Seven: Gunner and Shoeing-Smith W. E. Hodgkins, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (16553. Gun’r, W. E. Hodgkin [sic]. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (20569 S:Sth: W. E. Hodgkins, 37th. Batt. R.F.A.) rank officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (20569 Shg:- Sth: W. E. Hodgkins. R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (20569 S.Sth. W. E. Hodgkins. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (20569 Gnr. W. E. Hodgkins. R.A.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (20569. Gr. W. E. Hodgkins. 37th. Fd. Bty. R.A.) contemporarily engraved naming, mounted court-style, lacquered, very fine (7) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Edwin Hodgkins attested for the Royal Artillery on 15 June 1897 and served with the 37th Field Battery in the Sudan and in South Africa during the Boer War, and with the 30th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 August 1914. He was discharged due to sickness on 17 August 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. 435,730. Sold with copied medal index card and medal roll extracts.
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Pair: Private R. Adams, Royal Scots Fusiliers, late Royal Garrison Artillery Militia Victory Medal 1914-19 (26508 Pte. R. Adams. R. Scots.); Militia L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1101 Gnr: R. Adams. S.E. of Scot: R.G.A. Mil.) wear and traces of brooch mounting to reverse of LS&GC, this fine, the VM very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Robert Adams was awarded his Militia Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in May 1906, and served with the 12th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 December 1915 and was discharged on 8 February 1919.
Four: Warrant Office Class II W. J. Parminter, Gloucestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2466 Sjt. W. J. Parminter. Glouc. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2466 Sjt. W. J. Parminter. Glouc. R.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5178823 W.O. Cl.II. W. J. Parminter. 6-Glouc R.); together with an Army Rifle Association Bronze Medal, the reverse engraved ‘R.Q.M.S. W. Parminter 1936’; and a silver pocket watch, the reverse engraved; Recruiting Prize 1930 C.S-M. W. Parminter (6) £400-£500
A Great War A.R.R.C. pair awarded to Nursing Sister Ann W. B. Wallace, Nyasaland Medical Reserve, attached South Africa Military Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; British War Medal 1914-20 (N/Sister. A. W. D. Wallace.) very fine (2) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 25 September 1917. Ann Wilson Bonnar Wallace, later Mrs. O’Malley, joined the Nyasaland Medical Reserve on 7 September 1914, and served attached to the South Africa Military Nursing Service during the Great War. Sold with copied research.
An early ‘Northern Ireland’ Q.G.M. group of four awarded to Lance Corporal P. B. J. Broome, 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry, for his gallantry during an ambush on his patrol in the Lower Falls area of Belfast, 21 May 1974. Broome rescued his wounded patrol commander whilst under fire, and forced the ambush to break up as a result of his accurate return fire - the latter wounding the IRA gunman, and forcing him to retreat within the gathering large civilian crowd Queen’s Gallantry Medal (24246502 Pte. Paul B. J. Broome, L.I.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24246502 Pte. P. B. J. Broome LI.); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const Paul B Broome) mounted as originally worn, and housed in custom made wooden case, with regimental emblem and recipient’s details embossed on lid, cleaned, very fine or better (4) £5,000-£6,000 --- Q.G.M. London Gazette 6 January 1975: ‘In recognition of services in Northern Ireland during the period 1 May 1974 to 31 July 1974.’ The following extract from a letter of congratulation upon the award of the Q.GM. to the recipient, written by Lieutenant General Sir Jack Harman, K.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., adds the following: ‘Your presence of mind and coolness in the face of considerable danger in the Lower Falls on 21 May 1974 were an example to us all.’ The recipient’s account of the above incident adds: ‘The award was issued following an ambush in the Lower Falls area of Belfast in May 1974 by the IRA upon a patrol in which l was a private soldier. Hand grenades were used on a covert observation post during which a soldier was seriously injured. The patrol l was part of came across the ambush and challenged a gunman who fired and wounded the patrol commander who fell in to the street in direct line of fire of the gunman. I ran into the street and managed to get the wounded NCO back into cover under fire from the gunman. I then returned fire and hit the gunman who was taken away by a large crowd that gathered and substantially outnumbered the soldiers on the ground. In the ensuing follow up no trace was located of the gunman as was common at that time.’ Paul Brian James Broome served with the 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry in Northern Ireland. After leaving the army, he served as a Police Constable. Sold with the following related documents: Letter of congratulation from Lieutenant General Sir Jack Harman, K.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., Headquarters 1st British Corps, dated 3 January 1975; Letter to the same effect from General Sir Harry Tuzo, G.C.B., O.B.E., M.C., Commander-In-Chief British Army of The Rhine, dated 6 January 1975; Copy of Commanding Officer’s Orders [Lieutenant Colonel J. D. G. Pank, 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry] announcing award, dated 6 January 1975; 2 photographs of recipient in uniform serving in Northern Ireland, including one which was taken a few days prior to the ambush and shows the recipient and the soldier that he rescued.
Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1027787 W.O. Cl.II. B. K. Kendall. D.C.M. R.A.) light contact marks, good very fine £50-£70 --- B. K. Kendall was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 150 of 1927. No trace has been found of a Distinguished Conduct Medal being awarded to this man; however, the naming on the medal is entirely correct.
Documents. A selection of miscellaneous documents, including Commission Document appointing Frank Manning Macdonald a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, dated 28 June 1916; Bestowal Certificates for the 1937 Coronation Medal (2), named to ‘Lieutenant (O.E.O. 3rd Class) William Joseph Norris’ and ‘T. M. Roberts Esq.’; a Certificate of Disembodiment on Demobilisation named to Private J. Bowman, Royal Highlanders, and dated 17 January 1919; a Victorian annotated photographic image of members of the 15th Hussars; two Buckingham Palace letters and one Central Chancery letter; an insert card for the wearing of G.C.V.O. insignia; and various Greeting Cards, generally good condition (lot) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Pair: First Class Master Gunner W. Lown, Royal Artillery Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1C1. Mr. Gr. W. Lown. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2080. 3rd. Cl: Mr. Gunr. W. Lown. 3rd. Div: Cst. Bde. R.A.) very fine and better (2) £140-£180 --- William Lown was born in Markham, near Great Yarmouth, around 1853. He attested for the Royal Regiment of Artillery in the Guildhall at Norwich on 19 December 1870, his profession noted as ‘schoolmaster’s assistant’. Appointed 2nd Class Master Gunner on 21 January 1892, he was raised 1st Class Master Gunner in Ceylon and returned home to Tynemouth in February 1900. His Army Service Record confirms the award of his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 305 of 1889, and notes the recipient as father to 9 children born between 1878 and 1892.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private E. F. Beard, Middlesex Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (34563 Pte. E. F. Beard. 2/Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-34563 Pte. E. F. Beard. Midd’x R.) extremely fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1918. Ernest Frederick Beard was born in Epsom, Surrey, in 1886 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment, serving successively with the 18th, 16th, and 2nd Battalions during the Great War on the Western Front. Sold with copied Battalion War Diary extracts and other research.
A post-War M.V.O. group of seven awarded to Lance-Corporal E. V. Schopman, Royal Army Service Corps, attached British Army Newspaper Unit, later Royal Household Account Executive, Harrison & Sons, Printers The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver nad enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘1487’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, with Defence Council enclosure and named card box of issue for the Second War awards, addressed to ‘Mr. E. V. Schopman, M.V.O., Horizons, 1b Anthony Close Poughill, Bude, N-Cornwall, EX23 9HD’, the Second War awards all later issues, extremely fine (7) £400-£500 --- M.V.O. London Gazette 3 June 1978. Edward Victor Schopman was born on 17 August 1918, and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to a firm of printers. He attested for the Royal Army Service Corps on 16 July 1939, and served during the Second World War with the British Army Newspaper Unit, latterly stationed in Venice. Post-War, he was employed by Messrs Harrison & Sons, Printers (a firm that held three Royal Warrants as Printers for the Royal Household and various Government Departments), and was latterly the firm’s Royal Household Account Executive. For his services he was created a Member of the Royal Victorian Order shortly before his retirement to Cornwall. Sold with a copy of the Statutes of the Royal Victorian Order; three Central Chancery letters regarding the M.V.O.; Bestowal Certificate for the Silver Jubilee Medal; and a large quantity of copied research, including copies of the recipient’s Army record of service.
Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (11953 Far: Sjt: H. C. Gale. R.F.A.) nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. Henry Charles Gale was born in Christchurch, Hampshire, in 1879. A game keeper, he served in France from 27 November 1915 with the 1/4th N. Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Awarded the M.S.M. as Farrier Sergeant, he was discharged to Army Reserve on 28 April 1919.
Four: Warrant Officer Class I R. J. Newson, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (110728 Dvr R. J. Newson. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1040086 Sjt. R. J. Newson. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1040086 W.O. Cl.1. R. J. Newson. R.A.) the first three mounted as worn, the last in named card box of issue, light contact marks, very fine, the MSM extremely fine (4) £140-£180
Pair: G. J. A. Cordwell, Australian Forces Australian Defence Medal (122867 G J A Cordwell); Anniversary of National Service Medal 1951-72 (122867 G J A Cordwell) mounted court-style as worn, extremely fine Four: J. D. E. Niles, Australian Prison Service Australian Defence Medal (169091 J. D. E. Niles); National Medal, with Second Award Bar (Joseph Darryl Niles); Queensland Police Long and Meritorious Service Medal, 2 clasps, 1978, 1988 (Joseph Darryl Niles); Queensland Corrective Serve Long and Meritorious Service Medal, with Second Award Bar (Darryl Niles) all individually mounted court-style for display, extremely fine Australia, International Force East Timor Medal, naming erased; Iraq Medal, naming erased; Defence Force Service Medal, naming erased; National Medal, unnamed as issued; together with three copy New Zealand Medals, comprising the New Zealand General Service Medal 1992; and two New Zealand East Timor Medals, generally nearly extremely fine (13) £200-£240
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Private T. W. Leithwaite, 1/7th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (88825 Pte. T. W. Lewthwaite. 7/L’pool R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (88825 Pte. T. W. Leithwaite. L’Pool. R.) very fine (2) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette, 13 March 1919. Thomas W. Leithwaite attested into the King’s (Liverpool) Regiment for service during the Great War, and served with the 1/7th Battalion on the Western Front. He was likely awarded his M.M. for the attack on La Bassee Road on 29 September 1918. Sold with copy Medal Index Card, London Gazette entry and copy Battalion War diary for the aforementioned attack.
A Great War A.R.R.C. group of four awarded to Acting Sister Muriel G. Rowe, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and Civil Hospital Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; 1914 Star (S. Nurse M. G. Rowe, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medal, with M.I.D. oak leaves (A. Sister M. G. Rowe.); together with the recipient’s Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Cape Badge, unnamed, good very fine (5) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Colonel D. G. B. Riddick Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006. A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919: Miss Muriel Gladys Rowe, A./ Sister, Civ. Hpl. Res. ‘In recognition of their valuable services with the Armies in France and Flanders’ M.I.D. London Gazette 7 November 1917: Miss M. G. Rowe (University College Hosp.), Civil Hospital Reserve.
Five: Sergeant A. F. Holgate, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (15489 Cpl. A. F. Holgate. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (15489 Sjt. A. F. Holgate. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1017795 Sjt. A. F. Holgate. R.F.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1017795 Sjt. A. F. Holgate. R.A.) the first four mounted as worn, the last loose in named card box of issue, good very fine, the last extremely fine (5) £160-£200 --- Arthur Fred Holgate was born in 1884 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Colchester on 15 April 1903. He served in Mesopotamia and Bushire from 29 December 1915, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 12 January 1920). Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal the following year, he was discharged at Woolwich on 11 December 1924, his conduct noted as ‘exemplary’.
Five: Warrant Officer Class I J. Reidy, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia), who was Mentioned in Despatches during the Boer War and served a remarkable 32 Years with the British Army Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (29620 Rl: Sgt. Maj: J. Reidy. Durham R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (24-62 W.O. Cl.1. J. Reidy. North’d Fus.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (S Mjr J Reidy RA); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (29620. Q.M. Sgt. J. Reidy. R.A.) light contact marks to first, generally very fine (5) £200-£240 --- James Reidy was born in Deptford, Kent, in 1858. He attested for the Royal Artillery on 23 March 1876 and re-engaged at Cork on 21 January 1886 for further service as Battery Sergeant Major. Awarded his Long Service ands Good Conduct Medal in 1894, he served in South Africa from 22 March 1900 to 28 November 1901, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901). Remaining with the Colours, the U.K. Military Campaign and Award Roll for South Africa adds: ‘At present serving on P.S. [Permanent Staff], Northumberland R.G.A. (Militia)’. Discharged at the age of 50 years on 23 September 1908, Reidy returned to service with the Tyneside Irish during the Great War, his papers stating ‘Max 55/’, and ‘over age 2/11’. Reidy was eventually discharged for a second time due to arthritis on 11 January 1919 and was later awarded an annuity M.S.M.
Six: Warrant Officer Class II R. Fitzjohn, Royal Artillery Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1408792 Sjt. R. Fitzjohn. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1408792 W.O.Cl.2. Fitzjohn. R.A.) the last lacking recipient’s initial, mounted court-style for display in this order, good very fine and better (6) £140-£180 --- Robert Fitzjohn was born in Earlsfield in 1893, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Kingston on 5 July 1913. A plate layer’s labourer, he later re-enlisted for the Royal Artillery (T.A.) on 12 April 1939.
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1925 (345547 L.A.C. F. Manning. R.A.F.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Frank Manning was born in 1889 and attested originally for the 11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. He saw further service with the 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Territorial Force), before transferring once more into the Royal Air Force and, although he has a medal index card for the Great War, it does not list any medals as having been issued. He served with the Royal Air Force in Waziristan in 1925, and was still serving during the Second World War, dying in service on 13 July 1944, aged 55. He is buried in Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery, Warwickshire.
Tynemouth Trust Medal, silver, reverse inscribed (part engraved) ‘Awarded to Bombardier James Law, (R.A.) for Bravery in Saving Life at Sea’, with ornate silver top riband bar and wearing pin, minor edge bruise to obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- James Law was awarded the Tynemouth Trust Medal for attempting to save the life of a man who was drowned in the North Sea. The events were later described in detail by the Dundee Evening Telegraph on 1 December 1896: ‘Sad Drowning Case at Tynemouth - Gallant Conduct by Artillerymen Yesterday a painful drowning case occurred at Tynemouth. It appears that some artillerymen stationed in Tynemouth Castle observed a man fully attired in the sea opposite the Castle fort. Two of them - namely, Quartermaster-Sergeant William H. Sidwell and Bombardier Law - slid down the face of the cliff, and plunged into the sea to attempt the rescue. Sidwell, however, became exhausted, and had to be dragged ashore, while Law was dashed upon the rocks by the heavy waves but managed to scramble out of the water. The man they went to rescue was carried by the current to the Short Sands, where another artilleryman - Gunner William Ritchie - plunged into the sea and succeeded in bringing the man ashore, but life was found to be extinct. The body was removed to the mortuary in Tynemouth Haven, where it was identified as that of Mr. Robert Tailford, 40 years of age, Manager at Hill’s Copper Works, Walker, who resided at 1, Bath Terrace, Tynemouth.’
Four: Commander W. A. L. Q. Henriques, Royal Navy, who served ashore in Egypt in the Armoured Train and had an impressive record for saving lives during his career Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Lieut. W. A. L. Q. Henriques, R.N. H.M.S. “Malabar”); British War Medal 1914-20 (Commr., R.N.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed; Royal Humane Society, small successful bronze medal (Sub. Lieut. W. A. L. Q. Henriques, R.N. 16 July 1671 (sic)) last with integral top riband buckle, together with related group of four miniature medals mounted on a Hunt & Roskell quadruple silver buckle brooch, and a ‘Queen Mary’s Carpenters of War Hospital, Central Surgical Supply Depot’, oval bronze lapel badge, the reverse inscribed ‘Capt. Henriques R.N. Oct. 1915 -’, generally very fine or better (lot) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Web, December 2006. William Abraham Ludington Quixans Henriques was born on 25 September 1850, and entered the Navy as a Naval Cadet in June 1865, becoming Midshipman in March 1866, Sub Lieutenant in December 1870, and Lieutenant in December 1874. He served in China in 1866, as Midshipman in H.M.S. Pelorus, and was present and assisted in the destruction of several piratical villages and junks in the Lejemon Pass, near Hong Kong, for which the officers engaged received the thanks of the Governor of Hong Kong. Whilst Midshipman of H.M.S. Juno in 1869, he jumped overboard on two occasions and saved the lives of two marines who had fallen overboard in Portsmouth Harbour, one being in heavy marching order. As Sub-Lieutenant of H.M.S. Monarch, on 16 July 1871, he jumped overboard to save E. Ringsford, A.B., and J. Breshnahan, Pte. R.M.L.I. (Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society). In East Africa from 1873 to 1875, as Sub-Lieutenant of H.M.S. Thetis, he was present at the capture and destruction of several slave dhows, and the liberation of 600 slaves, including the expedition up the Mtusi River, resulting in the taking of three large dhows after a determined resistance by the Arab slave dealers. He subsequently received Prize Money for one Slave Dhow, name unknown, captured on 16 July 1874, and another, name unknown, captured on 29 October 1874. In 1874 he also rescued the crew of the galley which had capsized on the bar at Pangany, after dark and under circumstances of great difficulty, for which he received the thanks of Captain T. Le H. Ward. Heriques served throughout the war in Egypt in 1882 as Lieutenant in H.M.S. Malabar, including service ashore, and was twice under fire in the Armoured Train (Medal & Khedive’s Bronze Star). Whilst in Malabar, he rescued the Boatswain who had fallen overboard at night, the ship going at 11 knots under steam and all possible sail. He was publicly thanked in the presence of the ship’s company by Captain Grant for going away in the lifeboat. Promoted to Commander and Retired in September 1895, Henriques was re-employed during the Great War from March 1917 to late 1918, borne in H.M.S. President for ‘Miscellaneous and Special Service’ as Commander on the Active List.
The Great War A.R.R.C. attributed to Matron Elizabeth J. Milne, Brechin Infirmary Auxiliary Hospital, Forfarshire Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; together with a Society of Science, Letters, and Art Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Elizabeth Milne, Needlework, Dec. 1906.’, nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 6 August 1919: Miss Elizabeth Jane Milne, Matron, Brechin Infirmary Auxiliary Hospital, Forfarshire.
A miscellaneous selection of Nursing and Medical badges, comprising Cardiff Infirmary; Edinburgh City Hospital (C. Mc.Quarrie 15th. Oct. 1901 to 15th. Nov. 1904); Plaistow Trained Nurse; General Nursing Council for England and Wales (J. R. Townsend S.E.A.N 27657 28.2.47); Maternity Nursing Association; Royal Medico-Psych Association Certified Nurse (E. C. Smith 43043); Medico-Psychological Association (Sarah Brassington); Birmingham Asylums Committee (Sarah Brassington May 1916); Women’s Industrial Nursing Service; St. John Ambulance War Service (Sgt. W. A. Naughton 17th Middx: V.A.D. 5230); British Red Cross Society Practical Nursing; and an unknown Nursing medal (L.B.M.H. March 1909), some silver or silver and enamel, the majority bronze, generally good condition (12) £160-£200
Pair: Staff Sergeant H. Kearns, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, late Coldstream Guards and Military Foot Police Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, with bronze single star Second Award Bar (H Kearney) mounted court-style for display and mounted for display alongside cap badges for the Coldstream Guards and the Military Police; and a KC cap badge and collar badges for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Henry Kearney was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and attested for the Coldstream Guards on 23 December 1919. He transferred to the Military Foot Police on 31 May 1921, before taking his discharge on 26 December 1926. Emigrating to Canada, he joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Calgary, Alberta, on 2 December 1927, and was promoted Corporal on 1 May 1932; Sergeant on 1 September 1940; and Staff Sergeant on 1 October 1949. He was stationed throughout Canada, from Whitehorse, Yukon, to Montreal, Quebec (and several places in between), and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 October 1949, and a Bronze Bar on 7 August 1956. He retired to pension on 1 December 1956, and died at Vancouver, British Columbia, on 18 March 1974. Sold with copied service papers.
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Thos. W. Collins, Gunner, R.A. 11. April 1872.) lacking integral bronze riband buckle, good very fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case number 18,904. Thomas W. Collins was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for a rescue at Sheerness in Kent. The story was later published in the Morning Advertiser on 19 June 1872: ‘A comrade named William Waine was bathing on the day in question from the Martello Tower called “Grain Tower,” which is about 400 yards from the shore of Grain Island, on the opposite side of the Medway to Sheerness. The current round the tower is very strong, and Waine was being carried away and was fast drowning, when Gunner George Farley, who was standing on the steps of the tower, jumped into the water with a rope in his hand... [but] the current was so strong that he could not make head against it, and he in his turn was sinking, when another Gunner named Collins jumped in to his assistance and got hold of him... William Waine survived the current and was saved. Gunner Farley, despite the best efforts of Collins - who was forced to choose between Waine and Farley - sank from exhaustion and was drowned.’
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Medal of Merit, French issue, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘R. Drollet par Province de Quebec 1960’, numbered, ‘1429’; Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Service Medal, English issue, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘City of Vancouver to G. U. Renwick, 1968’, numbered, ‘1933’; Ontario Fire Services Long Service Medal, silver, unnamed; Legion of Frontiersmen Medal, British Columbia Provincial Command, silver, unnamed, good very fine Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. Kelly, Legion of Frontiersman Legion of Frontiersmen Meritorious Service Medal, Canadian Division (Lt. Col. W. L. Kelly), silvered bronze, beaver emblem on riband; Legion of Frontiersmen Service Medal, Saskatchewan Command (W. L. Kelly), silver, last with edge bruise, good very fine (6) £140-£180 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009.
Pair: Orderly C. F. M. Whitaker, Kendal Division, St John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Transvaal (336 Ordly: C. F. M. Whitaker, St. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (336. Pte. C. F. M. Whittaker Kendal Div.); together with silver prize medal, Trinity College Dublin, 52mm (Carolus Whitaker 1880), and another 55mm, ‘Presented by John Somerwell Esq. Mayor of Kendal to Charles F. M. Whitaker, Best Science Student of the Year 1899. Inorganic & Organic. Chemistry.’, good very fine (4) £300-£400
Edward Prince of Wales Visit to Bombay 1921, oval bronze medal, the obverse with bust of Edward Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), surmounted by Prince of Wales’ feathers, the reverse inscribed ‘Visit of His Royal Highness, Bombay, November 1921’, lacking top suspension ring, good fine Silver War Badge (3), officially numbered ‘RN48388; B63284; B89302’, all complete with reverse pins, good very fine St. John Re-Examination Cross (6), silver, type 2, the reverse engraved ‘William Robinson No. 7899’; gilt, type 2, the reverse engraved ‘Cornelius Gerrard Darnhall Winsford No. 4498 May 24 1886’; silver, type 3, the reverse engraved ‘Elizabeth Barker No. 15255’; silver, type 3, the reverse engraved ‘George Clark No. 21275’, with 1907 dated bar, the reverse numbered ‘21275’; bronze, type 3, the reverse engraved ‘Elizabeth N. Stewart No. 16518’; bronze, type 4, the reverse engraved ‘260381 Florence Brierley’; bronze, type 4, the reverse engraved ‘274605 Dorothy Coates’, good very fine (11) £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Silver War Badge RN48388 awarded to Able Seaman E. Frear, Royal Navy. Silver War Badge B63284 awarded to Private J. Gregory, Manchester Regiment. Silver War Badge B89302 awarded to Private J. Gill, West Yorkshire Regiment. Sold with copied research.
Family group: Pair: Private H. Lee, 52nd Battalion (New Ontario), Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (439178 Pte. H. Lee. 52-Can. Inf.) with regimental collar badge, and Canadian Expeditionary Force sweetheart brooch in gilt metal, generally good very fine Five: Sergeant P. D. Lee, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, who was wounded in action in France, 21 July 1944, and died as a result of a mortar wound in action, 8 October 1944 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (D.81581 Cpl. P. D. Lee.) generally very fine (lot) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Harry Lee was born in Gibraltar in October 1894. He was the son of Captain and Mrs. James Lee, of "Francesca," Ashford, Middlesex, England. Lee served druing the Great War with the 52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. He was killed in action, 25 May 1917, ‘while in the front line system on the Vimy-Lievin Line, Private Lee was amongst 7 O.R. killed and 11 O.R. wounded when an enemy shell made a direct hit in the gun emplacement where Battalion Headquarters were quartered’. Private Lee is buried in Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Percival Douglas Lee was born in London in 1904, and was the younger brother of the above (1 of 8 brothers) and husband of Vera Marion Lee of Toronto, Ontario. He served with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada during the Second World War, and was wounded in action in France, 21 July 1944. Lee advanced to Sergeant, and died as a result of a mortar wound to the head in action, 8 October 1944. He is buried in the Bergen Op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands. Sold with copied research.
Five: Dr. Ruth Nicholson, Scottish Women’s Hospitals, who served as Assistant Surgeon at Royaumont Hospital British War and Victory Medals (R. Nicholson); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star on riband; Medal of Gratitude, silver-gilt, unnamed, with miniature rosette on riband; Medal of Honour, Ministry of War for Epidemics, gilt, reverse embossed ‘Miss R. Nicholson 1917’, with miniature rosette on riband; together with the relate miniature awards, these mounted as worn, good very fine and better (5) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013. Ruth Nicholson was born on 2 December 1884, the daughter of the Rev. Canon Nicholson. She was educated at Newcastle-on-Tyne High School and the Universities of Durham and Dundee, taking the degrees M.B., B.S. in 1909; B.Hy., D.P.H. in 1911; and M.S. in 1923. After graduating in 1909 she worked in a dispensary in Newcastle before going to Edinburgh where she became an assistant to Dr Elsie Inglis in the Bruntsfield Hospital. Prior to the War she worked in Gaza in Palestine. With the onset of war she returned home, and after being turned down for a voluntary medical unit she was accepted by the Scottish Women’s Hospitals and became an Assistant Surgeon at Royaumont Hospital from December 1914 until February 1919. After the War she specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology, became Gynaecological Surgeon and Clinical Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, and was one of the earliest Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She became the first woman President of the North of England Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and played a prominent part in the Medical Women’s Federation. Dr Ruth Nicholson died in Exeter on 18 July 1963. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s sister, see the following lot (lot 27).
Four: Private A. Mills, Hampshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5505 Pte. A. Mills. 2 Hampshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5505 Pte. A. Mills. Hampshire Regt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (5505 Pte. A. Mills. 1st Hamp. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (15599 Pte. A. Mills. Hamps. R.) edge bruising, contact marks, good fine and better (4) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2008. Alfred Mills was born in Kilburn, London. A fireman by occupation, he attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 11 January 1899. With them he served in South Africa from April 1900 until March 1902; in India from March 1902 to February 1903; in Aden between February and June 1903; and in Somaliland from June 1903 until June 1904. In June 1900 he was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment with hard labour for quitting his post whilst on sentry duty without being relieved - his sentence was subsequently commuted to three months by Lord Roberts. He was discharged on the termination of his first period of engagement on 10 January 1911. In February 1915, when employed as a tram driver, Mills attested for service for the duration of the War. Serving with the 12th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, he entered the Western Front on 21 September 1915. As a Sergeant he was transferred to “Z” Class Reserve in March 1919 and was finally discharged a year later. He died on 15 April 1943. Sold with copied service papers and medal index card.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of the Red Star, 2nd type breast badge, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘3668509’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and screw-back suspension; Order of the Badge of Honour, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘556286’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and riband suspension; Order of the Patriotic War, Second Class breast badge, 3rd 1985 type, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘1411922’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and screw-back suspension; Order of Glory, Third Class, 2nd type, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘123103’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and riband suspension; Medal for Bravery, 2nd type, silver and enamel, unnumbered; Medal for Military Merit, 2nd type, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘465524’; Medal for the Defence of Moscow, bronze; Medal for the Defence of Leningrad, bronze; Medal for Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-45, bronze (2); Commemorative Medal for the 800th Anniversary of Moscow 1147-1947; together with a poor quality cast copy of the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky; and a cast copy Medal for the Capture of Berlin, generally good very fine (13) £140-£180
Three: Miss Alison M. Nicholson, Scottish Women’s Hospitals, who served as an Orderly at Royaumont Hospital British War and Victory Medals (A. M. Nicholson); together with the recipient’s Scottish Women’s Hospitals Medal 1914, bronze, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013. Alison May Nicholson was the daughter of Rev. Canon Nicholson and youngest sister of Dr. Ruth Nicholson. She served as an Orderly in the Royaumont Hospital, entering France in September 1916. For the recipient’s sister’s medals, see the previous lot (lot 26).
Four: Gunner J. Flynn, Royal Garrison Artillery, later Irish Local Security Force Ireland, Free State, Emergency Service Medal 1939-46, Local Security Force issue, with one Additional Award Bar (J. Flynn.) lacking integral top riband bar; Great Britain, 1914-15 Star (6597. Gnr. J. Flynn, R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (SR-6597 Gnr. J. Flynn. R.A.) mounted court-style for display in this order, nearly very fine (4) £70-£90 --- John Flynn served in France with the Royal Garrison Artillery from 12 October 1915. He received medical treatment for pyrexia in October 1916 and was later discharged to Army Reserve on 9 May 1919.
A Great War ‘St George’s Day Raid’ posthumous M.I.D. pair to Lieutenant C. T. Paynter, Royal Navy, H.M.S. North Star, who was killed by a shell exploding on the forecastle shortly before his ship sank at Zeebrugge on 23 April 1918 1914-15 Star (S. Lt. C. T. Paynter. R.N.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. C. T. Paynter. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (2) £240-£280 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 23 July 1918: ‘Showed great bravery under heavy fire in “North Star”. When “North Star” was disabled, he took charge of the operations on the forecastle for getting in of “Phoebe”. Towing wires were placed and passed across very quickly under his direction, but the tow unfortunately parted. Lt. Paynter was shortly afterwards killed by a shell exploding on the forecastle.’ Charles Theodore Paynter was born at Spondon, Derbyshire, on 1 November 1895, and went to Springfield when his father became Rector there in 1897. His education included a spell at Chelmsford’s Grammar School. He joined the Royal Navy in September 1908 and remained with the service until his death April 1918 at Zeebrugge, when his ship was struck by an exploding shell fired by shore batteries. The Essex County Chronicle published the following report of his death: ‘Lt. Charles Theodore Paynter, R.N., third son of the Rev. Francis S. Paynter, R.D., rector of Springfield, and Mrs. Paynter, was killed by a shell off the coast of Belgium in the recent naval operations. The deceased officer, who was 22 years of age, was educated at St. Michael’s School, Westgate, and passed from there into Osborne in 1908, proceeding to Dartmouth College in 1910. In 1913 he went on a cruise to the West Indies in H.M.S. Cornwall, and was subsequently gazetted midshipman on board H.M.S. Conqueror, a super Dreadnought, Obtaining the rank of Acting-Sub.-Lieut. in 1915, the young officer was gazetted to H.M.S. Vigilant, on board which, he went through the battle of Jutland in 1916. His last ship was the North Star, upon which he became full Lieut., last year, and was No. 1. Although full details are yet to hand, enough is already reported to show that Lt. Paynter acted with great courage and gallantry in the operations undertaken off the coast of Belgium on the morning of the 23rd last. He was personally concerning in the sinking of a German electronically controlled ship off the coast of Belgium, and his destroyer was one which went into the harbour behind the Mole at Zeebrugge, and was blown up. Before this occurred he was able to let off a torpedo which struck the Mole, causing a great deal of damage, Lt. Paynter was killed while trying to save the life of someone in the water and exposing himself to the danger.’ A fellow officer wrote: ‘He was very cool and showed a fine example to his men, showing complete disregard of danger, although he was in a very exposed position. The men whom we rescued spoke in the highest praise of how your son carried on till the last minute. The Service has lost a very valuable officer.’
The extremely well-documented campaign group of seven awarded to Captain C. H. Wilkinson, Royal Corps of Signals, late Wireless Operator, Mercantile Marine and Sergeant Mechanic (Wireless Telegrapher), Royal Naval Air Service British War 1914-20 (F.11559 C. H. Wilkinson. P.O.M. R.N.A.S.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (C. H. Wilkinson); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (6) £260-£300 --- Cecil Howard Wilkinson was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, in July 1896. He was educated at The Greystones School, Scarborough, and joined the Merchant Navy as a Wireless Operator in 1913. Wilkinson made several Atlantic crossings in early 1914, before serving as a Sergeant Mechanic (Wireless Telegrapher) with the Royal Naval Air Service from 11 February 1916 to 1 April 1918, and then transferring to the Royal Air Force, his last posting being No. 1 Marine Observers School, Aldeburgh. Wilkinson’s Log Book records various W/T test flights at Aldeburgh with him in a Observer capacity in mainly DH6 aircraft between August 1918 and March 1919. He returned to the Merchant Navy in December 1919, and was still serving in April 1921. Wilkinson re-engaged for service during the Second War as a Company Quarter Master Sergeant with the Royal Corps of Signals. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in September 1943, and advanced to Captain in the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers in January 1948. Wilkinson was discharged with the honorary rank of Captain in August 1951. Sold with the following related original documentation: Board of Trade Continuous Certificate of Discharge; British Mercantile Marine Identity and Service Certificate; Signal Card 1908 (reprint 1914); First Class Certificate of Proficiency in Radiotelegraphy granted by the Postmaster General, dated 25 November 1913, complete with photograph and various travel stamps; Pilot’s Flying Log Book (Army Book 425), covering the period from 16 August 1918 to 6 March 1919; Certificate of Employment During the War; Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity (Soldier Not Remaining With The Colours); Second World War campaign medal enclosure slip; The Greystones School, Scarborough, School Report for Easter 1911; Membership Certificate for The Incorporated Radio Society of Great Britain, dated 8 September 1947; a number of photographs from Second World War service; and other ephemera.
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Pair: Chief Boatman C. Riddett, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55 (C Reddell [sic]. CG. HMS. Royal George) contemporarily engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Chs. Reddett. Chf. Boatn. H.M. Coast. Gd. 32 Yrs) note various spellings of surname, very fine (2) £600-£800 --- 1 of just 42 awards of the wide suspension L.S. & G.C. variety issued to the Coast Guard. Charles Riddett [sic] was born in Plymouth, Devon, in May 1821. He joined the Royal Navy, and served as an Ordinary Seaman with H.M.S. Belleisle from November 1841 to September 1843 (entitled to China 1842 Medal). Riddett transferred as a Boatman to the Coast Guard in May 1848, before serving in the Baltic with H.M.S. Royal George from February 1854 to April 1856. He returned to service with the Coast Guard, and advanced to Chief Boatman in August 1863; he was shore pensioned in March 1874 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in the same month). Sold with copied service papers.

Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2) (68123 Gnr: E. Farman. R.A.; 47901 Dvr: J. E. Feary. R.F.A.) minor edge bruising to latter, good very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Ernest Farman was born in Peckham in 1868 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 26 July 1888. He served overseas in India, Gibraltar and Malta and was awarded the LSGC Medal with gratuity in 1908. James Elliott Feary was born in Plaistow in 1866 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Colchester on 10 March 1885. He served in India and South Africa from 1 January 1900 to 23 March 1900, being further entitled to the QSA Medal, clasp Cape Colony.
A R.V.M. awarded to Bombardier C. Piggin, Royal Horse Artillery Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., bronze, contemporarily engraved ‘93769. Br. C. Piggin S. Baty. R.H.A.’ crown suspension loose, nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- George Piggin was born in Norwich and attested for the Royal Artillery on 25 October 1892. Transferred to the Military Mounted Police, he was invalided from the Service as Corporal on 21 January 1911. A letter contained within his Army Service Record notes that he later spent time at the Surrey County Asylum (Netherne Hospital) and died in consequence of a bad fall in 1930.
A ‘double issue’ Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Driver W. G. Hitchon, Royal Horse Artillery, late Seaforth Highlanders Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), no clasp (25897 Dvr: W. G. Hitchon, A. Bty: R.H.A.); 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (25897 Dr: W. C. [sic] Hitchon. J, B, R.H.A.) good very fine (2) £120-£160 --- William Graham Hitchon was born in Padiham, Lancashire, in 1879. He attested for the Seaforth Highlanders on 30 March 1897, but transferred as Driver to “Q” Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery on 4 February 1898. Posted to “J” Battery 13 February 1899, he witnessed brief service in India before being sent to South Africa from 11 January 1900 to 4 July 1900. He later took his discharge in March 1913.
St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (326. Pte. H. E. Hern, S.J.A.B.) polished, nearly very fine £240-£280 --- Private H. E. Hern was a member of the Exeter National Fire Brigade Union Ambulance Division and served in South Africa at the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital at Deelfontein. He is also entitled to the Q.S.A. with clasps for Cape Colony and South Africa 1901, and the N.F.B.U.A.D. tribute medal. He died in Exeter, aged 29.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal, E.II.R., French issue, with bronze single star Second Award Bar (J. P. Y. Bussieres) in fitted case of issue with metal gilt badge superimposed onto the lid, extremely fine £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- J. P. Y. Bussieres joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in March 1974, and was awarded his Long Service Medal on 29 March 1994. He retired on 16 May 2002.
British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. H. G. Bache.) very fine £80-£100 --- Harold Godfrey Bache was born at Churchill, Worcestershire, on 20 April 1889 and was educated at King Edward VI School, Birmingham, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, he served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action by a sniper, just after returning from an attempt to regain a lost trench, on 15 February 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. A keen sportsman, Bache played 20 First Class cricket matches for Cambridge University and Worcestershire; played Association Football for Corinthians and West Bromwich Albion, winning one England Amateur cap; and played Lawn Tennis to a high level, winning the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Championship in 1911, as well as reaching the 2nd Round at Wimbledon that same year.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.S.M. awarded to Sergeant C. Humphreys, one of the original cohort of the 4th Battalion, “The Mad Fourth”, Canadian Expeditionary Force, who survived the first German gas attack at Ypres in April 1915 - when the Battalion strength was less than halved - and was later transferred behind the lines and decorated for valuable service as Sergeant Cook Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (11583 Sjt. C. Humphreys. 4/Bn. 1/C. Ont. R.) minor contact marks, very fine £200-£240 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 20 May 1919: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in France and Flanders.’ Charles Humphreys was born in Colchester, Essex, on 30 July 1888. A carpenter by trade, he attested for the 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Central Ontario) at Valcartier on 22 September 1914, one of four Battalions which would eventually make up the 1st Brigade, 1st Canadian Infantry Division. Interestingly, many of the first officers and men to attest for the 4th Battalion came from up to a dozen of the pre-war Canadian Militia Regiments; the recipient’s Canadian Army Service Record confirms 1 years’ previous service with the [38th] Dufferin Rifles of Brantford. Initially appointed Private, Humphreys was sent to staff as Pioneer at Bustard on 2 November 1914. He subsequently boarded the S.S. Atlantian and docked at St. Nazaire with the 4th Battalion on 11 February 1915. After a train ride to Strazeele, the men marched to Outtersteene and spent the next few days in billets; here they learned of their first loss, Private Frederick Norris, who fell from the train enroute and was killed. Sent to Hazebrouck the troops soon suffered from scarlet fever and other health complaints; Humphreys spent 4 days suffering from stomach problems. On 22 April 1915, the German Army changed the nature of warfare by employing lethal chlorine gas on the battlefield for the first time. Lacking protective clothing and masks, French Colonial troops suffered appalling casualties and left a dangerous gap in the lines for the enemy to exploit. Leaving Vlamertigne at 2130hrs on 22 April 1915, the 4th Battalion moved to occupy the Mauser Ridge. At 0525hrs the following morning the Canadians emerged from the front line trenches and moved to leapfrog towards their objectives. Details of the attack were later printed in The Times: ‘It is safe to say that the youngest Private in the rank, as he set his teeth for the advance, knew the task in front of him, and the youngest subaltern knew that all rested upon its success. It did not seem that any human could live in the shower of shot and shell which began to play against the advancing troops.’ In his 1920 History of Brant County, author F. Douglas Reville noted that the 4th Battalion won its nickname just as its commanding officer went down in Battle: ‘As [Birchall] turned he fell dead at the head of his battalion. With a hoarse cry the battalion rushed forward to avenge him, and thus earned the title of “The Mad Fourth”. The Battalion War Diary for 23 April 1915 lists 505 killed, wounded or missing, the survivors - including Humphreys - being forced to dig in to consolidate their meagre gains. Having weathered this onslaught, Humphreys likely witnessed further action at Observatory Ridge from 12-14 June 1916 and the larger Canadian effort to capture Mont Sorrel. Promoted in the field to the unusual rank of Sergeant Cook 31 August 1916, he was thus removed from front line duties, likely being seen as having ‘done his bit’ and being one of the last of the original cohort still in the field. His Service Record subsequently notes the award of the M.S.M. after ‘49 months of service in France’. Returned home to Quebec per S.S. Metagama, he was struck off strength at Quebec Depot Clearing Service Command on 9 July 1919.
Three: Dr. Agnes F. Savill, Scottish Women’s Hospitals, who served as a Radiologist at Royaumont Hospital British War and Victory Medals (A. Savill); France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour, Ministry of War, for Epidemics, 1st Class, gilt, reverse embossed, ‘Miss A. Savill, 1917’, with small rosette on riband; together with the recipient’s Scottish Women’s Hospitals Medal 1914, bronze, unnamed, nearly extremely fine (4) £700-£900 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012. Agnes Forbes Savill, née Blackadder, was born in Dundee in 1876. She graduated first from the University of St. Andrews in 1895 receiving the degree of Master of Arts. Her first degree in medicine, M.B., Ch.B., of the University of Glasgow, was obtained in 1898 and the higher degree of M.D. in 1901. Dr Blackadder married Dr Thomas Dixon Savill in 1901 - he died in 1910. Dr Agnes Savill developed an interest in Dermatology and became a Physician to the Skin Hospital, Leicester Square, London. Early in the Great war she joined the staff of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals, entering France in May 1915. Serving at Royaumont Hospital, near Paris, she was placed in charge of the x-ray and electro-therapy departments. She served there until the end of 1916. The author of several books and papers on her own subjects, she was also editor of her late husband’s Clinical Medicine and in 1955 had published her Alexander the Great and his Time. Dr Agnes Savill died on 12 May 1964.
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 14 Dec Boat Service 1814 (John M. Laws) nearly extremely fine £4,000-£5,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 1998. The medal rolls confirm John M. Laws as Midshipman aboard the Ramilles for this action. Approximately 205 clasps were issued for this boat action in which five American gun-vessels and a sloop were captured prior to the attack on New Orleans. John Milligen Laws was born on 14 February 1799, and entered the Navy aged 10 years as First Class Volunteer on board the Sophie, in which vessel he spent two years employed in the Channel. In October 1812 he became Midshipman of the Ramilles, 74, under Captains Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy and Charles Ogle. The Ramilles was attached to the force on the coast of North America, where Laws participated in many boat affairs and was frequently given charge of a prize. He landed at Washington, Baltimore, and Moose Island, and was wounded in the attack on New Orleans in December 1814. Laws subsequently served aboard various vessels on the Home, West Indies, and South American stations. In 1824 he accompanied Lord Stuart de Rothesay to the Brazils in the Wellesley. Appointed Commander in 1825, he joined the Satellite in the following year on the East Indies station, during which time he afforded relief to some settlers in New Holland who had been hemmed in by the indigenous population. For 14 months he was Senior officer at Sydney, and also effected the capture of a band of convicts who had turned pirates. During this time he also made a survey of the Society Islands and New Zealand. In January 1831, after he had extensively examined the east coast of the Bay of Bengal, he was removed to the Cruizer, and sent to Pondicherry for the purpose of acknowledging the government of Louis Phillipe. The following April he became Acting-Captain of the Southampton, bearing the flag on the same station as Sir Edward W. C. R. Owen, with whom he returned to England towards the close of 1832. He was then sent to join the fleet employed under Sir Pultney Malcolm off Antwerp during the period of General Gérard’s attack on the citadel of that place. He was confirmed in the rank of Captain in January 1833.
A Medal of the Order of the British Empire group of seven awarded to acting Warrant Officer Class II A. J. Nutting, 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), London Regiment, who was thrice honoured in the Great War Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Military), unnamed as issued; 1914 Star (161 Sjt. A. J. Nutting, 1/16 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (161 A.W.O. Cl. 2 A. J. Nutting, 16-Lond. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (161 Sjt. A. J. Nutting, 1/16 Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., named to another recipient ‘562118 Spr.-A.S. Sjt. E. Paine, R.E.’; Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style with new ribands but on original wearing bar, together with four related Queen’s Westminster Rifles’ prize medals 1909-12, two in gold and two in bronze, all named to the recipient, dated and in fitted cases of issue; and a silver prize award from the Metropolitan Territorial School of Arms Association, 1912, this also in fitted case, good very fine and better (12) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2009. Medal of the Order of the British Empire London Gazette 23 January 1920: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders. M.S.M. London Gazette 18 October 1916: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered during the present War.’ Alfred James Nutting was from Merstham, Surrey, and by profession a director of an old family business, the seed merchants Nutting and Sons Ltd. But he was also a keen Volunteer and Territorial, originally having joined the 13th (Queen’s) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers at Buckingham Gate in London several years before the Great War. Awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal shortly before the outbreak of hostilities (AO 216 of July 1914 refers), he went out to France as a Sergeant with the 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) in November of that year, where, no doubt, he witnessed events of the famous Christmas Truce - gifts were exchanged in No Man’s Land and one of the German officers encountered by the Battalion was originally from Catford. Remaining actively employed on the Western Front, Nutting was to be decorated on three occasions, namely with the Army Meritorious Service Medal; the Royal Victorian Medal in silver, on the occasion of George V’s visit to the Army in the Field in July 1917; and the Medal of the Order of the British Empire. Returning to his family firm after the War, of which he rose to be Chairman of the Board, Nutting was appointed as the Horticultural Trade Association’s representative to the Ministry of Agriculture on the renewal of hostilities, but following the complete destruction of his business premises in Southwark Street, London in 1942, his health declined. He died in Redhill, Surrey in July 1946.
Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (James Wilfred Harrald), in Royal Mint case of issue; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23823131 Bdr D J Cook RA), in named card box of issue; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (George W. F. Jefferson) nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- I.S.M. London Gazette, 10 April 1980: Harrald, James Wilfred, lately Telephonist, Scotland West Telephone Area, Glasgow.
Five: E. L. Chescoe, Australian Forces 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘VX43285 E. L. Chescoe’, very fine 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal (2), one in named card box of issue address to ‘Mrs. E. I. Oliver, 7 Lonsdale Avenue, Romford, Essex’; War Medal 1939-45 (2) generally very fine (12) £100-£140 --- Sold with a War Medal 1935-45 planchet only, an Army Council Second World War bestowal slip, a boxed Dunkirk veteran’s commemorative medal, with certificate named to ‘Mr. W. McLennan’, a boxed National Service Medal, two Masonic medals and a Royal Navy Cap Tally.
Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant J. Hicks, Royal Artillery, who served a remarkable 34 years with the Colours Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Q.M. Sjt. J. Hicks. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (132. Sergt. J. Hicks. R.A.) good very fine and better (2) £140-£180 --- James Hicks was born in Westminster in 1853 and attested at Woolwich for the Royal Artillery on 17 September 1870. He served in 1884 as Sergeant with the 1st Brigade, North Irish Division, transferring the following year to the Southern Division and subsequently the London Division. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in 1891, he was later issued an annuity Meritorious Service Medal per Army Order No. 231 of 1925.
Blues and Royals Officers 1871 Pattern Helmet and Breast Plates. A post-1953 example, the silvered skull complete with gilt metal overlays, the frontal Plate crowned rococo pattern silver beaded cut star with pierced Garter motto in gilt metal ground of blue and red enamel, with St George’s Cross, regulation pattern rose side ornaments and velvet lined chin chain. Standard pattern plume base and holder with red horse hair plume complete large rose finial and quilted lining; together with a pair of Officer’s Breast Plates, standard pattern in white medal trimmed with studded brass, complete with two leather lined straps, leather and fabric lining, some damage to the reverse commensurate with age and general wear and tear, the plume holder slightly bent, otherwise very good condition (lot) £1,200-£1,600 --- Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement.
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