73rd Highlanders 1816. A circular engraved medal with double-stepped rim, 52mm, silver, unmarked, the obverse engraved with a crowned ‘GR’ with ‘73’ above and ‘Second Battn. Highlanders’ below, with sprigs of thistle to either side, the reverse engraved ‘A Reward for Military Merit given by the Officers to John Williams 1816, Mangalore’, with fixed ring suspension, good very fine £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008 and May 2016. Referenced in Balmer R.460. John Williams served as Paymaster of the Northamptonshire Militia prior to being appointed, on the recommendation of Lieutenant-General Harris, to the Paymastership of the 2nd Battalion 73rd Foot on 31 May 1810. He served in this capacity throughout the active service period of the battalion. Placed on Half Pay on 13 December 1821, he died c.1824. Note: Owing to the uncertainty that exists with the original provenance and manufacture of some early engraved Regimental and Volunteer Medals, this lot is sold as viewed.
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Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Commander’s neck badge, 77mm including wreath suspension x 58mm, gilt and enamel, with neck riband and miniature award, in de Vigne-Hart, Brussels, case of issue; together with a Medal of the Order of Leopold II, Second Class, silver, in card box of issue, minor enamel damage to wreath suspension, good very fine Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fifth Class breast badge, 44mm, silver-gilt and enamel, complete with sacred beads, with original riband with rosette on riband and with full hook and eye assembly, with lapel rosette, in slightly damaged rio-nuri lacquered case of issue, extremely fine Spain, Franco Period, Order of Military Merit, Third Class Star, 59mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, with white enamel cross for a peace-time award, good very fine (4) £80-£100
A good Second War D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Petty Officer J. R. L. Appleby, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the 15-inch gun monitor H.M.S. Erebus off Le Havre in September 1944 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (P.O. J. R. L. Appleby, P/JX. 125653); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (P/JX. 125653 J. R. L. Apppleby, D.S.M., C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (P/JX. 125653 J. R. L. Apppleby, C.P.O., H.M.S. Sursay) minor official corrections to naming, polished, the DSM good fine, the rest better (8) £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009. D.S.M. London Gazette 24 April 1945: ‘For skill, leadership and undaunted devotion to duty whilst serving on H.M. Ships Erebus and Roberts in the bombardment of Le Havre and Walcheren.’ The original recommendation states: ‘For undaunted devotion to duty when the ship was under accurate enemy fire during the bombardment of Le Havre, in maintaining a high rate of ammunition supply when adjoining compartments had been flooded by action damage.’ James Richard Leslie Appleby, a native of Reading, Berkshire, was serving as Captain of the Forecastle Division and employed in the 15-inch shell room of the monitor H.M.S. Erebus at the time of the above related deeds, his recommendation further revealing that he was present at the bombardments of Le Havre on 5, 8, and 10 September 1944 - her 15-inch guns inflicting serious damage on enemy installations, as indeed they had off Normandy that June, when engaging the batteries at Barfleur and La Pernelle. She went on to lend equally valuable support during Operation Infatuate, the assault on Walcheren in November 1944. Sold with copied research.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., Anchor obverse, ‘Inverted’ reverse (Emanuel Joblin Late Gunners Yeoman, H.M.S. Blanche. 28 Years) pierced as issued with small silver ring and larger secondary steel split ring for suspension, and fitted with a contemporary top silver brooch bar, minor edge bruising, good very fine and a rare ‘Inverted’ reverse example £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Emanuel Joblin was born at Godshill, Isle of Wight, and is first recorded on the ship’s musters as serving in H.M.S. Leda from November 1809 (with the notation, later Royal Sovereign yacht). He joined H.M.S. Minden at Trincomalee, Ceylon, on 24 June 1815, and is further recorded as serving in H.M. Ships Tartar, Ramillies, Doris and Blanche, entering the latter ship as a Gunners Yeoman on 10 March 1830, aged 47. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 October 1833, and was discharged to pension at Portsmouth in November 1833. Sold with copied research.
Three: Quartermaster Sergeant A. E. Marshall, North Staffordshire Regiment, later Lancashire Fusiliers Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3101 L/Cpl. A. E. Marshall, 1/N. Staff: R); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (5994. C. Sjt. A. E. Marshall. Lanc: Fus.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Hafir (3101 Lce. Cpl. A. E. Marshall, 1st Battn. N.S. Rgt.) mounted court-style for display, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2010. Arthur Ernest Marshall was born in Birmingham c. 1872. A Gun-Maker by occupation and a member of the 4th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment at Birmingham on 11 July 1890, aged 18 years. With the North Staffordshire Regiment he served in South Africa from May 1892 to April 1893; in Malta from April 1893 to October 1895; in Egypt and the Sudan from October 1895 to April 1897, and attained the rank of Corporal in April 1897. Seeing active service in Sudan with the Dongola Expedition, he was awarded the Queen’s medal and the Khedive’s medal for Hafir. Returning home, he was then transferred to the 1st Class Army Reserve in July 1897, intending to join the Police. Marshall rejoined the Colours under Army Order 23 of 1898 and was transferred as a Corporal to the Lancashire Fusiliers. He was appointed Lance-Sergeant in April 1898, and was promoted Sergeant in July of the same year, and Colour Sergeant in March 1900. With the Lancashire Fusiliers he served in Malta from August 1898 to November 1901, and in Barbados from November 1901 to August 1902. He was awarded a gratuity in July 1902 and awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity per Army Order 270 of October 1909. He was discharged at Seaford, Sussex, having given notice, on 31 October 1912, becoming a Postman in civilian life. On 8 September 1914, with the onset of war, Marshall attested for one year’s service in the Army Reserve (Special Reserve), aged 41 years, 11 months. Appointed a Quartermaster Sergeant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, he was discharged as medically unfit on 21 October 1914. He re-enlisted on 25 June 1917 and as a Company Quartermaster Sergeant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, he served at Home until discharged to the Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 4 June 1919. Sold with a quantity of copied service papers and other research.
Five: Chief Petty Officer S. R. Gilbery, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (232663. S. R. Gilbery. L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (232663 S. R. Gilbery. P.O. R.N.); War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (232663 S. R. Gilbery. C.P.O. H.M.S. Pembroke.) mounted for wear, heavy contact marks to the Great War trio, these fair to fine, the last two better (5) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Sidney Richard Gilbery was born in Islington on 16 April 1889 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 18 October 1904. Advanced Leading Seaman on 1 May 1914, he served during the Great War predominately in H.M.S. Latona from 7 August 1915 to the cessation of hostilities, and was promoted Petty Officer on 1 March 1918. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in the rank of Chief Petty Officer on 18 April 1928, he was shore pensioned on 22 April 1929, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following year. Recalled for War service on 11 September 1939, he was invalided out of the service, ‘Permanently Unfit for Naval Service’, on 27 April 1942. Sold with copied record of service.
Australia Service Medal (2) (256197 V. M. Ransome; 140365 J. H. J. Waters) generally nearly very fine (2) £40-£50 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, November 2009. Victor Moritz Ransome was born in Mildura, Victoria, in October 1907 and enlisted in the R.A.A.F. in Melbourne, Victoria, in June 1942. He was discharged as a Flying Officer from No. 43 Squadron on 3 January 1946.

James Henry Joseph Waters (listed as ‘Watson’ on the Australian War Memorial website) was born in Alberton, South Australia, in March 1922 and enlisted in the R.A.A.F. in Adelaide in May 1943. Having then served at Air Defence H.Q. Morotai, he was discharged as a Leading Aircraftman in November 1945.
Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type, silver (P.C. John Spiers, Glasgow, 19th Novr. 1905) edge bruising, good very fine £200-£240 --- Provenance: Spink Exhibition 1985, No. 158; W. H. Fevyer Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. John Finlay, a Slater, Police Constable James M'Courtney and Police Constable John Spiers were each awarded the Society’s Silver Medal. ‘On 19th November 1905, 24 Inmates were saved from a fire at 39 Watson Street, Glasgow, cause of the fire was unknown’ (Ref. case No. 15,050). John Law Spiers was born at East Kilbride on 18 March 1869. Having served seven years in the Scots Guards, he joined the Glasgow Police in November 1895. Serving in the Central Division for the whole of his service, he retired on a pension on 12 November 1925, having received three commendations. Sold with some copied research.
British War Medal 1914-20 (Sister D. Webley) very fine £50-£70 --- Dorothy Webley attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and served during the Great War in Egypt (entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio). Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 June 1916), she was subsequently appointed Nursing Sister on 8 September 1919, and later married Dr. Gordon Winstanley Spencer. Sold with a Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. cape badge; riband bar; and copied research.
Pair: Able Seaman D. Day, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (SS.5401. D. Day. Ord. R.N.); British War Medal 1914-20 (SS.5401. D. Dey [sic]. A.B. R.N.) very fine Pair: Lance-Corporal T. Platts, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (17900 L.Cpl. T. Platts. Yorks L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (17900 Pte. T. Platts. K.O.Y.L.I.) very fine 1914-15 Star (63186 Pte. WA. Clevely. 4/Can. Inf.); British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Capt. J. Nicol.; Lieut. H. P. S. Wise.; Cpl. F. B. Stofberg, S.A.N.L.C.; L/Cpl. H. F. Serrurier. 2nd S.A.I.) very fine or better (9) £120-£160
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (7786 Wkr. K. Edwards. Q.M.A.A.C.; 11237 Wkr. A. Gilliland. Q.M.A.A.C.; 6864 Wkr. G. Mellor. Q.M.A.A.C.) generally very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Kittie Edwards attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 22 June 1918 to 24 October 1919. Ada Gilliland attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 3 May 1918 to 13 September 1919. Gladys Mellor attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 11 November 1917 to 6 December 1919.
Efficiency Medal (3), G.VI.R., 1st issue, Militia (2557166 Sgln. F. Brown. R. Signals.); E.II.R., 2nd issue (2), Territorial (22271672 Pte. G. W. White. Cheshire), in named card box of issue; T. & A.V.R. (23234635 LCpl R Carson RCT) very fine (3) £100-£140 --- F. Brown was awarded the Efficiency Medal in Army Order 190 of 1938, and a first clasp in Army Order 26/47 of 1947.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (74944 Dr: T. Neal, J, B, R.H.A.) suspension with old repair and now detached from medal, small official correction to surname, very fine £100-£140
A Great War 1915 ‘Battle of Neuve Chapelle’ D.C.M., Russian Cross of St. George group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal S. Jollans, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed in action near Ypres on 9 May 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8538 L. Cpl. S. Jollans. 2/Linc: Regt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (8538 Pte. S. Jollans. Linc. R.); Russia, Empire, Cross of St. George, Fourth Class, silver, reverse officially numbered ‘127208’, extremely fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Hayward’s Gazette, February 1979. D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry when in charge of a bombing party, on which occasion a hostile trench 100 yards long was captured from the enemy.’ Russian Cross of St. George London Gazette 25 August 1915. Sydney Jollans, a native of Kirton Lindsey, Lincolnshire, was born in Hogsthorpe, also in Lincolnshire, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Lincoln. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914, and was awarded the D.C.M. for his gallantry at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915. Jollans was killed in action near Ypres on 9 May 1915. A letter written to his parents from the Officer in Charge of his platoon states: ‘There is not an officer, N.C.O., or man who knew him that does not mourn his loss. How proud he was of his D.C.M.! He was one of the coolest and bravest of men, always ready and willing to do his duty, and any job he undertook was done satisfactorily. We all went into action on the night of 9th May, and we all had a rough time. I am not allowed to go into any detail, but it was just after a very difficult task and we were on our way to report “all correct” whey Syd was shot just below the heart from the back. All that was possible was done for him, but he only lived ten minutes. His actions all through the fighting had been splendid, and I know he had been recommended for further distinction for his valour. He died in an enemy’s trench, and of the bravest of men. All his comrades send their deepest sympathy. A report in the Lincolnshire Star announcing the recipient’s death also states: ‘Corporal Jollans had again been recommended for valour, he having previously won the D.C.M.’ One can perhaps speculate that, had he lived, he may well have received a second award Bar to his D.C.M., rather than the Russian Cross of St. George. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research.
Jubilee 1887, Metropolitan Police (PC, A. Manuel. T. Divn.); Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police (PC. A. Sheraton. P. Divn.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal G.V.R., 2nd issue (Alfred Barnard); together with a Royal Life Saving Society Bronze Swimming Medal ‘A. E. Clarke. Aug. 1929.’, the Jubilee Medals both silvered, nearly very fine and better (4) £80-£100
Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (Sister M. H. Croll.; S. Nurse L. Wood.; E. W. Robin.) nearly very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Martha Helen Croll attested into the Territorial Force Nursing Service and served during the Great War, being entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio. Louise Wood attested into the Territorial Force Nursing Service and served during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre, being entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio. Ethel W. Robin, a member of the Jersey branch of the British Red Cross Society, served with the French Red Cross during the Great War on the Western Front as a Canteener at d’Eclopes et D’Isoles from November 1916 to March 1917. Her older brother, Charles Harold Robin, was commissioned into the 13th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, and was killed in action at Oppy on 11 May 1917.
India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, second clasp loose on riband, as issued (4838 Pte. W. Steadman 1st. Bn. Rif. Brig.) suspension claw and post both slack, edge bruising, polished, therefore fine £100-£140 --- W. Steadman attested for the Rifle Brigade on 13 September 1881 and served with them in India and Burma. He was discharged on 12 September 1893, after 12 years’ service. Sold with a photograph of the recipient in uniform, wearing his medal.
A Second World War 1941 ‘civil division’ B.E.M. awarded to F. W. Clarke, who was employed as a Porter by London Midland and Scottish Railway, and saved the life of a colleague from a signal box which had been destroyed by a bomb during a German raid British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Francis William Clarke) mounted on investiture pin, good very fine £300-£400 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 14 November 1941 [Francis William Clarke, Parcels Porter, London Midland and Scottish Railway]: ‘During a period of heavy enemy air activity a signal box was demolished by a high explosive bomb, the Signalman being injured and buried beneath the debris which was on fire. He managed to extricate himself and his cries for help were heard by Porter Clarke. Although Clarke is only 5 ft. 3 ins. in height he got the Signalman on his back and carried him towards the Station. In the darkness Clarke got entangled with some wires and fell down with the casualty on top of him. He recovered and started out again but was knocked down by a blast of a H.E. bomb which exploded nearby. Although almost exhausted Clarke struggled on and got the injured man to a first aid post. He displayed courage and determination and was responsible for saving the life of the Signalman.’ Francis William Clarke was born in June 1886, and was employed as a Porter by London and South Western Railways from June 1902. Over the next 20 years he was employed as a Porter and a Signalman at Ilfracombe, Sidmouth and Exeter. Clarke was subsequently employed by London Midland and Scottish Railways. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Rifleman R. G. Westland, Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Forces Rhodesia, General Service Medal (PR72183 Rfn R. G. Westland); Zimbabwe, Independence Medal 1980 (01681) mounted court-style for wear, good very fine Great Britain, War Medal 1939-45 (590960 S. O. Williams); Africa Service Medal (111661 K. R. Froude); Rhodesia, General Service Medal (PR106365 Rfn D. O. Williams); South Africa, Pro Patria Medal (331789); Southern Africa Medal (53422); General Service Medal (277092); Unitas Medal (260509) generally very fine (9) £80-£100
The rare and particularly fine Second War 1944 ‘Photo Reconnaissance Unit’ D.F.C., ‘Malta 1940-41’ D.F.M. group of eight awarded to Maryland and Mosquito navigator, Flight Lieutenant J. H. Spires, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a Blenheim veteran of the Battle of Britain, who went on to distinguish himself flying with some of the most important Reconnaissance Pilots of the Second World War. Spires was posted to No. 431 (General Reconnaissance) Flight on Malta immediately after the Battle of Britain, and here he crewed up with the soon-to-become-legendary ‘Six-medal Warburton’ - who was later described as ‘the most important pilot in the R.A.F.’ by Air Marshal Tedder. Together they were to fly ‘in Maryland AR.713 affectionately known as the “Sardine Tin”... shot up in the air, holed by bomb splinters on the ground, in flight it played “Whistlers Mother.”’ Spires and Warburton provided vital reconnaissance for the Taranto Raid - plotting the positions of the Italian battleships mere hours before the Fleet Air Arm carried out their famous Swordfish attack. Warburton made three sweeps over the fleet at 500 feet and lower, even though ‘the weather was so bad that the birds were walking and the fish were at anchor..... we flew around the harbour twice and plotted the ships... when all hell let lose - Flack, tracer the kitchen sink - the lot.... We went in hugging the water, and the “Ities” were ready and tracer bullets poured towards us, I thought how in the hell can they miss us, but they did and we counted the battleships together, one, two, three, four, five.’ This was not the last of Spires’ adventures with Warburton, as the flight were tasked with carrying out the reconnaissance for Operation Colossus - the first British airborne operation of the Second World War. Warburton and crew took photographs of the Tragino viaduct near Calitri in southern Italy, which was to be the target for ‘X’ Troop, from the near-suicidal height of 25 feet! Having left Malta, Spires then converted to the blue Mosquitos of the P.R.U. and saw out the remainder of the War in the skies above North West Europe. His swan song came when flying with arguably the finest Mosquito and P.R.U. pilot of them all - Wing Commander J. R. H. Merifield, D.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar - when the pair achieved two Atlantic flying records and a trans-Canadian record, flying Mosquito PR34 RG241 'K' in October 1945 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (751252 Sgt. J. H. Spires. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Flt. Lt. J. H. Spires. R.A.F.V.R.) mounted as worn, cleaned, very fine (lot) £10,000-£15,000 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 7 November 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘This officer has an outstanding record as an operational navigator. Since the award of the D.F.M. he has completed many more operational sorties. He has flown on photographic reconnaissance’s over some of the most heavily defended targets in Germany and occupied Europe and has secured much valuable information. Throughout, Flight Lieutenant Spires has displayed skill, determination and great courage.’ D.F.M. London Gazette 17 June 1941. The original recommendation states: ‘While serving in Blenheims with 235 Squadron in the United Kingdom, Sergeant Spires took part in 55 operational flights which included reconnaissance flights over enemy occupied territory and escort duty. On four occasions, the aircraft met with opposition from German fighters. These flights amounted to a total of 157 hours operational flying. He was then posted to 69 Squadron based at Malta and between 1st November, 1940 and 12th February, 1941, has taken part in 38 reconnaissance flights, 28 of these flights were photographic reconnaissance of enemy territory. On seven occasions, the aircraft met with opposition from Italian fighters. He was also the Observer of the aircraft which successfully carried out the special Air Ministry reconnaissance of Southern Italy on 9th February, 1941 [the Tragino Aqueduct near Calitri, Southern Italy - prior to Operation Colossus being carried out by ‘X’ Troop, 10-11 February 1941, the latter being the first British airborne operation of the War], and again on 12th February, 1941. These flights amounted to a total of 160 hours operational flying. His total operational flying from the United Kingdom and Malta amounts to 317 hours. Without exception, the Captains of the aircraft in which Sergeant Spires has flown have the greatest faith in his abilities, which are definitely above the average. 27th May, 1941.’ John Henry Spires was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, in September 1920, and resided at 13 Montrose Avenue, Luton. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Observer Section) at Luton in May 1939. Spires was mobilised in September 1939, and carried out training at No. 6 Air Observers Navigation School, Cheltenham, and at No. 4 B. & G.S., West Freugh. Spires was posted for operational flying with 235 Squadron (Blenheims) as part of Coastal Command on 9 March 1940. The Squadron was tasked with fighter-reconnaissance duties, flying out of Detling and Bircham Newton. When the German invasion of the Low Countries began in May 1940, the squadron flew patrols over Holland and during the Battle of Britain was engaged in convoy protection and reconnaissance missions over the North Sea. In an interview given after the War, Spires commented on this period: ‘The emotion was unmistakable as John Spires spoke of the many friends who didn’t come home. “We would all go to the pub after a mission and then someone would say ‘Where’s old Charlie?’ “Someone else would say ‘He never made it today’. You would think ‘that could have been me.’ “I lost a lot of fine friends..... At the time I don’t think it registered. Survival was everything and King and Country meant everything. We were young, inexperienced and didn’t fully realise the danger,” he said. During the Battle of Britain, Mr Spires was a navigator in a Blenheim 5 used as a bomber/fighter. “We had to intercept enemy planes when they were flying back to Europe from England. But you needed a fair amount of luck and if your gunners were killed you were in trouble,” said the man who was shot down three times. “But it was the ground crew who kept us going,” he said. “We just did what we had to do throughout the war.” Spires was flying with Pilot Officer E. H. McHardy (of 248 Squadron) and L.A.C. Heaviside as gunner, when they shot down a Me110 three miles off Blankenberge, Belgium 18 May 1940. However, it was subsequently claimed that this may have been a French Potez 631.’ After the “Battle”, new friends in Malta - ‘Warby’ Warburton Spires continued to serve with the Squadron throughout the Battle of Britain, before being posted to No. 431 (General Reconnaissance) Flight on Malta at the end of October 1940. The latter was equipped with three Martin 167F Maryland light bombers, which were to provide the island with a reconnaissance facility able to operate over defended areas. Spires soon found himself in the ‘mix’ with the Australian pilot and C/O ‘Tich’ Whiteley, and the soon-to-become-legendary ‘Warby’ Warburton (later dubbed ‘the most important pilot in the RAF’ by...
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Service Medal, Silver, English issue, the reverse engraved ‘Municipality of Esquimalt, B.C., to J. R. Owens 1967’, and officially numbered ‘1849’, suspension broken, lacquered, very fine £30-£40 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Sold with a cast copy hallmarked G.V.R. Distinguished Service Cross, the suspension broken.
Three: Sergeant G. W. Ambrose, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, who was killed in action during the 3rd Battle of Gaza on 2 November 1917 British War and Victory Medals (1342 Sjt. G. W. Ambrose. Essex R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1342 A. Sjt. G. W. Ambrose. Essex. R.) good very fine £400-£500 --- Only 7 Territorial Force War Medals awarded to the Essex Regiment where the recipient was either killed in action or died of wounds, four of them being to the 5th Battalion. This group is believed to be a unique Essex Regiment Territorial Force War Medal casualty group for the Third Battle of Gaza. George William Ambrose (also recorded in some sources as William George Ambrose) was born in Braintree, Essex, in 1897 and attested there for the Essex Regiment (Territorial Force). He served with ‘C’ Company, 1/5th Battalion during the Great War in Palestine, and was killed in action during the 3rd Battle of Gaza on 2 November 1917. His death is mentioned in the battalion history: ‘The killed included … such good non-commissioned officers as Sergeants H Byles, N Bruce and D Ambrose [sic]’. (With the 1/5th Essex in the East, refers). He is buried in Gaza War Cemetery.
A Royal Victorian Medal in Bronze awarded to Able Seaman W. G. Bloomfield, Royal Navy, for services as member of the Naval Guard of Honour at the Funeral of Queen Victoria Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., bronze (W. G. Bloomfield, A.B., H.M.S. Excellent) contact marks, nearly very fine £140-£180 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. Sold with various photographic images of Queen Victoria’s Funeral procession.
Four: Commissioned Gunner C. A. Kemp, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (175677 C. A. Kemp, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. C. A. Kemp. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (175677 C. A. Kemp, Actg. C.P.O., H.M.S. Hawke.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Clifford Aubrey Kemp was born in Chawleigh, Devon, on 25 March 1877 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 13 September 1893. He was advanced Acting Chief Petty Officer on 7 January 1910, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 May 1910. He served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, including H.M.S. Implacable from the outbreak of War until 18 April 1916, and was appointed Commissioned Gunner for the period of hostilities on 15 July 1918.
Three: Canteen Manager J. Full 1914-15 Star (Ctn. Mgr. J. Full); British War and Victory Medals (J. Full. Ctn. Mgr.) very fine, scarce (3) £80-£100 --- Joseph C. Full served as a civilian Canteen Manager during the Great War, and saw service in H.M.S. Devonshire. Sold with copied medal roll extract.
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (S. Nurse M. Appleyard.; S/Nurse A. P. McEnery.; S/Nurse F. M. Walker); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (S. Nurse M. Robertshaw.; S. Nurse E. Robertson.) nearly very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Marion Appleyard served in Salonika with both the Territorial Force Nursing Service and Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve during the Great War, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 13682. Annie Philomena McEnery, later Mrs. Powersland, attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and served during the Great War. Florence M. Walker, née Endall, attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and served during the Great War. Marion Robertshaw attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and served during the Great War. Euphemia Robertson attested into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve for service during the Great War, and served in Mesopotamia from 5 May 1918.
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1865 (487. Thos. Carter, 70th Regt.) officially impressed naming, a little polished, otherwise nearly very fine £500-£700 --- Provenance: Purchased by the present vendor from Spink, January 1996. Confirmed on medal roll for service in Waikato, Taranaki, and Rangiaowhia.
Five: Staff Quartermaster Sergeant A. E. Brook, Army Service Corps Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6417 S-Sejt. A. E. Brook, A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6417 S. Qr:- Mr:- Sjt: A. E. Brook. A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (6417 S.Q.M. Serjt: A. E. Brooks [sic]. A.S.C.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Albert Edward Brook.) mounted court-style for wear in this order, light pitting and contact marks, generally very fine and better (5) £300-£400
Four: Master-at-Arms W. J. Stocks, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (206861, W. J. Stocks, Sh. Cpl. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (206861 W. J. Stocks. Sh. Cpl. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (206861 W. J. Stocks, M.A.A. H.M.S. Pembroke.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Walter James Stocks was born at Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, on 30 July 1884 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 3 October 1899. He was advanced Ship’s Corporal First Class on 30 July 1912, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Pyramus from the outbreak of War to 31 March 1916, and then in H.M.S. Hardinge from 1 April 1916 to 30 June 1917. He was advanced Master-at-Arms in H.M.S. Carnarvon on 16 February 1921, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 August 1921. He was shore invalided to pension on 19 November 1924.
British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (E. Dykes. V.A.D.; N. Marling. V.A.D.; G. T. M. Taylor. V.A.D.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Elsie Dykes served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War. Nancy Marling was born around 1892. Taken into an orphanage run by the Sisters of the Church in Paddington, she later appears in the 1911 census as a Matron. She served as a Storekeeper with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War. Gertrude Theresa Madeline Taylor served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 2nd issue, large letter reverse, impressed naming (W. Stotherd, Gunr. & Drivr. Royal Artillery.) fitted with original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £120-£160 --- William Stothart/Stotherd was born in the Parish of Wingate, County Durham, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Newcastle on Tyne on 1 May 1826, aged 18 years. He served abroad in Portugal, 1 year 3 months; at St Helena, 7 years 11 months; and was discharged from the 10th Battalion R.A. on 11 July 1848. ‘His conduct has been exemplary... He is in possession of and wears a Medal for Good Conduct.’ Sold with copied discharge papers.
Three: Private W. A. Beck, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (9422 Pte. W. A. Beck. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9422 Pte. W. A. Beck. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, fine Seven: Driver R. Ritchie, Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. R. G. Ritchie, 8 Kingshill Rd., Aberdeen’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2079323 Dvr. R. Ritchie. R.E.) extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (G-11433 Pte. R. Lucas. R.W. Kent R.) officially re-impressed, good very fine (11) £100-£140 --- Walter A. Beck attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in the Hedjaz theatre of War from 5 December 1914. Richard Lucas attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916. Transferring to the East Kent Regiment that same year, he was killed in action on the Somme on 15 September 1916, whilst serving with the 1st Battalion. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Three: Able Seaman G. L. Davies, Royal Navy, who was killed in action whilst serving in H.M.S. Exeter during her epic encounter with the Admiral Graf Spee at the Battle of the River Plate on 13 December 1939 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure; together with the recipient’s card identity disc ‘G. L. Davies. Seaman. S.S.X.22679. C. of E.’, nearly extremely fine (3) £400-£500 --- Gilbert Lewis Davies, a farm labourer from Kimbolton, Leominster, Herefordshire, was born on 6 February 1918. He attested into the Royal Navy on 15 September 1937 and served in H.M.S. Exeter from 21 April 1938. He was killed in action at the Battle of the River Plate on 13 December 1939, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Sold with the recipient’s original parchment certificate of service; a bosun’s whistle with impressed naming ‘S. Davies’; original telegram to the recipient’s mother informing her of her son’s death, and named Buckingham Palace condolence letter; a quantity of original related photographs, including several of the recipient in uniform; original letters home written by the recipient; his named ‘Crossing the Equator’ parchment whilst serving in H.M.S. Exeter; various original newspaper cuttings; a hardback copy of ‘The Battle of the River Plate’ by Commander A. B. Campbell; a hardback copy of ‘The Cruise of H.M.S. Exeter’, with the inside cover inscribed ‘sent in memory of Gilbert killed on H.M.S. Exeter on Dec 13th 1939’; and other ephemera.
Defective and Copy Medals: India General Service 1895-1902, lacking suspension and clasp and fitted with silver loop (4162 Lce. Corpl. Anstey 1st Devon Regt.) attempted obliteration of surname, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., undated copy; together with: Yorkshire Regiment, engraved silver sports medal, 45mm, unnamed with ball and ring suspension, in its P. Orr & Son, Madras & Rangoon fitted case; two Boxing medals won by L.A.C. J. A. Howard, both named, H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, silver, hallmarked Birmingham 1930, with ring suspension, and R.A.F. Boxing medal, bronze, named and additionally inscribed ‘Egypt - Palestine - Iraq 1932’, both fitted with rings for suspension; Army Temperance Medal In Memory of Queen Victoria 1837-1901, silver, with ring suspension, unless otherwise described, very fine or better (6) £80-£100
Southern Railway St. John Ambulance Association Service Medal (3), silver-gilt, for 21 Years’ Service ‘Frederick A. Jarvis 1948’, with integral ‘21 Years’ top silver-gilt riband bar; silver, for 14 Years’ Service (2) ‘Clement C. Cook 1925.; Harold W. Churchill 1949’, both with integral ‘14 Years’ top silver riband bars, the first in case of issue; London and South Western Railway St. John Ambulance Association Service Medal for Meritorious First Aid Services ‘J. Martin 1903’; South Eastern and Chatham Railway St. John Ambulance Association Service Medal, bronze, for 7 Years’ Service ‘Augustus Tomsett 1917’, good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- The London & South Western Railway (LSWR), and the South Eastern & Chatham Railway (SE & CR) were both absorbed into the Southern Railway as part of the 1923 Grouping. The Southern Railway was nationalised in 1948, and absorbed into British Railways, meaning that the awards to Jarvis and Churchill will be amongst the last of these medals awarded. Augustus Frederick Tomsett was born in Ashford, Kent, and is recorded on the 1911 Census as a Railway Engine Fitter’s Assistant, South Eastern & Chatham Railway. He had previously served with the 2nd Battalion, East Kent Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 December 1899 to 1 October 1902 (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Paardeberg, Driefontein, Relief of Kimberley, and Transvaal; and the King’s South Africa Medal with both date clasps); and then again with the East Kent Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 April 1915. Sold with copied research.
Three: Captain F. G. Doyle, 2nd Dragoon Guards, who served on ‘Special Service’ in the Zulu war of 1879, and who died at home in 1882 of typhoid contracted on active service in Egypt whilst attached to the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Capt; F. Doyle. 2nd Dgn. Gds.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Capt. F. G. Doyle. 2nd Dn. Gds.) ‘2nd’ officially corrected; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, nearly extremely fine and rare (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- Only 9 Zulu War medals issued to the 2nd Dragoon Guards, all with 1879 clasp, Doyle being the senior of the three officers present. Frederick Grenville Doyle was born on 4 April 1848, son of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, Bart. He entered the army as an Ensign in the 63rd Foot on 20 February 1866, transferring to the 60th Foot on the following 9 March. Promoted to Lieutenant in the 60th Foot on 22 May 1869, he transferred to the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays) on 8 March 1876. He was then made Extra Aide-de-Camp to Governor of Madras, a position he held from January to July 1868, and then to G.O.C. Southern District between 1 April 1874 and 30 June 1877. Doyle accompanied Sir Garnet Wolseley to South Africa in May 1879, and was employed on special service until the conclusion of the campaign in Zululand as Commandant at Headquarters of the army (Medal with Clasp). He passed the Senior Department, Staff College, 1880, and subsequently served in the Egyptian campaign of 1882, attached to the 4th Dragoon Guards, including at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal with Clasp, Khedive’s Bronze Star). He was invalided to England and died at home on 12 December 1882 of ‘typhoid fever, contracted in the late Egyptian campaign, while attached to the 4th Dragoon Guards’. He is buried in Meifod Parish churchyard, where the inscription on his headstone reads: ‘In Loving memory of Francis Grenville Doyle 2nd Dragoon Guards eldest son of Francis Hastings Doyle, Baronet and Sidney his wife, daughter of the Honourable Charles Williams Wynne. Born April 1846 - Died 2nd December 1882 at Coed-Y-Maen of fever contracted in the Egyptian Campaign at Magfar, Mahuta, Masemeh and in the Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir Campaign and entered Cairo with the 1st Detachment. Coming home only to die.’ Sold with copied photograph of the recipient in uniform wearing the first medal together with other copied research.
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (William Thomas Wood, 12th July 1887) with integral top riband buckle, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case no. 23,634: ‘Thomas Wood, professor of music, at great personal risk, rescued Frederick Ball from drowning in the Thames, at Chelsea, on the 12th July 1887.’ The following additional detail is provided by the West London Press, 16 July 1887: ‘On Tuesday a gallant act was witnessed from the Chelsea Embankment. As the steamer Redfern was proceeding from Cadogan Pier up the river to Kew, the passengers saw a boy in the water opposite the Old Church, who was evidently exhausted, and was shouting for help. Without a moments hesitation, and only leaving his hat and stick behind, Mr Wood of 3 Radnor Street, Chelsea, dived into the river, and swam to the boy. He seized hold of him, and by dint of great exertion succeeded in getting him down to the Albert Bridge. There they managed to seize a life buoy skilfully thrown from the bridge by Mr. Rusholme, who is engaged on the works, and on this they were supported until rescued by a boat promptly launched from the pier by the master, Mr. Pellatt. Mr. Wood was able to go home at once without assistance. The boy whose name is Frederick Ball, and who also lives in Radnor Street was in a very exhausted state, and says had not Mr. Wood acted so promptly he must have gone under. He has not however suffered much from his immersion. He was bathing in the river and had gone too far from the shore, and the tide which was running out strongly at the time carried him away. Mr. Wood’s hat and stick were carried by the Redfern up to Kew and were not returned to him until the next day.’ Sold with copied research, and an original cutting from the above newspaper edition.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (John. Lockyer Carpr Mate H.M.S. Adventure) engraved naming, suspension claw re-affixed, scratches to obverse field, nearly very fine £50-£70 --- James Lockyer/Lockyear was born in Bristol, Somerset, in September 1832. He joined the Royal Navy as a Shipwright in April 1854, and advanced to Carpenter’s Mate in July 1859. His service included with H.M.S. Dromedary from November 1873 to March 1874 (entitled to Ashantee Medal with no clasp), and with H.M.S. Adventure from September 1874 to July 1875 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in August 1875). Lockyer was shore pensioned in October 1892. Sold with copied service papers.
Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli Star 1915, reverse stamped ‘B.B. & Co.’, with original retaining pin, reverse crudely engraved ‘W. Lanc’; together with a German Cross of Honour; a Greek War Cross 1940; and a Soviet Labour Medal; and three items of miscellaneous militaria, including the remnants of an Imperial German shoulder board for the 98th Infantry Regiment, generally very fine (7) £80-£100
Pair: Trooper J. Bracken, South Rhodesia Volunteers British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. J. Bracken. “C” Troop. B.F.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking (798 Tpr: J. Bracken. S. Rhod: Vols:) good very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1982.
A Crimean war group of four awarded to Lieutenant-General Charles Bearing, Coldstream Guards, who was severely wounded by a round shot at the battle of the Alma and had his left arm amputated at the shoulder Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol (Captn. Charles Baring. Coldm. Guards.) naming officially engraved by Hunt & Roskell; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels, considerable damage to white enamel arms, both centres dented with total loss of blue enamel; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, red enamel chipped on crescent suspension, the reverse with cartouche of KRÈTLY No.46 Palais Royal Paris; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, contemporary Tailor’s copy by ‘J.B.’, unnamed, the last three all fitted with silver ribbon buckles, unless otherwise described nearly very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- Charles Baring was born on 26 June 1829, son of Major Henry Bingham Baring and Lady Augusta Brudenell (sister of the 7th Earl of Cardigan, later of Balaklava fame). Educated at Eton, he joined the Coldstream Guards as an Ensign and Lieutenant by purchase on 2 July 1847. Six years later he became a Lieutenant and Captain by purchase on 29 April 1853. He served in the Eastern campaign of 1854 and was severely wounded at the Battle of the Alma on 20 September, by a round shot which shattered his left arm causing it to be amputated at the shoulder. Invalided to England in October 1854, he was later Mentioned in Despatches (12 December) and made Brevet Major. On 18 May 1855, he was among those presented with their Crimean medals by Queen Victoria on Horse Guards Parade. Baring returned to Crimea in June 1855, where he took part in the siege of Sebastopol; he was invalided back to England that autumn, however, due to fever, but by the end of the year, on 21 December, he had become Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase. In addition to the Crimean and Turkish medals, Baring was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour (London Gazette 1 May 1857) and awarded the 5th Class of the Medjidie (London Gazette 2 March 1858). He became Colonel in command of the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, and retired on half-pay on 13 August 1872; he was named Major-General on 25 August 1878, and gained the rank of Honorary Lieutenant-General on 1 July 1881. He was an avid yachtsman and one of the original council members of the Yacht Racing Association, as well as being a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Baring’s importance to sailing and to Cowes, Isle of Wight, is best summed up in the following extract from the history of the Island Sailing Club: ‘The Club was really planned and owes its being to General Charles Baring, late of Nubia House, Cowes, who lost his arm in the Crimea and was the first Commodore. The General was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron and saw the need for democratic amateur sailing and racing - and set about to found the Club. He must have been a very clever prophet of what was wanted in the Solent and he got together all the keen small boat sailors when there were practically no small boats racing in the Cowes area of the Solent. In those days it was only large and expensive yachts that were catered for in the regattas and the small man did not have a look in at all. The General set out to see that the small man did count and could have his own Racing and Club facilities for it. The meeting to form the Club was held on the 2nd March 1889 at the Marine Hotel near the present Club House’. An eminent and wealthy Victorian born into the higher levels of society, Charles Baring was a democrat at heart, and well respected by all. He died at Wilton Place in London on February 7 1890 at the age of 60. Sold with a second Crimea medal, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, with later engraved naming (Lieut. C. Baring. 1st Bn. Coldm. Gds.) most rivets lacking or broken, together with copied research.
Waterloo 1815 (Levi Bently, 18th Regiment Hussars.) fitted with replacement steel clip and ring suspension, nearly very fine £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, 1969. Levi Bently enlisted into the 18th Light Dragoons at Chelmsford, Essex, on 11 June 1804, aged 19. He served 19 years 92 days, including Waterloo, and was discharged at Newbridge, County Kildare, on 4 September 1821, in consequence of ‘Disbandment of the Regiment and having chronic enlargement of the knee joints & being wounded in the right arm in France.’ He was ‘recommended for His Majesty’s Bounty of Kilmainham Hospital’ and was duly admitted on 12 September 1821. He survived to claim the M.G.S. medal with two clasps for Vittoria and Toulouse, which was sold at Glendining’s in January 1912. Sold with copied Kilmainham discharge papers but his personal details are very faint to read.
Pair: Native Corporal Chengwe, British South Africa Police War Medal 1939-45; Colonial Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (7994 Native Corp. Chenge, B.S.A. Police) good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. Chengwe was awarded his Colonial Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 3 August 1945.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. (4), E.VII.R. (114812 Fredk. Menhenitt, P.O. 1Cl. H.M.S. Vengeance); G.V.R., 1st issue (550552 W. J. H. Glover, S.B. Steward, H.M.S. Cormorant); G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.102466 W. J. C. Skinner, A.B. H.M.S. Grafton); E.II.R., 2nd issue (KX.93848 W. F. Toomer, P.O.M.(E). H.M.S. Reggio) extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- Frederick Menhnitt was born in the parish of St Charles, Plymouth, on 19 August 1865. He joined as a Boy 2nd Class aboard Impregnable on 3 November 1880, became Petty Officer 1st Class in April 1900, and received his L.S. & G.C. medal on 15 January 1907. He was pensioned and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve, Devonport, in August 1908, and served in various shore stations during the Great War until demobilized in March 1919. Sold with copy service record. William John Henry Glover was born at Stourbridge, Worcestershire, on 16 May 1873, and joined on 1 November 1897, for 12 years. He served as a Probationr Sick Berth Attendent, later S.B.A., and finally as a Chief S.B. Steward, receiving his L.S. & G.C. medal on 4 November 1912. In the Great War Glover was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 17 October 1919). This M.S.M. is recorded as being ‘known’ as a single medal in Ian McInnes’s booklet on The Meritorious Service Medal to Naval Forces. Sold with copy service record. William John Charles Skinner was born at Quetta, India, on 24 January 1906, and joined Impregnable as a Boy 2nd Class on 17 May 1921. He was a Bugler from September 1921 to December 1925, and was rated Able Seaman from July 1924. Sold with copy record of service up to September 1927.
An impressive ‘Royal Service’ K.C.V.O. and Great War D.S.O., O.B.E. group of twelve awarded to Major Sir Edward Seymour, late Grenadier Guards, Knighted in 1934 for his services as Comptroller to Princess Victoria and successively as Extra Equerry to Queen Alexandra, King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI; he was wounded in South Africa in May 1900, and commanded the Grenadier Guards Bearer Party at the funeral of Queen Victoria in March 1901 The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘K468’; and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘468’ and fitted with gold pin for wearing; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, reverse hallmarked London 1919; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2/Lt. E. Seymour 1/Gren: Gds.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut. E. Seymour, M.V.O., Gren. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. E. Seymour, M.V.O. Gren. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. Seymour. G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major E. Seymour.); Coronation 1911, unnamed; Jubilee 1935, unnamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (2nd Lieut. E. Seymour Grenadier Guards) mounted on card for display together with an M.V.O. 4th Class breast badge, silver-gilt, gold and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘1128’ [as awarded in January 1922] generally good very fine or better (14) £4,000-£5,000 --- K.C.V.O. 1 January 1934: ‘Edward Seymour, C.V.O., D.S.O., M.V.O., O.B.E., Comptroller to Princess Victoria and Extra Equerry to His Majesty.’ C.V.O. 26 November 1925: ‘Edward Seymour, D.S.O., M.V.O., O.B.E., Equerry to H.M. Queen Alexandra.’ M.V.O. 4th Class 2 January 1922: ‘Edward Seymour, D.S.O., M.V.O., O.B.E., Comptroller of the Household to H.R.H. The Duchess of Albany.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1917. O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘Capt. (T/Maj.) Edward Seymour, M.V.O., D.S.O., Grenadier Guards.’ M.V.O. 5th Class 19 March 1901: ‘Lieutenant Edward Seymour, Grenadier Guards. Funeral of H.M. Queen Victoria; Commanded Bearer Party.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916, 4 January 1917, and 20 May 1918. Edward Seymour was born on 10 February 1877, son of Lieutenant-Colonel L. R. Seymour. He was educated at Eton and entered the Army in 1897 as a Second Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. He served in the campaign in the Sudan under Sir Herbert Kitchener in 1898, and was present at the battle of Khartoum (Queen’s medal and Khedive’s medal with Clasp). Served in South African War in 1900-02, and took part in operations in Orange Free State, April to May 1900; in Orange River Colony May 1900, including actions at Biddulphsberg, 29th May-wounded-invalided 18th June 1900. Whilst convalescing from his wound in England, Seymour had the honour of commanding the Colour Party of the Grenadier Guards at the funeral of Queen Victoria in March 1901, before returning to South Africa to serve the final stages of the war in Cape Colony, December 1901 to May 1902. Promoted to Captain in the Grenadier Guards in June 1904, he resigned his commission in May 1908, and was appointed Comptroller to the Household of H.R.H. The Duchess of Albany in November of the same year. He carried the Duchess of Albany’s coronet at King George’s coronation in 1911. Recalled from the Reserve of Officers in August 1914, he was appointed Brigade Major on 28 December 1914. He served in France from 6 November 1915, was mentioned in despatches three times and awarded the D.S.O. Promoted to temporary Major (Guards) 25 February 1918, and confirmed as Major on 20 April 1919, he was created O.B.E. in June 1919. Seymour was made M.V.O. 4th Class for his services to The Duchess of Albany in January 1922, and appointed Equerry to H.M. Queen Alexandra on 1 January 1923. He was appointed to be C.V.O. in November 1925 and, shortly afterwards, on 1 December, appointed to the office of Comptroller to H.R.H. Princess Victoria and created a K.C.V.O. for these services in January 1934. He held the appointment as Extra Equerry to King George V, King Edward VIII, and to King George VI. Edward Seymour married, 29 July 1905, Lady Blanche Conyngham, daughter of 4th Marquess Conyngham. They had a daughter, Verena Mary Doyne, born 24 May 1906, and a son, John Edward, born on 18 October 1915. Sir Edward Seymour died on 28 February 1948.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant C. Utting, Royal Engineers, for his gallantry at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (607 Sjt: C. Utting. 2/F. Co. R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (607. Cpl. C. Utting. R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (607 L.Cpl. C. Utting. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (607 Sjt. C. Utting. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (607 Sjt. C. Utting. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (607 Sjt: C. Utting. R.E.) mounted court-style for wear, light contact marks to the Boer War pair, these very fine, the rest better (7) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 123 June 1915; citation published 30 June 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915 when seven of his men had been killed or wounded by a shell, in going back under machine gun fire, improvising stretchers, and getting three of the wounded under cover. Sergeant Utting has also done much good work in the trenches since November 1914.’ Charles Utting attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and then with No. 2 Field Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, taken from The War Illustrated, 9 October 1915.
Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp, Gyantse (4702 Pte. A. Nicholls 1st Bn. Ryl. Fuslrs) nearly very fine £800-£1,000 --- Alfred Nicholls was born in Holborn, Middlesex in 1874, the son of Charles Thomas Nicholls and Frances Nicholls of 31 City Buildings, Moor Lane, City of London. A cook by trade, he attested for the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) at Hounslow on 24 June 1893, having previously served in the 5th (Militia) Battalion, at Hounslow on 24th June 1893, aged 19. He was convicted and imprisoned for using threatening language to his superior officer and wilfully injuring his equipment &c. on 29 May 1895, and was returned to duty on 29 November 1895. On 1 December 1901, Nicholls extended his Army service with the colours to complete 12 years service, and re-engaged for the Royal Fusiliers on 4 February 1905 for such term as shall complete 21 years service. He was issued with his Tibet Medal with clasp on 1 February 1905 (his only medallic entitlement), and was paid his Tibet Mission Gratuity on 1 December 1905. He was discharged free on 26 November 1906, after 13 years and 3 months’ service, of which nearly 11 years were spent soldiering in India or Burma.
The South Africa 1877-79 Medal awarded to Private W. Ring, 58th Foot, who was severely wounded at Laing’s Nek on 28 January 1881 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (29/1910. Pte. W. Ring. 58th. Foot.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- W. Ring served with the 58th Regiment of Foot in South Africa, and was severely wounded at Laing’s Nek on 28 January 1881.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (973 Wkr. D. E. Hall. Q.M.A.A.C.; 22162 Wkr. F. E. Hill. Q.M.A.A.C.; 2133 A-Fwn. E. Pennington. Q.M.A.A.C.) nearly very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Doris Eva Hall attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 19 June 1917 to 1 September 1919. Florence Ethel Hill attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 30 January 1918 to 11 October 1919. Ellen Pennington attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 22 August 1917 to 13 October 1919.
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