of 7 February 1919, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Post-War, Reid was appointed Squadron Commander of the 32nd Lancers on 1 January 1919, and then Commandant of the Myitkyina Battalion, Burma Military Police, on 24 May 1923. He retired on 23 October 1928, and died in Canada on 4 June 1934. Sold with the following related items: i) The recipient’s Mess Jacket, waistcoat, and sash, these severely moth damaged ii) A hallmarked silver cigar box, the lid engraved with the bade of the 32nd Lancers; together with a small vesta box iii) The recipient’s Journal for the Summer of 1907, spent on a Bear-hunting trip with a friend called Hogg to Chamba in the foothills of the Himalayas, type-written with a good selection of photographs, including various photographs of the various Bears that the recipient bagged, the first few pages water damaged, and the spine and front cover board missing iv) Four original studio portrait photographs of the recipient; together with a photograph of the recipient mounted on a horse v) 32nd Lancers unit insignia; and copied research.
Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3) (16784 Sjt. R. Davis. R.F.A.; 90054 Far. S. Sjt. B. Harris. R.F.A.; 36947 W.O. Cl.II. C. Hatcher. R.F.A.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Reginald Davis was born in Ipswich in 1883 and served in France from 19 August 1914 to 24 December 1915. Transferred to Mesopotamia for the remainder of the Great War, he was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette of 5 June 1919. Benjamin Harris was born in 1877 and served on the Western Front as Farrier Sergeant from 9 September 1915. He died on 22 June 1920 and rests beneath a CWGC headstone in Darlaston (James Bridge) Cemetery. Charles Hatcher was born in 1863 and enlisted into the Royal Artillery on 13 February 1883. He embarked for India aboard Euphrates on 7 September 1883 and witnessed overseas service with the 4th Brigade, R.A. He received his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in October 1920, almost 40 years after first joining the Colours.
A magnificent and rare Royal Mint specimen of the Indian Mutiny medal struck in gold Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 4 clasps, Delhi, Defence of Lucknow, Lucknow, Central India, specimen struck in 22ct. gold, 61.93g, in its Hunt & Roskell fitted presentation case, proof-like finish, extremely fine and very rare £4,000-£5,000
Union of South Africa Medal 1910, unnamed as issued, in original embossed red leather case of issue, with outer card box; together with the named bestowal enclosure (in Dutch), named to ‘Edele Kerr’, dated Government House, Cape Town, 30 November 1910, and signed by the Governor-General ‘Gladstone’, extremely fine and rare with case, outer box of issue, and enclosure £400-£500
The Victory Medal awarded to Hospital Orderly Miss Elsie E. Bowerman, Scottish Women’s Hospital Unit, who was a prominent member of the Women’s Social and Political Union and served as Christabel Pankhurst’s Political Agent in the 1918 General Election- six years earlier she had survived the sinking of the Titanic Victory Medal 1914-19 (E. E. Bowerman); together with the recipient’s Scottish Women’s Hospitals Medal 1914, bronze, the edge engraved ‘Mess Ord. Elsie E. Bowerman’, good very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Elsie Edith Bowerman was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 18 December 1889, and was educated at Wycombe Abbey and Girton College, Cambridge. Whilst at Girton she joined the Women’s Social and Political Union in 1909, and the following year established a branch in the College. Her mother, Edith, was also a member of the W.S.P.U., and was one of the ten members chosen to accompany Emmeline Pankhurst on her deputation to the House of Commons on ‘Black Friday’, 18 November 1910; she also went on the next deputation three days later, when she was dealt a severe blow on the head by a policeman and her coat was torn to pieces. In 1912 Elsie Bowerman and her mother embarked for America on the Titanic, and were aboard her when she sank during her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912. She later wrote: ‘The silence when the engines stopped was followed by a steward knocking on our door and telling us to go on deck. This we did and were lowered into life-boats, where we were told to get away from the liner as soon as we could in case of suction. This we did, and to pull and oar in the midst of the Atlantic in April with ice-bergs floating about is a strange experience.’ On the outbreak of the Great War Elsie Bowerman supported the decision of the W.S.P.U. to help Britain’s war effort. She took part in the Women’s War Procession in July 1916 and was then asked by Evelina Haverfield to go out to Serbia as a Hospital Orderly with the Scottish Women’s Hospital Unit. According to Elizabeth Crawford in her book The Women’s Suffrage Movement, ‘In September 1916 Elsie Bowerman sailed to Russia as an Orderly with the Scottish Women’s Hospital Unit. With this unit she travelled via Archangel, Moscow, and Odessa to serve the Serbian and Russian armies in Romania. The women arrived as the allies were defeated, and were soon forced to join the retreat northwards to the Russian frontier.’ While awaiting her passage home, she witnessed the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II in St. Petersburg. Returning home, she joined the Women’s Party, an organisation established by Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst. Following the passing of the Qualification of Women Act 1918, Christabel Pankhurst became one of the 17 female candidates who stood in the 1918 General Election, and Elsie Bowerman was appointed her political agent. Contesting the Smethwick seat, she lost narrowly to the Labour candidate by 775 votes. In 1922 Elsie Bowerman established, with Flora Drummond, the Women’s Guild of Empire, a right-wing league opposed to communism, the campaigns of which culminated in 1926 in a great procession in London and a meeting at the Royal Albert Hall demanding an end to the General Strike and the abolition of trade unions. Called to the Bar in 1924, as one of the first female barristers, she practised on the the south-eastern circuit until 1938 when she joined the Marchioness of Reading in starting the Women’s Voluntary Service. During the Second World War she worked for the Ministry of Information (1940-41) and as a Liaison Officer for the B.B.C.s North American Service (1941-45). After the War she spent one year at the United Nations in New York where she was in charge of the Status of Women section. She died in Eastbourne, Sussex, on 18 October 1973.
Pair: Chief Stoker Henry Palmer, H.M.S. Blanche, Mentioned in Despatches for repairing damage to the boiler of the Kenia during the Juba River Expedition East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Juba River 1893 (H. Palmer, Sto., H.M.S. Blanche); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Henry Palmer, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Leander.) light contact marks and a little polished, otherwise very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- A total of 41 clasps issued for Juba River 1893, 19 as single clasp medals and 22 with Witu August 1893 in addition. Cornelius Palmer alias Henry Palmer was born at Plymouth on 10 December 1869. He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 7 January 1890, aged 20, a fisherman by trade. He joined Blanche on 30 December 1890, and was advanced to Stoker on 1 June 1891, remaining in this ship until 22 April 1894, during which period he took part in the Juba River expedition and was mentioned in the despatch from Lieutenant P. Vaughan Lewes, commanding the Naval Force landed from Blanche in the following terms: ‘I would wish most strongly to bring to the notice of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty George T. Carey, Engine Room Artificer, 3rd Class, official number 141,577, and Alfred White, Leading Stoker, official number 114,956, and the four Stokers [including Henry Palmer] who repaired damages to the boiler of the “Kenia” on the two occasions when she was completely broken down; and serious consequences might have ensued on the second occasion had we been compelled to remain where we were. This work was performed under the enemy’s fire, and I can honestly recommend them for some mark of their Lordships’ appreciation for the zeal and skill with which the work was done.’ Palmer thereafter served aboard a variety of ships, being advanced to Chief Stoker in February 1904 and awarded his L.S. & G.C. medal in February 1905, until ‘shore pensioned on 10 January 1912. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 24 February 1912, and was recalled for service on 2 August 1914 and served with the M.F.A. Zaria, Armed Patrol depot ship at Longhope (Scapa Flow) from 10 March 1915 to 28 February 1919. Entitlement to Great War medals has not been confirmed. Sold with copied record of service.
The East and West Africa medal awarded to Captain W. J. Frazer, Royal Naval Reserve, who took one of Chief Mburak bin Rashid’s standards at the storming of Mwele in August 1895 East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Brass River 1895, Benin 1897, the edge additionally impressed ‘Mwele 1895’ (Lieut. W. J. Frazer, R.N.R., H.M.S. St George) good very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, October 1998. William John Frazer joined the Royal Navy Reserve as a Sub Lieutenant on 27 January 1892. In this rank he served aboard H.M.S. St George (October 1894) and was promoted to Lieutenant R.N.R. on 27 January 1895. In February 1895 he took part in the punitive Expedition under the Command of Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford, Commanding West Coast of Africa & Cape Station, sent to punish King Koko of Brass. The Naval party comprising Seamen and Royal Marines was approximately 150-strong drawn from H.M. Ships Barrosa, St George, Thrush and Widgeon. Following a number of small skirmishes in the area around Nimbi, the town was taken and burned on 21 February 1895, Fishtown being dealt with in a similar manner on 24 February. On 12 August 1895 he was a member of the Naval Expeditionary force of 400 men from H.M. Ships St George (Flag), Phoebe, Racoon, Barrosa and Blonde with two maxims, a 7 pdr. gun and a rocket tube, together with 110 native troops and 800 porters, who started inland from Mombasa to punish Mburak bin Rashid, Chief of Mwele. After repulsing an attack at Nololo on 16 August the force arrived before Mwele on the 17th. When the 7 pdr. gun had thrown a few shells into the stockade, part of the force with two maxims made a flanking movement to the left, while the remainder moved directly forward to within 300 yards of the earthworks. A Company of Racoon’s people drew the enemy's fire, while two companies of St George's men, under Lieutenants C. P. Carpendale and W. J. Frazer, rushed the stockade. Chief Mburak escaped, but two of his sons were killed and two of his standards were taken, one by Lieutenant Frazer. The British losses were three killed and eleven wounded. In January 1897 a peaceful mission of Officers was massacred in the bush by orders of the King of Benin. Rear Admiral H. Rawson was instructed to land a Naval Brigade to capture and reduce the City of Benin. After various fighting and burning of villages by the minor forces, the main advance began on the 14 August. After a running fight for two days the village of Agagi was reached on the 16th. The wells were found to be dry, this causing a delay until the 17th when the march was resumed. On the 18th, after a running bush fight for 5 hours Benin City was reached and taken. For his services onshore Lieutenant Frazer received the East and West Africa medal with clasps 'Brass River 1895' and 'Benin 1897', and with 'Mwele 1895' indented on the edge. In between the above two expeditions St George and her people took part in the bombardment of Zanzibar, putting the Zanzibari warship Glasgow out of action. Lieutenant Frazer was invited to join the Royal Navy and became a Supplementary Lieutenant with seniority of 31 October 1895. On leaving St George he served in this rank aboard the following ships: Theseus (February 1899), Duke of Wellington (July 1902), Erebus (April 1904) where he served as 1st Lieutenant, remaining in this capacity until he retired at own request with rank of Commander on 31 October 1907. Recalled for war service and appointed to the Command of Cambria (August 1914) a hired armed boarding steamer, Columbine (August 1915), Flagship Rosyth 'For Special Service', and Satellite (March 1917). He reverted to the retired list in May 1919, having been promoted to Retired Captain on 11 November 1918. Captain Frazer died on 2 May 1938.
Pair: First Class Master Gunner (Warrant Officer) A. King, Royal Artillery Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1-Cl. Mr. Gr. A. King. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (6847. 3rd. Cl: Mr. Gunr. A. King. 6/Div: Cst. Bde. R.A.) nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160 --- Arthur King served 31 years and 7 months with the Royal Garrison Artillery and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1889. Discharged at Pembroke Dock 1 July 1902, his Army Service Record notes ‘good clerk’ (likely referring to his final period of service) and refers to his conduct and character as ‘exemplary.’
Three: Warrant Officer Class II T. W. Picken, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (4353 W.O. Cl.2. T. W. Picken. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (215 W.O. Cl.II. T. W. Picken. R.A.) edge nicks to VM, otherwise very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Thomas W. Picken is further entitled to a T.E.M. with Second Award clasp.
British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (6162 A. Cpl. I. C. Plaskett. 1-Can. Inf.; 931117 Pte. A. F. McRae. 2-C.M.R.); together with Victory Medal 1914-19 (Major B. A. Rhodes.) generally very fine or better (3) £50-£70 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Ivor Charlie Plaskett was born in Portsmouth, England in January 1894. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion (Ontario Regiment), Canadian Infantry. Corporal Plaskett was killed in action on the Western Front, 10 March 1915, and is buried in the Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, France. Beverley Alan Rhodes was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in July 1890. He was a Surveyor prior to the Great War, and had prior military service of three years at the Royal Military College, Kingston; and, with 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. Rhodes served as a Major with the 47th Battalion (British Columbia) on the Western Front.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb_Tamaai (27025 Gunr. W. Rudkin. G/1st. Bde. Sco. Div: R.A.) edge nicks, pitting and contact marks, good fine £80-£100 --- William Rudkin was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, around 1863, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Devonport on 10 January 1882. Posted to Egypt on 15 March 1883, his Army Service Record notes ‘Eastern Soudan 1885 Action, Tofrek 22/3/55’, the medal roll confirming entitlement to two further clasps. The former adds: ‘Court of Enquiry. Puncture wound in left buttock (not on duty) 19.5.00’.
A Great War ‘German South West Africa’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant E. J. Brown, South African Mounted Rifles, later Captain, South African Field Artillery, late Royal Horse Artillery, who was twice wounded during the Boer War, and later commanded the 5th ‘Howitzer’ Battery, S.A.F.A. in German East Africa Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (R.Q.M. Sjt: E. Brown. 4/Regt: S.A.M.R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, all except the CC clasp contemporary tailor’s copies (17134 Bombr. E. J. Brown, A.B. R.H.A.) renamed; 1914-15 Star (Lt. E. J. Brown. 4th. S.A.M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Capt. E. J. Brown.); Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (No. 2355 Rgt. Qtrmr. Sgt. E. J. Brown. 4th. S.A.M.R.) minor edge bruising, very fine and better (6) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 22 August 1918: ‘For distinguished service in the Field, in connection with the campaign in German South West Africa 1914-15.’ Edward Joseph Brown was born on 11 February 1876 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 13 November 1896. Promoted Bombardier on 22 April 1899, he served with ‘A’ (Chestnut) Battery in South Africa during the Boer War, and took part in the operations in Natal, Transvaal, Orange Free State, and the Cape Colony, including the action at Tugela Heights and Belfast, He was twice wound, firstly at Platkop on 13 July 1900, and secondly, slightly, at Lydenburg on 10 September 1900. Transferring to the Army Reserve on 1 April 1901, Brown joined the South African Constabulary following the cessation of hostilities, ands served in Ermelo, Transvaal, until 1906, before joining the Permanent Staff of the Transvaal Volunteers as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant on 1 April 1906. He transferred as Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, 4th Regiment, South African Mounted Rifles on 1 July 1913, and served with them during the Great War in German South West Africa from 28 August 1914 to 9 July 1915, being awarded the Distinguished Conduct Meal. Promoted Lieutenant on 11 July 1915, he was seconded to the South African Field Artillery for duty and commanded the 5th Howitzer Battery, East African Force, as Captain on 5 September 1917, serving with them in German East Africa from 28 September to 20 December 1917. He latterly took command of the 6th Howitzer Battery (although his new unit, decimated by fever and dysentery, never actually fired a shot in anger). Post-war, Brown was posted to the Permanent Garrison Artillery, and was appointed Armament Accountant and Quartermaster on 1 February 1922. He was promoted captain on 1 November 1925, and retired on 11 February 1931. An active polo player, he attended several South African Constabulary reunions in London over the years, including the Jubilee Reunion in 1950. Sold with copied research including various extracts from Nongqai magazine, in which the recipient is mentioned in several articles.
The unique ‘Render Mines Safe’ George Medal and Great War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant James Balsdon, G.M., D.S.M., Royal Navy George Medal, G.VI.R. (Lt. Jas. Balsdon D.S.M. R.N.) official correction to rank and Christian name; Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (236756 J. Balsdon, P.O. H.M.S. Cameleon, Patrol Services 1915/6); 1914-15 Star (236756 J. Balsdon. P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. J. Balsdon. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style for display, nearly extremely fine (7) £4,000-£5,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, October 1993. G.M., London Gazette, 8 July 1941: 'For gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty.' The recommendation states: ‘This officer is in charge of a Render Mine Safe Party and has himself dealt with over seventy mines and many explosive mine cutters. Often the mines have been in inaccessible positions and Lieutenant Balsdon has had to face more than the usual risks of this work, but has always shown coolness and devotion to duty.’ D.S.M. London Gazette 22 May 1917: 'In recognition of services in the Destroyer Patrol Flotillas and Armed Boarding Steamers during the period which ended on the 30th September 1916.' James Balsdon of Saltash joined the Royal Navy in 1906 as a Boy 2nd Class, aged 15. He was subsequently promoted Leading Seaman in 1913, Petty Officer in 1916, Warrant Gunner (Torpedo) in 1918, Commissioned Gunner (T.) in 1928, Lieutenant in 1940, and released from the Navy in October 1945. The George Medal is unique in combination with a Great War D.S.M. His award of the D.S.M. (London Gazette, 23 May 1917) appears under a general heading, but an examination of H.M.S. Cameleon's services during the previous year has pin-pointed the circumstances which probably led to his award. The ship was part of the Second Local Defence Flotilla, based at Plymouth. On 24 October 1916, she was escorting a steamer in the Western Approaches when she sighted a surfaced U-boat which had just torpedoed a collier. The Cameleon increased speed and opened fire at 3000 yards and later claimed to have sunk the submarine with her second round. Balsdon was presumably the gun-layer on this occasion (as usual with D.S.M. awards, the original recommendation has been 'weeded'). Later evidence showed that the U-boat survived the attack, but it had at least been a fine example of aggressive and accurate gunnery. Between the wars he continued to specialise in gunnery, torpedoes and mine warfare, serving at sea and as an Instructor at the shore base H.M.S. Defiance. At the outbreak of World War II, he was placed in charge of a 'Render Mine Safe Party’ responsible for dealing with mines of every type around the coastline of Devon and his native Cornwall. Apart from the conventional 'horned' mine, the Germans were laying new and unfamiliar types fitted with anti-handling devices. The pioneers in mine disposal, such as Lieutenant Balsdon, needed to learn completely new techniques when dealing with these magnetic and acoustic mines, and several of them were killed in the process. The brevity of the citation for this award of the George Medal reflected the secrecy surrounding much of his work but his recommendation quoted above throws a little more light on his activities. He continued to command the R.M.S. Party in the South West until the end of the war, and must have gone through many dangerous experiences of which no permanent record was kept. An entry in his service record states: 'Commended for great courage, coolness and skill during an operation for the recovery of a German mine on 22nd May 1944'.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (525 L.Cpl. E. F. Pannell. 5/Essex Regt.) mounted as worn on original mounting pin, nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- Ernest Frederick Pannell was born at Layer-de-la-Haye, Essex, on 25 January 1876 and served with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment, from April 1901. Transferring to the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, on the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908, he was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 8 of January 1914, and was presented with his medal in Colchester on ‘Territorial Sunday’, 7 June 1914, by Colonel S. C. F. Johnson, D.S.O. (who would be captured and taken Prisoner of War in August 1914). Embodied on 5 August 1914, Pannell did not proceed overseas, serving at home with the 2/5th Battalion. Advanced Sergeant Drummer on 1 July 1916, he transferred to the Army Pay Corps on 9 December 1918, and was disembodied on 13 May 1919. He died in Colchester in 1965.
A scarce British War Medal in Bronze awarded to Muleteer Georhiou Christos, a Greek Cypriot serving with the Macedonian Mule Corps British War Medal 1914-20, bronze issue (3863 Muleteer Macedonian Mule C.) replacement copy suspension, edge bruise, otherwise nearly very fine, scarce £60-£80 --- Georhiou Christos, a Greek Cypriot, attested into the Macedonian Mule Corps and served during the Great War in Macedonia from 21 August 1916 to 18 November 1916. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and copied medal roll extract.
Rocket Apparatus Volunteer Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (William Straughan) in case of issue, good very fine £120-£160 --- William Straughan was born in September 1878, and was employed as a Joiner. He joined the Rocket Apparatus Volunteers in 1898, and was a member of the Alnmouth station, which was part of the Berwick Coast Guard District, and lived 200 yards from the rocket station. Straughan was awarded the Rocket Apparatus Long Service Medal in September 1919. Sold with copied research.
Three: Staff Sergeant (Artillery Clerk) M. H. Higgin, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was recognised for meritorious service in Jamaica British War Medal 1914-20, with copy M.I.D. oak leaves (25511 A-W.O. Cl.2 M. H. Higgin. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1410658 S.Sjt. M. H. Higgin. R.G.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (25511 S.Sjt.- A.C. - M. H. Higgin. R.G.A.) mounted as worn, very fine and better (3) £160-£200 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 16 October 1919. Maurice Hunter Higgin was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, in 1885, and is recorded in 1911 as serving at Dover Castle with No. 40 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery. Transferred to the Caribbean as Corporal Clerk, he served in Jamaica throughout the Great War in the Royal Artillery Office; the recipient’s MIC confirms sole ‘campaign’ entitlement to the BWM. Returned to England, Higgin died at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on 5 May 1963. M.I.D. unconfirmed.
An unusual Royal Humane Society Medal awarded to Gunner A. Ellul, Royal Malta Artillery Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (Gunner Antonio El--- M.A. 23rd. July 1889.) lacking integral silver riband buckle, much of the naming obscured by heavy edge bruising and wear, visible under loupe, fine to good fine £100-£140 --- Antonio Ellul is noted in the Chichester Observer of 25 September 1889 as having been awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Humane Society for ‘saving two men from a very foul and noxious sewer at Pieta on June [sic] 23.’
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Ts. Doig Coxns Launch. T.M. H.M. Reserve 20 Yrs) very fine, scarce £700-£900 --- Provenance: Ex Douglas-Morris Collection. J. Deacon Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2002 (when sold with an unnamed 2 clasp China 1857-60 Medal). Thomas Doig was born at Woolwich in October 1836. He joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Hornet in May 1854 and had attained the rank of Able Seaman by the time of moving to his next ship in July 1859. In the interim, he participated with H.M.S. Hornet in the Second China War and was present in the actions at Fatshan and Canton in 1857. Doig attained Petty Officer status with his appointment to Captain of the Fore’castle aboard the Forte in January 1861 and became a Captain of Launch in the same ship one year later. Removed to the Reserve in September 1872, he was pensioned ashore three months later, when he received his L.S. & G.C. Medal. Sold with copied service papers.
A rare Great War campaign group of five awarded to Ambulance Driver, Sergeant Winifred Mordaunt, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, who was amongst the very first F.A.N.Y’s in France, was twice Mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct during an air raid 1914-15 Star (W. Mordaunt. F.A.N.Y.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (W. Mordaunt. F.A.N.Y.C.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-18, with bronze star; together with the recipient’s First Aid Nursing Yeomanry 1914-18 Service Medal, with four riband Stars denoting pre-War Service; and a Sandown Races Bronze Medal, 1882, reverse numbered ‘1088’, light contact marks, therefore generally very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Provenance: A. Flatow Collection, Spink, November 1998; Julian Johnson Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2017. M.I.D. London Gazette 24 December 1917 and 25 May 1918. Winifred Mordaunt, later Mrs John Geare was the daughter of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet, of Walton Hall, Warwick. She served during the Great War as an Ambulance Driver for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front from November 1915. She was based with the Ambulance Motor Convoy at Boulogne, and Pat Beauchamp (a contemporary of hers at Bouglone) in her book Fanny Goes To War gives the following insight: ‘It may be interesting to members of the Corps to know the names of those who formed that pioneer Convoy. They are: Lieutenant Franklin, M. Thompson (Section Leader), B. Ellis, W. Mordaunt, C. Nicholson, D. Heasman, D. Reynolds, G. Quin, M. Gamwell, H. Gamwell, B. Hutchinson, N. F. Lowson, P. B. Waddell, M. Richardson, M. Laidley, O. Mudie-Cooke, P. Mudie-Cooke and M. Lean (the last three were new members).... We arrived at Boulogne in time for lunch, and then set off for our camp thirty kilometres away, in a British Red Cross touring car borrowed from the “Christol Hotel.” We arrived there amid a deluge of rain, and the camp looked indeed a sorry spectacle with tents all awry in the hurricane that was blowing. Bell tents flanked one side of the large open space where the ambulances stood. A big store tent occupied another and the cook-house was in a shed at the extreme corner, with the Mess tent placed about as far from it as possible! We had no telephone in those days, and orderlies came up from the Casino hospital and A.D.M.S. with buff slips when ambulances were wanted. At that time the cars, Argylls, Napiers, Siddeley-Deaseys, and a Crossley, inscribed “Frank Crossley, the Pet of Poperinghe,” were just parked haphazard in the open square, some with their bonnets one way and some another - it just depended which of the two drives up to camp had been chosen. It will make some of the F.A.N.Y.’s smile to hear this, when they think of the neat rows of cars precisely parked up to the dead straight, white-washed line that ultimately became the order of things!’ Mordaunt advanced to the rank of Sergeant, and Beauchamp goes on to mention ‘Winnie’ on several occasions throughout the book. She is also mentioned in F.A.N.Y. Invicta by Irene Ward, including Mordaunt’s post-war involvement with the organisation, when she was elected as a member of the Headquarters Staff Committee: ‘From the beginning of the inter-war period rather different personalities exercised control and the whole administrative machine was overhauled. Franklin was the first Commandant. It was also agreed to establish a more regular central committee to decide on Corps policy. The Headquarters Staff Committee consisted at first of Franklin, Joynson, A. H. Gamwell, Lowson, Mordaunt, Russell-Allen, Baxter Ellis, Mosely, Peyton-Jones, Walton and Waddell (soon to become Colston and Washington).’ Mordaunt is recorded as having been awarded the Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct during an air raid, and her two M.I.D.’s are amongst just 15 to the F.A.N.Y. for the whole of the Great War.
An exceptional Second War Immediate D.S.M. group of five awarded to Leading Seaman Charles W. Urry for gallantry when H.M. Submarine Shark was sunk by enemy action in circumstances that the Admiralty considered “can hardly be equalled in the history of submarines” Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (L.S. C. W. Urry, P/J.101583) engraved naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J101583 C. W. Urry. A.B. H.M.S. Shark) mounted for wear, extremely fine (5) £2,400-£2,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 1998. D.S.M. London Gazette 21 August 1945: ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty in His Majesty’s Submarine SHARK on 6th July 1940 when she was forced to surface through damage sustained in an air attack and then attacked continuously from the air for over three hours, until, all ammunition having been expended, she was scuttled to prevent capture by the enemy.’ The following details are taken from the recommendations for Honours and Awards to personnel ex H.M. Submarine Shark which was sunk by enemy action on 6 July 1940: ‘In heavy weather some 30 miles S.W. of Skudesness H.M. Submarine SHARK was surfaced to recharge her batteries nearly exhausted by the long dive during the drawn-out summer day. Half an hour later an enemy aircraft was sighted and the submarine was dived. The ensuing attack damaged one screw and the rudder, and caused a leak aft which eventually forced the submarine to surface. It was soon apparent that she could neither submerge nor steer a steady course and preparations were therefore made to fight it out whatever came along; aircraft being the expected opponents. All available H.E. ammunition was brought on deck, the 3” gun, Lewis gun and all available rifles brought up and kept ready for use. At about midnight the expected attack began and for more than 3 hours the submarine was subjected to vicious attacks by sea-planes, bombers and fighters, culminating in 4 Me.109’s subjecting the personnel on bridge and casing to a devastating attack with cannon and machine gun fire which caused many casualties. Despite fire below and rising water in the Engine Room, the ship’s company fought on and had the great satisfaction of seeing one aircraft retire from the fray in a badly damaged condition. Although realising that the situation was quite hopeless fire was maintained until all the ammunition was expended. The gallantry and fortitude of this company in such bad conditions as were contended with during those hours [...] can hardly be equalled in the history of submarines, and the attached recommendations are most wholeheartedly concurred in. “Leading Seaman Charles William Urry: Devotion to duty as a member of the gun’s crew. When the gunlayer went on to the bridge to man the Lewis gun, Urry took over the duties of gunlayer of the 3” gun and fired H.E. continuously throughout the night in an attempt to frighten the enemy aircraft.”’ The surviving crew of the Shark spent the remainder of the War in captivity, Leading Seaman Urry being held in Stalag IXC at Marlag. He was liberated on 2 May 1945, when the full story of the Shark’s ordeal became apparent in the report compiled by her skipper, Lieutenant-Commander P. N. Buckley. The resulting awards included the D.S.O. for the skipper, D.S.C.s for two officers, and six D.S.M.s. Charles William Urry was born at Gosport, Hampshire, on 27 November 1905. He entered the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Impregnable on 23 August 1920. He volunteered for submarines on 14 October 1936. Following training (for which he achieved 85.5%) and as additional crew at Dolphin Urry was lent to the submarine Otway on 10 November 1936 for nine days. After his appointment as additional crew at Dolphin, he returned to Otway on 20 November 1936 until 3 April 1937, when he was once more additional crew. On 1 July 1938, Urry joined H.M.S/m Shark and was presented with his L.S. & G.C. medal on 27 November 1938. Passing for Petty Officer in March 1940, he was taken prisoner of war after Shark was sunk by German sea and air craft in July 1940, being imprisoned at Stalag IXC at Marlag, Germany, for the duration of the war and eventually repatriated at Portsmouth on 18 August 1945 Sold with case of issue for D.S.M.; named card box of issue for Second War medals addressed to the recipient, with Admiralty enclosure; Admiralty letter announcing the award of the D.S.M.; photograph of the recipient on the conning tower of Shark; news cutting with photograph; two identity tags; Stalag IXC Prisoner of War camp identity tag; P.O.W. camp Christmas Cards for 1941 and 1942, both addressed to his wife, and two others. Together with copied research including full record of service, Submarine card, and accounts of the loss of the Shark by her skipper and other publications.
A fine Royal Humane Society Lifesaving pair awarded to Sergeant Farrier W. Bridge, Royal Horse Artillery, for a rescue at the Grand Canal in Dublin on 30 January 1886 Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Sergt. Farrier Walter Bridge. R.H.A. 30 Jany 1886.) with integral bronze riband buckle; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1816. Sgt. Farrr. W. Bridge. R.H.A.) rank officially corrected on latter, very fine (2) £160-£200 --- R.H.S. Case number 23,017.
Waterloo 1815 (John Wood, Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery.) fitted with replacement steel clip and large ring suspension, minor edge bruising, good very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- John Wood was born in Derby in 1791 and joined the Royal Artillery there on 1 October 1809. He served in Captain Mercer’s “D” Troop during the Waterloo Campaign of 16-18 June 1815 (although Mercer himself actually took command of “G” Troop at Waterloo, and “D” Troop was commanded by Captain George Beane, who was killed in action during the Battle), and was discharged on 31 March 1833, after 25 years and 182 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Three: Gunner H. E. Dulson, Royal Artillery, who was taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and died in Japanese captivity in Kuala Lumpur on 1 March 1942 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs. M. E. Dulson, Sandygate, Mary’s Road, Llan., N. Wales’, extremely fine (3) £140-£180 --- Harold Ernest Dulson attested into the Royal Artillery for service during the Second World War and served with 137 Field Regiment during the Defence of Singapore. He was taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, and died shortly afterwards in captivity on 1 March 1942. He is buried in Kuala Lumpur (Cheras Road) Civil Cemetery, Malaysia. Sold with copied research.
Four: Corporal G. Pacey, Australian Forces 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially named ‘Q152208 G. Pacey’, all later issues, nearly extremely fine Pair: E. J. Turton, Australian Forces 1939-45 Star, the reverse officially named ‘131802 E. J. Turton’, this a later issue; Australian Service Meal 1945-75, 1 clasp, SW Pacific, the reverse officially named ‘131802 E. J. Turton’, in case of issue; together with a Second World War Service to Australia 60th Anniversary commemorative medallion, scratches to reverse of 39-45 Star, otherwise extremely fine (6) £100-£140 --- Geoffrey Pacey was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on 27 June 1924 and attested for the Australian Forces at Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, on 19 August 1942. He served during operations in New Guinea from 1943, and was promoted Corporal on 31 January 1946.
Pair: Private J. Downing, South Lancashire Regiment, who was drowned whilst a Prisoner of War on 25 July 1916 1914 Star (7849 Pte. J. H. Downing. 2/S. Lan: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (7849 Pte. J. Downing. S. Lan. R.); Memorial Plaque (John Henry Downing) the plaque polished, nearly extremely fine (3) £160-£200 --- John Henry Downing attested for the South Lancashire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1915. A printed silk memorial ribbon (included with the lot ands featuring a photograph of the recipient) states that he drowned whilst on active service on 25 July 1916; his Medal Index Card states that he drowned whilst a Prisoner of War between 16 and 25 July 1916. He is buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Germany.
Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (William Brimelow 21st September 1883) lacking integral top riband buckle, suspension claw re-affixed, very fine £360-£440 --- R.H.S. Case No. 22,206 Mr William Brimelow: ‘A furnaceman [Howarth] in the employ of Mr Brimelow of Deansgate, Bolton, entered the cupola of a blast furnace for the purpose of replacing some lining fire bricks which had fallen during the charging process. The fires had been lighted with coke some hours previously. The man succumbed from the effects of the noxious gases and fell insensible. Mr William Brimelow, son of the proprietor, rushed to the stage, went through the opening for charging the furnace and by means of a ladder (inconveniently longer than the purpose required) descended and succeeded at extreme personal risk in bringing the insensible man out.’ Brimelow was a quiet, lightly built man of 5ft 5”, who managed to carry Howarth - a man weighing approximately 13 stone - up a ladder, and squeeze him through a two-foot-square opening. Upon exiting the furnace, it was found that the furnaceman’s mouth was full of blood and that his breathing had ceased. Brimelow was forced to revive him by mouth-to-nose resuscitation. Howarth made a full recovery after several months of hospitalisation. Brimelow, however, took many months to recover from the severe muscle and lung damage he had suffered as a consequence of his gallant rescue. In later life he built his reputation around the manufacture of Royal Hunter Cycles. The above rescue has a chapter dedicated to it in Stories of the Royal Humane Society, by F. Mundell. Sold with copied research.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin-Lushai 1889-90 (2135 Pte. J. Douglas 1st Bn. K.O. Sco. Bord.) good very fine £180-£220 --- John Knox Douglas, a groom from Haddington, Scotland, was born around 1865. He attested into the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, at Edinburgh, on 17 November 1886 and served overseas in India and Burma, including service during the Chin-Lushai campaign of 1889-90. He was discharged ‘Medically unfit for military service’ on 21 December 1892, after 6 years and 35 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers, copy medal roll extract and copied research.
Three: Lance Bombardier S. Meacock, Royal Artillery General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24023755 L/Bdr. S. Meacock RA.); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband; Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, contact mark in obverse field of GSM, otherwise good very fine and better (3) £80-£100
Pair: Private R. A. Smith, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 10 September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (C-12907 Pte. R. A. Smith. K. R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Albert Smith) good very fine (3) £90-£120 --- Robert Albert Smith, a farm worker from North Acton, Felton, was born in Branxton, Northumberland, around 1892. He attested into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Battalion from 5 May 1916. Later transferring into the 2nd Battalion, he died of wounds on 10 September 1918 and is buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wilmille, France. Sold with copied service papers, copied medal roll extracts, and other research.
Three: Lance-Corporal C. Hewitt, North Staffordshire Regiment, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 5 April 1916 1914-15 Star (11791 L. Cpl. C. Hewitt. N. Staff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (11791 Pte. C. Hewitt. N. Staff. R.), very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Charles Hewitt was born in Burslem, Staffordshire, and attested into the North Staffordshire Regiment for service during the Great War. He served in the Balkans theatre prior to 1 January 1916, as confirmed on the medal roll extract for the award of his 1914-15 Star, and was killed in action whilst serving in the 7th Battalion, on 5 April 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. Sold with copied research.
Three: Stoker H. Jennings, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (U.1672. H. Jennings. Sto., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (1672U. H. Jennings. Sto. R.N.R.) nearly very fine Pair: Surgeon Lieutenant T. J Thomas, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. T. J. Thomas. R.N.) mounted as worn, very fine Pair: Gunner R. C. Kennedy, Mercantile Marine and Canadian Field Artillery Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Robert C. Kennedy.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2522331 Gnr. R .C .Kennedy. C.F.A.) nearly extremely fine (7) £100-£140
Pair: Chief Petty Officer F. W. Parfect, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (115532 F. W. Parfect. C.P.O. R.N.) suspension claw re-pinned; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (F. W. Parfect, Ldg. Sea., H.M.S. Warspite.) impressed naming, very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Frederick Walter Parfect was born in Hadley, Hampshire, in January 1865. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in March 1880, and advanced to Leading Seaman in February 1892. His service included with H.M.S. Warspite between February and June 1893 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in June 1893). Parfect advanced to Chief Petty Officer in February 1901, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in February 1903. Parfect re-engaged for service during the Great War, and primarily served at H.M.S. Victory I. He was ‘Invalided’ from service on 17 June 1917, and died on 27 July 1918 (Silver War Badge was issued to his widow). Sold with copied service papers.
A fine Second War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Chief Petty Officer K. J. Kirwin, Coxwain of H.M. Submarine Stonehenge, which was lost with all hands whilst on patrol in the Far East in March 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A.C.P.O. K. J. Kirwin, P/JX.149065) engraved naming; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal, extremely fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.M. London Gazette 2 May 1944: ‘For outstanding courage, skill and devotion to duty in successful patrols in H.M. Submarines.’ Award sent to next of kin. Only one D.S.O., one D.S.C. and three Distinguished Service Medals awarded to this submarine. The following citation was extracted from Admiralty Files: ‘As Coxwain of H.M.S. “Stonehenge”, Chief Petty Officer Kirwin has played a vital part in the successful running of the submarine. His fine leadership, untiring devotion to duty and his example of coolness and courage during the sinking of a Japanese seaplane carrier and a merchant ship, together with his bearing in the subsequent counter-attacks, were outstanding and would be hard to equal.’ ‘On a patrol in Far Eastern waters in February 1944, H.M.S. Stonehenge sank a heavily escorted Japanese sea plane carrier by a determined attack at close range. She also sank an 800 ton ferry steamer by gunfire. She was handled with great skill and daring by her Commanding Officer, Lieutenant D. S. McN. Verschoyle-Campbell, D.S.C., R.N.’ Lieutenant Verschoyle-Campbell was awarded the D.S.O. for his part in this patrol, adding to the two D.S.C.s and M.I.D. that he had already won when serving in the Torbay under Lt. Cdr. Miers, V.C., D.S.O. and Bar. Verschoyle-Campbell was the youngest Royal Navy officer to gain command of a submarine, and was just 22 when, in July 1942, he went to Buckingham Palace to receive his D.S.C. and Bar from King George VI. The Stonehenge arrived in Ceylon towards the end of 1943 and was to become the first of three Royal Navy submarines to be lost in the war with Japan. Very little is known of events leading up to, and during, the loss of Stonehenge. She sailed from Trincomalee on 25 February 1944, for her third patrol in the Far East. Her billet was in the northern part of the Malacca Straits and in the area of the island of Great Nicobar. Nothing further was heard from Stonehenge and she failed to arrive at Ceylon on 20 March. As the Japanese made no claim regarding her loss, Stonehenge is officially ‘presumed sunk by unknown cause off the Nicobar Islands on 20 March 1944.’ Sold with copied patrol report, recommendation for D.S.M. and other research.
Defective Medal: Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 copy clasp, 1 June 1794, lacking retaining rod and clasp therefore loose on riband (John Webb.) traces of having been held in a circular mount, with the edge plugged at 6 o’clock, good fine £200-£240 --- 11 men with the name John Webb appear on the Admiralty Claimants’ List, including two for the Glorious First of June; and five for Syria.
Pair: Temporary Sergeant Major (Artillery Clerk) C. H. Hancock, Royal Garrison Artillery Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (7104 T.S. Mjr:- A.C. - C. H. Hancock. R.G.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7104 T.S. Mjr- A.C.- C. H. Hancock. R.G.A.) traces of lacquer, good very fine and better, rare to rank (2) £140-£180 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 25 February 1919. Charles Henry Hancock lived in Ryde on the Isle of Wight and was awarded the M.S.M. for his home service work with the Royal Artillery Clerk Section.
A Second War ‘North West Europe’ B.E.M. awarded to Sergeant J. B. Baker, Royal Artillery British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (1547496 Sgt. James B. Baker. R.A.) mounted on original wearing pin, good very fine £140-£180 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 24 January 1946. The original recommendation states: ‘Sergeant Baker has been employed for three years as N.C.O. i/c Battery transport. During the campaign in NW Europe road and weather conditions have made successful M.T. maintenance particularly difficult. Throughout this period Sergeant Baker has worked with untiring energy, sometimes continuously for long periods without rest, and has at all times displayed a skill and standard of work which has been quite outstanding. In addition to his technical knowledge he has shown organising ability and powers of leadership and has made a valuable contribution to the efficient administration of his Battery. His enthusiasm and unfailing cheerfulness in all conditions have encouraged those who work under him and he has at all times set an example which is worthy of the highest traditions of the British Army.’ James Burton Baker was recommended for the B.E.M. whilst serving with the Agra Brigade, No. 1 Corps, 118th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment.
St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (133. Pte. J. W. Sawford Wellingborough Corps.) a little polished, otherwise good very fine £240-£280 --- Private J. W. Sawford died on 30 April 1900 at Orange River Colony. He is entitled to the Q.S.A. with clasps for Cape Colony and Orange Free State, and is commemorated on the Kimberley Cenotaph and in Northampton County Hall.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private A. J. Bendall, Cambridgeshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 22 August 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (326855 Pte. A. J. ----- 1----b: R.) neat erasure of surname and much of unit, but some letters still visible under a loupe, very fine £120-£160 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 February 1919. Arthur John Bendall was born in Lode, Cambridgeshire, around 1885. He was killed in action on 22 August 1918 whilst serving with the 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, and is buried in Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension on the Somme.
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. Brewster, Royal Garrison Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. R. F. Brewster.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, privately engraved ‘Major R. F. Brewster. R.G.A.’, with the edge prepared prior to naming, court mounted for display, good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Robert Ferdinand Brewster was born in Braintree, Essex, on 16 July 1867. An accountant by profession, he was appointed Major in the Royal Garrison Artillery 2 November 1904 and served in India as Lieutenant Colonel from August 1914. Described in The Hampshire Telegraph and Post as ‘One of those simple-hearted, square-set men, who saw his duty to God and his neighbour most clearly’, Brewster died in 1931.
Three: Cadet Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Solomon, Jewish Lads’ Brigade, Birmingham Cadet Corps Defence Medal, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. A. B. Solomon, 68 Woodbourne Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham 17’; Jubilee 1935 (Cadet Lieut-Colonel A. B. Solomon Birmingham Cadet Corps J.L.B.) contemporarily engraved naming; Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R. (Cadet Lt Col. A. B. Solomon.) in named card box of issue; together with the recipient’s Birmingham Special Constabulary Long Service Medal 1916, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘A. B. Solomon’; ands a Birmingham Special Constabulary Reserve lapel badge, silvered and enamel, the reverse numbered ‘229’, generally very fine and better (5) £200-£240 --- The Jewish Lads’ Brigade was founded in 1895 by Albert Edward Goldsmid, a self-declared ‘nationalist Jew’ and the British Chief of ‘Chovevi Zion’. As a Zionist Anglophile, he made a successful career as a staff officer in the British Army. Whilst Colonel at Cardiff, he inspected the local Church Lads’ Brigade and commented that something similar should be arranged for Jewish lads. His aim was to help poor Jewish boys, particularly between the time they left school and the time they could join Jewish Working Mens’ Clubs. A lasting function of the Brigade was to facilitate cultural integration. Members of the Brigade served with distinction in the Boer and First and Second World Wars. In 1974 the Jewish Lads’ Brigade joined with the Jewish Girls’ Brigade to form the ‘Jewish Lads and Girls’ Brigade’. Archie B. Solomon was the Officer Commanding the Jewish Lads’ Brigade (Birmingham Cadet Corps), which was affiliated to the 5th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Sold with copied research.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Mr Michael Murphy Voted 4th May 1876) with uniface ‘double dolphin’ suspension, mounted for display, edge bruising, nearly very fine £600-£700 --- Michael Murphy served as Coxswain of the New Romney Lifeboat for 10 years, from 1868 until 1878, and at a meeting of the R.N.L.I.’s Committee of Management on 6 February 1879 he was awarded a pair of ‘Inscribed Binoculars’ in recognition of his years of service. The official R.N.L.I. account of his service on 10 April 1876 is as follows: ‘Late in the evening of April 10th 1876, the Dutch schooner Tobina of Pekela, from Sunderland, dragged her anchors during a strong gale and was seen from the shore to strike on the Roar Bank, heel over and go down. The crew found refuge in the rigging, part of the masts being above water, as it was low-tide. The lifeboat Dr. Hatton, stationed at New Romney, was launched with difficulty over the widely-extending soft sands and at 8.30pm, reached the wreck. Two of the crew had already perished after a futile attempt to escape in their own boat. The remainder, 5 in number, were rescued by the lifeboat. Aid arrived only just in time, as the flowing tide would soon have washed everyone from the rigging.’ It was at the meeting of the Committee of Management on 4 May 1876, that Michael Murphy was awarded a Silver Medal, ‘in acknowledgement of his long and general gallant services as Coxswain of the New Romney Lifeboat and particularly on the occasion of the rescue of 5 men from the wrecked schooner Tobina on April 10th 1876.’ Sold with copied research.
Pair: Regimental Sergeant-Major J. T. Jackson, Canadian Army Medical Corps, late St John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (246 Ordly: J. T. Jackson. St. John Amb: Bde:); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Canada (R.S.M. (W.O. Cl. 1) J. T. Jackson 23rd Fld. Amb., C.A.M.C.) the first with contact marks, nearly very fine, the second good very fine (2) £160-£200
Pair: Orderly J. Eastham, Walton-Le-Dale Division, St John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (1084 Ordly: J. Eastham, St. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1084. Pte. J. P. Eastham. Walton Le Dale Div.) good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Served in South Africa at No. 18 General Hospital.
Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (208318 H. Croton, A.B., H.M.S. Warrior. 1907. 7.5. In. B.L.) with Second Award Bar ‘H.M.S. “Warrior” 1908 7.5” B.L.’, with official corrections, very fine £500-£700 --- One of approximately 62 Second Award Bars awarded to the Naval Good Shooting Medal. Henry Charles Victor Croton was born in Chelsea, London, in July 1882. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1900, and advanced to Able Seaman in December 1902. His service included with H.M.S. Warrior from June 1907 to February 1909, and also with H.M.S. Victory I during the Great War (entitled to BWM and VM). Croton transferred to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in April 1917, for service with Defensively Armed Merchant Ships. He was demobilised in March 1919. Sold with copied research.
Six: Petty Officer A. H. White, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith 125048 Lg. Smn. A. H. White, H.M.S. Terrible.) officially engraved naming; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (A. H. White, Lg. Sea., H.M.S. Terrible); 1914-15 Star (125048, A. H. White. P.O., 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (125048 A. H. White P.O. 1 R.N.; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (A. H. White, P.O. 2Cl, H.M.S. Terrible.) mounted for display, naming worn in parts through contact wear on the earlier medals, these good fine, otherwise good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: John Cooper Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, April 2001. Only 88 officers and other ranks of H.M.S. Terrible received the combination of Q.S.A., Relief of Ladysmith and China 1900, Relief of Pekin. See article entitled Double Relief Medals to H.M.S. Terrible, by David Humphry, published Medal News, May 2002. Alfred Henry White was born at Warblington, Hampshire, on 23 September 1868, and joined the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. St Vincent on 2 November 1883; Boy 1st Class, November 1884; Ordinary Seaman, September 1886; Able Seaman, February 1888; Leading Seaman, July 1898; Petty Officer 2nd Class, September 1901; Petty Officer 1st Class, July 1905. Served aboard H.M.S. Terrible from 24 March 1898 to 24 October 1902, and received his L.S. & G.C. medal in that ship on 11 March 1902. He transferred to the Royal Naval Reserve on 21 September 1906, and rejoined on 2 August 1914 as P.O.1. He was invalided out on 24 July 1919. Sold with copied research including record of service and medal rolls.
The rare ‘Algiers’ and ‘Anchor’ type L.S. & G.C. pair awarded to Colour Sergeant J. Pickford, Royal Marine Artillery Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (James Pickford.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse with scarce ‘inverted’ reverse (James Pickford Colour Serjeant Royal Marine Artillery 21 Years) pierced with two rings for suspension, together with a small bronze medallet to commemorate the action off Algiers, minor edge nicks, generally very fine or better (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Christie’s, July 1983. Awards of the L.S. & G.C. medal issued between 1833 and 1835 were struck with the reverse accidentally inverted relative to the obverse. Fewer than 20 examples from this period are known to have survived today, and even fewer in combination with the Naval General Service Medal. James Pickford was born in Cameley, Somerset. He attested for the Royal Marine Artillery at Wells in March 1814, to join the Portsmouth Division. Pickford advanced to Corporal in November 1828, and to Sergeant in January 1834. His service included with H.M.S. Impregnable during the bombardment of Algiers on 27 August 1816. The latter occupied a vulnerable position during the bombardment and was exposed to the concentrated fire from shore batteries and an accurate raking fire from the heavily armed Lighthouse Battery. The Impregnable lost nearly a quarter of her complement, suffering 50 killed and 164 wounded as a consequence of the action. Pickford advanced to Colour Sergeant, and served with H.M.S. Salamander from March 1834. The ship was paid off on 3 March 1835, and Pickford was discharged to pension 21 May 1835 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in May 1835, with a Gratuity of £7). Although the Royal Marine Artillery was disbanded in 1832, two Artillery Companies remained in being including Pirckford’s 2nd Company - and they were attached to the Portsmouth Division. After service, Pickford was employed as the Master of the Catherington Union Workhouse in Horndean, Hampshire, in the 1850s. He continued to be employed in that capacity for the next 20 years, and died aged 85 in Catherington, Hampshire, in 1880. Sold with copied research.
Family Group: British War Medal 1914-20 (240697 Pte. M. W. Mabb. 164-Can. Inf.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Pte. T. B. Mabb Went. Regt.) nearly very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Maurice Walter Mabb was born at Southborough, Kent, on 12 January 1884, and having emigrated to Canada with his family attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Hamilton, Ontario, on 17 November 1916. He served during the Great War with the 164th Canadian Infantry. Thomas Baker Mabb, the brother of the above, was born in Kent on 29 January 1890, and having emigrated to Canada with his family attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Dundas, Ontario, on 27 March 1916. He was awarded his Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medals per General Order 24 of 1 March 1929.
An Order of St John group of ten awarded to Sergeant J. Elam, 2nd London Volunteer Rifle Corps and St John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s breast badge, silver and enamel; Defence Medal; Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Private J. Elain (sic)); Coronation 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade, bronze (J. Elam, Sergt.); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Sgt. J. Elam); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (1887 C. Sjt: J. Elam, 2/Lomdon V.R.C.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silvered base metal, unnamed, with three additional service clasps; St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (Sergt. J. Elam. No. 1 Dist.) mounted court-style as worn, very fine (10) £400-£500
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