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Lot 129
COLLECTION OF WWII-PERIOD THIRD REICH BADGES, PATCHES AND INSIGNIA,including Reichsbund Kleingartner, RZM German Labour Front, Gautug Essen 1939, SA Sports Badge, Winterhilfswerk 1934-35 Badge, Mother's Medal Second Class miniature, 1939 War Merit Cross, Kreigsmarine, Luftwaffe, Wehrmachtsgefolge, Custom Official, Tag Der Arbeit 1935, also epaulettes and a bullion tassle
Lot 2
FRENCH MEDAILLE MILITAIRE,in original case, along with other medals comprising two French Victory Medals, Journee du 75, National Combatants Medal, Journee du Poilu, Belgian Yser Medal, German Honour Cross, and two British Victory Medals (insc. '39074 PTE. C. BENNETT R. SCOTS.' and 'G-19633 PTE. T. YOUNG R.SUSS.R'
Lot 24
SERVICE MEDAL GROUP AWARDED TO E. MITCHELL,comprising the 1914-15 Star inscribed '655 Gnr. ...R.G.A.', the War Medal and Victory Medal inscribed '300095 Gnr. ...R.A.', a WWII Defence Medal, and a George V Territorial Force Efficiency Medal inscribed '300095 Gnr.-L Bmbr ....R.G.A.'Name is inscribed to medals except defence medal. Stamped number is indeed a 3/6 55 - additional image attached.
Lot 70
WWI PERIOD 'FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN THE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY' MEDAL,awarded to Sidney J Sharp, with The Great War 1914-18 clasp, along with two silver gilt Rotary Club medals and a gilt metal medal awarded to his son Sidney RT Sharp, also three commemorative medals, a bowling medal and an attendance medal
Lot 90
WWII SERVICE MEDAL GROUP AWARDED TO THOMAS F.B. CARROLL,comprising The 1939-45 Star, The Burma Star, The War Medal and The Defence Medal, rank of Flight Engineer in the RAF, presented with two squadron patches, gun barrel inspection periscope, signalling hliograph in pouch, Pilot's and Flight Engineer's Notes Sunderland V, RAF Service and Release Book, Log Book - this also containing clippings relating to a rescue mission from the Bay of Bengal and Cut Rescuers Cut Jungle Trail, also a photograph, also his Ronson lighter and silver cigarette caseAdditional images now available.
Lot 456
EDOUARD FREDERICK ERTZ (AMERICAN, 1862-1954). MIDWINTER, POIGNY. Signed, with artist's ink letter verso, oil on canvas, 36 x 44.5cm., , Exhibited: 48e Exposition Versaillaise, 1901 (label on stretcher), , * The letter verso reads `The little snow picture you have was painted/ at Poigny in the forest of Rambouillet. I painted/ several large as these, which were exhibited/ at the Salon, RA & RBA & sold. One/ was awarded a medal in France. And three/ were exhibited at my exhibition in Paris./ I used to have a studio and cottage in/ the forest of Rambouillet which is about/ an hour from Versailles./ Yours very truly/ Edward Ertz. * Some craquelure; needs a clean. **BP 22.5% inc VAT + Lot Fee of £8
Lot 85
TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK ‘JAPANESQUE’ TEA CADDY, CIRCA 1875 silver with parcel-gilt, stamped TIFFANY & CO/ STERLING-SILVER/ 3 and numbered 3683 M 8880, the body applied with a gilt flying dragonfly and a spider weaving an engraved web, the cover with chased gilt geometric square designDimensions:16.8cm highNote: Note: The opening up of Japan to the world from 1854 resulted in greater trade between the East and West. As part of this exchange, typical Japanese art such as woodblock prints, ceramics and metalware found their way into the studios of major artists in the United States and Europe during the second half of 19th century, including into the libraries of several esteemed silver factories such as Gorham Manufacturing Co. of Rhode Island and Tiffany & Co. of New York. By the late 1860s and early 1870s, exuberant flatware patterns were introduced by both firms, including the Japanese and the Vine patterns at Tiffany & Co. Undoubtedly, Japanese woodblock prints offered inspiration for the artists at Tiffany who strived to translate the appearance of movement and fluidity seen in the two-dimensional Japanese art form into their hollow-ware.The Victorian progressive designer Christopher Dresser undertook an early visit to Japan in 1876–77 which would deepen his understanding of Japanese forms and transform his own work and manufacturing techniques. While en route to Japan, Dresser visited the United States; in New York, he received a commission from Tiffany & Co. to acquire several thousand Japanese artefacts to similarly inform and inspire their designers.Given the success and desire for their Japanesque works of art, a period of elaborately designed pitchers and household silver items in the style came into production. Tiffany & Co. displayed one of their most prominent shows at the Paris exhibition of 1878 – a show which won the firm the gold medal for their mixed-metal works of art and from which major institutional and private collectors purchased pieces for their collections.
Lot 766
Commemorative Medals and Medallions, including a Victoria Jubilee medal, coronation medal for the ascention of King Edward VII & Queen Consort Alexandra 5.5 cm dia., another smaller example, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Coronation Medal, Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee medallion, Berlin Winter Garden token 1931, plus assorted mid-twentieth century commonwealth coinage (a lot)
Lot 767
Commemorative Medals: including a medallion celebrating the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton's first successful commercial application of the paddle steamer, 7 cm dia.; a Charles Lindburgh medal celebrating the first solo transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis 1927; a medal from the 1935 Lewis's Exhibition celebrating the winning of the 1934 Melbourne Centenary Air Race by the British team of C.W.A Scott and T. Campbell in the purpose built de Havilland DH 88 Comet; and a late Victorian medal struck from the copper of the Foudroyant [Horatio Viscount Nelson's flagship] in the year it was wrecked - 1897, 38 mm dia. (4)
Lot 768
International Maritime Exposition Award Medal by Henri Alfred Auguste Dubois (signed: H. DUBOIS). Obverse: NVTRISCO ET EXTINGVO coat of arms with King Neptune on the left and a figure representing customs and commerce on the right with caduceus and hammer, small cartouches above containing the names of surrounding countries. Reverse: EXPOSITION MARITIME INTERNATIONALE DU HAVRE 1887, finished in gilt, 67 mm dia.; together with a 1918 Ovide Yencesse mother and child bronze medal in walnut case (2)
Lot 770
A Collection of Four Parisienne Medallions, including a souvenir medal of the maiden voyage of M.S. Lafayette 1930, Panorama de Paris 1878 with obv. scene of Giffard's captive balloon above a view of Paris and the reverse with the legend 'Souvenir de Mon Ascension dans le Grand Ballon Captif a Vapeur de Mr Henry Giffard' 51 mm dia.; an Exposition Universelle 1889 souvernir medal; and a Third Republic bronze medal 'Offert Par Le Petit Parisienne' (4)
Lot 240
1911 silver medal for animal and bird photography, awarded to G B Farquson, equine vet associated with the Cheltenham Jockey Club, together with a silver plated medal awarded to T N Scudamore for horticulture 1837 in fitted case, a Derbyshire Hospital Victorian commemorative etc, local interest
Lot 10
A Great War C.M.G. group of nine awarded to Colonel J. R. Dyas, Hampshire Regiment, later Royal Warwickshire Regiment The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Lieut: J. R. Dyas. 2/Hamps: Regt.); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieutt. J. R. Dyas. 2d. Bn. Hamps: R.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Capt. J. R. Dyas. 1/R. War: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (Major. J. R. Dyas, Rl: Warwick Rgt.) engraved naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (Col. J. R. Dyas.) rank officially corrected; Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (Captain J. R. Dyas, 1st. Bn. The Royal Warwickshire Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, mounted court-style for display, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (9) £1,200-£1,600 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 8 March 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services in connection with the War.’ James Ridgeway Dyas was born on 11 March 1862, the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Dyas, Royal Engineers, and was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 67th Regiment of Foot on 22 January 1881, and served with the Regiment (later the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment) in India from 10 March 1881. He was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1881, and served in the Sudan campaign in 1885, and then with the Burmese Expedition in 1885-86 (Mentioned in Despatches) and again in 1887-89. Promoted Captain on 4 September 1889, he transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and served in the campaign in the Sudan under Sir Herbert Kitchener with the 1st Battalion, and was present at the Battle of Khartoum. He was promoted Major on 1 April 1899, and saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War from February to June 1900. He was appointed Second in Command of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, on 6 April 1902, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 December 1905. Promoted Brevet Colonel on 22 December 1908, he was placed on half pay on completion of his tenure of command of the battalion the following year. Dyas rejoined for the Great War on 21 September 1913, and was appointed to the command of the 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He transferred to the command of the 9th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 6 August 1915, and then to the command of the 36th Training Reserve Battalion on 1 September 1916. He reverted to retired pay on 24 July 1919, and subsequently served as Librarian at the Staff College, Camberley. For his services during the Great War he was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, and received the British War Medal only. He died on 23 January 1933. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, and copied research.
Lot 100
Four: Shipwright H. E. Green, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (H. E. Green, Car: Cr: H.M.S. Thetis); British War and Victory Medals (341787 H. E. Green. Shpt. 1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (341787. H. E. Green, Shpt. 1Cl. H.M.S. Minerva.) mounted for display, good very fine (4) £160-£200 --- Herbert Gdward Green was born at Purbrook, Hampshire, on 21 January 1877, and was a carpenter by trade when he joined the Royal Navy as Carpenter’s Crew on 22 November 1897. He served aboard H.M.S. Thetis from February 1898 to June 1901, including service in South Africa during the Boer War. He advanced to Leading Carpenter’s Crew on 1 December 1901; Shipwright, 14 January 1904; Leading Shipwright, 1 January 1906; Shipwright 2nd Class, 1 December 1912; Shipwright 1st Class, 1 January 1913. He served during the Great War aboard the cruiser Minerva which took part in the Gallipoli campaign in support of the landings at Cape Helles and Suvla Bay, and was afterwards deployed on the China Station in 1916, and then to the Indian Ocean and Red Sea in 1917. Green received his L.S. & G.C. medal aboard Minerva in February 1915 and left the ship on 31 December 1917. He was Shore Demobilised on 18 December 1919. Sold with copied record of service.
Lot 101
Pair: Able Seaman F. J. Ellis, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (F. J. Ellis, A.B., H.M.S. Terpsichore.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (F. J. Ellis, A.B., H.M.S. Terpsichore.) mounted for display, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £500-£700 --- 45 clasps for Jubaland issued to H.M.S. Terpsichore. Francis John Ellis was born at Hythe, Hampshire, on 13 April 1879, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 18 May 1894; Boy 1st Class, 25 April 1895; Ordinary Seaman, 13 April 1897; Able Seaman, 24 October 1899; Leading Seaman, 18 August 1904. He served aboard H.M.S. Terpsichore from 17 February 1901 until 25 April 1904, seeing service in South Africa and in Jubaland. He was invalided out with a tubercle of lung on 4 June 1908. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll entry for Jubaland clasp.
Lot 102
Three: Able Seaman H. W. Pursell, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (H. W. Pursell, A.B. H.M.S. Barrosa); British War and Victory Medals (188513 H. W. Pursell. A.B. R.N.) mounted on card for display, good very fine (3) £160-£200 --- Henry William Pursell was born at St Albans, Hertford, on 2 March 1881, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd class aboard H.M.S. Impregnable on 22 April 1896. Advanced to Boy 1st class in February 1897, he served in Barrosa from September 1898 to August 1899, being advanced to Ordinary Seaman in March 1899, and, following a brief period in Doris in August and September 1899, rejoined Barrosa again on 5 September 1899. He was advanced to Able Seaman on 13 February 1900, and remained in Barrosa until 24 May 1901, being one of 31 recipients of the Queen’s medal with the single clasp for Cape Colony. He was discharged to shore by purchase for the Royal Fleet Reserve on 8 December 1905, which he joined the following day, and was discharged ‘time expired’ on 1 March 1911. He was recalled for service in April 1917 and served aboard Calypso from June 1917 to December 1918, and was finally demobilised on 21 March 1919. Sold with copied record of service.
Lot 104
Pair: Trooper E. E. Squibb, 50th (Hampshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry, later Portsmouth Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (36481 Tpr: E. E. Squibb. 50th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) minor official correction to surname; Coronation 1911, County and Borough Police (P.C. C. Squibb. Portsmouth. 10 Years.) edge bruising to first, nearly very fine and better (2) £140-£180 --- Charles Squibb was born at Blandford, Dorset, in 1879 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Winchester on 12 February 1901, serving with the 50th (Hampshire) Company, 17th Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 24 March 1902 to 29 July 1902. He was discharged on 5 August 1902, and subsequently joined the Portsmouth Police. Note: The recipient’s service papers are signed under the name of 36481 Charles Squibb; the medal roll for the Queen’s South Africa Medal lists him initially as 36481 Squibb, C., with the initial crossed out and replaced by the initials E. E. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.
Lot 105
Pair: Lieutenant S. Sheffield, Imperial Yeomanry, later Hampshire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches and promoted Corporal by the Commander-in-Chief for his gallantry at Retief’s Nek on 29 April 1901, and was subsequently killed in action leading in his company in an attack on the Turkish tenches at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (11386 Cpl. S. Sheffield. 62nd. Coy. 11th Imp: Yeo:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: S. H. Sheffield. Imp: Yeo:); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. S. Sheffield. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. S. Sheffield.) nearly extremely fine (5) £600-£800 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 20 August 1901: Lance-Corporal S. Sheffield, 62nd Company Imperial Yeomanry ‘For gallantry in the attack on Retief’s Nek, Orange River Colony, 29 April 1901. Promoted Corporal by Commander-in-Chief.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 November 1915 (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force). Surtees Sheffield was born in London on 8 June 1878 and was educated at Godolphin School. He ‘was a medical student at Guy’s Hospital, London, but after the outbreak of the South African War he enlisted as a Trooper in the Middlesex Yeomanry early in 1900, and obtained a commission soon after. He served through that campaign, for which he was Mentioned in Despatches, was awarded the Queen’s Medal with three clasps, ands the King’s Medal with two clasps, the latter being personally presented to him by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace in recognition of his gallantry at Retief’s Nek. On the termination of the war he resigned his commission and went to Malaya, where he was engaged in rubber planting when war was declared in August 1914. He returned to England at once and took up his commission, becoming Lieutenant in the 13th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment on 29 January 1915. He went to Gallipoli on 25 May 1915, with a draft for the 2nd Battalion, and as was wounded in July, being sent to hospital in Alexandria. He returned to his regiment on 1 August, and was killed in action five days later, while leading his company in an attack on the Turkish trenches before Achi Baba. For his gallant and distinguished service in the Field he was Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Ian Hamilton.’ (The Roll of Honour refers). Sheffield has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey. Sold with copied research. including a photographic image of the recipient.
Lot 106
Five: Captain E. Lloyd, East African Mounted Rifles, late Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, Orange Free State (33920 Corpl. E. Lloyd. 89th Coy. Imp: Yeo:) last clasp with unofficial rivets, engraved correction to rank; 1914-15 Star (97 Sjt. E. Lloyd, E. Afr. M. Rif.) ‘Maj.’ privately engraved above ‘Sjt.’; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. Lloyd.); Montgomeryshire Tribute Medal, South African Campaign 1901, bronze, unnamed as issued, fitted with small ring suspension, this slack, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine (5) £500-£700 --- Edwin Lloyd was born in the Parish of Bodfari, Denbighshire, and enlisted into the Imperial Yeomanry 18 March 1901, aged 27, giving his occupation as farmer and with previous service in 2nd Volunteer Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He served in South Africa from 7 April 1901 until 27 August 1902, and was discharged on 3 September 1902. He served during the Great War as a Sergeant in the East African Mounted Rifles in East Africa from 8 August 1914. He was promoted to Lieutenant, and later to Captain. He also served afterwards in the East African Labour Corps. Sold with copied research.
Lot 107
Six: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant J. Hollington, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, unofficial rivets between first and second, and between fifth and sixth clasps (27369 Bomb: J. Hollington, A.B. R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, top lugs removed (27369 Bomb: F. Hollington. G. Bty. R.H.A.); 1914 Star (27369 Sjt. J. Hollington. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (27369 B.Q.M. Sjt. J. Hollington. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (RA-27369 B.Q.M. Sjt: J. Hollington. R.H.A.) contact marks and edge bruising to the Boer War pair, therefore these nearly very fine; the rest better (6) £300-£400 --- John Hollington was born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, on 2 June 1878 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Dalston, Middlesex, on 19 April 1898. He served with both ‘A’ and ‘G’ Batteries in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 January 1900 to 2 September 1902, and was promoted Bombardier on 21 October 1901. He was advanced Sergeant on 24 May 1909, and saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 September 1914. Advanced Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 68 of April 1917. In civilian life Hollington was employed by Messrs Yardley & Co. Ltd, Stratford, and was congratulated by the company for ‘the cool and prompt manner in which he dealt with the fire caused by the incendiary bomb which fell through the Packing Shop roof in March 1941’, receiving a gratuity of £2. Sold with the recipient’s original Soldier’s Small Book; a photograph of the recipient on holiday at Yarmouth in 1931; and other research.
Lot 108
Four: Corporal F. J. Thompson, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (12082 [sic] Dvr: F. Thompson. R.H.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (12802 A. Bmbr: T [sic]. Thompson. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (12802 Cpl. F. J. Thompson. R.A.) light pitting from star, otherwise very fine (4) £240-£280 --- Francis Thompson was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, in 1881 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Guernsey on 12 October 1900. He served in South Africa during the Boer War from 10 May to 1 October 1902, ands then in India from 2 October 1902 to 6 December 1907. Recalled for service following the outbreak of the Great War, he was appointed Acting Bombardier on 14 October 1914, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914. Promoted Corporal on 19 August 1915, he transferred to the Labour Corps on 6 July 1917, and was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 21 February 1919. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Lot 109
Pair: Bombardier T. Wainwright, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (81709 Bomb. T. Wainwright, P.B., R.H.A.) rank officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (81709 Bomb: T. Wainwright. R.H.A.) light contact marks, very fine (2) £160-£200 --- Tom Wainwright was born in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, in 1872 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 19 November 1890. He transferred to the Reserve on 19 November 1897, but was recalled to Army Service on 9 October 1899, and served with ‘P’ Battery in South Africa during the Boer War from 28 October 1899 to 6 September 1902. He was appointed Acting Bombardier on 1 August 1900, and was subsequently promoted Bombardier. He was discharged on 18 November 1902, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts (the latter which show his rank on the QSA roll as ‘Acting Bombardier’).
Lot 11
A post-War C.M.G. group of four awarded to Sir Christopher Chancellor, General Manager of Reuters from 1944 to 1959 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Greece, Kingdom, Order of the Phoenix, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, generally good very fine (4) £400-£500 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 4 June 1948: ‘General Manager, Reuters’ Sir Christopher John Chancellor was born on 29 March 1904, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Robert Chancellor, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., G.B.E., D.S.O., and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined Reuters in 1930 and remained with the agency for 29 years. Based in Shanghai from 1931 to 1939 with his young family, he kept the agency's China service operating after the Japanese invasion in 1932. He returned to London during the War, and worked with William Moloney and William Haley in reorganising Reuters' news and business operations, succeeding Sir Roderic Jones as the general manager of Reuters in 1944. The Daily Telegraph credited him for keeping the company running under extremely difficult wartime circumstances, noting that ‘It was largely thanks to Chancellor that Reuters had survived the war intact, despite the loss for several years of the greatest part of its world market.’ By 1951, at the firm's 100th anniversary, Chancellor was credited with tripling the agency's correspondents and revenues. He was additionally knighted in 1951 and received the King Hakkon VII Liberty Cross (1947), Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau (1950), Commander of the Order of Danebrog (1951), Officer of the Legion of Honour (1951), Commander of the Spanish Order of Civil Merit (1952), Commander of the Order of the Phoeneix (1953), Commander of the Order of Vasa (1953) and Commander of the Italian Order of Merit (1959). Following his retirement from Reuters in 1959, Chancellor held various Fleet Street directorships, as well as serving on various charitable committees. His younger son, Alexander Chancellor, was editor of the Spectator form 1975 to 1984, and his grand-daughter is the actress Anna Chancellor. He died in 1989. Sold with original named Coronation Medal transmittal slip, this framed.
Lot 110
Four: Major K. H. Devitt, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Garrison Artillery, later Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (Lieut. K. H. Devitt. Hants & I. of W. R.G.A.) engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Capt. K. H. Devitt. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major K. H. Devitt.) minor edge bruising to first, good very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- Kenneth Hayward Devitt was born in Upper Clapton, Middlesex, in 1882 and served with the Service Company, Duke of Connaught’s Own Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Garrison Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War. He saw further service with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from May 1915. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and medal roll extracts.
Lot 111
Six: Major W. Jones, Cheshire Regiment, late Northumberland Fusiliers and Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was Mentioned in Despatches in both the Boer War and the Great War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State, last clasp attached with unofficial rivets (1705 Col Sej: W. Jones. R: Welsh Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1705 Clr:-Serjt: W. Jones. Rl: Welsh Fus:); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. W. Jones. North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major W. Jones.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1705 Clr. Sjt. W. Jones. Rl. Welsh Fus.) mounted for display, very fine and better (6) £500-£700 --- M.I.D. London Gazette of 10 September 1901. M.I.D. London Gazette 14 June 1918, with Egyptian Expeditionary Force. The Llangollen Gazette of 6 September 1918 records the mention as being for gallantry in Palestine. Walter Jones was born in Wrexham on 12 September 1867. He initially joined the East Yorkshire Regiment on 31 August 1886, but transferred to 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 16 December 1886. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 2 March 1887, and to Corporal on 18 July 1888. He saw steady promotion to Lance Sergeant in August 1891, Sergeant in October of the same year and Colour Sergeant in April 1894, having transferred to the 2nd Battalion in February 1892. He went with the Battalion to South Africa in October 1899, serving there until February 1902, and was Mentioned in Despatches (Q.S.A. roll shows him as attached to Volunteer Battalion.) In February 1902 he was posted to the 3rd Volunteer Battalion as Sergeant & Instructor. In May 1902 he was transferred to the 2nd Volunteer Battalion and served with them until his discharge on 30 August 1904. His Long Service Medal was awarded in April 1905. As an old soldier of 47 he joined up again on 12 September 1914, into the ranks. He was rapidly promoted over 3 days to Sergeant-Major, and was given a commission into the New Armies after serving 131 days. His Medal Index Card shows his theatre of entry into the war as Gallipolli, where he served with the 15th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, being wounded by a bomb in June 1915. He was repatriated home via Alexandria whilst attached to 1/5th East Lancashire Regiment. In November 1915 he was transferred to the 2nd Garrison Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Sold with copied discharge papers and record of service.
Lot 112
Six: Major J. Pragnell, Hampshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (3172 Sejt. J. Pragnell, 2: Hampshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3172 Cr:-Serjt: J. Pragnell. Hampshire Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. J. Pragnell.) rank partially officially corrected on BWM; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3172 C. Sjt: J. Pragnell. Hants: Regt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (3172 C/Sjt. J. Pragnell. R. Hamps.) mounted court-style as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £400-£500 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919 (Mesopotamia). John Pragnell ‘joined the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Artillery at the age of 17, and as a Sergeant in the South African War was present at the Relief of Kimberley. During the Great War he served in the 6th Hampshire Regiment (Territorials) in India and Mesopotamia, and retired in 1930, after 40 years’ service with the Regiment. Since then Major Pragnell has attended regularly the reunion dinners of the War Veterans’ Association.’ (The recipient’s obituary in The Royal Hampshire Regiment Journal, August 1957, refers). Pragnell was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 101 of April 1909, and served during the Great War as Quartermaster of the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia from 16 September 1917. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient in old age.
Lot 113
Pair: Private G. E. R. Dartnell, Hampshire Regiment, later Hampshire Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (300 Pte. C. [sic] Dartnell. Vol: Coy. Hants: Regt.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (157 Pte. G. E. R. Dartnell. Hants: Yeo.) light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (2) £200-£240 --- George E. R. Dartnell was born in Lambeth, London, in 1882 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 11 February 1902. He served with the Volunteer Company in South Africa during the Boer War, from 8 March to 31 July 1902, and was discharged on 30 August 1902. He subsequently enlisted in the Hampshire Yeomanry (Territorial Force), and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 11 of January 1913. Sold with copied record of service and copied medal roll extracts.
Lot 115
Five: Colour Sergeant C. Freeman, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1901, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (6345 Cpl. C. Freeman O.L.I.) renamed; 1914-15 Star (6345 Sjt. C. Freeman. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6345 C. Sjt. C. Freeman. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Charlie Freeman) good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- I.S.M. London Gazette 11 December 1945 ‘Head Postman, Woking’ Charles Freeman served with the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 May 1915.
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