A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. awarded to Private T. Rylance, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 23 September 1916 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4265 Pte. T. Rylance. 1/5 L’Pool: R T.F.) edge bruises, contact marks, nearly very fine £600-£800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 11 December 1916. ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He repeatedly crossed the open under heavy fire to rescue wounded men. He continued his fine work throughout the operations. He was severely wounded’. Thomas Rylance, from Wavertree, Liverpool, attested into the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment and served during the Great War on the Western Front. He died of wounds on 23 September 1916 as a consequence of those fatally received during the course of the actions for which he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, and is buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Sold with copied research.
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Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (8952 Tr. Dafr. Mangoo Khan, 1 Mule Depot.); Indian Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (10902 Nk. Noor Muhammad, M.A.T.C.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R. (2), 1st issue, India (Sep. Mitha Khan, 11-13 F.F. Rif., I.T.F.) partially corrected; 1st (bilingual) issue, Union of South Africa (Gnr. J. Parkinson S.A.A.); Colonial Police Forces L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (8621 Native Const. Samson B.S.A. Police) this heavily polished and worn; Pakistan Independence Medal 1947 (2) (2204496 L/Nk Nazir Ahmed R.P.E.; 3234719 L/Nk Karam Dad Baluch R.) rank partially officially corrected on last; Uganda Independence Medal 1962, unnamed as issued; Malawi Independence Medal 1964, unnamed as issued; together with an Indian State of Bahawalpur Victory Star 1939-45, bronze, unnamed as issued, edge bruising and contact marks, generally nearly very fine and better (10) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Pair: Battery Sergeant Major J. Byrne, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (5844 W.O. Cl. II. J. Byrne. R.A.) edge bruise to first, very fine Pair: Gunner R. D. Masterton, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (365218 Gnr. R. D. Masterton. R.A.) contact marks, good very fine Pair: Gunner V. H. Warner, South African Field Artillery British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (1924 Gnr. V. H. Warner-S.A. Fld. Arty) nearly very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (166557 Spr. C. W. Jackson. C.E.) very fine (7) £80-£100
1914 Star (1288 Sjt. F. E. Ball. 1/13 Lond: R.); 1914-15 Star (2) (1312 Pte. A. J. Ruddle. 5-Lond. R.; 2637, Pte. R. Baulch. 8-Lond. R.) traces of verdigris to second, this fine; the first and last nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140 --- Frederick Edmund Ball, an artist, enlisted in the London Regiment at Wallingford on 22 February 1909 and served in France with the 1/13th Battalion, London Regiment from 3 November 1914. His Army Service Record states: ‘9 May 1915. Fromelles. France: Wounded during charge at Fromelles. Sent to 24th Field Ambulance, Sailly La Lys, where operation (extraction of shot or shell and drainage) was performed. Was sent to 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, where had other operations performed (reopening wound & extraction of other steel fragments). Remained there from May 15 1915 to November 23rd 1915. Sent to Eastbourne (Convalescent Camp, Summerdown) till January 4th... Joined unit Richmond January 13th. Since then have been continuously on very light duties (Sergeant’s Mess).’ Ball slowly recovered from the wound to his thigh and three subsequent operations, but was discharged at Portsmouth as permanently unfit for further military service in April 1916. Arthur James Ruddle initially served in France with the 5th London Regiment from 1 September 1915. Transferred to the 17 Battalion, London Regiment, his MIC states ‘died of dysentery’ on 2 June 1918. He is buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery. Richard Baulch was born at Glencourse, Midlothian, in 1896, and served as a Bugler with the London Regiment (Post Office Rifles). He was killed in action on 21 May 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.
An exceptionally fine Cambridge University Rifle Volunteers Silver Medallion, by Munsey, Cambridge, 50mm, silver, engraved to the rim with the names of the Winning Company in 1883, the obverse raised lettering ‘Universitas Cantabrigiensis’, reverse ‘Winning C.U.R. Company’, privately engraved to edge ‘1883/Col.Segt. Lea/Sert. Drury/Pvt: Pixley/Pvt: Callender/Pvt: Heywood/Pvt. Burney/’, in original embossed fitted case of issue; together with a fine selection of Miscellaneous Shooting and Sporting Medals, and other items, including a fine hallmarked silver Shooting Prize Medal, Eagle figurehead, with unmarked gold shield, this engraved ‘1st. Prize. Won by Br. G. Candy’, the reverse engraved ‘Shooting Cup Competition. No. 8 M.B. R.G.A. 1908’; 1st S. & H. Artillery Volunteers Shooting Prize Medal, with unmarked rose gold shield bearing monogram, reverse engraved ‘Serjt. Finch. 1st. S & H R.G.A. Vols.’; Maltese Cross, unmarked silver and gold, engraved to obverse ‘Guard Mounting and Squad Drill 1892-3’, and to reverse ‘A/Bdr. W. F. Zurhorst.’; Holman Challenge Shield for R.A. Companies in Malta, Cricket Prize, engraved ‘1902’; IX Norfolk Regiment, hallmarked silver medallion with top loop suspension, unnamed; unmarked silver sports medallion, engraved to obverse ‘Gr. Foulds 75th Battery. R.F.A.’, and to reverse ‘C Winners Subsection Tournament 1914’; Worlingworth Volunteers Medal 1798, unnamed with replacement ring suspension; small silver shooting medal, engraved to obverse ‘Champion Gun IXth Corps. & Rhine Army 1919’, and to reverse ‘24 Siege Bty. R.G.A. M. G. Hogg’; National Artillery Association King’s Prize for Morse Field & Pack Art. 1927, hallmarked silver, with small loop suspension to reverse; Bronze medal engraved to obverse ‘Football L/Cpl. R. Tainsh. “C” Coy. 2/8th London Regt.’; unmarked silver sports medallions (2) contained in F. Phillips, Medallist, Aldershot, cases of issue; bronze sports medallions (2) contained in F. Phillips, Medallist, Aldershot, cases of issue, the second with enamel loss to obverse; Royal Artillery hallmarked silver sports medallion, engraved to reverse ‘Regimental Sports River Crossing. India 1943. L/Bdr. Howard J. P.’, generally good condition, the first in very good condition (lot) £100-£140
Three: Private W. A. Mackway, 12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers), London Regiment, who suffered extensive shrapnel wounds during the Second Battle of Ypres in May 1915 1914-15 Star (2384 Pte. W. A. Mackway, 12-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2384 Pte. W. A. Mackway. 12-Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Walter Archibald Mackway was born in Lambeth in 1892 and attested for the London Regiment at Tottenham Court Road on 3 September 1914. Posted to France with the 1/12th Battalion on 9 March 1915, his Army Service Record states that he suffered flesh wounds to the back at the end of May 1915. Evacuated to England, he spent a long period of time under medical supervision at the Northern General Hospital (Leicester), St Mark’s College (Chelsea), and at Tooting Military Hospital; initially afflicted by tenderness to the spine and difficulties in walking, he made a good recovery and saw further service with the Labour Corps before being discharged at Crystal Palace in January 1919. Sold with copied service record.
Three: Private R. B. Powley, Highland Light Infantry, attached Royal Scots, who was killed in action during the attack on Kerethes Valley, Gallipoli, on 12 July 1915 1914-15 Star (6875 Pte. R. Powley. High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6875 Pte. R. Powley. High. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Robert B. Powlay [sic]) traces of adhesive to reverse of plaque, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- Robert B. Powley, a native of Cobbinshaw, Lanarkshire, and attested for the Highland Light Infantry. He served with the 8th Battalion in Gallipoli during the Great War and, posted on attachment to the 7th Battalion, Royal Scots, was killed in action during the 52nd (Lowland) Division’s attack on the Kerethes Valley on 12 July 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Three: Private W. B. Wood, Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 May 1915 1914-15 Star (12795 Pte. W. B. Wood. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12795 Pte. W. B. Wood. Ches: R.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private A. H. Vilches, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (267731 Pte. A. H. Vilches. Ches. R.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine Pair: Corporal R. Bale, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (38893 Cpl. R. Bale. Ches. R.) very fine (7) £100-£140 --- William Brown Wood, from Stockport, was born in 1880. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War on 1 September 1914 and served on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion from 5 May 1915. He was killed in action later that month on 24 May 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Three: Private R. E. Bunting, 14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish), London Regiment, who was wounded in action during the attack on Hill 70 on 25 September 1915 1914-15 Star (3580. Pte. R. E. Bunting, 14-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3580 Pte. R. E. Bunting. 14-Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £70-£90 --- Robert Esmond Bunting was born in Swaffham, Norfolk, on 15 January 1895, the second son of draper George Harry Bunting. He enlisted for the 14th London Regiment on 6 November 1914 and served in France from 14 July 1915 as part of Green’s Force at Loos. According to author Mark Lloyd in Chapter Four of The London Scottish in the Great War: ‘They returned to the line at Cambrin on 25 July, and on 5 August became the subject of a German barrage when their pipers played ‘God Save the King’ to celebrate the opening of the second year of the war.’ Detailed to storm Loos and capture Hill 70, Bunting joined the Battalion in going ‘over the top’ at 8 a.m. on 25 September 1915. Advancing in full view of the enemy and into pockets of their own chlorine gas, the attack soon broke down. A contemporary account by Private Mabbs, notes: ‘Our poor fellows dropped all round, as the rifle fire and machine-gun fire were pretty heavy. Being in reserve, we advanced from behind our front line, but I am sorry to say many of our boys went down before we reached our objective.’ To add to their misery, any possible inroads towards Lone Tree were soon recognised as hopeless owing to the uncut state of the German wire. Seeking shelter in Loos Chalk Pit, the stragglers finally withdrew to billets at Les Brebis, with losses amounting to approximately 5 officers and 260 men. Listed as wounded in action in the Regimental Chronicle during this engagement, Bunting was later discharged due to wounds on 31 January 1916 and was awarded Silver War Badge ‘49682’ on 2 February 1917. He died on 28 July 1976, his last address recorded as 10 Mill View Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.
Three: Private W. Harper, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (10828 Pte. W. Bryan. Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10828 Pte. W. Bryan. Ches. R.) contact marks, polishing to second, otherwise nearly fine Three: Private E. Lambert, Cheshire Regiment, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War in June 1915 1914-15 Star (9981 Pte. E. Lambert. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9981 Pte. E. Lambert. Ches. R.) nearly very fine Three: Private H. Wilkinson, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (8067 Pte. H. Wilkinson. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8067 Pte. H. Wilkinson. Ches. R.) some polishing, edge dig and suspension slack on second, some staining, good fine (9) £120-£160 --- Edward Lambert attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 2nd Battalion from 6 January 1915. He was taken Prisoner of War on 4 June 1915 and was later discharged on 14 February 1919.
Pair: Private H. C. Bickley, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (35397 Pte. H. C. Bickley. Ches. R.) very fine Pair: Private H. Giles, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (37708 Pte. H. Giles. Ches. R.) nearly very fine Pair: Private D. A. Gwynne, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (316035 Pte. D. A. Gwynne. Ches. R.) nearly very fine Pair: Private W. Johnson, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (41620 Pte. W. Johnson. Ches. R.) very fine (8) £80-£100
Six: Acting Captain R. J. McWilliam, Manchester Regiment, late Royal Army Service Corps, later Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Cyprus, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (Lt. R. J. Mc William. Manch.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (T/21016967 W.O. Cl. 2. R. J. Mc William. R.A.S.C.) minor official correction, mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, very fine and better, the GSM with Palestine 1945-48 clasp rare to unit (6) £160-£200 --- Only 17 officers and men of the Manchester Regiment received the G.S.M. with Palestine 1945-48 clasp. Robert James McWilliam was born in Aberdeen on 21 November 1920. At the age of 15 he attested for service in the army as a ‘Boy’ soldier for general service, being posted to the Army Technical School for Boys at Chepstow. Having qualified as a blacksmith he was appointed Private No. T/71058, Royal Army Service Corps on 21 November 1938. He was posted to 7th Hussars in June 1941, and then embarking for the Western Desert joined the 10th Hussars in April 1941 as Lance Corporal. In the October of 1942 he was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. In June 1944 he was serving in H.Q. Malta, and was selected for officer training in November 1944. He was appointed to a commission in the Manchester Regiment as Second Lieutenant on 24 August 1945; his service record notes that he was granted a commission on account of his exemplary conduct. McWilliam was posted to the 2nd Battalion the Cheshire Regiment on 30 November 1945, for service in the Middle East, Egypt and Palestine, as Acting Captain, Manchester Regiment attached Cheshire Regiment. He reverted to the Manchester Regiment and was demobilised on 13 August 1947. On return to the U.K. he re-enlisted in the ranks as a Private in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, being posted to their Depot at Norfolk and was immediately promoted to Sergeant. He was posted to Cyprus in December 1952, and was by now Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant. He was awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with gratuity in 1957. He was discharged from the army in February 1963, and died on 13 August 1992 at Gateshead. Sold with copied research.
Four: Captain R. H. Spicer, Canadian Army Ordnance Corps, late Brabant’s Horse and Royal Canadian Dragoons Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Corpl: R. Spicer. Brabant’s Horse) suspension claw re-affixed; 1914-15 Star (34804 Pte R. H. Spicer. 2/Can: Div: H.Q.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R. H. Spicer.) with riband bar, a Canadian Boer War Welcome Home medal, silver, a 1910 Gold Sovereign Coin Edward VII, mounted in a sterling silver and enamel surround worded ‘B. S. Sons Of England’, by A. Kent& Sons, and a Masonic Past President’s Jewel suspension engraved to the recipient as part of the Middlesex Lodge, campaign awards mounted as originally worn, contact marks overall, good fine or better (lot) £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.I.D. London Gazette 28 December 1917. Richard Henry Spicer was born in Sussex, England in January 1878. He served during the Second Boer War in South Africa; for 2 years 9 months service with Royal Canadian Dragoons; and, 9 years, 5 months Canadian Ordnance Corps. Spicer advanced to Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant Army Canadian Ordnance Corps, before being commissioned. He died in August 1949.
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp (2), Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (338. Gnr.-Nk. Yusaf Khan, 2 K.M. Bty.); Malabar 1921-22 (3095 Rfmn. Mansing Chaudri, 1-18 R. Darh Rfls.); Burma 1930-32 (4677. Sep. Pir Dad, 2-15 Punjab R.); Mohmand 1933 (TB-172769 Dvr. Bagh Ali, 39 A.T. Coy.) light contact marks, generally very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Rhodesia, District Service Medal (8) (107708Y D.A. R. Chifala; 419592C D.A. H. Lisenga; 452256G D.A. D. Madzimudzi; 481872Y D.A. M. P. Manjira; 500718H D.A. Z. Marume; 588080R D.A. D. Mudzimiri; 688660S D.A. E. Nyoni; 908087S D.A. F. Zvinake) nearly extremely fine (8) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
A fine Second War D.F.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant, later Pilot Officer, F. J. Clay, Royal Canadian Air Force, a Halifax Rear Gunner with 431 Squadron, for his gallantry during a raid on Hamburg on the night of 28-29 July 1944: with his aircraft swept by cannon and machine gun fire Clay’s skipper gave the order to jump; the navigator, bomb-aimer, and mid-gunner all parachuted out, but the severely wounded Clay was unable to do so, and with the pilot having regained control of the aircraft he crawled to the front and, in spite of his wounds, succeeded in safely navigating them home, for which services he was originally recommended for the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (Can/R. 187051. Sgt. F. J. Clay. R.C.A.F.) on original mounting pin; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, about extremely fine (6) £1,800-£2,200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.F.M. London Gazette 13 October 1944 (in a joint citation with Flying Officer R. G. Holden, R.C.A.F. [awarded the D.F.C.] - the original recommendations were for the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) and the Distinguished Service Order respectively): ‘Flying Officer Holden was detailed one night [28-29] in July 1944, to attack Hamburg and Sergeant Clay was his rear gunner. Whilst over the target the aircraft was swept by cannon and machine gun fire from an enemy fighter. Sergeant Clay was severely wounded and the aircraft became uncontrollable. It dived steeply and Flying Officer Holden ordered the crew to escape by parachute. The navigator, bomb aimer and mid-upper gunner jumped [and were subsequently taken Prisoner of War]. After losing 10,000 feet the pilot regained control and rescinded his order to abandon aircraft. Sergeant Clay crawled to the nose of the aircraft where he remained during the return flight helping Flying Officer Holden to navigate his aircraft through a most heavily defended area of Germany. Only when the aircraft was being landed in England did Sergeant Clay indicate that he was injured by requesting Flying Officer Holden to have an ambulance to meet the bomber on the airfield. Flying Officer Holden and Sergeant Clay displayed unswerving devotion to duty and set an example of the highest standard.’ Francis James Clay, a native of Red Deer, Alberta, was born on 31 October 1922 and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at Edmonton, Alberta, on 27 August 1942. Promoted temporary Sergeant on 15 October 1943, he was posted to 431 Squadron (Halifaxes) on 12 May 1944, and served with them as a Rear Gunner. He was severely wounded during a raid on Hamburg on the night of 28-29 July 1944, and was admitted to R.A.F. Hospital Rauceby. For his gallantry he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal, having originally been recommended for the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying). He was promoted temporary Flight Sergeant on 15 July 1944, and temporary Warrant Officer Class II on 15 January 1945. He was commissioned Pilot Officer on 2 March 1945, and was demobilised, transferring to the Reserve, on 30 April 1946. Invested with the D.F.M. by H.M. King George VI on 13 July 1947, he died on 23 May 1993. Sold with the recipient’s Operational Wings, gilt flying badge, R.C.A.F. cloth Air Gunner’s brevet, and riband bar; six photographs of the recipient, including four taken on his wedding day; original Royal Canadian Air Force certificate of service; and copied Record of Service and other research.
Family Group: Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Gettliffe, Railways and Harbours Brigade, Active Citizen Force Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Mr. R. B. Gettliffe. Imp: Mil: Rly:); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, extremely fine An Order of St. John group of three awarded to Mrs. Constance M. Gettliffe, Divisional Superintendent, Johannesburg Railway Nursing Division and District Officer, South African Railways Command Headquarters, St. John Ambulance Brigade The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) small shoulder badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles; South Africa Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued; Service Medal of the Order of St John, with one Additional Award Bar (3591 C.M. Gettliffe S.A.R. & H. Dis. S. Africa S.J.A.B.O. 1941) mounted as worn and housed in an Order of St. John embossed case, minor edge bruise to last, otherwise extremely fine (5) £200-£240 --- Rupert Bernard Gettliffe was born in Leek, Staffordshire, in 1869 and having emigrated to South Africa served as Assistant General Manager, South African Railways and Harbours, and as a Lieutenant-Colonel, Railways and Harbours Brigade, in the Active Citizen Force. He died in 1958 Constance Maud Gettliffe, wife of the above, was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, in 1878. She served as Divisional Superintendent, Johannesburg Railway Nursing Division and District Officer, South African Railways Command Headquarters, St. John Ambulance Brigade. She was admitted to the Order of St. John as a Serving Sister in 1937, and was advanced to Officer (Sister) in 1963. She died in 1965. Sold with a copy of Mrs. Gettliffe’s obituary as featured in ‘The Call’, which includes a photograph of her.
Pair: Constable Idi, Nyasaland Police Force Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Colonial Police Forces L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (12 Cons------ Idi.) mounted as worn, heavy edge wear and bruising to second, LSGC sometime pierced with crude solder repair, fair to fine Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (10193. P. J. Starks, Sergt. R.M.A.); Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st (bilingual) issue, Union of South Africa (Cpl. J. R. Dove S.A.G.A.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (2), G.V.R., 2nd issue (Par. Offr. Harry Emmens); G.VI.R., 1st issue (George A. Robinson) generally nearly very fine and better (6) £80-£100 --- Constable Idi was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1936 and is 1 of only two members of the Nyasaland Police to be awarded the 1935 Jubilee Medal in the Nyasaland Gazette of 6 May 1935; sold with copied research. Percy James Starks was born on 12 October 1883 and attested for the Royal Marine Artillery on 18 August 1902. Awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with £20 gratuity on 26 December 1914, he later served from 24 March 1915 to 20 September 1917 aboard the battleship H.M.S. Zealandia; ordered to the Dardanelles at a time of severe storms, Zealandia suffered severe damage to her gun ports en route which effectively ended her campaign before it had begun. Sent for refit, she spent the remainder of the war on North Sea Patrols and as a gunnery training ship. Starks later transferred to H.M.S. Royal Sovereign and then H.M.S. Hood, before being shore demobilised in August 1923.
Pair: Private T. G. Cater, 2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (4409 Pte. T. G. Cater. 2-Lond. R.) mounted as worn, very fine Pair: Private H. E. Cogswell, 12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers), London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (5069 Pte. H. E. Cogswell. 12-Lond. R.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private F. A. Pomeroy, 13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise’s Kensington Battalion), London Regiment, later Royal Irish Rifles British War and Victory Medals (5197 Pte. F. A. Pomeroy. 13-Lond. R.) nearly very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Thomas George Cater attested for the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment on 26 April 1915 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 January to 28 June 1917. He was discharged due to wounds and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Harold Ernest Cogswell was born in Holloway on 14 February 1890 and attested for the 12th Battalion, London Regiment at the Central London Recruiting Depot on 24 November 1915. Posted to “C” Company, 2/12th Battalion, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 February 1917 to 2 February 1919. Fred A. Pomeroy attested for the 13th Battalion, London Regiment, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, before transferring to the 7th and 2nd Battalions, Royal Irish Rifles.
Pair: Ordinary Seaman A. E. Wort, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (L.6200 A. E. Wort. O.S. 2 R.N.) good very fine Pair: Private H. Pass, Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (J-928 Pte. H. Pass. R. Fus.) minor edge bruise to BWM, otherwise good very fine Pair: Lieutenant A. M. Watt British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. M. Watt) good very fine (6) £70-£90
Coronation 1911, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Pte. A. R. C. Eaton.) extremely fine £100-£140 --- Alexander Robert Charles Eaton was born in 1889 and served during the Great War as a temporary Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment on the Western Front from 5 December 1915. He was killed in action on 23 August 1918, and is buried in Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, France. His Great War medals were ‘returned’ to the War Office, and his Medal Index Card annotated accordingly, on 15 July 1949; consequently this is his only extant medal.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (305199. A. A. Mc.Donald, S.P.O. H.M.S. Achilles.; 287505 William Bowers, Ldg. Sto. H.M.S. Actæon; 301865. H. R. Reynolds. Sto. 1Cl. H.M.S. Dido.) nearly extremely fine (3) £140-£180 --- Alfred Alexandria McDonald died of pneumonia on 23 October 1918; his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was issued shortly after his death on 6 November 1918. William Bowers was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1913, and served during the Great War on the West Africa Station. Henry Richard Reynolds was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 21 November 1917, and was killed in action when H.M.S. Torrent struck a German mine in the North Sea on 23 December 1917 and sank with the loss of 68 officers and ratings; only three of the crew survived. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Three: Acting Sergeant P. Hilliard, Royal Irish Rifles 1914 Star (9782 Pte. P. Hilliard. 1/R. Ir: Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (9792 A. Sjt. P. Hilliard. R. Ir. Rif.) contact marks, polished, regimental number indistinct in places, good fine (3) £120-£160 --- Peter Hilliard, from Dublin, was born in 1894. He attested into Royal Irish Rifles and served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front from 6 November 1914. Advanced Acting Sergeant, he saw further service with the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers and the 2nd (Garrison) Battalion, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment. He was discharged on 29 March 1919 and returned to Dublin where he lived at 9 Hawthorne Terrace, Church Road. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and copied medal roll extracts.
Moriah Chapel, Caernarvon, Great War Tribute Medal, 25mm x 34mm, silver and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, the obverse with the dove of peace over an image of Moriah Chapel and inscribed ‘Heddwch’ [which translates as ‘Peace’], the reverse inscribed on a blue enamelled ground (name engraved) ‘Rhod Goffa Moriah Caernarfon I R. H. Jones Am Y Gwaith a’r Arberth yn Y Rhyfel Mawr 1914 - 1919’ [which translates as ‘The Gift of Moriah Chapel to R. H. Jones for service and sacrifice in the Great War 1914 - 1919’], with loop and small ring suspension, some blue enamel damage to reverse, otherwise very fine, rare £60-£80
![British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Sjt. H. R. Cheeseman 2nd S.A.I.; Pte. H. J. W. Day. 1st. [sic] S.A.I.; Pte. H. [sic] Lantz. 2n](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8b10d209-8b73-4b7f-b66c-b24400b773eb/abbad85d-c067-49f8-acf2-b24800fb5761/468x382.jpg)
British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Sjt. H. R. Cheeseman 2nd S.A.I.; Pte. H. J. W. Day. 1st. [sic] S.A.I.; Pte. H. [sic] Lantz. 2nd S.A.I.; Pte. J. W. Quail. 2nd S.A.I.) the BWM to Lantz a late issue struck on a thinner flan, traces of adhesive to reverse of all, very fine and better (4) £80-£100 --- Harry Reginald Cheeseman was born in Reading in 1890 and originally served with the Durban Light Infantry in German East Africa. He attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 3 August 1915 and was wounded in action at Mersa Matruh on 23 January 1916. Posted to the Western Front, he was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 14 July 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial, France. Harry James W. Day was born in London in 1884 and served during the Boer War with the Cape Mounted Rifles. He attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 25 August 1915 and was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 September 1917. He is buried at Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery. Ulrich Herbert Lantz was born in Cathcart around 1890 and initially attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Johannesburg on 7 August 1917. Sent to England with the 2nd Regiment, he disembarked at Rouen on 14 February 1918 and was reported as missing on 24 March 1918. His papers later state ‘death now presumed’. He has no known grave and is commemorated upon the Pozieres Memorial. John Wilson Quail was born in Grahamstown in 1880 and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom in September 1915. Appointed Company Signaller, he was reported as missing on the Western Front on 18 July 1916, being later accepted as dead. He has no known grave and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial. Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.
Four: Sergeant W. I. Aird, 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, late Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), who was awarded a G.O.C.’s Commendation for his service in Northern Ireland in 1998 General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24754302 Pte W I Aird PWO); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994, E.II.R., with 4 Additional Award Bars (24754302 Pte W I Aird R Irish (HS)); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24754302 Sgt W I Aird R Irish) mounted for wear, generally very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- G.O.C.’s Commendation, Ops List 10, 6 November 1998 [Northern Ireland]. Wayne Ian Aird was born in Chester in 1966, and enlisted in the Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) in 1986. He served with the 1st Battalion, PWO in Ballykinalar the following year, and in West Belfast in 1992 - the latter being a difficult tour where they suffered a number of close range blast and ‘coffee jar’ bomb attacks. During this period the regiment was also engaged in the 24th Air Mobile Brigade. Aird stated (according the vendor when sold to him) that he broke a limb whilst on SAS Selection, and later transferred to the Royal Irish Regiment. He was serving with the 3rd Battalion at Portadown when he was awarded the G.O.C.’s Commendation - according to Aird (similar to above) the award was for applying life saving first aid to an injured RUC officer. Aird advanced to Sergeant and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. in 2001 (the ACSM was issued to him in 1996 retrospectively for the medal in 1994, 1st clasp in 1997, 2nd clasp in 2000, 3rd clasp in 2003, and 4th clasp in 2006). Sold with copied research, including photocopies from Soldier Magazine and regimental journals in which the recipient is pictured and featured.
Three: Private G. W. Reynolds, Royal Fusiliers 1914 Star, with copy clasp (6388 Pte. G. W. Reynolds. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6388 Pte. G. W. Reynolds. R. Fus) very fine (3) £60-£80 --- George William Reynolds attested into the Royal Fusiliers and served in South Africa with the 2nd Battalion during the Boer War (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with five clasps, a King’s South Africa Medal with the usual two date clasps). He saw further service during the Great War with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front from 9 November 1914. Sold with copied Medal Index Card confirming the award of the clasp to his 1914 Star.
An extremely rare Second World War ‘Burma’ D.F.C., Venezuelan Cross of Las Fuerzas Aereas, group of seven awarded to Wellington, Dakota and Liberator pilot Wing Commander C. V. Beadon, 215 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who carried out 3 tours of operations, including 2 over Burma. The latter proving particularly hazardous, when on 1 January 1945, Beadon’s aircraft was described as trailing ‘Rivers of flame. The plane was hit when making an attack from only 150 feet above the Burma-Siam railway. The shell blasted a hole two feet square in the fuselage and tore away the tail gun turret doors, starting rivulets of flame in the turret as the hydraulic oil gushed from a broken pip and caught alight...’ Using ‘the tea and water in their flasks, as well as fire extinguishers... to fight the blaze in the rear-gun turret. They flew 500 miles over the Bay of Bengal with the turret aflame then, exhausted by their struggles, flew another 500 miles before reaching the base in India... they had survived one of the most hazardous journeys experienced by Eastern Air Command Liberators.’ Surviving the war, and on the orders of Churchill, Beadon took part in the ‘kidnapping’ of the King of Buganda in November 1953. Arriving in Entebbe, Beadon kept the engines of his Hastings aircraft running as King “Freddie” was dragged screaming across the tarmac and bundled in the back with a blanket of his head. Beadon served as British Air Attaché in Caracas, 1954-57, and later became an authority on Dowsing - pinpointing large deposits of oil in Africa and South America Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Venezuela, 2nd Class Cross of Las Fuerzas Aereas, 18 ct gold and enamel, in Huguenin case of issue, with related dress miniature also in 18 ct. gold and enamel, British awards mounted as originally worn but lacking retaining pin, generally very fine or better (lot) £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Spink Circular 1999. D.F.C. London Gazette 17 August 1945. The recommendation states: ‘This Flight Commander has recently completed his third tour of operations, and his second in this theatre. His cheerfulness, undoubted courage and devotion to duty have been of the highest order, and have contributed largely to the success of numerous operations. His sorties during this tour have been on Wellington, Dakota and Liberator aircraft, and have included daylight attacks on Rangoon, Bangkok and Mbulmein, supply dropping to the 14th Army during the monsoon period of 1944, and as Pathfinder for the Group attacks on Bangkok. He was recently awarded a Command Mention for bringing back his badly damaged aircraft a distance of over 1000 miles after attacking successfully at extremely low level, trains on the Bangkok-Chiengmei railway. He has led the Squadron on several occasions with outstanding success. Station Commander’s Remarks: I concur. The actions, which gained S/Ldr. Beadon a Command Mention, illustrate his outstanding qualities which have prevailed throughout this tour as Captain of a Heavy Bomber and a leader both in the air and on the ground. Remarks of Group Commander: I very strongly endorse the Remarks of the Station Commander and the Squadron Commander. S/Ldr. Beadon’s work has been quite outstanding. He has proved himself an exceptionally able and courageous Flight Commander and his enthusiasm, coupled with sound judgement, have been an inspiration to the other members of his Squadron.’ Clive Vernon Beadon was born in Coonor, near Poona, India in April 1919. He was the son of Colonel V. Beadon, M.C. 9th Gurkhas, and was educated at the Imperial Service College, Windsor. Beadon was awarded a scholarship to Sandhurst, but elected to go to Royal Air Force College, Cranwell instead. He carried out training as a pilot, was commissioned in 1939, and was posted to 101 Squadron - a Blenheim training unit. Beadon was posted for operational flying, with the outbreak of the Second World War, to 502 Squadron (Whitleys) at St. Eval. The Squadron was part of Coastal Command, and was employed on convoy duties on the Western approaches. In September 1940 Beadon qualified as a flying instructor at the Central Flying School and spent the next two years training pilots. He was posted to No. 1 Middle East Ferry Control in September 1942, and three months later moved on to India where he flew Wellingtons (and later Liberators) with 215 Squadron against the Japanese in Burma. This was the beginning of a long and hazardous two tour stint on the Burma front - with his log book recording varying targets, engine break ups, crash landings and damage by rifle fire! With perhaps the pinnacle of his flying exploits occurring during an attack on the Siam Railway, 1 January 1945, ‘Loco Strike. Thanbulyat to Milestone 42. Photography of Milestone 6 & M8 North & South town. Milestone 37 direct hit by flack. R/G Killed. A/C write off. Bombs finally jettisoned.’ (Log Book refers) More detail is added to Beadon’s rather laconic entry above, by the following press article: ‘With its rear gun turret aflame, a RAF Liberator bomber flew for 500 miles over the Bay of Bengal and then, the fire quelled, covered another 500 miles before reaching base in India. The nose-heavy bomber, its elevators almost shattered by a Japanese A/A shell over Siam, was brought down safely on its home airfield four hours after nightfall by S/Ldr Clive Beadon, of Wokingham-road, Reading, and his second pilot, W/O A. C. Combe, of Endfield-road, Acton, London. Embers were still glowing in the metal turret when the first aid squad reached it. The gunner had been killed, but the rest of the crew were safe. The plane was hit when making an attack from only 150 feet above the Burma-Siam railway. The shell blasted a hole two feet square in the fuselage and tore away the tail gun turret doors, starting rivulets of flame in the turret as the hydraulic oil gushed from a broken pip and caught alight. Gaining height to avoid more attacks while over Japanese-held territory, S/Ldr Beadon made for the coast 40 miles away. Five hours flight over the sea faced the crew before they could hope to reach friendly coast. Tea and water in their vacuum flasks, as well as all fire extinguishers, were used to fight the flames. Sgt. R. Handson, of St. Ivian’s Drive, Gidea Park, Romford, Essex, and Sgt. T. Bennet, of Wakefield-street, Warrington, Lancs., who had been knocked down by the blast of the explosion while manning the beam guns, helped to fight the fire and Sgt. D. J. Morgan, of High-street, Cefmcoed, Merthyr, South Wales climbed from the gunner’s turret to help. Fuel was transferred from the bomb bay tanks, in the middle of the bomber, to reduce the danger if the fire spread, and burning material was thrown from the back of the aircraft. After three hours the flames were put out. The red hot gun turret hung precariously on the bomber’s tails, and the controls were sluggish, the Indian coast still far away but “H for Harry” got back.’ Beadon had advanced to Temporary Squadron Leader in July 1944, and was been appointed a Flight Commander. Still on active service when his well-merited D.F.C. was gazette in August 1945, but now on the Operations Staff of H.Q. Air Command, South East Asia, Beadon was unable to attend an Investiture back in the U.K. He did, however, meet King George VI at a later date, the latter telling him that it was to men like him “that we owe our freedom”. Returning home ...
The mounted group of eight miniature dress medals attributed to Major-General C. J. Wallace, C.B., Highland Light Infantry Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, reverse central medallion missing; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt, on 2nd type Military riband, gilding almost all rubbed from obverse; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Coronation 1937; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated ‘1914-1918’, with bronze palm emblem on riband, mounted as worn and housed in a Garrard, London fitted case, good very fine (8) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919. M.C. London Gazette 23 June 1915. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 14 July 1919. Charles John Wallace was born on 6 February 1890, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel H. R. Wallace, and was educated at Charterhouse. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry on 5 October 1910, he was promoted Lieutenant on 19 March 1913, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from August 1914, being present during the operations at Mons and at the Battle of Loos. Promoted Captain on 17 May 1915, he subsequently served as Brigade Major of the 68th Brigade, and was promoted Brevet Major on 1 January 1917, at the early age of just 26. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the D.S.O., O.B.E., and M.C., as well as the French Croix de Guerre, and was Mentioned in Despatches five times (London Gazettes 22 June 1915, 1 January 1916, 4 January 1917, 11 December 1917, and 20 December 1918). Post-War, Wallace was nominated for the Staff College, and served as Adjutant of the 1st Battalion in Egypt. Further appointments included Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General of the 1st Division at Aldershot from 1935-38, and Commander of the 3rd (Jhelum) Infantry Brigade in India from 1939. Advanced Major-General, he served as Aide-de-Camp to H.M. the King from 1938-40, and was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1941 New Year’s Honours’ List (London Gazette 1 January 1941). He died on 20 December 1943. Sold together with the recipient’s riband bar for the first four awards.
Three: Sergeant J. Badger, 3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment 1914-15 Star (2002 L.Cpl. J. Badger, 3-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2002 Sjt. J. Badger. 3-Lond. R.) very fine Three: Private H. E. Hearsey, 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles), London Regiment, later 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles), London Regiment 1914-15 Star (3206 Pte. H. E. Hearsey, 6-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3206 Pte. H. Hearsey. 6-Lond. R.) very fine (6) £70-£90 --- Jack Badger served in France with the 1/3rd Battalion, London Regiment from 6 January 1915 to 29 January 1916. Herbert Edward Hearsey served in France with the 1/6 Battalion, London Regiment from 17 August 1915 to 29 January 1918. Transferred to the 1/18th Battalion from 30 January 1918 to 21/26 March 1918 (The BWM and VM medal roll, refers), he is later recorded as qualifying as a dentist on 13 June 1927 and living at 577, St. Albans Road, Watford, London.
Pair: Gunner F. Parmenter, New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1914-15 Star (2/558 Gnr. F. Parmenter. N.Z.E.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2/558 Gnr. F. Parmenter. N.Z.E.F.) very fine Pair: Private T. C. Elmer, Suffolk Regiment 1914-15 Star (12125 Pte. T. C. Elmer. Suff: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (12125 Pte. T. C. Elmer. Suff. R.) good fine Pair: Gunner T. W. Franklin, Royal Garrison Artillery Victory Medal 1914-19 (318052 Gnr. T. W. Franklin. R.A.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (318052 Gnr. T. W. Franklin. R.G.A.) nearly very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Thomas Charles Elmer was born in Boxford, Suffolk, on 24 April 1893, and attested for the Suffolk Regiment at Bury St. Edmunds on 24 August 1914. Posted to the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion, he was discharged no longer physically fit for war service due to a knee condition in 1917.
Three: Private T. Bingham, Highland Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (2410 Pte. T. Bingham. High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2410 Pte. T. Bingham. H.L.I.) very fine Three: Private R. Naismith, Highland Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (14842 Pte. R. Naismith. High: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (18482 Pte. R. Naismith. High. L.I.) good very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Thomas Bingham attested for the Highland Light Infantry on 18 November 1914 and served with the 1/6th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 2 July 1915. He was wounded during the attack by the 52nd Division on Achi Baba on 12 July 1915, and again on 20 February 1917. Returning home on 13 June 1918, he was discharged on account of wounds on 9 July 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B266865. Robert Naismith attested for the Highland Light Infantry and served with the 16th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 November 1915.
Pair: Sergeant W. R. H. Rankin, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry, who died of wounds on 26 March 1918 British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. W. R. H. Rankin. 2nd S.A.I.); Memorial Plaque (William Robert Hood Rankin) traces of adhesive to reverse of all and minor staining to plaque, otherwise good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- William Robert Hood Rankin, a train driver, was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1891. He attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 30 August 1915 and initially served with the Regiment in Egypt, being repeatedly struck down by stomach complaints. Embarked for France on 10 May 1916, he joined the 10th Entrenching Battalion in the field on 9 June 1916 and was wounded in action on 18 July 1916; his service record notes a gunshot wound to the right ear and shell shock. Promoted Corporal on 30 October 1916 and Temporary Sergeant in the field, he died of wounds during the German Spring Offensive on 26 March 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial. Sold with copied service record.
Pair: Private P. R. Prinsloo, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry, who died of wounds received in action on 28 January 1918 British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Burg. P. R. Prinsloo 2de Z.A.I.); Memorial Plaque (Phillip Rudolph Prinsloo) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, good very fine and better (3) £100-£140 --- Phillip Rudolph Prinsloo was born in Barberton in 1895, the son of Helena Catharina Prinsloo of Edenburg Township, Witkopjes, Transvaal. He attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Roberts Heights on 13 March 1916, the medical examination recording evidence of a former ‘bullet wound below calf, left leg’, and his papers stating his religion as Dutch Reformed. Disembarked at Rouen on 23 October 1917, he was wounded in action on the Western Front on 10 January 1918 and was sent to No. 55 Casualty Clearing Station. Stated as a gunshot wound to the shoulder, the injury resulted in his death two weeks later, possibly in consequence of complications such as blood poisoning. Aged 20 years, he was buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery, a few miles to the east of Peronne, France. Sold with copied service record.
Family Group: Eight: Captain G. R. Strachan, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Indian Army, and Union Defence Force, who was wounded in actin at the Battle of Arras on 13 April 1917, and died on Active Service in South Africa on 26 September 1943 British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. G. R. Strachan.) officially re-impressed naming, India; Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut. G. R. Strachan.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut. G. R. Strachan, 2/129/Baluchis.) ‘129’ of unit officially corrected; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut. G. R. Strachan.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, the Second War awards all officially impressed ‘61832 G. R. Strachan’, good very fine Service Medal of the Order of St John, with four Additional Award Bars (S.A. 471 K. M. Strachan 1956) very fine (9) £300-£400 --- George Ross Strachan was born in 1897 and was commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on 5 August 1916. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded in action at the Battle of Arras on 13 April 1917. Transferring to the Indian Army on 26 March 1918, he was posted to the 129th Baluchis, and was promoted Captain on 5 May 1921. He relinquished his commission in the Indian Army on 24 August 1923; subsequently emigrating to South Africa, he served with the Union Defence Force during the Second World War, and died on active service in South Africa on 26 September 1943. He is buried in Muizenberg Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa. Sold with the recipient’s original Commission Documents appointing his a Second Lieutenant in both the British and Indian Armies; Officer’s Record of Service document; and various other official documents and photographs, all housed in an Indian Army folder; and a St John Re-Examination Medallion, the reverse engraved ‘S.A. 2906’; a Great War metal wound stripe; an Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders collar dog; a Madras Regiment badge; and a South African S.S.B. Badge. Kathleen May Renn Strachan (1905-1977), wife of the above, served as an Ambulance Sister, Muizenberg Nursing Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade.
A Second War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. Lillie, East Kent Regiment, late Manchester Regiment, who was severely wounded during the Battle of the Somme The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. P. Lillie. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. P. Lillie.); War Medal 1939-45; India Service Medal; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, edge bruising and contact marks to the Great War trio, these nearly very fine; the rest better (7) £200-£240 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1944. Arthur Patrick Lillie was born in 1894 and was educated at Haileybury College. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment on 23 December 1914 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 November 1915, being severely wounded in July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He transferred to the 4th Battalion, East Kent Regiment (Territorial Army) on 27 May 1925, and saw further service with them during the Second World War in India; he was also onetime Registrar of the Diocese of Bombay. For his services during the Second World War he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in June 1944: ‘Few officers in G.H.Q. can have worked so unstintingly and for such long hours over so long a period.’ He died in 1968.
Three: Private E. M. Prenderville, 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles), London Regiment, who was severely wounded in action in the aftermath of the Battle of Loos in October 1915 1914-15 Star (2546. Pte. E. M. Prenderville, 8-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2546 Pte. E. M. Prenderville. 8-Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Ernest Michael Prenderville attested for the Post Office Rifles on 9 September 1914 and served in France from 18 March 1915. His Army Service Record notes ‘gunshot wound thigh (left) 31.10.15’, which necessitated evacuation to England a week later. The wound ended his campaign and he was discharged on 14 May 1917, his medals being forwarded in 1920 to 8 Ponton Road, West Kensington. Sold with copied research confirming entitlement to a Silver War Badge numbered ‘181923’.
Rhodesia, General Service Medal (9) (18200G F/R Jansen van Rensburg J.J.; 20870J F/R J. Cook; 40827 V.D.T. R. F. Betteley; 647871 Pte C. Mandivengereyi; 648553 Pte. A. Sibanda; 650883 Pte. K. Sibanda; 650941 Pte J. Kiripo; 660456 Pte G. Findi; 877001L Gd V. Thomas) minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine and better (9) £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Three: Private F. T. E. Oliver, 11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles), London Regiment 1914-15 Star (1879 Pte. F. T. E. Oliver. 11-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1879 Pte. F. T. E. Oliver 11-Lond. R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B291649’, very fine and better (4) £70-£90 --- Frederick Thomas Edgar Oliver attested for the 11th Battalion, London Regiment and served at Gallipoli from 16 August 1915, likely as a replacement for men of the Finsbury Rifles killed or wounded the previous day in the punishing action at Kiretch Tepe Ridge; forced to withdraw to positions in Lone Tree Gully, Oliver would have witnessed the aftermath of the Battalion suffering 360 casualties in 48 hours, including the Commanding Officer, Major G. F. M. Davies. Sent straight to the trenches, Oliver and his comrades spent the next 2 months alternating in the firing line with the 1/5th Bedfordshire Regiment; when not enduring the attention of the Turks, searing heat and storms of flies, the men were in reserve at ‘Finsbury Vale’. In early December 1915 the Battalion were withdrawn to Mudros and the Gallipoli operation was closed down. Transferred to the Labour Corps, Oliver was awarded a Silver War Badge and was discharged due to sickness on 13 August 1919.
British War Medal 1914-20 (7) (22888 Pte. B. Morgan. R. Lanc. R.; 4818 A. Cpl. W. Underhill. R. War. R.; 7257 Pte. W. Witheford. W. York. R.; 45135 Pte. B. Ash. Lan. Fus.; 316375 Pte. E. H. Ellis. Ches. R.; 2. Lieut. J. Gledhill.; 7.2276 Pte. J. Gorden. W. Rid. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (10341 Pte. F. H. Harris. E. York. R.; 7260 Pte. H. Pearson. E. York. R.) minor edge bruising, generally nearly very fine (9) £80-£100 --- John Gledhill was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the West Riding Regiment on 25 June 1918.
British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Pte. A. Hazell. 2nd S.A.I.; Pte. H. Hill. 2nd S.A.I.; Pte. H. R. Luyt. 2nd S.A.I.; C.Q.M.S. H. H. Underwood. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, minor edge bruising, generally good very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Albert Hazell, a railway fireman, was born in 1892, the son of Henry G. C. Hazell of Vryheid, Natal. Posted to England with “E” Company, 2nd South African Infantry, his papers note: ‘Deceased 16.3.16. Shot himself dead, Bordon.’ He is buried in Bordon Military Cemetery, Hampshire. Henry Hill was born in London, England, around 1897, and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 28 August 1915. Initially reported Missing in Action on 24 March 1918, his death was later confirmed as having occurred on that date. He is buried in Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, France. Harold Redvers Luyt was born in Maritzburg around 1899, and originally attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Durban on 17 March 1917. Sent to the Western Front with the 2nd Regiment, he was wounded by a gas shell on 21 March 1918 on the first day of the German Spring Offensive and was later killed in action at Meteren on 30 May 1918. He is buried in Caestre Military Cemetery, France. Harold Hubert Underwood was born in Queenstown, Cape Province, around 1891, and originally attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 14 February 1917. Sent to the Western Front with the 2nd Regiment, he was killed in action on 21 September 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated upon the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.
Pair: Private H. C. Collinson, 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 30 November 1917 British War and Victory Medals (553287 Pte. H. Collinson 16-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Harry Charles Collinson) mounted in a modern glazed frame with contemporary brass cap badge, very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Harry Charles Collinson was born in West Hackney around 1898, the second son of pianoforte dealer and tuner Frederick Collinson of 73 Foulden Road, Stoke Newington, London. He attested for the 16th Battalion, London Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 October 1917. Serving with them during the Battle of Passchendaele, he was killed in action on 30 November 1917. Aged 19 years, he has no known grave and is commemorated upon the Cambrai Memorial. Sold with copied research.
Three: Private W. Bryan, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (10828 Pte. W. Bryan. Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10828 Pte. W. Bryan. Ches. R.) contact marks, polished, otherwise good fine Three: Private H. Miller, Cheshire Regiment, who was thrice wounded in action 1914-15 Star (10050 Pte. H. Miller Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10050 Pte. H. Miller. Ches. R.); together with the recipient’s card identity discs, extremely fine Three: Private R. Dobson, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (1790 Pte. R. Dobson. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1790 Pte. R. Dobson. R.A.M.C.) very fine (9) £140-£180 --- William Bryan was born in Whitchurch in 1891. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment on 15 August 1914 and served in the Balkans with the 8th Battalion from 26 June 1915. He was discharged on 18 August 1916 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B247687. Harry Miller was born in 1885. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 3/2nd Battalion from 18 December 1914. He saw later service with the Royal Army Medical Corps and received a Gun Shot Wound to his hand and buttocks on 5 October 1915, a Chest Wound caused by barbered wire and a Gun Shot Wound to his right thigh on 26 September 1916. Robert Dobson was born in 1883 and lived in Fencehouses, Durham. He attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 8 January 1915 for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 20 April 1915. He was discharged as a consequence of kidney disease on 15 September 1916 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 39204. He died on 27 April 1919.
Five: Stoker Petty Officer W. R. Tubbs, Royal Navy, who served in the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, and subsequently in H.M.S. Princess Royal at the Battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank, and Jutland 1914-15 Star (295385, W. R. Tubbs. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (295385 W. R. Tubbs. S.P.O. R.N.); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (295385 W. R. Tubbs. Ldg. Sto. H.M.S. Princess Royal) light pitting and contact marks, very fine (5) £100-£140 --- William Robert Tubbs was born in St. Mary’s, Southampton, on 11 January 1882 and joined the Royal Navy in May 1900. He served in the Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert from December 1907 to March 1912, for which service he was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1911, and then again briefly in early July 1912 (presumably as supplementary crew over Cowes Week), before being posted to H.M.S. Princess Royal in November 1912. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and advanced Stoker Petty Officer, he served in Princess Royal from the outbreak of the Great War until January 1917, and was present at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, in August 1914, before proceeding to the Caribbean Sea to prevent the German East Asia Squadron from using the Panama Canal. After the East Asia Squadron was sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December, Princess Royal rejoined the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. During the Battle of Dogger Bank, the ship scored only a few hits, although one crippled the German armoured cruiser Blücher. Shortly afterward, she became the flagship of the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron. H.M.S. Princess Royal was moderately damaged during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 and required a month and a half of repairs. Tubbs was shore pensioned in May 1922, and later served in the Mercantile Marine. He died in Portsmouth on 6 January 1954.
Pair: Corporal S. Taylor, Cheshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (18139 L.Cpl. (A. Cpl.) S. Taylor Ches: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (18139 Cpl. S. Taylor. Ches. R.) very fine Pair: Private F. Hulse, Cheshire Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (243511 Pte. F. Hulse. Ches. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (243611 [sic] Pte. F. Hulse. Ches. R.) nearly very fine Pair: Private J. F. Wright, Cheshire Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (59041 Pte. J. F. Wright. Ches. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (59041 Cpl [sic] J. F. Wright. Ches. R.) attempted erasure of rank on second, edge digs, good fine Pair: Private H. Newbrook, Cheshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (76655 Pte. H. Newbrook. Ches. R.) very fine (8) £80-£100 --- Samuel Taylor attested into the Cheshire Regiment on 10 November 1914 for service during the Great War and served at Gallipoli with the 8th Battalion from 5 November 1915. He was later wounded on 11 May 1916 and discharged on 16 July 1917, being awarded a Silver War Badge, no. 216016. Frank Hulse, a native of Crewe, was born on 25 October 1895. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 10th Battalion. Taken Prisoner of War at Dulmen on 26 March 1918, he was later discharged on 2 December 1918. Harold Newbrook, a native of Scholar Green, Cheshire, was born in 1898. He attested into the Cheshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 3rd Battalion from 14 September 1918. He saw further service with the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and received a gun shot wound to the jaw on 1 October 1918. He was discharged on 8 February 1919 and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B200084.
Four: Sergeant D. N. Maconie, Middlesex Regiment, later Norfolk Regiment, attached Supply and Transport Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services during the Third Afghan War 1914-15 Star (1525 Cpl. D. N. Maconie. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (1525 Pte. D. N. Maconie. Midd’x R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, with M.I.D. oak leaves (23028 Sgt. D. N. Maconie. Norf. R.) mounted for display, good very fine, the last unique to unit (4) £300-£400 --- Only 10 ‘Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919’ clasps awarded to the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment (9 Officers, all serving on attachment to other units, and 1 other rank (Sergeant Maconie).) M.I.D. London Gazette 3 August 1920. Douglas Neilson Maconie was born in Islington, London, in June 1892 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment, serving with the 2nd Battalion as a Lance-Corporal during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 December 1914. Subsequently transferring to the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, he saw further service on the North West Frontier of India during the Third Afghan War attached to the 4th Divisional Supply Company, Supply and Transport Corps, and was Mentioned in Despatches. He was discharged on 16 June 1920. Sold with copied medal roll extracts and other research.
The mounted group of ten miniature dress medals attributed to Brigadier-General D. R. Sladen, King’s Own Scottish Borderers The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s badge, gold and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamel, with integral top riband bar; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884, mounted as worn, very fine (10) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002. C.M.G. London Gazette 23 June 1915: ‘For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 20 May 1898: ‘In recognition of services during recent operations on the North-West Frontier of India. David Ramsay Sladen was born on 7 February 1869 and was educated at St. John’s College, Oxford. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, South Wales Borderers, on 24 March 1886, subsequently transferring to a Regular Commission in the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and served with that unit in Egypt and the Sudan, being present at the action at Gamaizah (Medal and clasp, and Khedive's Star). Sladen then went with the battalion to India, where he was promoted Lieutenant in 1890, and Captain in 1897. He was part of the Tirah Field Force in 1897-98, and was listed among the casualties for his roll in holding Dargai Bluff, with splinter wounds to the forehead and cheek. For services on the North West Frontier he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 1 March 1898 and 5 April 1898), and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, being invested with the Decoration by Queen Victoria in a ceremony at Windsor. He was only the second officer of the regiment to receive the D.S.O., and received one of only 35 D.S.O.s awarded for actions on the North West Frontier, 1897-98. Sladen proceeded to South Africa in February 1900, and saw extensive service during the Boer War, being Mentioned in Lord Roberts’ Despatch of 2 April 1901 (London Gazette 10 September 1901). On his return to the United Kingdom he was posted to the Selkirk Volunteer Rifles (1904-1908) and was promoted Major in October 1907. After additional service in Egypt, Sladen went to India. He was serving as temporary commander of the 1st Battalion when the Great War broke out, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel. Proceeding to the Western Front on 31 March 1915, he was twice wounded, at Hill 60, near Ypres, on 17 April 1915, and again at High Wood, on the Somme, on 22 July 1916, when his battalion suffered heavy casualties. Sladen remained in command at Vimy Ridge, where the Borderers were in the assault on Bonval Wood, losing 162 officers and men. In July 1917, he was appointed Commanding Officer, 46th Infantry Brigade of the 15th (Scottish) Division during the Battle of Ypres. He remained in command of this brigade until February 1918, when he took command of the Welsh Reserve Infantry Brigade. He was promoted to Colonel in December 1918. For his service during the Great War he was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1915 and was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 22 June 1915 and 11 December 1917). Subsequently posted to India as a brigade commander, he died in India on 21 June 1923, aged 54. Note: The recipient’s full-sized awards were sold by Messrs Floyd Johnson & Paine in August 2004. Sold with copied research.
Three: Flight Sergeant R. Redmond, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster crashed over Germany during a raid on Zeitz on 16 January 1945 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mrs. I. Redmond, “Woodcroft”, Homstead Way, Hadleigh, Essex’, good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Robert Redmond joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and served with 12 Squadron during the Second World War. He was killed in action when his Lancaster NN712, piloted by Flying Officer S. P. Whyte, Royal Canadian Air Force, having taken off from R.A.F. Wickenby to bomb the Braunkohle-Benzin synthetic oil plant at Zeitz, crashed between the small town of Büdingen and the village of Dudenrod, some 4km to the north. Of the crew of seven, six, including Redmond, were killed; the sole survivor, Flying Officer A. L. Staley, R.C.A.F., being taken Prisoner of War. Redmond is buried alongside his crew in Dürnbach War Cemetery, Germany. His medals were subsequently sent to his widow Irene.
Four: Private W. J. Smith, alias W. Hooton-Smith, Grenadier Guards, later Conductor, South African Service Corps, who was wounded in action at Senekal on 29 May 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (6683. Pte. W. J. Smith. Gren. Gds.) engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Cdr. W. H. Smith S.A.S.C. - T & R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Condr. W. Hooton-Smith. S.A.S.C.) last three in individual named card boxes of issue, edge bruise to QSA, otherwise extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- William John Smith, alias William Hooton-Smith, was born in 1879 and attested for the Grenadier Guards. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and was wounded in action at Senekal during the Battle of Biddulphsberg on 29 May 1900. Subsequently employed by his brother-in-law, the theatrical impresario Edward Branscombe [George Edward Salmon], as an assistant manager, he adopted the lifelong alias William Hooton-Smith, and served with the South African Service Corps during the Great War. He was afterwards employed in publishing and advertising in South Africa, and died in 1926.
Four: Gunner R. L. R. Briault, Royal Artillery Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (899630 Gnr. R. L. R. Briault. R.A.); Civil Defence Long Service Medal, E.II.R., unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, extremely fine (4) £60-£80 --- Ronald Louis Reuben Briault was born in 1913 and died in 1969.
Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (T/45473 W.O. Cl.1. F. H. Cockram. R.A.S.C.) partially officially corrected; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (Po. X.290 L. Pearse. Mus., R.M.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (516846 F. Sgt. P. S. J. Carter. R.A.F.); Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Vol: A. R. Mills 1st. Pjb: Voltr. Rifles) test mark to edge of last, generally good very fine (4) £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Pte. J. E. M. Joly. 2nd S.A.I.; Pte. J. A. Mann. 2nd S.A.I.; Pte. A. S. Mather. 2nd S.A.I.; Pte. W. G. R. Ogilvie 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, very fine and better (4) £80-£100 --- Jules Evarist Maurice Joly was born around 1899 and embarked with “B” Company, 2nd South African Infantry, from Cape Town to England per H.M.T. Durham Castle on 2 May 1918. Posted to the Western Front from June 1918, his active service was prematurely ended by a gunshot wound to the right forearm and neck on 8 October 1918. He was discharged at Maitland on 28 August 1919. James Arthur Mann was born in King William’s Town in 1895 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 6 August 1917. Transferred to the 2nd Regiment, he was reported missing in action on the Western Front on 24 March 1918. Confirmed as a Prisoner of War, he was repatriated 5 December 1918 and disembarked at Cape Town on 15 April 1919. Alexander Shaw Mather was born in Tyndock, England, around 1891, and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 31 August 1915. He suffered a gunshot wound to the right leg during the Battle of the Somme on 17 July 1916 and was evacuated across the Channel to hospital in Tooting. The wound ended his campaign and he was discharged medically unfit at Wynberg on 27 April 1917. Walter George Bingham Ogilvie was born at Thomas River, Cape Province, around 1893, and attested for the Railway Company of the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 17 April 1918. Transferred to the 2nd Regiment, he was briefly sent to the Western Front from 30 October 1918, returning home to employment as a Station Foreman for the South African Railways a short while later. Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.
1914-15 Star (173093, R. Williams, P.O., R.N.) very fine £60-£80 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 11 August 1917. Richard Williams was born in St. Germans, Cornwall, on 5 May 1878 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 8 May 1893. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 29 January 1904, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 May 1911, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Cleopatra from 1 June 1915 to 10 October 191, being promoted Chief Petty Officer on 7 September 1916, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. He was shore demobilised on 4 July 1919, and subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. Sold with copied record of service.
Renamed and Defective Medals: Pair: Private J. Abercrombie, 92nd Highlanders Afghanistan 1878-80, 3 clasps, Charasia, Kabul, Kandahar (R/566 Pte J. Abercrombie 92nd Highrs); Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 (566 Pte. Jas. Abercrombie 92nd Highlanders) mounted for display, both renamed, very fine (2) £40-£50
Family group: Pair: Corporal A. J. Tolhurst, 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (463837 A. Cpl. A. J. Tolhurst. 29-Can. Inf.) with 2 named certificates for War Service Badges, very fine Pair: Private F. J. Tolhurst, 29th (Vancouver) Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (464176 Pte. F. J. Tolhurst. 29-Can. Inf.) with damaged named card box of issue, and For Service at the Front lapel badge, reverse numbered ‘253213’, nearly extremely Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (24505 3 Cl. M. Gun.. R. Hands R.A.) with ornate silver top riband bar, suspension claw re-pinned, extremely polished and worn (5) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Ambrose Jabez Tolhurst was married to Marion K. Tolhurst, and resided with her in Kerrisdale, British Columbia, Canada. Frederick James Tolhurst was the son of the above, and was born in September 1897. R. Hands was related to the above by marriage.
Pair: Private E. J. W. Wren, 20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich), London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 27 September 1918 British War and Victory Medals (3200 Pte. E. J. W. Wren. 20-Lond. R.); Memorial Plaque (Ernest John William Wren) minor patches of verdigris to plaque, otherwise nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160 --- Ernest John William Wren was born in Bermondsey in 1891, the second son of railway engine driver Edwin Wren of 19 Ablett Street, Camberwell, London. Recorded in 1911 as a motor repairing apprentice, he attested for the 20th London Regiment and served on the Western Front from 25 June 1916 to 25 November 1916. Present on the opening day of the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, 15 September 1916, Wren witnessed a ‘confused and desperate’ fight for control of High Wood which resulted in heavy casualties. This was followed by the Battle of Transloy Ridge and the Capture of Eaucourt L’Abbaye in early October 1916, and sustained attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt. Transferred to Macedonia and Egypt, Wren returned to the trenches of France and Flanders on 30 June 1918. He survived the Battle of Albert from 22-23 August 1918 and the advance of 141 Brigade under a creeping barrage at Bapaume in early September 1918, but was killed during attempts to move forward and keep in touch with the retreating Germans. He is buried at Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery. Sold with copied research.
Three: Private W. A. Williams, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry, late Natal Light Horse 1914-15 Star (Pte. W. A. Williams Ntl Light Hse.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. W. A. Williams. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, very fine Pair: Private M. G. R. Kelly, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. M. G. R. Kelly. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, good very fine Pair: Sergeant T. A. Waters, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. T. A. Waters. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, cleaned, good fine and better (7) £100-£140 --- Walter Allan Williams was born in Utrecht in 1890, the son of Michael Williams of Vryheid, Natal. He served 11 months in German South West Africa with the Natal Light Horse before attesting for the 2nd South African Infantry at Cape Town on 3 October 1916. Posted to the Western Front, his service record states: ‘April 12th 1917. France. When advancing struck by bullet in abdomen in appendix region. Exit of bullet through iliac crest of pelvis behind. Some paralysis of Ext. popliteal fitres of sciatic nerve’. Williams further suffered a superficial skin wound to the left thigh; he was discharged permanently unfit at Maitland on 30 July 1919. Maurice George Reginald Kelly joined the 2nd South African Infantry on the Western Front on 30 August 1918. He was deprived of 7 day’s pay for hesitating to obey an order given by a superior officer in the field and was further admonished for losing Government property and failing to meet the standards required of an Infantryman. Kelly was discharged at Maitland in June 1919. Thomas Arthur Waters was born at Curragh Camp, Ireland, in 1890, and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 5 January 1916. Listed as a former guard on the South African Railways, he served in France from 6 August 1916 and was wounded at duty on 17 October 1918. Sold with copied service records for all three recipients.
Three: Corporal D. McKnight, Royal Irish Rifles 1914-15 Star (11034. Pte.-A.Sjt- D. McKnight, R. Ir. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (11034 Cpl. D. McKnight. R. Ir. Rif.) very fine Pair: Corporal R. G. Bryans, Irish Guards British War and Victory Medals (9947 Cpl. R. G. Bryans. Ir. Gds.) good very fine (5) £80-£100 --- David McKnight was born in Belfast around 1894 and attested for the Royal Irish Rifles in his home city on 27 August 1914. Posted to the 6th Battalion as Rifleman, he served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 10 July 1915 and was raised Acting Sergeant 16 October 1915. Transferred to France, he reverted to Corporal in consequence of drunkenness 25 March 1916, and was later severely reprimanded on 28 July 1916 for ‘being in Staff Sergts. Mess and obtaining drink under false pretences.’ Transferred to the Labour Corps in January 1918 in consequence of defective vision, McKnight ended his service with Northern Command employed in a variety of duties, including guarding shipyards. He likely returned home to his wife and three children in Belfast upon demobilisation in 1919. Sold with copied service record. Robert George Bryans was born in Feyduff, Middletown, Armagh, around 1895, and attested for the Irish Guards at Caterham Barracks on 20 October 1915. Transferred to the Machine Gun Company, 1st Guards Brigade, he disembarked at Havre on 27 September 1916 and was raised unpaid Lance Corporal in the field 2 October 1917. Advanced Corporal 28 September 1918, his Army Service Record notes that he was wounded at duty on 14 November 1918, some three days after the Armistice. Transferred to Pirbright Camp, he was discharged in the spring of 1919.
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