A post-War 1953 Military Division B.E.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant A. Ash, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (22270052 Sgt. Thomas A. Ash, R.E.M.E.) minor official correction to number; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for wear, generally very fine (3) £160-£200 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 1 June 1953. The original recommendation states: ‘Sergeant Ash joined the Unit (11 Beach Recovery Section R.E.M.E. (T.A.)) as a permanent staff instructor in 1947 and completed his engagement in October 1948. He engaged as a volunteer for two years in February 1949 and on the termination of same re-engaged for a further four years. He has given exceptional service to the Territorial Army both as a permanent staff instructor (Sgt) and on completion of his engagement as a volunteer instructor (Sgt) of the force. His cheerfulness and humour under exceptionally arduous or difficult circumstances have become a byword not only in the Unit but in the Brigade. He has never failed to attend, both as a regular soldier and as a volunteer, amphibious training whether at weekend or at camp and worked exceptionally cheerfully, hard and satisfactorily on all such occasions, often wet, dirty and hungry without complaint or loss of his unquenchable sense of humour. During the past two years he has attended in addition to fifteen days annual camp, extra instructional periods of one week’s duration at Regular Army Instructional Establishments and has requested vacancies on further courses during the coming year. He gives all his free time to his Territorial Army work and in addition to his other duties he has been a very great help on the social side of the R.E.M.E. Units in the T.A. Centre. Particularly so in the Sergeants’ Mess during the past year. He is exceptionally resourceful when operating in charge of Recovery operations with the recovery crews without supervision and entirely on his own initiative. He can be relied upon when given a job no matter how difficult to be in a position to successfully report its completion, always cheerfully and with a joke, independent of time, weather and other adverse factors.’
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Three: Chief Petty Officer T. E. Ward, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Conqueror at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 British War and Victory Medals (183781 T. E. Ward. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (183781. T. E. Ward, C.P.O. H.M.S. Ganges II.) light contact marks, good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Thomas Edward Ward was born on 16 October 1879, at Falmouth, Cornwall. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Ganges, on 13 May 1895. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Wild Swan, on 16 October 1897, and Able Seaman, H.M.S. Imperieuse, on 4 November 1899. He was further advanced to Leading Seaman, H.M.S. Arrogant, on 7 September 1901, and Petty Officer Second Class on 13 May 1902. He was appointed to be Petty Officer First Class in H.M.S. Caernarvon on 5 February 1906, and Chief Petty Officer, H.M.S. Hyacinth on 21 April 1908. He served in H.M.S. Conqueror during the Great War, and took part in the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1919, and was demobilised from H.M.S. Blake in April 1920.
Four: Staff Sergeant F. L. Brown, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2058371 S/Sjt. F. L. Brown. R.E.M.E.); Army Emergency Reserve Efficiency Medal, E.II.R. (22564970 S. Sgt. F. L. Brown. REME.) mounted for wear, very fine (4) £100-£140
Germany, Weimar Republic, Atlantic “Meteor” Expedition Medal 1925-27, 1st class, silver, the edge inscribed, ‘Bayer Hauptmunzamt, Feinsilber’, with silver-gilt oak leaves suspension, in its original gilt inscribed, red leather fitted case of issue, nearly extremely fine, rare £600-£800 --- Issued by the Research Aid Society of German Science, and designed by the Bavarian Mint, 23 1st Class Medals were issued with gilt oak leaves to naval officers and civilian scientists, and 188 2nd Class Medals were issued with silver oak leaves to crewmen. In the aftermath of Germany’s defeat in the Great War, in a period of political and economic chaos, emerged one of the most important oceanographic expeditions of the 20th century, an expedition made possible by the establishment of the German Scientific Research Aid Council in 1920, a body charged with salvaging the pride of the country’s scientific research establishment. And it was in the spirit of that stated aim, in 1924, that Vienna-born oceanographer, Professor Alfred Merz of Berlin University, asserted that the ocean offered an open door of opportunity for exploration - that a well-planned voyage would invite solutions to many important questions of the deep - a view shared by the Council’s president, who quickly gathered the required support. As a result, the Meteor was fitted out for just such an expedition, a brigatine rig being put in place to reduce her reliance on fuel. Commanded by Kapitän zur See F. Spiess, with Merz heading the scientific agenda, her specially trained crew numbered 123 men, including 10 officers, 29 Petty Officers, 78 ratings and 6 civilians - given that the Medal was awarded to a total of 211 recipients, it must be assumed that some of these men were exchanged during the course of her voyage, and that other individuals indirectly connected with the expedition were also eligible for the award. In any event, the Meteor departed in April 1925 and conducted a shake-down cruise to the Canary Islands to ensure readiness for the voyage. Afterwards, a strenuous around the clock programme of scientific measurements was undertaken: water temperatures, depths, atmospheric observations and collecting water samples and marine life. In the end, the Meteor criss-crossed the Atlantic on no less than 14 occasions, from the northern tropics to Antarctica, and, using the ship's early sonar, profiles of the ocean floor were created between 20º N and 55º S. In addition, the expedition established 310 hydrographic stations and made 67,400 depth soundings to map the topography of the ocean floor, and released over 800 observation balloons, while an analysis of 9,400 measurements of temperature, salinity and chemical content at varying depths established the pattern of ocean water circulation, nutrient dispersal and plankton growth - a notable discovery during this survey was the extension of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge around the Cape of Good Hope towards the Indian Ocean and the Meteor was also the first to record an entire ocean's currents and make extensive studies of surface evaporation. By the time of her return to Germany in May 1927, Meteor had spent 512 days at sea and sailed over 67,500 nautical miles, thereby achieving a victory in peace for science and for Germany. The above information has been based on research undertaken by Glenn M. Stein, F.R.G.S.
Five: Sergeant W. A. J. Tasker, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (4772 Pte. W. Tasker. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (5376574 Sjt. W. A. J. Tasker. 4-Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine and better (5) £60-£80 --- Sold together with two Territorial Army Rifle Association Prize Medals, one silver and one bronze, both named to the 4th Battalion, O.B.L.I.; and a group photograph.
Pair: Acting Sergeant H. A. Long, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and Mentioned in Despatches for his services in Mesopotamia Victory Medal 1914-19 (9112 A. Sjt. H. A. Long. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (9112 Pte. H. A. Long. 1/O. & B.L.I.) very fine (2) £80-£100 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917: ‘For valuable services rendered with the Armies in the Field, during the present War.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919: ‘For Embarkation duties with the Mesopotamian Field Force. ‘ Harold Arthur Long attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion in the Asiatic Theatre of war from 5 December 1914. For his services with the Mesopotamian Field Force he was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.
1914-15 Star (No. 704 Dvr. Bhagoo: Local Transport.); British War Medal 1914-20 (... A. Dvr. Farak Sher Khan, H.I.S. Transp.. ps.) contact marks obscuring part of naming details; Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (1190 Sar. Mohd. Nur, 81 L. Tpt. Cps.; 20114 Rvtr. Lal Baz, I.W.T.; 6. Abdul Razaq. Mily. Rys.) generally nearly very fine (5) £80-£100 --- Bhagoo and Mohammed Nur both served with the Local Transport Corps; Farak Sher Khan served with the Holkar’s Imperial Service Transport Corps; Lal Baz served with the Inland Water Transport; and Abdul Razaq served with the Military Railways.
Five: Private J. E. Gainforth, Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment of Canada, who briefly served in France in June 1940, but was swiftly evacuated in Operation Aerial, the withdrawal of Allied troops from North West France, following the Dunkirk evacuation 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada suspension (Pte. J. E. Cainforth Hast & P E R) very fine and better (5) £120-£160 --- James Elmo Gainforth was born on 24 September 1901, at Brighton Township, Ontario. He was a resident of Wooler and subsequently, Campbellford, Ontario, Canada. He enlisted into the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, on 1 June 1938, being given service number, C-4106. He served in the U.K. from September 1939, and landed in France to join the B.E.F., landing in Brest, France on 14 June 1940, but was evacuated and returned to the U.K., on 16 June 1945, during Operation Aerial. For the remainder of the war he appears to have served in the U.K., as a Technical Storeman. His service papers confirm the award of the 1939-45 Star, for his two days service in France with the B.E.F., and his evacuation in Operation Aerial. He was discharged, at the age of 44, on 14 August 1945. With his war service counting double he was awarded the Efficiency Medal in Canadian Army Orders of September 15, 1945. He died in 1961. Sold with copied research.
Five: Private J. E. Payne, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, these all privately engraved ‘5385161 Pte. J. E. Payne Oxf. Bucks.’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5385161 Pte. J. E. Payne. Oxf. Bucks.) nearly extremely fine (5) £70-£90
A post-war ‘Far East’ military division B.E.M. group of five awarded to Warrant Officer J. Boyce, Royal Air Force British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (517496 Fl./Sgt. Joseph Boyce. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula (517496 F. Sgt. J. Boyce. R.A.F.) 2nd clasp secured by thread; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (517496 F. Sgt. J. Boyce. R.A.F.) mounted as originally worn, generally very fine or better (5) £280-£320 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 2 January 1950: ‘For excellent services in the Far East.’ Joseph Boyce was born in April 1913, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in January 1946. He served at the R.A.F. Maintenance Base (Far East), Seletar, Singapore. Boyce advanced to Warrant Officer, and was discharged in April 1968. Sold with recipient’s Royal Air Force Certificate of Service, group photograph, and copied congratulatory paperwork.
Renamed and Defective Medals: Three: Petty Officer First Class P. W. Tregidgo, Royal Navy South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (80907. A.B. P. W. Tregidgo) renamed; Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (80907 A.B. P. W. Tregidgo.) renamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (80907 P.O.1. P. W. Tregidgo.) renamed, mounted in this order, edge bruise to second, generally very fine (3) £240-£280 --- Peter Waters Tregidgo was born in Falmouth on 28 August 1856 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Ganges on 10 March 1873. He remained in Ganges (the boys’ training ship then based in Falmouth) throughout the whole of the period covered by the Ashantee Medal, before transferring to H.M.S. Cambridge on 1 July 1874, and then to H.M.S. Swiftsure on 23 June 1875. Advanced Able Seaman on 1 July 1878, he then transferred to the depot ship H.M.S. Royal Adelaide on 5 October 1878, and remained in this ship for the whole period covered by the South Africa Medal, being promoted Leading Seaman on 4 February 1880. Advanced to Petty Officer First Class on 21 March 1882, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1891, whilst serving in H.M.S. Vivid, and was shore pensioned on 22 August 1894. He subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. It would appear that the only medal to which he was entitled was the Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
A Great War D.S.M. group of four awarded to Trawler Cook William Gladding, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Trawler The Banyers, for minesweeping operations off Scarborough in December 1914 clearing the minefield which had been laid earlier by the German light cruiser Kolberg Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (223 TC. W. Gladding Cook, R.N.R., H.M. Tr. The Banyers); 1914-15 Star (T.C.223. W. Gladding, Tr. Ck., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (223T.C. W. Gladding. Tr. Ck. R.N.R.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £900-£1,200 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 19 February 1915: ‘The following Memorandum has been furnished by the Admiral Commanding the East Coast Mine-sweepers, detailing the recent mine-sweeping operations off Scarborough. From the 19th to the 31st December sweeping operations were conducted by the East Coast Mine-sweepers with the object of clearing the minefield which had been laid by the enemy off Scarborough. At the beginning there was no indication of the position of the mines, although owing to losses of passing merchant ships it was known that a minefield had been laid. In order to ascertain how the mines lay it was necessary to work at all times of tide with a consequent large increase in the element of danger. The following officers are specially noticed for their services during the operations - ... Lieutenant H. Boothby, R.N.R., H.M.S. "Pekin". When Trawler No 99 ("Orianda") in which he was serving was blown up by a mine on the 19th December, Lieutenant Boothby successfully got all his crew (except one who was killed) into safety. Lieutenant Boothby was again blown up on 6th January, 1915, in Trawler No 450 ("The Banyers"). The following are also commended for Good Service done under dangerous conditions: (eight names including) William Gladding, Cook, R.N.R. No.223T.C., M.S.Tr. No. 450.’ Five D.S.M.’s were awarded for these operations, including three to crew members of H.M. Trawler The Banyers whose skipper, Lieutenant Hubert Boothby, R.N.R., was awarded the D.S.O. The Grimsby steam trawler The Banyers was one of numerous requisitioned trawlers which were brought to Scarborough to help clear the minefield laid by the German cruiser S.M.S. Kolberg under the cover of the bombardment of Scarborough. The Banyers struck a mine whilst carrying out sweeping operations and went down with 6 of her crew on 6 January 1915. Her skipper was Lieutenant H. Boothby, who had survived the earlier loss of the trawler Oriander on 19 December 1914, when, with the exception of one man, who was killed, Boothby got the rest his crew into safety, all of whom were transferred to The Banyers. He managed to escape from this sinking [The Banyers] by climbing out of the wheelhouse window as the trawler took its final plunge. He was awarded the D.S.O., as he put it himself, for losing two ships! His luck inspired him to write a book about his experiences which was entitled “Spuryarn”.
Pair: Chief Engine Room Artificer W. F. Davison, Royal Navy, who was appointed Commissioned Engineer in the Second World War British War Medal 1914-20 (M.26925 W. F. Davison. B. Art. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.26925 W. F. Davison. E.R.A. I. H.M.S. Hermes) very fine and better (2) £80-£100 --- William Frank Davison was born on 16 March 1902, at Devonport, Devon. He commenced naval service as a Boy Artificer, H.M.S. Indus, on 27 July 1917. He was appointed Engine Room Artificer Fifth Class on 1 January 1922, and Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class, H.M.S. Hood, on 1 July 1922. He was advanced to Engine Room Artificer Third Class, H.M.S. Egmont (Chrysanthemum) on 1 July 1225, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Calliope, H.M.S. Britannia (Forbes), and H.M.S. Adventure, being advanced to Engine Room Artificer Second Class, on 1 July 1929, ands then to Engine Room Artificer First Class, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in August 1935. He was further advanced to Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer Second Class, H.M.S. Hermes, on 9 January 1936, and was confirmed in that rate on 9 January 1937. He remained in service during the Second World War, serving in H.M.S. Pembroke II, H.M.S. Drake IV (Shikari), and H.M.S. Tenet. He was pensioned in March 1942, but remained in service, being appointed Temporary Acting Warrant Engineer on 31 August 1943, and subsequently Temporary Commissioned Engineer, still being listed as such in the July 1949 Navy List.
German Second World War Luftwaffe and Army Soldbuchs. A Luftwaffe soldbuch in blue, issued 14 September 1939 to Herbert Gohrbrandt, a Luftwaffe administration officer, photograph in soldbuch wearing his uniform hatless as a rank of the equivalent in the administration service as Major, postings include Belgium, North France and Berlin including Templehof as a meteorologist with a full English handwritten translation within the soldbuch; and an Army soldbuch, no photograph issued 5 February 1941 to Herman Kurt Wisner, part of the 1st Machine Gun Company, Reserve Battalion 204, issued many tropical items of equipment including the tropheim, awarded the German-Italian Afrika Feldzug medal as a member of the Afrika Korps with a complete English translation handwritten to the interior of the soldbuch, reasonable condition (2) £70-£90
Royal Falkland Islands Police Jubilee Medal 1846-1996, E.II.R., silver (LPC A L Davies) mounted court-style as worn, edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare £1,000-£1,400 --- The current strength of the Royal Falkland Islands Police force is fewer than 50, including Reserve Police Constables and police support staff. It is believed that just 27 of these medals were awarded. Sold with a photograph of Constable Davies in uniform wearing this medal.
The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Commander G. O’Brien Carew, C.I.E., Indian Navy, later Deputy Director of Indian Marine, who commanded a Detachment of the Indian Naval Brigade during the Mutiny Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lt. Comg. G. O’Brien Carew, In. Nl. Bde. H.M.P.V. Calcutta) nearly extremely fine and rare to unit £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996 (when sold alongside the recipient’s 1st type C.I.E. breast badge). George O’Brien Carew ‘joined the Steam Frigate Moozuffer, Indian Navy, in 1846 as Midshipman [Seniority 16 September 1846], and has consequently served a period of nearly seventeen years, fifteen of which have been actual service in India and China. Has held the rank of Mate [from 21 February 1852] and Lieutenant [Seniority 21 September 1855] in the Indian Navy for more than eight years; was three years on the China Station in the H.E.I.C.S. Semiramis [1851-1853], and while so employed was present in two boat actions against Malay pirates on North East Coast of Borneo. Subsequently he commanded a brigade of seamen and a battery of Field Artillery in Bengal, and was actively engaged against the enemy through the arduous campaign of the Indian Mutiny, for three years. The only time he has been absent from duty upon sick or other leave, was after the fatigue and exposure of marching against, and engaging the enemy under a burning sun in the summer of 1858, when his constitution was so severely shaken that he was ordered to England for two years. Returning to India before the expiration of his leave, he has since held command of two of H.M's Indian Navy Ships and at present is in command of H.M's Steamer Coromandel, which vessel he lately took round to Shanghai with troops. He has twice received Notice of Government for service performed during the Indian Mutiny [a commendation from the President in Council June 1858] for his part when commanding No. 2 Indian Naval Brigade in the combined attack upon the rebels in the jungle of Peeror on 11 and 12 May 1858 under the orders of Colonel Corfield, and also praise from the Governor General in Council (October 1859) for the manner in which the Naval Guard performed their duties with great credit at Alipore Prison whilst forming the 10th Indian Naval Brigade under his command.’ (the recipient’s ‘Memorial’, submitted in anticipation of the impending abolition of the Indian Navy, dated 27 June 1863 refers). Her Majesty’s Pendant Vessel Calcutta was the base vessel at Calcutta from which the detachments forming the fourteen Indian Naval Brigades were administered during the Great Sepoy Mutiny. The strength of each of these Detachments amounted to approximately 4 Officers, 2 Warrant Officers and 100 Petty Officers and seamen. Of the fourteen Detachments, or Brigades, only No’s. 3, 4 and 7 qualified for the Indian Mutiny Medal. Only 19 Officers, including O’Brien Carew, are shown on the medal roll for these three Brigades. A History of the Indian Navy by C. R. Low gives the following account of O’Brien Carew’s service during the Mutiny: ‘One of the first detachments of the Indian Naval Brigade to land for service at Calcutta, if not the first, was No. 2 Detachment, drawn from the Auckland which had done such good service in China, and commanded by Lieutenant George O’Brien Carew, First Lieutenant of that ship. In consequence of representations made by this officer to a member of the Governor General’s Staff, that there was onboard his ship a body of seamen drilled to use the field-pieces and rifles equally well. Lieutenant Carew’s first duty was to disarm the native artillerymen belonging to No. 20 Horse Filed Battery (Captain Hungerford), and then he set to work drilling his men, who soon became thoroughly efficient under their smart commander, who had always been regarded as a promising officer at the Gunnery Establishment at Butchers Island. He said, “I felt quite at home with the battery, but one hundred and twenty horses belonging to it I left entirely in the hands of their Captain, who was attached to the battery with me, and it was agreed between us that he should drill and manoeuvre when limbered up, but when unlimbered for action I should take command being the senior officer. During this critical time it was well that the large station of Barrackpore, within sixteen miles of Calcutta, was commanded by that fine old soldier, Sir John Hearsey, by whose bold bearing and able measures mutiny was stamped out at its inception. Lieutenant Carew’s position was one of great anxiety until the arrival of H.M.’s 84th Regiment from Burmah, and other troops of the China Expedition, and he then had the unpleasant duty of blowing from his guns some of the mutineers. “Very many an anxious night I have spent by my battery ready at a moment to limber up and march against the men whom we all knew were only waiting a signal to attack us. Now all anxiety had passed, and stern retaliation upon those who caused it, was left for my battery to make; but even while I admitted the justice of the punishment I could not but feel admiration for the coolness and courage displayed by the men who, lashed to my guns, with the port fires lighted ready at the word to destroy them, could await that moment without the play or twitch of a nerve or muscle in face or body. On the second occasion of my having to execute some of the native officers, while waiting for the conclusion of General Hearsey’s address to the assembled troops, one prisoner lashed to the gun nearest to me, said in a calm tone. ‘Sir, may I speak to the Adjutant of my Regiment?’ I immediately dispatched one of the guns crew to make known his request. Upon the Adjutant arriving he thanked me, and said ‘There are some rupees due to me for pay. Will you send them to my wife?’ mentioning her village. To which the Adjutant replied ‘No, all property of the mutineer is forfeited to the Government’. The next moment I saw the signal from the Major of Brigade, who gave the word that sent him to eternity.” In April 1858 Lieutenant Carew, after repeated applications received permission to proceed up country, and was directed to join Brigadier Caulfield, who was operating in the Jugdespore district. On the 11 May Corfield attacked the mutineers and wrote from Camp Peeroo the following day, “I beg to state that I have every reason to be satisfied with the Indian Naval Brigade, under Lieutenant Carew, who worked their guns admirably”. Lieutenant Carew was taken ill with fever, and after vainly struggling against the disease, was forced, on 28 May to resign the temporary command of his battery. Brigadier Corfield said, “He has proved himself both a most useful and zealous officer and his men are in a fine state of discipline.”He was sent down in a dawk gharee to Barrackpore and Sir John Hearsey took him into his own house where he was tended with assiduous care by the family of the gallant General, one of whose daughters became his wife. When he was restored sufficiently to voyage to England, a letter of 22 June 1858 from Captain Campbell (the senior officer of the Indian Navy) arrived. “Is it possible for you to do any duty? We are hard up for officers, at present I am at my wits end”. Accordingly Lieutenant Carew proceeded to Fort William where he assumed command of No. 10 detachment of the Indian Naval Brigade, consisting of one hundred men, raised to guard Alipore Jail, which contained a large number of convicted mutineers awaiting transportation for life to the Andamans, an anxious duty, as the prisoners were desperate characters.’
Six: Major C. P. Evans, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24601367 LCpl C P Evans REME); Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (Capt C P Evans REME); Jubilee 2002; Jubilee 2012; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011 (Sgt C P Evans REME 24601367); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24601367 WO2 C P Evans REME) mounted as originally worn, generally good very fine (6) £400-£500 --- Christopher Patrick Edwards served as a Warrant Officer Class 2, and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. in February 1997. He was commissioned Captain in December 2000, and retired as Major in March 2013.
Eight: Leading Telegrapher H. J. Wakefield, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve British War and Victory Medals (J.52455 H. J. Wakefield. Tel. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (J.52455 (Dev.B.14311) H. J. Wakefield. L.Tel. R.F.R.) contact marks and edge bruising to the Great War awards, these nearly very fine, the rest better (8) £70-£90 --- Harold Joseph Wakefield was born on 2 November 1899, at Birmingham, Warwickshire. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Powerful, on 26 April 1916, and was appointed Boy Telegrapher, H.M.S. Ganges on 20 September 1920. He was advanced to Ordinary Telegrapher, H.M.S. Blake, on 29 May 1917, and was posted to H.M.S. Warspite, on 26 August 1917. He then served in H.M.S. Woolwich (Ursula), and H.M.S. Champion, and was advanced to Telegrapher on 15 June 1918, and Leading Telegrapher in April 1923. He was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy for two years from 9 April 1924. He was discharged to shore his period of service having expired, on 1 November 1929 and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 2 November 1929, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in November 1933. He was recalled for war service in August 1939, serving in H.M.S. Drake, H.M.S. Cochrane II (Stork) and H.M.S. Eaglet. He was discharged, invalided, Permanently Unfit for Naval Service (P.U.N.S.) on 21 September 1945.
Three: Stoker First Class T. Roche, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (145385 T Roche. Sto.1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (145385 Thomas Roche. Sto. I H.M.S. Hearty.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Thomas Roche was born on 1 April 1870, at Westminster. He commenced naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Asia, on 11 April 1888, and was advanced to Stoker in H.M.S. Comus, on 14 March 1889. He saw subsequent service in several ships, including H.M.S. Crocodile, H.M.S. Sharpshooter, H.M.S. Dido, H.M.S. Illustrious, and H.M.S. Pathfinder, being advanced to Stoker First Class on 1 July 1906. He was pensioned from H.M.S. Victory II, in July 1911, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve at Chatham on 22 July 1911. Recalled for service during the Great War, he served in H.M.S. Pembroke II and H.M.S. Hearty, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1917. He was demobilised from H.M.S. Yarmouth in February 1919.
Four: Leading Seaman A. F. Beard, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve 1914-15 Star (239944, A. F. Beard, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (239944 A. F. Beard. L.S. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (239944 (Ch. B.16572) A. F. Beard. L.S. R.F.R.) good very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Albert Frederick Beard was born on 28 December 1890, at Bermondsey, London. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Ganges II, on 29 October 1907. He was appointed to H.M.S. Duncan on 18 August 1908, and was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, on 28 December 1908, and Able Seaman, on 4 August 1910. Prior to the outbreak of the Great War he served in several ships, including H.M.S. Actaeon, H.M.S. Hermes and H.M.S. Pembroke I. He was appointed to H.M.S. Weymouth from 7 January 1914 to 28 May 1916, being appointed Leading Seaman on 1 April 1915. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Pembroke, H.M.S. Dido, and H.M.S. Stork. He was discharged to shore, time expired on 1 February 1921, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve two days later. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1931.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. and M.M. group of five awarded to Corporal S. E. Nightingale, 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment, his D.C.M. being awarded for gallantry near Armentières immediately prior to the onset of the German Spring Offensive in 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3-2274 Pte. S. E. Nightingale. 9/Essex R.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (3 2274 Cpl. S. E. Nightingale. D.C.M. 9/Essex R.); 1914-15 Star (3-2274 Pte. S. E. Nightingale. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (3-2274 Cpl. S. E. Nightingale. Essex R.) very fine (5) £2,600-£3,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 26 June 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the enemy attacking an isolated front line post he at once took part of the defence after ten of the garrison had become casualties. With the assistance of the remaining two men he repulsed the enemy, who were thus prevented from obtaining an identification. He displayed the most marked courage and determination.’ Annotated Gazette states ‘S.E. of Armentières 18/19 March 1918’ although the battalion war diary would suggest that the correct date was in fact the night of 17/18 March: ‘The enemy again raided ‘F’ post, at the same time he raided the Bn on our right. We suffered 11 casualties all wounded. He again failed to obtain identification.’ The diary entry for the 18th and 19th noted ‘Quiet Day’. M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919: ‘3/2274 Cpl. Nightingale, S. E., D.C.M., 9th Bn. Essex Regiment (Southend).’ Sidney Elton Nightingale was born in Clapham, London, and enlisted into the 3rd Battalion, Essex Regiment, at Warley on 17 June 1914, giving his age as 17 years & 93 days and his trade as a yardman. He was posted to the 9th Battalion and served with it in France from 28 August 1914. He was wounded by a gunshot to his skull on 10 August 1918, for which he was treated at Étretat and Havre general hospitals until rejoining his unit on 7 October. He was promoted to Corporal in September 1918 and transferred to the Home Establishment on 6 February 1919, having been admitted to 4 London General Hospital whilst on leave, and transferred to the Special Reserve on 30 March 1919. Sold with copied research including discharge documents and battalion war diary entries.
Four: Sergeant P. J. McLaughlin, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24234651 Cpl P J McLaughlin REME) number partially officially corrected; U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP ribbon; Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24234651 Sgt P J McLaughlin REME); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24234651 Sgt P J McLaughlin REME) mounted for wear, generally good very fine (4) £140-£180
A well Documented post-War C.V.O., M.B.E., R.V.M., and Second War B.E.M. group of ten awarded to Chief Petty Officer Writer L. A. J. Treby, Royal Navy, later Chief Clerk and Accountant to H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Household The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse officially numbered ‘1888’, with full and miniature width neck ribands, in Collingwood, London, fitted case of issue, minor blue enamel damage to motto around central medallion; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, with Royal Mint case of issue; British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (C.P.O. Wtr. Leslie A. J. Treby. D/Mx.51084); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver, unnamed as issued, with Royal Mint case of issue in outer card box; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued, with card box of issue, mounted court-style for display; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these lacking the Jubilee Medal, these mounted court-style as worn; Commemorative Medallion for the Royal Visit 1947, in Royal Mint case of issue; Commemorative Medallion for the Royal Visit 1953-54, in Royal Mint case of issue, lacquered, extremely fine (lot) £2,200-£2,600 --- C.V.O. London Gazette 15 June 1974. M.V.O. IVth Class London Gazette 13 June 1964. M.V.O. Vth Class London Gazette 15 May 1954. M.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1957. R.V.M. London Gazette 20 May 1947: Awarded for the Royal Tour of South Africa in H.M.S. Vanguard. B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1946. Leslie Alfred John Treby served during the Second World War as a Chief Petty Officer Writer in the Royal Navy, and subsequently entered Royal Service as Chief Clerk and Accountant in the Household of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. Sold together with the following original Documents: i) Bestowal Documents for the C.V.O. and M.V.O.; together with Central Chancery enclosures; copies of the Statutes of the Order; and various letters of congratulations, including two by Lord Mountbatten ii) Bestowal Document for the M.B.E.; together with a copy of the Statutes of the Order iii) Bestowal Document for the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver), dated 20 May 1947 iv) Bestowal Document for the Coronation Medal and Jubilee Medal v) Bestowal Document for the Commonwealth Tour Commemorative Medallion vi) Ceremonial for the Funeral of H.M. King George VI vii) Letter (a facsimile sent to multiple recipients) on Prince of Wales headed writing paper from H.R.H. The Prince of Wales thanking the recipient for his share in the present given to him on his 21st Birthday, signed ‘Charles’ viii) Letter (a facsimile sent to multiple recipients) on Buckingham Palace writing paper from H.R.H. The Princess Anne thanking the recipient for his share in two horses and some saddling given to her on her 21st Birthday, dated October 1971, and signed ‘Anne’ ix) Ceremonial and Order of Service for the Thanksgiving Service for the Silver Wedding Anniversary of H.M. The Queen and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, Westminster Abbey, 20 November 1972 x) Letter (a facsimile sent to multiple recipients) on Buckingham Palace writing paper from H.M. The Queen and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh thanking the recipient for his share in the bird bath and trees given to them on the occasion of their silver wedding anniversary, signed ‘Elizabeth’ and ‘Philip’ xi) Ceremonial and Order of Service for the Marriage of H.R.H. The Princess Anne to Captain Mark Phillips, Westminster Abbey, 14 November 1973 xii) Letter (a facsimile sent to multiple recipients) on Buckingham Palace writing paper from H.R.H. The Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips thanking the recipient for his share in the dinner service given to them on the occasion of their wedding, dated 13 November 1973, and signed ‘Anne’ and ‘Mark’ xiii) Ceremonial and Order of Service for the Silver Jubilee, St. Paul’s Cathedral, 7 June 1977 xiv) Telemessages from H.M. the Queen and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to the recipient on the occasion of his Golden Wedding Anniversary, June 1986, and 80th Birthday, March 1996 xv) Copy of the Special Order of the Day by Commander in Chief Plymouth Command, Commending the Recipient, dated 26 November 1945 xvi) Various Royal Invitations; and other ephemera, including a double pack of E.II.R. embossed playing cards; a Canadian Coronation Medallion; and a H.M. Yacht Britannia Commemorative Medallion and ash tray.
Pair: Major F. de C. Helbert-Helbert, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, later Royal Fusiliers, who served as Aide-de-Camp to The Maharaja Holkar of Indor India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Lieut. F. de C. Helbert-Helbert. 1st-R. Welsh Fus.) a later issue impressed in small sans-serif capitals; Jubilee 1887, 1 clasp, 1897, silver, unnamed as issued, good very fine and better (2) £400-£500 --- Frederic de Courcy Helbert-Helbert was born in Brighton on 14 July 1862 and was educated at Winchester College. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Somerset Light Infantry on 22 October 1881 but transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in November the same year. With the 1st Battalion he went to Burma in 1885 but was invalided home sick. During the Jubilee celebrations of 1887 he was A.D.C. to The Maharaja Holkar of Indor. He was placed on Half Pay in April 1888 but returned to Full Pay in May 1889 and was appointed A.D.C. to the Governor and C-in-C., New South Wales, a post he held until November 1891. In November 1892 he transferred as a Captain to the Devonshire Regiment but retired with a gratuity in February 1895. On 28 August 1895 he became a Major in the 5th (Militia) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Helbert-Helbert was removed from the Army on 23 April 1902, ‘His Majesty having no further use for his services’. The reason for this is not known exactly but it seems it was bankruptcy. He was imprisoned in February 1904 for obtaining credit while a bankrupt and stealing a ring. He was incarcerated in Wormwood Scrubs. Yet again in November 1907 he was incarcerated in Wormwood scrubs for 18 months for three offences against Francis McCarthy: altering a cheque, misuse of a share certificate and misuse of cash. The Officers Mess Minute Book records on 15 May 1908: ‘Pieces of silver presented by F de C Helbert should be made away with out of the mess for obvious reasons but decided to hold over until the Regiment is together again.’ A further entry on 5 December 1910 records: ‘The Cup presented to the Mess by Major Helbert should be sold and the proceeds given to a charity to be decided on at the next meeting.’ The recipient’s Bankruptcy papers held at the National Archives also describes how in 1896 Helbert-Helbert was at sea and made friends with a young man of wealth and position who died on the voyage. On Helbert-Helbert’s return to the UK he produced a will purportedly made by the young man leaving him his estate. The young man’s friends contested the will but a settlement was reached out of court with Helbert-Helbert receiving £25,000. Sold with copied research. Note: The India General Service Medal roll shows that a replacement medal was issued on 30 November 1937; the naming style on the IGS in this lot is consistent with the style used at the time.
The General Service Medal awarded to Sergeant M. D. Burbridge, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, attached SAS, who was ambushed and killed by the IRA whilst travelling in plain clothes with another serviceman returning from Rosemount Police Station, 1 April 1982. Their unmarked van was riddled by machine gun bullets near the Creggan Estate, and just outside of St. Eugene’s Catholic Cathedral General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24098414 LCpl. M. D. Burbridge. REME.) good very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 1998. Michael David Burbridge was born in August 1950, and enlisted in the Army in September 1966. He was serving on his third tour of Northern Ireland when he was killed during an ambush, 1 April 1982: ‘Two soldiers were murdered in a Londonderry ambush yesterday by Provisional IRA terrorists armed with a machine gun. Cpl Michael Ward, 29, of the Royal Signals, and Sgt Michael Burbridge, 31, of the REME, were hit by a hail of shots as they drove in an unmarked Mini van. Both men were armed, but were wearing civilian clothes. They were returning to barracks after completing maintenance work on radio equipment at a police station [Rosemount] near the republican Creggan estate. The gunmen had taken over a flat overlooking a road junction, holding the seven students who occupy the flat hostage since Wednesday night. More than 50 shots were fired at the van as it reached the crossroads. The vehicle then careered out of control down a one-way street and crashed into a baker’s shop. The shooting happened close to St Eugene’s Roman Catholic Cathedral and one of the first to reach the van was the Bishop of Derry, Dr Edward Daly, whose residence adjoins the cathedral. Cpl Ward was married with a six year old son and came from south west London. Sgt Burbridge was divorced and his parents live in south Oxfordshire. Yesterday’s killings were exactly a week after a similar ambush in West Belfast when three members of the Royal Green Jackets were murdered by the Provisional IRA. On Sunday the IRA shot dead a senior police officer outside his church.’ (photocopy of newspaper cutting included with the lot refers). Both Burbridge and Ward, were in fact attached to the SAS at this time, and the following is given in Raymond Murray’s The SAS in Ireland: In the period 1981-87 the SAS shot dead as many as 26 people in Northern Ireland and one man drowned escaping from them... In the same period four ‘SAS men were shot dead by the IRA. Sergeant Michael Burbridge (parent regiment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) aged 31, from South Oxfordshire and 29 year old Corporal Michael Ward (parent regiment, the Royal Corps of Signals), from south-west London were killed in a hail of bullets in an IRA ambush on 1 April 1982. They were dressed in plain clothes and were travelling from the Army/RUC post at Rosemount, Derry in a grey van, when the attack took place at 11.46am at Creggan Street just outside St. Eugene’s Cathedral. Four IRA men took part in the attack. They occupied a second floor flat at the junction of Creggan Road and Infirmary Road 15 hours before the shooting. As the van approached the junction, three of the IRA men, two of them armed with high velocity automatic rifles, and one with a handgun acting as back-up, stepped out in front of it and fired about 30 shots. The shooting was heard in the nearby parochial house. One of the priests gave the last rites. Priest and people lifted men out of the van to the street. The Bishop of Derry, Dr Edward Daly, was also on the scene within minutes. He said, “The men had been riddled. It was an awful sight. A lot of people were hysterical. It is another terrible deed which demeans us all.’ Sergeant Burbridge is buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire. Sold with a letter from Captain T. Lindsay, R.E.M.E., 8th Infantry Brigade, Londonderry, addressed to Burbridge’s widow at Farnham Surrey, dated 8 December 1982, ‘At long last I am pleased to forward the medal which belonged to your late husband. I am to understand that the medal is for your son Darren and if in fact this is correct I would appreciate it if you would pass the medal on to him.’ The letter has been cut in two with the result that one line of the text is missing; copied certificate of service and other research.
Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (7874260 W.O. Cl. II A. E. Hillman. M.G.C.) nearly very fine and unique to the Machine Gun Corps £400-£500 --- A. E. Hillman was awarded his Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 348 of September 1922. A unique award to the Machine Gun Corps.
Pair: Private E. Smith, 18th Hussars Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2221. Pte. E. Smith. 18/Husrs.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, pitting from Star, better than good fine (2) £240-£280 --- Edward Smith was born in Nottingham in 1858 and attested for the 18th Hussars at Sheffield on 4 July 1878. He 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 transferred to the Reserve on 4 July 1886, and was discharged on 3 July 1890, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.
Four: Supply Chief Petty Officer L. F. Parham, Royal Navy, who also served in the Merchant Navy and very briefly in the Army in the Great War, and went on to become a Commissioned Supply Officer, Royal Navy, in the Second World War British War Medal 1914-20 (M.27267 L. F. Parham. V.A. R.N.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Leonard F. Parham); Victory Medal 1914-19 (M.27267 L. F. Parham. V.A. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.27267 L. F. Parham. Sy. P.O. H.M.S. Durban.) contact marks, lightly polished, generally nearly very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Leonard Frank Parham was born on 9 October 1895, at Woolwich, Kent. He commenced naval service as a Ship’s Stewards Assistant in H.M.S. Victory I, on 21 August 1917. He was appointed as Victualler’s Assistant, H.M.S. Hyacinth, on 15 February 1918, and was then advanced to Leading Victualler’s Assistant, H.M.S. Dunedin, on 1 October 1920, and Supply Petty Officer, H.M.S. Greenwich, on 1 February 1925. He remained in the Royal Navy and was advanced to Supply Chief Petty Officer in H.M.S. Durban, in 1932. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in September 1932, which was sent to H.M.S. Durban. Parham was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Boscawen, in August 1939, but was recalled for war service in the following month, to serve in H.M.S. Royal Arthur, H.M.S. Glendower, H.M.S. Victory II, and H.M.S. Cormorant. He was commissioned to become Temporary Acting Warrant Supply Officer, in September 1942. He still appears in the July 1949 Navy List as a Temporary Commissioned Stores Officer, with seniority from 1 September 1942. Parham appears on the medal roll for the Mercantile Marine War Medal (Merchant Navy Discharge No., 882512) which was sent to his home address at 48 Burrage Road, Plumstead, London, the roll notes that the B.W.M. was issued by the Royal Navy. He is also noted as having enlisted in the Army Service Corps in January 1915, but was promptly discharged as “not likely to become an efficient soldier”.
Four: Captain D. B. Spence, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914 Star (Lieut: D. B. Spence. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. D. B. Spence.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt. D. B. Spence, R.A.M.C.) nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Douglas Benham Spence was born in 1888, son of W. R. E. Spence, artist, of Guildford, Surrey. He was educated at Epsom College 1901-07, and afterwards at St Thomas’s Hospital; M.R.C.S. Eng., M.R.C.P. Lond. 1913. Served in France and Flanders as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 17 August 1914. He was promoted to Captain 31 August 1915, and was mentioned in Field-Marshal French’s despatch of 30 November 1915 (London Gazette 1 January 1916). Captain Spence relinquished his commission on 28 October 1919. He was afterwards a General Practitioner and retired to East Mersea, Essex. He died on 17 June 1963, aged 74. Sold with copied research including Medal Index Card which confirms all four medals.
Pair: Senior Aircraftsman C. P. Embleton, Royal Air Force Regiment Iraq 2003-11, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (SAC C P Embleton (J8448079) RAF); Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (SAC C P Embleton (J8448079) RAF) both in named card boxes of issue, and with RAF Regiment cloth insignia, nearly extremely fine (2) £300-£400
British War Medal 1914-20 (1084 Pte. T. Harpur. N. Ir. H.) good very fine £80-£100 --- Thompson Harpur was born in Londonderry and attested for the North Irish Horse, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 April 1915, and later with the 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. He died of wounds on 18 May 1918, and is buried in Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery, France.
Four: Corporal A. H. M. Tuffrey, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (1524 Pte. A. H. M. Tuffrey, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1524 Cpl. A. H. M. Tuffrey. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200091 Cpl. A. H. M. Tuffrey. 4-Oxf. &. Bucks. L.I.) better than very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Albert Henry Montague Tuffrey was born at Headington, Oxford, in 1892 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915, and later served with 2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion. He died at Oxford in 1984. Sold together with a silver shooting prize medal, hallmarks for Birmingham 1911, crossed rifles within a wreath surmounted by a central gold fronted shield, with an indistinct monogram, and ‘S & D - 1911 - M.R.L.’ to scroll below.
Four: Acting Warrant Officer Class I A. E. Fleckner, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for valuable services in Salonika 1914-15 Star (9179 Sjt. A. E. Flickner [sic]. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9179 A.W.O. Cl. 1 A. E. Flickner [sic]. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (9179 C.S. Mjr: A. E. Fleckner. 7/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) very fine and better (4) £160-£200 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in Salonika.’ Albert Edward Fleckner was born at Oxford and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in 1893, serving with them in India on the North West Frontier (entitled to the India General Service Medal 1895-1902 with clasp for Punjab Frontier and Tirah). Re-enlisting in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Haywards Heath on 1 September 1914, he was immediately promoted to Acting Corporal, and then to Acting Sergeant on 22 October 1914. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War initially on the Western Front, before proceeding to Salonika, and was appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major on 22 February 1916, and Acting Regimental Sergeant Major on 4 October 1916. For his services during the Great War in Salonika he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, and he was discharged to the Army Reserve on 5 March 1919. Sold together with a rather poor quality photographic image of the ‘Physical Training Class - Oxford, Spring, 1915’, in which the recipient is identified.
Pair: Miss Lilian A. Goldberg, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem British War and Victory Medals (L. A. Goldberg. B.R.C. & St. J.J.) toned, extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (Nurse E. Van Heerden.) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Miss Lilian Agnes Goldberg (also recorded as Agnes Lilian Goldberg) trained as a Nurse at St. George’s Hospital, Swansea from 1912-16, and subsequently served at Cedar Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital, Wells, Somerset. She enlisted in the Trained Nurse Department of the British Red Cross Society, and served as a Sister during the Great War in France from 5 February 1917, at Boulogne Headquarters, Unit no. 10 at Le Treport; Unit no. 2 at Rouen, and Unit no. 1 at Le Touquet. She returned from France on 19 July 1918. Sold with copied research. E. van Heerden served as a Nurse with the South African Forces.
Three: Private F. Burnett, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (M2-136600 Pte. F. Burnett. A.S.C.); Khedive’s Sudan 1910-21, 2nd issue, 1 clasp, Darfur 1916 (M2-136600 Pte. F. Burnett. A.S.C.) officially impressed naming, good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Medal Index Card confirms all three medals and Darfur 1916 clasp.
A Second War ‘Italy operations’ M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Warrant Officer Class I, later Captain, C. H. Kite, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, G.VI.R. (7596983 W.O. Cl. 1. C. H. Kite. R.E.M.E.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (756983 [sic] W.O. Cl. 1. C. H. Kite. R.E.M.E.) mounted court-style for wear, last officially renamed, generally very fine or better (8) £200-£240 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 13 December 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ The original recommendation states: ‘1 Jan 45 to 3 May 45. This WO has worked in the progress office for the last 12 months. His untiring energy and drive and unsparingness of self, in no small measure enabled the workshops as a whole to meet their heavy commitments – particularly in those months immediately preceding the final battle. During these months he worked exceedingly long hours and imbued all under his command with a spirit of willingness and service.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 29 November 1945 (Italy). Charles Herbert Kite served in the ranks during the Second War, and was commissioned Lieutenant in October 1954. He advanced to Captain in December 1959, and relinquished his commission in October 1962.
Four: Warrant Officer Class II T. Higgins, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (7825 Pte. T. Higgins. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (7825 W.O. Cl.2. T. Higgins.Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal, very fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- Thomas Higgins was born on 17 November 1883 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in 1905. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914, and later transferred to the 7th Battalion O.B.L.I. as Company Sergeant Major, serving with them in Salonika. Regimental records indicate that he later became a warder at Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight, and he is recorded in the 1939 Register as a prison warder residing at 5 Hewitt Crescent, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. Sold together with several poorly photocopied photographic images of the recipient in uniform, including one as a Warder at Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight; several postcards of places visited by the recipient, including a Great War souvenir postcard of the O.B.L.I. listing battle honours; original field postcard sent home by Lce. Cpl. Higgins on 3 October 1914; original set of badges including white metal cap badge with slider, two brass bugle horn collar badges and a pair of ‘Oxf & Bucks’, shoulder titles in brass (gilding metal); Old Contemptibles Association lapel badge, numbered to the reverse 2036B; and a silver and enamel Patrons lapel badge of the Old Contemptibles Association.
Five: Sergeant J. B. Lowe, 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Forces 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially named ‘VX 52246 J. B. Lowe’; together with large (62 mm wide) bronzed Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Forces slouch hat badge with faint maker mark for Luke, Melbourne, very fine and better Six: A. S. Snibbe, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named to ‘61549 A. S. Snibbe’, light contact marks, very fine (11) £80-£100 --- John Basil Lowe was born at Ballarat, Victoria, on 30 July 1920, and enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria, on 28 March 1941. He served in the Middle East, in training at Palestine, with his unit, but was subsequently withdrawn for ‘Special Duty’ in Ceylon, in 1942. He subsequently served with his unit in New Guinea. He was appointed Corporal in 1943, and Sergeant in 1945, and was discharged in November 1945. He died at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 9 April 1990. Sold with copied research.
Three: Lance-Corporal D. W. G. Wilmerson, Parachute Regiment N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, no clasp, for Macedonia, unnamed; Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (25039991 L Cpl D W G Wilmerson Para); Jubilee 2002, unnamed, mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. J. D. Vallance, 40th. Madras N.I.) good very fine £400-£500 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. John Dunscomb Vallance was born at Woolborough, Devon, on 3 September 1833 and was commissioned Ensign in the 40th Madras Native Infantry on 12 December 1849. He was promoted Lieutenant on 30 November 1855, and served during the Great Sepoy Mutiny with the 40th Native Infantry in the district of Jumblepore from the end of 1857 to March 1858. ‘During this period he was present with the force which stormed and opened the Pass of Jurgotty and was also in all subsequent operations undertaken against the Jumblepore rebels by the late Major Bates. Subsequently commanded a detachment of 40th Regiment against insurgents in the Barra Basahar Hills, in March 1858 was present with a detachment of Jumhlepore Sebundy Levy in an attack on a rebel stronghold in the Zemindary of Jhoberra. From April 1858 to July following commanded a detachment consisting of details from the Shekawati Battalion and Sebundy Levy stationed for the protection of the Chandepore Frontier. During that period was constantly employed in the successful attacks on the rebel strongholds, subsequently during the same and next year was frequently employed in operations against the rebels. In December 1859 commanded a strong detachment of the late Sebundy Levy against a large number of rebels and mutineers under Rajah Soonder Rai at Hullunder. At the later end of 1859 proceeded in command of the Sebundy Levy against insurgents in the Zemindary of Kiereah.’ (Indian Mutiny Medal Roll, Jumblepore Sebundy Levy, refers). Freedom Movement in Sambalpur, by C. Mishra, gives a further account of the recipient, both during the Mutiny, and in the years that immediately followed: ‘The second phase of Surendra Sai’s war against the British began in 1857 when the great explosion occurred and it convulsed the whole country. The Raja of Bamra was suspected and was reminded of the fate of the Raja of Angul who was imprisoned and his estate confiscated for his rebellious conduct. Accordingly, Captain Woodbridge, Lieutenant Vallance and Captain Sweeny were sent to Sambalpur to meet the situation. Major Wyndham opened the Dak road to Midnapore through the territory of the Raja of Bamrah. Captain Knocker and Lieutenant Vallance hunted down the rebels in all directions. All these measures being taken for the security of the district three central posts for regular troops and eleven subordinate outposts for the men of the Ramgarh Battalion and the newly raised Sebundies were established. Accordingly on the night of 6 November 1860, Lieutenant C. B. Smith, Assistant Commissioner, with a party of armed Beldars from Raipur and Lieutenant Vallance in command of a detachment of Samhalpur Sebundy Levy numbering in all two hundred and twenty men, proceeded to Manikgarh EiIt. After detaching a party to hold in check and cut off the retreat of the rebels by Sundara Pass, Lieutenants Smith and Vallance made directly for Tirsola, a village on the Jonk River having a stone breast work thrown across its road by the rebels. They however did not stand to defend it and followed a policy of retreat. In their hurried flight they left several herd of cattle which were captured by Lieutenants Smith and Vallance. Subsequently, the rebels about 150 in number took position in a valley near Manikgarh. It was protected in the front by two breast works of “considerable strength”. It was so constructed as not easily to be turned from either flank. On 9 November 1860 Lieutenants Smith and Vallance divided their force into three parties; one to protect their camp, one sent in advance to watch the breast work from the front and the third to attack the rebels under Lieutenants Smith and Vallance. The party ascended the high and precipitous Hill of Manikgarh and attacked the rebels from the rear. The rebels gave a dogged defence but could not withstand for a longer time. They fled to Junagarh Ghat. Three of the villages built by the rebels behind their defences were set on fire and destroyed and some more cattle were captured. In order to implement the decision regarding the precautionary measures to be taken by the Raja of Khariar, Major Forster left Lieutenant Vallance as ex-officio Assistant Commissioner of Sambalpur, with a party of Sebundies to superintend the work in anticipation to the approval of the Governor General. Major Foster commended the services of Lieutenant Smith and Lieutenant Valance to the authority for recognition.’ Vallance was promoted Captain on 20 August 1863, and, after a period as District Superintendent of Police in the Central Provinces, was advanced Major on 12 December 1869. He retired in March 1873. Sold with copied research.
Three: Stoker First Class H. Hayne, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (281120 H. Hayne, Sto. 1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (281120 Henry Hayne. Sto. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Southampton.) light contact marks, generally very fine and better (3) £60-£80 --- Henry Hayne was born on 13 August 1875, at Abbotsbury, Dorset. He commenced naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Victory II, on 7 November 1895, and saw service in H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, H.M.S. Minotaur, and H.M.S. Leviathan, prior to being advanced to Stoker First Class in H.M.S. Excellent, on 1 July 1906. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth on 9 November 1907, and having been recalled for War Service served during the Great War in H.M.S. Racer, H.M.S. Osborne, H.M.S. Victory II, and H.M.S. Southampton. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1918.
The group of three miniature dress medals worn by Conductor W. Parsons, Commissariat and Transport Staff, ‘the Real Hero’ of the Defence of Lydenburg South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp 1879; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, mounted as worn; together with an unmounted miniature South Africa Medal 1877-79, no clasp, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- For the recipient’s full-sized awards, see Lot 261.
Coast Life Saving Corps Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Andrew Cargill) together with Royal Life Saving Society bronze medal (June 1937), R.L.S.S. Award of Merit, ‘silver’ (1945), R.L.S.S. Bronze Cross (July 1947), these all named and dated as shown, and six various hallmarked swimming prize medals, all but one named, including ‘The Macdonald Glasgow Shield 1934’, ‘Portland Cup 1939’, and ‘Strathmore Cup 1939’, the first extremely fine, others very fine or better (10) £180-£220
A Great War ‘Bellewaarde Ridge 1915’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant Henry Hill, 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, who was discharged due to wounds in July 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (B-681 Pte. H. Hill. 9/Rif: Bde:); 1914-15 Star (B-681 Pte. H. Hill. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (B-681 Sjt. H. Hill. Rif. Brig.) mounted for display, very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 16 November 1915: ‘For great bravery on the 25th September, 1915, in the action on Bellewaarde Ridge. He held a trench by himself for over one and a half hours against constant bomb attacks, which he replied to by throwing bombs from a German store and by rifle fire. Private Hill also took five prisoners in the first advance, and throughout the action exhibited the greatest courage and resource.’ Henry Hill enlisted into the Rifle Brigade on 24 August 1914, and landed in France with the 9th Battalion on 28 July 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 12 July 1916 (per Para 392 (XVI) King’s Regulations).
Five: Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Smith, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo; Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (Maj J S Smith REME); Jubilee 2002; Jubilee 2012; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24371679 WO2 J S Smith REME) mounted for wear, generally good very fine (5) £300-£400 --- John Stanley Smith served as a Warrant Officer Class II prior to being commissioned in April 1995. He advanced to Major in 2002, and retired as Lieutenant Colonel in September 2013.
Five: Corporal F. G. Powell, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was an Olympic triallist for the 400 metres in 1920 1914-15 Star (15845 L.Cpl. F. G. Powell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (15845 Cpl. F. G. Powell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Inspr. F. G. Powell) the last unofficially re-named, generally very fine and better (lot) £120-£160 --- Frederick G. Powell attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915. A member of the Wycombe Phoenix Harriers Athletics Club, he participated in the Olympic Trial Test for the 400 metres in May 1920, but was placed third. Sold together with several athletic and sports medals, silver fob medal for athletics engraved to reverse (’C’ Company 8th O.B.L.I.); shooting prize medal, this unnamed; Large bronze medal for the Irish Command Sports Association 1919 (2nd O.B.L.I.) and (100 Yards Relay Race 1st Sergt. F. G. Powell); Three Berkshire Amateur Athletic Association bronze fob medals, one unnamed,two engraved (1920 1 Mile Relay Champion - 2nd) and (1920 440 Yds. Champion - 3rd - F. G. Powell); Buckinghamshire A.A.A., hallmarked silver and enamel prize medal, unnamed; Amateur Athletic Association Olympic Triallist bronze medal (Olympic Trials - 1920 - F. G. Powell); Bucks. Constabulary Athletic Sports medal, 12 August 1922, One mile Relay Race (Open) 3rd, this unnamed; Bucks Constabulary Athletic Sports 12 August 1922, large heavy un-hallmarked but marked silver (40g) sports medal, Tug of War (Open) 1st, this unnamed.
Pair: Chief Ship’s Cook W. J. Couzens, Royal Navy, who was killed in action at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (340014. W. J. Couzens, Sh. Ck. H.M.S. Mohawk); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (340014. W. J. Couzens, Ch. Sh. Ck. H.M.S. Vengeance.) both later impressed duplicate issues, good very fine (2) £260-£300 --- Walter James Couzens was born at Portsmouth on 21 May 1875, and joined the Royal Navy as a 2nd Cook’s Mate on 24 January 1894; Cook’s Mate, 12 November 1895; Acting 2nd Ship’s Cook aboard H.M.S. Powerful, 1 September 1899 to 8 May 1900, including service in South Africa at the Defence of Ladysmith (Medal with clasp - duplicate issued); Ship’s Cook, 21 May 1901; H.M.S. Mohawk, 8 January 1903 to 13 July 1904, including operations in Somaliland (Medal with clasp - duplicate issued); Chief Cook, 8 September 1905; Chief Ship’s Cook, 1 October 1907; H.M.S. Vengeance, 13 October 1908, recommended for Medal and Gratuity, 31 December 1908; served aboard H.M.S. Invincible from 3 August 1914, taking part in the battle of Heligoland Bight and in the battle of the Falkland Islands. He was killed in action at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, when Invincible was destroyed by a magazine explosion during the battle after the armour of one of her gun turrets was penetrated. He is also entitled to the 1914-15 Star trio and is commemorated by name on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Surgeon Llewelyn Rl. Scots Greys) contemporarily engraved naming, 18mm, nearly extremely fine £600-£800 --- Note: The recipient’s full sized medals (comprising Crimea Medal with 4 clasps; Indian Mutiny Medal with clasp for Central India; and Turkish Crimea Medal) were sold in these rooms as part of the Colonel D. G. B. Riddick Collection of Medals to the Medical Services in September 2006. Jenkin Homfray Llewelyn was born in Calcutta on 21 July 1821. Appointed an Assistant Surgeon with the 44th Foot in March 1848 and with the 7th Dragoon Guards in January 1850, he was promoted to Staff Surgeon 2nd Class in February 1855. He served throughout the Crimean War, including the battles of the Alma, Balaklava, and Inkermann, and the siege of Sebastopol, and was appointed Surgeon to the 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) in January 1856. He transferred to the 8th Hussars in August 1858 and served in the Indian Mutiny, being present at the action at Boordah. He died at Tunbridge Wells on 15 May 1867.
Seven: Sergeant J. M. Hardy, Scots Guards, awarded the M.S.M. in 2011 General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24788855 Gdsm J M Hardy SG); Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24788855 LCpl J M Hardy SG); Iraq 2003-11, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (24788855 Sgt J M Hardy SG); Jubilee 2002; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994, E.II.R. (24788855 Cpl J M Hardy SG); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24788855 Sgt J M Hardy SG); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (WO2 J M Hardy SG 24788855) the first six mounted court-style as worn, the last in named case of issue, the gilt a little worn on Jubilee medal, otherwise good very fine, the last extremely fine (7) £700-£900 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 5 July 2011. L.S. & G.C. awarded 9 August 2002 (London Gazette 18 February 2003).
Pair: Kingsman G. F. Kenny, Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25179449 Kgn G F Kenny Lancs) in named card box of issue; Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (Kgn G F Kenny Lancs 25179449) in named plastic case of issue, extremely fine (2) £300-£400
Family Group: Four: Petty Officer D. R. Singleton, Royal Navy South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (RO1(SM) D R Singleton D175785E HMS Spartan); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (RO(SM)1 D R Singleton D175785E RN) mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (J960048 D. F. Singleton. PO HMS Oracle.) extremely fine (5) £800-£1,000 --- Douglas Robert Singleton joined the Royal Navy in January 1979 and after completing Basic Training at H.M.S. Raleigh moved onto H.M.S. Mercury for Part Two Communications Training, and then to H.M.S. Superb for Part Three Training. He joined H.M.S. Spartan in 1980, and served in her until December 1986, including in the South Atlantic during the Falklands campaign. From 1986 to 1990 he was employed by the Command of the Second Submarine Squadron in Plymouth, before joining H.M.S. Turbulent in 1990, transferring to H.M.S. Torbay in 1991. Between 1994 and 1996 Singleton was based at N.A.T.O. Headquarters in Naples, Italy, and for his services there was awarded two Commendations and received the N.A.T.O. Medal for services in Former Yugoslavia. Upon returning to the U.K. in late 1996, he re-joined H.M.S. Spartan, before transferring to H.M.S. Vigilant in 2000. His final appointment was at the Main Communications Centre at H.M. Naval Base Faslane from 2004 until his retirement in May 2010. Sold together with the recipient’s N.A.T.O. Medal bestowal certificate; Admiralty Board letter of appreciation on the recipient’s retirement; and three photographs.
Three: Private A. W. Avis, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (2929 Pte. A. W. Avis. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2929 Pte. A. W. Avis. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Three: Private A. E. Berry, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Hampshire Regiment, who died in Mesopotamia in 1915 1914-15 Star (8565 Pte. A. E. Berry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8565 Pte. A. E. Berry. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine and better Three: Private T. Tolley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (14031 Pte. T. Tolley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (14031 Pte. L. [sic] Tolley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (14031 Pte. T. Tolley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (9) £120-£160 --- Albert William Avis attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 14 September 1914 and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. He was discharged due to sickness with trench fever, on 4 September 1916, and was issued with Silver War Badge No. 21910. Albert Edward Berry was born in Bladon, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Witney, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 November 1914. He transferred to the Hampshire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion in Mesopotamia. He died on 4 November 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Angora Memorial at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery. He is included in an unverified War Office list as a possible Prisoner of War. Thomas Tolley was born in Headington, Oxford, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915, before being posted to Salonika, arriving there on 24 November 1915, and then to Bulgaria from 30 September 1918. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 16 April 1919.
Pair: Lieutenant R. S. G. Higgins, 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, who later became a tea planter in Ceylon Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 date clasp block loose on riband, as issued (Lieut. R. S. G. Higgins, 3/Oxf. L.I.) engraved naming, unit officially corrected; Ceylon Volunteer Service Medal 1914-18 (R. S. G. Higgins) edge bruise to first and suspension claw re-pinned, generally very fine (2) £240-£280 --- Robert Seton Graeme Higgins was born in 1882 at Eton, Buckinghamshire, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, on 25 December 1899. He was promoted Lieutenant in October 1900 and served with the Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, before resigning his commission in May 1903. He emigrated to Ceylon on or before 1907, in which year he is recorded as having joined a Masonic Lodge at Kandy. From 1912 to 1930 he is recorded as the owner and manager of the Ellagalla Tea Plantation, Galaha, Hantane, Ceylon. He returned to the U.K. after the outbreak of the Great War and was commissioned into the Worcestershire Regiment on 10 December 1917, serving in 1st Reserve Garrison Battalion. He relinquished his commission on 17 December 1920. He saw no active service overseas and was not awarded any medals for his service in the Great War. He died on 20 January 1941 and is buried at Weybridge Cemetery, Elmbridge, Surrey.
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