Three: Private C. Clark, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, who died of pneumonia in Syria on 26 November 1918 British War and Victory Medals (37281 Pte. C. Clark. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (Clarence Clarke [sic]) the plaque pierced with four holes around edge (three subsequently plugged), therefore fine; the pair nearly extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (1569 Pte. O. G. King. Essex. R.) good very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Clarence Clarke was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, and attested for the Army Service Corps at Keighley. Transferring to the Essex Regiment, he served with the 5th Battalion in the Egyptian theatre of War, and died of pneumonia in Syria on 26 November 1918, presumably a victim of the influenza pandemic. He is buried in Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon. Oliver George King was born in Great Tey, Essex, in 1895 and attested for the Essex Regiment at Halstead. He served as a Corporal with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 August 1915, before being discharged on termination of engagement in 1916, and subsequently re-enlisted in the regular forces, seeing further service with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front. Promoted Sergeant, he was killed in action during the attack at Monchy-le-Preux on 14 April 1917, on which date the Battalion was almost wiped out. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied Medal Index Card, which shows that King’s British War and Victory Medals should have been issued with the rank of Sergeant; why it shows Private is presumably due to an error at the Mint.
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Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (Mr. Fredk. Grant 2nd Officer Ship “Kilmorey” in charge of boat at rescue of Crew of “Lotus” 8th Aug 1902.) in case of issue, good very fine £120-£160 --- The 64th Annual Report of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, for the year ending 1st July 1903, notes: ‘Silver Medal and Vote of Thanks to Captain J. Farmer of the ship “Kilmorey”, for the rescue of the crew (17 in number) of the ship “Lotos”, in the neighbourhood of Cape Horn, on 8th August, 1902. When rescued the crew were in a terrible plight. They had been almost without food for five days, the stores having been destroyed by water, the boats smashed and the decks burst up; in effect the vessel could not have been kept afloat for many hours longer. Silver Medal and Vote of Thanks to Frederick Grant, Second Officer, who was in charge of the boat, and £2 to each seaman who assisted in the rescue. Two trips had to be made at considerable risk, the boat being in danger from the wreckage.’
An Order of St. John group of four awarded to Private J. E. Death, Devonshire Regiment and Order of St. John of Jerusalem The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background; British War Medal 1914-20 (64919 Pte. J. E. Death. Devon R.); Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, silver, with three Additional Award Bars (3061. Sgt. J. E Death. (Ipswich 1st.) Div. No.10 Dist. S.J.A.B. 1923) very fine and better (4) £120-£160 --- John Ernest Death lived at Lister Road, Ipswich, and initially served on convoy duties with the British Red Cross in his home town. Called up for active service in June 1916, he remained in England with the 2/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and is recorded upon his MIC as entitled to the BWM only. Transferred to the Army Reserve on 10 July 1919, he took employment in Ipswich as an Assistant Elementary Schoolmaster and was later decorated as a Serving Brother in the Order of St John of Jerusalem, as notified in the London Gazette of 3 January 1930.
A Great War M.M. awarded to Acting Bombardier R. W. Howard, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (66677 Gnr:-A.Bmbr- R. W. Howard. R.F.A.) minor official correction to ‘r’ of surname, good very fine £160-£200 --- M.M. London Gazette 30 January 1920. Reginald William Howard served in France from 6 November 1914 and was discharged due to wounds from the 16th (Reserve) Battery, Royal Field Artillery, on 10 November 1915. Awarded a Silver War Badge no. 52240 on 9 November 1916, he re-enlisted for the Royal Field Artillery (T.F.) on 18 May 1920. In common with a number of ‘late’ awards, the conferment of the M.M. at this date may have been in consequence of new information being made available to the military authorities, often as a result of the incarceration of witnesses.
Pair: Orderly J. Watson, Newchurch Division, St John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (778 Ordly: J. Watson, St. John Amb: Bde); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (778. Pte. J. Watson. Newchurch Div:) good very fine (2) £300-£400
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1885 (2882. Driv: J. Moran. G/B. R.H.A.) contact marks and minor wear to unit naming, otherwise nearly very fine £120-£160 --- John Moran is confirmed on the Egypt rolls as entitled to Medal and two clasps for service with “G” Battery, “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery.
A Second War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Acting Lieutenant-Colonel T. Redfearn, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who had previously been awarded an Immediate M.S.M. during the Great War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (S-6685 T.W.O. Cl. 1 T. Redfearn. A.O.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (7574412 W. O. Cl. II. T. Redfearn. R.A.O.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S-6685 T. Sub-Condr: T. Redfearn. R.A.O.C.) mounted court-style for display purposes in this order, contact marks, very fine (7) £400-£500 --- M.B.E. London Gazette, 1 January 1941. M.S.M. London Gazette, 3 June 1919. Thomas Redfearn was born in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, on 17 October 1894 and attested into the Army Ordnance Corps on 28 June 1910 at the age of 15. He initially served at home during the Great War and was Advanced Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant on 24 June 1918, before serving on the Western Front from 6 July 1918. He continued to serve post-War, and was commissioned on 24 August 1936. He further served at home during the Second World War and was Advanced Acting Lieutenant-Colonel on 11 September 1944, before reverting back to the rank of Major on 4 October 1944. Sold together with copy service papers, copy Medal Index Card, copy London Gazette entries, named copy group photographs including the recipient, and copy Army Ordnance Corps Gazette entries, with reference to the recipient.
Six: Warrant Officer Class II A. H. Taylor, Royal Field Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (8410 Gunr. A. H. Taylor No. 7 Mn. By. R.A.); Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (8410 ... A. H. Taylor 7th. Mtn. By. ... R.A.); 1914-15 Star (51217 B.S. Mjr. A. H. Taylor. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (51217 W.O. Cl.2. A. H. Taylor. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (8410 Sjt: A. H. Taylor. R.G.A.) mounted court-style, heavy contact marks which has partially obscured the naming on the first two, good fine and better (6) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur Horace Taylor was born in Poplar, London, in 1876 and attested for the Royal Artillery in London on 13 February 1895. He was promoted Bombardier on 21 March 1901, Corporal on 29 March 1902, and Sergeant on 3 February 1903, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1913. He was discharged at his own request at Gosport on 6 April 1913, of which over 16 years were spent soldiering in India. Re-enlisting in the Royal Field Artillery on 30 October 1914, following the outbreak of the Great War, Taylor served as a Battery Sergeant Major during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 May 1915, and was discharged, no longer physically fit for War service, on 13 September 1916, being awarded a Silver War Badge No. 61210. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.
Pair: Saddler Quartermaster Sergeant T. Hallett, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (69136 Sgt.-Cr-Mr: T. Hallett, 43rd. Bty: R.F.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (69136 Sad: Q.M.Sjt: T. Hallet [sic]. R.F.A.) minor contact marks, very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Thomas Hallett was born in Bridport, Dorset, in 1866, and attested at Hilsea for the Royal Field Artillery on 19 October 1888. A baker by trade, he served in India and South Africa from 27 January 1900 to 16 September 1901. His Army Service Record adds that he passed a collar maker’s course at Cawnpore on 26 September 1891 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in 1907. He was later discharged from the 136th Battery, R.F.A., on 28 March 1912 after 23 years with the Colours.
Canada, Police Exemplary Service Medal (K. C. Britton); Corrections Exemplary Service Medal, with Second Award Clasp (G. Desormiers) in case and card box of issue; Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal (C. L. V. Roy) extremely fine (3) £120-£160 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. The medals were instituted on 12 August 1982, 11 June 1984, and 25 August 1985 respectively. K. G. Britton was awarded the Police Exemplary Service Medal, published in the Canada Gazette of 17 October 1987. George Desormiers was awarded the Corrections Exemplary Service Medal, published in the Canada Gazette of 18 May 1991, and was subsequently awarded a clasp. C. L. V. Roy of the Winnipeg Fire Brigade, Manitoba (listed as ‘J. L. V. Roy’) was awarded the Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal, published in the Canada Gazette of 12 December 1987.
Pair: Isabella K. Mark, Voluntary Aid Detachment British War and Victory Medals (I. K. Mark. V.A.D.) mounted court-style for display together with the recipient’s British Red Cross Society Medal for War Services 1914-18, with integral top riband bar, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Isabella Katherine Mark served as a Nurse with the Voluntary Aid Detachment from 2 October 1915 to 12 March 1919.
Pair: Corporal James Davidson, Military Train, later Army Service Corps New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1866 (2962 Corpl. Jas. Davidson, 4th Batn. Mility. Trn.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (183. Pte. J. Davidson, A.S. Corps) polished, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £400-£500 --- James Davidson was born at Perth, Scotland, circa 1838, and enlisted for the Military Train at Glasgow on 26 November 1859, aged 21. He was promoted Corporal on 14 May 1864, and Sergeant on 9 June 1867, but he was tried and reduced to Private following a period of absence without leave, 10 December 1867. He served in New Zealand from 7 November 1863 to 24 June 1867, including service in the field from 24 April to 29 May, 1866. He transferred to the Army Service Corps on 15 February 1870, was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal with gratuity and was discharged at Woolwich on 29 March 1881, his trade now stated to be a groom.
A 1913 Sea Gallantry Medal awarded to Assistant Scout Master W. F. Vowles, Port of London Sea Scouts Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (William Fletcher Vowles, “Mirror”. 25th. October, 1913.) with top bronze riband buckle, nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- ‘At about 11.00 p.m. on 25 October 1913, a collision occurred in Gravesend Reach, River Thames between the steamship Hogarth of Aberdeen and the ketch Mirror of Dartmouth used for the purpose of training Boy Scouts, by which the Mirror was sunk and four lives were lost. When the collision occurred the crew of the Mirror clambered on board the Hogarth, but Mr. Vowles immediately went to the forecastle hatchway and saw that the Boy Scouts were coming on deck. Finding that the Mirror was sinking fast and being uncertain as to whether all the boys had come up, he went below although the water was well up in the forecastle, and, by shouting and splashing satisfied himself that no one was left. As he came up on deck again the Mirror sank bow first and those on board were all thrown into the water. Mr. Vowles then swam to the Hogarth’s port bow, calling for ropes, which were thrown over from that vessel, and seeing Assistant Scout Master Cornall floating unconscious near him, he attempted to rescue him, but Cornall slipped from his grasp and was drowned. Three of the boy scouts were picked up by a boat from the Hogarth and Mr. Vowles and two others were hauled on board that vessel by ropes.’ William Fletcher Vowles, Assistant Scout Master, Port of London Sea Scouts, was presented with the his Bronze Sea Gallantry Medal by King George V on 29 June 1914. He also received a Lloyd’s Silver Medal for this action. On board the Mirror at the time of the incident were Assistant Scout Masters Vowles and Cornall; and 11 Sea Scouts. A memorial to the four who lost their lives was unveiled by Prince Leopold in St. Agatha’s Church, Finsbury Avenue, in 1914.
A good Second War North-West Europe operations M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant J. T. McLaren, King’s Own Scottish Borderers Military Medal, G.VI.R. (3190019 Sjt. J. T. Mc.Laren. K.O.S.B.) surname partially officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (3190019 Sjt. J. T. Mc.Laren. M.M., K.O.S.B.) mounted court style for display, first with slight edge bruising, good very fine and better (6) £2,200-£2,600 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009. M.M. London Gazette, 24 May 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘On 23 February 1945, a detachment of the Carrier Platoon, under the command of Sergeant McLaren, was sent forward to clear up the east bank of the River Niers and to hold it in order to support the advance of the 53 Division. The enemy, realising the threat to his flank that such a manoeuvre entailed, brought down accurate mortar and machine-gun fire on the section during its advance. Nevertheless, Sergeant McLaren persisted till he had gained his objective. His position was now located in a loop of the river, and strong posts of the enemy were only 200 yards from him on three sides. For 18 hours he was subjected to heavy shelling and mortaring and owing to his closeness to the enemy he had to submit to fire from his own guns in addition. To the average junior leader, detached without support, the position would have been untenable. However, as a result of Sergeant McLaren’s magnificent example, his complete disregard to personal danger and his encouragement and cheerfulness, his men moved about to different positions, incessantly harassing the enemy across the river and causing numerous casualties. Furthermore, throughout the 18 hours he and his party were in a position, Sergeant McLaren sent back accurate and valuable information regarding the enemy movements and dispositions. As a result of Sergeant McLaren’s energy, determination and devotion to duty, very considerable assistance was given to the Division on the flank.’ John Turner McLaren, a carpenter from Duns, Berwickshire, was born on 3 January 1920. He attested into the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Territorial Army, on 25 April 1939 and served with the 6th Battalion during the Second World War in North West Europe from 13 June 1944. Awarded the Military Medal on 24 May 1945, he was released from service on 29 November 1945. Sold with detailed copied research.
British War Medal 1914-20 (27916 Pte. A. Larocque. 15-Can. Inf.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (1001004 Pte. G. Duncan. 78-Can. Inf.; 46509 Pte. J. Murphy. 15-Can. Inf.) generally very fine or better (3) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Arthur Larocque was born in St. Andrews, Quebec, Canada in February 1893. He served during the Great War with the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry and was taken prisoner of war on the Western Front, 24 April 1915. Larocque was interned at Göttingen and Langensalza prior to be released in December 1918. George Duncan was born in Dundee, Scotland in December 1894. He served during the Great War with the 78th Battalion, Canadian Infantry and was taken prisoner of war at Hallu on the Western Front, 11 August 1918. Duncan was interned at Fresnoy Le Grand and Dülmen. James E. Murphy was the son of Mrs Margaret Murphy of Glasgow Street, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. He served during the Great War with the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry and was taken prisoner of war on the Western Front.
Pair: Driver W. Harrison, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (1335 Dvr. W. Harrison. R.A.) polished, fine Pair: Private J. Owen, Lancashire Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (54392 Pte. J. Owen. Lan. Fus.) very fine Pair: Private E. G. Wilson, York and Lancaster Regiment British War and Victory Medals (32126 Pte. E. G. Wilson Y. & L. R.) number officially corrected on VM, edge bruising, good fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (59604 Pte. K. Graham. Durh. L. I.) some staining, good fine (7) £80-£100 --- Kenneth Graham, from Benwell, Northumberland, attested into the Durham Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 15th Battalion. He died of wounds on 19 September 1918 and is buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Sod with copied research.
A fine Great War ‘Salonika’ M.M. group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 W. J. H. Davis, 153rd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (34193 Cpl. W. J. H. Davis. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (34193. Gnr. W. J. Davis. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals; (34193 Cpl. W. J. H. Davis. R.A.) India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (1406053 Sjt. W. J. H. Davis. R.A.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1406053 Sjt. W. J. H. Davis M.M., R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1406053 W.O. Cl. 1. W. J. H. Davis. R.A.) 5th, 6th and 9th medals loose with last in named card box of issue, remainder mounted for wear, light contact marks in places, otherwise generally very fine or better (lot) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919. Walter James Hollick Davis was born in 1896, and was a native of Maidstone, Kent. He enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery at Chatham in January 1911. Davis served during the Great War with the 153rd Heavy Battery, R.G.A. in Salonika from 3 July 1915 until 11 May 1918. He served with the Royal Artillery in India from 19 September 1922 to 11 May 1926, and in Aden from 12 February 1932 until 19 March 1934. Davis gained his Master Gunner’s Certificate at Woolwich between 30 March 1925 and 27 March 1926. Having advanced to Warrant Officer Class I, he was discharged on 20 May 1938, having served for 27 years and 128 days (awarded M.S.M. in 1952). Sold with the following related items and documents: R.A. Tug of War prize medal, bronze, reverse engraved ‘W. J. H. Davis 1930’; Warrant appointing recipient Warrant Officer Class I, dated 16 October 1935; Regular Army Certificate of Service; Artillery College Master Gunner’s Certificate; named enclosure for M.S.M., dated 23 April 1952, and addressed to recipient at 37 Pembury Road, Bexleyheath, Kent; group photograph (including recipient) of Master Gunners’ Course, 1925-26.
Five: Acting Chief Petty Officer J. E. Hutchings, Royal Navy East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (175208 A-B: J. E. Hutchings, H.M.S. Blonde); 1914-15 Star (175208, J. E. Hutchings, P.O. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (175208 J. E. Hutchings. Act. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (175208 J. E. Hutchings. P.O., H.M.S. Argyll.) mounted for display, contact marks, very fine (5) £400-£500 --- 281 clasps for Sierra Leone to the Royal Navy, including 124 to H.M.S. Blonde. John Edwin Hutchings was born at Padstow, Cornwall, on 28 February 1878, and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Ganges on 25 July 1893. He joined Blonde as a Boy 1st Class on 1 November 1895, advancing in that ship to Ordinary Seaman in February 1896 and to Able Seaman in January 1897. He advanced to Leading Seaman in February 1901, Petty Officer 2 in August 1901, Petty Officer 1 in October 1905, received his L.S. & G.C. medal aboard Argyll in March 1911, and advanced to Acting Chief Petty Officer in January 1918. He joined the R.F.R. Devonport on 28 February 1918 and was confirmed as Chief Petty Officer on 2 June 1919. His last ship was Impregnable from which he was shore pensioned on 7 March 1922. He died at Truro, Cornwall, on 20 May 1932. Sold with copied research including record of service, medal rolls and photograph of Blonde.
A Great War ‘Egyptian Expeditionary Force’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. Ford, 23rd (County of London) Battalion, late 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Lt. J. Ford. 2/23. L.R., Jerusalem 19.2.18; 1914 Star, with clasp (9822 Pte. J. Ford. 5/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Cpt. J. Ford.) mounted court-style for display, lacquered, good very fine (4) £700-£900 --- M.C. London Gazette 22 June 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led his company with the greatest coolness across a narrow ravine, which had led to a hill under point-blank machine gun fir, capturing two machine-guns and many prisoners. When after dawn the position was shelled, and he was wounded, he remained at his post and consolidated the position.’ John Ford attested for the London Regiment and served with the 5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade) on the Western Front from 4 November 1914. Advanced Sergeant, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 23 January 1916, and saw further service with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. Sold with copied medal index card and other research.
A Great War ‘Passchendaele 1917’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Lieutenant A. J. Stark, 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (117548 Cpl. A. J. Stark. 2/Can: M.R.); 1914-15 Star (117548 Pte. A. J. Stark. 2/Can: Mtd: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. J. Stark.) good very fine (4) £1,400-£1,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.C.M. London Gazette 28 March 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Single-handed he engaged ten of the enemy who were approaching his post, killed four and drove off the remainder. He also carried out valuable reconnaissances, and showed splendid courage and resource.’ Arthur James Stark was born in Northumberland on 17 February 1884. He attested at Calgary, Alberta, on 12 January 1915, a rancher by trade with nine years’ previous service with the 12th Lancers. He arrived in England on 9 October 1915, and was taken on the strength of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles in January 1916. He was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the 1st Central Ontario Regiment on 23 November 1918. Sold with copied attestation papers and record of service, together with Battalion War Diary extracts for the operations on Passchendaele Ridge in October and November 1917.
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private W. Fielder, alias W. Traynor, 47th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (4515 Dvr: W. Traynor. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (4515 Dvr: W. Traynor. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (4515 Dvr: W. Traynor. R.A.) some polish residue, very fine (4) £260-£300 --- M.M. London Gazette, 17 June 1919. William Fielder, alias William Traynor, a cotton presser from Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, was born on 6 October 1892. He lived with his uncle and aunt, Edward and Hannah Traynor, as verified by the 1911 census extract, and, although he took their surname, he never formally submitted a change of name deed poll. He attested, as William Traynor, into the Royal Field Artillery for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front from 22 August 1915. He died aged 72, on 3 January 1965. Sold together with copy medal roll extracts, copy research and a hand-written note dated January 1997, explaining ‘Grandad Bill’s’ alias.
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 2nd type oval medal with ‘Liver Bird’ suspension, reverse inscribed, ‘John Park A.B., S.S. Batavia, 16 Dec. 1872’, additionally inscribed on the edge, ‘For great courage & humanity in going in the boat in a heavy gale & rescuing 9 of the crew of the Charles Ward abandoned 20. Nov. 1872’, very fine £400-£500 --- Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society records state: ‘For a most gallant and seaman-like rescue of nine survivors of the crew of the “Charles Ward” which was dismasted and about to be torn to pieces by the fearful violence of the winds and waves in the Atlantic on the 20th November 1872. The weather was so bad that they could not hoist up the lifeboat after the rescue and it had to be abandoned.’ The captain of the Batavia received a gold medal, eight others (including Park) receiving a silver medal for their bravery. Sold with copied research.
A rare Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Miss Lilian A. Forse, Voluntary Aid Detachment Military Medal, G.V.R. (Miss L. A. Forse, V.A.D.); British War and Victory Medals (L. A. Forse, V.A.D.); together with a British Red Cross Society Distinguished Service Badge, gilt and enamel, by J. Gaunt, London, reverse inscribed, ‘L. A. Forse M.M. Replacement’, this last in card box, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and better (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2012. M.M. London Gazette 4 June 1918: Mrs Lilian Audrey Forse, V.A.D., attached No. 53 General Hospital, France ‘For courage and devotion to duty displayed when during a hostile air raid a bomb fell on the hospital marquee of which she was in charge. Although great damage was done and many patients injured, she showed admirable coolness in the performance of her duties throughout, and carried on as if nothing had happened.’ Lilian Audrey Forse served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 April 1917. Interestingly, the correspondence address given on her Medal Index Card is ‘c/o Scottish Women’s Hospital, Serbia.’
A Second War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Gunner S. Haffenden, Royal Artillery British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (1798333 Gnr. Stephen G. Haffenden); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better (4) £120-£160 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 10 April 1945. Stephen George Haffenden was born in Firle, near Lewes, Sussex, on 18 February 1921. He attested for the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1941 and was decorated with the B.E.M. at the cessation of hostilities in Europe. He was released from service on 3 May 1945.
A Second War ‘Cardiff Blitz’ B.E.M. awarded to J. N. Anderson, Dock Porter, Great Western Railway, for his gallant conduct in rescuing two dock workers trapped in the hold of the burning S.S. San Felipe after she had been hit by German Bombers in Cardiff Docks on 9 July 1940 British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (John Nicholas Anderson) generally very fine £300-£400 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 8 August 1941: ‘During an air raid a bomb fell in the hold of a vessel in which six dock labourers were working. Anderson obtained a rope and descended into the hold in which a quantity of timber was burning and smouldering. After the lead had been given by Anderson other helpers followed. In addition to the danger of suffocation from the smoke and fumes they were working under the water line. Two men were rescued alive and sent ashore. Anderson and his fellow rescuers then dug into the burning debris and recovered the bodies of four men who, apparently, had been killed outright by the explosion. Anderson showed initiative and leadership and by his courage set a fine example.’ John Nicholas Anderson was born in Cardiff in 1909 and worked as a merchant seaman for a short while from 1924, before becoming a Dock Porter for the Great Western Railway at Cardiff Docks. On 9 July 1940, the Roath Dock was raided for the first time by German Bombers. The S.S. San Felipe was badly hit and six dock workers were trapped in the hold of the ship. For his gallant conduct in rescuing two of them, and recovering the bodies of the other four, he was awarded the British Empire Medal. He died in Bridgend, Glamorgan, in 1962. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private J. A. Adams, 9th (County of London Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (394034 Pte. J. A. Adams. 9-Lond. R.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (S-870 Pte. H. Fallows. Rif: Brig:); British War Medal 1914-20 (7573 Pte. A. W. Richardson. 13-Lond. R.) good very fine (4) £60-£80 --- John Atlee Adams attested for the 9th (County of London Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), London Regiment, on 22 May 1916 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He was discharged on 16 July 918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 379,388. Harry Fallows was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, and attested there for the Rifle Brigade. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 July 1915, and died of wounds on 10 September 1916. He is buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, France.
A Great War ‘First Day of the Somme’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant-Major J. Porter, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (R-158 C.S. Mjr: J. Porter. 7/K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (R-158 L. Sjt. J. Porter. K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-158 W.O. Cl. 2. J. Porter. K.R. Rif. C.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (4) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917; citation published 13 February 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He carried up stores through a very heavy barrage and later, handled his platoon with great skill and determination. He has, on several occasions, shown a splendid example to his men.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Roclincourt, 1 July 1916.’ John Porter was born at St Helens, Lancaster, and enlisted on 2 September 1914, aged 33, a glass grinder by trade. He was promoted to Lance-Corporal, 8 January 1915; Corporal, 2 February 1915; Lance-Sergeant, 10 March 1915; proceeded to France on 19 May 1915, where he served mainly with the 7th Battalion but also the 5th Battalion. He was wounded on 7 July 1915; promoted to Sergeant, 15 January 1916; Company Sergeant-Major, 29 September 1916; wounded a second time on 23 October 1916, grenade wound to left hand and arm. Porter was discharged to Reserve on 10 February 1919. Sold with copied research including Attestation papers and gazette notices.
Memorial Plaque (Charles Harold Evelyn Head) very fine £100-£140 --- Charles Harold Evelyn Head was born in August 1882, the son of Harold Ellershaw Head of 14 Dunsford Place, Bath. He joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet at H.M.S. Britannia in July 1896, and after passing out was posted as Midshipman to H.M.S. Blenheim. Head served with H.M.S. Goliath from March 1900 until October 1901 (entitled to China 1900 no clasp medal). He advanced to Lieutenant in October 1903, and qualified as a Torpedo Lieutenant in March 1906. Head was employed on the Staff at H.M.S. Vernon, prior to being appointed to the command of H.M.S. Vesuvius on 2 August 1914. The latter was stationed at Portsmouth and used for torpedo experimental and training purposes. Having advanced to Lieutenant Commander, Head died as a result of the Quintinshill rail disaster on 22 May 1915, a multi-train crash which occurred outside the Quintinshill signal box near Gretna Green in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It resulted in the deaths of over 200 people and remains the worst rail disaster in British history. Lieutenant Commander Head is buried in the Glasgow Western Necropolis, and commemorated with a wall plaque dedicated by his brother officers at H.M.N.B. Portsmouth. Sold with copied service papers.
Four: Sergeant W. Scott, Balloon Section, Royal Engineers, who was taken Prisoner of War during the Boer War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (7 Corpl. W. Scott. R.E.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7 2nd. Cpl. W. Scott. R.E.); British War Medal 1914-20 (7 Sjt. W. Scott. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (7 Sjt: W. Scott. R.E.) light contact marks and minor edge bruising, very fine (4) £400-£500 --- William Scott was born in Hull, Yorkshire, in 1876 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Beverley, Yorkshire, on 13 April 1896. He served with the Balloon Section in South Africa during the Boer War from 7 March 1900 to 2 March 1902, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War, being released at Frederikstad on 19 July 1900. Advanced Sergeant, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with Gratuity per Army Order 412 of 1914, and saw further service during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 15 September 1916 to 25 July 1918 (also entitled to a Victor Medal). He was finally discharged on 22 August 1918, after 22 years and 132 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service; a 101st Anniversary of the Battle of Paardeberg 1st Day Cover, dated 17 February 2021; and copied research.
Three: Nursing Sister Amy G. Simpson, Order of St. John British War and Victory Medals (A. G. Simpson. O. St. J.); Service Medal of the Order of St John (15897 Nsg. Off. A. G. Simpson. Finsbury Nsg. Div. No. 1 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1936) mounted court-style for display, minor edge bruise to BWM, good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Amy Gertrude Simpson served with the Order of St. John Brigade Hospital at Etaples, France, from 21 March 1917.
Pair: Nursing Sister Clara L. Travis, Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister C. L. Travis.) officially re-impressed naming as typically encountered with QSAs to Nurses; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister C. L. Travis.); together with the recipient’s Maidstone Typhoid Fever Medal 1897, silver, the reverse engraved ‘C. Travis’, last lacking integral top riband bar, light contact marks, very fine, the last scarce (3) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Clara Louise Travis trained at the West Kent General Hospital at Maidstone, Kent, and was one of the nurses on the Maidstone Corporation Staff engaged in the town in connection with the typhoid epidemic in 1897, for which she was presented with the medal. She joined Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service Reserve as No. 291 on 2 February 1900, and sailing on the Canada on 14 April 1900 served in South Africa during the Boer War, first at No. 1 General Hospital, Wynberg; and then at No. 13 General Hospital, Johannesburg. She saw further service at home during the Great War with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service from 27 July 1916. Maidstone Typhoid Fever Medal A major epidemic of Typhoid Fever broke out in Maidstone, Kent during late August 1897. By 9 September, 117 cases had been reported, rising to 774 by the end of the month and by 9 October the number had risen to 1,200, with 42 deaths. The cause was never fully identified but the reservoir at Barming, the spring at Tutsham, and various pumping stations were all found to be contaminated - all this compounded by the poor sewage system then in operation at Maidstone. In the highly charged atmosphere of the times, irresponsibly defecating hop-pickers also were blamed for the outbreak! The Town Council also came in for some criticism in having, as an economy measure, reduced the number of times a year the water purity was tested. In response to the outbreak, suspect water supplies were cut and Barming Reservoir was chlorinated. The Town Council issued handbills to the townspeople recommending the boiling of all drinking water and a free laundry was opened for the washing of all clothes and bedding from infected households; these same houses were then thoroughly disinfected. Emergency hospitals were opened, and such was the need, that doctors and nurses from outside the area were brought in to tend to the sick and dying. A subscription to help the poorer townsfolk was also opened. By rigourous methods the epidemic was brought under control, and by the end of December it was largely over; the total number of reported cases being 1,847, with 132 deaths. Medals were awarded to the nursing staff who served in the town during the epidemic. Many were presented by the Mayor of Maidstone at a special ceremony held at the Museum and Technical School on Wednesday 8 December 1897; an account of the presentation being given in the South Eastern Gazette of 14 December 1897. Some 700 people attended the presentation, including members of the Town Council, Magistrates, Clergy and other people of note. The Mayor of Maidstone (Councillor J. Barker) gave a speech before the presentation, paraphrased by the newspaper, ‘... While they must be filled with regret for those who had been taken away ... it was a matter of congratulation to know that the epidemic which overtook them three months ago, had been stamped out thanks to the efforts of their Medical Officer, the medical men of the town, and ... through the sturdy and gallant conduct of every inhabitant of Maidstone ... and, in addition to the help received from the residents in the town and neighbourhood, they had an army of trained nurses to assist them. ... He now wished on the part of every inhabitant of the borough of Maidstone, ... to thank the nurses who had assisted them during their great trouble ... and he was going to ask them to accept a small medal as a token of esteem for the work they had done ...’
A Great War ‘Battle of the Somme 1916’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant A. R. Matthew, 8/10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (S-7622 Sjt: A. R. Matthew. 8/10 Gord: Hdrs.); 1914-15 Star (S-7622. Pte. A. R. Matthew, Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-7622 Sjt. A. Matthew. Gordons.) medals unmounted, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £900-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 26 January 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. On two occasions he displayed great courage and determination on patrol, and obtained most valuable information. He has on many occasions done fine work.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Martinpuich, Butte de Warlencourt, 10 October 1916.’ Alexander R. Matthew enlisted on 24 November 1914, and landed in France with 8th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders on 10 May 1915, as part of 26th Brigade, 9th Division. In May 1916 the Battalion was transferred to to 144th Brigade, 15th (Scottish Division) and amalgamated with the 10th Battalion to form 8/10 Battalion. The village of Martinpuich was captured by captured by the 15th Division on 15 September 1916, in view of the nearby Butte de Warlencourt, probably a Neolithic burial ground and the only raised feature in the area which was fought over for several weeks more. Sergeant Matthew was discharged on 2 December 1918, aged 27 years 10 months, being no longer physically fit for war service. Sold with copied research including gazette notices and Battalion War Diary.
Six: Dr. Honoria S. Keer, Scottish Women’s Hospitals, who served as an Assistant Surgeon with the Girton and Newnham Unit British War and Victory Medals (H. S. Keer); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, Officer’s badge, silver-gilt and enamel, Bishop with red robes; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze star on riband; Medal of Honour, Ministry of War for Epidemics, silver, reverse embossed, ‘Miss Kear [sic] 1917’, with case of issue inscribed with the recipient’s name; together with the recipient’s Scottish Women’s Hospitals Medal 1914, bronze, unnamed; and the related miniature awards for the Great War campaign pair and the two French awards, good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013. Serbian Order of St. Sava London Gazette 12 August 1919: ‘In recognition of services while employed with the Scottish Women’s Hospitals in Serbia.’ Honoria Somerville Keer was born in Toronto, Canada on 26 December 1883, the daughter of Major-General Jonathan Keer, Bengal Staff Corps. She was educated at Hazel Bank, Malvern and at the University of Glasgow where she was awarded in 1910 the degrees of M.B. and Ch.B. At the outbreak of war she was serving as Resident Medical Officer at the Infirmary, Kilmarnock. She became Assistant Surgeon to the Girton and Newnham Unit of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals on its foundation and proceeded with it to Troyes in the Champagne district of France in May 1915. In October of that year the French Government transferred that hospital to Serbia. Soon it was obliged to retreat with the Serbian Army and from December 1915 it was sited in Salonika. In the Autumn of 1917 the unit was re-housed and re-constituted as the Calcutta Orthopaedic Centre - still under the command of its original Chief Medical Officer, Dr Louise McIlroy. As such, it continued to work in Salonika until early 1919 when it closed as a military hospital, being subsequently transferred to Belgrade to form The Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital. However, in April 1918 Dr Keer was transferred to Corsica as Chief Medical Officer of the Scottish Women’s Hospital for Serbian Refugees, operating under the Serbian Relief Fund. This hospital closed in April 1919. After the war Dr Keer returned to England and took a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Health in 1924. The following year she was appointed a Medical Officer to Nigeria, being posted to the Hospital in Lagos. Here she worked until 1931. Increasingly suffering from deafness, she returned to England in 1933. She died in London on 20 March 1969.
Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (2), G.V.R., 1st issue (William Hillson); G.VI.R., 1st issue (Edmund C. Pacey.); together with a Birmingham City Police Special Constabulary Reserve cap badge, this lacking reverse tangs; a Devon Special Constable lapel badge; and a Special Constabulary cloth title, lacquered, nearly extremely fine (2) £40-£50
Six: Chief Bosun’s Mate Charles Chapman, Royal Navy, whose outstanding campaign service included the action against the Peruvian Rebel Turret Ship Huascar in 1877 Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (C. Chapman, Ord. H.M.S. Rattlesnake. 73-74) official correction to initial; South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (”Shah” C. Chapman A.B. H.M.S.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Suakin 1885 (C. Chapman. Cap: F’cle, H.M.S. “Penelope”); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (C. Chapman, Actg. Chf. Bos. Mate, H.M.S. Sphinx); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Chas. Chapman, Ch. Bos. Mte. H.M.S. Sphinx) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the silver medals all cleaned bright, light contact marks but generally very fine or better, a rare and exceptional group (6) £2,000-£2,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Douglas-Morris Collection Part I, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996; Dix Noonan Webb, July 2001. Charles Chapman was born in Sutton, Kent on 9 October 1854. He joined the service as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Rattlesnake on 8 October 1870, advanced to Boy 1st Class on 15 November 1871, and Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class on 20 October 1872, prior to leaving Rattlesnake on 25 March 1874, after service in the Ashantte campaign. Advanced to Able Seaman in January 1875 he was drafted to H.M.S. Shah in August 1876, in which vessel he took part in the action against the Peruvian Rebel Turret Ship Huascar in 1877. He was paid off from Shah in October l879 after earning his South Africa campaign medal with clasp. He next joined H.M.S. Penelope as Petty Officer 2nd Class during January 1881 and advanced to P.O. 1st Class (Captain of Forecastle) in June 1882. He was not amongst those chosen to serve at Tel-el-Kebir aboard the armoured train. He transferred to H.M.S. Sphinx as Acting Chief Petty Officer on 19 January 1885, becoming her Chief Bosun's Mate in January 1886 and seeing service at Suakin and in Burma. He was awarded his LS & GC medal on 8 May 1886, and was pensioned during October 1892.
Six: Company Sergeant Major C. H. Jarvis, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport Corps British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. C. H. Jarvis. M.R.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (593 Pte. C. H. Jarvis. Kimberley Vol: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (Pte. C. H. Jarvis 7th Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (C.S.M. C. H. Jarvis C.A.H.T.C.); Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, reverse engraved ‘Municipal B. Section’, lacking integral top riband bar, mounted court-style for display, good very fine (6) £700-£900 --- Charles Herbert Jarvis was born around 1873 at Adelaide in the Eastern Cape, and served as a Trooper with the Matabeleland Relief Force in 1896 and as Private in the 2nd Battalion, Kimberley Volunteer Regiment during the Boer War before taking civilian employment as a timekeeper. He served with the 7th South African Infantry during the Great War, before joining the newly-formed Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport Corps on 1 April 1917, and travelled to France aboard Euripidies, arriving on the Western Front on 23 May 1917. Jarvis returned home at the cessation of hostilities aboard Ingoma, disembarking at Cape Town on 17 July 1919. Sold with copied service record and research which notes total strength of the newly-formed Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport Corps as 6214 men in 1916.
Five: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant J. O. Peacock, Royal Artillery France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (6014248 W.O.Cl.1. J. O. Peacock. R.A.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6014248. B.Q.M.S. J. O. Peacock. R.A.) mounted as worn, good very fine and better (5) £100-£140
A Second War ‘Burma operations’ M.M. group of five awarded to Lance-Naik Mohammad Din, 4th Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Infantry Military Medal, G.VI.R. (9598 L-Nk Mohammad Din, Jamma-Kashmir. Inf.) suspension replaced with a copy (and broken) suspension bar; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, mounted for wear, the MM abrasively cleaned, nearly very fine (5) £500-£700 --- M.M. London Gazette 22 March 1945. The original Recommendation, for an Immediate I.D.S.M., states ‘On 4 to 6 November 1944 in the Fort White area Lance-Naik Mohammad Din was in command of the leading group of scouts in on an attack on a heavily wooded hill feature. He worked his way close up to the Japanese bunker positions and actually penetrated between two posts. His group was then ordered to withdraw to allow an Artillery concentration and an air strike to be put down. His section was at the time under fire from three sides and Lance-Naik Mohammad Din stayed on the position with grenades and Bren gun to cover his section out. In spite of heavy fire he held the Japanese off and neutralised their fire till all his men were clear. His courage and determination saved the lives of his section and set an outstanding example to the men in his Company.’
Four: Musician A. W. H. King, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-15 Star (6990, Musician. A. W. H. King, R.G.A.) unofficial correction to third initial; British War Medal 1914-20 (6990 Mus. A. W. H. King. R.A.) rank re-engraved; Victory Medal 1914-19 (6990 Gnr. A. W. H. King. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6990 Musician A.W.H. King. R.G.A.) mounted as worn, polished, good fine and better (4) £70-£90 --- Arthur William Harold King served on the Western Front as a Musician from 21 December 1915. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in September 1919.
Four: Ropemaker J. Baxter, Royal Navy Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, no clasp, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed as issued,; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Josh. Baxter Ropemakr. H.M. R.N. Barrks. 24 Yrs); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced for ring suspension as issued, minor edge bruising, otherwise generally good very fine (5) £800-£1,200 --- Joseph Baxter was born in Newry, Co. Down, in 1825. He joined the Royal Navy, and served as a Ropemaker with H.M.S. Princess Royal (Baltic and Crimea Medals) and H.M.S. Retribution (China Medal). Baxter was posted to the Royal Naval Barracks in September 1873 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in December 1873), and was shore pensioned in December of the same year. Sold with copied service papers and other research.
Five: Sergeant F. Newman, Royal Field Artillery, who served much of his military career as a Sergeant Cook 1914-15 Star (81490. Sjt. Cook. F. Newman, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (81490 Sjt. F. Newman. R.A.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (81490 Sgt. F. Newman 17th. Bde: R.F.A.) contemporarily engraved naming, with rank corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (81490 Sjt: Cook F. Newman. R.F.A.) very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Frederick Newman was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1911. He subsequently served during the Great War in Egypt from 31 March 1915 and was discharged at termination of his engagement on 15 May 1919.
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (W. H. Emes, Master) good very fine £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Glendining’s 1902 when sold with clasp for Basque Roads; Collin Message Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, August 1999. William Henry Emes passed for 2nd Master and Pilot of H.M. Sloops and smaller vessels in July 1829, and for Master of the same category of ship in June 1831. In January 1840 he became qualified to take charge as Master of vessels of the Fifth and Sixth rate. He was Master of the sixth rate corvette Magicienne 24 in the Syria operations in 1840. He evidently never progressed to Lieutenant R.N. as he does not appear in O’Byrne, but he is shown in the August 1852 Allen’s Navy List as being awarded an N.G.S. medal with one clasp.
India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21, with M.I.D. oak leaf (218844 F-Sgt. W. J. Brownridge, R.A.F.) number, rank, and initials officially corrected, nearly extremely fine and scarce £180-£220 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2005 (when sold with just the single Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 clasp). M.I.D. London Gazette 10 June 1921: Brownridge, W., No. 218844, Sergeant. ‘For distinguished service during the operations in Waziristan, 1919-20.’ W. J. Brownridge served as a Flight-Sergeant in 20 Squadron, which unit was equipped with Bristol F2Bs and initially flew out of a makeshift airfield near Dakka. Apart from the fact the mountainous regions of the North West Frontier were hardly ideal for early flying operations, it is worth noting that the Afghan tribesmen responded in kind when visited by the R.A.F., one pilot describing their disciplined and accurate rifle fire as ‘uncomfortably like that of a machine-gun - and almost as effective.’ Note: The recipient’s exact clasp entitlement is unconfirmed, and his name does not appear on the latest published transcript of the medal roll. However, he undoubtedly received a ‘Mention’ for the Waziristan campaign which, inter alia, qualifies him for the medal.
Pair: Lieutenant F. C. Cantrill, South African Constabulary later 13th Battalion Canadian Infantry and Canadian Forestry Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, date clasp block loose on riband (1849 Corpl: F. C. Cantrill. S.A.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. F. C. Cantrill.) 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 --- --- Frederick Charles Cantrill was born in Derby on 5 April 1871 and attested for the South African Constabulary at Prince Albert on 29 January 1901. Promoted Corporal on 26 April 1901, he was discharged by purchase on 12 February 1903. He saw further service during the Great War, being commissioned Second Lieutenant on 188th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, on 28 March 1916, and served in England with the 15th Reserve Battalion and the Canadian Forestry Corps (not entitled to a Victory Medal). He was discharged, unfit for General Service, on 5 April 1918. Sold with a repaired SAC shoulder title; and copied service papers.
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Captain H. Cox 1st. Worcester Artilly. Volrs., 5th. Augt. 1891.) with integral bronze riband buckle, good very fine £140-£180 --- R.H.S. Case number 25,624: ‘Assisted by Sergeant Sanders, Corporals Hodges and Deakin, and Gunners Elt, Beard, Summerhill and Suffield, also of the 1st Worcester Artillery Volunteers, rescued eleven men from drowning at Doganwy, North Wales, on the 5th August, 1891. Parchment to others.’
Pair: Private T. Doyle, Royal Scots Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (2219. Thomas. Doyle. 1st. Battn. 1st. Royals) depot impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced as issued with small ring suspension, the first with edge bruising and contact marks, the second polished, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Thomas Doyle, a labourer from Rathangan, Co. Kildare, attested into the Royal Scots on 17 November 1846. He served in the Crimea and is later noted as having deserted. Sold with copied medal roll extract, and copied regimental pay book entries.
Three: Acting Chief Petty Officer W. C. Browning, Royal Navy East and West Africa, 1 clasp, 1891-2 (W. C. Browning, A.B., H.M.S. Racer); Queen’s South Africa, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (136960 P-O: W. C. Browning, H.M.S. Monarch); Naval Long Service and Good Conduct, E.VII.R. (W. C. Browning, Act. C.P.O., H.M.S. Medea), contact wear and edge bruising, otherwise generally about very fine and rare (3) £700-£900 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997. Only 63 six-clasp Queen’s South Africa medals to the Royal Navy, including 50 to Monarch. Acting Chief Petty Officer William Charles Browning was born at Crewkerne, Somerset, in January 1871 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Impregnable, aged 15 years. Advanced to Boy 1st Class in April 1887, to Ordinary Seaman in January 1889 and to Leading Seaman in February 1890, he joined H.M.S. Racer in April 1891. In this latter ship he was landed with the Naval Brigade sent to punish Chief Fodeh Cabbah. Further promoted to Petty Officer 2nd Class in November 1895 and to Petty Officer 1st Class in March 1897, he next saw active service in H.M.S. Monarch, which ship he joined in July of the latter year. Landed for service with the Naval Brigade in the Boer War, he saw extensive service which qualified him for a six-clasp medal. Awarded his L.S. and G.C. medal and advanced to Acting Chief Petty Officer in 1904, Browning was invalided ashore in February 1909, suffering from ‘mental deficiency’. A closing statement on his Service Record states that his name was put forward for financial assistance from the Royal Patriotic Fund. Sold with copied record of service.
Pair: Captain H. B. Evel, 36th Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. B. Evel.) nearly extremely fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (Hon. Capt. H. J. Thorpe.; Lieut. H. B. Daw.) suspension slightly loose on latter, good very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Harvey Buchanan Evel was born on 10 February 1882 and was was commissioned Lieutenant in the 91st Regiment on 4 May 1905, having previously served in the ranks. Promoted Captain on 1 April 1913, he served with the 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 February 1916, and suffered a fracture of the left ankle when falling over a repaired culvert in France on 5 April 1916. Hospitalised to England, and then returning to Canada, he relinquished his commission, being surplus to requirements, on 15 September 1917. Henry James Thorpe attested for the 8th Battery, 3rd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery as a Gunner on 25 September 1914, and served with the C.F.A. during the Great War on the Western Front, suffering a gun shot wound to his right foot on the Western Front in April 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, General List, on 25 June 1918, and was advanced Honorary Captain. Herbert Bethune Daw was born in North Gower, Ontario, on 28 June 1887 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Niagara Camp on 23 June 1915, having previously served in the Militia. He served with the 58th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 February 1916, and was killed in action on 26 April 1916 - that night he had been in charge of a working part and in order to let some of his men pass he stood up on the firing set and was shot through the head and killed. He is buried in Perth Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium. Sold with copied research.
Three: Private W. H. Warren, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, later Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (56419. Pte. 1. W. Warren. R.A.F.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (533 Pte. W. H. Warren. 5/Essex Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Walter Horace Warren was born in Braintree, Essex, on 20 November 1881, and served with the 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 4 of January 1910, one of only 41 E.VII.R. Territorial Force Efficiency Medals awarded to the 5th Battalion. He served during the Great War in a Balloon Section, Royal Flying Corps, in the Middle East from 25 August 1917, and transferred to the Royal Air Force as a Founder Member on 1 April 1918. He transferred to the reserve on 5 March 1919, and was discharged on 30 April 1920. He died in Braintree in 1961. Sold with copied RAF service papers and other research.
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