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Click here to subscribeA vintage silver golfing medal on a silver curb chain. Medal for "The Artisan Golfers Association. Annual Club Competition 1933 Presented By The News Of The World. Won By R. Stocks". Hallmarked Birmingham 1932. Each link to chain has lion passant. Chain measures approx. 37cm long. Total weight approx. 41.6g.
Masonic interest- 9 carat gold medal, the pediment with enamelled lettering "UNDEVICESIMUS" above a crimson ribbon with central enamel depiction of two gentlemen with walking sticks and enamelled panel dated 1934, the circular hanging pendant with central red enamel triangle and crown set with green and red paste, inscribed Cheerybles Chapter No 2466, the reverse with presentation inscription dated 1934, gross weight 33.8g
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal J. Millard, Hampshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (27787 Cpl. J. Millard. 15/Hants: R.); 1914-15 Star (27787 Pte. J. Millard. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (27787 Cpl. J. Millard. Hamps. R.) toned, about extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 28 September 1917. John Millard was born in 1886 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 10 August 1914. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War in the Hedjaz theatre of War from 18 March 1915, before transferring to the 15th Battalion on the Western Front, and was awarded the Military Medal, most likely for his gallantry at Forret Farm on 5 August 1917, for which he received a 41st Division Certificate of Appreciation, as follows: ‘For gallantry in the fighting at Forret Farm on 5 August 1917 when, in charge of a Lewis Gun, you took it forward through a heavy enemy barrage and machine gun fire, inflicting many casualties on the enemy. You succeeded in releasing several of our men who had been taken prisoner by the enemy.’ Millard was advanced Sergeant, and was demobilised on 19 February 1920. His address post demobilisation was Bolton Farm, West Tisted, Alton, Hampshire. Sold together with the recipient’ Certificate of Disembodiment; 41st Division Certificate of Appreciation; and Record Office enclosure for the Military Medal.
Family group: Four: Private R. H. Howell, 1st Battalion, South African Police, Union Defence Force, who was taken prisoner of war during the attempted break out from Tobruk in June 1942, and was present on the forced ‘Long March’ across Germany, January - April 1945 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed (SAP198137 R. H. Howell) generally very fine One: Attributed to Edith I. Howell, née Bentley South African Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue, with The Priory in South Africa, St. John Ambulance War Work lapel badge, and St. John Ambulance Association re-examination cross, gilt-metal (SA 602), mint state (5) £80-£120 --- Ronald Herbert Howell was born in Kimberley, Cape Province South Africa in March 1920. He was employed as a Constable in the South African Police, Transvaal Division, and was mobilised to serve with the 1st Battalion, South African Police, which disembarked in Egypt in June 1941. Howell was with the Battalion when it attempted to break out of the Axis cordon surrounding Tobruk, 21 June 1942, ultimately leading to the Garrison’s mass surrender on that date. He was taken prisoner of war by the Italians, and was interned at Campo 110 (Sardinia). Whilst interned at the latter he contracted Malaria. Howell was subsequently transferred to Germany and interned at Stalag 9C (Mulhausen), where he was detached to form part of a Work Party in sugar and seed factories. Howell then took part in the forced ‘Long March’ across Germany January - April 1945. Howell was eventually discharged repatriated, and returned to service with the Police in Pinetown, Natal South Africa after the war. He purchased his discharge in March 1952. Sold with the following documents relating to Mr R. H. Howell and Mrs E. I. Howell: Enclosure slip for campaign medals, with O.H.M.S. envelope addressed to recipient; Certificate of issue for South African Medal for War Service, named to ‘Edith Ianthe Bentley’, and dated 3 March 1946; and O.H.M.S. envelope addressed to recipient ‘c/o Const. R. H. Howell, S.A.P., Pinetown, Natal.’ Sold with extensive copied research.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal A. C. Mizon, Army Service Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (M2-182234 L. Cpl. A. C. Mizon. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-182234 Pte. A. C. Mizon. A.S.C.) mounted for display, good very fine (3) £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 21 August 1917.
A Worcester Porcelain Dessert Dish Bearing the Armourial Achievement of Lieutenant G. O. Gunning, 10th Hussars. The oval scalloped dish, measuring 245mm x 195mm, bearing the posthumous armourial achievement of Lieutenant George Orlando Gunning, 10th Hussars, of Horton House, Northamptonshire, featuring the Waterloo Medal and riband at centre, with floral decorations around, good condition £60-£80 --- George Orlando Gunning was born on 18 December 1796, the son of Sir George Gunning, Bt., and the Hon. Elizabeth Gunning, née Bridgeman, and was educated at Charterhouse. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the 3rd Dragoons on 8 April 1813, and served with them in the Peninsula War from March to April 1814, being present at the final action at the Battle of Toulouse on 10 April 1814. He transferred to the 10th Hussars on 26 December 1814, and served during the Waterloo campaign in Brevet Major Taylor’s No. 2 Troop, being killed in action at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815. Captain George Luard, 18th Hussars, witnessed his death, which he described thus: ‘Poor young Gunning was shot but suffered little, only crying “Great God”, and dropped from his horse quite dead in a moment.’
A Second War B.E.M. awarded to Mr. G. Robertson British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Robertson), nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- Two men with the name George Robertson were awarded the British Empire Medal during the period 1937-49 (the period covered by this issue of the medal): B.E.M. London Gazette 21 February 1941: George Robertson, Police Constable, Metropolitan Police: P.C. Robertson was driving a Police van with War Reserve Police Constable Thomas Brakespear Rippon as passenger, when a number of high explosive bombs fell nearby. Two exploded very close to the van which was considerably damaged and covered with debris. The officers were much shaken but not actually injured. Another constable arrived and reported that nearby premises had been demolished and that he believed people were trapped. All three officers at once went to the incident where they found a house completely wrecked except for a portion of the roof which was suspended at an angle of about 60 degrees from the party wall and in a very precarious condition. Voices were heard coming from the debris and the three officers, working together, succeeded in enlarging a small hole sufficiently to allow P.C. Robertson to enter the room in which the people were trapped. The atmosphere was very foul as there was a strong escape of gas mingling with the dust caused by the explosion. P.C. Robertson found five persons in the room, four of whom were under beds, surrounded and heaped up with debris, and one entangled in the bed springs. P.C. Rippon then crawled in and helped Robertson to release the trapped people. The roof collapsed after the rescue work had been completed. Both these men have on previous occasions exhibited coolness and presence of mind under dangerous conditions and have been an excellent example to fellow officers.’ B.E.M. London Gazette 15 June 1945: George Robertson, Resident Fireman, Tyne Improvement Commission.
Three: Miss Annie F. Harris, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem 1914-15 Star (A. F. Harris, B.R.C.S. & O.S.J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (A. F. Harris. B.R.C. & St. J.J.); together with a British Red Cross Society Medal for Proficiency in Red Cross Work, silver-gilt and enamel; a combined Red Cross and St. John silver and enamel lapel badge; and a British Red Cross gilt and enamel lapel badge, cleaned, good very fine Pair: G. H. Boulton, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem British War and Victory Medals (G. H. Boulton. B.R.C. & St. J.J.); together with a combined Red Cross and St. John silver and enamel lapel badge, cleaned, very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Miss Annie Fletcher Harris served with the British Red Cross Society during the Great War in Egypt from 28 October 1915. George H. Boulton served with the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem during the Great War from 1916 onwards.
A rare Defence of Legations group of five awarded to Private J. D. Newland, Royal Marine Light Infantry, later Stoker Petty Officer, Royal Navy China 1900, 1 clasp, Defence of Legations (Pvte. J. D. Newland, R.M.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (309524. J. D. Newland. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (309524 J. D. Newland. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (309524. J. D. Newland, S.P.O. H.M.S. Concord.) minor edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise generally very fine and rare (5) £12,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: China medal, Dix Noonan Webb, July 1992 and March 2014; since reunited with Great War and L.S. & G.C. medals. James David Newland was born at Landport, Portsmouth, on 29 August 1879. He enlisted into the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Eastney Barracks on 28 September 1897, and embarked for sea service aboard H.M.S. Orlando on 16 February 1899. He was landed as guard to the British Legation, Pekin, on 30 May 1900, and was present during the siege, in respect of which service he was allowed six months extra service towards engagement, good conduct badges, and pension. Newland transferred to the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class (ON 309524) on 14 January 1906, and was advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 July 1914. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Southampton from the outbreak of War to 21 February 1916, and in H.M.S. Concord from 18 December 1916 to the cessation of hostilities, with the remainder of 1916 spent in various shore based establishments. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 7 March 1917, and was shore demobilised on 14 July 1919. He subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve.
British War Medal 1914-20 (229500 J. Saunders. L.S. R.N.) good very fine £80-£120 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 15 May 1916: ‘Gallipoli Operations 1915-16.’ Leading Seaman Jack Saunders, R.N. 229500, H.M.S. Exmouth, Gallipoli, April 1915 to January 1916. Performed particularly good service in boats working off ‘W’ Beach. Jack Saunders was born at Aghada, County Cork, on 19 July 1887. He died as a Petty Officer, H.M.S. Victory, on 21 March 1944, and is buried in Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (9) (127545 Gnr. J. S. Wood. R.A.; 106951 Spr. C. W. Tomlinson. R.E.; 36392 Pte. H. A. Palethorpe. R. Lanc. R.; 5283 Pte. W. Maynard. Linc. R.; 12978 Pte. W. Penniston. W. York. R.; 204212 Pte. F. Haigh. W. Rid. R.; 45555 Cpl. T. Coates Durh. L.I.; 22957 Pte. F. Wade. R.A.M.C.; T4-062179 Dvr. J. Schollitt. A.S.C.) last officially re-impressed; together with a renamed Victory Medal 1914-19 (R/366050 Pte. W. H. Young R.A.S.C.) generally nearly very fine or better (10) £80-£120
Pair: R. G. Brundrit, British Red Cross and Order of St John, a noted artist and founder of the Wharfdale Group British War and Victory Medals (R. G. Brundrit. B.R.C. & St. J.J.) together with Serbian Red Cross Society of London, silver medal for service to Serbia during war 1914-1918, unnamed, good very fine (3) £200-£300 --- Reginald Grange Brundrit was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool on 13 May 1883. Educated in Skipton, then at Bradford Grammar School, Reginald went on to study art at Bradford School of Art, before moving to London to study at the Slade School. Reginald also studied as a private pupil with John Swan, RA. Reginald was predominantly a landscape and portrait painter. He exhibited around two hundred of his paintings between 1906 and 1960, both at Royal Academy art exhibitions and at international exhibitions in Pittsburgh, USA, Rome and Venice in Italy and Paris in France. During the First World War, Reginald volunteered with the Red Cross and served as an ambulance driver on the Italian Front with the Third Red Cross Ambulance Unit of The British Red Cross Society and Order Of St John Of Jerusalem. Reginald was the founder member of the Wharfedale Group and was Vice President of The Yorkshire Union of Artists. He was a successful artist during the 1920’s, establishing a reputation as one of the leading landscape artists of North Yorkshire. The National Gallery of New South Wales purchased his painting of ‘A Northern Winter.’ Reginald Brundrit died on 27 November 1960, at his home in Masham, Yorkshire.
Four: Private S. Lazaretti, Machine Gun Corps, later Colour-Sergeant, 2/Monmouthshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (129398 Pte. S. Lazaretti. M.G.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial, with additional service bar (4070412 C. Sjt. S. Lazzaretti. 2-Monmouth. R.); National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, bronze, with ‘Ten Years’ bar (12602 Stanford Lazarette (sic)) light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £80-£100 --- Stanford Lazzaretti was born at Newport, Monmouthshire, and enlisted as 129398 Private, 38th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, part of 38th (Welsh) Division. He was discharged on 27 January 1919, and awarded Silver War Badge No. B152096. Awarded Efficiency Medal as Colour-Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, 28 February 1933, and second bar on 30 November 1940.
The New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal awarded to Brigadier R. Miles, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., Royal New Zealand Artillery New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal, 3rd type, unmarked (Stagg Type C) (Capt. R. Miles. D.S.O. M.C. R.N.Z.A.) impressed naming; together with the recipient’s New Zealand Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (6191 Brig. R. Miles CBE. DSO. MC. MID.) in case of issue with Prime Minister’s condolence slip, nearly extremely fine (2) £400-£500 --- Reginald Miles was born in Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1892. He served in Gallipoli with the Royal New Zealand Artillery (wounded) and was awarded the M.C. for the Somme 1916 and the D.S.O. for Ploegsteert Wood in April 1918 (wounded, M.I.D.). As a Brigadier, he was again mentioned in despatches for the Middle East in December 1941, being wounded and taken prisoner of war. Together with Brigadier James Harvest, Miles was the highest ranking ‘escaper’ of W.W.II, having evaded capture after escaping from Italy and making his way to Spain late in 1943, where, whilst awaiting repatriation, he committed suicide whilst in a state of depression on 20 October 1943. He was gazetted with both a Bar to his D.S.O. and the C.B.E. in October 1943. Brigadier Reginald Miles, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., is buried in the Municipal Cemetery, Figueras, Spain. Sold with the book Farewell Campo 12, by Brigadier James Hargest, with numerous mentions of Miles and their escape stories; also with the booklet The Long Service Medals awarded in the New Zealand Army 1887-1957, by Captain G. T. Stagg, R.N.Z.A., and full details of Brigadier Miles’ service career.
For Distinguished Conduct in the Field - The Register of the Distinguished Conduct Medal 1920-1992. Two Volumes, compiled by Philip McDermott, published on behalf of the D.C.M. League by J. B. Hayward & Son, 1994, giving full details of all post-Great War D.C.M.s, including the original recommendations where available, casebound, in slip case, extremely good condition (2) £40-£50
Six: Company Sergeant Major R. H. Child, Hampshire Regiment, who served during the Russian Intervention, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for Siberia British War and Victory Medals (193 A.W.O. Cl.2. R. H. Child. Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (193 Sjt. R. H. Child Hamps. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (355093 C.Sjt. R. H. Child 9/Hamps: R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (355093 C.Sjt. (A.C.S. Mjr.) R. H. Child. 9/Hamps. R.) unit officially corrected; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Richard H. Child.) mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (6) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 22 January 1920: ‘For valuable services rendered with the British Forces in Siberia’ Richard H. Child attested for the Hampshire Regiment (Territorial Force) and served with the 9th Battalion during the Russian Intervention in Siberia. Advanced Acting Company Sergeant Major, he was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 23 in February 1920. Sold with copied research.
Three: Captain A. T. Bonham-Carter, Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Capt. A. T. B. Carter. 2/Hamps. Rgt.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. T. Bonham-Carter) with named card boxes of issue; together with the recipient’s sister’s County of Hampshire British Red Cross Society Medal, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘4344 Miss Bonham Carter’, edge bruising to QSA, otherwise extremely fine (4) £700-£900 --- Arthur Thomas Bonham-Carter was born on 24 May 1869, the son of J. Bonham-Carter Esq., and the Hon. Mrs. Bonham-Carter, of Adhurst St. Mary, Petersfield, and was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1894. Following the outbreak of the Boer War, Bonham-Carter offered his services and was commissioned into the 1st Volunteer Company of the Hampshire Regiment From 1902 to 1914 he held various judicial appointments in the Transvaal and British East Africa, and by 1914 was First Pusine Judge of the High Court at Mombassa. Following the outbreak of the Great War he immediately undertook the organisation of the Mombassa Town Guard and served for several months with the Defence Force as Director of Military Supplies. In 1915 Bonham-Carter obtained leave to return to England and was re-commissioned into the Hampshire Regiment on 22 July 1915. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 February 1916, and was killed in action at the head of his Company near Beaumont Hamel on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, on 1 July 1916. He is buried in Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, France. Sold with copied research including various photographic images of the recipient.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private J. Jarman, Royal Fusiliers, late Northamptonshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (G-66334 Pte. J. Jarman. 17/R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (46062 Pte. J. Jarman. North’n. R.) very fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919. James Jarman was a native of Pitsea, Essex, born in 1884 and was a steam plough driver prior to his enlistment. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and various original documents including Divisional certificate for M.M., Protection Certificate, Certificate of Employment during the War, and notification to his wife or mother re admittance to No. 6 General Hospital Rouen, France, on 19 November 1917, with severe trench fever when serving in 12th Bn. Royal Fusiliers.
Five: Warrant Officer Class II F. Woodall, Middlesex Regiment 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6197801 W.O. Cl.2. F. Woodall. 1-8 Midd’x R.) extremely fine (5) £60-£80 --- Frederick Charles Woodall was born on 4 December 1907 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment (Territorial Army) on 23 March 1927. He served with them during the Second World War with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 17 February to 2 June 1940; and again in North West Europe from 22 June 1944. He was awarded his Efficiency Medal on 31 May 1941. Sold together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; various named Passes and Identity Cards; two group postcard photographs; and other ephemera.
Birmingham Tribute Medal 1899-1902, 38mm, white metal, the obverse featuring the crowned conjugate busts of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra facing right, the reverse featuring the arms of the city, unnamed, pierced with ring suspension, complete with original embroidered ribbon and ‘1899-1902’ top brooch bar, in H. B. Dale Ltd, Medalists, Birmingham card box of issue, good very fine
Five: Captain P. P. H. Ongley, General List, attached to the Psychological Warfare Branch, late Intelligence Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, good very fine and better (5) £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, 15 December 2011. M.I.D. London Gazette 23 May 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean Theatre.’ Philip Percy Henry Ongley was born in London on 24 November 1911. He enlisted into the Corps of Military Police (T.A.) on 16 May 1940 but was transferred to the Intelligence Corps in July 1940 and then to the Royal Army Service Corps in October 1940. On 26 November 1942 he was posted to the Psychological Warfare Branch, being appointed a Local Staff Sergeant in August 1943. This tiny unit was involved with propaganda amongst other things. On 15 September 1944 he was discharged to a commission, being appointed to an Emergency Commission into the General List as Second Lieutenant permanently attached to the Psychological Warfare Branch. Promoted to War Substantive Lieutenant in March 1945, Acting Captain in June 1945 and Temporary Captain in September 1945, he relinquished his commission on 17 June 1946, and was granted the honorary rank of Captain. Ongley served during the Second World War in North Africa, 26 November 1942-15 September 1944 and with the Central Mediterranean Force, 16 September 1944-12 March 1946. He later settled in Australia, employed as a Company Director and married in Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales. Latterly living at 14 Cliff Street, Watson’s Bay, N.S.W., he died on 30 September 1973. Sold with the recipient’s original M.I.D. certificate, War Office letter to accompany the M.I.D. emblem; War Office letter re relinquishing his commission; medal forwarding slip; Officers’ Release Book; portrait photograph; together with copied Marriage and Death Certificates and other research.
The Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Trooper F. W. B. Dorgan, Protectorate Regiment Frontier Force, who was wounded during the Defence of Mafeking on 8 December 1899 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Defence of Mafeking, Transvaal (17 Tpr: F. W. B. Dorgan. Protect: Regt. F.F.) very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Frederick William Bedford Dorgan was born in Bow, London, in 1874 and enlisted in the British South Africa Police on 19 November 1897. He was discharged by purchase on 4 March 1899, and re-enlisted in the Protectorate Regiment Frontier Force on 19 August 1899, being posted to A Squadron. He served during the Boer War at the Defence of Mafeking, and was slightly wounded by a shell outside the B.S.A.P. Fort at Mafeking on 8 December 1899. He subsequently served as a Conductor in the Remount Depot at Worcester, Cape Colony, and died on 28 November 1945, aged 71.
Four: Collar-Maker Corporal G. H. Morris, Royal Engineers South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (9642. Col: Mak: Corpl. G. H. Morris. R.E.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (9642 Artfr. Corpl. G. H. Morris. Fd. Park, R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (9642. Artifr. Corpl. G. H. Morris. R.E.); Khedive’s Star 1882, named in reverse centre (9642 Artfr. Corpl. G. H. Morris. Fd. Park, R.E.) together with a silver A.T.A. (India) medal, this lacking suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine (5) £360-£440 --- George Henry Morris was born in the Parish of St Mary’s, Woolwich, Kent, and enlisted into the Royal Engineers at Aldershot as a Driver on 20 February 1869, aged 21 years 3 months, a collar maker by trade. Appointed Collar-maker in June 1875, he advanced to Collar-maker Corporal in September 1877. He served abroad at the Cape of Good Hope from April 1879 to January 1880, and in Egypt from August to October 1882. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal with Gratuity in 1887, he was discharged on 22 February 1890. Sold with copied discharge papers.
An Order of St. John group of five awarded to Captain C. K. Muspratt, Hampshire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services with the British Army of the Black Sea during the Russian Intervention The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, 3rd type, skeletal badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. C. K. Muspratt.); Defence Medal; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with one Additional Award Bar (26588. Cps/Off/ C. K. Muspratt. No.2 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1943.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, very fine (5) £200-£240 --- Order of St. John, Serving Brother London Gazette 4 January 1949 Colin Knox Muspratt was born in Christchurch, Hampshire, in 1893, and was educated at Sherborne School and New College, Oxford. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment on 29 August 1914, and served with the 2nd/7th Battalion during the Great War in the Middle East, being advanced Captain. For his services during the Russian Intervention whilst attached to the Royal Engineers he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 20 May 1920). Post-War, Muspratt ‘... entered the Malay Civil Service in 1921, but contracted a tropical disease which forced him to resign in 1925, and progressively incapacitated him for the remaining 33 years of his life. He nevertheless kept up, in retirement at Bournemouth, his intellectual pursuits, and interest in public service, including the Scout movement. A keen traveller and archaeologist, he had some 800 slides, made from photographs taken on his travels, with which he lectured in aid of charities, and he was busy up to the end with work for the Church and the St. John Ambulance Association. In the Second World War he did as much as his physical condition allowed in Civil Defence and the Home Guard. He died at Bournemouth on 18 March 1958’ (the recipient’s obituary in The Shirburnian refers). Sold with copied research.
Pair: Driver C. G. Hoy, Royal Field Artillery, attached 13th Hussars Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (13779 Dvr: C. G. Hoy, R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (13779 Dvr: C. G. Hoy. R.F.A.) mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £120-£160 --- Charles George Hoy was born in Horsham, Sussex, in 1871 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Chichester on 7 February 1896, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. He served in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 October 1899 to 14 December 1902, on attachment to the 13th Hussars, and transferred to the Reserve on 7 February 1903. He was discharged on 6 February 1912, after 16 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Pair: Officers’ Steward Second Class G. A. Harvey, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Champion at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 1914-15 Star (L.7630. G. A. Harvey. O.S.2., R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (L.7630 G. A. Harvey. O.S.2. R.N.) very fine 1914-15 Star (J.32644, J. E. Gascoyne, Boy.1., R.N.) attempted erasure of rate, nearly very fine Pair: Lieutenant H. E. F. Ralph, Canadian Forces, who was gassed on the Western Front on 18 August 1917 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. H. E. F. Ralph.); together with a Southend-on-Sea Education Committee bronze medal for Regular Attendance, the reverse impressed ‘Harold Ralph 1905’; and five Canadian Masonic and Veterans badges, one in silver engraved ‘Corp. H. Ralph, Capt.’, very fine (5) £70-£90 --- George Albert Harvey was born in Wood Green, Middlesex, on 24 November 1895, and joined the Royal Navy for the duration of hostilities as an Officers’ Steward on 20 October 1915. He served in H.M.S. Champion from 8 December 1915 to 8 February 197, and was present in her at the battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. He was shore demobilised on 7 March 1919. James Edward Gascoyne was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, on 6 March 1898 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 30 October 1914. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Falmouth from 22 March 1915 to 26 August 1916, and was present in her at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, where she fired a total of 175 shells during the battle, the most of any British light cruiser. Gascoyne was also present in Falmouth when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-66 on the afternoon of 19 August 1916. Shortly after she was struck the armed trawler Cooksin went alongside and took off all the men not required to work the ship. Limping her way back to port at a speed of 2 knots, she was torpedoed again the following morning, this time by U-63, and sunk off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Remarkably no one was killed in the attacks, but one man later died of his injuries. Advanced Leading Seaman on 6 February 1919, he was was shore discharged, time expired, on 6 March 1928. Harold Edmund Flower Ralph was born in Essex on 19 August 1887, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Toronto on 12 April 1915. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 20 January 1917, he served during the Great War with the 18th Battalion on the Western Front from 30 April 1917, and was admitted to the 20th General Hospital suffering from the effects of Gas on 18 August 1917. Repatriated to the U.K., he was discharged on medical grounds on 30 November 1918, and died in Toronto on 13 October 1963.
Three: Sergeant A. E. C. Squire, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 6 operational sorties with 408 (Goose) Squadron, R.C.A.F., as a Hampden navigator - including the first Thousand Bomber Raids to Cologne and Essen, before being killed in action whilst on a mining operation off Lorient, 19 June 1942 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Alfred Edward Charles Squire was the son of Mr and Mrs. R. Squire of South Norwood, Surrey. He served during the Second War as a Sergeant with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and having undergone training as a navigator in 1941, was posted for operational flying to 408 (Goose Squadron), R.C.A.F. (Hampdens) at Balderton in May 1942. Squire flew in at least 6 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Mannheim, Cologne, 30 May 1942, Essen (3), including 1/2 June 1942, and a mining operation off the coast of France. Squire’s short flying career included both of the first Thousand Bomber Raids, before he was killed in action with the rest of his crew, 19 June 1942, when Hampden I AT189 EQ-G, ‘T/O 2240 Balderton for a mining operation in the Artichokes area off Lorient. All are buried in the Bayeux War Cemetery, France.’ (Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War refers). Sold with Royal Canadian Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book (28 April 1941 - 5 June 1942), annotated ‘Death Presumed 19.6.42.’
Four: Private A. S. Jennings, Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (355188 Pte. A. S. Jennings. Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (355 Pte. A. S. Jennings. Hamps .R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (355188. Pte. A. S. Jennings. 9-Hamps. R.) number officially corrected on last, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- Arthur Seymour Jennings was born in 1893 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 9 April 1913. He served with the 1st/9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was demobilised on 5 March 1920. Subsequently joining the Defence Force, he served as a Sergeant with the Motor Transport section of the Royal Army Service Corps, and was discharged on 4 July 1921. He was awarded his Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 51 in February 1922. Sold together with the recipient’s Certificate of Disembodiment on Dembobilisation; Certificate of Identity and Certificate of Employment during the War; Defence Force Discharge Certificate; and two postcard photographs.
Germany, Third Reich, Luftwaffe Long Service Medal, Fourth Class Medal for 4 Years’ Service, silvered, complete with Luftwaffe emblem on riband; Olympic Games Medal 1936, silvered; Entry into Czechoslovakia Medal 1938, bronze, with Prague Castle bar, mounted German-style with pin back suspension, good very fine (3) £140-£180
Family group: Pair: Able Seaman J. Brown, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (C.Z.4893 J. Brown. A.B. R.N.V.R.) pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine Five: Sergeant J. Brown, Highland Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial, with two Additional Award Bars, these loose (3305621 Sjt. J. Brown. 6-H.L.I.) good very fine (7) £70-£90
Eight: Lieutenant D. D. Hall, Canadian Army Medical Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches during the Second World War 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (ZG 9164 D. D. Hall); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (ZG 9164 D. D. Hall); Canadian Forces Decoration, G.VI.R. (Lt. D. D. Hall) mounted as worn, planchet of last detached but present, otherwise very fine (8) £160-£200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 8 November 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’
Miscellaneous Identity Discs. A selection of identity discs, both official and unofficial, comprising: ‘O. Williamson 70234 R FFIY’, aluminium; ‘F. H. Shea 11262 R.F.C.’, aluminium; ‘A. J. Charlwood. Balkans “56515” 1916-17-18 95 Labour Corps’, aluminium; ‘Maj. H. J. Bennett. Oxf & Bucks. C.E.’ pressed card; ‘6099859 Ives A. CE’, (3) all pressed card, these last three with a miniature gold charm showing the Madonna and Child; together with a small bronze prize medal, the reverse engraved ‘Runners-up 1930 10th Hussars Farr/Cpl R. M. Siely’, in Elkington, London, case of issue, the identity disc to Charlwood very much an unofficial ‘trench-art’ production; generally good very fine (9) £60-£80
Five: Midshipman J. G. Nicholson, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Isis was mined and sank off the Normandy coast, 20 July 1944 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure ‘Midshipman John Garvin [sic] Nicholson R.N.’, extremely fine £70-£90 --- John Girvin Nicholson was born at Dartmouth on 15 September 1925, and served during the Second World War as a Midshipman in H.M.S. Isis. He was killed in action, aged 18, when Isis was mined and sank off the Normandy coast on 20 July 1944 with the loss of 11 Officers and 144 ratings, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Sold with copied research including a small photograph of the recipient.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (11) (3279 Pte. F. J. Cole. Suss. Yeo.; G-4321 Pte. A. J. Mitchell. The Queen’s R.; 24989 Pte. R. Spencer. E. Lan. R.; 15971 Pte. A. Wise. R. Berks. R.; 40023 Pte. J. F. Peters. K.R.R.C.; 9142 Pte. K. Connelly. Manch. R.; 202077 Cpl. H. W. Vincent. Tank Corps. initials officially corrected; 5286 Pte. H. W. Pitt. 12-Lond. R.; SE-2786 A. Cpl. E. P. Webb. A.V.C.; 500 Carp. J. M. Fernandez, Wks Dte.; 213164. 2.A.M. H. McL. Inglis. R.A.F.) suspension rings missing from Connelly and Inglis, and heavy edge bruising to both of these; together with a renamed Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (230. Tpr. V. Gjosteen. Enslins. Horse.) generally very fine except where stated (12) £100-£140 --- Alfred J. Mitchell attested for the Royal West Surrey Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1915. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 25 September 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Arthur Wise attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 September 1915. He was killed in action in Salonika on 24 April 1917, and is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece.
Pair: Private J. Howe, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who died at sea when the troopship Transylvania was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on 4 May 1917 British War and Victory Medals (37101 Pte. J. Howe. R.W. Fus.) good very fine The British War Medal awarded to Private O. Edwards, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 July 1917 British War Medal 1914-20 (291798 Pte. O. Edwards. R.W. Fus.) good very fine The Victory Medal awarded to Private J. F. Thomas, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 19 May 1917 Victory Medal 1914-19 (2739 Pte. J. F. Thomas. R.W. Fus.) generally good very fine (4) £70-£90 --- John Howe was born in Coventry and attested there for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War, and died at sea on 4 May 1917, when the troopship Transylvania was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean south from Cape Vado, Gulf of Genoa, by the German submarine U 63 whilst on a voyage from Marseilles to Alexandria carrying troops and a cargo of Government stores. 12 crew, including the Master, 29 military officers and 373 other ranks were killed. Owen Edwards was born at Llangollen, Denbighshire, and enlisted into the 7th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers in July 1916. He was posted to the 15th Battalion on 12 June 1917 and killed in action on 27 July 1917, aged 34. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. John Frederick Thomas was killed in action in France on 19 May 1917, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, having previously served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
A South African Police Star for Merit group of seven awarded to 2nd Class Sergeant J. A. Nieman, 1st Battalion, South African Police, Union Defence Force, who was taken prisoner of war during the attempted break out from Tobruk in June 1942 South African Police Star for Merit (Sers. J. A. Nieman 16074 7.2.64); South African Police Star for Faithful Service (16071 Sers J. A. Nieman); South African Police Good Service Medal (16071(V) 2/Serst. Nieman, J. A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, last four officially impressed (SAP196109 J. A. Nieman) mounted for display, generally very fine (7) £200-£300 --- Johannes Adam Nieman was born in Theunissen, Orange Free State, South Africa in November 1910. He was employed as a Constable in the South African Police in Johannesburg, and was mobilised to serve with the 1st Battalion, South African Police, which disembarked in Egypt in June 1941. Nieman was with the Battalion when it attempted to break out of the Axis cordon surrounding Tobruk, 21 June 1942, ultimately leading to the Garrison’s mass surrender on that date. He was taken prisoner of war by the Italians, and was initially interned in North Africa. Nieman was subsequently interned at Campo 82 (Laterina), and then Campo 120 (Fattoria Biancheto) where he was detached to form part of a Work Party in a tobacco factory. Nieman was subsequently transferred to Germany and interned at Stalag 4B (Muhlberg). He then went to Stalag 4F (Hartmansdorf Chemnitz), where he was detached to form part of a Work Party in a brick works. Nieman was repatriated in May 1945, and returned to service with the Police in Johannesburg after the war. He advanced to 2nd Class Sergeant in November 1947, and retired to Pension in November 1965. Sold with extensive copied research.
Six: Chief Petty Officer J. F. Magson, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (JX.139046 J. F. Magson. C.P.O. H.M.S. President.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £80-£120
Pair: Major J. T. Thackara, Hampshire Volunteer Artillery Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, V.R. cypher, silver, hallmarks for London 1893, with integral top riband bar; together with the two related miniature awards; and an Artillery Volunteers Long Service Medal, gold (18ct (?), 11.30g), the reverse engraved ‘Captain J. T. Thackara, 2nd. Hants. A.V. enrolled 20 January 1869’, all housed in a fitted glazed display frame, the gilding all rubbed from the VD and contact marks to the gold medal, otherwise generally very fine (3) £300-£400 --- James Thomas Thackara was awarded his Volunteer Officers’ Decoration in 1894, whilst serving as a Captain and Honorary Major with the 2nd Hampshire (Southern Division, Royal Artillery), Southern District, Artillery (London Gazette 13 February 1894); and was awarded the 1902 Coronation Medal whilst serving as a Major in the 2nd Hampshire Volunteer Artillery.
A rare campaign group of seven awarded to Sergeant Major, later Flight Lieutenant, J. Baxter, Royal Engineers, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who served in No. 1 Balloon Section, Royal Engineers during the Boer War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony (29281. Cpl. J. Baxter. R.E.) clasps in this order, unofficial rivets between 4th and 5th clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (29281 Corpl: J. Baxter. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (11 Sjt. J. Baxter. R.F.C.) note early number; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. Baxter. R.F.C.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (11. Sjt: J. Baxter. R.F.C.) with 2 Aldershot R.E. Challenge Shield Prize medals, both bronze and both engraved to recipient for ‘1906’ and ‘1907’ respectively, contact marks overall, nearly very fine (lot) £1,000-£1,400 --- Saleroom Notice Now sold with a further 2 Balloon Company R.E.shooting medals for 1906 and 1910, both in SILVER, both named and in cases of issue --- James Baxter was born in February 1877, attested for the Royal Engineers in 1896, and was posted for service with the Royal Engineers ballooning unit, the Balloon Section, in August 1899. Shortly thereafter, he witnessed active service in South Africa, serving in No. 3 Field Troop, R.E. from June 1900, which was formed from No. 2 Balloon Section after the relief of Ladysmith, and in No. 1 Balloon Section, until the end of hostilities. Baxter advanced to Sergeant, and was serving with No. 1 Balloon Company on mobilisation of the Air Battalion (awarded L.S. & G.C. in April 1914 - the third L.S. & G.C. to be awarded to a member of the newly formed Aeronautical Service). He served as a Flight Sergeant with 2 Squadron in the French theatre of war from 13 August 1914. Baxter advanced to Sergeant Major, and was awarded his Aero Club Aeronauts’ Certificate No. 98, 12 October 1916. He was also commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on the same date. Baxter made a safe descent when his balloon (Br balloon 33-11-3) was shot down by the German Ace and Pour Le Merite winner Heinrich Gontermann near Arras, 22 April 1917. He was appointed Acting Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force (Balloon Section) in April 1918, and is shown in the Air Force Lists as retired Flight Lieutenant (E) in 1937. Baxter died in December 1959. Medals illustrated in A Contemptible Little Flying Corps. Sold with copied research, and photographic images of recipient in uniform.
Four: Acting Lance-Corporal W. T. Shorney, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (1735 Spr. W. T. Shorney, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1735 Spr. W. T. Shorney. R.E.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (518922 Spr. -A L.Cpl.- W. T. Shorney. R.E.); together with bronze prize medal, engraved ‘L/Cpl. W. Shorney 559 Army Tps. Co. R.E., V Corps Tps. R.E. 2nd. L.C. Team 2-7-18’, nearly very fine (5) £70-£90 --- William Shorney attested for the Royal Engineers during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 September 1915, and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 491 of November 1921, by which time he had transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery.
The Crimea medal to Private Squire Baldwin, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, who was killed in action at the battle of Inkermann Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (S. Baldwin. Grenadier Gds.) officially impressed naming, minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- Squire Baldwin served as a Private in the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, and was killed in action at the battle of Inkermann on 5 November 1854. Sold with copied research and Osprey Men-at-Arms series booklet on the Grenadier Guards.
An extremely well-documented group of seven, together with a remarkable archive of photographs and documents, awarded to Major B. R. S. Dalton, Royal Artillery, late Royal Engineers, who served on Special Employment in North Africa during the Second World War in command of the Western Desert Section of the Army Air Photographic Interpretation Unit being twice mentioned in despatches, and continued to serve during the Sicilian and mainland Italian Campaigns; he was later decorated by the Americans for his services as an Instructor 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, in card box of issue with enclosure slip; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (2021630 Sjt. B. R. S. Dalton. R.E.) in named card box of issue; United States of America, Bronze Star, in case of issue; together with 3 M.I.D. oak leaves; riband bar for Africa Star and Efficiency Medal; and named card box of issue for 1st and 2nd clasps for Efficiency Medal, extremely fine (7) £600-£800 --- M.I.D. London Gazettes 24 June 1943 (Middle East); 13 January 1944 (Middle East). United States Bronze Star London Gazette 14 November 1947 - ‘Major (temporary) Bernard Ralph Sparks Dalton (156899), Royal Regiment of Artillery’ The proposed citation states: ‘For exceptionally meritorious service to the Government of the United States in aiding organisation and operation of training at Photo Intelligence Center, Military Intelligence Service thereby assisting in accomplishment of its mission.’ Bernard Ralph Sparks Dalton was born in 1909 in London. He served initially in the Royal Engineers advancing to Sergeant and qualifying for the award of the Efficiency Medal (Territorial) per Army Order No. 29 dated February 1940. He was granted a Regular Army Emergency Commission as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 16 November 1940 and was posted to Heliopolis, Egypt in March 1941. The following month he became the fourth officer to join the newly formed Army Air Photographic Interpretation Unit. Posted to the Advanced Western Desert Force Section on 21 May 1941 under Lieutenant Peter Oldfield (later of the S.A.S.), he took command of this Section the following month. In July, the Western Desert Section joined 285 Wing of the Desert Air Force, whose photographic elements included 2 Squadron R.A.F., 60 Survey Squadron and 1437 Flight Baltimores flying long-range strategic missions. Later the same month, while preparing for Operation Crusader, Dalton was required to present his work to General Auchinleck: ‘I think one of my most treasured memories is of flying down to G.H.Q. Cairo on 25 July 1941 on a Lizzie (Lysander) to show General Auchinleck a selection of annotated air photos and mosaics defining the defences in front of our Army. I shall never forget seeing the General take a magnifying glass in his hand and get down on his hands and knees on the floor of the ‘War Room’ I suppose it was, and gaze earnestly, in the best Sherlock Holmes tradition, at the mosaics spread in front of him and ask searching questions as to how we knew that this was an 88mm and that was a minefield and so on. After spending some time with the General I think he was convinced that air photos had their uses even if they had their limitations.’ (‘History of Army Photographic Interpretation’ - a nine page hand written account by the recipient - with lot) Aside from briefing the C-in-C and supplying Divisions and Corps with information on enemy defences, Dalton also gave sundry details of defences and terrain to the the S.A.S. and L.R.D.G. - on several occasions briefing Randolph Churchill during his period as Liaison Officer with these units. The A.A.P.I.U. joined 451 Squadron R.A.F. for the attack on Bardia on 27-28 December 1941 and continued up and down the Western Desert in 1942, receiving and interpreting photos from the R.A.F., and passing information to intelligence at speed. Dalton was promoted War Substantive Lieutenant on 16 May 1942 and Temporary Captain on Special Employment on 17 December 1942. In January 1943, the unit interpreted the Mareth defences and the following month were at Castel Benito near Tripoli. Dalton was put on the ‘XO’ list in May 1943 for the planning of the invasion of Sicily and Italy and embarked for Malta in July, suffering heavy bombardment - the bombers attracted by an impressive fleet of Royal Navy ships in the harbour and the thousands of troops on the island. Landing at Syracuse, Sicily on 3 August 1943, Dalton’s unit continued to interpret photos under nightly air attack. Six weeks later, having been promoted War Substantive Captain and Temporary Major, Dalton arrived on mainland Italy and was constantly on the move for the rest of the year. His earlier work during the Desert Campaign was recognised by two mentions in despatches. On 3 February 1944, Dalton was posted to the School of Military Intelligence at Matlock Hydro as an Instructor. Two months later he joined the American Photo Interpretation School at Kensington and in July he was posted to the Central Interpretation Unit at R.A.F. Medenham. Dalton’s second clasp to his Efficiency Medal (territorial) was gazetted on 26 May 1950. He relinquished his commission on 19 February 1964, retaining the honorary rank of Major. Sold with the following archive: ‘History of Army Photographic Interpretation’ - a nine page detailed summary of the recipient‘s service, hand written in April 1975; large officially bound folder entitled ‘Italian Ridotttas and Outposts’ containing large quantity of aerial photographs of Italian positions in North Africa in 1941, each with a detailed caption; large quantity of aerial photographs, subjects spanning a wide range of axis positions from 1941 to 1945, these mostly captioned either officially or in pencil, with date - of note is a mosaic of aerial photographs of Heraklion landing ground dated 26 May 1941 taken during the Battle of Crete and a well annotated aerial photograph of Remagen, Germany, the site of the first Allied crossing of the Rhine, showing the Railway Road bridge intact, dated 15 March 1945; a large quantity of reverse captioned photographs taken by Dalton during service in North Africa; folder containing quantity of the recipient’s correspondence, notes and official Intelligence Summaries; folder containing Air Photo Technical Data; a quantity of A.A.I.P.U. wartime maps of regions of North Africa e.g. Bardia, Bay of Salum, Tunis region, French North Africa, Bir Ghirba, Ain-el-Gazala, these mostly dated 1941 and worn to varying degrees; large German map of Libya entitled ‘Verkehrskarte von Nord-Libyen’ dated 1941; a bound folder entitled ‘Wild Flowers collected in Western Desert and Sicily during 1939-45 War’ - this containing a large quantity of well preserved dried and pressed wild flowers each annotated with date and location of collection, many named; a quantity of further documents, letters, papers and booklets relating to the recipient’s service.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (4681 Q.M. Sgt. E. W. Andrews. 50th. Coy. 17th. Impl: Yeo:) good very fine £300-£400 --- Ernest Wilfred Andrews was born in Winchester in 1878 and attested there for the Imperial Yeomanry on 23 January 1900. He served with the 50th (Hampshire) Company, 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 7 April 1900 to 9 June 1901, and was promoted Corporal on 7 September 1900, and Quartermaster Sergeant on 7 March 1901. He was discharged on demobilisation on 15 June 1901, after 1 year and 144 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Six: Petty Officer L. S. Russell, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.101221 L. S. Russell. A./P.O. H.M.S. Warspite.) attempted erasure of ‘A’ from rate, and ship partially officially corrected, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £70-£90
Three: Private J. W. Price, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was wounded in February 1915 and later served with the Royal North Devon Yeomanry 1914-15 Star (13115 Pte. J. W. Price. K.O.Y.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (131115 Pte. J. W. Price. K.O.Y.L.I.) nearly extremely fine Four: Acting Lance-Corporal T. J. Conway, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with Boxing Cup inscribed ‘Tommy Conway, Light Welter Champion, Royal Signals 1940-41’, and original documents including Diary for 1945, Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, Release document, cloth shoulder titles and photograph album covering war and post-war years, the cup with soldered repair, otherwise good very fine Memorial Plaque (2), (Arthur Henry Clark; Charlie Clark) very fine (9) £120-£160 --- Joseph William Price was born in 1898, enlisted into the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on 2 September 1914, and landed in France on 15 January 1915. Early in February 1915 he received a gunshot wound in the shoulder. He served afterwards with the 2/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry (No. 57448) and was discharged to Class ‘Z’ Reserve at the Depot of the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry on 17 February 1919. He was awarded the Silver War Badge (No. B/197946), the roll for this showing that he was discharged from ‘West & Cum: Yeo:’ on 17 February 1919. Similarly, his Great War medals are shown on the rolls of the Corps of Hussars and Royal North Devon Yeomanry. Sold with comprehensive research. 3962234 Thomas John Conway was born on 24 April 1921, enlisted into the Royal Signals at Cardiff on 7 March 1939, and embarked in the U.K. for North Africa on 22 December 1942, attached to 5 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. He afterwards served in Italy from 8 May 1945 and was transferred to Army Reserve on 23 July 1946. He is also entitled to the Defence Medal, original letter confirming entitlement included, together with named box of issue for Efficiency Medal, Territorial, to which he is also entitled.
Pair: Corporal H. Sunter, Machine Gun Corps, late Lancashire Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (63707 Pte. H. Sunter. M.G.C.) together with large bronze medal, 50mm, for ‘Mounted Wrestling, 1st Batt. M.G.C., Flerzheim’, (L/Cpl. H. Sunter 11. 7. 19); silver medal, 31mm, hallmarked Birmingham 1918, ‘1st Bn. M.G.C. Sports Flerzheim 1919’ (L/Cpl. H. Sunter D. Coy. Boat Race); and bronze medal, 31mm, ‘1st Batt M.G.C. B Coy Winners of Section Alarm Race Heimerzheim 1919’, in card box of issue, extremely fine (5) £40-£50 --- Harry Sunter, a native of Oswaldtwistle, enlisted into the 21st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers on 11 May 1916 (36273) and transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 12 October 1916. Served in France and Flanders from 16 March 1917, 216 Coy, later 1st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Sold with copied soldier’s papers.
Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful), (Robert Lawrence. A.B. 3rd July 1877.) complete with top suspension buckle, two small edge bruises, otherwise lightly polished, good very fine £240-£280 --- R.H.S. Case No. 20199: Silver medals to Lieut. James Brant, R.N., and Able Seaman R. Lawrence, R.N., both of H.M.S. Research. ‘When off Port Said, on 3rd July, 1877, a cry of “Man overboard!” was raised on board H.M.S. Research. Engines were at once stopped and reversed, when Henry Godwin, A.B., drifted past, just under water, with one hand raised. At this moment Brant jumped overboard from the hammock netting, followed by Lawrence. They both swam towards Godwin, who was still under water. At this moment a middle sized hammer-headed shark was observed fifteen or twenty yards from the men, swimming rapidly, the three men in the water drifted about four hundred yards astern, where they were picked up by the life-boat. Godwin’s life was most undoubtedly saved by the two men, as all three were thoroughly exhausted when brought on board.’ Robert Lawrence was born at Manchester on 3 February 1856, and joined the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 1 January 1873, aboard Ganges. He rose to Boy 1st Class in May 1873 and to Ordinary Seaman in March 1874, joining H.M.S. Research on 4 August 1874. He was rated Able Seaman on 1 August 1875, and, after a brief transfer to Hibernia between 17 August and 9 November 1873, he returned to Research, in which he remained until 2 August 1879. On 25 March 1879, whilst still in Research and having attained advancement to Petty Officer 2nd Class, he was reduced to Able Seaman and with only a “Good” character, but what misdemeanour brought this about is not recorded. He left the ship for Royal Adelaide on 2 August 1879. Two months later, on 4 October, he deserted in Devonport and his record of service has no further entries, implying that he was never recovered. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Three: Stoker Petty Officer R. Hayes, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Warspite at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 1914-15 Star (293358. R. Hayes. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (293358 R. Hayes. S.P.O. R.N.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Richard Hayes was born at Arthurstown, Co. Wexford, Ireland, on 9 October 1878 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 27 October 1899. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 April 1915, he joined H.M.S. Warspite on 5 April 1915, ands served in her to 3 November 1916, seeing action at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. At Jutland Warspite was hit by no fewer than 13 ‘large projectiles’, several of them when her helm jammed and forced her out of line. Making an involuntary circle at ‘Windy Corner’, she became the prime target of the ‘big guns’ of the High Seas Fleet. Hayes was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 16 December 1920, and was shore pensioned 8 November 1921, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day.
Pair: Attributed to Private T. Watson, Sherwood Foresters, who died in France in 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, about extremely fine Pair: Attributed to Squadron Leader L. G. Headworth, Royal Air Force Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Sqd./Ldr. L. G. Headworth, c/o Midland Bank Ltd., Falmouth, Cornwall’, extremely fine Pair: Attributed to Miss Doris M. Watson Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, extremely fine Defence Medal (2); War Medal 1939-45; together with a mounted group of three miniature awards, comprising 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; two Second War card boxes of issue, the first named to ‘Mr. W. G. Muir, 58 Garfin Road, Newart...’; the second with address label torn; and a St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘297532 George Levett’, with 18 Year Bars, a complete run from 1929 to 1946 inclusive, the reverse of all engraved ‘297532’, in case, generally nearly extremely fine (10) £60-£80 --- Thomas Watson attested for the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) and served with them during the Second World War as part of the British Expeditionary Force. He died between 28 May and 23 June 1940, and is buried in St. Marie Communal Cemetery, France. Sold together with a photographic image of the recipient and one of the recipient’s CWGC headstone. George Levett was employed by the Southern Railway as a Clerk in the Goods Department at Chichester.
Four: Private J. M. Simpson, 2nd Battalion, Transvaal Scottish, Union Defence Force, who was twice wounded in action, the last during the Battle of Sollum, Egypt, 11 January 1942, proving fatal 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed (221696 J. M. Simpson) generally very fine (4) £80-£120 --- John Mercer Simpson was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in August 1910. He enlisted in the Union Defence Force in September 1940, and was subsequently posted to ‘B’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Transvaal Scottish. Simpson disembarked in Egypt in June 1941, and was wounded in action near Sollum, 19 December 1941. He received a gun shot wound to the back, which fractured his spine, during the Battle of Sollum, 11 January 1942. Simpson died of his wounds at No. 5 SA General Hospital, Cairo, 16 January 1942. Private Simpson is buried in the Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt. Sold with extensive copied research.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Gunner J. E. O’Neill, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (64275 Dvr: J. E. O’Neill. R.F.A.); 1914 Star, with later slide clasp (64275 Dvr: J. O’Neill. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (64275 Gnr. J. O’Neill. R.A.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1920 M.I.D. London Gazette 7 July 1919. James Edward O’Neill attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Liverpool, and served with the 5th Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November 1914, being awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with 73rd Battery.
Five: Corporal C. A. Ribbick, Royal Hampshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with two Additional Award Bars (5492548 Dmr. C. A. Ribbick. Hamps. R.) good very fine (5) £70-£90 --- C. A. Ribbick was awarded his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 243 of November 1937, whilst serving as a Drummer with the 4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment; the first Additional Award Bar in September 1942, whilst serving as a Corporal; and the second Additional Award Bar in February 1947, whilst serving as a Corporal in the Royal Hampshire Regiment.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (T-Sister L. K. Robertson A.I.F.) very fine £50-£70 --- Lillian Katherine Robertson was born at New Hebridies, Tasmania, on 4 September 1890. A nursing sister at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, she enlisted there into the Australian Army Nursing Service on 11 May 1917. She embarked at Melbourne in the R.M.S. Mooltan on 12 June 1917, disembarked at Suez on 12 July and was taken on the strength of 14th Australian General Hospital at Abbassia on 25 July 1917. She embarked for England in June 1919 for Non Military employment and returned to Australia per H.T. Orontes in December 1919. Sold with copied record of service.
A Great War 1918 Western Front ‘Attack on Havrincourt’ D.C.M., 1917 ‘Battle of Cambrai’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private G. H. Bevens, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, late West Yorkshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (65193 Pte. G. H. Bevens, M.M., 5/Yorks. L.I.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (42028 Pte. G. H. Bevens, 2/5 W. York. R. - T.F.); British War and Victory Medals (42028 Pte. G. H. Bevens. York. R.) very fine or better (4) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 16 January 1919 [a joint citation with Private A. E. Allen, M.M., also of the 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Light Infantry]: ‘For conspicuous gallantry during the attack on Havrincourt between 12-14 September 1918, as Battalion “runners”. They worked continuously under very heavy shell and machine-gun fire; and there is no doubt that had it not been for the courage of these two men, several very important orders would never have reached the front line.’ M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1918. George Bevens, a native of Bowes Park, London, attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment and served with the 2nd/5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry at the battle of Cambrai, with regimental records stating that he was notified of his award on Christmas Day 1917 - the unit was particularly active on the first day of the battle, in support of the tank attack, and suffered heavy casualties. As a result of lack of reinforcements, the 2/5th Battalion was disbanded in August 1918, Bevens being allocated to the 5th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, being re-numbered 65193, and it was with this latter unit that he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for the above cited deeds as a “runner” at Havrincourt in the following month. Sold with copied research.
Four: Lieutenant N. B. Hamilton, 1/94 Russell’s Infantry, late Highland Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. N. B. Hamilton.) with M.I.D. oak leaves; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut. N. B. Hamilton.); Defence Medal, unnamed, very fine (4) £200-£260 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 9 September 1921 (Iraq). Nicol Brown Hamilton was commissioned as Second Lieutenant into the 6th (City of Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, on 30 May 1917. He served in Palestine from 21 February 1918, attached to the 5th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and left to go to the Indian Army in September 1918. He served as a Lieutenant in 1/94th Russell’s Infantry in Iraq in 1919-20 and was mentioned in despatches for his services. Sold with commission document as 2nd Lieutenant, dated 18 June 1917, together with several testimonial letters of recommendation and other original documents.
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