Three: Private F. J. Strong, Wiltshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (16088 Pte. F. J. Strong. Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (16068 Pte. F. J. Strong. Wilts. R.); together with nine hallmarked sterling silver sporting prize fob medals relating to the Witney and District cricket and football leagues, mostly uninscribed but dated from the mid 1920’s to the mid 1930’s, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Frederick James Strong was born at Crawley, Witney, Oxfordshire in 1895 and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment at Oxford in September 1914 . He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915, before being posted to the 79th Company, Machine Gun Corps, and served with them in Salonika. He contracted Malaria, and was evacuated from Salonika on the Hospital Ship Glengorm Castle to Malta in October 1918. He was discharged in the category ‘sick and wounded’ in February 1919. Sold together with a Wiltshire Regiment brass cap badge with slider; and a Machine Gun Corps gilt brass cap badge with slider.
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Four: Wheeler Sergeant R. Slocombe, Royal Army Service Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded an Immediate M.S.M. for Egypt 1914-15 Star (T4-058781 Whlr: Sjt. R. Slocombe. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (T4-058781 Sjt. R. Slocombe. A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (T4-058781 Whlr: Sjt. R. Slocombe. R.A.S.C.) very fine and better (4) £240-£280 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 22 January 1919 (Egypt). M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919 (Egypt). Robert Slocombe was born in Bridgewater, Somerset, in 1893 and served with the Army Service Corps during the Great War in Egypt from 31 March 1915. Demobilised to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 27 July 1919, he died in Bridgewater in 1928, aged 35. Sold with the recipient’s original Mentioned in Despatches Certificate.
Three: Corporal H. R. Carey, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps 1914-15 Star (6636 2.A.M. H. R. Carey, R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (6636. Cpl. H. R. Carey. R.A.F.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine Three: Private W. J. Willard, Royal Air Force, late Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (9475 Pte. W. J. Willard. R.W. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (302869. Pte. 2. W. J. Willard. R.A.F.) very fine (6) £80-£100
Three: Major R. D. Crew, 12th Frontier Force, Indian Army 1914-15 Star (Lt. R. D. Crew, 52 Sikhs F.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. R. D. Crew.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Major R. D. Crew.) good very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Robert Douglas Crew was born in Bristol on 10 August 1890 and was educated at Clifton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant on the Unattached List for the Indian Army on 29 January 1910, and arrived in India on 3 March of that year. Posted to the 52nd Sikhs, he was promoted Lieutenant on 29 April 1912 and served during the Great War in Egypt from November 1914 to August 1915 as a Company Officer attached to the 33rd Punjabis and Aide-de-Camp to the General Officer Commanding 32nd Brigade. Promoted Captain on 1 September 1915, he saw further service on the Western Front as Machine Gun Officer, Bareilly Brigade, from August to December 1915, and then Egypt and Aden for the rest of the War as Company Commander and Adjutant, attached variously to the 33rd Punjabis, 15th Sikhs, and 53rd Sikhs. Crew was appointed a Temporary Major at the Imperial School of Instruction, Zaitun, in September 1918, and was confirmed Major in the 2nd/12th Frontier Force Regiment (as the 52nd Sikhs had been re-numbered), on 20 January 1926. He was Officiating Second in Charge, 2/12th, Frontier Force Regiment, from 1929 to 1932, and retired on 22 February 1933. Sold with copied research.
Family group: Four: Sergeant H. A. Blakey, 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles 1914-15 Star (107110 Pte H. A. Blakey. 2/Can: Mtd: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (107110 A. Sjt. H. A. Blakey 2-C.M.R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (107110 A. Sjt. H. A. Blakey. Br. Col: R.) with named card boxes of issue, nearly extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (E. M. Blakey. V.A.D.) with named card box of issue, and O.H.M.S. envelope addressed to Ellen Maud Blakey, officially renamed, good very fine (lot) £180-£220 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. Harold Alfred Blakey was born in Sandy, Bedfordshire in April 1891, and was married to Ellen Maud Blakey. He served during the Great War with ‘C’ Squadron, 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles on the Western Front.
Three: Private W. Sharpe, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at Dunkirk in 1940 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5335917. Pte. W. Sharpe. R. Berks.) good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- W. Sharpe served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment as part of the British Expeditionary Force, and was taken Prisoner of War at Dunkirk in 1940. He was held at Lamsdorf Prisoner of War Camp.
Family group: Three: Private G. Blaylock, 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 24 June 1918 1914-15 Star (428178 Pte G. Blaylock. 7/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (428178 Pte. G. Blaylock. 7-Can. Inf.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (428178 Pte G. Blaylock.) generally very fine or better Three: Gunner R. Blaylock, 103rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 18 August 1917 1914-15 Star (56786 Gnr: R. Blaylock: R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (56786 Gnr. R. Blaylock. R.A.) generally very fine or better (7) £160-£200 --- George Blaylock was born in Hayton, Cumberland in June 1893. He served during the Great War with the 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. Private Blaylock was killed in action on the Western Front, 24 June 1916, and is buried in the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Belgium. Robert Blaylock was the elder brother of the above. He served during the Great War with ‘C’ Battery, 103rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 18 August 1917. Gunner Blaylock is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Three: Private R. Anderson, 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry, wounded and taken prisoner of war on the Western Front, 19 April 1916 1914-15 Star (25074 Pte R. Anderson. 13/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (25074 Pte R. Anderson 13-Can. Inf.) very fine Pair: Private J. H. Richards, 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (629094 Pte. J. H. Richards. 47-Can. Inf.) with recipient’s identity discs, generally very fine or better (5) £80-£120 --- Robert Anderson was born in Peterhead, Scotland in January 1892. He served for 3 years with the 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, emigrated to Canada where he was employed as a Teamster, and was serving with the Royal Highlanders of Canada at the outbreak of the Great War. Anderson served with the 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and was wounded and taken prisoner of war 19 April 1916. Anderson was interned at Giessen until repatriated in December 1918. Joseph Herbert Richards was born in Liverpool in March 1879. He emigrated to Canada, and was a Cattle Dealer. Richards served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. He died in St. Joseph, Michigan, USA, in December 1953.
Three: Acting Sergeant A. Orr, 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry 1914-15 Star (420962 Pte. A. Orr. 16/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (420962 A. Sjt. A. Orr. 16-Can. Inf.); together with Minister of Militia and Defence enclosures; the recipient’s riband bar; and 1st Canadian Division Old Comrade’s Association Badge, engraved ‘A. Orr. 420962 Sig: Sec: 16th. Battn.) extremely fine Pair: Private H. A. Tarran, Canadian Engineers British War and Victory Medals (502893 Spr. H. A. Tarran. C.E.); together with two Canadian Engineers enamelled lapel badges, very fine 1914-15 Star (6842 Dvr. R. C. Baker, 8 F. Amb. A.I.F.) very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Rollo Clement Baker attested for the Australian Imperial Force on 21 June 1915 and served with the 8th Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front. He was wounded by gas poisoning in action on 2 November 1917, and was admitted to 14th General Hospital, Boulogne, returning to Australia on H.M. Hospital Transport Leicestershire on 9 December 1918. Sold with copied record of service.
Pair: Private R. W. Clearwater, 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Canadian Infantry 1914-15 Star (73533 Pte. R. W. Clearwater 6-Can. Inf. Bde. Hdqtrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (73533 Pte. R. W. Clearwater. 6-Can. I. Bde. H.Q.) nearly very fine Pair: Corporal T. W. Parker, 72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (931337 Cpl. T. W. Parker. 72-Can. Inf.) very fine Pair: Sergeant J. S. Hibberd, Canadian Cyclist Battalion, later commissioned Lieutenant in the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, with whom he died of wounds whilst serving near Cambrai, 29 September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (16848 Sjt. J. S. Hibberd. Can. Cyclist Bn.) suspension claw loose on BWM, otherwise good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Ralph Wesley Clearwater was born in Groton, South Dakota, U.S.A. in April 1897. He was a motor vehicle mechanic by trade, and served during the Great War with 28th Battalion (Northwest), Canadian Infantry and 6th Infantry Brigade, Canadian Infantry. Thomas William Parker was born in Bridgwater, Somerset August 1885. He emigrated to Canada and resided in Waldo, British Columbia. John Swallow Hibberd was born in Devizes, Wiltshire in July 1878. He served initially served with the Canadian Cyclist Battalion, before being commissioned into the 47th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Lieutenant Hibberd ‘Died of Wounds [29 September 1918] - while second in command of “D” Company, which was marching to the rear near Cambrai under enemy shell fire, he was wounded in the stomach by shrapnel from an enemy shell which burst close to him. His wounds were dressed, and he was carried to the dressing station of the 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion and later evacuated to No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station where he died.’ (CEF Burial Registers refers) Lieutenant Hibberd is buried in the Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France.
Pair: Gunner E. Lucas, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (120392 Gnr. E. Lucas. R.A.) very fine Pair: Second Lieutenant S. B. Griffin, Royal Irish Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. S. B. Griffin.) mounted as worn, with named card box of issue, good very fine Pair: Private R. E. Coley, Light Infantry General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24363478 Pte R E Coley LI); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style as worn, heavy edge bruise to GSM at 3 o’clock, otherwise good very fine An unattributed pair of miniature dress medals General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Canal Zone; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army, mounted as worn, very fine (8) £100-£140 --- S. B. Griffin was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment on 1 July 1917.
Pair: Sergeant D. Benham, Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire), late Royal Hampshire Regiment General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (23221864 Pte. D. Benham. R. Hamps.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (23221864 Sgt. D. Benham DERR.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, very fine (2) £70-£90 --- The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) was formed in 1959 through the amalgamation of the Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) and the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s). It amalgamated in 1994 with the Gloucestershire Regiment to form the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.
Pair: Private W. H. Brierley, Royal Welsh Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (70216 Pte. W. H. Brierley. R. W. Fus.) good very fine Pair: Sergeant G. A. Frisby, Essex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (7459 Sjt. G. A. Frisby. Essex R.) mounted as worn, good very fine Pair: Private J. W. White, Manchester Regiment British War and Victory Medals (10234 Pte. J. W. White. Manch. R.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine Pair: Private F. Jones, North Staffordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (50676 Pte. F. Jones. N. Staffs. R.) good very fine (8) £80-£100 --- William H. Brierley served in the 17th (2nd North Wales) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. George Alfred Frisby attested for the Essex Regiment at Warley on 28 November 1916, and served with the 1st/5th Battalion during the Great War with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from February 1917, being promoted substantive Sergeant in November 1917. He was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on demobilisation in April 1919. John Walter White attested for the Manchester Regiment on 4 September 1914 and served in ‘B’ Company, No. 8 Platoon, 18th (Service) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1915. He was discharged due to wounds on 16 December 1916 and was awarded Silver War Badge, No. 111137. Fred Jones also served in the Royal Engineers with service No. 179548.
Pair: Private R. J. Ryton, 12th Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (7054 Pte. R. J. Ryton. 12-Lond. R.) good very fine Pair: Private R. Byrne, 15th Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (536824 Pte. R. Byrne. 15-Lond. R.) good very fine Pair: Private L. C. Bailey, 23rd Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (6956 Pte. L. C. Bailey. 23-Lond. R.) good very fine (6) £80-£100
Three: Sergeant R. Davies, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire), later Royal Hampshire Regiment General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (23901396 Sgt. R. Davies DERR.); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (23901396 Sgt R Davies R Hamps) extremely fine (3) £80-£100
Pair: Private F. A. Kirby, 5th Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (426538 Pte. F. A. Kirby. 5-Can. Inf.); together with recipient’s Silver War Badge, No. C15145; and a 1st Canadian Division ‘Lest we forget’ button badge, contact marks, very fine Pair: Lance Corporal W. R. Stevenson, 38th Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (3055824 L. Cpl. W. R. Stevenson. 38-Can. Inf.) very fine Pair: Private A. Revie, 46th Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (436860 Pte. A. Revie. 46-Can. Inf.) very fine Pair: Private F. Reeves, Canadian Forestry Corps British War and Victory Medals (2288579 Pte. F. Reeves. C.F.C.) VM gilded, very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Sold with copied research.
Pair: Lance-Naik Rodda Singh, 5-1 Punjab Regiment, Indian Army India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (4457 L-Naik Roda Singh, 5-1 Punjab R.); Indian Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (4457 L-Naik Roda Singh, 5-1 Punjab R.) very fine India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (10022 Sep. Mohd. Mohsin, 5-12 F.F.R.) one digit of number officially corrected, good very fine (3) £60-£80
Five: Attributed to Major C. E. Tearne, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, who was Mentioned in Despatches 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘Maj. C. E. Tearne, 89 Ember Lane, Esher, Surrey’, extremely fine Five: Attributed to R. H. Durrant, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named Air Ministry card box of issued, addressed to ‘R. H. Durrant, Esq., 28 Sherborne Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk’, extremely fine Three: Attributed to J. E. Williams 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf [Note: M.I.D. unconfirmed], with Army Council enclosure, in named R.A.S.C. and A.C.C. card box of issued, addressed to ‘Mr. J. E. Williams, 19 Canterbury Road, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire.’, extremely fine (13) £70-£90 --- Charles Ernest Tearne was born at Handsworth, Staffordshire, on 30 April 1900 and was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 22 November 1918 as an Observer. Too late to see active service, he transferred to the Unemployed List on 12 June 1919. He was granted an emergency commission as a Major in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, on 28 December 1939, and served with them during the Second World War, transferring to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on 1 October 1942. For his services in the Mediterranean theatre he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 21 May 1946). He died at Ewhurst, Surrey, on 28 February 1974. Sold with copied research.
A Second War ‘Battle of Britain’ Hurricane Pilot’s campaign group of three awarded to Pilot Officer P. Kennett, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew operationally with 3 and 605 Squadrons during the Battle, and having volunteered for overseas service in March 1941, was shot down and killed in the process of claiming a shared probably destroyed Ju88 off Malta, on 11 April 1941 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Battle of Britain; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘T. Kennett, Esq., Braeside, Pear Tree Lane, Little Common, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex’; Memorial Scroll ‘Pilot Officer P. Kennett, Royal Air Force’, nearly extremely fine (4) £3,600-£4,400 --- Peter Kennett was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, in May 1919, the son of Thomas Kennett, M.B.E., and was educated at Windsor House School, Slough and Cranbrook. At the latter he was a member of the Officer Training Corps, and he joined the Luton Squadron of the Voluntary Reserve as an Airman u/t Pilot in June 1939. Kennett was mobilised with the outbreak of the Second War, and was commissioned Pilot Officer (on probation), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in July 1940. He was initially posted as a Pilot for operational service to 3 Squadron (Hurricanes), Turnhouse, Scotland, at the start of September 1940. He transferred to 605 Squadron (Hurricanes), Croydon, 30 September 1940, however, this posting was equally short-lived as he returned to 3 Squadron, now at Castletown, 17 October 1940. He flew in various scrambles with the squadron, before being posted to 46 Squadron, North Weald, in November 1940. Kennett moved with the Squadron to Digby in December, and flew in several patrols before being transferred to 17 Squadron, Martlesham, 21 December 1940. Mainly tasked with fighter sweeps, Kennett continued to serve with 17 Squadron until he volunteered for an overseas posting in March 1941. He sailed in H.M.S. Ark Royal for Malta, flying his Hurricane off the carrier on 3 April 1941. Upon arrival Kennett joined 261 Squadron flying out of Ta Kali, and this time his posting was all too short for differing reasons: ‘A relatively strong force of fighters approached Malta on 11 April [1941], apparently as cover for a Luftwaffe reconnaissance aircraft. Twelve MC200s of the 17 Gruppo under the command of Magg. Bruno Brambilla, covered by six CR 42s from the 23 Gruppo led by Ten. Col. Falconi, swept over the island, while the Bf109Es of 7/JG 26 also made for the same location. Numbers of Hurricanes were scrambled at various times during the mid-morning. Sgt. Deacon made his first sortie in V3978, seeing five CR 42s, but being unable to engage these. A little later two of the new Hurricane IIs, flown by Plt. Off. Peter Kennett and Sgt. Waghorn, intercepted a Ju88 and were reported to have shot it down. At that moment both were bounced by Bf109s, and were shot down. Their aircraft, Z3036 and Z2904, both crashed into the sea; Kennett got out and was seen by Sqn. Ldr. Lambert swimming and waving vigorously. However there was a long delay in sending out a rescue launch as the raid was still on, and he was dead when eventually picked up; Waghorn was also killed. Recorded Westmacott that evening: “Plt. Off. Kennett and Sgt. Waghorn killed... It is the same old story - no one was looking behind. It is frightfully difficult to make inexperienced pilots realise the necessity of even so small a formation as two aircraft keeping one up above looking out while the other is attacking the Hun... Not very long ago he (Kennett) told me he was sure he was going to be killed.” ‘ (Hurricanes over Malta, refers) Kennett and Waghorn were posthumously credited with a Ju88 shared probably destroyed. Both were buried next to each other in Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta. Sold with the recipient’s original Commission Document, dated 27 July 1940; a Letter of Condolence to the recipient’s father from his son’s Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader R. Lambert, dated 12 April 1941; five original photographs of the recipient’s funeral in Malta; and a file of copied research. For the M.B.E. pair awarded to the recipient’s father, see Lot 134.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private R. N. Coleman, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 August 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (203141 Pte. R. N. Coleman. 2/R. Berks: R.) minor edge nick, the obverse polished and worn, therefore fine, the reverse better £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917. Raymond Noel Coleman was born at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, and attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment at Cheltenham. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 16 August 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Five: Flight Lieutenant R. Evans, who served during the Second World War with the Cheshire Home Guard, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy; and later with the South African Air Force and the Rhodesian Air Force Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (445 Chf. Tech. Evans. R.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (445 Chf. Tech. Evans R.); Rhodesia, General Service Medal (Fg. Off. R. Evans.) mounted for display purposes on a velvet cloth with the recipient’s cap badge, Warrant patch, and shoulder boards, light contact marks, good very fine and better (5) £240-£280 --- Robert Evans was born in Chester on 4 September 1924 and served during the Second World War initially in “C” Company, 6th Cheshire (City of Chester) Battalion, Home Guard, from 16 August 1941 to 18 November 1942. He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 19 November 1942 and served with them as a Fitter Second Class, before transferring once again to the Royal Navy as an Air Fitter (A) from 3 May 1945. He was released Class ‘A’ Reserve on 20 August 1946. Evans subsequently served with the South African Air Force as a Fitter Second Class from 9 June 1946 to 8 June 1951, and then with the Rhodesian Air Force from 4 September 1951 to 4 September 1974, being advanced Warrant Officer Class 1 on 10 September 1962, and Flying Officer on 20 March 1969. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 8 June 1963, and was discharged with the rank of Flight Lieutenant, his last appointment being Officer Commanding, Aeronautical Inspection Services. Sold with the recipient’s three card identity discs and an Airman’s trade patch; original Royal Air Force Certificate of Service and Discharge; Royal Air Force Airman’s Service and Pay Book; Royal Navy Parchment Certificate of Service; Union Defence Force Certificate of Service; Rhodesian Air Force Certificate of Service; Warrant appointing him a Warrant Officer Class I, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Air Force, dated 10 September 1962; Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Loyal Service Certificate, dated 31 December 1963; various official letters regarding his medal entitlement; a photograph of the recipient receiving his Long Service Medal from Sir Roy Welensky, Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland at Salisbury on 8 June 1963; and other ephemera.
Pair: Petty Officer A. G. R. Coles, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (D/J.932411A. G. R. Coles. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (J.932411 A. G. R. Coles. P.O. H.M.S. Dyrad) edge knocks, good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Anthony G. R. Coles was awarded his LSGC in March 1969.
Pair: Lance-Corporal R. J. Gabriel, Royal Regiment of Wales General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24463565 Pte. R. J. Gabriel, R.R.W.); Rhodesia 1980 (24463565 L. Cpl. R. J. Gabriel, R.RW.), mounted court-style as worn, good very fine and scarce (2) £700-£900 --- Provenance: Llewellyn Lord Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2016.
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (N. T. Connolly, Flt. Surgn., H.M.S. Turquoise.) good very fine £400-£500 --- Nicholas Thomas Connolly was born in about 1839, became a L.R.C.S.I. in 1860 and entered the Royal Navy as an acting Assistant Surgeon on 8 October 1861. He served in a variety of ships and at Haslar Hospital before being promoted to Surgeon in the summer of 1873, and passing at the same time for Staff Surgeon 2nd Class. He was promoted to Fleet Surgeon on 25 September 1883, and served in this rank aboard Ajax and Hercules before being appointed to Turquoise on 14 September 1887. In Turquoise he served with the Naval Brigade under Vice-Admiral Hon. E. R. Freemantle in the punitive expedition against the Sultan of Witu in East Africa in October 1890 (Medal with clasp). After further service aboard Northampton and Thunderer he was appointed to President on 1 July 1893, where he served until his retirement on 11 February 1894, with the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets. In the summer of 1918 Connolly was granted the degree of Doctor of Laws. He died at St Jean de Luz, France, on 10 February 1921, aged 82. Sold with full record of service.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (2), 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Agent or Guide R. H. Pringle. F.I.D.) reconstituted from disc with replacement suspension, severe edge bruising and worn overall; 1 clasp, Orange Free State (Guide F. H. Becker. Intelligence Dept:) remains of brooch fitting to reverse of clasp carriage, clasp face with slight damage to first and last letters, otherwise very fine (2) £100-£140
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Lt. C. E. Birch. R. Berks. R.) minor edge bruise, very fine and a unique award to the Regiment £500-£700 --- Provenance: Spink Numismatic Circular, June 1990. Claude Ernest Birch was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 23 August 1893, and was promoted Lieutenant on 25 March 1896. He was appointed a District Commissioner in Sierra Leone, and served during the operations in Sierra Leone 1898-99. He was promoted Captain on 14 March 1903.
The Queen’s South Africa Medal and associated tribute medals awarded to Private R. G. Roberts, 30th Company, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, Transvaal clasp a tailor’s copy, and date clasp loose on riband, as issued (4191 Pte. R. G. Roberts, 30th. Coy. 9th. Imp. Yeo.), with the related miniature award, with clasps Transvaal, Orange River Colony, Cape Colony; together with a Carnarvon tribute medal, gold (9ct., 14.40g), hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, the reverse engraved ‘Presented by the Burgesses of Carnarvon to Trooper R. Gordon-Roberts, 30th. Coy 9th. Batt Imperial Yeomanry (Pembrokeshire) on his Return from Active Service in the South African campaign July 1901’; and Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom tribute medallion, bronze, the reverse impressed ‘Presented by the President of the Society, Sir Albert Kaye Rollit, LLD., DCL, MP, and the Vice President, John Edward Gray Hill, Esq., to Solicitors and Articled Clerks who served in the South African Campaign, 1899-1902, and who were entertained by the Society at a Banquet in it Hall on December 18th 1902.’, about extremely fine; the two tribute medals both rare and unrecorded by Hibbard (lot) £2,000-£2,400 --- Richard Gordon-Roberts was born in Llanbeblig, Carnavon, in 1870 and was a solicitor by profession He attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Tenby on 13 February 1900, and served with the the 30th (Pembrokeshire) Company, 9th Battalion, in South Africa during the Boer War from 14 March 1900 to 8 July 1901. He was discharged on 7 August 1901, after 1 year and 175 days’ service, and subsequently served as a solicitor in Anglesey. He died in Liverpool on 10 December 1957. Sold with a renamed King’s South Africa Medal 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4191 Pte. R. G. Roberts. 30th. Coy. 9th. Imp. Yeo.) contemporarily re-engraved naming [note: the recipient is not entitled to the K.S.A.]; an Association of Conservative Clubs Medal, gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘R. Gordon-Roberts 1902’, with ‘Five Years’ riband bar and ‘Distinguished Service’ top brooch bar; a Pitt Club Medal, silver-gilt, with cameo portrait to obverse the reverse engraved ‘Menai. Robt. Roberts of Garn Esq.’; various British Red Cross Society Medals awarded to a family member, two named to ‘E. G. Roberts’, in various named card boxes of issue; together with a card identity disc ‘G-Roberts E. B.R.C.S. Anglesey 4’ and various shoulder rank insignia with ‘Red Cross 4 Anglesey’ unit insignia; and other ephemera, including a bullet mounted as a charm, with a silver band around inscribed ‘In memory of S.T.’ Sold with a mounted group photograph of the Pembroke Yeomanry in the field; two contemporary photographs; and copied record of service and other research.
Transport 1899-1902, 2 clasps, China 1900, S. Africa 1899-1902 (C. R. Kendall, In Command) about extremely fine and a scarce two clasp award £1,200-£1,600 --- Approximately 278 2-clasp Transport Medals awarded. Charles Robert Kendall was born in London on 13 February 1850 and received his Master’s Certificate on 3 September 1891. He served as Master of the British India Line’s S.S. Sirsa, and died in 1908. Sold with copied research.
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp (3), Mahsud 1919-20 (5885 Sepoy Ghulam Husain, 1-124 Infy.); Malabar 1921-22 (...Rfmn. Jot Sing Rawat, 1-18 R. Garh Rfls.) heavy contact marks partially obscuring naming; Burma 1930-32 (26854 Gnr. Sharam Singh, 7 Mtn. Bty.) nearly very fine (3) £80-£100
The 1914-15 Star awarded to Private W. E. Crunston, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 9 May 1915 1914-15 Star (R-4824 Pte. W. E. Crunston. K.R. Rif: C.); Memorial Plaque (William Edward Crunston) minor traces of verdigris, good very fine (2) £70-£90 --- William Edward Crunston (also recorded at Crumston) attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 April 1915. He died of wounds on 9 May 1915, and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
British War Medal 1914-20 (8) (J.171075 H. J. Feist. A.B. R.N.; J.63534 A. E. Bartram. A.B. R.N.; 174525 J. Grieve. A.B. R.N.; J.41586 A. E. Shepherd. A.B. R.N. Lieut. D. H. Fleet. R.N.V.R.; Lieut. F. J. R. Garland; WR-503214. Spr. C. P. Wykes. R.E.; 47679 Pte. W. Clark. R. Fus.) retaining rod missing from Fleet medal, and the last three planchets only; therefore good fine and better (8) £100-£140 --- Frank John Russell Garland attested into the Royal Fusiliers for serving during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 26th (Banker’s) Battalion from 4 May 1916. Appointed Acting Warrant Officer Class 2, he was commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment on 2 February 1917. Charles P. Wykes attested into the Royal Engineers for service during the Great War and served with the Inland Waterways Department before transferring into the Durham Light Infantry. William Clark attested into the Middlesex Regiment for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front. He saw further service with the Labour Corps, before transferring to the York and Lancaster Regiment, with whom he was killed in action on 21 March 1918. He is commemorated on the Queant German Memorial, Ecoust-St. Mein Cemtery, France.
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