Pair: Private H. B. Payne, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, later Royal Berkshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (26446 Pte. H. B. Payne. R. War. R.); together with a British Legion lapel badge, good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (3) (21-1201 Pte. J. W. Brew. North’d Fus; 17747 Pte. W. Ellemor. York. R.; 4396 Pte. J. McIntyre. York. R.) edge bruising and abrasions to last, this fine; the others better (5) £100-£140 --- Henry Burge Payne attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 26 August 1916 and served with them during the Great War, before transferring to the Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was discharged on account of wounds on 24 August 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. John William Brew was born in Sunderland, co. Durham, and attested there for the 21st Battalion (Tyneside Scottish), Northumberland Fusiliers. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, and died at home on 29 June 1918. He is buried in Sunderland (Bishopwearmouth) Cemetery. William Ellemor was born in Silksworth, co. Durham, and attested for the Yorkshire Regiment at Sunderland. He served with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 August 1915, and was killed in action on 14 May 1916. He is buried in Tranchee de Mecknes Cemetery, Aix-Noulette, France. James McIntyre attested for the Yorkshire Regiment at Middlesbrough and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 23 April 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
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Pair: Lance-Corporal H. Savory, Leinster Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 10 June 1917 British War and Victory Medals (15212 Pte. H. Savory. Leins. R.); together with a Leinster Regiment cap badge, nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90 --- Herbert Savory was born in Sunderland, co. Durham, and attested there for the Durham Light Infantry. He transferred to the Leinster Regiment, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 10 June 1917- on this date the Battalion was on the front line half way between St. Eloi and Hollebeke, and tasked with the construction of a new communication trench, sustained many casualties during a heavy bombardment. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
Pair: Second Lieutenant R. G. Austin, Machine Gun Corps, late Royal Sussex Regiment, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 26 October 1918 British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. R. G. Austin.) nearly extremely fine (2) £70-£90 --- Robert George Austin attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Brighton on 11 October 1915 and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 March 1916. Transferring to the Machine Gun Corps, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 25 May 1917, and subsequently served with the 257th Company in Mesopotamia. He was killed in action on 26 October 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. Sold with copied research.
Six: Chief Yeoman of Signals R. J. Goddard, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.46074 R. J. Goddard. Y.S. H.M.S. Exeter.) light contact marks, generally very fine and better (6) £60-£80 --- Reginald James Goddard was born in Eton, Buckinghamshire, on 7 April 1900 and joined the Royal Nay as a Boy Second Class on 27 October 1915. He was advanced Yeoman of Signals on 27 February 1931 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 4 May 1933. He was promoted Chief Yeoman of Signals on 11 July 1935, and served during the Second World War.
Eight: Corporal S. Cree, Royal Irish Regiment General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (25037191 Rgr S Cree R Irish); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo; Operational Service Medal 2000, for Sierra Leone, without rosette (25037191 Rgr S Cree R Irish); Iraq 2003-11, 1 clasp, 19 Mar to 28 Apr 2003 (25037191 LCpl S Cree R Irish); Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan, 1 clasp, Afghanistan (25037191 Cpl S Cree R Irish); Jubilee 2002; Jubilee 2012; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (Cpl S Cree R Irish 25037191) last two loose, remainder mounted as originally worn, very fine (8) £1,400-£1,800 --- Typed biography provided by recipient gives the following: ‘Ex 1 Royal Irish for 19 years and 3 Scots for a further 5 years.... I served in Northern Ireland 6 times on Operational Tours. Was in Besbrooke when the troubles were still happening my 1st Tour was scary as patrolled near the border of Republic of Ireland. Thankfully nothing happened to me or the guys in the Royal Irish. One of the Tours in NI I was in the middle of public riots and was a Medical Assistant we had a few lucky scrapes and some unlucky ones. My Regimental Sergeant Major got whacked in the goolies by a returning rubber bullet. We all flanked our shields I never had one as I was running around helping the troops with any cuts or scrapes and zoned in to locate the person who threw the rubber projectile. We found him and surrounded him and got him into an army heavily armoured Land Rover where him and our RSM sorted things out. Basically he came out of the vehicle like a rag doll and we threw him over to the police. Who were cowering behind us whilst we got the brunt of it all. The best time was in Forkhill were I was in charge of my own little medical bay and went on patrol with the troops every few days as well to support them with any minor injuries and had authority to call in air support for any major injuries. I was in Milan Platoon in the Kosovo War in 1999 and was the platoon medic as well. I was young as only in 5 years and kept myself to myself. I enjoyed brushing up on medical skills. I was not employed as a medic joining army. I was infantry but it didn’t suit me because I always thought there was much more than just running around with a machine gun which I did carry most of the time in Kosovo GPMG. Medical Stuff suited me at that time and one of the troops shouted my name one morning when I was guarding a compound. Alarm bells where going off in my head and I shouted for someone to relieve me as someone needed me ASAP. When I got there someone I dearly knew was holding his throat gasping for air as I found out on closer examination something he ate was lodged in his throat. I got that out and at the same time requested for transport to get him to nearest hospital. Everyone that morning were panicking I was so calm and not afraid to tell people what to do and afterwards when he came back from hospital he thanked me and said he was glad I was there to help him. I finished that awful tour and got posted to the medical centre where I worked for 5 years. I enjoyed it but did many exercises and was a medic on Tour in Iraq during the war. Op Telic 1 it was the one with the Lt Col in 1 Royal Irish whom said his famous speech and was one of the many who stood there listening to it before we went to War against the Iraqi’s. I had my fair share of casualties to deal with on that Tour. I just kept going and did my best to stay away from stray bullets I also did a Operational Tour in Sierra Leone West Africa. The heat was horrendous 55 degrees and even with the constant rain. Awful. But in the Royal Irish we made the best out of it with what we had. Just before I arrived as the regiment split the tour in half 11 of our troops were captured by the west side boys. The commander in charge of going in and killing 50 of the west side boys with having 1 casualty themselves was my Platoon and Commanding Officer in the Royal Irish. I was away a lot from my wife so needed something different. After speaking to my RSM whilst being his medic for his troops said he was looking for someone to work with him. I jumped at the chance. I worked as a Regimental Police NCO. They gave me a nice name. Sammy the Bastard. I was friendly, fair but firm. It was a different position before I was caring for the troops as their medic now I was educating and instilling discipline towards them but I showed them how to do things the correct way that I was taught. I did achieve section student whilst in basic training God knows how. I always messed up with the wrong step at drill practises and took ages to iron my clothes to get them nice and sharp for parades. I went on tour to Afghan Op Herrick 1 and worked with the Commanding Officers Tactical Group and my RP duties when not on Patrol. A few things happened that made me lose the plot. My boss the Provost Sgt always made excuses to get off duties and not do his bit. No one had the guts to say anything. I had enough one day and he pushed my buttons I came off a 2 day duty shattered and told him he was on next and he said for me to do it I just lost it and the air turned blue. He could have charged me but I said he was sorry and got up and did his duty. I didn’t know at the time that the RSM was in the next tent and he heard everything. Later that night he asked if I wanted to work with the Garrison Provost who patrolled the whole of Helmand base in Afghan. It was a blessing in disguise and I enjoyed the experience. We were the first troops that all the Afghan civilians seen who helped work and stay on the massive base and we did patrols around the different camps inside. I finally returned back to the Royal Irish and did a few weeks before heading back home to UK. I left that job because didn’t get on with the Provost Sgt but couldn’t wait to see the back of him. I worked in the WO’s and Sgt’s Mess as Mess 2 I/C for a year just as a stop gap until something else turned up as I was due Promotion to Full Corporal. The Sgts and above didn’t want me to leave the Mess as they said I worked hard and provided them a great service. I worked there the weekend after I left after a year as a Full Corporal and they all bought me drinks as a thank you which was nice of them . The next job I did was as a Regimental Postal NCO in peace time and war did both in Iraq again and Afghan. I worked as a Post NCO until my end of service and got recommended as a Sgt to work in another department but actually because I thoroughly enjoyed my job and was actually getting paid as a Sgt I declined moving. I worked with 3 Scots in Fort George as their Post NCO and enjoyed my time there I never deployed with them on exercise or tours but made sure their important mail was sent to them ASAP when requested and some few extra welfare parcels. When I was a Post NCO with the Royal Irish on tour in Iraq I was given an exemplary record by the Bastion Camp Commander one of the QM’s out of 42 personnel I was the Top of the League. My time in the army has had its ups and downs but I wouldn’t have changed it for the world.’
Four: Bandsman F. Sherwin, Royal Irish Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2471 Pte. F. Sherwin. 1/R.... Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Belfast, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (3576 Pte. F. Sherwin, 1st Rl: Irish Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (3576 L/Corp: F. Sherwin. R. Ir: R.); Khedive's Star, dated 1884-6, reverse impressed ‘2471 RIR’, mounted for display, the first with edge bruising and pitting from star, good fine, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £400-£500 --- Frank Sherwin was born in London and enlisted for the 69th Brigade of Infantry at Westminster 16 December 1879, aged 14 years 6 months, a musician by trade. He was posted to the 2nd Battalion, 18th Regiment, on the same day and transferred to the 1st Battalion at Hyderabad on 6 October 1881. He served overseas in India, October 1881 to September 1884; Egypt, September 1884 to September 1885; and South Africa, December 1899 to November 1901. He was appointed a Bandsman from 13 July 1885, was promoted to Band Corporal on 13 May 1900, and discharged on termination of his 2nd period of service on 31 December 1901.
A fine Battle of France and Battle of Britain Fighter Ace’s 1940 D.F.C. and 1945 Second Award Bar, ‘Test Pilot’s’ A.F.C. group of eight awarded to Hurricane and Spitfire pilot, Wing Commander P. L. Parrott, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who nearly achieved ‘Ace’ in a day status during his first aerial combats, 10 May 1940. Aged just 19, Parrott went on to fly with 607 (County of Durham) Squadron during the Battle of France, and with 145 Squadron over the beaches of Dunkirk. He was shot up whilst in combat with a He. III over Dunkirk, 26 May 1940, managing to limp home across the Channel and crash land in a field on the south coast. Parrott went on to distinguish himself during the Battle of Britain whilst operating out of the Tangmere Sector, the high point of which being when he shot down 2 enemy aircraft, 8 August 1940, ‘our first view of the convoy near St. Catherine’s Point was of Ju 87’s in their bombing dives. Above the Ju. 87’s were the escorting Bf 109’s and farther to the south-east were two more large formations of enemy aircraft approaching the convoy - a formidable sight. I had already taken part in the Battle for France, and patrolled over Dunkirk during the evacuation, but I had never before seen so many aircraft in the sky at once.’ A remarkable year continued when Parrott’s photograph, taken during the Battle of France, was used for a recruiting poster - thus providing one of the iconic Royal Air Force images of the Second World War, and literally making him the poster boy of the R.A.F. This only being ‘topped’ by Parrott being shot down, whilst serving as a ‘Weaver’ with 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron, 1 December 1940: ‘Looking down, the ground seemed to be coming up remarkably quickly. I was swinging from side to side but had no time to try pulling the shrouds to stop the swing before I slammed into the ground, on about the third downward swing, falling on my right leg and shoulder. I felt half stunned.... I opened my eyes and found I was lying on the grass.... I was at this time not sure whether I was still in this world or had already passed on to the next. I did not really care much either way....’ Parrott flew Spitfires over Sicily and Italy, and commanded 43 and 72 (Basutoland) Squadrons. After the war he was employed as a test pilot, and flew early Vampire and Meteor jets, and in retirement he even managed to have brushes with Colonel Gaddafi and Idi Amin Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1940’, and additionally engraved ‘F/O. P. L. Parrott. September’; with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1945’; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1952’; 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Battle of Britain; Air Crew Europe Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Wg. Cdr. P. L. Parrott. R.A.F.); Mauritania, Order of Merit, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in A. Bertrand, Paris case of issue, British awards mounted as originally worn, light contact marks overall, therefore generally nearly very fine or better (lot) £80,000-£120,000 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 22 October 1940: ‘This officer has been continuously engaged in operational flights against the enemy since January, 1940. He has displayed great determination and keenness and has destroyed or severely damaged at least six hostile aircraft.’ D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 20 March 1945: ‘Squadron Leader Parrott is now engaged on his second tour in the Mediterranean Area. He has also completed a previous tour from England. Since the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross he has completed numerous sorties and has destroyed at least one enemy aircraft. He has led his squadron with skill and determination. During the landing at Anzio, his squadron engaged and drove off a large number of enemy fighter-bomber attacks, contributing materially to the successes achieved by his squadron. In all Squadron Leader Parrott has destroyed at least 6 enemy aircraft.’ A.F.C. London Gazette 1 January 1952. Peter Lawrence Parrott was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in June 1920, and educated at Lord Williams’s Grammar School. After school, ‘I was an office boy in the Bucks County Council offices at the County Hall in Aylesbury. Although officially graded as a ‘junior clerk’ I was still an office boy, and I did not enjoy the work: licking stamps, filling inkwells, addressing envelopes and changing the blotting paper every Monday morning before the senior staff arrived. My elder brother, Tim [see following lot], had already taken a pilot’s short service commission in the Royal Air Force. His life was full of interest, travel, learning new skills and seeing new things. He was also being paid significantly more than my salary of £50 per annum. After eighteen months of the Buckinghamshire County Council at the age of 17 1/2, I was old enough to apply to the Air Ministry for a four-year short service commission and, after exercising considerable persuasiveness on my mother to obtain her consent, I sent in the application.’ (The Pilot In The Poster Peter Parrott, by R. Parrott refers) A Life Less Ordinary - 607 (County of Durham) Squadron and the ‘Weekend Fliers’ Parrott made it through the selection process, and armed with a short service commission carried out his initial flying training at No. 1 E&R F.T.S., Hatfield from June 1938. He was posted to No. 11 F.T.S, Shawbury in September 1938, and after completing his training went to No. 1 Armament Training School at Catfoss, 30 March 1939, towing targets. Parrott was posted as a staff pilot to No. 1 Air Armament School Manby in September 1939. He was then posted to No. 11 Group Fighter Pool at St. Athan on 28 December, converted to Hurricanes and then: ‘With a total of 300 hours flying I was the most experienced pilot of my course and, presumably for this reason, I was selected [January 1940] to fill the one posting for a squadron in France which was part of 11 Group Fighter Pool. I was the envy of my fellow students. Having flown a number of hours in the Henley I would have no problem flying Hurricanes..... We set off at dusk in the pouring rain and reached France in the late evening. Rather surprisingly we were allowed ashore but had to return to the ship by midnight. This must also have been a surprise to the ship’s company as there was no provision for dinner or supper that evening or for breakfast the following morning. However, this was no great loss as I joined forces with a few other people and we made the rounds of the Cherbourg bars that evening and were soon past caring whether we had supper or not. The next morning for related reasons we were not interested in breakfast! I reported to the Railway Transport Officer and told him that I was to report to the No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron, please where was it and how did I get there. I was pleasantly surprised to find that he had my name on a list and I was told that the squadron was at Vitry-en-Artois. For all that it meant to me it might have been in Timbuktu.... In late afternoon I arrived at Vitry-en-Artois. There was thick snow on the ground and two feeble oil lamps lighted the station. Apart from an elderly stationmaster the place seemed to be deserted. In broken French I enquired the whereabouts of “le RAF” and was directed to a small hotel facing on to the station yard. This had been requisitioned for the Officers’ Mess for the wing head quarters and the two squadrons, No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron and No...
The emotive Second War Whitley pilot’s casualty campaign group of three awarded to Flying Officer T. H. Parrott, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force, whose crew on 15/16 March 1940, ‘performed a feat which probably remained unparalleled for the rest of the war. Having dropped their Nickels on Warsaw they returned safely across Germany and then, because the weather was bad, put down as soon as possible after crossing - as they thought - the Franco-German frontier. A few words with the local peasantry quickly disillusioned them, but by that time German troops were approaching on cycles. The quick-witted crew promptly dashed back into the aircraft, took off under rifle fire, and landed safely, but rather shaken, at a French airfield.’ Parrott was to take part in another pioneering flight, albeit with more tragic results, when on 11/12 May 1940, ‘overnight, Bomber Command launched its first deliberate raid on a German town when rail communications passing through Mönchengladbach became the target for a small force of Whitleys and Hampdens.’ Parrott’s Whitley V N1366 KN was the first bomber to crash inside Germany while carrying out a bombing operation on a mainland target. Parrott and three other members of crew were killed in action, whilst the sole survivor was taken prisoner of war 1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Bomber Command, with named box of issue for clasp; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, with named Air Council enclosure slip, and enclosure for Bomber Command clasp, good very fine (lot) £800-£1,200 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 20 February 1940. Thomas Hayward Parrott was the brother of Peter Parrott [see previous lot], and Noel Parrott who also served with Coastal Command during the war. He joined the Royal Air Force aged 19 in 1936. Parrott advanced to Flying Officer, and was posted for operational flying as a pilot to 77 Squadron (Whitleys) operating out of Driffield and then Villeneuve, France. During the early months of the war the Squadron was employed dropping Nickels, or propaganda leaflets, over enemy territory. On 15/16 March 1940, Parrott’s crew ‘performed a feat which probably remained unparalleled for the rest of the war. Having dropped their Nickels on Warsaw they returned safely across Germany and then, because the weather was bad, put down as soon as possible after crossing - as they thought - the Franco-German frontier. A few words with the local peasantry quickly disillusioned them, but by that time German troops were approaching on cycles. The quick-witted crew promptly dashed back into the aircraft, took off under rifle fire, and landed safely, but rather shaken, at a French airfield.’ (Bomber Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft by P. Moyes refers) The flight was featured in a Pathé News item, several newspapers, and further detail is provided in The Pilot In The Poster, by R. Parrott: ‘Tomlin and Parrott got out of the aircraft and walked towards a group of peasants running towards them. Tim asked “C’est France, n’est pas?” in his best schoolboy French. The peasant looked at him and shook his head. Tim tried again “Luxembourg alors?” There was another shake of the head but this time the man pointed towards one of his friends and said, “Hans Franzosich” meaning that Hans spoke French. Tim repeated his question. Hans responded “Non, Monsieur, c’est Allemagne, la frontiere est à vingt kilometres” and pointed in the direction of France. Not stopping to thank the Germans, the two crew turned and bolted for their aircraft. As they climbed in, another group of figures started running towards them from the far end of the field. Fortunately the engines started immediately and they raced to take off in the direction indicated by the helpful Hans. Red Verey lights appeared to be shot in their direction but did no damage. Fortunately they had enough petrol to cover 24 km, hedge-hopping over the Siegfried Line to the border, but they did not try to land until they knew that France was below, by a hoarding advertising a well-known French beverage! Even so, at Villeneuve the crew agreed not to stop the engines or disembark until the Flying Officer had gone off to make sure that they were in France. Later they discovered that they had fuel for just 20 minutes more flying after 12 hours in the air and covering a distance of 1,600 miles. When they returned to base they bought a bottle of champagne that they presented to the engine fitter of the ground crew to show their appreciation for the engines starting immediately whilst on the ground in Germany.’ Parrott was to take part in another pioneering flight, albeit with more tragic results, when on 11/12 May 1940, ‘overnight, Bomber Command launched its first deliberate raid on a German town when rail communications passing through Mönchengladbach became the target for a small force of Whitleys and Hampdens.’ (Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War refers) Parrott flew Whitley V N1366 KN, which ‘T/o Driffield. Crashed near Mönchengladbach, Germany. This was the first bomber to crash inside Germany while carrying out a bombing operation on a mainland target.’ (Ibid). Parrott and three other members of the crew were killed in action. The remaining member of the crew, Flying Officer Don Blew, survived and was taken prisoner of war. A number of years later, Parrott’s brothers Peter and Noel met with Blew and he gave them an account of what happened: ‘Tim had navigated out from Driffield while F/O Blew flew the Whitley. On the way they had discussed what they should do. On arrival Tim took over the controls. F/O Blew came back to the door on the port side. There was no intercom so the pilots had agreed that Tim would flash a torch when he wanted a flare dropped. Blew saw what he believed to be the first flash and dropped a flare and continued to do so each time he saw a flash. At about the time of the 5th flare he saw lots of little holes in the fuselage with little blue flames and then he saw a wall of flame coming down the fuselage towards him. Luckily he had his parachute on and he had only to put his hand on the door handle and lift it. Blew remembered this because it had been modified. Previously it had a handle that went down but it had been changed because someone had leant against it, pushing the handle down, and fallen out. As he jumped and opened his parachute he could see the flares he had dropped and the Whitley, a mass of flames, ahead of them. Blew survived the fall but was taken prisoner and incarcerated in Stalag Luff III at Sagan for the remainder of the war.... The Observer, Sergeant T. T. Atchison, the Wireless Operator, T. Poad, and the Air Gunner, AC2 Jones also perished. The four graves are now at 25.ED 11-14 in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery at Kleve in Germany. Their Whitley was the first bomber to crash inside Germany while carrying out a bombing operation on a mainland target during World War II.’ (The Pilot In The Poster by R. Parrott refers) Sold with the following related original items and documents: a fine photograph album predominantly relating to the recipient, but with later additions relating to his brother P. L. Parrot, including newspaper cuttings relating to both; a number of photographs from recipient’s service career, and of his grave; the family’s copy of A.A.S.F. by Charles Gardner, in which the recipient is pictured with his crew, having safely returned from their impromptu landing in Germany; with other ephemera.
A good Second War Mosquito Pilot’s D.F.C. and Second Award Bar group of six awarded to Squadron Leader L. W. H. Welch, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in over 70 operational sorties with 23, 85 and 605 Squadrons, and was credited with at least 3 enemy aircraft Destroyed, 2 Damaged, 2 Destroyed on the Ground and 4 Damaged on the Ground. Welch’s gallantry was recognised with the award of a Bar to his D.F.C. when 6 of the above tally were added during a daring tree-top height raid, which he led on targets in and around Vienna, 6/7 October 1944 Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1942’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Fg. Off. L. W. H. Welch. R.A.F.V.R.) framed and glazed in a Spink & Son, St. James display case, lacquered, generally very fine or better (6) £3,000-£4,000 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 29 December 1942 (jointly listed with Flying Officer W. R. Shuttleworth): ‘In December, 1942, Flight Lieutenant Welch and Flying Officer Shuttleworth, as pilot and navigator of aircraft respectively, undertook a sortie into enemy territory. Despite adverse weather, success was achieved. At least 2 enemy aircraft were destroyed. The skilful execution of the operation reflects great credit on the efforts of these two officers. Both Flight Lieutenant Welch and Flying Officer Shuttleworth have completed numerous sorties over enemy territory.’ D.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 9 January 1945: ‘Squadron Leader Welch has completed much operational flying. He has set a splendid example of skill, keenness and gallantry and has shown the utmost devotion to duty. In October, 1944, he participated in an attack on an airfield in Austria. In spite of intense anti-aircraft fire, Squadron Leader Welch was responsible for the destruction of 2 enemy aircraft. His own aircraft was hit but he flew safely to base, despite fighter interference on the homeward flight. On this notable sortie, Squadron Leader Welch displayed exceptional skill and resolution.’ Leonard William Henry Welch was born in South Stoneham, Hampshire in June 1908. He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a Sergeant Pilot in May 1937. Welch carried out initial training at Hamble, and undertook an instructor’s course at Redhill in October 1939. He was posted as an Instructor to No. 1 E.F.T.S., Hatfield in December 1939, and remained employed in this capacity at various stations and O.T.U.’s until June 1942. On the latter date Welch was posted as Flying Officer for operational service with 23 Squadron (Mosquitoes) at Ford. The Squadron pioneered long-range intruder operations over Northern Europe, and Welch flew on at least 21 with them, including 4 September 1942 ‘Intruder - Melun. Me. 210 Chased & Lost. Unidentified E/A Chased Down V/L + Cannons Fired; Strikes Seen. “Damaged”.’ (Log Book refers) Welch also attacked a train south of Amiens, 18/19 September 1942, resulting in ‘Vivid Flash From One Truck.’ (Ibid) He suffered an engine failure off the French Coast, and crawled home with ‘Petrol Gauge Reading Zero - Whew!’, 24/25 October 1942. The following month he carried out 6 attacks on trains, damaging at least 4 of them. Welch, and his now regular navigator - Flying Officer R. Shuttleworth, achieved their greatest haul, 8 December 1942, when they Destroyed 2 enemy aircraft, and Damaged 2 others during one intruder operation. His Log Book, which has two photographs of the aircraft sustaining damage added, gives the following: ‘Intruder - Bourges, Avord - No Activity. Orleans - Strikes On FW. 200 - “Damaged.” Blew Port Wing Off Ju. 87 - “Destroyed.” Strikes On Bucker 131 - “Damaged.” Hit 2nd Bucker 131; Followed It Down And After 2nd Squirt Stbd Wing Came Off - “Destroyed.” Very Inaccurate Flak From Bricy A/D. Chateaudun: - Useless Extreme Range Squirt At FW. 200. Light Flak From A/D Very Close. Landed Ford. - D.F.C.’ Both Welch and Shuttleworth were to receive the D.F.C. for the above action, however, they were on the receiving end from a FW. 190, 28 December 1942, ‘Intruder - Rennes, No Activity. Vannes, Attacked by FW. 190. Stbd Wing Hit; Evaded & Climbed Into Cloud. Landed Predannack.’ Welch and Shuttleworth were posted to 605 Squadron operating from Heston in January 1943, but were almost immediately attached to 85 Squadron operating from Hunsdon. Welch flew on 11 operational sorties with the latter, including 3 May 1943, ‘Intruder - Dijon, Chalon. No Activity. Fired At Leaving French Coast. Attacked By Two FW. 190’s In Mid-Channel. No Cloud Cover. Evasive Tactics Till 190’s Broke Off Engagement. Hit Twice - Elevator, Rear Of Fuselage, Port Wing (Inner Fuel Tank), And Port Airscrew, Frightened By Two Typhoons. Had To Feather Port Airscrew. Hydraulics U/S. Crash-Landed Ford.’ (Ibid) Welch finally returned to fly with 605 Squadron from Castle Camps in June 1943. He flew a further 9 operational sorties with the Squadron, including two Special Ops for 80 Wing (a radio counter-measures unit), before the completion of his 1st tour in August 1943. After a posting to 60 O.T.U., and then 13 O.T.U., Welch returned to operational flying with 605 Squadron at Manston in May 1944. He was crewed with Flying Officer L. R. Page, D.F.M. and Bar, and added to his tally 27 May 1944, ‘Distil - Heligoland Bight With S/L Geoff Wright. Met 4 Mine-Sweeping Ju. 52’s Off Wangerooge. Geoff Got Two, I Got One. Plenty Flak From Ships And Shore - One Destroyed.’ Welch and Page flew in support of the D-Day Landings, and a large number of ‘Diver Patrols’ and ‘Rangers’ from July 1944. Welch was appointed as a Flight Commander in August, and was to be awarded the Bar to his D.F.C. for taking part in a two aircraft raid over targets in Vienna, 6/7 October 1944. The daring raid was recorded in the Daily Mirror, 9 October 1944 (cutting included with the lot) thus: ‘Tree-top flyers from Britain gave Vienna a shock. Two Mosquitoes flew all the way from Britain to Vienna at tree-top height. And in six minutes they were over their airfield targets on Saturday they smashed up ten German planes, and severely damaged six others. The flight took seven hours and meant a round trip of 1,700 miles. Pilot of Mosquito No. 1 was Squadron Leader L. W. H. Welch, D.F.C., of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, a pre-war newspaper reporter. His observer was Flying Officer L. R. Page, D.F.M. and Bar, of Ipswich. “We flew at tree-top height all the way without seeing a solitary Hun”, Squadron Leader Welch said last night. “As we neared Vienna there seemed to be a lot of activity. People looked up and waved to us - then they made a mad dash in all directions. One large air park was packed with enemy machines bunched together all over the place. We just swooped down and sprayed them with cannon and left them a smouldering mass of wreckage.” The other Mosquito was piloted by Flight Lieutenant A. J. Craven. Welch’s Log Book gives the following additional information: ‘Ranger Vienna Area. No A/C Seen At Tulln: Accurate Heavy Flak. Two Ju. 52’s Destroyed (Flamers) On Ground At Fischamend Markt: Accurate Light Flak. At Münchendorf, One Me. 108 Damaged As It Was Landing; Two Ju. 87’s And One He. III Damaged On Ground: Holed By Heavy Flak While Diving For Another Attack; A.S.I. U/S So Packed Up. Attacked By Fighters On Return Trip; Evaded & Found Cloud Cover. Landed ...
A good Second War D.F.C., D.F.M. group of seven awarded to Air Observer Flight Lieutenant R. T. Lambert, Royal Air Force, who completed 59 operational sorties over some of the most heavily defended German targets Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1942; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (514164. Sgt. R. Lambert. R.A.F.) suspension claw re-pinned; 1939-45 Star; copy Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (7) £2,800-£3,400 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 26 May 1942. The original Recommendation, dated 23 March 1942, states: ‘This Warrant Officer has taken his place as Air Observer on fifty-six operations during his two tours, which included several attacks on such heavily defended targets as Berlin, Wilhelmshaven, and the Ruhr. At all times his Captain has spoken most highly of his ability as a Navigator, and his coolness and efficiency, as a Bomb Aimer in the face of the heaviest defences. I consider him to be one of the very best Observers in this squadron who by his coolness and enthusiasm acts as a most excellent example to everyone, and most strongly recommend him for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. Remarks by Station Commander: I concur with the remarks of the Squadron Commander and I consider that this Warrant Officer’s determination and tenacity strongly commend him.’ D.F.M. London Gazette 30 July 1940. The original Recommendation, dated 21 June 1940, states: ‘This airman has been continuously engaged as Air Observer on operational flying since the beginning of the war, his own personal record being 5 long sweeps and 17 bombing operations. At all times he has displayed a very high standard of enthusiasm and an indefatigable devotion to duty under the most trying conditions when in action, while his unfailing cheerfulness during long periods of standing-by, and particularly when preparing for operations, have been of the greatest value in sustaining the high state of morale in his flight. In particular his sound navigation and backing of his Captain and Section Leader at the time was largely responsible for enabling the Section to make successful dawn and twilight attacks, without loss, on Stavanger Aerodrome on 14 and 30 April 1940, respectively. Since the death in action of the remainder of his crew he has taken over the duties of Navigator to his Flight Commander with undiminished cheerfulness and enthusiasm and continued to set the finest example to all ranks. Remarks by Station Commander: Strongly recommended. Characterised by his extreme enthusiasm and a complete disregard of enemy action, set a splendid example to others Remarks by Air Officer Commanding: The efficiency and imperturbability of this N.C.O. have undoubtedly been of the utmost value to his unit. He possesses a temperament which makes him ideally suited for employment in a heavy bomber squadron where his determination, courage, and thoroughness have been well tested.’ Ronald Truzwell Lambert was born on 9 November 1905 and served during the Second World War with the Royal Air Force, initially as an Air Observer with 115 Squadron, based at R.A.F. Marham, flying Wellingtons. His first operational sortie was a sweep over the North Sea on 8 October 1939. His first bombing raid, on Heligoland, was on 3 December 1939; he followed that up with raids on Bergen, Stavanger (twice - see DFM recommendation), and various aerodromes in France, before switching targets to Germany in June 1940, with raids on Duisberg (twice), Baden-Baden, Hamburg (three times), Essen (twice), Bremen, Hamm (twice), Gotha, and Kiel, with his final raid being to Hamburg on 12 August 1940. For his gallantry during his first operational tour Lambert was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. Posted to 15 Squadron, based at R.A.F. Wyton, flying Stirlings, Lambert began his second operational tour with a raid on Bremen on 15 September 1941; further targets included Frankfurt, Bremen (twice), Brest (seven times), the Skoda Works at Pilsen, Berlin, Wilhelmshaven, the Tirpitz raid on Trondheim, and three raids on Essen, with his final operational sortie taking place on 12 April 1942. For his services during his second operational tour he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Commissioned Pilot Officer on 1 December 1942, he remained in the Royal Air Force following the conclusion of hostilities, and was appointed to a permanent commission in the Technical Branch. He retired on 31 December 1960, his final appointment being Station Armament Officer at R.A.F. Chivenor. Sold together with the recipient’s two Commission Documents; named Certificate for the Coronation Medal; a scrap book containing various letters, newspaper cuttings &c., other ephemera; and a large quantity of copied research, including details of all his operational sorties with both squadrons.
A rare Boer War D.C.M. and Great War ‘Mesopotamia, attack on Dujailah Redoubt March 1916’ Second Award Bar group of eight awarded to Captain W. G. Hudson, 1/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R., with Second Award Bar (2208 Serjt: W. G. Hudson. 1st Devon: Regt.); India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (2208 Sergt. W. G. Hudson. 1st Bn. Devon: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (2208 Sgt. W. G. Hudson, Devon: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2208 Clr-Serjt: W. G. Hudson. Devon: Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. W. G. Hudson.); Coronation 1911 (2208 Sergt. Mjr. W. G. Hudson 6th Bn. Devon Regt.) privately engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2208 C. Sjt: W. G. Hudson. Devon Regt.) medals unmounted, contact marks and minor edge nicks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (8) £7,000-£9,000 --- Provenance: Spink, July 2010. D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901. D.C.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 20 October 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and resource in getting up ammunition and supplies under heavy fire during an action.’ Annotated Gazette states ‘Es Sinn 8.3.16’. M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901; 10 October 1916; 27 August 1918; and 5 June 1919. William George Hudson, was born at Karachi, India (now Pakistan) on 31 May 1870, enlisted into the Devonshire Regiment in November 1888 and served with the Regiment in Egypt until the end of 1892, being promoted to Corporal in December of that year. He arrived in India in January 1893, was promoted to Sergeant in September 1895, and served with the North West Frontier Force in Tirah, July 1897. He served with the Regiment in South Africa from September 1899 to January 1902, and was present at the Defence of Ladysmith, operations in Natal, including the action at Elandslaagte, 21 October 1899, and operations in the Transvaal, including the action at Belfast, 26-27 August 1900 (awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and Mentioned in Despatches). He was posted to the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, in April 1904, and received his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in November 1906. Hudson served with the 6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment during the Great War in the Mesopotamia Theatre from 5 January 1916 to 11 November 1918, being thrice Mentioned in Despatches and awarded a Bar to his Distinguished Conduct Medal, for the period in which the Battalion was part of the 36th Brigade involved in the unsuccessful attack on the Dujaila redoubt, 8-9 March 1916, as part of the efforts to break the siege of Kut, in which the Brigade suffered 24 per cent casualties. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, 13 June 1916; appointed Adjutant, 24 August 1916; returned with the unit to India, 3 April 1919, demobilized back in England, 5 November 1919; Captain, 6th Devonshire Regiment Territorial Army Reserve, 26 June 1920; appointed Officer-Commanding Barnstaple Depot, 1920; retired in May 1927, after 38 years’ service. He combined these duties with a post as Physical Education Instructor at Barnstaple Boys’ Grammar School before finally severing his links with the Regiment to become a publican. In the 1930s he was ‘mine host’ at the “Golden Fleece” in Gloucester. Captain Hudson died in Gloucester in 1937. To be sold with the following original related items and documents: 3 Territorial Army Rifle Association prize medals, silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1924), reverse engraved ‘Lord Lieutenant’s Challenge Shield 1925 Captain Hudson’; bronze (2), reverses engraved ‘High Sheriff’s Challenge Shield 1925 Captain Hudson’ and ‘Lord Lieutenant’s Challenge Shield 1926/2nd/ 6th Bn Devonshire Regt.’; original commission appointing William George Hudson as 2nd Lieutenant, Territorial Force, dated 13 June 1916; certificate appointing the recipient Quarter Master, Territorial Force, dated 29 June 1920; three Mentioned in Despatches Certificates, dated 24 August 1916 (Lt-Gen. Sir Percy Lake), 15 April 1918 (Lt-Gen. W. R. Marshall), and 7 February 1919 (Lt-Gen. Sir W. R. Marshall); and a fair copy of the recipient’s record of service, together with other copied research.
A Great War 1915 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Acting Corporal C. R. Grace, ‘K’ Cable Section, Royal Engineers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (27200 L.Cpl. C. R. Grace. ‘K’ Cable Sec. R.E.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (27200 Sapr: C. R. Grace. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (27200 A. Cpl. C. R. Grace. R.E.) light contact marks, otherwise generally good very fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty; he worked alone for an hour under very heavy shell fire repairing the permanent line of telegraphs, and completed his work quickly and efficiently though five bays had been broken down.’ Annotated Gazette states ‘Bethune Station 18.6.15’. Chandos R. Grace attested for the Royal Engineers and served with ‘K’ Cable Section, R.E. during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914 (clasp to Star confirmed). He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his services at Bethune on 18 June 1915. Sold with copied research.
A Great War ‘Ypres 1915’ D.C.M. awarded to Private W. J. Park, 2nd Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment, who later served with the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada and died in service in July 1944 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10584 Pte. W. J. Park. 2/R. Lanc. Regt.) together with Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal, Canadian issue in silver; and Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (K.52772 Pte. W. J. Park) this in case of issue with Ministry of National Defence enclosure named to Mrs E. G. Park, February 1945, the first with edge bruising and polished, good fine, otherwise very fine or better (5) £500-£700 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 April 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Ypres, on 17th February 1915 when he conveyed a message to the fire trenches, although wounded in the thigh on the way, and then joined in the attack on the German trenches. After the attack he conveyed another message to his Headquarters, and was then taken into the hospital.’ William James Park, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, died on 2 July 1944, and is buried in Limpsfield (St Peter) Churchyard, Surrey. He was the husband of Eleanor Gladys Park, of Limpsfield.
A Great War ‘Battle of Ypres’ Stretcher Bearer’s D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private S. Fryer, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6451 Pte. S. Fryer. 2/Essex Regt); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6451 Pte. S. Fryer. Essex Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6451 Pte. S. Fryer. 2/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (6451 Pte. S. Fryer. Essex R.) edge bruising and contact marks to QSA, otherwise generally very fine and better (5) £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Spink, April 2005. D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as stretcher bearer. Privates Doyle and Fryer repeatedly exposed themselves to heavy fire in order to collect the wounded.’ Annotated Gazette states ‘Ypres.’ Sydney Fryer attested for the Essex Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War in 1902, and subsequently during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 September 1914. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his services as a stretcher bearer during the Battle of Ypres, he subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps. Sold with copied research.
A Great War ‘St Louis, Courtrai sector, October 1918’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Company Sergeant-Major L. B. Greenwood, 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10544 C.S. Mjr. L. B. Greenwood. 1/R. Dub: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (10544 W.O. Cl. 2 L. Greenwood. R.D. Fus.) mounted for display, very light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 12 March 1919; citation published 2 December 1919: ‘For fine courage and good work. Near St. Louis, in the Courtrai sector, on 20th October, 1918, when his company was held up by machine-gun fire, he led forward a Lewis-gun team over an area swept by the enemy’s fire. He selected a position 100 yards away from the enemy where he could bring a cross-fire to bear in conjunction with another Lewis gun. Having put the enemy guns out of action, he gallantly rushed the position, and so enabled his company to advance.’ Sold with some research including copy of Regimental War Diary for October 1918, with attached Adjutant’s report of the operations of 20-21 October 1918.
A fine and rare Great War ‘Ledeghem, October 1918’ operations D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant C. Hayes, 1st/2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (265302 Sjt. C. Hayes, 1/2 Mon: R.); 1914 Star, with slide-on clasp (1774 Pte. C. Hayes. 1/2 Mon: R.); British War and Victory Medals (1774 Sjt. C. Hayes. Monmouth. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (265302 Sjt. C. Hayes. 1/2 Mon: R.) edge bruising, contact marks and polished, thus good fine or better and a unique combination to the Regiment (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- Provenance: The Collection of Medals to the Monmouthshire Regiment formed by Lt. Col. P. A. Blagojevic, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2006. The only D.C.M., M.S.M. combination to the Monmouthshires for the Great War. D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1920: ‘For marked gallantry and devotion to duty during continuous service with the Battalion, particularly during the operations east of Ledeghem on 14 October 1918. He was in charge of two sections detailed to advance with the leading wave of infantry and secure the crossing of the Heulebeek by laying infantry foot-bridges. Under very heavy shell fire he succeeded in getting to his objective.’ M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered with the forces in France during the present war.’ Clifford Hayes, a native of Pontnewynydd, was a pre-war Territorial who was called up on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914 and embarked for France that November, where, no doubt, he witnessed incidents from the famous “Christmas Truce”. Nor was he the only member of his family to answer the call for King and Country, The Free Press of Monmouthshire reporting that: ‘Mr. John Hayes, late Master Tailor, 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, who resides at 24 Machine Meadow, Pontnewynydd, has five sons serving their King and Country ... four in the Territorials and one (Ivor) in the New Army (4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers). Two of their sons, Francis John Hayes and Herbert Hayes, served through the South African War in the 2nd Battalion of the famous 24th (South Wales Borderers) Regiment. Francis John holds the Queen’s and King’s Medals for the South African campaign. Herbert is still serving his old regiment at the depot in Brecon [Ivor was subsequently killed in action in Gallipoli on 7 August 1915].’ Then in June 1918 The Free Press of Monmouthshire reported that Hayes’ parents had received a copy of their son Clifford’s G.O.C., 29th Division Commendation Certificate: ‘I have read with much pleasure the reports of your regimental commander regarding your gallant conduct during the past three years and at Cambrai: I have ordered your name and deed to be entered in the record of the 29th Division.’ And in the following month another feature reported on the award of his Meritorious Service Medal: ‘On the recommendation of Lieutenant-Colonel J. Evans, commanding the Monmouthshire Regiment, Sergeant Clifford Hayes has been awarded the M.S.M., and was decorated with the ribbon by the General before his comrades in France on 3 July 1918, when his record was read out: He has rendered most valuable service with the Battalion in France since 5 November 1914. He has always undertaken difficult and dangerous tasks with cheerfulness under heavy shell fire, which has served as a fine example to the men working under him. He set an excellent example of coolness and courageous conduct during the operations near Cambrai 20 November to 6 December 1917.’ As cited above, it was following further gallantry enacted in the operations at Ledeghem in October 1918, that Hayes was awarded his D.C.M. He had, however, one final duty to perform prior to being demobilised: ‘On 19 July, a Colour Party consisting of Lieutenant H. T. Nelmes, M.C., Lieutenant H. L. I. Hughes, Sergeant W. Williams, D.C.M., M.M., and Sergeant C. Hayes, D.C.M., representing the Battalion, marched in the Great Peace Demonstration in London’ (Battalion history refers).
A rare Great War King’s African Rifles D.C.M. and Nyasaland Badge of Certificate of Honour group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal Misesa, 2/2 King’s African Rifles, later Sergeant, Nyasaland Police King’s African Rifles Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (2571 L. Cpl. Misesa. 2/2 K.A.R.); British War and Victory Medals (2571 L/C Misesa 2/K A R ) the British War Medal with all but regimental details erased; Badge of the Certificate of Honour, for Nyasaland Protectorate, large oval bronze neck badge, the first three heavily polished and worn, therefore poor, the last better (4) £800-£1,000 --- K.A.R. D.C.M. East African Force General Routine Order No. 99 of 24 February 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action and devotion to duty. This N.C.O. has always shown great initiative and disregard of danger in the employment of his Lewis Gun and on more than one occasion, has by the intelligent use of support fire, enabled his Company to press forward. He has always shown a fine example to the men of his team.’ (Ref. TNA CO/534/36) Certificate and Badge of Honour Nyasaland Government Gazette 10 June 1948: ‘1148 Sgt. Misesa, D.C.M., Nyasaland Police.’ Misesa, son of Lima, was a member of the Yao tribe from the village of Masanje, in the Fort Johnstone district of Southern Nyasa. He attested for the King’s African Rifles on 1 March 1916, aged 23 years. As a trained soldier and Lewis Gunner he fought in the German East Africa campaign of 1916 and 1917, and in the German East Africa campaign of 1918, being appointed Lance-Corporal on 1 June 1918. He was discharged at Zomba on 27 October 1928, and afterwards served as a Sergeant in the Nyasaland Police. Sold with copied research including full attestation and discharge papers.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant F. C. Wickes, 13th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Military Medal, G.V.R. (R-31579 Sjt. F. C. Wickes. 13/K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-31579 Sjt. F. Wickes. K.R. Rif. C.) the British War Medal officially re-impressed, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private S. T. Thorogood, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, late 18th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) Military Medal, G.V.R. (56533 Pte. S. T. Thorogood. 18/K.R. Rif. C.) number partially officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (4105 Pte. S. T. Thorogood. 18-Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919. Samuel Thomas Thorogood attested for the 18th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) at West Brompton, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, before transferring to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps.
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private R. Hale, 4th Battalion, 1st Central Ontario Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (730567 Pte. R. Hale 4/Bn: 1/C. Ont. R.); British War and Victory Medals (730567 Pte. R. Hale. 4-Can. Inf.) nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919.
A Second War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Flight Sergeant J. C. Arrowsmith, 426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (R.84654 Flt. Sjt. Joseph C. Arrowsmith R.C.A.F.); Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these last three unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, very fine (4) £200-£240 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 13 June 1946. The recommendation states: ‘Flight Sergeant Arrowsmith enlisted 1st January 1941 and proceeded overseas in October 1942. He was store keeper at No. 426 Squadron, where his excellent work as an equipment Assistant obtained for him a Senior non-commissioned Officer position in the Royal Canadian Air Force Auxiliary Services Warehouse. He has been largely responsible for the excellent system of recording undeliverable parcels and disposing of their contents to Royal Canadian Air Force units throughout the United Kingdom and further afield. In January 1944 he became the Senior non-commissioned officer in charge of the Warehouse where his handling of the staff and maintenance of records has been noteworthy.’ Joseph Camp Arrowsmith was born at St John, New Brunswick, on 21 April 1908. He enlisted on 1 January 1941, and was appointed to No. 1 Equipment Depot, 14 February 1941; to School of Technical Training, 1 March 1941; to No. 119 (B.R.) Squadron, 24 April 1941; to Halifax, 23 June 1941; to No. 6 C.A.G., 15 January 1942; repatriated 6 October 1946, and released on 20 November 1946. British Empire Medal presented on 20 April 1948. Sold with copied research.
Six: Second Lieutenant W. T. Gillard, Royal Field Artillery, late Royal Horse Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (69010 Sergt. W. T. Gillard. C. Batty. R.H.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg (69010 Serjt: W. T. Gillard. R Bty: R.H.A.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (78977 B.S. Mjr. W. T. Gillard. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W. T. Gillard.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (69010 Sjt: W. T. Gillard. R.H.A.) nearly very fine (6) £300-£400 --- W. T. Gillard served with the 33rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November 1914, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 22 January 1915.
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Col. C. E. L. Bluett 2d. Bn. Ches. R.) together with a small water-colour portrait as an Ensign in the 55th Foot, 24x18cm, in gilt glazed frame, good very fine £400-£500 --- Charles Edward Lane Bluett was born in Jersey on 15 March 1836, third son of Peter Frederick Bluett. He was commissioned Ensign in the 55th Foot on 15 January 1856, and transferred as a Lieutenant to the 32nd Foot, 5 February 1858; Captain, by purchase, 32nd Foot, 25 September 1860. Transferred to the 22nd Foot as Captain and was promoted to Major in the 2nd Battalion on 22 August 1873, becoming Lieutenant-Colonel on 21 April 1882, and Colonel on 21 April 1886. He commanded the 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment in Burma from 20 November 1887 to 18 April 1888 (Medal with clasp). He retired in 1890 and afterwards lived at Tomohun House, Torquay, Devon, where he died on 1 April 1919.
Three: Colour Sergeant Instructor F. A. Mihill, Northamptonshire Regiment, later Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteers and Essex Regiment India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (3650 Lce. Corpl. F. Mihill 1st. Bn. North’n Regt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (18603 C. Sjt. F. A. Mihill. Essex R.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1st. Cl: Sergt. Instr. F. A. Mihill. 1st. Bn. B.B. & C.I.R. Volrs.) edge bruising, very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Frederick Albert Mihill was born in Chatham, Kent, in 1873 and attested there for the Northamptonshire Regiment on 11 December 1891, having previously served in the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Essex Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 16 February 1894, and was promoted Corporal on 30 November 1898; Sergeant on 11th August 1900; and Colour Sergeant on 4 April 1903. He transferred to the Indian Unemployed List as a 2nd Class Sergeant Instructor, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles on 25 September 1907, and was promoted 1st Class Sergeant Instructor on 4 October 1908. Mihill transferred to the 1st Battalion Essex Regiment (presumably to stay in India) on 1 September 1909, but soon returned as an Instructor for the Auxiliary Forces of India, and served with the 1st Battalion Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Volunteers, being awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with Gratuity per Indian Army Order 239 dated 25 April 1910. He was discharged on 4 January 1913, having been appointed a Platform Inspector with the Indian Railways. Following the outbreak of the Great War Mihill re-enlisted in the Essex Regiment at Bombay on 25 January 1915, and was promoted Colour Sergeant the same day. He joined the 3rd Battalion on 16 March 1915, and was appointed acting Company Sergeant Major on 14 October 1915. After serving during the Great War both in India and at home with various Reserve and Garrison Battalions (and so not entitled to the Victory Medal) he was finally discharged on 6 November 1919, and died in Devon in 1955. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (276 Sepoy Shama 37th. Bl. Infy.) traces of additional clasp(s) having at some point been affixed; India General Service 1908-35 (2), 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (9354 Spr. Jiwan Singh, R. Bo. S. & M.); 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (6755 Sep. Khuda Bakhsh, 4-11 Sikh R.) generally nearly very fine (3) £80-£100
India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4978 Pte. R. Mills. 2d. Bn. Oxf: Lt Infy) pawn-broker’s mark to edge, minor edge bruise, good very fine £120-£160 --- Richard Mills was born in Headington, Oxford, in 1873 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry Militia on 13 December 1894. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Tirah Campaign on the North West Frontier of India, and died of disease in 1898. He is commemorated on the Tirah Campaign Memorial in Oxford. Sold with copied attestation papers, medal roll extracts, and other research.
Four: Major J. H. Foreshaw, East Lancashire Regiment, later Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches during the Great War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut. J. H. Forshaw, E: Lanc: Rgt:) engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Capt. J. H. Forshaw. R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Major J. H. Forshaw.) very fine (4) £240-£280 --- John Horrocks Forshaw was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the East Lancashire Regiment on 10 January 1900, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War. He transferred to the West India Regiment on 12 September 1900, and then as a Captain to the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 1 July 1914. He served with the 45th Infantry Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 March 1915, and for his services during the Great War was advanced Major and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 January 1917).
Four: Battery Sergeant Major R. Campbell, Royal Horse Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Robert Campbell. C. Troop. R.H.A.) depot impressed naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Sergt. Robt. Campbell. Rl. H. Art.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (Batty. Sergt. Major R. Campbell, B. Bde. R.H.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Robert Campbell. G. Troop. Royal Horse Artillery) contemporarily impressed naming, plugged and fitted with a Crimea-style suspension, traces of lacquer, generally very fine (4) £700-£900 --- Robert Campbell was born in Glasgow in 1834 and attested there for the Royal Horse Artillery on 10 November 1852. He served with C Troop in the Crimea from May 1854 to June 1856, and was promoted Bombardier on 29 September 1855, and Corporal on 23 February 1856. Promoted Sergeant on 4 November 1856, he saw further service with E Troop in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny from 7 November 1857 to 21 April 1862, and was wounded slightly in the neck on 11 June 1858. He was advanced Battery Sergeant Major on 18 January 1864, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal shortly before finally being discharged on 25 November 1873, after 21 years and 16 days’ service. He was later an in-pensioner at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
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India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (Lt. I. H. McHang [sic], 4-16 Punjab R.) good very fine £140-£180 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 3 May 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma.’ The original Recommendation, dated 12 February 1945, for an Immediate Award, states: ‘Arakan, 31 January to 12 February 1945. Lieutenant-Colonel McHarg commands the 7th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment. After a series of independent operations in the Akyab-Minbya area his Battalion joined 51 Indian Infantry Brigade which had recently captured Kangaw, and the feature Melrose, overlooking the road. On disembarkation at the beach he found that a strong Japanese force had firmly established itself on the northern portion of Hill 170, 500 yards away. Enemy motor machine guns were firing from the dense jungle bordering the chaung flanking the hill. The open paddy between the beach and Hill 170 was under constant and heavy artillery fire. Lieutenant-Colonel McHarg was instructed to assist the Commandos to evict the enemy from their positions, which so gravely threatened the beach, the base, and the line of communication to the battalions forward in the Kangaw area. Rapidly collecting, under cover, his troops who were arriving in numerous small craft, he first destroyed the motor machine guns and enemy parties in the flanking jungle. It was now dark, but he probed the enemy positions on Hill 170 with fighting patrols. Having suffered a number of casualties he stopped his patrols and kept the enemy pinned all night. Early the ... [page 2 of Recommendation missing at the Public Records Office].’ M.C. London Gazette 8 February 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Burma and on the Eastern Frontier of India.’ The original Recommendation, dated 1 July 1944, for a Periodic Award, states: ‘Kaladan, 10 April to 6 June 1944. Temporary Major I. H. McHarg took over as Officer Commanding of the 7/16 Punjab Regiment from Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Hubert when the latter assumed command of Hubforce in the Kaladan Valley. Without previous experience of battle or command of a battalion, Major I. H. McHarg conducted the Battalion in operations throughout with excellent results. The operations were not of a normal character, with improvisation and isolation being two of the many difficulties confronting him. Throughout the period the Battalion was engaged for all intents and purposes as a detached unit. Temporary Major McHarg showed skill in conduct of operations and his administration of the battalion under difficult circumstances was most satisfactory resulting in very satisfactory results of all engagements with the enemy. During the five nights fighting on the frontier positions Major McHarg showed determination, courage, and devotion to duty. His conduct was an inspiration to all ranks.’ Ian Hume McHarg was born on 25 November 1912 and was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Unattached List, Indian Army, on 1 September 1932, and was appointed to the 4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment on 12 November 1933. Promoted Lieutenant on 1 December 1934, he served with the 4th Battalion on the North West Frontier of India in the Mohmand campaign in 1935, as well as on the North West Frontier 1936-37 (also entitled to an India General Service Medal 1936-39 with both clasps). Promoted Captain on 1 September 1940, and temporary Major on 24 June 1943, he served during the Second World War in Burma in command of the 7th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment, and was awarded both the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross. He retired with the rank of Honorary Colonel on 25 February 1949.
India General Service 1908-35 (3), 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (2) (277 Rfmn. Siribahadur Rai, 3-7 Grks.; 2756 L. Nk. Bahadur Gurung, 2/10/Gks.); 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, Waziristan 1921-24 (2606 Rfm. Harkabahadur Gurung, 2-3 G.R.) this with officially re-impressed naming; India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (12865 Sep. Ishar Dass, 3-14 Punjab R.) very fine or better (4) £100-£140
1914 Star (MS-3724 Pte. F. O. Brand. A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star (L-6069 Gnr: S. Gilbert. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Q.M. & Lieut. A. Triggs; M2-153104 Pte. W. F. Erichsen. A.S.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (3761 Pte. F. Pratt. Linc. R.); Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (Dvr. W. Adams. C.A.H.T.C.) generally very fine or better Pair: Albert E. Davis, Mercantile Marine British and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Albert E. Davis) very fine (8) £80-£100
1914-15 Star (4) (L-23782 A. Bmbdr. W. H. Smith. R.F.A.; 1083. Gnr. H. G. Swindell. R.F.A.; 563 Dvr. D. Watson. R.F.A.; 36119 Gnr. H. R. Knowles. R.G.A.) very fine (4) £80-£100 --- William Henry Smith from Wandsworth was killed in action whilst serving with the 156th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on 3 July 1917. He is buried in the Boyelles Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Harold George Swindell of Wood Green in London was just 20 when he was killed in action whilst with the 282nd (3rd City of London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on 22 September 1916, and is buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, France. David Watson served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 December 1914, and died on 7 June 1915 whilst serving with the 27th Division Ammunition Column. He is buried at the Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension, France.
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