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Naval Medals 1793-1856, by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, privately printed, London, 1988, xvi, 542pp, original blue boards in slip case, good condition The Naval General Service Medal Roll 1793-1840, compiled by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, standard edition, bound in cloth covers, good condition Naval General Service Medals 1793-1840, Alphabetical Roll of Recipients, complied by Colin Message, privately published, 1996, bound in cloth covers, good condition (3) £60-£100

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Corporal R. G. Angell, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in France on 3 May 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (11543 Cpl. R. S. Angell. 5/O. & B.L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (11543 Pte. R. S. Angell. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (2) £280-£320 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. Richard Sidney Angell was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 April 1915, and was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

An original Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book appertaining to Warrant Officer C. F. Pretlove, Royal Air Force, a Flight Engineer on Lancasters with 103 and 156 Squadrons, who was awarded the D.F.M. after completing 50 operational sorties to heavily defended German targets, the majority as part of the Pathfinder Force, covering the period September 1943 to September 1946, cover and spine a little worn, generally good condition £160-£200 --- D.F.M. London Gazette 20 February 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘Flight Sergeant Pretlove has now completed 50 operational sorties, 38 of which have been with the Pathfinder Force. The majority of these sorties have been on heavily defended German targets including 9 attacks on Berlin. This N.C.O. is a keen and efficient engineer in one of the squadron’s best blind marker crews and by his initiative and resourcefulness he has given valuable assistance to his Captain on many hazardous operations. His determination and devotion to duty and his operational zest have made him an asset to his crew. His loyalty and devotion to duty have been of a high order and I recommend him for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. 17 November 1944’ Cyril Frederick Pretlove was born in 1923 at Brighton, East Sussex. Having joined the Royal Air Force, he qualified as a Flight Engineer on 23 September 1943 and six days later logged his first Lancaster flight piloted by Flying Officer R. F. Griffin. With very few exceptions, Griffin would go on to pilot all of Pretlove’s sorties and earned the D.S.O. and D.F.C. in doing so. Pretlove’s first operational sortie was a trip to Berlin on 22 November 1943. It was the first of his nine sorties to the ‘Big City’ completed over the next two months. One such trip, piloted by Griffin in December 1943 proved particularly hazardous. The wireless failed, followed by the failure of a generator that powered the Lancaster’s mid-upper gun turret rendering it unserviceable. Before reaching the target, the rear turret also became unserviceable. With no power to the turrets and unable to receive instructions from the Master Bomber, Griffin pressed on and carried out a successful attack. Shortly after leaving the target more equipment failed but the plane’s crew successfully brought the plane home. Griffin was awarded an immediate D.F.C. In March 1944 Pretlove transferred with Griffin and the rest of his crew to 156 Squadron, which was part of the Pathfinder Force and, continuing in his capacity as Flight Engineer, went on to complete a large number of raids: Pretlove’s logbook contains entries for 56 night operations: 51 to Germany and 5 to France. He also completed 9 day operations: 4 to Germany, 4 to France and 1 to Holland. and 56 night operations. Over 30 different destinations were attacked. Pretlove’s final flight with Griffin (now Wing Commander) was to Hamburg on 8 March 1945. He flew on three further sorties in April 1945, and the final entry in his logbook is ‘local flying’ from Mildenhall in a Lancaster on 25 September 1946. Sold together with the Royal Air Force Record Office forwarding letter accompanying Pretlove’s D.F.M.; the named Buckingham Palace enclosure accompanying Pretlove’s D.F.M.; Certificate for Pretlove’s Path Finder Force badge, dated 25 May 1945; Two formal group photographs of 156 Squadron, P.F.F., one dated October 1944; another group photograph of R.A.F. N.C.O.s and men; 33 photographs taken on raids piloted by F/L Griffin, each with target identified - varying degrees of clarity; a group photograph of R.A.F. officers - poor quality; a pennant flag; 12 rivets from a batch used to make up the centre unit of a Lancaster; fact sheet with important dates and facts relating to 156 Squadron; and other ephemera relating to 156 Squadron.

Denmark, Kingdom, Christian X, Slesvig Medal 1920, silver, unnamed as issued, contact marks and minor edge bruising, very fine £60-£80

Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, on Third Reich period riband, good very fine Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross (2), Second Class breast badge, with swords, bronze; another, Second Class breast badge, without swords, bronze; War Merit Medal, bronze; Cross of Honour of the German Mother, First Class, 2nd type, gilt and enamel; Wound Badge in black (2), both of which have lost their finish; together with a 1934 Tag Der Arbeit Work Day with its tinny pin back fixing, generally very fine (8) £80-£120

Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Commemorative Medal 1908, silver, by L. Giorgi, unnamed as issued, edge bruising, very fine £60-£80

Russia, Empire, Persian War Medal 1826-28, 25mm, silver, with loop suspension; together with a Russian Red Cross Medal, silver with traces of enamel, the reverse engraved ‘353451’, both mounted from the remnants of a riband bar, heavily worn, therefore about fair (2) £200-£240

The Serbian Order of St. Sava and Queen Natalia Medal bestowed upon Louisa Hay, Mrs. Alexander Kerr Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St Sava, 1st type, Commander’s neck badge, 80mm including crown suspension x 50mm, silver-gilt and enamel, Bishop with red robes, Royal cipher to reverse, unmarked, with neck riband, in by Rothe, Vienna, fitted case of issue; Queen Natalia Medal, First Class shoulder badge, 53mm x 33mm, silver-gilt, Cyrillic cipher at centre, unmarked, on lady’s bow riband, in fitted case of issue, about extremely fine (2) £700-£900 --- Louisa Hay, Mrs. ALexander Kerr (1806-1900) was an English composer and translator, who translated the History of Serbia and the Serbian Revolution into English in 1853, and was awarded the Serbian Order of St. Sava in 1886. Sold together with a commemorative medal for the 500th Anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, 1389-1889, 41mm, bronze, with small ring suspension; a presentation Medallion from the Academy of Industry, Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Commerce, 50mm, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Madame Kerr (Louisa) 1847’, unmounted; a bound presentation copy of The Coronal, a Collection of Songs compiled and set to music by Mrs. Alexander Kerr, and dedicated to H.R.H. The Princess Augusta, 41pp, leather bound, foxing and water damaged; Certificate appointing Mrs. Alexander Kerr a Life Member of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, dated 10 March 1858; a letter to the recipient from the Secretary to H.M. the King of Prussia, dated 27 June 1850; a fine colour portrait of the recipient, mounted in a contemporary gilt frame, and then all re-housed in a modern glazed display frame; and various other portraits and likenesses, and other ephemera.

United Nations, U.N. Medal (12), on the following ribands, UNTSO; ONUC, 1st type, with Congo clasp; ONUC, 2nd type; UNTEA; UNMOGIP; UNYOM; UNFICYP,; UNEF 2; UNDOF; UNIFIL; UNHQ; and one U.N. Medal on the riband for the U.N. Emergency Force Medal 1956-67, generally very fine and better (12) (12) £50-£70

Pair: Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant J. Willey, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Military Foot Police and Iraq Levies British War Medal 1914-20 (23506 A-Sjt. J. Willey. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (J. Willey.) good very fine (2) £80-£120

Pair: Sergeant W. W. Caudrey, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War Medal 1914-20 (7277 Sjt. W. M [sic]. Caudrey. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (7277 Sjt: W. W. Caudrey. 3/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Walter William Caudrey was awarded his Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 94 of April 1911. One of only 8 Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medals awarded to the 3rd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

Family group Pair: Private J. Bryne, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War Medal 1914-20 (6078 Pte. J. Bryne. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6078 Pte J. Bryne. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine Pair: Special Constable R. Bryne Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R, 1st issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1949, Long Service 1956 (Horace R. Bryne) good very fine (4) £80-£120

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private E. Horton, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Army Cyclist Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (23824 Pte. E. Horton. 5/O. & B.L.I.); 1914-15 Star (3265 Pte. E. Horton, A. Cyc. Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (3265 Pte. E. Horton. A. Cyc. Corps.) light pitting, very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. Ernest Horton originally attested for the Army Cyclist Corps, and served with the 14th Divisional Cyclist Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 September 1915, before transferring to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and seeing further service with the 5th Battalion. He was discharged Class ‘Z on 10 March 1919.

Five: Private B. Castle, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk on 20 May 1940 India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5375852 Pte. B. Castle. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R, 1st issue, Regular Army (5375852 Pte. B. Castle. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a Dunkirk Commemorative Medal, very fine or better (6) £140-£180 --- Benjamin Castle attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with them in Burma, and during the Second World War with the British Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk on 20 May 1940, aged 36. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial. Sold together with the recipient’s Certificate for the Dunkirk Commemorative Medal.

Three: Private H. W. Eele, 1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War during the retreat to Dunkirk on 31 May 1940 India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5378324 Pte. H. W. Eele. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160 --- H. W. Eele attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion during the Second World War as part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was taken Prisoner of War on 31 May 1940, during the retreat to Dunkirk, and was held in camp 20A (Thorn Podgorz, Poland) with P.O.W. number 11739.

Six: Private W. Clarke, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5379294 Pte. W. Clarke. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (5379294 Pte. W. Clark [sic]. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with a bronze British Army of the Rhine, Small Arms Meeting, shooting prize medal for 1927, nearly very fine (7) £200-£240 --- W. Clarke appears on a medal roll of 26 reservists of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry mobilised in 1936 and appointed to the 2nd Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry for service in Palestine.

Six: Private W. Holdsworth, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5173068 Pte. W. Holdsworth, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5173068 Pte. W. Holdsworth, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a 5th Army Commemorative Medal for the Entrance of the Allied Armies in Naples, 1 October 1943, light contact marks, good very fine and better (7) £140-£180

Family Group: Five: Private F. J. Martin, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5377237 Pte. F. J. Martin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (23386527 Pte. P. J. Martin. Oxf. & Bucks) polished, very fine (6) £140-£180

Four: Private A. May, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5379022 Pte. A. May. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140

A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Company Quartermaster Sergeant F. Grimshaw, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later a Prisoner Warder at Dartmoor Military Medal, G.V.R. (6564 Sjt: F. Grimshaw. 5/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6564 C. Sjt. F. Grimshaw. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5374367 C.Q.M. Sjt. F. Grimshaw. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) polished, nearly very fine (5) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 20 May 1918. Frederick Grimshaw joined the Regular Army from the Militia in November 1900, and was posted to joined the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in India in 1903. On mobilisation for the Great War Grimshaw was appointed Sergeant Master Cook at the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Depot, prior to being posted to the 5th (Service) Battalion for service in the French theatre of war. Grimshaw stayed in service after the war, and was employed in Army Recruitment at High Wycombe before being posted with the regiment to Ireland. He was discharged to Pension in November 1920, and joined the Prison Service. Grimshaw was first posted to Dartmoor, and helped to suppress a mutiny of Irish prisoners there. He died in Osney, Oxford in May 1949. Sold with a photographic image of recipient Prison Warder’s uniform.

Three: Private N. Pilkington, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action during the retreat to Dunkirk on 26 May 1940 India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5379279 Pte. N. Pilkington. Oxf. & Bucks L.I.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, edge bruising to first, otherwise good very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Norman Pilkington was born at Birkenhead, Cheshire, in 1909, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma, and subsequently with 1st Battalion during the Second World War as part of the British Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action in the retreat to Dunkirk on 26 May 1940. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial, France.

Three: Private J. Wathan, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5379678 Pte. J. Wathan. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) minor official correction to surname; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, minor edge bruising, good very fine (3) £60-£80

Three: Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant R. W. H. Ireland, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was reported missing during the retreat to Dunkirk, but subsequently rejoined 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issued addressed to ‘Mr. R. Ireland, 19 Hillsborough Road, Cowley, Oxford’; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5377271 W.O. Cl. II. R. W. H. Ireland. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) number partially officially corrected; together with 12 Regimental and Army athletic and shooting prize medals, three of which are fully hallmarked sterling silver, two of which are named to him and 8 being regimental prize medals of the 43rd Light Infantry, generally very fine and better (15) £100-£140 --- Ronald William Hector Ireland was born in Lewisham, London, in 1904 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma, and subsequently with the 1st Battalion as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant with the British Expeditionary Force. He was reported missing in action in the retreat to Dunkirk on 27 May 1940, but subsequently rejoined his unit. He died at Honiton, Devon, in 1985. Sold with two photocopied images of the recipient taken from the Regimental Journal.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private A. Geden, 6th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (12164 Pte. A... n. 6/O. & B.L.I.) attempted erasure of surname, but all other details clear, suspension loose, very fine £100-£140 --- M.M. London Gazette 18 October 1917.

Pair: Private J. R. Woodward, 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in the retreat to Dunkirk on 21 May 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, both contemporarily engraved ‘5383830 Pte. J. R. Woodward 1/Oxf & Bucks LI’; together with the named Army Council enclosure, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-£80 --- John Richard Woodward, a native of Oxford, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action aged 21 during the defence of the Escaut Canal Lesdain Hollain in the retreat to Dunkirk on 21 May 1940, and is buried at Holain Civil Cemetery, Belgium.

Six: Private T. J. Wright, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6012201 Pte. T. J. Wright. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) mounted for wear, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (6) £70-£90

Four: Cadet Major R. S. Pitt-Kethley, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Army Cadet Force Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R. (Cadet Major. R. S. Pitt Kethley); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Rupert S. Pitt-Kethley.) good very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Rupert Singleton Pitt-Kethley was born at Leytonstone, Essex, on 9 April 1907 and was commissioned Lieutenant in the Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force) on 16 January 1937. He was recalled from the T.A. Reserve for war service but only served at home during the Second World War, and was awarded the Cadet Forces Medal (along with a Second Award Bar) for service in the Dumfries Army Cadet Force (London Gazette 20 March 1951). A research note with the medals refers to him as the Reverend Rupert S. Pitt-Kethley but this has not been confirmed. He died at Hastings, Sussex, in 1975.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Serjt. M. Wright, 52nd L.I.) replacement retaining rod, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine £240-£280 --- M. Wright is listed as a Provost Sergeant in Delhi during the Great Sepoy Mutiny and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1865. Sold with copied group photograph dated 1864.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Lance Corporal A. H. Miller, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who died of wounds on 26 October 1916 Military Medal, G.V.R. (7807 L. Cpl. A. H. Miller. 2/O. & B.L.I.) good very fine £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 September 1916. Albert Henry Miller was born in Dawley, Middlesex, and attested for the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Hounslow, for war service. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914, and died of wounds on 26 October 1916. He is buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

The British War Medal awarded to Private F. Savage, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Ypres Salient on 6 August 1915 British War Medal 1914-20 (10798 Pte. F. Savage Oxf. & Bucks, L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Frank Savage) nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£120 --- Frank Savage was born at Calverton, Buckinghamshire and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 April 1915, and was killed in action on 6 August 1915, when the battalion trenches at ‘Railway Wood’, Ypres were heavily bombarded with artillery and Minenwerfer fire. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

The Victory Medal awarded to Sergeant W. Stevens, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action in the Arras Offensive on 28 April 1917 Victory Medal 1914-19 (8073 Sjt. W. Stevens. Oxf. &’ Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (William Stevens) the reverse of the plaque privately engraved ‘8073. Sgt. William Stevens. 52nd L.I. K-I-A 28th April 1917. Born St. Marys Berks.’; together with Buckingham Palace enclosure, very fine (2) £80-£120 --- William Stevens was born at St. Marys, Berkshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Caversham. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 December 1915 and was killed in action in the Arras Offensive on 28 April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold together with a small press cutting photographic image of the recipient.

General Service 1918-62 (2), 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (14924216 Pte. W. L. Beer. Oxf. & Bucks); another, 1 clasp, Cyprus (23332213 Pte. A. A. T. Wheatley. Oxf. & Bucks.) in named card box of issue; together with an unofficial National Service Medal, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£120

The Important Battle of Britain fighter ace’s C.V.O., D.S.O., D.F.C. and Second Award Bar group of eleven awarded to Group Captain Peter Townsend, Royal Air Force, who in February 1940 became the first pilot to bring down an enemy aircraft on English soil, later commanding No. 85 Squadron from May 1940 until June 1941, a period that witnessed him completing over 300 operational sorties, twice taking to his parachute - once when wounded - and raising his score to at least eleven enemy aircraft destroyed. Appointed Equerry to H.M. King George VI in 1944, and Comptroller to the Queen Mother’s Household in 1953, his famously controversial and ultimately forlorn romance with the Queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, brought him further celebrity status to add to his spectacular wartime achievements. Turning his attention to writing, in later years he authored the classic Battle of Britain memoir ‘Duel of Eagles’ whilst his well regarded 1978 autobiography ‘Time and Chance’ tells the story of his eventful personal life. To be sold with the recipient’s original Flying Log Books, bound in one volume - with later annotation in his own hand - covering the entirety of his operational career. The Royal Victorian Order, C.V.O., Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘C1106’; Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse of the suspension bar officially dated ‘1941’; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar, the reverses of the Cross and the Bar both officially dated ‘1940’; 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued; Netherlands, Kingdom, Queen Juliana’s Coronation Medal 1948; Order of Orange-Nassau, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, breast awards mounted court-style in this order, and all housed in an attractive custom made glazed leather display case, with sterling silver plaque, engraved ‘Gp. Capt. P. W. Townsend R.A.F. C.V.O. D.S.O. D.F.C.’, last with enamel damage, contact wear overall but generally good very fine unless otherwise stated (11) £160,000-£200,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, November 1988 (when titled as “The Property of the Recipient”); Dix Noonan Webb, December 2004. D.S.O. London Gazette 13 May 1941. The concluding paragraphs of the original three page recommendation state: ‘Acting Wing Commander P. W. Townsend, D.F.C., has been engaged in active operations against the enemy without respite, except for the very short period when he was wounded, since the outbreak of War. He has flown over 300 operational flights including 95 at night. During the Battle of Britain he led every patrol against the enemy except one and it will be noted that the Squadron total was excellent in comparison to its losses. This very light loss of pilots by No. 85 Squadron can only be attributable to the excellent, courageous and well thought out leadership of its Commanding Officer. No. 85 Squadron was the first Squadron in the R.A.F. to reach treble figures in conclusively destroying enemy aircraft. Though some of this number was destroyed before Acting Wing Commander Townsend took over command of No. 85 Squadron, the balance can without doubt be credited to the training, personal leadership and high devotion to duty of its Commanding Officer. Acting Wing Commander Townsend since taking over command of No. 85 Squadron has infused into his pilots and ground personnel a spirit of tremendous keenness and devotion to duty by his example and personal character. Apart from his ability as a leader he is a gallant, determined and courageous fighter. Acting Wing Commander Townsend in all has destroyed eleven enemy aircraft, probably destroyed three, as well as damage others.’ D.F.C. London Gazette 30 April 1940. The original recommendation states: ‘On the 8 April 1940, whilst on patrol over the sea off the north east coast of Scotland, Flight Lieutenant Townsend intercepted and attacked an enemy aircraft at dusk and after a running fight shot it down. This is the third success obtained by this pilot and in each instance he has displayed qualities of leadership, skill and determination of the highest order, with little regards for his own safety.’ D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 6 September 1940. The original recommendation states: ‘This officer assumed command of a Squadron after its return from France at the end of May 1940, and in a very short time, under his leadership and guidance, it became a keen and efficient fighting unit. On 11 July 1940, whilst leading a section of the Squadron to protect a convoy, he intercepted about twenty or thirty enemy aircraft, destroying one and severely damaging two others. The enemy formation was forced to withdraw. Under his command, the Squadron has destroyed eight enemy aircraft while protecting convoys against sporadic enemy attacks. On 18 August 1940, his Squadron attacked some 250 enemy aircraft in the Thames estuary. He himself shot down three enemy aircraft, the Squadron as a whole destroying many others. The success which has been achieved since Squadron Leader Townsend assumed command, has been due to his unflagging zeal and leadership.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 11 July 1940. Peter Wooldridge Townsend was born in Rangoon, Burma on 22 November 1914 and was brought home to be raised in Devon. Educated at Haileybury, he entered the R.A.F. College, Cranwell in September 1933, and graduated top of his entry, his first official posting being to No. 1 Squadron. In 1936 he transferred to No. 36 Squadron in Singapore, during which period he flew Vildebeest Torpedo Bombers - ‘a big biplane as ugly as its African namesake’ - but before the outbreak of hostilities, Townsend had returned to the U.K. and joined the “Fighting Cocks”, No. 43 Squadron. Within a very short space of time, he was to be wounded by cannon-shell, twice shot down, and awarded the D.S.O., D.F.C. and a Second Award Bar to his D.F.C. In fact, Townsend epitomised the very spirit of Churchill’s famous “Few” and rapidly became a household name. The sort of conditions under which Townsend achieved such fame are best summed up by the Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon’s description of a typical Battle of Britain pilot: ‘In 1940 he had total control of a 350 m.p.h. fighter but, no radar, no autopilot and no electronics. His aircraft was armed with eight .303 machine-guns (the same calibre as a soldier’s rifle). His opponent had cannon. His aircraft was unarmoured yet over 90 gallons of fuel was situated in front of his lap. He had no helmet or protective clothing, save a silk parachute. He had three seconds to identify his foe and little more to pull himself clear of the cockpit if hit. He could have been only nineteen years old.’ First Pilot to Bring Down a “Raider” on English Soil By the outbreak of war, Townsend was a Flight Commander but, like most of his contemporaries, without combat experience. In comparison to their Luftwaffe opponents, this was a serious shortcoming which would result in terrible casualties. However, the R.A.F. possessed its fair share of “natural aviators” and it was these men who rapidly asserted themselves during those bleak days of 1940. Among their ranks was Peter Townsend, who, following his very first combat, emerged with the envious accolade of having brought down the first German raider on English soil. The Heinkel III had fallen victim to his Hur...

A Great War C.M.G., C.B.E. group of nine awarded to Captain W. B. S. Wrey, Royal Navy, who was promoted to Commander for services as second-in-command of the Naval Brigade at the Relief of Pekin, and served as Principal Naval Transport Officer at Southampton throughout the Great War The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels, reverse centre depressed; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (W. B. S. Wrey. Midn. R.N. H.M.S. “Superb”); China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (Lieut. W. B. S. Wrey, R.N., H.M.S. Barfleur.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. W. B. S. Wrey. R.N.); Khedive’s Star 1882; Belgium, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Officer’s breast badge, gilt and enamels; United States of America, Navy Distinguished Service Medal, gilt and enamels, these last six mounted as worn; Japan, Empire, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, a few very minor enamel chips and light contact marks, otherwise generally good very fine (9) £2,000-£2,600 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 4 June 1917: ‘For services in connection with the War.’ C.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘For services in connection with the War.’ Belgium, Order of the Crown, 4th Class, London Gazette 29 August 1917. Japan, Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd Class, London Gazette 7 June 1918. U.S.A., Distinguished Service Medal (Navy), London Gazette 12 December 1919. William Bourchier Sherard Wrey was born at Holne, Devon, on 2 April 1865, the fourth son of Sir Henry Bourchier Wrey, 10th Baronet. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy in H.M.S. Britannia on 15 July 1878, and, having passed for Midshipman, joined H.M.S. Superb on 4 October 1880, being confirmed in that rank on 23 March 1881. He was a Midshipman in Superb at the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882 (Medal with clasp and Bronze Star), and afterwards in Carysfort in the Sudan during 1884-85, but not in the period to qualify for the clasp ‘Suakin 1885’ which some sources give. Promoted to Lieutenant in October 1888, he joined Barfleur as Lieutenant, and later Acting Commander, in May 1898. Wrey was Mentioned in Despatches by Captain Callaghan, and promoted to Commander for his services as second-in-command of the Naval Brigade at the relief of Pekin in 1900. Invalided home with enteric fever in November 1900, he arrived back in England on 23 December 1900, and was found ‘fit’ in February 1901. He was appointed to Hannibal on the Channel station from May 1901 to January 1904. After an inspection of Hannibal, Lord Charles Beresford reported that ‘Commr. Wrey is not sufficiently competent for second in command of a Battleship.’ Nonetheless, his invention shortly afterwards of a ‘Change of Range Indicator’ did draw an expression of Their Lordships’ appreciation. A period in command of Edinburgh from June 1904 to March 1905, was followed by a Signal Course at Portsmouth, after which he held no further commands. He was placed on the Retired List at his own request with rank of Captain on 31 December 1909. On the outbreak of the war with Germany he returned to duty, and served during the whole period of hostilities as principal naval transport officer at Southampton with the rank of Commodore, being created C.M.G. in 1917 and C.B.E. in 1919, and receiving the American Distinguished Service Medal as well as Belgian and Japanese decorations. Captain Wrey married, in 1897, Flora Bathurst, daughter of Vice-Admiral W. S. Greive, of Ord House, Berwick-on-Tweed. He died on 8 January 1926. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts including entitlement to single British War Medal.

Pair: Lance-Corporal W. J. Hawthorn, Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Royal Berkshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1901, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (6941 Pte R. Hawthorn. Rl: Berks: Regt.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (394 L. Cpl. R. J. Hawthorn. Bucks: Bn: Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.), minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £140-£180 --- W. J. Hawthorn was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal on 1 July 1912.

An interesting Second War O.B.E. group of five awarded to Mr Otway H. Little, Director of the Geological Survey of Egypt, late Lieutenant, 7th Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers, who was taken prisoner by the Turks in April 1916 and imprisoned at Yozgad, where he featured as one of the characters in E. H. Jones’ book The Road to En-dor, widely regarded as one of the most remarkable prisoner-of-war escape stories ever The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. O. H. Little. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. O. H. Little.); Egypt, Kingdom, Order of Ismail, Officer’s breast badge, 75mm including crown suspension x 56mm, gold and enamels, reverse with Egyptian maker’s mark, and stamped with gold and silver marks, each with date letter ‘A’, suspension pin replaced with pin brooch to reverse of crown suspension, some minor enamel chips to the last, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £1,200-£1,500 --- O.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 3 March 1944: ‘For services to the Forces and in connection with Military operations [all awards for Egypt]:- Otway Henry Little, Director of the Geological Survey, Egyptian Ministry of Finance. For scientific services.’ Order of Ismail, 4th Class, permission to wear London Gazette 29 July 1949: ‘For valuable services rendered by him in the capacity of Director of the Geological Section of the Egyptian Mines Department.’ Otway Henry Little, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, joined the Geological Survey of Egypt in November 1912. His first two field seasons were spent with the late John Ball in west-central Sinai on the last of those great expeditions of the Egyptian Survey which produced such valuable monographs on the geology of the desert. Then came the 1914-18 war and Little, who had joined the 7th Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers, was taken prisoner by the Turks in their successful raid on Qatia and Oghratina in April, 1916. Little was imprisoned at Yozgad and readers of that lively book The Road to En-dor will find mention of him in its pages. After his release, Little’s first mission was to southern Arabia 1919-20 and he reported on this in The Geography and Geology of Makalla, published in 1925. Returning to Cairo, Little found the Geological Survey greatly curtailed in scope and power. “Petroleum research” had been assigned to an independent department; the mapping of the desert to another. Field work was almost at a standstill, while, in the office, his chief’s attention was largely absorbed in amassing material for a work on The Geology of Egypt, which was never finished. Little had to abandon research and concentrate on the administrative task of keeping the Survey in being and, when time permitted, in compiling the 1:1,000,000 geological map of Egypt. From time to time he escaped from his office to investigate the water supplies of the oases, and A Preliminary Report on the Water Supply of Dakhla Oasis and (with M. Attia) The Deep Bores in Kharga and Dakhla contained valuable recommendations on the control of drilling new wells, to which the Egyptian Government paid little heed. In 1928, Little succeeded W. F. Hume as Director of the Geological Survey. In 1934, with Dr L. J. Spencer of the Natural History Museum, he took part in the field investigation of a remarkable find by Mr. (now Colonel) P. A. Clayton of the natural silica glass in the Sand Sea near the Egyptian-Libyan border. Many specimens, including some beautiful glass artefacts of the Acheulean type, were brought back but no satisfactory explanation of the occurrence was forthcoming. During the Second World War, Little placed his great experience of desert water supply at the service of the chief engineer, M.E.F., and was later awarded the O.B.E. In 1949, he retired and settled in South Africa, where his latter years were clouded by ill-health. He died near Stellenbosch, Cape Province, in October 1956. Little took life philosophically and with great good humour so that he made no enemies. In Cairo, he was always ready to welcome visitors to his museum and library and to help, when needed, with information and advice based on his own researches. Incapable of malice or spite, he was loved by his Egyptian colleagues and subordinates. As the head of an allied section of the Survey of Egypt, I always found Little a loyal colleague in the joint approaches we had often to make to the powers over us. Little was a valued member of the oldest scientific body in Egypt, the Institut d’Egypte, and served a term as its Vice-President.’ (Obituary by G. W. Murray from Proceedings of the Geological Society of London (1957) refers). Sold with mounted group of miniatures of the first four, silver medal of the ‘Institut Egyptien’, bronze medal of ‘Congres International de Geographie Le Caire 1925, and four enamelled badges for Geological Conventions for 1922 (2), 1929 and 1948, the last with name tag ‘Mrs D. Little’, together with comprehensive research.

A Second War M.B.E. group of eight awarded to Major H. I. Palmer, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Prob. H. I. Palmer. R.N.V.R.); 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 leaves; together with the recipient’s group of related miniature awards, generally very fine or better (8) £280-£320 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 24 January 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe.’ The original recommendation, dated 24 July 1945, states: ‘This officer joined the Active Force in April 1941. He has been Registrar of this hospital in this theatre of operations since August 1944. This unit has been active in France and Belgium and during Active periods the Registrar is busy night and day seeing to the admission and evacuation of patients, in addition to normal administrative duties. Not infrequently, during extreme rush periods this officer helped in the resuscitation work and in giving anaesthetics. His work has always been of the highest order, and by his tack, energy, cheerfulness and devotion, he has inspired others when their efforts were failing due to sheer fatigue.’ Harold Ira Palmer was born in Brantford, Ontario, and was educated at the University of Toronto. Appointed a Surgeon Probationer, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, in May 1917, he served during the Great War in H.M. Ships Garry, Urchin, Nereus, and Venturous in the English Channel, Irish Sea, and North Sea, and was advanced Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant. Retuning to the University of Toronto to complete his studies following the cessation of hostilities, he graduated with his M.B. in 1920, and did postgraduate work at the Hospital for Sick Children- for the rest of his medical career he specialised in paediatrics. He served during the Second World War as a Major in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, and was both Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 9 August 1945) and appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services whilst attached to No. 2 Canadian General Hospital in North West Europe. He died in Brantford on 17 April 1960, aged 63. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.

A post-War M.B.E. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant Herbert Richardson, Royal Air Force The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War Medal 1914-20 (F.54223. H. Richardson. A.M.2. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (254120. Cpl. H. Richardson. R.A.F.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £240-£280 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1959. R.A.F. L.S. & G.C. awarded in May 1934. Appointed Flying Officer, 5 August 1941; Flight Lieutenant, 1 September 1945.

A particularly fine post-War M.B.E., Second War ‘1941’ A.R.R.C., and rare Red Cross Florence Nightingale Medal group of nine awarded to Lieutenant H. J. Cholmeley, Territorial Army Nursing Service, who served as part of the B.E.F. in France 1940, and was evacuated via Calais having had an eventful escape in an ambulance, 25 May 1940. She went on to serve with distinction in the hostile environments of Malaya and Kenya, before being recognised for her work with children in equally volatile Cyprus during the troubles there The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue; Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, reverse dated ‘1941’, on lady’s bow riband; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Miss. H. J. Cholmeley.) surname partially officially corrected; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (H. J. Cholmeley); Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with Additional ‘Geneva Cross’ Award Bar (Miss Helen J. Cholmeley, M.B.E. ARRC. SRN. RSCN.) with the Florence Nightingale Medal, gilt and enamel, reverse engraved ‘Miss Helen Joyce Cholmeley MBE., ARRC., SRN., RSCN. 12 May 1973’, with miniature in case of issue, a number of Red Cross badges, a Territorial Army Nursing Service Badge, a Nurse’s League of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital lapel badge, and riband bar, medals mounted or wear, generally very fine or better (9) £1,200-£1,600 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1964: Matron of the Home for Sick Children, Kyrenia, Cyprus. A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 July 1941. Presented with the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1973, the recommendation for which states: ‘Miss Cholmeley who is a State Registered Nurse and a Registered Sick Children’s Nurse, took her General Training at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, on completion of which she was appointed Charge Nurse, Theatre, at the hospital. She later became Theatre Sister at Willesden General Hospital and after that Theatre Sister at The London Clinic. In 1939 Miss Cholomeley was mobilised in the Territorial Army Nursing Service and served in France, Mauritius and East Africa until 1945 when she was demobilised with the rank of Sister equivalent to that of a Ward Sister in a General Hospital. On demobilisation she was appointed Associate Royal Red Cross. She then served as Sister with the UNRRA Plastic Surgery Team in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, for 11 months in 1946. From 1947 to 1949 she was Theatre Sister at The London Clinic. After temporary duty as Relief Sister at Freeland House Auxiliary Hospital near Oxford, Miss Cholmeley was selected for service in Transjordan from June 1949 where she served as Theatre Sister and Acting Matron until June 1950 when it became the policy to employ local Palestinians and Jordanians and other contracts were terminated. Whilst awaiting another Overseas posting with the B.R.C.S., Miss Cholmeley worked at the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women and also at the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, London. In April 1952 Miss Cholmeley served as a Field Officer with the B.R.C.S. Team during the emergency in Malaya, returning home in May 1954. She was posted to Kenya during the Mau Mau emergency in August 1954, returning to the UK in October 1956. From December 1956 until April 1957 Miss Cholmeley was posted to the Red Cross Hostel for British Nationals from Egypt following the crisis in Suez. In May 1957 Miss Cholmeley went out to Cyprus as Matron of the Red Cross Home for Sick Children then situated in Saittas. She was largely responsible for organising the move to a new Home in Kyrenia where she remained as Matron until April 1967. From April 1967 until May 1970 Miss Cholmeley was Matron of Queen Alexandra House, Folkestone - a home for elderly retired nurses. As will be seen from her record of service, Miss Cholmeley has served with distinction in many different countries, often in extremely dangerous and difficult circumstances. Her work in Malaya and in Kenya in particular took her to remote areas where she relied only on the reputation of the Red Cross for protection against subversive elements. In Malaya she was responsible for running Clinics in the resettlement villages where she treated thousands of people and, by gaining their respect and confidence, contributed greatly to raising their morale as well as looking after their physical needs. Similarly in Kenya where her work lay mainly among Kikuyu women and children, she helped to build confidence and prepare the way for a return to normal conditions. In Cyprus it is no exaggeration to say that by her outstanding leadership and example Miss Cholmeley was responsible for the Red Cross Children’s Home at Kyrenia becoming known as the happiest place on the island during all the troubles there. It was also a unique institution in that the staff of Greek, Turkish and Armenian Cypriots worked well together in caring for the children who were also drawn from all communities, which was a situation not possible at the time anywhere else in the island. miss Cholmeley and her staff won the admiration of all the various United Nations Forces stationed in Cyprus, as a result of which the Home received invaluable financial support and other services given free by the Forces such as the planning and equipping of the swimming pool and gymnasium for the poliomyelitis and other patients.’ Helen Joyce Cholmeley was born in Hull, Yorkshire in June 1909, and trained as a nurse at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 1929-33. She enlisted as a Staff Nurse with the Territorial Army Nursing Service in April 1939, and served as a Sister during the Second War stationed at the 17th British General Hospital, Camiers, France, from 9 January 1940. Cholmeley’s personal account of her evacuation from France is held by the National Archives (WO222/2143), in which she states: ‘However that night orders came to move again but in spite of several false alarms we did not go until morning May 23rd. We left the unit and with our Padre and Driver started by ambulance for Dunkirk. Because of a recent air raid we could not get to the docks and were then sent on to Calais, but at Gravelines the bridge had been blocked so we spent some time at a camp until they decided which way we were to go. We were taken round by a smaller bridge and here the roads were very blocked by refugees. There was no boat that day so we went to the H.Q. of the Area Commandant at Calais. The next day we went aboard the City of Christchurch which had come bringing tanks the day before - and the day after reached Southampton on May 25th.’ Cholmeley’s ARRC was invested by the King at Buckingham Palace, 10 February 1942. She was commissioned Lieutenant in February 1951 (with seniority 4 April 1939), and the British Red Cross Society Report for 1954 gives additional details of her service in Kenya: ‘Two teams flew to Kenya in April to work in the forest villages among the resettled women and children of the Kikuyu tribe. Miss Margaret Robinson, S.R.N., and Miss Joan Priest, Welfare Officer, work together at Nyeri. Miss Evelyn Bennett worked principally among the children in a police camp and, later, in Nairobi. Another welfare, Miss Henley Colgate, is at Fort Hall. These teams were reinforced in September by Miss Helen Cholmeley, S.R.N.... Reports indicate that all the teams are doing outstanding work under difficult circumstances. Even in so short a time they have succeeded in gaining the confidence of many of the villagers and being of real service ...

The outstanding ‘Iraq 2003’ C.G.C. group of seven awarded to Corporal, later Warrant Officer Class 2, S. G. Jardine, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, later Royal Regiment of Scotland, a Quick Reaction Force fire-team leader who, having found himself pinned down with no reinforcements in an increasingly untenable position near Al Uzayr security base, Maysan Province, took the initiative and, ordering covering fire, assaulted three enemy positions in succession, allowing his men to move forward and prompting the enemy to withdraw. Charging directly in the face of automatic rifle fire from an enemy in well prepared positions whilst also under intense and accurate heavy machine-gun fire from range, he single-handedly assaulted the first position, killing two of the enemy, capturing their weapons and causing a third man to flee: ‘I started running across the bridge and they had seen me immediately. They were lying down, prone position, and firing at me as I ran; I saw their fingers on the triggers, then the muzzle flashes and then I could hear the rounds zipping past. I remember thinking, Why are they not hitting me?... I got to within 15 or 20 metres of them and just thought, I’m going no further, here. I dropped to one knee, aimed, fired one round, quickly moved onto the second, and fired again... I just aimed at the body and in both cases my rounds went into the chest, under the arm, and came out the back of the neck. Both guys were instantly dead.’ Proceeding to suppress the depth machine gun, Jardine then called his team forward and, with a third enemy position also having now been identified, ordered heavy fire to be laid down on both positions until the enemy disengaged: his courage, leadership and quick thinking in the face of a determined enemy attack undoubtedly preventing casualties among his own team and other supporting units. Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, E.II.R., reverse officially inscribed ‘25090313 Cpl S G Jardine, KOSB’ and officially dated ‘2004’; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25090313 L Cpl S G Jardine, KOSB); Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25090313 Cpl S G Jardine KOSB); Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (Sgt S G Jardine, Scots, 25090313); Jubilee 2012, unnamed as issued; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994 (Cpl S G Jardine KOSB); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (C Sgt S G Jardine CGC Scots 25090313) mounted court style as worn, some minor contact wear, otherwise generally good very fine (7) £120,000-£140,000 --- The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross was instituted as a result of the 1993 review of the British honours system and is second in seniority only to the Victoria Cross. The C.G.C. was awarded for the first time as a result of the Bosnian War in 1995 and to date 60 such awards have been made, of which 15 were for the Iraq War. The award to Jardine is unique to the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and is the only C.G.C. to have been awarded to any Scottish Regiment. C.G.C. London Gazette 23 April 2004: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Iraq during the period 1st April to 30th September 2003.’ The original recommendation states: ‘Corporal Jardine was commanding a Fire Team employed as the Immediate Quick Reaction Force for the Al Uzayr Security Force Base in Maysan Province on the morning of Saturday 9th August 2003. At 0815hrs a prolonged and intense mix of Heavy Machine Gun and small arms fire was heard 300m to the north of the base and Corporal Jardine and his fire team deployed to investigate. Corporal Jardine and his team advanced North on foot until they were engaged by two enemy positions 100 metres to their West. The first was occupied by three men armed with automatic rifles, the second by a Heavy Machine Gun. Corporal Jardine immediately ordered his team into what limited cover was available. Simultaneously, other elements of the Al Uzayr Multiple, which had also deployed came under fire to the South. Realising that no reinforcements were available and assessing that his team’s position was becoming untenable, Corporal Jardine decided to take the offensive. Corporal Jardine ordered the remainder of his team to provide covering fire, and despite intense and accurate HMG fire, assaulted the first position alone, killing two of the enemy and capturing their weapons. The third enemy fled in the face of his determined action. Corporal Jardine then proceeded to suppress the depth machine gun position, whilst calling forward the remainder of his own team to join him. At this point a third enemy position was identified to him by the Platoon Commander. Corporal Jardine’s team located this position and proceeded to lay down fire on both positions, allowing the remainder of the Multiple to move forward. At this point the enemy disengaged from the action and withdrew to the North. Corporal Jardine’s quick thinking and total disregard for his own safety undoubtedly served to prevent casualties amongst his own team and the remainder of the Multiple. His courage and inspirational leadership in the face of a determined enemy attack deserve recognition.’ Shaun Garry Jardine, a native of Dumfries in south-west Scotland, joined the King’s Own Scottish Borderers at the age of 16 and was deployed to Iraq with the 1st Battalion on TELIC 2 after the initial invasion, in mid-June 2003 at the age of 21. The following extracts relating to Jardine’s service in Iraq, in particular the action for which he was awarded the C.G.C., are taken from an 8 page interview with Corporal Jardine which appears in the book In Foreign Fields by Dan Collins: ‘We arrived in Basra and then drove down to Kuwait to get acclimatised for a couple of weeks. Coming from Scotland, we definitely needed that. It was roasting hot, around 100 degrees in the shade, and a wee bit different to the weather back home...A week after we arrived the six Royal Military Policemen got murdered in Al Majar Al Kabir, so we were fast tracked to move up earlier than planned. There was a lot of activity to try and find the killers, and make sure everyone knew the British Army was in control, and so they needed plenty of boots on the ground. We made our way up through Basra towards Camp Abu Naji. The way it worked was we rotated on a four week basis...The fourth week was spent down at the Al Uzayr Security Force Base, an out station roughly 70 or 80 km south of Al Aamarah and the same distance north of Basra. It was a very small camp, an old police station in the shape of a squared-off figure eight, with courtyards in the middle. Around the whole compound, five or ten metres from the building, there was a perimeter wall. If you looked over the wall you would see Al Uzayr itself. Its a pretty poor place sitting on the banks of the Tigris there in the middle of the marshland that runs down to the Iranian border which isn’t far away at all... We would patrol the immediate area of the village and then strike out into the other villages and the marshland round about. We were just showing a presence, and obviously looking for weapons and insurgents. You have to remember, Saddam’s own police and Army had sort of vanished, so there wasn’t that much formal law and order apart from us. Of course there were people who didn’t want us there. It had all kicked off two nights before. I had taken a six man patrol out around the village in a Land Rover, and we had been shot at from a number of rooftops. The rounds were close enough, probably AK, and we de-bussed from the vehicle and tried to locate the shooters. But we couldn’t so we went back and reported it. There were no casual...

A fine Second War ‘1943’ D.F.C., ‘1942’ D.F.M. pair awarded to Flight Lieutenant F. Carter, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a rear gunner who, having been decorated for his first operational tour in Wellingtons, was commissioned and, in raising his tally of sorties to 61 in Lancasters of 57 Squadron, participated in Operation Bellicose - the shuttle bombing raid on the former V-weapons programme at Friedrichshafen and the Italian naval base at La Spezia - as well as numerous raids on heavily defended targets in the Ruhr Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1943, in its Royal Mint case of issue; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (801525. F/Sgt. F. Carter. R.A.F.) good very fine or better (2) £2,200-£2,800 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 10 September 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘Flying Officer Carter was posted to 57 Squadron in August, 1942 and has completed one tour of operations in Wellington aircraft and a tour of instruction at an O.T.W. Since arriving in the Squadron, F/O. Carter has always shown keenness to take part in all the operations possible and completed twenty-five in his second tour, making a total of sixty-one sorties; comprising 385 hours operational flying. Amongst the targets he has attacked are Berlin on two occasions, numerous sorties against the heavily defended targets in the Ruhr, other defended targets in Western Germany and Italy, including the shuttle service raid on Friedrichshafen and Spezia. At all times, F/O. Carter has put keenness, efficiency and strong determination in his work. As Deputy Gunnery Leader he has helped in more ways than can be put on paper in raising the Gunners of 57 Squadron to a high pitch of efficiency and the fruits of this work have been evident in the number of successful combats this Squadron has had during recent months. I consider F/O. Carter, who has completed an excellent second tour of operations, by his work on the ground and the exceptional keenness, courage and determination he has put into his operational flying, is well worth the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.’ D.F.M. London Gazette 11 August 1942. The original recommendation states: ‘This N.C.O. has carried out 205.50 operational hours flying involving 35 sorties as tail gunner. He has always shown the greatest enthusiasm and devotion to duty and the keenest endeavour to become a first-rate gunner. On the night of 28th/29th March 1942, he was the rear gunner of an aircraft detailed to attack Leubeck. On the return journey, his aircraft was approached by an enemy fighter when over the North Sea. Flight Sergeant Carter opened fire against this aircraft which appeared to catch fire but was lost to sight as it dived away. It was claimed as probably destroyed. He has proved a most valuable member of an operational crew and has set an example of courage and cheerfulness to all other gunners in the squadron.’ Frederick Carter served initially in the Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for his gallant services as tail gunner in 35 sorties up to 1942. Commissioned Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 1 May 1942, he was posted to 57 Squadron in August 1942 and promoted to Flying Officer on 1 November 1942. He was appointed Squadron Deputy Gunnery Leader and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1943 after completing 61 sorties. He was advanced Flight Lieutenant, war substantive, on 1 May 1944 and with seniority on 1 November 1945.

A Second War Navigator’s D.F.C. group of four awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. R. O’Donnell, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who completed 37 operational sorties in Lancasters of 35 Squadron Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1945, with its Royal Mint case of issue and named Buckingham Palace enclosure; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (4) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 17 July 1945. John Roderick O’Donnell served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War undertaking initial training as a Navigator at No. 1 C.N.S., Rivers, Manitoba, Canada and qualifying with effect from 26 November 1943. Returning to the United Kingdom he underwent further training on Ansons and Whitleys at R.A.F. Llandwrog and R.A.F. Kinloss before spells at 1663 Halifax Conversion Unit, R.A.F. Rufforth and the Pathfinder Navigation Training Unit at R.A.F. Warboys at which latter unit he completed his training on Lancasters. In October 1944 O’Donnell was posted to 35 (Madras Presidency) Squadron, a Pathfinder unit flying Lancasters out of R.A.F. Graveley. His appointment commenced with two visits to Walcheren which took place on successive nights but thereafter, in keeping with Bomber Command’s official priorities at this time, most sorties were attacks on Axis oil and transportation targets. These included raids on the important steelworks at Bochum, the synthetic oil plants at Leuna, Politz and Kamen, the shipyards at Kiel, IG Faben’s chemical works at Ludwigshaven (twice), the oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, the important railway junction at Hanau, railway yards at Saarbrucken, Grevenbroich and Schwandorf, and an attack on the shipyard producing the new Type XXI U-Boat at Hamburg. Bombing of German towns and cities, although much reduced from earlier in the war, still continued however. In this regard, on the night of 16 January 1945, O’Donnell’s Lancaster was ordered to attack the city of Magdeburg. Although neither his Flying Log Book or the squadron’s Operations Record Book make mention of it, the AM Form 1180 (Accident Card) shows: ‘aircraft struck by incendiaries from friendly aircraft; successful landing made.’ The aircraft was repaired and returned to the squadron on 10 February. In another area bombing attack on 23 February 1945, O’Donnell, piloted as always by Flying Officer J. A. Murrell, was Navigator in one of 367 Lancasters on the particularly accurate Pforzheim raid which resulted in over 17,000 deaths, probably the third highest air raid death toll in Germany during the war after Dresden and Hamburg, with an estimated 83 percent of the town’s built up area destroyed. With hostilities in Europe drawing to a close, O’Donnell’s Log Book records two missions ferrying P.O.W.s back from France and Holland in May 1945 in addition to his 42 operational sorties notched up between October 1944 and April 1945. He was subsequently awarded the D.F.C. After the cessation of hostilities, O’Donnell was posted to No. 12 F.U. at Melton Mowbray and was advanced Squadron Leader in December 1945. In February 1946 he converted to the Avro York at 1332 Heavy Conversion Unit at Dishforth and was posted to 246 Squadron in March 1946, with which squadron he concluded his R.A.F. career as a Navigator on scheduled services to and around India and the Middle East from March to June 1946. Sold with the recipient’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book covering the period January 1943 to July 1946.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. Moore, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, late Royal Lancaster Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (47532 Sjt. J. Moore. 10/K.O. Sco: Bord); British War and Victory Medals (11005 Pte .J. Moore. R. Lanc. R.) light contact marks, very fine (3) £600-£800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919; citation published 11 March 1920: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and able leadership as a platoon sergeant, especially during the period September to October 1918, in the fighting around Pont-de-Nieppe and Armentieres. At all times he has been of the utmost assistance to his platoon commander, and most reliable At Pont-de-Nieppe, in command of an advanced post, he found himself cut off by enemy posts. He maintained his position for twenty-four hours, driving off with his seven men numerous attacks of the enemy.’ John Moore attested for the Royal Lancaster Regiment, and served with both the 1st and 8th Battalions during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916 onwards. Transferring first to the Labour Corps, and then to the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, he served with the 10th Battalion, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry in the final months of the War. He was discharged on 16 August 1920,

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant W. Sporle, Manchester Regiment, late Royal West Kent Regiment, who was killed in action at Montigny on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (295168 Sjt: W. Sporle. 2/7 Manch. R.) edge nick and minor edge bruise, nearly extremely fine £700-£900 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 21 October 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This N.C.O. commanded a patrol that was obliged to swim a river in order to reach its objective. The success with which the operation was carried out was largely due to his determined leadership. During the period under review he has consistently displayed great courage and zealousness his efforts to secure safety and comfort of his men being untiring.’ William ‘Bertie’ Sporle was born at Kensington, Middlesex and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Whitstable, Kent. He served with the 2nd/4th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 August 1915, before transferring to the Manchester Regiment, and saw further service with the 2nd/7th Battalion on the Western Front. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, he was killed in action on the first day of the German Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.

A Great War 1918 ‘Zeebrugge Raid’ casualty D.S.M. group of four awarded to Able Seaman F. H. Hide, Royal Navy, who was wounded whilst serving in the Block Ship H.M.S. Intrepid Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J.3075 F. H. Hide, A.B. “Intrepid”. Zeebrugge-Ostend. 22-3 April, 1918.); 1914-15 Star (J.3075. F. H. Hide. A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.3075 F. H. Hide. A.B. R.N.) traces of lacquer, edge bruise to first, good very fine (4) £2,000-£2,600 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 23 July 1918: ‘For services in H.M.S. Intrepid during the operations against Zeebrugge and Ostend on the night of 22nd - 23rd April, 1918.’ Frederick Henry Hide was born in Camberwell, London, on 5 October 1891 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 19 October 1908. Advanced Able Seaman on 1 December 1911, he served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, and at the time of the Zeebrugge Raid was borne on the books of H.M.S. Pembroke. The Zeebrugge Raid, 22-23 April 1918 On 23 April 1918, St. George’s Day, the joint operations on Zeebruge and Ostend harbours were carried out by the Royal Navy and the 4th Royal Marines. Their aim being to block the Bruges ship canal at its entrance, Zeebrugge harbour, and to block the entrance to the Ostend harbour by sea whilst inflicting as much damage as possible on the respective ports and ultimately nullify their use as bases for German torpedo craft and submarines. Sir Roger Keyes’ Despatch of 9 May 1918 states: ‘Intrepid (under the command of Lieutenant Stuart Bonham-Carter) had been unable to get rid of her spare watch of stokers, owing at first to the delay in her motor launch getting alongside, and apparently to the disinclination of the surplus crew to miss the coming fight. She therefore proceeded to the canal with 87 officers and men on board instead of 54. On approaching the Mole she came under heavy shrapnel fire. She rounded the lighthouse and, directed by Thetis, aground on her port hand, steered for the canal, very few guns firing at her, as they were concentrated on the Mole, doubtless at Vindictive and Thetis. On reaching his position in the canal, Lieutenant Bonham-Carter went full speed ahead with the starboard engine and full speed astern with the port helm hard-a-starboard. He then waited for the crew to get into the boats but finding the ship was making stern way he had to blow the sinking charges before the steaming party could get out of he engine room. Engineer Sub-Lieutenant E. V. Meikle, with his men, got into a cutter, of which he took charge, proceeded out past the Thetis till picked up by motor launch. Another cutter was picked up by the Whirlwind, and the skiff by Motor Launch 282. With the two officers and four petty officers Lieutenant Bonham-Carter lunched a Carley raft and went down the canal until picked up by motor launch 282. This motor launch came right into the canal under the stern of the Iphigenia - the next blocking ship - under a heavy fire. She was commanded by Lieutenant Percy Dean, R.N.V.R., whose conduct Lieutenant Bonham-Carter describes as ‘simply magnificent’ [for his most conspicuous gallantry Dean was awarded the Victoria Cross]. With the exception of Stoker Petty Officer H. L. Palliser, who was killed while in the motor launch by a machine gun, the whole crew got away. Lieutenant Bonham-Carter reports the exceptionally fine behaviour of the whole of his crew - deck and engine room alike - and I may say that here regarded the chances of escape from any of the blocking ships as very slender, and this was well-known to those who so readily volunteered for this hazardous service, and to the volunteer crews of the motor launches who ran equal risks in their work of rescue.’ Hide was wounded in action during the raid, and for his services was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Total casualties during the Zeebrugge Raid were 227 killed and 356 wounded, out of a total volunteer force of 1,700. Eight Victoria Crosses were awarded. Hide was invalided out of the service, presumably on account of the wounds he had received during the raid, on 25 November 1918. Sold with a copy of the General Order to the Fleet following the raid; various contemporary postcards of Zeebrugge; a copy of the book ‘Zeebrugge & Ostend Raids’, by Stephen McGreal; and copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant J. H. Bowles, Royal Field Artillery Military Medal, G.V.R. (1430 J. H. Bowles. B.282/ Lond. Bde. R.F.A. - T.F.) heavy contact marks and edge bruising, polished, therefore fair to fine £140-£180 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. John H. Bowles attested for the Royal Field Artillery ands served with “B” Battery, 282 London Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 October 1915. Awarded the Military Medal, he was subsequently advanced Warrant Officer Class II.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Barchard, Lincolnshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (14736 Pte. A. Barchard. 6/Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (14736 Pte. A. Barchard. Linc. R.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917. Arthur Barchard was born at Sancliffe, Lincolnshire, in 1897 and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Thealby, Lincolnshire. He served with the 1st, 7th, and 6th Battalions during the Great War on the Western Front, and was awarded his Military Medal most likely for gallantry at Ypres in August 1917. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant W. Donnelly, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was wounded by gun shot in August 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (13208 A.Cpl. W. Donnelly. 6/K.O.S.B.) good very fine £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 9 July 1917. William Donnelly attested for the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 May 1915. Awarded the Military Medal, he was advanced Sergeant and is recorded as having being wounded by gun shot to the forearm in August 1918. He was demobilised on 16 February 1919.

Five: Private J. Tousent, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, later Royal Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (6302 Pte: J. Tousent. 1/Oxfd: L.I.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4656 Pte. J. Tonsent. Rifle Brigade. [sic]); 1914-15 Star (12379. Pte. J. Tousent. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (12379 Pte. J. Tousent. R. Fus.) generally nearly very fine (5) £120-£160 --- K.S.A. Medal Roll confirms mistaken transcription of surname as it appears on medal, and also that Tousent was attached to the 7th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade from the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry with the number ‘4656’. Tousent subsequently served with the Royal Fusiliers during the Great War in the French theatre of war from 20 July 1915.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Corporal C. J. McDermott, York and Lancaster Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (14493 L.Cpl. C. J. Mc.Dermott. 10/Y. & L.R.) lacquered, very fine £180-£220 --- M.M. London Gazette 28 July 1917. Charles J. McDermott attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment and served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 September 1915. He transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 8 February 1919.

A Great War 1918 ‘German Spring Offensive’ M.M. awarded to Private R. Cooper, Royal Army Medical Corps, for his gallantry as a stretcher bearer at Holnon Wood and Beauvois, 21-22 March 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (437470 Pte. R. Cooper. 2/2 S.Mid: F.A. R.A.M.C.) polished, edge nicks, very fine £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 8 August 1918. The original Recommendation states: ‘On 21 and 22 March [1918] in Holnon Wood for gallant conduct as a stretcher bearer. He worked untiringly under heavy fire bringing in the wounded, behaving with the greatest steadfastness. After the bearer post was withdrawn on 22 March he established an aid post in Beauvois on his own initiative. Here he successfully attended many wounded men and evacuated two officers in a wheel barrow who were unable to walk, this enabling them to reach safety. By his actions he showed himself possessed of a very high degree of courage and initiative and offered a valuable example to other bearers of disregard of personal safety. Richard Cooper was born in 1879 and attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps on 29 October 1915. He served with the 2/2nd South Midland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 May 1916: this unit formed part of the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division which fought on the Somme on 19 July 1916 at the Battle of Fromelles, and later took part in the Third Battle of Ypres and advance to the Hindenburg Line. For his services on the opening days of the German Spring Offensive in March 1918 he was awarded the Military Medal. He was disembodied on 15 March 1919. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private J. B. Langlois, 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, Canadian Infantry Military Medal, G.V.R. (61812 Pte. J. B. Langlois. 22/Can: Inf:); 1914-15 Star (61812 Pte. J. B. Langlois. 22/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (61812 Cpl. J. B. Langlois. 22-Can. Inf.) edge bruising to MM, light pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917. Jean B. Langlois was born on 18 August 1892 and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at St. John on 20 November 1914, serving with the 22nd (French Canadian) Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private J. A. Hall, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, who was wounded by gun shot on 31 March 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (781481 Pte. J. A. Hall. 2/Can: M.R.) cleaned, very fine £280-£320 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919. John Angus Hall was born in San Francisco, California, on 16 August 1896, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 18 December 1915. Posted initially to the 128th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, he arrived in the U.K. on 24 August 1916, and proceeded to France with the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, on 28 November 1916. He was wounded by gun shot on 31 March 1917, and was discharged on 15 October 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘Escaper’s’ M.M. awarded to Private J. Hocking, 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, who was taken Prisoner of War at Sanctuary Wood, Ypres, on 2 June 1916, and escaped captivity in September 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (113295 Pte. J. Hocking. 4-Can. Mtd. Rif.) cleaned, very fine £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 30 January 1920: ‘In recognition of gallant conduct and determination displayed in escaping or attempting to escape from captivity.’ John Hocking was born in Cornwall on 26 December 1895 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary force at Kingston, Ontario, on 31 July 1915. Posted to the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 January 1916, and was taken Prisoner of War following the German attack on Sanctuary Wood, Ypres, on 2 June 1916. Initially held at Dulman P.O.W. Camp, he was subsequently held at camps at Minden, Munster, and Burgsteinfurt. Hocking made his first escape attempt on 26 August 1917, as he records in his de-briefing report: ‘On 26 August three of us escaped. We dug through the cellar of the munitions factory, in which we were working, into the cellar. As a result the river flooded the factory. We were out for seven days, and then we were caught one nigh by a policeman with a dog. We were taken back to our own commando, and papers were prepared for a court-martial upon us for escaping and damaging Government property. Hocking made his second (and successful) escape attempt on 7 September 1917: ‘We were sent to work in the fields. The Unter Offizier had taken away our boots, and we had on our slippers, and over them our clogs which they issued on commando. We took our soup at midday. It was hot, and the Unter Offizier, who was sitting in the field watching us, fell asleep. We clicked our sabots together, and as he did not wake up Harrison and I ran for it in our slippers. The Unter Offizer awoke and fired three rounds at us. We got away into a bush and saw them searching for us with dogs. They did not find us, and on the ninth day we reached Holland, having been chased several times on the way.’ Arriving back in Canada, Hocking was discharged at Toronto on 15 April 1918. Sold with a comprehensive file of copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal C. E. Maddin, Canadian Army Medical Corps, who was wounded in action in October 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (531780 Pte. C. E. Maddin, Can. A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (531780 Cpl. C. E. Maddin, C.A.M.C.), nearly very fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919. Clarence Elmo Maddin was born in Selkirk, Manitoba, on 15 January 1890. A Medical Student at the time of his enlistment in April 1916, he joined the 11th Overseas Field Ambulance. He arrived in England in May 1816 and France in August 1916 and served in the same unit until wounded in the leg and hand during the Battles of Canal du Nord and Bourlon Wood in early October 1918. Awarded the M.M., after leaving hospital in December 1918 he was assigned to the 9th Canadian Stationary Hospital. He was demobilised at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in July 1919 and died in Vancouver in October 1970. Sold with copied research and a photographic image of the recipient taken in later life.

A Second War ‘Immediate’ D.F.M. group of six awarded to Flight Lieutenant Jack Edwards, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1317475 Sgt. J. Edwards. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, good very fine and better (6) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.F.M. London Gazette 19 March 1943: ‘Edwards, Jack. 1317475 Sergeant, No. 142 Squadron (Immediate). Joint citation with Sqn. Ldr. James Frederick Henry Booth (37958), No. 142 Squadron (Awarded Immediate D.F.C.); and 911963 L.A.C. James Arthur Skingsley, No. 142 Squadron (Awarded Immediate D.F.C.): ‘One night in January 1943, Squadron Leader Booth, Sergeant Edwards and Leading Aircraftman Skingsley were captain, bomb aimer and acting flight engineer respectively of an aircraft which attacked the docks at Bizerta. Shortly after its bombs were released the aircraft was subjected to a series of attacks by an enemy fighter, sustaining much damage before the attacker was driven off. The starboard engine was hit and burst into flames, the hydraulic system rendered useless and the rear turret and other equipment damaged; in addition, a portable oxygen bottle was set on fire. The aircraft began to lose height and the situation appeared hopeless. The captain ordered his crew to prepare to abandon aircraft. Leading Aircraftman Skingsley, ignoring his parachute pack, however, attempted to extinguish the flames from the oxygen bottle. Sergeant Edwards came to his assistance and together they grasped the blazing bottle with their bare hands, carried it to the escape hatch and hurled it out. The fire in the engine and in the main plane subsided and Squadron Leader Booth decided to attempt to fly the bomber home. All moveable equipment, including guns and ammunition, was jettisoned in an effort to maintain height. Although the aircraft was difficult to control, Squadron Leader Booth succeeded in flying it to base where he made a successful crash-landing in the face of extremely harassing circumstances. These members of aircraft crew displayed courage and devotion to duty in keeping with the highest traditions of the Royal Air Force.’ The original recommendation for Edwards’ Immediate D.F.M. adds a little more detail: ‘Sergeant Edwards was the Bomb Aimer of the crew detailed to attack Bizerta docks on the night of 18th January, 1943. After dropping their bombs, they were attacked by a Ju.88 night fighter. After the fourth attack, the starboard engine was on fire, the rear turret knocked out, airspeed indicator and flaps damaged and the portable oxygen bottle amidships on fire. The machine also began to lose height rapidly. Despite this Sergeant Edwards very gallantly stayed in his turret until ordered by the Captain to take up position for bailing out. On leaving the turret, he immediately went to the fire amidships and with complete disregard for his personal safety and ignoring his parachute pack, he proceeded to help put out the blazing oxygen bottle, getting his hands severely burnt. He also assisted the Flight Engineer to lighten the aircraft by jettisoning all the removable equipment. By his prompt action, Sergeant Edwards undoubtedly helped his Captain to save the crew and aircraft. Sergeant Edwards has completed 23 successful sorties and his devotion to duty at all times has been outstanding and an example to his comrades in the squadron. Very strongly recommended for an immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 8 June 1944. Jack Edwards was born at Pontyridd on 18 May 1909, and was employed prior to the outbreak of war in 1939 by the South Wales Power Company as an assistant electrical storeman. Joining the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a Leading Aircraftman, he in due course became a Sergeant-Observer and was posted to No. 142 Squadron at Blida, Algeria. He was awarded the D.F.M. for his gallantry on the night of 18 January 1943, when his Wellington III bomber attacked by a Ju.88 after a successful bombing raid on Bizerta docks. The Rear Gunner successfully baled out but the remaining crew, after the exertions described above, made a successful crash landing at base; their aircraft was written off. Edwards returned home on leave in May 1943 and on 13 September he was commissioned as Pilot Officer (on probation). He was decorated with the D.F.M. at an investiture at Buckingham Palace, accompanied by his wife Bessie, on 12 October 1943. On 13 March 1944, his appointment as Pilot Officer on probation was confirmed and he was promoted to Flying Officer (War Substantive). He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant (War Substantive) on 13 September 1945, and finally relinquished his commission on 18 May 1954. Flight Lieutenant Jack Edwards died at Swansea in 1971, aged 63, his death being registered in the 3rd quarter of the year. Sold together with original Observer’s cloth wing and ribbon bar for D.F.M.; an original wartime copy of Blida’s Bombers by Squadron Leader Eric M. Summers, M.M., R.A.F., being a record of Nos. 142 and 150 Squadrons of 330 Wing during six months in North Africa, with honours & awards and casualties, the front and rear fly-leaves signed by numerous squadron members; together with an original photograph of Edwards and crew members at Blida, two original news cuttings and a quantity of detailed copied research and photographs including squadron O.R.B., combat report and London Gazette notices, all additionally copied to CD. For the medals awarded to the recipient’s father, see Lot 282.

An O.B.I. group of seven awarded to Subadar Major Amir Shah, South Waziristan Scouts Order of British India, 2nd Class neck badge, gold and enamel, with screw-nut fitting to reverse and small length of ribbon; India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (Subdr. Amir Shah, S.W. Scouts.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; Jubilee 1935; Indian Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Sub Major Amir Shah S.W. Scouts) good very fine (7) £800-£1,000

A C.P.M. for Gallantry group of five awarded to Sergeant (later Inspector) Harry Boulton, Palestine Police Colonial Police Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Gallantry (Sgt. H. Boulton. Palestine Police); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (431 T. Asst. Insp. H. Boulton. Pal. Police.) some minor official corrections; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Colonial Police Forces L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (Brit. Insp. H. Boulton. Palestine Police) naming impressed on prepared edge, mounted for display, good very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- C.P.M. London Gazette 3 January 1939.

Three: Surgeon Major Thomas Farquhar, M.D., Bengal Medical Establishment Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Asst. Surgn. T. Farquhar, M.D. Bengal Army.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Asst. Surgeon Thos. Farquhar. Bengal Horse Artillery); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Asst. Surgeon T. Farquhar M.D. Civil Agra) naming officially engraved in fine running script, light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- Thomas Farquhar was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Bengal Medical Establishment on 20 October 1847, and arrived in India on 8 January 1848. He served with the Army of the Punjab in 1848 and 1849, was present at the battles of Chilianwala and Goojerat, and subsequent pursuit of the Sikhs and Afghans to Peshwar (Medal with two clasps). He accompanied the force under Sir Colin Campbell which went into the Esufzai in May 1852 and was present in the various frontier fights including that of Shakote. While in medical charge of the Frontier Forts of Shubkudder and Abazai in 1852 and 1853, with the Guides in 1854-55 and 1856 was present in the several smaller expeditions for expelling incursions of the Frontier Tribes (Medal with clasp). In the Mutiny, while the Civil Surgeon of Agra, went out with the troops that fought on the 5th of July and 10th of October, 1857, in the neighbourhood of Agra (Medal), and was Senior Medical Officer attached to the Depot Hospital established in the Fort to receive charge of the wounded after the latter engagement. Was on three occasions sent out on special duty to help the people of Esufzai, Chuch, Hazara and Allygurgh in dealing with destructive fevers that raged in the districts. The first medical school opened in the Bengal Presidency outside Calcutta was that at Agra, founded in 1853, the first principal being Surgeon John Murray, who was succeeded in 1857 by Assistant Surgeon T. Farquhar. The school continued its work with only a short interruption throughout the Mutiny of 1857-58, although a member of its staff, Sub Assistant Surgeon Wazir Khan, teacher of Materia Medica, became prominent among the rebels. Farquhar was promoted to Surgeon-Major on 16 December 1861, and during his Army career he was attached to the following regiments and held these several appointments: Bengal Horse Artillery, 6th Irregular Cavalry, Engineers, 29th Foot, 13th Native Infantry, 24th Foot, Sappers & Miners, Divisional Staff, 10th Light Cavalry, 11th Light Cavalry, 3rd Sikh Regiment, Corps of Guides, Civil Surgeon Agra, Agra Police, Superintendent of the Central Jail, 1st Native Infantry, 1st Bengal Cavalry, Surgeon to the Viceroy, Sir John Lawrence. Farquhar held this post from 1864 until Lawrence’s Viceroyalty ended in 1869. Farquhar afterwards returned to his native Aberdeen where he immersed himself in philanthropic work. He was a District Councillor for Kinellar parish on Aberdeenshire County Council and was also a Justice of the Peace for Aberdeenshire. He died on 5 January 1891, aged 65.

Pair: Captain James P. McEuen, Superintendent of Police, Shanghai, late Master R.N. Baltic 1854-55, unnamed; Shanghai Jubilee Medal 1893, silver, edge engraved ‘Presented by the Shanghai Municipality’, reverse engraved ‘J. P. McEuen, R.N.’, the first with refixed suspension, heavily polished, therefore fine, the second very fine (2) £600-£800 --- James Painter McEuen was born in Stepney, London, on 3 March 1840, an illegitimate child born to Margaret McEuen. He was educated at Greenwich Hospital School and entered the Royal Navy on 12 April 1855, aged 15, as a Master’s Assistant, a rank given to navigation officers of the period. His first ship was H.M.S. Hastings, in which he served during the Baltic war and duly received the medal. His career as a navigating officer was largely undertaken off the coast of West Africa, engaged on anti-slavery patrols and survey expeditions. He was aboard H.M.S. Brisk when she captured the Emanuella (formerly Sunny South) with 800 slaves on board as cargo. In 1864, he was recommended by Lieutenant Knowles (later Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, Bt.) for his services aboard H.M.S. Investigator, whilst on an expedition up the River Niger, and is possibly depicted in the painting by T. V. Robins of Knowles and party in talks with a local chief at Bida. McEuen was promoted to Master in Her Majesty’s Fleet on 5 February 1865, and retired from the Royal Navy on 1 September 1871. He was afterwards appointed Harbour Master at Hong Kong and, on 6 March 1884, Captain Superintendent of Police at Shanghai, a position he held until 25 July 1896. He died at Yokahama, Japan, on 29 August 1896, whilst en route to England, in ill-health. There is a memorial to Captain McEuen at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai. Sold with comprehensive research.