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Five: Able Seaman A. Blytham, Royal Fleet Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (SSX.13003 (Ch.D.503) A. Blytham. A.B. R.F.R.) good very fine Five: Petty Officer W. H. Carlisle, Royal Fleet Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX. 15265 W. H. Carlisle, Ch.B.29171 P.O. R.F.R.) light contact marks, good very fine (10) £80-£120

Four: Chief Engineman J. R. Jones, Royal Naval Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (424 E.T., J. R. Jones. Ch. Engn. R.N.R.) good very fine Five: Seaman G. Bruce, Royal Naval Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (10026B. G. Bruce. Smn. R.N.R.) good very fine (9) £100-£140

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (J. Pearce, Boy 2nd Cl., H.M.S. Osprey) suspension re-fitted, brooch marks to obverse, otherwise very fine and very rare £1,000-£1,200 --- This medal was issued to 7 naval ratings and 4 royal marines from H.M.S. Osprey, all of whom were lent to H.M.S. North Star for service in New Zealand.

Three: Sergeant W. G. C. Roberts, Royal Army Veterinary Corps British War and Victory Medals (SE-12495 Sjt. W. G. Roberts. A.V.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (SE-12495 Sjt. W. G. C. Roberts. R.A.V.C.); together with the recipient’s two card identity tags; and a small prize medal, silver (hallmarks for Birmingham 1907) with gold centres, engraved ‘Woodford & District League Div. II. Western Secn. Leyton Manor F.C. W. C. Roberts’, good very fine (4) £160-£200 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. William Gill Crosby Roberts was born in 1883 and attested for the Army Veterinary Corps, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, he transferred to the Reserve on 24 May 1919. Sold together with the recipient’s Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve; and Record Office enclosure for the Great War Medals, in OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mr. W. G. C. Roberts, 97 Uplands Road, Crouch End, London N8’.

Three: Lance-Corporal of Horse A. J. P. Kemp, Life Guards Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25130771 Tpr A J P Kemp LG); Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (LCPL A J P Kemp LG 25130771); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, ISAF, in case of issue, the first two mounted court-style, nearly extremely fine (3) £500-£600 --- Sold with named NATO award certificate for ISAF operations together with 10 coloured photographs, mostly mounted at Hyde Park Barracks.

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (2) (3836 Sergt: E. T. Lewis. 1st Bucks: V.R.C.; 993 Pte. F. Coleman, 2nd V.B. Oxford L.I.) minor official correction to first, contact marks, generally very fine (2) £100-£140

Family Group: Pair: Sergeant W. Palmer, Army Service Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Orange Free State (9693 Sejt. W. Palmer, A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (9693 Sjt: W. Palmer. A.S.C.) good very fine Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (2/Cl. S.Sjt: W. Palmer. A.S.C.) obverse polished, nearly very fine, the reverse better (3) £240-£280 --- 9693 Sergeant William Palmer was born in Woolwich, Kent, in 1875 and attested there or the Army Service Corps on 1 November 1890. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 6 October 1899 and was promoted Sergeant on 1 May 1900., before being invalided to England on 11 June 1900. He was discharged to pension on 31 October 1913, after 23 years’ service, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 99 of 1914. 796 Staff Sergeant William Palmer, the father of 9693 Sergeant W. Palmer, was born in Southwark, London, and attested for the Military Train on 23 February 1858. Advanced Sergeant on 9 July 1867, he transferred to the Army Service Corps on 23 February 1870, and was appointed Second Class Staff Sergeant on 18 October 1877. He was discharged on 29 October 1878, and was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, together with an Annuity of £10, on 2 April 1909. Sold with copied service papers.

Five: Sergeant T. G. McKenzie, Royal Highlanders 1914-15 Star (S-7596. Pte. T. McKenzie, R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-7596 Pte. T. McKenzie. R. Highrs.); War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (2744827 Sjt. T. G. McKenzie. Black Watch.); together with a Royal Highlanders badge, edge of last prepared for naming, contact marks to BWM, this nearly very fine, the rest good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Thomas McKenzie attested for the Royal Highlanders and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 June 1915.

Four: Lance-Sergeant K. T. Robson, Royal Artillery, who was taken Prisoner of War at Cyrenaica on 20 June 1942 and recorded his period of captivity in a diary 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (887480 Bdr. K. T. Robson. R.A.) extremely fine (4) £140-£180 --- K. T. Robson, a native of Alnwick, Northumberland, served with the Survey Battery 4th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War with the Middle East Forces, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Cyrenaica on 20 June 1942. He was held at Stalag IV B for the remainder of the War, and was liberated following the cessation of hostilities. He was awarded his Efficiency Medal in February 1948. Sold together with the recipient’s hand-written diary for his period in captivity, up to and including his liberation; the recipient’s invitation to and programme for the Welcome Home Banquet of the 4th (Durham) Survey Regiment R.A., 6 September 1946; and copied research.

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (6420 Driv: H. Sunderland. J/3. Bde. R.A.) very fine £100-£140 --- Note: The medal roll for J Battery, 3rd Brigade, Royal Artillery shows 6420 Driver H. Sunderland as having received an Egypt Medal with the single clasp for Tel-el-Kebir.

Five: Colour Sergeant P. D. G. Giannini, East Kent Regiment, later Corps of Military Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5781 Pte. P. Giannini. E. Kent Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5781 Corpl: P. Giannini. E. Kent Regt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (752 C. Sjt. P. Giannini. M.F.P.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (752 Sjt: -A.S. Mjr:- P. Giannini. C. of M.P.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (752 Sjt: P. Giannini. M.F.P.) mounted court-style as worn, contact marks to the Boer War pair, these nearly very fine, the rest good very fine and better (5) £500-£700 --- Ponzaino D. G. Giannini was born in Hammersmith Middlesex, in 1880 and attested for the East Kent Regiment at Canterbury on 11 November 1898. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 9 June 1900 to 27 October 1902, and transferred to the Military Foot Police on 16 July 1903. He saw further service in Malta from 3 November 1910 to 24 May 1915, and then spent the rest of the great War on home service. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 125 of 1917, and for his services during the Great War was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 22 February 1919). Appointed Regimental Sergeant Major at Aldershot, he was discharged with the rank of Warrant Officer Class I on 26 July 1920. Sold together with an attractive triple decanter Tanterless set with front cigar compartment, with top silver plaque inscribed ‘Presented to R.S.M. P. D. G. Giannini by the W.Os. and N.C.O.s Military Police Aldershot, as a Token of Esteem on his Retirement, June 1920’; the recipient’s Masonic apron, housed in a leather satchel, the front embossed ‘Bro. P. D. G. Giannini, Aldershot Camp Lodge No. 1331.’; a R.A.O.B. Orphanage subscriber’s Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Bro. P. D. G. Giannini. 1920.’, with ‘Life Vote’ suspension bar and ‘Founded 1898’ top riband bar; and copied research. Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.

Three: Chief Petty Officer C. Brunton, Royal New Zealand Naval Hospital Vietnam 1964-73 (461833 DCPO C Brunton RNZN); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Brunton C. C. 461883 D.C.P.O. M R.N.Z.N.H.); South Vietnam Medal 1964, 1 clasp, 1960- (461833 C Brunton) note differing official numbers, mounted as worn, minor contact marks, otherwise very fine and scarce (3) £600-£800

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (C. Thompson. 97th Regt.) officially impressed naming, in original named card box of issue together with transmission letter and Registered packet addressed to ‘Eleanor Dodds, Berwick on Tweed’, dark toned, extremely fine £400-£500 --- Charles Thompson was severely wounded in the attack on the Redan on 8 September 1855, and died of his wounds on 23 September. Sold with full muster search details and the following original letters: i. Camp Before Sebastopol, 22nd June 1855, Charles Thompson to his Sister describing in various events, conditions and daily duties in the trenches. ii. London, 11 July 1853, Charles Thompson to a friend shortly after his arrival from America at Deal in the Simoom steam frigate. iii. Camp Light Division, Sebastopol, October 29th [1855], from Lieutenant G. M. Alderson, 97th Regt., reporting death of Private Charles Thompson from severe wounds received in the attack on the Redan on 8th September. iv. Camp Sebastopol, 20th Oct. ‘55, from Colour Sergt. John West, 97 Rgt., to Mrs [Eleanor] Dodd, ‘I am very sorry to communicate to you the death of C. Tompson (sic) which took place on the 23rd Sept. of wounds received in the Redan Battery on the day of the attack. I feel very sorry for him for he was a good and Brave Soldier.’ v. War Department letter, dated 12 Novr. 1856, advising Eleanor Dodds that, in answer to her enquiry about a medal for Chas. Thompson of the 97 Foot, that ‘the medal will be sent when ready.’

Pair: Sergeant J. Trainer, 18th Hussars Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2114. L/Sergt. J Trainer. 18/Husrs.); Khedive’s Star 1884, unnamed as issued, contact marks and pitting from Star, nearly very fine (2) £240-£280 --- J. Trainer was one of 2 officers and 42 other ranks of the 18th Hussars (and the third most senior N.C.O.) who served with the Light Camel Regiment on the Nile Expedition of 1884-85. Sold with copied medal roll extract.

Three: Chief Radio Supervisor K. H. Tyler, Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm, later Contract Yeoman, Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (JX.838970 K. H. Tyler. R.S. J.M.S. St. Angelo.) edge bruise; Oman, General Service Medal, 1 clasp, Dhofar, gilt; As Sumood Medal, gilt, mounted for wear, very fine (3) £140-£180 --- Keith Henry Tyler was born in Lambeth, London in October 1932. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in 1948, and advanced to Telegraphist in November 1951. In 1955 the Fleet Air Arm adopted the Fairey Gannet, which became the mainstay of the carrier-borne anti-submarine force. The latter required a crew of three and Telegraphists were obtained from the Royal Navy as volunteers on a loan period. Tyler volunteered, and after initial training was posted to 812 Squadron. He went with the Squadron when she sailed for the Mediterranean on H.M.S. Eagle in 1955. Tyler advanced to Leading Telegraphist, and was involved in a minor aircraft accident, 26 June 1956, when he accidentally jettisoned the observer’s hood of his Gannet. He was subsequently posted to 728 Squadron based at Hal Far, Malta, and then borne on the books of St. Angelo. Tyler advanced to Petty Officer (Radio Supervisor), and served with the British Mission in Libya in the 1960’s. He advanced to Chief Radio Supervisor in July 1965, and then became a Technical Instructor on H.M.S. Drake. Tyler was discharged, 7 October 1975, and two days later took up a three year appointment as a Contract Yeoman in the Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces. Upon his return, Tyler was employed by the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. Sold with recipient’s Parchment Certificate of Service; Certificate of Qualifications; Job Description; Certificate of Discharge; Passport; other ephemera and copied research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (4661. Pte. W. G. Bath. 18/Hrs) edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £120-£160 --- William George Bath was born in Battersea, London, in 1880 and attested for the 18th Hussars in London on 1 June 1898. He served with the Regiment in South Africa from 24 December 1898 to 31 October 1902 (additionally entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps), and transferred to the Army Reserve on 8 June 1903. He was discharged on 31 May 1910, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts which confirm all clasps.

Four: Private A. Lawrence, 5th Dragoon Guards, later Chairman of the Cardiff Group of the Old Contemptibles Association 1914 Star, with clasp (14093 Pte. A. Lawrence, 5/D. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (GS-11158 Pte. A. Lawrence. 5-D.Gds.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s Old Contemptibles of Wales, Cardiff Group President’s Jewel, silver (hallmarks for Chester 1934) and enamel, the obverse featuring the dragon of Wales within a wreath, embellished with crossed rifles, the reverse engraved ‘Presented by our President Sir Robert J. Webber J.P., to the Cardiff Group of the Old Contemptibles of Wales, Nov. 1934’, on neck riband with engraved name plates of 12 past Presidents, including ‘Chum A. Lawrence 1958 - 60’, in case of issue, nearly very fine and better (5) £300-£400 --- Alfred Lawrence was born at Wem, Shropshire in 1894, and joined the Merchant Navy as a boy apprentice. In November 1912 had a serious accident falling from a ladder into the ship’s hold of the S.S. Iddesleigh, and was carried ashore unconscious. He was left behind by his ship and spent some time in the British Seaman’s Hospital at Constantinople, but was picked up by the Iddesleigh on its return voyage in December 1912. Lawrence attested for the 5th Dragoon Guards and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 September 1914. He survived the Great War and was transferred to the Army Reserve on 11 March 1919. Following the Great War he joined the Fire Service in Cardiff where he served as a Company Officer in the National Fire Service. In the 1939 Register he is recorded as residing in one of the Fire Station apartments in the Central Fire Station, Cardiff, where he is noted as Fireman / Constable. He died 19 May 1969, at Cardiff. The Past Presidents named on the Old Contemptible’s President’s Jewel are: 1934-35 Sir Robert J. Webber J.P; 1936 Sir William James Thomas, Bart., J.P; 1937-38 Captain Lionel Lindsay M.V.O., O.B.E.; 1938-41 F. E. Nunn; 1942-47 John Dunning; 1949-51 Captain Harry Wallace; 1952-54 Jos. Ware D.C.M, M.S.M.; 1955-57 Major F. C. Clifton; 1958-60 A. Lawrence; and 1961 T. Webb. Sold together with an extensive (and somewhat damaged) photograph and family press cutting album, including a fine portrait photograph of the recipient wearing his President’s Jewel and his war medals and with wartime letters and postcards home, pasted in fibre dog-tag ‘2527 A. Lawrence, C.E. 5.DG’, and 5th Dragoon Guards bi-metal cap badge, original Record Office issue slip for the 1914 Star, ‘Ypres 1914’ sweetheart badge fashioned from two small General Service buttons, photographs of Old Contemptibles remembrance day parades, reunion programmes, and other ephemera.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private F. T. Luxford, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action on 4 December 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (A-201403 Pte. F. T. Luxford. 8/K.R.R.C.); British War and Victory Medals (A-201403 Pte. F. T. Luxford. K.R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (Frederick Thomas Luxford) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917. Frederick Thomas Luxford was born in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Walthamstow, Essex. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 4 December 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (John Foster. Leadg. Stoker H.M.S. Gorgon) nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- John Foster was born in Princestown, Devonshire, on 8 May 1843 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in H.M.S. Indus on 29 November 1867, transferring to (amongst others) H.M.S. Meanee on 7 May 1868; H.M.S. Adventure on 29 October 1868; H.M.S. Princess Charlotte on 11 November 1870, in which ship he was advanced Leading Stoker on 19 October 1871; and H.M.S. Gorgon on 24 April 1878. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 13 June 1878, and shore pensioned on 30 December 1887. Sold with copied research.

Four: Chief Engine Room Artificer T. Quaine, Royal Navy War Medal 1939-45; Korea 1950-53 (P/MX.708082 T. Quaine. E.R.A.4. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (MX.708082 T. Quaine. C.E.R.A. H.M.S. Walrus.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £400-£500 --- H.M.S. Walrus was the last of the Porpoise class submarines of the Royal Navy. She was commissioned in February 1961 and sold off in 1987.

Army Temperance Association India Medals. Army Temperance Association India Five Year Medal, silver and enamel (2) (ATAI.5), one with ‘Watch and Be Sober’ top riband bar; Six Year Medal, silver (2) (ATAI.6), one with Indian lion hallmark to reverse; Seven Year Medal, silver (ATAI.7); Eight Year Medal, silver (ATAI.8), all with top suspension bars, all unnamed as issued, generally very fine (8) £70-£90

Coast Life Saving Corps Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue, with Long Service Additional Award Bar (W. G. Thomas) in Royal Mint case of issue, extremely fine £100-£140

Six: Captain W. H. Lynch, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Capt. W. H. Lynch. R. Sigs.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Capt. W. H. Lynch. R. Sigs.) rank partially officially corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, mounted for display, generally very fine (6) £240-£280 --- Sold with memory stick of copied research.

The rare and remarkable Peninsular, Waterloo and Bhurtpoor group of three awarded to Troop-Sergeant-Major John Lakin, 16th Lancers, who was wounded in the leg at Fuentes d’Onor in May 1811, in the side at Burgos in 1812, and was noted in regimental records ‘for distinguished conduct in the field’; he later served as a gamekeeper and gatekeeper at Windsor Great Park, and lived in the reign of four monarchs Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Talavera, Fuentes D’Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nive (J. Lakin, T. Serjeant M. 16th Light Dragoons) the clasp for ‘Nive’ mounted upside-down; Waterloo 1815 (Corp. John Laken, 16th or Queen’s Light Drag.) fitted with replacement bar suspension; Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Bhurtpoor (Troop Serjt. Major J. Lakin, 16th Lancers) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, heavy edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good fine and better (3) £14,000-£18,000 --- Only 10 men of the 16th Light Dragoons got all three of these medals. This is the only known surviving such group apart from the one to Thomas Armstrong held by the regimental museum. Broken groups are known to four others (one of whom also got a L.S. & G.C. medal) and four remain lost/whereabouts unknown. John Lakin was born in the Parish of Sutton, Birmingham, Warwickshire, and enlisted at Birmingham for the 16th Light Dragoons on 19 July 1805, aged 18 years, for unlimited service. He was promoted to Corporal in July 1815, to Sergeant in October 1821, and to Troop Sergeant-Major in July 1824. Discharged at Meerut, India, in October 1827, Lakin returned to England for his final discharge on 22 May 1828, in consequence of ‘being inactive from corpulency’. His discharge papers record that he was ‘wounded in the leg at Fuentes d’Onor, and in the side at Burgos 28 Octr. 1812’, whilst the regimental history of the 16th Light Dragoons records him as having been distinguished in the Peninsula: ‘The following N.C.O.’s and privates were noted for distinguished conduct in the field:- Sergt.-Major Blood, Sergts. Baxter, Drawbridge, Greaves, Malony, Kearney, Blythe, Ashworth, Lincoln, Collins, Jolly, and Lakin; Corporals Cox and Yates; Privates Hurst, Fitzpatrick, Michel, Castans, Arthur, Weedon, Daly, Bulpot, and Pemberton.’ John Lakin died from ‘natural decay’ at Queen Anne’s Lodge, Windsor Great Park, on 23 February 1877. An obituary notice published in The Windsor Gazette & Eton College Journal on 3 March 1877, gave the following information: ‘Sudden Death of a Waterloo Veteran - On Friday last week Mr John Lakin, keeper of the lodge to Queen Anne’s-ride, died suddenly at the advanced age of 89 years. Mr Lakin when a young man joined the 16th Lancers, then commanded by the Earl of Harcourt, and first saw active service in India, for which he received a medal (Bhurtpoor). He fought through the Peninsula campaign under the Duke of Wellington, was present at the crowning victory of Vittoria, at Salamanca, Fuentes D’onor, and the bloody fight of Talavera; and finally he took part in the ever-memorable battle of Waterloo, receiving a sword stab in the leg and a gunshot wound in the side, but he was not placed hors de combat, and fought till the French were utterly routed. The deceased had medals and bars which tell of the glories he participated in. He attained the rank of sergeant-major and at the age of 40 years, in 1828, he was discharged with a pension from the Chelsea Hospital. After leaving the army the deceased came to Windsor, and entered the service of George III, as gamekeeper in the Great Park. As gamekeeper and gatekeeper he served under that monarch, George IV, William IV, and her present gracious Majesty. He was 43 years the keeper of Queen Anne’s-ride lodge, where he died last Friday. Mr Coroner Marlin held an inquest on the body at the Windsor Castle Inn, King’s-road, on Monday. The evidence went to show that the deceased had enjoyed on the whole very good health, and there had been no necessity to call in any medical man for a number of years. On the Thursday he appeared in a better state of health than usual, but when his daughter-in-law went to see him next morning he said he did not feel very well. He took a little breakfast and had beef-tea for dinner. After dinner he said he would try to go to sleep, but when his daughter-in-law went upstairs to see him, between three and four o’clock, she found him dead. Mr Surgeon Pearl was sent for. He stated that he found several marks on his arms and one on his side, but he did not think that they were caused by violence. It was explained by relatives of the deceased that he had to be carried up and down stairs by his son, and he “Tumbled about” a good deal. The Doctor thought Mr Lakin had died from natural decay, and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.’ And from the Evening Post of 28 February 1877: ‘A WATERLOO VETERAN. Mr John Lakin, a Waterloo veteran, has just died at Queen Anne’s Gate, Windsor Great Park, in his 90th year. He took part in the whole of the Peninsular war with the 16th Lancers, and attained the rank of sergeant-major. He was afterwards appointed by the late Lord Harcourt as keeper in Windsor Great Park, a post he filled until the day of his death - upwards of fifty years. In fact, he was the oldest royal servant of her Majesty. He lived in the reign of four sovereigns, and he had often said with pride that he had addressed them all personally - viz., George III, George IV, William IV, and her Majesty.’

Five: Private N. McLeod, 18th Hussars Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4550. Pte. N. McLeod. 18/Hrs.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4550 Pte. N. Mc.Leod. 18th. Hussars.); 1914-15 Star (28579 Pte. N. MacLeod [sic], 18th. Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (28579 Pte. N. McLeod. 18-Hrs.); together with a silver Regimental prize medal, engraved ‘Cavalry Depot Football Cup 1896-97 Pte. N. Mc.Leod. 18th. Hussars’, good very fine (6) £240-£280 --- Neil McLeod attested for the 18th Hussars and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, before transferring to the Army Reserve on 14 January 1903. Having taken his discharge, he re-joined his old Regiment on 9 January 1915, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 October 1915. He was discharged on 9 January 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B103,642. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.

Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Busaco, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, clasp carriage altered and clasps tightly spaced as for a 7+ clasp medal (John Murray 38th. Foot.) contemporarily and neatly re-engraved naming, abrasions to facings of second and third clasps, good very fine £200-£240 --- A man of the name John Murray, 38th Foot, does appear on the latest published transcript of the Military General Service Medal roll with these five clasps. He was wounded in the face by a musket shot at St. Sebastian, and discharged on 22 June 1814, subsequently being admitted as an in-patient at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Sold with copied research.

Five: Leading Seaman A. E. Hobden, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX.126364 A. E. Hobden. L.S. H.M.S. Kent.) mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (5) £70-£90

Three: Able Seaman T. H. Griffiths, Royal Navy, who survived the mining and loss of H.M.S. Irresistible in the Dardanelles in March 1915 in the Great War, and was wounded in H.M.S. Express, in the ‘Texel Disaster’ in August 1940 in the Second War 1914-15 Star (J. 25982 T. H. Griffiths, Boy 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 25982 T. H. Griffiths, Ord., R.N.) edge bruising, polished and worn, therefore fine (3) £100-£140 --- Thomas Harold Griffiths was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, on 26 April 1898 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in July 1912. By the outbreak of the Great War in August 1914, he was serving in the cruiser H.M.S. Hermione but, at the year's end, he transferred to the battleship H.M.S. Irresistible. On 18 March 1915, Irresistible was involved in a bombardment of the Ottoman forts on the Dardanelles. Shortly after 4:00 p.m. she struck a mine that caused extensive damage and disabled her engines. Unable to manoeuvre, with a list of 7 degrees to starboard, and down by the stern, Irresistible became a sitting duck for the Ottoman gunners. She drifted helplessly into range of Turkish guns, which laid down a heavy fire on her. Attempts to tow her failed, but the destroyer H.M.S. Wear came alongside and rescued most of the crew - 28 officers and 582 men - despite the punishing Ottoman shelling. The Ottomans later reported that the derelict Irresistible had drifted closer to shore and suffered further severe damage from their shore batteries before sinking shortly after 7:30 p.m. Total losses were approximately 150 officers and ratings killed. Griffiths was amongst the survivors, and spent the rest of the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments. He remained in service between the wars, and was serving as an Able Seaman in the destroyer H.M.S. Express on the outbreak of the Second World War. H.M.S. Express played a key role during the Dunkirk evacuations, and was one of the last ships to leave Dunkirk with troops on 4 June when the evacuation ended. She brought out 3,419 troops over the course of Operation Dynamo. For the rest of the year she spent her time laying defensive minefields in British waters and offensive minefields off enemy coasts. The Texel Disaster On the evening of 31 August 1940, H.M. Ships Express, Esk, Icarus, Intrepid, and Ivanhoe departed Immingham to lay an offensive minefield off Texel, with cover provided by three destroyers of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla. At 2307 hours, it became clear that the ships of the 20th Flotilla had entered a German minefield when Express struck a mine abreast ‘B’ gun, losing her entire bow up to the bridge. The detonation killed four officers and 54 ratings; one officer and seven ratings were later rescued by the Germans. Esk and Ivanhoe, the closest ships to Express, closed to render assistance, while the other two destroyers turned hard to starboard and retraced their route to exit the minefield, according to standing orders. Five minutes after the first mine detonated, Esk's bow struck a mine and she came to a stop. Five minutes later Ivanhoe struck another mine that badly damaged her bow. At about 2320, Esk struck another mine amidships that detonated her magazines. By 0140, Express had managed to raise steam again and went astern to minimise the pressure of the water on her shored-up bulkheads. The Admiralty dispatched nine M.T.B.s to go to the assistance of Express and Ivanhoe. Express finally arrived at Hull in the early evening of 2 September 1940. Griffiths was among the wounded, and was finally shore released in September 1945; he did not qualify for the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.

Pair: Colour-Sergeant James White, Royal Marines Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (James White.); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (J. White. C[r]. [Serj]t. R.M., H.M.S. Osprey) officially impressed naming, rank mostly erased on the second with consequent rubbing to remaining naming, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better and a very rare pair (2) £3,000-£3,600 --- Provenance: W. E. Gray collection 1898, sold by Glendining’s in May 1920, when incorrectly catalogued as a Syria clasp, with incorrect reverse dates of 1846 to 1847, and initial incorrectly given as ‘C’. The studious notes compiled by Mr E. E. Needes at this period confirm the correct description given above; Kuriheka Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2006 James White served as a Private, Royal Marines, aboard H.M.S. Dartmouth at Navarino. He was a Colour-Sergeant, Royal Marines, serving on board H.M.S. Osprey and was one of 7 naval ratings and 4 royal marines from that ship who were lent to H.M.S. North Star for service in New Zealand; thus, only 11 New Zealand medals issued to this ship. The only known combination of a Navarino clasp with a First Maori War Medal.

Waterloo 1815 (Michael Taylor, 18th Regiment Hussars.) fitted with replacement steel clip and later ring suspension, small test mark to edge and numerous edge bruises, otherwise better than good fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Michael Taylor was born in the Parish of Northallerton, Yorkshire, and enlisted at York into the 18th Light Dragoons on 20 May 1801, aged 20. He was discharged in consequence of ‘a Reduction in the Establishment’ on 25 February 1819, but did serve a further period in the 7th Veteran Battalion, being discharged to the Out-Pension again on 10 April 1821. This service counted towards his total time for pension, which was increased from 7d per day originally granted, to 9d per day. He continued to receive his pension, living at Hull, where he died on 22 January 1847, just missing out on applying for his M.G.S. medal. Sold with copied discharge papers.

Six: Stoker W. J. Booth, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K.59040 W. J. Booth. Sto.1. H.M.S. Lupin.) mounted as worn, very fine (6) £70-£90

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Company Sergeant Major D. Carroll, 7th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade, who distinguished himself at Passchendaele Ridge, 26/27 December 1917, and was taken prisoner of war the following year Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7575 Sjt: D. Carroll. 7/Rif: Bde:) surname partially officially corrected; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7575 Pte D. Carroll. Rifle Brigade.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (7575 L. Cpl D. Carroll. 3/Rif: Brig.); British War and Victory Medals (7575 W.O. Cl. 2. D. Carroll. Rif. Brig.) BWM named to ‘II’ rather than ‘2’, and ‘Carrol’, generally very fine (5) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 28 March 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the enemy opened a heavy bombardment during a relief he repeatedly went out into the open under intense fire to assist the relieving troops in finding their positions. He showed the greatest coolness, courage, and initiative, and was the means of preventing many casualties.’ Daniel Carroll was born in North Shields, Northumberland. He attested for the Rifle Brigade at Gosport in February 1900. Carroll served with the 4th Battalion in South Africa, December 1901 - February 1903. He served during the Great War with the 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade in the French theatre of war from 10 September 1914. Carroll transferred to the 7th (Service) Battalion in September 1915, and advanced to Sergeant in August 1916. The Battalion moved into the front line at Passchendaele at the start of December 1917, and Carroll distinguished himself at Passchendaele Ridge 26/27 December 1917. On the latter night, in heavy snow, the 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment were to relieve Carroll’s Battalion. The Worcesters were ‘observed by the enemy who put down a heavy barrage. Thanks to initiative and coolness of the Battn. guides the casualties amongst the relieving Battn. were comparatively light.’ (Battalion War Diary refers). Carroll was taken prisoner of war in 1918, and interned at Giessen, near Frankfurt. He was discharged 22 March 1919, and 19 years and 32 days service.

Pair: Staff Commander Robert Studwell, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (Robert Studwell, Volr.); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) £1,800-£2,200 --- Robert Studwell was a Volunteer 2nd Class in H.M.S. Asia at the battle of Navarino (Medal). He was Second Master in charge of Savage on the north coast of Spain, 1836-40. He was appointed Master on 20 August 1840 [this rank later re-designated as Navigating Lieutenant] and was subsequently passed in pilotage for a line-of-battle ship. He was Master of Firebrand in the action of Obligado, the passage of San Lorenzo, and in repeated boat service actions in the Parana River, 1845-46. He was Master of the Caesar in the Baltic in 1854. Studwell was promoted to Staff Commander on reserved half-pay on 11 June 1863, and is still listed in the Navy List for 1883. Operations in the Parana River 1845-46 Studwell was a participant in the little-known naval operations up the Parana River in the Argentine Republic during 1845 and 1846, where an Anglo-French Squadron was formed to combat the outrages of the dictator, Don Juan Manuel de Rosas. In November 1845, passage up the the Parana River was blocked (by Rosas) to commercial passage by a boom of twenty-four hulks, chained together, stretching half a mile from side to side, with troops and heavy guns lining both banks of the river. Here, at Punta Obligado, on 20 November the British endeavours, in a boat action, led to the chains being cut and the boom broken. Furthermore, parties of seamen and marines were landed who took the Argentine batteries and drove off the enemy troops. The British Squadron consisted of H.M. Ships Gorgon (Captain James Hotham), Firebrand (Captain James Hope), Philomel (Commander B. J. Sulivan), Comus (Commander T. S. Thompson), Dolphin (Lieut. & Commander R. J. T. Levigne), and the one-gun schooner Fanny (Lieutenant Astley Cooper Key). Casualties amounted to nine men killed and 27 wounded in this action but no medals were ever given beyond a K.C.B. for Hotham and a C.B. for Hope. Even as late as March 1870 the lack of medallic rewards still rankled with a group of survivors, who asked the Admiralty of a medal could be granted for their former services, a request which their Lordships regretted they could not comply.

A Great War ‘Battle of Passchendaele’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant F. H. Diplock, 18th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, later Lieutenant, Royal Sussex Regiment and Senior Master, Royal Navy, who died in service on 9 June 1940 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (C-6926 Sjt: F. H. Diplock. 8 [sic]/K.R.R.C.); British War and Victory Medals (C/6926 Sjt. F. H. Diplock. K.R.R.C.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, minor abrasion to obverse field of BWM, otherwise good very fine and better (6) £700-£900 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 22 October 1917; citation published 26 January 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When all his officers had become casualties and the company was disorganised he collected a small party of men and attached himself to an officer of another unit, who was then leading his company to the attack. Although he knew that his battalion had been relieved, he remained twenty-four hours with this officer, greatly helping him in the consolidation, and returning only when directly ordered to do so.’ Frederick Diplock was born in 1891 in Hove, Sussex and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He served with the 18th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and it is likely that he landed with the Battalion at Le Havre on 3 May 1916, which would be consistent with the lack of a 1914-15 Star. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions with the 18th Battalion at Forret Farm, Hollebeke, during the Battle of Pilkem Ridge (one of the phases of the Battle of Passchendaele) on 31 July to 1 August 1917. On 31 July, 122nd Brigade of 41st Division attacked with 18th Battalion K.R.R.C. on the right and the 11th Battalion Royal West Kents on the left towards Hollebeke. The infantry advanced at 3:50 a.m. and succeeded in taking the enemy’s front line trenches without difficulty. The second object consisted of the village of Hollebeke for the 11/R.W.K. and Forret Farm (south-west of Hollebeke) for 18/K.R.R.C. and this proved to be a much tougher proposition, both objectives being heavily fortified. By 11:30 a.m. Hollebeke had been captured but the second wave of 18/K.R.R.C., which passed through the first wave, lost direction and failed to carry the attack on Forret Farm. Sergeant Diplock and a party of 8 men did penetrate to the second line objective, between the farm and the village and stuck it out there for 24 hours, taking part in a renewed attack by a company of the 12th East Surreys on the evening of 1 August. The battalion was withdrawn on the night of 31 July - 1 August having suffered some 153 casualties. Diplock was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment on 17 March 1919 and at some point transferred to the Royal Navy as a School Master, being promoted Senior Master on 1st September 1939. He died on 9 June 1940 from illness at the Stonehouse Naval Hospital, Plymouth while serving with the Royal Navy as a Senior Master, and is buried in Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Private Alladad Khan, British North Borneo Company Forces British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916, 1 clasp, Punitive Expeditions, bronze issue (Aladad Khan 193 Private) engraved naming; British North Borneo Company Medal 1898-1900, 1 clasp, Tambunan, bronze issue (193 Private Alladad.) engraved naming, both medals lightly gilded, good very fine and a rare pair (2) £1,200-£1,600

Seven: Sergeant W. H. Waller, 13th Hussars, later Military Mounted Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (4050. Pte. W. H. Waller, 13/Hrs.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4050 Pte. W. H. Waller. 13th Hussars.); 1914 Star, with clasp (647 Sjt. W. H. Waller. M.M.P.); British War and Victory Medals (647 Sjt. W. H. Waller. M.M.P.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (647 Sjt: W. H. Waller. M.M.P.) mounted as worn, contact marks to the Boer War pair, generally very fine and better (7) £300-£400 --- William Henry Waller was born in Lucknow, India, in 1880 and attested for the 13th Hussars on 2 March 1898, having previously served with the 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Highlanders. He served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 10 November 1899 to 19 November 1902, and transferred to the Military Mounted Police on 11 April 1905. He was promoted Sergeant on 5 August 1914, and served with the Military Mounted Police during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 August 1914. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1917, and suffered injuries having fallen from his horse in France on 22 August 1918. He was discharged on 1 October 1919, after 21 years and 214 days’ service. Sold together with the recipient’s Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity; Combined Leave and Railway Ticket; a portrait photograph of the recipient; and copied service papers and medal roll extracts.

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (Tpr. Walter Tate, Vict. Rifles.) good very fine £400-£500 --- Walter Tait (listed as R. J. Tait on the latest published transcript of the medal roll) served as a Trooper with the Victoria Rifles in Rhodesia in 1896, and with the Garrison Volunteers in Mashonaland in 1897.

Pair: Private G. Weston, Oxfordshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (5153 Pte. G. Weston. 1/Oxfd. L.I.); King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5153 Pt. G. Weston. 1st Oxfordshire Lt. Inftry.) the KSA unofficially renamed; light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £80-£120 --- George James Weston was invalided from the service in August 1901. He re-enlisted in the Army Veterinary Corps in January 1915 and received the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Three: Petty Officer H. Rice, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (150839 H. Rice. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (150839 Henry Rice, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Nelson.) very fine Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Frederick J. Ponder) very fine (4) £80-£120 --- Henry Rice was born in Holborn, Middlesex, on 13 February 1874 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 13 August 1889. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 21 October 1903, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 25 February 1907. He was shore pensioned on 12 February 1914, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Recalled for service on 2 August 1914, Rice served ashore in H.M.S. Victory I from the outbreak of War to 21 July 1916, and then in various ships and shore based establishments, finally being shore demobilised on 25 February 1919.

The group of eight miniature dress medals attributed to Major J. E. Sargeant, Royal Artillery Military Cross, G.VI.R. [sic]; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Montenegro, Kingdom, Order of Danilo, Knight’s breast badge, silver and enamel, mounted as worn, suspension on VM repaired, generally very fine and a rare, probably unique, combination of awards (8) £200-£300 --- One of only 10 Montenegrin Orders of Danilo Fifth Class Gazetted during the Great War. M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917. D.C.M. London Gazette 5 August 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and ability throughout the campaign, especially at Ypres on 5 and 24 May, and 16 June 1915, when he repaired the wires repeatedly under shell fire. He has rendered excellent service in keeping up communication between the Battery and the Observation Station since the commencement of the war.’ Montenegrin Orders of Danilo Fifth Class London Gazette 9 March 1917. James Edward Sargent attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery and served with the 108th Heavy Battery during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 31 August 1915, and for his services during the Great War he was four times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 17 February 1915, 5 August 1915, 1 January 1916, and 23 December 1918), as well as being awarded the Military Cross, the Distinguished Conduct Medal, and the Montenegrin Orders of Danilo, Fifth Class. He saw further service during the Second World War, and was advanced Major. Sold with four original letters to the recipient from Lieutenant-Colonel W. M. D. Turner, Royal Artillery, Chairman of the Regimental Medal Committee, regarding the donation of the recipient’s full-sized medals to the Royal Artillery in 1966; a Royal Artillery tie-pin; three cloth badges; and an Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Reginald Chambers) in card box of issue.

Miniature Medals: Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902; 1914 Star, with clasp; 1914 Star; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-20 (2); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19 (3); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue; together with a Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B147601’; and three full-size medals comprising Jubilee Medal 1935, unnamed as issued; an unofficial white-metal Jubilee Medal 1897; and an unofficial white-metal Coronation Medal 1937, generally very fine (15) £50-£70

Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (393184 Sjt. S. H. Horton 17-21-L.) minor edge bruise, very fine £50-£70 --- Samuel Herbert Horton was born in Leeds on 3 February 1905 and attested there for 1st King’s Dragoon Guards on 20 October 1923. He transferred to the 17th/21st Lancers as a Corporal on 14 December 1936, and served during the Second World War as an Instructor in India attached to the 14th/20th Hussars, being advanced Sergeant on 1 May 1940. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 231 of 1942, and having returned to the UK on 7 July 1944, was transferred Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 9 December 1945.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private J. Craig, Royal Scots Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal (16990 Pte. J. Craig. 2/R. Sc: Fus:); 1914-15 Star (16990 Pte. J. Craig. R. Sco: Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (16990 Pte. J. Craig. R.S. Fus.) nearly very fine (4) £700-£900 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 12 March 1919; citation published 2 December 1919: ‘During the recent advance east of Ledeghem from 14 to 17 October 1918, he displayed the highest qualities of gallantry, coolness and devotion to duty in the face of heavy enemy machine-gun fire. On 14 October, near Spark Farm, he rushed an enemy machine gun post single handed and bombed the crew who were holding up the advance on the right with their fire. This act was successful in silencing the gun, and he took five prisoners. Immediately afterwards he was wounded. Throughout his conduct was an inspiring example to his comrades.’ James Craig attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers and served initially with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 August 1915. He transferred to the 2nd Battalion, part of 28th Brigade, 9th (Scottish Division and it was while serving with this battalion that he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions at Spark Farm, near Ledeghem on 14 October 1918. On 28 September 1918 an allied force commanded by the King of the Belgians attacked on a 20 mile front from Dixmude to Ploegsteert Wood. Ninth Division with 28th Brigade on the right and 26th Brigade on the left attacked in the Broodseinde area and had achieved all of their objectives by 11:45 a.m. On 5 October, 28th Brigade with 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers in reserve attacked and captured the Keiberg Spur. The following day the battalion attacked at Rolleghemcapelle and gained its objective with 130 casualties. Then came the advance from Ledeghem to the Scheldt, the Lys being crossed on 20 October. At the cessation of hostilities on 11 November the battalion was in billets at Cuerne. The Battalion War Diary gives the following account: 13 October 1918: Making up battle equipment and relieved 26th Brigade in left centre, w of Ledeghem: heavy shelling (HE and gas) on way up to line, about 50 casualties, killed, wounded and missing, relief complete midnight. 14 October 1918: Attacked under heavy barrage at 5.30am. Heavy fog delayed operations for about 1 hour near Rolleghemcappelle. Objective reached by about 2pm. Casualties: 2/Lt Clarke, Johnson, Kirk and Ronald wounded : OR 130, killed wounded and missing. Dig in on objective. 15 October 1918: Attack continued by 27th Brigade, 28th Brigade in reserve. Objective west bank of Lys reached in afternoon. Battalion moved in to billets at Capelle St Catherine.’ Sold with copied research.

Three: Colour Sergeant A. R. Ayres, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Cape Colony, second clasp loose on riband (3840 Sejt. A. R. Ayers, Oxford: Lt. Inft.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 3840 Serjt. A. R. Ayres. Oxford: L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3840 C. Sjt: A. R. Ayres. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) edge bruising and light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £220-£260 --- Arthur Robert Ayres was born at Tylers Green, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at High Wycombe on 3 February 1892. He was appointed Lance Corporal in the 1st Battalion on 6 September 1893, and was promoted Corporal on 23 February 1895, and Sergeant on 29 November 1897. He was transferred to the Army Reserve on 3 February 1899, but was recalled to the Colours for service in the South African War on 4 December 1899. He was intended to be demobilised in May 1903, but elected to re-enlist as Sergeant on 16 March 1903. He was again discharged on termination of his second period of engagement on 2 February 1913. His service papers confirm the medal and clasp entitlement for the Q.S.A. and K.S.A., however the medal roll for the Q.S.A., only notes entitlement to the Relief of Kimberley clasp. He died on 24 May 1940, whilst living on the Cowley Road, Oxford. Sold with a photograph of the recipient; and copied research.

Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross, Second Class, without swords, in its original packet of issue; East Medal (2), one in original paper packet; West Wall Medal (2), one in its original packet, very fine and better (5) £80-£120

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, second clasp loose on riband, as issued (5016 Pte. W. Prime. 18th. Hussars) left hand side of date clasp sprung, good very fine £160-£200 --- Edwrd Prime was born in Poplar, London, in 1881 and attested for the 18th Hussars in London on 19 December 1899, having previously served in the Rifle Brigade (Militia). He served with he 18th Hussars in South Africa from 26 November 1900, and was wounded at Boschport on 30 June 1901. He was invalided home on 25 September 1901, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 19 December 1907. He was discharged on 18 December 1911, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied service records and medal roll extracts.

A good Second War ‘Evacuation to Dunkirk’ 1940 M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant S. G. Diver, 13th/18th Royal Hussars, who was wounded and taken Prisoner of War in May 1940- he secured his release from captivity by bringing on heart illness ‘by chewing cordite’. Re-joining his unit, he served with them again in North-West Europe, was Mentioned in Despatches, and was killed in action on 19 January 1945 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (406294 Sjt. S. G. Diver. 13/18 H.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, about extremely fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- One of only 20 Military Medals awarded to the 13th/18th Royal Hussars during the whole of the Second World War, and the only award for service with the British Expeditionary Force in 1940 (the other 19 all being for service in Normandy and North-West Europe post-D-Day). The Regiment was awarded three Military Crosses and one Military Medal (Diver’s) for service with the British Expeditionary Force in 1940, and suffered approximately 54 casualties during the campaign and withdrawal from Dunkirk. M.M. London Gazette 10 March 1942. The original Recommendation states: ‘On 27 May [1940], during the counter-attack with the Black Watch, he had his tank knocked out by an anti-tank gun. Under heavy machine gun fire he extracted his driver and operator from the disabled tank, although wounded himself. His coolness and bravery got both back to Hospital although the gunner subsequently died. Sergeant Diver was left at Crombeke Hospital and is now prisoner.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 9 August 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in North-West Europe.’ Stanley George Diver attested for the 13th/18th Royal Hussars and served with them during the Second World War as part of the British Expeditionary Force. Wounded and taken Prisoner of War, he subsequently managed to negotiated his release. A letter written by one of Diver’s comrades gives the following account: ‘Dibs Diver managed to escape by malingering heart illness by chewing cordite. He managed to convince the Red Cross that he was dying and he was allowed to return to England via Switzerland. The delay in the award of the M.M. occurred because the details were not generally know at the time, and he had been required to supply some of the details himself.’ Re-joining his old unit, Diver served with them again in North-West Europe post-D-Day, being Mentioned in Despatches. He was killed in action during an attack near Waldefeucht on 19 January 1945. The History of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars gives the following account: ‘Meanwhile “C” Squadron on their front ran into stiff resistance shortly after passing the start line on the 19th, and lost five tanks from concealed 88mm guns. Sergeant Diver was killed, but not before he knocked out one S.P. and one tank.’ The exact circumstance of Diver’s death are again summarised by his old comrade: ‘Diver had a premonition that he was going to be killed an when he was, by a single shellburst which exploded over his tank as he climbed out of it in an orchard after a day in action, it appeared that the shell indeed “had his number on it”.’ Diver is buried in Sittard War Cemetery, Holland. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

Pair: Engineer Robert McKenzie, Indian Marine Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (1st Class Engr. R. McKenzie, Ind. Flot.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Robt. McKenzie. 1st Cl. Enginr. “Medusa”) contact marks, otherwise dark toned, nearly very fine and rare (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- 41 clasps issued to Europeans and 43 clasps issued to native crewmen of the Indian Marine Ship Medusa for Pegu. Robert McKenzie entered the Indian navy as an Engineer on 29 November 1842, the date of his arrival in India by the ship Malabar. He is confirmed on the roll for the Punjab Medal without clasp as 1st Class Engineer aboard the steam vessel Comet, and in the same rank aboard the Medusa at Pegu.

Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Mooltan (Str. Karkare, Ind Flot.) officially impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and rare £600-£800 --- The Punjab medal rolls for both Europeans and native crewmen of the Indus Flotilla are far from complete and several examples are known, both with and without Mooltan clasp, variously named to one of the ships present or, as in this case, simply ‘Ind Flot.’ for Indus Flotilla. Captain Douglas-Morris, in Vol. 1 of his Naval Medals, particularly mentions Stoker Karkare’s medal as being the most recent to surface - some 40 years ago.

Six: Plumber Second Class M. Pearce, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (MX.802292 M. Pearce. Plmb. 2. H.M.S. Triumph.) light contact marks, good very fine (6) £70-£90

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Albuhera, Vittoria, Toulouse (Thomas Howland, 13th Light Dragoons.) light edge bruising and contact marks £1,000-£1,200 --- Provenance: Seaby, October 1943. His Waterloo medal was sold in these rooms on 27 June 2012, together with the original lid to the card box of issue for his M.G.S., inscribed with his name and regiment, and three tunic buttons in excavated condition. Thomas Howland was born in the Parish of Eastling, near Faversham, Kent, and enlisted for the 13th Light Dragoons on 2 August 1803. He served in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, where the 13th Light Dragoons formed part of the 7th Brigade commanded by Colonel Sir F. Arentschildt, and was discharged on 18 March 1819. Allowed half-time during his ‘absence’, 19 March to 24 November, he re-enlisted into the First Royal Regiment of Veterans at Chatham on 25 November 1819, and was finally discharged on 24 June 1821, in consequence of the disbandment of the regiment and being worn out, aged about 41 years. Thomas Howland became an Out-Pensioner of Chelsea Hospital and was one of the last surviving other ranks from the 13th Light Dragoons when he died in March 1871, aged 86, being buried in Norton St Mary Church, Kent. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.

Pair: Chief Steward A. W. Wiltshire, B.E.M., Mercantile Marine, who survived several days in an open boat following the loss of the Houlder Brothers’ ship Beacon Grange to torpedo attack in the North Atlantic in April 1941, for which he was awarded the British Empire Medal, whilst in his 60th year British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (A. W. Wiltshire.) somewhat later issues (see footnote), nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90 --- Note: The recipient’s British Empire Medal was sold in these rooms in April 2006. B.E.M. London Gazette 4 June 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘For long service in dangerous waters. He was serving in the S.S. Beacon Grange when she was torpedoed in April 1941 and acquitted himself well.’ Arthur William Wiltshire, who was born at Southampton in 1883, appears to have entered the Mercantile Marine in the Edwardian era, and served during the Great War as a Chief Steward in the Royston Grange - having lost his original Mercantile Marine and British War Medals aboard the Beacon Grange, he was issued with replacements in June 1943. The exact date he joined the ship’s company of Houlder Brothers’ Empire Grange remains uncertain, but it is not without interest that prior to her sinking in April 1941, she had already sustained severe damage as a result of two bomb hits received off the coast of Scotland in August 1940 (a full account of this incident appears in the Houlders’ history Sea Hazard 1939-45). As verified by Wiltshire’s recommendation for his subsequent award of the B.E.M., however, he was very much aboard her when she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic by the U-552 on 27 April 1941: ‘The liner Beacon Grange, Captain A. B. Friend, left Loch Ewe on the north-west coast of Scotland on 26 April 1941. At about 2.20 on the following morning she was attacked by enemy aircraft which presumably radioed her position to a submarine as she was intercepted at 2.30 on the following afternoon (the 27th) and hit with three torpedoes. The submarine then surfaced at a distance of approximately 500 yards and members of her crew took photographs. Meanwhile those on board the liner went to the boats as she was sinking rapidly. The Beacon Grange was finally sunk by gunfire. Two boats got away. The captain’s, containing 41 all told, was picked up by the British corvette Gladiolus two days later. The second boat with the First Officer and 38 others was picked up six days later by the Belgian steam trawler Edward Anseele. Two engineers were killed by the explosion of the torpedoes and several men were wounded, but there were no fatalities during the time that the boats were adrift (A Dictionary of Disasters at Sea refers). At the time of submitting his official report into the sinking, Captain A. B. Friend recommended several crew members for their good work in his boat, but was not then aware of the fate of the First Officer’s boat. Wiltshire is not among those listed by Friend, so we must assume he ‘acquitted himself well’ in the latter boat. The captain of the U-552 was Erich Topp, who was awarded the Knight’s Cross for his services in the first half of 1941, and who added Oak Leaves and Swords to his decoration in the following year. Wiltshire, who was 59 years of age when recommended for his B.E.M., next joined the El Argentino, and was lucky to avoid a second sinking when she was sent to the bottom of the North Atlantic by enemy aircraft on 26 July 1943, having come ashore from her for leave earlier that month. His final wartime commission was aboard the Rippingham Grange from September 1943 until the end of hostilities, with the exception of a brace of voyages in the Cardesa between April and June 1944. Additionally entitled to the 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, and War Medal 1939-45, he retired in August 1949.

A Great War 1914 ‘posthumous’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Pioneer G. P. Burns, 1st Signal Company, Royal Engineers, who died of wounds on the Western Front in October 1914 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (24070 Pnr: G. P. Burns. 1/S.Co. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (24070 Pnr: G. [sic] Burns. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (24070 Pnr. G. P. Burns. R.E.) generally good very fine (4) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 23 June 1915; citation published 30 June 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in constantly volunteering to carry messages and repair lines under heavy fire. On 31st October, 1914 in carrying a message under heavy fire, when means of communication had nearly ceased, he was killed.’ George Patrick Burns was born in Ancoats, Lancashire. He served during the Great War with the 1st Signal Company, Royal Engineers in the French theatre of war from 17 August 1914. The unit war diary records that they were 5km east of Hooge on 31 October 1914. It also records, like the above citation, that Burns was killed that day. This is at variance with Soldiers Died in the Great War, which gives Burns as ‘died of wounds, 30 October 1914’, CWGC also gives this date for his death. He is buried in Ypres Town Cemetery Extension, Belgium. Sold with copied research.

Three: Ordinary Seaman R. G. Jolly, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Tweed was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-305 in the north Atlantic on 7 January 1944 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. C. E. Jolly, 2 Windgap Lane, Haughley, Stowmarket, Suffolk’, extremely fine (3) £80-£120 --- Reginald George Jolly was born at Crowfield, Suffolk, on 24 June 1925, and served during the Second World War as an Ordinary Seaman in the Royal Navy from April 1943. He was killed in action when H.M.S. Tweed was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-305 in the north Atlantic on 7 January 1944, whilst serving with Convoy MK34, and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. His medals were issued to the recipient’s father, Mr. Cecil Edward Jolly. Sold together with named Buckingham Palace Condolence letter; Certificate of the Inspector of Seamen’s Wills; an original photograph of the recipient and newspaper cutting announcing his death; and copied research.

Four: Petty Officer G. Barrett, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (198877. G. Barrett. P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (198877 G. Barrett. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (198877. George Barrett, P.O.H.M.S. Impregnable.) mounted as worn, edge bruise to last, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140 --- George Barrett was born in Kent on 19 May 1882 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 25 April 1898. Advanced Petty Officer on 1 February 1915, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Impregnable from 3 April 1915 to 24 March 1916, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 9 June 1915. He saw further service in H.M.S. Conquest from 1 April 1916, and was present in her when she was shelled by German battle cruisers during the naval bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft on 25 April 1916. He was shore pensioned on 18 My 1922, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day Sold with copied record of service.

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 3 clasps, El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (2204. Pte. W. Hennessey. 19th. Hussars.); Khedive’s Star 1884, the reverse Regimentally impressed ‘No. 2586 Pte. J. Giles 19th. Hrs.’, pitting and contact marks to first, otherwise good fine; the second Star only lacking suspension bar, otherwise good very fine (2) £700-£900 --- P. Hennessey attested for the 19th Hussars, and served with them in Egypt and the Sudan. The whole of the 19th Hussars served on the Nile Expedition, of whom 7 officers and 128 other ranks fought at Abu Klea. Sold with copied medal roll extract which confirms that a 2204 Corporal P. Hennessey received an undated Egypt and Sudan Medal with the three clasps above, viz. El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, and Abu Klea; and a 1428 Private W. Hennessey received an undated Egypt and Sudan Medal with 2 clasps, El-Teb_Tamaai, and Suakin 1885. The medal appears entirely as issued, and the discrepancies with regard to the naming details are presumably due to an over-worked clerk at the Mint mis-reading the medal roll (the two Hennesseys are listed consecutively). James Giles was born in Dartington, Staffordshire, in 1863 and attested for the 19th Hussars at Nottingham on 16 November 1882. He served with the 19th Hussars in Egypt and the Sudan from 20 September 1883 to 5 June 1886, and was also entitled to the Egypt and Sudan Medal with clasps El-Teb, The Nile 1884-85, and Abu Klea. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 17 March 1888, and was discharged on 15 November 1894, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service.

A post-War M.B.E. group of five awarded to Chief Engineering Officer W. Turnbull, Mercantile Marine The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (William Turnbull); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. Wm. Turnbull, 190 Prince Consort Road, Gateshead-on-Tyne’, extremely fine (5) £180-£220 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 2 January 1950: William Turnbull, Esq., Chief Engineering Officer, S.S. “Parkwood” (Constantine Steamship Line, Ltd.) William Turnbull was born at Otterburn on 24 December 1883 and served during the Great War as a Second Engineer in the Mercantile Marine. He saw further service in the Second World War, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1950 New Year’s Honours’ List. He died in 1955. Sold with copied research including various photographic images of the recipient.

British War Medal 1914-20 (2), (Awed Owan, Sdie. R.N.; 4002B. D. Mc Kay. Smn. R.N.R.) the last nearly very fine, the first good very fine and rare to a Seedie in the Royal Navy (2) £60-£80

Three: Trooper R. Knaggs, 13th/18th Royal Hussars, later Queen’s Dragoon Guards General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (22820521 Tpr. R. Knaggs. 13/18 H); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Borneo, South Arabia, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (22820521 Tpr. R. Knaggs. QDG.); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, unnamed as issued, the first a Replacement issue, slight abrasions to ends of AP clasp, otherwise good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- R. Knaggs is confirmed as having served with ‘B’ Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars, the only Squadron of the Regiment to be awarded the Arabian Peninsula clasp.

Family Group: Pair: Driver F. Speadbury, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (108038 Dvr. F. Speadbury. R.A.) good very fine Three: Ordinary Seaman J. F. W. Speadbury, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, was sunk by the German battleship Bismark and the battle cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941; of the Hood’s 1,418 crew, only three men survived 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. F. H. Speadbury, Ivanhoe, 262 Middle Street, Fair Oak, Eastleigh’, extremely fine (5) £180-£220 --- Jack Fred William Speadbury joined the Royal Navy and served during the Second World War as an Able Seaman in the Battle Cruiser H.M.S. Hood. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Denmark Strait, when the Hood, together with the battleship H.M.S. Prince of Wales, fought the German battleship Bismark and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, both of which were attempting to break out into the North Atlantic to destroy Allied merchant shipping. The Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, opened fire at 5:52 a.m. on 24 May 1941, and having received a direct hit from the Bismark at 6:00 a.m. sank beneath the waves within three minutes, after a total combat lifespan of less than quarter of an hour. Of the 1,418 Officers and crew on board, only three men, Ordinary Seaman Ted Briggs, Able Seaman Robert Tilburn, and Midshipman William Dundas survived. Speadbury was amongst those killed, and he is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.