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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Medal for Bravery (3), silver and enamel, the reverses officially numbered ‘685927’; ‘932748’; and ‘3272816’, all with riband suspension; Medal for Military Merit (5), silver and enamel, the reverses officially numbered ‘363702’; ‘193673’; ‘297447’; ‘764703’; and ‘1615009’, the first with screwback suspension, the latter four all with riband suspension, generally very fine (8) £80-£100

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Medal for Bravery (4), silver and enamel, the reverses officially numbered ‘905989’; ‘1673685’; ‘2749653’; and ‘3619709’, all with riband suspension; Medal for Military Merit (4), silver and enamel, the reverses officially numbered ‘680425’; ‘2013930’; and ‘2860799’; with one unnumbered, all with riband suspension, generally very fine (8) £80-£100

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Medal for the Defence of Moscow, bronze; Medal for the Defence of Leningrad, bronze; Medal for the Sixtieth Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1945-2005, (6), bronze; together with two trade proficiency badges, bronze and enamel; and other related awards, including a Socialist Republic of Romania Order for Distinguished Service in Defence of the Fatherland, Third Class Star, bronze and enamel, with ten paste ‘diamonds’, generally very fine (lot) £60-£80

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar awarded to Corporal W. Whitcher, Hampshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (29562 Pte. W. Whitcher. 2/Hants: R.); British War and Victory Medals (29562 Cpl. W. Whitcher. Hamps. R.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with silver star emblem on riband, toned, nearly extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- M.M. London Gazette 16 January 1917. M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 18 October 1917. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 17 December 1917. Walter Witcher attested for the Hampshire Regiment at King’s Somborne and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Medal for the Defence of Leningrad (2), bronze; Medal for the Defence of Stalingrad, bronze; Medal for the Caucasus, bronze; Medal for the Capture of Koenigsberg, bronze; Labour Medal (2), silver and enamel, both unnumbered; Medal for a Veteran of Labour, silvered, generally very fine (8) £60-£80

United States of America, Allied Victory Medal (3), bronze, one with 1 clasp, France, another a somewhat later striking; World War II Victory Medal, bronze; Pennsylvania National Guard World War Commemorative Medal, bronze; together with a U.N. Medal, on UNMOGIP riband; and various other miscellaneous World Decorations and Medals, including two Greek Military Merit Medals; a Hungarian ‘Signum Laudis’ Medal, with crossed swords device on riband, in case of issue; a Rhodesian General Service Medal (117930 Tpr D. J. Fravett); a Zimbabwean Independence Medal 1980, bronze, officially numbered ‘27951’; a Spanish Civil War Campaign Medal; two People’s Republic of Poland Crosses of Merit; and other mainly Eastern European awards, generally nearly very fine and better £120-£160

A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar group of four awarded to Private MacSwain, 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry and No. 2 Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers, who also received a gun shot wound to the face in August 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (4188383 Pte A. Macswain. 42/Can: Inf:); 1914-15 Star (418383 Pte A Macswain. 42/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (418383 Pte. A. Macswain. 42-Can. Inf.) very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917. M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 17 September 1917. Angus MacSwain was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in August 1885. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps prior to volunteering for service, 10 March 1915. MacSwain initially served during the Great War with the 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry in the French theatre of war from October 1915. He was attached for service with No. 2 Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers from 7 July 1916, and distinguished himself during operations at Tor Top, 21 June 1917. On the latter date the unit’s War Diary gives: ‘Several Infantry Officers and men were gassed by a shell in dug outs off G Subway; they were brought out by some of our sappers and revived by Proto Novita Revivers.’ The diary gives him as being one of the above sappers, and being awarded the M.M. as a consequence. MacSwain returned to his parent unit, and was serving with the 42nd Battalion when he received a gun shot wound to the face in August 1917. He suffered partial loss of sight, and hearing on one side. MacSwain returned to Canada in December 1917, and died in July 1964. Sold with copied research, and a photographic image of recipient in uniform taken from the Toronto Evening Telegram, 14 September 1917.

3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales’s) N.C.O. Hall Marked Silver Arm Badge. A fine example of the Prince of Wales’s Plume, Hallmarked silver (Birmingham 1901) on the front and rear of the badge; together with a Hallmarked silver (London 1870) Presentation School Medal, College House Upper Edmonton, presented by ‘C. P. S. White Xmas 1870’, generally good condition (2) £120-£160

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Staff Sergeant L. H. Hadfield, Royal Engineers, who was also Mentioned in Despatches Military Medal, G.V.R. (823 Cpl. L H. Hadfield. 1/2 Hants: A.T. Co. R.E. -T.F.); 1914-15 Star (823. Spr. L. H. Hadfield. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (823. S. Sjt. L. H. Hadfield. R.E.) good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 September 1916. L. H. Hadfield attested for the Royal Engineers (Territorial Force), and served with the 1st/2nd Hampshire (Army Troops) Company during the Great War on the Western Front form 21 January 1915. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15 June 1916), and awarded the Military Medal. Promoted Staff Sergeant, he was disembodied on 28 February 1919.

A rare Great War 1917 ‘French theatre’ R.E.8 Aerial Gunner’s M.M. group of nine awarded to Air Mechanic 2nd Class T. A. H. Lea, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, late 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (T.F.). He was wounded in action serving with the Army in Gallipoli in 1915, prior to transferring to the Royal Flying Corps and becoming 1 of the first 12 R.F.C. gunners to be formally trained at Hythe in December 1916. He distinguished himself as an Aerial Gunner whilst serving with 52 Squadron in France, in particular when attacked by 6 hostile enemy aircraft south east of Mory, 18 September 1917. On the latter date he helped fend off the swarm of enemy aircraft, forcing one down, prior to succumbing to the same fate with his pilot Second Lieutenant S. Canning. Lea re-engaged for service as Lieutenant with the Royal Corps of Signals (T.F.) between the wars, and advanced to Major during the Second World War Military Medal, G.V.R. (49338 2. Cl. A.M. T. H. Lea. 52/Sq: R.F.C.); 1914-15 Star (3071 Pte. T. H. Lea. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, loose (401031. 2. A.M. T. H. Lea. R.F.C.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated ‘1944’, with 2 additional G.VI.R. long service award bars, mounted court-style by Spink & Son Ltd as originally worn, with related miniature awards similarly mounted, the last lacking additional award bars, all housed in a leather Spink & Son Ltd case, lacquered, generally nearly very fine or better (lot) (9) £2,000-£3,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917. The original recommendation states: ‘Lea. Thomas Henry 2nd A.M. Aerl. Gunr. No. 52 Squadron, R.F.C. Has shown conspicuous ability in action since joining the R.F.C. in the Field as an Aerial Gunner on 8.5.1917. He has had several combats with hostile aeroplanes and has proved himself to be a gunner upon whom his pilot can rely for protection with absolute confidence. On the eighteenth ultimo [September] he put up a very fine fight against heavy odds, defending his machine against a simultaneous attack by six hostile aeroplanes, and by good shooting succeeded in forcing one of them to land close to the enemy’s front line. Recommended for the Military Medal 4.10.17.’ Approximately 167 M.M.’s, and 2 Second Award Bars were awarded to the Royal Flying Corps for the Great War. Thomas Alfred H. Lea was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire in January 1898. He enlisted in the 1/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (T.F.), 12 November 1914, aged 16 years and 10 months. Lea served with the Battalion in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 11 June 1915, and received a gun shot wound to the right thigh the following month being admitted to the Clearing Hospital on ‘W’ Beach, 12 July 1915. Lea transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class, 5 September 1916, and was one of the first 12 Royal Flying Corps gunners to be formally trained. He graduated from Hythe, 22 December 1916, and was posted for operational service as an Aerial Gunner with 52 Squadron in France in May 1917. The Squadron was equipped with R.E.8’s and mostly tasked with reconnaissance and light bombing duties. Lea flew with Second Lieutenant S. Canning as his pilot, and they engaged 6 enemy aircraft in aerial combat south east of Mory, 18 September 1917. Lea successfully forced one of the enemy aircraft down, before he and Canning were forced down themselves, landing at an Allied Advanced Landing Ground. Their aircraft was claimed as the 6th ‘Victory’ of Leutnant V. Schobinger of Jasta 12 (he went on to add another 2 to his score, and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class, and the Knight’s Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order). Lea transferred to the Royal Air Force as Private 1 in April 1918. He was posted to No. 1 Officer Cadet Wing in May 1918, and graduated as a Flight Cadet, 5 October 1918. Lea was transferred as Second Lieutenant to the Unemployed List in February 1919. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals (T.F.) in August 1931, and advanced to Major in July 1939 (awarded his Efficiency Decoration in September 1944, and the additional clasps both in January 1955). Major Lea retired in March 1948, and died in Bangor, Wales in October 1966. M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with copied research.

A Poignant Family group: A Great War 1916 ‘Courcelette, Somme’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private L. Mann, 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (A-38378 Pte. L. Mann. 8/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (438378 Pte. L. Mann. 8-Can. Inf.) with Silver War Badge, reverse officially numbered ‘C35532’, nearly very fine Three: Private J. Mann, 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action whilst attached to No. 2 Tramways Company, Canadian Engineers - in charge of an ammunition train which suffered a direct hit on route to a Battery near Lens - 24 September 1917 1914-15 Star (A38372 Pte J. Mann. 8/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (438377 Pte. J. Mann. 8-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (John Mann) generally very fine or better Pair: Private A. Mann, 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action at Courcelette, 26 September 1916, the same day and action as his brother Lauchlan was to win his M.M. British War and Victory Medals (623045 Pte. A. Mann. 8-Can. Inf.) good very fine (9) £700-£900 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. The original recommendation states: ‘During the general advance on Sept. 26th-27th, he, although only a Private showed conspicuous gallantry and determination in organising the small party which arrived at the final objective. He pushed forward from the final objective with a party and brought back valuable information. He supervised the construction of blocks, carried up grenades and when he saw the man fall who had been detailed to carry the S.O.S. rockets he relieved him of his burden. He further volunteered his services as bomb carrier to a squad of another Regiment which had been detailed to make an attack on an enemy trench.’ Lauchlan Mann was born in Culloden, Inverness-shire, Scotland, in September 1893. He shared his father’s name, and was employed as a Freight Train Brakeman in Canada prior to the Great War. Mann served during the Great War with the 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and distinguished himself at Courcelette, Somme, 26-27 September 1916. John Mann was born in Culloden, Inverness-shire, Scotland, in June 1892. He was employed by the Railways like his younger brother Lauchlan. Mann served during the Great War with the 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. He was killed in action ‘while attached to the No. 2 Tramways Company, Canadian Engineers, he was employed as a brakeman, and was in charge of a train carrying ammunition for the Battery in the vicinity of Lens, on the night of 24th September, 1917. Hostile shelling was rather severe in this sector, and he was instantly killed when the enemy obtained a direct hit on the train.’ Private Mann is buried in Thelus Military Cemetery, France. Alexander Mann was born in Fort William, Argyllshire, Scotland in June 1891. He served during the Great War with the 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Mann was killed in action at Courcelette, 26 September 1916, the same day and action as his brother Lauchlan was to win his M.M. Private Mann is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Sold with copied service papers.

A Great War ‘Cambrai’ M.M. awarded to Driver J. Flynn, Canadian Army Service Corps, attached as an Ambulance Driver to No. 10 Canadian Field Ambulance, and an original member of Eaton’s Motor Machine Gun Battery Military Medal, G.V.R. (761 Dvr: J. Flynn. Can: A.S.C.) very fine £180-£220 --- M.M. London Gazette 3 July 1919. Jerry Flynn was born in Durham, England in December 1894. He was a motor mechanic and resided at 137 Avenue Road, Toronto, Canada. Flynn was an original member of Eaton’s Motor Machine Gun Battery, and served during the Great War on the Western Front. He transferred to the Canadian Army Service Corps, and was attached as an Ambulance Driver with No. 10 Canadian Field Ambulance for the award of his M.M. (the Unit War Diary giving the award as for Cambrai). Flynn served with the Veteran’s Guard of Canada during the Second World War. Sold with copied service papers.

Miscellaneous German Third Reich Awards and Tinnies. Comprising a NSAPS Stockholm 1937 meeting Tinny. NSFK membership pin, bronze finish, lapel pin fixing. Unidentified small enamelled high quality badge DBV, twisted and grooved lapel pin fixing, Ges Gesch marked on the reverse side. A small NS Frauenschaft badge, enamel undamaged but scratched, RZM marked on the reverse side. NSBO stick pin. High quality tinny of Nuremberg Party Day 1929 with tinny type fixing. Norwegian Hird cap badge with damaged enamels with slider fixing. A German Third Reich medal ribbon bar comprising 8 sections. A 95mm Third Prize medallion for an SS shooting competition 1939. A 55mm Second Prize medallion for a General Government competition, Roman style image on the reverse side, generally good condition (10) £60-£80

A Great War 1917 ‘Hill 60, Ypres’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sapper O. Palmer, 1st Tunnelling Company, Australian Engineers, Australian Imperial Force, who was gassed, 9 April 1917, and died of Pneumonia in Belgium, 24 February 1919 Military Medal, G.V.R. (233 Sapr O. Palmer. 1/T’Lg: Coy Aust: E.); British War and Victory Medals (233 Spr. O. Palmer. 1 Tun. Coy A.I.F.) mounted for display, surname partially officially corrected on first two, nearly extremely fine (3) £700-£900 --- M.M. London Gazette 25 May 1917. The original recommendation states: ‘Noises in the the half-untamped Hill 60 gallery were heard and on April 5th, the Germans could be heard working a winch in some neighbouring shaft. Four days later the enemy raided the British trenches searching for mines, and blew in the entrances of some of the shallow infantry subways and captured five Australian tunnellers. The damage on the surface was extensive but, except for impeded ventilation the ‘deeps’ were intact. Twenty-five British infantrymen in one of the subways were asphyxiated by gas from the German demolition charges despite the fine efforts of Sapper Palmer and others to guide them clear. An Australian officer died as a result and several Australians were gassed in this rescue work.’ Oscar Palmer was the son of Mr F. W. Palmer of Selwyn Road, Plaistow, Essex. He resided in Temora, New South Wales, Australia, and enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Cootamundra in September 1915. Palmer embarked for the Middle East with 1 Company, 1 Mining Corps in February 1916, and served with the 1st Tunnelling Company, Australian Engineers in the French theatre of war, April 1916 - May 1917. He distinguished himself during the tunnelling operations at Hill 60, Ypres (1st Tunnelling Company moved into the position in November 1916 and stayed until the Battle of Messines in June 1917) and was gassed in the process, 9 April 1917. Palmer was on leave in the UK in January 1919, and rejoined his unit, 13 February 1919. He was admitted to No. 2 Australian Field Ambulance two days later, and transferred to No. 20 Casualty Clearing Station. Sapper Palmer died of Pneumonia, 24 February 1919, and was buried in Charleroi Communal Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with copied service papers, a copy of Beneath Hill 60 by W. Davies and a DVD of the documentary Beneath Hill 60.

Miscellaneous German Tinnies and Badges. Comprising an Armed Forces edelweiss badge for fitting to the M.43 cap, glued to a display piece. Tinny Day of Work Frankfurt 1933 with pin back suspension. Party badge non enamelled Opfering Elsass, maker marked on the reverse side with pin back suspension, the Opfering Elsass was given to party sympathisers from the Alsace Lorraine region, maker marked R. Hauschild of Pforzheim. 1934 Winter Help Work badge, central eagle with sunburst above, multi coloured with pin back suspension. A Winter Help Work oval Perspex badge, no fitting. A large swastika brooch with pin back suspension, no markings, this could possibly be a pre Third Reich use of the swastika, 3.5cm. Ribbon medal bar for the Dutch NSB known as the Mussert Cross with crossed swords and pin back suspension. Small swastika double sided paper lapel pin. 16 individual items being pieces from the NSKK childrens board game. An unidentified 1933 hunting or shooting award, attractive enamels, in raised relief on the reverse side Rheinlander Dank (Rhinelanders thank you). 1942 Police Commemorative badge, these were given to police officials to commemorative sporting events. Another the same. 2 different shaped Germans Veterans Associations contribution badges, both with pin back suspension, generally good condition (lot) £50-£70

Miscellaneous German Third Reich Tinnies, Badges, and Lapel Pins. Comprising a German West Wall Medal without ribbon. Motor vehicle tax paid disc for a number plate, area of Steinfurt. Metallic shield for the armed forces tropical helmet with all three fixing pins. Two further national tricolour shields for the trophelm, one with one pin missing. Adolf Hitler support tinny, probably for the election of 1933 with lapel pin fixing. Unusual plastic tinny for 18-19 June 1938 with tinny fixing on the reverse side. Nice quality RLB lapel pin with pin missing, good undamaged enamels. Postschutz lapel pin. Veterans Association Lighthouse Memorial with crossed swords, central black swastika. Three seagull glider lapel pin, plastic tinny for Jugendburg Youth Day with tinny type reverse fixing. 4 unidentified lapel pins, black swastika with standing lion below, possibly for Thuringen. Lapel pin DABV. Lapel pin in enamels ABB with bower, obviously a Boxing Association. Slightly larger lapel pin badge, green cross with lion rampant to the centre, fully maker marked on the reverse side with individual award number 13493. VDA contribution tinny. Another tinny, possibly not German, crown over a 7 multi coloured enamels. STOP sign lapel pin, meaning unknown, generally good condition (lot) £80-£100

Miscellaneous German Third Reich and Associated Badges. Comprising a 1943 shooting award for Kries Volkmarkt with pin back suspension, Innsbruck maker marker marked on reverse side. The National Eagle shield for an army trophelm, pins missing. Olympic badge 1936 all white enamels with pin fixing. A very unusual 50 year National Faithful Service female wrap lapel miniature with its ribbon. A Dutch 1940 NSB medallion. Lapel Police pin with pin fixing. An unusual Spanish Falange lapel badge individually numbered 8177 on the reverse side with a stick pin with the image of General Franco. A very small 8mm miniature of the National Faithful Service Medal with lapel pin fixing. Hitler Mussolini joint meeting lapel badge, nice quality construction, pin back suspension fitted, generally good condition (10) £80-£100

A Second War ‘North Africa’ M.M. group of six awarded to Corporal J. Anderson, Royal Tank Regiment, who was subsequently wounded in North West Europe Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2693929 Cpl. J. Anderson, R. Tank R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- M.M., London Gazette 5 November 1942. The original Recommendation, for an Immediate award, dated 6 September 1942, states: ‘On 3 September 1942, in the area of Deir el Agram ridge, Corporal Anderson commanded a light tank which formed part of a fighting patrol directed against enemy Motor Transport. The patrol was surprised by four concealed anti-tank guns from about 300 yards range. Corporal Anderson’s tank was nearest the guns and received a direct hit, but remained in action. No cover was available and Corporal Anderson directed his tank straight at the guns and succeeded in killing the crews of two of them before his tank received another hit and burst into flames. He managed to evacuate the crew from the tank although two of them were wounded and brought them to safety using his burning tank as a screen.’ The original Recommendation is counter-signed by three of the outstanding commanders of the Second World War, Horrocks, Montgomery, and Alexander. Jack Anderson, a native of Selkirk, joined the Scots Guards in May 1931 under the alias George Whyte. He deserted in 1936, and re-enlisted in the Royal Tank Regiment in 1937 as Private 7887636 Jack Anderson. He was soon caught out, punished, and reverted to his original Scots Guards number, but remained with the Royal Tank Regiment under his correct name. He served with the 1st Regiment during the Second World War in North Africa, Italy, and North West Europe, and in addition to being awarded the M.M. was twice wounded, at home in 1941, and in Normandy in 1944 (copied press reports refer). Sold with copied research.

A scarce Second War 1940 ‘Fall of France’ Evader’s M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant G. Roskell, Royal Air Force, who was wounded whilst taxiing aircraft on his aerodrome during a German air attack, 14 June 1940. His arm was amputated the same day, and two days later with the Germans approaching he left hospital, partly walking, partly begging for lifts and arriving in Nantes on 17 June 1940. After a number of unsuccessful attempts to get out of France, and in a continual race against the advancing Germans, Roskell managed to get in to Unoccupied France and out through Marseilles and the American Consulate in December 1940 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (613552 Sjt. G. Roskell. R.A.F.) minor official correction to surname; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted for display, suspension slack on first, nearly very fine (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1942. The original recommendation states: ‘On June 14th, 1940 this Sergeant Pilot was wounded as a result of a German air attack on his aerodrome. His arm was amputated on the same day. Two days later, as the Germans were approaching, he left hospital and, partly walking, partly begging for lifts, succeeded in reaching Nantes on June 17th. A week later the Germans occupied Nantes where Sgt. Roskell was in hospital. After two months he escaped with French help, crossed the line of demarcation on foot, and eventually reached Perpignan. He was unable to raise sufficient money for guides so was obliged to return to Marseilles where he was repatriated by the Medical Board. This sergeant showed great courage and persistence in attempting to escape whilst badly wounded.’ Approximately 119 Military Medals awarded to the RAF during the Second World War. George Roskell was born in Leyland, Preston in June 1919. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force as a Fitter Airframes Engineer in June 1938, and subsequent postings included to No. 7 F.T.S., Peterborough in July 1939, where he re-mustered to become a Fitter II (Engines). Roskell was posted to No. 2 Air Depot at Henlow in September 1939, and moved with them to France. The following month he was posted to No. 1 Salvage Section as part of 72 Wing, and then joined No. 6 Repair & Salvage Unit in February 1940. He advanced to Sergeant (but was not aircrew as erroneously listed in recommendation), and was serving with 226 Squadron, and had been taxiing aircraft when his airfield was attacked by German aircraft, 14 June 1940. 226 Squadron flew Battles, and was one of the day-bomber squadrons that made up the Advanced Air Striking Force in France. The latter took a hammering during the fall of France, regardless of which 226 Squadron carried on fighting a retreating battle until its surviving aircraft flew back to the UK on 15 June 1940 (the day after Roskell was wounded). Roskell’s M.I.9 debrief adds the following: ‘On 14 June, while engaged in salvage work, connected with the coming evacuation of the aerodrome in the village of Sooge (sic), about 30 miles north of Paris, I was hit by pieces of a bomb in a G.A.F. raid. Was removed in an ambulance with two other (L.A.C. Victor MacFarlane - slight injuries, L.A.C. Taylor - right leg blown off) Air Force personnel to a hospital in Sooge. There was also a Canadian, Pte. Thompson, George, lying in hospital with internal trouble. My fore-arm was amputated the same day. Two days later, having been told that the Germans were rapidly approaching, MacFarlane [also awarded the M.M. for his gallantry during evasion], Thompson and I left, and shortly afterwards we were picked up by a French convoy and taken as far as Angers. We walked south for about ten miles and were picked up by another French ambulance and taken to Nantes (17th June). We were admitted to a large French Military Hospital on the outskirts of Nantes. A week later the Germans occupied Nantes, took over the hospital, but, fortunately, the French were able to smuggle us out and took us to a small hospital in a convent in the centre of town. A week later the Germans had evidently been informed of our whereabouts as they entered the hospital and we were informed that we were P/W and were not to leave the buildings. We were two months in this convent, and towards the end of this period a Frenchman, Monsieur B. (a dental mechanic working in Nantes), came and offered to get us out. About 30th September we availed of his plan and scrambled over the outside wall into the street, where the Frenchman and two others were waiting to guide us. They took us to the house of a friend of theirs and we hid there for seven days; during this time the Frenchman got us civilian clothes and collected about 5,000frs. for us from among his friends. We went with him, and two other Frenchmen and a Frenchwoman, in a train to Angouleme, which we reached the following evening. We then took a small local train to Celle Frome and went on foot to La Pladieure at the line of demarcation and were guided across by friendly farmers. Once in Unoccupied France we went by train again to Limoges and Toulouse and from there to Perpignan, where we intended to cross the Pyrenees into Spain. As we could not raise sufficient money between us for guides and the necessary bribing, we decided to maker for Marseilles, where we approached Mr. Fullerton, the American Consul. On his advice we three Air Force personnel went to 36 Rue de Forbin, where the Rev. Caskie looked after us during our stay in Marseilles. On the 14th December I went before the Mixed Medical Board at the Michel-Levy Hospital and was passed for repatriation, as being unfit.’ Roskell left Gibraltar on 14 February 1941, and arrived at Greenock on 23 February. He was eventually transferred to Halton Hospital, and was presented with his M.M. by His Majesty the King at Buckingham Palace, 5 May 1942. Sergeant Roskell was discharged ‘Medically Unfit’ in August 1941, and died in Chelmsford in 1981. Sold with copied research.

The ‘Bill Speakman V.C. Action’ Korea M.M. group of five awarded to Corporal J. R. Pender, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, for his magnificent gallantry when ‘United’ ridge was attacked by an entire Chinese Division; as ‘B’ Company KOSB was on the point of being over-run, acting entirely on his own initiative Pender joined Speakman’s party of grenade throwers, taking up a position right next to Speakman, despite being exposed to heavy machine-gun fire; for almost four hours Pender charged repeatedly, firing his Bren machine-gun from the hip and ‘mowed down the enemy not hit by the grenade party’; like Speakman, he was seriously wounded but carried on fighting, until the KOSBs had withdrawn with all their casualties Military Medal, G.VI.R, 2nd issue (22202755 Pte. J. R. Pender, K.O.S.B.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22202755 Pte. J. R. Pender, M.M., K.O.S.B.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22202755 Pte. J. Pender, K.O.S.B.) surname partially officially corrected; General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Radfan, Borneo, clasps mounted in this order (22202755 Pte. J. R. Pender, K.O.S.B.) mounted court style, generally good very fine (5) £14,000-£18,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 23 December 1951. The original Recommendation, submitted by Major D. H. Tadman, O.B.E., on the same date that he put forward Bill Speakman for the V.C., states: ‘On 4 November 1951, Private Pender was serving as a Bren gunner in ‘B’ Company which was situated on “United”. At approximately 1600 hours the Company was subjected to very heavy artillery and mortar fire, and shortly afterwards attacked by wave after wave of the enemy. The fighting very soon became confused and as a result Private Pender attached himself to a grenade party organised by Private Speakman. Without hesitation, and with no regard to his personal safety, he took up position on the right of the party in the face of heavy machine-gun fire. He made and continued to make repeated rushes forward at the enemy as they assaulted, firing the Bren gun from the hip. As a result of his action the crest of the Company position was kept clear. Private Pender displayed the greatest gallantry and skill and mowed down the enemy not hit by the grenade party. With his jersey filled with Bren magazines he continued to expose himself to the enemy’s fire and after being badly wounded refused to be evacuated. During the final withdrawal of the Company from “United” Private Pender again displayed outstanding courage and disregard for his own condition by continuing to fire his Bren gun to cover the withdrawal. He called again and again for more and more magazines until the operation was successfully accomplished. His personal courage and devotion to duty throughout the action, for the major part of which he was badly wounded, deserves the highest praise.’ Pender’s gallantry was closely linked with that of Bill Speakman, given the direct reference to the V.C. winner in his M.M. recommendation. Speakman’s V.C. is one of just four V.C.s awarded for the Korean War, all of which are displayed in different museums. His citation reads: ‘From 0400 hours, 4th November, 1951, the defensive positions held by 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, were continuously subjected to heavy and accurate enemy shell and mortar fire. At 1545 hours, this fire became intense and continued thus for the next two hours, considerably damaging the defences and wounding a number of men. At 1645 hours, the enemy in their hundreds advanced in wave upon wave against the King's Own Scottish Borderers' positions, and by 1745 hours, fierce hand to hand fighting was taking place on every position. Private Speakman, a member of ‘B’ Company Headquarters, learning that the section holding the left shoulder of the Company's position had been seriously depleted by casualties, had had its N.C.O.s wounded and was being overrun, decided on his own initiative to drive the enemy off the position and keep them off it. To effect this he collected quickly a large pile of grenades and a party of six men. Then displaying complete disregard for his own personal safety he led his party in a series of grenade charges against the enemy; and continued doing so as each successive wave of enemy reached the crest of the hill. The force and determination of his charges broke up each successive enemy onslaught and resulted in an ever mounting pile of enemy dead. Having led some ten charges, through withering enemy machine gun and mortar fire, Private Speakman was eventually severely wounded in the leg. Undaunted by his wounds, he continued to lead charge after charge against the enemy and it was only after a direct order from his superior officer that he agreed to pause for a first field dressing to be applied to his wounds. Having had his wounds bandaged, Private Speakman immediately rejoined his comrades and led them again and again forward in a series of grenade charges, up to the time of the withdrawal of his Company at 2100 hours. At the critical moment of the withdrawal, amidst an inferno of enemy machine gun and mortar fire, as well as grenades, Private Speakman led a final charge to clear the crest of the hill and hold it, whilst the remainder of his Company withdrew. Encouraging his gallant, but by now sadly depleted party, he assailed the enemy with showers of grenades and kept them at bay sufficiently long for his Company to effect its withdrawal. Under the stress and strain of this battle, Private Speakman's outstanding powers of leadership were revealed and he so dominated the situation, that he inspired his comrades to stand firm and fight the enemy to a standstill. His great gallantry and utter contempt for his own personal safety were an inspiration to all his comrades. He was, by his heroic actions, personally responsible for causing enormous losses to the enemy, assisting his Company to maintain their position for some four hours and saving the lives of many of his comrades when they were forced to withdraw from their position. Private Speakman's heroism under intense fire throughout the operation and when painfully wounded was beyond praise and is deserving of supreme recognition.’ Speakman’s reaction after being informed that he had been awarded the V.C. was to ask, “What about the other guys?”. The ‘B’ Company Sergeant Major received the D.C.M. for zeal and leadership throughout the campaign; Pender and two other men (Wood and Buchanan) from Speakman’s group of grenade throwers were awarded the M.M.; the remaining ‘other guys’ (including Duncan and Wilson) were not decorated. The War Office strictly limited the number of higher gallantry awards for the Korea War; although around 60,000 men served in Korea, of whom over 1,100 were killed, the authorities approved fewer higher-tier bravery citations than the intensity of the fighting warranted, especially for iconic and desperate hand-to-hand struggles where British forces were vastly outnumbered, such as the battles near the Han and Imjin rivers in 1950-51 before the UN defence lines were stabilised in 1952-53 as armistice arrangements were slowly and painfully negotiated. John Rodger Pender was a Bren gunner in ‘B’ Company, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. The KOSB were holding a defensive line on the recently captured “United” ridge feature which was suddenly subjected to a massive Chinese artillery bombardment followed by an infantry onslaught. The British Popular Press of the time dubbed the PLA counterattack “Charlie Chinaman’s Gunpowder Plot”, because it was launched on Sunday 4 November 1951,...

A Second War ‘Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship’ B.E.M. group of five awarded to Gunner R. J. Gallagher, Royal Navy British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (A.B. Richard J. Gallagher. C/JX.188421. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (5) £400-£500 --- B.E.M. (Civil) London Gazette 28 April 1942: ‘The vessel was attacked by enemy aircraft. Preparedness of the guns crew, of which Gallagher was in charge, and the accuracy of their fire, undoubtedly prevented the attack from assuming a more serious nature. The enemy was probably damaged.’ The original Recommendation, dated 6 March 1942, gives further details: ‘Richard John Gallagher was serving in the S.S. Bondicar on 23 June 1941 when that vessel was attacked by enemy aircraft. The defensive armament was used with good effect and damage was probably inflicted on the enemy. Preparedness of the guns crew, of which Gallagher was in charge, and the accuracy of their fire, undoubtedly prevented the attack from assuming a more serious nature. The enemy was probably damaged. One year previously Gallagher had been strongly recommended by the Master of his ship for his conduct under fire and the training of his gun’s crew.’ Richard John Gallagher was born in Greenwich, on 8 August 1900 and joined the Royal Navy as Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Pembroke I on 12 August 1918. He subsequently joined H.M.S. Dragon on 2 August 1919 and was promoted Able Seaman aboard this ship on 7 May 1921. Discharged on reduction of the service on 5 November 1922, he subsequently Gallagher joined the Merchant Navy, and served during the Second World War in the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship S.S. Bondicar as an Acting Able Seaman (Seaman Gunner) from 18 May 1940. Gallagher was first Recommended for an award by the Master of the Bondicar on 27 June 1940: ‘This rating has been indefatigable in his efforts to train an efficient gun crew from ship’s personnel. His efforts have been successful and reflect credit upon him. Gun drill with 12 pounder, Lewis Gun and Rifle has been carried out for 2 hours daily. Highly efficient in action (against) aircraft at Tyne 26 June 1940.’ On 23 June 1941 the Bondicar was again attacked by enemy aircraft, the Master reporting in his service record: ‘Guns opened fire, plane appeared to be falling, crew behaved very good’, and it was for these services that he was awarded the B.E.M., his award being presented to him by H.M. The King at Buckingham Palace on 21 July 1942. He was discharged from the Royal Navy on 1 November 1944, and died in London in 1966. Sold with a D.E.M.S. embroidered patch; and copied research.

A Second War B.E.M. awarded to Volunteer R. Juby, Home Guard, for his gallantry in attempting to save the life of the pilot of a Handley Page Hampden that had crashed and caught fire on the Nottinghamshire/Yorkshire Border on 27 September 1940 British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Voltr. Richard Juby. H.G.) good very fine £240-£280 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 22 January 1941: ‘For gallant conduct in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner.’ The original Recommendation states: ‘On 27th September 1940 an aircraft from the Royal Air Force Station at Finningley struck the ground near Misson and immediately burst into flames. The pilot, after being thrown from his seat, was caught by his parachute harness and remained hanging from the aircraft. Volunteer Juby, who immediately ran to the aircraft when it crashed and burst into flames, cut away the parachute harness and freed the pilot. He then carried him to the windward side of the aircraft. The pilot was later taken by ambulance to hospital but he died from the injuries he had sustained in the accident. Volunteer Juby disregarded personal safety and danger when he approached the burning wreckage and entered the flames to cut away the pilot's harness. Had it not been for the injuries which he had received in the accident, there is little doubt that Volunteer Juby's prompt action would have saved the pilot's life.’ Richard Juby served during the Second World War with the 3rd Battalion, Doncaster Group, Home Guard, and was awarded the British Empire Medal for attempting to rescue the crew of a Handley Page Hampden from 106 Squadron that had crashed near the village of Misson on the Nottinghamshire/ Yorkshire border at 21:25 hours on 27 September 1940. Sold with copied research.

Family Group: A Second War B.E.M. awarded to Police Constable W. G. Grant, Portsmouth Police Force, for his gallantry during the Portsmouth Blitz on 27 April 1941 British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (William George Grant) on original mounting pin, nearly extremely fine Pair: Driver W. T. Grant, Australian Imperial Force British War and Victory Medals (11065 Dvr. W. T. Grant. 3 F.A.B., A.I.F.) very fine (3) £240-£280 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 19 September 1941: William George Grant, Police Constable, Portsmouth Police Force (in a joint citation with Miss Jessie Eskdale Walker, Section Leader, First Aid Party, Portsmouth, and John Maurice Holder, Police Constable, Portsmouth Police Force): ‘While a First Aid Party were rendering assistance to air-raid victims, a bomb fell nearby and most of the Party were killed or severely injured. Miss Walker, although suffering from shock and the effects of blast, remained at her post and began rescue work. She was joined by Constables Grant and Holder, who had also been badly shaken by the explosions. The two men entered damaged property and brought out injured people and these were attended to by Miss Walker. A gas main caught fire and conditions were extremely dangerous but Miss Walker and the two Constables continued working and many casualties were rescued and given first-aid treatment. All three showed devotion to duty with no regard for themselves.’ William George Grant served during the Second World War with the Portsmouth Police Force, and was awarded the British Empire Medal for his gallantry on the night of 27-28 April 1941. The recipient’s own account states: ‘After the sounding of the Alert on the night of 27 April 1941, together with P.C. Holder, I left my lodgings at 245 Chichester Road, North End, in civilian clothes, and patrolled that vicinity for the purpose of dealing with any incendiary bombs which might be dropped. Later it came to our notice that high explosive bombs had been dropped in the city, and we decided to change into uniform and report to our station. As we approached Beresford Road we saw that an air raid incident had occurred there, and that a high explosive bomb had fallen near the junction of Laburnum Grove. A number of houses had been damaged and there were casualties lying on the ground. We commenced to help generally... Suddenly there was a blinding flash followed by a loud explosion, and I lost consciousness momentarily. When I recovered I saw masonry and other objects falling down on top of us. I heard cries of help from various directions. Going to the crater we found that a land mine had dropped on the edge of the original crater. Several members of the First Aid Party and Rescue Squad lay near the crater, some dead and others injured.... From No, 57 Beresford Road we heard a man crying out “I am nearly buried”. Holder and I climbed over the debris surrounding the front of this house and in the passage found a man buried up to his neck in debris. We dug him out, and using a door as an improvised stretcher, carried him to the junction of Laburnum Grove and Beresford Road, where we met Miss Walker. She was the only surviving member of the First Aid Party who was not a casualty. At this time a gas main which had been fractured was blazing furiously, enemy aircraft were overhead, gunfire was extensive, and high explosive bombs were still falling. Together with Miss Walker we attended to other people who were lying injured. The heat from the fire was almost unbearable, but to render aid to the people who were injured we had to work near it. We also found several people in shelters who were injured, and Miss Walker dressed their injuries, working heroically and without thought for herself.’ William Thomas Grant, father of the above, was born in Portsmouth, and having emigrated to Australian attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Lithgow, New South Wales, on 11 September 1915. He served with the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 April 1916. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Colonel John Vandeleur, 12th Light Dragoons, late 71st Foot; he was severely wounded at Fuentes D’Onor and later commanded the 10th Hussars Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive (J. Vandeleur, Ensn. 71st Foot & Lieut. 12th Lt. Dns.); Waterloo 1815 (Lieut. John Vandeleur, 12th Reg. Light Dragoons.) fitted with contemporary replacement silver clip and bar suspension, the second with edge bruising and contact pitting, otherwise good fine, the first good very fine (2) £6,000-£8,000 --- John Vandeleur was born in 1793 and attended the Royal Military College. He was commissioned as an Ensign in the 71st Foot in 1809 and sailed with its 1st Battalion to Portugal in September 1810. He served with them in the Lines of Torres Vedras and was severely wounded at Fuentes de Oñoro on 5 May 1811. His wounds were so severe that he was sent back to England to recuperate and shortly after arriving home he was promoted to Lieutenant. He exchanged into the 12th Light Dragoons and returned to Portugal with them in the autumn of 1812. In August 1813 Lieutenant Vandeleur was able to convince his cousin, General John Ormsby Vandeleur, to take him on as an extra aide-de-camp. He served in that position through the invasion of France in the autumn of 1813 and the winter of 1814, until the British Army returned to England after the abdication of Napoleon in April 1814. During that period he was present at Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Adour and Bordeaux. Lieutenant Vandeleur served at Waterloo with his regiment and was part of the Army of Occupation of France. He was promoted to Captain, 28 February 1822; Major, 1 October 1825; Lieutenant-Colonel, 18 December 1827; He received a special gold medal at the Queen’s coronation (The Waterloo Roll Call refers); Colonel, 10th Hussars, 23 November 1841. He died at Ballinacourty, County Limerick, on 1 April 1864. See Letters of Colonel John Vandeleur 1810-1846, privately published in 1896; reprinted by Frontline in 2015 under the title With Wellington’s Outposts: the Peninsula and Waterloo letters of John Vandeleur, edited by Andrew Bamford.

Pair: Surgeon J. O. Goodridge, Royal Navy, who served under Commander (later Captain) Henry Kellet in H.M.S. Starling in China and in H.M.S. Herald in the Arctic 1845-51 in search of Sir John Franklin China 1842 (J. O. Goodridge, Asst. Surgn., H.M.S. Starling.); Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued, suspension on the second with neat repair and refitted, minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000 --- John Octavius Goodridge was born circa 1810 or 1811 and was appointed an Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Navy on 17 September 1835. He was assistant Surgeon in H.M.S. Starling during the First China war, and was serving aboard H.M.S. Hermes when promoted to Surgeon on 20 September 1843, and appointed to H,M.S. Royal William. He was appointed as Surgeon to Herald on 10 February 1845, this ship, in company with Plover, being engaged on surveying work in the Pacific from 1846. Both ships were sent to the Bering Strait to await the arrival of Franklin. Sailing south for the winter Herald was in the Arctic in 1848 and for short periods in 1849 and 1850. During the surveying work both Herald Island and the Plover Islands were discovered and charted while Surgeon Goodridge had the honour of his name being given to the Goodridge Islands and Goodridge Peninsula on the coast of British Columbia. He served in Herald until 16 June 1851, when he was paid off having invalided himself with a rectal prolapse and stricture, and being deemed ‘unfit for further service at sea.’ In retirement he lived at Childe Okeford, Dorset, where he died on 25 November 1865, from a septic finger, aged 57. He had married on 28 April 1852, and had three sons and a daughter. Sold with a folder of research, including extracts from the ‘Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald during the years 1845-51’ in which Goodridge is several times mentioned.

Four: Colonel F. W. Drummond, Bengal Cavalry Punniar Star 1843 (Lieutt. F. W. Drummond 8th Regiment Light Cavalry) original brass hook suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Ferozeshuhur 1845 (Lieut. F: W: Drummond 8th Regt. L:C:); Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Lieut. F. W. Drummond, Adjt. 8th Bengal Cavalry); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Capt. F. W. Drummond, 5th Bengal Eurn. Cavy.) generally very fine or better (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- Francis Walker Drummond was commissioned Cornet in the 8th Bengal Regiment of Light Cavalry on 2 June 1837; Lieutenant, 8 March 1848; Brevet Captain, 2 June 1852; Captain, 8th Bengal Light Cavalry, 1 November 1854; Major, 18 February 1861; Lieutenant-Colonel, 2 June 1863; Colonel, 2 June 1868. He served in the campaign in Bundelecund in 1842. Present at the battle of Punniar, 29th December 1843 (Bronze Star). Sutlej campaign of 1845-46, including the battle of Ferozeshuhur (Medal). Also throughout the Punjab campaign of 1848-49, including the affair at Ramnuggur, and actions of Sadoolapore, Chilianwala, and Goojerat (Medal with two Clasps). Upon the disarming of the 8th Bengal Light Cavalry at Mean Meer in 1857, Captain Drummond transferred to the 5th Regiment of Bengal European Cavalry in July 1858 and served with the Right Wing of the regiment during the Indian Mutiny campaign (Medal). For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 77.

Three: Attributed to Admiral and First Sea Lord Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, G.C.B., Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55; Arctic Medal 1818-55; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Fatshan 1857, mounted as worn in this order, all unnamed as issued but attributed to Admiral and First Sea Lord, Richard Vesey Hamilton, Royal Navy, contained in leather case retailed by Phillips of Cockspur St., London, accompanied by extensive research and a copy photograph of Admiral Hamilton wearing the three medals mounted in the same order and style, good very fine, the last better (3) £2,000-£3,000 --- Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton was born at Sandwich, Kent, on 28 May 1829, the younger son of the Rev. John Vesey Hamilton, vicar of St. Mary’s Church, Sandwich, and his wife Frances Agnes Malone. He was educated at the Royal Naval School, Camberwell, and entered the Royal Navy in 1843, proceeding in the Virago to the Mediterranean. In 1850 he volunteered for service in one of the expeditions fitted out by the Admiralty in that year to search for the Arctic explorer, Sir John Franklin. He proceeded to the Arctic as mate in the Assistance and on his return in 1851 was promoted Lieutenant. He served in the Arctic in Assistance 1850-51, Resolute 1852-54 and with Assistance again 1852-54. He was First Lieutenant of Desperate in the Baltic, from 16 January 1855, and was discharged to Haughty on 4 Mar 1856. He was appointed Lieutenant and Commander of Haughty and, for his part in the action in Fatshan Creek on 1 June 1857, he achieved immediate promotion to Commander and, much later, in 1875, received a C.B. in recognition of this action. He left the ship on 21 September 1857 following his promotion. After leaving Haughty on 6 December 1857, he commissioned Hydra on 4 June 1858, and was promoted to Captain on 27 January 1862. He left Hydra on 15 July 1862 to join Vesuvius. He was promoted Rear Admiral on 17 September 1877; Vice Admiral 17 February 1884; and was created K.C.B. on 21 June 1887, when Commander-in-Chief, China Station; Admiral 18 October 1887; Second Sea Lord, 31 December 1888; First Sea Lord, 24 October 1889 until 27 September 1891, when he became President of the Royal Naval College Greenwich. He was transferred to the Retired List (aged 65) and ceased to be Admiral President on 1 October 1894. He died on 17 September 1912, aged 83. Attribution: The medals are unnamed but are housed in a contemporary fitted case (Phillips, Cockspur Street, London) and is of a style that a senior officer would have commissioned. The case appears contemporary, and the ribbons are of older weave and seem to be original. Research suggests that that only four officers had this combination of medals - T. B. Collinson, R. P. Jenkins, and R. Wynniatt (medals known) being the other three. None rose to Flag rank apart from Hamilton who was First Sea Lord in 1889-91. A portrait of Admiral Richard Vesey Hamilton in the National Maritime Museum (Negative No. 6573) shows him in the uniform of a full Admiral (with G.C.B. sash and star) wearing his medal group both in the order as mounted but also with the 2nd China medal significantly lower than the others, just as in this group. The portrait would have been painted in or after 1895 when he received the G.C.B. This medal group has been attributed to Hamilton for many years and the portrait evidence is compelling.

Pair: Fleet Surgeon R. Eustace, Royal Navy, who was specially promoted for services during the Ashantee War, and was awarded the Gilbert Blane Gold Medal for his paper on the forms of dysentery which so affected the Royal Marines landed on the Gold Coast in 1873 Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (R. Eustace. Staff Surgn. 2nd Cl. R.N. H.M.S. Himalaya. 73-74.) cleaned and lacquered, otherwise good very fine (2) £500-£700 --- Richard Eustace joined the Royal Navy as an Assistant Surgeon in February 1854. In June 1862 he was promoted to Surgeon, and Staff (later Fleet) Surgeon in March 1874. He received the Baltic Medal for his service in H.M.S. Monarch, flagship of Rear-Admiral Bruce, Commander-in-Chief Pacific Station at Petropaulouski during the Russian War of 1854-55. In June 1872 he was appointed to H.M.S. Himalaya and served during the Ashantee War of 1873-74. He received the thanks of the Admiralty for the care of the sick in troopship, and was promoted from Staff Surgeon 2nd Class to Staff Surgeon for his services (London Gazette 31 March 1874). His Medical Officers Journal describing the ‘intermittent fevers, remittent fevers and malarious forms of dysentery, which decimated the greater part of the Royal Marines landed on the Gold Coast in summer of 1873’ earned him the Gilbert Blane Gold Medal. In 1876 he was awarded the degree of M.D. Honoris Causa by Queen’s University Ireland. His records show that on 4 August 1878 he was directed to proceed to the wreck of the Eurydice which had been caught in a heavy snow storm off the Isle of Wight on 24 March 1878, capsized and sank. Only two of the ship's 378 crew and trainees survived, most of those not carried down with the ship dying of exposure in the freezing waters. It seems that Eustace wrote a critical letter concerning his duties, which presumably involved the salvage and recovery of bodies, which met with the displeasure of the Admiralty. He was reprimanded and placed on half pay in September 1878 and, in November 1879, he retired at his own request. Sold with copied record of service

Three: Petty Officer W. H. Morgan, Royal Navy, Sailmaker’s Crew attached to Shannon’s Naval Brigade during the Indian Mutiny, who later survived the destruction of H.M.S. Bombay by fire off Montevideo in December 1864 Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, clasp loose on ribbon; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (W. H. Morgan, Sailmrs. Crew. Shannon.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, the first cleaned, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- William Henry Morgan was born on 8 September 1837, and christened on 15 October following at St. Dunstan in the West, City of London, to William Morgan, a shop-man, and his wife Sarah. He joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class aged 14 and was placed on the books of H.M.S. Victory on 4 June 1851. He was transferred to Furious on 15 December 1852 until 20 August 1856. He was advanced to Boy 1st Class on 20 November 1854, and to Ordinary Seaman, 19 May 1856. The Furious was present in the Crimea from September 1854 to September 1855, earning Morgan his Crimean medals. He joined H.M.S. Shannon on 1 October 1856, as Sailmaker's Crew and was present as part of the Naval Brigade in the operations that resulted in the Capture of Lucknow. The Shannon returned to England on 1 January 1859, and after shore leave he briefly joined Cossack before transferring to Cumberland. He was promoted to Sailmaker's Mate on 23 November 1862, and joined H.M.S. Bombay on 25 February 1864, being appointed Ship's Corporal 2nd Class on the same date and rapidly raised to Ship's Corporal 1st Class on 29th April. or Petty Officer 1st Class. On 14 December 1864 Ship's Corporal Henry Morgan experienced a mariner's worst nightmare when H.M.S. Bombay was totally destroyed by fire off Montevideo. ‘The following despatch, addressed to Lord Clarence Paget, was received at the Admiralty last night:- Lisbon, Jan. 15, 2:30 P.M. “Admiral Elliot reports the total loss of Her Majesty's ship Bombay by fire, at Montevideo, on the 14th December. Mr Smallhorn, Assistant-Surgeon, of the officers, alone is missing; but 93 of the crew are supposed to be lost. Lieutenant Stirling, bearer of the despatches, proceeds by French packet to Bordeaux today.” H.M.S. Bombay a 2nd Rate 84 gun ship of the line was flagship to Rear Admiral Charles G. J. B. Elliot, under the command of Captain Colin Alan Campbell. Originally built as a teak wood sailing ship in Bombay in 1828, she had been lengthened and converted in April 1864 to a Line-of-battle screw steamer of 400 horsepower at Chatham. She had a complement of 619 officers and men. Captain Campbell's report states that the Bombay was ordered to leave Montevideo for gunnery operations at 6:15 a.m. on 14 December 1864. The ship's company had been exercising the guns at general quarters until forenoon close to Flores Island and English Bank. “At 1:45 p.m. we again went to quarters keeping the foremost lower deck guns exercising at targets until nearly 3:00 p.m. At 3:35 p.m. the fire bell was rung and a fire reported to me in the after magazine. A good supply of water was raised and I ordered the after magazine flooded. Both main and lower decks were full of smoke. No man could stand on the orlop deck and flames started coming out of the after hold. I directed the quarter-boats to be lowered and the sick to be placed in them. At 3:52 p.m. I ordered the boom-boats to be got out and the cutter, pinnace and 1st launch were hoisted out the starboard side. At 4:00 p.m. the boats were out with the exception of the 2nd launch. Flames started coming out of the hatchways igniting the awnings and sails rendering it impossible for the men to work. The sick were already in the boats and the crew followed. I instructed that all gratings, hammocks and anything that would float be thrown over the side to assist those already in the water. At 4:15 p.m. the mainmast went over the side quickly followed by the mizzenmast at 4:40 p.m. The foremast fell at 5:50 p.m. and the after magazine exploded at 8:25 p.m. The ship immediately sank in 8 fathoms of water.” With no telegraph in Montevideo two officers from the Bombay travelled by the first available vessel to Lisbon, Portugal with the despatch outlining the disaster. Admiral Elliot advised the Admiralty that he had found passage for 200 officers and men, including Morgan, on the Steam Vessel Herschel which arrived in Liverpool 6th February 1865 (the Herschel sank while navigating the River Plate almost exactly one year to the day in December 1865). All the ship's officers and men were brought before a court-martial which was convened on H.M.S. Victory on 8 February 1865. For the duration of the court-martial the Ship's company were berthed on the Training Ship Duke of Wellington. Captain Campbell, of H.M.S. Bombay stated in defence, “that the heroic conduct and steady discipline of both officers and men who remained on board the ship nobly doing their duty under the momentary expectation of explosion of the magazine, while large shells were bursting between decks, was only equalled by the devotion displayed by many of those in the boats, who, notwithstanding the fact that some of the guns were shotted, that some of the masts were falling over the side, that the whole ship was wrapped in flames, and that an explosion was imminent, pulled in and picked off those who, unable to swim, were still clinging to the ship, thus saving by means of the ship's boats alone 525 lives out of 619.” On 20 February 1865, the court, having investigated the tragic loss of the Bombay, could find no evidence of the source of the fire and that the officers and crew were blameless, instead blaming the shipyard work which caused a complete state of ventilation that allowed the fire to spread so rapidly. The crew were paid wages and granted leave with all passes being paid by the Admiralty. Before being dismissed, a letter from Lord Paget was read to the crew stating: “Their Lordships cannot allow the ship's company to be broken up without expressing their admiration of the noble conduct of both officers and men under the trying circumstances in which they were placed. My Lords are satisfied that if human efforts could have saved the Bombay from destruction they would not now have had to lament the loss of a ship, which, under any circumstances in which she might have been placed, would have reflected the highest credit on the British Navy.” William Morgan does not appear in the transcripts of the court-martial although two Ship's Corporals died in the disaster. On 18 February 1865 he signed off H.M.S. Bombay and after shore leave joined H.M.S. Terrible, during which time, in conjunction with the S.S. Great Eastern, they laid the first successful Atlantic cable. He was discharged to shore on 15 February 1867, at which time he took the opportunity to get married, to Louisa Lockwood, at St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, on 9 March. He returned to sea in H.M.S. Nymph on 30 April 1867, and afterwards served aboard St. Vincent, 15 July 1867; Prince Consort, 1 July 1870; Caledonia, 18 September 1871; and St. Vincent, 25 September 1872, until 1 April 1876, when he retired to pension having served a total of 21 years 136 days. Throughout his latter service he retained the rank of Ship's Corporal 1st Class. The regulations existing at the time required that all Ship's Corporals should be at least 5 foot 7 inches or taller but Morgan's height is listed as 5 foot 3 inches. He does not appear to have been issued with his L.S.G.C. Medal. Henry Morgan and Louisa had issue 7 children. In 1881 he is shown as being a Greenwich Pensioner and Greengrocer but the censuses of 1891 and 1901 show him as the Pier Master at...

Three: Private R. Bex, Royal Marines, who served in the Arctic in H.M.S. Assistance, in the Crimea in H.M.S. Medusa, and in the Third China War in H.M.S. Urgent, when he met his death in 1860 Arctic Medal 1818-55 privately engraved (Richard Bex); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, privately engraved (Richard Bex); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, privately engraved (Richard Bex) the first with neat solder repair to star and claw suspension; all three privately engraved in upright serif capitals and appear to have been engraved by the same hand; the first has additional faint crude scratch engraving ‘R. Bex’ to both east and west faces and the third has additional scratch engraving ‘Richard Bex’ to the edge; some rubbing to the edge of the second, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- Richard Bex was born in Godalming, Surrey, in February 1825 or 1826. By trade a shoemaker, he enlisted into the Royal Marines on 18 October 1845. He joined Assistance on 21 February 1852, as a Private, Royal Marines for the voyage in search for Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. He was paid off from Assistance on 17 October 1854, after returning home, the ship having been abandoned in the Arctic. He was then in Medusa 24 February 1855 to 19 July 1856, during the Crimean War. He joined Urgent on 16 November 1858, during the Second China War and was "Discharged Dead" at 8.30 pm on Sunday 14 October 1860 on the Woosung River, his body being taken ashore the following day for burial. It seems likely that he was not entitled to the medals for the Crimea. Whilst it is confirmed that he was aboard Medusa, for the Crimea campaign, Medusa was in the Black Sea between the qualifying dates of 1 October 1854 to 9 September 1855, though for only two months. The Crimea medal roll for Medusa has 58 names awarded to the ship, but there is also scrawled across each sheet -"Not entitled to Turkish Medal" and the heading for the ship's name has (’not on list of those entitled') - and this may indicate that she was not entitled to the British medal either. Although Douglas-Morris includes Medusa amongst those entitled to the Crimea Medal, she is not included in the listing of ships in British Battles and Medals; indeed the latter does not list the ships entitled to medals without clasps. However it does seem that the medals (whether Turkish or British - or both) were sent to the ship ("Delivered on board"), but, immediately under the ship's name at the head of the listing of the crew, is a cryptic note saying that a letter: "....from Commander in Chief dated 9th June 1856 states that out of the original number of medals issued to this ship, 58, Captain Osborne had returned 43 and accounted for the remaining 15 as stated against the men's names. Bex is noted as being still on board and that his medal was returned. He therefore does not appear entitled to either the Turkish Medal or the Sebastopol clasp and it is likely that his Crimea Medal was returned in accordance with the Commander in Chief's instruction. In relation to the medal for the Second China War, he does appear on the Urgent medal roll for the medal with clasp ‘Taku Forts 1860’, is noted ‘Discharged Dead’ but no mention of medal being issued. Sold with copied research

Pair: Major F. C. W. Drummond, 11th Bengal Native Infantry, late H.M. 53rd Regiment Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Ensign F. C. W. Drummond, 53rd Regt.); China 1857-60, no clasp (Lieut. F. C. W. Drummond. 11th Regt. N.I.) officially impressed naming, edge bruise to latter, contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £1,000-£1,400 --- Francis Charles Walker Drummond was born at Cawnpore on 26 June 1840, the son of Ensign F. W. Drummond, 8th Light Cavalry. He was nominated as a Cadet for the Bengal Infantry by John H. Astell, a Director of the East-India Company, and recommended by Sir J. C. Melvill, K.C.B.; examined and passed on 11 November 1857, he proceeded overland to India on 4 January 1858. He ‘joined Her Majesty’s 53rd Foot in February 1858. Continued with Her Majesty’s 53rd Foot till November 1858, when ordered to join the 70th Native Infantry; joined 70th Native Infantry in China in February 1859; appointed Acting Adjutant in 11th, late 70th Regiment Native Infantry in May 1862; remained in that appointment till return of the Adjutant from furlough in November 1862; attached to 7th Regiment Native Infantry in April 1863; appointed Wing Subaltern 25th Punjab Regiment Native Infantry in August 1863; appointed Quarter Master 25th Punjab Regiment Native Infantry in January 1864; appointed Adjutant 7th Regiment Native Infantry in August 1854 and remained in this appointment until November 1869; appointed Officiating W. Wing Officer 7th Regiment Native Infantry in November 1869; commanded Right Wing 7th Regiment Native Infantry and Station at Cachar during 1870; appointed Staff Officer at Banda in addition to other duties in 1864; Station Officer at Dacca in addition to other duties in January 1868. He served at the siege and capture of Lucknow with Her Majesty’s 53rd Foot, in March 1858 (Medal and Clasp). Present at the affair of Koossie and the passage of the Goomtee at Sultanpore in 1858. Foreign service in China with 70th Native Infantry in 1859 and 1860 (Medal).’ Sold with copied Cadet papers and statement of services. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s father, see Lot 70.

Four: Bandmaster A. Barry, 67th Foot China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Sergt. Andw. Barry. 67th. Regt.); Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (2892, Band Mr. A Barry, 6th. Foot.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2892 Band Mr. Sergt. Andw. Barry, 67th. Foot.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Bndmstr. A. Barry. 67/Foot.) contact marks ands edge bruising, especially to first, China nearly very fine, the rest better (4) £600-£800 --- Andrew Barry was born on 27 July 1832 and attested for the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot as Drummer Boy on 24 July 1846. He was promoted Corporal on 15 September 1858; Sergeant on 5 August 1859; and Bandmaster on 1 January 1864. He served with the Regiment in Gibraltar, the West Indies, Canada, India, China, Hong Kong, the Cape Colony, Burma, and Afghanistan, and was discharged on 29 June 1880, after 29 years and 338 days’ man’s service. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, together with a gratuity of £10, in February 1907. Sold with copied record of service and other research, including a photographic image of the recipient.

Three: Deputy Inspector-General Edward Meade, Royal Navy, who was specially promoted to Fleet Surgeon for services at the bombardment of Alexandria, 11 July 1882 Abyssinia 1867 (E. Meade Asst. Surgn. H.M.S. Satellite); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (E. Meade, Staff Surgn. R.N., H.M.S. “Penelope”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £900-£1,200 --- Edward Meade was born on 25 May 1836, and was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Navy on 4 August 1862. He served aboard Satellite 1866-70, including operations in Abyssinia (Medal), and was promoted to Staff Surgeon on 19 February 1876. He was Staff Surgeon of Penelope at the bombardment of Alexandria, 11 July 1882 (promoted), and during the Egyptian war (Medal with Alexandria Clasp; Khedive’s Bronze Star). Specially promoted to Fleet Surgeon, 11 July 1882, for services at the bombardment of Alexandria. Appointed Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets on the Retired List, 25 May 1891. Meade died of cardiac dropsy and ascites on 23 March 1924. Sold with research saved to CD.

A Knight Bachelor’s group of seven awarded to Major Sir Stephen P. Low, Hampshire Regiment, later Solicitor to the Board of Trade and Ministry of Fuel and Power Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1938, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Major S. P. Low.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. S. P. Low. Hamps. R.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, the last six mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (7) £400-£500 --- Knight Bachelor London Gazette 9 June 1938: Stephen Philpot Low, Esq., Solicitor to the Board of Trade. Sir Stephen Philpot Low was born on 17 September 1883, the son of Sir Frederick Low, K.C., M.P., and was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Called to the Bar in 1906, he practised on the South Eastern Circuit until the outbreak of the Great War. Low served with the 1st/9th (Cyclist) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (Territorial Force) during the Great War in India from February 1916, and then in Siberia during the Russian Intervention, arriving at Vladivostock on 28 November 1918, and remaining in Siberia until the following November. He was promoted Acting Major on 25 October 1918. Following the Great War Low joined the Legal Department of the Ministry of Labour in 1920, and in 1934 was appointed Solicitor to the Board of Trade. Knighted for his services in the 1938 Birthday Honours’ List, from 1942 until his retirement in 1948 he additionally held the appointment of Solicitor to the Ministry of Fuel and Power. He died in Harrow on 25 October 1955. Sold with copied research and medal roll extracts which confirm the award of all three Coronation and Jubilee Medals.

Three: Surgeon John Brunt, Royal Navy, later Mercantile Marine Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (J. Brunt. Surgn. R.N. H.M.S. “Agincourt”; Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (J. Brunt.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, the Egypt pair nearly very fine, the second good very fine, and an unusual combination (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- John Brunt was born on 24 September 1851, and having qualified as a doctor entered the Royal Navy as a Surgeon at Plymouth Hospital on 1 October 1879. He was next appointed to Netley Hospital (November 1879) and joined his first ship H.M.S. Royal Adelaide in March 1880, and subsequently served as Surgeon aboard London (April 1881), Duke of Wellington (June 1881), and Agincourt (September 1881). Whilst employed in the latter ship in Egyptian waters he earned the Egyptian medal and Khedive’s bronze star. He served next in Boscawen (September 1883), R.M.A. Division Eastney (September 1884), Flora (August 1886) and Duke of Wellington (April 1889). On 21 June 1889 he was allowed to withdraw from the Royal Navy after nine years service with a gratuity of £1,000.00 under the terms of an Order in Council dated 1 April 1881. In 1900 he joined the Merchant Marine as a Surgeon, served with the Union Castle Steamship Company and whilst aboard the Hawarden Castle employed on Transport Duties during the Boer War he gained entitlement to the Transport medal and clasp. Sold with copied R.N. record of service.

Three: Chief Petty Officer F. H. Bowles, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (F. H. Bowles, A.B. H.M.S. “Chester.”); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (F. H. Bowles, P.O. 1st Cl: H.M.S. Edinburgh.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, some very minor marks from star, otherwise good very fine, the first very scarce to ship (3) £260-£300 --- Only 21 Egypt medals issued to H,M.S. Chester. Frederick Bowles was born at Newbury, Berkshire, on 3 December 1858, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Fisgard on 28 May 1875, and was made an Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class aboard Boscawen in December 1876. After receiving advancement to Ordinary Seaman in September 1877, he was drafted to Raleigh (1877-81), and subsequently sent to Alexandra to serve aboard the tank vessel Chester from 10 July 1882 until 30 October 1882, followed by time aboard Ruby until November 1882. As an Able Seaman he served aboard Canada (1883-86), followed by a commission aboard Edinburgh (1887-90) where he received advancement to Petty Officer 1st Class (Captain's Coxswain) and his L.S. & G.C. medal. He was made Acting Chief Petty Officer in July 1895, and had his request to serve an additional five years, over and above the 20 years he had originally signed on for, approved in December 1896. He was pensioned to shore from Seahorse (1899-1901) on 1 December 1901, and discharged from the Royal Fleet Reserve having reached the age limit on 3 December 1908. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts

Pair: Able Seaman W. Field, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (W. Field, A.B. H.M.S. “Invincible”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £160-£200 --- Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Pair: Corporal G. Clibborn, 7th Dragoon Guards Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (2589 Pte. G. Clibborn, 7.Dn. Gds.), traces of brooch mounting to reverse, with suspension claw crudely re-affixed; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, heavy pitting and contact marks, therefore fine, the Star better (2) £100-£140 --- George Clibborn was born in Hertford in 1860 and attested for the 3rd Dragoon Guards at Bow Street, London, on 4 June 1879. He transferred to the 7th Dragoon Guards on 24 July 1882, and served with the Regiment in Egypt from 7 August 1882 to 11 March 1883. He saw further service in India, and was promoted Corporal on 9 July 1886. He transferred to the Reserve on 4 June 1887, and was discharged on 3 June 1891, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.

Pair: Corporal W. Buchan, Highland Light Infantry, who was severely wounded at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir on 13 September 1882; Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry, he was personally present with his Egypt Medal by H.M. Queen Victoria Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (2693. Corpl. W. Buchan. 2nd. Highd. Lt. Infy.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting, very fine (2) £300-£400 --- William Buchan attested for the Highland Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt. He was severely wounded by gunshot to the left ankle at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir on 13 September 1882, and for his gallantry was Mentioned in General Wolesley’s Despatch (London Gazette 2 November 1882), one of only 5 other ranks from the Regiment so honoured. He was personally presented with his Egypt Medal by H.M. Queen Victoria on 29 November 1882. He was discharged on account of his wounds on 30 January 1883, and after 2 years and 62 days’ service, and was subsequently an out-patient of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. He died at East Ham on 9 February 1939. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private. T. Foster, Highland Light Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1733 Pte. T. Foster 2/High. L.I.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, suspension loose, heavy pitting from star, nearly very fine (2) £240-£280 --- Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

Four: Able Seaman, later Chief Petty Officer, A. Tett, H.M.S. Woodlark, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (A. Tett A.B. H.M.S. Woodlark.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (A. Tett, A.B. H.M.S. Woodlark.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming Abm. Tett. A.B. H.M.S. Woodlark.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £500-£700 --- Abraham Tett was born on 6 March 1847, at St Peter's Port, Guernsey. He commenced naval service as Able Seaman, H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, on 1 December 1875, and was employed as boats' crew for the Harbour Master at Portland. He remained there until 9 April 1883, until briefly moving to H.M.S. Hercules on 10 April 1883. He returned to H.M.S. Duke of Wellington until 23 February 1884, again apart from a short spell in H.M.S. Repulse. He joined H.M.S. Woodlark on the East Indies Station on 24 February 1884, remaining in her as an Able Seaman until 25 March 1887. He was advanced to Leading Seaman on 18 April 1888; to Petty Officer 1 Class on 24 October 1889; to Acting C.P.O., 10 May 1893, and finally to C.P.O. on 10 May 1894. He was traced for his L.S. & G.C. medal on 24 February 1887. He was discharged to shore from H.M.S. Australia on 2 December 1895 and pensioned after 20 years service, aged 48. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s son, see Lot 149.

Three: Corporal H. Green, Military Mounted Police, late 20th Hussars Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, Gemaizah 1888, Toski 1889 (2629. Pte. H. Green. 20th Hussars); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (317 Corpl: H. Green. Mil: Mtd: Police.); Khedive’s Star, undated, unnamed as issued, mounted for display, light pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine and better (3) £500-£700 --- Henry Green was born at Enfield, Middlesex, in 1865 and enlisted into the 20th Hussars at Bedford on 9 March 1886, aged 21, a farm labourer by trade. He embarked for Egypt on 2 December 1886, to take part in the Mahdist War in the Sudan. The Anglo-Egyptian Army moved to counter an attack in the Suakin region by the Mahdist General Osman Dinga in 1888. This attack was focused on a pair of British Forts at Gemaizah which were besieged and the decision was taken by General Grenfell to break this siege as soon as he was able. With the arrival of reinforcements from Cairo including a Squadron of the 20th Hussars, the attack commenced on 20 December 1888. During the battle an outflanking manoeuvre by the Mahdist cavalry was countered by the 20th Hussars and driven from the field. Notably this pursuit continued well beyond the order to cease fire. The next year Green again served under Grenfell's command as part of the British Squadron present at the battle of Toski. A Mahdist Army of six thousand men had advanced into Egypt and Grenfell led the Egyptian Army to meet it. The battle was a resounding victory for the Egyptians with the Mahdist Army utterly shattered and its commander killed. The only British troops present were a single squadron of the 20th Hussars who took part in the final decisive cavalry charge which broke the wavering enemy line. Green remained in Egypt transferring to the Military Mounted Police on 1 February 1891. Finally returning to England on 29 March 1896, he continued to serve, being promoted Corporal on 7 December 1898. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in 1904. On his discharge on 8 March 1907, his conduct and character were described as 'exemplary' and a ‘good groom’. He served a total of 21 years.

A Great War C.M.G. group of three awarded to Surgeon Captain G. T. Bishop, Royal Navy The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in damaged case of issue; British War Medal 1914-18 (Surg. Commr. G. T. Bishop. R.N.); France, Third Republic, Medaille d’Honneur des Epidimies, silver-gilt (M. Georges F. Bishop Malte 1919) edge stamped ‘argent’, ribbon with embroidered anchor, good very fine (3) £700-£900 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 4 June 1917: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War’. Medaille d’Honneur des Epidimies London Gazette 25 February 1921 - an apparently unique award in gilt to the Royal Navy; three awards are recorded issued in bronze and four issued in silver. George Thompson Bishop was born on 17 May 1965, and joined the Royal Navy in May 1892. He was promoted to Staff Surgeon in October 1903 and to Fleet Surgeon in May 1908. Promotion to Surgeon Captain came on his retirement in 1920. Sold with full service record, confirmation of both awards and sole entitlement to British War Medal.

Three: Sergeant-Major H. Cross, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, clasps mounted in this order, as usual (382 Sergt. H. Cross. 2d. Bn. Hamps. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (382 Serjt:- Maj: H. Cross. Hampshire Regt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (3/4895 S. Mjr. H. Cross. Hamps. R.) light contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £300-£400 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 22 March 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’ Henry Cross was born in Southampton in 1863 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 2 August 1882, having previously served in the 3rd Militia Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma from 19 January 1886 to 7 February 1888, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 10 of 1903. He was discharged on 1 August 1907, after 25 years’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War Cross re-enlisted in the Hampshire Regiment on 17 September 1914, and served throughout the War at the depot at home. For his services he was awarded an Immediate Meritorious Service Medal, and was discharged on 17 January 1919, after a further 4 years and 121 days’ service. Sold with copied research including various photographic images of the recipient.

Pair: Private A. W. Burgess, Hampshire Regiment, later Bengal-Nagpur Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, clasps re-mounted in this order, as usual (840 Pte. A. W. Burgess 2d. Bn. Hamps. R.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Voltr A. W. Burgess 1st. Bl: Nagpur Ry. Voltr. Rifle Corps) good very fine (2) £180-£220 --- A. W. Burgess was awarded his Volunteer Force Long Service Medal per Indian Army Order 292 of June 1915.

Five: Commissioned Gunner P. W. Tregillis, Royal Navy, later Lieutenant Commander (retired) East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (P. Tregillis. Ord. H.M.S. Raleigh.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (P. W. Tregillis, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Beagle.); 1914-15 Star (Gnr. P. W. Tregillis, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch. Gnr. P. W. Tregillis, R.N.) very fine and better (5) £400-£500 --- Percy William Tregillis was born in Hastings, Sussex, on 16 December 1875, and commenced naval service on 15 September 1891, as Boy Second Class, H.M.S. St. Vincent. He was advanced to Boy 1st Class on 24 November 1892, briefly transferring to H.M.S. Invincible in March 1893, prior to joining H.M.S. Raleigh on 15 April 1893. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman on 16 December 1893, and to Able Seaman on 26 January 1895. In this ship he took part in the campaign off the Gambia in 1894. He joined H.M.S. Excellent in April 1895 to train as a Seaman Gunner, qualifying on 11 September 1895. From there he joined H.M.S. Vernon, for a few months, before serving in H.M.S. Royal Oak from January to November 1896, and then in H.M.S. Prince George from 26 November 1896 to 26 June 1899, advancing to Leading Seaman on 2 April 1899. On 27 June 1899 he returned to H.M.S. Excellent remaining there until 23 February 1901, undergoing further gunnery courses for, on 2 December 1900, he advanced to Petty Officer 2nd Class and on 4 April 1901, qualified as a Gunnery Instructor. On 21 May 1901 he joined H.M.S. Beagle and was advanced to Petty Officer 1st Class on 21 October 1901. He remained in her until 4 September 1902, qualifying in her for the Queen's South Africa Medal and, a year later, on 29 October 1903, was promoted to Acting Gunner and appointed to H.M.S. Centurion on the China Station on 4 November 1903. He was in receipt of two Good Conduct Badges but was promoted before he had sufficient time to qualify for the third, or for the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. He then went to H.M.S. Virago in January 1905, also on the China Station, before returning Home to H.M.S. Leviathan in April 1907 ("for instructional purposes"), H.M.S. Excellent in August 1909 ("for duty with Tenders") and H.M.S. Ganges in March 1911 ("for instructional duties") at the Boys' Training Establishment. In August 1912 he was lent to the newly formed Royal Australian Navy in H.M.S. Encounter, arriving home in November 1916, before joining H.M.S. Boxer in February 1917, and H.M.S. Glory in November of that year. On 13 September 1918 he was promoted to Chief Gunner and in 1919 to Commissioned Gunner with the same seniority date. In September 1919 he was appointed to H.M.S. Hermione and in August 1920 joined H.M.S. Philomel on loan to the Royal New Zealand Navy. On 22 August 1922, he was promoted to Lieutenant, returning to the Royal Navy before being placed on the retired list on 16 December 1925, his 50th birthday. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander on the Retired List on 12 August 1930, and died on 11 September 1937, aged 62.

Pair: Gunner C. H. Card, Royal Horse Artillery, who was wounded at Uitval’s Nek on 11 July 1900 India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (81345 Gunr. C. H. Card. A. By. R.H.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (81435 Gnr: C. H. Card, O. Bty., R.H.A.) QSA partially officially corrected; contact marks, polished and worn, nearly very fine (2) £300-£400 --- C. H. Card 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 from 10 February 1900. He was wounded a Uitval’s Nek on 11 July 1900. Sold with copied medal roll extracts, with the recipient’s service number at variance on the rolls as per the medals.

Pair: Driver R. Prince, Royal Horse Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (36362 Driver R. Prince “F” By. R.H.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (36362 Dvr: R. Prince. R.H.A.) contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Richard Prince was born in Torquay, Devon, on 19 December 1859, and joined the Royal Navy as a Domestic First Class on 1 April 1878. He was shore discharged, time expired, on 24 October 1882, and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Portsmouth on 10 January 1883. He served with the Artillery in India from 8 September 1883 to 13 December 1893, and again from 17 September 1895 to 25 April 1903, and saw active service on the Punjab Frontier. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 10 of 1903, and was discharge on 31 July 1903, after 20 years and 203 days’ service, of which almost 18 years had been spent soldiering in India. Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extracts, and other research.

Three: Chief Sick Berth Steward O. Fearnley, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (O. Fearnley, S.B. Std. H.M.S. Alecto.); British War Medal 1914-20 (137407 O. Fearnley. Ch. S.B.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Owen Fearnley. Sk. Bth. Stewd. H.M.S. Gladiator.) together with Silver War Badge No. ‘RN34623’, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better and rare to sick berth personnel (3) £400-£500 --- Owen Fearnley was born in Mile End, London in June 1870. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1886. Fearnley was posted as a Sick Berth Attendant to Haslar Hospital in June 1888, and advanced to Sick Berth Steward in June 1893. Subsequent service included H.M.S. Alecto, from March 1897 - April 1898 earning his East & West Africa Medal. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in October 1907, and was discharged on 7 January 1909. Mobilised on 2 August 1914, Fearnley served the entirety of the Great War as a Chief Sick Berth Steward at Chatham Naval Hospital, and was eventually invalided from service on 24 December 1918.

Four: Chief Petty Officer J. W. Lewis, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J. W. Lewis, P.O. 1st Cl: H.M.S. Magicienne); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (J. W. Lewis, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Magicienne.); British War Medal 1914-20 (134978 J. W. Lewis. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (134978 J. W. Lewis, C.P.O., H.M.S. Caesar.) official correction to ship, mounted for display, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £600-£800 --- Jesse William Lewis was born at Wymering, Hilsea, Hampshire on 23 August 1869. He joined the Royal Navy on 23 September 1885, giving his trade as market gardener. His promotion to Chief Petty Officer in January 1909 was steady although he was disrated on one occasion. He earned his first two campaign medals as a Petty Officer aboard H.M.S. Magicienne, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. medal whilst serving in H.M.S. Caesar in September 1908. Lewis was pensioned in August 1909. However, in May 1915 he was recalled for service, earning the single British War Medal for service at various shore bases until demobilised in April 1919. Sold with copied record of service.

Five: Chief Petty Officer S. J. Thornbarrow, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (S. J. Thornbarrow. A.B. H.M.S. Rambler); 1914-15 Star (188515 S. J. Thornbarrow, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals 188515 S. J. Thornbarrow. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (188515 S. J. Thornbarrow. P.O. H.M.S. Pembroke.) mounted on card for display, polished, otherwise nearly very fine or better (5) £160-£200 --- Samuel James Thornbarrow was born at Sydenham, Kent, on 20 June 1880, and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 22 April 1896. He joined H.M.S. Rambler in November 1897, was advanced to Ordinary Seaman in June 1898 and to Able Seaman in January 1900, and saw service off South Africa during the Boer War. Thornbarrow attained Petty Officer status in May 1911 and during the Great War saw service in the river gunboat Scarab from December 1915 at Port Said. During 1917 she was deployed in support of military operations on the Danube, based at Bucharest. He received his L.S. & G.C. medal in Pembroke in January 1920, was advanced to Chief Petty Officer on 1 March 1920, and was invalided out with poor eyesight on 25 August 1920. Sold with copied record of service.

An early 20th century un-engraved silver plated dog trophy with wooden freestanding frame by Birmingham medal company, Dia. 22cm.

A collection of WWII Ephemera to include 5 medals, all relating to Arthur Proctor, (Royal Navy Wireless Telegraphist operator) Medals - War medal 39-45, The Burma Star, The France and Germany Star, The 1939-1945 Star, and The Pacific Star. A box ribbons, Wireless Telegraphist trade badges, Photographs, and related paperwork and certificates for Arthur Proctor,

A collection of Ephemera including a boxed Imperial Service Medal relating to Anthony Griffiths Cains (Royal Navy) and Francis Henry Cains (Army) photographs and Certificates relating to both WWI and WWII, to include an Army certificate of service book and a Soldiers service and pay book also included a Coronation book (1937) presented to Anthony Griffiths Cains at school, and a Striptease card game.

9ct gold Manchester Evening Chronicle 1930 Angling medal, H: 35 mm, 9.9g. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

A PS2 console with approximatively 30 gamesGames include: SS Tricky, Cool Boarders, Enter the Matrix, Max Payne, Splinter Cell, Torino 2006, The Thing, The Getaway, Metal Gear Solid 2&3, Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, Knockout Kings 2002, Gran Turismo 3, Strike Force Bowling, Call of Duty Finest Hour, Desert Storm 2, Hitman 2, The Warriors, Ratchet & Clank, Driv3r, Medal of Honor Frontline, FIFA 2003, FIFA street, True crime Streets if LA, Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars Jedi Starfighter, XIII, Tony Hawks 3, Turok EvolutionThe console has been plugged in and tested if powers on, it does work but untested on an actual monitor / TV to check if works with the games.

A mixed lot of mainly jewellery including a Ninian cross pendant, silver and white metal, costume jewellery and a Constabulary medal.

Fitted cased silver prize medal, a silver and enamelled fob cased, another silver large fob and a Straits settlement silver dollar coin 1908.

Egypt Medal with The Nile 1884-85 clasp and Khedive’s 1884-86 Star to 592 Pte D. Cunningham of the 1st Gordon Highlanders with copy’s of his military history.

Two Queen’s South Africa Medals one with five clasps of South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, Transvaal, Orange Free State & Cape Colony to 6954 Pte D. Hancox of the Scottish Rifles. The other missing inscription and medal mount.