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A group of Army Ordnance Corps cap badges

A unit history of The 1 Assault Brigade Ordnance Field Park, 79th Armoured Division, published in Germany, 1945; together with a "Short History, 847 Smoke Company (SM) Pioneer Corps"

Ordnance Survey Map of Sheffield Centre 1935, cutlery 'Bezique;' card game etc:- One Box.Lot 1008 - complete but dog eared edges, no ink or pen marks, Yorkshire (West Riding) Sheet CCXCIV, 8 scale 1 to 2500.

Ordnance Survey Maps. postcards, cigarette cards, etc.Lot 1049 - there are roughly 38 maps and are generally in reasonable condition

A Collection Of Cap Badges to include REME Ordnance Survey and Royal Engineers on ten cards

FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan signed 7x3 page dated 23rd January 1894 . Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, GCB, PC (30 September 1788 - 28 June 1855), known before 1852 as Lord FitzRoy Somerset, was a British Army officer. When a junior officer, he served in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign, latterly as military secretary to the Duke of Wellington. He also took part in politics as Tory Member of Parliament for Truro, before becoming Master-General of the Ordnance. He became commander of the British troops sent to the Crimea in 1854: his primary objective was to defend Constantinople, and he was also ordered to besiege the Russian Port of Sevastopol. After an early success at the Battle of Alma, a failure to deliver orders with sufficient clarity caused the fateful Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. Despite further success at the Battle of Inkerman, a poorly coordinated allied assault on Sevastopol in June 1855 was a complete failure. Raglan died later that month, after having dysentery and depression.

HARDING (D.F.)Smallarms Of The East India Company 1600-1856, vols. I and II, gilt-stamped red cloth-covered boards, in slip-case; vols. III and IV, gilt-stamped red cloth-covered boards, in slip-case; An Introduction to East India Company Smallarms c1775-1851, 2013 - BAILEY (D.W.): Pattern Dates for British Ordnance Small Arms 1718-1783, with signed dedication by the author, 1997; British Military Flintlock Rifles 1740-1840, with signed dedication by the author, 2002; British Board of Ordnance Small Arms Contractors 1689-1840 (2 copies), 1999 - CHISNALL (BARRY) AND DAVIES (GEOFFREY): British Cavalry Carbines & Pistols of the Napoleonic Era, 2013 - CHISNALL (BARRY): British Non Ordnance Military Carbines 1750-1900, 2011 - GILKERSON (WILLIAM): Boarder Away II..., d.w., 1993 - GOLDSTEIN (ERIK): 18th Century Weapons of the Royal Welsh Fuziliers from Flixton Hall, 2002 - DARLING (ANTHONY D.): Red Coat and Brown Bess, Historical Arms Series No. 12, 1987 - PURDON (CHARLES J.): The Snider-Enfield Rifle..., Historical Arms Series No. 24, 1990 - CLEPHAN (R. COLTMAN): The Military Handgun Of The Sixteenth Century., reprint from The Archaeological Journal, 1910 - PAM (DAVID): The Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield..., d.w., 1998 - TEMPLE (B.A.) & SKENNERTON (I.D.): A Treatise On The British Military Martini..., d.w., 1996 reprint - and twelve related publications (29)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 16-Bore Percussion 1842 Pattern Constabulary CarbineDated 1854Of regulation pattern (barrel with some pitting), dated border engraved flat lock with 'Tower' and 'V.R.' crowned at the tail, figured stock (some old bruising, grip broken through and repaired) incised with initials 'LT' on the side flat, regulation brass mounts including butt-plate engraved 'LTC' over 'M' and '1', sling loops, later steel ramrod, Lovell bayonet catch, and socket bayonet (pitted, spring-catch missing), Ordnance view and proof marks 68 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An 11-Bore Percussion 1841 Pattern Artillery CarbineDated 1848Of regulation pattern, with sighted barrel (some rust patination), dated border engraved flat lock with 'V.R.' crowned over 'Tower', figured stock stamped with Board of Ordnance ownership mark on both sides of the butt and supplier's name 'S. Butler' on the side flat, regulation brass mounts, sling loops, steel ramrod, and socket bayonet numbered '244' (some pitting, Lovell bayonet-catch replaced), Ordnance view and proof marks 76.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .577 Percussion 1853 Pattern First Model Artillery CarbineDated 1855Of regulation pattern, the sighted barrel (some old light pitting) with bayonet-lug on the right towards the muzzle, retained by two screw-held barrel bands and rifled with three grooves, back-sight with two folding leaves calibrated for '200' and '300' yards respectively, dated border engraved lock with 'Tower' and 'V.R.' crowned on the tail, stock (some old bruising) stamped with Board of Ordnance ownership mark on one side and with indistinct supplier's name and inspector's marks beneath, regulation brass mounts, sling loops, steel ramrod (repaired), and rare 1852 pattern sabre bayonet with ribbed brass grip (some old pitting), Ordnance proof marks (2)61.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 16-Bore Percussion 1853 Pattern Third Model Musket For India Dated 1864Of regulation pattern, with block-sighted barrel retained by three Baddeley patent barrel bands, the breech incised '395' in Arabic above Arabic script on one side, dated flat lock engraved 'Enfield' and with 'V.R' crowned on the tail, figured stock with faint traces of circular arsenal mark on one side of the butt, regulation brass mounts including trigger-guard stamped '390' on the tang, sling loops, steel ramrod, and socket bayonet with bright blade of hollowed triangular section (some pitting), and socket numbered '272', in its brass-mounted black leather scabbard (barrel, bands and lock recoloured), Ordnance view and proof marks (2)99.2 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .577 Percussion Belgian Contract 1853 Pattern Second Model Rifle Musket Dated 1856Similar to the last and in better condition (butt with minor old splits) the butt-plate stamped 'M' over '72' on the heel tang, and socket bayonet dated 1841, with blade of hollowed triangular section, Ordnance proof marks (2)99.2 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 10-Bore Percussion 1842 Pattern Sea Service Rifle MusketDated 1849Of regulation pattern, with sighted barrel (light surface pitting) rifled with three spiral grooves, folding adjustable back-sight calibrated to 1000 yards, dated border engraved flat lock with 'V.R.' crowned over 'Tower', stock stamped with obsolete mark on one side of the butt, regulation brass mounts including butt-plate numbered '13' over '0', sling loops, Lovell bayonet-catch, steel ramrod, and socket bayonet with blade of hollowed triangular section stamped 'G. & E. Roe', Ordnance proof marks (2)76.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 10-Bore Percussion 1842 Pattern Sea Service MusketDated 1845Of regulation pattern, with russet barrel, dated border engraved lock with 'V.R.' crowned over 'Tower', stock (old bruising) stamped with Board of Ordnance ownership mark above 'IV. C.R.' on one side of the butt, and with supplier's name 'T. & S. Philips' along the bottom, regulation brass mounts including butt-plate engraved 'F' over '69' and '99', sling loops, steel ramrod, Lovell bayonet-catch, and socket bayonet with blade of hollowed triangular section stamped 'W. Rock', the socket with pronounced 'Lovell's lug' and numbered '67', Ordnance proof marks (2)99.2 cm. barrel Footnotes:Cf. another example sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 24 November 2010, lot 130For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 10-Bore Percussion 1845 Pattern Extra Service MusketDated 1851Of regulation pattern, the barrel (light surface pitting) now with dove-tailed back-sight, dated border engraved bevelled lock with 'V.R.' crowned over 'Tower', stock (some old bruising) stamped with Board of Ordnance ownership mark and 'I.C.R.' on one side of the butt (toe an old repair, apparently from the time of manufacture), regulation brass mounts including rounded side-plate secured by a screw at the centre, sling loops, steel ramrod, Lovell bayonet-catch, and bright steel socket bayonet, with blade of hollowed triangular section with pronounced 'Lovell's lug' and stamped '18', King's proof marks (2)99.4 cm. barrel Footnotes:Cf. another example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 26 November 2014, lot 422For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .577 Percussion 1853 Pattern Third Model Rifle Musket Dated 1855Of regulation pattern, the dated border engraved lock with 'VR' crowned on the tail, figured stock with faint traces of circular arsenal mark on one side of the butt, regulation brass mounts including butt-plate stamped '193' on the heel tang, sling loops, and steel ramrod swelling towards the tip (barrel, bands and lock recoloured), Ordnance view and proof marks 99 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A .451 Percussion Whitworth Patent Volunteer Short RifleBy Manchester Ordnance & Rifle Co., NO. C653, Circa 1862 -64With sighted barrel engraved 'Whitworth Patent' at the breech, retained by two barrel bands and rifled with six spiral grooves, calibrated folding adjustable back-sight, plain tang, signed detented flat lock with Whitworth Company mark on the tail, figured three-quarter stock with chequered grip and fore-end, the butt stamped '27' on the bottom, steel mounts including trigger-guard engraved '2ND QUALITY' on the tang, sling loops, and steel ramrod with revolving turned tip (steel parts with some old rust patination), Birmingham proof marks 81.5 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 10-Bore Flintlock Short Land Pattern Service MusketLate 18th CenturyWith sighted barrel and plain tang, the former engraved 'P' over '15' at the breech, border engraved rounded lock with 'GR' crowned and 'Tower' across the tail, figured three-quarter stock with apron around the barrel tang, characteristic swelling at the rear ramrod-pipe, and stamped with Ordnance Storekeeper's mark on one side of the butt (some old bruising), regulation brass mounts including escutcheon engraved '5' over '15', sling loops with whitened buff-leather sling, steel ramrod, and socket bayonet with blade of hollow triangular section stamped 'Hadley' over 'Johnson', in its brass-mounted leather scabbard (chape replaced) with frog-hook numbered '752' (old surface rust patination) King's proof marks (2)106.7 cm. barrel Footnotes:For another example sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms & Armour, 30 July 2014, lot 278For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 25-Bore Percussion Coastguard PistolDated 1844Of regulation pattern, the dated border engraved flat bevelled lock with 'V.R' crowned over 'Tower', figured full stock stamped with inspector's marks and Board of Ordnance ownership mark behind the tail of the lock (old split), regulation brass mounts, steel lanyard loop and belt hook, and stirrup ramrod, Ordnance view and proof marks 15.2 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 28-Bore Flintlock 1801 Pattern Long Sea Service PistolDated 1806With plain barrel stamped with a crowned '12' on the right side of the breech, plain tang, border engraved flat bevelled lock with 'GR' crowned and 'Tower' across the tail, border engraved ring-neck cock, figured full stock (some old bruising) with apron around the barrel tang and stamped with inspector's marks including those in the ramrod channel, dated Board of Ordnance ownership mark above the tail of the lock, regulation brass mounts including pommel-cap numbered '19', belt-hook, and brass-tipped ramrod, King's proof marks 30.7 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A 25-Bore Flintlock 1801 Pattern Long Service PistolEarly 19th CenturyOf regulation pattern, with blackened barrel, border engraved lock with 'GR' crowned and 'Tower' across the tail, figured stock with apron around the barrel tang and stamped on the butt with Board of Ordnance ownership mark, Ordnance Storekeeper's mark and indistinct inspector's marks, brass mounts, belt hook, and brass-tipped ramrod, small King's proof marks 31 cm. barrel For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Colt 1851 Model Navy Percussion RevolverNo. 7244 For 1854Of production specifications, the barrel with London address and retaining some original blueing along the bottom flats (some wear and rust patination overall, cylinder scene worn), and with matching numbers: in original crazed black patent leather holster of Dennet-Pays design, the inside of the flap inked with Board of Ordnance ownership mark 19 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Very Fine And Early .450 (52-Bore) Percussion Whitworth Patent Sporting And Target RifleBy The Whitworth Rifle Co., Manchester, No. C728, Circa 1862With blued barrel rifled with five spiral grooves and engraved 'Whitworth Patent' behind the Whitworth Rifle Co. Patent elevation adjustable back-sight, the latter calibrated from '1' to '12' along one side, '0' to '280' along the other, and with central platinum line, hooded windage adjustable fore-sight, breech flat engraved with foliage at the terminal, border engraved case-hardened breech decorated with a prone stag in a landscape on the flat and with platinum plug, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened tang fitted with folding elevation and windage adjustable long-range peep-sight engraved 'Manchester Ordnance' and calibrated from '1' to '12' along one side, and from '0' to '280' along the other, case-hardened border engraved flat detented lock engraved 'Whitworth Rifle Co. Manchester', and decorated with foliate scrollwork and company logo on the tail, dolphin hammer engraved with an eagle and serpent, a blued safety-stop in front, highly figured half-stock (minor old bruising) with chequered grip and fore-end, the latter with dark horn cap (minor worm damage), foliate scroll engraved case-hardened steel mounts comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard, the latter with chequered spur, trigger-plate with pineapple-shaped finial decorated en suite, and much original finish (some old patination, mostly on the butt-plate), Birmingham proof marks 89.7 cm. barrelFootnotes:The Whitworth Rifle Co. is recorded at 51 Sackville Street, Manchester between 1860 and 1862. This was the first of the retail outlets established to promote and sell rifles and ordnance under the patents of Joseph Whitworth, machine-tool manufacturer of 44 Chorlton Street, Birmingham. During this period the rifles were almost certainly constructed by J.W. Edge of Manchester, using Brazier locks and metal compartments from Preston and Palmer. See De Witt Bailey and Douglas Nie, English Gunmakers..., 1978, p. 79For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Three: Commander D. G. Reid, Royal Navy, later Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Woolwich 1914-15 Star (Mid. D. G. Reid. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. D. G. Reid. R.N.) very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Duncan George Reid was born on 18 July 1895 and commenced his naval service on 15 September 1913, being appointed Midshipman on 2 August 1914. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Mignonette (Pembroke), H.M.S. Cleopatra, H.M.S. Bellerophon and H.M.S. Yarmouth, and was promoted Sub Lieutenant on 15 September 1916; Lieutenant on 15 December 1917; and Lieutenant Commander on 15 December 1925. He was appointed Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance (on probation) in December 1927, and was placed on the retired list with the rank of Commander, on 18 July 1938, but was recalled for duties in the Naval Ordnance Inspection Department, Woolwich, during the Second World War, finally being discharged in November 1945.

A post-War ‘military division’ C.B.E. group of seven awarded to Brigadier E. R. Ash, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, late Royal Army Ordnance Corps and Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in D. Shackman & Sons case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. E. R. Ash.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2. Lieut. E. R. Ash. R.A.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, breast awards mounted for wear, very fine (7) £300-£400 --- C.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1951. The original recommendation states: ‘Since he was transferred from the RAOC to REME in 1942, Brigadier Ash has adopted his new corps with the most wholehearted enthusiasm and has held a series of responsible appointments at home and abroad. As D.D.M.E. to Southern Command he has devoted himself unsparingly, during the past 2 ½ years, to improving the organisation and efficiency of his Corps. His vitality and pride in his work have proved a great inspiration to all those working under him, and his cooperativeness and efficiency have earned the complete confidence of all with whom he has come in contact. Brigaider Ash sets a very high standard for his officers and does not suffer mediocrity gladly. The loyalty he has given to his superiors and the active support he has given to his subordinates have been a great contribution to the morale of his corps. In a comparatively new arm he has, of necessity, had much pioneer work to do, which has involved frequent changes of appointment. Such changes are liable to prejudice an officer’s chances of obtaining full recognition of his service, and it is felt that this may well have been so in Brigadier Ash’s case. It is therefore most strongly recommended that this officer’s past and present outstanding service should now receive recognition by the award of a C.B.E.’ Edwin Raymond Ash was born in May 1897, and served during the Great War with the Trench Mortar Battery & Fire Command, Royal Garrison Artillery in the French theatre of war from 10 February 1918. He advanced to Lieutenant in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in September 1923, and advanced to Lieutenant Colonel in August 1941. Ash served with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during the Second War, and advanced to Brigadier in June 1942. He served as ADC to the King, 1950-52, and in the same capacity to the Queen, 1952-54. Brigadier Ash retired in June 1954, and died three years later.

Pair: Private L. S. Miller, 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (23-1390 Pte. L.S. Miller. North’d Fus.) good very fine Pair: Private H. E. Franklin 14th (1st Birmingham Pals) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed in action in Belgium on 26 October 1917 British War and Victory Medals (43277 Pte. H. E. Franklin. R. War. R.) with named card box of issue, extremely fine (4) £120-£160 --- Leslie S. Miller attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers, and served with the 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Battalion during he Great War on the Western Front. He later transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 20 March 1919. Harold Edward Franklin was born at Chesham, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, having previously served in the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars. He served with the 14th (1st Birmingham Pals) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 26 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.

Five: Sepoy Tikhu Ram, 4th Battalion, Dogra Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (20291 Sep. Tikhu Ram, 4 Bn., Dogra R.) mounted for display in a glazed display frame, good very fine Three: Private A. Ellis, Army Catering Corps Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (2045952 Pte. A. Ellis. A.C.C.) mounted as worn, verdigris to the Second War pair, therefore fair; the EM nearly very fine General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (7674221 Sigmn. F. Green. R. Sigs.) a slightly later issue struck on a thinner flan, nearly extremely fine (lot) £70-£90 --- Sold with a City and Guilds of London Institute Technological Examination medallion, the edge engraved ‘Walter Shatwell, Silk Weaving, 1st Prize, 1919’; an Inland Revenue, Computerised Environment for Self Assessment ‘EDS’ cased table medal, dated November 1996, in fitted case bearing an engraved plaque named to ‘Blair Jones’; an 1895 Nottingham School Board School Attendance Medal, named to ‘H. Morris’, in fitted case; a Sandbach Urban District Council Coronation Medal 1937; a Duke of Connaught’s Own cap badge; an Army Ordnance Corps cap badge, shoulder title, and sterling silver sweetheart badge; and three Souvenir Handkerchiefs.

A fine Second World ‘Burma operations’ M.M. group of seven awarded to Corporal A. H. Ford, West Yorkshire Regiment, who, as a member of his battalion’s “Guerilla Platoon”, regularly penetrated enemy lines in the Arakan Military Medal, G.VI.R. (4390907 L. Cpl. A. H. Ford, W. York. R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp 8th Army; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (4390907 Cpl. A. H. Ford, M.M., W. Yorks), generally very fine (7) £2,400-£2,800 --- M.M. London Gazette 8 February 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘On the night of 9-10 January 1944, Lance-Corporal Ford was Bren-gunner during the time when the Guerilla Platoon was ambushing the enemy as they withdrew across the Iron Bridge, Kanyindan, Arakan. The enemy opened fire with L.M.Gs from three sides, but Lance-Corporal Ford continued to fire his gun, inflicting casualties on them, and then covering the Platoon withdrawal. Not until the whole of his Platoon was clear of the bridge did he himself move back. On arrival at the leaguer, Lance-Corporal Ford volunteered to take a message to Kanyindan to ‘C’ Company, which involved passing through the enemy positions. This he did, and being unable to locate ‘C’ Company, who, as it happened, were not there, then returned to his platoon, again passing through the enemy. Throughout the whole operation he showed a complete disregard for his personal safety. Recently Lance-Corporal Ford has led a number of small reconnaissance patrols, and has always succeeded in obtaining accurate information without loss to his own men. On 1 May 1944, in the Wakan area, Manipur, he was ordered to patrol the “Buttertubs” feature with a view to locating enemy positions, and sniping any movement seen there - this feature was known to be strongly held by the enemy. Lance-Corporal Ford led his patrol with great skill into the middle of the enemy locality in daylight and discovered the layout of their positions - he then found that a number of the enemy were asleep in their trenches and dugouts, and succeeded in killing three of these with T.S.M.G. and grenades before the alarm was given. He then withdrew his patrol without loss in spite of heavy enemy L.M.G. fire. The forgoing is typical of the way he has discharged his duties throughout the campaign.’ Alex Havelock Ford, a native of Skelton-in-Cleveland, was serving in the 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment at the time of the above cited deeds, which unit had already lent valuable service in East and North Africa. But in June 1943, the Battalion arrived on the Burma front, to face a very different type enemy, not least in the Arakan operations in early 1944, when the Japanese launched a furious counter-offensive against Slim’s 14th Army - and right in the centre of that determined thrust lay the West Yorkshires, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. Cree, who was shortly to be awarded the D.S.O. for his courage and leadership in what became known as the “Battle of the Admin Box”. The “Admin Box” battle proper raged throughout most of February, shortly after Ford’s exploits with a Bren-gun in the Guerilla Platoon at Kanyindan, the defenders comprising just two battalions of regular infantry, the West Yorkshires and the Gurkhas, together with artillery and two squadrons of tanks - and a mass of administrative troops, pioneers, sappers, signallers, ordnance and medical units, mule companies and native road builders, most of whom, by the month’s end, had taken up arms, often in hand-to-hand fighting: ‘Down in the bowl of the Admin Box, under the guns of the enemy on the surrounding hills, soldiers fought on, conscious only of the fact that the hour called for every ounce of courage and endurance that British and Indian could pull forth. All day long clouds of smoke rose from the target area and the sound of explosions echoed round the hills as another ammunition or petrol dump blew up. Four times stocks of ammunition were reduced to dangerously low level. Luckily, the Japanese did not realise it, and the airmen quickly replaced each loss. But the enemy continued also to pour in a torrent of mortar bombs, grenades and shells of every calibre up to 150 millimetre. Every part of the Box was vulnerable to fire, and a glimmer of light attracted an instant hail of bullets. Wounded men were operated on within 100 yards of the spot where they had fallen ... Green-uniformed snipers roped to trees and even “built” into tree-trunks took regular toll. A veteran of Dunkirk, who had spent two days on the beaches, said he would have been ready to spend two weeks there if he could be let off with two days in the Box ... ’ (The Campaign in Burma, H.M.S.O., 1946 refers). An understandable wish given Japanese atrocities: ‘There was no spot in the Box which was free from direct or indirect Japanese fire, and casualties were heavy, many being taken to a dressing station in the shadow of one of the smaller hillocks within the perimeter, known as MDS Hill, where life-saving surgery was carried out around the clock under incessant fire ... A week into the battle, MDS Hill became the scene of an infamous act. It was overrun by screaming Japanese soldiery who slaughtered the wounded on their stretchers, and then set about the medical staff, doctors and nursing orderlies alike. As the West Yorkshires mounted a counter-attack the surviving staff and patients were lined up by their attackers and used as human shields by laughing Japanese, who then shot most of them in cold blood. Finally, six doctors were put to death after tending the Japanese wounded. A few days later the West Yorkshires avenged this terrible deed when they ambushed a party of the enemy in a nearby river bed. On inspection of the bodies, many items identified as coming from the MDS were found ... ’ (The Unforgettable Army, Slim’s XIVth Army in Burma, by Colonel Michael Hickey, refers). In fact the West Yorkshires accounted for around 50 of the enemy in this river bed ambush, a feat they were to repeat on further occasions, as a result of which the river bed became known as “Blood Alley”; the Battalion also twice evicted the enemy from “Ammunition Hill”, costly work of a head-on nature that won the admiration and praise of Lieutenant-General Philip Christison, 15 Corps Commander - ‘Never has any regiment counter-attacked so successfully and so often as in that battle. It is rare in history that one regiment can be said to have turned the scale of the whole campaign.’ But turned it was, the Japanese offensive in the Arakan ending in huge loss, the likes of Corporal Ford adding to those losses over the coming weeks and months, initially in the operations that led to the relief of Kohima, and then in the advance along the Tiddim Road, when the Battalion fought an action about every three miles of its 200-mile length.

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF VINTAGE MAPS TO INCLUDE ORDNANCE SURVEY AND MICHELIN ETC

CARTON OF VINTAGE CYCLING & MOTORING ROAD MAPS, ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS ETC

CARTON OF MODERN ORDNANCE SURVEY ROAD MAPS ETC

CARTON OF VARIOUS ORDNANCE SURVEY ROAD MAPS

Three Empty Suitcases and Vintage Example Containing Ordnance Survey Maps, Cooking Pan, Toys etc

DEVON ORDNANCE SURVEY: ... The Second Part of the General Survey of England and Wales containing the whole of Devon and a portion of the adjoining Counties. Done by the surveyors of His Majesty's Ordnance, under the Direction of Lt. Col. Mudge - Large folding map in seven sections dissecting in to 24 segments to each section and mounted on linen. In original calf book box which is well rubbed. Overall size 2450 x 1850 mm, however two of the maps have been trimmed in the sea areas reducing the size of those two maps ( sheets 24 & 27 ) although none of the printed map is missing. Sheets 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26. 1809. * The earliest ordnance survey of Devon

NORTH DEVON WATER : Large folding Ordnance map coloured in outline, a couple of short tears in the folds no loss, n.d.

A box containing a large quantity of folded maps to include Ordnance survey, Bartholomew etc together with transport and timetable maps of Newcastle

Framed 1907 Ordnance Survey plan of Keelby 112cm by 82cm & a framed re-print of an old engraving of Durham 

BOOKS & MAPS, seven boxes containing a large collection of miscellaneous titles in paperback format, subjects include contemporary fiction, art, history, travel and others, maps from Ordnance Survey and Michelin

A substantial collection of 19th century and later ordnance survey guides and maps for local land registry

A substantial collection of 19th century and later ordnance survey guides and maps for local land registry

A substantial collection of 19th century and later ordnance survey guides and maps for local land registry

A good collection of early motoring and cycling maps including Bacon's, Ordnance Survey etc.

Royal Ordnance Radway Green overalls size 40R

Map: Scale 1.014 inch to sixteen statute miles,  The British Isles, price coloured 3/6, with puce stamp of Ordnance Survey Control Div 18 Jan 1929 Southampton, 74cm by approx. 95cm and a small quantity of other OS maps of a similar period 

A selection of old Ordnance Survey Maps to include Newport, Abergavenny and Monmouthshire.

A quantity of Ordnance Survey Maps to include Pontypool, Minehead, Cardiff etc., together with Radical Wales magazines, books, Port of Hamberg plaque etc.

A framed and glazed ordnance survey sheet map of Buckfastleigh and surrounding environs

A bag containing a quantity of military cap badges including Ordnance, The Hertfordshire Regiment, Royal Engineers, North Lancashire, Middlesex Regiment, etc.

AN ORDNANCE ISSUE INDIA PATTERN MUSKET. A Post 1809 Ordnance issue India pattern musket with a 100cm tapering barrel, heavy flintlock action with ring-neck cock, the side plate engraved 'Tower' and with GR cypher beneath a Crown, brass butt plate and various stamped proof and similar marks. 147m overall length.

A COLLECTION OF CAP BADGES, FIRST WORLD WAR AND LATER. A collection of cap badges to include badges for the Surrey Yeomanry, Australian Commonwealth Forces, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, The Essex Scottish and others. 20.

A COLLECTION OF POST 1922 INDIAN ARMY CORPS INSIGNIA. A good collection of Indian Army Ordnance Corps badges, buttons and titles, 16 items. Indian Artillery badges to include cap badge with rotating carriage wheel, shoulder titles, buttons and others 20 items. Indian Armored Corp to include 43, 45 and 26C. 51 items mounted on five boards.

A COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMY INSIGNIA TO INCLUDE A BELT BADGE AND OTHERS. A silvered metal belt buckle for the Madras Regiment with elephant above a shield and crossed knives, an Indian Army Ordnance Corps bullion badge, an Indore Maharajah Holkar cap badge, India paratroopers badge, a pair of 16th Light Cavalry collar dogs and other items. 22 items.

Great Britain FDCs 1991 (17 Sept) Maps set on Royal Hall FDC, Ordnance Survey Bicentenary Hamstreet Oast House BFDC 10 signed Alan Wicker

Large collection of ordnance survey maps

Collection of ordnance survey & other maps, postcards & stamps

An MBE awarded to Percy Nathaniel Nockolds, Royal Army Ordnance Corps for Bravery in BurmaThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire M.B.E. (Military) Member's 2nd type breast badge, extremely fine in Royal Mint case of issue, with miniature dress award and card box, the lid printed 'MBE M', with a letter of congratulations from Buckingham Palace to the recipient dated 10 October 1946, transmission slip and a citation for the MBE   QTY: (1)NOTE:MBE: London Gazette 8 February 1945In addition to his normal duties of Brigade Ordnance Warrant Officer, this warrant officer was in effect performing the full duties of a Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services in the garrison. Arms, ammunition, clothing and equipment poured in, and storage was an acute problem. Explosives had first to be stored and later evacuated.After the position was invested his difficulties increased. The main ammunition dump was set on fire and blew up. Blankets and equipment had to be issued to patients in hospital and to troops who were short, The remaining ammunition had to be distributed. All this work had to be done under fire. When through enemy occupation he was no longer able to carry out these duties he, of his own accord, assumed a fighting role and took gallant part in the defence of the perimeter.Prior to operations this warrant officer showed exceptional devotion to duty in the way in which he looked after his units.

Pair: Private B.R. Bunce, Royal Army Ordnance CorpsKorea 1950-53, 1st issue (22168979 Pte. B.R. Bunce. R.A.O.C.), United Nations for Korea QTY: (2)

EOD Bomb Disposal Equipment - This very rare item is something that was used mainly to film an EOD Operator whilst he was defusing an unexploded Bomb so that others could see what he was doing without risk of a second person being put in danger whilst the work was being carried out. Explosive Ordnance Disposal was always undertaken by highly trained specialists most notably when defusing WW2 bombs but also Terrorist devices especially in Northern Ireland and on the UK mainland in more recent years. Due to the nature of this collection being former military service items, and as such the materials used in the manufacturing of them, the owner accepts no liability following the transfer of ownership. It is the buyer’s responsibility to satisfy themselves of the implications of owning former military vehicles and equipment

A collection of vintage 20th century O.S (Ordnance Survey) British maps. The lot to include maps or varied areas and scales, some also mounted on cloth. Including Ordnance Survey On-inch map of Great Britain Torquay, scale one inch to one statute mile 1/63360, Ordnance Survey Oxford & surrounding area, scale 2cm to 1km, RAC South East, including maps of London, Brighton, Canterbury, Dover, Portsmouth, Folkestone, Windsor, scale 3 miles to 1 inch, and more.

One box of assorted maps to include Ordnance Survey