Three: Guardsman A. Morris, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, who was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres, 29 October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (12666 Pte A. Morris. 1/G. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (12666 Pte. A. Morris. G. Gds.) very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Arthur Morris was born in Pixham Ferry, Worcestershire, and was the husband of May Morris, of West Raynham, Fakenham, Norfolk. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards on the Western Front from 6 October 1914. Guardsman Morris was killed in action on the Western Front, 29 October 1914. On the latter date the Battalion were engaged during the First Battle of Ypres: ‘Moved forward to hold line on Menin Road (Kruiseecke crossroads) (28th). Came under heavy fire from British artillery falling short during early morning (29th). Enemy attacked later and pushed Battalion back to support line. Major Stucley, Captains Lord Wellesley and Rennie killed, Major Weld-Forester and Lieutenant Douglas-Pennant mortally wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Earle was severely wounded and subsequently taken prisoner. The Medical Officer, Lieutenant Butt was shot through the head while attending to his wounds. Later feel back to wood then counter-attacked. Some ground gained near the brickworks, then took up line in ditch on south side of Menin road. Relieved then during night marched to billets at Hooge. Roll called - 4 officers, 100 men [just 12 days earlier the Battalion had gone into action over 1,000 strong].’ (British Battalions in France & Belgium 1914, by R. Westlake refers) Guardsman Morris is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
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Three: Private A. Rose, Cheshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 6 July 1917 1914-15 Star (3033 Pte. A. Rose. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (3033. Pte. A. Rose. Ches. R.); Memorial Plaque (Alexander Rose) the plaque pierced at 12 o’clock, otherwise very fine and better (4) £160-£200 --- Alexander Rose was born in Manchester and attested for the Cheshire Regiment at Stockport, serving with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 July 1915. He died of wounds at a Casualty Clearing Station on 6 July 1917, most likely from wounds received the previous day, when a party of four officers and 133 other ranks raided the Caliban Trench and support trench, which were situated opposite the Hill Top Sector, Ypres. The objective was to kill and capture as many of the enemy as possible; to destroy the enemy’s defences; and to secure information. In spite of strenuous opposition all the objectives were achieved, five prisoners were captured, and information of considerable value was obtained. Two Military Crosses and four Military Medals were awarded for this raid. Rose is buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium. Sold with copied research.
Three: Private P. Fryer, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the 1st day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10 March 1915 1914 Star, with clasp (8969 Pte P. Fryer. 2/W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8969 Pte. P. Fryer. W. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Percy Fryer) generally very fine or better (4) £140-£180 --- Percy Fryer was born in Lambeth, and was the son of Charles William and Elizabeth Fryer, of 40 Picardy Street, Belvedere, Kent. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment on the Western Front from 6 November 1914. Private Fryer was killed in action on the Western Front, 10 March 1915, and on the latter date the Battalion were engaged in the first day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle: ‘Moved to Havreskerque 1st [March] then via Merville to La Gorgue 7th. In Brigade Reserve at the opening of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle 10th. The Official History of the Great War records that the Battalion was sent forward to reinforce the attack on the orchard near Moated Grange and early on the 11th relieved troops of 25th Brigade east of Neuve Chapelle. Next day an enemy counter-attack was repulsed. Moved back into support positions in Neuve Chapelle 12t and on 14th witdrew to billets near Rouge-Croix. Casualties - 7 officers, 242 other ranks.’ (British Battalions on the Western Front, January to June 1915 refers) Private Fryer is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Pair: Private C. M. Engelbrecht, South African Forces 1914-15 Star (Pte. C. M. Engelbrecht 10th. Infantry); Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (Pte. C. M. Engelbrecht 10th. Infantry) official correction to initials on first, nearly very fine 1914-15 Star (3) (Pte. A. E. Davey Ntl Light Hse.; Sjt. J. E. Roberts S. A. Irish Rgt; Burg. F. C. Platteau Enslins R.) the last lacking its suspension ring, scratches to the reverse with attempted erasure but details still legible, otherwise very fine (5) £60-£80
Three: Driver C. Burney, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (87302. Dvr. C. Burney. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (87302. Dvr. C. Burney. R.F.A.) BWM and VM both renamed, very fine Pair: Lieutenant T. A. Cowburn, Natal Light Horse, later Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (Lt. T. A. Cowburn Ntl. Light. Hse.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. T. A. Cowburn); together with the recipient’s identity tag, this engraved ‘Lieut. T. A. Cowburn. A.S.C.’, very fine Pair: W. Graham, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (William Graham) good very fine Pair: Private A. E. Jones, Royal West Surrey Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-14551 Pte. A. E. Jones. The Queen’s R.); mounted for wear with a War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; and a New Zealand War Service Medal, polished, good fine Pair: Private Biriati, King’s African Rifles British War and Victory Medals (4247 Pte Biriati 1/KAR) locally impressed naming, good very fine Pair: Gunner H. E. Clewlo, Canadian Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (312861 Gnr. H. E. Clewlo. C.F.A.) very fine (15) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Three: Private W. W. Boot, 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action during the First Day of the Battle of the Loos, 25 September 1915 1914 Star (9090 Pte W. Boot. 2/R. W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9090 Pte. W. W. Boot. R. W. Fus.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- William Walter Boot was born in Birmingham. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers on the Western Front from 14 September 1914. Private Boot was killed in action killed in action during the First Day of the Battle of the Loos, 25 September 1915, and is buried in the Cambrin Churchyard Extension, France.
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (R.M.9360 R. N. Hollas. Mne. R.M.) mounted as worn on original riband with top wearing pin, in card box of issue, extremely fine £120-£160 --- Robert Nicol Hollas was born at Calderhead, Lanarkshire, on 18 August 1931, and attested for the Royal Marines at Glasgow on 27 June 1949, his papers stating ‘under age’. Sent to Royal Marine Commando School 15 August 1950, he was appointed Marine 1st Class on 24 February 1951 and joined 41 Commando at Tamar on 24 October 1951. Transferred to 45 Commando, he served at Eastney and Plymouth and was later awarded his Naval General Service Medal for Malaya on 21 July 1956. Enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve from 18 August 1956 to 17 August 1961 to complete engagement, he passed his exams as Leading Seaman on 28 November 1963, further qualifying in the maintenance and repair of inflatable life saving equipment at the Safety Equipment and Survival Training School, Hillhead. Discharged from H.M.S. Cochrane on 4 October 1965, he died in Motherwell on 30 September 2017, aged 86. Sold with a comprehensive archive of original documentation including Certificate of Service in the Royal Marines; Certificate of Service in the Royal Navy (R.F.R.); Trade Certificate (Seaman Branch), with reference; Trade Certificate named to recipient stating 6 years, 6 months service in Underwater Control, Seaman Branch (Torpedo Anti-Submarine Warfare); Record of T.A.S. Service as ASDIC Operator; R.N. Education Test Certificate for Leading Rate; H.M.S. Tiger Association Membership Card to ‘Robert & Heather Hollis’; family letters and snapshots; Collins Royal & Merchant Naval Diary, detailing early postings; and a H.M.S. Tiger wooden plaque.
The superb Second World War B.E.M., American D.F.C. group of six awarded to Wellington and Lancaster Air Gunner Sergeant, later Squadron Leader J. Purcell, 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was originally recommended for the George Medal as a result of his gallantry in saving his pilot’s life from a stricken and sinking aircraft off the Suffolk Coast, 2 September 1941, despite suffering from severe burns himself. The latter being Purcell’s introduction to operational flying, and resulting in three days adrift in a dinghy. He qualified for the “Gold Fish Club” again on only his third operational sortie - when his aircraft was forced to ditch off the Norfolk Coast, this time returning from a raid on Emden, 26 November 1941. Purcell went on to take part in the “Thousand Bomber Raids” to Cologne and Bremen, prior to flying with 156 Squadron as part of Pathfinder Force, November 1944 - April 1945. In all he flew in at least 48 operational sorties during the war British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (1169029 Sgt. Jack Purcell. R.A.F.) contact mark over part of unit; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; United States of America, Distinguished Flying Cross, unnamed as issued, mounted on card for display, generally very fine (6) (6) £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2007 (when sold without the D.F.C.) B.E.M. London Gazette 6 January 1942. The original recommendation (for a George Medal) states: ‘Sergeant Purcell was the front-gunner of an aircraft which, whilst carrying out an attack on Ostend, received a direct hit from heavy anti-aircraft fire. Although an attempt was made to bring the aircraft back to England, it eventually crashed in the sea some ten miles off Orfordness. On impact the captain was thrown down into the bomb compartment but, after being submerged in 15 feet of water, he eventually escaped, in semi-drowned condition, through the broken off tail of the aircraft. Sergeant Purcell, who was suffering from burns about the face and hands, had helped the captain to climb out of the wreckage and then supported and encouraged him for about half an hour until it was possible to reach the dinghy. In spite of the captain’s continual suggestions that Sergeant Purcell should leave him and get to the dinghy himself, the Sergeant refused to do so. There is little doubt that the captain’s life was saved as a result of the determination and bravery shown by Sergeant Purcell. He subsequently displayed courage, cheerfulness and powers of endurance during the three days which the crew spent floating in the dinghy.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 8 June 1944. United States of America, Distinguished Flying Cross London Gazette 14 June 1946. The original recommendation states: ‘Flight Lieutenant Jack Purcell has displayed exceptional zeal in operations. His first tour of duty was full of hazard and on two occasions his aircraft was forced to alight on the sea, after which this officer spent 74 hours on the first occasion and two hours on the second in his dinghy. He has also been involved on several occasions in combat with enemy aircraft, and on the 16th July 1942, at Lubeck the engagement with two ME 110’s lasted 17 minutes. Other fighters also attacked and a Ju. 88 is claimed as destroyed and a ME 110 was damaged. Flight Lieutenant Purcell has flown on many operations in support of the U.S.A.A.F. and has shown practical co-operation at all times which has proved of great mutual value.’ Jack Purcell was born in Clapham, London in May 1920 and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in July 1940. Qualifying as an Air Gunner in the following year, and having attended No. 11 Operational Training Unit, he was posted to 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron, a Wellington unit operating out of Marham, Norfolk in August 1941. And his introduction to the perils of operational flying were swift, his aircraft being compelled to ditch on his very first sortie, an attack on Ostend on 2 September 1941. 218 Squadron’s Operational Record Book gives further detail: ‘Nothing was heard from this aircraft after it left base. The entire crew were posted as missing. Later it appeared that the aircraft had come down in flames over the sea, nose first, as a result of being hit off Ostend. The pilot’s cockpit was about ten feet under water, the only part of the aircraft not on fire. Squadron Leader Gibbs, D.F.C., struggled to get out of the pilot’s escape hatch but it was jammed. After various things seeming to fly past him and very weak as a result of trying to hold his breath in between the intervals of taking in water, he found he was too weak to open the astro hatch when he located it. Eventually, after what seemed like an age, he found a break in the fuselage, where the Sergeant Front Gunner [Purcell] was just getting through. They struggled out and the Sergeant tried to blow up the Squadron Leader’s flotation jacket with his mouth, but he could not manage it. The Squadron Leader cannot remember getting into the dinghy, his only memories being an endless moment in which he had his head under water for what seemed like an eternity. For three days and nights the crew drifted. On the first morning they heard a bell buoy, but the tide swept them past it. They rationed their supplies. On the third day they could see buildings and could hear trains but they were still being washed in and out by tides. Eventually, they were washed ashore near Margate. For four of the crew, including the Front Gunner, this was their first operational flight. It was Squadron Leader Gibbs’ 36th raid.’ No doubt as a result of the burns he sustained, Purcell did not fly again until 4 November 1941, when he was once more detailed to attack Ostend. Then on the 26th of that month, in a raid against Emden, in Wellington Z.1103 A, piloted by Sergeant Helfer, he had the unhappy experience of a second ditching. 218’s Operational Record Book again takes up the story: ‘Bombed Emden, 10th/10th cloud, N.A.P. sent. Flak from Islands when returning. A fuel check was taken by the Navigator, the gauges showing 130 gallons in tanks. D./R. position from coast - 100 miles. In 15 minutes the loss of 50 gallons showed on the fuel check, now only 80 gallons in tanks. As the coast was not reached by E.T.A., the captain decided to come down to 3,500 feet. The aircraft flew at this height for some while and not seeing coastline the captain asked for a priority fix at 10.21 hours. This showed him to be 100 miles from the coast. The nacelle tanks had been pulled on some 20 minutes before the prioriy fix was received. The W./T. receiver was now U./S and no bearings could be received, but the transmitter could be used and so an S.O.S. was sent at 22.30 hours, as it appeared doubtful whether it would be possible to reach the coast. The coast was reached at 10.55 hours and searchlights pointing west along the coast were seen and a green Very light was fired from the ground. We turned west and flew along in the direction of the searchlight. The engines started spluttering and the captain decided to land on the water as near the coast as possible. The reason the captain decided not to land on the beach was because of the possibility of it being mined - and it was! Prior to landing on the sea the containers were jettisoned and the flotation bags pulled. The dinghy inflated automatically. The aircraft sank within five minutes. All of the crew successfully got into the dinghy and cut it adrift with the knife provided. Immediately one marine distress signal was let off. The crew drifted for about two hours. The crew then saw a light flashing on the w...
Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (Corpl. Richard Roberts. 3rd. V.B. R.W.F. July/98.) engraved naming; Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (258 O.R.Q.M. Sjt: E. C. Jones. 7/R. Welsh Fus.) minor official correction to unit on latter, suspension claw loose on first, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (2) £100-£140
1939-45 Star (2); Atlantic Star; Africa Star (2); Pacific Star (2); Burma Star (3), one with Pacific clasp; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal (5), one a Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45 (2); New Zealand War Service Medal; Australia Service Medal (VX28858 R. Nicholson) generally very fine (21) £100-£140 --- Sold with a copy Air Crew Europe Star and a British Red Cross Society Medal for War Services 1914-18.
Pair: Trooper R. W. C. Richards, 16th/5th Lancers General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24698151 Tpr R W C Richards 16/5L); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, mounted court-style as worn, contact marks, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Three: Sergeant H. Templeton, 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion, Border Regiment, who was wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, when the Battalion suffered over 500 casualties, and was subsequently killed in action in April 1918 during the German Spring Offensive 1914-15 Star (16416 Pte. H. Templeton. Bord. R.); British War and Victory Medals (16416 Sjt. H. Templeton. Bord. R.) good very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Hugh Templeton was born at Harrington in 1888, the son of Alexander and Agnes Templeton of Primrose Crescent, Harrington, Cumberland. An original ‘Lonsdale’ entrant, Templeton attested for the 11th Battalion at Workington on 11 November 1914 and served in France from 23 November 1915. According to the recipient’s Army Service Record he suffered a gunshot wound to the scalp on 1 July 1916 and received medical attention at No. 91 Field Ambulance. Passed down the chain of command to No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station the following day, the wound necessitated admittance to No. 4 General Hospital at Camiers. Recovering, Templeton transferred to the 8th Battalion, Border Regiment on 10 August 1916 and continued to witness active service with ‘D’ Company during the later stages of the Battle of the Somme. Advanced Sergeant, he was reported as ‘missing’ at some point between 10-14 April 1918, later confirmed as killed in action during the German Spring Offensive. Aged 30 years, he is commemorated upon the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
Five: Private E. Richards, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6026 Pte. E. Richards, R. Welsh. Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6026 Pte. E. Richards. Rl: Welsh Fus:); 1914 Star (7254 Pte. E. Richards. 2/R.W. Fus.); British War Medal 1914-20, naming erased; Victory Medal 1914-19 (7254 Pte. E. Richards. R. W. Fus.) slight edge bruising, very fine (5) £140-£180 --- Edward Richards was born in St. Johns, Worcester, around 1878. He attested into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and served in South Africa with the 1st Battalion during the Boer War. He re-enlisted into his old regiment and served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 13 August 1914 and was discharged on 30 October 1915. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and copied Medal Index Card.
Family Group: A Second War ‘Burma Railway’ casualty group of three awarded to Gunner C. R. Lloyd, Royal Artillery, who was taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore and died in captivity on 5 October 1943 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed as issued, together with named condolence slip and detailed original paperwork, mounted for wear, very fine Four: Private T. Lloyd 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, unnamed as issued, mounted for wear, very fine (7) £280-£340 --- Charles Roger Lloyd was born on 6 July 1921 in Holywell, Flintshire. He attested into the Royal Artillery for service during the Second War and was taken prisoner at the fall of Singapore in February 1942. As a prisoner he was interred at Chungkai camp and forced to work on the construction of the ‘Burma Railway’. He died as a result of dysentery on 5 October 1943 and is buried in Chungkai War Cemetery, Thailand. Sold with detailed original correspondence including original Soldier’s Service Book, original Japanese notice of death, death certificate, prisoner of war letters, Imperial War Graves Commission correspondence, an original photograph of the recipient in Singapore, and his brother’s Second War medal group and original Soldier’s Service Book.
Five: Signalman J. E. Saunders, Royal Signals, who died of wounds on Malta on 27 June 1940 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2325411 Sgln. J. E. Saunders. R. Sigs.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine (5) £120-£160 --- John Ernest Saunders attested into the Royal Signals and served in pre-War Palestine. He saw further service during the Second War with Malta Infantry Brigade Signals and died of wounds on the island on 27 June 1940, most likely received during an earlier air raid. He is buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Sold with copied medal roll extracts, copied casualty list and copied entry from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register.
Rhodesia, General Service Medal (7) (4254S S/Insp. N. Smith.; 117489 E Vdt M. V. Cullen; R34605T Pte. I. George; 128361 Tpr K. R. Krugel; 662722 Smn J. Mabrongo; R99868T Pte. M. Mitton; R845 Pte Tichagara); Police Long Service Medal (4254 S/C/Insp. N. Smith); Prison Service Medal (7563 Wdr. A. Nyamushanya); District Service Medal (570409 J.D.S.A. S. Moyo); Zimbabwe, Independence Medal 1980 (4) (08596; 17960; 19477; 67418) some edge bruising and staining, generally very fine (14) £160-£200
Five: Lance Corporal A. S. Bulley, Royal Marines General Service 1962, 3 clasps, Northern Ireland, Gulf, N. Iraq & S. Turkey (Mne A S Bulley PO37743L RM); U.N. Medal for Cyprus; South Atlantic 1982, with Rosette (Mne A S Bulley PO37743L RM); Gulf Medal 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (LCpl A S Bulley PO37743L RM); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Mne A S Bulley PO37743L RM) mounted as worn, good very fine and a rare group (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- A. S. Bulley was a member of 7 Troop “M” Company 42 Commando Royal Marines and participated in Operations Paraquat and Keyhole. The retaking of South Georgia was, in the event, left to the S.B.S. and the S.A.S. Mountain and Boat Troops. After the Argentine surrender a disappointed “M” Company 42 Commando, not having been involved in the direct action, remained as a garrison on South Georgia. Sold with an original group photograph of 7 Troop “M” Company taken on a train station prior to their departure for the Falklands, an S.S. Canberra bottle opener and copied research; together with related mounted group of 5 miniature medals, and official replacement medals of the first three, the General Service and Gulf medals both stamped ‘R’ for replacement.
General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24164785 Tpr. M. R. Thompson RHG/D.) small erasure/ test mark between number and rank, mounted court-style as worn, extremely fine, scarce to unit £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2005
Pair: Private D. A. Jones, Prince of Wales’s Own, later Royal Irish Hussars General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24589202 Pte D A Jones PWO); Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994, E.II.R. (24589202 Pte D A Jones R Irish (HS)) mounted court-style as worn, extremely fine, scarce (2) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 2006.
Four: Orderly R. H. Nicholson, Leeds Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade, later 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (1204 Ordly: R. H. Nicholson, St. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1204. Pte. R. H. Nicholson. Leeds Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (252175 Sjt. R. H. Nicholson. 10-Can. Inf.) very fine (4) £360-£440
An unusual group of seven awarded to Chief Inspector (Reservist) E. I. C. Wyllie, Kenya Police, late Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force and Midshipman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (Mid. E. I. C. Wylle. R.N.V.R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (E.2396 C.I. (R) E. J. [sic] C. Wyllie.) edge bruising and contact marks, surname officially corrected on last, very fine (7) £220-£260 --- Eric Ian Carew Wyllie was born in Hoo, Kent, around October 1900. He served as a Midshipman in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Great War and was commissioned into the Royal Air Force, General Duties Branch, for service during the Second War. Post War he served as a Police Reservist in the Kenya Police. Advanced Chief Inspector, he served during the ‘Mau Mau’ emergency and died in Ealing, London around December 1973. Sold with copied Great War medal roll extracts confirming the additional award of a Silver War Badge, No. 20489, and a copied London Gazette entry dated 20 January 1942, confirming his correct initials, as ‘E.I.C.’ and not ‘E.J.C.’ a mistake that was presumably replicated upon his enlistment into the Kenya Police.
Four: Company Sergeant Major L. Cotterell, Herefordshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (2121 Pte. L. Cotterell. Hereford. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2121 Pte. L. Cotterell. Hereford. R.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (4103561 W. O. Cl. II. L. Cottrell. [sic] Hereford. R.) contact marks, some verdigris stains, very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (1-8186 Pte. T. Hegarty. R. Ir. Rif.) edge bruise, nearly very fine (5) £180-£220 --- Leonard Cotterell attested into the Herefordshire Regiment and served at Gallipoli with the 1st Battalion, landing at Suvla Bay on 9 August 1915. He saw further service with the Welsh Regiment in Egypt before rejoining his old regiment and was discharged on 7 April 1919. Reenlisting into the Herefordshire Regiment (Territorial Army) on 22 July 1921, he was advanced Company Sergeant Major and awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal. Sold with copied research. Thomas Hegarty, from Dublin, attested into the Royal Irish Fusiliers and served during the Great War on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 6 November 1914. Advanced Sergeant, he was killed in action on 9 May 1915 and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private E. Stirzaker, 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action during the Second Battle of Arras, 24 April 1917 British War and Victory Medals (38187 Pte. E. Stirzaker. York. R.); Memorial Plaque (Ernest Stirzaker) generally good very fine (3) £80-£120 --- Ernest Stirzaker was born in Rastrick, Yorkshire. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment on the Western Front. Private Stirzaker was killed in action on the Western Front, 24 April 1917, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
A Great War M.C, group of four awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Harper, Manchester Regiment and Machine Gun Corps, one of the first Officers to be awarded the Military Cross in January 1915 when the first awards to the B.E.F. were promulgated, and the first recipient of the Military Cross to the Manchester Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R. unnamed as issued; 1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut: J. S. Harper, Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. J. S. Harper.) mounted court-style for display, very fine and better (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2004. M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1915 (this being the very first Gazette in which the Military Cross was awarded, and the first gazetted award to the Manchester Regiment). M.I.D., London Gazettes 20 October 1914 and 4 January 1917. James Stuart Harper was born on 3 November 1885 in Ceylon, the son of J. Harper, a tea planter, and Mary Harper. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned in August 1905 and posted to 3rd Battalion the Manchester Regiment. He served with the Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front, was present at Mons, Bavay, Le Cateau, Marne, the crossing of the Aisne, Richebourg and L’Orgies, where he was wounded and repatriated to England, and was promoted to Captain on 27 April 1915. He rejoined 2nd Battalion at Ypres on 27 June 1915, before again being wounded and repatriated to England on 1 August 1915. In November 1916, Harper was appointed Acting Lieutenant Colonel with the Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), and was appointed 93rd Brigade Divisional Machine Gun Officer in August 1917. Following the Great War he was restored to the Manchester Regiment, reverting to the rank of Captain. He was promoted Major on 1 September 1924, and in May 1931 was transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He died in March 1943 at Barnet, Hertfordshire.
The extremely rare Russia 1919 operations D.S.C. group of four awarded to Gunner C. W. Clarke, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his command of the armed-barge Suffolk in the Kama River Flotilla, Siberia Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919; 1914-15 Star (235903 C. W. Clarke, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. C. W. Clarke, R.N.) mounted court-style for display, together with Osmotherley Great War Tribute Medal, silver, named to ‘C. W. Clarke, The Great War 1914-19 Foreign Service’, very fine and better (5) £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: R. C. Witte Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2013. D.S.C. London Gazette 8 March 1920: ‘For distinguished services in command of the river steamer Suffolk operating on the Kama River.’ Cedric William Clarke was born at Northallerton, Yorkshire, in December 1889, and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1906. A Leading Seaman in battleship H.M.S. Prince George by the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he remained similarly employed until March 1916, in which period he was advanced to Petty Officer and witnessed action in the Dardanelles. Having then returned to a shore appointment back in the U.K., Clarke served in another battleship, the Albion, in January-June 1917, in which latter month he was commissioned as a Gunner, R.N. and in this latter rank he joined the cruiser H.M.S. Kent in May 1918, the commencement of his Siberian sojourn. Ordered to Vladivostock in January 1919, to relieve her consort Suffolk, Kent was approached for volunteers to man an oil-driven tug and a barge in support of operations on the River Kama in Siberia, and Clarke was among the chosen handful of naval personnel to support a larger force of Marines, the whole under the command of Captain T. H. Jameson, R.M.L.I. Kama River Flotilla The oil-driven tug was duly renamed Kent and the barge Suffolk, the former being armed with four 12-pounders and manned by a volunteer crew of 24, and the latter with a 6-inch gun and a crew of nine, of which Clarke was placed in command. Joining their new “ships” at Perm in late April 1919, where they came under the overall command of Admiral Smirnoff, C.M.G., C.O. of the Kama River Flotilla, the Marines and Bluejackets were quickly in action as part of the Third Division of the Flotilla, under Captain Fierdoroff, in May and June, engaging enemy gunboats and carrying out valuable shore bombardments - a story vividly recalled in Captain Jameson’s Expedition to Siberia 1919. It is clear from Jameson’s account of the expedition that Clarke’s command, the Suffolk, was regularly in action, more so than the Kent, not least in the closing days of the Third Division’s part in the campaign in late June - on the 26th Suffolk engaged the enemy in Veltanka district, and again the next day at the village of Stralka, where she routed large numbers of the “Bolos” at close range - in all she fired 256 rounds and, having expended her ammunition, was recalled to Perm, arriving at Motavaileka Works on the 28th. The Marines and bluejackets were now ordered to dismantle their “ships” and load the resultant 225 tons of material on to railway trucks, a task made yet harder by the threat that Perm would fall shortly to the “Bolos” - in fact confusion reigned everywhere and the local railway station was overflowing with refugees. Kent and Suffolk were then sunk by permission of Admiral Smirnoff. Commandeering a locomotive from the repair shop - much to the annoyance of the Russians - Captain Jameson and his men eventually chugged out of Perm Station in the early morning of 29 June, a total of 37 of all ranks being crammed into two wooden trucks. And it would be 52 days - via Omsk and many adventures - that the exhausted party finally reached Vladivostock on 8 August, when they were taken on board the Carlisle: transferring at Shanghai to the Colombo, they finally reached England on 10 November 1919. Jameson was awarded the D.S.O., Clarke and his opposite number in the Kent D.S.C.s, and eight Petty Officers and ratings the Naval M.S.M., in addition to a single D.S.M. to Sergeant Alfred Taylor, R.M.L.I. of the Suffolk. Remaining active between the Wars, Clarke was appointed Commissioned Gunner in December 1926, while serving in the Hood, and to Lieutenant in November 1937, while serving in the Royal Sovereign. Next removing to the Devonport establishment Drake in April 1938, where he was still serving on the renewal of hostilities in the following year, he later removed to Malagas, the Fleet Air Arm station in South Africa, and was placed on the Retired List as a Lieutenant-Commander in 1946. He died in January 1951. Sold with copied record of service and R.M. Historical Society reprint of Captain Jameson’s Expedition to Siberia 1919.
Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (17553 T.S. Mjr. J. R. Morfitt. R.A.M.C.) nearly extremely fine £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919 (Egypt). John Rowland Morfitt attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 August 1914, and then subsequently in Egypt.
Three: Private W. Booth, Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Somme on 13 November 1916, on which date the 6th Battalion suffered a total of 275 casualties 1914-15 Star (2916 Pte. W. Booth, Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2916 Pte. W. Booth. Ches. R.) minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160 --- Provenance: David Boniface Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008. William Booth was born in Hyde, Cheshire, and attested there for the Cheshire Regiment. He served with the 1/6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 July 1915, and was killed in action on the Somme on 13 November 1916; on this date his battalion was involved in a dawn attack on St. Pierre Divion - all the objectives were achieved, but the Battalion sustained 275 casualties. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.
Four: Orderly G. Parkinson, Accrington Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade, later Royal Lancaster Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (407 Ordly: G. Parkinson. St. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (407. Pte. G. Parkinson. Accrington Corps.); British War and Victory Medals (32533 Pte. G. Parkinson. R. Lanc. R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered B46689’; and a St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Cross, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Grimshaw Parkinson No. 69102’, good very fine (4) £400-£500 --- Grimshaw Parkinson attested for the Royal Lancaster Regiment on 11 December 1915, and was discharged on 23 November 1918, being awarded a Silver War Badge no. B46689. Sold with a King’s Own shoulder title, and various cloth insignia.
An inter-War George Cross (converted E.G.M.), Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Warrant Officer T. P. McTeague, Royal Air Force, late Royal Irish Rifles, who was awarded the E.G.M. for his gallantry in rescuing the future Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine from the freezing sea after he had crashed off the Isle of Sheppey on 10 December 1928 George Cross (No. 346415 Cpl. Thomas Patrick Mc.Teague, R.A.F. 12th. April 1929.) in Royal Mint case of issue; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8722 L.Cpl. T. P. Mc.Teague. 2/R. Ir: Rif:); War Medal 1939-45, in Air Ministry card box of issue, addressed to ‘T. P. McTeague, Esq., 64 Clifton Street, Belfast, N. Ireland.’, the DCM with edge bruising, polished and worn, this good fine; the GC and War Medal extremely fine (3) £12,000-£16,000 --- E.G.M. London Gazette 12 April 1929: 346415 Corporal Thomas Patrick McTeague, D.C.M., Royal Air Force (in a joint citation with Flying Officer Walter Anderson, Royal Air Force). ‘Pilot Officer H. A. Constantine while flying an aeroplane off Leysdown on 10 December 1928, crashed into the sea, about 200 yards from the shore. Corporal McTeague and Flying Officer Anderson immediately entered the sea from the shore and swam to his assistance. The weather was bitterly cold; an on-shore wind was blowing and the sea was fairly rough. Constantine, fully clothed and suffering from injuries and shock, commenced to swim ashore, but was in a state of collapse when the first swimmer (McTeague) reached him. McTeague, though exhausted himself, supported him until the arrival of Anderson, and Constantine was then brought to safety (this involved swimming for a distance of about 100 yards) by their combined efforts. The extremely prompt and timely action of Anderson and McTeague, and the gallantry and persistence they displayed, undoubtedly saved the life of Constantine.’ D.C.M. London Gazette 22 October 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During an attack he displayed the greatest dash and initiative, and by rushing forward when any signs of resistance were offered he put to flight and captured at least two parties of the enemy. After reaching the objective he carried an important message back to battalion headquarters, and whilst crossing the enemy barrage he was wounded. He delivered his message safely, however, returned at once to his company, and remained on duty doing excellent and gallant work for the remainder of the operation. He refused to have his wound dressed until afterwards.’ Thomas Patrick McTeague was born in Belfast on 2 October 1893, and following the outbreak of the Great War attested for the Royal Irish Rifles, serving with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 September 1914 (entitled to a 1914 Star trio). Promoted Corporal, for his gallantry in 1917 he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Demobilised following the cessation of hostilities, McTeague subsequently enlisted in the Royal Air Force in 1921, and served throughout the 1920s in the Middle East; amongst his Commanding Officers were the future Marshals of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder and Sir Arthur Harris. As an air-gunner in twin engine bi-planes he later told how he would lean out of the aircraft in order to drop small 5lb bombs by hand onto the insurgents on the ground (One Step Further, by Marion Hebblethwaite refers). Subsequently posted to the Royal Air Force’s Armament and Gunner School on the Isle of Sheppey, McTeague was awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal for his part in rescuing Pilot Officer H. A. Constantine [later Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O.], after he had crashed into the sea off Leysdown on 10 December 1928. He was invested with his Empire Gallantry Medal by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (later H.M. King Edward VIII) at St. James’s Palace on 9 July 1929, and subsequently with the George Cross by H.M. King George VI at Buckingham Palace on 23 September 1941. Returning to Belfast, McTeague was promoted Sergeant and was stationed at R.A.F. Aldergrove, seeing further service during the Second World War as a Recruiting Sergeant in Belfast. His final posting was as a Warrant Officer at R.A.F. Abingdon. He died in Belfast on 28 February 1961. Sold with a group photograph featuring the recipient. Note: The recipient’s Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was sold by Spink in April 2009. The location of his 1914 Star trio and 1953 Coronation Medal is unknown.
Three: Private W. G. Phillips, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 24 October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (6740 Pte W. G. Phillips. 1/Wilts: R.); British War and Victory Medals (6740 Pte. W. G. Phillips. Wilts. R.); Memorial Plaque (William George Phillips) generally good very fine (4) £160-£200 --- William George Phillips was born in Handley, Dorset, and was the husband of Mrs H. A. Phillips of Diamond Villa, Handley, Salisbury. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. Private Phillips died of wounds on the Western Front, 24 October 1914, and is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, France.
Pair: Private W. A. Fell, 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion, Border Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 February 1916 1914-15 Star (17355 Pte. W. A. Fell. Bord: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (17355 Pte. W. A. Fell. Bord. R.) good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (28638 Pte. J. R. Collier. Bord. R.) good very fine (3) £160-£200 --- William Arthur Fell was born at Lyth, Westmorland, and enlisted in the 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion, Border Regiment, at Kendal on 27 October 1914. An original entrant, Fell served in France with ‘C’ Company from 23 November 1915 and was killed in action on 9 February 1916, one of the first men from the Battalion to die on active service. A note on the Battalion history website adds: ‘William was killed whilst on voluntary duty in the trenches for a sick man. Whilst digging, dirt was thrown over the parapet and a German bombardment ensued’. He is buried at Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension. James Robert Collier was born at Gravesend on 9 May 1898 and served on the Western Front with ‘D’ Company, 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion, Border Regiment. He was taken Prisoner of War at Nieuport on 10 July 1917 and was held at Dulmen Camp in the North Rhine, Germany.
A Second War 1940 Immediate ‘Battle of France’ D.F.M. awarded to Flight Sergeant T. C. Davies, Royal Air Force, an Observer with 226 Squadron, who was killed in action on 4 July 1941 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (580453. Sgt. T. C. Davies. R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.F.M. London Gazette 25 June 1940. The original Recommendation, for an Immediate award, dated 8 June 1940, states: ‘This Air Observer has been a member of Pilot Officer Crooks' crew on all missions and it is largely owing to his exceptional navigational ability that the missions have so successfully been completed. This N.C.O. has used his gun most effectively during low-flying bombing attacks on convoys in addition to navigating his aircraft under difficult conditions of visibility by day and by night.’ In the same Gazette, Pilot Officer D. A. C. Crooks was awarded an Immediate D.F.C., the Recommendation stating: ‘During a day in May, 1940, Pilot Officer Crooks carried out an extensive reconnaissance of the Amiens-Albert road with great determination and gallantry. At a low altitude, and under heavy fire from the ground, he bombed a large convoy of enemy armoured vehicles, obtaining direct hits with his bombs. Although his aircraft was hit by heavy pom-pom fire he succeeded in reaching his base. Pilot Officer Crooks and his crew have shown initiative and exceptional devotion to duty in many missions undertaken by night and under adverse weather conditions. They have pressed home their attacks, invariably from low altitudes, in spite of enemy opposition from the ground and from the air. Thomas Clifford Davies enlisted in the Royal Air Force and served as an Observer with 226 Squadron throughout the Battle of France, being awarded an Immediate Distinguished Flying Medal. Evacuated with the Squadron from Brest, and converting to Blenheims, he remained with the Squadron and was killed in action on 4 July 1941 when his Blenheim, commanded by Wing Commander R. G. Hurst, was hit by flak and crashed into the sea of Norderney. Davies is buried alongside his two crew in Sage War Cemetery, Germany. Sold with two rolls of original Royal Air Force riband, for the R.A.F. Meritorious Service Medal, and the R.A.F. Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
A scarce E.VII.R. large bronze Sea Gallantry Medal awarded to Boatswain R. J. Jones, White Star Line, who plunged into the River Mersey in 1902 in an attempt to rescue an unconscious man, and was further decorated with a small silver Sea Gallantry Medal in 1908 following a repeat act of bravery in the mid-Atlantic Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, E.VII.R., large, bronze (Robert Joseph Jones. S.S. “Cymric” 5th. September 1902.) in original fitted case of issue, minor attempt to pierce reverse at 12 o’clock to facilitate a loop suspension, otherwise extremely fine £500-£700 --- Only 23 E.VII.R. large bronze medals were awarded prior to the small medal being instituted in 1904. Robert Joseph Jones was awarded the bronze Sea Gallantry Medal for attempting to save the life of Able Seaman David Jones of Bootle who was employed in the shore gang of the White Star Steamship Company. Anchored at New Brighton, the steamship Cymric was just hours away from leaving for New York and both men were making preparations for the embarkation of 1400 passengers and crew. The Dundee Evening Post of 6 September 1902 gives further details: 'Intrepid Boatswain. A very sad affair occurred in the Mersey yesterday afternoon, involving the loss of two lives. At 2.30 the crew of the White Star liner Cymric were engaged in boat drill when one of the lifeboats, in being swung out upon the davits, struck a sailor and knocked him into the river. The man was evidently unconscious, and his body was being rapidly swept away by a strong ebb tide, when Robert Jones, boatswain of the Cymric, plunged into the river to the rescue. Boats were also lowered from the Cymric and the tender Magnetic. Another sailor also jumped in to assist the boatswain in supporting their shipmate's unconscious form. The two rescuers reached a rope thrown to them, but the force of the tide compelled them to let go of their burden, and the body at once sank. The tide also swept away the second sailor, who was lost to sight in a moment. The boatswain, Robert Jones, who has been instrumental in saving six lives whilst with the White Star Line, was picked up in an exhausted condition, but was able to sail in the Cymric. The bodies of the two men who drowned have not been seen since.’ Despite this close-call, Jones remained in service aboard Cymric as boatswain. Six years later his name was published in The Liverpool Journal of Commerce when he was decorated with the Silver Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry after participating in the rescue of the survivors of the St. Cuthbert of Liverpool, which was abandoned on fire in the North Atlantic Ocean on 3 February 1908. In common with other sailors involved in this rescue, Jones likely also received the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society silver medal and the bronze medal of the Humane Society of Massachusetts.
Four: Able Seaman R. N. Spencer, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (D/JX.852476 R. N. Spencer A.B. R.N.); Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (D/KX.852476 R. N. Spencer A.B. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (JX.852476 R. N. Spencer. A.B. H.M.S. Leander.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £180-£220 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Robert N. Spencer was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 8 November 1963. Sold with copied LS&GC Medal roll extract.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (1024 Pte. R. Picken. R. Welsh Fus:) latter part of surname officially corrected; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5730 Pte. A. Miles. Rl: Welsh Fus:) test marks and contact marks to KSA, this good fine; the QSA nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140
General Service 1918-62 (3), 1 clasp, Iraq (19759 Dvr. Dhama Singh. R.A.); 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (2591 Sepoy Mangu Khan. 26-Punjabis,); 2 clasps, Kurdistan, Iraq (369 Rfmn. Autar Sing Rana, 1-39-R. Garwhal R.) very fine or better (3) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Family Group: Three: Head Conductor J. L. Human, South African Service Corps, late Rand Rifles 1914-15 Star (L/Cpl. J. L. Human Rand. Rfls.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Hd. Condr. J. L. Human. S.A.S.C.) contact marks, some polishing, nearly very fine Four: J. L. W. Human, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘17871 J. L. W. Human.’, mounted for wear, very fine Pair: M. E. Human, Union Defence Force War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially impressed ‘316948 M. E. Human’, mounted for wear, very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Sold with a Great War era identity disk, crafted from a German East African silver 1891 one rupee coin, the obverse erased and contemporarily engraved ‘J. L. Human T1950 S.A.S.C.T & R. G.E.A. 1916-17-18’.
Renamed and Defective Medals (11): Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Nive (Lt. Jas. D. Daly); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (3203. Corpl. B. Blackmore. 2nd. Bat. 60th. K.R.R.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai (No. 295. Pte. J. Duncan. 1/Black Watch. Rl. Hrs.) ; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Sergt. M. Graham. 1st. Grenadier Guards.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), no clasp (1385 Pte. Jos. Turkington 2nd. Rif.); 3 copy clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Wittebergen (Sergt. M. Graham. 1st. Grenadier Guards.); Ashanti 1900, no clasp (72 Pte. Ndreyyah. 2nd. C. Africa Regt.); Africa General Service 1902-56 (4), 1 copy clasp, Uganda 1900 (2170 Pte. Rekuba Merjan 3/K.A.R.); 2 clasps (3), Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (14. M. G. P. Mwechumu 1st. K. African R.); Nandi 1905-06, Somaliland 1908-10 (2) (1333. Cpl. Selemani; 453 Pte. Sabea. 1/K.A.R.) all renamed; some with replacement suspensions, generally fine and better (11) £300-£400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Transvaal, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7197 Pte. J. R. Dores, Rl: Scots.) unofficial rivets between first two clasps, good very fine £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Four: Acting Corporal F. Tippett, Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (14224. Pte. F. Tippett. R. Dub. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (14224 A.Cpl. F. Tippett. R. D. Fus.); Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Freuthy Tippett was born at Mother Ivey’s Cottage, St. Merryn, Cornwall, on 9 December 1890. He attested for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers at the outbreak of the Great War and embarked for Gallipoli with the 7th Battalion per Alaunia on 10 July 1915. Disembarked at Suvla Bay 9 August 1915, Tippett witnessed the consolidation of Chocolate Hill and the Battle of Kizlar Dagh from 13-15 August 1915. The Battalion History notes: ‘[the 7th] arrived without any maps and any orders. They were without artillery as the 10th (Irish) Division’s artillery pieces had been sent to France instead of Gallipoli. Water was in very short supply. When the fight did begin, they even ran out of ammunition and resorted to throwing stones at the Turks.’ Dressed in shorts with pith helmets and no winter clothing, casualties soon mounted amongst the 7th Battalion, the numbers exacerbated by extremes of heat and cold, plagues of flies and poor sanitation. Transferred to Salonika in October 1915, conditions worsened for the men; at the end of November, 1656 men had to be evacuated due to illness, of whom 998 were hospitalised with frostbite. A further 385 men of the Royal Dublin and Munster Fusiliers were reported killed, wounded or missing following the attack on the village of Jenikoj. Tippett survived the Great War and later took employment at Trevose golf club in Cornwall. He died in 1973.
Imperial Service Medal (3), G.V.R., Circular issue (2), 1st ‘coinage head’ issue (Henry James Baldry); 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Sarah Mary Campbell.); E.II.R., 2nd issue (Mildred Rose Douglas) the last in its Royal Mint case of issueCoronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. J. Griffiths. Y. Div.); Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1953 (2), these last four all unnamed as issued; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Hugh F. R. Millar) some traces of lacquer, generally very fine (9) £90-£120
Pair: Major F. K. Morton, Royal Signals, late Royal Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches during the Second War, for gallant and distinguished services in Italy India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lieut. F. K. Morton. R.A.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Major. F. K. Morton. R. Signals.) slight scratches, first letter of rank on second medal double struck, very fine (2) £180-£220 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 19 July 1945 (Italy). Sold with copied medal roll extracts and copied gazette entries.
A Second World War ‘Burma operations - Battle of Legyi’ stretcher bearer’s M.M. group of six awarded to Private H. C. Jesty, 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment Military Medal, G.VI.R. (5723746 Pte. H. C. Jesty. Dorset. R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5723746 Pte. H. C. Jesty. M.M. R.A.M.C.) edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine or better (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.M. London Gazette 17 January 1946. The original recommendation states: ‘Burma 16 Feb - 15 May 1945. During the period under review, Pte. Jesty has been a stretcher bearer in ‘C’ Coy, 2 Dorset. Throughout the first ten weeks of the period the Bn. was engaged continuously in active operations in the Mandalay Plain. Pte. Jesty took part in every battle, and consistently displayed outstanding personal gallantry and devotion to duty. At Legyi on 5 Apr., a number of Japanese infiltrated into the Bn. perimeter during the night, and harassed some posns, including the R.A.P. When two Japanese attacked the R.A.P Pte. Jesty himself killed one with his revolver at very close range, the other being subsequently dealt with by a neighbouring sec. of ‘C’ Coy. Pte. Jesty displayed the utmost coolness, and his prompt action undoubtedly prevented cas. in the R.A.P. At Leygi on 11 Apr., Pte. Jesty’s Coy posn. was heavily shelled. Pte. Jesty attended cas. spread over a wide area, quite regardless of his personal safety, at a time when it was courting death to move from the comparative cover of a slit trench. In more than one trench Pte. Jesty was confronted with the task of not only attending the cas., but of encouraging and administering to other occupants whose nerves had been affected by the severe shelling. He succeeded in this most difficult task by sheer force of character and determination. On these and many other occasions Pte. Jesty’s high courage, skill, initiative and devotion to duty were an example to his fellow stretcher bearers, and a great comfort to casualties. His conduct at all times would have been worthy of a soldier many times his senior in rank, and for a private solider was quite outstanding.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 10 January 1946 [Burma]. Henry Charles Jesty served as a stretcher bearer with ‘C’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment in Burma, February - May 1945.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant C. Raine, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 20 November 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (19751 L.Cpl. C. Raine. 12/W. York: R.) extremely fine £260-£300 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.M. London Gazette 21 October 1916. Clifford Raine attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment and served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1915. Awarded the Military Medal and advanced Sergeant, he was killed in action on 20 November 1917, and is buried in Favreuil British Cemetery, France.
Five: R. M. Read, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘191042 R. M. Read’, mounted for wear, contact marks, edge digs to third, nearly very fine Four: N. A. Lewis, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘144808 N. A. Lewis’, mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine Four: H. H. Blair, Union Defence Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘41661 H. H. Blair’, mounted for wear, stars gilded, contact marks, nearly very fine (13) £100-£140
Seaforth Highlanders Officer’s Plaid Brooch. A good example Victorian Seaforth Highlanders Officer’s silver Plaid Brooch, with hallmarks for Edinburgh 1895, the wreath mounted with a silver Ducal coronet cypher and a stag’s head in high relief, with fifteen battle honours, the latest ‘Afghanistan’, the reverse with a Kirkwood thistle maker’s mark for ‘R & HB Kirkwood,Thistle St. Edinburgh’, with a stout pin and original hook and hinge fixings, very good condition £260-£300
Pair: Private J. T. Kiy, 8th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 13 June 1918 British War and Victory Medals (32102 Pte. J. T. Kiy. Bord. R.); Memorial Plaque (John Thomas Kiy) generally very fine or better (3) £80-£120 --- John Thomas Kiy was born in Romford, Essex. He initially served during the Great War with the Rifle Brigade, and the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, prior to transferring to the 8th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment. Kiy died of wounds on the Western Front, 13 June 1918, and is buried in the Marfaux British Cemetery, Marne, France.
A rare Second World War honorary D.F.M. awarded to Flight Sergeant R. Malachowski, 300 Squadron (Land of Masovia), Free Polish Air Force, attached Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (792075 F/Sgt. R. Malachowski.) suspension slack, very fine £1,200-£1,600 --- D.F.M. AIR 30/170/153 (5 September 1942): ‘In recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations’. Romuald/Romauld Malachowski served as a Flight Sergeant with 300 (Polish) Squadron (Land of Masovia), Free Polish Air Force, flying Wellingtons out of R.A.F. Hemswell, Lincolnshire during the Second World War.
Three: Lance-Corporal E. P. Brown, Bedfordshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 1 July 1917 1914 Star (9367 Pte. E. P. Brown. 2/Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9367 Pte. E. P. Brown. Bedf. R.) about extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Edward Pelham Brown was born in Lambeth, London, and attested for the Bedfordshire Regiment at St. Albans. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1914, and died of wounds on 1 July 1917. He is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, France. Sold with named Record Office enclosures for both the 1914 Start, and the British War and Victory Medals, with remnants of transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mrs. M. Brown, c/o Mrs Boyd, 193 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Canada’.
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