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Lot 39

Six: Mechanician H. J. Batstone, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 copy clasp, Cape Colony (H. J. Batstone Sto., H.M.S. Naiad.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (H. J. Batstone. Sto. H.M.S. Naiad.); 1914-15 Star (286015, H. J. Batstone, Mech., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (286015 H. J. Batstone. Mech. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (286015 H. J. Batstone. Actg. Mechn. H.M.S. Dreadnought.) first two with minor edge wear, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (6) £360-£440 --- Herbert James Batstone was born on 7 December 1878, at Newchurch, Isle of Wight. He commenced naval service as Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Victory II, on 17 September 1897, and was advanced to Stoker, H.M.S. Calliope, on 1 July 1898. He served in H.M.S. Naiad from 19 March 1901 to 2 August 1904. He was advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Berwick, on 1 July 1906, and Leading Stoker, on 10 August 1906. He was further advanced to Acting Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Goliath, on 20 February 1908, and Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Orion, on 19 February 1909. He attained the rank of Acting Mechanician, H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 1 January 1912, followed by a posting to H.M.S. Dreadnought, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in September 1912. He was confirmed as Mechanician on 31 December 1912. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Victory and H.M.S. Caledon. He was discharged to shore on demobilization on 15 November 1919. He died in 1939 at Southampton. Note: Batstone appears on the medal roll for the Queen’s South Africa Medal for service in H.M.S. Naiad, but does not appear to be entitled to the Cape Colony clasp.

Lot 4

Pair: Naval Chaplain the Revd. H. H. Williams, Royal Navy Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Revd. Herbert H. Williams. Chaplain H.M.S.) re-engraved in large serif capitals, small drill hole to backstrap of clasp; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, a contemporary tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, unnamed as issued, both with top silver brooch bars, and housed in a contemporary Emanuel, Portsea, fitted leather case, minor edge bruising, the Crimea Medal nearly very fine, the Turkish Crimea good very fine (2) £300-£400

Lot 41

Three: Quartermaster Sergeant W. F. Porter, ‘Q’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg (64409 Sgt. W. F. Porter, Q.B. R.H.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (64409 C.S. Mjr: Inst: Gnry: W. F. Porter. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (64409 Q.M. Sjt. W. F. Porter. R.A.) light contact marks to first two, very fine, the MSM better (3) £500-£700 --- William Frederick Porter was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, in 1868 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 1 November 1887. He served with them in India from 19 February 1889 to 4 November 1895, and was promoted Bombardier on 24 February 1897, and Corporal on 31 May 1898. He served with ‘Q’ Battery in South Africa during the Boer War from 19 December 1899 until being invalided home on 21 April 1900, and was promoted Sergeant on 10 February 1900. He was appointed Company Sergeant Major Instructor in Gunnery on 18 December 1900, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 90 of 1906. His final promotion was to Quartermaster Sergeant on 1 August 1907, and he was discharged on 31 October 1908, after 21 years’ service. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal per Army Order 192 of October 1944. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

Lot 423

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp (2117. Trooper A. Donaldson. B.B. Police) good very fine £400-£500 --- Confirmed on roll of Bechuanaland Border Police.

Lot 424

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Trpr. P. J. Matthysen. Victoria Column) nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- Confirmed on roll of “A” Troop Africander Corps for ‘Rhodesia 1896’ clasp.

Lot 425

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. J. Lyon. “B” Troop Africander Corps) very fine £300-£400 --- 94 medals issued to “B” Troop Africander Corps. Roll confirms.

Lot 426

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Tpr. L. Magden, Umtali Burghers.) small bruise to obverse edge, otherwise extremely fine £300-£400 --- 130 medals issued to the Umtali Burghers. Roll confirms.

Lot 427

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. A. G. Hefer. U.V.) minor edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine £300-£400 --- Confirmed on the roll of the Umtali Volunteer Corps.

Lot 428

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (3628 Sergt. Maj. J. Ferguson, Med. Staff Corps.) nearly extremely fine and scarce £360-£440 --- Confirmed on roll of the Medical Staff Corps for Rhodesia 1896, 52 medals to unit. He is also shown on the roll of the Matabeleland Relief Force as a Sergeant Major.

Lot 436

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4978 Pte. R. Mills. 2d. Bn. Oxf: Lt Infy) pawn-broker’s mark to edge, minor edge bruise, good very fine £120-£160 --- Richard Mills was born in Headington, Oxford, in 1873 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry Militia on 13 December 1894. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Tirah Campaign on the North West Frontier of India, and died of disease in 1898. He is commemorated on the Tirah Campaign Memorial in Oxford. Sold with copied attestation papers, medal roll extracts, and other research.

Lot 441

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2775 Pte. W. Brown, 3rd Bn. Rif. Bde.) a short silver fob chain has been attached to the top lugs of the clasp; together with War Office Form, ‘E 124914 (Medals 16)’, forwarding the I.G.S. medal to the mother of Pte. W. Brown, Rifle Bde., signed by Evelyn Wood, 16th December 1897, this folded and repaired, the medal very fine £300-£400 --- The letter, part printed and part hand-written, is addressed to ‘Mrs Eliza Brown, 29 Franklin Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.’, and reads, ‘Mrs Brown, I am directed to transmit to you herewith a Medal which has been granted to the late No. 2775 Private W. Brown of the 3/Rifle Brigade to be kept as a memorial of his services in India 1897-98 ...’ Signed ‘Evelyn Wood A.G.’ Sold with an associated (?) envelope. Also with copied roll extract confirming the medal and clasp, the recipient marked as ‘deceased’. Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C., London Gazette 4 September 1860.

Lot 459

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (2) (561 Sapper P. Ryan. Rl. Engineers.; 5725 Pte. S. Ryan. Munster Fus:) both with heavy edge bruising and abrasions, and suspension bars on both at some point altered with clasps removed, therefore good fine (2) £80-£100 --- Patrick Ryan was born in Sunderland, co. Durham, in 1875 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, on 15 December 1896, having previously served in the 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. He served in South Africa during the Boer War from 15 December 1900 to 28 September 1902 (entitled to the clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, and South Africa 1902), and transferred to the Reserve on 15 December 1903. He was discharged on 14 December 1908, after 12 years’ service. S. Ryan, believed to be the brother of the above, attested for the Royal Munster Fusiliers and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, being entitled to the clasps Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, and South Africa 1901. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.

Lot 465

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1676 Pte. A. Black. Durham Lt. Infy.) initial officially corrected, good very fine £60-£80 --- Andrew Black was born in Southwick, co. Durham, in 1866 and attested for the Durham Light Infantry at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 10 December 1884. He served with them in India from 3 December 1885 to 2 November 1892, before transferring to the Reserve on 12 November 1892. Recalled to the Colours on 15 December 1899, he served in South Africa during the Boer War from 27 March 1900 to 21 November 1901 (also entitled to South Africa 1901 clasp). He was discharged on 9 December 1901, after 17 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extracts, and other research.

Lot 475

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Belfast (17214 Bomb: F. Costello. U Bty., R.H.A.) good very fine £240-£280 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. Thomas Lysaght, alias Francis Costello, was born in Killenora, co. Clare, Ireland, in 1874 and attested for the Royal Munster Fusilier at Ennis on 25 May 1893. He deserted on 11 December 1896, and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery under the alias of Costello on 19 November 1896. He served with ‘U’ Battery in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 December 1899 to 26 June 1902, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Sannah’s Post on 31 March 1900. For his services in South Africa during the Boer War he was Mentioned in Lord Roberts’ Despatch (London Gazette 10 September 1901), and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry at Blakfontein. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 26 April 1903. Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extracts, and other research.

Lot 478

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 (21583 Pte. B. H. Williams. 4th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) edge bruising, nearly very fine £100-£140 --- Benjamin Herbert Williams was born in Minsterley, Shropshire, in 1880 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Shrewsbury on 22 January 1901. He served with the 4th (Glamorgan) Company, 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 17 February 1901 to 28 August 1902, and was discharged at Aldershot on 3 September 1901, after 1 year and 225 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

Lot 489

King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (9846 Pte. J. Allen. Coldstream Guards.) nearly extremely fine £60-£80 --- John Allen was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1872 and attested for the Coldstream Guards at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 27 August 1894. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 October 1899 to 20 July 1902 and also received the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill and Belfast. He transferred to the Reserve on 17 March 1903, and was discharged on 26 August 1906, after 12 years’ service. Allen re-enlisted in the Coldstream Guards on 3 September 1914, and served initially with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1914. He was wounded by gun shot to his right elbow in the trenches at Zonnebeke on 29 October 1914, and was discharged on 5 August 1915. Admitted to a sanatorium owing to a lung problem, he died at home on 12 December 1917, and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey.

Lot 49

Six: Nursing Sister E. M. Dutton, Army Nursing Service Reserve and French Red Cross, who was taken Prisoner in Salonika Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister E. M. Dutton.) officially re-impressed naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, no clasp (Nursing Sister E. M. Dutton.); British War and Victory Medals (E. M. Dutton.); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St. Sava, 2nd type, Fifth Class badge, silver-gilt and enamel, Bishop with red robes, unmarked, some enamel damage to tips of arms; Cross of Mercy 1912, gilt and enamel; together with the recipient’s Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve badge, silver, all mounted for display and housed in a glazed display frame, generally very fine (7) £1,000-£1,400 --- Miss Ethel Mabel Dutton was born at Surbiton, Surrey, on 2 November 1867 and served with the Army Nursing Service Reserve during the Boer War in South Africa as a Nursing Sister at 3 General Hospital, Kroonstad. Upon the outbreak of the Great War the British Red Cross archives show her as being part of the Cheshire 16/16 V.A., having engaged in October 1914, and the summary of her service shows ‘six weeks hospital duty, secretarial work at Richmond House Military Hospital, Chester and Hoole.’ She subsequently served with the British Committee of the French Red Cross during the Great War in the Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria and European Turkey theatre of War from June 1915 as part of the Wounded Allies Relief Committee, and is recorded as having been taken prisoner by the Bulgarians. Released, she returned to England in February 1916. She died at St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight, on 31 December 1945. Sold with Medal roll extracts and some copied research. FO372/1162 confirms the award of the Serbian Cross of Mercy; the Order of St. Sava is unconfirmed.

Lot 490

King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5430 Pte. J. Leigh. W. York: Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine £50-£70 --- James Leigh was born in Liverpool in 1881 and attested for the Liverpool Regiment at Seaforth on 11 January 1899, having previously served in the Regiment’s 4th (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 20 October 1899 to 2 June 1904 (additionally entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasp for Laing’s Nek, Orange Free State, and Transvaal), and in India from 2 October 1906 to 26 January 1911, during which period he saw active service in the Mohmand Country on the North West Frontier in 1908 (additionally entitled to the India General Service Medal with clasp). He was discharged on 28 January 1911 after 12 years and 18 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service.

Lot 5

Four: Battery Sergeant Major R. Campbell, Royal Horse Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Robert Campbell. C. Troop. R.H.A.) depot impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Sergt. Robt. Campbell. Rl. H. Art.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (Batty. Sergt. Major R. Campbell, B. Bde. R.H.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Robert Campbell. G. Troop. Royal Horse Artillery) contemporarily impressed naming, plugged and fitted with a Crimea-style suspension, traces of lacquer, generally very fine (4) £700-£900 --- Robert Campbell was born in Glasgow in 1834 and attested there for the Royal Horse Artillery on 10 November 1852. He served with C Troop in the Crimea from May 1854 to June 1856, and was promoted Bombardier on 29 September 1855, and Corporal on 23 February 1856. Promoted Sergeant on 4 November 1856, he saw further service with E Troop in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny from 7 November 1857 to 21 April 1862, and was wounded slightly in the neck on 11 June 1858. He was advanced Battery Sergeant Major on 18 January 1864, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal shortly before finally being discharged on 25 November 1873, after 21 years and 16 days’ service. He was later an in-pensioner at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

Lot 508

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (Lt. I. H. McHang [sic], 4-16 Punjab R.) good very fine £140-£180 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 3 May 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ The original Recommendation, dated 12 February 1945, for an Immediate Award, states: ‘Arakan, 31 January to 12 February 1945. Lieutenant-Colonel McHarg commands the 7th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment. After a series of independent operations in the Akyab-Minbya area his Battalion joined 51 Indian Infantry Brigade which had recently captured Kangaw, and the feature Melrose, overlooking the road. On disembarkation at the beach he found that a strong Japanese force had firmly established itself on the northern portion of Hill 170, 500 yards away. Enemy motor machine guns were firing from the dense jungle bordering the chaung flanking the hill. The open paddy between the beach and Hill 170 was under constant and heavy artillery fire. Lieutenant-Colonel McHarg was instructed to assist the Commandos to evict the enemy from their positions, which so gravely threatened the beach, the base, and the line of communication to the battalions forward in the Kangaw area. Rapidly collecting, under cover, his troops who were arriving in numerous small craft, he first destroyed the motor machine guns and enemy parties in the flanking jungle. It was now dark, but he probed the enemy positions on Hill 170 with fighting patrols. Having suffered a number of casualties he stopped his patrols and kept the enemy pinned all night. Early the ... [page 2 of Recommendation missing at the Public Records Office].’ M.C. London Gazette 8 February 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma and on the Eastern Frontier of India.’ The original Recommendation, dated 1 July 1944, for a Periodic Award, states: ‘Kaladan, 10 April to 6 June 1944. Temporary Major I. H. McHarg took over as Officer Commanding of the 7/16 Punjab Regiment from Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Hubert when the latter assumed command of Hubforce in the Kaladan Valley. Without previous experience of battle or command of a battalion, Major I. H. McHarg conducted the Battalion in operations throughout with excellent results. The operations were not of a normal character, with improvisation and isolation being two of the many difficulties confronting him. Throughout the period the Battalion was engaged for all intents and purposes as a detached unit. Temporary Major McHarg showed skill in conduct of operations and his administration of the battalion under difficult circumstances was most satisfactory resulting in very satisfactory results of all engagements with the enemy. During the five nights fighting on the frontier positions Major McHarg showed determination, courage, and devotion to duty. His conduct was an inspiration to all ranks.’ Ian Hume McHarg was born on 25 November 1912 and was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Unattached List, Indian Army, on 1 September 1932, and was appointed to the 4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment on 12 November 1933. Promoted Lieutenant on 1 December 1934, he served with the 4th Battalion on the North West Frontier of India in the Mohmand campaign in 1935, as well as on the North West Frontier 1936-37 (also entitled to an India General Service Medal 1936-39 with both clasps). Promoted Captain on 1 September 1940, and temporary Major on 24 June 1943, he served during the Second World War in Burma in command of the 7th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment, and was awarded both the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross. He retired with the rank of Honorary Colonel on 25 February 1949.

Lot 512

1914 Star (MS-3724 Pte. F. O. Brand. A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star (L-6069 Gnr: S. Gilbert. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Q.M. & Lieut. A. Triggs; M2-153104 Pte. W. F. Erichsen. A.S.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (3761 Pte. F. Pratt. Linc. R.); Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (Dvr. W. Adams. C.A.H.T.C.) generally very fine or better Pair: Albert E. Davis, Mercantile Marine British and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Albert E. Davis) very fine (8) £80-£100

Lot 518

1914-15 Star (3) (3001. Pte H. C. Walpole. Norf. R.; 17393 Pte. H. G. Cooper. Suff. R.; 17435 Pte. B. Tuffin. Essex. R.) British War Medal 1914-20 (12326 Pte. J Cooper. Suff. R.) good very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Harry C. Walpole served with the Norfolk Regiment during the Great War in Mesopotamia from 30 July 1915. He later joined the Royal Engineers. Herbert George Cooper, originally from Burgh St Peter in Norfolk, served with the Suffolk Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 May 1915 and was killed in action on 10 days later 25 May, the last day of the Battle of Ypres. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. James Cooper was born in Bolton, Lancashire, and attested for the Suffolk Regiment at Haverhill. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 May 1915 and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos on 24 November 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Bertie Tuffin, a native of Sudbury, Suffolk, attested for the Essex Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 17 May 1915. He was killed in action on 6 June 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.

Lot 52

Six: Leading Stoker G. P. Lansdowne, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Caroline at the Battle of Jutland Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (SS.104996 G. P. Lansdowne. Sto. 1Cl. H.M.S. Philomel); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (S.S. 104996. G. P. Lansdowne. Sto. 1Cl. H.M.S. Philomel.); 1914-15 Star (K.13414 G. P. Lansdowne, Sto.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.13414 G. P. Lansdowne. L.Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.13414 G. P. Lansdowne. Sto. 1. H.M.S. Dolphin.) polished, contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £300-£400 --- George Phillip Lansdowne was born on 12 January 1888, at Swindon, Wiltshire. He commenced naval service on a short service enlistment with service number, SS 104996, as Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Nelson on 1 May 1907. He was appointed to H.M.S. Argonaut, on 23 November 1907, and was advanced to Stoker First Class, on 23 July 1908. He served in H.M.S. Philomel from 27 July 1900 to 28 February 1911. He re-engaged for service and was re-numbered K.13414, on 21 November 1911. He was appointed to H.M.S. Audacious on 21 October 1913, and to H.M.S. Victory II, in July 1914. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Caroline from 11 December 1914, and was present in her at the Battle of Jutland. He was demobilized in June 1919, but rejoined the Royal Fleet Reserve. He however seems to have reverted to the Royal Navy to continue his sea service, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1924. He was finally pensioned on 6 January 1931, and re-joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. He was recalled as pensioned Leading Stoker on 26 April 1940, until released to the Reserve List in February 1944.

Lot 521

1914-15 Star (2) (S-10609 Pte. E. J. Haynes. Gord. Highrs.; 4151 Pte. G. Rae. Gord. Highrs.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (3-2440 Pte. J. Sinnot. R. Ir. Rif.; 5067 Pte. J. Cregg Conn. Rang.) generally very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Edward J. Haynes attested for the Gordon Highlanders and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 November 1915. He was discharged to the Class Z Reserve on 21 March 1919. George Rae attested for the Gordon Highlanders and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 November 1915. He later served with the Royal Engineers. John Sinnott, a native of Bray, County Wicklow, attested for the Royal Irish Rifles and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 26 October 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. John Cregg attested for the Connaught Rangers and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from September 1915. He later transferred to the Labour Corps and was discharged on 1 November 1918.

Lot 522

1914-15 Star (2) (56105. Pte C. H. Heffer. R.A.M.C.; Nsg-Sister M. A. Lang); Victory Medal 1914-19 (I. A. M. Plunket.) good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Cecil Howard Heffer, a native of Sutton, Surrey was 19 when he attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps on 23 February 1915. He served with the R.A.M.C. during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 May 1915 and at some point was attached to the Leinster Regiment, proceeding with them to the Middle East, and was with them when he was killed in action on 16 March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial. Sold with personal effects, including correspondence to his father, identity discs, Red Cross Arm band, shoulder titles &c. Mary Agnes Lang served during the Great War on board a hospital ship as Nursing Sister from June 1915; her Medal Index Card indicates that her 1914-15 Star was ‘issued by the Government of India’. Irene A M Plunket served as an Orderly with the British Committee of the French Red Cross in the Balkans from April until November 1917.

Lot 526

1914-15 Star (2) (440625 Pte. R. E. Mays. 5/Can: Inf:; 53903. Pte. G. Dewse. 18/Can: Inf:); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (463991. Pte. B. Thayer. 29-Can. Inf.; 1000457. Pte. W. Dunn. 78-Can. Inf.) first badly fire damaged and pitted, thus fair; the rest nearly very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Raymond Earl Mays was born in Thief River Falls Minnesota and had prior service with the 52nd Prince Albert Volunteers before joining the 5th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment) on 21 December 1914. He died on 26 September 1916 and is buried in the Courcelette British Cemetery, France. George Edward Dewse was born in York on 22 April 1888 and served for four years in the Manchester Regiment prior to emigrating to Canada. He had also served with the 29th Militia Regiment in Canada for a year before attesting for the 18th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on 26 October 1914. Private Walter Dunn was born in Rudstone Parva, Driffield, Yorkshire on 20 June 1893 and was working as a farm labourer in Minnedasa, Manitoba when he attested for the Canadian Infantry on 24 January 1916 Private Bert Thayre was born in Crawley, Sussex on 24 July 1888 and was working as a carpenter when he attested for the Canadian Infantry on 14 August 1915. He served with the 78th Battalion Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action during the battle of the Somme on 26 September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France.

Lot 528

1914-15 Star (3) (Sjt. E. R. Walker Ermelo. Cdo.; Burg. G. I. Jordaan. Heidelberg Kdo.; Burg A. A. Pieterge Wolmstd Kdo); British War Medal 1914-120 (Pte. M. Friedel. Barkly West Cdo.) unit partially officially corrected on first, nearly very fine and better (4) £80-£100 --- Edmund Robert Walker attested for the Ermelo Commando on 13 October 1914. G. I. Jordaan attested for the Heidelberg Commando on 15 January 1915, and was demobilised on 6 August 1915.

Lot 53

Five: Chief Stoker E. J. North, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (K. 4066. E. J. North. Lg. Sto. H.M.S. Alert.); 1914-15 Star (K.4066, E. J. North, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.4066 E. J. North. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.4066 E. J. North. Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Columbine.) contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (5) £200-£240 --- Edward John North was born on 15 May 1887, at Marlborough, Wiltshire. He commenced naval service on a 5 year short service engagement, as SS 101594, Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Acheron, on 20 November 1905. He was appointed to H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 12 April 1906, and H.M.S. Sutlej on 15 May 1906, being advanced to Stoker First Class on 23 August 1906. He transferred to a long service engagement on 10 August 1909, and was re-numbered K.4066. He was appointed Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Tenedos, on 4 September 1909. He served in H.M.S. Alert from 4 February to 21 November 1910, and was advanced to Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. St. George, on 15 September 1911. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Weymouth and H.M.S. Pembroke II, and was advanced to Chief Stoker, 1 April 1919. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1921, and was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Pembroke II on 19 November 1927. He was recalled for service to H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 26 August 1939, as pensioned Chief Stoker, and was released from H.M.S. Royal Arthur on 27 June 1945, being entitled to a War Gratuity for his service in the Second World War.

Lot 530

1914-15 Star (No. 4825 Sepoy Magi Singh, Myitkyina Bn. B.M.P.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (P-1987 L.Cpl. C. H. White. M.M.P.; 761 H.C. Khan Gul, Police Dept.; 1609 3-Sgt. F. Collington. B.S.A.P.; 3093 Pte. A. Hannah, M.F.P.) last lacking suspension and planchet only, edge bruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine (5) £80-£100 --- Magi Singh served with the Myitkyina Battalion, Burma Military Police. C. H. White served with the Military Mounted Police during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 May 1915, and was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 24 April 1919.

Lot 531

British War Medal 1914-20 (C. Vandewalle. D.H. Fishery Reserve.) good very fine, scarce £60-£80

Lot 532

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (3DG-5644 Pte. J. Ansell. 6-D. Gds.; D-1341 Pte. R. G. Stephenson. 1-Dns.; 81249 Pte. H. Yearsley. N. Ir. H.; 1284 Pte. J. J. Joyce. K. Edw. H.) edge bruising to third, generally very fine (4) £100-£140 --- John Ansell attested for the 6th Dragoon Guards and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914, subsequently transferring to the 3rd Dragoon Guards and later to the Corps of Dragoons. Robert G. Stephenson attested for the 1st Royal Dragoons and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 October 1914, subsequently transferring to the Corps of Dragoons. Harry Yearsley attested for the North Irish Horse and served with them during the Great War, subsequently transferring to the Army Cyclist Corps. Joshua J. Joyce attested for King Edward’s Horse and served with them during the Great War, subsequently transferring to the Labour Corps.

Lot 533

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (10 Cpl. A. Ossitt. Household. Bn.; 891 A. Cpl. J. W. Underwood. Household Bn.; 1524 Tpr. W. Hitchener. Household Bn.; 395 Pte. C. E. Cole. Household Bn.) very fine and better (4) £120-£160 --- Arthur Ossitt attested for the Household Battalion, and served with them during the Great War, subsequently transferring to the Guards Machine Gun Regiment. John Wilfred Underwood attested for the Household Battalion, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 12 October 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. William Hitchener attested for the Household Battalion, and served with them during the Great War, subsequently transferring to the Grenadier Guards. Cecil E. Cole attested for the Household Battalion, and served with them during the Great War, subsequently transferring to the Labour Corps.

Lot 534

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (128494 A. Sjt. J. W. Purves. R.A.; L-39145 Dvr. A. Philbin. R.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (318956 A. Cpl. V. Huntingford. R.A.; 323993 Spr. J. S. Catlin. R.E.; 205391 Spr. J. K. Cruickshank. R.E.; 22192 Spr. G. Smith. R.E.) minor official correction to Catlin, generally very fine (6) £80-£100 --- John William Purves attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Gravesend, Kent, on 5 November 1914 and served with the A.A. Reserve Brigade during the Great War, being promoted Acting Sergeant on 20 June 1918. He was hospitalised with bronchopneumonia on 25 November 1918, and was discharged from hospital on 2 January 1919. Victor Huntingford was born on 14 November 1895 and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 19 July 1915. He was appointed Acting Corporal on 7 October 1918, and was demobilised on 21 August 1919. Joseph S. Catlin attested for the Royal Engineers and served with the Railway Operating Division during the Great War in Egypt. He died on 7 November 1918 and is buried in Gaza War Cemetery. James K. Cruickshank attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them during the Great War, later transferring to the Royal Army Medical Corps George Smith attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 May 1915. Sold with copied research.

Lot 535

British War Medal 1914-20 (Nurse E. O’Carroll.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (F. W. Tillinghast. B.R.C. & St. J.J.) good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- E. O’Carroll served as a Nurse with the General Hospital, Durban. Frederick W. Tillinghast served with the British Red Cross Society during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 October 1915.

Lot 536

British War Medal 1914-20 (3096 Pte. J. B. Vernede, Nil. Vol. Rfs.) extremely fine £60-£80 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009 (when sold alongside the recipient’s Volunteer Force Long Service Medal). J. B. Vernede was awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, published in I.A.O. 117 of March 1930, whilst serving as a Corporal in the Nilgiri Malabar Battalion, Auxiliary Force India. Note: The recipient’s Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (for India and the Colonies), previously sold alongside this medal in 2009, subsequently sold in these rooms in March 2020.

Lot 537

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (13419 L-Cpl. L. B. Woolcock. 5-D.A.S.P. A.I.F.; 67496 Pte. W. C. Stanley. G.S.R. A.I.F.; 69508 Pte. A. B. Macdonald. N.Z.E.F.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Leonard Bruce Woolcock, a motor mechanic from Brisbane, Queensland, attested for the Australian Imperial Force on 19 September 1916 and served with the 5th Divisional Ammunition Sub Park during the Great War. William Charles Stanley, a tobacco worker from Sydney, New South Wales, attested for the Australian Imperial Force on 31 August 1918 and served with the 25th General Service Reinforcements during the Great War.

Lot 538

British War Medal 1914-20 (5138 Pte. E. Xerri. K.O. Malta M.) edge bruising, very fine, scarce to unit £60-£80 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2004. E. Xerri served with the King’s Own Malta Militia.

Lot 539

British War Medal 1914-20, bronze issue (697 Porter Fazal Din, 2 Pts. Cps.) good very fine £100-£140

Lot 54

Five: Stoker Petty Officer C. H. Goulding, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (K2465. C. H. Goulding. Sto. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Odin); 1914-15 Star (K.2465, C. H. Goulding, L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.2465 C. H. Goulding. L. Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.2465 C. H. Goulding. S.P.O. H.M.S. Cairo.) contact marks ands minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (5) £200-£240 --- Charles Henry Goulding was born on 29 March 1887, at Lincoln. He commenced naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Nelson, on 6 April 1909. He was advanced to Stoker First Class in H.M.S. Odin, on 29 May 1910, and to Acting Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Dryad on 29 July 1914. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Harrier, H.M.S. Victory II, H.M.S. Zubian and H.M.S. Neptune. He was promoted Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Hercules, on 5 June 1919, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1929, when serving in H.M.S. Cairo. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Concord, on 1 May 1931, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. He was recalled for service in January 1941, but was invalided from R.N. Hospital, Knowle, in November 1942.

Lot 540

Victory Medal 1914-19 (A.N.F. 1670 E. R. H. Magnusson. 3 Wr. R.N.) very fine and rare named to the Australian Naval Force £100-£140 --- Eric Robert Howard Magnusson was born at Whakataki, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand, on 19 January 1895. He volunteered for service in the Australian Naval Force on 8 June 1911, and commenced his engagement in the Royal Navy on 19 January 1913, serving as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Pioneer Note: Only 77 men are recorded on the Great War Naval Medal rolls for the Australian Naval Force, all of whom were engaged into the Royal Navy under the terms of the Naval Agreement of 1903. Enlistment to the Australian Naval Force effectively became defunct with the establishment of the Royal Australian Navy in 1913. Sold with copied engagement form, medal roll extract, and other research.

Lot 541

Victory Medal 1914-19 (5) (PO.13407. Pte. W. Rodwell. R.M.L.I.; 27387 Pte. H. W. Mountford. W. York. R.; 34111. Pte. E. W. Sands. North’n. R.; S-314060 Pte. J. O. Harris A.S.C.; 22901. 2.A.M. N. Rayman R.A.F.) worn in parts, nearly very fine (5) £70-£90 --- William Rodwell was born on 23 October 1885 and enlisted in the Royal Marines in Portsmouth on 15 July 1903 whilst still underage. He is listed as serving in operations off the Belgian Coast whilst in H.M.S. Venerable in April 1915, and received his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 2 May 1919. Sold with copied service papers. Harold William Mountford was born in St Chad’s, Staffordshire and attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment at Lichfield. He served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 20 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. N. Rayman joined the Royal Flying Corps on February 14 1916. Only one N Rayman appears on the 1901 census – a seven year old named Nathan living with his family on Meanwood Road, Leeds. His father is listed as being a jeweller who is a ‘Russian Subject’.

Lot 542

Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (6DG-3764 W.O. CL 2. H. Cowley. 6-D Gds; 11261 Pte. R. S. Wright G. Gds) nearly very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Harry Cowley, a native of Birmingham, served with the 6th Dragoon Guards during the Great War on the Western Front as part of the first wave of the British Expeditionary Force from 16 August 1914. He was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres on 31 October 1914; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Robert Scott Wright, a native of Battersea, London and originally from Hucknall in Nottinghamshire, served with the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1914. He was killed in action on 10 March 1915, the first day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle; he has no known grave and is remembered on Le Touret Memorial, France.

Lot 543

Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (Capt. H. M. Gray.; Lieut. F. R. B. White.; 2. Lieut. A. I. Ellis.) very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Hubert McKenzie Gray served with the 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) on August 10 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Frederick Robert Burt White and Arthur Isaac Ellis both served with the Royal Fusiliers during the Great War.

Lot 544

Victory Medal 1914-1919 (5) (32128. Pte. J. C. Gunn. Norfolk. R.; 17189. Cpl. T. H. Walters. S. Wales. Bord; 31781. Pte. A. D. Pearson. Worc. R.; 2620. Pte L. G. Halse. Midd’x. R.; G77578 Pte. R. Skeet. Midd’x. R.) generally nearly very fine (5) £80-£100 --- John Charles Gunn was born in Brighton and attested for the Norfolk Regiment in Wandsworth. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front before transferring to the 1st/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, and was killed in action on 9 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Alan Dobing Pearson attested for the Worcestershire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 21 May 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Leonard George Halse, a native of Upper Edmonton, Middlesex, attested for the Middlesex Regiment on 5 September 1914 and served with the 1st/7th Battalion during the Great War initially in the Egyptian theatre of War from 1 September 1915. Transferring to the Western Front, he was wounded in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, and was subsequently killed in action on 3 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Robert Skeet, a native of Gillingham, Kent, attested for the Middlesex Regiment aged 37 in August 1916, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 18 October 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Lot 545

Victory Medal 1914-1919 (6) (Lieut. S. J. Cottle; 31808 Pte. F. T. Hopkins. M.G.C.; 87609 Pte. A. E. Roff. M.G.C.; 7963 Sjt. F.H.Taylor. A. Cyc. Corps.; 11157 Pte. H. E. Kny. A. Cyc. Corps.; 026084 Cpl. G. H. Foweraker A.O.C.) generally very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Sidney Joseph Cottle was commissioned into the Devonshire Regiment from the Royal Fusiliers on 25 January 1915. He landed in France just over a year later on 5 February 1916 and was attached to the Machine Gun Corps when he was killed in action on 31 July 1917, the first day of the Third Battle of Ypres. The BWM/Victory medal roll shows him under the heading “Tank” and indeed the Tank Corps, formerly the Heavy Branch MGC, had been formed just four days prior to his death. It is likely that he was one of those killed when the tanks got bogged down in the mud at Passchendaele. He is buried in Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium. Francis Thomas Hopkins, a native of Kennington, London, served with the 61st Company, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action during the Battle of Cambrai on 30 November 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial. Alfred Edward Roff, a native of West Ealing, London, served with the 171st Company, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 11 July 1917. He is buried in the Cite Bonjean Cemetery, Armentieres, France. Frederick H. Taylor served with the Army Cyclist Corp as Lance Corporal during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 October 1915. He subsequently joined the Machine Gun Corps as a Sergeant and was discharged to the Class Z Reserve in May 1919. Harry Ernest Kny was born in Amblecote, near Stourbridge, and died of malaria in Salonika on 19 November 1917. He is buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria. Gordon Hamilton Foweraker died at home on 9 May 1919 and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Brighton (Bear Road) Cemetery, Sussex.

Lot 546

Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (Capt. H. G. Robinson; Lieut C. Garred; 2. Lieut. D. H. Fenner R.A.F.; Major A. G. Gibson) generally very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Harold Godfrey Robinson was born in Clevedon, Somerset, on 27 October 1886, and was commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment as a Second Lieutenant in May 1907, being promoted Lieutenant in October 1909. He was serving on the Northwest Frontier with the 2nd Battalion in 1914, and by 1917 was serving with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 12 June 1917 and is buried in the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, France. Claude Garred was born on 23 April 1890 and at age 18 attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 July 1915 before being commissioned Second Lieutenant on 21 December 1916, and was promoted to Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 21 June 1918. David Horace Fenner joined the Royal Flying Corps as 7225 Airman, Second Class before receiving his commission as Second Lieutenant, and joined the Royal Air Force upon its formation on 1 April 1918. Two Majors with the name A. G. Gibson are noted as serving during the Great War, in the Army Service Corps and Royal Army Medical Corps respectively.

Lot 547

Victory Medal 1914-19 (Major A. E. Notley) good very fine (4) £70-£90 --- M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Albert Edward Notley served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War, initially as a Staff Sergeant Major, on the Western Front from 9 August 1914. He was commissioned Quartermaster (Second Lieutenant) on 15 December 1914 and for his services during the Great War was advanced Major, was awarded the Military Cross, and was Mentioned in Despatches.

Lot 548

Victory Medal 1914-19 (32203 Pte. J. W. Emmerson. R.A.M.C.) very fine £80-£100 --- M.M. London Gazette 6 August 1918. James William Emmerson was born in Sunderland, co. Durham, and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Ferryhill. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 May 1915, and was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 27th Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. He died on 28 July 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.

Lot 549

Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (254944 2. Cpl. S. E. H. Ledru. R.E.) nearly extremely fine £80-£100

Lot 55

Five: Stoker Petty Officer R. Lashbrook, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Marksman at the Battle of Jutland Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (306229 R. Lashbrooke [sic]. Lg. Sto. H.M.S. Dartmouth.); 1914-15 Star (306229, R. Lashbrooke [sic], L.Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (306229 R. Lashbrook. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (306229. R. Lashbrook, S.P.O. H.M.S. Julius.) contact marks and light edge bruising, nearly very fine (5) £240-£280 --- Richard Lashbrook was born on 25 December 1885 at Truro, Cornwall. He commenced naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid II, on 12 April 1904, and was advanced to Stoker First Class in H.M.S. Cornwall on 1 July 1906. He was advanced Acting Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Vivid II, on 14 February 1913, and confirmed as Leading Stoker, on 3 July 1913. He was appointed to H.M.S. Dartmouth on 2 September 1913, and served in her until 30 June 1915. Much of the rest of service in the Great War was spent in H.M.S. Marksman, which served in the 12th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet, and he was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was advanced to Stoker Petty Officer in June 1916, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1921. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Defiance, on 11 April 1926, and subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve.

Lot 550

Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19, unnamed specimen; together with an erased 1914 Star, extremely fine (2) £100-£140

Lot 56

Five: Stoker Petty Officer J. Sloman, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (302779. J. Sloman, Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Pelorus.); 1914-15 Star (302779, J. Sloman, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (302779 J. Sloman. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (302779 J. Sloman, S.P.O. H.M.S. Blenheim.) contact marks, very fine (5) £200-£240 --- John Sloman was born on 18 December 1882, at Tavistock, Devon. He commenced naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid II, on 27 January 1903, and was advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Commonwealth, on 1 April 1905. He was promoted Acting Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Doris, on 10 July 1907, and was confirmed as Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Indus, on 8 October 1909, and Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Vivid II, on 1 May 1912. He was appointed to H.M.S. Pelorus on 28 May 1912. During the Great War he principally served in H.M.S. Marksman and in H.M.S. Tigress, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in August 1918. He continued in service until June 1922, when he was pensioned to shore with a reduced pension on reduction of the navy.

Lot 569

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal (2); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; South Africa Medal for War Service; Africa Service Medal (N30252 P. S. Leburu); Australia Service Medal (NX51926 W. E. Mitchell) all but the last two unnamed as issued, generally good very fine or better (12) £100-£140

Lot 57

Three: Corporal H. H. Fletcher, Royal Horse Artillery 1914 Star, with clasp (43546 Bmbr: H. H. Fletcher. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (43546 Cpl. H. H. Fletcher. R.A.) mounted for display, good very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Herbert H. Fletcher served with 3 Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery in France from 15 August 1914. Sold with copied Medal Index Card.

Lot 570

1939-45 Star (2); Africa Star (3), 2 clasps, 8th Army, North Africa 1942-43; Pacific Star (3), 1 clasp, Burma; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45 (6), one stipple engraved to ‘1729 Pte. Yohane. R.A.A.C.’; Africa Service Medal (72473 J. H. Wood); New Zealand War Service Medal; Indian Independence Medal 1947 (21133213 Rfn Balbahadur Thapa GR) nearly very fine or better (19) £80-£100

Lot 573

Burma Star (10); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (T/4129130 Dvr. J. F. Law. R.A.S.C.) traces of verdigris to some of the Stars, and the EM officially re-impressed, generally fine and better (11) £50-£70

Lot 574

Defence Medal (5); War Medal 1939-45 (10), generally nearly extremely fine (15) £70-£90

Lot 575

Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (3), one with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver (6), all unnamed as issued, good very fine or better (10) £100-£140

Lot 576

Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (2), one with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver (2), all unnamed as issued; together with: Canadian Legion, Vimy Pilgrimage medal 1936, silvered metal; Grand Lodge of Manitoba, gilt metal medal with top bar ‘Fifty Years, inscribed ‘Presented to Bro. Thomas Sharp, initiated 30th March 1905’; Army Navy & Air Force Veterans in Canada, Life Member’s medal, gilt and enamel, inscribed ‘Thomas Sharp, Dominion Association January 6th 1964’; and two collar badges for ‘CMC’ and RCAMC’, good very fine or better (10) £60-£80

Lot 577

Southern Rhodesia Service Medal, unnamed as issued, extremely fine £240-£280

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