Five: Donkeyman G. Kindson, Mercantile Marine, who was killed in action when S.S. Birtley hit a mine on 15 September 1941 British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (George Kidson); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine Pair: Genkichi Hasegawa, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Genkichi Hasegawa); together with two R.A.O.B. jewels, both named ‘Bro. Z. Hasegawa’, and dated ‘21st. Nov. 1944’ and ‘Decr. 18th. 1945.’, very fine Pair: Charles Mintram, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Charles Mintram) very fine Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (John Hutchings) very fine (12) £140-£180 --- George Kidson, a native of Hartlepool, was killed in action when S.S. Birtley hit a mine on 15 September 1941, and is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.
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Three: Mechanican A. Greig, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (279970 A. Greig. Mech. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (279970 Alexander Greig. Mechn. H.M.S. Hyacinth.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Alexander Greig, an Iron Moulder from Edinburgh, was born on 23 June 1876 and attested for the Royal Navy on 2 July 1895. Advanced Mechanican on 17 January 1910, he saw service during the Great War in H.M.S. Hyacinth on the Cape Station in South Africa, during which time she was deployed to German East Africa to blockade the German light cruiser SMS Königsberg. She destroyed a German blockade runner attempting to bring supplies through the blockade in April and sank a German merchant vessel in early 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 May 1916 and saw later service in H.M.S. Achilles before being demobilised on 28 February 1919, subsequently joining the Royal Fleet Reserve.
Three: Stoker Petty Officer P. A. Rawlings, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (293297 P. A. Rawlings. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (293297. P. A. Rawlings. ,S.P.O. H.M.S. Vernon.) edge bruise to LSGC, otherwise very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Percy Alexander Rawlings, a Fishmonger from Walcot, Somerset, was born on 20 July 1881 and attested for the Royal Navy on 1 September 1899. Advanced Acting Leading Stoker on 1 January 1914, he was leant, on agreement, for service with the New Zealand Navy for three years from 15 July 1914. He saw service during the Great War in H.M.S. Philomel performing convoy escort duties before conducting operations in the Mediterranean; he saw later service in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 7 November 1917, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 14 June 1920, and was shore pensioned on 6 September 1921. Sold with copied record of service.
Three: Acting Corporal R. T. Williams, Royal Marines, late Denbighshire Imperial Yeomanry Hussars British War and Victory Medals (Deal 11837 -S- Act. Cpl. R. T. Williams. R.M.); Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (659 F. Sjt: R. T. Williams. Denbighs: I.Y. Husrs.) mounted on card for display, good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Richard Thomas Williams was born on 5 March 1868, at Trefnant in Denbighshire. He was trained as a Blacksmith and his address on joining the Royal Marine Labour Corps in May 1917 was the ‘Smithy House, Trefnant’. His papers record his previous service with the Denbighshire Hussars and that he was time expired. He was awarded the Imperial Yeomanry Long Service Medal in Army Orders of February 1906, one of nineteen awards to the unit. Williams served in the Royal Marines until he was demobilised in May 1919. A letter from him states he was in charge of the smiths shop in Calais for two years. Sold with copied attestation papers for his Royal Marines service but no papers exist for his Yeomanry service.
Pair: Driver T. Patchett, Royal Field Artillery, who died in France on 21 February 1919 British War and Victory Medals (895765 Dvr. T. Patchett. R.A.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Patchett) in card envelope, significant verdigris to both VM and Plaque, therefore fair to fine 1914-15 Star (76769 Spr. F. C. Young. R.E.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Major S. D. Sewell); Victory Medal 1914-19 (148123 Spr. P. A. Clarke. R.E.) good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Thomas Patchett died on 21 February 1919 while serving with 158th Brigade Ammunition Column and is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Sidney Davies Sewell was born in London on 12 October 1875 and was educated at Tonbridge School. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers (Volunteers) in June 1892 and was advanced Major in April 1910, in which rank he was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1912. He commanded the 3rd London Field Company (Territorial Force) and commanded the company in France from January 1915. He was killed in action near Ypres on 18 February 1915; an account that appeared in a London paper told how on the night of 18 February, at the cost of heavy casualties, his Company succeeded in digging a trench under heavy fire within 25 yards of the German advanced trenches, but that Major Sewell and three other officers of the Company were killed. He is buried in Ypres Town Cemetery Extension, Belgium.
Pair: Lieutenant F. Roberts, East Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-18346 Pte. F. Roberts. E. Kent R.) very fine 1914-15 Star (3) (Lieut. J. B. Andrews. R. Scots.; 2238 Pte. A. Spong. Leic: R.; 3-8160 Pte. F. J. L. Durrant. Dorset: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (.17-... Pte. R. S. Law. R. Ir. Rif.) heavy pitting and edge bruising to last that has partially obscured number, otherwise generally nearly very fine and better £140-£180 --- Frank Roberts attested for the East Kent Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant, but presumably given the rank on his pair did not serve overseas as an Officer. J. B. Andrews was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Scots and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre from 10 August 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps and served as an Acting Captain with the Camel Transport. Albert Edwin Spong was born in Belgrave, Leicestershire, in 1886 and attested for the Leicestershire Regiment at Leicester on 10 August 1914, having previously served with the Militia. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 March 1915, and was wounded by gun shot to the head on 2 May 1915. He was subsequently killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the Battle of Loos on 13 October 1915, on which date the battalion suffered total casualties of 20 officers and 453 other ranks killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Lewis Frederick James Durrant was born in Sherborne, Dorset, in 1875 and was a special reservist in the National Reserve, having previously served in the Dorset Yeomanry. He served with the 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 January 1915, and died of wounds on 22 February 1915. He is buried in Wulverghem Cemetery. Robert Sydney Law was born in Belfast in 1896 and attested for the Royal Irish Rifles on 27 October 1914. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 October 1915, and was wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on the Schwaben Redoubt in Thiepval Wood, with the fighting described by one soldier as ‘a Belfast riot on top of Mount Vesuvius.’ Battalion casualties that day were 117 men killed and several hundred wounded. Law was amongst those wounded, and was evacuated to England, where his left arm was ultimately amputated. He was medically discharged on 14 March 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 353,320. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private A. Mitchell, Lancashire Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (25302 Pte. A. Mitchell. Lan. Fus.) good very fine Three: Private A. Timms, Gloucestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (27814 Pte. A. Timms. Glouc. R.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, very fine Pair: Private A. J. Somerville, Dorsetshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (26742 Pte. A. J. Somerville. Dorset. R.) good very fine Four: Private S. P. Poulter, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (106869 Pte. S. P. Poulter. Notts. & Derby. R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the Great War pair mounted as worn together with the riband for the Army L.S. & G.C.; the Second War medals in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. S. P. Poulter, 5 Shelley Avenue, Manor Park, London, E12’, the Great War pair nearly very fine; the Second War medals extremely fine 1914-15 Star (54838. Spr. F. W. Cole. R.E.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (23310 Pte. E. G. F. Adams. A.S.C.); together with two Silver War Badges, the reverses officially numbered ‘321721’ and ‘B37235’, very fine (13) £100-£140
Five: Private M. V. Steele, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders British War and Victory Medals (2927 Pipr. M. S. Steele. 9 Q.O.C.H.) these both renamed; Defence and War Medals 1939-45 (2921944 M. V. Steele. Cameron Hdrs.) these both privately impressed; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second and Third Additional Award Bars (2921955 Pte. M. V. Steele. Camerons) mounted as worn, nearly very fine Three: Signalman D. P. Hawkins, Royal Corps of Signals, who died in North Africa on 30 December 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mrs. D. G. Hawkins, 13, Parsons Green Lane, Fulham, London, SW6’, good very fine Five: Attributed to Private T. H. Jones, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, good very fine Six: Attributed to P. O. Bell 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with a Lagos Caledonian Society Past Chieftain’s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘P. O. Bell 1970/71, 1971/72’, good very fine One: E. G. Brotherhood, Home Guard Defence Medal; together with the recipient’s Home Guard Certificate, named to Edgar Geoffrey Brotherhood, and dated 7 November 1941 to 31 December 1944; and various postcard photographs. extremely fine One: I. Johnson Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. I. Johnson, 71 Southover, Bromley, Kent’; together with the recipient’s St. John Re-examination Cross, silvered, the reverse engraved ‘A108538 Isaac W. Johnson’, with 13 bronze date bars for 1950 to 1962 inclusive, good very fine (22) £100-£140 --- Douglas Percy Hawkins was born in Fulham, London, and served with the Royal Signals during the Second World War in North Africa. He died on 30 December 1942 and is buried at Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya.
Pair: Private C. E. Roberts, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (102633 Pte. C. E. Roberts. M.G.C.) very fine Pair: Driver H. C. Morgan, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (T4-083223 Dvr. H. C. Morgan. A.S.C.) nearly very fine 1914-15 Star (85491 Pte. A. James. A.S.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (267537 Pnr. H. G. Hansen. R.E.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (CMT-2399 Pte. A. Mc Camon. A.S.C.; 1561 Pte. T. Morris. R.A.M.C.); Africa Star (Maj. C. Rhys Few R. Sigs.) contemporarily engraved naming, good fine and better (9) £80-£100
Three: Private G. T. Moss, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-174857 Pte. G. T. Moss. A.S.C.); Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 1 clasp, Darfur 1916 (M2-174857 Pte. G. T. Moss. A.S.C.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine (3) £500-£700 --- Sold with copied Medal Index Card which confirms all three medals and the Darfur 1916 clasp.
Three: Captain F. A. H. Homan, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, late Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. A. H. Homan.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (89506 C.S. Mjr: F. A. H. Homan. R.G.A.) rank officially corrected on last, good very fine Three: Driver J. N. Stables, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (710153 Dvr. J. N. Stables. R.A.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, with two Additional Award Bars (41446. Pte. J. N. Stables. Lancs. S.J.A.B. 1946.) nearly very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Frederick Algernon Holman Homan was born at St. Pancras, Middlesex, on 11 April 1874, and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery in London on 21 March 1892, having previously served in the 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. He was advanced Company Sergeant Major on 13 November 1905, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 92 of 1911. He served overseas in Gibraltar from 1 January 1909 to 10 January 1913, with the rest of his service with the Artillery being at home. He transferred to the Army Ordnance Corps on 21 March 1913, was promoted Conductor on 31 October 1914, and was commissioned an Assistant Commissary of Ordnance, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant on 3 January 1915. Promoted temporary Deputy Commissary of Ordnance, with the honorary rank of Captain, on 18 January 1916, he served during the Great War in Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey, and the Islands of the Aegean Sea from 28 August 1916 to 8 February 1918, being confirmed in the rank of Captain on 3 January 1918. He retired on 1 January 1929 and died at Upham, Hampshire, on 4 November 1945. Sold with extensive copied research. John Nelson Stables was born in Bolton, Lancashire, in 1898, the son of Sergeant-Major Wheeler John Nelson Stables Sr., Royal Artillery, and served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War. He saw further long service with the Lancashire St. John Ambulance Brigade, and died in Bolton on 11 October 1960.
Pair: Corporal H. Smith, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (36025. Cpl. H. Smith. R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine Four: Leading Aircraftman D. Stirling, who died at home on 25 September 1945 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and medal entitlement ‘ticker tape’, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. E. C. Stirling, 15 Bowling Green Street, Leith, Edinburgh, 6, Scotland’, extremely fine (6) £50-£70 --- David Stirling served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War, and died at home on 25 September 1945. He is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Edinburgh (Seafield) Cemetery. His medals were sent to his mother, Elizabeth Stirling.
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (D. Somerville, 32nd L.I.) toned, very fine £800-£1,000 --- David Somerville is confirmed on the roll as an original defender who died at Lucknow on 27 July 1857. His name is given as Summerville in Kevin Asplin’s published roll. Sold with copied medal roll extract (WO 100/37)
Pair: Gunner J. G. Ambrose, Canadian Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (2341377 Gnr. G. Ambrose. C.G.A.) generally good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (246278 Pte. N. Taylor 38-Can. Inf.; 931085 Spr. W. J. Pleasant. C.O.R.C.C.); together with Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (17193 Pte. J. E. Aldous 7-Can. Inf.; 793105 A. Sjt. W. S. Fraser. 25-Can. Inf.) and Silver War Badge, reverse numbered ‘121500’ and in scarce numbered box of issue, generally good very fine (lot) £100-£140 --- John Guy Ambrose [sic] was born in Ontario, Canada in June 1880. He served during the Great War with the Siege Battery, Canadian Garrison Artillery on the Western Front. Gunner Ambrose died of illness, 25 February 1919, and is buried in Halle Communal Cemetery, Halle, Belgium. Nelson Colomban Taylor was born in Quinville, Quebec, Canada in February 1899. He was an orphan, and lied about his age in order to enlist aged 16. Taylor served during the Great War with the 38th Battalion (Ottawa), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Taylor was killed in action on the Western Front, 15 November 1917, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Wallace James Pleasant was born in Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, Canada in August 1895. He served during the Great War with No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canadian Engineers on the Western Front. John Edward Aldous was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in November 1889. He served during the Great War with 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and was taken prisoner of war, 25 April 1915. Private Aldous was interned at Munster POW Camp. He died in Vancouver in November 1940. Thomas Grierson served during the Great War with the 7th (Service) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers in the French theatre of war from 18 December 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps (and was awarded the Silver War Badge listed above). Sold with a photographic image of Nelson Colomban Taylor in uniform.
Pair: Lance Corporal F. J. Forrest, 54th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 1 March 1917 British War and Victory Medals (760623 A. L. Cpl. F. Forrest. 54-Can. Inf.) nearly extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (478031 Pte. C. R. Woodford. 11-Can. Inf.; 3775 Pte. G. Rhodes. H.L.I.; 43757 A. Bmbr. W. McPhee. C.F.A.) first with Silver War Badge, reverse numbered ‘C496’, generally very fine or better (5) £70-£90 --- Frederick John Forrest was born in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland in April 1886. He was the son of Mr and Mrs T. Forrest of 63 Havelock St., Mayfield, Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia. Forrest served during the Great War with the 54th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and was killed in action, 1 March 1917. Lance Corporal Forrest is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Grant Rhodes was born in Canada and served during the Great War with the 1/5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry in the Egyptian theatre of war. Private Rhodes was killed in action in Palestine, 30 November 1917, and is buried in the Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. William McPhee was born in Dalhousie Township, Ontario, Canada in July 1876. He served during the Great War as a Driver with 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Canadian Field Artillery on the Western Front. McPhee Died (Accidental Injuries) - while on duty on the morning of 13 April 1916, between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock, he was found lying on the floor of a stable in great pain, having been kicked in the abdomen by a horse. He was placed on a stretcher and evacuated to No. 10 Casualty Clearing Station where he died two days later at 1.45 p.m. from wound of abdomen caused by a kick from a horse resulting in a ruptured kidney and internal haemorrhage. Driver McPhee is buried in the Lijjsenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with copied research.
Four: Major J. A. C. Willette, 69th Annapolis Regiment and 74th Forestry Company, Canadian Forestry Corps British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. A. C. Willette); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R. (Major J. A. C. Willett Anns. Regt.) with integral top riband bar; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Major J. A. C. Willett [sic] Anns. Regt.) mounted as originally worn, very fine (4) £300-£400 --- James Alfred Coleman Willett/Willette was born in Belle Isle, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada in April 1895. He served for six years with the 69th Annapolis Regiment and, 18 months service with the Composite Battalion, Halifax, Nova Scotia prior to the Great War. Willette initially served during the Great War with the 165th Battalion (Acadiens), Canadian Infantry prior to advancing to Captain and serving with the 74th Forestry Company, Canadian Forestry Corps. Major Willette died in October 1984.
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.
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.
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