A Second War B.E.M. group of five awarded to Private E. V. Woodroffe, Worcestershire Regiment, and later Admiralty Senior Hydrographic Draughtsman British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Ernest V. Woodroffe); 1914-15 Star (12225 L. Cpl. E. Woodroffe. Worc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12225 Pte. E. Woodroffe. Worc. R.); Defence Medal, unnamed as issued, good very fine or better (5) £300-£400 --- B.E.M. (Civil) London Gazette 1 January 1946: ‘Ernest Victor Woodroffe, Senior Hydrographic Draughtsman, Admiralty.’ Ernest Victor Woodroffe was born on 24 May 1892, at Aston, Warwickshire. He commenced service in the Royal Navy as Boy 2 Class, H.M.S. Ganges I, on 26 April 1908, being appointed to H.M.S. Impregnable on 5 September 1908. He was clearly not suited to naval life and was discharged (invalided with melancholia) on 8 October the same year. On 31 August 1910, he enlisted into the Worcestershire Regiment and served in the 4th and 6th Battalions of that regiment in the Great War, at Gallipoli from 25 April 1915. He sustained a serious gun shot wound to his left hand and was discharged due to wounds on 1 July 1916, no longer physically fit for war service and received Silver War Badge No. 16709 (not with medals). He was appointed to be 2nd Class Draughtsman in the Royal Navy Hydrographic Department, on 16 March 1926, and served through to 1963. By the end of the Second World War he was graded as as Senior Hydrographic Draughtsman, and was awarded the British Empire Medal (Civil) in the New Year's Honour's List of 1946. In the 1939 Register he is recorded as a civil servant residing at Bath. He died on 11 May 1967. Research correspondence with the medals indicate that he was known in the Hydrographic Office as "Splints" Woodroffe and was “quite a "character",a confirmed bachelor, quite a religious man and `careful' with money. He was not only in the Worcestershire Regiment but also said to have been in the Education Corps - perhaps after he was wounded and before joining the Hydrographic Department. However this has not been verified. He joined the Hydrographic Department when it was still at Cricklewood, and came to Taunton when the H.S.E. was established there just before WWII. He retired in 1963, still a Senior Draughtsman. Sold with named card box of issue and Admiralty issue slip for the second and fourth medals, addressed to Jones at an address in Stonehouse, Plymouth; original photograph of the recipient receiving his B.E.M. from Vice Admiral Sir Peter White; original transmittal slip from Buckingham Palace; one good conduct stripe; one embroidered telegrapher’s sleeve badge; press cutting regarding the award of the B.E.M.; ribbon bar, the B.E.M. incorrectly with military ribbon; red fibre identity disk; original small identity card photograph of the recipient; and a photograph of King George VI inspecting a ship in the Home Fleet in September 1942; a copy photograph of the Home Guard platoon formed at the Hydrographic Supplies Establishment, Taunton; together with copied research and copy correspondence regarding his naval service.
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A rare group of three awarded to Shoeing Smith William Roberts, Royal Horse Artillery, who served with the 2nd Rocket Brigade and had the Swedish medal for Bravery for the battle of Leipsic, and was present with Major Whinyates’ (2nd Rocket) Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery at the battle of Waterloo; on its reduction in 1816 the 2nd Rocket Troop was transferred to the Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers Waterloo 1815 (Shoeing Smith W. Roborts (sic), Royal Artillery Drivers.); Royal Horse Artillery Medal for Vittoria and Leipsic 1813, silver, unnamed, 29mm, fitted with rings and silver bar suspension (Balmer R119); Sweden, Kingdom, Bravery Medal 1809, silver, for Valour in the Field, unnamed, 30mm, pierced with small ring for suspension, the first with edge bruise, otherwise nearly very fine and rare (3) £3,000-£4,000 --- William Roborts/Roberts is confirmed as a Shoeing Smith in Major Whinyate’s (Rocket) Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, at Waterloo and is understood to have been attached to the 2nd Rocket Brigade in Germany under Captain R. Bogue but this supposition is based purely on the provenance and composition of these medals and has not been confirmed in official records. The fact that his medal is named to him as a Shoeing Smith in the Royal Artillery Drivers but is shown on the medal roll as being in the Rocket Troop R.H.A. would seem to bear this out (see also extract from Duncan’s history below). The only other William Roberts in the Royal Artillery Drivers at Waterloo was a Collar Maker whose medal was in the Cleghorn Collection of 1872 and in the Whitaker Collection of 1890, as recorded in Needes’ notes. The Rocket Brigade (later designated The Rocket Troop) left England for Germany in August 1813 and played a distinguished part in the Battle of Leipsic, 16-18 October. It was the only unit of the British Army present, and was attached to the bodyguard of the Prince of Sweden. Rockets had to be fired at close range to achieve any real success. The battle of Leipsic lasted three days but the Rocket Brigade were not called upon until the third day, 18 October 1813, when Captain R. Bogue, commanding the Brigade, approached General Wintzingerode, commander of the allied army advance guard, and requested an opportunity to engage the enemy. His request was granted and he took the brigade to Paunsdorf where he successfully defeated 5 French battalions and caused them to surrender to his force of 200 gunners. He was then ordered to take his brigade to Sellerhausen. But they came under heavy fire from enemy artillery and skirmishers. Here, Bogue was killed by a musket ball from a French rifleman that entered his head just below the eye causing instant death. He was buried in the churchyard at Taucha 4 miles away and two years later a stone monument was erected over his grave. The Crown Prince of Sweden, commander of the allies, posthumously conferred the knighthood of the Swedish Royal Order of the Sword on Captain Bogue, and sent his widow a gift of 10,000 dollars. Lieutenant Strangways, who succeeded to the command of the Rocket Brigade after Bogue’s death, also received the Order of the Sword and various men of the Brigade received gold and silver bravery medals. ‘Among the many heart-breaking reductions which exasperate the Artillery student, perhaps none are more distressing, than the reduction of the 2nd Rocket Troop in 1816. The 1st Rocket Troop had never been out of England; the 2nd had done good service at Leipsic and Waterloo. Neither of them had had a long existence; but one had had a stirring, glorious history. On the 16th May, 1815, the following order had been issued:—“His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, has been pleased to command that the Rocket Troop of Royal Artillery, which was present at the Battle of Leipsic, be permitted to wear the word ‘Leipsic’ on their appointments, in commemoration of their services on that occasion.” And to the same troop the reward fell, given to those who had been at the Battle of Waterloo. Yet, when the pruning-knife came to be used, the troop which had earned these honours was selected for reduction; and, as if adding insult to injury, the word ‘Leipsic’ came actually to be worn by the surviving troop, which had never been on active service at all! On its reduction, the officers of the 2nd Rocket Troop were transferred to the Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers.’ (Captain Francis Duncan’s History of the Royal Artillery refers). Sold with copied extract from the notes compiled by E. E. Needes in the first half of the last century and listing the provenance of the Waterloo Medals to ‘Shoeing Smith W. Roborts’ and ‘Collar Maker Will. Roberts’, and with copied discharge papers for Collar Maker Roberts. Papers for the Shoeing Smith have not been found but the medal roll notes ‘Discharged’ against his name.
Three: Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals R. W. Williams, Royal Navy India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (R. W. Williams. Surgn. R.N. H.M.S. “Philomel”); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (R. W. Williams, Surgn. R.N. H.M.S. “Northumberland”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, medals contained in a small glass fronted display case, very fine (3) £700-£900 --- Robert William Williams joined the Royal Navy as a Surgeon on 1 October 1872. As Surgeon of Philomel he served with the Laroot field force during operations against the Malays in 1875 (Perak Medal and Clasp). As Surgeon of Boxer he was present during the Niger expedition of 1877, when several piratical villages were destroyed, and severe punishment inflicted on the river pirates. He was Surgeon of the Northumberland during the Egyptian war of 1882 (Egyptian Medal, Khedive’s Bronze Star). Williams retired on 10 January 1902 with the customary promotion to Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.
Five: Major J. Masson, Royal Scots Fusiliers South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (990 Lce. Corpl. J. Masson. 2-21st. Foot.) Lance part of rank officially corrected; India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1887-89, Burma 1885-7, clasps remounted in this order, as usual (990 Sergt. J. Masson 2d. Bn. R. Sco. Fus.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Hon. Lt: & Qr: Mr: J. Masson, R. Scots Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: & Qr:- Mr: J. Masson. Rl: Scots Fus:); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £1,000-£1,400 --- James Masson was born in Aberdeen on 17 July 1858 and attested the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1878. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Zulu campaign 1979-81, and in the operations against the Sukukuni, and also took part in the Transvaal Campaign. Advanced Sergeant, he subsequently served throughout the Second Burma War. He was appointed Quartermaster, with the rank of Honorary Lieutenant, on 3 June 1899, and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, taking part in the Relief of Ladysmith; the operations of the 17 to 24 January 1900; the operations of 5 to 7 February, including he action at Vaal Krantz; on Tugela Heights, 14 to 27 February; in Natal, March and April 1900; in the Transvaal, May and June 1900; and in the Cape Colony, north of the Orange River, including the action at Ruidam. Masson retired with the rank of Major in 1913, but was called up following the outbreak of the Great War, and passed the medical examination for service abroad if necessary. He died in hospital in Portsmouth on 1 May 1915, aged 56, and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Portsmouth (Highland Road) Cemetery. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient that appeared in the recipient's obituary in the Aberdeen Evening Express of 29 May 1915.
Pair: Private F. G. Chaplin, Lincolnshire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4339 P’te F. G. Chaplin, 1/Lin: R.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (4339 Pte. F. Chaplin 1st Linc. R.) contemporarily engraved naming, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £400-£500 --- Frederick George Chaplin was born in Hadleigh, Suffolk, in 1874 and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Stratford, Essex, on 17 September 1895. He served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 4 February 1897 to 17 October 1898, and subsequently in India from the latter dated to 25 March 1903. He transferred to the Reserve on 27 March 1903, ands was discharged on 16 September 1907, after 12 years’ service. Sold with copied record of service.
Three: Band Corporal J. W. Brookes, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, late Bandsman, North Staffordshire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3176. Bdm. J. Brooks. 1/N. Staff. R.); Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (Musc. J. W. Brookes [sic] R.C.H.A.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (No. 3176 Bandn. J. W. Brooks. 1. N. Staff. R.) last with contemporary engraved naming, with riband bar, nearly very fine, scarce (3) £400-£500 --- William John Brookes was born in Tunstall, Staffordshire in March 1875. He served with the North Staffordshire Regiment prior to emigrating to Canada. Brookes served during the Great War as a Band Corporal with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in Canada. He died in February 1949.
Pair: Private R. McMurray, Cameron Highlanders Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2543 Pte. R. Mc.Murray. 1/Cam: Hrs:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (2543 Pte. Mc.Murray. 1 Cam. Highrs.) Regimentally engraved naming, minor edge bruising, very fine (2) £400-£500 --- R. McMurray attested for the Cameron Highlanders and served with them during the Sudan campaign. He was invalided from the Army on 3 December 1898. Sold with copied research.
Seven: Staff Sergeant G. R. Watts, Army Service Corps Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (S/12576 Pte. G. R. Watts. A.S.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (12575. Pte. G. R. Watts. A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (12575 Cpl. G. R. Watts. A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star, unnamed; British War and Victory Medals (S2SR-01762 S.Sjt. G. R. Watts. A.S.C.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (7) £400-£500 --- George Robert Watts was born at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, in 1872 and attested for the Army Service Corps in February 1896. He served with the Corps in Egypt and the Sudan from July to October 1898, and in South Africa during the Boer War from October 1899 to August 1902. He was promoted Corporal in April 1902, and was discharged in February 1908, but re-enlisted following the outbreak of the Great War and served with the Army Service Corps on the Western Front from 4 September 1915. Sold with copied research.
Four: Colour Sergeant H. G. Tedder, Royal Highlanders Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Wittebergen, Transvaal, unofficial rivets between fourth and fifth clasps (6906 Cpl. H. G. Tedder, 2nd. Rl: Highlanders); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6906 Corpl: H. Tedder. Rl: Highrs:); British War and Victory Medals (6906 C. Sjt. H. G. Tedder. R. Highrs.) mounted for wear, the QSA and KSA on incorrect ribands, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £260-£300 --- Herbert G. Tedder was born in Camberwell, Surrey, on 27 August 1875, and served with the Royal Highlanders in both the Boer War and the Great War. He died in Kensworth, Bedfordshire, on 13 March 1963.
Five: Private W. Chappell, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, late Royal Sussex Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (7323 Pte. W. T. Chappell, K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7323 Pte. W. T. Chappell. K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (GSSR-18 Pte. W. Chappell. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (GSSR-18 Pte. W. Chappell. R. Suss. R.) edge bruising to Boer War pair, light contact marks, generally very fine (5) £200-£240 --- William Chappell attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and with the Royal Sussex Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 January 1915. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 12 February 1919.
Pair: Private R. W. McBride, Border Horse, later Warren’s Mounted Infantry, Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts, and Pietersburg Light Horse (Bushveldt Carabineers) Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (9314 Pte. R. W. Mc.Bride. Border Horse.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (404 Tpr: R. W. Mc.Bride. Piettersburg L.H.) edge bruise to KSA, traces of lacquer, good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- Robert Wallace McBride, a native of Templepatrick, Co Antrim, was born in 1880 and attested for the Border Horse on 22 June 1900. He served with them during the Boer War, and subsequently with Warren’s Mounted Infantry from 25 February 1901; Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts from 3 June 1901; and the Pietersburg Light Horse (Bushveldt Carabineers) from 3 December 1901. He was discharged on 2 June 1902. Sold with copied attestation papers ands medal roll extracts.
Three: Private D. Stewart, Royal Scots 1914 Star, with clasp (7908 Pte. D. Stewart. 2/R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (7908 Pte. D. Stewart. R. Scots.) light contact marks, good very fine (3) £120-£160 --- David Stewart attested for the Royal Scots and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 August 1914.
Three: Private W. Catt, Royal Sussex Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (7972 Pte. W. Catt. 2/R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7972 Pte. W. Catt. R. Suss. R.) very fine (3) £120-£160 --- William Catt attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 August 1914. He saw later service with the 2nd/6th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, and later with the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Pair: Private F. W. Brain, Northamptonshire Regiment, who died on the Western Front on 2 August 1916 1914 Star, with clasp (6966 Pte. F. W. Brain. 1/North’n R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (6966 Pte. F. W. Brain. North’n. R.) very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Frederick William Brain attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 August 1914. He died on 2 August 1916, whilst serving with the 6th Battalion, and is buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France.
Four: Private R. T. H. Jones, Coldstream Guards 1914 Star (5787 Pte. R. T. H. Jones. C. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (5787 Pte. R. T. H. Jones. C. Gds.); Defence Medal, contact marks and edge bruising, polish residue on star, nearly very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Richard Thomas Henry Jones attested for the Coldstream Guards on 10 October 1904 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 August 1914. (also entitled to a clasp to his Star). He was discharged due to a deformity of his left foot, as a consequence of frostbite, on 14 September 1915 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 6992. Sold with the recipient’s Great War riband bar, with rosette on the 1914 Star riband, and copied Medal Index Card.
Three: Private F. W. Fisher, East Lancashire Regiment 1914 Star (9257 Pte. F. Fisher. 1/E. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9257 Pte. F. W. Fisher. E. Lan. R.) nearly very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Frederick W. Fisher attested for the East Lancashire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August 1914.
Pair: Stoker First Class H. Marsh, Royal Navy, who died on 16 July 1917 1914-15 Star (K.15052. H. Marsh, Sto.1, R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (K.15052 H. Marsh. Sto. 1 R.N.) very fine Pair: Ordinary Telegraphist R. R. Rolling, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J. 47069 R. R. Rolling. O. Tel. R.N.) good very fine 1914-15 Star (121 W.T.S. F. Thorpe, W.T.O., R.N.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (K.24024 W. R. Thomas. Sto.1 R.N.) very fine (6) £70-£90 --- Henry Marsh died on 16 July 1917 while serving in H.M.S. Gloucester and is buried at Bari War Cemetery, Italy. R. R. Rolling died on 13 February 1921 while serving in H.M.S. Pembroke and is buried at Sutton and Cheam Cemetery, Surrey.
Pair: Ordinary Seaman L. Denton, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J.39335, L. Denton. Boy.1., R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (J.39335 L. Denton. Ord. R.N.) nearly very fine Pair: Private A. E. Taylor, West Riding Regiment 1914-15 Star (2636 Pte. A. E. Taylor, W. Rid. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2636 Pte. A. E. Taylor. W. Rid. R.) nearly very fine Pair: Gunner B. Blackburn, Royal Marine Artillery British War and Victory Medals (R.M.A. 1182-S- Gr. B. Blackburn.) good very fine Pair: Captain W. C. Farmer, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. C. Farmer.) mounted as worn, very fine (8) £80-£100
Four: Engineman R. W. E. G. Burgoyne, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (ES.3932, R. W. E. G. Burgoyne, Engn., R.N.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (3932 E.S. R. W. E. G. Burgoyne. Engn. R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Robert W. F. G. Burgoyne); Victory Medal 1914-19 (3932 E.S. R. W. E. G. Burgoyne. Engn. R.N.R.) very fine (4) £60-£80
Three: Private G. Lowerson, Royal Marines 1914-15 Star (Deal 3296-S- Pte. G. Lowerson. R.M.); British War and Victory Medals (Deal 3296-S- Pte. G. Lowerson. R.M.) with named card boxes of issue, nearly extremely fine Pair: Junior Engineer R. E. Harvey, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary British War and Victory Medals (Jnr. Eng. R. E. Harvey, M.F.A.) very fine (5) £70-£90
Three: Gunner J. H. Beasleigh, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (L-22373 Gnr: J. H. Beasleigh. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (L-22373 Gnr: J. H. Beasleigh. R.A.) mounted as worn, traces of verdigris, and staining throughout, nearly very fine Three: Driver W. Coad, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (2093 Dvr. W. Coad, R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2093 Dvr. W. Coad. R.A.) mounted as worn, traces of verdigris, very fine 1914-15 Star (2) (38179, Dvr. R. Watson, R.H.A.; 57757 Dvr. J. Biggs. R.F.A.) staining to latter, nearly very fine (8) £80-£100
Three: Private L. Scudder, East Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (SR-10877 Pte. L. Scudder. E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (SR-10877 Pte. L. Scudder. E. Kent R.) very fine Three: Private C. D. Wells, Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-15 Star (G-5252 Pte. C. D. Wells. R.W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-5252 Pte. C. D. Wells. R.W. Kent R.) traces of verdigris to star, otherwise very fine (6) £60-£80
Three: Private A. Levy, Public Schools Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (P.S-6922 Pte. A. Levy, R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (PS-6922 Pte. A. Levy. R. Fus.) nearly extremely fine (3) £50-£70 --- Alexander Levy attested for the Royal Fusiliers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 November 1915. He later transferred to the Middlesex Regiment. His name appears in the British Jewry Book of Honour.
Family Group: Three: Private E. J. Osborne, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 6 May 1915 1914-15 Star (12804 Pte. E. J. Osborne. Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (12804 Pte. E. J. Osborne. Suff. R.); Memorial Plaque (Edward James Osborne) the plaque somewhat polished, otherwise nearly extremely fine Three: Private B. Osborne, Suffolk Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 15 November 1918 1914-15 Star (12861 Pte. B. Osborne. Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (128061 Pte. B. Osborne. Suff. R.); Memorial Plaque (Bertie Osborne) the plaque somewhat polished, otherwise nearly extremely fine (8) £220-£260 --- Edward James Osborne, of Bury St. Edmund’s, Suffolk, attested for the Suffolk Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 January 1915. He was killed in action on 6 May 1915, and is buried in Wytschaete Military Cemetery, Belgium. Bertie Osborne, the brother of the above, attested for the Suffolk Regiment and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1915. He died of wounds on 15 November 1918, and is buried in Brebieres British Cemetery, France, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour also recording that he served with the 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Sold with copied research.
Family group: Three: Private J. Hughes, Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 April 1917 1914-15 Star (12760 Pte. J. Hughes, York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12760 Pte. J. Hughes. York. R.) good very fine Pair: Private V. H. Hughes, 1st Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (635486 Pte. V. H. Hughes. 1-Lond. R.) very fine Pair: Private A. D. Hughes, 21st Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (4886 Pte. A. D. Hughes. 21-Lond. R.) very fine (7) £80-£100 --- John Hughes attested for the Yorkshire Regiment and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 July 1915. He was killed in action on 23 April 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with original transmittal slip and named card box of issue for the 1914-15 Star.
Pair: W. G. Peckover, East Surrey Regiment 1914-15 Star (4488. ... W. G. Peckover. E. Surr. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (448... W. G. Peckover. E. Surr. R.) rank obliterated from both, otherwise very fine Pair: Private J. H. Thomas, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (60246 Pte. J. H. Thomas. Ches. R.) good very fine Pair: Private R. S. Watson, West Riding Regiment British War and Victory Medals (20970 Pte. R. S. Watson. W. Rid. R.) very fine Pair: Private J. Smith, King’s Own Scottish Borderers British War and Victory Medals (2991. Pte. J. Smith. K.O.S.B.) number officially corrected on VM, very fine (8) £100-£140
Five: Sergeant W. G. Hoskins, Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-15 Star (L-9268 Bndsmn: W. G. Hoskins. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-9268 Pte. W. G. Hoskins. R. Suss. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (L-9268 L-Cpl. W. G. Hoskins. R. Suss. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (6390384 Sjt. W. G. Hoskins. R. Suss. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine, the LS & GC good very fine (5) £120-£160 --- William G. Hoskins attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Frontier Regions of India from 17 August 1915, seeing further service during the Third Afghan War.
Three: Lance-Corporal G. J. T. Crouch, Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-15 Star (G-411 L. Cpl. G. J. T. Crouch. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-411 Pte. G. J. T. Crouch. R. Suss. R.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine Three: Private D. Henderson, Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-15 Star (G-835 Pte. D. Henderson. R. Suss. R.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-835 Pte. D. Henderson. R. Suss. R.) traces of verdigris to Star, otherwise very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (5420 Pte. W. Sandell. R. Suss. R.) good very fine (7) £80-£100
Three: Private J. Ince, Hampshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (330208 Pte. J. Ince. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1379 Pte. J. Ince. Hamps. R.) mounted as worn, very fine Three: Sergeant H. Sheridan, Middlesex Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War British War and Victory Medals (L-9080 Cpl. H. Sheridan Midd’x R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6188392 Sjt. H. Sheridan. Midd’x R.); together with a Middlesex Regiment cap badge and a postcard photograph of the recipient, good very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Henry Sheridan attested for the Middlesex Regiment and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914 (also entitled to a 1914 Star). His Medal Index Card notes that he was captured and taken Prisoner of War; most likely he was taken Prisoner of War at Mons in 1914, one of 397 ‘Regulars’ of the Regiment (approximately half a Battalion) who were taken Prisoner of War prior to Christmas Day 1914.
Three: Private F. Lawrence, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, later Labour Corps, who died at home on 1 July 1918 1914-15 Star (2246. Pte. F. Lawrence, Yorks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2246 Pte. F. Lawrence. Yorks. L.I.) with two named card boxes of issue, nearly extremely fine Pair: Private E. F. Hollands, East Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-15792 Pte. E. F. Hollands. E. Kent R.); together with a ‘Chapel Fields Philanthropic Institution’ silver Presidential Star, engraved ‘E. F. Hollands, President, 1936’, good very fine 1914-15 Star (15363 Pte. W. Huson. N. Staff. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (204553 Cpl. E. Hawkins. E. Kent R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (4302 Pte. A. Taylor. Essex R.) nearly very fine and better (9) £100-£140 --- Francis Lawrence was born in Shoreham, Suffolk, and attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Doncaster. He died at home on 1 July 1918 while serving in the Labour Corps and was buried at Scunthorpe Cemetery. Sold with original transmittal letters.
Three: Private A McGee, Middlesex Regiment 1914-15 Star (775 Pte. A. Mc Gee, Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (775 Pte. A. Mc Gee. Midd’x R.) polished, good very fine Pair: Private L. V. Flarty, Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (241277 Pte. L. V. Flarty. Hamps. R.) very fine Pair: Corporal P. O. Kirkby, Middlesex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (5500 Cpl. P. O. Kirkby. Midd’x R.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine Pair: Private C. F. Dittert, Middlesex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (73680 Pte. C. F. Dittert. Midd’x. R.) good very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Alfred McGee attested for the Middlesex Regiment and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 November 1915. Lewis Victor Flarty was born in Southampton on 4 February 1896 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment. Appointed Lance Corporal, he served with the 2nd/5th Battalion during the Great War in Egypt and Palestine, before further service with the 1st/4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Percy Oscar Kirkby was born in Walthamstow, Essex, on 4 February 1896 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment. He served with the 1st/7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 October 1916, and was discharged to a commission into the Royal Fusiliers on 17 December 1917. During the Second World War, he saw service as a Captain with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. His son, Second Lieutenant Clifford George Kirkby, Royal Armoured Corps, was killed during the Second World War and is buried in El-Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Percy Kirkby died in Folkestone, Kent in July 1959.
Four: Private J. Beech, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was wounded in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, and was wounded and taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Arras on 3 May 1917 1914-15 Star (R-1118 Pte. J. Beech. K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-1118 Pte. J. Beech. K.R. Rif. C.); Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (James Beech); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse numbered ‘439070’, good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- James Beech was born in Birmingham on October 1895 and attested there for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 2 September 1914. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1915, and was present at the Battle of Loos. He saw further service at the Battle of the Somme, and was wounded in action at Roclincourt on the first day of the Battle, 1 July 1916: ‘At 10:50pm, the Germans exploded a mine under the Battalion’s forward trenches (creating a crater 160 feet wide) and launched an attack supported by heavy artillery fire with 5.9's, 4.2's and trench mortars on the front and communication trenches. The Germans entered the front trenches and commenced to bomb their way forward but were “bombed out” of the trenches by the Battalion’s bombers and a battle developed over the mine crater lips. Breastworks were constructed in the shattered trenches and crater whilst this was going on, with the work parties building it under heavy machine gun and trench mortar fire. By dawn the position was defensible. Casualties were 8 other ranks killed, and 3 Officers and 25 other ranks wounded.’ Beech was again wounded (gun shot wound to the right arm) and taken prisoner of war at the Battle of Arras on 3 May 1917, on which date Battalion casualties were 10 Officers and 270 other ranks. Repatriated to England on 5 May 1918 he was admitted to the King George Hospital, London with his wound still being classified as severe. As a result of his wound, he was medically discharged on 12 August 1918 and was awarded a life disability pension at 30%, as well as receiving a Silver War Badge. He subsequently worked as a telephone mechanic, and was awarded his Imperial Service Medal on retirement in 1960. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
Three: Sergeant J. R. Vance, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action in Gallipoli on 7 August 1915 1914-15 Star (343 Sjt. R. [sic] Vance. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (343 Sjt. J. R. Vance. Manch. R.) very fine (3) £70-£90 --- John Robert Vance attested for the Manchester Regiment and served as a Sergeant with the 1st/8th Battalion during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre of War from 25 September 1914. He was killed in action in Gallipoli on 7 August 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Three: Private T. Naismith, Gordon Highlanders, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 18 June 1915 1914-15 Star (S-8939 Pte. T. Naismith. Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-8939 Pte. T. Naismith. Gordons.) good very fine Pair: Private A. C. Park, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1914-15 Star (S-7483 Pte. A. C. Park. A. & S. Highrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (S-7483 Pte. A. C. Park. A. & S. Highrs.) polished and worn, therefore fair to fine, the naming all completely legible British War Medal 1914-20 (1554 Pte. R. Thomson. Sco. Rif.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (3675 Pte. J. T. Ballantyne. Sco. Rif.; 11214 Pte. R. Henderson. High. L.I.) naming very faintly impressed on last, generally very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Thomas Naismith attested for the Gordon Highlanders at Hamilton and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 May 1915. He died of wounds on 18 June 1915 and is buried at Brown’s Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France.
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Lieut. R. Lampen, 87th. Foot.) a post-1873 later issue, edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £220-£260 --- Robert Lampen was commissioned Ensign, by purchase, in the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot on 30 September 1853, and was promoted Lieutenant, by purchase, on 30 November 1855. He retired in 1865.
Three: Private R. Coumbe, 3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 1 December 1915 1914-15 Star (108168 Pte R. Coumbe. 3/Can: Mtd: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (108168 A. Cpl. R. Coumbe. 3-C.M.R.) very fine Pair: Private F. J. Wilson, 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry, who received a gun shot wound to his left leg, 1 November 1918 British War and Victory Medals (3132689 Pte. F. J. Wilson. 47-Can. Inf.) with Silver War Badge (C52737), 3 identity discs, collar titles and Wound Stripe, nearly extremely fine (lot) £120-£160 --- Rundle Coumbe was born at Underhill Farm, Cornwall, England in April 1892. He served for six months with the 19th Alberta Dragoons, Canadian Militia prior to serving with the 3rd Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles during the Great War. Private Coumbe was killed in action on the Western Front, 1 December 1915, and is buried in the Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Belgium. Francis Jordan Wilson was born in Avonbank, Ontario, Canada in March 1891. He served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and was wounded in action, 1 November 1918. Wilson was discharged in London, Ontario in March 1919. Sold with three photographs of Wilson in uniform, and his Parchment Discharge Certificate.
Three: Supply Petty Officer H. B. Sarah, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (M.27276 H. B. Sarah. V.A. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.27276 H. B. Sarah. Sy. P.O. H.M.S. Rodney.) contact marks, nearly very fine Three: Electrical Artificer First Class R. E. Tozer, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (M.28934 R. E. Tozer. E.A.5. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.28934 R. E. Tozer. E.A.1. H.M.S. Vernon.) contact marks, polished, good fine (6) £80-£100
Pair: Able Seaman G. B. Stephenson, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (R.2077 G. B. Stephenson. A.B. R.N.V.R.) very fine Pair: Able Seaman G. P. Dawson, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (R.5437 G. P. Dawson. A.B. R.N.V.R.) light contact marks, very fine Pair: Telegraphist J. R. Jones, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (M.Z.6095 J. R. Jones. Tel. R.N.V.R.) light contact marks, very fine (6) £80-£100 --- George Petty Dawson, a native of Worksop, Nottinghamshire was born on 22 November 1875 and attested for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 10 November 1917. He saw service during the Great War on the Western Front with the British Expeditionary Force from 30 January 1918, and was demobilised on 23 February 1919. James Robert Jones, a Post Office Telegraphist from Rochester, Kent, was born on 14 September 1898 and attested for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 2 November 1916. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Duke in Port Sudan, and was discharged on 3 July 1919.
Three: Acting Corporal R. T. Williams, Royal Marines, late Denbighshire Imperial Yeomanry Hussars British War and Victory Medals (Deal 11837 -S- Act. Cpl. R. T. Williams. R.M.); Imperial Yeomanry L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (659 F. Sjt: R. T. Williams. Denbighs: I.Y. Husrs.) mounted on card for display, good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Richard Thomas Williams was born on 5 March 1868, at Trefnant in Denbighshire. He was trained as a Blacksmith and his address on joining the Royal Marine Labour Corps in May 1917 was the ‘Smithy House, Trefnant’. His papers record his previous service with the Denbighshire Hussars and that he was time expired. He was awarded the Imperial Yeomanry Long Service Medal in Army Orders of February 1906, one of nineteen awards to the unit. Williams served in the Royal Marines until he was demobilised in May 1919. A letter from him states he was in charge of the smiths shop in Calais for two years. Sold with copied attestation papers for his Royal Marines service but no papers exist for his Yeomanry service.
Pair: Second Lieutenant R. E. Higginbotham, Royal Field Artillery, late Company Sergeant Major, Canadian Army Service Corps, who was killed in action in Salonika, 29 September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. E. Higginbotham.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Edward Higginbotham) last in card envelope of issue, remnants of adhesive labels on all, good very fine or better (3) £180-£220 --- Robert Edward Higginbotham was born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada in January 1893. He was a law student who initially served during the Great War in the ranks with the 1st Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park, Canadian Army Service Corps in the Salonika. Having advanced to Acting Company Sergeant Major, Higginbotham was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery. Second Lieutenant Higginbotham was killed in action whilst serving with ‘B’ Battery, 115th Brigade in Salonika, 29 September 1918. He is buried in the Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.
Pair: Sergeant G. S. Powell, Royal West Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 16 October 1916 British War and Victory Medals (G-10968 Sjt. G. S. Powell. The Queen’s R.) good very fine Pair: Private N. McSween, 67th (Pioneer) Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (102338 Pte. N. McSween. 67-Can. Inf.) with identity disc, good very fine (4) £60-£80 --- George Sydney Powell was born in British Columbia, Canada, and attested for the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment at Lambeth, London. He served with the 11th (Service) Battalion (Lambeth) during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 16 October 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Sold with copied research. Neil McSween was born on the Isle of Skye, Scotland in September 1884. He served during the Great War with the 67th (Pioneer) Battalion, Canadian Engineers on the Western Front.
Pair: Lieutenant F. Roberts, East Kent Regiment British War and Victory Medals (G-18346 Pte. F. Roberts. E. Kent R.) very fine 1914-15 Star (3) (Lieut. J. B. Andrews. R. Scots.; 2238 Pte. A. Spong. Leic: R.; 3-8160 Pte. F. J. L. Durrant. Dorset: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (.17-... Pte. R. S. Law. R. Ir. Rif.) heavy pitting and edge bruising to last that has partially obscured number, otherwise generally nearly very fine and better £140-£180 --- Frank Roberts attested for the East Kent Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant, but presumably given the rank on his pair did not serve overseas as an Officer. J. B. Andrews was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Scots and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre from 10 August 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps and served as an Acting Captain with the Camel Transport. Albert Edwin Spong was born in Belgrave, Leicestershire, in 1886 and attested for the Leicestershire Regiment at Leicester on 10 August 1914, having previously served with the Militia. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 March 1915, and was wounded by gun shot to the head on 2 May 1915. He was subsequently killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the Battle of Loos on 13 October 1915, on which date the battalion suffered total casualties of 20 officers and 453 other ranks killed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Lewis Frederick James Durrant was born in Sherborne, Dorset, in 1875 and was a special reservist in the National Reserve, having previously served in the Dorset Yeomanry. He served with the 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 January 1915, and died of wounds on 22 February 1915. He is buried in Wulverghem Cemetery. Robert Sydney Law was born in Belfast in 1896 and attested for the Royal Irish Rifles on 27 October 1914. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 October 1915, and was wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on the Schwaben Redoubt in Thiepval Wood, with the fighting described by one soldier as ‘a Belfast riot on top of Mount Vesuvius.’ Battalion casualties that day were 117 men killed and several hundred wounded. Law was amongst those wounded, and was evacuated to England, where his left arm was ultimately amputated. He was medically discharged on 14 March 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 353,320. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Private A. Mitchell, Lancashire Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (25302 Pte. A. Mitchell. Lan. Fus.) good very fine Three: Private A. Timms, Gloucestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (27814 Pte. A. Timms. Glouc. R.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, very fine Pair: Private A. J. Somerville, Dorsetshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (26742 Pte. A. J. Somerville. Dorset. R.) good very fine Four: Private S. P. Poulter, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (106869 Pte. S. P. Poulter. Notts. & Derby. R.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the Great War pair mounted as worn together with the riband for the Army L.S. & G.C.; the Second War medals in named card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. S. P. Poulter, 5 Shelley Avenue, Manor Park, London, E12’, the Great War pair nearly very fine; the Second War medals extremely fine 1914-15 Star (54838. Spr. F. W. Cole. R.E.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (23310 Pte. E. G. F. Adams. A.S.C.); together with two Silver War Badges, the reverses officially numbered ‘321721’ and ‘B37235’, very fine (13) £100-£140
Pair: Private C. E. Roberts, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (102633 Pte. C. E. Roberts. M.G.C.) very fine Pair: Driver H. C. Morgan, Army Service Corps British War and Victory Medals (T4-083223 Dvr. H. C. Morgan. A.S.C.) nearly very fine 1914-15 Star (85491 Pte. A. James. A.S.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (267537 Pnr. H. G. Hansen. R.E.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (CMT-2399 Pte. A. Mc Camon. A.S.C.; 1561 Pte. T. Morris. R.A.M.C.); Africa Star (Maj. C. Rhys Few R. Sigs.) contemporarily engraved naming, good fine and better (9) £80-£100
Pair: Air Mechanican First Class S. R. Mansfield, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (218992 1. A.M. S. R. Mansfield. R.A.F.) very fine Pair: Air Mechanican Second Class F. Cornelius, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (60801 2. A.M. F. Cornelius. R.A.F.); together with a silver named lawn bowls medallion, very fine Pair: Air Mechanican Third Class W. Mc L. Harvie, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (165279 3. A.M. W. Mc L. Harvie. R.A.F.) very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Sidney Robert Mansfield, a Fitter from Bethnal Green, London, was born on 7 November 1895. He attested for the Royal Air Force for service during the Great War on 9 August 1916 and saw service with 206 Squadron. He transferred to the Royal Air Force Reserve on 3 July 1919. Frank Cornelius attested for the Royal Air Force for service during the Great War on 9 August 1916 and saw service with 111 and 113 Squadrons. He was discharged on 29 March 1920, living at 45 Hyde Park Gardens Mews, Paddington, London. William McLean Harvie, a native of Lanarkshire, was born on 28 July 1900. He attested for the Royal Air Force for service during the Great War on 8 May 1918 and saw service attached to the Inland Water Service of the Royal Naval Division on the Western Front from 30 October 1918. He transferred to the Royal Air Force Reserve on 11 February 1919.
Pair: Lance Corporal F. J. Forrest, 54th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 1 March 1917 British War and Victory Medals (760623 A. L. Cpl. F. Forrest. 54-Can. Inf.) nearly extremely fine British War Medal 1914-20 (478031 Pte. C. R. Woodford. 11-Can. Inf.; 3775 Pte. G. Rhodes. H.L.I.; 43757 A. Bmbr. W. McPhee. C.F.A.) first with Silver War Badge, reverse numbered ‘C496’, generally very fine or better (5) £70-£90 --- Frederick John Forrest was born in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland in April 1886. He was the son of Mr and Mrs T. Forrest of 63 Havelock St., Mayfield, Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia. Forrest served during the Great War with the 54th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front, and was killed in action, 1 March 1917. Lance Corporal Forrest is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Grant Rhodes was born in Canada and served during the Great War with the 1/5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry in the Egyptian theatre of war. Private Rhodes was killed in action in Palestine, 30 November 1917, and is buried in the Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel. William McPhee was born in Dalhousie Township, Ontario, Canada in July 1876. He served during the Great War as a Driver with 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Canadian Field Artillery on the Western Front. McPhee Died (Accidental Injuries) - while on duty on the morning of 13 April 1916, between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock, he was found lying on the floor of a stable in great pain, having been kicked in the abdomen by a horse. He was placed on a stretcher and evacuated to No. 10 Casualty Clearing Station where he died two days later at 1.45 p.m. from wound of abdomen caused by a kick from a horse resulting in a ruptured kidney and internal haemorrhage. Driver McPhee is buried in the Lijjsenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Sapper R. Brodie, 4th Railway Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops British War and Victory Medals (841225 Spr. R. Brodie C.R.T.) officially renamed; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (841225 Spr. R. Brodie); with C.E.F. for service at the front lapel badge, reverse numbered ‘232585’ and a medal of gratitude for service during the Great War from the Grand Lodge, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, nearly extremely fine (lot) £50-£70 --- Robert Brodie was born in London in May 1874. He resided with his wife at 161 Hochelaga Street, Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada. Brodie served during the Great War with the 4th Railway Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops, and died after the war of related injuries/illness in August 1936. He is buried in the National Field of Honour Cemetery, Pointe-Claire, Quebec.
Three: Squadron Sergeant Major C. R. Meade, 19th Mounted Rifles and 2nd South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl. C. R. Meade. 2nd S.A.I.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (No. 27789 S.S.M. C. R. Meade. 19th M.R. (Transkei M.R.)) very fine (3) £60-£80
Pair: Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class T. H. S. Westaway, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (268843 T. H. Westaway. C.E.R.A. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (268843 T. H. S. Westaway, C.E.R.A. 1 Cl, H.M.S. Challenger) minor edge bruise, good very fine Pair: Senior Reserve Attendant R. Morris, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve British War Medal 1914-20 (M.8822 R. Morris. S.R.A. R.N.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1928. R. Morris. LG. Sea. R.N.A.S.B.R.) contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Thomas Holman Stanbury Westaway, a Boilermaker from Plymouth, Devon, was born on 14 January 1874 and joined the Royal Navy on 18 September 1896. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class on 30 December 1908, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 October 1911. He saw service during the Great War in the Depot Ship H.M.S. Impregnable, thus his British War Medal was his sole campaign medal entitlement for the Great War. He was demobilised on 29 December 1919. Richard Morris, a Collier from Hindley, Lancashire, was born on 17 February 1889 and attested for the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve on 2 August 1914. Advanced Senior Reserve Attendant on 5 March 1915, he saw service during the Great War in the Naval Hospital at Plymouth and H.M.S. Eaglet, thus his British War Medal was his sole campaign medal entitlement for the Great War. He was demobilised on 27 February 1919.
Pair: Reserve Wardmaster H. Hamill, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve British War Medal 1914-20 (M. 9731 H. Hamill. R. Wdmr. R.N.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S., G.V.R., 1st issue (779. H. Hamill, Res. Wdmstr. R.N.A.S.B.R.) this last with some minor official corrections, mounted on card for display, very fine or better (2) £140-£180 --- Henry Hamill was born at Bury, Lancashire, on 30 January 1882, and was a railway ticket collector when he joined the R.N.A.S.B.R. as a Junior Reserve Attendant at Pembroke I on 2 August 1914. Posted to Chatham Hospital, where he served for the duration of the war, he was advanced to Senior Reserve Attendant on 25 May 1915, and to Reserve Wardmaster on 18 August 1915. Reserve Wardmaster was the most senior rate in the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve, and equated to Chief Petty Officer status in the Royal Navy. Hamill was ’shore demobilised’ on 31 May 1919. Sold with research including copied record of service.
Three: Colour Sergeant E. Wager, Cheshire Regiment, later Indian Unattached List British War Medal 1914-20 (7092 C. Sjt. E. Wager. Ches. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (4114203 R-S-M. E. Wager. S.I. Ry. Bn.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S-S Instr. E. Wager, I.U.L.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160 --- Ernest Wager was born in 1883 and attested for the Cheshire Regiment at Warwick on 5 February 1903. He served with the Regiment in India from 20 September 1904, and whilst in India was posted to the Indian Unattached List on 10 October 1912. He transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Supernumerary) on 30 November 1920 and was employed as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the South Indian Railway Battalion, Auxiliary Force India. He returned home on 12 November 1925, an was discharged on 4 February 1926, after 23 years service, of which over 21 years had been spent soldiering in India. Sold with the recipient’s Certificate of Service Red Book.
Family group: India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (2316612 Sgln. E. Beck. R. Signals.) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine Three: Sergeant L. Beck, Royal Field Artillery, later Royal Corps of Signals 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly extremely fine Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (POMA D R Butt D147171N RN) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (5) £70-£90 --- Ernest Beck died age 27 at 63 Harcourt Road, Blackpool, 13 March 1934. His death certificate gives the cause of death as ‘Misadventure General Paralysis of the insane accelerated by effects of being knocked down by a motor car in Marton Drive, Blackpool on 26th November 1932.’ Beck’s IGS was issued to his mother. Lawrence Beck was born in Manchester in December 1903, and enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery (T.A.) at the city of his birth in June 1920. He transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals in March 1922, advanced to Lance Corporal in November 1927, and to Sergeant in November 1941. Beck was discharged in August 1945. Sold with the following related documentation: Enclosure letter for I.G.S. addressed to E. Beck’s mother, dated 7 May 1934; L. Beck’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, covers detached; Discharge Certificate, and National Registration Identity Card. Petty Officer Medical Assistant Butt is not related to the above.
Six: Attributed to Lieutenant R. W. MacDonald, Royal Naval Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately impressed ‘Lieut. R. W. MacDonald R.N.R.’, good very fine Three: Fireman H. Young, Mercantile Marine, who was killed while serving in S.S. Cato when she hit a mine on 3 March 1940 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Ministry of Transport enclosure and named Buckingham Palace condolence slip, nearly extremely fine (9) £70-£90 --- Harold Young served in the Mercantile Marine and was killed on 3 March 1940 when S.S. Cato hit a mine, and is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.
Five: Attributed to Major R. H. Durrant, Royal Artillery, who was wounded in action on 10 April 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘R. H. Durrant, Esq., 28 Sherborne Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk’, extremely fine Three: Attributed to Private J. E. Williams, King’s Own Royal Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services whilst a Prisoner of War 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘Mr. J. E. Williams, 19 Canterbury Road, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire.’, extremely fine 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 (13) £100-£140 --- Reginald Harry Durrant was born in Great Finborough, Suffolk, on 22 October 1908 and having served as a Bugler with the Territorial Army was commissioned from the ranks and saw service in the Royal Artillery in North Africa and Italy, obtaining his wings and serving in the latter theatre attached to the Royal Air Force. He was granted a Regular Army commission on 7 July 1949, and was appointed Quartermaster. He was awarded his Long Service ands Good Conduct Medal on 20 October 195, and was promoted Major on 3 April 1951. John Edward Williams was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 27 May 1940, and was held at Stalag VIII-B at Lamsdorf. For his services whilst a Prisoner of War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 April 1946). 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.
Four: Warrant Officer Class II A. M. Williams, Royal Signals, late Royal Engineers 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (2309768 Sjt. A. M. Williams. R. Signals) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £80-£100 --- Alexander Mitchell Williams was born in Norwich, Norfolk on 9 January 1904. A machinist by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Engineers at Cork on 2 February 1920 and was transferred to the Royal Signals on 6 November. He served in Egypt from 30 November 1922 to 15 May 1929 and in India from 24 December 1931 to 1 December 1932. Promoted Sergeant in 1936, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1938. With the outbreak of the Second World War, he served with the B.E.F. from 13 September 1939 to 23 June 1940; thereafter his service was in Britain. Promoted Warrant Officer Class III in March 1940, he attained the rank of Warrant Officer Class II (Company Sergeant Major) in July 1942. He was discharged on 25 September 1953. Sold with a fine photograph album containing photos dating from the recipient’s time in Egypt, 1922-29.
Five: Company Quarter Master Sergeant T. Bayly, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese at the Fall of Hong Kong, 25 December 1941 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (6198031 Sjt. T. Bayly. Mx) good very fine (5) £260-£300 --- Thomas Bayly was born in Aldershot, Hampshire in November 1909. He was the son of Colour Sergeant R. J. Bayly, Middlesex Regiment, who was taken prisoner of war by the Germans at Mons, 23 August 1914. A true ‘Die Hard’ family, Bayly’s father named the family residence ‘Albuhera’ on the Salisbury Road, Amesbury, Wiltshire. Bayly attested for the Army in September 1927, and was posted for service with the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment as part of the Hong Kong Garrison. He was serving there when war broke out in the Pacific, 8 December 1941, and was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese at the Fall of Hong Kong, 25 December 1941. He was interned in the following prisoner of war camps: Shampshuipo, Hong Kong, December 1941 - December 1943; Nagoya, Japan, December 1943 - June 1945 and Toyama, Japan, June 1945 until liberation. Bayly died in Bournemouth, Dorset in 1985.
Family group: Seven: Sergeant T. Warburton, Royal Army Medical Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (7357439 Sjt. T. Warburton. R.A.M.C.) last in named card box of issue; together with a R.A.M.C. Tug-o-War Prize Medal, bronze, engraved ‘126 Fd. Amb. 1940 Cpl. T. Warburton.’; and a Royal Life Saving Society Swimming Proficiency Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘T. Warburton, June 1946’, nearly extremely fine Pair: Flight Lieutenant R. Warburton, Royal Air Force, who died in Egypt on 28 September 1943 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure named ‘Flight Lieutenant R. Warburton’, nearly extremely fine (11) £100-£140 --- Ronald Warburton, the son of Thomas and Annie Warburton of Manchester, was commissioned into the Royal Air Force, and was killed while serving in Egypt on 28 September 1943. He is buried at Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt.
Six: Private F. R. Arkell, Army Catering Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial (1487398 Pte. F. R. Arkell. A.C.C.) nearly extremely fine Five: Private H. Wilkins, Army Catering Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all contemporarily engraved ‘5506173. Pte. H. Wilkins. A.C.C.’, good very fine 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45 (3), the first four mounted as worn, very fine (17) £80-£100
Five: Flight Lieutenant R. E. V. Boyanton, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s card identity tags, good very fine Four: Ordnance Artificer First Class J. A. Havill, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue (M.929271 J. A. Havill. O.A.1. H.M.S. Pembroke) mounted as worn, good very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Robert Ernest Victor Boynaton was born on 12 February 1906 and attested for the service with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was commissioned Pilot Officer on 14 October 1941. Sold with the recipient’s passport dated 11 July 1947.
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