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Click here to subscribePair: Orderly J. Eastham, Walton-Le-Dale Division, St John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (1084 Ordly: J. Eastham, St. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1084. Pte. J. P. Eastham. Walton Le Dale Div.) good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Served in South Africa at No. 18 General Hospital.
Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (208318 H. Croton, A.B., H.M.S. Warrior. 1907. 7.5. In. B.L.) with Second Award Bar ‘H.M.S. “Warrior” 1908 7.5” B.L.’, with official corrections, very fine £500-£700 --- One of approximately 62 Second Award Bars awarded to the Naval Good Shooting Medal. Henry Charles Victor Croton was born in Chelsea, London, in July 1882. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1900, and advanced to Able Seaman in December 1902. His service included with H.M.S. Warrior from June 1907 to February 1909, and also with H.M.S. Victory I during the Great War (entitled to BWM and VM). Croton transferred to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in April 1917, for service with Defensively Armed Merchant Ships. He was demobilised in March 1919. Sold with copied research.
Six: Petty Officer A. H. White, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith 125048 Lg. Smn. A. H. White, H.M.S. Terrible.) officially engraved naming; China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (A. H. White, Lg. Sea., H.M.S. Terrible); 1914-15 Star (125048, A. H. White. P.O., 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (125048 A. H. White P.O. 1 R.N.; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (A. H. White, P.O. 2Cl, H.M.S. Terrible.) mounted for display, naming worn in parts through contact wear on the earlier medals, these good fine, otherwise good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: John Cooper Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, April 2001. Only 88 officers and other ranks of H.M.S. Terrible received the combination of Q.S.A., Relief of Ladysmith and China 1900, Relief of Pekin. See article entitled Double Relief Medals to H.M.S. Terrible, by David Humphry, published Medal News, May 2002. Alfred Henry White was born at Warblington, Hampshire, on 23 September 1868, and joined the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. St Vincent on 2 November 1883; Boy 1st Class, November 1884; Ordinary Seaman, September 1886; Able Seaman, February 1888; Leading Seaman, July 1898; Petty Officer 2nd Class, September 1901; Petty Officer 1st Class, July 1905. Served aboard H.M.S. Terrible from 24 March 1898 to 24 October 1902, and received his L.S. & G.C. medal in that ship on 11 March 1902. He transferred to the Royal Naval Reserve on 21 September 1906, and rejoined on 2 August 1914 as P.O.1. He was invalided out on 24 July 1919. Sold with copied research including record of service and medal rolls.
The rare ‘Algiers’ and ‘Anchor’ type L.S. & G.C. pair awarded to Colour Sergeant J. Pickford, Royal Marine Artillery Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (James Pickford.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse with scarce ‘inverted’ reverse (James Pickford Colour Serjeant Royal Marine Artillery 21 Years) pierced with two rings for suspension, together with a small bronze medallet to commemorate the action off Algiers, minor edge nicks, generally very fine or better (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Christie’s, July 1983. Awards of the L.S. & G.C. medal issued between 1833 and 1835 were struck with the reverse accidentally inverted relative to the obverse. Fewer than 20 examples from this period are known to have survived today, and even fewer in combination with the Naval General Service Medal. James Pickford was born in Cameley, Somerset. He attested for the Royal Marine Artillery at Wells in March 1814, to join the Portsmouth Division. Pickford advanced to Corporal in November 1828, and to Sergeant in January 1834. His service included with H.M.S. Impregnable during the bombardment of Algiers on 27 August 1816. The latter occupied a vulnerable position during the bombardment and was exposed to the concentrated fire from shore batteries and an accurate raking fire from the heavily armed Lighthouse Battery. The Impregnable lost nearly a quarter of her complement, suffering 50 killed and 164 wounded as a consequence of the action. Pickford advanced to Colour Sergeant, and served with H.M.S. Salamander from March 1834. The ship was paid off on 3 March 1835, and Pickford was discharged to pension 21 May 1835 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in May 1835, with a Gratuity of £7). Although the Royal Marine Artillery was disbanded in 1832, two Artillery Companies remained in being including Pirckford’s 2nd Company - and they were attached to the Portsmouth Division. After service, Pickford was employed as the Master of the Catherington Union Workhouse in Horndean, Hampshire, in the 1850s. He continued to be employed in that capacity for the next 20 years, and died aged 85 in Catherington, Hampshire, in 1880. Sold with copied research.
Family Group: British War Medal 1914-20 (240697 Pte. M. W. Mabb. 164-Can. Inf.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Pte. T. B. Mabb Went. Regt.) nearly very fine (2) £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Maurice Walter Mabb was born at Southborough, Kent, on 12 January 1884, and having emigrated to Canada with his family attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Hamilton, Ontario, on 17 November 1916. He served during the Great War with the 164th Canadian Infantry. Thomas Baker Mabb, the brother of the above, was born in Kent on 29 January 1890, and having emigrated to Canada with his family attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Dundas, Ontario, on 27 March 1916. He was awarded his Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medals per General Order 24 of 1 March 1929.
An Order of St John group of ten awarded to Sergeant J. Elam, 2nd London Volunteer Rifle Corps and St John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer‘s breast badge, silver and enamel; Defence Medal; Jubilee 1897, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Private J. Elain (sic)); Coronation 1902, St. John Ambulance Brigade, bronze (J. Elam, Sergt.); Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Sgt. J. Elam); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (1887 C. Sjt: J. Elam, 2/Lomdon V.R.C.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silvered base metal, unnamed, with three additional service clasps; St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (Sergt. J. Elam. No. 1 Dist.) mounted court-style as worn, very fine (10) £400-£500
Six: Major W. L. Conran, 125th Bombay Native Infantry (Napier’s Rifles), late Royal Irish Fusiliers Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut. W. L. Conran, 1/R.I. Fus:); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieutenant W. L. Conran, 23rd Bo. Infy.) small official correction to unit; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (Captn. W. L. Conran 25th Bo. Rifles) small official correction to surname; China 1900, no clasp (Captn: W. L. Conran 25th Bo. Rifles); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, original court-style mounting but ribbons a little distressed, toned, very fine and better (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- William Loraine Conran was born in 1862 and educated at Cheltenham College. He was first commissioned, ex-Sandhurst, on 10 May 1882, as Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Fusiliers, with whom he served at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir in 1882 (Medal with Clasp and Khedive’s Star). He was appointed to the Bombay Staff Corps on 20 October 1884, and served with the Burmese Expedition in 1885-88 in command of the Mounted Infantry of the 23rd Bombay Light Infantry (Medal with two Clasps). From April 1894 he was employed in the Foreign Department. He is listed as being 'on special duty in Rajputana' April 1895 to January 1896, and served in the campaign on the North West Frontier under Sir William Lockhart in 1897-98 with the Tirah Expeditionary Force (Medal with two Clasps). In 1899 he is listed as 'Unpaid Attaché, Intelligence Branch, Q.M.G.'s Dept.' From July 1900 to October 1905 he was a Special Service Officer with the Intelligence Branch, Q.M.G.'s Dept., serving with the Imperial Service Troops in China (Medal). He was promoted Major on l0 July 1901, and Second-in-Command, 125th Rifles, on 12 May 1903. He died in London on 30 August 1909.
Miscellaneous Clasps and Bars A 5th. Aug. - 22nd. Nov. 1914 clasp to the 1914 Star; an Efficiency Medal Second Award Bar; a Colonial Auxiliary Force Officer’s Decoration top riband bar; a suspension bar for the Military Cross; a gilt top riband bar; a 4-medal miniature riband buckle, silver-gilt, by A. Kent & Sons; and six foreign rosettes, one full size and five miniature size, very good condition (lot) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Miscellaneous Nursing Insignia. A small selection of Nursing insignia, including Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service cape badge, silver (2), together with two related miniature awards, one in silver the other bronze; Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve cape badge, silver; Queen Alexandra’s Military Families Nursing Service cape badge, silver, together with the related miniature award; British Red Cross Society War Service 1914-18 Medal, bronze; Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B230776’; Volunteer Medical Service Medal, with two Additional Award Bars (Miss Alice Hunt); two Queen Mary Nursing Guild Badges, gilt and enamel, one with clasps for 1916, 1917, and 1918; a Royal Star and Garter Home Nurses Badge, bronze and enamel, the reverse named ‘Dorothy Hutchinson Dec. 1939’, in fitted case; and a Belgian Queen Elisabeth Medal, bronze and enamel; together with a St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘41068 Charles S. Priddle’, with 25 date clasps for 1912-1916 and 1919-1938 inclusive ,the reverse all engraved ‘141068’, generally good very fine £100-£140 --- Silver War Badge no. B230776 was awarded to Staff Nurse T. E. Docwra, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Sold with a large quantity of postcards, photographs, newspaper cuttings, and other nursing related ephemera, including photographs of the Boer War Hospital Ship Princess of Wales.
Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Lady’s badge with wreath (Margaret J. Millar.) on lady’s bow riband, in Elkington, London, case of issue, nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- I.S.M. London Gazette 19 October 1917: Millar, Margaret Jane, Telegraphist, Central Telegraph Office. Margaret Jane Millar was employed by the Post Office in Greenock until 1914, when she moved to the Central Telegraph Office in London. She retired due to ill health in 1917, aged 45 (GPO Pension records refer).
Pair: Colonel J. F. Craig, Royal Artillery Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: J. F. Craig. N/2. Bde. R.A.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Jack Webb Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. “N” Battery, 2 Brigade, Royal Artillery, was later awarded the Honour Title “The Broken Wheel” for an incident during the battle of Tel-El-Kebir. It having been decided to attack at dawn after an approach march by night, the latter difficult operation was carried out by the two infantry and one cavalry divisions moving in line, in an echelon from the left with all the seven field batteries, also in line, in an interval between the two infantry divisions. The left-hand infantry division arrived first at the enemy's entrenchments in the half light and was met by a blaze of fire. Their attack was not at first completely successful, but with the aid of their supports, they and the other division forced their way into the entrenchments where hand-to-hand fighting continued. Meanwhile, the guns had been halted until there was enough light to see what was going on; but, as dawn broke, they were ordered forward to come into action inside the entrenchments in positions from which they could engage the defences in enfilade. N/2 galloped forward with the rest and, in the words of an officer of the battery, writing just after the battle: ‘All of a sudden the smoke lifted like a curtain and we found ourselves close to a long line of entrenchments... We at once went on and Major Branker found an angle in the line just in front where the ditch was not so deep, so the right gun galloped straight at it. It went with a bump into the ditch, and stuck fast on the face of the parapet, with most of the horses over; but a lot of 42nd [Highlanders] rushed to our help, and we lifted and shoved the gun over; but found one of the wheels smashed to pieces’. Although one of its guns had thus come to grief, N/2 brought its remaining guns into action inside the entrenchments and engaged the rearward parts of the defences with effective shrapnel fire in enfilade at 1,000 yards’ range. The enemy, facing destructive fire from both their front and flank were soon broken up and with victory secured, N/2 gained their prized Honour Title. John Francis Craig was born on 26 July 1856, and entered the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant on 2 February 1876. He was A.D.C. to the Governor of Mauritius from December 1880 to February 1881, and from April 1881 to February 1882. He served in the Egyptian war of 1882, including the battle of Tel-El-Kebir (Medal and Clasp; Bronze Star). Promoted to Captain in January 1885, he was Adjutant of the Clare Artillery Militia, from 1887 to 1894. He went on half-pay in the rank of Colonel in November 1907, retired in February 1910, and died in 1922.
Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (unsuccessful) (Thos. Collins A.B. H.M.S. “Dee” Vit. Peric. Expos. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 28th July 1863) fitted with ring suspension, extremely fine £120-£160 --- R.H.S. Case No. 17,130: ‘On 28th July 1863 at the River Thames, Woolwich a seaman of H.M.S. Tamar accidentally fell overboard, Collins jumped overboard, dived twice but could not save him. Bronze unsuccessful medal award to Collins.’ Thomas Collins was born in County Cork, Ireland, in July 1826. He joined the Royal Navy in July 1844, and advanced to Able Seaman in February 1852. His service included with H.M.S. Cleopatra between March 1849 and September 1853 (entitled to I.G.S. with ‘Pegu’ clasp); H.M.S. Princess Royal between January 1854 and February 1856 (entitled to Baltic Medal); and H.M.S. Dee between June 1863 and February 1864. Collins advanced to Boatswain’s Mate in October 1862, and Quarter Master in April 1866. He was discharged in August 1870, after 25 years and 42 days’ service. Sold with copied research and service papers.
Corporation of Glasgow Bravery Medal, 3rd type, gold (9ct., 12.64g) (Ralph Dunn 1966) hallmarks for Edinburgh 1965, with integral top riband bar, nearly extremely fine £120-£160 --- For the rescue of a woman and her three young children from a fire in a Glasgow tenement on 26 November 1966. At about 12.30 am at 252 Parliamentary Road, along with Constable Hutt, Mr. Dunn climbed along a window ledge on the first floor and helped extract the family.
Family Group: Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2) (12700. Sergt. H. [sic] Easey. R.A.; 12701. Gunr. H. Easey. R.A.) minor edge nicks to first, good very fine £100-£140 --- Arthur Easey served under No. 12700 and was born at Badingham, Framlingham, Suffolk, in 1859. He attested for the Royal Regiment of Artillery at Colchester on 11 January 1877, and was promoted Sergeant on 11 October 1888. He served in India from 14 October 1878 to 7 February 1895, followed by a brief spell in Gibraltar, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 July 1895. Harry Easey served under No. 12701 and was born at Badingham, Framlingham, Suffolk, in 1855. He attested for the Royal Regiment of Artillery at Colchester on 24 February 1877, and served as Gunner in India from 14 October 1878 to 30 April 1903. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 July 1895 whilst serving with the 49th Field Battery, R.A.
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1846 to 1847 (A. Brodbelt, Gunrs. Mate, H.M.S. Calliope) nearly extremely fine £1,800-£2,200 --- 13 officers, 39 ratings and 11 Royal Marines, all from H.M.S. Calliope, received the medal with these dates, the only ship to qualify. Alexander Broadbelt (note spelling on medal) was born at Kingston, Jamaica, on 16 November 1804, and joined the Navy as a Boy First Class aboard H.M.S. Espiegle on 13 November 1827, although his age is then shown as being 17. He served aboard Calliope Able Seaman from 1 July 1845, and as Gunner’s Mate from 29 October 1845 until 31 January 1848, when he reverted to Able Seaman, continuing in Calliope until 4 January 1849. He served subsequently in H.M. Ships Illustrious, Britannia, Neptune, St. Vincent and Iris, being finally discharged from the latter ship as Captain of the Hold on 6 February 1857. Sold with copied Continuous Service record.
A Great War ‘Becourt, August 1918’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant E. G. Davey, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (19820 Sjt: E. G. Davey. 10/Essex R.) suspension re-affixed and no longer swivels, claw tightened and suspension rod replaced; British War and Victory Medals (19820 Sjt. E. G. Davey. Essex R.); Defence Medal, medals unmounted, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine or better (4) £900-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 16 January 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack near Becourt on the morning of 23rd August, 1918. With his company commander he rushed a machine gun post, and turning one of the guns upon two other posts, enabled them to be rushed in turn. He assisted in the subsequent mopping up, and was always in the thick of the fighting.’ Award of the D.C.M. announced in several Essex local newspapers and with citation in the Essex County Chronicle, 24 January 1919. In the successful attack at Becourt on 23 August in co-operation with Tanks, the 10th Essex had 3 officers killed, 3 wounded, 26 men killed or died of wounds, together with 145 men wounded and 35 missing. Sold with a Braintree Jubilee Medal 1935 together with copied research including gazette notice and Battalion War Diary extracts for August 1918.
A fine Great War ‘Western Front 1915’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant A. Grindrod, 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, for gallantry in a successful night attack on the enemy’s trenches south of Warneton railway near Le Touquet; together with a gold presentation pocket watch from the inhabitants of Foulridge (Colne) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5602 Cpl. A. Grindrod. 11/Lanc: Fus:); 1914-15 Star (5602 Pte. A. Grindrod. Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (5602 Sjt. A. Grindrod. Lan. Fus.) together with a very fine 9 carat gold Hunter pocket watch, the white dial with Roman numerals and secondary dial, signed A. Clark, Penge, the outer case engraved with monogram ‘AG’, the inner case with presentation inscription, ‘Presented to 5602 Sgt. Allan Grindrod 11th Battn. Lancs. Fus. by the Inhabitants of Foulridge in Honour of his receiving the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 17.3.17’, the watch seemingly in good working order, the medals unmounted, nearly very fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 22 January 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry south of Warneton railway on the night of 28th/29th December, 1915, when, with an assaulting party, he rushed forward in front of his comrades into the enemy’s trench and continued along it bombing all the time under heavy fire.’ Allan Grindrod was a son of Mr and Mrs T. Grindrod, of Station Road, Foulridge, Colne, Lancashire. Prior to enlisting in September 1914, he was employed as a weaver by Messrs Lonsdale & Co., Foulridge. He went to France on 25 September 1915, where he served with the 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Sold with a pre-war family group photograph together with copied research including gazette notice, article from the Colne & Nelson Times announcing award of D.C.M. with portrait, extracts from the Battalion War Diary and Regimental History giving a good account of the action of 28th/29th December.
Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (897687 Bdr. J. Brown. M.M. R.A.) good very fine £80-£100 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 July 1940. John Brown attested for the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1939 and was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry whilst serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France.
Pair: Gunner J. Courtney, Royal Artillery General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, E.II.R., Arabian Peninsula, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (23244839. Gnr. J. Courtney. R.A.); Malaysia, Federation, Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (R. W. McGeachy) mounted as worn, extremely fine £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Ronald William McGreachy was born at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, on 27 August 1948, and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Regina on 11 June 1973. He retired on 4 July 2003 (entitled to a silver double star Additional Award Bar to his Long Service Medal) and died at Edmonton, Alberta, on 2 September 2011.
1914 Star (51516 Pte. J. West. 4/R. Fus.); British War Medal 1914-20 (L-9995 Pte. E. Butler. R. Fus) verdigris stains to star, otherwise very fine (2) £70-£90 --- John West attested into the Royal Fusiliers and served during the Great War with the 4th Battalion on the Western Front, from 13 August 1914. He died of wounds at home on 10 November 1914 and is commemorated at Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery, Yorkshire. Ernest Butler attested into the Royal Fusiliers and served during the Great War with the 4th Battalion on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He was discharged Termination of Engagement on 17 November 1915. Sold with copied research.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1891 (63642 Gunner D Horgan No. 9 Mn. By. R.A.) initial and first part of surname officially re-engraved, good very fine £80-£100 --- David Horgan was awarded his India General Service Medal with clasp Hazara, for service between 12 March and 16 May 1891 with No. 9 Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery.
Four: Second Lieutenant W. C. Meiklejohn, Hampshire Regiment, later Police Constable, Metropolitan Police British War Medal 1914-20 (2. Lieut. W. C. Meiklejohn.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2/Lieut. W. C. Meiklejohn. Hamps. R.) officially renamed; Defence Medal; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Const. William Meiklejohn) mounted for wear, generally good very fine (4) £120-£160 --- William Cecil Meiklejohn was born in Aldershot, Hampshire in December 1898, and educated at Reading School - at which he served in the O.T.C. He was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, and advanced to Lieutenant attached 5th Battalion. Meiklejohn served with the Regiment, 10 August 1917 - 21 January 1923, primarily in India (this being his full entitlement). Having relinquished his commission, Meiklejohn joined the Metropolitan Police in June 1926 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in January 1952). He resigned to Pension in December 1958, after 32 years service, and died in June 1965. Sold with copied service papers.
A Victory Medal awarded to Sapper W. S. Ballard, Royal Engineers, who suffered ‘many hardships’ during the Great War as a Skilled Telephonist, and later served as a fire watcher at Kenilworth, witnessing waves of enemy bombers en route to Coventry Victory Medal 1914-19 (56955 Spr. W. S. Ballard. R.E.) minor patch of staining to edge, better than very fine £40-£50 --- William Samuel Ballard was born in Nuneaton on 20 October 1887 and attested for the Royal Engineers in his home town on 21 November 1914. Sent to No. 21 Signal Company, he served in France from 9 September 1915 and was admitted to hospital on 21 October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. Recovered, his Army Service Record notes that he ended his campaign with No. 3 R. T. Company, being struck off strength in January 1919. Returning to civilian life as a civil servant (telegraphist), Ballard moved with his wife Eva to Kenilworth and caught the attention of The Leamington Spa Courier on 19 September 1941: ‘Retired Civil Servant and the Police Reference to Alleged “Curt Manner.” A retired civil servant’s contact with a police officer was referred to at Kenilworth Divisional Sessions on Wednesday, when William Samuel Ballard, 134 Warwick Road, Kenilworth, was summoned in respect of a black-out offence on August 23rd. P.W.R. J. Smith said defendant refused to give him any explanation and declined to give his name or address. P. C. Matthews, who later called on him, said Mr. Ballard was “very abusive.” Defendant wrote drawing attention to what he described as “the curt manner in which the police officer approached me regarding the matter.” He added: “I am a retired civil servant, and have never been treated in such a manner in all my life. My feelings at treatment like this can readily be imagined, particularly as I served in France for 3.5 years, near the front the whole of the time, and suffered many hardships.”’ Ballard’s protestations appear to have fallen on deaf ears; he was fined £2 - the relatively high sum likely influenced by the streams of refugees entering Kenilworth from nearby Coventry which had been devastated by the Luftwaffe.
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (Gunner W. Malone, R.A. 31st. Aug. 1895.) with replacement integral bronze riband buckle, in original Warrington fitted case of issue, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £120-£160 --- R.H.S. Case number 27,968. The original citation states: ‘At great personal risk, attempted to rescue two persons who were unfortunately drowned at Spithead, on the 31st August 1895.’ The Morning Post of 23 October 1895 adds: ‘Gunner W. Malone, Royal Artillery, for attempting to save H. Gibbins and R. Short, whose boat capsized about 200 yards from the Horse Sand Fort, Spithead, August 31, when Malone nearly lost his own life (case sent by the Officer Commanding Royal Artillery, Portsmouth).’
Pair: Private W. G. Hardie, 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (629006 Pte. W. G. Hardie. 29-Can. Infy.) very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (310229 C. O. Goodison. Sto. 1. R.N.; 628601 Pte. P. Bridge. C.M.G. Bde; 226566 Pte. H. Fisher. C.L..H.; 258263 Pte. F. W. Welbourn. 1-C.M.R.; 102134 Pte. F. Rasmussen 67th Can Pnr. Bn.) last officially renamed, generally very fine (7) £90-£120 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Ewart Gladstone Hardie was born in Barnaire Tennessee U.S.A. in June 1889. He was a Sailor prior to the Great War, and his mother resided in Lethbridge, Alberta. Hardie served with the 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War. Harry Fisher was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in March 1897. He served during the Great War with the Canadian Light Horse attached to the Eaton Machine Gun Battery. Private Fisher was killed in action by enemy shelling near Lens, France, 5 August 1917, and is buried in Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois, France. Frederick Rasmussen was born in Denmark in March 1881, and his next of kin was listed as Mrs Clay Hansen, Mollestreet, Skjelskor, Denmark. He served during the Great War with the 67th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Engineers in the UK.
Pair: Private D. S. Wright, 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (5859 Pte. D. S. Wright. 5-Lond. R.); with Victory Medal 1914-19 (108646 Pte. R. W. Wright. C.M.R.) generally good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (31 Sjt. H. Beveridge C.F.A.; 629007 Pte. E. N. Barnes. 29-Can, Inf.; 552508 Sjt. T. J. Davies. C.C.T.S.; 200058 Pte. R. H. Smart. C.A.V.C.) generally very fine (7) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Rawleigh William Wright was born in Brixton, London in July 1894. He was the son of Jean E. Wright, of 15 Hazledon Road, Brockley, London. Wright served during the Great War with the 3rd Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles on the Western Front. He died of illness, 4 December 1918, and is buried in Vevey (St. Martin’s) Cemetery, Switzerland. Harry Beveridge was born in Canada in July 1892. He served during the Great War with the 8th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. Sergeant Beveridge was killed in action on the Western Front, 21 August 1918, and is buried in the Rosieres Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Seven: Mary E. Symons, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, later French Red Cross, who served as Directress of the Rimberlieu Hospital 1914 Star (M. E. Symons, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (M. E. Symons); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917; Reconnaissance Medal, First Class, gilt, with rosette on riband; Medal of Honour, First Class, gold, the reverse inscribed ‘Mme. Symons, Rimberlieu 1915-1917’, with rosette on riband; Medal of the Societe Academique d’Histoire Internationale, gilt, with rosette on riband, good very fine (7) £600-£800 --- Mary E. Symons, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, served during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 September 1914. Later, working for the French Red Cross she was the Directress of the Rimberlieu Hospital, at Château Rimberlieu situated to the north of Compiegne. The hospital contained some 80 beds and was from the outset staffed entirely by British personnel. In 1916 an annex containing another 30 beds was added.
Three: Acting Battery Quartermaster Sergeant A. G. Picken, Royal Artillery British War Medal 1914-20 (40289 Sjt. A. G. Picken. R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (1045144 A.B.Q.M. Sjt. A. G. Picken. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1045144 Sjt. A. G. Picken. R.A.) extremely fine (3) £140-£180 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2007.
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George Dewe Gunner, R.A. 24th. Feby. 1876.) with integral bronze riband buckle, suspension claw crudely repaired, therefore good fine £80-£100 --- R.H.S. Case number 19,868. George Dewe was awarded the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for a rescue in Bermuda.
Pair: Detective Sub-Inspector B. Thombozi, Nyasaland Police Colonial Police Forces L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, with Second Award Clasp (1190 Det. Sub-Insp. B. Thombozi, Nyasaland Police); Malawi Independence Medal 1964, unnamed, considerable edge bruising and contact marks, good fine and better (2) £120-£160 --- Ben Thombozi was born in 1919 and entered the Nyasaland Police on 11 January 1938. He was appointed a Detective Sergeant in 1948 and promoted to Detective Assistant Sub-Inspector in 1950 and Detective Sub-Inspector in 1951. He was awarded the Colonial Police L.S. & G.C. (Nyasaland Gazette 1 January 1957) and Clasp (Nyasaland Gazette 11 April 1963). He was commended on numerous occasions by the Commissioner of Police and was awarded the Colonial Police Medal (Nyasaland Gazette 10 June 1961). Sold with extensive copied service papers and commendation reports, gazette extracts and copied photograph.
The Victory Medal awarded to Private H. T. Smith, 29th Battalion (Vancouver), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 26 September 1916 Victory Medal 1914-19 (628699 Pte. H. [Sic] Smith. 29-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (Henry Thomas Smith) good very fine Memorial Plaque (Robert Smith) in card envelope of issue, good very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Henry Thomas Smith was born in Teynham, Kent in September 1890. He served during the Great War with the 29th Battalion (Vancouver), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Smith was killed in action on the Western Front, 26 September 1916, and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. There are several men with the name ‘Robert Smith’ on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission list of War Dead.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2912. Pte. C. Jones. 9/Lcrs.) engraved naming, nearly extremely fine £120-£160 --- Charles Jones was bon in Wellington, Shropshire, in 1880 and attested for the 9th Lancers on 18 November 1889. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 18 November 1896, and was recalled to the Colours on 18 January 1900, and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 10 February 1900 to 11 August 1902 (also entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal with the usual two date clasps). He transferred to the 5th Lancers on 15 March 1902, and was discharged on 12 August 1902, after 12 years and 268 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Four: Corporal L. R. Payling, West Riding Regiment, later York and Lancaster Regiment and Army Dental Corps British War and Victory Medals (267009 ... L. Payling. W. Rid. R.) rank erased on both; Coronation 1937 (L. R. Payling.) privately engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (7254572 Cpl. L. R. Payling. A.D. Corps.) very fine and better (4) £80-£100 --- Lawrence Ringrose Payling was born in Hull, Yorkshire, on 11 March 1897 and attested for the West Riding Regiment, serving with the 2/6th Battalion during the Great War, before transferring to the 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. On 4 October 1918 he was posted to ‘B’ Company, No. 21 Officer Cadet Battalion in Hampshire. Disembodied on 17 February 1919, he later served with the Army Dental Corps and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1934, one of approximately 17 G.V.R. 3rd issue L.S. & G.C.s awarded to the Army Dental Corps.
Pair: Private C. H. Wilkes, King’s Own Scottish Borderers 1914 Star (11612 Pte C. Wilkes. K.O. Sco: Bord.); British War Medal 1914-20 (11612 Pte. C. H. Wilkes. K.O. Sco. Bord:) with regimental cap badge, generally nearly very fine or better (3) £50-£70 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Charles Henry Wilkes served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers on the Western Front from 15 August 1914. He was discharged due to wounds, 15 October 1918 (entitled to Silver War Badge).
Ambulance Trains Cup Competition Medal, by Vaughton, Birmingham, 29mm, gold (9ct., 17.41g) and enamel, the obverse depicting an Ambulance Train; the reverse inscribed (name engraved) ‘Ambulance Trains Cup Competition Presented by Lawrence Cotton to Pte. R. Marsden No. 12 Train Winners’, with hallmarks on the edge, in red leather case of issue, the lid inscribed, ‘Ambulance Trains Cup Competition 1915-16’, good very fine, rare £400-£500 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2011.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Js. Bignell, W. R. Cook; H.M.S. Endymion.) engraved naming, good very fine £80-£100 --- James Bignell was born in Landport, Hampshire, in July 1833. He joined the Royal Navy as a Gun Room Cook in April 1855, and served in that capacity with H.M.S. Hastings (entitled to Baltic Medal). Bignell advanced to Ward Room Cook in October 1869, and his subsequent service included with H.M.S. Endymion from August 1874 to July 1875, and then October 1875 to September 1877 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in April 1875). Bignell was shore pensioned in September 1877. Sold with copied service papers.
Four: Cooper R. R. Hogg, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (R. R. Hogg, Car: Cr: H.M.S. Powerful) impressed naming; British War and Victory Medals (340625 R. R. Hogg. Cpr. 1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (340625 R. R. Hogg, Cooper, H.M.S. Latona.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Robert Rutherford Hogg was born at Melrose, Scotland, on 20 February 1876; a carpenter by trade prior to joining the Royal Navy, he naturally enlisted as Carpenter’s Crew on 23 April 1895, and served in H.M.S. Powerful from 8 June 1897 to 8 June 1900 (published transcription of medal roll gives entitlement to a no clasp Queen’s South Africa Medal; however, a contemporary newspaper account written by the recipient, dated 20 December 1899, states that he had been up at Ladysmith before he was sent back, and so perhaps he felt that he deserved the Defence of Ladysmith clasp as a result!). Promoted Cooper on 16 February 1905, Hogg served in H.M.S. Latona from 16 September 1909 to 8 April 1911, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 10 December 1910. He saw further service during the Great War in the battleship H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth from 8 March 1916 to 15 April 1919, and was shore demobilised on 16 December 1919. Sold with copied research.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Joseph Critchett. Quartermaster. H.M.S. Queen. 21 Yrs.) very fine, scarce £700-£900 --- Provenance: K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996. The above being the latest known medal awarded before the ‘Dated 1848’ variety. Joseph Critchett served with the Royal Navy as an Able Seaman from March 1817. He advanced to Quartermaster in February 1854, and served with H.M.S. Nile for additional entitlement to the Baltic Medal (awarded L.S. & G.C. in December 1860). Sold with copied service papers.
India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1889-92, N.E. Frontier 1891 (5435 Bugler G. W. Stewart 4th Bn. K. R. Rif. C.) good very fine £240-£280 --- Provenance: Peter Wardrop Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2000; Llewellyn Lord Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2016. Only 25 medals with this clasp combination to the 4th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps. G. W. Stewart served with the 4th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps on the North West Frontier of India with the Tamu Column between 18 April and 7 May 1891, and in Burma with the Baungshe Column between 25 December 1891 and 29 February 1892. He subsequently served with the 2nd Battalion Mounted Infantry in South Africa during the Boer War (entitled to Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Orange Free State, Transvaal, and South Africa 1901).
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp (2), Lucknow (Sergt. J. Hearn Dettt. Bl. Foot Art.) ‘Bl. Foot Art.’ officially impressed, the remainder re-engraved; Central India (Gunner Mark Mackin. D Cy. 3rd. Bn. Artillery) suspension claw reaffixed with scratches at top and bottom of disc, generally good fine and better (2) £140-£180 --- Mark Mackin was born in Dundalk in 1828 and enlisted for the 3rd Battalion, Madras Artillery, on 9 December 1850. He served during the Mutiny and transferred as Bombardier to 23rd Brigade, Royal Artillery, on 23 July 1861. Discharged after 21 years’ service, his Army Service Record confirms the award of Medal and clasp, together with a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (277845 Sjt: J. O’Regan. 31/Amm: Sub-Pk: R.G.A.) extremely fine £70-£90 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918. James O’Regan attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 13 September 1914 and was awarded the M.S.M. for devotion to duty in France. Discharged on 16 July 1919, he was issued a Silver War Badge in August 1919.
Three: Lieutenant-Colonel E. V. Thomas, Royal Artillery Korea 1950-53, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Major E. V. Thomas R.A.) officially re-impressed naming; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; United States of America, Bronze Star Medal (E. V. Thomas Maj) good very fine (3) £180-£220 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 5 April 1945 (Burma and Eastern Frontier of India); 10 January 1946 (Burma); 19 September 1946 (Burma); 10 October 1952 (Korea). Bronze Star Medal London Gazette 30 October 1953 (Korea). The original citation states: ‘Major Evan V. Thomas, Royal Artillery, British Army, a member of Headquarters, Royal Artillery, 1st Commonwealth Division, distinguished himself by meritorious service in Korea from 21 December 1951 to 22 September 1952. As Counter Bombardment Officer of the 1st Commonwealth Division, responsible for the assimilation of information pertinent to the disposition of enemy mortar and artillery emplacements, he carried out the multifarious duties incident to his key position in an exemplary manner. Through his administrative ability and sound judgement, he quickly effected a capable organisation of the counter bombardment staffs within the division which enabled it to function with maximum operational efficiency. He skilfully co-ordinated the activities of Commonwealth and Eighth United States Army, integrated them into a smoothly functioning team. The decisiveness, the singular ability to surmount the most intricate administrative obstacles, and the undeviating devotion to duty displayed by Major Thomas materially furthered the cause of the United Nations in Korea and reflect great credit upon himself and the military profession.’ Evan Vaughan Thomas was born on 9 July 1913. A Gentleman Cadet from Royal Military Academy, he was to be raised 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Artillery on 1 February 1934, and subsequently: Lieutenant on 1 February 1937; Act. Captain on 1 February 1940; Temp. Captain on 1 May 1940; Captain on 1 February 1942; Major on 1 February 1947; Act. Lieutenant-Colonel on 15 June 1945; Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel on 15 September 1945; and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 April 1955. Thomas was retired on 19 July 1958.
C.Q.D. Medal 1909, silver, unnamed as issued, complete with ring suspension, minor edge bruising, good very fine £200-£240 --- In the early morning of 23 January 1909, the White Star Line’s R.M.S Republic, sailing from New York to Gibraltar, collided with the Italian liner S.S. Florida in fog off the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA. The White Star Line’s R.M.S. Baltic responded to the C.Q.D. call sent out by radio. Three passengers died in the collision; the remaining passengers from the Republic were transferred, first to the less-damaged Florida, and then, on her arrival, to the Baltic. The Republic sank the next day whilst under tow to New York. The saloon passengers of the two White Star Liners subscribed to a fund to provide medals to the crews of the three ships involved, in recognition of the fact that they saved more than 1,700 lives. Three silver-gilt medals were given to the three captains, with the officers and crew given silver and bronze medals. This was the first occasion on which the C.Q.D. distress call had been sent by wireless transmission.
A scarce ‘double issue’ General Service Medal group of five awarded to Police Lieutenant E. J. Smith, Federation of Malaya Police, late Palestine Police General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (1696 B.Const. E. J. Smith. Pal. Police.) partially officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (659 P/Lt. E. J. Smith. F. of M. Pol.) extremely fine (5) £120-£160 --- E. J. Smith served with the Police in Palestine from 22 November 1938. Sold with a Palestine Police and a Federation of Malaya Police cap badges.
Pair: Orderly E. Beardsley, Ilkeston Corps, St John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (341 Ordly: E. Beardsley, St. John Amb: Bde:) suspension rod replaced; St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (341. Pte. E. Beardsley Ilkeston Corps.) edge bruising, contact marks and polished, better than good fine (2) £260-£300
Four: Sergeant R. H. Stone, 10th Hussars 1914 Star, with clasp (5550 Cpl. H. Stone. 10/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (5550 A. Sjt. H. G. Stone. 10-Hrs.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (No. 5550 Corpl. H. Stone 10 Royal Hussars) contemporarily impressed naming, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Harry Garland Stone was born in Croydon, Surrey, in 1884 and attested for the Hussars of the Line on 15 March 1905. Posted initially to the 20th Hussars, he transferred to the 10th Hussars on 6 September 1905, and served with them in India from that date to 8 November 1912, receiving the Delhi Durbar Medal in 1911. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 14 March 1913, but was recalled to the Colours following the outbreak of the Great War ands served with the 10th Hussars on the Western Front from 6 October 1914 to 7 November 1915. Promoted Sergeant, he was discharged on 22 March 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. B209614. Sold with copied record of service and medal index card.
An inter-War ‘Naval Review’ M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Engineer Lieutenant E. S. Stribley, Royal Navy, who was killed in action during the evacuation from Dunkirk The Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) 2nd type breast badge; 1914-15 Star (271973, E. S. Stribley, E.R.A.3, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (271973 E. S. Stribley. C.E.R.A.2 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1937; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (271973 E. S. Stribley. C.E.R.A.2 H.M.S. Hood) very fine or better (9) £500-£700 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1937: ‘For services during the Naval Review at Spithead during the ceremonies attendant to the Coronation of King George VI.’ Ernest Stanley Stribley entered the Royal Navy as a Boy Artificer and progressed through the rates during the Great War to Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class. He was appointed Warrant Engineer in October 1923; Commissioned Engineer in October 1933; and Lieutenant (E) in August 1938. Between the Wars he served aboard H.M.S. Bruce on the China Station, H.M.S. Penzance on the Red Sea Patrol, and with the Home Fleet on Sabre and Stronghold. In August 1939, Stribley was appointed to the destroyer Havant and served in that ship during her short career on operations to Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and finally four successful trips from Dunkirk to Dover, full of troops. He was killed in action on 1 June 1940 when Havant was attacked by German dive bombers. Commander Burnell-Nugent later wrote: ‘…we got sunk on the 5th trip. June 1st was the last day of the evacuation and I think only one or two destroyers made trips after we were sunk. Lieut (E) E. S. Stribley was the Engineer Officer of the ship and I knew him well. He was killed instantly - literally blown to pieces - when a bomb from a German dive bomber hit above the engine room. I personally saw his body - or what was left of him. Badly damaged in the attack, Havant was finally sunk by gunfire from H.M.S. Saltash, as the ship was by then a total loss.’ Sold with named Admiralty condolence slip (Lieutenant (E) Ernest Stanley Stribley. M.B.E. R.N.), case of issue for M.B.E., and a letter from his commanding officer giving the above quoted details of his death.
Pair: Major A. C. Pearson, Royal Marine Light Infantry, 2nd in Command of the R.M. detachment at Abu Klea and Mentioned in Despatches Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (Captn. A. C. Pearson, R.M.L.I.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, good very fine and rare (2) £2,600-£3,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 1998. Only four Royal Marine Officers were present with the Camel Corps at Abu Klea, including Lieutenant C. V. F. Townshend who was later to come to prominence as the defender of Kut in 1915. Aylmer Charles Pearson was born in Upton St Leonards, near Gloucester, on 2 August 1849, and entered the Royal Marine Light Infantry as a Lieutenant at the age of 19 in 1868. Promoted to Captain in July 1881, he took passage aboard the S.S. Duncan in May 1884 to Egypt, where he joined the Royal Marine Battalion at Port Said, and later Suakin. He was detailed for Special Service and Second in Command of the Royal Marines Detachment, comprising 4 officers and 86 N.C.O.s and men, for service as the 4th Company of the Guards Camel Regiment, Nile Expeditionary Force. He was present at the battle of Abu Klea, the actions at Gubat and Metemmeh, and the attack on the convoy on 13 February 1885. When his Commanding Officer Major W. H. Poe was severely wounded and invalided, he commanded the Royal Marine Camel Corps from 22 January 1885, until its return to England the following July. Pearson was referred to in Lord Wolseley’s despatch in the London Gazette of 25 August 1885 as ‘deserving of special mention.’ He was promoted to Brevet Major on 15 June 1885, ‘in recognition of services rendered during the recent operations in the Sudan’, and received the medal with two clasps and the Khedive’s bronze star. He saw no further active service and retired on full pay in August 1891, and later became a Recruiting Officer at Cambridge for a brief period. He died on 4 February 1938 at the age of 88.
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