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Lot 113
A scarce post-War M.B.E., Order of St. John group of nine awarded to Warrant Officer W. H. Griffiths, Royal Air Force, who was also mentioned in despatches for services during the Second World War The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s, breast badge, silver and enamel, minor white enamel damage to one arm of cross; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (W/O. W. H. Griffiths. (V 0639261) R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Act. W/O. W. H. Griffiths. (639261) R.A.F.) mounted for wear, very fine (9) £400-£500 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1968. Order of St. John, Serving Brother London Gazette 27 June 1952. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1943. William Henry Griffiths enlisted in the Royal Air Force in April 1939, and advanced to Warrant Officer in January 1960 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in May 1957). The Order of St. John, Serving Brother award to a non-commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force is extremely scarce. Griffiths was recommended for admittance to the order by the Medical Training Establishment, No. 13 Site, R.A.F. Lytham. The latter site (the old U.S.A.F. base at Warton had been broken up into 13 sites) was used for medical training, 1951-55. It became known as the R.A.F. School of Hygiene. Later when the site was renamed R.A.F. Freckleton, the training establishment became the R.A.F. Institute of Community Medicine. Sold with copied research.
Lot 123
A superb Second War 1943 ‘immediate’ Typhoon pilot’s D.F.C. group of six awarded to Squadron Leader I. J. ‘Dave’ Davies, Royal Air Force, a former Corporal Clerk who went on to shoot down 3 FW 190’s during a scrap over the streets of Margate, 1 June 1943 - his first ever engagement with enemy aircraft. A stalwart of 609 Squadron, he went on to add a Dornier 217 to his tally before being posted to command 198 Squadron in time for D-Day operations. Davies successfully led his squadron in an attack on the HQ of the German 84th Corps in a chateau near St. Lo, which was totally destroyed by rocket salvoes, 6 June 1944. His luck ran out when he was shot down by flak whilst attacking gun positions in support of American troops near Cherbourg, 22 June 1944 - ‘He tried to coax it to safety but to no avail and, at 200 feet, Dave bailed out, but he was too low and his parachute was only partially open when he hit the ground’ Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (590433. L.A.C. I. J. Davies. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted on card for display, with named Air Council enclosure and ‘ticker tape’ entitlement slip, both laminated, nearly extremely fine (6) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 3 September 1943, the original recommendation states: ‘Flying Officer I. J. Davies joined No. 609 (WR) Squadron, in April, 1943, after long service in Training Command, and previously as Air Gunner. Apart from taking his full share in Day Defensive Patrols which occupied most of the Squadron’s flying time, he at once showed enthusiasm for individual offensive sorties by day and night, whenever the opportunity offered, and in his first attempt damaged the one locomotive (despite flak) and 2 barges, leaving one in a sinking condition. He also has taken part in a number of shipping attacks and larger scale offensive operations. On June 1st he was patrolling base with another pilot when he saw some 15 FW 190’s attacking Margate. He at once engaged them, destroying one over Broadstairs, a second in mid channel and a third off Ostend, being attacked on the way having to evade 2 more enemy aircraft which tried to attack off their own coast when his own ammunition was exhausted. This was Flying Officer’s Davies first combat with enemy aircraft. His score is as follows: 3 FW 190s destroyed, 2 Locomotives and 2 Barges damaged, 1 Motor Trawler damaged (shared). He has also bombed Abbeville and Drucat airfields at night. Covering Remarks by Sector Commander: F/O Davies’ action in destroying three enemy aircraft during the attack on Margate was an outstanding achievement. I fully endorse this recommendation.’ Additional detail of Davies’ remarkable ‘scrap’ over Margate is given the squadron history, The Story of 609 Squadron - Under The White Rose, by F. Ziegler: ‘Davies attacks four FW 190s which are gunning the streets of Broadstairs. Chasing down after them between the houses, with his own guns blazing, he just has time to see one pull up and its pilot bale out before giving chase to another six which are headed out to sea - five in a ‘vic’, with one in the ‘box’. Firing on the last from 600 yards, this aircraft obliges by ‘weaving’, and closing the range he fires twice more, and it crashes into the sea in a great fountain of water. But he himself has to turn, he is alone, but resuming his original course at full boost, spots another pair of 190s, with a third to port. Saving his last second’s worth of ammo till he is well within range, he attacks the last and it bursts into flame. They are now exactly over Ostend, and the others turn to counterattack. Time to go home. Score: Three. A quite breathtaking story which certainly caught the attention of the public when it was published in the National Press on 3 September 1943.’ Idwal James Davies was to later sit for a portrait by Cuthbert Orde, and his life and service are recorded in an article by Wing Commander J. Routledge thus: ‘Let me tell you the story of the recipient of one group of medals in my collection and see if I can convince you that twentieth century awards can compete in interest and in every other way with earlier medals. Idwal James Davies was on February 15, 1915 at Abertridur, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan. At the age of 15, he left his school-friends and the comfort and security of his family to join the R.A.F. as an apprentice clerk. He enlisted on October 29, 1930 and given the service number 590433. His apprenticeship was enjoyable, albeit somewhat long in comparison with today’s service apprenticeships and it was not until February 18, 1933 that his training was complete. He passed out as a Leading Aircraftman (LAC) in the trade of Clerk, General Duties... The first real excitement for young Dave, as he was known throughout his service career, came in October 1935 with a posting to Iraq, from where he moved on to Palestine in August 1936... Yet he was a discontented young man, whose heart was never in clerical work as he yearned for more excitement. His mind was forever in the air and he dreamed of emulating the aviators that he mingled with. He took every opportunity to get airborne and despite his secretarial role managed many flights as an unofficial air gunner. One particular pilot who befriended Dave in those Palestine days was Pilot Officer J. C. Wells [later Group Captain and D.F.C. and Bar]: their paths would cross again in years to come. With promotion to Corporal on August 15, 1937 and further advancement to the temporary rank of Sergeant, on the outbreak of World War Two, things were beginning to move for Dave, though he was still far from content. The taste he had experienced for flying was still there and had left in him an avid desire to become a fighter pilot. Surely, now that we were at war his services would be needed; clerks were two-a-penny, but fighter pilots...? He pressed his case and was eventually accepted for pilot training, which started in August 1940. He quickly proved himself to be a natural aviator and successfully completed training in April 1941, being awarded his wings and simultaneously being granted a commission as Pilot Officer (service number 63418) in the General Duties Branch (London Gazette May 2, 1941). He was now over 25 years of age, a little old to be starting a career as a fighter pilot. The air battles of France and Britain had been fought and the ex-clerk felt it was now too late, believing that his chance of glory had been missed. His above average flying ability and his maturity in comparison with the many teenagers coming through training combined against him and it should have been no surprise, albeit still a great disappointment, that Pilot Officer Davies found himself retained on instructional duties, the first of a series of such tours in Training Command. Not what the ambitious Dave would have planned for himself and as Charles Lovell would have said, “Not a lot of romance in that.” Dave was appointed to the rank of Acting Flying Officer on May 23, 1941 to give him some authority in his new position and he quickly became something of a character, admired by his students and fellow instructors alike. He was something of a rebel. There were moments of madness which, in a peacetime airforce, could have ruined him. At R.A.F. Little Rissington, in the spring of 1942, he was tried by General Court Martial for “Whilst on active service improperly and without permission flying below the prescribed height&rdq...
Lot 144
A scarce Second War 1942 ‘Channel Air/Sea Rescue’ C.G.M. group of five awarded to Chief Motor Mechanic L. C. T. Adams, Royal Naval Reserve, who took part in a noble, but ultimately doomed, joint Naval and R.A.F. Air/Sea Rescue operation to save the fighter ace Wing Commander ‘Paddy’ Finucane who had been shot down and ditched into the sea south west of Boulogne, 15 July 1942. Four launches, M.L.s 139, 141 and R.A.F. H.S.L.s 138 and 140, set out for the stricken aircraft only to come under concentrated attack from at least 10 F.W. 190 fighter aircraft. Adams’ launch, M.L. 139, was attacked on five separate occasions, suffering casualties to the crew and hits which set the fuel tanks on fire. Adams and one other advanced into this inferno, surrounded by deadly gas, and managed to control the fires enough for the ship to withdraw - ‘That was the last attack, and three damaged boats came safely to harbour with their load of wounded. The courage of their crews under this fierce onslaught showed most eloquently how the human spirit can rise above such grim horror and misfortune and the ugliness of war’ Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.VI.R. (L. C. T. Adams. A/Ch. Mtr. Mech. R.N.) officially impressed naming, minor official correction to ‘RN’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (5) £10,000-£14,000 --- C.G.M. London Gazette 29 September 1942: ‘For gallantry, resolution and seamanship when H.M. Air/Sea Rescue Craft were heavily attacked by enemy aircraft in the Straits of Dover.’ The original recommendation (jointly listed with D/JX. 133162 Able Seaman G. Sandford) for an immediate C.G.M. states: ‘On 15th July 1942, H.M. M.L.139 with three other craft was engaged in rescuing airmen from the sea in the Dover Strait when she was attacked by 12 or more F.W.190s. M.L.139 was hit and a fire was started in the petrol compartment. Adams together with another rating [Sandford] entered the almost inaccessible compartment without breathing apparatus and put out the fire. Their action, knowing that the compartment contained over a thousand gallons of high octane spirit, that a tank was holed and vapour was present with the ship under fire from the enemy showed the greatest courage and devotion. These two men undoubtedly saved the ship by their bravery, resource and initiative.’ Leslie Charles Adams resided in Court Hill, Sanderstead, Surrey. He served with the Royal Naval Reserve during the Second World War, and distinguished himself whilst serving with Motor Launch 139 in an Air/Sea Rescue capacity, 15 July 1942. The incident is related in detail in The Battle of the Narrow Seas, A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945, by Lieutenant Commander P. Scott, M.B.E., D.S.C. & Bar, R.N.V.R.: ‘Air/Sea Rescue is a duty shared between the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy. The R.A.F. uses H.S.L.s (High Speed Launches) and the Navy uses specially constructed R.M.L.s (Rescue Motor Launches), which are larger and slower. Besides these vessels specially designed for the work many other ships have been required to go to the assistance of airmen in distress, amongst them all kinds of Coastal Force craft. Air/Sea Rescue is an all-weather job, for the airmen are just as likely to crash into the sea when it is rough as when it is smooth; the boats must put forth in foul weather as well as fair, for broken hull frames are of no consequence when there are lives to be saved. The R.M.L.s based on the east coast, for example, have done their unspectacular work magnificently, far out in the North Sea, searching in all weathers for the crews of our own and American aircraft damaged in the air battles over the Continent. With the steady increase in air activity, A.S.R. work increased proportionately... With our ever-increasing control of the skies, the danger of being attacked by enemy aircraft while engaged on A.S.R. work grew steadily less. But in the summer of 1942 it was still a serious menace. For example, on the 15th July in the course of a fighter sweep, Wing Commander “Paddy” Finucane, D.S.O., D.F.C., was shot down into the sea 7 miles south-west of Boulogne. Two H.S.L.s and two M.L.s were directed to attempt the rescue, although it was later discovered that he had not survived the crash. The boats reached the Bullock Bank in mid-Channel at about 1.20 in the afternoon when the first of a series of devastating attacks was carried out on them by ten Focke Wulf 190 fighters. First H.S.L. 140 was hit, suffering casualties of one killed and one wounded. One of the aircraft, however, was seen to be damaged. The remainder made H.S.L. 138 (commanded by F/O. W. E. Walters, R.A.F.) the object of their concentrated attention. Walters was wounded in the first attack on his boat and fell forward into the fo’c’sle; the forward gunner was also wounded, but in spite of that the H.S.L. kept firing until all its ammunition was expended. By that time it was burning from stem to stern. The nursing orderly, Aircraftman W. Morgan, who had been badly wounded in the arm, continued to carry out his duties and attended to the casualties below. Every member of the ship’s company had by now been wounded and the fo’c’sle was full of smoke. The attacks continued and a moment later Morgan was killed. Flying Officer Walters and Aircraftman M. Pring, themselves both wounded in the legs but realising the imminent necessity for abandoning ship, struggled to carry the gunner to the upper deck. When finally they succeeded they collapsed on the deck. Aircraftman Pring was the first to come to, and he pushed the other two over the side and joined them in the water. Having set the H.S.L. on fire the German fighters switched their attack to M.L. 139. Her Commanding Officer - Lt. A. R. S. Hodgson, R.N.V.R., records that they made five runs, in the first of which the fuel tanks were set on fire. The second caused another fire aft and a number of casualties, but in each of these runs one aircraft was damaged and the second time pieces were seen to fall off the target. Each successive attack increased the damage and the casualties. The fires were the most serious menace, however. The methyl-bromide extinguishers had been released in the petrol compartment, but the fire was only partially extinguished and the compartment was filled with the deadly gas. In spite of this, Acting Chief Motor Mechanic L. Adams and Able Seaman G. Sandford, armed with hoses and Pyrenes, entered this most inaccessible compartment without breathing apparatus and put out the fire. They both worked in this confined space well knowing that the tank, with over a thousand gallons of high-octane spirit, had been pierced and that petrol vapour was present which might explode at any time; and in addition the ship was still under fire. In the opinion of the Commanding Officer the ship was saved by the bravery and resource of these two men, who were later awarded the C.G.M. When the Germans flew off and the fires had been brought under control, M.L. 139, with two officers and two ratings wounded, went at once to the assistance of the burning H.S.L., where three survivors were taken from the water. M.L. 141 which had so far escaped attack, although she had been engaging the Germans as they attacked the others, rescued seven more survivors of the H.S.L. from their raft and proceeded to destroy the blazing wreck by depth charges. Twenty minutes later six more F.W. 190s appeared, and although our Spitfires were protecting the other M.L., the enemy managed to carry out one run on 141 from ahead, in the course of which one officer was killed and three ratings we...
Lot 145
A Great War submariner’s D.S.M. group of three awarded to Leading Seaman H. C. Wright, H.M. Submarine D7, for the sinking of the U-45 in September 1917 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (191473 H. C. Wright, Lg. Sean. H.M.S. “D7” Atlantic Ocean 12th Sept. 1917); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (H. C. Wright, A.B., H.M.S. Doris) impressed naming; 1914-15 Star (191473 H. C. Wright, L.S. R.N.) light pitting, otherwise very fine (3) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 17 November 1917: ‘For services in action with enemy submarines.’ The recommendation states: ‘Sinking of German submarine U45 12 September 1917. Since joining the flotilla on 14 April Submarine D7 has done 99 days on patrol and 54 days in harbour, which I believe to be a record for any overseas patrol, and which has only been possible through the sustained and united hard work of the whole of the crew, and especially the engine room staff.’ ‘It was not until September 1917 that a patrol submarine north of Ireland achieved a sinking. U-45 (Sittenfield) had sailed with U-88 and U-54 on the 5th; a week later she was on the surface west of the Shetlands when D-7 sighted her and dived to attack. Twenty minutes later a stern torpedo, fired at 800 yards, struck the U-boat just before the conning tower. One of the two survivors picked up by the British submarine was the radio operator, who had been about to send a message to Wilhelmshaven. He did not have time to do so, and the German command had no idea as to where U-45 was sunk.’ The commanding officer of D7, Lieutenant O. E. Hallifax, was awarded the D.S.O. for this action, as well as one D.S.C. and two further D.S.M.s to other members of the crew. Herbert Charles Wright was born on 10 July 1881, and joined the Navy in July 1899. He joined the submarine branch in November 1912 and served aboard H.M. Submarine D7 from that date until February 1919. He served aboard E33 towards the end of that year and was Shore Pensioned in July 1921.
Lot 201
Five: Captain E. O. King, Hampshire Regiment, later Royal Army Ordnance Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (190 Pte. E. O. King, 2nd. Hampshire Regt.); Defence Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (380802 S. Mjr. E. O. King. 17/Hamps: R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Ernest Otto King); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (284 C. Sjt: E. O. King. 5/Hants: Regt.) mounted court-style for display in this order, generally good very fine and better (5) £300-£400 --- Ernest Otto King was born in Southampton on 6 July 1876 and joined the Post Office as a temporary Postman on 30 August 1896, being confirmed as Town Postman on 4 November of that year. He attested for the Hampshire Regiment for the duration of hostilities at Winchester on 24 January 1900, having previously served in the Regiment’s 2nd Volunteer Battalion, and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 11 May 1900 to 17 May 1901. He was one of the Volunteers who received the Freedom of the Borough of Southampton on 10 October 1900, and was discharged on 24 May 1901, resuming his employment as a Postman. King was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 8 of January 1914, whilst serving with the 5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, and served with the Hampshire Regiment throughout the Great War, from 4 August 1914 to 14 February 1919. Advanced Warrant Officer Class II in 1915, and Warrant Officer Class I in 1917, for his services at home with the 17th Battalion was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette 22 February 1919). King joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in November 1920, and as promoted Lieutenant in 1922. Advanced Captain, he was awarded the Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement from the Post Office on his 60th birthday (London Gazette 4 September 1936). Sold with copied research and medal roll extracts.
Lot 220
Three: Leading Telegraphist W. J. Thorne, Royal Navy, who died in service on 14 July 1945 1914-15 Star (J.18602. W. J. Thorne. O. Tel., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.18602 W. J. Thorne. L. Tel. R.N.) light contact marks, good very fine Three: Gunner F. Bateman, Royal Marine Artillery, who served in H.M.S. Collingwood at the Battle of Jutland 1914015 Star (R.M.A. 13379. Gr. F. Bateman.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.A. 13379 Gr. F. Bateman.) very fine (6) £80-£100 --- William John Thorne was born in Catford, London, on 24 October 1896 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 26 June 1912. He served in a variety of ships and shore-based establishments during the Great War, and was advanced Leading Telegraphist on 9 July 1917. He died in service on 14 July 1945, and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Frank Bateman was born in Yorkshire on 6 March 1896 and enlisted in the Royal Marine Artillery on 11 March 1913. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Collingwood, and was present in her as part of the 1st Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, where she fired a total of 84 twelve-inch shells and 35 four-inch shells during the battle. Sub-Lieutenant H.R.H. The Prince Albert (later H.M. King George VI) commanded her forward turret during the Battle. Bateman was shore invalided at R.N. Hospital Haslar on 5 November 1919. Sold with copied records of service.
Lot 228
Three: Second Lieutenant Stanley Major, 3rd attached 1st Battalion, East Kent Regiment, late Sergeant, 18th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, killed in action 3 March 1917 1914-15 Star (PS-1768 Sjt. S. Major. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. S. Major.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Stanley Major served as a sergeant with the 18th (1st Public School) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, in France from 14 November 1915. He was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion, East Kent Regiment, on 4 August 1916, and was attached to the 1st Battalion of that regiment when he was killed in action on 3 March 1917. He is buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, France. Sold with small portrait photograph and ‘The Buffs’ badge, together with copied Medal Index Card which gives his widow’s address as c/o Messrs. Searles Ltd., Great Brak River, Cape Province, South Africa.
Lot 232
Three: Lieutenant O. T. Walton, South Lancashire Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, who was killed in action during aerial combat over Baralle, northern France, on 12 April 1917, when his F.E.2d collided with an Albatross D.III piloted by German Ace Lieutenant A. Schulte; both aircraft were destroyed, with both men claiming each other as their final victory 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. O. T. Walton. S. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. O. T. Walton.) nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400 --- Oswald Thomas Walton was born Crofton-on-Tees, Yorkshire, the son of the Rev. John Walton, of Langton-on-Swale, Northallerton, Yorkshire, and was educated at Worksop College and Oxford University. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the South Lancashire Regiment on 22 April 1915 and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 October 1915. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, and was killed in action during aerial combat over Baralle, northern France on 12 April 1917, whilst serving with 18 Squadron, when his F.E.2d collided with a German Albatross D.Ill, piloted by the German Ace Lieutenant Adolf Schulte - both men’s planes were destroyed, with both claiming each other as their final victory. He is buried in the H.A.C. Cemetery at Ecoust St. Mein, France. Sold with copied research.
Lot 271
Pair: Acting Lance-Corporal E. O. U. Lundy, Canadian Machine Gun Brigade British War and Victory Medals (603177 A. L. Cpl. E. O. U. Lundy. C.M.G. Bde.) good very fine Pair: Private R. G. Clark, 52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (234811 Pte. R. G. Clark. 52-Can. Inf.) good very fine Pair: Private W. Rae, 52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (2378862 Pte. W. Rae. 52-Can.Inf.) very fine (6) £120-£160 --- Reginald George Clark, a farmer from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, was born in Leeds, Yorkshire on 22 November 1895. He attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 21 April 1916 for service with the 203rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, and served with the 52nd Battalion on the Western Front from 5 March 1917. He was reported missing on 27 August 1918 and later confirmed as being killed in action. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France. Sold with copied service papers.
Lot 273
Three: Private P. O. Blyth, Royal Norfolk Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War with the British Expeditionary Force on 5 June 1940 India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (5770160 Pte. P. O. Blyth. R. Norf. R.); 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine (3) £200-£240 --- Percy Osborn Blyth was born at Woodton, Norfolk, on 15 May 1909 and attested for the Norfolk Regiment at Norwich on 4 February 1930. He served with the 1st Battalion in Waziristan from 5 May to 24 September 1937, and then with the 7th Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War in France from 13 January 1940. Attached to the 51st Highland Division, he was captured and taken prisoner of war on 5 June 1940, and was held in captivity for the rest of the war at Stalag IX C at Bad Sulza, Germany, finally being released on 18 April 1945; during his period in captivity he suffered a fractured wrist, apparently as a result whilst working in a salt mine. He was discharged on 19 October 1945, and died in Norwich on 26 January 1975. Sold with copied research.
Lot 300
Pair: Warrant Officer Class II J. O. Campbell, Royal Army Medical Corps General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (7264667 W.O. Cl.2. J. O. Campbell. R.A.M.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (7264667 S/Sgt. J. O. Campbell. R.A.M.C.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, very fine and an unusual combination to this unit (2) £100-£140 --- James Otho Campbell was born in Aldershot on 5 July 1920, the son of James Wright Campbell who had served in the Great War with the Military Mounted Police and the Army Veterinary Corps. He qualified for his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 18 September 1956 which suggests some Second World War service. He died in Aldershot on 26 January 1986.
Lot 324
A very rare ‘Seetabuldee & Nagpore’ clasp Army of India Medal awarded to Lieutenant, later Major-General, L. W. Watson, 24th Native Infantry, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his gallantry during the heroic defence of Seetabuldee in November 1817, and was additional severely wounded by a sabre during the hand to hand fighting at the storming of the fortresses of Chandah, being again Mentioned here and at the taking of Mundelah in 1818. He subsequently commanded the troops in Penang, Singapore, and Malacca Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Seetabuldee & Nagpore (Lieut. L. W. Watson, 24th N.I.) long hyphen reverse, impressed naming, very fine £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: Fred Rockwood Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 2014. Only 19 clasps for Seetabuldee & Nagpore were issued to European recipients. Another medal is known named to this recipient but with the short hyphen reverse (last sold by Dix Noonan Webb in June 2013). Both Long and Short hyphen medals are as issued. Lewis Wentworth Watson, the son of Thomas Watson, M.D., was born in the Parish of Burwash, Sussex, on 30 November 1790. He was nominated a Cadet on the Madras Establishment by Sir Hugh Inglis, Bart., and granted a commission in the 24th Madras Native Infantry on 3 July 1807. Ten years later, Watson would play an important role in what would be one of the most celebrated actions against overwhelming odds of the era. The Defence of the Residency at Seetabuldee At sunset on 26 November 1817 Watson was present as a Lieutenant in the 1/24th Madras N.I. on the slopes of the Seetabuldee hills, the crowns of which stood some 400 yards apart. At the foot of these hills was the British Residency for Nagpore to which a small force of troops had been sent to defend under Lieutenant Colonel Scott of the 1/24th. The total defending force consisted of two much reduced Battalions of 1/20th and 1/24th Madras native infantry (amounting to less than one full Battalion in total due to sickness!), three troops of Bengal Native Cavalry, four six-pounder guns manned by Europeans of the Madras artillery, Resident Escorts of two companies of volunteers of native infantry from Barrackpore, a reduced battalion of the Nagpore subsidiary force (mainly unarmed!) and other small detachments. Total fighting strength of between 1200 and 1315 all ranks. The Marathas forces consisted of around 18,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry and 36 pieces of artillery. The larger hill of Badi Tekri was occupied by the 1/20th, half the escorts, a company of the 1/24th, elements of the Nagpore force and half of the escorts, under Lieutenant Colonel Scott. About 300 men of the 24th Regiment and two guns under Captain Saddle were posted on the smaller hill of Choti Tekri with one 6-pounder gun. The cavalry were posted around the residency, the bulk of the mostly unarmed Nagpore troops and other smaller detachments. On the other side of the hills to the Residency, the village suburbs gave cover to the Maratha troops, especially the Arabs, who throughout the day on 26 November were gathering in large numbers. The Arabs began the battle in the evening by opening fire on Choti Tekri. The engagement lasted until the early hours of the morning, when it slackened somewhat. Several times during the night the Arabs tried to capture the hill. Although they were repulsed, they inflicted heavy casualties and Captain Saddle was shot and killed. As the ranks of 24th Regiment were thinned, reinforcements were sent down from the 20th Regiment, who were occupying the upper hill. At dawn on 27 November, the British troops were still holding on in an isolated position. At 5:00 am, the few remaining men of the 24th Regiment, being utterly exhausted, were withdrawn. Their place was taken by the Residents Escorts, with orders to confine their defence to the summit of the lower hill. The fight continued until 9:00 the next morning, when the Arabs charged and captured the hill. They turned the captured gun against the higher hill position inflicting numerous casualties. The Maratha Cavalry and Infantry closed in from all sides and prepared for a general assault. The Arabs broke into the huts of the British troops, ransacking them and some Maratha cavalry entered the residency compound. Captain Fitzgerald, in command of three troops of Bengal Cavalry and some horsemen of the resident escorts, had been requesting permission to charge, but his request was repeatedly turned down. Seeing the impending destruction, he made a last request. “Tell him to charge at his peril,” Colonel Scott replied. “At my peril be it,” said Captain Fitzgerald. He and his troops then charged some of the enemy cavalry, killed some of their supporting infantry, and captured their two guns. When the infantry posted on the hill witnessed this exploit, they became freshly animated. Just then an explosion of ammunition took place amongst the Arabs on the lower hill and Colonel Scott ordered a counter-attack on the smaller hill. After a word of encouragement from the British Resident, Mr Richard Jenkins, Captain William Lloyd led a headlong bayonet charge led by the 1/24th, and the Resident’s Escort. The British troops took two of their guns, and returned to their position. The Arabs rallied with the intention of attempting to recover the lost ground. As they were getting ready to come up, a troop of cavalry charged around the base of the hill, attacked the Arabs in the flank, and dispersed them. The British troops now advanced from the hill, drove the infantry from the adjoining hills, and by noon the conflict was over. In what would be by far the most costly battle of the Third Maratha War with regards to numbers involved, the British lost 367 killed and wounded, including 16 officers. Watson, whose battalion suffered 149 casualties in the battle, was afterwards noticed in Scott’s report dated ‘Camp, Nagpore, 30 November 1817’ as one of the officers conspicuous in the counter-attack (London Gazette 7 August 1819). Lieutenant Watson was the only Officer of the 1/24th to receive a clasp for Seetabuldee for his Army of India medal. For their gallantry at Seetabuldee, the 1/24th Madras were restored their title of the 1/1st Madras infantry, senior regiment in the Madras Army. They had lost this title in 1806 for their participation in the Vellore Mutiny of that year and had been renamed the 24th. Years later they were renamed the 61st Pioneers and were one of just two regiments to bear the battle honour of Seetabuldee on their colours. Except for the flank companies, the 1/24th were on baggage duty during the battle of Nagpore on the 16 December 1817 and therefore did not participate in battle itself. However, they did take part in the siege and assault of Nagpore itself between 19 and 24 December 1817 for which Watson shared in the Nagpore Prize. It is not clear if Watson was in one of the flank companies or with the main body of the battalion. A brief service as Assistant Adjutant General saw him at the taking of the fort at Mundelah in March 1818, after which he was duly ‘extolled’ for his services in General Orders by the Governor-General: ‘The able and zealous services of Captain Watson, Assistant Adjutant General of the Army, are entitled to the Major-General’s warmest acknowledgement, not only on the present occasion but during the whole of the time he has conducted the details of the division.’ In May 1818, having been appointed Adjutant of the newly renamed 1/1st Madras Native Infantry (ex 1/24th), he took part in and was wounded in the shoulder by a sabre during the assault on the fortress City of Chandah. Here the 1/1st N.I. formed part of the left column storming the breech and according to o...
Lot 342
An Indian Mutiny medal to Surgeon-Major G. M. Ogilvie, Bombay Medical Service, awarded the C.B. for his services as officiating Sanitary Commissioner and Superintendent of Jails during the siege of Lucknow Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Defence of Lucknow (G, M, Ogilvie, M.D.) extremely fine £2,000-£2,400 --- Note: A second medal is known to this officer and was sold in these rooms as part of the Brian Ritchie Collection, September 2004. Issued off the rolls of the Bombay Medical Department it has an additional clasp for Lucknow and is named ‘Surgn. G. M. Ogilvie, Supt. of Jails’. The medal now offered appears to have been issued off the Civilian rolls, a not uncommon instance of a double issuance. George Mathieson Ogilvie, the son of Major Ogilvie of the Madras Infantry, was born at Secunderabad on 28 December 1818, and studied medicine at Edinburgh. Having ‘applied himself with great diligence to the Study of and Practice of Surgery’, as required by the H.E.I.Co., he was nominated an Assistant Surgeon on the Bombay Establishment by Captain John Shepherd, Esq., on the recommendation of Captain Stevens. Ogilvie was appointed Assistant Surgeon on 9 March 1841, and was attached to the European Hospital on arrival at Bombay in July of that year. In January 1842, he was directed to join the Scinde Field Force and take medical charge of the left wing of the 15th Bombay N.I. The following year he was placed at the disposal of the Superintendent of the Indian Navy and was directed to conduct the duties of Port Surgeon, presumably at Bombay. After home leave in 1847, he was appointed to the 13th Bombay N.I. and following another period of leave to Europe, he was appointed Garrison Surgeon at Bombay. Promoted Surgeon in 1855, he was next appointed, in 1856, to the charge of ‘Jails and Dispensaries in the province of Oude’, a post which brought him to Lucknow. On 2 July 1857, the second full day of the siege of the Lucknow Residency, Dr Ogilvie, who had been appointed Garrison Sanitary Commissioner, was summoned to Dr Fayrer’s house. Sir Henry Lawrence had been severely wounded in the Residency building while talking to the Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Thomas Wilson. Wilson and others moved him to Fayrer’s house as the Residency was still under heavy fire, and there Ogilvie and his colleagues foregathered. ‘There was nothing to be done for the dying man beyond checking what little haemorrhage was present, supporting the injured limb with bandages and pillows, and giving stimulants to counteract shock. When the pain became excessive Dr Fayrer gave him chloroform. He consulted Dr Partridge and Dr Ogilvie on the question of operating, but they both agreed that it would be hopeless. They were satisfied, after a further examination under anaesthetic, that the pelvis was fractured, and that it would therefore be useless to amputate at the hip joint. Even if the thigh bone alone had been broken, it was doubtful whether the patient could have stood the shock of amputation.’ Lawrence’s nephew, George, ‘was constantly beside him. Dr Ogilvie keeping him company, while Mrs Harris, Mrs Dashwood, and Mrs Clarke helped to nurse him. He seemed to Mrs Harris to be suffering the utmost agony, but Dr Fayrer did not believe that the pain was intolerable. During the 3rd July Lawrence was gradually sinking, and took nothing but a little arrowroot and champagne. At eight o’clock on the morning of the fourth he died, so quietly that his nephew, who had just been shot through the shoulder and was sitting at his feet, did not know he was dead until Dr Ogilvie told him.’ His dying words, “I forgive everyone - I forgive my brother John”, referred to a disagreement he had had with his younger brother and colleague on the Punjab Board of Administration, which had resulted in his appointment at Lucknow. In his capacity as Sanitary Commissioner, Ogilvie had managed reasonably well before Chinhut but afterwards, with the Indian sweepers deserting daily, and the troops being otherwise employed, his department struggled to allay the constant reek of carrion and ordure. With the temperature averaging 110° and with torrential monsoon downpours, the health of the garrison soon began to suffer. Child mortality increased and there were several cases of cholera. Painful boils appeared on the faces of many Europeans, and ‘not in a single case had the amputation of a limb saved the patient’s life’. On 15 September Mrs Soppitt, whose small son had died of cholera at the beginning of the siege, made an entry in her journal concerning Ogilvie’s wife and reflecting the scarcity of food: ‘Bought a bullock’s heart at a fabulous price, 10/-. Mrs O., wife of a doctor, who was a personal friend of Outram, gave me a sheep’s head.’ As Sir James Outram and Sir Henry Havelock fought their way towards the Residency with the First Relief Force on 25 September, Ogilvie was ordered to find out how many carts would be needed to evacuate the non-combatants, though the so-called Relief Force turned out to be no more than a reinforcement. Rashly, the ‘garrison had concluded that at last there was no need to stint. At the Brigade Mess, where several dozen of champagne had been hoarded against the relief, every man was free to eat and drink his fill. The officers of the relieving force were astonished to find the men they had relieved living, as they thought, in such style, having looked to find them eating horse flesh or even rat.’ The arrival of the First Relief Force, however, gave Ogilvie the necessary labour to overhaul the sanitary arrangements, clear away the accumulated filth and the carcasses of dead animals from the neighbourhood of the Residency and the extended perimeter around the palace area. Both Doctor and Mrs Ogilvie survived the siege and were evacuated from the Residency by Sir Colin Campbell’s relief force in November. Ogilvie was thanked for his services in Brigadier Inglis’ despatch (London Gazette 16 January 1858), and subsequently received the thanks of the Government of India. On being withdrawn, Ogilvie was instructed to ‘continue in charge of the families of the Lucknow Garrison while in progress from Cawnpore to Allahabad’. His name further appeared on Outram’s ‘Recommendatory List’ - ‘Surgeon G. M. Ogilvie officiated as Sanitary Commissioner throughout the siege. To his very efficient performance of his important duties, with inadequate means, is to be attributed our comparative immunity from sickness, both before and after General Havelock’s junction.’ In July 1858 the Ogilvies left India on home leave for eighteen months, and in January 1859, the Doctor received tangible recognition of his efforts at Lucknow, when he received from the Queen the insignia of a Companion of the Bath which had been announced in the London Gazette of 16 November 1858. In 1860 he became a M.R.C.P. and early the following year he was promoted Surgeon Major. He died soon afterwards at Suez on 26 October 1861. Refs: Hodson Index (NAM); IOL L/MIL/9/388; IOL L/MIL/12/85; Ordeal at Lucknow (Joyce).
Lot 417
Victory Medal 1914-19 (9) (Ply-19137 Pte. C. G. Newland. R.M.L.I.; 606 Pte. R. A. Andrews. A.I. Force.; 54 Pte. W. Carroll. 42. Bn. A.I.F.; 24572 Dvr. L. Claudius. 3 D.A.C. A.I.F.; 10330 Dvr. M. Coghlan. 2 F.A.B. A.I.F.; 431 Pte. F. E. Cox. 44 Bn. A.I.F.; 3341 Pte. L. O. Fletcher. 1. Pnr. Bn. A.I.F.; 38477 Pte. E. G. Anderson. N.Z.E.F.; 15987 Rflm. H. T. Smith. N.Z.E.F.) generally very fine (9) £80-£100
Lot 470
Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (C18299 F/O W. J. Bassett); together with the recipient’s silver identity bracelet ‘W. J. Bassett, R87503’, the reverse engraved ‘“Good Luck” P.M.O’s, Jan. 1942’, edge bruising to reverse rim, otherwise about extremely fine £50-£70 --- William John Bassett was born in Redruth, Cornwall, on 6 December 1906 and having emigrated to Canada attested for Lord Strathcona’s Horse at Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 4 June 1927. Discharged by purchase on 4 June 1928, he next attested for the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps at Winnipeg on 5 June 1929, and having been advanced Staff Sergeant on 15 April 1939 transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force on 15 November 1940. He served overseas with the R.C.A.F. Medical Service from 1942 to 1944, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 30 August 1946. He retied on 1949. Sold with copied research.
Lot 548
France, Third Republic, Madagascar Medal 1895, by O. Roty, as issued for the Second Expedition, silver, with 1895 oak and laurel leaves clasp, good very fine £50-£70 --- Sold with the original Bestowal Document for the Madagascar Medal, named to Monsieur Edouard Jacques Fines, Lieutenant d’Infantie de Marine, and dated 2 July 1896.
Lot 253
Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales from the old French, London: Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1921, 30 tipped-in colour plates with paper guards, period inscription to the front endpaper, endpapers spotted, some light marginal toning, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, together with:Hassall (W. O.), The Holkham Bible Picture Book, London: The Dropmore Press, 1954, numerous monochrome facsimiles, some minor toning & marks, original red morocco with embossed vellum, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, plusMoore (Thomas), Paradise and the Peri, London: Day & Son, 1860, 52 illuminated lithographic pages, all with some spine margin loss & rebound to later paper, some spotting, toning & light water damage, later endpapers,original embossed full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, large 8vo, and other illuminated literature & modern fiction, particularly by Latino authors, including Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Juan Carlos Onetti, G. Cabrera Infante, Mario Vargas Llosa, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 705
Vinyl Record LP's and Picture Discs including Prince And The Revolution - Kiss - W8751P (Shaped Picture Disc); Paisley Park - W9052P (Shaped Picture Disc); Purple Rain - W9174T; I Would Die 4 U - 920 921-0; Prince And The New Power Generation - Sign 'O' The Times - WX8; Gett Off - W0056T (6)
Lot 436
A collection of Hornby O Gauge tinplate rolling stock, comprising a Redline-Glico petrol tank wagon 'REDLINE-GLICO, SUPER PETROL', unboxed; an LMS cement wagon 'LMS, CEMENT', unboxed; an LMS banana van, unboxed etc, each unboxed; a Gebrüder Bing O Gauge tinplate coach, red body with brown roof, unboxed; another, blue body with dark brown roof, unboxed and a Gebrüder Bing tinplate single arm signal, 41cm high, unboxed (quantity)
Lot 506
A Victorian 18ct gold, ruby and diamond three stone ring, mounted with a cushion cut diamond between two cushion cut rubies, Birmingham 1880, weight 2.2g, ring size approx J, and a 9ct gold, sapphire and diamond nine stone cluster ring, weight 4g, ring size approx O.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 595
An 18ct gold, emerald and diamond ring, claw set with a rectangular step cut emerald at the centre, otherwise set with circular cut diamonds, London 2020, weight 8.1g, ring size approx O.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 755
An 18ct white gold, treated blue topaz and diamond ring, claw set with the oval treated blue topaz between shoulders mounted with three rows of circular cut diamonds, London 2013, weight 4g, ring size approx O.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 553
A gold, platinum, diamond and sapphire three stone ring, mounted with a cushion cut diamond and two cushion cut sapphires, detailed '18ct Plat', weight 4.3g, ring size approx O, and a gold, sapphire and diamond cluster ring, claw set with four circular cut sapphires, otherwise set with small circular cut diamonds, detailed '18ct', weight 4.7g, ring size approx O1/2 (four diamonds lacking).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 568
An 18ct gold ring, mounted with a diamond between ruby two stone sides, Birmingham 1914, ring size approx O, a gold, ruby and colourless gem set ring in a twist design, detailed '750', total weight 5.1g, and a gold, ruby and seed pearl ring with a trefoil motif, detailed '585', weight 1.7g.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 731
A 9ct gold and diamond cluster ring with diamond set three stone shoulders, London 1970, ring size approx O, a 9ct gold ring in a woven design, total weight 5.5g, and another ring, mounted with a coin.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 560
A 9ct white gold, diamond and garnet seven stone cluster ring, mounted with a circular cut diamond within a surround circular cut garnets, ring size approx O, and a 9ct gold, pink sapphire and diamond ring, mounted with a row of square cut pink sapphires between circular cut diamond set sides, ring size approx Q, total weight 7.2g.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 561
A 9ct gold wide band wedding ring with decorated edges, London 1976, ring size approx T, and another 9ct gold wide band wedding ring, decorated with a geometric design, total weight 11.9g, London 1975, ring size approx O.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 613
A gold, platinum and diamond three stone ring, mounted with the principal circular cut diamond between two smaller circular cut diamonds, detailed '18ct & Plat', weight 3.7g, ring size approx O.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 615
A 9ct gold, opal and ruby oval pendant, claw set with a large oval opal within a ruby set surround, London 1975, weight 8.4g, length 3.9cm, and a gold, opal and ruby oval cluster ring, claw set with an oval opal within a ruby set surround, indistinct mark, weight 3.5g, ring size approx O.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 567
A diamond full eternity ring, mounted with circular cut diamonds, unmarked, weight 3.4g, ring size approx O.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 586
A 9ct gold, ruby and diamond three stone necklace, the front mounted with a circular cut ruby between two circular cut diamonds, on a snap clasp, length 41cm, and a 9ct gold, ruby and diamond five stone ring with a boat shaped setting, ring size approx O, total weight 7.2g.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 566
An 18ct gold, diamond and sapphire ring in a twin three stone shank design, mounted with five cushion cut diamonds and a single cushion cut sapphire, indistinct mark, weight 3.8g, ring size approx P1/2, and a 9ct gold and colourless gem set hexagonal cluster ring, weight 3.9g, ring size approx O.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
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