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A rare Great War ‘Gallipoli’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private F. Dyer, 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, who was also Mentioned in Despatches Military Medal, G.V.R. (14938 Pte. F. Dyer. 10/Hants: R.); 1914-15 Star (14938 Pte. F. Dyer. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (14938 Pte. F. Dyer. Hamps. R.) toned, extremely fine (4) £600-£800 --- One of only 3 Military Medals awarded to the 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment for Gallipoli. M.M. London Gazette 26 April 1917 (Medal Index Card annotated: ‘Earned Gallipoli, Awarded Salonika’). Frederick Dyer attested for the Hampshire Regiment and served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War in Gallipoli from 5 August 1915. For his services in Gallipoli he was both awarded the Military Medal and Mentioned in General Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch (London Gazette 11 December 1915). He saw further service in Salonika, and was transferred Class ‘Z’ Reserve at the end of the War. Sold with the recipient’s original Mentioned in Despatches Certificate; copied Medal Index Card; and other research.

A Great War ‘Egyptian theatre’ M.M. pair awarded to Private G. Goddard, Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action in Palestine on 20 November 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (241607 Pte. G. Goddard. 2/5 Hants: R. -T.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (241607. Pte. G. Goddard. Hamps. R.); Memorial Plaque (George Goddard) in card envelope, edge cut to MM, the medals otherwise good very fine; the plaque heavily polished with drill holes at 1 and 11 o’clock, therefore fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 28 September 1917. George Goddard, a native of Bishopstoke, Eastleigh, Hampshire, attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Southampton in November 1915 and served with the 2nd/5th Battalion during the Great War, initially in India, and then in Egypt. Awarded the Military Medal, he was killed in action in Palestine on 20 November 1917, and is buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Lance-Sergeant C. Callison, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action on 26 August 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (3455 Cpl. C. Callison. 12/Manch. R.) minor contact marks and scratches to obverse, generally very fine £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 19 November 1917 Christopher Callison was born at Werneth, Lancashire and attested for the Manchester Regiment at Oldham. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 May 1915, and was awarded the Military Medal - a research note with the medals states: ‘He captured machine guns and maintained the position afterwards. An Old Soldier he served in the South African War and was one of the men who enlisted in the great rush to the Colours in the Autumn of 1914. Rejoining the Army on September 17th of that year.’ Appointed Lance-Sergeant, he was killed in action on 26 August 1918, at the Battle of Thiepval Ridge, aged 39, and is buried at Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, France. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research. Note: No trace of him has been found on the medal rolls for the South African War.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal J. Bowman, Durham Light Infantry, who died of wounds on 5 November 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (24772 L. Cpl. J. Bowman. 13/Durh: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (24772 Cpl. J. Bowman. Durh. L.I.) very fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917. Joseph Bowman was born at Crossgate Moor, Co. Durham, and joined the North Eastern Railway in June 1914, before attesting for the Durham Light Infantry in August of the same year at Durham. He served in the 13th Battalion during the Great War, and was severely wounded to the forearm and head, dying of his wounds at 47 General Hospital, France, on 5 November 1917. He is buried at Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, France. A photograph and Obituary appears in the North Eastern Railway Magazine, January 1918.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Corporal J. Imray, Gordon Highlanders Military Medal, G.V.R. (266954 Cpl. J. Imray. 1/6 Gord: Hdrs. -T.F.) nearly extremely fine £180-£220 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1918. John Imray attested for the Gordon Highlanders and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 August 1914. Transferring to the Territorial Force, he was awarded the Military Medal.

A Great War 1917 ‘Passchendaele’ M.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal W. W. Brown, Army Cyclist Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (13466 L.Cpl. W. W. Brown. 18/C.C. Bn: A.C.C.) minor edge nick, otherwise extremely fine £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917. William Walter Brown attested for the Army Cyclist Corps on 12 September 1914 and served in the 60th (London) Divisional Cyclist Company, 18th Cyclist Corps Battalion. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, and was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry at Passchendaele - the history of the 60th (London) Divisional Cyclist Company refers to his award of the Military Medal for his gallantry in what became known as ‘A Chinese Attack’, on 25 September 1917, at Bavaroise Farm to a point 200 yards south of the river Stroombeek, Passchendaele, when dummies or silhouettes of soldiers were used to distract enemy fire during an assault on the enemy trenches. He was discharged on 20 June 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B244442. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant F. A. Sainsbury 1/21st Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 March 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (650077 Sjt. F. A. Sainsbury. 1/21 Lond: R.) minor edge bruise, very fine £260-£300 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1918. Frederick Albert Sainsbury was born at Lewisham, and attested for the 21st Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) at Camberwell, London. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, and was awarded the Military Medal in 1918, but was killed in action during the German Spring Offensive on 23 March 1918, only 10 days after the award of his M.M. had appeared in the London Gazette. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private F. G. Page, 21st Battalion, London Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (678233 Pte. F. G. Page. 21/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (678233 Pte. F. G. Page. 21-Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919.

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Adamson, 38th Foot Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Major J. S. Adamson, 38th Foot) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, pierced with rings for suspension, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Joseph Samuel Adamson was appointed Ensign in the 38th Foot on 15 March 1831; Lieutenant, 27 September 1833; Captain, 1 December 1837; Major, 11 November 1851; Lieutenant-Colonel, 29 June 1855. Lieutenant-Colonel Adamson served with the 38th Regiment throughout the Eastern campaign of 1854 and up to the 25th January 1855, including the battle of Alma and siege of Sebastopol and commanded in the 2nd parallel of the Left Attack during its construction when a Russian party attacked it and were repulsed; acted as Major of his Regiment during ten months of the Eastern expedition (Medal and Clasps for Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol, and Turkish Medal).

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Staff Sergeant J. R. Coutts, 15th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, who was awarded the M.M. for his gallantry near Courcelette on 8 October 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (83964 Gnr. J. R. Coutts. Can: F.A.); 1914-15 Star (83964 Gnr: J. R. Coutts. Can: Fd: Art:); British War and Victory Medals (83964 A.S. Sjt. J. R. Coutts. C.F.A.) very fine and better (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. The original Recommendation states: ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty on 8 October 1916, North of Courcelette, in maintaining the line from Battery to O.P. in Kenora trench, under continually heavy shell fire being practically buried on three occasions. His devotion to duty was of the greatest value to the Battery.’ James Russell Coutts was born at St. Thomas, Ontario in 1890, and attested for the 15th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, at Toronto on 12 January 1915. He disembarked in the U.K. on 8 June 1915, and landed in France in September 1915. Awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry on 8 October 1916, he was wounded in action in November 1916, with gun shot wounds to both legs, and was discharged on 25 March 1919. Sold with copied service papers.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Bombardier J. McLintock, Canadian Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (183554 Bmbr: J. Mc.Lintock. Can: F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (183554 Bmbr. J. McLintock. C.F.A.) good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 3 July 1919. John McLintock was born at Barrhead, Scotland, on 25 November 1893 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Calgary, Alberta, on 29 November 1915. He served with the 16th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 May 1917, and was awarded the Military Medal. He was discharged on 25 May 1919, and died on 17 July 1977.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private R. J. Lewis, 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was wounded on the Western Front on 2 September 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (234816 Pte. R. J. Lewis. 8/Man. R.); British War and Victory Medals (234816 Pte. R. J. Lewis. 8-Can. Inf.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919. Roy James Lewis was born at Linngrove, Iowa, United States of America on 21 July 1896 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Lajord, Saskatchewan, on 22 April 1916. He served with the 8th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded by gunshot to the left shoulder, head, and chest on 2 September 1918. Awarded the Military Medal, he was discharged medically unfit due to wounds, on 4 July 1919. He died in Vancouver on 20 June 1973.

A scarce Second War 1945 Pathfinder’s D.F.M. and Second Award Bar group of five awarded to Lancaster flight engineer Flight Sergeant J. R. Hughes, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 67 operational sorties with 582 Squadron, often employed as a Marker Crew, and on occasion as a Master Bomber crew Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1945’ (1125877. F/Sgt. J. R. Hughes. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, very fine (5) £4,000-£5,000 --- D.F.M. London Gazette 16 January 1945. The original Recommendation states: ‘Flight Sergeant Hughes is Flight Engineer of a most experienced marker crew that frequently functions as Master Bomber. In the course of a long tour of operations, the crew has attacked many heavily defended targets with success. During an attack on Osnabrück on 13th September, 1944, operating as Master Bomber, the aircraft was engaged almost continuously by heavy flak. Flight Sergeant Hughes’ conduct throughout was exemplary and the Captain was able to rely implicitly on his assistance with the engines. Flight Sergeant Hughes is consistently reliable and cool under fire. He is recommended for a non-immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. Remarks by Station Commander: This N.C.O. has completed many sorties, some of them over the most heavily defended targets in Germany and occupied territory. He has always displayed courage, reliability and coolness of the highest order and is recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.’ D.F.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 21 September 1945. The original Recommendation states: ‘Flight Sergeant Hughes, during a long tour of operations, has shown himself to be an exceptionally fine crew member. In the early part of his tour as Flight Engineer he showed exceptional keenness and efficiency, and since becoming a Visual Bomb Aimer his operational results have been of a consistently high standard. Throughout, his courage and coolness, together with his insatiable desire to press home his attacks with great skill, regardless of opposition, have been an inspiration to all, and he is strongly recommended for the non-immediate award of a Bar to the Distinguished Flying Medal. Remarks by Station Commander: Flight Sergeant Hughes is possessed of exceptional determination. He has achieved his results by unfailing persistence and continues to strike hard and often at the enemy. The Award is strongly recommended.’ John Rhys Hughes served during the Second War as a Sergeant and Flight Engineer with 582 Squadron (Lancasters) operating out of Little Staughton from April 1944. He was crewed with Flight Lieutenant (later Squadron Leader) N. S. ‘Min’ Mingard as his pilot - the crew operating as a marker crew, and with Mingard employed as Master Bomber on a number of raids. Hughes flew in at least 67 operational sorties with the Squadron between April 1944 - April 1945, including: Noisy-le-Sec; Cologne (2); Dusseldorf (2); Karlsruhe; Essen (2); Nantes; Cap-Gris-Nez; Louvain; Boulogne (2); Duisburg (3); Aachen; Rennes; Foret-de-Cerisy; Laval; Lens; Coubronne; Oisement (2); Blainville-sur-Leau; Coqueraux; L’Hey; Nucourt; St. Philibert le Ferme (2); Nucourt; Vaires; Cabourg; Dijon; Russelheim (2); Stettin (2); Ghent; Bremen; Kiel (2); Agenville; Le Havre (3); Frankfurt; Osnabruck; Saarbrucken; Scholven Buer; Wilhelmshaven; Stuttgart; Homburg; Munster; Coblenz; Aschaffenburg; Kamen; Chemnitz; Dessau; Kessel; Castrop Rauxel; Hanau; Sterkrade; Hannover; Lutzkendorf and Plauen. The crew also included Bill Heane as Navigator I, and additional insight into their service is given by him in Master Bombers, The Experiences of a Pathfinder Squadron at War 1944-45, by S. Feast: ‘Our skipper, Squadron Leader ‘Min’ Mingard, used to say that if you’re at the front of the queue you’ve got more chance of making it back. It worked. We flew 57 [sic] trips on Pathfinders on an extended tour, six as master bomber and one as deputy master bomber. And survived.’ The rest of the crew included Gordon Blake, nav two, and Arnold Bowyer, wireless operator, ‘Blakey’ had been born in Nairobi, whereas Arnold Bowyer, with whom Bill was particularly friendly, came from a family of butchers in South London... The two gunners were Fred Holl and Ken Moye who started out as mid-upper and rear gunners respectively, but later changed positions... The flight engineer was Ron [sic] Hughes. To begin with they were posted from Warboys Pathfinder NTU to 156 Squadron, but in the event they were sent directly to 582 Squadron, arriving as one of the first intake on April 1, 1944. The first trip to Noisy-le-Sec on the 18th passed without incident; two days later, however, was a very different story. The target was Cologne, never an easy trip. Four groups were taking part, 379 aircraft in all, including 13 Lancasters from 582. Among them was ND 438 ‘B’ Baker, a Lancaster III being navigated by Flying Officer Bill Heane. The flight out was almost exactly two hours, and they arrived over the target to see the first red/yellow flares going down. Despite the cloud the radar navigator identified the target using his H2S set, and their load of six 2,000-pounders went down from 18,000ft, adding further damage to an already concentrated effort that would ultimately account for nearly 2,000 homes destroyed and a further 2,000 damaged. It was just after two in the morning. And then they were hit: “We got well peppered by flak, Gordon Blake, navigator two, was sat at the H2S set. I was leaning over the chart as we were going in on our bombing run. Suddenly there was a great noise as shell splinters smashed the side of the aircraft. We both shot to our feet, and turned to one another, our mouths open, but no screams coming out. ‘They missed us Blakey,’ I said. He just nodded.” Over the coming next few weeks the crew were ‘coned’ over Dusseldorf, and on the receiving end of more flak over Louvain. By ‘the end of July the crew had served their apprenticeship as Pathfinders and been promoted through the ranks... On August 31, they were ready for their first sortie in charge, as master bomber for an attack on the V2 rocket storage facilities at Agenville.’ (Ibid) Sadly weather conditions were against them, and the raid was not a success. There were in the thick of it again, during a series of raids on Le Havre: ‘There was no time to dwell on what had been, only to look forward to what was coming, and in the first two weeks of September [1944], Bomber Command only had one target in mind: Le Havre. In the advance through France, Belgium and Holland, the Allies had left behind them various pockets of resistance that now required mopping up. The Germans had in effect created fortresses that on the dramatic orders of the Führer were to hold out to the death. The Allies, however, had no wish to lose their own troops for no significant gain, and turned to Bomber Command to deal with the most important that had been singled out for special attention. One of these was Le Havre, whose garrison under the command of Oberst Eberhard Wildermuth comprised more than 11,000 men, 115 guns of all calibres, and enough rations to hold out for 90 days. As it transpired, Bomber Command dealt with this potentially tough nut in the space of seven days, with seven daylight attacks involving 1,863 aircraft dropping 9,500 tons of bombs.’ (Ibid) Hughes’ crew took part in the raids on Le Havre on the 8th, 9th and 10th September: ‘The attack on the 8th had to be...

An outstanding Second War ‘1942’ Wellington and Lancaster navigator’s D.F.M. awarded to Flying Officer J. W. Oldham, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 43 operational sorties, with 142 and 97 (Strait Settlements) Squadrons, including the first Thousand Bomber Raids to Cologne and Essen. Oldham was involved in a remarkable act of valour, whilst on a raid to Bizerta, Tunisia, when his Wellington was forced to cruise over the target for 20 minutes whilst he and two others had to use an axe to release a 4,000lb. bomb which had become fixed by icing - ‘Oldham then got an axe and made a hole in the bottom of the fuselage, big enough for him to put his head and shoulders through. With Johnson holding his legs, Oldham then hung through the fuselage and chipped away at the ice until he was tired, when Johnson took his place. Flight Sergt C. E. Dlaney, of Quebec City, the rear gunner, also had a turn, and eventually the ice was cleared. Fairly heavy flak was coming up all the time the airmen were chipping away. Once the bomb was free of the ice, Johnson went back to his bomb sight and, at the right moment, shouted to the other two to let it go. Both airmen then gave a lusty push with their feet, and another 4,000 pounder crashed into an Axis target.’ Oldham was killed in action whilst on a raid on targets in the Normandy Battle Zone, 30 July 1944 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1053632. F/Sgt. J. W. Oldham. R.A.F.) mounted on investiture pin, in Royal Mint case of issue, toned, extremely fine £2,000-£2,400 --- D.F.M. London Gazette 12 January 1943. The original Recommendation states: ‘F/Sgt. Oldham has successfully completed twenty operational sorties over enemy territory. By his keenness, courage and determination this N.C.O. has set a fine example to the rest of the crew and is largely responsible for the high number of successful trips they have completed in the face of the heaviest enemy defences. On the ground his keenness and devotion to his job have been a splendid example to the other Navigators in the Squadron and has done much to raise the standard throughout the Squadron. One night near the end of August the machine of which he was Navigator was very roughly handled by the enemy defences over the Ruhr and was forced well to the south of the intended track. By his high degree of skill this Observer was successful in navigating his damaged machine safely back to an aerodrome in this country. His coolness and cheerful confidence on this occasion were a fine example to the rest of his crew. Remarks by Station Commander: F/Sgt. Oldham is an extremely steady and competent observer who can always be relied upon to produce the best results. Under his quiet manner he possesses great courage and determination. He is a great asset to a very good squadron.’ James Wolstenholme Oldham was born in December 1921, and was a native of Bebington, Cheshire. He served operationally as a navigator with 142 Squadron (Wellingtons), Grimsby, from May 1942, and flew a tour with them including: St. Nazaire; the Thousand Bomber Raid to Cologne, 30/31 May 1942; Essen (4), including The Thousand Bomber Raid, 1/2 June 1942; Duisberg (2); Hamburg; Dusseldorf; Flensburg; Frankfurt; Kassel; Saarbrucken and Krefeld. Oldham moved with a detachment of the Squadron to North Africa in December 1942, and operated with them from Blida in Algeria. He flew a number of sorties, including an extraordinary attack on Bizerta: ‘This is the story of the crew of a Wellington bomber which used an axe to release a 4,000lb. bomb which became fixed by icing when the bomber was raiding Bizerta, and the machine, flying at 11,000ft, met with severe icing conditions, causing the release mechanism to fail. The Wellington cruised over the target for about 20 minutes whilst the front and rear gunners hacked away the ice which had formed on the couplings. All three members had to lean perilously while they hacked away, and when finally they succeeded in getting most of the ice away they pushed it into space with their feet and watched it burst with a terrific flash smack in the target area. “I had just got the target beautifully into my bomb sight,” said Sergt. A. S. Johnson, of Seaham, Durham, the front gunner and bomb aimer, “when I found the release gear had packed up. I tried three times to get the bomb away, but it wouldn’t drop. When I went to the bomb bay I found that the couplings underneath the bomb had iced up.” Johnson and the Navigator Flight Sergt. J. W. Oldham, of Bebington, Cheshire, tried to unscrew the couplings, but the ice was too thick. Oldham then got an axe and made a hole in the bottom of the fuselage, big enough for him to put his head and shoulders through. With Johnson holding his legs, Oldham then hung through the fuselage and chipped away at the ice until he was tired, when Johnson took his place. Flight Sergeant C. E. Dlaney, of Quebec City, the rear gunner, also had a turn, and eventually the ice was cleared. Fairly heavy flak was coming up all the time the airmen were chipping away. Once the bomb was free of the ice, Johnson went back to his bomb sight and, at the right moment, shouted to the other two to let it go. Both airmen then gave a lusty push with their feet, and another 4,000 pounder crashed into an Axis target.’ (Newspaper cutting included with the lot refers) Remarkably Oldham’s gallantry was not recognised in this instance, and he subsequently transferred to 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron (Lancasters) at Coningsby in June 1944. His commanding officer, Wing Commander A. W. Heward, wrote the following to Oldham’s widow, 30 July 1944: ‘I deeply regret to confirm that your husband, Flying Officer J. W. Oldham, failed to return from operations this morning, 30th July, 1944, and I wish to express the sympathy of the whole Squadron with you in your anxiety. Flying Officer Oldham was taking part in an attack on a target near Cahagnes, France, as navigator in the aircraft, of which no news has since been received.... Your husband came to this Squadron early in June with a record of thirty-five operational sorties to his credit, and was completing his eighth with us, the majority of the latter being against objectives on the Normandy front. He was most enthusiastic in his duties and proved himself to a be most efficient and reliable navigator whose loss will be deeply felt by us all....’ Oldham was later confirmed as killed in action, 30 July 1944, after his Lancaster piloted by Flight Lieutenant H. A. B. Baker ‘T/O 0545 Coningsby to attack enemy strong points in the Normandy battle zone. Set on fire in the port inner engine, the blaze soon spreading to engulf the entire wing. The order to bale out was given and at around 0800 the Lancaster crashed SE of St-Lô in the Department of Manche.’ (Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War by W. R. Chorely refers) Three members of the crew survived, and were taken prisoner of war. Flying Officer Oldham is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Sold with the following related items and documents: Observer’s Brevet; recipient’s Briarwood Pipe; riband bar for first two awards; R.A.F. Identity Card; R.A.F. Navigator’s Certificate Second Class, dated 17 September 1942; Air Ministry correspondence with recipient’s widow with regard to his death, and a letter to her from his commanding officer Wing Commander A. W. Heward, dated 30 July 1944; a number of photographs of recipient in uniform - including one smoking his pipe; and a number of newspaper cuttings.

A Second War A.F.M. group of three awarded to Corporal H. G. Packwood, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, for services at the Central Gunnery School, 1941-43 Air Force Medal, G.VI.R. (1290958. Cpl. H. G. Packwood. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, good very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- A.F.M. London Gazette 1 January 1946,. The original Recommendation states: ‘Corporal Packwood has served as a towed target operator at this school since November, 1941. In November, 1943, he was appointed N.C.O. in charge of the Towed Target Section and by his tireless efforts and personal example has done much towards ensuring a high standard of serviceability of the equipment used in the section. This airman has always insisted that he personally carries out trials of every new target release equipment before permitting its general use on the unit. His good work has materially contributed towards the efficient air training of gunnery leaders and pilot attack instructors.’

A Second War 1944 flying instructor’s A.F.M. awarded to Flight Sergeant S. F. Cooke, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Air Force Medal, G.VI.R. (1393384. F/Sgt. S. F. Cooke. R.A.F.) in named card box of issue, and mounted on investiture pin, nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400 --- A.F.M. London Gazette 1 September 1944. The original Recommendation states: ‘This airman, a flying instructor, has always displayed a high standard of skill and his work has achieved outstandingly good results. He has set a fine example of devotion to duty.’ Sydney Frank Cooke served as a flying instructor at 14 Elementary Flying Training School, and at the time of his recommendation had flown 560 instructional hours.

A rare post-War B.E.M. pair awarded to Sergeant A. Bell, Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps, for his skill and courage in carrying out a forced landing of his Horsa Glider in Cardiff on 5 April 1949 British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (16000130 Sgt. Arthur Bell, A.A.C.) edge prepared prior to naming, in Royal Mint case of issue; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine, rare to unit (2) £500-£700 --- One of only two British Empire Medals awarded to the Glider Pilot Regiment. B.E.M. London Gazette 2 January 1950. The original Recommendation states: ‘For the past two years Sergeant Bell has been attached to R.A.F. Transport Command Development Unit at Brize Norton. During this period he has been engaged in air testing experimental glider equipment, particularly the automatic pilot and snatch equipment. Due to technical failures in equipment this N.C.O. has carried out two forced landings without damage to aircraft, personnel, or property. On four occasions he has been the pilot of Horsa Gliders which have been snatched from fields where these gliders had previously been forced landed by other pilots, thereby saving valuable aircraft and equipment. In all, he has carried out over one hundred snatches. Throughout this period Sergeant Bell has shown a very high degree of flying skill, courage, and ability. On one occasion when detailed as Captain of a Horsa Glider for a long cross country flight involving the testing of the automatic pilot, intercommunication between the tug aircraft and the glider became unserviceable. At this time the aircraft were flying in thick rain cloud at 4,000 feet, and the tug aircraft was not visible from the glider. Owing to a mechanical failure during a turn, the glider became badly out of position, and Sergeant Bell realised that both the tug aircraft and the glider were seriously endangered. Sergeant Bell released the tow rope and prepared for a forced landing. The glider broke cloud at 600 feet in heavy rain over Cardiff. Sergeant Bell selected the only available landing ground, a sports field, on which he carried out a successful forced landing without damage to personnel, aircraft, or property.’ Arthur Bell served with the Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps, and in addition to his British Empire Medal received a ‘Green Endorsement’ for his services to Army Aviation during his tour at R.A.F. Brize Norton. Bell’s co-pilot during the above-mentioned forced landing in Cardiff on 5 April 1949, Ron Head, gives the following additional account: ‘We had completed the first two legs and were heading for Start Point, having been in cloud since just before the second turning point. It was also raining heavily which in turn washed out communication between tug and glider. This caused the pilot of the tug to abandon the rest of the trip and turn for Brize Norton. He commenced his turn to port and for some reason the port arm of the fork broke off allowing the rope to swing free. In the glider our first intimation of anything wrong was when we found ourselves at right angles to the rope, first to port and then to starboard. Visibility was nil so it was decided to cast off, our height being about 4,600 feet. Sergeant “Dinger” Bell carried out all the set actions for such an emergency and we settled down gliding straight ahead until we could see the ground. At 1,000 feet we were still in ten tenths cloud and beginning to wonder. At 600 feet I suddenly glimpsed the ground through a small gap in the cloud and saw a long strip of tarmac and said to “Dinger” that his usual luck had not deserted him and that it seemed as if we were over an airfield. With that we broke cloud and at 400 feet and got a shock, the tarmac was the main road through Llandaff, Cardiff, and the buildings were the old Barrage Balloon Station, and a Brick Works with a 250 foot chimney. The rest of the area was a housing estate as far as we could see. The only grass area was two football pitches side by side on the estate. By this time our height was some 250 feet and thanks to very swift reaction from “Dinger”, he did about a rate four turn to port around the chimney and put the glider on to the football pitches with no damage to glider or surrounding property. After a few moments to get our breath back Bell and myself were very relieved to climb out on to solid ground, and on enquiring from some workmen sheltering from the rain, were informed we were in a district of Cardiff called Ely.’ Bell appears in a 1949 Glider Pilot Pathé news clip, that is currently available to view on YouTube by searching Dgu5yh0HkgY Sold with the recipient’s Glider Pilot Regiment cloth insignia; various photographic images and stills from the Pathé news clip; and a large quantity of copied research.

A fine post-War ‘Malaya’ B.E.M. pair awarded to Corporal L. C. Bentley, Royal Hampshire Regiment British Empire Medal (Military) E.II.R. (22882320 Cpl. Lawrence C. Bentley, R. Hamps.); General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., 1 clasp, Malaya (22882320 Pte. L. Bentley R. Hamps.) nearly extremely fine (2) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Richard Schweder Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. B.E.M. London Gazette 31 May 1955: ‘In recognition of distinguished services in Malaya during the period 1 July to 31 December 1954.’ The original Recommendation, dated 8 November 1954, states: ‘On 8 March 1954 Corporal Bentley was a member of a patrol, which was wading the Sungei Kiau. The two leading men in the patrol suddenly got into deep water and were swept away. Corporal Bentley, who was third in the order of march handed his rifle to the man behind him and immediately swam to the assistance of the second man and swam with him to the bank. In the meantime the fourth man was swept away dropping both weapons. Corporal Bentley dived into the river which was flowing at some nine knots and brought him to the bank despite the fact that the man’s struggles threatened to drown both. Corporal Bentley then continued diving for two hours in water some 12-14 feet deep and himself recovered both weapons. Later that day the patrol had to cross the same river. While doing so the leading scout sustained an attack of cramp and was swept downstream and entangled in a fallen tree. Corporal Bentley again dived in, disentangled the scout and swam with him to the bank despite the fact that the scout was doubled up and incapable. Corporal Bentley then dived for the scout’s lost weapon and continued diving in the full force of the current and despite the entanglement of fallen trees until he recovered the weapon when about at the point of exhaustion. On 8 July 1954 at 05:00 hrs Corporal Bentley was one of 16 men in the back of a semi-armoured 3 ton lorry which slipped off an estate road and turned over 1 and half times down a steep bank. Corporal Bentley immediately took charge of an extremely confused situation shouting at everyone to keep quiet and stop where they were. He himself visited every man to ascertain his injuries and by his presence of mind and cheerful encouragement controlled the situation until his platoon commander arrived. At first light it was discovered that a Lance Corporal was trapped under the vehicle. Corporal Bentley worked continuously until 11:30 hrs to free the man, despite the chances of the lorry turning over again and killing both of them. The Lance Corporal was eventually released. Throughout both incidents Corporal Bentley’s complete disregard of fatigue and his own personal safety were an inspiration to all ranks.’

Three: Captain J. F. C. Boyle, 38th Foot, who carried the colours at the battle of Alma Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Sebastopol (Lieut. I. F. Clinton Boyle, 38th Regt.) contemporary engraved naming in the style of Hunt & Roskell; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lieut. J. F. C. Boyle, 38th Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, pierced with rings for suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (3) £800-£1,000 --- John Frederick Clinton Boyle was appointed Ensign in the 38th Foot on 12 January 1853; Lieutenant, 8 December 1854; Captain, 9 October 1859. He served with the 38th Regiment throughout the Eastern Campaign of 1854-55, including the battles of Alma (carried the colours) and Balaklava, siege and fall of Sebastopol, attack and occupation of the Cemetery on the 18th June (Medal and three Clasps, and Turkish Medal). The Regimental History, by Vale, states: ‘On the 25th October 1854, occurred the battle of Balaclava with its two famous cavalry charges and the celebrated '”Thin red line” defence by the 93rd Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, who had with them some convalescents from the port including an officer [Boyle] and forty other ranks of the 38th’. Captain Boyle also served during the Indian Mutiny campaign, including the siege and capture of Lucknow. He died during the year 1863.

Medal of the Order of the British Empire, (Military), unnamed as issued, a few small surface marks, good very fine £160-£200

Three: Corporal J. Jordan, 12th Lancers Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (... Pte. John Jordan, ...th. L...), engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (J. Jordan, 12th Lancers); Army L.S.& G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1598 Corpl. John Jordan. 12th Lancers) the Crimea and Mutiny both with heavy edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine; the LS&GC better (3) £600-£800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2006. John Jordan was born in Chelsea, London, in 1834 and attested for the 12th Lancers at Westminster on 2 July 1853. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea for 11 months, and subsequently in India for 3 years and 4 months, and was promoted Corporal on 27 January 1866. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5, on 1 September 1871, and was discharged on 28 July 1874, after 21 years and 27 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers.

Three: Private J. Fleming, 93rd Highlanders, late 42nd Foot Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (John Fleming, 93rd. Highlanders); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (18. J. Fleming H.M. 93rd. Highrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (18 Pte. J. Fleming, 93rd. Foot) contact marks and minor edge bruising, generally nearly very fine; the LS&GC better (3) £600-£800 --- John Fleming was born in Clifton, Co. Galway, in 1837 and attested for the 42nd Foot at Stirling on 10 April 1855. He served with them in the Crimea for 1 year from 14 July 1855 (entitled to the Crimea Medal with clasp Sebastopol and Turkish Crimea Medal), before transferring to the 93rd Foot on 1 March 1857, serving in India for 12 years and 9 months. He was discharged on 2 May 1876, after 21 years and 24 days’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.

Three: Lieutenant A. A. Wilkie, 38th Foot, afterwards 16th Lancers Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieu- Arthur A. Wilkie, 38th Regt.) contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lieut, A. A. Wilkie, 38th Regt.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed, fitted with contemporary replacement loop for suspension, the first with considerable edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, otherwise very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Arthur Alexander Wilkie was appointed Ensign in the 38th Foot on 6 June 1854, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 29 June 1855. He served with the 38th Regiment at the siege and fall of Sebastopol from 23rd July 1855 (Medal with Clasp, and Turkish Medal). He served in the Indian campaign from November 1857, including the battle of Cawnpore, capture of Meangunge, siege and capture of Lucknow, affairs of Barree and Nugger (Medal with Clasp). He transferred to the 16th Lancers in 1862 or 1863.

Pair: Frederick J. Akhurst, Royal Navy and H.M. Coast Guard Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (F. J. Akhurst. Boy. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Rattlesnake. 73-74); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (F. J. Akhurst, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard.) very fine and better (2) £200-£240 --- Frederick James Akhurst was born at Sheerness, Kent, on 13 January 1856. He joined the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 1 August 1870. He served aboard Rattlesnake from August 1873 to January 1874, was advanced to Ordinary Seaman in June 1874, and to Able Seaman in January 1880. He transferred to H.M. Coast Guard in August 1885 and received his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 August 1891. He died suddenly on 6 May 1904, in a boat at Chatham from Heart Disease. Sold with copied record of service.

Pair: Fleet Engineer G. J. Gorfett, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1884, Suakin 1885 (G. J. Gorfett. Asst. Engr: R.N. H.M.S. “Humber.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine, scarce (2) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997; Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002 (Single medal on both occasions). Approximately 45 medals with this clasp combination awarded to the Royal Navy, of which just 4 were to Officers. George Gorfett was born in Plymouth, Devon in January 1860, and joined the Royal Navy as an Assistant Engineer, to work in Portsmouth Dockyard, in July 1880. His first vessel was H.M.S. Serapis, July 1881 - June 1882, followed by Humber, 11 June 1882 - 3 November 1886, where he earned his awards for the Egypt and Soudan, and was promoted to Engineer in September 1885. Gorfett subsequently served with the Asia, 1886-88, Porpoise, 1888-90, Hearty, 1891-94 (where he received promotion to Chief Engineer in July 1893), and finally with the Pembroke, 1894-96. He retired as ‘unfit’, 6 March 1896, but received further promotion, to Staff Engineer (Retired) in July 1897, and to Fleet Engineer (Retired) in July 1901. He died, 28 June 1951 aged 91. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private F. W. Dunn, Commissariat and Transport Corps Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (2705 Pte. F. W. Dunn. 11th Co. C.& T.C.) initials and surname unofficially re-engraved; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, suspension slightly bent on first, contact marks and pitting from Star, nearly very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Note: No trace of a F. W. Dunn has been found on the medal rolls, and given the fact that the recipient’s name (but not the number, rank, or unit) has been unofficially re-engraved, this might well be a ‘self-awarded’ pair. Consequently this lot is sold as found.

Pair: Private A. Hunt, 18th Hussars, who served with the Light Camel Regiment on the Nile Expedition, and died at Korti on 11 January 1885 Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2234, Pte. A. Hunt, 18th. Husrs.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, very fine (2) £400-£500 --- A. Hunt attested for the 18th Hussars and was one of 2 officers and 42 other ranks of the 18th Hussars who served with the Light Camel Regiment on the Nile Expedition of 1884-85. He died at Korti on 11 January 1885, one of only 4 casualties that the detachment of the 18th Hussars suffered. Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Pair: Colour Sergeant J. Gostelow, Hampshire Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (726 Sergt. J. Gostelow, 1st. Bn. Hamps. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (726 C. Sgt. J. Gostelow, Hampshire Regt.) light contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £240-£280 --- James Gostelow was born in Holybourne, near Alton, Hampshire, in 1864 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment in Winchester on 16 February 1883, having perviously served in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in India and Burma from 9 January 1886 to 1 March 1893, and was advanced Colour Sergeant on 23 January 1892. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 163 of 1901, and was discharged at Exeter on 15 May 1906, after 23 years and 90 days’ service; for the final three years of his service he acted as Instructor to ‘H’ (Cowes) Company, Isle of Wight Volunteers. Sold with copied record of service and other research.

Three: Private C. F. Eales, Hampshire Regiment, who saw subsequent service as a Police Constable in the City of London Police India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Burma 1889-92, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, clasps remounted in this order, as usual, with top lugs removed (1393, Pte. C. F. Eales, 2nd Bn. Hamps. R.); Jubilee 1897, City of London Police (P.C. 873 C. F. Eales); Coronation 1902, City of London Police (P.C. C. F. Eales) contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Charles Frederick Eales, a labourer from Dummer, Basingstoke, Hampshire, enlisted into the Hampshire Regiment aged 24 years on 19 February 1884, after 93 days earlier service in the Berkshire Militia. He was discharged on 18 February 1896 after service in Malta, East India and Burma. His three clasp Indian General Service Medal is confirmed on his service records. He joined the City of London Police on 11 February 1892, serving until his death, caused by Aortic Stenosis, aged 37 years, on 28 February 1905. Sold with copy service records, correspondence from the City of London Police and copied death certificate.

The campaign group of six awarded to Captain S. V. Bowden, Royal Artillery, late Cape Police, who took part in the Jameson Raid in 1896 Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (305 Pte. S. V. Bowden., C. Pol.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (Lieut: S. V. Bowden, Cap Police) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: S. V. Bowden. C.P. Dist. I.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. S. V. Bowden.) edge of BWM rubbed prior to naming; Defence Medal, good very fine and better (6) £1,600-£2,000 --- Provenance: Anglo-Boer War Anniversary Sale, Spink, October 1999; Strong Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2011 Sydney Vincent Bowden was born in Dumfries in January 1871 and was educated at Fettes, Edinburgh. Emigrating to South Africa, he enlisted in the Cape Mounted Rifles as a Private in September 1889. Discharged in September 1894, he next enlisted in the Bechuanaland Border Police and, in mid-December 1895, as a Trooper in ‘K’ Troop of the British South Africa Company Police, in which capacity he was present in the Jameson Raid, taking part in the action at Vlakplaats Farm on 1 January 1896, prior to being taken prisoner by the Boers on the following day. In common with many of his fellow raiders, Bowden was repatriated to England in the Harlech Castle, but he returned to South Africa in the following year, where he enlisted in the Cape Police at Kimberley and went on to serve in the Bechuanaland rebellion. He saw further service during the Boer War, including at the defence of Kimberley, in which period he was appointed a Lieutenant in District No. 1. Qualifying as an Inspector in 1904, and as a Chief Constable in 1908, he was dismissed from the service in July 1911 on being found guilty of disrespect to the Magistrate of Kenhardt. Having then returned to England, Bowden applied for a commission in the British Expeditionary Force, and was appointed a Second Lieutenant in 2/4th Howitzer Battery, 1st West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorials) in March 1915. Appointed an Acting Captain at the end of the same year, he joined a Trench Mortar Battery in 62nd Division on the Western Front in early 1916 and, with the exception of a period of attachment to 3 Corps in 1917, appears to have served in that capacity until the end of the War. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 23 December 1918). He was placed on the Reserve of Officers List in December 1919. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private J. J. Spearing, 6th Dragoon Guards, who served during the Great War as a Company Quartermaster Sergeant in the Royal Engineers, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3101 Pte. J. J. Spearing. 6 D. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3101 Pte. J. J. Spearing. 6 D. Gds.) numbers partially officially corrected on both, light contact marks, very fine (2) £140-£180 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 30 May 1919. James Joseph Spearing was born in Westminster in 1870 and served with the 6th Dragoon Guards in South Africa during the Boer War. He was discharged, time expired, on 24 July 1902. Following the outbreak of the Great War he enlisted at Finsbury, on 12 October 1914, and served as Company Quartermaster Sergeant of the 90th Field Company Royal Engineers. He only appears to have served ‘at Home’ during the Great War, and his sole medallic entitlement for the Great War was the Meritorious Service Medal. He was released from service in March 1919. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

Three: Corporal M. Redmond, 7th (The Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast; (3844. Pvte. M. Redmond. 7 Dn. Gds.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3844 Corpl: M. Redmond. 7th Drgn: Gds:); British War Medal 1914-20 (21667 Pte. M. Redmond. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) light contact marks, polished, nearly very fine (3) £240-£280 --- Michael Redmond was born at Longford, Ireland, the ‘son of the regiment’ being the son of Farrier-Sergeant Redmond of the 7th Dragoon Guards, and attested for service as a Boy soldier, at Umballa, Punjab, on 9 April 1891. He served in South Africa during the Boer War and was discharged on termination of his period of engagement at Gosport on 3 June 1903. He attested for service in the Great War, declaring his prior service in the 7th Dragoon Guards, and was initially restored to the 7th Dragoon Guards, but was then posted to the Reserve Regiment of Cavalry, the Dorset Regiment and from 30 November 1915 to 10 December 1919, to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. His service during the Great War was ‘at Home’, and in India, and consequently the British War Medal was his sole entitlement. He was discharged to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 10 December 1919, giving his home address as Pendleton, Manchester.

Family Group: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp (13455 Tpr: S. A. Dighton, 73rd Coy. Imp: Yeo:) note incorrect second initial, toned, extremely fine Six: Captain D. O. Dighton, West Yorkshire Regiment, late 7th Canadian Infantry 1914-15 Star (77442 Pte. D. O. Dighton. 7/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. D. O. Dighton.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., unnamed, mounted as worn with matching mounted set of miniatures; together with France and Germany Star and War Medal 1939-45, these in their named Air Ministry card box of issue with entitlement slip, extremely fine (7) £200-£240 --- Stanley Moore Dighton was born in 1857 and baptised at St Mary’s Church, Cheltenham, on 22 July. For some years before the outbreak of the war in South Africa he was a tea planter in Kerala, India. He married in April 1890, Georgiana Louisa Deane, and by her had a daughter who died shortly after birth in March 1892. A son, Dennis Onslow (qv) was born on 5 October 1893. Twin daughters were born to the couple on 15 December 1897, but then tragedy struck with the sudden death of his wife on 4 January 1897, closely followed by the deaths of the twins Winifred on 10 April, and Georgiana just five days later. No doubt these tragic events caused him to return to England with his surviving son. He enlisted into the 19th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry (Paget’s Horse) at London on 21 March 1900, aged 40, and served in South Africa from 1 April to 23 July, 1900 (Medal with Clasp). In about 1904 he emigrated to British Columbia and, having remarried, was living at Cowichan Bay where, on 31 October 1908, a second son was born. Stanley Dighton died on 7 September 1920, at Duncan, Vancouver Island. Sold with several original photographs of Stanley Dighton and his first wife, Georgiana. Dennis Onslow Dighton was born at Travancore, India, on 5 October 1893. He emigrated with his father, via England, to British Columbia in about 1904, settling at Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island. He became a land surveyor and railway engineer for the state of British Columbia, and was already active in the 50th Gordon Highlanders (Militia) when he attested for the 30th Reserve Battalion C.E.F. at Victoria B.C. on 7 November 1914. He transferred to the 7th Battalion C.E.F. and served with it in France from 4 May 1915 until 15 December 1915, when he was discharged on appointment to a commission in the ‘New Army’ as 2nd Lieutenant in the 21st Battalion (Pioneers) West Yorkshire Regiment, based at Skipton, Yorkshire. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 8 May 1916, and after finishing training proceeded with the battalion to France on 20 June 1916. He was promoted to Captain on 4 May 1917, and was gassed on 6 April 1918, remaining in hospital in France and London until 27 May 1918. Upon release from the Army in May 1919, the Colonel Commanding 3rd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, stated in his Record of Services, ‘A good officer, served a considerable time at the front and did well. Was twice wounded & awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre. Conduct quite satisfactory.’ The award of the Belgian Croix de Guerre was announced in the London Gazette of 15 April 1918. Returning to Canada after the war he lived in Vancouver until the late 1930’s when he returned to England. During the Second war he served as an Aircraftman 1st Class in the R.A.F.V.R. from 4 January 1944 to 24 June 1945, and was issued with the France and Germany Star and War Medal 1939-45. Sold with a quantity of original documents and photographs, including West Yorks. Regt. group photograph; Discharge Certificate (15 December 1915); Officer’s Record of Services (Army Book 439); Royal Air Force Service and Release Book; City of Vancouver Poll-Tax receipt 1935; Individual Liquor Permit 1936, etc.; Canadian (1936-41) and British (1946-53) Passports; National Identity Card; four family photograph albums, mostly of Canada between the wars; and related books on the Dighton family.

Four: Driver G. Purcer, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (14201 Dvr. R. [sic]. Purcer R.F.A.) partially officially corrected; 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (14201 Gnr. G. Purcer. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (14201 Dvr. G. Purcer. R.A.) contact marks and minor edge bruising, polished and worn, therefore fine, the Great War awards better (4) £160-£200 --- George Purcer was born at Lambeth, Surrey and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Barrow in Furness on 30 January 1901, at the age of 22. He served in the South Africa during the Boer War, and with 29th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. Awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, he was discharged at Woolwich in January 1922. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research.

Pair: Captain H. P. Batcheler, 80th Foot India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Ensign H. P. Bachelor. 80th Regt); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. H. P. Batchelor, 80th Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Note surname misspelt on both medals but as shown on medal roll. Horatio Pettus Batcheler was appointed Ensign in the 80th Foot on 23 November 1852; Lieutenant, 6 June 1854; Captain, 26 August 1859. He appears to have transferred to the 73rd Foot in 1860 or 1861. Captain Batcheler served with the 80th Regiment in Burmah in 1853 (Medal). Also in the Oude campaign in 1858-59, and was engaged on the banks of the Jumna on 5 March 1858 (Medal).

Pair: Private J. Beauchamp, Royal Sussex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, second, third, and fourth clasps all tailor’s copies (4354 Pte. J. Beachamp [sic], 1st. Rl. Sussex Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4354 Pte. J. Beauchamp. Rl: Sussex Regt.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £120-£160 --- James Beauchamp was born in Brighton, Sussex, in 1875 and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Chichester, Sussex, on 2 May 1893, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 February 1900 to 15 September 1902, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 14 January 1903. He was discharged on 1 May 1909, after 16 years’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.

Four: Sergeant T. Barnes, Hampshire Regiment, later Wiltshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (127 Pte. T. Barnes. Hampshire Regt.); 1914-15 Star (3-849 L. Cpl. T. Barnes. Wilts: R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-849 Sjt. T. Barnes. Wilts. R.) suspension claw on QSA repinned, toned, good very fine (4) £200-£240 --- Thomas Barnes was born in Romsey, Hampshire, in 1877 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 17 January 1900, having previously served in the Regiment’s 1st Volunteer Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa from 16 March 1901 to 13 May 1902, and was discharged on 12 June 1902. Following the outbreak of the Great War he re-enlisted in the Wiltshire Regiment, and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 July 1915. Sold with a copied photographic image of the recipient taken during the Boer War; and copied attestation papers, medal roll extracts, and Medal Index card.

Three: Drummer R. Perritt, Hampshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (4082 Dr: R. Perrett, 2: Hampshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4082 Dmr: R. Perrett. Hampshire Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4082 Dmr: R. Perrett. Hants: Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine, the LS&GC better (3) £240-£280 --- Richard Perrett was born in Gosport, Hampshire, in 1875 and attested there for the Hampshire Regiment on 24 May 1893, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. Appointed a Drummer on 20 June 1897, he served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War 4 January 1900 to 28 September 1902, and was discharged on 29 July 1911, after 18 years and 67 days’ service. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 280 of October 1911. In later life he was employed as a Civilian Storekeeper at the Fleet Air Arm Station, and died in Eastleigh, Hampshire, on 10 February 1950. Sold with copied service record; a group photographic image of the recipient as part of the Football Team that won the Inter-Company League Cup in 1907; and other research.

Three: Sergeant J. G. Muddle, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who subsequently served as a Band Instructor, Indian Unattached List Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (4446 Pte. J. G. Muddle. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4446 Pte. J. Muddle. Oxford: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4446 Sjt. J. G. Muddle. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), suspension post loose and slightly bent on KSA, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £180-£220 --- James G. Muddle was born at Landport, Portsmouth, and enlisted into the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 13 May 1893, as a boy soldier aged 14. He was appointed Bandsman, in 1898 and served in South Africa during the Boer War with the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He was appointed Band Sergeant in November 1907, and was posted to India to act as Band Sergeant Instructor, at the Lawrence Asylum and School. During the Great War he served in India, as a Band Instructor on the Indian Unattached List. He claimed his discharge on three months notice when serving in India in 1916, and was discharged at Bangalore on 12 June 1916. His British War Medal is his sole medallic entitlement for the Great War.

Three: Sergeant J. Webb, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (5615. Pte. J. Webb. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5615 Pte. J. Webb. Oxford. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (15072 Sjt. J. Webb. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, the BWM better (3) £140-£180 --- John Webb attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion in the South Africa during the Boer War. He re-enlisted for service in the Great War on 14 September 1914 and served the with 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on the Western Front from 1 October 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 11 July 1917 and was awarded Silver War Badge No. 125231. He died on 17 April 1962.

Pair: Corporal J. Rogers, Essex Regiment, late Royal West Kent Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (3649. Pte. J. Rogers. Essex Regt.); Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (8709 Cpl. J. Rogers. 3/ Essex Regt.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine, rare(2) £400-£500 --- Only five Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medals were awarded to the Essex Regiment, four to the 3rd Battalion and one to the 1st Garrison Battalion; Rogers’ award was the first to the Regiment, and being the only recipient not to serve overseas during the Great War his combination of awards is unique. John Rogers was born in the parish of St Clements, Ipswich, Suffolk, in 1861, and enlisted into the 40th Brigade at Colchester Camp on 10 January 1881, having previously served in the Essex Rifles. Posted to the 50th Foot (later 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment), he served with the Regiment in Egypt from 3 August 1882 to 8 January 1883, and then in Egypt and the Sudan from 4 September 1884 to 16 June 1886, and was present during both the Egyptian campaign of 1882 and the Nile expedition of 1884-85, taking part during the latter campaign in the battle of Ginnis. Rogers returned to the U.K. from Gibraltar on 10 January 1887, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 13 January of that year. He was discharged on 9 January 1893, after 12 years’ service. He subsequently served with the 3rd Battalion, Essex Regiment, in South Africa during the latter stages of the Boer War, before enlisting in the Special Reserve, and was promoted Corporal. He was awarded his Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 204 of July 1912, the first Special Reserve L.S. & G.C. awarded to the Essex Regiment, and may have seen home service during the Great War.

A fine Second World War Pathfinder’s D.F.M. group of eight awarded to Master Engineer A. J. White, Royal Air Force, who completed over 50 operational sorties in Halifaxes and Lancasters of No. 35 and No. 635 Squadrons, often as a member of the Master Bomber’s crew, before notching up many hours in the Berlin Airlift and seeing further active service in Cyprus and Borneo Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1403524 F./Sgt. A. J. White, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (M. Eng. A. J. White (1403524) R.A.F.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Borneo (M. Eng. A. J. White (1403524) R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (M. Eng. A. J. White (1403524) R.A.F.), together with metalled Path Finder Force Badges (2), and Warrant Officer’s Crown rank insignia, one or two edge bruises, otherwise generally very fine or better (11) £4,000-£5,000 --- D.F.M. London Gazette 27 March 1945. The original Recommendation states: ‘This N.C.O. has participated in many attacks against heavily defended enemy objectives, including Berlin. His cheerfulness, courage and confidence, coupled with his sound knowledge of his own particular role, have been most inspiring.’ Alan John White commenced his training as a Flight Engineer in summer of 1943 and, having converted to Halifaxes, joined No. 35 (Path Finder Force) Squadron at Graveley, Huntingdonshire, at the year’s end. Having then participated in strikes against Berlin and Schweinfurt, he joined the crew of Squadron Leader E. K. Creswell, D.F.C., in March 1944, when the unit was re-equipped with Lancasters and, over the coming six months acted as the latter’s Flight Engineer in a flurry of operations, often as Deputy or Master Bomber - Creswell would add a D.S.O. and Bar to his accolades in the same period. Completing their first sortie together on 18 March, when they were compelled to return early from Frankfurt owing to a fire in the port outer engine, they acted as Primary Visual Marker in a return trip to the same city a few nights later, and in a similar capacity in strikes against Berlin and Nuremberg before the month’s end, the latter trip resulting in an emergency landing at Ford owing to ‘petrol shortage and enemy action’. In the last week of April, Creswell’s crew flew no less than five sorties, one of them as Primary Visual Marker to Karlsruhe, another as Deputy Master Bomber to Laon, and the others as Master Bomber to Villenouve, Friedrichshaven and Acheres - thereafter, with one exception, it was always as Master Bomber until White’s transfer to No. 635 Squadron in August. Thus four such sorties against French targets in May, including Boulogne, and three more in June, including Rennes. Indeed targets in support of the Normandy landings were very much on the agenda throughout this period, including two daylight strikes in the Caen battle area on 7 July and a night operation against Tours on the 12th, from which White’s Lancaster returned on three engines; for further details see Creswell’s manuscript in the archive collection of the Imperial War Museum (Catalogue No. 8286), in which he describes his time in No. 35 Squadron in the period March-July 1944. This latter operation having marked the end of Creswell’s tour of operations, White flew two more sorties to France with different pilots before being posted to newly formed No. 635 Squadron, another Lancaster and Path Finder Force unit, at Downham Market, Norfolk. Here, having flown sorties against Le Havre, Gelsenkirchen and Kiel, he joined the crew of Wing Commander H. J. F. Le Good, A.F.C., in mid-September - another distinguished Path Finder Force C.O. who would add the D.S.O. and D.F.C. to his accolades before the War’s end. Opening their account with a strike against Calais as ‘Supporter’ on 20 September, White and his crew went on to share in the trial and tribulations of at least 25 sorties before the year’s end, several of them of a daytime nature and latterly in the role of ‘Visual Backer Up’, including strikes against Cologne and Duisburg on three occasions, and Gelsenkirchen and Sterkrade on two occasions. White was recommended for his D.F.M. on 20 December 1944, by which date he had flown 49 sorties, but he added further operations against Cologne, St. Vith, Troisdorf, Hanau and Gelsenkirchen to his tally before being grounded and ‘rested’ in January 1945. Post-war, White attended a conversion unit at Dishforth in September 1948, prior to attending a Long Range Course and being posted to No. 59 Squadron in January 1949, and between then and September he completed numerous trips as Flight Engineer in the unit’s Yorks during the Berlin Airlift. And he witnessed further active service in Shackletons of No. 37 Squadron in Cyprus in the mid-1950s and in Argosy aircraft of No. 215 Squadron in Borneo in the early 1960s, prior to his retirement in May 1966. Sold with a complete run of the recipient’s original R.A.F. Flying Log Books, comprising Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s, Form 1767 types (3), with entries covering the periods October 1943 to July 1950, August 1950 to March 1957, and April 1957 to September 1962, together with Aircrew Flying Log Books, Form 1767 Types, covering the periods September 1962 to September 1965 and October 1965 to May 1966, a letter confirming his qualification for the Path Finder Force Badge, dated 6 July 1944 and one or two career photographs.

Pair: Surgeon Grahame Auchinleck, 80th and 81st Regiments India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Pegu, North West Frontier (Asst. Sugn. G. Auchinleck. 80th Regt.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Surgn. G. Auchinleck, H.Ms. 81st Regt.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (2) £600-£800 --- Grahame Auchinleck was born in Antigua on 3 March 1826, qualified M.D. Edinburgh in 1847, and was appointed Assistant Surgeon on the Staff on 22 December 1848. He was appointed to the 82nd Foot on 12 January 1849; to the 80th Foot on 24 August 1852; and to the 81st Foot on 27 May 1853; Surgeon on the Staff, 2nd Class, 2 October 1857; rejoined 81st Foot on 21 March 1858; returned to Staff appointment on 14 October 1868; Surgeon-Major Staff, 22 December 1868; appointed to 8th Foot, 24 April 1869; Deputy Surgeon-General, 2 July 1876; Surgeon-General, 6 February 1883; retired 3 March 1886. Doctor Auchinleck served in the Burmese war of 1852-53 (Medal with Clasp). Also in the Euzofzie expedition in 1858 (Clasp). Served in the Indian Mutiny in 1857-58, and was present when the 81st Regiment under Colonel Renny disarmed at Mean Meer one Regiment of Native Cavalry and three Regiments of Native Infantry, all disaffected and ripe for mutiny (Medal). Doctor Auchinleck died in London on 12 July 1902.

Four: Sergeant W. C. Rogers, South African Constabulary, later Royal Fusiliers, Northumberland Fusiliers, and Royal Air Force Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (1195 Tpr: W. C. Rogers. S.A.C.); 1914-15 Star (403 Sjt. W. C. Rogers. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (403 Sjt. C. [sic] Rogers. North’d Fus.) staining to reverse of star, otherwise about very fine (4) £140-£180 --- Note: The recipient has two Medal Index Cards fro the Great War (hence why his unit is different on the British War and Victory Medal pair from the Star). The first, for the issue of the 1914-15 Star, lists him as 403 Sergeant W. C. Rogers, Royal Fusiliers, later 139774 Sergeant, Royal Flying Corps; the second, for the British War and Victory Medals, lists him as 403 Sergeant C. Rogers, Northumberland Fusiliers, later 139774 Sergeant, Royal Air Force.

Three: Private R. J. Hutcheson, 3rd (The King’s Own) Hussars, later 7th (The Queen’s Own) Hussars 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (6003 Pte. R. J. Hutcheson. 3/Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (6003 Pte. R. J. Hutcheson 7-Hrs.) better than very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Robert J. Hutcheson attested for the Corps of Hussars and served in both the 3rd and 7th Hussars during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914. His Medal Index Card also notes that he served with the County of London Yeomanry. He survived the Great War and was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 23 March 1919. The medal rolls and Medal Index Card further note that at some time he used the alias of David Websper. The 3rd Hussars formed part of the 4th Cavalry Brigade in Allenby’s Cavalry Division. They held the line at Mons at Conde until 23 August 1914 when they were relieved by the 19th Infantry Brigade. They played an important role in the battle for Le Cateau and they relieved the hard pressed 1st Cavalry Brigade at Nery in September. On 9 September 1914 they were holding the bridges across the Marne. At the end of October they were fighting in the fields between Messines and Wytschaete during the 1st Battle of Ypres.

Four: Private W. H. Hine, Coldstream Guards and Guards Machine Gun Battalion, later Special Constabulary 1914 Star, with clasp (9173 Pte. W. H. Hine. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (9173 Pte. W. H. Hine. C. Gds.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (William H. Hine), small stain to obverse of VM, otherwise good very fine Three: Lance-Corporal O. Matthews, Coldstream Guards 1914-15 Star (1908 L.Cpl. O. Matthews, C.Gds:) first letter of surname officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (11908 Pte. O. Matthews. C. Gds.) small spot of verdigris to obverse of VM, otherwise very fine (7) £160-£200 --- William Henry Hine attested for service in the Grenadier Guards at Exeter on 11 July 1911 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He subsequently transferred to the Guards Machine Gun Battalion and was re-numbered 547. He was discharged on 8 February 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. B227595. Oliver Matthews attested for service in the Grenadier Guards at Taunton on 9 September 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 February 1915. He was wounded in the right knee on 12 May 1915 and was repatriated home, but returned to the Western Front in September 1915.

Pair: Captain F. J. Hutchison, 64th Foot India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Lieut. F. J. Hutchison, 64th Foot); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn. F. I. Hutchison, 64th Regt.) light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Frederick John Hutchison was appointed Ensign in the 64th Foot on 22 December 1848; Lieutenant, 9 May 1851; Captain, 29 November 1857; Major, 1 April 1870; half-pay 64th Foot, 30 September 1870. Major Hutchison served with the 64th Regiment in the Persian campaign of 1856, including the storm and capture of Reshire and surrender of Bushire (Medal with Clasp). Served also in the Indian Mutiny campaign, including the action of Kerkeroulie, capture of Bareilly, attack of Mohomdee and affairs of Shahjehanpore and Bunnai (Medal).

Four: Sergeant R. Catley, Hampshire Regiment, later Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1917 1914 Star, with clasp (9179 L. Cpl. R. Catley. 1/Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9179 Sjt. R. Catley. Hamps. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (9179 Sjt: R. Catley. 1/Hants: R.) minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine (4) £240-£280 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917. Robert Catley attested for the Hampshire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, he was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force on 22 February 1919.

Three: Major H. V. McWatters, Army Service Corps, later Indian Army, who was Mentioned in Despatches 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut: H. V. Mc.Watters. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major H. V. Mc.Watters.) good very fine (3) £140-£180 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 24 December 1917. Herbert Vawdrey McWatters was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps from the Royal Military College on 15 September 1909 and was promoted Lieutenant on 15 December 1911. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 August 1914, and was promoted Captain on 1 September 1915, and appointed temporary Major. He saw further service with the Royal Army Service Corps in Waziristan 1921-24 (entitled to an India General Service Medal with clasp), and was confirmed in his Majority on 15 September 1925. He transferred to the Indian Army on 10 May 1927.

Three: Private J. Burton, 6th Dragoon Guards, later Army Veterinary Corps 1914 Star (4685 Pte. J. Burton. 6/D.Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (4686 Pte. J. Burton. 6-D. Gds.) minor official correction to surname on BWM, contact marks, very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Joseph Burton attested for the 6th Dragoon Guards and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. Unusually the medal rolls note that he transferred to the Army Veterinary Corps on 11 July 1915, and was re-numbered 275, and again later Reg/976. The 6th Dragoon Guards were one of the first cavalry units to arrive in France and became part of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, and were engaged in the action at Elouges, on 24 August 1914.

Three: Private W. Ferguson, 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 1914 Star (5116 Pte. W. Ferguson, 2/Dns.); British War and Victory Medals (2DN-5116 W. Ferguson. 2-Dns.) good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- William Ferguson attested for the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War (entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, and South Africa 1902), and during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 August 1914.

Pair: Captain F. H. Walsh, 78th Highlanders India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (Lieut. F. H. Walsh, 78th Highlanders); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Lieut. F, H. Walsh, 78th Highlanders) good very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- Frederik Henry Walsh was appointed Ensign in the 78th Highlanders on 18 March 1853; Lieutenant, 21 September 1855; Captain, 1 July 1862. Captain Walsh served in the Persian war in 1857, including the night attack and battle of Kooshab and bombardment of Mohumrah (Medal and Clasp). Served in Bengal with Havelock’s column in the several actions leading to the relief of Lucknow; was present in the defence of Alumbagh for six weeks; operations resulting in the second relief of Lucknow; with Outram’s force at Alumbagh including repulse of numerous attacks, and operations ending in the final capture of Lucknow; also the campaign in Rohilcund and capture of Bareilly - wounded (Medal and Clasp, and a year’s service for Lucknow).

Three: Acting Corporal C. J. Patmore, M.M., No. 5 Signal Company, Royal Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Military Medal for his services on the Western Front 1914 Star (24623 Pnr: C. J. Patmore. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (24623 A. Cpl. C. J. Patmore. R.E.) light contact marks, very fine (3) £140-£180 --- M.M. London Gazette: 11 November 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Charles J. Patmore attested for the Royal Engineers and served with No. 5 Signal Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 August 1914. Advanced Acting Corporal, for his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches and was awarded the Military Medal.

Pair: Private T. Frapple, Somerset Light Infantry, later Worcestershire Regiment 1914 Star (9099 Pte. T. Frapple. 1/Som. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (9099. Pte. T. Frapple. Som. L.I.) traces of verdigris to Star, otherwise very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Tom Frapple attested for the Somerset Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 August 1914 (entitled to the clasp to his 1914 Star). He later transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment and was re-numbered 28599, before being discharged on the termination of his period of engagement on 18 December 1922.

Four: Sergeant G. W. Bowie, Welsh Regiment, later Royal Engineers 1914 Star (9642 Pte. G. W. Bowie. 2/Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (9642 Sjt. G. W. Bowie. Welsh R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (George William Bowie) good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- George William Bowie attested for the Welsh Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He transferred to the Royal Engineers on 5 May 1917, and served with the Roads and Quarries Section, being advanced Sergeant. In civilian life Bowie was employed as a postman in south-west London, and was awarded his Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement in 1948 (London Gazette 2 April 1948). Sold with copied research.

Three: Corporal F. G. Thomas, Wiltshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps 1914 Star (7580 Pte. F. G. Thomas 1/Wilts. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (7580 Cpl. F. C. [sic] Thomas. Wilts. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (7580 Cpl. F. G. Thomas. Wilts. R.) contact marks, very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Frederick G. Thomas was born at Swindon, Wiltshire, in 1888 and attested there for the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment on 2 July 1906. He transferred to the 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment on a regular engagement on 25 August 1906, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 August 1914. Promoted Corporal, he subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, and was discharged on 31 March 1920.

Pair: Ensign A. C. Hallowes, 38th Foot, afterwards Captain in the 24th Foot Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Ens. A. C. Hallowes, 38th Regt.); Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful) (A. C. Hallowes. 10 July 1854) the second with edge bruise, otherwise very fine (2) £400-£500 --- R.H.S. Silver Medal: ‘On the 10th of July 1854, between Hungerford Pier and Waterloo Bridge, a man named William Merritt accidentally fell overboard from the “Sunbeam” steam-boat, which was on its passage up the river, and the “Blue Bell” steamer was going down the river from Hungerford Pier, and passing at the time, stopped, and persons on board endeavoured, by throwing out a life-buoy, to save the man, but failed, when Mr. Arthur C. Hallowes, one of the passengers, who had hitherto been prevented from jumping after him, was allowed to do so, although a strong ebb tide was running at the time, and he, taking the life-buoy on his arm, jumped overboard, swam to his assistance, and succeeded in bringing him to the side of the vessel, when they were both hauled on board, - this making the third life Mr. Hallowes has saved under similar circumstances.’ Arthur Coleman Hallowes was appointed Ensign in the 38th Foot on 18 July 1855, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 10 September 1858. He purchased a Captaincy in the 24th Foot on 29 July 1862. Captain Hallowes served with the 38th Regiment in the Indian campaign of 1857-58, and was present at the storm and capture of Meangunge, siege and capture of Lucknow, and affairs of Barree and Nugger (Medal with Clasp).

Three: Gunner W. R. Adams, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (Gnr. W. R. Adams, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. W. R. Adams. R.N.) nearly very fine Three: Ordinary Seaman O. S. Fry, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (L.2429 E. P. Fry. O.S.1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (L.2429 E. P. Fry. O.S.1. H.M.S. Excellent.) polished and worn, therefore fine and better (6) £100-£140 --- Ernest Percy Fry was born on the Isle of Wight on 15 July 1894 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Servant on 1 November 1910. He served during the Great War as an Officers Steward, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 19 September 1927. He was advanced Chief Petty Officer Steward on 25 January 1934, and was shore pensioned on 9 September 1934. He was briefly recalled for service during the Second World War, serving in H.M.S. Dolphin from 31 July 1939.

Four: Stoker Petty Officer, E. H. Taylor, Royal Navy, late Royal Marine Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (311081, E. H. Taylor, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (311081 E. H. Taylor. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (311081 E. H. Taylor. Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Sandhurst), minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Ernest Henry Taylor was born on 20 October 1886, at Bromyard, Herefordshire. He commenced service as a Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry on 25 September 1905 at the recruitment Depot, Deal, with service No. 13558. He was then posted to Plymouth Division, R.M.L.I., but swiftly transferred to the Royal Navy on 22 November 1906, to be Stoker II, H.M.S. Vivid II. He was advanced to Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Majestic, in 1913. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1920, and was promoted to Chief Stoker H.M.S. Philomel, on 22 May 1924. He was shore pensioned in 1927 but was recalled for service as Pensioned Chief Stoker, H.M.S. Drake II and H.M.S. Daedalus, in 1939, but was discharged again in 1942.

Family Group: Three: Stoker First Class J. Wood, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Hampshire was sunk on 5 June 1916 1914-15 Star (SS.115800 J. Wood, Sto.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS.115800 J. Wood. Sto.1 R.N.); Memorial Plaque (James Wood) very fine Three: Stoker First Class W. R. Wood, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (SS.115928 W. R. Wood, Sto.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS.115928 W. R. Wood. Sto.1 R.N.) very fine (7) £400-£500 --- James Wood was born in Liverpool on 12 January 1896 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 11 June 1914. Posted to H.M.S. Hampshire on 6 February 1915, he was promoted Stoker First Class on 1 July 1915, and was killed in action when the Hampshire, conveying Field Marshal Lord Kitchener on a diplomatic mission to Russia, struck a German-mine off Orkney on 5 June 1916 and sank within 15 minutes with the loss of 737 lives. There were only 12 survivors. Wood is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. William Robert Wood was born in Liverpool on 13 May 1895 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 22 July 1914. Posted to H.M.S. Achilles on 10 December 1914, he was promoted Stoker First Class on 1 May 1915, and remained in her for virtually the entire War. He was shore demobilised on 15 January 1920, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Sold with copied records of service, medal roll extracts, and other research.