A ‘First Day of the Battle of the Somme’ casualty pair awarded to Second Lieutenant, B. H. Belcher, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action during the attack on Ovillers on 1 July 1916 - seen to fall just after leading his platoon over the parapet, his battalion suffered a total of 437 casualties that day British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. B. H. Belcher.), Memorial Plaque (Basil Henry Belcher) nearly extremely fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Basil Henry Belcher was born in Newbury, Berkshire, on 3 August 1894 and was educated at Brighton College, where he was a member of the Officers' Training Corps. At the outbreak of war, Basil and his elder brother, Wilfred, joined the 18th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (1st Public Schools Battalion), and both were commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment on 16 May 1915. Transferring to the 2nd Battalion, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from March 1916. Battle of the Somme On 1 July 1916, the 2nd Battalion - who formed part of 25th Brigade, 8th Division - found themselves in a trench near the France town of Albert. At 7.30am three companies of the battalion left the trench to advance on German held positions a few hundred metres away around the little village of Ovillers-la-Boiselle, off the Albert/Bapaume road. No Man’s Land was particularly wide at this point and was overlooked by German positions to the north. At about 7.45am the advancing companies lost their commanding officer when Lieutenant-Colonel Holdsworth was fatally wounded without even leaving the trenches; since his second in command, Major Sawyer, was also wounded, command of the battalion fell on the shoulders of Second Lieutenant Mollet. The 2nd Berkshires were in serious trouble. At 11am the order to standby was finally received from Brigade HQ and the surviving members of the battalion (about 200 men) regrouped in a nearby trench. The Battalion War diary for the day gives the following account: ‘Attack on Ovillers. The Battalion took up its assembly position in accordance with Brigade Operation Order No. 100. The 2nd Bn Lincolnshire Regt was on the left and the 2Bn Devonshire Regt on right. Our own wire was not sufficiently cut and parties were immediately sent out by Companies to clear it. At 6.25am the intensive bombardment began as scheduled. At about 7.15am the enemy opened rifle and machine gun fire on our line; this fire was probably drawn by the 2nd Devon Regt which at about this time attempted to line up in front of their parapet. At 7.20am Companies began filing down trenches and getting ready for the assault. At 7.30am the three assaulting Companies advanced to attack the German line. They were met by intense rifle and machine gun fire which prevented any of the waves reaching the enemy lines. A little group on the left of the Battalion succeeded in getting in, but were eventually bombed out. At about 7.45am the commanding officer (Lt Col A.M. Holdsworth) and second in command (Major G.H. Sawyer DSO) were wounded in the sap on the left of our front, the commdg officer handed over Command of the Battalion to 2nd Lieut C. Mollet (Actg Adjt) by this time the parapet was swept by rifle and machine gun fire which prevented any exit from our trenches. The enemy replied to our intensive bombardment by barraging the front line from about 6.35am onwards. No message was received from other Battalions in immediate vicinity. At about 11am the order came from Bde Headquarters to "stand by" and await further orders. About 200 men of the Battalion were collected on the right of the front line and in the assembly trenches off Ulverston Street. At about 12.30pm news was received that the Brigade would be relieved. At about 3pm Major Hon R. Brand, 2nd Rifle Brigade arranged to take over all the front line and with the sanction of the Brigade the Battalion was withdrawn to Ribble Street. On relief by the 37th Infantry Bde, the Battalion marched back to bivouac in Long Valley. Two Lewis Guns were damaged, Steel Helmets proved invaluable and in numberless cases saved men’s lives.’ The war diary for the day lists a devastating 431 casualties (20 Officers and 411 men) for the battalion; 3 officers and 33 men dead; 8 officers and 260 men wounded. The death toll appears far lighter than reality as a further 9 officers, including Basil Belcher, and 118 men are simply reported as missing. On that dreadful day missing almost always meant dead; either cut down by enemy fire or blown apart by shellfire. The following report appeared in the Newbury Weekly News on 13 July 1916: ‘Mrs W H Belcher, of Newbury, has received a telegram from the War Office, stating that her younger son, 2nd Lieut B H Belcher, Royal Berks Regt, has been reported missing on July 1st. From letters received from her elder son, it is feared that there is very little hope of his being alive. The battalion made an attack on the morning of July 1st, and came under very heavy machine gun fire, and 2nd Lieut B H Belcher was seen to fall just after leading his platoon over the parapet.’ For almost a year the family may have held out some hope that Belcher would turn up in a list of prisoners of war, though the report that he fell close to the British lines must have made them fear the worst. Confirmation came ten months after he fell, as reported in the Newbury Weekly News of 10 May 1917: ‘In view of the fact that no further information has been forthcoming about 2nd Lieut B H Belcher, Royal Berks Regt, reported missing July 1st, 1916, the Army Council conclude that he must have been killed in action on that day. He was educated at Brighton College and in Paris, and was on the point of going to Russia when the war broke out. In September, 1914, he and his brother joined the Public Schools Brigade, and obtained their commissions in the 3rd Batt Royal Berkshire Regt in May, 1915. They both went to France in March, 1916, and 2nd Lieut B H Belcher was in the severe fighting for the Vimy Ridge in the spring of that year. He was transferred to the 2nd Battalion, to be near his brother, just before the great offensive on the Somme. He went into action on the morning of July 1st, and was seen to fall soon after leaving the trench. The ground was so swept away by the enemy’s fire that search was impossible.’ His Colonel wrote of him: ‘He was a very good boy indeed. When he joined I told him that if he came up to the standard of his cousin, Gordon [Captain G. Belcher, M.C., Royal Berkshire Regiment], he would do right well. I think I can say with truth that he came up to that standard. He was very popular with all ranks when he was here.’ Belcher’s body was recovered from the battlefield, and he is buried in Serre Road No.2 Cemetery, France. His brother Wilfred survived the war, rising to the rank of Captain and being awarded the Military Cross. Sold with the following related archive: i)Two portrait photographs of the recipient; together with two small photographs, one of the recipient, the other presumably his mother. ii) A letter, dated 16 April 1915, from the recipient to his mother whilst serving with the 1st Public Schools Battalion, a month to the day prior to his Commission. The content giving the young man’s somewhat naive description of how the war began. iii) Named Buckingham Palace letter of condolence, dated 23 June 1917.
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Six: Private P. Scott, Suffolk Regiment, later Sapper, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (53737 Pte. P. Scott. Suff. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (5821007 Pte. P. Scott, Suff. R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (5821007 Spr. P. Scott. R.E.) mounted crudely as originally worn, generally nearly very fine or better (6) £160-£200 --- Percy Scott resided at 668 Barking Road, Plaistow, London.
1914 Star (2061 Pte W. Willis. 1/4 Suff: R.) good very fine £70-£90 --- William Willis served during the Great War with the 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment on the Western Front from 8 November 1914. Private Willis transferred to the 8th (Service) Battalion and was killed in action on the Western Front, 12 October 1917. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Three: Captain R. B. Creyke, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (R. B. Creyke, Mate.); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver, unnamed as issued, fitted with contemporary replacement silver bar suspension, each medal fitted with silver ribbon buckle and long pin for wearing, nearly extremely fine (3) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, March 1998, when mounted in glass fronted display case, the black-on-gold painted labels from which accompany the group. Richard Boynton Creyke entered the Navy in July, 1829, as first-class volunteer on board the Atholl, on the west coast of Africa, from which vessel, in April 1831, he was transferred to the Medina, where he remained until July of the same year. He joined the Ocean as a midshipman in December 1831, the Magpie in November 1832, and the Rolla in November 1833. In these vessels he was employed at Sheerness, and on the North Sea and Lisbon stations. He went to the Mediterranean in April 1834, in the Revenge, and as a Mate became attached to the Bellerophon in May 1838. In the Bellerophon, as a Mate, he took part in the operations on the coast of Syria, and was present at the bombardment of St. Jean D’Acre. In July 1841, he was appointed to the revenue cutter Defence, employed in the North Sea, and was transferred, in July 1843, to the steam vessel Blazer, Captain John Washington (afterwards Hydrographer) employed on surveying service in the same neighbourhood. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in September 1843. From February 1844, to October 1845, he served on the west coast of Africa in the Penelope, Alert, and Growler, the former being the Commodore’s vessel on that station. He commanded the boats of the Alert in an attack on pirates at the Arguin islands, near Cape Blanco, for which he was mentioned favourably in the despatches of the Commodore. In January 1846, he was appointed to the survey of the west coast of Scotland, under Captain C. G. Robinson, in the Shearwater, and in October of the same year was made an Assistant-Surveyor. In October 1847, his name was transferred to the books of the San Josef and subsequently to the Impregnable and Fisgard, his services throughout being continued in the survey of the west coast of Scotland. In February 1855, Lieutenant Creyke was appointed First Lieutenant of the Merlin, Captain Bartholomew J. Sulivan, attached to the Baltic fleet, in which vessel he assisted in surveying the north part of Cronstadt, as well as the vicinity of Sweaborg, previous to its bombardment, at which he was present. For his services on this occasion he was so strongly recommended by the Commander-in-Chief to the favourable consideration of their lordships, that he was promoted to the rank of Commander in September of the same year, and in the following November again resumed his duties as an Assistant-Surveyor on the west coast of Scotland, under Captain E. J. Bedford, with whom, as Chief Assistant-Surveyor, he continued to serve until about the year 1861. He was promoted to be Retired Captain on 11 February 1862, in consideration of his services and the impaired state of his health. For his war services Captain Creyke has received the Syrian and Baltic medals.
The important Naval General Service Medal awarded to Able Seaman Charles Stewart, who was present on board H.M.S. Mars in her epic conflict with the Hercule in April 1798, and later fought at Trafalgar aboard H.M.S. Victory Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Mars 21 April 1798, Trafalgar (Charles Stewart.) suspension claw re-fixed, edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine £14,000-£18,000 --- Provenance: Payne Collection 1911; Glendining’s, May 1922, July 1946 (G. Dalrymple White Collection), and July 1977; Spink, July 2000 (Ron Byatt Collection) £11,500; Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015 (John Goddard Collection) £14,000. Mars 21 April 1798 [26 issued] - 10 medals known, including examples in the National Maritime Museum; Royal Naval Museum; Honeyman Collection (U.S.A.); and Patiala Collection (Sheesh Mahal Museum, India). Trafalgar [1611 issued] - including 18 officers and 104 men on board Nelson’s flagship Victory. The published Naval General Service Medal rolls confirm Charles Stewart as an Ordinary Seaman aboard the Mars for the action of 21 April 1798, and as an Able Seaman aboard the Victory at the battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. One other man appears on the roll with these names as a recipient of the ‘Copenhagen 1801’ clasp. Charles Stewart, who was from Banffshire, Scotland, originally entered the Royal Navy aboard H.M.S. Zealand in September 1797 but had removed to the Mars in time for her famous duel with the Hercule in April 1798: Mars captures Hercule At 11 a.m. on the 21st April as the British fleet was crossing the Iroise Passage two sails were spotted to the east. The three most easterly ships were detached to investigate the sails, these being the 74-gun ships of the line Mars, Captain Alexander Hood, and Ramillies, Captain H. Inman, and the 38-gun frigate Jason, Captain C. Stirling. At 2 p.m. a third sail was sighted close to the shore to the southeast. This new sail was much larger than those sighted earlier, and the squadron turned towards the new ship, the 74-gun Hercule on her maiden voyage. During the chase Ramillies lost her fore topmast and dropped back, whereupon Captain Hood made every effort to accelerate the sailing of the Mars and soon gained on the leading ship, the Jason, and the Hercule. Captain L'Héritier of the Hercule realised that in open water he would soon be caught and overwhelmed, and sought instead to escape through the channel of the Raz de Sein. As the Hercule neared the channel, the Mars overtook the Jason and Captain Hood put her on a starboard tack and bore down on the Hercule. At 8.30 p.m., finding herself unable to sail against the strong current, the Hercule dropped anchor at the mouth of the channel, swung her broadside about to face the enemy and furled her sails. Captain Hood attempted to manoeuvre the Mars into an effective position to attack the Hercule, but the current in the Raz de Sein passage prevented this and instead he decided to bring the Mars directly alongside and fight broadside to broadside. At 9.25 p.m., after an initial heavy exchange, with the Mars fighting the current, she pulled slightly ahead of the Hercule and dropped anchor. The port bow anchor of the Mars became entangled with the starboard anchor of the Hercule, causing the British ship to swing violently and collide with the Hercule. Thus entangled and with sides rubbing together, both captains ordered their ships to pour fire into the other. The situation was such that many cannons on both ships could not be run out, and instead had to be fired from inside, so that the ships sides were much burnt and quite blackened. During the exchange, Captain Hood was mortally wounded by a musket shot to the thigh but he lived just long enough to hear the cheers of his victorious seamen, and to learn that he had not in vain died for his country. The Hercule twice failed to board the Mars sustaining heavy casualties on each attempt. Captain L'Héritier himself was injured twice leading the assault. At 1030 p.m., after an hour of continual bombardment L'Héritier surrendered, the hull of the Hercule being torn open and the Jason being seen fast approaching. The Hercule had suffered a loss of 250 men killed and wounded. The casualties of the Mars were also very heavy. In addition to Captain Hood, a Captain of Marines, one Midshipman and 28 men were killed or missing, and two Lieutenants, one Midshipman and 57 men were wounded. The Hercule was carried into Plymouth and added to the Navy under the same name. Lieutenant William Butterfield, First of the Mars, was promoted to the rank of Commander. Stewart joins the Victory and fights at Trafalgar Very probably aboard the Mars when she was beached in April 1802, Stewart was quickly 'Prest' back into service aboard the Penelope and, in May 1803, joined the ship's company of the Victory, in which ship he was present under Nelson at Trafalgar: 'The story of the great fight, which commenced at noon, needs no telling here. On the firing ceasing, the Victory was found to have lost 57 killed and 103 wounded, and was herself all but a wreck. The tremendous fire to which she had been exposed when leading her line into action had caused great damage at a very early period in the Battle; and before she herself fired a gun, many of her spars were shot away, and great injury had been done to her hull, especially to the fore part. At the conclusion of the action she had lost her mizzenmast, the fore-topmast had to be struck to save the foremast, and the main mast was not much better, while her figurehead had been struck by shot and part of it carried away. Her sails were badly wounded, and it took all the exertions of her crew to refit the rigging sufficiently to stand the bad weather that followed. Her trophy, the 74-gun French Redoubtable, was one of those that sank after the action in deep water, and in her, as many of the other vessels lost, went down her Prize Crew of gallant British seamen. On 3 November the Victory sailed from Gibraltar on the melancholy but proud duty of conveying the body of the dead hero of England. She reached Spithead on 4 December, and Sheerness on the 22nd, where Nelson's body was removed to a yacht for conveyance to Greenwich and St. Paul's. During the ceremony of removing his remains, the hero's flag, which had flown half-mast ever since the action, was lowered for the last time' (Ref: The Trafalgar Roll, by Colonel R. H. Holden). Able Seaman Stewart was invalided at Malta Hospital in early December 1807 and later became a Greenwich Pensioner. He must have died after 17 December 1863 since all deaths are recorded in ADM 73/47 up to this date. Sold with detailed research by Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, R.N.
Anglo-Boer War Medal 1899-1902 (Verpleegster C. R. Visser.) officially re-impressed naming, otherwise extremely fine and rare £300-£400 --- Cornelia Rozina Visser was a Red Cross nursing sister serving with the Veldt-Hospital at Mafeking. Sold with copied Vorm “B” and various submissions, mostly in Dutch. A small note attached in English reads ‘Served in Ambulance. Attack of malaria at Litchenburg where she had to remain, and lost contact with ambulance - returned to Holland - date not given but prob before 1902.’
A Second War O.B.I. group of six awarded to Subadar Dalel Khan, 1st Punjab Regiment, late 56th Rifles, Indian Army, who was Mentioned in Despatches for the Mohmand Operations on the North West Frontier of India in 1935 Order of British India, 1st Class, 2nd type neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck riband; India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., 4 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24, North West Frontier 1935 (1530 Sepoy Dalel Khan, 2-56 Rfls.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Subdr. Dalel Khan, 5-1 Punjab R.) unit partially officially corrected; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, nearly very fine or better, the OBI good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 8 May 1936: Dalel Khan, Jemadar, 5th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment
‘For distinguished services rendered in connection with the Mohmand operations, North West Frontier of India, 15th/16th August to 15th/16th October, 1935.’ Sold with copied research.
A C.I.E. group of five awarded to Captain A. R. Leishman, Assam-Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles, who for many years was a prominent member of Chittagong’s municipal and business community The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, C.I.E., Companion’s 3rd type neck badge, gold and enamels; British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. A. R. Leishman); Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed; Indian Volunteer Forces Decoration, G.V.R., the reverse officially engraved ‘Capt. A. R. Leishman, The A.B. Rly. Bn. (A.F.I.)’ with top suspension bar drilled for sewing to ribbon; Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Lieutt. A. R. Leishman, Assam Bl. Ry. Vol. Rfls.) last four mounted for wear, good very fine (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- C.I.E. London Gazette 3 June 1931. Alan Ross Leishman was born in 1878, the younger son of James Matthew Leishman and Sarah Robina Boog. Educated at Aldenham School 1892-95, he left for India shortly thereafter, where he took up an appointment with James Finlay & Co. in Chittagong, most probably via the offices of his father, who had earlier been employed by Bulloch Brothers & Co. Ltd. in Burma. Be that as it may, young Alan excelled in his chosen career and was for 30 years Manager of Finlay’s branch in Chittagong, so too President of the local Chamber of Commerce on 23 occasions, a Port Commissioner (1907-29), and Chairman of the Port Commissioners (1929-34). He also served on the District Board and as a member of the Hospital Committee and, from 1911, served on occasion as the Vice-Consul for Chile - the same year in which he was awarded the Delhi Durbar Medal in a civil capacity. A keen member of the Indian Volunteers, Leishman was originally commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Assam-Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifles in October 1908. Advanced to Lieutenant in September of the following year, he was awarded the Indian Volunteer Long Service Medal in 1915 (IAO 292 of 7 June that year refers), and the Indian Volunteer Forces Officer’s Decoration in 1923 (the Gazette of India 15 September of that year refers). In the interim, during the Great War, he had been advanced to Captain in July 1916 and was placed on the Supernumerary List of the Indian Defence Force in April 1917 (British War Medal 1914-20). Having then added the C.I.E. to his accolades in 1931, as Manager of James Finlay & Co., he retired to England, where he died at Bromley, Kent in December 1937, aged 59 years, after having been knocked down by a motor-cyclist - the latter being driven by an R.A.F. Sergeant. Leishman was buried at Chislehurst Cemetery. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
Pair: Colonel G. C. Bartholomew, 10th Foot Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn. G, C, Bartholomew, 1st. Batn. 10th. Regt.); Abyssinia 1867 (Captn. G. C. Bartholomew H.M: 2/10 Regt.) suspension re-affixed on latter; edge bruising and minor contact marks, generally very fine, extremely rare to unit (2) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Sotheby’s, July 1987. One of only two Abyssinia Medals awarded to the 10th Foot [the other to Captain R. Annesley, 2nd Battalion, 10th Foot, who, with 19 elephants, commanded a division of the Transport Train]. George Churchill Bartholomew was born in Devonshire on 31 December 1829 and was commissioned Ensign, by purchase, in the 10th Regiment of Foot on 17 May 1850. He was promoted Lieutenant, by purchase, on 13 February 1852, and Captain on 31 August 1858. Serving in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, he commanded a Mounted Detachment of his Regiment during the operations against the rebels in the Shahabad district from October 1858 to January 1859, as part of Brigadier Douglas’s Field Force, and was several times engaged with the enemy (Mentioned in Despatches). He saw further service during the Abyssinian campaign 1867-68. He was promoted Major on 5 July 1872, and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 May 1880, and was later advanced Colonel on the Retired List. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient; and a group photographic image of the Officers of the 2nd Battalion at Rangoon in 1872 in which the recipient is identified.
Six: Major H. C. F. Wortherspoon, South African Technical Service Corps, late Lincolnshire Regiment and Royal Scots, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War on the Western Front in March 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. C. F. Wotherspoon.); War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, with copy Protea emblem, the two Second War Medals both named ‘117584 H. C. F. Wotherspoon’; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (3048449 W.O. Cl.II H. C. F. Wotherspoon. R. Scots.) contact marks to the Great War pair, these polished and worn and therefore fair; the rest good very fine and better (6) £200-£240 --- Henry Charles Frederick Wotherspoon was born in New South Wales, Australia, on 17 September 1897. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 30 May 1917, and was posted to the 7th Service Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He led ‘C’ Company in action during the First Battle of Passchendaele on 12 October 1917, and was advanced Captain on 25 October of that year. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 24 March 1918- the Battalion History gives the following account: ‘The pressure of the enemy on Demicourt and Doignies on the night of 22-23 March had, as was anticipated, its effect on the 7th Lincolnshire, holding Hermies, for that Battalion early on the 23rd observed the enemy massing in the valley north and north-west of the latter village. Hermies was heavily shelled, the trench system round the eastern and northern exits escaped with only slight shelling. During the morning headquarters ordered the evacuation of Hermies. The Commanding Officer (Lieutenant-Colonel Metcalf) with A and C companies, withdrew at 1.45; he was followed at 2.15 p.m. by Major Peddie with B and D Companies. At 2 p.m. the enemy had broken into the Hermies line south of Graincourt Road (Lurgan Switch), and there was a gap from south of the road, which was filled by one platoon of D Company under Second Lieutenant Dunn. Hermes was now beset by the enemy on three sides. His troops poured down the Graincourt and Demicourt roads and up the valley north-west of the village. On the Graincourt road flank, Second Lieutenant Dunn with his platoon was soon engaged in a stiff rearguard action, a platoon of B Company being similarly engaged on the Demicourt road flank. Captain Carr and Captain Wotherspoon and Second Lieutenant Hommert, with about sixty other ranks of B Company, who had taken cover in the Quarry, were cut off and surrounded and presumably captured. After falling back from Hermies, the 7th Lincolnshire formed up in column of route at the eastern end of Bertincourt, A and C Companies being detailed to move to the north-eastern end of Velu Wood.’ Wotherspoon was repatriated after the end of the War on 29 November 1918. He saw further service as a regular soldier with the Royal Scots, and then during the Second World War, first as Acting Major from 12 December 1940 with the South African Technical Services Corps, having responsibility as Officer Commanding at various stations such as at the Bomb Assembly and Shell Fill Depot Camp at Pretoria. He was confirmed in this rank on 1 January 1941, and in 1944 he served as Officer Commanding at the No. 96 T.S.C. Camp at Lenz. He died following a coronary thrombosis in Johannesburg on 13 April 1954.
A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Regimental Sergeant Major D. Pringle, 44th (Suffolk) Company, 12th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (9974 Serjt:-Maj: D. Pringle. 12th Imp: Yeo:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (9974 R. Sjt:-Maj. D. Pringle. 44th Coy Imp: Yeo:) officially renamed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (R. Sjt:-Maj: D. Pringle. Imp: Yeo:) generally very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902. David Pringle was born in Duns, Berwickshire. He attested for the 2nd Life Guards in February 1888, and was discharged by purchase in November 1892. Pringle was employed as a Police Constable, prior to attesting for service with the Imperial Yeomanry at Newcastle on Tyne in January 1900. He advanced to Colour Sergeant and was posted to the 14th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry the following month. Pringle served during the Second Boer War with the 44th (Suffolk) Company, 12th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry (D.C.M. and also mentioned in Lord Kitchener’s despatches). He was discharged at his own request in August 1902. Sold with copied service papers.
Three: Private P. W. T. Pugh, Suffolk Regiment, late Lincolnshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (51975 Pte. P. W. T. Pugh. Linc. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (5819378 Pte. P. W. T. Pugh, Suff. R.) polished, therefore good fine or better (3) £100-£140 --- Percy William Thornton Pugh served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He subsequently transferred to the Suffolk Regiment.
India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (5825912 Pte. E. Baker. Suff. R.) good very fine £80-£120 --- Frederick Thomas Baker served with the Suffolk Regiment on the North West Frontier, and advanced to Company Quartermaster Sergeant. He was serving with the 2nd Battalion during the Second World War, when he died whilst on active service on 24 July 1944. Company Quartermaster Sergeant Baker is buried in the Kirkee War Cemetery, India, and commemorated on the Woodbridge Memorial, Suffolk.
A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private J. T. Hunt, 12th (Service) Battalion (East Anglian), Suffolk Regiment, later East Surrey Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (41537 Pte J. T. Hunt. 12/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12818 Pte. J. T. Hunt. E Surr. R.) mounted for wear, minor edge nicks, generally very fine or better (3) £600-£800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 28 March 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as a company runner. He repeatedly volunteered to take messages after other runners had been hit. During a counter attack and under a heavy barrage he went to the battalion on the right and kept his company commander informed of the situation. When carrying an important message he was seriously wounded, but managed to pass on his message to another man for delivery.’
Three: Major H. E. Tombe, Remount Depot, late Suffolk Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Lieut: H. E. Tombe. 2/Suff: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Major H. E. Tombe. Remount Depot.) top lugs neatly removed; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, generally nearly very fine or better (3) £280-£340 --- H. E. Tombe served as Commanding Officer of the Remount Depot at Cape Colony during the Second Boer War.
Five: Corporal R. Hay, Queen’s, late Royal Army Dental Corps General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24327929 Cpl R Hay RADC); copy South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24327929 Cpl. R. Hay. SAS.) naming machine engraved; U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP ribbon; Gulf 1990-91, no clasp (24327929 Cpl R Hay Queens); Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994, E.II.R. (24327929 Cpl R Hay Queens) mounted court-style as worn, the South Atlantic Medal a copy, very fine and better (5) £200-£300 --- S.A.S. service and South Atlantic Medal entitlement not confirmed.
A Great War 1916 ‘French theatre’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant A. D. Norris, 8th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, later Warrant Officer Class II, Middlesex Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (3-9662 Sjt: A. D. Norris. 8/Suff: R.) nearly very fine £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 21 December 1916. Arthur D. Norris served during the Great War with the 8th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in the French theatre of war from 25 July 1915 (entitled to 1914/15 Star trio). He subsequently transferred to the Middlesex Regiment, and advanced to Warrant Officer Class II.
A Great War ‘French theatre’ M.M. awarded to Private W. H. Kelly, 11th (Service) Battalion (Cambridgeshire), Suffolk Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (41934 Pte W. H. Kelly. 11/Suff: R.) contact marks, good fine £180-£220 --- M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919. William Henry Kelly served during the Great War with the Hertfordshire, Suffolk and Devonshire Regiments (entitled to BWM and VM).
Four: Sergeant C. W. Lusher, 9th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 8 August 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (5658 Pte W. [sic] Lusher. Suffolk Regt); 1914 Star (5658 L. Cpl. C. W. Lusher. 2/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (5658 Sjt. C. W. Lusher. Suff. R.) generally good very fine (4) £200-£240 --- Charles William Lusher was the son of Charles Lusher of Stowmarket, Suffolk. He served with the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment during the Second Boer War. Lusher subsequently served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 10 October 1914. He advanced to Sergeant, and transferred to the 9th (Service) Battalion. Sergeant Lusher was killed in action on the Western Front on 8 August 1916, and is buried in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
Pair: Chief Observer F. R. M. Willis, Royal Observer Corps Defence Medal; Royal Observer Corps Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Chief Observer F. R. M. Willis) mounted as worn, together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- Sold together with Royal Observer Corps letter to the recipient informing him of the award of his medal, dated May 1959, and a card box of issue containing two rosettes, inscribed ‘Observer F. R. McN. Willis, clasp to ROC Medal’.
An Indian Police Medal for Distinguished Conduct group of eight awarded to Sergeant-Major of Police W. T. Ball, Bihar & Orissa Police and Chota Nagpur Regiment, late Middlesex Regiment Indian Police Medal, G.VI.R., for Distinguished Conduct (W. T. Ball, Sergeant-Major of Police, Patna); British War Medal 1914-20 (1489 Cpl. W. T. Ball. Midd’x. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1489 Pte. W. T. Ball. Midd’x. R.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these last two unnamed; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (290188 Cpl. W. T. Ball. 10-Middx. R.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., India, with Second Award Clasp (Cpl. W. T. Ball, Chota Nagpur R., A.F.I.); India Police Independence Medal 1950, unnamed as issued, mounted for display, minor edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine and rare (8) £1,000-£1,400 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2009. I.P.M. Gazette of India 11 July 1940. ‘Sergeant-Major of Police, Patna’. Statement of service for which decoration has been conferred: ‘Sergeant-Major Ball served in the Great War and rose from Private to acting Company Sergeant-Major in the 1/10th Middlesex Regiment. He joined the Bihar and Orissa Police as Sergeant in 1924. He was promoted to officiate as Sergeant-Major in 1925 and confirmed in that rank in 1928. All officers under whom he has served found him energetic, conscientious, thoroughly reliable, a good disciplinarian and extremely tactful with his men. There is not a single adverse entry in his service record and he was specially mentioned in the Annual Administration Report successively from 1926 to 1930. In 1932 he was specially selected to fill the post of Deputy Superintendent of the Camp Jail, Patna, and fully justified the selection. In 1933 he was selected to hold charge of His Excellency‘s Special Guard and served for 5 years to the entire satisfaction of the Military and Private Secretaries to His Excellency.’ Awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal in Army Order 423 of November 1923. Awarded the Efficiency Medal (India) and Clasp in Indian Army Order 128 of March 1934. Sold with copied research.
A selection of World medals including; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Defence of Stalingrad Medal, Defence of Leningrad Medal, Capture of Berlin Medal, Medal for the 40th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War; India, Independence Medal 1947, Indian Police Independence Medal 1950 (2), (12405 Jemdr. Mukhtiar Singh, J. & K. S.F.), Samar Seva Star 1965, (13720354 Rfn Basawa Singh Jak Rif), Raksha Medal 1965 (1371929 Rfn. Chian Singh, J & K Rif.); Pakistan, Independence Medal 1947 (2), (90220 Spr Abdul Aziz R.P.E.; 2201573 Spr Rahim Haider R.P.E.), War Star 1971 (244127 Sep/Ck Mohd Akhtar Baluch R), Pakistan-India War Medal 1971, unnamed as issued, Republic Medal 1956 (2), unnamed as issued; Nigeria, Defence Service Medal, National Service Medal, General Service Medal (1966-70 Nigerian crisis), 10th Anniversary of the Republic 1973, Distinguished Service Medal (30) £80-£100
A Great War 1917 ‘French theatre’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private C. R. Peacock, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (3-5020 Pte. C. R. Peacock. 2/Suff: R.) contact marks; British War and Victory Medals (5020 Pte. C. Peacock. Suff. R.) therefore generally nearly very fine or better (3) £260-£300 --- M.M. London Gazette 18 July 1917. Charles Peacock served with the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment during the Second Boer War (entitled to Q.S.A. with ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Orange Free State’, ‘Transvaal’ and ‘South Africa 1901’ clasps). He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 15 September 1914 (entitled to 1914 Star).
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Nursing Sister R. Donian.) officially impressed naming; together with a fine gold and enamel nursing award, the reverse inscribed ‘Johannesburg Hospital Awarded to Rosa Donian May 1900’, good very fine and rare £600-£800 --- Rosa Donian is confirmed as a Nursing Sister on the roll of Johannesburg Civil Hospital. She was born in King Williams Town, a British subject of French extraction. She died unmarried in the General Hospital at Johannesburg on 22 April 1916, aged 38 years 5 months. Sold with copied medal roll and a Hospital report in Dutch for May 1900 that mentions Rosa Donian at No. 1 in a list of 7 ladies.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Lieutt. R. M. Barrington. 1st. Bn. Hamps. R.) good very fine £240-£280 --- Provenance: Roy Painter Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2022. Richard Mordaunt Barrington was born on 23 February 1866 and was commissioned Lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on 29 August 1885, and was appointed Deputy Assistant Commissary General of Ordnance, Dublin, with the Supernumerary rank of Captain, on 6 December 1893. He was confirmed in the rank of Captain on 24 March 1899, and was placed on temporary half-pay, on account of ill-health - believed to be deafness - on 28 September 1900. He transferred to retired pay on 24 October 1900, and died in Co. Cork, Ireland on 19 July 1909, aged 45, his death certificate noting his cause of death as being ‘bullet wound, self-inflicted’. Sold with copied death certificate, medal roll extract, and other research.
A scarce Defence of Ookiep pair awarded to Private R. Harvey, Namaqualand Town Guard Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (248 Pte. R. Harvey. Namqlnd: T.G.); Cape Copper Company Medal for the Defence of Ookiep, bronze issue (R. Harvey) initial corrected on last, otherwise good very fine (2) £2,800-£3,400
Five: Corporal R. E. Hammond, Suffolk Regiment, later Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (14070 Pte. R. E. Hammond, Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (14070 Pte. R. E. Hammond. Suff. R.); Jubilee 1935; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (7657757 Cpl. R. E. Hammond. Beds. & Herts. R.) mounted for wear, light contact marks, generally nearly very fine or better (5) £100-£140 --- Robert Ernest Hammond served during the Great War with the Suffolk Regiment in the French theatre of war from 26 July 1915. He later transferred to the Army Pay Corps, and then the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Pair: Lieutenant C. W. Dean, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. C. W. Dean) very fine Pair: Private T. Gill, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (55121 Pte. T. Gill. Devon. R.) very fine Pair: Airman 3rd Class W. Johnson, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (140318. 3.A.M. W. Johnson. R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine Pair: James Moore, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (James Moore) very fine 1914-15 Star (6778 Spr. T. R. Owen., R.E.); British War Medal 1914-20 (8996 Pte. H. Holt. Lan. Fus.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (T-36501 Dvr. W. R. Castle. A.S.C.) very fine (13) £120-£160 --- Sold together with a contemporary riband bar for a Great War trio; and two modern reproduction Victoria Crosses, one stamped ‘Copy’, the other with scratched naming.
Three: Company Quarter Master Sergeant C. Upson, 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, late 1st Volunteer Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (6476 Pte. C. Upson, Vol: Coy Suffolk Regt); British War Medal 1914-20 (330 C. Sjt. C. Upson. Suff. R.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (1930 Sjt: C. Upson. 1/V.B. Suffolk Regt) first and last cleaned, good very fine --- Provenance: Baldwins 1971 (Q.S.A. and V.F.L.S.M. only). Charles Upson was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk. He attested for the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Suffolk Regiment at Woodbridge in February 1890. He advanced to Corporal in June 1901, served with the Regiment in South Africa from February 1900 until April 1901, and advanced to Sergeant in April 1907. Upson transferred to the 4th Battalion in April 1908, and advanced to Colour Sergeant in July 1912. Upson served during the Great War with the 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in the French theatre of War from 8 November 1914 until 7 April 1916 (entitled to Silver War Badge). Upson was discharged on 12 April 1916, and died in Ipswich in June 1926. Sold with copied service papers and research.
Four: Acting-Corporal A. R. Ursell, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (97639 Spr. A. R. Ursell. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (97639 A-Cpl. A. R. Ursell. R.E.); Defence Medal, light contact marks, very fine Pair: Second Lieutenant C. A. B. Williams, Royal Garrison Artillery British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. C. A. B. Williams.) good very fine Four: Private D. Easson, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (85255 Pte. D. Easson M.G.C.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1947 (David Easson) nearly extremely fine (10) £100-£140 --- Albert R. Ursuall was born in 1885 and served with the Royal Engineers during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 October 1915. He was discharged on 16 February 1919. Cyril Arthur Bull Williams was born in Barnstaple on 12 December 1882 and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 2 October 1916. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from February 1917 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the R.G.A. on 30 September 1917. Sold with three USB memory sticks of copied research.
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Goojerat (R. Brindley, 1st. Bn. 60th. R. Rifles.) edge bruise, nearly very fine £300-£400 --- Robert Brindley served with the 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps during both the Second Sikh War and the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and died of wounds at Delhi on 26 September 1857 (also entitled to an Indian Mutiny Medal with clasp for Delhi). Sold with copied medal roll extracts.
A post-War O.B.E., Great War ‘Salonika’ M.C. and Serbian Order of the White Eagle group of six awarded to Second Lieutenant L. B. Greaves, South Wales Borderers, late Royal Fusiliers The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (P.S.2720 Pte. L. B. Greaves, R. Fus.) middle initial officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. L. B. Greaves.); Serbia, Kingdom, Order of the White Eagle, 2nd type, Fifth Class breast badge, with crossed swords, silver, silver-gilt, and enamels, very fine and better (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 8 June 1950: ‘For missionary educational services in the Gold Coast’. M.C. London Gazette 1 February 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on 25th September 1918, during the ascent of Point 1472. He led the advance of the mountain scouts over the precipitous and thickly wooded ground, and when within 1,500 yards of the objective silenced enemy rifle and machine-gun fire with the help of Lewis guns, and continued to advance. His skill and judgement contributed greatly to any success achieved by his battalion. As battalion Intelligence Officer, he has previously done good work on patrol duty.’ Serbian Order of the White Eagle, Fifth Class with Swords London Gazette 16 January 1920. Lionel Bruce Greaves was born in Cardiff in 1895, and won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1914, but in November of that year attested for the 21st (4th Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 November 1915, and later as a Lance-Corporal in the 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers on 4 August 1916, he served with the 8th Battalion in Salonika. After a spell in hospital with Malaria in November 1917 he recovered, and on 25 September 1918, the 8th Battalion, as part of 65th Brigade, with the 67th Brigade in support, was ordered to attack Point 1472 near Lake Doiran. Lieutenant Greaves and the battalion scouts rushed a rocky knoll which was believed to be Point 1472 but was nearly 1000 yards N.W. of it. The regimental history continues: ‘This position was quickly made good, despite considerable opposition from riflemen and machine guns, which Lieutenant Greaves’ skilful handling of his Lewis guns soon overcame’. For his bravery and leadership in action, Greaves was awarded the M.C. and Serbian Order of the White Eagle. In civilian life Greaves had a keen interest in the church and missionary work and between 1922-1932 was Vice-Principal of the Wesley College, Kumasi, (Gold Coast), Ghana. During the period he wrote many articles and several books on Faith and Central Africa. For another five years he was a supervisor at various Methodist Schools in Africa, then Educational Advisor to Non-Roman Missions in East Africa until 1947, when he returned to management of Methodist Schools. In 1946 he had survived a plane crash, when the small plane he was travelling in was forced to land in the bush and he and the other passengers and pilot had to wait several days to be rescued. Between 1947-1950 he was General Manager of Methodist Schools, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in June 1950. He returned to the UK with his family in the mid-1950’s and continued his writing and research. After living in London for some time, his family emigrated to New Zealand, where he died in 1984. Note: The recipient’s Medal Index Card notes that the recipient’s 1914-15 Star was initially issued named ‘L. V. Greaves’, and was returned in September 1921 to be corrected to ‘L. B. Greaves’. Sold with copied research.
Three: Captain and Quarter-Master Henry Clowes, 2/7th Foot Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (911. C/Sgt H. Clowes. 2/7 R. Fus:) officially engraved naming; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Qr. Mr. H. Clowes. 2/7th Foot.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (911. Qr. Mr. Serjt. H. Clowes, 2-7th Foot) light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (3) £800-£1,000 --- Henry Clowes served 20 years 178 days in the ranks of the 7th Royal Fusiliers, becoming Quartermaster-Sergeant of the 2nd Battalion. He was commissioned as Quartermaster with Honorary rank of Lieutenant on 12 June 1878, and granted the Honorary rank of Captain on 12 June 1888. He retired on 16 December 1894. Sold with copied research.
Four: Private A. English, Suffolk Regiment, later 1/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (3970 Pte A. English. Suffolk Regt); 1914-15 Star (21154 Pte. A. English, North’n. R.); British War and Victory Medals (21154 Pte. A. English. North’n. R.) generally nearly very fine or better (4) £80-£120 --- Alphonso English served during the Second Boer War with the Suffolk Regiment. He subsequently served during the Great War with the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment in Gallipoli from 24 October 1915. English later transferred to the Labour Corps.
A very fine Second War 1945 ‘Burma operations’ Immediate M.C. group of six awarded to Subadar Lall Badshah, 5th Battalion, K.G.V’s Own (Jacobs Rifles) 10th Baluch Regiment Military Cross, G.VI.R. reverse officially dated ‘1945’; India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935 (12360 L-Nk. Lal Bad Shah, 5-10 Baluch R.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal, these four unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, very fine (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 12 July 1945. The original recommendation for an Immediate M.C. states: ‘At Ngwedaung on the 27th Feb 1945 Subedar Lall Badshah was commanding the leading platoon. A quarter of a mile short fine the village the platoon came under heavy small arms fire from three snipers and automatics covering open ground, also Mortar and grenade discharge fire. An attach supported by light Tanks was developed. While crossing the open ground two light Tanks were hit and set on fire by Anti-Tank Guns. Subedar Lall Bashah’s platoon was ordered to cover the evacuation of the casualties and crews of the light Tanks. The enemy, expecting attempts by us to evacuate our Tank crews made dispositions accordingly and maintained intense small-arms, mortar and artillery fire - all with direct observation at close range. With great skill and daring, Subedar Lall Badshah led his platoon forward to a position from which they were able to extricate our Tank crews successfully. Throughout this period, Subedar Lall Badshah moved from section to section encouraging his men, and with complete disregard for his personal safety. Finally, when the evacuation of our wounded men was nearly completed, this VCO himself went forward and carried one of our casualties back to cover. The coolness, courage and leadership of this officer was an inspiration to all his men and was instrumental in the successful extrication of casualties from a very exposed position, and was in the very highest traditions of the Service.’ Lall Badshah (a.k.a. Lal B Shah and Lal Badshah) was a Pathan (Khattack) from the village of Ziarat Sheikh Allah Dad Sahib, in the Tehsil and District of Kohat, North West Frontier Province. He enrolled on 6 January 1930, and was appointed Jemadar on 11 February 1942. At the time of winning his M.C. he was War Substantive Jemadar and Paid Acting Subadar. The 5-10th Baluch Regiment formed part of 64th Indian Infantry Brigade in 19th Indian Division, 33rd Corps. The battalion served in India and Burma. Sold with original Sanad granting a cash reward of Rs. 1,250 to ‘O. Jemadar (A/Subedar) Lal Badshah, M.C., The Blauch Regiment, of Village Ziarat Sheikh Allah Dad Sahib, for gallantry, in the World War, 1939-45.’
Four: Corporal A. Lintott, Hampshire Regiment, who was wounded at Gallipoli on 21 August 1915 1914-15 Star (10484 L.Cpl. A. Lintott. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10484 Cpl. A. Lintott. Hamps. R.); Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Arthur Lintott); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘113665’, minor official correction to surname on Star (see footnote), good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Arthur Lintott was born in Alton, Hampshire, in 1895, and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Aldershot on 2 September 1914. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War at Gallipoli from 5 August 1915, and was wounded by gun shot at Kabak Kayu on 21 August 1915, during the Battle of Hill 60. Evacuated to Mudros, he returned to England on the hospital ship Aquitania on 21 October 1915, and was discharged due to wounds on 5 August 1916, being awarded a Silver War Badge. He subsequently became a postman in Winchester, and was awarded his Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement (London Gazette 23 October 1959). He died in Bournemouth in 1987. Sold with copied Medal Index Card (which states that the Star was originally issued with the surname ‘Lintoll’, and was returned and re-issued in April 1920); and other copied research.
Three: Drummer J. St. E. Duffy, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war on the Western Front, 15 February 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (4246 Drmr: J. St. E. Duffy, 1st Suffolk Regt); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4246 Dmr: J. [sic] Duffy. Suffolk Regt); British War Medal 1914-20 (7621 Pte J. St. E. Duffy. Suff. R.) edge bruising to the first two, therefore nearly very fine (3) £160-£200 --- John St. Edmund Duffy was born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. He attested as a Boy for the Suffolk Regiment in Dublin in August 1895, and was appointed as a Drummer the following year. Duffy served with the 1st Battalion during the Second Boer War in South Africa from November 1899 to September 1902. He advanced to Corporal in June 1906, and frequently appeared in the Regimental Defaulters book through out his service. Duffy served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion in the French theatre of war from 16 January 1915, and was reported Missing on 15 February 1915. He was later confirmed as having been taken prisoner of war and interned in Munster, Germany. Duffy was repatriated in December 1918. Sold with copied service papers.
Five: Private R. R. Gooch, Suffolk Regiment India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (5819488 Pte. R. R. Gooch. Suffolk.) slightly later issue, with fixed suspension; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5819488 Sjt. R. R. Gooch. Suffolk.) generally good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- MIC gives ‘Medals scrapped 21 June 1946.... issued to Maj. R. R. Gooch, The Swan Inn, Great Massingham, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.’
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp (2), Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (3373 Sepoy Chhaju, 37/Dogras.); North West Frontier 1930-31 (Br. Abdullah Khan. 2-6 Raj. Rif.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp (2), North West Frontier 1936-37 (Svt. Abdullah Khan.); North West Frontier 1937-39 (Cook Niaz Ali, 1-14 Punjab. R.) edge bruises, generally very fine (4) £90-£120
Pair: Private C. Sargent, Suffolk Regiment India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (.... C. Sargent 1st Bn. Suff. R.) suspension very slack; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (852 C. Sargent, 1st Suffolk Regt) last with rivet in lefthand lug, worn, fine (2) £80-£100 --- Additionally entitled to ‘South Africa 1901’ clasp.
A scarce Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Private A. Whitear, 1st Battalion, West Riding Regiment, for gallant conduct whilst attached to No. 8 British Field Ambulance, Indian Expeditionary Force Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8614 Pte. A. Whitear. 1/W. Rid: Regt.); 1914 Star (8614 Pte. A. Whitear. W. Rid: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8614 Pte. A. Whitear. W. Rid. R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, the Second War medals unnamed as issued and in ‘R.E.M.E. & R.A.V.C. Records’ card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr A. Whitear, Southfields, SW 18’, good very fine (7) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1915: ‘For gallant conduct in voluntarily assisting in the removal of the wounded from the advanced dressing station at Rue des Berceaux on 17th March, 1915, whilst under fire.’ Alfred Whitear served in France as a Private in the 1st Battalion, West Riding Regiment, from 29 August 1914. At the time of winning the D.C.M. he was attached to No. 8 British Field Ambulance, serving with the Indian Expeditionary Force in France, whilst the main body of the 1st West Riding Regiment remained stationed in India.
South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1878-9 (36/269/ Pte. R. Mc.Intyre. 1/13” Foot.) good very fine £500-£700 --- Provenance: Spink Medal Quarterly, June 1995. Richard McIntyre attested at Belfast on 3 September 1874 and was posted to the 2nd Battalion, 13th Foot. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 2 January 1875 and transferred to the Reserve on 4 February 1881. He was finally discharged on 1 November 1886. Sold with copied medal roll extracts; muster details and other research.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1098. Pte. W. Hatch. Worc: R.) engraved naming, traces of brooch mounting to reverse, with suspension re-affixed, small edge cut, otherwise very fine £50-£70 --- William Hatch was born in Monmouth in 1846 and attested for the 36th Regiment of Foot on 17 October 1864, having previously served in the Monmouth Militia. He served continuously in India for over ten years, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal - his sole medallic entitlement - in 1883. He was discharged on 9 October 1885, after 20 years and 356 days’ service, and died in Monmouth in 1908. Sold with a file of research.
Four: Private A. R. Kersey, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war on the Western Front 1914 Star (7891 Pte A. R. Kersey. 2/Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7891 Pte. A. R. Kersey Suff. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5820606 Pte. C. J. Kersey. Suff. R.) test marks to edge of last at 11 o’clock, generally nearly very fine or better (4) £180-£220 --- Arthur Reginald Kersey attested for the Suffolk Regiment in November 1909. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 15 August 1914, and was taken prisoner of war (entitled to Silver War Badge). Private Kersey was discharged medically unfit in 1919.
An Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Dirk. A Fine Officer’s silvered Dirk c.1900 by R. & H. B. Kirkwood, Edinburgh, engraved 300mm blade with single fuller toothed back edge with ornate foliage with Coronet, Boars Head motto, Chinese dragons and Cat o’ Mountain, the hand grip of bog oak with brass pin decoration, the engraved knop set with coloured stone, the knife and fork again with bog oak and pin hand grips. Similar engraved knops and coloured stones, the black leather scabbard with mounts, Princess Louise’s cypher, Boars Head, Chinese dragons and motto ‘Ne Deivis Cardis’, good condition £800-£1,000 --- This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.
Pair: Private D. H. Maxwell, 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (77536 Pte. D. H. Maxwell. 15-Can. Inf.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (108525 Pte R. Sevoir. 3/Can: Mtd: Rif:); together with British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (174314 Cpl. H. W. Kearse. 10-Bn. Can. Inf; 160060 A. L. Sjt. L. Jones. Can. Inf. Wks. Coy.) last with Silver War Badge (C46474); Victory Medal 1914-19 (226514 Pte. J. R. Alder. Can. Cav. Bde.) generally very fine or better (7) £80-£100 --- Herbert William Kearse was born in Burford Oxfordshire in August 1888, and resided in Brant Street, Burlington, Ontario. He served during the Great War with the 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Lance Corporal Kearse was attached to the 86th Machine Gun Battalion when he was killed in action on 28 April 1917. The CEF Burial Register states: ‘Killed in Action. Was in charge of a Lewis gun crew, and while proceeding to the jumping off position, just prior to an attack on the village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, he was instantly killed by concussion caused by the explosion of an enemy high explosive shell.’ Lance Corporal Kearse is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and the Burlington Memorial, Ontario. Leonard Jones was born in Sheffield Yorkshire in April 1890. He resided with his wife at 112 31st Avenue NW, Calgary, Alberta. Jones served during the Great War with the Canadian Infantry Works Company on the Western Front - having served for 5 years with Royal Army Medical Corps (TF) prior to this. He was injured on 29 March 1917 while instructing bomb-throwing. The premature detonation of grenade resulted in his left thumb and fore finger being amputated. Joseph Richard Alder was born in London, England in October 1881. He served during the Great War with the Canadian Light Horse on the Western Front. Trooper Alder died of illness on 6 May 1918, and is buried in Auxi-Le-Chateau Churchyard, Pas de Calais, France.
Three: Acting Sergeant E. R. Julyan, Rifle Brigade 1914-15 Star (S-3009 Cpl. E. R. Julyan. Rif: Brig:); British War and Victory Medals (S-3009 A. Sjt. E. R. Julyan. Rif. Brig.) polished, generally nearly very fine and better Pair: Private M. Pinkus, Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (57150 Pte. M. Pinkus. R. Fus.) good very fine Pair: Private L. Hudson, King’s Own Scottish Borderers and Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (28584 Pte. L. Hudson. K.O.S.B.) very fine (7) £80-£100 --- Ernest R. Julyan attested for the Rifle Brigade and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 July 1915. Sold with three USB memory sticks of copied research.
Pair: Private P. Moore, East Yorkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (28534 Pte. P. Moore E. York. R.); with Silver War Badge (338144) last in numbered card box of issue, and recipient’s National Association for Employment of Ex-Soldiers Certificate for Civil Employment, nearly extremely (3) £40-£50 --- Percy Moore in Pocklington, Yorkshire. He enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment in May 1914, and served with the Regiment in the French theatre of War, 26 December 1916 - 25 April 1917. Moore was discharged on 7 January 1918 (Silver War Badge).
Four: Corporal E. H. Cook, East Surrey Regiment, Machine Gun Corps and Tank Corps British War and Victory Medals (113721 Cpl. E. H. Cook. M.G.C.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1209 Pte. E. H. Cook. E. Surr. R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (200113 Pte. -L.Cpl.- E. H. Cook. 5-E. Surr. R.) edge bruising, polished and worn, nearly very fine (4) £200-£240
Three: Private G. Morley, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action in Salonika, 4 October 1916 1914-15 Star (7961 Pte. G. Morley. Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7961 Pte. G. Morley. Suff. R.); Memorial Plaque (George Morley) generally good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- George Morley was born in West Row, Suffolk. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in the French theatre of war from 16 January 1915. Morley subsequently went with the Battalion to Salonika, and was killed in action there on 4 October 1916. Private Morely is buried in Struma Military Cemetery, Greece.
Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Guadaloupe (L. Griese, 2nd Bn. 60th Foot) small edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine and extremely rare to unit £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: R. W. Gould Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2012. Only 2 officers and 8 other ranks of the 2nd 60th Foot received the M.G.S. Medal. Ludwig Griese (also recorded as Gross or Grosse) was born in Magdeburg, Prussia, in about 1780 and was 27 years old when he was enlisted by Lieutenant-Colonel Ludwig Mosheim for seven years service in the 60th Regiment of Foot, on 28 November 1807. He had served a total of 9 years and 20 days with the colours at the time of his discharge on 17 December 1816, including over 6 years in the West Indies. Griese returned home to Germany, eventually settling in Minden, and, from February 1817, started to receive a pension as an Out-Pensioner of Chelsea Hospital. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (A/Chap: R. B. Redding, A.C.D.) officially engraved naming, minor edge bruises, otherwise toned, good very fine £200-£300 --- Richard Benson Redding served as an Acting Chaplain with the Army Chaplains Department in South Africa (Medal with 5 Clasps). He was appointed Chaplain on the Madras Ecclesiastical Establishment in 1903 as Chaplain of Calicut and Cannanore. Sometime shortly after April 1904, he resigned from the Church and committed suicide whilst under temporary insanity. He was buried on 11 June 1904, aged 34. Sold with copied medal roll and other details.
Five: Corporal H. E. Barker, Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-15 Star (T4-1160 Cpl. H. E. Barker. R. Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1160 Cpl. H. E. Barker. R. Lanc. R.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1939, Long Service 1943 (Harold E. Barker) generally good very fine (5) £60-£80 --- Harold E. Barker attested for the Royal Lancaster Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 3 May 1915. Sold with a USB memory stick of copied research.
Three: Private H. Easey, 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 1914 Star (2059 Pte H. Easey. 1/4 Suff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2059 Pte. H. Easey. Suff. R.) nearly very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Harry Easey served during the Great War with the 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (T.F.) on the Western Front from 8 November 1914.
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