Pair: Sapper R. Brodie, 4th Railway Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops British War and Victory Medals (841225 Spr. R. Brodie C.R.T.) officially renamed; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (841225 Spr. R. Brodie); with C.E.F. for service at the front lapel badge, reverse numbered ‘232585’ and a medal of gratitude for service during the Great War from the Grand Lodge, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, nearly extremely fine (lot) £50-£70 --- Robert Brodie was born in London in May 1874. He resided with his wife at 161 Hochelaga Street, Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada. Brodie served during the Great War with the 4th Railway Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops, and died after the war of related injuries/illness in August 1936. He is buried in the National Field of Honour Cemetery, Pointe-Claire, Quebec.
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Family group: Five: Chief Petty Officer Writer Q. H. Dibnah, Royal Canadian Volunteer Reserve and Royal Canadian Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Canadian Forces Decoration, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar loose, (CPO I/c. Q. H. Dibnah) mounted as originally worn, very fine Pair: Sergeant E. G. Dibnah, Fort Garry Horse British War and Victory Medals (14429 Sjt. E. G. Dibnah. F.G.H.) mounted for wear, good very fine (7) £360-£440 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1945: ‘For gallantry or outstanding service in the face of the nenemy or for zeal, patience and cheerfulness in dangerous waters and for setting an example of wholehearted devotion to duty, upholding the high traditions of the Royal Canadian Navy.’ Quentin Harold Dibnah resided in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in November 1940. Service during the Second War included at H.M.C.S. Venture and Cornwallis, prior to serving with the St. Laurent and the Stadacona. Dibnah advanced to Chief Petty Officer Writer and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy (awarded Canadian Forces Decoration in November 1952, and his Second Award Bar in November 1962). He was discharged in August 1964, and died in December 2008. Sold with copied Service Records - which are at variance with medals as worn - listed as entitled to France and Germany Star with Atlantic clasp. Ewart Gladstone Dibnah was born in Leeds, Yorkshire in April 1886. He was employed by the Railways in Manitoba, Canada, and served with the Canadian Militia. Dibnah was an original member of the First Canadian Contingent as Sergeant Bugler of the 6th Battalion (Fort Garrys), which later was reformed as the Fort Garry Horse. He served with the latter on the Western Front.
Four: Sergeant J. MacLachlan, Locomotive Driver, Nigerian Railway, late South African Field Artillery British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Dvr. J. Maclachlan. S.A.F.A.) the Victory medal officially re-impressed; Defence Medal; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Nigeria (126 Sgt. J. Maclachlan.) mounted as worn, polished good fine and better, the last a unique issue (4) £400-£500 --- Efficiency Medal (Nigeria), Nigeria Gazette, 25 February 1937: ‘His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has much pleasure in announcing the award of the Efficiency Medal to Sergeant J. Maclachlan, Locomotive Driver, Nigerian Railway, in respect of his service with the European Reserve Force of Nigeria.’ A total of only 11 Efficiency Medals (Nigeria) were issued, MacLachlan’s being the only one issued in the reign of King George V, the other ten being awarded from October 1949 onwards. John MacLachlan was from Glencoe Junction, Natal, and served with 927 Railway Regiment from 28 September 1915 to 8 August 1916, an engine driver by trade. He then transferred to the South African Field Artillery. Sold with copied research including Nigeria Gazette entry and several extracts from The Journal of the Nigeria Regiment listing Sergeant MacLachlan.
Pair: Private E. M. Blount, 1st Cape Corps British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. E. M. Blount. 1st C.C.) edge bruise to BWM, nearly very fine Pair: Private W. J. Mathee, 2nd South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Private W. J. Mathee. 2nd Infantry) nearly very fine Pair: Airwoman M. G. Wys, South African Women’s Auxiliary Air Force War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially named ‘F. 265916. M. G. Uys’; together with two S.A.A.F. cap badges and two collar badges, good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (709461 L. Sjt. J. P. Deverenne. 26-Can. Inf.) very fine (7) £80-£100
Three: Squadron Sergeant Major C. R. Meade, 19th Mounted Rifles and 2nd South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl. C. R. Meade. 2nd S.A.I.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (No. 27789 S.S.M. C. R. Meade. 19th M.R. (Transkei M.R.)) very fine (3) £60-£80
Family Group: Pair: Lance-Corporal W. J. Richards, 9th South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. W. J. Richards. 9th S.A.I.) good very fine Four: Private D. V. Richards, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘577447 D. V. Richards’, good very fine Rhodesia, General Service Medal (065719H Vdt P. D. Richards) nearly extremely fine (7) £120-£160 --- William John Richards was born at Bendigo, Vicoria, Australia in 1885 and attested for the South African Forces at Potchefstroom on 4 December 1915, declaring previous military service with the 8th Australian Infantry and the Australian Field Artillery. He served with the 9th South African Infantry during the Great War in East Africa, and was discharged medically unfit on 8 May 1916. Douglas Vivian Richards, the son of the above, was born in Johannesburg on 1 June 1922 and attested for the Union Defence Force on 5 August 1942, declaring previous military service with the 1st Battalion Transvaal Scottish. He served during the Second World War as an aircraft handler with the South African Air Force, and was then with the 52nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, before serving in Italy with the combined S.A.A.F. / Natal Mounted Rifles Regiment. P. D. Richards, the son of D. V. Richards, and the grandson of W. J. Richards, served with the Rhodesian Forces. Sold with copied service papers for the first two recipients.
Pair: Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class T. H. S. Westaway, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (268843 T. H. Westaway. C.E.R.A. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (268843 T. H. S. Westaway, C.E.R.A. 1 Cl, H.M.S. Challenger) minor edge bruise, good very fine Pair: Senior Reserve Attendant R. Morris, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve British War Medal 1914-20 (M.8822 R. Morris. S.R.A. R.N.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1928. R. Morris. LG. Sea. R.N.A.S.B.R.) contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Thomas Holman Stanbury Westaway, a Boilermaker from Plymouth, Devon, was born on 14 January 1874 and joined the Royal Navy on 18 September 1896. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class on 30 December 1908, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 October 1911. He saw service during the Great War in the Depot Ship H.M.S. Impregnable, thus his British War Medal was his sole campaign medal entitlement for the Great War. He was demobilised on 29 December 1919. Richard Morris, a Collier from Hindley, Lancashire, was born on 17 February 1889 and attested for the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve on 2 August 1914. Advanced Senior Reserve Attendant on 5 March 1915, he saw service during the Great War in the Naval Hospital at Plymouth and H.M.S. Eaglet, thus his British War Medal was his sole campaign medal entitlement for the Great War. He was demobilised on 27 February 1919.
Pair: Reserve Wardmaster H. Hamill, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve British War Medal 1914-20 (M. 9731 H. Hamill. R. Wdmr. R.N.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S., G.V.R., 1st issue (779. H. Hamill, Res. Wdmstr. R.N.A.S.B.R.) this last with some minor official corrections, mounted on card for display, very fine or better (2) £140-£180 --- Henry Hamill was born at Bury, Lancashire, on 30 January 1882, and was a railway ticket collector when he joined the R.N.A.S.B.R. as a Junior Reserve Attendant at Pembroke I on 2 August 1914. Posted to Chatham Hospital, where he served for the duration of the war, he was advanced to Senior Reserve Attendant on 25 May 1915, and to Reserve Wardmaster on 18 August 1915. Reserve Wardmaster was the most senior rate in the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve, and equated to Chief Petty Officer status in the Royal Navy. Hamill was ’shore demobilised’ on 31 May 1919. Sold with research including copied record of service.
Pair: Gunner G. Slade, Royal Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (119212 Gnr. G. Slade. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919(119212 Gnr. G. Slade. R.A.) with lid of named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-£80 --- Gilbert Slade attested for the Royal Artillery and served during the Great War in India on the North West Frontier, and afterwards in the Third Afghan War. Sold with copied Medal Index Card confirming that this is the recipient’s complete entitlement.
Three: Colour Sergeant E. Wager, Cheshire Regiment, later Indian Unattached List British War Medal 1914-20 (7092 C. Sjt. E. Wager. Ches. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (4114203 R-S-M. E. Wager. S.I. Ry. Bn.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S-S Instr. E. Wager, I.U.L.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160 --- Ernest Wager was born in 1883 and attested for the Cheshire Regiment at Warwick on 5 February 1903. He served with the Regiment in India from 20 September 1904, and whilst in India was posted to the Indian Unattached List on 10 October 1912. He transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Supernumerary) on 30 November 1920 and was employed as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the South Indian Railway Battalion, Auxiliary Force India. He returned home on 12 November 1925, an was discharged on 4 February 1926, after 23 years service, of which over 21 years had been spent soldiering in India. Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Service Red Book.
Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Busaco, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (Chas. Tansey, 27th. Foot) clasp carriage altered with solid backplate affixed, light surface marks and minor edge bruising, good very fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Charles Tansey was born in Sligo and attested for the 27th Regiment of Foot in May 1807. He served with the Regiment in the Peninsula and in South America and received a severe wound before Badajoz (service papers refer). He died in West London on 17 October 1858. Sold with copied medal roll extract which confirms that the recipient was not entitled to the Badajoz clasp, and other research.
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (E. Andrews, 83rd. Regt.) edge bruise, good very fine £260-£300 --- Edward Andrews attested for the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot, and served with them during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, being present at the action at Kotah. Sold with copied medal roll extract.
Family Group: British War Medal 1914-20 (T-20502 Pte. F. Holder. A.S.C.) in named card box of issue, and outer OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mr. F. Holder, 93 Stone Street, West Perth, Western Australia’, extremely fine Three: Private F. W. Holder, Royal Australian Engineers War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, these both officially impressed ‘WX38990 F. W. Holder’; Australian Service Medal 1945-75, 1 clasp, PNG (WX38990 F. W. Holder); together with an added 1939-45 Star and a copy Pacific Star, these two both recently laser engraved ‘WX38990 F. W. Holder’, extremely fine (6) £60-£80 --- Frederick Holder was born at Greatham, Hampshire, in 1884 and attested for the Army Service Corps on 27 January 1903. He was recalled from the Reserve on 6 August 1914, and served at home until 26 January 1916, when he was discharged on the termination of his period of enlistment. He subsequently emigrated to Perth, Western Australia, and died there in 1964. The British War Medal was his sole entitlement. Frederick Walter Holder, the son of the above, was born in Perth, W.A., on 11 June 1920 and attested there for the Australian Military Forces on 7 April 1941. He was mobilised on 14 January 1942, and served with the Royal Australian Engineers in New Guinea from 28 April 1945. He was discharged on 8 April 1946, and died in Perth on 28 September 2007. Sold with the recipient’s Australian Military Force Army Driving Licence; an Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs Commemorative Medallion for the 60th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War 1945-2005; and copied research.
Five: Engine Room Artificer First Class E. B. Manwaring, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (M.34672 E. B. Manwaring. E.R.A. 1. H.M.S. Scott) very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Edward Brooke Manwaring was born on 18 August 1893 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and joined the Navy as an Acting E.R.A. 4 Class, H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 25 March 1919, at the age of 25. He was confirmed as E.R.A. 4 Class, H.M.S. Dublin (Mudros Base) on 23 March 1920, but whilst in H.M.S. Egmont from 4 January to 2 February 1921, he seems to have spent 28 days in detention (for absence). Afterwards, he was clearly still unhappy and he deserted ("Run") on 24 April 1921, and there is a note on his service record that his "effects to be sold". He was not recovered until 12 October 1921, six months later, and was then sentenced by Warrant to 42 days detention. Subsequently he was advanced to E.R.A. 3 Class, H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, 16 August 1923, and to E.R.A. 2 Cass. H.M.S. Cyclops on 16 August 1927. He was further advanced to E.R.A. 1 Class, H.M.S. Medway, 16 August 1932, in which rate he remained for the rest of his naval career. It seems that his conduct was such that the stigma of desertion was erased ("Run Removed") on 26 October 1927. Although due for release and pension he was retained in service for the Second World War and was released finally on 13 August 1945, after 26 years service, at the age of 52. His L.S. & G.C. medal was eventually issued on 27 February 1940, and was sent to H.M.S. Scott.
Three: Able Seaman W. B. Watson, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M. Submarine Oxley was accidentally torpedoed and sunk by H.M.S. Triton on 11 September 1939 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. J. Watson, Avonlea, Aberoer, Rhostyllen, Wrexham, Denbighshire, N. Wales’, extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- William Bradford Watson was killed when H.M. Submarine Oxley was accidentally sunk by H.M.S. Triton about 28 nautical miles south-west of Stavanger, Norway, in the Royal Navy’s first major friendly-fire incident of the war. There where only two survivors. One of the very first casualties of the Second World War, Watson is commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial. Sold with modern ‘H.M. Submarines’ cap-tally and copied research.
Six: Attributed to Lieutenant R. W. MacDonald, Royal Naval Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately impressed ‘Lieut. R. W. MacDonald R.N.R.’, good very fine Three: Fireman H. Young, Mercantile Marine, who was killed while serving in S.S. Cato when she hit a mine on 3 March 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Ministry of Transport enclosure and named Buckingham Palace condolence slip, nearly extremely fine (9) £70-£90 --- Harold Young served in the Mercantile Marine and was killed on 3 March 1940 when S.S. Cato hit a mine, and is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.
Three: Attributed to Lieutenant N. H. Hoare, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, killed in action when H.M.S. Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, was sunk by the German battleship Bismark and the battle cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941; of the Hood’s 1,418 crew, only three men survived 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, housed in a contemporary wooden framed glass-fronted case, bearing a brass name plate inscribed, ‘Lt. Norris Henry Hoare, R.N.V.R., Killed on Active Service 24.5.41, H.M.S. Hood’, extremely fine (3) £400-£500 --- Norris Henry Hoare, the son of Henry and Elizabeth Jane Hoare, of Whipton, Devon, was a member of staff of Lloyds Bank Limited at Newton Abbot, Devon and was a Member of the Institute of Bankers. During the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Serving aboard the battle cruiser H.M.S. Hood, he was killed in action during the Battle of the Denmark Strait, when the Hood, together with the battleship H.M.S. Prince of Wales, fought the German battleship Bismark and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, both of which were attempting to break out into the North Atlantic to destroy Allied merchant shipping. The Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, opened fire at 5:52 a.m. on 24 May 1941, and having received a direct hit from the Bismark at 6:00 a.m. sank beneath the waves within three minutes, after a total combat lifespan of less than quarter of an hour. Of the 1,418 Officers and crew on board, only three men, Ordinary Seaman Ted Briggs, Able Seaman Robert Tilburn, and Midshipman William Dundas survived. Aged 28 at the time of his death, Hoare is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Sold with the book In Memoriam 1939-1945, published in conjunction with the unveiling of a Memorial to fallen members of Lloyds Bank staff, erected at the Banking Hall at 71 Lombard Street. The Memorial was unveiled on 11 November 1949, at a service of dedication attended by many of the relatives of the deceased, directors, senior officials and staff of the Bank. The book contains the Order of Service for the Dedication and provides a photographic record of members of staff named on the Memorial, who were killed during the war (including Lieutenant Hoare). With the book is a forwarding letter from the Chairman and Directors of the Bank, dated 3 September 1951, addressed to Mr & Mrs H. Hoare at ‘Morwenna’, 10, Kennerley Avenue, Whipton, near Exeter. Also with a copy of the letter of acknowledgement and thanks sent in return.
Five: Attributed to Major R. H. Durrant, Royal Artillery, who was wounded in action on 10 April 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘R. H. Durrant, Esq., 28 Sherborne Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk’, extremely fine Three: Attributed to Private J. E. Williams, King’s Own Royal Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services whilst a Prisoner of War 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘Mr. J. E. Williams, 19 Canterbury Road, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire.’, extremely fine Five: Attributed to Major C. E. Tearne, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘Maj. C. E. Tearne, 89 Ember Lane, Esher, Surrey’, extremely fine (13) £100-£140 --- Reginald Harry Durrant was born in Great Finborough, Suffolk, on 22 October 1908 and having served as a Bugler with the Territorial Army was commissioned from the ranks and saw service in the Royal Artillery in North Africa and Italy, obtaining his wings and serving in the latter theatre attached to the Royal Air Force. He was granted a Regular Army commission on 7 July 1949, and was appointed Quartermaster. He was awarded his Long Service ands Good Conduct Medal on 20 October 195, and was promoted Major on 3 April 1951. John Edward Williams was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 27 May 1940, and was held at Stalag VIII-B at Lamsdorf. For his services whilst a Prisoner of War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 April 1946). Charles Ernest Tearne was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, on 30 April 1900 and was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 22 November 1918 as an Observer. Too late to see active service, he transferred to the Unemployed List on 12 June 1919. He was granted an emergency commission as a Major in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, on 28 December 1939, and served with them during the Second World War, transferring to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 1 October 1942. For his services in the Mediterranean theatre he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 May 1946). He died at Ewhurst, Surrey, on 28 February 1974. Sold with copied research.
Four: Warrant Officer Class II A. M. Williams, Royal Signals, late Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (2309768 Sjt. A. M. Williams. R. Signals) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100 --- Alexander Mitchell Williams was born in Norwich, Norfolk on 9 January 1904. A machinist by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Engineers at Cork on 2 February 1920 and was transferred to the Royal Signals on 6 November. He served in Egypt from 30 November 1922 to 15 May 1929 and in India from 24 December 1931 to 1 December 1932. Promoted Sergeant in 1936, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1938. With the outbreak of the Second World War, he served with the B.E.F. from 13 September 1939 to 23 June 1940; thereafter his service was in Britain. Promoted Warrant Officer Class III in March 1940, he attained the rank of Warrant Officer Class II (Company Sergeant Major) in July 1942. He was discharged on 25 September 1953. Sold with a fine photograph album containing photos dating from the recipient’s time in Egypt, 1922-29.
Seven: Private E. W. J. Grisbrook, Kensington Regiment (Princess Louise’s), who was wounded in North West Europe on 3 July 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6206799. Pte. F. W. J. Grisbrook. M.X.) nearly extremely fine (7) £120-£160 --- Eric William Joseph Grisbrook was born in Camberwell, London, on 4 April 1920 and served with both the 1st and 2nd Battalions, Kensington Regiment (Princess Louise’s) during the Second World War. He was wounded by shrapnel to the right ear and right arm on 3 July 1944, whilst drawing rations, and was evacuated to No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station. He died in London on 27 April 1987. Sold with copied research.
Family group: Seven: Sergeant T. Warburton, Royal Army Medical Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7357439 Sjt. T. Warburton. R.A.M.C.) last in named card box of issue; together with a R.A.M.C. Tug-o-War Prize Medal, bronze, engraved ‘126 Fd. Amb. 1940 Cpl. T. Warburton.’; and a Royal Life Saving Society Swimming Proficiency Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘T. Warburton, June 1946’, nearly extremely fine Pair: Flight Lieutenant R. Warburton, Royal Air Force, who died in Egypt on 28 September 1943 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure named ‘Flight Lieutenant R. Warburton’, nearly extremely fine (11) £100-£140 --- Ronald Warburton, the son of Thomas and Annie Warburton of Manchester, was commissioned into the Royal Air Force, and was killed while serving in Egypt on 28 September 1943. He is buried at Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt.
Six: Private F. R. Arkell, Army Catering Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (1487398 Pte. F. R. Arkell. A.C.C.) nearly extremely fine Five: Private H. Wilkins, Army Catering Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all contemporarily engraved ‘5506173. Pte. H. Wilkins. A.C.C.’, good very fine 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45 (3), the first four mounted as worn, very fine (17) £80-£100
Three: Flight Lieutenant C. W. Fox, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was shot down over Hamburg during Operation Gomorrah on the night of 29-30 July 1943 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named card box of issues, addressed to ‘Mrs. G. E. F. Fox, 47, Green Lanes, Palmers Green, London, N13’; Memorial Scroll ‘Flight Lieutenant C. W. Fox, Royal Air Force’; together with the named Air Council enclosure; the recipient’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book; the recipient’s Royal Air Force Record of Flights Log Book; R.A.F. Identity card; a portrait photograph of the recipient; and a R.A.F. brooch, the Memorial Scroll mounted in a glazed display frame, the rest (apart from the named card box of issue - this loose) all housed in a large display case, extremely fine (3) £600-£800 --- Charles William Fox was born on 5 June 1909 and was commissioned Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force on 26 July 1941. He received his first operational posting, to 9 Squadron (Lancasters), in March 1943, and flew his first operational sortie, to Essen, on 12 March 1943; further targets over the next few months included St. Nazaire, Lorient, Kiel, Frankfurt, Pilsen (2), Duisberg (3), Dusseldorf (2), Essen, Wuppertal, Bochum, Oberhausen, Cologne (2), Turin, and Hamburg. Fox was killed in action on the night of 29-30 July 1943, the second big raid of Operation Gomorrah, when his Lancaster JA692 was hit by flak and crashed in the target area during a raid on Hamburg, with the loss of the entire crew; of the 777 aircraft that took part in the raid 28 were lost. Fox is buried alongside his crew in Hamburg Cemetery, Germany. Sold with three contemporary photographs, and a booklet entitled ‘George Fox’ by J. P. Wragge. Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping whilst housed in its fitted display case, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement; alternatively the lot can be shipped without the display case.
Four: Trooper J. R. Bridges, Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, who died on 12 April 1945 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, all in card boxes of issue; together with the recipient’s Birks Memorial Bar ‘Tpr. J. R. Bridges Sher. Fus. R. Died in his Country’s Service 12 Apr. 1945’, the Stars both somewhat later issues, extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- John Raymond Bridges was born on 4 February 1923 and served during the Second World War with the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, and died on 12 April 1945. He is buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands.
China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Lieut: A. H. Haldane. 1/2nd Foot.) a post-1873 later issue, officially engraved in sloping capitals, nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- Alexander Henry Haldane was born in October 1834 and was appointed an Ensign in the 2nd Foot in July 1855. Advanced to Lieutenant in February 1858, he joined the 1st Battalion’s H.Q. in South Africa as a Musketry Instructor in April of the same year, where his unit was engaged in the British Kaffraria conflict. Haldane also witnessed active service throughout the campaign of 1860 in North China, including the taking of Tang-ku, the actions of the 18th and 21st of September, and the surrender of Pekin (Medal & 2 clasps). Placed on the Unattached List as a Captain in April 1870, he joined the 93rd Regiment in the following year, with whom he served as a Paymaster, and he attained the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel prior to being placed on the Retired List in October 1894.
Five: Private A. V. Burns, Australian Forces, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese in Malaya on 26 March 1942, and died of disease in captivity on 15 December 1943 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘NX52946 A. V. Burns., with named medal enclosure, extremely fine Australia Service Medal (NX71943 W. E. Pepper) officially impressed naming, extremely fine (6) £100-£140 --- Alfred Vincent Burns was born at Charters Towers, Queensland, on 22 January 1915, and attested for the Australian Forces at Sydney, New South Wales. He served with the 2nd/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry during the Second World War in Singapore and Malaya from 1 March 1941, and was appointed to Sub-Group Special Intelligence Section on 8 November 1941. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 26 March 1942, and died of acute pneumonia in captivity on 15 December 1943. He is buried in Yokohama Cemetery, Japan. Wallace Edwin Pepper was born at Enfield, New South Wales, on 23 December 1920, and attested for the Australian Forces at Paddington, Sydney, on 25 March 1941. Posted to the 3rd Reserve, Motor Transport Company, he served with the unit in Singapore and Malaya from 24 April 1941, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 27 April 1942. On 6 September 1944 he was one of more than 1,300 Prisoners of War packed on board the ‘hell-ship’ the Rakuyo Maru for conveying to Japan, and was killed on 12 September 1944 when the transport ship was sunk by Allied submarines. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Labaun Memorial. Sold with copied research.
Six: Sergeant J. Ridgway, Cheshire Constabulary 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Sergt. John Ridgway.); together with a Royal Life Saving Society Award of Merit, bronze and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘J. Ridgway 1950’, good very fine and better (7) £100-£140 --- John Ridgway was awarded his Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in November 1972, whilst service with the Stockport Division, Cheshire Constabulary.
Three: Flight Sergeant J. Tremblay, Canadian Forces Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R. (FS J. Tremblay) mounted as originally worn, very fine Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R. (LCpl C. Tremblay); together with Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, with Second Award Bar, this additionally engraved ‘1st Clasp C.D.’ (W.O.1 Y. A. Tremblay M.M.) generally very fine (5) £100-£140
Pair: Sapper C. A. Beck, Royal Engineers War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14923876 Spr. C. A. Beck) with named Army Council condolence slip, 2nd initial and surname partially officially corrected, very fine or better (2) £60-£80 --- Charles Arthur Beck was the son of Mr and Mrs C. A. Beck of Walworth, London. He served with 55 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers. Sapper Beck died of illness whilst on active service at the British Military Hospital, Gaza, 18 July 1947. He is buried in the Ramleh War Cemetery.
Five: Corporal D. McCallum, Australian Forces Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (2/400806 D. Mc.Callum) officially re-impressed naming; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (2/8081 D. Mc.Callum.); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (2/400806 D. Mc.Callum.); South Korean War Service Medal, the reverse engraved ‘D. Mc.Callum 2/400806’; together with a Commemorative Medal for the 50th Anniversary of the end of the Korean War 2953-2003 (2/400806 D. Mc.Callum) mounted as worn in this order, generally good very fine (5) £160-£200 --- David McCallum was born at Cessnock, New South Wales, on 29 November 1919 and enlisted into the Royal Australian Air Force on 8 September 1942. He served with 43 Squadron, as a mechanic working on Catalina flying boats, and was promoted Corporal on 15 January 1945. He was discharged on 30 July 1946 (entitled to Defence and War Medals, and Australia Service Medal). McCallum enlisted into the Australian Regular Army in 1950 and was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment on 20 December 1951. He served with 3 R.A.R. in Korea from 5 August to 3 December 1952, before being evacuated to Japan suffering from sickness, and returned to Australia in March 1953. He subsequently served in the Bomb Disposal Section, Royal Australian Engineers, and was posted to both the Solomon Islands and Penang, Malaya. His final posting was with the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as a fitter at the Base Ordnance Depot, and he was discharged on 12 April 1961. He subsequently re-enlisted into the Royal Australian Air Force. Sold with copied research.
Imperial Service Medal (2), E.VII.R., Star issue, unnamed in Elkington, London, case of issue; G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Harry James Tyrrell.) in case of issue, minor enamel damage to first, otherwise extremely fine (2) £120-£160 --- Sold with two Imperial Service Medal bestowal documents, the first named to Mr. H. J. Tyrrell, for meritorious service in the Portsmouth Dockyard, and dated 14 July 1905; the second named to Mr. Harry James Tyrrell, and undated. Possibly a father and son pair.
Imperial Service Medal (2), G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Albert Edward Cook.); G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sidney James Oldridge.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Militia (2327219 Sjt. C. T. Murdoch. R. Sigs.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (3), G.V.R., 1st issue (Frederick C. Wilcock.); G.VI.R., 1st issue (2) (Frank H. Rooke.; John R. Speakman) generally very fine and better (7) £100-£140
Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Richard Mark Barber); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2024903 Pte. P. J. Proud. D.W.R.); Memorial Plaque (Michael Gallagher) minor edge bruise to ISM, otherwise good very fine (3) £60-£80 --- There are numerous men with the name Michael Gallagher on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour for the Great War.
Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953 (T. Bowman.) contemporarily engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (300204 George T. Hammond, S.P.O., H.M.S. Implacable.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (897593. Gnr. J. F. Ferguson. R.A.); together with a Canadian School Competition Prize Medal 1900, bronze, unnamed, edge bruising to RN LS&GC, nearly very fine and better (5) £80-£100
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse, edge dated, impressed naming (J. Mc.Namara, Serjeant 7th Dragoon Guards. 184.) last digit of year obscured by suspension claw, the reverse additionally privately engraved ‘1843’, originally fitted with a steel clip, now replaced by a later scroll suspension, edge bruising, good very fine £180-£220 --- James McNamara was born in Longford, Ireland, on 11 October 1796 and attested for the 7th Dragoon Guards on 11 October 1809, aged 13, a trumpeter by trade. He was promoted Trumpet Major on 25 May 1829, and Hospital Sergeant on 27 May 1841, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1843. He was discharged on 25 April 1843, after 28 years and 197 days’ man’s service. He died in Dublin on 22 October 1879. Sold with copied record of service.
South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (J. A. Collot, Surgn. R.N, H.M.S. “Euphrates”) in its named card box of issue, extremely fine as issued £600-£800 --- James Alexander Collot was born on 13 February 1850, and joined the Royal Navy at Netley Hospital as a Surgeon on 31 March 1874. He served in H.M.S. Duke of Wellington and H.M.S. Repulse from 2 August 1874 before joining Euphrates on 23 July 1877. Whilst serving in Euphrates he was passed for Staff Surgeon on 31 March 1874, and earned the South African medal whilst engaged in operations in connection with the Zulu war in July and August 1879. He next served aboard H.M.S. Foam from June 1880 to July 1884, followed by a brief 2 months in Duke of Wellington before returning to Eastney in August 1884, where he served as Staff Surgeon from 31 March 1885. He afterwards served aboard Royalist from April 1886 to February 1890, followed by short periods in Ajax and Superb before joining Collingwood on 19 March 1892, from which ship he was ‘discharged dead’ following his admission to Malta hospital on 21 January 1894 and his death there on 11 February 1894. Sold with copied record of service and other research. For the recipient’s related miniature medal, see Lot 524.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1166: Prit: John: Livingston: 28th.) Regimentally impressed naming; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (3314871 Spr. J. Craig. R.E.); Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. James Mackie) very fine and better (3) £100-£140 --- Sold with J. Craig’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; Soldier’s Release Book; and other ephemera.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (19 Pte. T. Pickett. Rifle Bde.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Capt. L. G. Treadwell. Warwick.) the riband surmounted with a Royal Warwickshire cap badge, the first with contact marks and polished, therefore nearly very fine; the second nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Thomas Pickett was born in Bethnal Green, London, in 1866 and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Woolwich on 15 February 1889. He serve with the 2nd Battalion in the the Nile Expedition of 1898 (Medal); during the Occupation of Crete from 21 September to 1 October 1898, and in South Africa during the Boer War from 2 October 1899 to 26 April 1900, and again from 3 September 1900 to 24 September 1902 (Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Defence of Ladysmith and Transvaal; and King’s South Africa with both date clasps). He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5, per Army Order 242 of 1907, and was discharged on 21 May 1910, after 21 years and 96 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts. Lionel George Newson Treadwell was born in Norwich on 24 June 1895 and attested for the 16th Battalion, London Regiment, on 4 August 1914, having previously served with the Royal West Surrey Militia. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 November 1914, and was slightly wounded on 23 January 1915. He was medically discharged due to sickness on 15 May 1915, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, on 8 July 1915, and was admitted to hospital on 4 January 1917 suffering from a gunshot wound to his arm (accidental whilst on leave). He subsequently served with the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, and relinquished his commission having exceeded the age limit on 24 August 1946, being granted the honorary rank of Major. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Warrant Officer Class II J. Hewerdine, Army Catering Corps, late Royal Artillery Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (1018187 Sjt J. Hewerdine. R.A.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1018187. W.O. Cl. 2. J. Hewerdine. A.C.C.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Sergeant J. H. Toone, Army Catering Corps Jubilee 1935 (2423 L/C Toone. J. 1/Q.R.A.) contemporarily engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (6082423 Sjt. J. H. Toone. A.C.C.) nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140
Rocket Apparatus Volunteer Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Frank Masters.) extremely fine £100-£140 --- Frank Masters was born in Swanage, Dorset, in 1871 and enrolled in the Swanage Rocket Apparatus Company in 1899. He was awarded his Long Service Medal on 17 August 1919, and died in 1960. Sold with copied research.
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (G. Eastwood. Stoker, 2. Cl: H.M.S. “Boadicea”) toned, good very fine £700-£900 --- George William Eastwood was born at Portslade, Sussex, on 14 November 1856, and joined the Navy in December 1874. After service aboard Devastation, Duke of Wellington and Asia, he joined Boadicea as a Stoker 2nd Class in April 1878 and served in her until April 1882, having advanced to Stoker in August 1879. His South Africa medal was sent to his next ship Thalia in May 1882. He eventually achieved the rate of Chief Stoker and was ‘shore pensioned’ on 16 January 1895. Sold with copied medal roll extract and record of service.
Rocket Apparatus Volunteer Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 2nd type reverse (Matthew H. Knaggs) in case of issue, extremely fine £100-£140 --- Matthew Harrington Knaggs was born in Bridlington, Yorkshire, on 10 March 1898 and joined the Royal Naval Air Service as an Air Mechanic Second Class on 22 February 1917. He transferred to the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, and served overseas during the Great War with 67 Wing, Headquarters Adriatic Group in Italy. He transferred to the Reserve on 20 March 1919. He later enrolled in the Bridlington Life Saving Apparatus Company on 31 March 1926, and was awarded his Long Service Medal in 1946. He later became a taxi driver in Bridlington, and died in Scarborough in 1986. Sold with copied research.
Service Medal of the Order of St John, with one Additional Award Bar, silver (12526. A/Sis. M. A. Preston. Barking Nsg. Div. No.1 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1934.) in Lamb, London, case of issue; Voluntary Medical Service Medal (2), with two Additional Award Bars (Frederick G. Preston.); with one Additional Award Bar (Mrs. Gwen G. Rogers), the last mounted for wear with a Defence Medal, very fine and better (4) £50-£70 --- Sold with various unofficial white metal Coronation and Jubilee medals and commemorative coins; and a Soviet Union Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw 1945.
A Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services) awarded to C. Micaros, of the S.S. Karteria, for the rescue of 13 of the crew of the S.S. Volta off Mykonis Island on 18 April 1887 Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services), V.R., small, silver, ‘From the British Government, For Gallantry and Humanity’ (Const. Micaros 18th. April 1887.) nearly extremely fine £200-£240 --- Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services) awarded in gold to S. Vetmis, Coxswain, and in silver to G. Sarpas, J. Samiotis, C. Micaros, M. Bournias, S. Damulakis, and M. Nikiti, crew of the Hellenic S.S. Karteria Lifeboat, for the rescue of 13 of the crew from the rigging of the S.S. Volta, of London, off Mykonis Island on 18 April 1887, whilst carrying telegraph cables and stores from London to Syra. Eleven of the crew were drowned. The lifeboat was ably managed during the rescue by her master and others. For his humanity and kindness to the shipwrecked crew, the captain of the Karteria, J. V. Velissarious, was presented with a binocular glass by H.M. Government. Sold with copied research.
Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, E.VII.R., large, bronze (Thomas Murphy. “Vanduara” 25th. June 1902.) minor edge nicks, otherwise extremely fine £500-£700 --- Only 23 E.VII.R. large bronze medals were awarded prior to the small medal being instituted in 1904. Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea awarded in silver to Mate Hunter Gray, and in bronze to Albert Wenke, Thomas Murphy, Albert Erikson, and Matthew Pulliner, all of the sailing ship Vanduara, of Swansea, for their gallantry in manning a lifeboat and, at considerable risk, attempting to rescue a shipmate who had fallen overboard on 25 June 1902. Note: The medal to Albert Erikson for the above action was sold in these rooms in May 2020.
Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (Lieut. Charles Henry Bayly. R.N. H.M.S. “Encounter”. 26 Mar. 1880) with integral top riband buckle, in fitted case of issue, suspension claw loose, good very fine, £300-£400 --- Royal Humane Society: ‘To Lieutenant Charles Henry Bayly, Royal Navy, for a rescue on the 26 March, 1880. When H.M.S. Encounter was in Lat 23.13N and Long 117.41E, William Yarwood, Ordinary Seaman, went overboard whilst the vessel was going under steam at over 7 knots. On hearing the cry “Man Overboard”, Lieutenant Bayly rushed on deck and jumped to the rescue. He succeeded in reaching Yarwood, who was insensible and all but drowned, and supported him until he could reach a lifebuoy which had been thrown overboard. A boat was launched and some ten minutes later they were picked up. The danger incurred by Lieutenant Bayly was much enhanced by the close proximity of shark-infested reefs.’ Charles Henry Bayly was born in April 1853 and joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet in April 1867. He was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in October 1873, and was promoted Lieutenant in December 1877; Commander in June 1891; and Captain in June 1897. He commanded H.M.S. Monarch during the Boer War off Cape Colony from February 1900 to May 1902 (entitled to a Queen's South Africa Medal), and retired in April 1903. He was promoted Rear-Admiral (retired) in April 1907, and died in May 1927. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; and copied research.
Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (unsuccessful) (Lieut. C. Home Cockran, R.N., H.M.S. “Valiant” 28 Jan. 1883) lacking integral top riband buckle, light solder marks to obverse from suspension having been re-affixed, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £200-£240 --- Royal Humane Society Case no. 21,921: ‘At 7.30pm on 28 January 1883, off Tarbert, Stoker Andrew Hooper, of H.M.S. Valiant, was getting from the steam launch to the Jacob’s ladder, in order to board the armoured iron frigate H.M.S. Valiant, when he accidentally fell into the water. The river was one mile wide at this point and seven fathoms deep, the night dark and a gale was blowing. Hooper could scarcely be seen due to the darkness. Able Seaman George Bennett jumped over the stern and supported the unconscious Hooper. Lieutenant Cochrane [sic] observing by the light of a signal that the men were floating astern in the darkness, also jumped overboard and assisted them to the buoy which was hanging over the stern with a glass hawser attached. All three were picked up by boats in due course, though unfortunately Andrew Hooper was dead. The rescue was brought to the attention of the R.H.S. by the Admiralty. The Society, having approved the award of its silver medal to Cochran and Bennett at its committee meeting of 20 February 1883, despatched these to the Secretary of the Naval Reserves on 24 March 1883 for them to organise the presentations. The incident took place ‘Off Tarbert River Shannon’. Charles Home Cochran (spelt ‘Cockran’ on medal) was born in Bath on 22 June 1850, the son of Alexander Cochran (1814-1903), of Ashkirk, Hawick, Roxburghshire, and his first wife Fanny Batsford. He joined the Royal Navy, being nominated as a cadet on 16 June 1863, joining H.M.S. Britannia on 8 September 1863. He was then posted as a Midshipman aboard H.M.S. Royal Oak on 21 January 1865, before going on to serve on a long succession of ships. Cochran was promoted Sub-Lieutenant on 2 February 1870 aboard H.M.S. Juno and saw action in the Ashantee War of 1873-4 when he was serving aboard H.M.S. Barracouta. During the campaign he was mentioned in despatches in October 1873 for raising native levees for the King of Assayboo and was promoted Lieutenant on 17 December that year (Ashantee War Medal, with clasp Coomassie). Promoted to Commander on 30 June 1888 and Captain on 31 December 1895, Cochran commanded H.M.S. Sappho during Queen Victoria’s Review of the Fleet at Spithead on 26 June 1897 and he received the Jubilee Medal issued that year. He accompanied the German Emperor on his Imperial yacht from the Nore to Flushing on 6 February 1901. Cochran received the M.V.O. (Fourth Class) in 1902 (London Gazette, 2 May 1902) and the Coronation Medal. Following a final period as Captain of Devonport Dockyard and King’s Harbourmaster of the Hamoaze, Cochran was placed on the retired list on 22 June 1905. He was promoted Rear Admiral on 31 May 1906 and Vice Admiral on 3 January 1911. Vice-Admiral Cochran died on 14 February 1930 at his home The Retreat, Weston Road, Bath and was buried at Holy Trinity Cemetery, Newton St Loe, Bath, on 19 February following the funeral ceremony in the village church. Sold with various photographic images and copied research.
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (C. R. Field, H.M.S. “Impregnable”, 1st Feby. 1897) with integral top riband buckle, very fine £80-£100 --- Royal Humane Society Case no. 28,700: ‘To Charles Richard Field, H.M.S. Impregnable, at great personal risk, gallantly attempted to rescue F. C. Loring of the same ship, who was unfortunately drowned at Devonport on 1 February 1897.’ Charles Richard Field was born in London on 29 December 1879 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 1 April 1896, serving in H.M.S. Impregnable. He was advanced Able Seaman on 10 March 1900, ands served in a variety of ships and shore based establishments both pre-War and during the Great War (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio), and was shore invalided on 9 July 1919. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; and copied research. Note: Field reported his original Royal Humane Society Medal lost and a duplicate was ordered. Since R.H.S. Medals were not marked duplicate it is not known whether this is the original or the duplicate medal.
Four: Police Constable W. J. Prout, Metropolitan Police, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for rescuing a drowning woman from the River Thames in 1931, and subsequently received a Royal Humane Society Parchment Testimonial Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. W. J. Prout, 14, Dukes Avenue, Kingston, Surrey’; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Const. William J. Prout) in named card box of issue; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Police Constable William J. Prout. 19th. Sept. 1931.) with integral top riband bar, in Elkington, London, case of issue; together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination small bronze medallion, the reverse engraved ‘443107 William J. Prout’, in named card box of issue; and a silver St. John Ambulance Association sew-on badge, extremely fine (6) £200-£240 --- William John Prout was born at Medrose, Cornwall, on 12 February 1906, and joined the Metropolitan Police on 21 February 1927. He served with ‘V’ Division, and was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal (R.H.S. Case no. 51.034) for saving the life of a drowning woman from the River Thames at Twickenham on 19 September 1931: ‘For courage and devotion to duty, whilst in plain clothes, in assisting to rescue Violet Rayent, aged 21, who had been thrown into the river by the capsizing of a canoe at 8:20 p.m. Police Constable Prout, taking off his jacket, dived in and swam to her. In spite of her struggles he held her up until she was picked up by a skiff.’ Prout was subsequently awarded a Testimonial on Parchment by the Royal Humane Society (R.H.S. Case no. 57912) for rescuing a child from drowning from the River Thames at River Lane, Richmond, on 18 August 1943: ‘Hearing shouts for help by Audrey Archer, aged 10, who was bathing in the river Thames near River Lane, Police Constable Prout doffed his tunic and helmet, jumped into the water, and brought her safely to the bank.’ Prout was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 3 January 1952, and resigned to pension on 18 October 1953. He died in Truro, Cornwall, on 17 September 1984. Sold with copied research.
Three: Police Sergeant W. J. Laker, Eastbourne Borough Police, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for rescuing a suicidal man from the sea in 1938 Defence Medal; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (Sergt. William J. Laker) in named card box of issue; Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (P.C. William J. Laker. 4th. Aug. 1938.) with integral top riband bar, in Elkington, London, case of issue, extremely fine (3) £140-£180 --- William John Laker was born at Hailsham, Sussex, on 2 September 1908, and joined the Eastbourne Borough Police. He was awarded the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal (R.H.S. Case no. 54,784) for saving the life of a suicidal man from the sea on 4 August 1938: ‘At six o’clock in the evening on 4 August 1938 the police received a telephone message that a man was in the sea near Langney Point. Acting-Sergeant Anderson and Police Constables Laker and Duff went to the spot in a police car, and saw a man floating face upwards in the sea about 75 yards from the shore. He was fully clothed. They shouted to him to come out of the sea, but he replied “Leave me alone”. Acting-Sergeant Anderson and Police Constable Laker then partly undressed and swam out towards the man, who, however, began to swim still further out. When they reached him he said “Leave me alone, I want to drown.” But they got hold of the man, and in spite of his violent struggles, they brought him back to within 25 yards of the shore. During the struggle Police Constable Laker was kicked in the stomach. In the meantime Police Constable Duff and a Mr. Brook had obtained a rope. They took it to where the man was still struggling in the sea with the other police officers, and at length he was brought ashore in a state of collapse.’ (Eastbourne Gazette, 30 November 1938 refers). Laker and Anderson were presented with their Royal Humane Society Medals by Mr James Price, Chairman of Magistrates. The man that they rescued was reported to have made a full recovery. Laker died in Eastbourne on 6 April 1974. Sold with copied research, including numerous local press extracts that mention the recipient for actions undertaken in the course of his police career.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Mr. George Kyle Voted 3rd. April 1879) with uniface double dolphin suspension, in R.N.L.I. leather case of issue, extremely fine £500-£700 --- George Kyle, Assistant Coxswain, and Matthew Kyle, Coxswain, Holy Island Lifeboat, were both awarded the R.N.L.I. silver medal ‘in acknowledgement of their long and gallant services in saving lives from shipwreck.’ The specific citation reads: ‘20th March 1879: The S.S. Darlington was wrecked at False Emmanuel Head, Holy Island, during a fog and heavy sea. The Holy Island No. 1 lifeboat Grace Darling saved nine men from the wreck.’ The screw steamer Darlington, 169 tons, was built at Stockton in 1871, owned by W. Robertson, and traded regularly between Dundee, her home port, and Liverpool. Sold with copied research.
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (Mr. Ed. Foster 4th. Officer S.S. “Branksome Hall” for Rescue of Crew of “Schiffswerft” in Bay of Biscay, 6 March 1897.) with integral top silver riband buckle, in Oldfields, Liverpool, fitted case of issue, extremely fine £200-£240 --- Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society Annual Report July 1897: ‘On March 6th, 1897, at 2:00 a.m., in the Bay of Biscay, with a gale from the N.W. and a very heavy sea, the S.S. Branksome Hall, Captain Hood, fell in with the dismasted Barque Schiffswerft showing signals of distress. The falling masts had damaged the pumps, broken in the deck in places, and there was 14 feet of water in the hold. At 10:30 a.m. a boat from the Barque capsized under the stern of the Branksome Hall - three of the crew however were rescued. Not until noon was it possible to send a boat, Mr. Benjamin Dowse, Chief Officer in charge, and with him Mr. Edward Foster, 4th Officer, and two Quarter-Masters. They made two extremely difficult trips, and succeeded in saving the remainder of the crew and Captain. As the men got on the steamer the boat was smashed alongside and lost. A vote of thanks, framed in Russian leather, was awarded to Captain Hood, Silver Medals and votes of thanks to Mr. Dowse and Mr. Foster, and £2 to each of the Quarter-Masters’ Edward Foster was born at Little Sutton, Cheshire, in 1872 and received his Master's Certificate on 30 November 1901. He served in the Mercantile Marine during the Great War (entitled to a British War Medal and a Mercantile Marine War Medal), and drowned at sea, having been knocked overboard off the Hook of Holland, on 31 July 1934. Sold with copied research.
Five: Chief Inspector J. M. Riley, Lancashire Constabulary, late Mercantile Marine, who was awarded the National Canine Defence League Silver Medal for saving 2 dogs from drowning in the River Ribble in 1930 British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (James M. Riley.); Defence Medal; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Ch. Inspr. James M. Riley); National Canine Defence League Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘To P.C. Riley. For Saving 2 Dogs. 1930’, with decorative suspension bar and top riband bar, and decorative slide to riband, nearly extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- James Mossop Riley was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, on 31 October 1898 and served during the Great War with the Mercantile Marine. He joined the Lancashire Constabulary on 8 July 1925, and was promoted Sergeant on 1 December 1932; Inspector on 1 January 1946; and Chief Inspector on 1 February 1950. He received a commendation and a gratuity of £2, for stopping two runaway horses, on 21 November 1929, and the following year was awarded the silver medal of the National Canine Defence League ‘for plucky conduct in effecting the rescue of two dogs from the River Ribble that were in imminent danger of drowning’ on 29 December 1930. He retired in July 1951, and died at Garstang on 25 January 1972. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
Four: Police Sergeant C. McMaster, Lancashire Constabulary, who was awarded the R.S.P.C.A. Bronze Medal for rescuing a sheep from a quarry ledge in 1942 Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Sergt. Charles McMaster) in named card box of issue; R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, bronze (Police Sergeant C. Mc.Master. 1942) with integral top ‘For Humanity’ riband bar, in case of issue; together with the recipient’s St. John Ambulance Association Re-Examination small bronze medallion, the reverse engraved ‘350630 Charles Mc.Master’, in named card box of issue, with dated bars for 1932 and 1933, these both identically numbered, extremely fine (5) £140-£180 --- Charles McMaster was born at Stockton, Co. Durham, on 13 February 1904 and joined the Lancashire Constabulary on 14 April 1926, being promoted Sergeant on 8 February 1942. He received a high commendation, and was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ‘for the rescue of a sheep from a quarry ledge in conjunction with Police Constable Claxton’, on 17 December 1942. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 30 October 1951, and died in service on 6 April 1953. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient, and medal roll extract for the Coronation Medal that confirms the award of the medal (albeit posthumously).
Arctic Medal 1818-55 (William Wood Master R.N. H.M.S. Hecla.) very neatly privately engraved, with attractive silver ribbon brooch with engraved decoration of a Queen’s crown, a twist of rope and four small anchors, nearly extremely fine £1,800-£2,200 --- William Wood was born in Deal, Kent in 1795 or 1796. He was educated at the ‘Establishment of the Poor Boys in the Royal Hospital at Greenwich’ and, on 25 February 1811 (aged about 15), was indentured as an Apprentice for 7 years to John Wood, Master of the Navy Transport H.M.S. Assistance. He was promoted to Able Seaman on 25 February 1818, joining H.M.S. Hecla on 10 April 1819 at Deptford. On 19 April 1821, he was examined by Trinity House and found to be ‘qualified to take charge as Second Master and Pilot of any of His Majesty's Ships of the Line.’ On 4 November 1822, he joined H.M.S. Tartar as Second Master, and remained in her until 28 February 1826, having been promoted to Acting Master on 14 December 1824. On 2 March 1826, he ‘qualified to take charge as Master of any of His Majesty's Sloops or smaller vessels, from the Downs through the Channel to the Westwards and Pilot into Spithead through the Needles and Plymouth Sound.’ On 18 March 1826, he was appointed Master of the brig-sloop H.M.S. Parthian, transferring to H.M.S. Raleigh on 14 October 1827, and to H.M.S. Samarang, on 14 January 1829. On 4 November 1830, he ‘qualified to take charge as Master of any of His Majesty's Ships of the Fifth and Sixth Rate’, and joined H.M.S. Dublin on 9 June 1831. On 13 November 1834, he ‘qualified to take charge as Master of any of Her Majesty's Ships of the Third and Fourth Rates’. However despite this fresh qualification he was on half-pay for the next 13 years until he joined the Coast Guard on 5 December 1847. His Record of Service shows that, on 4 May 1852, he was at last ‘qualified for Line of Battle Ships’ - but was never employed in this rôle. He served as a Master in the Coast Guard from 5 December 1847 to 10 June 1863, and on 11 June he was promoted to Staff Commander before retiring on 31 January 1864, at the age of about 68. He served for 8 years and 200 days at sea and for 16 years and 62 days in the Coast Guard ashore. In September 1880 he is shown as the senior retired Staff Commander on reserved Half Pay and as a Navigating Lieutenant (a new designation for Master). In October 1883 he is shown as ‘Naval Pensioner’, late Out-Pensioner of Greenwich Hospital. He is still recorded as alive in March 1885, but in December 1885 it is remarked that his death had been reported ‘since 26 September 1885’. Accompanied by extensive copied research. Note that the rank of Master has been engraved on the medal despite the fact that the recipient was actually an Able Seaman in H.M.S. Hecla at the time he qualified for the medal, but by the time the medal was issued he had been promoted Master (in the Coast Guard).
Arctic Medal 1818-55 (Robert Ganniclefft H.M.S. Resolute) privately engraved in small upright capitals, solder repair to star suspension at claw, contact marks, nearly very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Robert Ganniclift/Ganniclefft appears on the Muster Roll for H.M.S. Resolute, an Able Seaman born in Exeter and aged 26 when he joined Resolute from Fisgard on 2 March 1852. He is noted as having prior service in H.M. Ships America, 1846-47, Stromboli, 1847-50, and St. George, 1850-52. He served in Resolute until he transferred to North Star, when Resolute was abandoned on 29 May 54. From 4 April to 18 May, 1853, he took part in a sledging party led by the French Lieutenant Emile Frédérick de Bray, exploring Melville Island. He was also entitled to the First China war medal as a Supernumerary Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Belleisle. When he joined the Navy he had been a seaman by occupation. His normal place of residence was Devonport. In the Muster List for H.M.S. Belleisle his name is shown as Ganniclift, a Supernumary Boy 2nd Class from 11 November 1841, advanced to Boy 1st Class on 24 August 1842. There are thus various spellings of his name from the Muster Lists, the medal roll and other records, including ‘Ganniclift’, ‘Gannicleftt’ and ‘Ganniclefft’. From his own signature contained in documents in the National Archives (ADM 171/9) it seems that the name he used was Ganniclefft, so he very likely arranged for the medal to be privately engraved using the spelling which he used as his own signature.
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