British War Medal 1914-20 (466132 Sjt. F. W. D. Sorby. 13-Can. Inf.) good very fine £80-£120 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 15 November 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and ability during an attack. He employed his Lewis gun to great tactical advantage, killing a large number of the enemy. By giving covering fire with his gun, he was responsible for the capture of two strong points by his section. He rendered most valuable service.’ D.C.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 15 November 1918: ‘When his platoon was advancing on a village along a sap, the enemy attempted a flanking movement. This N.C.O. rushed out with a Lewis gun, and beat them off with many casualties. The platoon was next held up by a defended wire block. In attempting to rush it he was wounded by a bomb bursting on his helmet. He next found one of his men, who was missing, lying very badly wounded. He picked him up and carried him back under a hail of bombs.’ Frederick William Dare Sorby was born in Todwick, Yorkshire, on 13 April 1889, and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Edmonton on 4 January 1915, having previously served for three years in the 101st Edmonton Fusiliers. He served with the 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was awarded both the Distinguished Conduct Medal and a Second Award Bar, one of only three such combinations of awards to the unit. Wounded to the head on 16 August 1918, and to the knee on 28 September, he died of his wounds on 9 October 1918, and is buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, France. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
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The Victory Medal awarded to Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class H. S. Burton, Royal Navy, who was killed in action during the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, when H.M.S Defence exploded after being hit by two salvoes from SMS Derfflinger and several other German battleships, and sank with the loss of all hands Victory Medal 1914-19 (M.11415 H. S. Burton. E.R.A. 4. R.N.) edge nicks, good very fine £100-£140 --- Hugh Stanley Burton was born in Islington London, on 1 February 1888 and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class on 12 January 1915. Posted to H.M.S. Defence on 9 February 1915, he was confirmed in his rate on 23 February 1916, and served in the Defence, the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot, at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May - 1 June 1916. At Jutland the armoured cruisers H.M.S. Defence and Warrior were closing with the disabled German light cruiser Wiesbaden, when they came under concentrated fire from the battlecruiser Derfflinger and four battleships at less than 8,000 yards. The Defence was hit by two salvoes which caused the detonation of a magazine and surrounding ammunition, and she exploded, with the loss of all hands. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
The Victory Medal awarded to Private F. C. S. Bradley, 7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date his battalion suffered over 500 casualties Victory Medal 1914-19 (G-1237 Pte. F. C. S. Bradley. The Queen’s R.) in named card box of issue; Memorial Plaque (Frederick Charles Sidney Bradley) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, and outer OHMS transmission addressed to ‘Mr. C. W. Bradley, 86 Gloucester Road, Croydon, Surrey’; Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. Frederick Charles Sidney Bradley, Royal W. Surrey Regt.’, extremely fine (3) £240-£280 --- Frederick Charles Sidney Bradley was born in Croydon, Surrey, and attested there for the Royal West Surrey Regiment. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 July 1915, and was killed in action on the first day of the battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack at Montauban, and after twelve hours’ fighting along a 200 yard front had suffered 532 casualties. He is buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France. Sold together with named Record Office enclosures for the British War and Victory Medals; a postcard photograph of the recipient; and other ephemera.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lt. Col. C. P. Marten) extremely fine £70-£90 --- Charles Peter Marten was born in Canterbury on 12 September 1880, the eldest son of Captain Stephen W. Marten, East Kent Militia, and was educated at Tonbridge School and Clare College, Cambridge. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) on 4 December 1901, and was promoted Lieutenant on 3 October 1906. Appointed Adjutant of the 1st Battalion in 1907, he served with them during the Mohmand Expedition of 1908. Promoted Captain in January 1911, he was appointed Adjutant of the 3rd Battalion in 1912, and was promoted Major in 1916. Appointed Second in Command of the 32nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Marten served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 May 1916, before being given the command of the 18th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, on 24 June 1916. He was killed in action on the Somme on 15 September 1916, on which date the Battalion was ordered to attack Flers, and to ‘push home their attack with the utmost vigour. Just before zero hour, one shell hit the Battalion killing their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel C. P. Marten, his Adjutant, and two other Officers. Nevertheless, the attack went on, with the Battalion doing all that was asked of it, and suffering total casualties of over 350.’ (British Battalions on the Somme, by Ray Westlake refers). Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 January 1917) for his ‘gallant and distinguished services in the Field’, his Brigadier-General wrote of him: ‘He has done splendid work out here.’ The Commanding Officer of his parent unit, the West Yorkshire Regiment, wrote: ‘As an all-round sportsman, whether in the hunting field, in polo, cricket, or as a soldier, the loss to the Regiment and the Army at large cannot be overestimated. He was a fine rider, and always in the first flight in the hunting field. The old XIV has lost one of its most popular officers, one who endeared himself to all by his cheerfulness, sportsmanship, and his high sense of duty.’ Other officers wrote: ‘It is no easy task to take command of a battalion of another regiment, where one knows nobody; but to show with what success he did it, I need only say that he was universally popular with both officers and men. The battalion had the most complete confidence in him, and his death can only be a terrible loss... His influence was a great power in the battalion, and his past work in all probability largely contributed to the success which we were able to win last week. The battalion has lost a fine soldier and one of the best of men; all ranks were proud to be led into action by such a leader.’ (The Roll of Honour, Volume III refers). Marten is buried in Serre Road Cemetery, Somme, France.
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Ply.12260. Pte. A. Tait, R.M.L.I. H.M.S. Perseus.) good very fine £140-£180 --- Alexander Tait was born in Glasgow on 7 December 1883 and enlisted into the Plymouth Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry in Liverpool on 15 July 1903. He served in H.M.S. Perseus from 24 February to 19 September 1913, and during the first year of the Great War in H.M.S. Active. He was discharged on 1 January 1920, his character rated ‘Fair’. Sold with copied medal roll extract.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (292313 Gnr. A. E. Luck R.A.) light polishing, nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Albert Edward Luck is confirmed on the medal roll as entitled to the G.S.M. with clasp for Iraq, and his Medal Index Card shows no entitlement to any Great War medals. He is noted on the roll as Signaller, also having service number 292315, for service with the Royal Field Artillery.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (7674221 Sigmn. F. Green, R. Sigs.) with original forwarding letter and outer OHMS envelope addressed to ‘Mr. F. Green, 14 Howard Road, Ilford, Essex; together with three Second War Medals, comprising Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; and War Medal 1939-45, these three accompanied by a hand-written note from the vendor attributing them to a Mr. L. C. Worsfold, 46b New Road, Rochester, Kent, nearly extremely fine (4) £60-£80
Three: Corporal R. Harding, 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 19 July 1916 British War and Victory Medals (2191 Cpl. R. Harding. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) BWM officially renamed; Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2191 Cpl. R. Harding. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) with regimental cap badge, very fine (3) £200-£240 --- Reginald Harding was the son of Mrs L. Harding of 28 Rock Hill, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. He served during the Great War with the 2/4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and was killed in action, aged 18, on the Western Front, 19 July 1916. Corporal Harding is buried in the Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France.
1939-45 Star (2); Atlantic Star (2); Pacific Star (2); Burma Star (2); Italy Star (3); France and Germany Star; Defence Medal (2); War Medal 1939-45 (3); together with various copy clasps for the Second War Stars; and various M.I.D. oak leafs, three of the Stars silver dipped, generally nearly very fine and better (17) £80-£120
The War Medal 1939-45 awarded to Flying Officer R. E. Dowson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve War Medal 1939-45, unnamed as issued, extremely fine £70-£90 --- Ronald Eric Dowson was born on 20 April 1925, at Reigate, Surrey, the son of George Dowson and Maud Elizabeth Dowson (née Ellis). He was Cadet 166 with III Flight , 311 Squadron Air Training Corps, Brentford & Chiswick, and joined the Royal Air Force, becoming 1812038 Leading Aircraftman R. E. Dowson. He was at R.A.F. Tiree in Scotland between 1943-44, and attended Navigation course No. 114 at No. 1 Central Navigation School, Royal Canadian Air Force Station at Rivers, Manitoba. He attended the No. 1, C.N.S. Graduation Dinner on 27 March 1945, and gave the Toast to The King. He was given a commission as a Pilot Officer with a new service number of 16839 on, 29 March 1945. He began training as a Navigator and flew on Anson V 12383 on 25 November 1944 as 1st & 2nd Navigator, and qualified as an Air Navigator on 30 March 1945. On 24 May 1945, he was at No. 6 Officer Training Unit at Comox, British Columbia. On 30 September 1945, he was posted to 232 Group, flying from Lyneham to Castle Benito, then on 1 October to Lydda, 2 October to Shaibah, 3 October to Karachi, 10 October to Calcutta and finally, on 13 October, to Rangoon. He was then promoted to Flying Officer, 29 September 1945. On 14 October 194,5 he was posted to No. 96 Squadron, Transport Command, on Dakotas at Bilaspur, and on 1 May 1946 No. 96 Squadron was renamed No. 110 squadron, flying Dakotas. His logbook shows his last flight as a navigator was on 20 April 1947. In 1949 he was living at 10a Boston Manor Road, Brentford, Middlesex. Sold with original R.C.A.F. Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot for the period 6 November 1944 to 29 March 1947; Graduation Dinner Menu from Navigation Course, Rivers, Manitoba; Notification of passing Navigation course; Certificate of qualification as Air Navigator dated 30 March 1945; and a quantity of photographs of time training and stationed at R.A.F. Transport Command No. 3 Staging Post; together with related Gazette notices and other research, mostly copied to CD.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private F. C. Ward, 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who received his decoration for the action in which Corporal F. C. Wilcox was awarded the Victoria Cross Military Medal, G.V.R. (265994 Pte. F. C. Ward, 4/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2970 Pte. F. C. Ward. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), edge bruising, very fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919. F. C. Wardle, a native of Princess Risborough, attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd/1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. The battalion was broken up in April 1918 and the remaining men were posted to the 2nd/4th Battalion. Regimental records suggest that Wardle’s Military Medal was awarded in November 1918 for the action in which Corporal F. C. Wilcox, of the same Battalion, received his Victoria Cross. V.C. London Gazette 15 November 1918: ‘For most conspicuous bravery and initiative in attack [near Laventie, France , on 12 September 1918]. When his company was held up by heavy and persistent machine-gun fire at close range. On his own initiative, with four men he rushed ahead to the nearest enemy gun, bombed it, killed the gunner, and put the gun out of action. Being then attacked by an enemy bombing party, Corporal Wilcox picked up enemy bombs and led his party against the next gun, finally capturing and destroying it. Although left with only one man, he continued bombing and captured a third gun. He again bombed up the trench, captured a fourth gun, and then rejoined his platoon. Corporal Wilcox displayed in this series of successful individual enterprises exceptional valour, judgement, and initiative.’
Pair: Warrant Officer Class II G. Tinker, 6th Dragoon Guards Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (2372 W.O. Cl.2. G. Tinker. 6-D.G.) number and surname partially officially corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2372 S.S. Mjr: G. Tinker. 6/Dgn. Gds.) light contact marks, good very fine and better (2) £140-£180 --- G. Tinker attested for the 6th (Carabiniers) Dragoon Guards, and saw active service with them as a Sergeant in South Africa during the Boer War. Promoted Squadron Sergeant Major, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1907, and his Meritorious Service Medal per Army Order 121 of 1943. Note: The recipient’s Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps or Relief of Kimberley and Paardeberg was sold in these rooms in July 2020.
Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (202209 Sjt: A. J. Harvey 4/North’n R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘470377’; card identity disc; and Masonic Million Memorial Fund Jewel, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Bro. W. J. A. Harvey. No. 1329’, extremely fine £100-£140 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 22 February 1919. lbert John Harvey, a native of Plaistow, Essex, attested for the Essex Regiment (Territorial Force) at West Ham on 27 August 1914, and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War at home. Promoted Sergeant on 15 January 1916, he transferred to the Northamptonshire Regiment on 29 September 1916, and saw further service with the 4th Battalion at home. For his services at home during the Great War he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, this being his only medallic recognition. He was discharged on 13 February 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold together with the recipient’s cap badge, shoulder titles, and lapel badge; Northamptonshire Territorial Force Association Certificate; letter of congratulations on the award of the M.S.M.; various letters and telegrams regarding the recipient’s marriage; and copied research.
Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (307684 Cpl.- A.Sjt. H. A. Hucker. Lab: C.) attempted erasure of naming but details all perfectly legible; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1024673 W.O. Cl. II. G. T. Johnson., R.A.) generally very fine (2) £60-£80 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. Harry Austin Hucker, a native of Bristol, served as acting Sergeant with the Army Service Corps with number 20460, before transferring to the 794th Area Employment Company, Labour Corps. George Thomas Johnson, a native of Shoeburyness, attested for service in the Royal Artillery at the age of 15, in August 1914, with service No. 77045. He extended his engagement to complete 21 years service in October 1925, and was discharged in March 1941.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1694 Sgt. Cook. J. Johns, E. Kent R.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £80-£120 --- James Johns was born in Bristol and enlisted there into the 3rd Foot on 16 January 1868. He served with the 1st Battalion on the Perak Expedition, 20 November 1875 to 19 November 1876 (Medal with clasp), and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1886, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, engraved naming (James Arrowsmith Lg. Stoker, H.M.S. Immortalite.) very fine £100-£140 --- James Arrowsmith was born in Manchester on 20 October 1838 and joined the Royal Navy on 21 May 1859. Advanced Leading Stoker on 27 September 1870, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1876, and was shore pensioned on 25 May 1879.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Charles Farr. Stoker H.M.S. Agincourt) very fine £100-£140 --- Charles Farr was born in Portsmouth on 10 May 1843 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 22 August 1866 Advanced Stoker, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 19 February 1881, and was shore pensioned in May 1887.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Robert Dawson, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Argonaut.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Robert Dawson was born in Cove, Kincardine, Scotland, on 9 September 1868, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 10 September. Advanced Chief Stoker, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 11 November 1901, and was shore pensioned on 10 September 1908. He re-entered naval service in August 1914, receiving a British War and Victory Medal pair for his wartime service.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Saml Burke, Car’s Mte. H.M.S. Asia.) slight surface ‘bubbling’ as if subjected to heat, very fine £100-£140 --- Samuel Burke was born in Youghal, Co. Cork, on 17 February 1852, and entered naval service as Carpenter’s Crew on 21 April 1876. Promoted Carpenter’s Mate on 2 July 1879, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 February 1888, and was shore pensioned on 30 April 1896.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (George Coghill, Ch. Sto., H.M.S. Brisk.) minor edge nicks, good very fine £100-£140 --- George Coghill was born in Longforgan, Perthshire, on 14 August 1862 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 12 June 1885. Advanced Chief Stoker on 18 December 1896, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 26 October 1900, and was shore pensioned on 30 June 1907. Joining the Royal Fleet Reserve on 6 July 1907, he served ashore during the Great War before he was finally demobilised on 18 November 1919.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (F. Moxon, C.P.O., H.M.S. Excellent.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £100-£140 --- Fred Moxon was born in Ackworth, Yorkshire, on 11 December 1863 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 10 July 1879. Advanced Chief Petty Officer on 9 March 1891 he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 12 April 1892, and was shore pensioned on 15 December 1901 from H.M.S. Excellent. Joining the Royal Fleet Reserve, he served during the Great War, and was shore demobilised on 31 July 1919.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Fredk. Dashper, Ldg. Stoker, H.M.S. Himalaya.) nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- Frederick Dashper was born in Tavistock, Devon, on 15 March 1864, and entered naval service as a Stoker Second Class on 4 May 1883. Advanced Leading Stoker on 24 November 1892, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 2 June 1893, and was shore pensioned ion 3 May 1903. Joining the Royal Fleet Reserve on 11 May 1903, he was recalled for War service, and served during the Great War, largely in H.M.S. Essex, between April 1915 and August 1916, before being invalided out of the service on 20 September 1916.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (C. Turner, To. Artfr: H.M.S. Imperieuse.) lightly polished, very fine £100-£140 --- Charles Turner was born in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, on 17 August 1855 and joined the Royal Navy (after 3 years and 220 days in the army) on 4 November 1878. Advanced Torpedo Artificer on 1 March 1888, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 14 August 1890, and was shore pensioned in the rate of Chief Armourer on 16 April 1896.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Thos. Brooks, Chf: Stoker, H.M.S. Pembroke.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Thomas Brooks was born in St Giles in the Fields, London, on 25 November 1846 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker on 1 January 1873. Advanced Chief Stoker on 7 May 1885, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 21 January 1890, and was shore pensioned on 15 November 1891.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Hy. Oliver, Cr’s Mte. H.M.S. Temeraire) light pitting, very fine £100-£140 --- Henry Oliver was born in Blackwall, Middlesex, on 7 September 1859 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 10 September 1875. He served in H.M.S. Orion in 1882, receiving the Egypt and Sudan Medal and Khedive’s Star, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 23 February 1888. Shore pensioned on 17 September 1897, he re-entered naval service in 1914 in his old rank of Chief Petty Officer, serving until May 1916.
The Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal awarded to Captain’s Steward Nathaniel Ward, an early ‘man of colour’ in the Royal Navy Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (N. Ward. Capts. Stewd. H.M.S. Thunderer.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Nathaniel Ward was born in Barbados on 25 April 1845; his service record describes him as a ‘man of colour’, and a note with the lot suggests he was of ‘free slave parentage’. He served in H.M.S. Thunderer between May 1877 and September 1878 as a Captain’s Steward (rated Domestic First Class), and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal shortly before his death from Rheumatic Fever at Hobart Town on 29 December 1879.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Francis Cull. Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Tyne) minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- Francis Henry Cull was born in Lymington, Hampshire, on 22 May 1853, and entered naval service on 1 January 1873. He enjoyed a long career and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 16 June 1881. Appointed Captain of the Turret on 8 August 1885, he was discharged dead on 22 July 1889. Sold with copied research.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Saml. Bow, A.B. H.M.S. Undaunted.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Samuel Bow was born in Tamerton Foliot, Devon, on 20 February 1861 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 27 July 1876. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in August 1890, he was shire pensioned in February 1889. His service record notes he was ‘medically unfit’ for service in 1914.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Willm. Tamblin. Armourer H.M.S. Vernon) minor edge nicks, good very fine £100-£140 --- William Tamblin was born in Dewlor, Cornwall, in 1847 and joined the Royal Navy on 19 April 1870. Advanced Armourer on 1 July 1874, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 2 July 1880, and was shore pensioned on 14 May 1890.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (S. A. Critchley, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Vivid.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Samuel Arthur Critchley was born in Devonport on 6 February 1867 and joined the Royal Navy as a Lamp-trimmer on 20 February 1885. Advanced Chief Stoker on 8 April 1899, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 July 1900, and was discharged dead from Plymouth Hospital on 7 March 1907 from nephritis.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (J. H. Buscombe, P.O. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Warspite.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Joseph Henry Buscombe was born in Bodmin, Cornwall, on 21 September 1854 and entered naval service as an Ordinary Seaman on 1 January 1873. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 12 December 1886, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 3 September 1892, and was shore pensioned on 14 January 1893.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Wm. Westlake, P.O. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Warspite.) about extremely fine £100-£140 --- William Westlake was born in Antony, Cornwall, on 1 December 1857 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 22 January 1874. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 4 February 1890, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 April 1892, and was shore pensioned on 21 March 1903.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Wm. Streeting, Bandsman, H.M.S. Wildfire.) nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- William Streeting was born in Sheerness, Kent, on 6 January 1866 and entered naval service from the Greenwich School as a Band Boy on 16 July 1881. He served in H.M.S. Wildfire I between May 1890 and January 1904, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 2 August 1894. He was shore pensioned on 21 January 1904, and was briefly recalled for War service from 2 August to 19 October 1914.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Geo. Cook, Ldg. Stoker, H.M.S. Wye.) good very fine £100-£140 --- George Cook was born at Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, on 8 February 1854 and joined the Royal Navy as a Domestic Third Class on 17 September 1872. Transferring to the Stoking branch on 20 March 1878, he was advanced Leading Stoker on 30 November 1886 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 April 1888. He was shore discharged in February 1898.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (145049 W. H. Kirby, Commd. Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard.) extremely fine £60-£80 --- William Henry Kirby was born in Leigh, Essex, on 20 January 1868 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 19 April 1888. Advanced Leading Stoker First Class on 24 April 1895, he transferred to H.M. Coast Guard on 4 October of that year, and was stationed at Bridlington. Promoted Commissioned Boatman on 4 September 1901, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 November 1906. He was shore demobilised on 29 June 1919.
Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Lt. S. R. Mody, Bombay Bn., A.F.I.) official correction to initials, otherwise good very fine £60-£80 --- Order of St John, Serving Brother London Gazette 1 January 1943: ‘Khan Bahadur Captain Sorab Rustomji Mody.’ Order of St John, Commander (Brother) London Gazette 4 January 1949. Order of League of Mercy, Vice President, London Gazette 20 December 1932: ‘Captain Khan Bahadur S. R. Mody, India.’
Twelve: Lance Corporal H. Purkins, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was one of the longest serving soldiers in the regiment and a noted regimental personality British War and Victory Medals, both neatly erased; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Burma 1930-32 (5374454 Pte. H. Purkins. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (5374454 Pte. H. Purkins. Oxf. & Bucks.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5374454 Pte. H. Purkins. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine and better (12) £300-£400 --- H. ‘Polly’ Purkins: A Private Herbert Purkins served in the Great War with 1/7th Middlesex Regiment as Private No. 9684, transferring to 1/9th Highland Light Infantry as Private. No. 334003, and lastly with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry as Private No. 49884, and is possibly the same man, entitled to the British War and Victory Medals. Purkins was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July 1943, and served with the 2nd Battalion O.B.L.I. in Normandy, being wounded on 8 August 1944. The regimental journal in December 1945 states: ‘A Celebrity. L/Cpl. Perkins [sic], who in his own way is one of the regiment’s celebrities, had quite a long talk with the General [General Sir Bernard Paget]. L/Cpl Perkin’s arm is a study in stripes; one for his appointment, six ‘upside down’ stripes for long service (they reach up to his elbow) and two wound stripes, one for World War One (second battle of Ypres) and the other for World War Two (Normandy). He is 46. When it came to the point of doing an air-landing he wouldn’t be left behind, so went in with the rest of them although he was twice their average age. L/Cpl. Perkins [sic] joined up in 1915 and has been with his present regiment since 1919. He went to India in 1922 and was there until 1940 with never a leave. When this war finished he volunteered to go to Japan. When his time comes for demobilisation he is going to do his best to stay in the army.’ Sold with copied research.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (1225 Pte. H. F. Munro. Yorks: (Hrs:) Yeo:) minor contact marks, good very fine £100-£140 --- Henry Foster Munro was born in Hull, Yorkshire, in 1877 and served with the Yorkshire Hussars, being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal on 1 January 1909. He died in Buckrose, Yorkshire, in 1961.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (86 B.Q.M. Sjt: R. Pitman. 1/H.C.B. R.F.A.) edge bruise and minor edge nicks, nearly very fine £60-£80 --- Robert Charles Pitman was born in Wandsworth, London, in 1869 and attested for the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Transferring to the 1st Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) on 8 April 1908, he was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal on 1 December 1908.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (3 Sjt: J. Lindsell. 3/E.A. (Hwtzr:) B. R.F.A.) minor edge nicks, good very fine £60-£80 --- J. Lindsell served with the 3rd East Anglian (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal on 1 January 1909.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (103 Sjt: W. A. Avann. 4/W.L. (Hwtzr:) B. R.F.A.) good very fine £60-£80 --- William Alfred Avann was born in Everton, Liverpool, in 1873 and served with the 4th West Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal on 1 January 1909. A Post Office clerk by profession, following the outbreak of the Great War he enlisted in the Royal Engineers Postal Section in London on 2 November 1915, and served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 21 January 1916. Sold together with a photographic image of the 4th West Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) pulling their guns through a town, July 1908.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (413 Sjt: W. H. Flood. Devon R.G.A.) good very fine £60-£80 --- William Henry Flood was born in Devonport in 1882 and was employed as a Labourer at H.M. Dockyard, Devonport. He served with the Devonshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial Force) and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal on 1 October 1909.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (208 Sjt: W. W. Mattin. S. & K. R.G.A.) good very fine £60-£80 --- William Wright Mattin was born in Gillingham, Kent, in 1870 and was employed as a Writer at H.M. Dockyard, Chatham. He served with the Sussex and Kent Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial Force) and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal on 1 July 1909. He died in Gillingham in May 1945.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (225 Pte. G. Goddard. Bucks: Bn. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) good very fine £70-£90 --- George Frederick Goddard was born in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in 1875 and served with the Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force), being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal on 1 April 1911. He died in Wycombe in 1934.
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (379 Sergt. Bug. A. E. B. Pinder. 10/Manch: Regt.) number, rank, initials, and first half of surname re-engraved, very fine £40-£50 --- Arthur Edwin Barlow Pinder was born in Moston, Lancashire, on 17 November 1879 and served with the 10th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (Territorial Force), being awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal on 1 January 1909. He died in Oldham, Lancashire, in 1945. Note: The recipient’s Medal Index Card indicates that his medal was initially issued to him named ‘379 Pte. A. B. Pinder. 10/Manch: Regt.’
The New Zealand 12 Years Territorial Service Medal awarded to the notable New Zealand soldier, memoirist, painter and farmer, Major H. H. S. Westmacott O.B.E., Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force New Zealand Territorial 12 Years Service Medal, G.V.R. (Capt. H. H. S. Westmacott. O.B.E. Cantby Regt) extensive edge damage and patches of corrosion to both obverse and reverse, therefore fine £160-£200 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919 - ‘Captain (Temporary Major), Auckland Regiment’ M.I.D. London Gazette 31 December 1918 (France) - ‘Captain, 1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment’ Herbert Horatio Spencer Westmacott was born in 1885 at Christchurch, New Zealand and was educated at Christchurch Boys’ High School and later at Waitaki Boys’ High School. An early King Country pioneer settler, he first travelled north in 1910 to buy land and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 16th (Waikato) Regiment on 27 April 1912. With the onset of war in Europe, he was appointed Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment on 5 August 1914 and sailed for Europe with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. One of the first New Zealanders to head up the steep hills to join the Australians, he remembered it as ‘the most glorious day of my life’ but he later lost an arm due to wounds received in action and also sustained a severe gun shot wound to the leg. He was taken to England to recover before subsequently serving in France as a Staff Officer. He was mentioned in despatches for his war services and awarded an O.B.E. for subsequent services on the War Graves Commission. A talented amateur artist, Westmacott painted an evocative watercolour of the Auckland Infantry Battalion landing at Anzac Cove. He described the scene in his memoir: ‘A man stark naked was bathing in the sea. A stream of wounded was straggling down from the hills...The beach seemed sheltered and very quiet.’ (The after-breakfast cigar; selected memoirs of a King Country Settler, by Spencer Westmacott, edited by Honor Westmacott). He is also mentioned extensively in Christopher Pugsley’s definitive account of the N.Z.E.F. during the campaign, Gallipoli, The New Zealand Story. Westmacott returned to New Zealand after the war. His son, Commander ‘Percy’ Westmacott went on to become one of the most distinguished and decorated submarine officers of the Second World War. His grandson, Captain H. R. Westmacott, Grenadier Guards was murdered by the I.R.A in 1980 whilst on extra regimental employment with the S.A.S. Note: Spencer Westmacott’s full entitlement is O.B.E., 1914-15 Star, BWM, Victory (MiD), NZ 12 Year Service Territorial Medal, NZ Long Service and Efficient Service Medal, Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal and Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration. His four long service awards possibly represent a unique achievement. The 12 Year Territorial Medal was not supposed to be worn after the award, at 16 years (war service counts as double), of the New Zealand Long Service and Efficient Service Medal, although it could be retained. This could explain how it became separated from the other medals.
Four: Private J. S Elsom, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (2968 Pte. J. S. Elsom. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal, with Home Secretary’s enclosure; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (John Elsom) good very fine (4) £60-£80
‘Today’ Gallantry Fund Medal, silver, 38 mm, the reverse inscribed (James Rowley, Decr. 15. 1894) in fitted case of issue, good very fine and very rare £200-£300 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 1998. The following report was published in the 10th November 1894 issue of Today, written by the editor Jerome K. Jerome, author of Three Men in a Boat and other popular titles: ‘I am sending three guineas from the Gallantry Fund (and a medal will follow) to James Rowley, an employee at Mr Whiteley’s, who was instrumental, a little while ago, in saving four lives at Sheerness. Mr Rowley is an expert swimmer, but he had to plunge into deep water with all his clothes on, and to rescue four struggling people - two lads and both their parents - none of whom could swim, and who were naturally in a state of mortal terror. The fear was that he would become exhausted before he could possibly land the whole of them, or that they in their frantic efforts would pull him down; but the gallant fellow seems never to have thought of that, and to have stuck to his task till everyone was safe on shore.’ A letter from the un-named father of the family praising Rowley’s heroics appeared in the 8th September 1894 West London Observer under the headline - ‘Gallant rescue from drowning.’ ‘Being on a visit to Sheerness, I took my wife and seven children onto the beach near the War Department fortifications on Friday last, to give my two sons James aged 12 and Edward aged 11 a bathe. They both undressed and got into the water. James got over the breakwater and suddenly found himself in deep water. Edward seeing him struggling went to his assistance, but he was soon placed in the same position. I at once went out to try and save my boys, but being unable to swim and not knowing of this sudden depth of water, was like them struggling in the water for my life. My wife, who was by this time frantic, left the other children on the shore and rushed into the water to try and help us, but like us also getting into deep water, was like ourselves in danger. Mr James Rowley, an artist and expert swimmer of No. 6 Saunders Road, Notting Hill, also on a visit to Sheerness, seeing us all struggling in the water, took off his coat and swam towards us. He succeeded in getting us all to shore, where willing hands were ready to receive and assist my unconscious wife. We were all taken home and medically attended to, but my wife is now in a critical condition. Now, if bravery ever deserved to be recognised by the Royal Humane Society, I consider that shown by Mr James Rowley ought not to pass by unnoticed.’ Rowley’s case was considered by the Royal Humane Society, who awarded him a ‘Testimonial on vellum.’ Besides the silver medal the Today newspaper also awarded him the sum of 3 guineas. The actual date of the gallant act was the 31st August 1894, so the date engraved on the medal must be the date of award or sanction. Sold with additional research (on paper and CD) making the case for the recipient to be (Albert) James Rowley, later an important figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement. However, his father was also named James and was by profession an ecclesiastical carver and muralist. When interviewed by the press after his heroics at Sheerness in 1894, he described himself as an ‘Artist’, a profession which could apply to either man, as A. J. Rowley, who set up the Rowley Gallery in 1898, always certainly considered himself to be an artist.
Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757), Captire of Porto Bello, pinchbeck medal, 1739, three-quarters figure three-quarters to left, THE BRITISH GLORY..., no line below legend, rev an aerial view of the harbour, 37mm, (MI plate CLV, 14; Betts (?) 199), good fine £60-£80 --- MI plate CLV, 14; Betts (?) 199.
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