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Lot 258
Major O Patch DSO,DSC, RM and Captain A.W.F Sutton CBE, DSC RN signed Battle of Taranto 'Operation Judgement' 11 November 1940 FDC PM 50th Anniversary Battle of Taranto 11 Nov 90 British Forces 2234 Postal services. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 254
Capitulation of Hong Kong 25 Dec 1941 multi signed FDC signatures include crew members Cpt Fl Lt R.Benke, Co Plt S. Gregory, Nav F/O M.Ingham, Eng Sgt H. McLaren and L/Master T.Cutwell PM Royal Air Force 12 DEC 1991 SEK KONG and 50th Anniversary of the fall of Hong Kong 25 Dec 91 British Forces 2279 postal services. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 404
Collection of autographs includes great names such as Michael Ball, Harry Hill, Ross Kemp, Des O`Connor and more. Autograph book contains over 60 signature's appx. May yield good value. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 543
Picture Pride or similar, wall hanging Display Cabinet “Pickfords”. Glass & wood construction with 5 glass shelves. Dimensions are approximately 58 cm in height, 107 cm in width & 12 cm in depth. Although unchecked for completeness condition generally appears to be Excellent. See photo. COLLECTION ONLY FROM STOCKTON OFFICE.
Lot 204
* Gillray (James). What can little T. O. do? - why drive a Phaeton and Two!! - Can little T. O. do no more? - yes, drive a Phaeton and Four!!!!, H.Humphreys, 1st May 1801, etching with aquatint and contemporary hand-colouring, old folds, slight overall toning, some adhesion scaring to the verso, 265 x 680 mm, together with French Volunteers marching to the Conquest of Great Britain, H. Humphrey, October 25th 1803, etching with contemporary hand-colouring, slight staining, trimmed with slight loss along the vertical margins, 210 x 595 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:BM Satires 9759 & 10117.The first described caricature mocks the whig MP Thomas Onslow. Onslow was best known for his mania for driving his 'four in hand' phaeton.
![Afanasiev (Aleksandr Nikolaevich). Peryshko Finista Yasna-Sokola. [The Feather of Finist the Falcon], St. Petersburg: Expedit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2c61f7bf-ae43-41de-bb88-b132012566a4/3cd2ce71-70a4-4ced-b6ef-b13e010c3440/468x382.jpg)
Lot 370
Afanasiev (Aleksandr Nikolaevich). Peryshko Finista Yasna-Sokola. [The Feather of Finist the Falcon], St. Petersburg: Expeditsii Zagotovlenya Gosudarstvennykh Bumag, 1902, 7 chromolithographed illustrations by Bilibin (including 2 full-page), original chromolithographed pictorial wrappers, a few light spots, 4to, together with:Skazka ob Ivane-Tsarevitche, Zhar-ptitse i o serom volke [Fairy tale of Ivan-Tsarevitch, the Firebird and the Grey Wolf], St. Petersburg: State Dispatch Office, 1901, 8 chromolithographed illustrations by Bilibin (including 3 full-page), original chromolithographed pictorial wrappers, a few light spots, 4to, plusBilibin (Ivan). The Frog Princess, St. Petersburg: Expedition of the State Papers Supply, 1901, 8 chromolithographed illustrations by Bilibin (including 3 full-page), original chromolithographed pictorial wrappers, two further monochrome illustrations, original chromolithographed pictorial wrappers, a few light spots, 4toQTY: (3)
Lot 465
Ticehurst (Claud B.). A History of the Birds of Suffolk, 1st edition, London: Gurney and Jackson, 1932, monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning, original green cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Bucknill (John A.), The Birds of Surrey, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1900, monochrome illustrations & map, front & rear gutters cracked, some light spotting & toning throughout, original red cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusAplin (O. V.), The Birds of Oxfordshire, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1889, hand coloured frontispiece, monochrome map, some minor marginal toning, original blue cloth, spine lightly faded, boards & spine very lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other late 19th century & modern ornithology reference, including The Birds of The British Isles, 12 volumes, by David A. Bannerman & George E. Lodge, circa 1950s-60s, all original cloth in dust jackets, large 8vo, some paperback editions, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
![Robertson (William). [Sha'ar 'o petah 'el lashon ha-qodesh]. A Gate or Door to the Holy Tongue, Opened in English. Containing](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2c61f7bf-ae43-41de-bb88-b132012566a4/f4f060f8-bae4-443e-b696-b13e010bfb70/468x382.jpg)
Lot 253
Robertson (William). [Sha'ar 'o petah 'el lashon ha-qodesh]. A Gate or Door to the Holy Tongue, Opened in English. Containing. 1. The chief and necessary grounds of the Hebrew Grammar; 2. A Table for the Hebrew Roots ... 3. A Praxis to the Grammar and the Table..., London: Printed by J. Flesher, for Joseph Cranford, 1653, [12], 131, [5] pp., first line of title in Hebrew script, light fraying to upper margin of title slightly affecting manuscript signature, verso of title with inscription 'The Gift of J. Edmondson to his friend W. Simpson, August 11th, 1830', final leaf with catchword 'the' (however text appears complete and collates with other institutional copies, except this copy contains two additional text leaves at rear), few early marginal annotations, some toning, minor damp-stains to lower outer corners, occasional light dust-soiling mostly to title, modern light brown crushed morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, small 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Wing R1612.
Lot 417
Frohawk (F. W.). British Birds with their Nests and Eggs, 6 volumes, Hull: Brumby & Clarke, circa 1900, numerous colour & monochrome plates & illustrations, some light marginal toning, all edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated yellow cloth, boards & spine slight rubbed to head & foot, folio, together with:Yarrell (William), A History of British Birds, 4 volumes, 4th edition, London: John van Voorst, 1871-73, 564 wood engravings, some light spotting & marginal toning contemporary uniform gilt decorated half morocco, very lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusMorris (F. O.), A History of British Birds, 6 volumes, 5th edition, London: John C. Nimmo, 1903, numerous hand coloured plates, some light spotting & marginal toning, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th century ornithology reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves )
![Van Dongen (Kees & others, illustrators). Cirque d'hiver. 8e Gala de l'Union des Artistes, Paris: S O C, [1930], 52 pages](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2c61f7bf-ae43-41de-bb88-b132012566a4/df9e5090-5703-4d3d-a271-b13e010c334b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 368
Van Dongen (Kees & others, illustrators). Cirque d'hiver. 8e Gala de l'Union des Artistes, Paris: S O C, [1930], 52 pages including 15 text pages and 25 illustrations, tipped in illustrations by Forain, Vertes, Sem, Kees van Dongen ('L'ecuyere', pochoir and colour lithograph, marginal browning, chipped with loss at blank outer corners), Cappiello, Raoul Dufy, Sacha Guitry, Vuillard, Pascin (a few marginal brown marks or stains), Marie Laurencin and Degas, some light browning throughout, heaviest towards margins, some margins and corners chipped with loss, loose in original printed wrappers, some soiling and wear, lacks spine and adhesive tape repairs to lower wrapper, slim folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 1236/1500 copies.The Gala de l'Union des Artistes was created by the French comedian Max Dearly in 1923. It was a charity circus show in which non-professional celebrities and actors performed circus acts to raise funds to help artists in need.
Lot 42
“Pilots and Observers, always full of determination and keenness, unselfish and cheerful at all times, won for themselves and the Squadron the greatest admiration. Like gentlemen and sportsmen, they played the game throughout. The every day order of our much respected Chief - General Trenchard - to “keep going” was carried out to the letter....” (Recipient reflecting on his command in The Annals of 100 Squadron) The fascinating Great War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Wing Commander C. G. Burge, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, both observer and pilot; commanding officer of 100 Squadron, June - December 1918; respected aviation author - including the Squadron History for the Great War; one time personal assistant to Lord Trenchard; Head of an S.O.E. Intelligence Subsection dealing with planning operations, and acting as Liaison with the Air Ministry on all targets during the Second World War; and Uncle of the legendary Battle of Britain fighter Ace Douglas Bader The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.), (Military) Officer’s 1st type, silver (Hallmarks for London 1919); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. C. G. Burge. York & Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major C. G. Burge. R.A.F.) medals mounted for wear, generally very fine or better (4) £800-£1,200 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Cyril Gordon Burge was an early, if not the first, Adjutant to R.A.F. Cranwell (1920-1922), a onetime personal assistant to Lord Trenchard (from August 1926), and the ‘exciting and friendly uncle’ who actively encouraged the legless ace Sir Douglas Bader to set out on his legendary career. The son of a J.P. for the Cinque Ports, Burge was born in May 1893 and was educated at St Lawrence’s College and Sandhurst. Described as a natural ‘gentleman, leader & organiser’, he was commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment in 1913 and was posted to the overseas battalion in India. Promoted Lieutenant on 28 October 1914, he joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1915 and first flew as an Observer with 12 Squadron (R.E.7’s) on the Western Front. It did not take long for Burge to be chucked in at the deep-end, when on 12 October 1915: ‘Capt. Lawrence and Lt Gordon Burge of No. 12 Squadron in a R.E.7 with 2 Lewis guns when engaged in guarding Capt. Christie who was employed on a special mission engaged an Albatross 3 miles South of Lille. Simultaneously another hostile machine appeared and drew in on the left rear of the R.E.7. Both these hostile machines seemed to be slower than the R.E.7. Lt. Burge engaged the Albatross which was the nearer of the two and when just West of Tournai it threw out two white lights. No anti-aircraft gun fire followed this. In a few seconds two more lights were thrown out, again without effect. Both of these hostile machines fired a good deal at the R.E.7. When near Mouscron 2 more machines appeared from above and coming from the South. The first, an Albatross, began to draw up on the left rear firing very accurately. The R.E.7 was struck 30 or more times. When he was at between 50 and 80 yards range Lt Burge fired and this Albatross drew away. He came up again and after firing at it again went away. This occurred a third time when near Gheluvelt and the German machine went away to the South. Meanwhile another machine, an L.V.G. had remained further off and above the R.E.7 firing a good deal. The two machines originally encountered were gradually left behind.’ (Squadron War Diary refers) Burge, this time piloted by Second Lieutenant R. Newman, had to make a forced landing whilst out on patrol, 5 December 1915. Later he trained as a pilot, and according to Bader’s biographer ‘Laddie’ Lucas, saw ‘much of the fighting with the Royal Flying Corps over France and Flanders’. By February 1918 he had accumulated 450 flying hours, and commanded 100 Squadron (F.e.2b’s and later HP O/400’s as part of Independent Force), June - December 1918. Indeed he later wrote the Squadron History for the Great War - The Annals of 100 Squadron, with a foreword being provided by Lord Trenchard (the squadron was in Trenchard's chain-of-command from its formation until the end of the war in Nov 1918). In August 1919 he was granted a Permanent Commission in the R.A.F. with the rank of Lieutenant and was subsequently appointed Adjutant at the former R.N.A.S. air station west of Sleaford in Lincolnshire where the elite officer cadre of the fledgling service was to be trained. Meantime, he married Hazel McKenzie, sister to Douglas Bader’s mother. In the spring of 1921 the boy Bader was invited by the Burges to spend part of the Easter holidays with them at Cranwell. ‘From Hazel and Cyril the welcome was warm. Only just thirteen, Douglas had never been near aeroplanes before, and when the quiet, good-humoured Cyril sat him in the cockpit of an Avro 504 trainer the thick hair almost vanished as the boy bent over the controls and dials like a terrier. Later he stood for hours in Cyril’s garden watching the bellowing Avros taking off over his head ... Cyril thought he had a convert then but he was a little premature ....’ Five years later at St Edward’s School in Oxford Bader was cautiously considering a university career when the visit of an Old Boy then at Cranwell, reminded Bader of his enjoyable stay there, and he wrote at once to ‘Uncle Cyril’ to find out about becoming a Cranwell cadet. Burge had left the R.A.F. College but was then personal assistant to Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard, Chief of the Air Staff, and ‘with the satisfaction of a match-maker, Cyril wrote back saying that Douglas was just the type they wanted and he would do everything he could to help which from the p.a. to the C.A.S., sounded considerable.’ Well primed by Burge, Bader duly presented himself before the board of interviewers for Cranwell at Burlington House in London in June 1928, and, ‘trying not to sound to well rehearsed’, successfully gave the answers ‘Uncle Cyril’ knew the board wanted to hear. The following December Burge retired from the service with a gratuity and over the next few years wrote several published works on British aviation. Following Bader’s famous crash at Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, on 14 December 1931, Burge was immediately summoned from nearby Aldershot. He reached the Royal Berkshire Hospital to find that the surgeon Leonard Joyce had removed Bader’s right leg and that his nephew’s life was hanging in the balance. Burge was given a room for the night, and twice when it seemed that Bader was dying was called to the patient’s room but on each occasion Bader rallied. In the morning Bader was still alive but had not recovered consciousness since the amputation of his largely severed right leg. Joyce told Burge that if Bader lasted another day he might have a chance provided the left leg did not become sceptic. At length Bader came round, and, examining him, Joyce recognised signs of incipient septicaeima in the left leg. With Bader’s mother close to hysteria and with no time to lose, Joyce sought Burge’s permission to cut off the remaining leg, warning him that Bader would certainly die if the leg stayed, and that he would probably die from operative shock if they tried to take it off. It was the only chance and Burge instantly nodded his assent. With family trials over, Burge then embarked on a period of drama of his own making. His S.O.E. Personnel History Sheet (released in 2003) gives the following with regards to his application to join the service, and in what capacity he was eventually emp...
Lot 347
Pair: Warrant Officer T. Kelly, Royal Air Force, who was Mentioned in Despatches for distinguished service in post-War Palestine General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48, with copy M.I.D. oak leaf (W/O. T. Kelly. (370933). R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (W/O. T. Kelly. (370933) R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine (2) £140-£180 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 29 June 1948: ‘For distinguished service in Palestine.’
Lot 238
Four: Warrant Officer Class II H. Clarke, Essex Regiment 1914-15 Star (8870 Cpl. H. Clarke. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (8870 A-W. O. Cl. 2. H. Clarke. Essex R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5998065 Sjt. H. Clarke. Essex R.) edge bruising, some staining, nearly very fine (4) £90-£120 --- H. Clarke attested into the Essex Regiment and served during the Great War at Gallipoli with the 1st Battalion, where he received gun shot wounds to his hand and wrist. He was later appointed Acting Company Sergeant Major. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and copied research.
Lot 581
Three: Private C. Clark, 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment, who died of pneumonia in Syria on 26 November 1918 British War and Victory Medals (37281 Pte. C. Clark. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (Clarence Clarke [sic]) the plaque pierced with four holes around edge (three subsequently plugged), therefore fine; the pair nearly extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (1569 Pte. O. G. King. Essex. R.) good very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Clarence Clarke was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, and attested for the Army Service Corps at Keighley. Transferring to the Essex Regiment, he served with the 5th Battalion in the Egyptian theatre of War, and died of pneumonia in Syria on 26 November 1918, presumably a victim of the influenza pandemic. He is buried in Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon. Oliver George King was born in Great Tey, Essex, in 1895 and attested for the Essex Regiment at Halstead. He served as a Corporal with the 5th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 August 1915, before being discharged on termination of engagement in 1916, and subsequently re-enlisted in the regular forces, seeing further service with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front. Promoted Sergeant, he was killed in action during the attack at Monchy-le-Preux on 14 April 1917, on which date the Battalion was almost wiped out. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied Medal Index Card, which shows that King’s British War and Victory Medals should have been issued with the rank of Sergeant; why it shows Private is presumably due to an error at the Mint.
Lot 49
A Second War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Acting Lieutenant-Colonel T. Redfearn, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who had previously been awarded an Immediate M.S.M. during the Great War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (S-6685 T.W.O. Cl. 1 T. Redfearn. A.O.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (7574412 W. O. Cl. II. T. Redfearn. R.A.O.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S-6685 T. Sub-Condr: T. Redfearn. R.A.O.C.) mounted court-style for display purposes in this order, contact marks, very fine (7) £400-£500 --- M.B.E. London Gazette, 1 January 1941. M.S.M. London Gazette, 3 June 1919. Thomas Redfearn was born in Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, on 17 October 1894 and attested into the Army Ordnance Corps on 28 June 1910 at the age of 15. He initially served at home during the Great War and was Advanced Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant on 24 June 1918, before serving on the Western Front from 6 July 1918. He continued to serve post-War, and was commissioned on 24 August 1936. He further served at home during the Second World War and was Advanced Acting Lieutenant-Colonel on 11 September 1944, before reverting back to the rank of Major on 4 October 1944. Sold together with copy service papers, copy Medal Index Card, copy London Gazette entries, named copy group photographs including the recipient, and copy Army Ordnance Corps Gazette entries, with reference to the recipient.
Lot 9
A rare Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Miss Lilian A. Forse, Voluntary Aid Detachment Military Medal, G.V.R. (Miss L. A. Forse, V.A.D.); British War and Victory Medals (L. A. Forse, V.A.D.); together with a British Red Cross Society Distinguished Service Badge, gilt and enamel, by J. Gaunt, London, reverse inscribed, ‘L. A. Forse M.M. Replacement’, this last in card box, some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and better (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2012. M.M. London Gazette 4 June 1918: Mrs Lilian Audrey Forse, V.A.D., attached No. 53 General Hospital, France ‘For courage and devotion to duty displayed when during a hostile air raid a bomb fell on the hospital marquee of which she was in charge. Although great damage was done and many patients injured, she showed admirable coolness in the performance of her duties throughout, and carried on as if nothing had happened.’ Lilian Audrey Forse served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 April 1917. Interestingly, the correspondence address given on her Medal Index Card is ‘c/o Scottish Women’s Hospital, Serbia.’
Lot 302
Three: Nursing Sister Amy G. Simpson, Order of St. John British War and Victory Medals (A. G. Simpson. O. St. J.); Service Medal of the Order of St John (15897 Nsg. Off. A. G. Simpson. Finsbury Nsg. Div. No. 1 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1936) mounted court-style for display, minor edge bruise to BWM, good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Amy Gertrude Simpson served with the Order of St. John Brigade Hospital at Etaples, France, from 21 March 1917.
Lot 160
Pair: Driver G. F. Barlow, Royal Horse Artillery, who was captured by the enemy in the latter stages of the Boer War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Orange Free State, Transvaal (33848 Dr. G. F. Barlow. M Bty., R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (33848 Dvr: G. F. Barlow. R.H.A.) light contact marks, generally very fine (2) £120-£160 --- George Frederick Barlow was born in Oldham in 1879 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery in February 1899. Posted to South Africa from 17 February 1900 to 6 November 1902, he witnessed service with “M” and “O” Batteries and is recorded as a prisoner of war. Released at Sweethome on 29 January 1902, he transferred to the Army Reserve on 29 March 1907 and was discharged on 23 February 1916 following 1 year and 130 days’ active service in France.
Lot 331
Five: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant J. O. Peacock, Royal Artillery France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (6014248 W.O.Cl.1. J. O. Peacock. R.A.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (6014248. B.Q.M.S. J. O. Peacock. R.A.) mounted as worn, good very fine and better (5) £100-£140
Lot 139
Three: Acting Chief Petty Officer W. C. Browning, Royal Navy East and West Africa, 1 clasp, 1891-2 (W. C. Browning, A.B., H.M.S. Racer); Queen’s South Africa, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (136960 P-O: W. C. Browning, H.M.S. Monarch); Naval Long Service and Good Conduct, E.VII.R. (W. C. Browning, Act. C.P.O., H.M.S. Medea), contact wear and edge bruising, otherwise generally about very fine and rare (3) £700-£900 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997. Only 63 six-clasp Queen’s South Africa medals to the Royal Navy, including 50 to Monarch. Acting Chief Petty Officer William Charles Browning was born at Crewkerne, Somerset, in January 1871 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Impregnable, aged 15 years. Advanced to Boy 1st Class in April 1887, to Ordinary Seaman in January 1889 and to Leading Seaman in February 1890, he joined H.M.S. Racer in April 1891. In this latter ship he was landed with the Naval Brigade sent to punish Chief Fodeh Cabbah. Further promoted to Petty Officer 2nd Class in November 1895 and to Petty Officer 1st Class in March 1897, he next saw active service in H.M.S. Monarch, which ship he joined in July of the latter year. Landed for service with the Naval Brigade in the Boer War, he saw extensive service which qualified him for a six-clasp medal. Awarded his L.S. and G.C. medal and advanced to Acting Chief Petty Officer in 1904, Browning was invalided ashore in February 1909, suffering from ‘mental deficiency’. A closing statement on his Service Record states that his name was put forward for financial assistance from the Royal Patriotic Fund. Sold with copied record of service.
Lot 511
King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2) (4470 Gnr: A. Mann. R.F.A.; 4824 Corpl: J. Anderson. Northampton: Regt.) light contact marks to first, very fine and better (2) £80-£100 --- A. Mann served during the Boer War with “O” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery and was taken Prisoner of War at Uitval’s Nek on 11 July 1900. He was later released at Waterval Onder on 30 August 1900, a contemporary account stating: ‘when released, the men were half starved and quite weak.’
Lot 639
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Jn. Russell Keepr. Of Aparts. H.M.Yt. Victoria & Albert) engraved naming, nearly extremely fine, scarce £300-£400 --- Provenance: Spink, March 1996. O. Stirling Lee Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2005. John Russell was born in Brompton, Somerset, in January 1839, and entered the Royal Navy as a Ward Room Servant in July 1861. In September 1867 he joined the royal yacht Victoria & Albert as a Captain’s Steward and between September 1869 and December 1872, he held the distinction of being the Keeper of Royal Apartments. Russell was pensioned ashore from the same vessel in November 1881. Sold with copied service papers and research.
Lot 20
A rare Great War campaign group of five awarded to Ambulance Driver, Sergeant Winifred Mordaunt, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, who was amongst the very first F.A.N.Y’s in France, was twice Mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct during an air raid 1914-15 Star (W. Mordaunt. F.A.N.Y.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (W. Mordaunt. F.A.N.Y.C.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-18, with bronze star; together with the recipient’s First Aid Nursing Yeomanry 1914-18 Service Medal, with four riband Stars denoting pre-War Service; and a Sandown Races Bronze Medal, 1882, reverse numbered ‘1088’, light contact marks, therefore generally very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Provenance: A. Flatow Collection, Spink, November 1998; Julian Johnson Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2017. M.I.D. London Gazette 24 December 1917 and 25 May 1918. Winifred Mordaunt, later Mrs John Geare was the daughter of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 10th Baronet, of Walton Hall, Warwick. She served during the Great War as an Ambulance Driver for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front from November 1915. She was based with the Ambulance Motor Convoy at Boulogne, and Pat Beauchamp (a contemporary of hers at Bouglone) in her book Fanny Goes To War gives the following insight: ‘It may be interesting to members of the Corps to know the names of those who formed that pioneer Convoy. They are: Lieutenant Franklin, M. Thompson (Section Leader), B. Ellis, W. Mordaunt, C. Nicholson, D. Heasman, D. Reynolds, G. Quin, M. Gamwell, H. Gamwell, B. Hutchinson, N. F. Lowson, P. B. Waddell, M. Richardson, M. Laidley, O. Mudie-Cooke, P. Mudie-Cooke and M. Lean (the last three were new members).... We arrived at Boulogne in time for lunch, and then set off for our camp thirty kilometres away, in a British Red Cross touring car borrowed from the “Christol Hotel.” We arrived there amid a deluge of rain, and the camp looked indeed a sorry spectacle with tents all awry in the hurricane that was blowing. Bell tents flanked one side of the large open space where the ambulances stood. A big store tent occupied another and the cook-house was in a shed at the extreme corner, with the Mess tent placed about as far from it as possible! We had no telephone in those days, and orderlies came up from the Casino hospital and A.D.M.S. with buff slips when ambulances were wanted. At that time the cars, Argylls, Napiers, Siddeley-Deaseys, and a Crossley, inscribed “Frank Crossley, the Pet of Poperinghe,” were just parked haphazard in the open square, some with their bonnets one way and some another - it just depended which of the two drives up to camp had been chosen. It will make some of the F.A.N.Y.’s smile to hear this, when they think of the neat rows of cars precisely parked up to the dead straight, white-washed line that ultimately became the order of things!’ Mordaunt advanced to the rank of Sergeant, and Beauchamp goes on to mention ‘Winnie’ on several occasions throughout the book. She is also mentioned in F.A.N.Y. Invicta by Irene Ward, including Mordaunt’s post-war involvement with the organisation, when she was elected as a member of the Headquarters Staff Committee: ‘From the beginning of the inter-war period rather different personalities exercised control and the whole administrative machine was overhauled. Franklin was the first Commandant. It was also agreed to establish a more regular central committee to decide on Corps policy. The Headquarters Staff Committee consisted at first of Franklin, Joynson, A. H. Gamwell, Lowson, Mordaunt, Russell-Allen, Baxter Ellis, Mosely, Peyton-Jones, Walton and Waddell (soon to become Colston and Washington).’ Mordaunt is recorded as having been awarded the Croix de Guerre for gallant conduct during an air raid, and her two M.I.D.’s are amongst just 15 to the F.A.N.Y. for the whole of the Great War.
Lot 643
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Jas. Oliver. Sh. Std. For Cadet’s Mess H.M.S. Britannia) impressed naming, good very fine £120-£160 --- Provenance: Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997 and O. Stirling Lee Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2005. James Oliver was born in Itchenabbas, Hampshire, in June 1835. He joined the Royal Navy as Captain’s Cook in August 1855, and advanced to Ship’s Steward for Cadet’s Mess in January 1882. His service included with H.M.S. Britannia from January 1859 to September 1889 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in September 1882). Oliver was shore pensioned in September 1889. Sold with copied service papers.
Lot 277
Pair: Captain O. H. Cheffins, Royal Engineers, late 19th (2nd Tyneside Pioneer) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, who served with the Military Mission to South Russia British War and Victory Medals (Capt. O. H. Cheffins.) mounted for wear, generally good very fine (2) £60-£80 --- Oliver Henry Cheffins was born in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, in May 1876. A Civil Engineer prior to the War, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 19th (2nd Tyneside Pioneer) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers in May 1915. Cheffins advanced to Lieutenant in September 1916, and transferred as Captain to the Royal Engineers in January 1920 (having also served with the Railways Advisory Section during the Great War). He served with the Military Mission in South Russia prior to relinquishing his commission in March 1921. Cheffins was employed as a Civil Engineer in Africa, and returned to reside at 91 Aversham Avenue, Southgate. He was at the latter address during the Second World War, and served as an ARP Warden. Cheffins died aged 93 in Wallingford, Berkshire, in 1969. Sold with copied research.
Lot 310
Pair: Private W. G. Hardie, 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (629006 Pte. W. G. Hardie. 29-Can. Infy.) very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (310229 C. O. Goodison. Sto. 1. R.N.; 628601 Pte. P. Bridge. C.M.G. Bde; 226566 Pte. H. Fisher. C.L..H.; 258263 Pte. F. W. Welbourn. 1-C.M.R.; 102134 Pte. F. Rasmussen 67th Can Pnr. Bn.) last officially renamed, generally very fine (7) £90-£120 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William Ewart Gladstone Hardie was born in Barnaire Tennessee U.S.A. in June 1889. He was a Sailor prior to the Great War, and his mother resided in Lethbridge, Alberta. Hardie served with the 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, Canadian Infantry during the Great War. Harry Fisher was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in March 1897. He served during the Great War with the Canadian Light Horse attached to the Eaton Machine Gun Battery. Private Fisher was killed in action by enemy shelling near Lens, France, 5 August 1917, and is buried in Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-Au-Bois, France. Frederick Rasmussen was born in Denmark in March 1881, and his next of kin was listed as Mrs Clay Hansen, Mollestreet, Skjelskor, Denmark. He served during the Great War with the 67th Pioneer Battalion, Canadian Engineers in the UK.
Lot 13
Seven: Mary E. Symons, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, later French Red Cross, who served as Directress of the Rimberlieu Hospital 1914 Star (M. E. Symons, B.R.C.S. & O. St. J.J.); British War and Victory Medals (M. E. Symons); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1917; Reconnaissance Medal, First Class, gilt, with rosette on riband; Medal of Honour, First Class, gold, the reverse inscribed ‘Mme. Symons, Rimberlieu 1915-1917’, with rosette on riband; Medal of the Societe Academique d’Histoire Internationale, gilt, with rosette on riband, good very fine (7) £600-£800 --- Mary E. Symons, British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, served during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 September 1914. Later, working for the French Red Cross she was the Directress of the Rimberlieu Hospital, at Château Rimberlieu situated to the north of Compiegne. The hospital contained some 80 beds and was from the outset staffed entirely by British personnel. In 1916 an annex containing another 30 beds was added.
Lot 88
ASSORTED JEWELLERY & COLLECTABLES comprising Tego & Co silver chunky 'O' bracelet, believed Mikimoto pearls in J & M Perkin box, pair of 9ct gold set black pearl earrings, black bead cross pendant on bead chain in Butler and Wilson box, magnifying loop, crocodile skin handbagProvenance: private collection GwyneddComments: wear overall, viewing recommended
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