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Lot 723
TITANIC DISASTER; White Star Line 1st Class Saloon Steward A highly important collection of historic documents, photograph and other items relating to Edward William Peter BARROWS. Born in London in 1880, Barrows went to sea at an early age as a steward and made several sailings in the employ of various shipping lines, serving in the P&O liner SS India and the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain before joining the White Star Line in April 1912. He was appointed to Titanic by John Bartholomew, the company's Victualing Superintendent at Southampton, signing joining papers on the 9th April 1912 as a 1st Class Saloon Steward for her maiden voyage. His monthly wages were £3 15s. William Barrows gave his address as 34 Hanover Street, Islington, London N., which was a public house called the 'Island Queen', the landlord, Richard Harman, was Barrows' stepfather. Barrows died in the sinking of Titanic, his body, if recovered, was never identified. Important manuscript letter to Barrows' sister in detailing his preparations for the maiden voyage of Titanic, dated 9 April 1912: 'My dear Mary I am glad to say that I signed on this afternoon on the "Titanic". I am sleeping aboard the ship tonight, we sail tomorrow all being well. I managed to get a waiting jacket but I shall have to order a new uniform the next time home, as the new jacket is a little bit short but it will have to do this time. I hope everything is all right at home. I have dropped in for a side job which will earn another couple of quid extra a voyage. We are due home next Saturday fortnight Love & Best Wishes to all, Your affectionate Brother Will Place all laundry and things in middle draw in the chest of drawers in my room' Photograph of Edward William Peter Barrows in stewards' whites on board unidentified vessel. Photograph mounted on card. Two Post Office Telegraphs, one sent to Mrs Barrows (Mrs Harman's previous married name) between 15 and 18 April: 'No news yet will wire latest Ismay', the other 19 April: 'Regret William Barrows not reported saved. Bartholomew'. J. Bruce Ismay was the Chairman and Managing Director of the White Star Line and in his name important telegrams like this would be signed. Ismay himself was a passenger on board Titanic. John Bartholomew, former chief steward in Oceanic, was the White Star Line's first Victualing Superintendent at Southampton. He knew all his staff personally and for Titanic had the responsibility of selecting the most experienced and best stewards to work in First Class. One of these was William Barrows. Part of his work was the employment of stewards, cooks, bakers etc. and his task in the weeks and months following the disaster was to send out telegrams like this example informing relatives about their loved ones. Of the 322 stewards on board only about 60 survived. Titanic Relief Fund, The Daily Telegraph: A typed letter, dated 29 May 1912, to Mrs Barrows (Mrs Harman) regarding enclosed postal order for £3 and informing her of conditions for further grant. Hill, Dickinson & Co (White Star Line solicitors in Liverpool): A typed letter dated July 1912 to Mrs Harman regarding her first and second marriages and her son's birth certificate and detailing the amount of compensation payable. Notice of Lancashire County Court hearing held at Liverpool under The Workmen's Compensation Act 1906: A large printed form dated November 1912 to Sarah and Richard Harman, Barrows' mother and stepfather, detailing the amount of compensation paid into court in full and final settlement (£150). Notice filed at Clerkenwell County Court under The Workmen's Compensation Act 1906: A handwritten notice that Mrs Harman intends to attend the hearing in February 1913 in the case against Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. 'The Deathless Story of the Titanic' (2 copies), published by Lloyd's Weekly News in 1912, both marked 'First Edition' scarce contemporary news magazine one with vertical fold otherwise in good condition considering age. Also included are six copies of the Daily Mirror from the days following the disaster. Provenance: the lot is being sold by the great niece of Barrows.
Lot 1654
A 14ct yellow gold ring of geometric design set with two clear stones, size O, a 9ct yellow gold ring set with marine quartz, size P/Q, a pair of 18ct gold ear studs of abstract form, each set with two small diamonds and a white metal cross pendant set with clear cushion cut stones, gold weight approx 8.9g (4).
Lot 1529
A small group of variously hallmarked silver items including a pair of George III hallmarked silver sugar tongs, Stephen Adams I, London 1793, length 14cm, and a further example with paw shaped grips, Cooper Bros & Sons, Sheffield 1957, two butter knives, a pickle fork, a yard-o-led propelling pencil, a nail buffer and two manicure tools, also two hallmarked silver medallions, weighable silver approx 3ozt.
Lot 47
A sterling silver Yard-o-led engine turned decorated hexagonal propelling pencil, a further silver example and a hallmarked silver thimble, Birmingham 1952, also a Victoria Golden Jubilee medallion, a WWII defence medal with ribbon, unsigned and a collection of various yellow metal and enamel decorated Red Cross badges and medals assigned to W Jenkins. CONDITION REPORT: BRCS: one with small area of damage to the enamel, others ok. Some rubbing to the surface of the pencils.
Lot 60
A 1920s yellow gold and diamond cluster ring (hallmarks rubbed), the platinum platform set with seven stones, approx 0.1cts, size O, and a matching 15ct yellow gold scroll decorated bar brooch, length 5.3cm, with safety chain, combined 7.3g (2). CONDITION REPORT: Hallmarks heavily rubbed on ring. Brooch stamped 15ct.
Lot 1609
PLEASE NOTE; THE SAPPHIRE IS SYNTHETIC. An 18ct yellow gold sapphire and diamond ring, the central cornflower blue sapphire of rounded rectangular form set within a border of sixteen diamonds in pierced scrolling mount, size O, approx 5.3g. CONDITION REPORT: PLEASE NOTE; THE SAPPHIRE IS SYNTHETIC. The sapphire is a good colour and measures approx 11mm x 9mm, the diamonds are each approx 2mm. Depth of the sapphire is approx 5mm. Overall in good condition. No documentation. Diamonds each approx 0.05cts.
Lot 561
FITZGERALD, Scott, F. The Great Gatsby, Chatto & Windus, 1926, 1st thus. w/o. d/w. Part of d/w. pasted down to inside bd. lacking ffep. some foxing to 1/2 tp. tp. & dedication page. Tog.with JOYCE, James, Stephen Hero, Jonathan Cape, 1944, 1st edn. cl. bumped. with worn d/w. with tears. Plus WELLS, H.G. War and The Future, Italy, France and Britain at War. Cassell, 1817. pres. copy initialled H.G.W. cl. faded. Plus The Literary Snail. The Periwinkle Press, Massachusetts, 1939. slim 8vo paper covered bds. in glassine wraps. Plus 2 others, Orwell, Binyon.
Lot 569
NABOKOV, Vladimir, Look at the Harlequins!, McGraw-Hill, Book co. 1974. 1st edn. in d/w. tog.with FORSTER, E.M. Maurice, Edward, Arnold, 1871, in d/w. 1st edn. Plus FRANCIS, Dick, High Stakes, Michael Joseph, 1975, 1st edn. in d/w. Plus SNOW, C.P. Corridors, of Power, Macmillan, 1964, 1st edn. signed by author, w/o. d/w. Plus Amis, Kingsley, Marin Amis, Doris Lessing and others, most 1st editions. 20
Lot 73
A RING AND PENDANT, BY BULGARIEach band of reeded design, engraved Bulgari to the sides, mounted in 18K gold, ring size O, with fitted case, diameter of pendant 1.9cm, with fitted case, accompanied with an 18K gold chainThe proceeds will be donated by present owner to the Hamlin Fistula Charity Organisation, which is dedicated to the treatment and prevention of childbirth injuries called obstetric fistulas. The organisation was founded by Dr Reg Hamlin OBE and Dr Catherine Hamlin AC in 1974. They were in Ethiopia to train midwives when they discovered the terrible plight of the fistula patients. (http://hamlinfistula.org/)
Lot 9
ITALIA VARIEDADES. Espectacular conjunto de variedades de Italia en nuevo de diferentes períodos. Destacan las variedades unicolores o de dentado desplazado de castillos y el famoso error del sello del Milán (Bolaffi 1628B, 1617B, 1881B, 1954B) la mayoría de ellos con certificados Raybaudi o Chiavarello, así como otras variedades importantes. ALTISIMO VALOR DE CATALOGO. IMPRESCINDIBLE EXAMINAR.ITALY VARIETIES. Spectacular set of varieties unused of Italy in different periods. Stand out "unicolores" or displaced unperforated of "castillo" varieties and the famous error of the Milan stamp (Bolaffi 1628B, 1617B, 1881B, 1954B) most of them with Raybaudi or Chiavarello certificates, as well as other important varieties. HIGH CATALOGUE VALUE. MUST BE STUDIED.View PDF
Lot 25
Interesante resto con fichas y carpetas con sellos de diversos países, destacan algunas varieaades de España, series completas sin dentar de Marruecos, Ruanda, Francia, Naciones Unidas y Burundi entre otros, además de variedades o ensayos de color de Naciones Unidas y un pequeño conjunto de hojas bloque de Albania y Bulgaria. ALTISIMO VALOR DE CATALOGO. IMPRESCINDIBLE EXAMINAR.Interest rest with stock cards and folders with stamps from various countries. Highlights some varieties of Spain, complete sets imperforated of Morocco, Rwanda, France, United Nations and Burundi among others, trial color tests of United Nations and little set with souvenir sheets of Bulgaria and Albania. VERY HIGH CATALOGUE VALUE. MUST BE TO EXAMINED. (0033012025)View PDF
Lot 246
SEVENTY TWO PIECE FOLEY 'SUMMERTIME' CHINA PART DINNER, AND TEA SERVICE, comprising; TEAPOT, 11 CUPS, 12 SAUCERS, PAIR OF MILK JUGS, PAIR O SUGAR BOWLS, 11 SIDE PLATES, 12 PLATES, MUFFIN DISH and cover, 12 FRUIT/CEREAL BOWLS, PAIR OF SERVING PLATES, PAIR OF SMALL DISHES AND TWO PAIRS OF SALT AND PEPPER POTS, printed marks (72)
Lot 564
*A Great War and Third Afghan War M.C. Group of Eight awarded to Colonel G.G. ‘Georgie’ Rogers, 1st Gurkha Rifles, awarded the M.C. for his command of the reconnaissance piquets at Khurd Kyber Pass, where his company met and repelled some 2,000 Afghan tribesmen from two hillside positions with rifle, grenade and kukri. A renowned expert in Gurkha dialects and customs and the scion of an established family of Gurkha Officers, he later became an expert advisor for the 1945 film ‘Johnny Gurkha’, comprising: Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lt. G. G. Rogers, 2/1 Gurkha Rfls.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. G. Rogers); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (Capt. G. G. Rogers, 2-1 Grks.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, court-mounted on board for display, toned, generally good very fine or better (8). M.C.: London Gazette, 3 August 1920: ‘For distinguished service in the Field in the Afghan War, 1919.’ George Gordon Rogers was born on 9 April 1893, at Dharamsala, India. His father, Colonel G. W. Rogers, D.S.O. of the 4th Gurkha Rifles, had originally raised the 2nd Battalion, 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1886 and both his paternal and maternal grandfathers were Major-Generals in the Indian Army (The latter, J.S. Rawlins, had commanded the 1st Battalion). George (or “Georgie”) was educated at Bedford College and at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, being commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in January 1912. He joined the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Gurkha Rifles in Chitral in early 1913 and served during the operations against rebellious tribesmen in the Swat Valley in August 1915. Soon after he was transferred to the Nepalese Contingent, whose soldiers were sent to help maintain order in India, whilst most of the Indian Army was in France and Mesopotamia. During this period he also served as Staff Officer at the Mountain Warfare School at Kakul, near Abbottabad, for which he was rewarded with an appointment to the Order of the Star of Nepal (this order not present with group). Rogers rejoined his regiment in early 1919, when, having been promoted to Captain, he was given command of ‘D’ Company. Three days after war was declared against Afghanistan in May 1919, his battalion left by train from Nowshera for the Khyber Pass area. They arrived at Ali Masjid on the 10th, and marched the following morning to Landi Kotal where they formed the reserve for an attack on the Afghan positions at Bagh. Hearing the sound of heavy gunfire, the Battalion made a forced march to Loe Dakka on the 17th and found that a Sikh regiment had just captured Sikh Hill. ‘B’ and ‘D’ Companies were sent to occupy it but lacking adequate food or water, and being laden with ammunition and entrenching tools on a very hot day, the had a very tough time of it. That night an Afghan battalion attacked their position on the hill, but was successfully driven off. On 14 June, Rogers provided the piquets and advanced guard for a force sent out to intercept a tribal raiding party (“lashkar”). Surprisingly no opposition was encountered, but two Afghan envoys presented themselves under a white flag, carrying sealed letters from the Amir, and they were duly escorted to Headquarters. On the evening of the 16th Rogers was in command of No. 5 piquet when, at roughly 9.30 p.m., it came under attack from about 80 tribesmen. The attack was driven off with accurate Lewis-gun fire, and on the 27th, Rogers and ‘D’ Company established two new piquets on Conical Hill and West Ridge to protect the Kabul Road, which passed between the two features. On the morning of 13 July, ‘D’ Company under Rogers went to furnish the piquets on the Khurd Khyber Pass for the cavalry reconnaissance, and was so strongly opposed by some 2000 tribesmen that another company had to be called up before the piquets could be set up. Fortunately, Rogers had taken the initiative to set up piquets on two hills about 1,000 yards south-west of the pass which had never before been occupied. The tribesmen had hoped to find the hills again unoccupied, intending to use them to harass the reconnaissance from the flank, but they were foiled by Rogers’ forward thinking. Fierce combat ensued, with the Gurkhas holding one side of the hill and the enemy the other; at times resorting to hand-to-hand fighting with kukris drawn. The orderly withdrawal of the piquets was covered by machine guns and howitzers which inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. The battalion suffered casualties of just three killed and seven wounded in this action, and it was for this operation that Rogers was awarded the M.C. At this time Rogers also played a key role in forming the ‘Gurkhas Scouts’, formed of picked men from the Gurkha regiments nearby. This detachment would lie up after dark in likely approaches and deal with snipers and intruders with hand grenades or kukris, leading to several successful ambushes and providing a strong deterrent. At the end of 1920 Rogers was attached to the 2nd / 6th Gurkha Rifles and deployed to southern Waziristan. According to the regimental history, ‘The men were fresh from the rigours of the Great War and were in no mood to adopt kid-glove methods with the Mahsud tribesmen. This did not fit in with the policy envisaged by the political authorities and so the Battalion was moved (from Kotkai camp) to a quieter area to Manzai where it was thought “incidents” were less likely to occur.’ However in April 1921, the Mahsuds devastated two Punjabi regiments by ambushing a convoy, and thereafter the Battalion spent more time on road-protection duties. After returning to his own regiment, Rogers was then attached to the 1st / 4th Gurkha Rifles, from May 1923 to March 1924, and served with them during the disturbances in the Sikh state of Mabha. Through his upbringing and service, Rogers became a master of Nepalese dialects, mastering both Gurung and Magar, as well as the court language of Kathmandu. He was an expert in Gurkha songs and dances and, as one colleague reported, ‘He was usually found in the centre of a fascinated group of men who hung on his word ... it was in these inter-war years in Dharmsala and the N.W. Frontier that we got to know Georgie well, accompanied him on shooting trips, attended his nautches, and learnt something of our men and their language.’ In January 1929, Rogers was promoted to Major and from 1934 he was senior Major - in effect the second-in-command. He was placed on the Supplementary Unemployed List in 1936, and settled for a time in South Africa, before being recalled in June 1940. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary) and, in November 1940, appointed to be Commandant of the Regimental Centre at Dharmsala. During this time, when the decision had been taken to double the size of the Gurkha regiments, the 1st Gurkha Rifles faced the challenge of raising an extra battalion to replace the 2nd Battalion, which had been lost when Malaya was over-run. The Regimental Centre was thus responsible for both recruitment and specialist training, and Rogers oversaw the enormous expansion of the Centre - at one time commanding some 5000 men. He was promoted to Colonel in May 1943. An officer who trained at the Centre late in 1942 described Rogers as ‘a tall, remote and austere figure. His knowledge of Gurkhas, their languages and dialects was legendary ... the depth and width of his linguistic knowledge was thought to be unmatched among his contemporaries either in the 1st or other Gurkha regiments.’ He died in Maidenhead in May 1966, and was buried at Hampton Cemetery, Middlesex. Offered with a large file of copied research, including several picture post cards, and a photo of the Officers of the 2nd / 1st Gurkha Rifles, 1933, with Rogers shown wearing his M.C. and group. The foregoing catalogue notes are largely adapted from Rogers’ formal obituary by Pat O’ Ferrall.
Lot 560
*The Trio awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander William Duncan, Royal Artillery, who was wounded in action uring an Ashanti attack on the town of Fommanah, which post he commanded, in February 1874. For his services he was given a Mention for his ‘energetic defence of the post’ and the Brevet of Major, comprising: Ashantee 1873-74, single clasp, Coomassie (Capt: & Bt. Major. A. W. Duncan, B By. 4th Bde. R.A., 1873-74); South Africa 1877-79, single clasp, 1879 (Major. A. W. Duncan. R.A.); Spanish Medal for Campaigns in Africa , dated 1860, silver; Medals court-mounted, the first with officially corrected unit and date, generally good very fine or better and rare, with contemporary velvet-lined, fitted leather storage case for the three previously unmounted medals (3). Alexander William Duncan was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in April 1856, and first aw active service as an Observer with Spanish forces engaged in North Africa in 1860. He was promoted to Captain in August 1866, and then served in the Ashantee War 1873-74, where in the role of Transport Officer he found himself participating in the defence of Fommanah, latterly as C.O. when his senior officers had become casualties. Captain Henry Brackenbury, R.A., who wrote the ‘Narrative of the Ashantee War’ described the events as follows: ‘On the morning of the 2d [February 1874], he [Colonel Colley] pushed on to Fommanah, and on his arrival found the place warmly attacked on all sides. The post was in command of Captain Steward, 1st W.I.R., who had a garrison of 1 officer and 38 non-commissioned officers and men, 1st West India Regiment; and Lieutenant Grant, 6th Regiment, with 102 of the Mumford company of Russell’s Regiment. There were also present two transport officers - Captain North of the 47th Regiment, and Captain Duncan, R.A. - three surgeons, and two control officers; and in the palace, which was situated in the middle of the main street of the long straggling town, and used as a hospital, were 24 European soldiers and sailors, convalescents. The picquets had reported Ashantis in the neighbourhood early in the morning, and had been reinforced; but the village was far too large to be capable of defence by this small garrison; and when, about 8.30 a.m., the place was attacked from all directions by the enemy, they were able to penetrate into it. Captain North, in virtue of his seniority, assumed the command, but while at the head of his men was shot down in the street of the village, and was obliged by severe loss of blood to hand over the command to Captain Duncan, R.A. The enemy, as has been said, penetrated into all the southern side of the village, which they set on fire; meanwhile the sick from the hospital were removed to the stockade at the north end of the village, which was cleared as rapidly as possible, the houses being pulled down by the troops and labourers acting under Colonel Colley’s orders. At half-past two Colonel Colley reported as follows: “We have now cleared the greater part of the village, preserving the hospital and store enclosure. Difficult to judge the numbers of the Ashantis; they attack on all sides, and occasional ones creep boldly into the village, but generally keep under cover of the thick bush, which in places comes close to the houses.” The firing ceased about 1 p.m.; but on a party going down for water an hour later, they were hotly fired upon. No further attack was made upon the post. Captain North was severely wounded, dangerously so, and one of the convalescents in the 42d Regiment severely. Other Europeans were slightly wounded, among them Captain Duncan, R.A., five West Indians, and three privates of Russell’s Regiment. Colonel Colley reported that he would be unable to move any more convoys on from Fommanah for the present.’ Duncan was later mentioned in despatches for his ‘energetic defence of the post’ and given the Brevet of Major. Reaching the substantive rank of Major and the command of ‘O’ Battery, 6th Brigade, he was present during the South Africa operations of 1879. ‘O’ Battery arrived in Durban from England in April 1879, and having initially been in command of the ammunition column, Duncan went on to command the artillery of Clarke’s Flying Column in the second advance on Ulundi. Ex Dix Noonan & Webb, 16 December 2003, lot 487.
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