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Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb)
Lot 503

Three: Police Constable M. R. Tullett, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. M. Tullett. G Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C. M. Tullett. P Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. M. Tullett.) nearly very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Matthew Richard Tullett was born at Nuthurst, Sussex, on 17 May 1868, and joined the Metropolitan Police on 31 May 1892, being posted to ‘G’ Division (Finsbury). He transferred to ‘P’ Division (Camberwell) on 16 January 1901, and resigned from the Force on 11 August 1919, after 27 years 52 days service, aged 51. He died at Chelsham, Surrey, on 16 May 1954. Sold with research including Metropolitan Police record of service.

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Lot 162

Pair: Staff Commander Robert Studwell, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (Robert Studwell, Volr.); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (2) £1,800-£2,200 --- Robert Studwell was a Volunteer 2nd Class in H.M.S. Asia at the battle of Navarino (Medal). He was Second Master in charge of Savage on the north coast of Spain, 1836-40. He was appointed Master on 20 August 1840 [this rank later re-designated as Navigating Lieutenant] and was subsequently passed in pilotage for a line-of-battle ship. He was Master of Firebrand in the action of Obligado, the passage of San Lorenzo, and in repeated boat service actions in the Parana River, 1845-46. He was Master of the Caesar in the Baltic in 1854. Studwell was promoted to Staff Commander on reserved half-pay on 11 June 1863, and is still listed in the Navy List for 1883. Operations in the Parana River 1845-46 Studwell was a participant in the little-known naval operations up the Parana River in the Argentine Republic during 1845 and 1846, where an Anglo-French Squadron was formed to combat the outrages of the dictator, Don Juan Manuel de Rosas. In November 1845, passage up the the Parana River was blocked (by Rosas) to commercial passage by a boom of twenty-four hulks, chained together, stretching half a mile from side to side, with troops and heavy guns lining both banks of the river. Here, at Punta Obligado, on 20 November the British endeavours, in a boat action, led to the chains being cut and the boom broken. Furthermore, parties of seamen and marines were landed who took the Argentine batteries and drove off the enemy troops. The British Squadron consisted of H.M. Ships Gorgon (Captain James Hotham), Firebrand (Captain James Hope), Philomel (Commander B. J. Sulivan), Comus (Commander T. S. Thompson), Dolphin (Lieut. & Commander R. J. T. Levigne), and the one-gun schooner Fanny (Lieutenant Astley Cooper Key). Casualties amounted to nine men killed and 27 wounded in this action but no medals were ever given beyond a K.C.B. for Hotham and a C.B. for Hope. Even as late as March 1870 the lack of medallic rewards still rankled with a group of survivors, who asked the Admiralty of a medal could be granted for their former services, a request which their Lordships regretted they could not comply.

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Lot 453

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1897 (Tpr. Walter Tate, Vict. Rifles.) good very fine £400-£500 --- Walter Tait (listed as R. J. Tait on the latest published transcript of the medal roll) served as a Trooper with the Victoria Rifles in Rhodesia in 1896, and with the Garrison Volunteers in Mashonaland in 1897.

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Lot 251

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private J. Craig, Royal Scots Fusiliers Distinguished Conduct Medal (16990 Pte. J. Craig. 2/R. Sc: Fus:); 1914-15 Star (16990 Pte. J. Craig. R. Sco: Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (16990 Pte. J. Craig. R.S. Fus.) nearly very fine (4) £700-£900 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 12 March 1919; citation published 2 December 1919: ‘During the recent advance east of Ledeghem from 14 to 17 October 1918, he displayed the highest qualities of gallantry, coolness and devotion to duty in the face of heavy enemy machine-gun fire. On 14 October, near Spark Farm, he rushed an enemy machine gun post single handed and bombed the crew who were holding up the advance on the right with their fire. This act was successful in silencing the gun, and he took five prisoners. Immediately afterwards he was wounded. Throughout his conduct was an inspiring example to his comrades.’ James Craig attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers and served initially with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 August 1915. He transferred to the 2nd Battalion, part of 28th Brigade, 9th (Scottish Division and it was while serving with this battalion that he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions at Spark Farm, near Ledeghem on 14 October 1918. On 28 September 1918 an allied force commanded by the King of the Belgians attacked on a 20 mile front from Dixmude to Ploegsteert Wood. Ninth Division with 28th Brigade on the right and 26th Brigade on the left attacked in the Broodseinde area and had achieved all of their objectives by 11:45 a.m. On 5 October, 28th Brigade with 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers in reserve attacked and captured the Keiberg Spur. The following day the battalion attacked at Rolleghemcapelle and gained its objective with 130 casualties. Then came the advance from Ledeghem to the Scheldt, the Lys being crossed on 20 October. At the cessation of hostilities on 11 November the battalion was in billets at Cuerne. The Battalion War Diary gives the following account: 13 October 1918: Making up battle equipment and relieved 26th Brigade in left centre, w of Ledeghem: heavy shelling (HE and gas) on way up to line, about 50 casualties, killed, wounded and missing, relief complete midnight. 14 October 1918: Attacked under heavy barrage at 5.30am. Heavy fog delayed operations for about 1 hour near Rolleghemcappelle. Objective reached by about 2pm. Casualties: 2/Lt Clarke, Johnson, Kirk and Ronald wounded : OR 130, killed wounded and missing. Dig in on objective. 15 October 1918: Attack continued by 27th Brigade, 28th Brigade in reserve. Objective west bank of Lys reached in afternoon. Battalion moved in to billets at Capelle St Catherine.’ Sold with copied research.

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Lot 5

Three: Colour Sergeant A. R. Ayres, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Cape Colony, second clasp loose on riband (3840 Sejt. A. R. Ayers, Oxford: Lt. Inft.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 3840 Serjt. A. R. Ayres. Oxford: L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3840 C. Sjt: A. R. Ayres. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) edge bruising and light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £220-£260 --- Arthur Robert Ayres was born at Tylers Green, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at High Wycombe on 3 February 1892. He was appointed Lance Corporal in the 1st Battalion on 6 September 1893, and was promoted Corporal on 23 February 1895, and Sergeant on 29 November 1897. He was transferred to the Army Reserve on 3 February 1899, but was recalled to the Colours for service in the South African War on 4 December 1899. He was intended to be demobilised in May 1903, but elected to re-enlist as Sergeant on 16 March 1903. He was again discharged on termination of his second period of engagement on 2 February 1913. His service papers confirm the medal and clasp entitlement for the Q.S.A. and K.S.A., however the medal roll for the Q.S.A., only notes entitlement to the Relief of Kimberley clasp. He died on 24 May 1940, whilst living on the Cowley Road, Oxford. Sold with a photograph of the recipient; and copied research.

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Lot 356

Three: Private F. J. Strong, Wiltshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (16088 Pte. F. J. Strong. Wilts. R.); British War and Victory Medals (16068 Pte. F. J. Strong. Wilts. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Frederick James Strong was born at Crawley, Witney, Oxfordshire in 1895 and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment at Oxford in September 1914 . He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915, before being posted to the 79th Company, Machine Gun Corps, and served with them in Salonika. He contracted Malaria, and was evacuated from Salonika on the Hospital Ship Glengorm Castle to Malta in October 1918. He was discharged in the category ‘sick and wounded’ in February 1919. Sold together with nine hallmarked sterling silver sporting prize fob medals relating to the Witney and District cricket and football leagues, mostly uninscribed but dated from the mid 1920’s to the mid 1930’s; a Wiltshire Regiment brass cap badge with slider; and a Machine Gun Corps gilt brass cap badge with slider.

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Lot 243

The important Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant T. R. Conning, 2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, a ‘happy-go-lucky’ subaltern of ‘natural jollity’ who was one of ‘the most popular officers with the men of the Battalion’ - and who appears in much of the literature that emerged from the ranks of his regiment, not least Dunn’s The War the Infantry Knew and Siegfried Sassoon’s Memoirs of an Infantry Officer: a close friend of Sassoon’s, news of his death in action in May 1917 is also said to have been among the catalysts that prompted the war poet to make public his famous anti-war statement - ‘Finished with the War: A Soldier’s Declaration’ Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, with Royal Mint case; 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. T. R. Conning, R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. T. R. Conning); Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Thomas Rothesay Conning), remnants of adhesive to reverses, nearly extremely fine (5) £5,000-£6,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2015 (subsequently reunited with Aucott’s medals). M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917: ‘For distinguished service in the Field.’ Thomas Rothesay Conning was born in London in January 1892, the son of a commercial clerk. His father having died towards the end of the same decade, Thomas’s mother Elizabeth married Edwin Aucott, who ran the St. James’s Tavern on the corner of Denman Street and Shaftesbury Avenue and, following his death in 1913, Alphonse “Papa” De Hem, a retired Dutch sea captain who ran “The Macclesfield”, a popular pub and oyster bar just off Shaftesbury Street - which establishment continues to flourish to this day as the “De Hems” bar and restaurant. In his Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, in which Conning appears under the pseudonym ‘Dunning’, Sassoon refers to the former speaking about ‘the eccentric old ladies who lived in mother’s boarding house.’ Thomas, who attended Archbishop Tenison’s Grammar School, was residing with his mother at the St. James’s Tavern in Denman Street when he attested for the 16th Battalion, London Regiment (The Queen’s Westminster Rifles) in September 1914. The Battalion went to France at the year’s end and he was advanced to Acting Corporal in February 1915. Royal Welch Fusiliers: wounded - second close call Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Welch Fusiliers in May 1915, Conning was posted to the 2nd Battalion that November, the commencement of a distinguished career that included appointments as Bombing Officer, Lewis Gun Officer and Acting Adjutant; a period, too, that witnessed his growing friendship with Siegfried Sassoon and many other stalwarts of the 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers - thus a spate of references to him in related literature, not least Dunn’s The War the Infantry Knew, in which he is described as one of ‘the most popular officers with the men in the battalion.’ One of Conning’s first significant actions occurred in the Cambrai sector on 8 April 1916, when he was wounded in a trench raid - only the second occasion on which the battalion had employed the Bangalore torpedo. On 22 June 1916, the enemy exploded the Red Dragon Mine, causing 2/R.W.F. around 100 casualties, including over 50 killed. As recounted by Captain H. M. Blair in Dunn’s history, Conning was fortunate to survive: ‘About half an hour after midnight I began a round with my Sergeant-Major, Pattison. The trenches had been knocked about in places by shelling during the day. A perfect network of saps ran out for a considerable distance between deep mine-craters. In one of the saps I met Conning, the Bombing Officer. He told me he could not spare more than two-thirds of the complement of bombers, but I insisted on having the full number. I had an uncomfortable foreboding of impending trouble. I cannot say why, I was neither worried nor depressed, but the feeling grew as time went on. It was a lovely peaceful night. Perhaps it was the almost uncanny stillness, too quiet to be natural in that unpleasant part of the line. Anyhow, I was filled with a haunting unrest. I sent my Sergeant-Major to have boxes of bombs placed on the fire-steps and the pins pinched ready for use, boxes of reserve S.A.A. too were to be ready to hand. It was nearly 1.30 a.m. when my Sergeant-Major reported again. Conning had made up the complement of bombers; we all went for a last look round. Everything was quite in order, so we strolled towards the company dug-out to have a drink before turning in. A few yards from the dug-out somebody, Conning I think, looked at his watch; it was twenty minutes to two. He said he was dead-beat and, if I did not mind, he would prefer to turn in at once, so we postponed the drink. He and another, whose name I forget, went off in the direction of C Company. Conning's change of mind saved his life, at the time, and mine. After they left us I went back with Pattison to the far end of one of the saps and spoke to the sentry and Lance-Corporal Morris. There was stillness everywhere. I had just stepped off the fire-step into the sap - Pattison was about 5 yards from me - when I felt my feet lifted up beneath me and the trench walls seemed to move upwards. There was a terrific blast of air which blew my steel helmet Heaven knows where. I think that something must have struck me then on the head - it was said in hospital that my skull was fractured - anyhow, I remember nothing more until I woke to find myself buried up to the neck and quite unable to move hand or foot. I do not know how long I had been unconscious. I was told afterwards that there was a heavy bombardment of our trenches lasting nearly an hour after the explosion of the mine, but I was quite unaware of all that. I awoke to an appalling shindy going on, and gradually realized that heavy rifle and machine-gun fire was taking place and that bullets were whistling all round. Several men passed within a few feet of me. I saw them distinctly by the light of the flares. I remember hoping they would not trip over my head. The men were shouting to each other, but I was too dazed to appreciate that the language was German. When I heard a hunting-horn I was certain I was having the nightmare of my life-pegged down and unable to move, with a hailstorm of bullets all round, and men rushing about perilously near kicking my head. The firing died down, and I realised it was no nightmare but that I was very much awake ... ’ For his own part, Conning quickly rallied, collecting reinforcements from the support line and manning the crater’s edge until order - and the line - could be restored. Carnage on the Somme - Robert Graves wounded At High Wood on the Somme on 20 July 1916, Conning assumed command of ‘D’ Company amidst ‘a hopeless mix-up of bush fighting’. The Company suffered casualties from the onset - ‘small opposing parties, scrapping and bombing, pursuing and pursued all over the north-east of the wood.’ By nightfall, however, Conning had overseen the construction of a new trench, but with a determined enemy counter-attack the following day, 2/R.W.F. was compelled to withdraw to the southern edge of the wood - among the casualties was the poet Robert Graves, who commanded ‘B’ Company: ‘The German batteries were handing out heavy stuff, six-and eight-inch, and so much of it that we decided to move back fifty yards at a rush. As we did so, an eight-inch shell burst three paces behind me. I heard the explosion, and felt as though I had been punched rather hard between the shoulder-blades, but without any pain. I took the punch merely for...

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Lot 475

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (L-12771 Pte. G. E. Langford, R. Suss. R.) very fine £50-£70

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Lot 519

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3), (299865. William Alexander, Sto. 1Cl. H.M.S. Inflexible.; 187608 R. J. Allen, P.O. H.M.S. Vivid:; 213910 Fred Bedbrook, A.B. H.M.S. Wallington.) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-£140

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Lot 166

Pair: Engineer Robert McKenzie, Indian Marine Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (1st Class Engr. R. McKenzie, Ind. Flot.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Robt. McKenzie. 1st Cl. Enginr. “Medusa”) contact marks, otherwise dark toned, nearly very fine and rare (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- 41 clasps issued to Europeans and 43 clasps issued to native crewmen of the Indian Marine Ship Medusa for Pegu. Robert McKenzie entered the Indian navy as an Engineer on 29 November 1842, the date of his arrival in India by the ship Malabar. He is confirmed on the roll for the Punjab Medal without clasp as 1st Class Engineer aboard the steam vessel Comet, and in the same rank aboard the Medusa at Pegu.

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Lot 394

Three: Ordinary Seaman R. G. Jolly, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Tweed was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-305 in the north Atlantic on 7 January 1944 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. C. E. Jolly, 2 Windgap Lane, Haughley, Stowmarket, Suffolk’, extremely fine (3) £80-£120 --- Reginald George Jolly was born at Crowfield, Suffolk, on 24 June 1925, and served during the Second World War as an Ordinary Seaman in the Royal Navy from April 1943. He was killed in action when H.M.S. Tweed was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-305 in the north Atlantic on 7 January 1944, whilst serving with Convoy MK34, and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. His medals were issued to the recipient’s father, Mr. Cecil Edward Jolly. Sold together with named Buckingham Palace Condolence letter; Certificate of the Inspector of Seamen’s Wills; an original photograph of the recipient and newspaper cutting announcing his death; and copied research.

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Lot 238

A Second War M.B.E. group of nine awarded to Major A. C. L. Chudleigh, Leicestershire Regiment The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge; 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. A. C. L. Chudleigh. Leic. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. C. L. Chudleigh.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, generally very fine (9) £240-£280 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 20 September 1945: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ Augustine Cyril Lyne Chudleigh was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1915. He saw further service during the Second World War on the General List from 16 January 1940, and was promoted War Substantive Captain and temporary Major on 1 April 1945. For his services during the Second World War in Italy he was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire. His son served with the S.O.E. and was killed in a road accident in Germany in 1946. Sold with named Buckingham Palace enclosure for the M.B.E., this mounted in a glazed display frame; and copied research.

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Lot 307

Three: Trooper R. Knaggs, 13th/18th Royal Hussars, later Queen’s Dragoon Guards General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., 2 clasps, Malaya, Arabian Peninsula, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (22820521 Tpr. R. Knaggs. 13/18 H); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, Borneo, South Arabia, unofficial retaining rod between clasps (22820521 Tpr. R. Knaggs. QDG.); U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband, unnamed as issued, the first a Replacement issue, slight abrasions to ends of AP clasp, otherwise good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- R. Knaggs is confirmed as having served with ‘B’ Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars, the only Squadron of the Regiment to be awarded the Arabian Peninsula clasp.

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Lot 484

British War Medal 1914-20 (1322 Dvr. J. V. H. Morton. 12 L.H.R. A.I.F.); 1939-45 Star (2); Africa Star; Pacific Star; Burma Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal (2); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45 (2); Africa Service Medal (330006 J. R. Weir); India Service Medal; New Zealand War Service Medal; Australia Service Medal (281739 D R Munro) generally good very fine and better (17) £80-£120

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Lot 252

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Company Sergeant Major G. Burnop, 9th (Service) Battalion, Essex Regiment, who was severely wounded in the trenches at Givenchy, 19 December 1915, losing his leg and the use of an eye Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (3-2520 [sic] C.S. Mjr: G. Burnop. 9/Essex: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2677 Serjt: G. Burnop. Essex Regt); 1914-15 Star (3-2550 C.S. Mjr G. Burnop. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (3-2550 W.O. Cl. 2. G. Burnop. Essex. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2677 C. Sjt: G. Burnop. Essex Regt) generally very fine or better (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1916; citation published 21 June 1916: ‘For consistent good work. He set a fine example of steady discipline in the trenches, and it was a great loss to his battalion when he was severely wounded, losing a leg and an eye.’ George Burnop was born in Colchester, Essex. He attested for the Essex Regiment in September 1889, and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa, December 1901 - October 1902 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in October 1908). Burnop was discharged, 22 September 1910, having served 21 years with the Colours. Burnop re-engaged, and served during the Great War with the 9th (Service) Battalion, Essex Regiment in the French theatre of war from 30 May 1915. He was wounded, 19 December 1915, on which date the Battalion were in the trenches at Givenchy. Burnop was discharged, 6 July 1916 (entitled to Silver War Badge). Company Sergeant Major Burnop died aged 50, 22 December 1922, and is buried in Colchester Cemetery. M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with copied research.

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Lot 91

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (248 Cpl. R. Wheeler B Co. 1st Bucks. Rifle Volunteer Corps.) engraved naming, minor edge bruising, very fine £60-£80

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Lot 301

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Trumpeter J. Moylan, 18th Hussars, who was twice wounded, twice recommended for the D.C.M., and was killed in action on 9 August 1918 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4733 Tptr: J. Moylan. 18/Hrs.); 1914-15 Star (4733 Tptr J Moylan 18-Hrs); British War and Victory Medals (4733 Tptr J Moylan 18-Hrs) the campaign trio all Replacement issues and stamped ‘R’; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1918, bronze, with bronze star on riband, light contact marks, generally good very fine (5) £800-£1,200 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous bravery and devotion. He repeatedly entered a trench and rescued men who had been wounded, and assisted to carry them to a place of safety under heavy shell fire.’ John Moylan attested for the 18th Hussars ands served as a Trumpeter during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 January 1915. Twice wounded in action, on 24 May 1916 and 24 June 1917, for his gallantry during the Great War he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the French Croix de Guerre - a contemporary newspaper cutting reports that he was twice recommended for the D.C.M. He was killed in action during an enemy air raid on 9 August 1918, on which date the Regiment was at Guillaucourt, and is buried in Caix British Cemetery, Somme, France. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

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Lot 354

Pair: Private S. J. Michael, Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), who died of wounds on the Western Front on 7 October 1916 1914-15 Star (14542 Pte. S. J. Michael. S.Lanc. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (14542 Pte. S. J. Michael. S. Lan. R.); Memorial Plaque (Samuel John Michael) some verdigris spotting to Memorial Plaque and solder marks to reverse, otherwise very fine (3) £80-£120 --- Samuel John Michael was born in Neath, Glamorgan, in 1882 and attested there for the South Lancashire Regiment. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and died of wounds on 7 October 1916, when his battalion was at Zollern Redoubt, and Hessian Trench, a few days after ‘D’ company had conducted a bombing raid on the enemy trenches. He is buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Sold together with a related letter home by his brother (Private William Michael, R.W.F.) from Litherland camp and on embossed R.W.F. writing paper; and a 1915 embossed R.W.F. Christmas card.

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Lot 560

Army Temperance Association India Medals. Army Temperance Association India Association Medal for Fidelity, silver oval medal (4) (ATAI.14), one contemporarily impressed ‘Corp. P. R. Adams’, all with ‘For Merit’ top riband bars, these of differing designs; Queen Victoria Commemorative Medal, silver (2) (ATAI.15), one with hyphen between date, the other without; together with an unrecorded Queen Victoria Commemorative Shield Medal, silver, with ‘For Merit’ top riband bar, unnamed as issued except where stated, generally very fine, the last rare (7) £70-£90

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Lot 349

Four: Colour Sergeant H. Aitken, Royal Scots Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (12584 Pte. H. Aitken, R. Sc. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (12584 Pte. H. Aitken. R.S. Fus.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (3122902 C. Sjt. H. Aitken. R.S. Fus.) mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine, the LS&GC better (4) £80-£100 --- Hugh Aitken attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 August 1915.

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Lot 490

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22352031 Cpl. J. Rogers. Worc. R.) a slightly later issue struck on a thinner flan and named ‘upside down’, extremely fine £40-£50

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Pair: Sergeant R. Minns, 52nd (Oxfordshire) Light Infantry Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Serjt. R. Minns, 52nd L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2317 Serjt. R. Minns 52nd Foot), with ornate hand tooled silver riband buckle, suspension claw to LS&GC tightened with small abrasions to rim and a few small knocks, overall nearly very fine (2) £400-£500 --- Robert Minns was born at Wymondham, Norfolk, and enlisted into the 52nd Foot as a Private on 30 December 1847, at the age of 17. He was promoted Corporal on 12 April 1853, Sergeant, 28 June 1856 and Colour Sergeant on 14 February 1867. He was recorded as serving with the 52nd Foot at Limerick in 1851. He was discharged as a Colour Sergeant having claimed his discharge on the termination of his second period of engagement, having served in total for 21 years and one day, having served overseas in the East Indies for 11 years and five months. His discharge papers note that he was a recipient of the Indian Mutiny Medal with clasp for Delhi and that he was entitled to the medal for long service and good conduct. His intended place of residence would be at Taunton, to serve with the 1st Somerset Militia.

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Lot 409

Four: Attributed to Warrant Officer J. C. Nuttall, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, extremely fine Pair: R. W. L. Watts, Royal Army Service Corps Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. R. W. L. Watts, 69 Filey Road, Reading, Berks.’, extremely fine War Medal 1939-45, officially named ‘68036 H. G. Brown’, nearly extremely fine (7) £80-£100 --- John Cedric Nuttall was born on 22 July 1923 served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a Pilot with the Postal Section during the Second World War from 22 June 1942, serving overseas in India and Burma from 16 July 1943 to 9 July 1946. Sold together with a large quantity of ephemera and original documents, including the recipient’s Royal Air Force Service and Release Book; Identity Card; various travel passes; invitations; postcard photographs; maps; letters &c. Herbert George Brown was born on 7 October 1914 and served during the Second World War with the South African Naval Forces (Volunteers), being commissioned Engineer Sub Lieutenant on 30 June 1945. Sold with copied research.

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Lot 434

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (T, R, Adams, 12th. Lancers) minor edge nicks, extremely fine £280-£320 --- Thomas Richard Adams attested for the 12th Lancers and served with them during the Great Sepoy Mutiny as part of the Saugor Field Division under the command of Major-General G. C. Whitlock in 1858-59. Acting in concert with the Central India Field Force, the Saugor Field Division was ordered to cross the Bundelkhand from Jubbulpore to Banda. In 1858 the Saugor Field Division joined up with the Nagpore Movable Column and in April engaged the 9,000 men strong column of the Nawab of Banda, defeating Nawab’s army and capturing the city of Banda and later the city of Kirwi.

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Lot 155

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (171639. E. R. Petty, P.O., H.M.A.S. Australia.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £100-£140 --- Edward Roland Petty served aboard H.M.A.S. Australia from 25 November 1915 to 5 July 1917.

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Lot 245

A good Second War ‘1945’ A.F.C., ‘1943’ D.F.M. group of six awarded to Whitley and Stirling pilot, Flight Lieutenant F. H. J. Ashley, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 45 operational sorties with 102, 51 and 149 Squadrons, and the Thousand Bomber Raids to Cologne and Essen whilst stationed with No. 15 O.T.U. During the course of his service, his crew claimed at least 2 enemy aircraft shot down, and he became a member of the Caterpillar Club when he was forced to abandon his aircraft due to damage sustained during a raid on Mannheim, 6 February 1942 Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1945’, in Royal Mint case of issue; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1578411 F/Sgt. F. H. J. Ashley. R.A.F.) in named card box of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the campaign awards in card box of issue with enclosure slips, addressed to ‘F/L F. H. J. Ashely, A.F.C., D.F.M., The Crest, High Oakham Hill, Mansfield, Notts’; together with the recipient’s 2 Caterpillar Club Badges, both gold, one with ’ruby’ eyes, the other missing the eyes, both reverses engraved ‘F/Sgt F. H. J. Ashley’, good very fine (lot) £3,000-£4,000 --- A.F.C. London Gazette 1 January 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘1653 Conversion Unit. Total instructional hours - 1010; completed during the last six months - 220. This officer has been a Stirling instructor since April, 1943. His work has always been of a high standard and has been of the greatest value in solving difficulties attendant on the formation of two Conversion Units. His work in the air has been supplemented by lectures on both tactics and airmanship. For the last three months he has been Acting Flight Commander. Flight Lieutenant Ashley has been an able Flight Commander.’ D.F.M. London Gazette 9 July 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘Flight Sergeant Ashley has now completed his second tour of operations, involving altogether 48 successful sorties. He has participated in attacks on all the most heavily defended targets in Germany and the occupied countries, and during his past tour he has been attacked six times by fighters, two of which were destroyed. His coolness and courage on these operations have been largely instrumental in the safe return of the aircraft and crew. One night in December when he was attacking Mannheim, the aircraft was subjected to heavy and accurate fire; but the bombs were dropped according to plan before the aircraft was hit, rendering the elevator controls useless and badly damaging the Port Outer engine. Flight Sergeant Ashley however, maintained control of the aircraft by the sole use of the ailerons and trimming gear and brought it back to England where a landing could not be attempted owing to a very low cloud base and the difficulty in controlling the aircraft. When the Port Outer engine failed completely, F/Sgt. Ashley gave the order to abandon the aircraft and this was accomplished successfully although the Port Inner engine also failed during the procedure. Flight Sergeant Ashley’s enthusiasm and determination have been of the highest order and he has proved himself an exceptional captain. He is strongly recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.’ Francis Herbert James Ashley was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in April 1919, and was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs R. Ashley of Wake Hill Farm, Mansfield Woodhouse. He was educated at Oundle School, and was in training to be a civil engineer prior to enlisting in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in May 1939. Ashley carried out initial training as a Pilot at No. 27 E. & R. F.T.S. and No. 22 E.F.T. He was mobilised, granted an Emergency Commission as Pilot Officer on probation in October 1940, and posted to No. 10 O.T.U., Abingdon, the same month. Ashley was posted for operational flying with ‘A’ Flight, 102 Squadron (Whitleys) from Linton in January 1941. He flew in at least 15 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Bordeaux (2); Hanover; Duisberg; Cologne; Hamburg (3); Bremen (2); Lorient; Kiel (2); Berlin; and Brest. Ashley’s commission terminated on cessation of duty in August 1941, and he was allowed to re-enlist in the ranks. Ashley advanced to Flight Sergeant and returned to operational flying with ‘A’ Flight, 51 Squadron (Whitleys) from Dishforth in September 1941. He flew in at least 10 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Stettin; Nuremberg; Wilhemshaven; Mannheim; Frankfurt; Hamburg; Aachen; Emden; Brest and St. Nazaire. Ashley was posted to No. 15 O.T.U., Mount Farm, to convert to Wellingtons in February 1942. Whilst stationed with the latter, he took part in the Thousand Bomber Raids to Cologne, 30/31 May 1942, and to Essen, 1 June 1942. Ashley was posted to No. 1657 Conversion Unit at Stradishall in September 1942. He returned to operational flying when he was posted to 149 (East India) Squadron (Stirlings) at Lakenheath in November 1942. Ashley’s first sortie with the squadron was to Mannheim, 6 December 1942 (see D.F.M. recommendation). The following extract from Canadian Calendar, dated 4 January 1945, gives additional detail about the operation from the perspective of a Canadian member of Ashley’s crew: ‘Another member of the R.C.A.F. who was recently returning from his first operational flight over Germany was Sergeant Walter Morris of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Morris is navigator bomb-aimer in a s Stirling squadron with the R.A.F. The target was successfully bombed but on the return trip, the plane was hit by flak over France and the elevator controls were shot away. In this condition the plane could only fly in a level position, going neither up nor or down. The pilot told the crew to stand by to bail out but on investigation it was found that the plane had a chance to get back to base before this was necessary. Two hours later, the plane was over England. It was pretty awkward, said Morris, with dense clouds below us and an altitude of 6,000 feet, not being able to get below them. Morris landed in a muddy field, some 30 miles from London and other crew members landed within a 10-mile radius. Only two of the crew members were injured. One is recovering from a fractured spine and the other broke two toes when his parachute dragged him along the ground, but Morris hasn’t a scratch to show for his 6,000 foot leap.’ Ashley eventually abandoned the aircraft near Maidenhead, and returned to carry out a further 20 sorties with the Squadron, including: Hamburg; Frisian Islands; Lorient; Cologne (2), including 14 February 1943, ‘Heavy A.A. Bombed 10500’ 1 Stick. 4 Fighter Attacks. 1 Ju.88 Destroyed’ (Log Book refers); Lorient; Nuremburg; St. Nazaire (2); Berlin (3), including 1 March 1943, ‘Medium AA. Shot up by Flak & Enemy Fighters...’ (Ibid); Munich; Mining Gironde; Duisberg (2); Frankfurt, 10 April 1943, ‘Heavy A.A... 1 Me.110 Destroyed’ (Ibid); Stuttgart; Mannheim and Rostock. Ashley was commissioned Pilot Officer on probation once again in April 1943, advanced to Flying Officer in October of the same year, and to Flight Lieutenant in April 1945. He was posted as an instructor to No. 1657 Conversion Unit in May 1943, transferred to No. 1654 C.U. in December of the same year, and to No. 1653 in the New Year. Ashley saw out the remainder of the war at the latter, and was released from service in November 1945. He died in Mansfield in July 1995. Sold with the following related items and documents: 2 Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Books (20 May 1939 - 16 August 1943 and 17 August 1943 - 9 November 194...

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Lot 188

Pair: Operating Mechanic (Above Water) 1st Class T. W. Dearie, Royal Navy Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (S(R) T W Dearie D226040M RN); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia, in plastic case of issue with original award certificate to ‘OM(AW) T W Dearie RN’, together with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait medals for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, both in boxes of issue, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£260

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Lot 357

Pair: Private F. Richardson, Manchester Regiment, who was discharged on account of wounds in October 1917 1914-15 Star (12682 Pte. F. Richardson, Manch. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (12682 Pte. F. Richardson. Manch. R.); together with a copy Victory Medal 1914-19 similarly named; and the recipient’s Silver War Badge, this officially numbered ‘269314’, cleaned, very fine (4) £50-£70 --- Frederick Richardson was born in Manchester on 14 December 1891 and attested for the Manchester Regiment on 8 February 1915, serving with the 19th (4th City Pals) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 December 1915. Wounded during the Great War, presumably during the Battle of the Somme, he transferred to the Labour Corps, before being discharged on account of his wounds on 11 October 1917, being awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied research.

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Lot 260

A Gallantry reverse K.P.M. pair awarded to Police Constable Thomas Haynes, Metropolitan Police, for saving a woman from the path of two runaway horses King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue, crowned head, ‘For Gallantry’ reverse (P.C. Thomas J. Haynes, Metropolitan Police); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. T. Haynes.) very fine and scarce (2) £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: R. W. Gould, M.B.E., Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2002 K.P.M. (For Gallantry) London Gazette 1 January 1934. Approximately 170 K.P.M’s with the ‘For Gallantry’ reverse were awarded in the period 1934-37, including 60 awards for the United Kingdom, the remainder being for India, Burma, Dominions and Colonies. At about 4.45 p.m. on the 24th August, 1932, two heavy draught horses bolted with a heavy van in Paradise Street, Rotherhithe, a narrow, crowded thoroughfare. Constable Haynes, who was on duty in Rotherhithe Police Station in this street, heard shouting and ran out into the roadway. He was in time to push a woman out of the way of the galloping horses, and to seize the reins of the offside horse. He then ran alongside for some forty yards, but was handicapped in his efforts to stop the horses by a loose offside trace, which eventually caused him to lose his balance. In falling, the constable, who is a very heavy man, pulled the offside horse on top of him, and they were dragged some yards by the near-side horse before it came to a standstill. It would appear that the wheels of the van passed over him at this time. The constable, who is forty-three years of age, was severely injured, and was unable to resume duty for five months. Thomas John Haynes was born at West Kensington on 21 January 1890. He joined the Metropolitan Police on 28 December 1910, retired on pension on 27 December 1936, and died on 18 June 1968. When sold in 2002, the pair was accompanied by a copy of his Central Record of Service, Police Commissioner’s Annual Report for 1933, and a copied article from The South London Press reporting the incident, from which the above information was compiled.

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Lot 377

Four: Chief Communications Yeoman R. R. Sanders, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (JX.672790 R. R. Sanders. C.C.Y. H.M.S. Trafalgar.) mounted as worn, very fine Three: Chief Radio Electrical Engineer (Air) H. P. Kenny, Royal Navy Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (FX.100950 H. P. Kenny. C.R.E.A. (A) H.M.S. Heron.) good very fine (7) £80-£120

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Lot 322

Eight: Sergeant W. H. Bulling, Royal Horse Artillery, later Captain (Deputy Commissary), Indian Army Ordnance Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (13196 Gnr: W. H. Bulling. R.H.A.); 1914-15 Star (13196 Sjt. W. H. Bulling. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (S-Sgt. W. H. Bulling. I.O.D.); India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Waziristan 1919-21, North West Frontier 1930-31 (Sub-Conductor W. H. Bulling, I.O.D.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935 (Lieut. W. H. Bulling I.A.O.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (S. Serjt. W. H. Bulling I.O.D.) mounted for wear, very fine (8) £280-£320 --- William Henry Bulling was born in Lewes, Sussex. He attested for the Royal Artillery at Lewes in December 1900, and advanced to Corporal in September 1908. Bulling served with ‘R’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in South Africa, November 1901 - January 1904. He served in India from the same month, and transferred to the Unattached List in April 1912. Bulling served as a Staff Sergeant with Indian Ordnance Department from April 1915, and served during the Great War in the Hedjaz theatre of war from 3 December 1915. He was invalided to England, 22 May 1916, his postings for the Great War period including the Ferozepore Arsenal; Peshawar and the Depot at Fort William. Bulling was promoted Sub-Conductor in May 1920, advanced to Conductor in the Indian Army Ordnance Corps in May 1923, and his postings included to Karachi and Kohat. He advanced to Lieutenant (Assistant Commissary) in August 1932, and to Captain (Deputy Commissary) in August 1935. Bulling retired from service in January the following year. M.I.D. unconfirmed. Sold with copied research.

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Lot 535

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (275 Sapr. R. Bond. W.C.T. Coy. R.E.) very fine £70-£90 --- R. Bond served with the Western Command Telegraph Company, Royal Engineers (Territorial Force).

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British War Medal 1914-20 (8); (10471 Pte. C. J. Driver. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 3336 Pte. A. Ferriman. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 9014 Pte. H. Fryer. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 5067 Pte. E. V. Gardiner. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 23797 Pte. W. Howse. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 7103 Pte. E. Kerley. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 30732 Pte. W. Latch. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 7850 Pte. R. S. Wilson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Arthur Ferriman attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 28 September 1914 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 May 1916. He was wounded on 25 July 1916, and again severely on 18 September 1918, with a gun shot wound to his left hand requiring amputation. Following a posting to 12th Battalion, London Regiment for home service he died of wounds received in action, at 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff, on 14 December 1918. He is buried in Leafield (St. Michael) Churchyard. Hugh Fryer was born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Oxford. He served with the 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion during the Great War in the Asiatic theatre of war from 5 December 1914 and died in the Persian Gulf on 28 June 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq. William Howse attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War in Salonika, being wounded on 18 October 1916. He was transferred to the Army Reserve in May 1919.

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Lot 336

Five: Warrant Officer Class II R. M. D. Gorman, Royal Army Pay Corps 1914 Star (1088 Sjt. R. M. D. Gorman. A.P.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (1088 S. Sjt. R. M. D. Gorman. A.P.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19, naming erased; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (7657158 W.O. Cl. II. R. M. D. Gorman. R.A.P.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1088 S. Sjt. -A.S.S. Mjr.- R. M. D. Gorman. A.P.C.) nearly very fine and better (5) £180-£220 --- Richard M. D. Gorman attested for the Army Pay Corps and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 August 1914.

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Lot 264

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Second Award Bar awarded to Corporal W. Sewell, 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (25409 Pte. W. Sewell. 6/Nth’n: R.); mounted for display purposes along with erased British War and Victory Medals, good very fine (3) £500-£700 --- M.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917. Bar to M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919. William Sewell was born at Sunnyside, Hertfordshire, and attested for the 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment on 10 December 1915. He proceeded to France in September 1916 and was posted to the 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. He was severely wounded in the left buttock on 5 April 1918, and for much of late June to early September 1918 in hospital suffering with pyrexia. He was discharged to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 6 October 1919. Sold together with the recipient’s Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve; and copied research.

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Lot 359

Pair: N. Hartley, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Norman Hartley) very fine Pair: Corporal H. King, Household Battalion British War and Victory Medals (795 Cpl. H. King. Household Bn.) very fine Three: Gunner A. H. Buckwell, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (164440 Gnr. A. H. Buckwell. R.A.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, nearly very fine Pair: Corporal A. Cumberland, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (23692 Cpl. A. Cumberland. Notts. & Derby. R.) good very fine Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (26836 Pte. S. A. Reading. S. Wales Bord.; 2213 Pte. S. J. Cooper. R.A.M.C.) very fine (11) £140-£180

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Lot 398

Seven: Telegraphist H. D. George, Royal Fleet Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 copy clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Pacific Star, 1 clasp, Burma; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.106689 (Dev. B.16246) M. D. George. Tel. R.F.R.) very fine Six: Stoker First Class R. Atkinson, Royal Fleet Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (K.65022 (Ch. B.24141.) R. Atkinson. Sto.1. R.F.R.) mounted as worn, good very fine (13) £80-£120

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Lot 366

Pair: Private J. Lumsden, Royal Highlanders British War Medal 1914-20 (292223 Pte. J. Lumsden. R. Highrs.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, nearly extremely fine (2) £50-£70 --- French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 18 April 1918. John Lumsden attested for the Royal Highlanders on 29 October 1916 and served with the 1st/7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 April 1917. He was posted on attachment to the Intelligence Police Headquarters, Line of Communications Area Headquarters, 2nd Army, on 27 May 1917, and returned to the U.K. due to sickness on 30 September 1918, being posted to the Royal Highlanders Depot. He was demobilised on 7 March 1919. Sold with copied research.

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Lot 225

Pair: Staff Sergeant R. Asher, 14th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force British War and Victory Medals (16778 S-Sgt. R. Asher. 14-F. Amb. A.I.F.) traces of verdigris to VM, therefore very fine Pair: Acting Corporal J. H. Robinson, 14th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force British War and Victory Medals (17359 A-Cpl. J .H. Robinson. 14-F. Amb. A.I.F.) BWM lacking suspension and planchet only, nearly very fine Pair: Private P. Bachmann, 14th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force British War and Victory Medals (13151 Pte. P. Bachmann. 14-F. Amb. A.I.F.) very fine Pair: Private D. T. Ingisch, 14th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force British War and Victory Medals (13151 Pte. P. Bachmann. 14-F. Amb. A.I.F.); together with three of the recipient’s identity tags, nearly very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (13266 Pte. D. J. Carter. 14 F. Amb. A.I.F.) nearly very fine (9) £500-£700

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Lot 480

India General Service 1908-35, 3 clasps, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21 (228 1/2 Sepoy Tulsi 2/41/Dogras.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (14816 Sep. Dogar Singh, 5-8 Punjab R.) minor test cut to edge of first, nearly very fine and better (2) £50-£70

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Lot 248

A fine Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ company runner’s D.C.M. group of five awarded to Private F. G. Bartram, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7190 Pte F. G. Bartram. 1/Norf: R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7190 Pte F. G. Bartram. 1/Norf: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7190 Pte. F. G. Bartram. Norf. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1919-21 (5764979 Pte. F. G. Bartram, 2 Bn. Norf. R.); Romania, Kingdom, Medal for Bravery and Loyalty, 3rd Class, with crossed swords, bronze, slightly worn, nearly very fine, scarce (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919; citation published 11 March 1920: ‘During the operations in the Fôret de Mormal on 6th November, 1918, the manner in which he carried out his difficult duties was especially marked, delivering important messages under gas and high explosive shelling, and keeping up constant communication between his platoon and company headquarters.’ Romania, Medal for Bravery and Loyalty, 3rd Class London Gazette 20 September 1919. Frederick George Bartram was born in Langmere, Norfolk. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment in the French theatre of war from 16 August 1914. Bartram was employed as a Company Runner for the operations in the Fôret de Mormal, 6 - 8 November 1918, and the following provides the remainder of his original recommendation for his D.C.M.: ‘On the night of the 7th and the morning of the 8th November 1918, when the Battalion had crossed the Sambre, this man again displayed the utmost gallantry and disregard for his personal safety, continually carrying messages under shell and machine gun fire. The devotion to duty and great courage shown by Private Bartram has been an inspiring example to the men of his Company.’ Sold with copied research.

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Lot 47

Three: Private R. S. Beechey, 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War in 1940, whilst serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5384018. Pte. R. S. Beechey. Oxf Bucks.) very fine Four: Private A. W. J. Lay, 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry who was taken Prisoner of War in 1940, whilst serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5384760. Pte. A. W. J. Lay. Oxf. Bucks.) nearly extremely fine (6) £120-£160 --- R. S. Beechey served with the 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Second World War, and was taken Prisoner of War in 1940. He was held at Stalag 20B, Marienburg. Alfred William James Lay was born at Headington, Oxford in 1913. He served with the 4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Second World War, and was taken Prisoner of War in 1940. He was held at Stalag 8A, Gorlitz, Lower Silesia. He died in Oxford in 1987.

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Lot 491

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Canal Zone (22730465 Sigmn P J Jarvis R Signals) in named card box of issue, extremely fine £80-£120

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Lot 202

A rare Kelat-i-Ghilzie group of four awarded to Sepoy Emambux Khan, 43rd Bengal Native Light Infantry Defence of Kelat-i-Ghilzie 1842 (Sepoy Emambux Khan, 43rd regt. N.I.) fitted with steel clip and straight bar suspension; Ghuznee Cabul 1842 (Sepoy Emambux Khan, 43rd regt. N.I.) fitted with steel clip and straight bar suspension; Maharajpoor Star 1843 (Sepoy Emam Bux Khan, 43rd Regt. N.I.) with replacement brass hook suspension, these last three all with naming officially engraved in running script; Sutlej 1845-46, for Sobraon 1846 (Sepoy Emambux Khan, 43rd L.I.) Calcutta Mint impressed naming, light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine and a very rare group (4) £14,000-£18,000 --- Provenance: Debenham’s August 1900 and March 1902; Glendining’s, November 1956 [suspender hook of Star broken]; Dix Noonan Webb, March 2008. Also see Dix Noonan Webb, December 2017 (Lot 907) for a similar group less Maharajpoor Star. 55 Europeans and 877 Indian troops took part in the defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie, including 247 men of the 43rd Bengal Native Infantry. Sepoy Emambux Khan is confirmed on the roll of the 2nd Company 43rd N.I., under the command of Lieutenant R. A. Trotter, as being ‘present during the investment and blockade of the Fort of Khelat i Ghilzie in 1842’. Following the disastrous retreat of the British from Cabul in January 1842, Ghuznee was retaken by the Afghans, and the isolated garrison at Kelat-i-Ghilzie was invested. The garrison consisted of 600 of the Shah’s 3rd Infantry, three companies of the 43rd N.I., totalling 247 men, forty-four European and twenty-two native artillery, twenty-three Bengal Sappers and Miners, and seven British officers, all under Captain John Halkett Craigie. The total strength of the garrison of Kelat-i-Ghilzie, situated about eighty miles north east of Candahar, was fifty-five Europeans and 877 natives. In spite of ‘cold and privation unequalled by any of the troops in Afghanistan’ the garrison put up a successful defence through the whole winter till relieved on 26 May 1842. On the 21st May, however, the garrison had repulsed a particularly determined attack by some 6,000 Afghans: ‘Khelat-i-Ghilzai was attacked at a quarter before four o’clock’, reported Craigie, ‘The enemy advanced to the assault in the most determined manner, each column consisting of upwards of 2,000 men, provided with 30 scaling ladders, but after an hour’s fighting were repulsed and driven down the hill, losing five standards, one of which was planted three times in one of the embrasures ... The greatest gallantry and coolness were displayed by every commissioned and non-commissioned officer, and private (both European and Native) engaged in meeting the attack of the enemy, several of whom were bayoneted on top of the sandbags forming our parapets ...’ Colonel Wymer and his relieving force consequently were only engaged in destroying the defences and caring for the sick and wounded, until the 1st of June when they returned to Candahar. Sold with a copy of the hand-written nominal roll referred to above and other copied research.

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Lot 387

Four: Leading Radio Operator L. H. Whitehorn, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (JX.371526 L. H. Whitehorne. L.R.O. H.M.S. Astute.) good very fine Five: Electrical Artificer First Class R. J. Wyatt, Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (MX.57649 R. J. Wyatt. E.A.1. H.M.S. Dolphin.) good very fine (9) £80-£120

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Lot 159

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (3), (R.M. 14039 R. S. Clark. Mne. R.M.; MX. 909273 K. A. J. Clark. CK. (S). H.M.S. Trump.; L968862J J. G. Mc Donnell PO STD. HMS Andromeda) the first nearly very fine, otherwise extremely fine (3) £150-£200

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Lot 324

Three: Sergeant E. F. Johnson, Royal Horse Artillery, later Police Sergeant, Metropolitan Police Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (32715 Gnr: E. F. Johnson, O Bty., R.H.A.); China 1900, no clasps (32715 Gnr: E. F. Johnson. Vickers-Maxim Bty:); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. E. Johnson.) mounted for wear, minor edge bruising, generally very fine (3) £300-£400 --- Ernest Frederick Johnson was born in Aldersgate, London. He attested for the 1st Dragoons in the city of his birth in January 1899. Johnson transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery later the same month, and advanced to Bombardier in November 1903. He served in South Africa, October 1899 - July 1900 (invalided with Enteric Fever, 31 May 1900), and in China November 1900 - October 1902. Johnson was discharged, 5 January 1911, having served for 12 years. He subsequently served as a Sergeant with ‘R’ (Greenwich) and ‘Z’ (Croydon) Divisions of the Metropolitan Police. Sold with copied research.

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Lot 443

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (6105. Corpl. Cr. Mr. R. Hunt. G/3rd. R.A.) light scratch to obverse field, otherwise extremely fine £80-£120

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Lot 292

Pair: Private R. Johnston, 18th Hussars Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (3633. Pte. R. Johnson [sic] 18/Hrs.) engraved naming, latter part of surname officially corrected - see footnote; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3633 Pte. R. Johnston. 18/Hrs.) light contact marks, good very fine (2) £160-£200 --- Robert Johnston was born in Dublin in 1871 and attested there for the 18th Hussars on 13 February 1890. He served with the Regiment in India from 23 January 1892 to 14 October 1898, and in South Africa during the Boer War from 15 October 1898 to 31 May 1900, presumably being invalided home on the latter date. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 57 of 1 July 1908, and was posted to the Reserve Cavalry Regiment on 15 August 1914. He discharged on 4 May 1917, after 27 years and 81 days’ service. He was not entitled to any Great War medals. Note: The Medal roll for the Queen’s South Africa Medal incorrectly list the recipient’s surname as Johnson - the spelling of the recipient’s surname on his QSA has been altered to this, presumably having been originally (correctly) named Johnston. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.

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Six: Private W. Johnson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6035 Pte. W. Johnson. Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6035 Pte. W. Johnson. Oxford: L.I.); 1914 Star, with clasp (6035 Pte. W. Johnson. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6035 Pte. W. Johnson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6035 Pte. W. Johnson. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) mounted as worn, very fine (6) £240-£280 --- Walter Johnson was born in Farnborough, Kent, in 1879 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 18 March 1899. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 19 March 1900 to 28 February 1902, and subsequently in India from 1 March 1902 to 30 October 1913. He saw further service with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 April 1918. He was finally discharged on 16 April 1920, after 21 years and 28 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service and an original character reference from Major R. B. Crosse, D.S.O.

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Lot 505

Jubilee 1935 (C. A. Jackson.) contemporarily engraved naming; together with the ‘Windsor Castle’ Jubilee Medallion, silver, in card box; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, in case of issue; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (3), G.V.R., 1st issue (2) (Charles R. Harrison; Albert Joyes); G.VI.R., 1st issue (Harold Shaw); Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Con Offr Daphen W Walpole) in Royal Mint case of issue; together with a National Fire Brigades Association South Coast District, Sussex, Past Chairman’s Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘H. J. Jones 1937’, generally good very fine (9) £120-£160

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Lot 88

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (1360 Sgt. R. Venables. 2nd V.B. Oxf. L. inf.) engraved naming, edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £60-£80

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Canada General Service 1866-70, 2 clasps, Fenian Raid 1866, Fenian Raid 1870 (Pte. J. R. Esmonde. 1st. Ottawa R.) impressed naming, extremely fine £360-£440

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Lot 271

A Second War 1942 ‘North Africa’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant R. Miller, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, who was decorated for multiple acts of gallantry during the Western Desert Campaign in June and July 1942 and was subsequently taken P.O.W. following Operation Agreement - the amphibious raid on Tobruk, September 1942 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (4342485 Cpl. R. Miller. R. North’d Fus.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4342485 Fsr. R. Miller. R. North’d Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine and better (5) £2,000-£2,600 --- M.M. London Gazette 24 September 1942: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.’ The original recommendation states: ‘Throughout the whole of the period during which his team has been in action this N.C.O. has shown a complete disregard for personal safety. At Sollum, during the rearguard action, four enemy tanks appeared at 2000 yards. Cpl. Miller immediately engaged them with his section, and during the firing stood high on the parapet the better to observe the results and the strike of his bullets, destroying their carrier observation post before the tanks withdrew. Later that day the position was shelled and mortared for a period of nearly two hours; Corporal Miller’s cheerful bearing and nonchalant attitude towards the shelling did much to maintain the confidence and morale of his Section. At Garawla, on 28 June 1942, a column pushed out on a destructive raid and was halted by a heavy enemy barrage. His machine-gun section immediately went into action, and for a period of roughly half an hour was subject to heavy machine-gun and shell fire. Corporal Miller immediately told his No. 1 to get down from the gun, which was mounted on a truck, and himself took over the firing. He maintained his fire despite this heavy fire until ordered to stop by the O.C. Column. Later investigation proved that his truck had been hit four times during this action. Again, during the action west of Barrel Hill, a large enemy gun was spotted at a range of 1800 yards. The Section immediately took this on frontally - thus allowing the other Section to get into action on the flank. Heavy enemy fire, both Breda and Anti-tank, were returned on Corporal Miller’s Section. Here again this N.C.O., with complete disregard of personal safety stood high up to observe the results of his fire. When the return fire became extremely fierce, Corporal Miller took over the job of No. 1 until ordered to cease firing. On 18 July 1942, on Hill 64, the enemy subjected that area to several hours shelling. During the whole of that time Corporal Miller’s cheerful courage was reflected in his Section.’ Richard Miller served with the 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers in Palestine during the Arab Revolt, 1936-39 (medal and clasp) and subsequently in North Africa during the Second World War with the 1st Battalion. He was wounded in Cyrenaica (Eastern Libya) on 24 November 1941 during Operation Crusader following which his battalion spent some time refitting in Egypt. As the Axis launched their new offensive at Gazala in late May 1942, the 1st Battalion was ordered back to the desert only to be driven back over the following weeks from Tobruk into Egypt with the rest of the British and Commonwealth forces. Corporal Miller distinguished himself during the retreat firstly at Sollum in late June where Miller’s Z Company remained as a rearguard following the withdrawal of the rest of his battalion to Mersa Matruh. After 24 hours this force also evacuated to rejoin the battalion. Then, on 28 June at Garawla, just east of Mersa Matruh, the 151st Infantry Brigade, with Z Company, 1st R.N.F., under command, was ordered out into the desert to the south to ‘smash the enemy’s Lines of Communication’ as they were rapidly by-passing the defences. Here Miller again displayed great bravery with his machine-gun section in a prolonged fire fight. The following month, during the first Battle of El Alamein, Miller distinguished himself twice more under heavy fire, at Barrel Hill and at Hill 64. Shortly after Miller’s M.M. recommendation was approved on 18 August 1942, his unit - 14 Platoon, Z Company, 1st Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - was selected to participate in Operation Agreement together with a combined force of S.A.S., Long Range Desert Group, Royal Marines and the Palestinian Special Interrogation Group (in German uniform) also supplemented by one company of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The main objective was the destruction of the oil storage facility on the south side of Tobruk Harbour. Although Miller was among the few men who got ashore, the raid itself was a disaster with losses in both personnel and equipment amounting to three warships, seven M.T.B.s, a few dozen other small craft and several hundred soldiers and Royal Marines killed or taken prisoner. The regimental history takes up the story of these ill-fated events with respect to Miller’s machine-gun platoon: ‘The raiding party left Alexandria in motor torpedo boats on 11 September and arrived off Tobruk on 13 September after two very unpleasant days at sea. Surprise, essential to the success of the operation, was not effected. As a result Sergeant Miller’s section alone succeeded in landing. After evading capture for a considerable time, all but one of its members contracted dysentery and were compelled to surrender. The one man to escape, Corporal Wilson, after many adventurous experiences in and around Tobruk, regained the British lines two months later after the Battle of El Alamein. The remainder of the Platoon had no alternative to returning to Alexandria, which, despite being heavily dive- bombed en route, they reached safely.’ (The History of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in the Second World War by Brigadier C. N. Barclay C.B.E., D.S.O.). Besides being named in the Regimental History, Miller is also mentioned in the books ‘Tobruk Commando’ by Gordon Landsrough and ‘Massacre at Tobruk’ by Peter C. Smith. Having gone into the bag at Tobruk, Sergeant Miller was transported to Italy where he was initially held prisoner of war at No. 70 Camp, Monturano, Parma. He was subsequently transferred to Stalag IV-B at Mülberg, Germany for the remainder of the war. Sold together with a copy of Corporal Wilson’s escape report from National Archives file WO201/740 describing the Tobruk raid his subsequent evasion, and the Buckingham Palace forwarding letter for the recipient’s M.M., named to ‘4342485 Cpl. R. Miller, M.M., The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.’

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Lot 312

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (23528635 Tpr. R. Nicholls. 13th/18th H.) edge bruising, very fine £60-£80 --- R. Nicholls served as a Bandsman in the Regimental Band of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars.

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A Great War 1917 ‘Second Battle of Gaza’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Company Sergeant Major J. A. Bateup, 1/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (T.F.), late 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (201318 Sjt: J. A. Bateup. 1/4 Nth’n: R.-T.F.); 1914 Star (8919 Pte J. A. Bateup. 1/Leic: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves, loose (1-8919 Sjt. J. A. Bateup. Leic. R.) mounted as originally worn, generally very fine or better (4) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 22 October 1917; citation published 26 January 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When all the officers of his company were casualties he handled his men with great coolness and skill during severe fighting, and maintained an advanced position until dusk. Since that occasion he has also done excellent service in reorganising his company, setting a fine example to all those under him.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 12 January 1918 (Egypt). James Alfred Bateup was born in Horsmonden, Kent, one of fifteen siblings. He initially served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 9 September 1914. Bateup advanced to Sergeant, and transferred to the 1/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (T.F.). Bateup served with the Battalion in the Egyptian theatre of war, and distinguished himself during the Second Battle of Gaza, 17 - 19 April 1917. Bateup was awarded his D.C.M. for gallantry on 19 April, when the Battalion advanced towards the Beersheba Road. The latter was the first objective, and the terrain was undulating but devoid of any cover. The Turks were strongly entrenched, and despite the attack reaching the edge of the trenches the 1/4th Battalion had suffered 80% casualties. At dusk the survivors, including Bateup, withdrew having suffered losses of 386 killed, wounded or missing - only 1 officer was left unscathed. Bateup advanced to Acting Company Sergeant Major, and resided in Leicestershire after the war. He died in 1962. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of recipient in uniform.

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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5278 Pte. J. R. Bell. Oxford: Lt. Inft.) good very fine £80-£120

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Five: Corporal R. G. Valentine, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Royal Pay Corps, whose group is accompanied by a typescript memoir by the recipient 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5382549 Cpl. R. Valentine. R.P.C.), mounted as worn; together with seven commemorative medals, including the recipient’s Dunkirk Medal; and a quantity of badges, good very fine (lot) £80-£120 --- Reginald George Valentine was born in London in 1911 and was employed as a gardener at Worcester College, Oxford. Attesting for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, ‘he was part of the British Expeditionary Force which crossed into France in 1939 and was one of only a handful of his battalion’s survivors of the German blitzkrieg to be evacuated from Dunkirk the following year. After taking part in the 1944 D-Day landings, he saved a group of Belgians from death at the hands of the Nazis’ (recipient’s obituary refers). He died in Oxford in 1992. Sold with various certificates, photographs, an obituary cutting and a 22 page typescript memoir, modestly entitled ‘the orphan who became a hero’.

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Lot 323

Four: Gunner A. R. Mayo, Royal Horse Artillery, later Lieutenant, Indian Army Ordnance Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (20917 Gnr: A. R. Mayo. J, B, R.H.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (S. Condr. A. R. Mayo, I.O.D.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Staff Serjt. A. R. Mayo I.O.D.) officially engraved naming; Royal Victorian Medal, V.R., bronze (Bombardier A. R. Mayo) engraved naming, mounted for wear, toned, last polished, otherwise generally very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Provenance: J. Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. Archie Robert Mayo was born in Mildenhall, Suffolk in November 1876. He attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at London on 5 July 1897, aged 20 years, 8 months. With them he served in India, December 1898 - January 1900 and South Africa, January-June 1900. Returning to England, Mayo was stationed at Osborne where he continued to serve with the R.H.A. He was a member of the team at Osborne on the occasion of Queen Victoria’s Funeral, following her death on 2 January 1901. For his services in connection with the funeral he was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in Bronze. In November 1906 Mayo was transferred to the Indian Unattached List and was promoted to Staff Sergeant in November 1907, Sub-Conductor in August 1914 and Conductor in February 1922. He was awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. by I.A.O. 164 of March 1916. In August 1927 Mayo was promoted to an Assistant Commissary with the rank of Lieutenant in the Indian Army Ordnance Corps. He died at Cawnpore, where he was serving as Personal Assistant to the Chief Inspector of Stores and Clothes, 12 June 1929. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

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Lot 346

Three: Lance-Corporal T. H. Bradshaw, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 10 June 1917 1914-15 Star (9174 L.Cpl. T. H. Bradshaw. R. War: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9174 Pte. T. H. Bradshaw. R. War. R.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Henry Bradshaw) good very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Thomas Henry Bradshaw was born in Ipsley, Worcestershire, and attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Birmingham. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 July 1915, and died of wounds on 10 June 1917. He is buried in Westouter Churchyard, Belgium.

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