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Pair: Second Lieutenant H. R. Wright, 11th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. H. R. Wright.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2-Lt. H. R. Wright. 3-11 Gkhs.) extremely fine (2) £140-£180 --- Hubert R. Wright was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 10 July 1918.

A scarce ‘Somaliland 1920’ M.I.D. and 1918 ‘Egypt’ M.S.M. pair awarded to Sergeant E. Evans, Royal Air Force, late Imperial Camel Corps and Welsh Regiment Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920, with M.I.D. oak leaves (334212 Sjt. E. Evans. R.A.F.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (51136 Sjt. E. Evans. H.Q. Centre. C.C.) mounted for display, very fine (2) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1918 (Egypt). M.I.D. London Gazette 12 July 1920 (Somaliland). The original recommendation (for promotion to Flight Sergeant) states: ‘This Sergeant has done most excellent work both in general duties and looking after stores. His knowledge of the country and language has proved invaluable, he has frequently been in sole charge of men trekking up country, always bringing them through safely. He is a hard working and very reliable N.C.O.’ Evan Evans was born in Glamorgan, Wales in February 1887. He initially served with the Welsh Regiment (No. 9093), before transferring to the Corps of Hussars and subsequently the Camel Corps. Evans served during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre of war from 5 August 1914 (entitled to trio), and was awarded the M.S.M. for service attached to No. 5 Company, H.Q. Centre Camel Corps. Evans transferred as Sergeant to the Royal Air Force in August 1919. Evans was part of a detachment of officers, N.C.O’s and men detailed for duty with ‘Z’ Unit. The latter (also known as ‘Z’ Force) was to be an independent R.A.F. unit initially operating out of Berbera, under the command of Group Captain R. Gordon. It comprised of 36 officers, and 189 other ranks, inclusive of a hospital medical staff of 4 officers and 25 other ranks. ‘Z’ Unit was equipped with eleven DH9A’s and one DH9 fitted up as an air ambulance. Gordon’s force was to combat the ‘Mad Mullah’ and his Dervishes in Somaliland. It is possible that Evans would have been recommended for the R.A.F. M.S.M. for Somaliland, but for the fact that he already had the Army M.S.M. His card in MOD SL0J is annotated, “has MSM as 51136 Sgt. E. Evans - Imperial Camel Corps.” Sergeant Evans was discharged in April 1920.

Six: Attributed to Trooper J. Perry 5th Royal Tank Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (7880597 Tpr. J. Perry 1 ACC RTC) re-named; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, the last five all privately engraved ‘7880597 Tpr. J. Perry 5 RTR’, the first polished, nearly very fine the others very fine Five: Attributed to Sergeant D. T. Tillson, 131/22 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine (11) £70-£90 --- Joseph Perry is confirmed on the Medal roll for the 1st Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps as having received the India General Service Medal with clasp for North West Frontier 1930-31. Sold with Army Council medal issue slip for five medals and one clasp, Royal Tank Regiment white metal cap badge with King’s Crown with two lugs and red leather backing, original distressed National Registration Identity Card named to Joseph Perry of Wrexham, named Royal British Legion membership cards and several named Royal British Legion membership subscription receipts, several press cuttings relating to El Alamein reunion meetings; and several topographic and regimental fancy dress photographs the majority apparently taken in India. Douglas Thomas Tillson was born on 15 November 1918. He enlisted for the Royal Artillery (Militia) at Southend on 15 July 1939 serving in North Africa and Italy, being released in 1946. His Army Books confirm the award of the five medals and 8th Army clasp. Sold with the recipient’s riband bar for the five medals, and a large quantity of original documentation including, two original Army ‘Brown’ Soldiers Service and Pay Books (Army Book 64) one in relic condition, Membership card for the Southend on Sea Royal Artillery Association, original Certificate of Transfer to Army Reserve, dated 9 May 1946, hospital discharge certificate noting his service with 131/32 H.A.A. Regiment, dated March 1944, original 8th Army propaganda notice in Italian, Allied Military currency Italian 10 Lire note, original Army Record of Service form showing service from 30 October 1939 to 8 May 1946, head and shoulders portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform, cloth overseas embroidered service chevrons, one with four red chevrons and another single, together with other original named documentation and several original unit photographs and photographs in action in North Africa.

Six: Yeoman of Signals, G. V. Topping, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (C/JX. 161983 G. V. Topping. Ldg. Sig. R.N.) a somewhat later issue with official corrections; Korea 1950-53, 2nd issue (C/JX. 161983 G. V. Topping. Yeo. Sigs. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, this a later United States issue, the first four mounted as worn, the Korea pair loose, good very fine (6) £140-£180 --- Sold with a uniform riband block for the first four medals, with silver rosette on the riband of the Atlantic Star, suggesting entitlement to the France and Germany clasp.

A Second War M.B.E., Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of eleven awarded to Major A. Shelton, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; Military Medal, G.V.R. (39929 Sjt: A. C. Shelton. 48/D.A. R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (39929 Sjt. A. Shelton. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (39929 W.O. 11. A. Shelton. R.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (39929 W.O. 2. A. Shelton. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (1026026 W.O. Cl.I. A. Shelton. R.A.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1026026 W.O. Cl.II. A. Shelton. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (39929 B.S. Mjr: A. Shelton. R.H.A.); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1950, with integral top riband bar, mounted court-style for display purposes, light pitting from star to both the MM and BWM, these very fine, the rest better (11) £700-£900 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1941. M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916. M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders.’ Arthur Shelton attested for the Royal Artillery at Glasgow on 16 November 1905, and served during the Great War initially with the 35th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on the Western Front from 6 October 1914. He was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 48th Divisional Artillery, and an ‘Immediate’ Meritorious Service Medal whilst serving as Battery Sergeant Major of the 2nd/1st (Warwick) Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force). Discharged on 11 June 1931, he re-enlisted in the Royal Artillery on 10 May 1939, and was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) on 5 August 1939. He was promoted Captain on 5 August 1945, and Major on 1 May 1947, and relinquished his commission having exceeded the age limit on 5 April 1948, retaining the rank of Major. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1950 (London Gazette 21 April 1950). Sold with copied research.

Three: Able Seaman F. L. G. Ellissen, Royal Navy, a D.E.M.S. Gunner who died at sea on 12 September 1942, when the Cunard White Star liner, S.S. Laconia was torpedoed and sunk by U-156 in shark-infested waters off West Africa, with 1,800 Italian Prisoners of War aboard: on learning of this, the U-Boat commander commenced rescue operations, but his admirable endeavours, and those of other U-Boats that joined the scene, were quickly curtailed by an unfortunate attack delivered by Allied aircraft - and the transmittal of Doenitz’s notorious ‘Laconia Order’ 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issued addressed to Mrs. I. M. M. Ellissen, 6 Cardigan Road, Richmond Hill, Surrey’, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Francis Lyon Gordon Ellissen was born in Richmond, Surrey in 1918. He served in the Royal Navy in the Second World War with service number D/JX 199792, as an Able Seaman and a Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship Gunner. He was killed in action when the S.S. Laconia was sunk by U-156 on 12 September 1942, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. S.S. Laconia The S.S. Laconia was homeward bound from the Cape in September 1942, with some 2,700 people aboard, including 1,800 Italian Prisoners of War under a 160-strong Polish guard, when she was torpedoed by the U-156, commanded by Kapitain Werner Hartenstein, on 12 September 1942, in a position about 500 miles south of Cape Palmas, Liberia and about 360 miles north-east of Ascension Island. Shortly after the liner capsized, the crew of the now surfaced U-Boat were amazed to hear Italian voices yelling amongst the survivors struggling in the water, and on speaking to some of them, Werner Hartenstein immediately began rescue operations, alerting at the same time nearby U-Boats to come to his assistance. Also by radio he contacted his seniors in Germany, asking for instructions and, more courageously, sent out an un-coded message inviting any nearby ships to assist, allied or otherwise, promising not to attack them on the basis his U-Boat, too, was left unmolested. And amazingly, to begin with at least, Berlin replied in the affirmative, although Hitler personally intervened to threaten Admiral Raeder in the event of any U-Boats being lost to enemy action as a result of the rescue operation. Over the next few days, Hartenstein’s ‘rescue package’ achieved commendable results, and by 16 September, U-156 had picked up around 400 survivors, half of which she towed astern in lifeboats, while other enemy U-Boats, the U-506 and the U-507, and the Italian Cappellini, had arrived on the scene and acted with similar compassion. Tragically, on 16 September, an American Liberator bomber, operating out of Ascension Island, attacked the gathered U-Boats, forcing Hartenstein and his fellow captains to cut their tows with the lifeboats and submerge. Mercifully, some Vichy French warships arrived on the scene soon afterwards from Dakar, and in total, including those still aboard the U-Boats, some several hundred men, women and children were saved. But two lifeboats remained undiscovered, their occupants having to endure a living nightmare, adrift without adequate sustenance, under a burning sun, with sharks for company, for several weeks. Following his enforced departure from the scene of rescue on 16 September, Kapitain Hartenstein remained in contact with Berlin, in a vain attempt to complete his worthy task. In the event, he, and his fellow U-Boat commanders, received Doenitz’s infamous ‘Laconia Order’, forbidding any attempt to assist survivors of sunken vessels, a diktat that mercilessly rewrote the conduct of sea warfare (and became one of the charges levelled at the Grand Admiral at Nuremberg). Sold with copied research.

Pair: Attributed to D. E. Ridley, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the riband of the Atlantic Star, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. D. E. Ridley, 28 Gilpin Avenue, East Sheen, London’, and inscribed in ink ‘C/LDX 4775’, good very fine Five: Representing the entitlement of Trooper J. McGrath, 41st Royal Tank Regiment T.A., 3rd Kings Own Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, late Lancashire Fusiliers and Manchester Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, court mounted, unnamed as issued but accompanied by copies of service records, some laminated, and a statement that the medals had belonged to the former owner’s grandfather, good very fine Three: Attributed to Private R. Williams, Devonshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with one large brass and one smaller bi-metal regimental button; a personalised 1936 Christmas Card from Roy Williams; and two photographs of the recipient, very fine Three: Attributed to Private R. D. Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine One: Attributed to Mr. A. T. W. Daniels Defence Medal; unnamed as issued, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in named Home Office card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. A. T. W. Daniels, 51 Navarino Mansions, Dalston Lane, Hackney’, and Home Secretary enclosure slip, very fine South Africa Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued, good very fine (15) £80-£100 --- D. E. Ridley, No. X4775 was an Acting Petty Officer Telegrapher, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and received the Royal Naval Reserve Long Service Medal in October 1945. John McGrath was born on 24 February 1914. He first enlisted into 10th Battalion Manchester Regiment on 12 May 1936, and was transferred to 41st Royal Tank Regiment in September 1939, but was discharged, as he was urgently required for civil employment. He re-enlisted into the Royal Armoured Corps on 24 June 1940, but was posted to 1st/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, until posted to 108th Regiment R.A.C. and then to 142nd Regiment R.A.C. in 1942, serving with that unit in North Africa and Italy. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve in May 1946. His home address in 1940 was at Oldham, Lancs and later at Warwick Rd., Clacton on Sea, Essex. There is no indication in his service papers that he was mentioned in despatches, and the award has not been traced in the London Gazette. Raymond D. Williams served in the B.E.F. with H.Q. 3rd Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. He later served in No. 10 General Hospital, Gibraltar. His home address was at 29 Penbryn Terrace, Penrhiwceiber, Glamorgan. A handwritten note with the lot states that he assisted in the burial of the first British Casualty in the B.E.F., at Luttange, of a Pte. Priddy [sic] of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (Private T. W. Priday, K.S.L.I., died on 9 December 1939, and is buried in Luttange Communal Cemetery, France; he is recognised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as the first British casualty of the Second World War). Sold a with named ‘Toc H’ Pass issued to 7264200 Pte. R. D. Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps dated 9 December 1939; a small personal diary for 1940 issued by the ‘Toc H’ organisation to named to R. D. Williams, H.Q. 3rd Field Ambulance B.E.F. France, containing some faint pencil entries relating to his time in the B.E.F. and being evacuated from Cherbourg on 12/13th June 1940, this distressed with loose pages; a couple of press cuttings in which he is mentioned; and a glossy postcard photo book containing 10 postcard photographs of Gibraltar where he was later stationed

Four: Attributed to Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander R. C. Hewson, Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine Five: Attributed to P. F. St. John, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Admiralty enclosure, very fine (9) £80-£100 --- Ronald Charles Hewson was born at Westcliff on Sea, Essex in 1911. He joined the Royal Navy as a Telegrapher with service number C/WRX688. Having ‘Passed Out’ from H.M.S. King Alfred he was appointed Temporary Sub-Lieutenant on 15 November 1940. In 1942 the Navy List records him as serving in H.M.S. Valkyrie. He was promoted Temporary Lieutenant on 1 September 1942, and by October 1943 is noted as serving in H.M.S. Rodney. In 1945 he is recorded as serving in H.M.S. Collingwood and at the R.N. Radar School and was holding the rank of Acting Temporary Lieutenant-Commander. He was released from Naval Service on 4 January 1946. Sold with the recipient’s Official Royal Navy Identity card in the name of Temp. Sub. Lieut. Ronald Charles Hewson, with photograph, and dated 28 November 1940,; Original parchment Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve Certificate of Service; original ‘Passing Out’ certificate from H.M.S. Royal Alfred having been examined for the rank of Temp. Sub-Lieutenant; original wartime commission certificate as Temp. Lieutenant, dated 29 May 1941; original annual report as to his conduct at the R.N. Signal School, in 1941; various press cuttings; several naval photographs of warships including H.M.S. Rodney at sea and in action shelling the German coastal defences at Alderney; various wartime naval dinner menu cards; several photographs of the recipient in uniform, both alone and in groups; personal travel expenses ledger; and a scruffy ex-library copy of ‘H.M.S. Rodney at War’ by Kenneth Thompson. Peter Francis St. John was born in Plymouth, Devon in 1922. Research notes with the medals indicate that he served in the Royal Navy in the Second World War in H.M.S. Prince of Wales, but 6 months prior to H.M.S. Prince of Wales being sunk by the Bismark he transferred to another ship, possibly H.M.S. Exeter. The research notes also indicate that the recipient played soccer for Torquay United and Totnes Town. He died in Plymouth in 1997. Sold with a hand written note from the previous owner stating that the medals were a gift directly from the family; a family photo album containing several photos of the recipient and other family members, some in uniform; a group photo of four seamen in uniform stated to include the recipient and several loose family photographs; and a South Hams, Plymouth and District runners up hallmarked silver-gilt prize medal 1949-50, in box with hand written inscription to ‘P. F. St. John’ in the lid.

Three: Attributed to Third Officer G. Humphrys, Women’s Royal Naval Service 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; with Admiralty enclosure, in named card box of issued addressed to ‘Miss G. Humphreys, Greenbank, Hastings Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex’; together with a silver A.R.P. lapel badge in red box of issue, with an official receipt slip for the badge issued by Bexhill Borough Council, extremely fine Three: Attributed to Miss B. A. Chance, Auxiliary Territorial Service France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-4r, with Army Council enclosure, in partially named card box of issue, very fine Voluntary Medical Service Medal, silver, with five Additional Award Bars, four with Geneva Cross and one with Kings Crown centre, with V.A.D. top suspension pin bar (Margaret E. Tuttiett.) good very fine (7) £70-£90 --- Miss Georgina Humphrys appears in the October 1945 Navy List as Third Officer Women’s Royal Naval Service, with seniority 12 March 1944. She still appears in the Navy List for 1958 as Third Officer in the Women’s Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Margaret E. Tuttiett of 4 Cranfield Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, appears on the list of British Red Cross Society Volunteers 1914-18, and worked as a full time V.A.D. Assistant Nurse for V.A.D. Detachment Sussex 24, at The Red Cross Hospital at 13-15, Cantelupe Road, Bexhill-on-Sea. She died at Bexhill-on-Sea in 1970.

Three: Attributed to Gunner W. J. Storton, Royal Horse Artillery 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issued addressed to ‘Mr. W. J. Storton, 41 Bunyan Eoad, Southend, Bedford’; together with the recipient’s Medical Card and various photographs of the recipient, good very fine Six: Attributed to Private J. Baker, Royal Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45;, with Army Council enclosure; and official named letter from the R.A.S.C. Records Office dated 30 August 1946, confirming entitlement to the four campaign stars, good very fine (9) £60-£80

Family Group: A Second War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer Class I J. E. Eames, Royal Sussex Regiment, late Hampshire Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War near Amiens on 20 May 1940 - escaping, he was recaptured 24 hours later, and held in captivity for the rest of the War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (24603 Sjt. J. E. Eames. Hamps. R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5485467 W.O. Cl. II J. E. Eames. Hamps. R.) generally very fine and better Coronation 1911, County and Borough Police (P.C. Joseph Eames Winchester City Police) good very fine (7) £600-£800 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 29 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Field.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘Regimental Sergeant Major Eames, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, served with the Battalion from its inception at the outbreak of War. This Warrant Officer was invaluable in helping lay the foundation of general discipline and in training and building up a healthy structure of non-commissioned officers, in spite of the almost complete lack of any real experience amongst those from whom he had to draw. His assistance in training young officers was also of great importance. He set a fine example to all and his deportment and patience at all times went far in guiding the numbers of young recruits onto the right lines. This example was carried out in full, when, on the weekend of 18-20 May 1940 the Battalion, entirely alone in a French Sector (just west of Amiens) was attacked by General Rommel’s Panzer Division. A very great deal is owing to this fine old soldier (who had been a pensioner and was 52 years old at the time) for the manner in which all ranks carried out their orders and held their ground until he and other survivors had not alternative to being taken Prisoner. After being taken Prisoner he escaped with some others on the same evening (20 May 1940), but they were overtaken by Armoured Cars 24 hours later. I recommend that this Warrant Officer be awarded the M.B.E.’ Joseph Edward Eames was born in 1889, the son of Police Constable Joseph Eames, Winchester City Police, and served during the latter stages of the Great War with the Hampshire Regiment. Advanced Company Sergeant Major, he proceed to Guernsey on 19 December 1924 for posting to the Permanent Staff, 1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, and served on the island for a number of years. Returning to his parent unit, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1933. Eames subsequently transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment, and served with the 7th Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War. He was captures and taken Prisoner of War on 21 May 1940 (see M.B.E. Recommendation), and held in captivity for the rest of the War. For his services leading up to his capture he was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He died at Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 10 September 1949. Sold with a postcard photograph of the recipient, and copied research.

Five: Sergeant D. Betts, West Yorkshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1460073 Sjt. D. Betts. W. Yorks.) extremely fine (5) £60-£80

Five: Private F. E. Care, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. F. E. Care, “Lenwade”, Herne Road, Crowborough, Sussex’, very fine Four: Craftsman D. A. Mowbray, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. D. A. Mowbray, 117 Holt Road, Aston, Birmingham’, very fine (9) £70-£90 --- Dennis Alfred Mowbray was born on 6 June 1914 and enlisted at Birmingham on 15 July 1940. He served in the Royal Engineers from July to August 1940, and then in the Royal Artillery up to March 1941, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps up to September 1942 and then finally the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers until his discharge in June 1946. Sold with the recipient’s official R.E.M.E Record of Service sheet; Soldier’s Service and Pay Book (Army Book 64); Original Certificate of Transfer to Army Reserve; Original certificate for having crossed the equator on 27 December 1941; and original Release Certificate with officer’s reference. G. E. Care, a native of Crowborough, Sussex, served with the 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Sold with a 5th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment (Cinque Ports) Regimental prize medal; various cap badges; and a school attendance fob named to a G. Care.

Eight: Major C. F. Broomfield, Royal Hampshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (Major C. F. Broomfield. R. Hamps.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Lieut. C. F. Broomfield. R. Hamps.) minor official correction to surname; Uganda Independence Medal 1962, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine (8) £240-£280 --- Charles Frederick Broomfield was born in Londonderry, Ireland, on 24 May 1911. He attested for the Grenadier Guards and served with them in Africa and Burma, before being commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment as Lieutenant (Quartermaster) on 25 March 1945. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1948, and saw further service in Kenya against the Mau Mau, sometime being attached to the 4th Battalion, King’s African Rifles. He died in Portsmouth in 1990. Sold with copied research.

Three: Attributed to Private B. B. Airey, 11th Battalion, Parachute Regiment, who was killed in action at Arnhem on 21 September 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, in card box of issue, addressed to his mother ‘Mrs. M. Airey, 8 Millfield Avenue, York’, some loss to paper address label and corner split, medals issued by the Infantry and A.A.C. Records Office, no named condolence slip, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Bernard Burwell Airey was born at York on 21 July 1919, the son of Clarence and May Airey. He served during the Second World War as Private No. 4749730, in 7 Platoon, ‘C’ Company, 11th Battalion, Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps, and was killed in action at Arnhem, on 21 September 1944, age 25. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Canadian War Memorial at Groesbeek, Netherlands. In the 1939 Register he is shown as a 19 year old clerk for a sugar manufacturer, residing in his parents household at 8 Millfield Avenue, York.

A scarce ‘1947’ R.V.M. group of six awarded to Warrant Officer, later Flight Lieutenant, D. Morrison, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately impressed ‘WO D Morrison’; Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (W.O. D. Morrison) privately engraved; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (W/O. D. Morrison. (512672) R.A.F.) mounted as originally worn, with six related and mounted miniature awards, generally very fine (6) £400-£500 --- Duncan Morrison was born in September 1911, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in April 1930. He advanced to Warrant Officer in January 1941, and was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal for having served as part of the Royal Tour of South Africa in 1947. There were 5 awards to R.A.F. personnel, some presumably for members of the King’s Flight which had reformed the previous year with Vickers Vickings. The Royal Family had travelled to South Africa by H.M.S. Vanguard, but their transport during the visit was mainly by use of the four Vikings. Morrison was commissioned Flying Officer in the Secretarial Branch in March 1950, and advanced to Flight Lieutenant in September 1953. He retired in December 1958, and died in Greenwich, London in 1986. There are believed to be only a handful of R.V.M.’s awarded to R.A.F. personnel during the reign of King George VI. This is mainly as a consequence of the medal being very rarely issued to military personnel during the Second World War - there were only 13 awarded to the Army, and 3 each to the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force during that conflict. Sold with copied research.

Four: Leading Aircraftman J. Gordon, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure and ticker tape confirming rank and number, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘J. Gordon Esq., c/o Cruickshank, 403 Bilsland Drive, Ruchill, Glasgow, N.W.’; together with the recipient’s riband bar; and a Published Services Guide to Alexandria, Fourth Edition, as issued free to British Forces in North Africa, good very fine Four: Attributed to B. Lane, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1939, with silver star emblem on riband; together with a matching mounted miniature medal group; riband bar for the Croix de Guerre; R.A.F. shoulder embroidered eagle badge; R.A.F. cap badge; and two sets of named card identity tags to B. Lane, with service numbers 1672182 and 10596201, good very fine (8) £100-£140 --- French Croix de Guerre unconfirmed.

A fine ‘Military Division’ M.B.E., M.S.M. combination group of six awarded to Warrant Officer P. A. ‘Paddy’ Jeffers, Royal Air Force, who completed over 40 years continuous service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, South Arabia (D2227774 Act. F. Sgt. P. A. Jeffers R.A.F.); Jubilee 1977; Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R. (WO P A Jeffers (D2227774) RAF); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (2227774 Sgt. P. A. Jeffers. R.A.F.) mounted for display, generally good very fine or better (6) £800-£1,000 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1972. Patrick Anthony Jeffers was born in Crosshaven, County Cork in December 1925. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force as an AC2 in January 1944, and advanced to Sergeant in April 1952. ‘Paddy’ Jeffers served at the Aden Supply Depot, Steamer Point, from November 1965, and subsequently at Muharraq and Sharjah. He advanced to Flight Sergeant in January 1966, and to Warrant Officer in July 1969 (received AOC’s Commendation, 24 June 1960 and 13 June 1964). Jeffers was a much respected Warrant Officer who served continuously until 14 June 1984, being discharged at the age of 58 and having served for 40 years and four months (awarded L.S. & G.C. in January 1962 and the Second Award Bar in December 1977). Jeffers was considered the ‘Father’ of the R.A.F. Catering Trade, and his latter years were spent at the R.A.F. School of Catering, R.A.F. Hereford. He was awarded the M.S.M. in June 1978, and was in the first tranche of awards of the M.S.M. on its re-introduction to the R.A.F. On retirement Jeffers became the Secretary of the Hereford City Conservation Club, and he died in December 2007. Sold with typed details of service originally provided by recipient.

Four: Attributed to Flight Lieutenant (Observer) H. D. Richards, Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Harry Dennis Richards served as Leading Aircraftman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve with service No. 1395098. He was commissioned Pilot Officer, on probation, on 19 March 1943, and was further promoted to be War Substantive Flying Officer on 19 September 1943, and to War Substantive Flight Lieutenant on 19 March 1945. Harry Dennis Richards married Maud Reynolds at Islington in January 1945. Sold with original R.A.F. medal riband entitlement slip named to 151667 F/O H. D. Richards, confirming entitlement to wear the ribands of the 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star and Defence Medal signed by Group Captain D. Ross Shore, of Fighter Command, R.A.F. Bentwater; single Flying Officer’s uniform epaulette; two original officer portrait photographs in uniform and several smaller photographs in other ranks uniform wearing observer’s brevet half wings; another in civilian dress; R.A.F. group photograph with Airspeed Oxford training aircraft, in distressed condition; the lot accompanied by his wife’s Royal Air Force Service and Release book named to Leading Aircraft Woman M. Richards, No. 472257, who had served as a teleprinter operator and telephonist; her R.A.F. notebook; several other photographs and a related family ration book.

Three: Attributed to Pilot Officer R. A. G. Cranefield, 630 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action on 12 September 1944, when his Lancaster failed to return from a from a bombing mission to Darmstadt, Germany 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, in card box of issue addressed to ‘A. W. Cranefield, Esq., The Nook, Woodlands Avenue, Eastcote, Ruislip, Middlesex’, nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Robert Arthur Godwin Cranefield, the son of Arthur William and Doris Edith Cranefield, of Eastcote, Middlesex, and was educated at Harrow County School of Boys. He joined 630 Squadron at Kirkby, Lincolnshire in July 1944, as a Flight Engineer, and flew bombing missions with his squadron from August 1944, including two daylight bombing attacks on Tossy St. Maximin, and other raids over occupied France to Bois de Cassan, Secqueville, an enemy fuel depot at Chatelleault, Bordeaux, Quesnay Wood, and L’Isle Adam. He was killed in action when his Lancaster Mk. 1, No. PB.283 failed to return from a raid on Darmstadt, Germany, on 12 September 1944, having crashed at Schmidthachenbach, and is buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany. Sold with copied research.

Three: Aircraftman Second Class H. G. Edwards, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his role in the extinguishing of a fire in an ammunition convoy at 21 O.T.U., Moreton in Marsh, in May 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘H. G. Edwards Esq. “St. David’s” Merthyr Road, Llwydcoed, Aberdare, Glamorgan’, good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1945. Bomber Command Command Routine Orders A.84 from Air Chief Marshal Sir A. T. Harris, K.C.B., O.B.E., A.F.C., states: ‘At 22.55 hours on the night of 15 May 1944, a large lorry which formed part of an American ammunition convoy caught fire and was halted on the Chipping Norton / Moreton-in-Marsh road immediately opposite the Officers’ Mess of No. 21 O.T.U. This lorry and other lorries in this convoy were loaded to capacity with shells which were live and fuzed. The Fire Tender proceeded immediately to the fire, reaching it within the space of about a minute and a half. On arrival the lorry was found to be on fire from front to rear and the flames were enveloping the whole of the load of shells which were enclosed in the usual wooden crates. At great personal risk to themselves and with full knowledge of this danger and of the risk to personnel and Air Force property that would ensue on the explosion of any of this ammunition, the Fire Piquet proceeded to use both “Froth” to damp down the flames and water to cool the burning load of shells, and eventually put the fire out in the space of from 9 to 10 minutes... The prompt action of the Fire Section was not only instrumental in possibly saving a number of lives, but also in the saving of R.A.F. property which undoubtedly would have been destroyed had an explosion occurred. The action taken by all concerned is highly commended.’ Hugh Gore Edwards enlisted into the Royal Air Force on 25 May 1942, and served until his release to Class A Reserve on 12 April 1946. He died on 24 January 1975, at Aberdare. Sold with the recipient’s original Mention in Despatches Certificate named to ‘Aircraftman 2nd Class H. J. [sic] Edwards, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve’; original transmittal envelope for the M.I.D. Certificate, named to ‘1417977 Aircraftman 2nd Class, Edwards H. J.’; original copy of H.Q. Bomber Command Routine Orders A.84, dated 27 May 1944, referring to the incident when the fire crew from No. 21 O.C.T.U., including the recipient, gallantly extinguished a fire in an ammunition convoy at Chipping Norton / Moreton in Marsh, on the night of 15 May 1944; original copy of letter from H.Q. Bomber Command to the recipient enclosing a personal copy of the Bomber Command R.O. A.84, referring to the incident and stating it to be from the Commander in Chief, Bomber command and ‘a record of his appreciation for their fortitude, courage and perseverance’; original Royal Air Force Service and Release Book, R.A.F. (Form 2520A, Airman), named to L.A.C. 1417977 Edwards, H.G.; and an original ‘The Aeroplane’ Aircraft Identification booklet ‘How to tell friend from foe’, London December 1939, inscribed in ink with the recipient’s name, containing numerous photographs and silhouettes of of Allied and Axis aircraft.

Pair: Craftsman P. G. Pollard, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14845871 Cfn P G Pollard REME) the GSM a somewhat later issue, extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Sold with a bi-metal R.E.M.E. beret badge and a leather embossed photograph album containing over 140 photographs, with numerous photographs of famous places in the Middle East and Palestine, including sites at Jerusalem, Jaffa, Nazareth, Cairo and the Suez Canal; and numerous photographs of the recipient and his R.E.M.E. ‘Advanced Workshop Detachment’ colleagues and vehicles.

A Second War ‘Pacific Operations’ D.S.C. group of seven awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander A. C. K. Yates, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: decorated for his gallantry and skill in ministering to the wounded of the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Indefatigable during Japanese “kamikaze” attacks in 1945, he went on to win the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Marine Medal while serving as Ship’s Surgeon in the R.M.S. Queen Mary in 1955 - one newspaper declaring the latter incident to be ‘one of the most daring rescues ever carried out by a giant liner’s crew’ Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45; Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Marine Medal, bronze (To Arthur K. Yates for Gallant Service, 30/1/55), mounted as worn, good very fine or better (7) £3,600-£4,400 --- D.S.C. London Gazette 23 October 1945: ‘For gallantry, skill and great devotion to duty during operations performed in collaboration with the United States Pacific Fleet in the capture of Okinawa and the Nansei Shoto area, over the period 26 March to 20 April 1945.’ Arthur Charles Kingsgate Yates qualified in medicine at Sydney University in 1922, and served as an Honorary Assistant Gynaecologist at the Royal South Sydney Hospital before coming to the U.K. in 1925, where he was appointed a F.R.C.S. (Edinburgh). Later on, however, he journeyed South to take up an appointment as a Clinical Assistant at the Great Ormonde Street Hospital for Sick Children in London. The War Years Joining the “Wavy Navy” as a Surgeon Lieutenant in November 1939, Yates was serving as a Temporary Acting Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander in the cruiser H.M.S. Hermione by March 1941, in time, therefore, for her part in the Bismarck episode later that year and, indeed, for the action in which she rammed and sank the Italian submarine Tambien off Tunis that August. In fact, as a component of “Force H”, the Hermione went on to see extensive action in the Mediterranean right up until her loss on 16 June 1942, when she was torpedoed north of Sollum by the U-202 - she went down stern first with eight officers and 79 ratings out of her complement of about 450 men. It is probable that Yates was present on the same occasion, for he is still listed as her Surgeon in the Navy List of February 1942. Having then returned to the U.K., where he enjoyed a long posting ashore at President, Yates joined the aircraft carrier Indefatigable. And by early 1945, her F.A.A. aircraft were hotly engaged against assorted Japanese targets in “Operation Iceberg”, when she lent support to the U.S. landings at Okinawa. It was at the commencement of the latter operation, on 1 April 1945, that Indefatigable became the first British victim of a kamikaze aircraft, being hit on the flight deck above her “island” superstructure, the detonation of the Zero’s 500lb. bomb wrecking both flight deck barriers and the briefing room. Moreover, in so far as Yates was concerned, it also wrecked the flight deck sick bay - eight men were killed instantly, and the final casualty total was four officers and ten ratings killed, and 16 wounded. Nor were these the only casualties with which Yates had to contend, F.A.A. aircrew sometimes returning wounded from operations. A case in point would be Sub. Lieutenant D. M. James, R.N.V.R., an Avenger pilot, who was seriously wounded in the thigh by 13mm. shellfire on 17 May 1945 - he carried out an emergency landing on Indefatigable’s flight deck and was taken below to Yates but sadly died of his wounds later that day. Following repairs at Sydney, the Indefatigable returned to an operational footing, and her aircraft were in action right up until 15 August 1945, on which date they fought the last air-to-air combat of the War. Throughout this period she remained under threat from further kamikaze attacks. Most probably, however, the catalyst behind the award of Yates’ D.S.C. dated back to Indefatigable’s first painful experience of “The Divine Wind” on 1 April 1945. High drama in the North Atlantic As evidenced by Yates’ subsequent award of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Marine Medal, his post-war career also took him to sea, and his part in the rescue of two injured seamen from the S.S. Liberator in the North Atlantic on 30 January 1955, was certainly one of high drama - all the more remarkable then that the Queen Mary’s captain later reported that his surgeon ‘looked as fresh and smiling as if he was just going in to bat for his home team in Sydney, Australia’. The Society’s records state: ‘At 15.40 hours on 29 January 1955, the Queen Mary received a radio message from the S.S. Liberator asking for medical aid for two members of crew who were seriously injured. A reply was dispatched immediately informing the Master that the Queen Mary would proceed towards Liberator. A rendezvous was made and the Liberator was reached at 0.30 hours on 30 January. At 2.01 hours the Queen Mary lowered No. 1 sea boat in charge of Mr. L. K. Goodier, Senior 1st Officer, which took across the Ship’s Surgeon, Dr. A. C. K. Yates, and the ship’s Second Dispenser Mr. A. J. Chapman. The Liberator’s gunwale was about 30 feet from the water line and she was rolling heavily. With the ship’s roll and the high sea the boat, when alongside the Liberator was rising and falling approximately 25 feet up and down the ship’s side, against which it was being thrown heavily. When the boat first arrived there was a ladder over the Liberator’s lee side, but so far aft that the boat could not approach it owing to the danger of getting water under the counter, or of going on to the propeller which was half above water. The ladder was eventually moved to amidships, but because of the language difficulties it was decided to put a seaman on board to assist the surgeon and to convey the 1st Officer’s requirements as to boat ropes and lowering lines. Able Seaman Marrington jumped on to the ladder when the boat was on top of a sea - the next sea brought the boat higher up the ship’s side and but for his agility he would have been crushed between the ship and boat. When Marrington got on board he had a line lowered for the Surgeon and Dispenser, who were hoisted up clear of the boat and on to the ladder. From the time the boat left the Queen Mary the wind and sea had been increasing in force to a fresh gale, high sea and heavy confused swell with fierce rain squalls. After getting the Surgeon and Dispenser on board the 1st Officer considered it was too dangerous to lie alongside, or in the lee of the Liberator while the surgeon was examining the injured men, so he returned to lie in the lee of the Queen Mary.’ At this juncture, it was decided to hoist the No. 1 sea boat back aboard the Queen Mary, the latter’s captain remaining convinced that the prevailing conditions would make it near impossible to return to collect Yates and colleagues. He was, therefore, very surprised to receive a radio message reporting that he did indeed intend to return to the Queen Mary with the two injured men. The Society’s records continue: ‘At 3.33 the boat was again lowered and sent away with a different volunteer crew in charge of Mr. P. A. Read, Chief Officer, and reached the Liberator at 03.48 hours. They then took aboard Dr. Yates, the Dispenser and the seamen from the Queen Mary and the two injured seamen from the Liberator and returned to the Queen Mary at 04.27 hours. The second boat’s crew experien...

Waterloo 1815 (Captain Boldero, 3rd Batt. Grenad. Guards.) fitted with original steel clip and bar suspension, clip a little loose, otherwise light contact marks, very fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Lonsdale Boldero was born on 8 September 1793, and was commissioned Ensign in the Grenadier Guards on 15 December 1809; Lieutenant, 29 December 1813; Captain, 20 October 1814; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, 22 July 1830; Colonel, 15 April 1845. Boldero served in the Peninsula with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards from December 1810 to May 1811, and with the 1st Battalion from September 1812 to October 1813. He was present at Cadiz in 1810 and at the battle of Barrosa in 1811, in the Peninsular in 1812 and 1813, in Holland in 1814, and the campaign of 1815, in which he served as Adjutant of the 3rd Battalion at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and at the taking of Peronne. He received the War medal with one clasp for Barrosa. He was the younger brother of Henry Boldero who was also present at Waterloo as a Lieutenant in the 14th Foot. Colonel Boldero died at Lower Beeding, West Sussex, on 20 January 1863.

An outstanding Great War ‘Haussy, 16 October 1918’ M.C., ‘Battle of St Quentin’ D.C.M., and Second War M.I.D. group of twelve awarded to Captain G. F. Hyde, Royal Pioneer Corps, late 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, and Essex Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4009 C.S. Mjr: - A.R.S. Mjr: - G. F. Hyde. 9/E. Surr: R.); 1914-15 Star (4009 Cpl. G. F. Hyde. E. Surr: R.); British War and Victory Medals (4009 T.W.O. Cl. 1. G. F. Hyde. E. Surr. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (5998774 W.O. Cl. 2 G. F. Hyde. M.C. D.C.M. Essex. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5998774 W.O. Cl. II. G. Hyde. (M.C., D.C.M.) Essex. R.) mounted court-style as worn, the 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal sometime gilded, the Great War awards with contact marks and polished, good fine, otherwise very fine and better (12) £3,400-£4,000 --- M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919: ‘No. 4009 C.S.M. (A./R.S.M.) G. F. Hyde, D.C.M., 9th Bn. E. Surr. R.’ - Awarded for the action at Haussy on 16 October 1918 (Regimental History refers). One of eight awards of the M.C. to Warrant Officers in the East Surrey Regiment, Hyde being the only recipient with a D.C.M. D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1918: ‘4009 C.S.M. (A./R.S.M.) G. F. Hyde, E. Surr. R. (Baldock).’ ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an enemy attack. Under intense shell and machine-gun fire he seized a Lewis gun, and by pouring fire into the enemy did much to check the advance. He set a very fine example of courage and energy.’ Awarded for the battle of St Quentin, 21/22 March 1918 (Regimental History refers.) M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean theatre - Capt. (Qr. Mr.) G. F. Hyde, M.C.’ M.S.M. Army Order 98 of 1953, without annuity. George Frederick Hyde was a native of Baldock, Hertfordshire, who joined up in September 1914 and proceeded to France with the 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment on 5 October 1915. He was awarded the D.C.M. for gallantry during the Battle of St Quentin, 21/22 March 1918, the first battle of the German spring offensives. The Regimental History takes up the story of the action at Falvy on the morning of the 22nd March: ‘At 10:30 the German infantry advanced, but on reaching our wire a rapid and accurate rifle and Lewis-gun fire was opened, and in a few minutes every one of the enemy who could be seen was lying dead or wounded on the ground. An hour later a similar attack was met with the same fate. All ranks of the Battalion were in high spirits, feeling implicit confidence in themselves and their arms. About 12.30 p.m. the enemy made a third and desperate attack, bringing several machine-guns to bear on the left flank of the Battalion. A portion of the line was driven in, but the situation was quickly restored with the help of a few Headquarters’ details under the command of Major Clark. The ground in front of the wires was now thickly strewn with dead and dying Germans, many bodies hanging on the barbed wire. Soon after the third repulse of the enemy the Battalion was ordered to retire, in consequence of German advances at other points of the line... The Distinguished Conduct Medal was conferred on Company Sergt.-Major, afterwards Acting Regtl. Sergt.-Major, G. Hyde and Cpl. W. Halliwell for conspicuous gallantry on the 21st and 22nd March.’ Although Sergeant-Major Hyde’s award of the Military Cross was gazetted in the New Year’s Honours List of 1919, the Regimental History makes it quite clear that it was one of five awards of the M.C. given to to regiment ‘For the action at Haussy on October 16, 1918.’ The following extracts are taken from the Regimental War Diary, largely repeated in the Regimental History, and describe the bitter fighting that resulted in the capture of the village of Haussey: ‘Haussy. 16.10.18. During the early hours of the morning the 3 Coys marched down in small parties & gradually got across the river to their forming up spot. By Zero the 3 Coys were across. The scheme was for “B” & “D” Coys to push forward rapidly under the creeping barrage, take their objectives - & in the meantime “C” Coy would mop up the village. The objective was a sunken road running along the bridge just outside the village. Some stiff fighting was experienced. The enemy had defended all the roads with barricades & there were numerous walls & “netting” fences to be crossed. The men fought splendidly & with very few casualties our objective had been gained by approximately 7.0 am. Two of our officers were killed (2/Lt Taylor & 2/Lt Goddard) & 17 men; also several were wounded. “C” Coy carried on with the mopping up & by noon 285 prisoners had been counted at Battn. H.Q. Amongst them were 9 officers - one of whom was a Medical officer. Several machine guns were taken & turned against the enemy - also 2 anti-tank rifles, 2 Minenwerfers - together with their carriages. Numbers of the enemy were killed - 80 at a rough inside estimate. Civilians were discovered taking refuge in various cellars - & it was proposed to try to evacuate them later on in the evening. About noon 2 platoons of “A” Coy arrived at Battn. H.Q. While reporting there 2/Lt Keep was killed by a shell which blew down half the house. At about this time the enemy started to shell the whole area very heavily. At about 2 pm some men of another Regt were seen doubling down the street by Batt. H.Q. saying that the enemy had broken through on our right flank. This flank should have been held by a Platoon of the Coldstream Guards, joining us up with the Guards Division on our right. Firing was heard in the village. Every available officer & man stood to & manned the walls &c. along the bank of the river & a Lewis Gun team posted to cover our bridgehead. The enemy continued to send over a terrific barrage - & presently numbers of the enemy were seen opposite. Fire was opened on them & casualties inflicted. These men appeared to be fresh reinforcements as they were all dressed in entirely new uniforms & looked like picked “Storm troops”. Later on some officers & men of “B”, “C”, “D” & “A” Coys came in - all pretty wet, they having had to wade & swim across the river lower down. What had happened was that by the right flank having been turned they suddenly discovered the enemy right between them & the river. Heavy M.G. fire & rifle fire had been on them & compelled them either to take their chances & try to reach our bank of the river & although losing a large number some succeeded in getting through to us. Murderous frontal & flank M.G. fire was opened on to them as they tried to cross the river. Number of our men were killed & several drowned in the river. The Trench Mortar officer (2/Lt Nielson) is amongst the missing. This officer had done exceedingly good work earlier in the morning with his Stokes Guns in ‘outing’ enemy machine gun nests. We succeeded in preventing the enemy from crossing the river - & during the night the remainder of the Battn. (unfortunately only about one quarter of our original fighting strength) was relieved by the 7th Bn. Northamptonshire Regt. from the 73rd Inf. Bde. The Batt. returned to its billets at St Aubert about 6 am in the morning of 17/10/18.’ Warrant Officer Hyde served with 9/East Surrey Regi...

Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, bronze, unmounted, small scratch to obverse field, edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £80-£100

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Inkermann (W. Fitzjohn. Driver. Rl. H. Arty.) officially impressed naming, minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £180-£220 --- Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No. 1613. Charles Davies. 23. R.W.F.) Regimentally impressed naming, light contact marks, very fine £260-£300 --- Charles Davies attested for the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers and served with them in the Crimea, and in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny (slightly wounded, Medal and clasp for Lucknow). He died in India on 7 June 1858. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (2082 Driver James Baddely. 1/C R.H.A.) minor edge nicks, good very fine £180-£220 --- James Baddely died on 20 June 1878. Sold with copied medal roll extract.

The Indian Mutiny medal awarded to Able Seaman James French, who served with Shannon’s Naval Brigade and was severely wounded at Khujwa November 1857 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Jas. French, A.B. Shannon.) small bruise to obverse rim and other minor edge bruises, otherwise better than very fine £800-£1,000 --- Approximately 66 no-clasp medals issued to the Shannon. James French was born on 9 July 1833, and was baptised on 25 August following at Gillingham, Kent, the illegitimate son of Elizabeth (Betsy) French. He joined H.M.S. Poictiers, a depot ship moored at Chatham, as a Boy 2nd Class on 17 November 1847, aged 14. He was transferred to H.M.S. Kingfisher on 28 June 1848; advanced to Boy 1st Class, 2 August 1850; transferred to H.M.S. Imaum, 9 March 1851; and advanced to Ordinary Seaman on 19 June 1853. He commenced his enlistment with the Continuous Service Number 353 on 1 July 1853, aged 20, and joined H.M.S. Boscawen heading to join the French fleet in the Baltic Sea at Baro Sound on 1 November 1854. He transferred at sea to S.S. Malacca on 12 July 1856, for passage back to England to join H.M.S. Shannon as an Able Seaman on 30 September 1856, the ship in the process of being fitted for a voyage to China. On the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny, Shannon was diverted from Hong Kong via Singapore to Calcutta and James French took part in the Naval Brigade’s first action at Khujwa on 1 November 1857, when a strong force of mutineers was signally defeated. He was severely wounded in this action by a gunshot wound, the ball passing directly through the front of the ankle joint. In this action, from a strength of 103 officers, men and marines the Naval Brigade had 3 ratings mortally wounded, and three officers and eleven ratings wounded. Her Majesty’s 53rd Regiment suffered badly in this action with 12 killed, including their commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel T. S. Powell, C.B. James French consequently received treatment at Futtehpore on 2 November 1857, before being invalided to Calcutta. Shannon returned to England on 7 May 1858, and French became a temporary out-pensioner of Greenwich Hospital. He came before the Navy Pensions board on 10 March 1859 and was awarded an annual pension of 16 Guineas for a period of 2 years. He returned to duty on H.M.S. Castor, 6 February 1860, a training ship for the Royal Navy Reserve. The 1861 census shows him living in a local hostelry in North Shields working on Castor. The last entry on his service record shows he signed off from Castor on 1 February 1861. He had served just 5 years 258 days. He afterwards found employment as a Ropemaker, late of Rose Lane, Twig Folly, Bethnal Green, but died on 21 May 1866, aged 33. He was buried 6 days later at Gillingham, Kent, the town of his birth. Note: When sold as part of the Tamplin Collection in March 2002, it was stated that James French served on Valorous during the Crimean campaign and was entitled to the Crimea medal with clasp for Sebastopol. His Description books and service record show this to be incorrect as the French on the Valorous was called Charles and was a Boy 1/C. James French actually transferred at sea 12 July 1856 to the Malacca from H.M.S. Boscowan for passage to England to join Shannon, as stated above. (ADM/38 confirms). Sold with a comprehensive file of research.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (J. Rowe, 2nd. Bn. Rifle Bde.) contact marks, very fine £300-£400 --- Joseph Rowe was born in Islington, Middlesex, on 22 January 1830 and attested for the Rifle Brigade on 22 January 1847. He served as an Acting Corporal with the 2nd Battalion in the Crimea, and on 22 April 1855 was part of a party of six men who, on their own initiative, attacked a fortified Russian position. The Russians had established themselves in rifle pits and were impeding the work of a new British battery: No orders had been given to deal with this position but action was badly needed. Corporal Winchcombe decided to take matters into his own hands and gathered together an acting Corporal and five riflemen from various companied who were on duty with the piquet, comprised of Acting Corporal Joseph Rowe, and Riflemen Arnitt, Bradshaw, Humpston, MacGregor and Perkins. The group crept close enough to the Russian position to charge it. As soon as they crossed the open, they received galling fire from the enemy riflemen. The men’s determination carried them on and they soon reached the rifle pit. Winchcombe was the first to reach it and set about attacking the Russians at the stone wall of the breastwork. This enabled Bradshaw, Humpston and MacGregor who had now reached him to enter the rifle pit. The Russians who were too slow to make their escape were killed by these three Riflemen. Acting Corporal Rowe and Riflemen Perkins were slightly wounded and Rifleman Humpston received a slight wound whilst fighting in the pit. Captain Foreman witnessed the action and recommended Winchcombe, Bradshaw, Humpston and MacGregor for the Distinguished Conduct Medal. However the Commander in Chief Lord Raglan refused this on the grounds ‘that the men had acted on their own initiative and without orders from a higher authority'. On returning to England Bradshaw, Humpston, and McGregor were awarded the Victoria Cross. Rowe was severely wounded during the V.C. action, and having reverted to Private deserted on 20 May 1857. Re-joining on 4 November 1857, he saw further service in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny. He was discharged at Calcutta on 3 February 1863, after 14 years and 150 days’ man’s service. Sold with copied record of service; medal roll extracts; and other research.

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (Corpl. A. Dyasson. Northn. Bord: Horse.) virtually Mint state, rare to unit £500-£700 --- A. Dyasson (also recorded as Dyason) appears on the most recent published transcript of the medal roll as having served with the Jansenville Yeomanry, one of only 6 Officers and men of the unit to receive the medal, and the only man to receive it with the clasp 1877-8-9. He does not appear on the roll for the Northern Border Horse (15 medals awarded to this unit), although in common with a lot of the men who served with the smaller Colonial units it is likely that he served with both the Jansenville Yeomanry and the Northern Border Horse.

A Great War ‘Salonika’ M.C group of five awarded to Captain J. R. Green, Hampshire Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. R. Green. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. R. Green.); France, Thrd Republic, Medal of Honour, with Swords, gold (silver-gilt), unnamed, good very fine and better (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.C. London Gazette 11 January 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry during an attack. He commanded his company with great skill and determination. After the capture of all his objectives he organised his command under exceptionally heavy artillery fire, and throughout the action displayed a very high standard of command and set a fine example of courage and devotion to duty. When the enemy endeavoured to counter-attack he drove them back’ French Medal of Honour with Swords in Gold London Gazette 17 March 1920. John Russell Green was born on 10 August 1891 and following the outbreak of the Great War attested for the Welsh Field Company, Royal Engineers (Reserve) on 19 October 1914. He was discharged to a commission in the Hampshire Regiment and served with the 10th Battalion in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 4 October 1915. Advanced Captain, he saw further service in Salonika, and was awarded the Military Cross. He died on 15 January 1953. Sold with the named Bestowal Document for the French Medal of Honour with Swords in Gold, with War Office enclosure; named War Office enclosure for the Military Cross; various portrait photographs of the recipient; and copied research.

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (1555 Drumr. W. McMillan, 2/11th Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine £100-£140 --- William McMillan was born in Cumbernauld, Dumbartonshire. A Quarryman by occupation, he attested for the 52nd Regiment at Glasgow on 16 August 1860, aged 19 years. Transferred to the 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment in July 1861, he was appointed a Drummer in February 1869. He served overseas at the Cape of Good Hope for 7 years, nine months; in China, for 1 year, one month, in India for 3 years, one month, and in Afghanistan for five months. For his services he was awarded the Afghanistan Medal without clasp and three Good Conduct Badges. McMillan was discharged on 12 July 1881, being found unfit for further service. Sold with copied discharge papers.

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (64166 Gunr. J. Chapman. A. By. R.H.A.) mounted for display alongside the riband of the Queen’s South Africa Medal, toned, nearly extremely fine £140-£180 --- J. Chapman attested for the Royal Horse Artillery and served with ‘A’ Battery on the Punjab Frontier (one of only 22 two-clasp medals awarded to the Battery), and with ‘O’ Battery in South Africa during the Boer War. He drowned in the Umsindust River on 8 May 1900 (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with Natal clasp). Sold with a clasp ‘Frontier-1897-8’ of the type commonly encountered on Temperance Medals; and copied medal roll extracts and other research.

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (6749 Br. Cr. Mr. O. Waters, 57th Fd. By. R.A.) minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine £160-£200 --- Owen Waters was born in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. A Shoemaker by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Preston on 6 June 1888, aged 19 years, 2 months. Serving initially as a Gunner, he was promoted to Bombardier Collar-Maker in October 1891. With the R.A. he served in India from 21 October 1896 and was awarded the India Medal with two clasps. He re-engaged in July 1900 in order to complete 21 years with the Colours but died of Enteric Fever at Rawalpindi on 31 May 1902.

Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (Pte. O. Hill. Gren. Gds.) naming impressed in small capitals as usual, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £80-£100 --- Sold with copied medal roll extracts confirming his entitlement to the Khartoum Clasp, and a Queen’s Sudan Medal, as 6493 Private O. Hill, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. He is also entitled to a Boer War pair, as a Sergeant, serving under the service no. 6749.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (7281 Corpl: A. Porter. Midd’x Regt.) minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- A. Porter was additionally entitled to the clasp ‘South Africa 1901’. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Belfast (43649 Gnr: W. Keogh J.B. R.H.A.) light scratches to obverse field, otherwise good very fine £100-£140 --- Sold with copied medal roll extract.

A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant W. A. Wood, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, attached York and Lancaster Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. A. Wood.) very fine (3) £500-£700 --- M.C. London Gazette 15 February 1919; citation published 30 July 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and leadership. On 21 and 22 September 1918, near Gavrelle, north of Arras, during a night attack, this officer's platoon was the only one which managed to reach and keep its objective. They maintained their position for some time, but, seeing that the enemy were working round them and that they were in danger of being surrounded, he succeeded, in spite of heavy machine-gun fire, in withdrawing his men to a more favourable position about 150 yards in the rear, in which he maintained himself, although very much in advance of the remainder of the line. By so doing he- made possible a subsequent operation which was successful. He has previously done fine work on patrol.’ William Alfred Wood attested or the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and served with them as Company Quartermaster Sergeant during the Great War on he Western Front from 31 July 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, and was awarded the Military Cross whilst serving on attachment to the 1st/5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Sold with copied medal index card which states that at some point the recipient’s medals were returned and re-issued. The medals index card is also unclear as to whether the British War and Victory Medal pair should show the rank 2nd Lieutenant or Lieutenant, and this is possibly the reason whey the medals were re-issued. Two other officers with the name W. A. Wood also served with this rank during the Great War.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (53391 Gnr: H. Scutts. Q,B, R.H.A.) cleaned, very fine £140-£180 --- Harry Scutts was born in Gloucestershire in 1867 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at London on 8 February 1886. He transferred to the Reserve on 8 February 1893, but was recalled foe service on 20 December 1899, and served with ‘Q’ Battery in South Africa during the Boer War from 26 April 1900 to 6 January 1902,. He was finally discharged on 12 April 1902. Sold with the recipient’s original Parchment Certificate of Character; Parchment Certificate of Discharge; and Parchment Certificate of Character on Discharge; and copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3596 Pte. J. Bishop, 1: Leic: Regt.) light contact marks, very fine £260-£300 --- John Bishop was born in Leicester in January 1874 ands attested for the Leicestershire Regiment on 2 November 1892, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 17 December 1895 to 9 September 1902, including the entirety of the Boer War. He transferred to the Reserve on 20 March 1903, and was discharged on 1 November 1904, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1402 Pte. E.Pleass, Impl: Lt. Infy.) worn, therefore fine £100-£140 --- Edward Pleass was born at Gosport, Hampshire, on 23 March 1868 and attested for the Royal Artillery on 10 May 1890. Discharged on 28 July 1892, he subsequently enlisted in the British South Africa Police and served in Rhodesia in 1896 (Medal). He saw further service during the Boer War the Imperial Light Infantry, being discharged on 22 October 1901 at Pietermaritzburg, and subsequently with Steinaecker’s Horse from November 1901 to February 1903. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (4779 Tpr: G. W. Suter. 50th. Coy. 17th. Impl: Yeo:) good very fine £400-£500 --- George William Suter was born in Gosport, Hampshire, in 1877 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Winchester on 14 February 1900, having previously served in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. He served with the 50th (Hampshire) Company, 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 7 April 1900 to 9 June 1901, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Boshof on 16 January 1901: ‘The column was subjected to a fierce attack from the enemy, who were strongly posted on a long range of kopjes which commanded the road. The fight continued for over three hours before the enemy were dislodged from their position by a frontal advance on foot of the Hampshires and other troops, and at 2 p.m. the Boer position was in our hands. During the engagement the 50th had no casualties except five horses shot in the early part of the fight, and one man, Trooper Suter, being made prisoner. Suter was carried to the ruins of the Viljoens Kloof (which had been burned by the Squadron upon their former visit), and told he would be shot in the morning; but during the night he effected his escape and rejoined his comrades in Boshof.’ (Rhodesia - and after, by Sharrad H. Gilbert refers). Suter was discharged on 15 June 1901, after 1 year and 122 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extracts, and other research.

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 (290 Pte. W. White. Hampshire Regt.) minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- William Harry White was born at Corfe Castle, Dorset, in 1876 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Bournemouth on 7 February 1901, having previously served in the Regiment’s 4th Volunteer Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 March 1901 to 13 May 1902, and was discharged on 12 June 1902, after 1 year and 126 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (7650 Pte. J. T. Searle, Cldstm: Gds:) suspension loose, edge bruises and contact mark, very fine £80-£100 --- J. T. Searle attested for the Coldstream Guards and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War. Also entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal with the two usual date clasps, he was discharged ‘Time Expired’ on 21 February 1902. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (70527 Gnr: M. Fanning., G. Bty., R.H.A.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (14664 Dr. T. Devereux, G Bty., R.H.A.) good very fine £140-£180 --- Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (93566 Dr: R. Hill, A.B. R.H.A.) edge nicks, very fine £200-£240 --- Richard Hill was born in Devon in 1874 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 17 October 1892. He served in India from 10 October 1894 to 7 January 1900, and suffered a fracture of both bones in the left leg whilst on duty on 23 March 1898. He subsequently served in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 January to 11 December 1900, and was wounded in action at Badfontein on 2 September 1900. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 4 August 1902, and was discharged on 16 October 1904, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.

King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3808 Serjt: A. Atkins. Bedford: Regt.) suspension loose, edge knocks, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Alfred Arthur Atkins was born in Stanmore, Middlesex, and attested for the 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, aged 18, on 21 October 1898 . He served in South Africa during the Boer War (Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal). Appointed Sergeant in 1901, he was disembodied on 11 June 1902. He rejoined his regiment for service during the Great War, aged 38, on 3 November 1916 and served with the 1/5th Battalion in Egypt from 3 March 1917. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 7 March 1919. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

China 1900, no clasp (65301 Gnr: B. White. R.H.A.) edge bruising, very fine £180-£220 --- Bertie White was born at Southend, Essex, in 1869 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 31 December 1887, having previously served in the 4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. He served during the Boxer Rebellion at Tientsin with the 1st Section, 11th Maxims, from September 1900 to February 1901. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (215723 H. Hill, A.B., H.M.S. Philomel); together with an Italian Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver; and a ‘Princess Margaret’ Deliverance from Bolsheviks Medal 1919, by Spink, London, 38mm, white metal, the obverse featuring a fouled anchor enclosed by a life-belt, ‘Princess Margaret’ in raised letters above, and privately engraved ‘William Williamson’ below, the reverse inscribed in raised letters, ‘Riga - London, 3rd Jany. 1919, 17th Jany. 1919, From the Grateful Passengers in Remembrance of their Deliverance from the Bolsheviks’, pierced with ring suspension, the AGS pitted and worn, therefore fair, the others better (3) £140-£180 --- Harry Hill was born in Beaminster, Dorset, on 30 April 1886 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Boscawen on 29 July 1901. Advanced Able Seaman on 22 September 1905, he served in H.M.S. Philomel from 12 February 1908 to 25 July 1909, and was one of 35 men from the ship who landed to provide assistance following the Messina Earthquake on 28 December 1908. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Princess Margaret from 9 November 1915 to 20 January 1920, and was advanced Leading Seaman on 1 May 1916. Acting on some disturbing news, the minelayer, H.M.S. Princess Margaret berthed at Riga on 19 December 1918, where she landed her marines on 27 December who, accompanied by an armed party from H.M.S. Ceres, marched through the town. The following day frightened British subjects began to arrive on board. On 29 December it was heard that a Lettish Regiment had mutinied, and arrangements were made for the defence of the approaches to H.M. vessels by the aid of search lights, and the use of star and lyddite shells. Even more refugees joined Princess Margaret that night, bringing the total on board to 392 souls, 143 men, 169 women and 80 children. From 30 December to 3 January 1919 armed parties were constantly landed to police the town and so ward off menacing parties. On 3 January 1919 Princess Margaret sailed for Copenhagen, where two days later she landed some of the refugees prior to her passage to the United Kingdom where the remainder were disembarked. Hill was shore pensioned on the reduction of the Navy on 21 August 1922. Sold with copied record of service; and extensive copied research relating to H.M.S. Princess Margaret in the Baltic, including a copy of the ship’s Log.

1914 Star (2) (8559 Pte. A. Batley. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.; 7280 Pte. A. Pope. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (20934 Pte. G. F. Phillips. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) contact marks, generally very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Arthur Batley attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 16 October 1907 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. Awarded a clasp to his 1914 Star, he was discharged due to sickness on 21 March 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B220481. Alfred Pope attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 29 October 1902 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. He later served with the 5th Battalion and was discharged on 30 August 1916 due to wounds, being awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 52815. George. F. Phillips attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 10 August 1915 and served with the 1st Battalion during the the Great War. He was discharged due to sickness on 17 January 1919 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B214806.

1914-15 Star (10/198 L/Sjt. A. Baines. N.Z.E.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (6/3294 Pte. T. Dansie. N.Z.E.F.); Australia Service Medal (NX18450 S. N. Willmott) good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Arthur Baines was born at Bradford, Yorkshire in 1882 and having emigrated to New Zealand enlisted in the Wellington Infantry Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force at Masterton, on 17 August 1914, declaring prior service with the Scots Guards (June 1903 to December 1904, discharged at his own request on payment). He is recorded on the 1914 nominal roll of the N.Z.E.F. as a Bugler, and was a resident of Mauriceville, Wairapa, New Zealand. He was killed in action with the Wellington Battalion, at Gallipoli in the attack on Chunuk Bair on 8 August 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Turkey. Thomas Dansie was born in London on 18 June 1888, and having emigrated to New Zealand was residing at Lancaster’s, Denniston, Canterbury and was in the employ of the Westport Coal Company. He enlisted into ‘C’ Company, 8th Reinforcement Battalion, N.Z.E.F., and on arriving in France he was posted to 1st Canterbury Regiment. He was admitted to hospital in France with a gun shot wound to the chest on 25 September 1916, and died of his wounds at 3rd Stationary Hospital, Rouen, on 4 October 1916. He is buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Stanley Nelson Willmott was born at Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, on 23 September 1912. He enlisted at Paddington, N.S.W., and served as Private, No. NX18450, during the Second World War in 2/13th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Army and was killed in action, in Egypt, on 24 October 1942. He is buried at El Alamein War Cemetery, Mersa Matruh, Egypt. Sold with copied research.

British War Medal 1914-20 (7) (686367 Gnr. A. E. Davies. R.A.; 3. 2. Cpl. W. A. Dormon. R.E.; 145326 Pte. T. Butler. M.G.C.; 89345 Pte. E. A. Sykes. M.G.C.; 59469 Pte. G. Hooton. R.A.M.C.; SE-18303 Pte. G. Brunton. A.V.C.; 033995 Pte. S. Brown. A.O.C.) edge bruises and contacts to some, generally very fine (7) £70-£90

British War Medal 1914-20 (7) (206014 A.Sjt. A. H. Chapman. Devon. R.; 15628 Sjt. J. Cade. Som. L.I.; G-19487 Pte. J. Cook. R.W. Kent. R.; 4140. Pte. A. Piper. 9-Lond. R.; 2417 Pte. C. E. Tolley. 16-Lond. R.; 3812 Pte. J. S. Williamson. 16-Lond. R.; 5492 A. Sjt. W. G. Patmore. 22-Lond. R.) some edge bruises and contact marks, generally nearly extremely fine (7) £80-£100 --- Archibald Henry Chapman attested for the Devonshire Regiment during the Great War and served with the 2/6th Battalion. He was disembodied on 25 January 1920. Joseph Cade attested for Somerset Light Infantry during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 8th Battalion from 8 September 1915. Charles E. Tolley attested for the 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 21 January 1915. John S. Williamson attested for the 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment during the Great War, on 15 February 1915. He was discharged on 14 February 1919, aged 30, and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 476970.

British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (33160 Pte. I. Forster. York. & Lanc. R.; 240012 Cpl. A. S. Pratt. Y. & L.R.; S-21316 Pte. H. J. Dalgarno. Gordons.; S-20794 Pte. J. Lamb. Gordons.; S-22625 Pte. A. Young. Camerons.; S-16361 Pte. J. S. Murray. A. & S.H.) nearly extremely fine (6) £70-£90

British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (2. Lieut. A. H. Maynard. R.A.F.; 2/Lieut. J. C. Morgan. R.A.F.; 2/Lieut. J. H. Wright. R.A.F.; 316136 F/Cadet. G.H. Munro. R.A.F.; 2. Lieut. R. S. McKenzie. R.A.F.) retaining rod missing from first, edge bruise to last, generally good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Allan Harvey Maynard, a Canadian from Ottawa, attested for Royal Air Force as a Cadet on 4 December 1917. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, he appears to have served in the U.K. from 1 April 1918 to 15 April 1919, when he was placed on the unemployment list after repatriation to Canada. Sold with copy service papers. James Clarence Morgan, a Canadian, attested the the Royal Air Force during the Great War and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. J. H. Wright. There appear to be two men of this name commissioned into the Royal Air Force during the Great War, namely John Henry Wright and Joseph Herbert Wright. Gordon Hugh Munro, a Student from Westmount, Ontario, Canada, was born in Peterborough, Ontario on 23 December 1896. He attested into the 35th Canadian Field Artillery for service during the Great War on 29 November 1915. He later transferring to the Royal Air Force as a Flight Cadet, and served with 3 Cadet Wing, Egypt. Appointed Second Lieutenant on 16 October 1918, he was discharged to return home to Canada from Crystal Palace, London, on 18 March 1919. Ronald Stuart McKenzie, the son of Colonel J. S. F. McKenzie of Frensham, Surrey, attested into the Royal Canadian Dragoons on 22 September 1914. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 June 1915. Appointed Corporal on 5 July 1916, he was commissioned on 18 March 1917 and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 26 August 1917. Appointed Observer on 3 November 1918, he relinquished his commission on 21 September 1919 and sailed for Canada the following month.

British War Medal 1914-20 (1066136 Pte. J. Welbon. C.O.R.; 431012 Pte. W. Shilcock. 48-Can. Inf.; 142455 Pte. H. Turner. 76-Can. Inf.; 180724 Pte. W. J. Scott. 88-Can. Inf.; 790891 Pte. W. E. Williams. 131-Can. Inf.) 2nd officially renamed, suspension loose on last, otherwise generally very fine or better (5) £50-£70 --- John Welbon was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England in November 1884. He served during the Great War with the 248th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and died of wounds, 16 November 1917. Private Welbon is buried in Shorncliffe Military Cemetery, Kent. Hugh Turner was born in Oldham, Lancashire in June 1883. He served during the Great War with the 76th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, and died of war related injuries/illness in July 1921. Turner is buried in the Hamilton Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.

British War Medal 1914-20 (34852 A. Cpl. W. E. Moor. C.O.C.; 111329 Pte. H. F. Milton. 6-C.M.R.; 201220 A. S. Sjt. N. Macphee. 95-Can. Inf.; 706006 Sjt. D. M. Evans. 103-Can. Inf.; 646261 Pte C. H. Holbech 158-Can Inf;) number of 4th partially officially corrected, generally very fine (5) £50-£70