Four: Attributed to Coder S. R. Green, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue, the address label torn and the only legible part being ‘[West Qui]nto[n], Birming[ham]’, extremely fine (4) £60-£80 --- Sydney Renard Green was born in Birmingham on 16 April 1914 and volunteered for the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Coder in H.M.S. Wellesley on 4 February 1941. He served during the Second World War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, and was promoted Coder on 4 December 1941. Service included aboard H.M.S. Cabbala in the Far East from March to May 1941, and then in H.M.S. Berwick from 17 July 1941 to 27 September 1943, in which ship he took part in the Arctic Convoys, including the Defence of Convoys PQ12 and QP8 against the Tirpitz in March 1942. He saw further service in H.M.S. Dacres during the Normandy Landings, and was discharged from H.M.S. Mercury on 5 March 1946. Sold with original Parchment Certificate of Service; a photograph of the recipient in uniform and a caricature portrait; a Crossing the Arctic Circle Certificate, dated 9 June 1943; and other ephemera and copied research.
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Pair: Lieutenant J. S. M. Hume, 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Lieut: J. S. M. Hume. 1/S. Staff: R.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed, the second with repair to suspension and replacement connecting ring, some pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £180-£220 --- John Stewart Macartney Hume was appointed Lieutenant in the 38th Foot on 28 April 1876, and was promoted to Captain on 2 July 1883. He served with the 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment in the Egyptian war of 1882, and was present in the reconnaissance from Alexandria on the 5th August (mentioned in despatches, Medal, and Khedive's Star). He was afterwards Adjutant of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment.
Five: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant R. D. Channon, Royal Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in North West Europe 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (1435803. B.Q.M.S. R. D. Channon. R.A.) last digit of number officially corrected, nearly extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- Reginald Donald Channon was born on 4 September 1907 and attested in the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) at Finchley, Middlesex, on 18 October 1938. Posted to 272/90th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, he was embodied on 2 September 1939, and was advanced War Substantive Battery Quartermaster Sergeant on 9 May 1942. He served overseas in North West Europe from 4 July 1944 to 11 September 1945, and was posted to 90th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment on 30 August 1945. For his services during the Second World War in North West Europe he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 April 1946). He was released to the Reserve on 26 November 1945, and was discharged on 26 November 1951. Emigrating to South Africa, he died in Durban on 25 June 1980. Sold with copied M.O.D. Record of service; a photograph of the recipient; Masonic Certificate; and copied research.
Five: Corporal R. Atkinson, Royal Scots Fusiliers 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus, Arabian Peninsula, E.II.R., unofficial retaining rods between clasps (22559985 Cpl. R. Atkinson R.S.F.) court mounted as worn, edge bruise to GSM, otherwise good very fine (5) £120-£160 --- Note: A Lance-Corporal R. Atkinson, 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers with Service No. 14423234, was wounded in North West Europe on 23 September 1944.
Five: Private L. P. Dewing, Royal Hampshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, with three Additional Award Bars (5499450. Pte. L. P. Dewing. R. Hamps.); together with the recipient’s Voluntary Service Medal (Cpl J. P. Dewing 7/Hamps.) good very fine (6) £80-£100 --- L. P. Dewing was awarded his Efficiency Medal in August 1949.
Three: Warrant Officer Air Gunner R. G. Newman, 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was shot down over Holland and taken Prisoner of War during an operation to Cologne on 2-3 February 1943, joining the Caterpillar Club in the process 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45; together with the related miniature awards (the 1939-45 Star with Battle of Britain clasp); and the recipient’s Caterpillar Club Badge, gold with ’ruby’ eyes, the reverse engraved ‘W/O R. G. Newman’, extremely fine (3) £500-£700 --- Reginald Graham Newman joined the Royal Air Force on 13 October 1937 and served as a Warrant Officer Air Gunner with 7 Squadron during the Second World War. On the night of 2-3 February 1943 his Stirling R9264, piloted by Squadron Leader W. A. Smith, DFC, was shot down by an enemy night fighter piloted by Oblt Reinhold Knacke whilst on an operation to Cologne, and crashed at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Holland, 13km south east of Rotterdam. Five of the crew, including Smith, were killed, and the two survivors, Newman and Flight Sergeant J. P. Bragg, Royal Canadian Air Force, were both taken Prisoner of War. Knacke himself was killed in action later that same night. The Stirling was equipped with the new experimental H2S radar system (the Cologne raid was only the second operational raid in which it had been used), and the set from Newman’s Stirling was the first set to fall into enemy hands. An account of how Squadron Leader Smith tried to save his aircraft was communicated by Newman from his P.O.W. Camp. Newman was liberated on 22 April 1945 and was discharged from the Royal Air Force on 25 September 1945. Sold together with a group photograph of the recipient with his crew.
Family group: A poignant Second War Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot’s campaign group of three awarded to Flight Sergeant L. R. Carter, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who survived a mid-air collision during a dog-fight serving with 66 Squadron, 11 October 1940 - only to be shot down and killed, aged 21, whilst carrying out a fighter sweep over northern France with 74 Squadron, 6 July 1941 1939-45 Star, 1 copy clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Caterpillar Club badge, in gold with ‘ruby’ eyes, reverse engraved ‘Sgt/Pilot L. R. Carter’, with named Air Council enclosure and portrait photograph of recipient - both mounted on thick card for framed display purposes, enclosure cut for purpose, good very fine Three: Sergeant A. W. Carter, Bedfordshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (12886 L. Cpl A. W. Carter. Bedf: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (12886 Sjt. A. W. Carter. Bedf. R.); Defence Medal, mounted with Cap Badge on card for framed display purposes, very fine (lot) £2,000-£3,000 --- Leslie Raymond Carter was born in Shenley, Hertfordshire, and was the son of Albert William Carter. He was educated at St. Alban’s School, Shenley, and after school was briefly an engineering apprentice at Rolls Royce in Derby. Carter joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 18, in 1939. He was mobilised with the outbreak of the Second War, and carried out pilot training. Carter was posted as a Sergeant Pilot for operational flying with 66 Squadron (Spitfires) at Coltishall, 28 August 1940. Carter was posted to 610 Squadron in September 1940, and to 41 Squadron at Hornchurch, 1 October 1940. Ten days later he was involved in a fatal mid-air collision: ‘11 Aircraft ordered to patrol base at 30,000 feet. About 50 Me. 109’s were sighted at 30,000 feet and the squadron climbed to attack. During the combat F/O O’Neill and Sgt. Carter collided. F/O O’Neill crashed near West Kingsdown and was killed. Sgt. Carter baled out and landed uninjured. P/O Lecky did not return from the engagement and was later found dead near West Kingsdown. P/O Lock [later an ‘Ace’ and D.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar] shot down 1 Me. 109 in flames.’ Carter described the incident in a letter to his mother, written shortly after the incident (this letter was printed in the book Despatches From The Heart - An Anthology of Letters From The Front, by A. Tapert, and later reprinted in The Sunday Express, 4 November 1984): ‘Sergts. Mess R.A.F., 41 Squadron, Hornchurch. Dear Mother, Herewith a line to let you know that I reached my base alright yesterday, & also an adventure to thrill the youth of the next generation & this one too I should imagine. After lunch we went off on a “flap” & were patrolling London to Maidstone when we get the “tally-ho” & there is the old 109 stooge trap all laid open to the boys of 41 Sqdn, being clear we could see gangs right, left, up & down so off we go into line astern & climb into the sun so that the swine can’t get can’t get such a big dive on us. Next minute something hit me amidships & most everything goes quiet after a few seconds of bumps, swings & jars & there I am sitting in the cock-pit of my Spitty with no engine & the tail & about a yard of fuselage hanging on by the tail control wires, & altimeter reading 28,000 ft. I sat still as I knew I wouldn’t catch fire & I saw the other Spit tearing towards the deck, smoking slightly. Next moment however there is a bang & the tail comes over & bangs the cockpit by my ear, & swings back & takes another crack. So I lowered the seat & sat with all my straps undone, & wireless disconnected breathing in the oxygen which luckily is still coming through, & watching the tail having a crack at me. At 17,000 I decide to get out & grabbing the tail on one of its frequent swings, held on until I am standing on the edge of the cockpit & then let go & jumped backwards. At this time the wreck is going slowly round & the starboard main planes plonks itself under my back, & there I lay for about ten seconds wondering what I had landed on & looking around I decide to get clear by going to the wing and stepping off by the trailing edge. I could now hear the battle above & so decided to do a delayed drop. I couldn’t get my head up for a start until I decided to do what I had heard previously, double up my legs, & it worked. I started rolling. I whizzed down to lower cloud level at 4,000 feet & looked for the ripcord & pulled it, according to regulations. For less time than it takes to write a couple of letters I thought I was being strangled, there being no jolt, & then was leisurely floating down to South Kingsdown, ten miles from Maidstone, into the arms of about ten L.D.V’s & forty women & kids demanding to know if I was British. I only had one minutes anxiety & that was when my wreckage came past, after I had pulled the ripcord, about fifty feet away. I have not a single cut or bruise thank the Lord & the parachute packer, whom I have just been round to thank in the normal way. Cheerio. Love to All at Home. Keep smiling. Les. P.S. I must get the adjutant to send off for my caterpillar, as it was an Irving air chute.’ Having survived that encounter, Carter was back on flying duties 17 October 1940. Five days latter, he suffered severe frostbite to his fingers - the canopy of his Spitfire being frozen partly open whilst flying a patrol at 35,000 feet. Carter was unable to fly for several months, and was placed on light duties. He was posted to 58 O.T.U. early the following year, prior to returning to operational flying with 74 Squadron (Spitfires) operating from Manston. Carter took off for a sweep over northern France, 6 July 1941. He was presumed shot down and killed over Wormhoudt, near Lille. Aged 21, Flight Sergeant Carter is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Albert William Carter was the father of the above, and served during the Great War with the Bedfordshire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 30 July 1915. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 18 December 1917). Sold with copied research.
Three: Warrant Officer R. Hawkins, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who completed 44 sorties as a Bomb Aimer in Lancasters of 186 Squadron, including the famous “firestorm” raid on Dresden in February 1945 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (3) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. Ronald Hawkins, who was born in February 1921, enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in March 1942 and was 186 Squadron, a Lancaster unit operating out of Tuddenham, Suffolk in November 1944, when he flew in Flying Officer R. J. Gogler’s crew in a daylight strike against the Meerbeck oil plant at Homburg on 2 November. And no less than 11 further sorties were flown by him before the end of the same month, all bar one of a daylight nature, his targets including Solingen (twice), in addition to further trips to Homberg and another to Cologne. The Squadron having moved to Stradishall in December, Hawkins, still as Bomb Aimer in Gogler’s crew, completed another four daylight sorties, namely attacks on Witten, Trier, St. Vith and Cologne, his Flying Log Book noting that his aircraft ‘nearly bought it’ over the latter target on the 28th. And on his very next sortie - a night strike against Vohwiekel on New Year’s Day 1945 - his Lancaster was twice attacked by enemy fighters and diverted to Linton on reaching the U.K. Four further day and two night operations were flown before the month’s end, his targets including Neuss, Saarbrucken and Krefeld (twice). February witnessed Hawkins completing four day and three night sorties, thrice being called upon to set his sights on Dortmund, one of these latter trips being described by him as ‘very tough’. Gladbeck, Gelsenkirchen and Wesel were among the other targets that month, but most memorable of all was Dresden on the night of 13-14 February, the famous raid in which “firestorms” were created and around 40,000 killed - Flying Officer Gogler had to carry out an emergency landing on their return. Now with nearly 40 sorties under his belt, Hawkins participated in four more daytime attacks in March, one against Cologne on 5 March being described by him as ‘Touch and go’, in addition to another ‘very tough’ night operation against Dessau on the night of 7-8 March. This latter raid marked the end of his operational tour and he was “rested” at a conversion unit before finally being demobilised in July 1946. Sold with a large quantity of original documentation and wartime photographs, including his R.C.A.F. Flying Log Book (for Aircrew other than Pilot), covering the period February 1943 to June 1945; a rare silk Russian translation sheet with Union Jack motif and an equally rare series of Bomb Aimer raid observation sheets (33), the whole representative of more or less every sortie undertaken by the recipient, together with a quantity of related target photographs (12), and a target map of Solingen; his R.A.F. Service and Release Book; and other ephemera.
Three: Leading Aircraftman R. C. Hamblin, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was taken prisoner of war whilst serving with 211 Squadron in Java, 8 March 1942, and died in Japanese captivity 21 September 1944 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure and ticker tape, in card box of issue addressed to ‘E. Hamblin Esq. Oatleys Road, Ledbury, Herefordshire’, good very fine or better (3) £160-£200 --- Reginald Charles Hamblin was the son of Ernest Hamblin, he served during the Second War as a Leading Aircraftman with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Hamblin served with 211 Squadron (Blenheims) in Java, and was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese there, 8 March 1942, four days before the fall of Java. He was held in a POW camp in Java, and died in captivity, 21 September 1944. Hamblin is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.
Six: Temporary Sub Lieutenant R. A. Main, South African Naval Force 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘68485 R. A. Main’; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (T/S/ Lt. R. A. Main S.A.N.F. (V)) good very fine (6) £70-£90 --- Roydon Alfred Main was born in Cape Town on 27 July 1907 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 14 December 1923. He was commissioned temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant in the South African Naval Force (Volunteers) on 20 August 1943, being seconded for service during the Second World War with the Royal Navy. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Staff Paymaster and Hon. Major F. N. Woodall, 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Staff. Paymr. & Hon: Maj: F. N. Woodall, 1/S. Staffs. R.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed toned, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Frederick Nind Woodall was appointed Ensign in the 74th Foot on 24 March 1854, and promoted to Lieutenant on 15 December 1854. He was appointed Lieutenant Instructor at the School of Musketry at Hythe on 10 February 1866, was promoted to Captain on 1 April 1874 and placed on half-pay the following week. He joined the Army Pay Department as a Paymaster on 24 December 1878, advancing to Staff Paymaster, with Hon rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, on 15 June 1885. He served with the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 attached to the 1st Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment (mentioned in despatches, promoted Staff Paymaster, Medal with Clasp, and Khedive's Star); also took part in the operations of the Egyptian Frontier Field Force in 1885-86.
Five: Lance Corporal W. ‘Curly’ Wilson, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, later West Yorkshire Regiment and Durham Light Infantry Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22308125. Fus. W. Wilson. R.N.F.) number partially officially corrected; U.N. Korea 1950-54; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (22308125 Fus. W. Wilson. R.N.F.) clasp facing buckled on right hand side; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Near East (22308125 Pte. W. Wilson. W. Yorks.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (22308125 L/Cpl. W. Wilson. DLI.) with 2 card boxes of issue, contact marks overall, nearly very fine (5) £280-£320 --- Sold with a copy of Jungle Conflict, The Durham Light Infantry in Borneo 1965-66 by R. Harrison and J. Heron - in which the recipient is pictured and mentioned for an ambush during Operation Blaydon Races, 20-27 February 1966.
Six: J. L. Lavoie, Canadian Forces Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (SF 90097 J. L. Lavoie); Korea Volunteer Service Medal 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, unnamed as issued; U.N. Korea 1950-54 (SF 90097 J. L. Lavoie); U.N. Emergency Force Medal, unnamed as issued; Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R., with Second Award Bar (Cpl. L. R. Lavoie [sic]) mounted court-style for display, note initials on last, which consequently may have been awarded to a relative, lacquered, good very fine (6) £100-£140
Four: Staff Sergeant B. Restall, Royal Hampshire Regiment General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22841103 Pte. B. Restall. R. Hamps.); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Borneo, Northern Ireland, unofficial rivets between first and second clasps (22844103 Sgt. B. Restall. R. Hamps.); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (22844103 S.Sgt. B. Restall R. Hamps.) mounted court-style as worn, good very fine and better (4) £240-£280 --- B. Restall was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 12 October 1971.
Pair: Rifleman G. R. Blackwell, Rifle Brigade General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (23233851 Rfn. G. R. Blackwell. R.B.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (23233851 Rfn. G. R. Blackwell. R.B.) mounted court-style as worn, surname partially officially corrected, nearly extremely fine (2) £140-£180
Pair: Corporal R. W. Walker, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Canal Zone (22471775 Cfn R W Walker REME); Army Emergency Reserve Efficiency Medal, E.II.R. (22471775 Cpl. R. W. Walker. REME.) both with named card boxes of issue, mounted for wear, good very fine, scarce (2) (2) £240-£280
Pair: Corporal M. R. D. Orr, Royal Australian Air Force Vietnam 1964-73 (A224679 Orr M. R. D.) chisel engraved naming; South Vietnam Medal 1964, no clasp (A224679 Orr M. R. D.) chisel engraved naming, top part of suspension missing on latter, otherwise very fine (2) £180-£220 --- Mervyn Ronald David Orr, a native of Banks, New South Wales, was born on 18 June 1937, and served with 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force in Vietnam from 9 July 1970 to 25 February 1971. His unit was awarded the United States Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. Sold together with an R.A.A.F. ‘staybrite’ cap badge and a United States unit citation riband in gilt frame.
Six: Corporal I. D. Bennett, Royal Hampshire Regiment, later Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24714262 Pte I D Bennett R Hamps); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia, clasp detached from riband but present; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo; Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 1994, E.II.R. (24714262 Cpl I D Bennett PWRR); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24714262 Cpl I D Bennett PWRR) mounted court-style as worn; together with the card box of issue for the Jubilee Medal, the naming label torn off; and miniatures of both the N.A.T.O. Medal for Former Yugoslavia and the Jubilee Medal, nearly extremely fine (6) £200-£240
Three: Staff Sergeant R. W. McMillan, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24395183 SSgt R W McMillan REME); U.N. Medal, on UNPROFOR ribbon; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24395183 SSgt R W McMillan REME) mounted for wear, generally very fine or better (3) £80-£100
Pair: Sergeant R. G. J. Gould, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24016492 L/Cpl R G J Gould REME); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (24016492 Sgt R G J Gould REME) mounted as originally worn, toned, generally very fine or better (2) £50-£70
Pair: Lieutenant A. W. Foote, 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Lt. A. W. Foote 1/N. Staff: R.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Hafir, unnamed as issued, toned, nearly extremely fine (2) £500-£700 --- Arthur Wavell Foote was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the North Staffordshire Regiment on 25 July 1891, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 6 March 1895. He served with the Dongola Expeditionary Force under Sir Herbert Kitchener in 1896 with the 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (British Medal, and Khedive’s Medal with Clasp). Lieutenant Foot was placed on half-pay on 3 May 1898.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (2468 Pte. N. Betts, 2nd Bn. Ches. R.) small hole drilled at 6 o’clock to rim, suspension re-affixed with traces of an additional clasp at some point having been attached, otherwise very fine £60-£80 --- Noah Betts was born in Staffordshire in 1860 and attested for the 22nd Foot on 21 October 1879. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma from 30 December 1880 to 7 February 1889, and was discharged on 10 January 1891. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Major T. D. W. Dunn 1st. Bn. Hamps. R.) nearly extremely fine £240-£280 --- Thomas Duncan William Dunn was born at Reading, Berkshire, on 15 October 1846 and was commissioned Ensign in the 62nd Regiment of Foot, by purchase, on 10 November 1865. He was promoted Lieutenant on 15 February 1868, and served with them in India from 31 December of that year. Promoted Captain on 5 January 1876, he exchanged into the 37th Regiment of Foot on 13 October 1877, and after a spell as Adjutant of the 2nd Hampshire Corps Volunteers, served with the 1st Battalion in Burma from 18 November 1888 to 31 March 1889. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 21 April 1889, and retired on 20 November of that year. He died on 22 March 1899. Sold with copied statement of service and medal roll extract.
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Gr. & Dr. Wm. Dodd, 12th. Bn. R. Arty.) minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine £240-£280 --- The 5th Company, 12th Battalion, Royal Artillery received the Honour Title ‘Strange’s Battery’ for their action near Doadpore on 20 October 1858 when two guns, under the command of Lieutenant T. B. Strange, outran their own cavalry, drove over a gun emplacement, routed the enemy, and captured their guns. William Dodd was born in Liverpool in 1828 and attested for the Royal Artillery in Dublin on 31 October 1848. He was advanced Sergeant on 29 May 1856, but was tried and imprisoned by General Court Martial, and was reduced to Gunner on 6 March 1857. He was granted an additional 2 years’ service by General Order of October 1859, and was again advanced Corporal on 1 January 1862, being reduced to Gunner once more on 16 May 1864. He was finally discharged on 21 April 1868, after 21 years and 92 days’ service, of which 18 years and 10 months had been spent soldiering in India. Sold with copied service papers.
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut. G. H. Stavert. 1/5 Bn. Hamps. R.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Gordon Hall Stavert was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment on 18 May 1915, and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1917. Sold with copied Medal Index Card that shows the recipient was also entitled to a British War Medal (but not a Victory Medal).
India General Service 1908-35 (2), 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (30869 Sgt. P. Rogerson, S & T. C.); 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (6590 Sep. Ghulam Haidar, 2-8 Punjab R.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (21153629 Rfn. Yambahadur Gurung. 1/2 GR.) edge bruise to last, generally very fine and better (3) £80-£100
India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Mohmand 1933 (10771 Sep. Ali Moh., 1-7 Rajput R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (7767 Sep. Jalal Gul, Tochi Scouts.) edge of latter prepared prior to naming, test mark to edge at 10 o’clock, good very fine (2) £70-£90
1914 Star, with copy clasp (7201 Pte. J. Downes. 2/S. Lan: R.) ‘IL’ scratched to reverse of crown, otherwise good very fine £100-£140 --- John Downes attested for the South Lancashire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. The Battalion took up a defensive position on a low ridge just south of Mons between Ciply and Frameries on 23 August and, having been attacked at 5:00 a.m. the next day by the advancing German forces, “C” and “D” Companies on the left in Frameries were enfiladed by machine guns situated along the railway line and compelled to retire after suffering great loss. Downes was amongst those captured and taken Prisoner of War at Mons on 24 August 1914, and was subsequently held at Döberitz. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and Prisoner of War roll extract.
1914 Star (7602 Pte. R. Cleasby. 1/W. York: R.) verdigris to hilt of one sword, nearly very fine £120-£160 --- Robert Cleasby was born in Dewsbury and attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment at York. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 September 1914, and was killed in action on 22 September 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.
1914 Star (8321 Pte. W. Griffiths. R. Ir: Regt.) scratching to reverse, very fine £100-£140 --- William Griffiths was born at Aberawon on 2 August 1884 and attested for the Royal Irish Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. The Battalion ‘moved forward on 23 August and took part in fighting on the outskirts of Mons. Heavily engaged around the cemetery before falling back to Nouvelles. Casualties - Captains Mellor, Forbes, Second Lieutenants Gibbons and Shine killed or mortally wounded, 16 other ranks killed, 5 officers, 58 other ranks recorded as wounded or missing, Major Long and 226 other ranks missing, 1 officer taken prisoner.’ (British Battalion in France and Belgium 1914 by Ray Westlake refers). Griffiths was amongst those captured and taken Prisoner of War during the retreat from Mons on 24 August 1914, and was held in captivity for the rest of the War. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and Prisoner of War roll extract.
1914 Star (8276 Pte. W. Whitehead. R. Ir: Regt.) good very fine £100-£140 --- William Whitehead attested for the Royal Irish Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914. He would have been present for his battalion’s fighting at the Battle of Mons on 23 August where they were heavily engaged around the cemetery; at the rearguard action at Solesmes on 25 August; and during the retreat at Caudry as part of the Battle of Le Cateau on 26 August, and it was during this latter action that he was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Caudry on 26 August 1914. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and Prisoner of War roll extract.
1914 Star (7315 Pte. J. Osborne. 2/R. Sc: Fus.) the star plated and lacquered, otherwise very fine £70-£90 --- John Osborne was born at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, and attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Ayr. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1914, and died on 31 October 1914. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
1914 Star (L-14134 Pte. E. Foster. 4/Middx R.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Ernest Foster attested for the Middlesex Regiment and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. 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. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research.
British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (21794 Pte. S. Holding. Worc. R.; 17000 Pte. G. Hopkins. Worc. R.; 36332 Pte. G. H. Felton. S. Staff. R.; 12336 Pte. W. I. Hill. S. Staff. R.; 25632 Pte. J. T. White. S. Staff. R.; 52792 Pte. W. J. Morris. N. Staff. R.) generally very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Samuel Holding was born in Worcester and attested there for the Worcestershire Regiment. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 15 July 1915, and was killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey. George Hopkins was born in Cardiff and attested for the Worcestershire Regiment at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 4 July 1915, and was killed in action at Gallipoli on 10 August 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey. William Isaiah Hill was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, and attested there for the South Staffordshire Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 March 1915, and was killed in action on 28 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. John Thomas White was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, and attested there for the South Staffordshire Regiment on 18 May 1916. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded by gun shot to the right forearm on 23 August 1918. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 11 February 1919. Sold with copied research.
British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (Lieut. E. B. Buckland; 19356 Pte. D. E. Long. Norf. R.; 16145 Pte. J. Middleton. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 3617 A. Cpl. G. T. Griggs. Essex R.; 16542 Pte. W. Shepherd. R. Berks. R.; L11497 Pte. J. C. Williams. Midd’x R.) suspension broken on Long’s medal with drill hole at 12 o’clock; Middleton’s medal lacking retaining rod; Victory Medal 1914-19 (G-2248 Pte. J. W. Usher. The Queen’s R.) generally good fine and better (7) £100-£140 --- Ernest Blas Buckland was born in Argentina on 31 May 1890 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment in September 1915. Promoted Lieutenant in January 1916, he served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action near Bethune on 5 October 1916. His Commanding Officer wrote: ‘He was a splendid officer and was getting on so well, always cheery and game for anything. He is, I assure you, a great loss to the Regiment.’ He is buried at Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarb, France. Donald Edward Long was born in Little Melton, Norfolk, and attested for the Norfolk Regiment at Norwich. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Mesopotamia from 1916, and was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 29 March 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. James Middleton was born in Birmingham and attested there for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 9 November 1914. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and subsequently with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 23 April 1919. George Thomas Griggs attested for the Essex Regiment on 19 May 1915 and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 8 July 1916. He suffered a gun shot wound to the right leg in Egypt on 2 November 1917, and was discharged 3 August 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge no. 457004. William Shepherd attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 May 1915, before transferring to the Army Service Corps on 1 February 1917. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 1 May 1919. Joseph Williams attested for the Middlesex Regiment, and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 September 1914. Transferring to the 3rd Battalion for service in Egypt, he drowned at sea on 3 November 1915, and is buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military Cemetery, Egypt. William John Usher was born in Worldham, Hampshire, in 1895 and attested for the Royal West Surrey Regiment at Guildford, Surrey. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1915, and was killed in action on 13 May 1917. He is buried at Niederzwehren Cemetery, Belgium. Sold with copied research.
A Second War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Flight Sergeant R. Clacher, Royal Air Force British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (568716 A/Flt. Sgt. Robert Clacher R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, extremely fine (4) £300-£400 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 13 June 1946 The original Recommendation states: ‘Acting Flight Sergeant Robert Calcher, R.A.F. Station Scampton, is a Fitter II who has been employed on the duties of inspection of operational aircraft since July 1940. In this capacity he has worked with commendable efficiency. His ability, initiative, and keenness have been of the highest order and an inspiration to those working with him. He has shown exceptional qualities of leadership. In recent months the shortages of N.C.O.s and the relative inexperience of personnel have entailed constant supervisory vigilance and instruction. His technical ability, initiative, and reliability, and his willingness to undertake responsibilities beyond those normally required of him have made him an outstanding figure in his section. He has a splendid record of achievement and has set a magnificent example of devotion to duty.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 2 June 1943. Robert Clacher served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War at R.A.F. Scampton, and subsequently in civilian life with Monarch Airlines. Sold together with the recipient’s Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated 2 June 1943; a group photograph of members of No. 617 Squadron taken outside the Officer’s Mess, R.A.F. Scampton, with G. P. Gibson at centre, the reverse dated in pencil ‘17/5/43’ (the day after the Dambusters’ Raid); a No. 617 Squadron R.A.F. lapel badge; and the recipient’s Monarch Airlines Retired Employee identity card.
Victory Medal 1914-19 (7) (31711 Dvr. J. Moore. R.A.; 14337 Pte. C. V. Chave. C. Gds.; 22025 Pte. A. V. Browne. L’pool R.; 266816 Pte. F. R. Anderson. W. York. R.; 11280 Pte. M. Burke. R. Ir. Regt.; 63487 Pte. J. S. Young. Ches. R.; 35758 Pte. E. Schofield. M.G.C.) very fine or better (7) £60-£80
Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (Sub-Lieut. J. D. Cunningham. R.A.N.; 4286 Pte. J. R. Payne. 6-Bn. A.I.F.) good very fine (2) £60-£80 --- James Richard Payne attested for the Australian Imperial Force and served with the 6th Battalion, A.I.F. during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 26 October 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
The General Service Medal awarded to Marine H. C. Hopkins, 45 Commando, Royal Marines, who was wounded in action in Radfan in May 1964 whilst attached to the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Borneo, Radfan, South Arabia (RM.19268 H. C. Hopkins. Mne. R.M.) about extremely fine £600-£800 --- H. C. Hopkins enlisted in to the Royal Marines in 1961 and was wounded in action by shrapnel to the left hand at Wadi Dhubsan in Radfan on 26 May 1964, while serving as a Signaller with ‘X’ Company, 45 Commando, Royal Marines, attached to the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment. His patrol was advancing down a steep-sided valley to assault tribesmen when it came under fire from several directions simultaneously with several commandos wounded and killed. The following account of the action appears on the Britain’s small wars website under the title ’45 in the Radfan’: ‘On 25 May, X Company, Four Five, flew up to join 3 Para on Arnold’s Spur. The Wessex helicopters of 815 Squadron, H.M.S. Centuar, had now come into the theatre of operations to relieve the R.A.F. Belvederes. X Company, once established on Arnold’s Spur, began to make final plans for the raid on the Wadi Dhubsan. The Wadi Dhubsan lay some 2,000 feet below the Bakri Ridge and the sides were steep. To the west of Dhubsan, and half a mile south of the Bakri Ridge, lay the Jebel Haqla, a flat topped feature rising to over 1,500 feet, which dominated the surrounding wadis. It was known that the Wadi Dhubsan was a stronghold of the dissidents and was therefore the next objective. Throughout the afternoon, sections of X Company moved cautiously to the edge of Arnold’s Spur and began to reconnoitre their routes for the following day. C Company, 3 Para, moved to establish pickets on the Jebel Haqla as A Company, 3 Para, descended the steep escarpment to secure the western end of Dhubsan. X Company’s task was to advance 1,000 yards and conduct a sweep as far as the village of Hawfi. The pickets of 3 Para reported some fifty dissidents coming up the Dhubsan and did not make their presence felt. For the next 600 yards, X Company progressed in silence until suddenly Sergeant W. Patterson of 1 Troop spotted a group of dissidents way up on the steep ridge to the right. 3 Troop was in the lead on the wadi floor. The leading sections under command of Corporals Jan Bickle and Terry Warterson took cover behind a wall and opened fire, sending the well armed dissidents scuttling behind a rock, dragging their wounded with them. The dissidents, from the protection of their well-concealed sangars, opened up from all directions to the front of X Company. The Marines slowly picked their way up the slope, dodging from rock to rock with the enemy fire increasing every minute. The high-pitched drone of a Scout helicopter, carrying the Commanding Officer and Intelligence Officer of 3 Para, could be heard approaching from the rear. The Scout became the target for a strong barrage of enemy fire and was hit on several occasions. The pilot, Major Jackson, skilfully kept the helicopter under control and landed it safely in front of 3 Troop and the Marines dashed forward to give it protection. Lieutenant-Colonel Farrar-Hockley then ordered A Company, 3 Para, to move up on the high ground. Air strikes were authorised and X Company began to lay out bright red and orange fluorescent panels with the panels pointing towards dissident sangars, thus giving the Hunter pilots, approaching at over 400 m.p.h., a clear reference point to the target. Moving out from behind cover with the bright panels, Captain R. Brind, Second in Command, X Company, soon became the target for heavy fire and was shot through the thigh and stomach. He completed his task and was dragged to safety, before sustaining further injury through steady sniper fire, by Marines Brownett and Robertson and was treated for his wounds by one of X Company’s Naval Sick Berth Attendants, S.B.A. Williams. 1 Troop, commanded by Lieutenant J. Barr, came under the heaviest fire. The majority of the troops were down in the bottom of the wadi near the wall, where Marine Kimber with the G.P.M.G. had been keeping up a steady rate of covering fire; the Marines approached the top of the knoll. Marine David Wilson, the troop signaller, was shot through the chest by enemy fire and died almost immediately as Lieutenant Barr began to drag him behind a rock. 1 Troop suffered another casualty when Marine Dunkin was shot in the knee and his leg was later amputated. As is the custom in the Marines on these occasions, the kit of Marine David Wilson was later auctioned amongst his comrades in X Company and the proceeds forwarded to his relatives. The Company group of 150 men raised £700 in the auction. His cap badge (on his green beret) fetched £100.’ Note: Marine David Wilson’s General Service Medal was sold in these rooms in May 2016. Sixteen Royal Marines died on active service in Radfan 1961-67. Sold with copied research.
Coronation 1911, silver (174. Pr. C. T. Oram. 7th. Hants. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, very fine £70-£90 --- Sold with copied medal roll extract that shows there were only five recipients of the Coronation Medal from the 7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (the Battalion’s Coronation Contingent): Colonel the Lord Montague; Captain S. G. Smith; Quartermaster and Honorary Major R. Marshall; Colour Sergeant W. Oddy; and Pioneer G. T. Oram.
Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel T. R. Taylor, Chigwell School Combined Cadet Force Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, reverse officially dated 1957, with integral top riband bar; Army Emergency Reserve Decoration, E.II.R., reverse officially dated 1957, with integral top riband bar, both in Royal Mint cases of issue, and both in outer OHMS transmission boxes addressed to ‘Capt. T. R. Taylor, 5 Summerfield Road, Loughton, Essex’, extremely fine (2) £200-£240 --- T.D. London Gazette 17 September 1957: ‘Lt. (A/Capt.) T. R. Taylor, Chigwell School Combined Cadet Force E.R.D. London Gazette 17 September 1957: ‘Lt. (A/Capt.) T. R. Taylor (now T.A.), Chigwell School Combined Cadet Force. Sold together with a group photographic image of the recipient as a schoolboy at Clifton College, 1923.
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George R. Hinchley, 19 March, 1870.) lacking brooch buckle, very fine £100-£140 --- R.H.S. Case No. 18,488: ‘George Richard Hinchley, 24, of Shoreditch, rescued John Bentill, 10, who fell into the water at the East London Railway cutting at Spitalfields, 8 to 10 feet deep. Hinchley jumped from a wall, a height of 16 feet into the water and rescued the boy, then swam 15 yards before being able to land.’
A Memorial to Lieutenant R. H. Montague, Hampshire Regiment A privately produced bronze small plaque in memory of Lieutenant Richard Headley Montagu, 8th (Isle of Wight Rifles) and 15th (Hampshire Carabineers) Battalions Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action at the Third Battle of Ypres on 21 September 1917, 95mm x 68mm, bearing the crests of Rugby School, Balliol College, Oxford, The Hampshire Regiment, the Scales of Justice, the Masonic Square and Compass, and a King David Harp, residue on reverse from removed clip and slight damage at six o’clock, where a tassel emblem has bent, otherwise good condition £50-£70 --- Richard Headley Montagu, Hampshire Regiment, was killed in action having been struck by a shell at the Third Battle of Ypres on 21 September 1917. A solicitor, educated at Rugby School (where he became Head of his House) and Balliol College, Oxford, he was a son of the distinguished numismatist Hyman Moses, who later changed his surname to Montagu. A Freemason and member of Royal York of Perseverance Lodge (No. 7), he is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, the Rugby School Memorial, the Balliol College Memorial and the Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-18. A photograph of him, available online, is held by the Imperial War Museum. Sold with copied service papers.
Case of Issue: The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, with wide suspension, the inside inscribed ‘R. & S. Garrard & Co., Goldsmith, Jewellers &c. to the Queen, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, & All the Royal Family, Panton Street, London’ on inner silk lining, light scuffing, very fine £140-£180 --- The inscription on the inside dates this case from 1843-61, from the year that Garrard were appointed Jewellers to Queen Victoria, to the death of Prince Albert.
Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Chilianwala, Goojerat (Major J. L. Mowatt. 2nd Cy. 2nd Battn. Arty.) good very fine £500-£700 --- John Lealand Mowatt was born in Eastbourne in 1804, son of Captain J. R. Mowatt, 28th Foot, and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the Bengal Artillery on 16 June 1820; Lieutenant, 1 May 1824; Captain, 20 April 1838; Major, 7 January 1848; Lieutenant-Colonel, 20 February 1855; brevet Colonel, 28 November 1855. He served in the operations against Hill tribes in Sind 1843-45; Captain 1st Coy. 2nd Bn. Transferred to 4th Troop 1st Brigade Horse Artillery, 24 July 1845. Served in Second Sikh War, including actions at Ramnagar, Chilianwala and Goojerat (Medal with 2 clasps). At Goojerat ‘Nos. 5 and 10, light field-batteries, were attached to the infantry division, under General Campbell. Of these, the General writes:- “I cannot find language to express my sense of the calm, steady, and admirable manner in which these two batteries were commanded and worked by Major Mowatt, the commanding officer, and by Major Ludlow, and Lieutenant Robertson. The infantry of the 3rd division had not occasion to fire a shot. The enemy were driven from their different positions, and from the field, by the fire of these two field-batteries, aided by that of the Bombay troop” (Buckle’s Memoir of the services of the Bengal Artillery refers). Colonel Mowatt died of cholera, camp Pipli, on the march to Delhi, 30 May 1857, aged 52.
German Army Uniforms 1933-45. By Brian L. Davis, 1st Edition, published by Arms and Armour Press, London, 1971, 224pp, special edition bound in board covers with gilt blocking and lettering to spine, good condition Daggers & Bayonets of Hitler’s Germany. By Major John R. Angolia, 1st Edition, 1971, 336pp, special edition bound in board covers with gilt blocking and lettering to spine, good condition (2) £50-£70
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Lieutt. R. M. Barrington 1st Bn. Hamps. R.) good very fine £200-£240 --- Richard Mordaunt Barrington was born on 23 February 1866, and was appointed Lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment on 29 August 1885; Captain 19 May 1892, attached to the reorganised Ordnance Store Department, Dublin. Captain Barrington served in the Burmese Expedition in 1885-87 (Medal with Clasp). He died on 19 July 1909.
India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieut. H. P. L. Estridge 2nd Bn. R.W. Surr. R.) polished, good fine £200-£240 --- Henry Powys Loraine Estridge was born at Ramsgate, Kent, in July 1858. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 11 August 1880 and promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1881. He served in the Burmese Expedition in 1885-88 with the 2nd Battalion Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment under Brigadier-General Lockhart; commanded a detachment of the regiment which accompanied the Southern Shan Column from November 1887 to April 1888. Lieutenant Estridge died at Ambala, Bengal, India, on 28 January 1891.
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