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Lot 7454
Great Britain - KGV : (SG (351)) 1912 ½d deep dull green, SE corner horizontal strip of 8, one is gum creased, hinged on two stamps and in side margin, o/wise fresh, fine u.m. This has been separated from the SW corner control strip of 4 (with Trevor Harris Cert) which is offered nearby at £750, Retail is £195 per stamp (or £100 if hinged) so totalling £1370. (image available) [US1]
Lot 7466
Great Britain - KGV : (SG (357s)) 1912 1d scarlet, marginal horizontal strip of 4, each ovptd. SPECIMEN Type 23, and with 1922 ADVERTISEMENT TRIALS on reverse of each ('P.O. Savings Bank, P.O. Savings Bank, Install the Telephone, Install the Telephone'), light gum crease along top, o/wise fine and fresh u.m. See SG Spec. QV p. 120. Cat. £1800 as hinged. VERY SCARCE MULTIPLE. (image available) [US3]
Lot 506
A VICTORIAN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, MID 19TH C OF APPROX TWO HUNDRED AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED AND CLIPPED SIGNATURES, SEVERAL TO AND POSSIBLY COLLECTED BY A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF EDWARD BURKITT, INCLUDING THOSE OF AGNES BADEN POWELL, FREDERICK O.. STOPFORD, A BROOKE, CHARLES F A VOYSEY, DUKE OF BEDFORD [FROM ENDSLEIGH COTTAGE], LOUISA MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD AND OTHERS, ONE PAGE DETACHED, EMBOSSED MAROON CLOTH COVERED BOARDS, THE COVER LETTERED IN GILT AUTOGRAPHS
Lot 105
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteNine: Warrant Officer C. A. Cains, Royal Air Force, who was taken Prisoner of War in Java on 8 March 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (568367 F. Sgt. C. A. Cains. R.A.F.); General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (W/O. C. A. Cains. (G0568367) R.A.F.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (568367 Act. F. Sgt. C. A. Cains. R.A.F.) good very fine (9) £700-£900 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2005. Charles Albert Cains was born on 27 July 1920 and enlisted into the Royal Air Force on 27 July 1935. He served with 211 Squadron during the Second World War, and was taken Prisoner of War at Malaga, Java, on 8 March 1942. He was held in camps in Batavia and Sumatra, and was repatriated following the cessation of hostilities. Sold with copied research, including medal roll extract for the Coronation Medal.
Lot 182
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThe C.B.E. and Brazilian ‘O Globo’ merit medal attributed to Mr J. A. Cayton, Representative, British Council in Canada, formerly British Council in Brazil The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 2nd type neck badge, with full neck cravat in its Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; Brazil, Republic, Merit Medal of the Brazilian newspaper ‘O Globo’, silver-gilt, with neck cravat, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2) £260-£300 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1972: John Alwyn Cayton, O.B.E., lately British Council Representative in Canada. John Alwyn Cayton served as a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in the Second World War and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 1 January 1943). He was awarded the O.B.E. on 11 June 1960, for services as Representative, British Council, Brazil, residing in Rio de Janeiro; and was promoted to C.B.E. in the New Years Honours of 1972, for services as Representative, British Council, Canada. O Globo is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro. Sold with a calling card for ‘Mr J. A. Cayton, O.B.E., Representative, British Council, Brazil.’
Lot 197
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA Second War wireless operator’s D.F.C. group of six awarded to Flying Officer J. R. Worthington, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, whose Lancaster was shot down by a night-fighter over Germany in June 1944 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1944, with its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with original Caterpillar Club membership card (Sgt. J. R. Worthington), some silicone residue to reverse of campaign medals, otherwise extremely fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 15 February 1944. An accompanying copied press report (torn and damaged) states: ‘A Southport airman, who has shown exceptional qualities of courage and determination in operations against the enemy, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross this week. He is Flying-Officer James Robert Worthington, R.A.F.V.R., youngest son of Mr and Mrs E. Worthington, 85 Southbank-road. Aged 30, he is a wireless operator/air gunner, who has been serving with the R.A.F. for more than three years. F/O Worthington, who has taken part in 27 bombing missions, joined Bomber Command after serving with Coastal Command for some time. While with Coastal Command he successfully baled out of his plane on one occasion and was automatically made a member of the exclusive Caterpillar Club. He was given his commission some months ago after lengthy service as a sergeant and during the past few weeks has been promoted to the rank of Flying-Officer. The citation says that F/O Worthington has shown exceptional qualities of courage and determination in operations against the enemy. On his first sortie to Spezia, in April 1943, his coolness and skill in establishing and maintaining communications with a North African base were outstanding. His aircraft was flying on two engines only and its safe arrival in North Africa was largely due to F/O Worthington’s fine work as wireless operator. “This officer has been acting signals leader of his squadron for some time and has completed his duties in a most exemplary manner,” adds the citation. F/O Worthington, a member of No. 630 Squadron, was educated at St Teresa’s, Birkdale, and St Edward’s College, Liverpool. Before joining the R.A.F. he was on the Southport Borough Treasurer’s Staff.’ On the night of 21/22 June 1944, his Lancaster I of No. 49 Squadron took off from R.A.F. Fiskerton at 2317 on a bombing mission to Wesseling. In addition to the highly decorated crew (4 D.F.C’s, one Bar, and 2 D.F.M’s) of seven, Mr Kent Stevenson, a B.B.C. correspondent was also on board. Outbound, their aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed in the general area of Jülich-Mersch. All eight men are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery. Sold with a modern photograph of his headstone and another of the recipient in flying kit.
Lot 21
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA fine Great War D.F.C. group of six awarded to Squadron Leader C. L. Rayment, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, late Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Lt. C. L. Rayment, 55 Squadron, R.A.F., July 1918, Awarded While Acting with the Independent Air Force’; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. L. Rayment, R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Cecil L. Rayment) mounted for display purposes with the D.F.C. on original-design horizontal striped riband, good very fine and better (6) £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012. D.F.C. London Gazette 21 September 1918: ‘This officer has taken part in 35 successful operations and his work throughout has been distinguished by clearness, accuracy of observation and disregard of danger, notably on one occasion when he was Observer to the leader of our first formation which was vigorously attacked by four hostile machines. In spite of this the formation was led over the target, which was effectively bombed. Subsequently the formation was attacked by five hostile machines but owing to skilful leadership the fire of our Observers was so well controlled and directed that the enemy were kept at a distance and the formation returned in safety.’ Cyril Lancelot “Pip” Rayment, a native of Ewell, Surrey, was born in March 1895, and was employed by the Prudential Assurance Company in the City of London prior to the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. It may well be that he was also a member of the Prudential’s pre-war Special Constabulary contingent, for although granted a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Land Forces in December 1914, his R.A.F. service record suggests that appointment was not taken up until September 1917, when he was described as a ‘Temporary 2nd Lieutenant on probation on the General List’. In the same month he joined the Royal Flying Corps and commenced training as an Observer at Reading. Duly qualified, Rayment joined 55 Squadron out in France as an Armourer and Observer in December 1917, and was appointed a Flying Officer (O.) in March 1918 - this then the commencement of his operational career, for given the 35 sorties cited above, he must have completed around 20 of them before he commenced his time with the newly established Independent Air Force in June, when in common with other attached squadrons, 55 Squadron was charged with carrying out raids on targets deep behind enemy lines. Having then flown three photographic reconnaissance sorties in the first half of July, Rayment teamed-up with Lieutenant D. J. Waterous as his pilot, and the pair of them would go on to complete numerous sorties, starting with attack on the powder factory at Rottweil on 22 July, an attack carried out in the face of heavy anti-aircraft fire, followed by a protracted combat with four or five Albatross DVs. During an attack on the railway sidings at Offenburg in the middle of the following month, the Squadron’s D.H. 4s were once more intercepted by numerous Albatross DVs and Rayment claimed another one as out of control - watching the enemy aircraft approach from 45 degrees, he opened fire with his twin Lewis guns and watched it turn on its wing tip and spin away. The remainder of the month witnessed a brace of long-distance reconnaissances and attacks on Coblenz, Treves, Luxembourg and Conflans - on returning from Luxembourg on the 25th, the Squadron was intercepted by six Pfalz Scouts, and the concentrated fire Rayment and two other Observers sent one of them down in a steep dive and out of control. Finally, on the last day of the month, and on this occasion with Captain J. R. Bell as his pilot, Rayment participated in a costly attack against the railway sidings at Thiornville - of their section, which was jumped by Red Fokker DVIIs, only their aircraft made it back to base. Rayment, moreover, claimed another down out of control. Back with Waterous in early September, Rayment participated in two strikes against the enemy airfield at Buhl on the 2nd, while on the 7th they were assigned to a solo photographic-reconnaissance mission. Independent Force, by Keith Rennles, takes up the story: ‘Crossed the lines at Balmont at 19,000 feet, exposed plates over Buhl and two aerodromes near Sarrebourg. Waterous and Rayment were taking photographs of an aerodrome between Phalsbourg and Sarrebourg when they noticed three aircraft 300 ft. below them. All three attacked and were joined by four more from 500 ft. below. Six of the enemy aircraft were Fokker DVIIs which were able to fire while literally hanging on their propellers: the other aircraft was described as a Hannover. Rayment fired at one scout which went down out of control. Trying to distance themselves from their attackers, one enemy scout stayed with them for speed and climb, and when Rayment ran out of ammunition the scout closed and shot up the D.H. 4 badly. Waterous only had one option which was to stuff the nose down and hope the machine stayed together and in fact he managed to cross the lines at 6,000 ft. D.H. 4 A7942 was patched up and flew again.’ Transferring to the Unemployed List in early 1919, Rayment returned to life in the City of London, and was among members of the Prudential Assurance Company’s Special Constabulary contingent to be presented to the Prince of Wales at Olympia in January 1921, an accompanying newspaper feature noting that there were ‘four M.Cs, two D.F.Cs, four D.C.Ms, two M.Ms and two M.S.Ms, as well as 21 men wearing the Mons Medal’ among the Prudential’s men alone. He was recalled in the 1939-45 War and served as a Squadron Leader in the R.A.F.V.R., latterly with an appointment in No. 92 Group. Sold with a quantity of original documentation and related artefacts, including the recipient’s commission warrants for the rank of Second Lieutenant, Land Forces, dated 18 December 1914; Buckingham Palace telegram and admittance tickets (2), regarding his D.F.C. investiture on 10 December 1919; the recipient’s R.A.F. Service and Release Book, stamped 29 November 1946; two group photographs; various telegrams, letters, and newspaper cuttings; and other ephemera.
Lot 22
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA Second War ‘Tempest pilot’s’ D.F.C. group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant G. W. Dopson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who shot down a Fw. 190 over Rheims on 27 August 1944 and an Me. 109 over Dorsten on 28 March 1945, and shared in the destruction of a Ju. 188 over Osnabruck on 31 March 1945 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, E.II.R. (Flt. Lt. G. W. Dopson, R.A.F.V.R.) nearly extremely fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 1 June 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘This Warrant Officer joined the Squadron in October 1944. His timely arrival marked the commencement of a long series of offensive operations flown deep into Germany and consisting of armed reconnaissances and fighter sweeps. In such spheres, W./O. Dopson has proved to be a worthy contributor to the ever increasing total of successes by attacking 22 locomotives, several barges, motor transports and miscellaneous targets. To these claims he has added the destruction of an Fw. 190 and damaged another enemy fighter. His figure of operational hours has been achieved with constant keenness, initiative and offensive spirit. He has always pressed home his attacks with a fearless determination and complete disregard for his own personal safety.’ Geoffrey William Dopson commenced operational flying with 80 Squadron as a Warrant Officer in October 1944, soon after the unit had converted to Tempests and, by the time of his recommendation for the D.F.C., dated 10 March 1945, had flown 74 operational sorties. Of his air-to-air successes, official records reveal his destruction of an Fw. 190 five miles north-west of Rheims on 27 August 1944 and an Me. 109 over Dorsten, on 28 March 1945. Of this latter engagement his combat report states: ‘When in the Dorsten area two Me. 109s flew across our nose in a south easterly direction. I turned onto the starboard Hun closing from line astern and fired one 3-second burst from 150 yards closing to 50 yards from which I obtained several strikes on the under aide of the fuselage and just behind the cowling and also on the port wing root. A stream of whitish smoke was emitted, several pieces flew off the port wing and as the aircraft went into a gentle climb, the cockpit hood was jettisoned. I broke away just as the Hun entered cloud.’ On the last day of March 1945, and having been commissioned as Pilot Officer, Dopson shared in the destruction of a Ju. 188 seven miles north-east of Osnabruck: ‘I approached from line astern and fired one 4-second burst from 800 yards closing rapidly to within 50 yards, when I was forced to break violently to avoid collision. The E./A. was then in a gentle turn to port and on looking back I could see the port engine smoking and later catch fire.’ (combat report refers). Dopson was awarded his Air Efficiency Award on 19 January 1956. Sold with copied combat reports and other research.
Lot 26
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA Crimea D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private R. O’Rourke, 88th Foot, who was slightly wounded during the second Assault on the Grand Redan, 8 September 1855, when the Regiment’s D.C.M. winners wore their medals into action Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (... Patk. O’ Rourke. 88th. Regt.); Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (2898 Pte. Pat. O’Rourke. 88th. Regt.) Regimentally impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Patt O’Rourke, 88th. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2898 Patrick O’Rourke 88th. Foot); Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (..98 Pte. P. O’Rourke, 88th. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, with scroll suspension, heavy contact marks and edge bruising throughout, nearly very fine (5) £2,000-£2,400 --- D.C.M. recommendation dated 21 January 1855. Patrick O’Rourke was born in Tralee, Co. Kerry, in 1834 and attested there for the 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot on 10 November 1852. He served with the Regiment in the Crimea, and having already distinguished himself earlier in the war receiving the Distinguished Conduct Medal and a gratuity of £5, is recorded in The Crimean Campaign With The Connaught Rangers as being wounded in the face by a musket ball on the 8 September 1855, during the second Assault on the Grand Redan: ‘My friend M. was, like the rest of us, carried into the ditch of the Redan, and was in the act of scrambling out of it with no little effort, when a sturdy officer of one of the regiments put his foot most inopportunely upon M.’s shoulder, and sent him back into the ditch. When he shortly afterwards met M. in the trenches, he made the “amende” by offering him a “refresher” out of his flask. Immediately upon our reaching the trenches, after quitting the Redan, we received instructions to keep up a continuous fire upon the salient, and Russian accounts stated this incessant fire caused many casualties among them. About five p.m. we were relieved by the 79th Highlanders, and marched back to camp, under the command of Major E. H. Maxwell, our ranks considerably thinned, having left behind us so many of our brave fellows, besides those who had been carried off wounded. It was a remarkable fact that almost, if not every, man of ours, in possession of a Distinguished Conduct Medal, was either killed or wounded... Sergeant Major Cooney, wounded, lost a leg; Corporal Hourigan, wounded; Sergeant Price, killed; Sergeant Wrenn, killed; Corporal Connelly, wounded, lost an arm; Private Mills, O’Rourke, and Connell, wounded; altogether, two killed and seven wounded. Fifteen men had been awarded the D.C. Medal in April 1855; nine were present at the last attack on the Redan; and, of the remaining six, two had been killed in the trenches; one died of sickness, and three had been invalided.’ The 9 D.C.M. winners from the Regiment (including O’Rourke) present in the action are recorded as having worn their awards for the Attack on the Redan. O’Rourke subsequently served with the Regiment in India for thirteen and a half years, including seeing service during the great Sepoy Mutiny, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a further gratuity of £5, before taking his discharge on 3 March 1874, after 21 years and 114 days’ service. Sold with copied research.
Lot 324
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteThree: Lance Corporal O. C. Haines, Military Foot Police, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 3 September 1916 1914-15 Star (P-1286, L-Cpl. O. C. Haines. M.F.P.); British War and Victory Medals (P-1286 L. Cpl. O. C. Haines. M.F.P.); Memorial Plaque (Oliver Charles Haines) generally good very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Oliver Charles Haines was the son of Mr and Mrs C. Haines of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He served during the Great War with the Military Foot Police in the French theatre of war from 29 May 1915. He was killed in action on the Western Front, 3 September 1916. Lance Corporal Haines is buried in the Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with transmittal slips for all medals, and enclosure for Memorial Plaque.
Lot 336
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteSeven: Leading Sick Berth Attendant E. O. Morris, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (M.21234 E. O. Morris. S.B.A. R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (M.21234 E. O. Morris. S.B.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star, 1 clasp, Pacific; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.21234 E. O. Morris. L.S.B.A. H.M.S. Vivid.) Great War awards polished, these fine, the rest better (7) £120-£160 --- Ernest Oliver Morris was born in Bath, Somerset on 28 May 1898. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 15 June 1916, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Vivid and H.M.S. Europa. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 17 June 1931.
Lot 370
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websitePair: Second Lieutenant J. O. Knight, Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 31 October 1916 British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. O. Knight) good very fine (2) £60-£80 --- John Oswald Knight, ‘who was educated at Wellingborough Grammar School and was a well-known cricketer in local circles, was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on 8 September 1916. He was killed on 31 October 1916, aged 32, less than a fortnight since he had left England for the front. He had previously joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. One of his fellow officers wrote “volunteers for a patrol were asked for and Lieutenant Knight volunteered taking with him a sergeant and one private. The enemy started bombing the patrol, but all returned safely with the exception of Lieutenant Knight. A subsequent search was made, but no trace of Lieutenant Knight was found”.’ (The Rushden Echo, 10 November 1916, refers). His commanding officer wrote ‘Whilst we were in the front line trenches you son went out with a small patrol the night of the 31st October. The part of the line was particularly quiet, and patrols had been out every night without encountering the enemy. Unfortunately, on this occasion our small party was bombed and fired upon and they got spit up. When your son did not come in with his men a further patrol was sent out to look for him. This party stayed until dawn. On the following evening another party was sent out to look for your son, but without success.’(The Rushden Echo, 1 December 1916, refers). Knight is buried at Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Wytschaete, Belgium. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient.
Lot 400
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteSix: Group Captain D. W. Bayne, Royal Air Force India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935 (F/O D. W. Bayne. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Battle of Britain; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, good very fine, the three clasp IGS rare to a RAF Officer (6) £3,000-£4,000 --- David Walter Bayne was born in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, on 17 April 1908, and emigrating to England was educated at Haileybury College. He joined the Royal Air Force as a Flight Cadet at R.A.F. Cranwell in 1926 and was commissioned Pilot Officer on 15 December 1928. Posted to 12 Squadron at Andover, he served overseas with 5 (Army Co-operation) Squadron at Quetta, India, from 21 January 1930, flying Bristol Fighters, moving to 20 (Army Co-operation) Squadron at Peshawar on 1 September 1933. Back in England and serving with 3 Squadron at Duxford he was seriously injured when landing at night in fog in a Bristol Bulldog. One leg was amputated resulting in him being taken off flying duties for just over two years while he attended various R.A.F. hospitals and rehabilitation units. Equipped with a wooden leg he returned to flying in mid-1937, and became a great friend of Douglas Bader, who had lost both legs in a Bulldog crash in 1931. On 1 July 1937 Bayne was appointed to the staff at Uxbridge and moved on to the HQ staff at Kenley on 8 August 1938. He was advanced Squadron Leader in the Administration Branch on 1 January 1939 and served during the initial stages of the Second World War as Sector Controller at Kenley. Charged with the re-formation of 257 Squadron, initially with Spitfires at R.A.F. Hendon, before re-converting to Hurricanes, it was with this squadron between 1 and 22 July 1940 that he flew about twenty sorties during the early stages of the Battle of Britain. At the end of July 1940, and now 32 years old, Bayne was, against his will, promoted to Wing Commander and posted to Fighter Command HQ at Bentley Priory, the official reason given for his transfer off operational duties being ‘it was impractical to have an operational commander with a wooden leg’ (although of course his great friend Bader, who was given Squadron Command, had two wooden legs!). Nevertheless, he served with great distinction at R.A.F. Bentley Priory, and remained in service post-War, serving as Military and Air Attaché in Rio de Janeiro. He retired with the rank of Group Captain on 29 August 1955, and died in Dorset on 11 June 1986. Sold together with the recipient’s identity tags; a 3 Fighter Squadron silver and enamel lapel brooch; and the recipient’s Club de Aeronautica Pass, with a photograph of the recipient.
Lot 432
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Lot 45
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteA Sea Gallantry Medal group of three awarded to Commander W. Niles, Royal Naval Reserve, as Captain of the Port of Gibraltar, for service at the wreck of the Delhi, 1911 Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., silver (Commander William Niles, R.N.R. “Delhi” 13 Dec. 1911); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, E.VII.R., unnamed, hallmarked London 1908; Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Mr William Niles. Voted 12th July 1888) nearly extremely fine (3) £1,800-£2,200 --- Provenance: W. P. Dawson Collection; W. H. Fevyer Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. Mr William Niles, Coxswain of the Cardigan Lifeboat, was awarded the R.N.L.I. Medal in silver in July 1888, ‘In recognition of his long and faithful services as Coxswain during which Mr Niles helped save 53 lives from various wrecks. The vessels included the smacks Oliver Lloyd, Turtle Dove and Coronation (1867), the schooner Dollart (1873), the schooner Johanna Antoinette (1875), the brig Wellington (1882), the brigantine Unda (1884) and the fishing boat President (1886)’. (Ref. Lifeboat Gallantry, by Barry Cox). The P.& O. liner, S.S. Delhi was stranded during a gale on the coast of Morocco, near Cape Spartel, on 13 December 1913. Amongst the passengers requiring rescue were the Duke and Duchess of Fife (The Princess Royal) and their two daughters, Princesses Alexandra and Maud. The Delhi’s lifeboats were smashed on impact but warships in the area, hearing the distress calls, went speeding to the wreck - including the French cruiser Friant - which lost three men in a rescue attempt; the British battleship London and the cruiser Duke of Edinburgh. A boat from the latter managed to take off the royal party but was swamped on the way back not far from shore, throwing everyone into the sea. Princess Alexandra narrowly escaped death by drowning, having to be held up in the water by a sailor. The rescue operations lasted for five days. Amongst the vessels attending was the Gibraltar lifeboat, which had been experiencing difficulty in mustering a crew. Fortunately, the Captain of the Port, Commander William Niles, volunteered as coxswain and the crew was taken from volunteers from H.M.S. Prince of Wales. Commander Niles was a good choice for this particular job as he already held the silver medal of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, not for a specific action but for long and faithful service as coxswain of the Cardigan Lifeboat. The Gibraltar lifeboat made five trips between the wreck and the shore, taking ten to twelve passengers each time. Five members of the crew were washed overboard on one trip but were saved. On her penultimate run she was stove in against her own anchor which resulted in her being half full of water on her last trip and in a poor state when she at last came ashore. Commander William Niles, R.D., R.N.R., Captain of the Port, Gibraltar, was awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal in silver for his services at the wreck. Sold with copied research.
Lot 592
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Lot 625
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteRoyal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (3) (MX.745127 G. J. Cripps. R.P.O. H.M.S. Cumberland.; LX21794. L. O. Boylin. P.O. Std. H.M.S. Savage.; KX.96296. K. C. Tonge. P.O.S.M. H.M.S. Tyne.) minor official corrections to first and last, good very fine and better (3) £100-£140
Lot 627
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteRoyal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (3) (FX.766147 A.R. Wylie. A.A.1. (O). H.M.S. Peregrine.; CPOWTR A K Smith DO87617K HMS Drake; DO63204A R Hocking EA(A)1 HMS Seahawk) contact marks to first, this very fine, the other two extremely fine (3) £120-£160
Lot 629
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteRoyal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (3) (FX. 895032 P. Longbone. Air. Mech. I. (O). H.M.S. Condor.; L978040P M. Brierley L Std HMS Devonshire; MX 735566 P. E. Darling. S.C.P.O. (V) H.M.S. Victory IV.) official corrections to first, nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140
Lot 65
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websitePair: Squadron Sergeant-Major O. H. Court, South African Mounted Rifles, late Cape Mounted Rifles Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (1923 Cpl. O. H. Court. C.M. Rif.); Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (No. 7. Sqn. Sgt. Maj. O. H. Court. 1st S.A.M.R.) the first with light contact marks, very fine, the second nearly extremely fine (2) £200-£240
Lot 684
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteEaling Fire Brigade Medal for Services Rendered during the Great War, bronze, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar, in case of issue; Nottingham City Special Constable Fire Brigade lapel badge, silver and enamel; Corporation of the City of London Private Fire Brigades Challenge Shield Competition Prize Medal, silver, the obverse depicting firemen fighting a building building, the reverse engraved ‘O. Waring. 1930.’; together with a B.C.Y. Fire Brigade Guildhall Competition Shield Medal, gold (9ct., 8.04g) and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘1930 O. Waring’; an unnamed Fire Brigades prize medal, silver; and a Liverpool Special Constabulary Shield for Services Rendered during the Great War, inscribed ‘Sergt. W. J. Colson 1915-1918’, generally very fine (6) £80-£120 --- Sold together with a Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. Christmas Greetings 1902 compass; and a Kent Fire Brigade shoulder patch, numbered ‘B6129’.
Lot 83
In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteEight: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant F. Morris, Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry, later Major, Home Guard 1914-15 Star (3018 Sjt. F. Morris, D. of Lanc. O. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. F. Morris); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (396911 Sq. Q.M. Sjt. F. Morris. D. of Lanc. O.Y.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial, with Second Award Bar (396911 S.Q.M. Sjt. F. Morris. D. of Lanc. O.Y.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Frank Morris) mounted for display purposes in this order, slight contact marks, nearly very fine and better (8) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2007. Frank Morris attested for the Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 May 1915, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers on 27 May 1918. Reverting to the Yeomanry, he was awarded his Territorial Efficiency Medal in 1924, and his Efficiency Medal per Army Order 208 of November 1932. He served as Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant of the Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry at the time of the Jubilee Celebrations in 1935, and saw further service during the Second World War as a Major with the 59th County of Lancaster (Post Officer) Battalion, Western Command, Home Guard. In civilian life he was employed by the Post Office as an overseer at Preston, and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement (London Gazette 12 July 1946). Sold with copied research.
Lot 409
18, 9CT & GILT METAL JEWELLERY, six items including an 18ct gold diamond Solitaire ring, size mid O - P, 9ct gold cross on flat link necklace, 9ct heart shape locket on an 18ct gold necklace chain, unmarked yellow metal tie pin with black stone inset and two unmarked yellow metal necklace pendants, 18ct weighable, 5.5grms, 9ct weighable 4.5grms
Lot 686
Group of early 20th Century Shipping related ceramics to include Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, United Baltic, Port Line, MacAndrews, Cunard and P&OCondition report: One side plate has hairline crack on the rim edge. Some of the gilt decoration on the cups and saucers has rubbed. Cunard Steam-Ship small squared jug has restoration, crazed all over and one chip to base rim. Other items appear to be in good condition
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