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Lot 548
Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (Allen Stroud, Wreck of the S.S. “Danae” of North Shields on the 25th December - 1877) in its damaged presentation case, the lid embossed ‘Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea awarded to Allen Stroud 1878.’, lid of case detached, medal good very fine £280-£340 --- Allen Stroud, Cook, of the smack Smiling Morn, of Hull. The steamship Danae of North Shields was sinking in the North Sea on 25 December 1877. Observed by the smack Smiling Morn which after two or three hours manoeuvring in a great gale and heavy seas got alongside and rescued the Danae’s crew (19 in number). On board they were subsisted for five days. The smack abandoning the fishing on which she was engaged for the purpose of the service. Landing the crew at Hull. The service was considerable, exceptional and brave. Silver Medal for Gallantry to the Master; Bronze Medal for Gallantry and £2 to Allen Stroud and three other crew members.
Lot 549
A ‘Volturno Disaster’ Sea Gallantry Medal awarded to Lawrence O’Neill, Quartermaster of the S.S. Devonian of Liverpool Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (Lawrence O’Neill. “Volturno” 9th October 1913) mounted as worn on original investiture pin, good very fine £300-£400 --- Lawrence O’Neill, a Quartermaster on board the steamship Devonian, of Liverpool, was awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal in Silver and £3 on the occasion of the Volturno disaster of 9 October 1913. The Volturno, a British steamer, chartered by the Uranium Steamship Co. of Rotterdam, and bound thence to New York, was engulfed by fire in mid-Atlantic during a heavy gale. Of the 657 on board, 521 were saved by a fleet of eleven steamers that sped to her aid. Heavy seas interfered with the launching of boats, but the difficulty was eventually overcome by the use of oil; those who perished were mostly lost in the boats. The hull of the Volturno was eventually found by a Dutch steamer and scuttled as a dangerous derelict. O’Neill was presented with his Medal by King George V on 29 June 1914. He also received the bronze medal from the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society. Numerous awards were made for this famous rescue, including 78 Sea Gallantry Medals in Silver to crew members of the six British vessels. Eighteen Sea Gallantry Medals were awarded to the Devonian. In addition the Board of Trade also awarded 152 silver Sea Gallantry Medals (Foreign Services) to the crews serving on foreign vessels at the rescue.
Lot 550
Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (David Howells. 15th Nov. 1915) complete with bronze brooch buckle, extremely fine £200-£240 --- ‘Awards to Glynea Heroes - At its first meeting for the year the Committee of the Royal Humane Society awarded bronze medals and certificates to Daniel Thomas, under manager, and to Evan Thomas, Griffith Davies, Thomas Daniel, and Daniel Howells, miners at the Glynea Colliery, Llanelly, for their heroic action on November 15th in rescuing David Bowen, who had been caught by a sudden fall of roof while on his way to work. Finding it impossible to remove the debris, his rescuers buried underneath, and after working for three hours in the greatest peril, they succeeded in reaching Bowen, and liberating him from his living tomb.’ Sold with copied page from the Llanelly Argus, January 22, 1916, reporting the incident as given above, and copies from R.H.S. Case book.
Lot 552
Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (successful) (Go. Callow Jr. Vit. Ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 1841) fitted with small unofficial ring for suspension, very fine £140-£180 --- The only entry found for Callow relates to a William Callow for the rescue of John Coppins at Canterbury on 1 October 1841: ‘W. Callow jumped into the river and saved him. Hon. Bronze Medal. The Silver Medallion has already been awarded to this brave man.’ R.H.S. Case No. 13,062: ‘On the 11th January 1837, when the rush of water down the river Stour was very great after the heavy fall of snow, George Lacy, a boy aged nine years, fell in, and floated down the river, passing over the floodgates, where his head was cut, into the depth below: he there became insensible. Although there were nearly fifty spectators on the spot, no one offered the poor child any assistance, until William Callow, who was then suffering from a severe cold, fearlessly plunged into the stream and, notwithstanding the impetuosity of the current, saved the boy’s life.’ Silver Medallion.
Lot 553
Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (successful) (Charles Newnham, Vit. Ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 31 July 1856) fitted with ring suspension, extremely fine £140-£180 --- R.H.S. Case No. 15,857: ‘Charles Newnham, retired builder, rescued George Savage, 14, from the River Thames at Lambeth. Savage was drawn out of his depth by the wash of a steam boat while bathing. Charles Newnham went in with part of his clothes on, swam to his assistance and rescued him.’
Lot 554
Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (successful) (Thomas Fletcher Vit. Ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 20 Sept. 1857) fitted with ring suspension, edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £140-£180 --- R.H.S. Case No. 16,075: ‘Mary Marshall, aged 16, accidentally fell from the Quay into the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire, on 20 September 1857. Thomas Fletcher, aged 16, apprentice to a druggist in Goole, jumped from the Quay, a height of 20 feet, swam to her relief and supported her until, assistance came.’
Lot 555
Royal Humane Society, large bronze medal (successful) (James Freeman Vit. Ob. Serv. D.D. Soc. Reg. Hvm. 27 June 1861.) fitted with ring suspension, good very fine £140-£180 --- R.H.S. Case No. 16,712. ‘James Freeman, Engine Fitter. On 27th June 1861, at a reservoir at New Holland, Hull, Charles Hill and Joseph Taylor both sank while bathing in the reservoir. Freeman went in on a piece of timber and rescued them.’
Lot 556
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George R. Hinchley, 19 March, 1870.) lacking brooch buckle, very fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case No. 18,488: ‘George Richard Hinchley, 24, of Shoreditch, rescued John Bentill, 10, who fell into the water at the East London Railway cutting at Spitalfields, 8 to 10 feet deep. Hinchley jumped from a wall, a height of 16 feet into the water and rescued the boy, then swam 15 yards before being able to land.’
Lot 557
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Thomas Irvin Warr. 11 March 1886.) lacking brooch buckle, very fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case No. 23,052: ‘Thomas I. Warr, John Barber, Alfred Barber, and Louis Windsor, at great personal risk, saved Jessie Spurway, and attempted to save Charles Windsor from drowning in No. 2 Pond, at Highgate, on 11th March 1886. Bronze medal to Warr, Vellums to J. & A. Barber, and L. Windsor.’
Lot 558
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Robert J. Adcock, 15th January, 1887.) lacking brooch buckle, extremely fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case No. 23,394: ‘Robert J. Adcock, Clerk, 25, and Rev. J. C. Longe, 27, rescued Henry Gates, farmers son, 13, from Wroxham Broad, Norfolk, on 15 January 1887. Gates broke through a thin part of the ice into 10 feet of water 50 yards from shore. The two gentlemen seized a ladder and rope and skated to the boy’s rescue but found that the ice would not bear the ladder. Mr Adcock plunged into the water and supported the boy while Mr Longe tried to get the ladder near enough. Finding he could not manage this he kept hold of the ladder and followed the others into the water, by means of the rope they were then hauled to where the ice was thick, when they were all pulled out.’
Lot 559
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George Fordham, 24th October, 1891.) complete with bronze brooch buckle in its Warrington fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine £120-£160 --- R.H.S. Case No. 25,704: ‘George Fordham, Ship Worker, saved H. Williams from the Thames at Limehouse. Williams threw himself into the River at a point where the current rushes round a bend like a torrent. 10 feet deep. Fordham threw off his coat, sprang across the barges and plunged in after the drowning man who was being carried down by the tide. He reached the man as he was sinking for the 3rd time and held him up until a boat came.’
Lot 560
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Harold P. Wright, S.A.C. Feby. 8. 1906) complete with bronze ribbon brooch, extremely fine £120-£160 --- R.H.S. Case No. 35270: ‘On the 8th February, 1906, a cart with four persons on it was swept away while crossing the Groenvlie Sluit, at Fauresmith, Orange River Colony. Harold P. Wright, Sub-Inspector S.A.C. and C. F. Atkinson went in and succeeded in saving two women and a child; the fourth person, a native, got out unaided.’
Lot 561
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Jabez Purdy. 23rd Feby. 1913.) lacking brooch buckle, extremely fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case No. 39,792: ‘At 3 p.m. on the 23rd February, 1913, a man named Spence was washed from the elevated railway into the sea at Seaham Harbour. W. M. C. Tayler, Jabez Purdy and Wm. Smith went to his assistance and between them succeeded in saving him. Bronze medal awarded to each of the salvors.’ Sold with full research including a copied page from Seaham Weekly News giving full details of this gallant rescue.
Lot 562
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Peter John Sargeant. 24th June 1952.) complete with bronze brooch buckle in its Elkington case of issue, good very fine £200-£240 --- ‘The rescue took place on 24 June 1952 on the mud flats at the mouth of the River Colne, at Ray Creek, Point Clear, St. Osyth, Essex. Barry Trevor Stock, aged 10 years, attempted to ride his cycle across the mud flats as a short cut to the far shore starting at about 9.00p.m. About 200 yards out, the front wheel dropped into a hole of soft mud and the boy fell into the hole with the bicycle on top of him. He struggled but could not get up, so he shouted for help. It was nearly an hour before his cries were heard and by that time it was quite dark. William Norman Station-Bevan, his wife and others tried to find the boy without avail. Station-Bevan then brought his car to the cliff top and lit up the flats with his headlights. This helped Peter John Sargeant and Harold Benjamin Glynn who were having difficulty in locating Stock from the sound of his cries. They sank to their waists in a soft patch, tried a fresh cast and reached the boy. Here Sargeant borrowed Glynn’s stick, clambered into the soft hole and freed the boy whom he carried to safety. Glynn, a sick man, could not assist in this being exhausted by his efforts. For their efforts in rescuing Barry Stock, Peter Sargeant, a schoolboy aged 15 years, was awarded the R.H.S. Bronze Medal and Harold Glynn, a window cleaner, aged 27 years, was awarded the R.H.S. Certificate on Vellum’ (Case No. 62,653).
Lot 563
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (unsuccessful) (Frank Knott, 23rd June, 1893.) complete with bronze brooch buckle, good very fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case No. 26,563. ‘Frank Knott, a builder, aged 30, attempted to rescue Walter Phillips, a mason, aged 29, from a well at Sturminster Newton, Dorset. The man went down as usual to work when he was overcome with the foul gas and signalled for the bucket, when being drawn up he became unconscious and fell to the bottom, fracturing his skull. Knott volunteered to go down although he was advised by the doctor not to do so, he tied a rope round Phillips and he was drawn out, but unfortunately he immediately succumbed.’ Sold with copied extract from case book and newspaper account of Coroner’s report.
Lot 565
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 2nd type oval medal with replacement R.N.L.I. double-dolphin suspension, inscribed on reverse centre ‘To Thomas Bull. Mate schooner “Kitty Glidden” 27: Dec: 1872’ and around the edge ‘For Courage & Humanity in Rescuing 22 men from the “Sailor’s Home” abandoned in a gale 26 Nov 1872’, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £280-£340 --- ‘To Captain Edward Snell, of the schooner “Kitty Glidden,” Thomas Bull, mate, David J. Evans, A.B., John Banks, A.B., and James Clatworthy, ordinary seaman, silver medals; and to two boys, Pecuniary Awards; for their skill, courage, and humanity in having rescued, in four trips in a small boat in a heavy sea, the crew of the “Sailors’ Home,” twenty-two in number, in a gale of wind, on the 26th of November, 1872; and again, on the 4th of December, for rescuing the crew of the “Julia,” twenty in number. The little schooner was herself almost knocked to pieces in the terrific storms she encountered, and too much praise cannot be given to the gallant seamen who brought her safely into port with the forty-two precious lives they had rescued.’ Pecuniary rewards were also made to these men, including £10 to Captain Snell, and £5 to Thomas Bull. Sold with copied pages from the L.S.H.S. annual report.
Lot 566
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (To Chief Officer Wm. Hy. Shee. S.S. “Falcon” for Gallant Service 16th January 1885) lacking silver brooch buckle, good very fine £180-£220 --- Sold with copied extract from The Liverpool Mercury of January 30, 1885, concerning this rescue but this very poor and barely legible.
Lot 567
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (D. Adams, Chf. Offcr. S.S. “Bramham” for Having With Boat’s Crew Rescued The Crew of Ship “Ryerson.” Oct. 17. 1891) complete with silver brooch buckle, extremely fine £200-£240 --- ‘A silver medal and vote of thanks to Captain Henry Lawson, steamship Bramham, for having rescued the crew of the ship Ryerson, which vessel was waterlogged and dismasted in a heavy westerly gale in the Atlantic, and for five days the crew had to lash themselves in the mizzen rigging to save their lives, during that period living on a wineglassful of water and a bit of biscuit three times a day. On the 17th ultimo the Bramham fell in with the wreck and succeeded in rescuing the whole of the Ryerson’s crew, 19 in all. A silver medal and vote of thanks to Mr. D. Adams, chief officer of the Bramham, who with a boat’s crew rescued ten of the Ryerson’s crew, the remainder having got from the wreck in their own boat. The weather had somewhat moderated during the rescue, but owing to the increasing wind and sea the boats had to be cut adrift when every soul had got on board the Bramham. 30s each were voted to the four seamen who, with the chief officer of the Bramham, effected the rescue.’ (The Liverpool Mercury, December 29th, 1891, refers)
Lot 568
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, General Medal, bronze (To John McNee. For Meritorious Service, 26-10-25.) extremely fine £140-£180 --- ‘Bronze Medal and Certificate of Thanks to John McNee (Postman) and Bronze Medal, Certificate of Thanks and 20/- to Arthur Green for stopping a runaway horse attached to a furniture van in Brythen Street on the 26th October, 1925. Both men were injured, McNee rather severely.’
Lot 569
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, General Medal, bronze (To Thomas Young for Gallant Service, 13/8/35), with bronze brooch bar, minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £140-£180 --- ‘Bronze General Medal and Certificate of Thanks to Thomas Young for stopping a runaway horse attached to a L.M. & S. laden lorry in Ford Street, Liverpool, on the 13 August, 1935’ (Extract from the 97th Annual Report, year ended 1st July 1936, refers). ‘L.M. & S.’ = London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
Lot 57
Ghuznee 1839 (Capt. Cotgrave * 4th Troop H:A) contemporary engraved naming to edge, original suspension, very fine £800-£1,000 --- Thomas Eaton Cotgrave was born on 26 November 1803, and joined the Royal Navy in 1812. Was Midshipman in H.M.S. Superb at the bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816 (N.G.S. medal with clasp). Attended Addiscombe as a Cadet 1818-20, and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Artillery on the Bombay Establishment, 19 December 1820, becoming Lieutenant on the following day; brevet Captain, 19 December 1835; Captain, 20 January 1839; brevet Major, 9 November 1846. Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, November 1822 to January 1826; Brigade-Major of Artillery, December 1825 to June 1829; Brigade-Major of Artillery, Poona Division, 1829-30; Brigade-Major of Artillery, January 1830 to December 1834. Served in Sind and Afghanistan 1838-41, including siege and capture of Ghuznee, 23 July 1839 (Despatches London Gazette 3 October 1839; Medal). He was appointed officer Commanding Artillery, Northern Division, in 1851, and retired on 15 August 1852. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 28 November 1854, and died at Banwell, Somerset, on 30 November 1886.
Lot 574
The C.I.E. mounted group of ten miniature medals worn by Engineer-Captain G. L. Annett, Head of Engineering Branch, Royal Indian Navy, late Royal Indian Marine and Captain, Royal Engineers, Inland Waterways Transport, twice mentioned in despatches for services in Mesopotamia The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, silver-gilt and enamels; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, mounted court-style as worn, extremely fine (10) £140-£180 --- C.I.E. London Gazette 1 July 1941. M.I.D. London Gazettes 15 August 1917 and 12 March 1918 (both Mesopotamia). George Lewis Annett was born in 1887, son of George Samuel Annett, M.C. He married 1918, Hessie Mary (d. 1963), daughter of the late Robert Felpts, of Ulverston, Cumbria. He served with the Royal Indian Marine during Arms Traffic Operations in the Persian Gulf 1909-14 Medal with Clasp), and afterwards in Mesopotamia from 8 December 1917, as Captain, Royal Engineers, and Royal Indian Marine (despatches twice). He was afterwards Head of Engineering Branch, Royal Indian Navy, and retired in 1940. Engineer-Captain Annett died on 24 January 1980. For the recipient’s full sized awards, see Lot 103.
Lot 575
An unattributed O.B.E. mounted group of four miniature dress medals The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, mounted as worn, gilding somewhat rubbed from first, otherwise very fine An unattributed mounted group of three miniature dress medals Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901; Coronation 1902, bronze; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R., mounted as worn, good very fine The mounted group of four miniature dress medals attributed to Acting Warrant Officer Class II J. L. Davis, Hampshire Yeomanry British War and Victory Medals; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, mounted as worn, good very fine The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt; Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., these both loose, very fine (13) £70-£90 --- John L. Davis attested for the Hampshire Yeomanry and served with them during Great War, being awarded the Meritorious Service Medal ‘in recognition of valuable service rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders’ (London Gazette 18 January 1919). For the recipient’s full sized awards, see Lot 282.
Lot 577
An unattributed Canadian mounted group of seven miniature dress medals 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial; Canadian Forces Decoration, G.VI.R., mounted as worn, very fine An unattributed Canadian mounted group of six miniature dress medals 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45; Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R., with Second Award Bar, mounted court-style as worn, very fine An unattributed Canadian mounted group of five miniature dress medals 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, mounted court-style as worn, very fine An unattributed Canadian mounted group of four miniature dress medals Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, Canada; Canadian Forces Decoration,E.II.R., with Second Award Bar, mounted as worn, very fine Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Canada, very fine (23) £60-£80
Lot 578
A Fine Portrait Miniature, Silver Flap Pouch, and Indian Mutiny Diary of Surgeon General W. H. Muschamp, who served as Assistant Surgeon with the 82nd Regiment of Foot in both the Crimea and in the North West Provinces during the Great Sepoy Mutiny i) A fine Portrait Miniature of Surgeon General Muschamp, in Military Dress, wearing the Crimea Medal, 110mm x 80mm, housed within a gilt frame in a rectangular dark brown leather case, the inside of the case with red velvet lining and gilt tooled, the two sections of the case detached, the portrait in excellent condition ii) Silver Flap Pouch, the engraved front with indistinct hallmarks and surmounted by an ornate crowned VR cypher in gilt, with superimposed eagle, with black Moroccan leather pouch, and complete with side belt fixings, the securing leather tab no longer present, generally good condition iii) The recipient’s Indian Mutiny Diary, 39pp, loose pages later bound within paper covers, covering the period 20 May 1857 to 27 May 1858, with brief sporadic entries to the early 1860s, a full and interesting account giving accurate with regards to both the date and place of entries, some of the earlier entries slightly difficult to decipher, as usual for the period, overall good condition (3) £600-£800 --- William Henry Muschamp was born in 1816 and entered the Army as an Assistant-Surgeon on 23 January 1855. He served with the 82nd Regiment of Foot in the Crimea from 30 August 1855, and was present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol and attack of the 8 September (Medal with clasp for Sebastopol, and Turkish Crimea Medal). He saw further service with the 82nd Foot on the North West Provinces in suppressing the Great Sepoy Mutiny including the operations at Cawnpore under General Windham and the defeat there of the Gwalior Contingent; the actions of Kalee Nuddee and Khankur; the capture of Bareilly; the relief of Shahjehanpore; and the affairs of Mahomdee, Shahabad, and Bunkagahon (Medal). Promoted Surgeon on 9 November 1867, he was advanced Surgeon Major on 1 March 1873; Brigade-Surgeon on 26 May 1880; and Deputy Surgeon General on 10 September 1883. He retired with the honorary rank of Surgeon General on 12 May 1886, and died in Brompton, London, in August 1897.
Lot 58
Punniar Star 1843 (Lieutt. A. Barnard 50th Queen’s Own Regt.) fitted with adapted silver bar suspension, some verdigris, otherwise nearly very fine £800-£1,000 --- Arthur Bernard (note spelling on medal) was appointed Ensign in the 50th Foot on 8 February 1839, and promoted to Lieutenant on 19 June 1841. Lieutenant Bernard died during the year 1844.
Lot 580
Memorial Plaque (William Meakin); together with the recipient’s Memorial Scroll, ‘Mr William Meakin. Gunner R.N.’, plaque with two small holes drilled at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock, otherwise very fine (2) £100-£140 --- William Meakin was born in Stoke Damerel, Devon on 19 April 1877 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 16 August 1893. Over the next 25 years he went on to serve in numerous ships and shore bases, was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 4 May 1910, and was advanced to Commissioned Gunner on 31 May 1918. He served for the majority of the Great War in H.M.S. Emperor of India, and having survived the Great War succumbed to the influenza outbreak of 1918, dying of influenza related pneumonia at Chatham Hospital on 9 December 1918. He is buried in the Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery. Sold with copied service history.
Lot 59
Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (Lt. & Adjt. H: A: Wellman 80th Regt.) nearly very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Hercules Atkin Welman was born on 25 April 1819, and baptised at Enniscorthy, County Wexford. He was appointed Ensign in the 80th Foot on 17 January 1840, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 16 March 1843. He obtained a Captaincy, by purchase, in the 4th Foot on 3 February 1847, and was appointed Adjutant of the Depot Battalion at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, on 4 May 1855. Captain Welman commanded a detachment of the 80th, embarked in the private schooner Ariel at the capture by surprise of the piratical schooner Hannah in a harbour of the Mercury Islands on the 26th October 1843, for which he received the thanks of the Governor of New Zealand, and the approbation of the Duke of Wellington. He served the campaign on the Sutlej in 1845-46, including the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur and Sobraon (Medal with two Clasps). He died in the rank of Major-General on the Isle of Wight, 8 February 1890.
Lot 6
A scarce post-War ‘Military Division’ B.E.M. group of four awarded to Senior Aircraftwoman I. L. E. Hunt, Women’s Royal Air Force, for work as a Mosquito airframe mechanic at R.A.F. Sylt, Germany, and who flew at least 100 hours as a Target Towing Operator British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (2131353 Sen. A.C.W., Ivy L. E. Hunt, W.R.A.F.); War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (W2131353 Sgt. (W). I. L. Hunt. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (2131353 Cpl. I. L. Hunt. W.R.A.F.), mounted for wear, contact marks overall, nearly very fine (4) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2017, when sold with typed carbon copy of Citation used for presentation ceremony as quoted below. This document is no longer present. B.E.M. London Gazette 9 June 1955. ‘Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to award the British Empire Medal to Senior Aircraftwoman Hunt in the Birthday Honours List for her outstanding services at Royal Air Force Station Sylt. Senior Aircraftwoman Hunt served as an airframe mechanic in a target towing squadron and her duties involved the servicing of Mosquito aircraft. She was the only W.R.A.F. engineering tradesman in a squadron whose work was carried out under arduous and cold weather conditions. Throughout she worked readily and willingly and as hard as any airman. She never sought nor accepted any considerations as a woman in squadron work. Indeed, she set a high standard of efficiency and was a cheerful example to the ground crew. In addition to her ground duties Senior Aircraftwoman Hunt often flew as target towing operator on sorties of up to 3 hours duration. In these duties she proved extremely competent and rendered good service particularly when established operators were scarce. In a year and half she flew 100 hours in Mosquito aircraft. Off duty Senior Aircraftwoman Hunt entered into Station activities with equal enthusiasm and effect. In the field of sport she set a fine example to airmen and airwomen younger than herself. On one occasion when competitors were lacking she trained with great determination and made a major contribution to the Station athletic team’s success in the Command Championships. This was followed by an impressive display of determination and ability in the Stations Sports. In addition to athletics she is keen on shooting and was placed third and second respectively in the Individual Women’s Royal Air Force Special Shoot at Command Championships in 1953 and 1954. Senior Aircraftwoman Hunt also took a great interest in the children of the married personnel and worked hard for their happiness and edification. Each week she taught the Station Sunday School and escorted children to and from all church services. When special entertainments were arranged for children she was tireless in watching and caring for them. Senior Aircraftwoman Hunt cheerfully and unassumingly performed her duties in a manner far above the standard that would normally be expected of her. Her zeal, efficiency and confidence in all tasks were a fine example to others.’ Ivy Lillian Ellen Hunt was presented with her B.E.M. by Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine at R.A.F. Shawbury, 27 September 1955.
Lot 60
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (Lieut. Wm. Dowman, 40th Foot.) toned, very fine £500-£700 --- William Dowman was appointed Ensign in the 40th Foot on 11 May 1855, and promoted to Lieutenant on 21 May 1858. He served in New Zealand during the war of 1860-61 (Medal) and afterwards transferred to the 101st Regiment.
Lot 606
School Prize Medal, comprising silver cross patté, hallmarked London 1851, the arms with floral scroll engraving, within central chased floral band an inscription ‘Reward of Merit. Presented to Masr. J. Roberts by his Preceptor Mr T. N. White Morden Hall Surry (sic) Xmas 1851’, integral loop and chased ring for suspension, very fine £60-£80 --- Morden Hall, Surrey, was built in 1770 and, after serving as a family home, became a boarding school for young gentlemen in the 19th century.
Lot 607
A selection of Miscellaneous Documents and other ephemera, including the Officer’s Record of Service Book for H. Smith, Royal Garrison Artillery; the Soldier’s Service and Pay Books for 6083859 E. T. Bayford and 5180027 A. W. C. Wetherall; a lightly used Field Message Book; a white metal Medallion commemorating the death of John Fuller Esq., of Rose Hill, Sussex, who died on 11 April 1834, aged 78, in fitted leather case; and an empty card box for the British produced replica of the German Lusitania Medal, with paper enclosure, generally good condition (lot) £60-£80 --- John ‘Mad Jack’ Fuller, Esq., M.P., was Squire of Brightling, Sussex. Sold with a large quantity of copied research.
Lot 61
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Major J. L. Mowatt. 2nd Cy. 2nd Battn. Arty.) good very fine £500-£700 --- John Lealand Mowatt was born in Eastbourne in 1804, son of Captain J. R. Mowatt, 28th Foot, and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Bengal Artillery on 16 June 1820; Lieutenant, 1 May 1824; Captain, 20 April 1838; Major, 7 January 1848; Lieutenant-Colonel, 20 February 1855; brevet Colonel, 28 November 1855. He served in the operations against Hill tribes in Sind 1843-45; Captain 1st Coy. 2nd Bn. Transferred to 4th Troop 1st Brigade Horse Artillery, 24 July 1845. Served in Second Sikh War, including actions at Ramnagar, Chilianwala and Goojerat (Medal with 2 clasps). At Goojerat ‘Nos. 5 and 10, light field-batteries, were attached to the infantry division, under General Campbell. Of these, the General writes:- “I cannot find language to express my sense of the calm, steady, and admirable manner in which these two batteries were commanded and worked by Major Mowatt, the commanding officer, and by Major Ludlow, and Lieutenant Robertson. The infantry of the 3rd division had not occasion to fire a shot. The enemy were driven from their different positions, and from the field, by the fire of these two field-batteries, aided by that of the Bombay troop” (Buckle’s Memoir of the services of the Bengal Artillery refers). Colonel Mowatt died of cholera, camp Pipli, on the march to Delhi, 30 May 1857, aged 52.
Lot 611
Cases of Issue (10): Military Cross, unmarked; Imperial Service Medal (4), all by Royal Mint; Efficiency Decoration (2), both by Royal Mint; R.S.P.C.A. Medal for Meritorious Service to Animals, the lid inscribed ‘The Lord O’Hagan’; Norway, Kingdom, Order of St. Olav, Commander’s neck badge, by Tostrup, Oslo, complete with neck riband; United States of America, Army Commendation Medal, complete with riband bar and enamelled lapel bar; together with a case for a Primrose League badge, complete with neck riband; a Spink, 5-7 King Street, London, case for housing a mounted group of medals; another case for housing a group of mounted medal, with OHMS address label fixed to the lid; and a small wooden glazed display frame for housing a group of mounted medals, generally very fine (14) £80-£100 --- Note: The R.S.P.C.A. Medal for Meritorious Service to Animals awarded to The Lord O’Hagan was sold in these rooms in March 2010.
Lot 613
Renamed, Defective and Copy Medals (5): Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Goojerat (George McGrath 53 Regt.) renamed in engraved capitals; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (66500 Gnr. C. Sarent. R.A.) renamed in engraved capitals; Efficiency Medal, Territorial, G.VI.R., 1st issue, naming erased; Air Force Cross, E.II.R., copy; Khedive's Star 1884-6, copy, condition as found (5) £40-£50
Lot 617
France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour for Devotion in Epidemics, Ministry of War, gold, (15ct?, 15.5g), the reverse embossed ‘M. H. Skerrett-Rogers 1918’, gold mark to edge, extremely fine £100-£140 --- Henry Skerrett-Rogers served as a Lieutenant with the American Hospital Ambulance in Paris during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 September 1914. Sold with copied Medal Index Card, medal roll extract, and other research.
Lot 62
South Africa 1834-53 (Capt. J. W. Espinasse, 12th Regt.) nearly very fine £500-£700 --- James William Espinasse was appointed Ensign in the 12th Foot on 30 April 1842; Lieutenant, 18 August 1943; Captain, 24 June 1850; Major, 22 October 1861. He served in the Kaffir War of 1852-53 (Medal). During this war the 12th formed camps at Line Drift, Fort Peddie, Botha’s Hill, Koonap and several other posts from which patrols were made almost daily, but these activities had little result until 8 January 1853, when a detachment under Captain Epinasse clashed with a party of Hottentots near Jantjies Krall and killed 18 of them with a loss to the patrol of one man killed and one wounded.
Lot 625
A scarce Sultan’s Distinguished Service Medal for Gallantry group of four awarded to Lieutenant K. F. Whitehouse, Sultan of Oman’s Navy, late Petty Officer Marine Engineering Mechanic, Royal Navy Oman, Sultanate, Sultan’s Distinguished Service Medal, for Gallantry, bronze, with Khunjar gallantry emblem on riband; Peace Medal, bronze, with Omani crown emblem on riband; Tenth Anniversary Medal, silver; Great Britain, Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (K9755978 K. F. Whitehouse. POMEM HMS Neptune.) mounted as originally worn, with a USA Submarine Warfare Badge by Myer, New York and other insignia, minor edge bruising, very fine (lot) £400-£500 --- The Sultan’s Distinguished Service Medal for Gallantry was awarded to Whitehouse in 1980, whilst he was serving as a Lieutenant in Sultan of Oman’s Navy.
Lot 66
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Lieutt. R. M. Barrington 1st Bn. Hamps. R.) good very fine £200-£240 --- Richard Mordaunt Barrington was born on 23 February 1866, and was appointed Lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment on 29 August 1885; Captain 19 May 1892, attached to the reorganised Ordnance Store Department, Dublin. Captain Barrington served in the Burmese Expedition in 1885-87 (Medal with Clasp). He died on 19 July 1909.
Lot 69
India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1888, Waziristan 1894-5 (Lt. C. H. Davies 1st Bn. 5th Goorkha Regt.) second clasp loose as issued, toned, good very fine £300-£400 --- Charles Henry Davies served with the 1/5th Gurkhas in the Hazara Expedition of 1888 (Medal with Clasp); Waziristan 1894-95 (Clasp). He was appointed a Special Assistant to the Political Agent in Gilgit on 14 August 1895, and was promoted to Captain on 5 February 1898. He also received the medal for Punjab Frontier 1897-98 and Tirah 1897-98.
Lot 7
Three: Captain W. L. Sayer, Royal Marine Light Infantry Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (William L. Sayer, Lieut. R.N.) note, should be named ‘R.M.’; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver, unnamed as issued, pierced with small ring and additional silver bar for suspension, good very fine (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- Glendining’s, July 1998. William Lawrence Sayer was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Marines on 14 November 1841, becoming 1st Lieutenant on 6 November 1840. He was 1st Lieutenant of Marines aboard H.M.S. Asia during the operations off the coast of Syria in 1840 (Medal with one Clasp and Turkish Medal). He was promoted to Captain on 9 March 1849, and served with the expeditions to the Baltic in 1854-55; and with the R.M. Battalion serving in co-operation with the French army at the siege and capture of Bomarsund (Medal). He was promoted to Major on the Retired Full-pay List on 2 February 1857.
Lot 72
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lieut. Josh. C Smythe, 53rd Regt.) good very fine £700-£900 --- Joseph C. Smythe was appointed Ensign in the 53rd Foot on 9 May 1856, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 26 March 1857. He served with the 53rd in the Indian campaign of 1857-59, including the action at Chutra, storm and capture of Meeangunge, siege and capture of Lucknow, affair of Koorsie, passage of the Goomtee and occupation of Sultanpore, passage of the Gogra at Fysabad on 25th November, action at Tooselpore, and minor affairs (mentioned in despatches, Medal and Clasp).
Lot 73
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Lieut. Horatio Powys Lane, D Cy. 3rd Bn. Artillery) nearly very fine £400-£500 --- Horatio Powys Lane was born on 6 January 1836, and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Madras Artillery on 8 July 1855l 1st Lieutenant, 27 August 1858; Captain, 7 January 1865; Major, 5 July 1872; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 October 1877; Colonel, 1 October 1881. He served in the Central Indian campaign from July 1857 to May 1859, and was present at the affairs of Moorwarrah and Budgaum, and at the attack of Konah Pass (mentioned in despatches, Medal with Clasp). Colonel Lane died on 9 March 1884, on board the Cathay en route to England.
Lot 74
China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (Lieut. J. Lawson, 59th Regt.) officially impressed naming, very fine £400-£500 --- James Lawson was appointed Ensign in the 59th Foot on 13 December 1850; Lieutenant, 32 December 1852; Captain, 7 April 1862; brevet Major, 22 September 1875; Major, 12 June 1878. He was present at the operations before and capture of Canton in 1857; was engaged on the expedition from Canton to the White Cloud Mountains in June, and at the storming and capture of Namtow on 11th August 1858 (Medal with Clasp).
Lot 76
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Captn. W. S. Mills. 91st Foot.) good very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- William Salmon Mills was appointed Ensign in the 91st Foot on 31 January 1863. He served with the regiment in India and was promoted to Lieutenant on 10 April 1866; Captain, 24 September 1873. Served with the 91st Highlanders in the Zulu war of 1879, and was present at the action of Ginginhlovo, the relief of Ekowe, and subsequent operations (Medal with Clasp). He afterwards commanded a detachment of the regiment at St Helena in 1880-81. He was promoted to Major on 1 July 1881, and to Lieutenant-Colonel on 27 June 1889. Lieutenant-Colonel Mills died on 29 November 1893.
Lot 77
Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (Lieut: E. A. H. Webb. 1/17th Regt.) very fine and better £260-£300 --- Edward Arthur Howard Webb was appointed 2nd Lieutenant inn the 17th Foot on 13 February 1866; Lieutenant, 5 January 1870. He served with the 1st Battalion 17th Foot in the Afghan war in 1878-79 with the Peshawur Valley Field Force, and was present at the attack and capture of Ali Musjid and with the second expedition into the Bazar Valley Medal with Clasp). He was appointed Captain & Paymaster in the Army Pay Department on 10 June 1881, and promoted to Hon. Major on 10 June 1886.
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