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Lot 306
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22422429 Tpr. R. N. Russell. 13/18 H.) extremely fine £60-£80 --- R. N. Russell served in ‘B’ Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars. A Trooper Russell, who may be the recipient, is mentioned in the 13th/18th Royal Hussars’ Journal thus: ‘During December [1952] we sent a scout car as escort to a Royal Engineers reconnaissance party on the East Coast for over a week. It broke a hub miles from anywhere on a road impassable to any recovery vehicle. After some pretty throaty telephoning to the crew, we drew the part from 7 FOD and dropped it to them from a Valetta aircraft. The scout car eventually returned to the fold in good order and the driver and operator, Lance-Corporal Mitchell and Trooper Russell, are to be congratulated on completing the repairs with only written instructions (compiled by the Mechanician Sergeant) to go on.’
Lot 415
Three: Sister Emmie E. R. Newcomb, Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Sister E. E. R. Newcomb. P.M.R.A.F.N.S.) light contact marks, good very fine, rare (3) £280-£320 --- Emmie Edith Ruth Newcomb was born in Epping, Essex, in 1921, and trained at the Middlesex Hospital, London, from 1939 to 1942, Registering as a Nurse in London on 28 May 1943. She was commissioned Sister in Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service Reserve on 1 May 1945, and served with this unit in post-War Palestine.
Lot 406
Five: Private R. Porteous, Army Catering Corps, who died on service in Germany in August 1945 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (866709. Pte. R. Porteous. A.C.C.) with named Army Council enclosure, named card box of issue for campaign medals addressed to his mother, and forwarding letter to his mother enclosing Efficiency Medal, extremely fine (4) £60-£80 --- Private Robert Porteous died on 24 August 1945, aged 31, and is buried in Munster Heath War Cemetery. He was the son of Marion Porteous, and stepson of William McLellan, of Dumfries.
Lot 76
The 1914-15 Star awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel R. G. H. Hughes, who served as Commanding Officer of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry from 1904 to 1907, and later commanded the 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col. R. G. H. Hughes.) very fine £100-£140 --- Reginald George Hutton Hughes was born on 22 November 1860 and was educated at Rugby School, Brasenose College, Oxford, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 9 September, 1882 and joined the 52nd at Limerick, two months later. He served in Gibraltar, in 1884 and went to India in 1886, becoming a Special Service Officer in Burma, for which he was awarded the medal with clasp. He was promoted Captain on 27 February 1892 and was Station Staff Officer at Naini Tal 1893-95, being appointed Adjutant of the 4th Battalion (Oxfordshire Militia) 1896-1901. He was promoted Major on 7 July 1900, and was appointed to be Second in Command of the 43rd, which he commanded on the voyage to India in 1903. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 2 September 1904, and was for three years in command of the 52nd at Chatham and Tidworth, until he retired on retired pay in 1907. In September 1914 he was appointed to command the new 7th (Service) Battalion of the regiment. In 1914 he took command of the newly formed 7th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. On the 21st of January 1915 he resigned the command of the Battalion owing to ‘Ill health’. He returned to service as a Draft Conducting Officer, first landing in France on 23 December 1915. He would later take command of the 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers and accompany them into action for the remainder of the war. At the time of his death on 9th September 1935, he was residing at The Barn House, Watlington, Oxford. Sold together with a photographic image of the recipient.
Lot 4
Six: Warrant Officer Class II H. Morris, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Royal Warwickshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901, date clasp loose as issued (6215 Sgt. H. Morris, Rl. Warwick: Regt.); India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1908, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, second clasp loose as issued (6272 Cr. Sergt. H. Morris. 1st. R. War. R.) rank partially officially corrected; 1914-15 Star (9541 Q.M. Sjt. H. Morris, Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9541 W.O. Cl. 2 H. Morris. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6215 C. Sjt: H. Morris. R. War: R.) edge bruising and light contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £300-£400 --- Henry Morris served with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in South Africa, during which period he was attached to the Rand Rifles as an instructor. He subsequently served with the 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1915. Sold with original letter from members of the Rand Rifles thanking him for his work as instructor and a copied group photograph dated March 1915.
Lot 375
Six: Sergeant N. D. Dale, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was wounded in action during the retreat to Dunkirk General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (4799432 Pte. N. D. Dale. Linc. R.); 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Norman Dennis Dale) edge nick to first, otherwise good very fine and better (6) £100-£140 --- Norman Dennis Dale was born in East Retford, Lincolnshire, on 26 September 1915 and served with the 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment during the Second World War as part of the British Expeditionary Force. He was wounded during the Dunkirk evacuations, with one source stating the date to be 17 May 1940 (although this date is unconfirmed), and saw further service during the Italian Campaign. He died at Crowborough on 5 February 2000. Sold together with a small silver fob, named to ‘D. Dale’ and the reverse engraved ‘H.Q. Wing. Sports. 1933’; and copied research.
Lot 270
A Second War 1945 ‘Arakan operations’ M.M. group of five awarded to Gunner S. A. Roast, Royal Artillery, attached No. 1 Commando, for the bloody battle of Hill 170 near Kangaw after which ‘the bodies of 340 of the enemy lay in an area no more than 100 yards square’: his M.M. recommendation contains many similarities to that for the V.C. awarded for the same action to his mortally wounded Troop commander Lieutenant G. A. Knowland Military Medal, G.VI.R. (11268880 Gnr. S. A. Roast. R. A.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine and better (5) £4,000-£5,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 19 April 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘On the 31 January 45 at Hill 170 near Kangaw, Gunner Roast was No. 1 on the Bren gun in the foremost weapon pit of his position which was constantly being rushed and grenaded. His No. 2 on the gun was wounded early in the action, and two other men who subsequently came in to act as No. 2 were either killed or wounded. Gunner Roast carried on firing on his own in spite of being on the forward slope by himself with a Japanese Medium Machine Gun facing him only 20 yards away. He only withdrew when the battle had finished and his position was taken over by relieving troops. He had fired over seventy magazines. It was largely due to his high sense of duty that the position was not over-run.’ Stanley Albert Roast, from Maryport, Cumberland, served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. He was attached to No. 1 Commando unit from 23 July 1943 and served with them as part of 3 Commando Brigade, 15 Corps, at the time of the above engagement at Kangaw. The Battle for Hill 170 at Kangaw, for which Roast was awarded the M.M. and Lieutenant Knowland was awarded the Victoria Cross, has been described as one of the bloodiest battles of the war. The Japanese in fact later admitted that it was their heaviest action of the Burmese Campaign. On the last day, 31 January 1945, the Japanese made a determined attempt to capture the Hill, starting their attacks at 6am and not ending until 6pm. Troops from other Commandos came and fought side by side with No. 1 Commando and the Brigade succeeded in holding the Hill at the heavy cost of 45 killed, and 90 wounded. A comparison of Roast’s M.M. recommendation and Knowland’s stirring V.C. citation - published in the London Gazette on 12 April 1945 just a few days before Roast’s M.M., - makes it clear that both men were fighting in close proximity in the foremost areas of the action that day. Further testimony to the ferocity and point blank nature of the engagement is to be found in The Green Beret by Hilary St. George Saunders: ‘So the battle raged all day, the Japanese alternating fits of frenzied digging with massed counter-attacks. Lieutenant G. A. Knowland (Royal Norfolk Regiment), an officer of No. 4 Troop of No. 1 Commando, was conspicuous in the defence. At the head of twenty four men he beat off the first attack delivered by, it was estimated, three hundred Japanese. He moved from trench to trench with ammunition for those who needed it, firing his rifle and throwing grenades. Discovering that the crew of one of his Bren guns had all been killed or wounded, he maintained the gun in action until a fresh crew could arrive, and in order to obtain a better field of fire, stood on top of the trench and fired it from the hip. The diversion thus created enabled stretcher-bearers to bring back the wounded, and these included the new Bren gun team who were all hit before they could reach the position. Lieutenant Knowland therefore continued to keep the gun in action alone. A new attack developed. To meet it he changed his weapon for a 2-inch mortar, and firing this, like the Bren gun, from the hip, killed six Japanese with his first bomb. Having used up all his ammunition he withdrew a short distance, laid hold of a rifle and continued to engage the enemy. The Japanese made a final desperate charge. Knowland flung away the rifle, picked up a Tommy gun and sprayed the attackers with it from a range of ten yards. A bullet struck him and he fell mortally wounded. His action saved the day. The Japanese made no further progress and were soon checked by counter-attacks and by fire from the guns of the landing craft at the beach. Knowland was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. Nevertheless they remained upon part of the hill, nor could No. 3 Troop of No. 1 Commando, and ‘X’ Troop of No. 42 (Royal Marine) Commando dislodge them. The Japanese maintained three machine guns in position and with these beat off another attack by No. 6 Troop of No. 1 Commando, which lost half its men. The Bren guns were manned unceasingly, casualties being replaced as they occurred. At one gun twelve men were shot down one after the other. ‘It came to a point,’ says Private L. J. Greenslade, who was there, ‘where a man who was climbing up the hill with ammunition or supplies was the next minute being brought down on a stretcher.’ The one Sherman tank left, one of its periscopes shot away, rumbled down the hill to replenish its ammunition and petrol. It returned and opened fire on the Japanese at the north end of the hill, where its shells, bursting about fifty yards ahead of the exhausted remnants of No. 4 Troop of No. 1 Commando, checked the enemy. So the battle raged until darkness fell upon white men and yellow, both alike utterly spent, each clinging to their part of the blood-soaked hill. In the short tropic twilight Thunderbolts attacked and inflicted heavy casualties. This was the end. The Japanese had shot their bolt. That night they withdrew and on the next day No. 5 Commando was able to clear the hill. The bodies of three hundred and forty of the enemy lay in an area no more than a hundred yards square. Among the Japanese corpses was one with a green beret on its head, and two mules, their hooves shod with rubber pads. Presumably they had been used for carrying heavy weapons over the chaung at night. The three Commandos had lost heavily; five officers and forty other ranks had been killed, and six officers and eighty-four other ranks wounded. Immediately after the battle Lieutenant-General Christison, commanding the 15th Indian Corps, of which the 3rd Commando Brigade formed part, issued a special order of the day. The reputation of the brigade, he said, ‘for indifference to personal danger, for ruthless pursuit in success, and for resourceful determination in adversity’ had been an inspiration to all their comrades in arms. ‘The battle of Kangaw,’ he finished, ‘has been the decisive battle of the whole Arakan campaign, and that it was won was due very largely to your magnificent courage on Hill 170.’
Lot 268
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.
Lot 396
Five: Chief Engineman R. Urquhart, Royal Naval Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (436 E.U., R. Urquhart. Ch. Engn. R.N.R.) nearly extremely fine Five: Stoker First Class H. E. Hartles, Royal Fleet Reserve 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (S.S.120802 (Ch.B. 18597) H. E. Hartles. Sto.1. R.F.R.) nearly extremely fine (10) £120-£160
Lot 232
‘The whole business was horrible, as one never knew who was for or against you. An innocent looking civilian would walk past the barracks, see our position and then go to a house and snipe. The fighting in France I think was infinitely preferable to this and in this others concur.’ (Personal memoir of the Easter Rising by Major G. A. Harris, Dublin University O.T.C.) ‘I do not know how I should have got on without him, he did everything, and was always cheerful and active and never seemed to get tired, though the strain was great. He organised the defence most efficiently...’ (Colonel F. W. Shaw, Commanding 2nd (H.S.) Gn. Bn. R. Irish Regt.) The important and unique inter-War C.B.E. (Civil), 1916 ‘Easter Rising - Defence of Beggars Bush Barracks’ D.S.O., Great War O.B.E. (Military) group of eight awarded to Major and Adjutant G. A. Harris, Dublin University Officer Training Corps, Territorial Force, who led his poorly armed column of above age military reservists - ‘The Gorgeous Wrecks’ - in a week long defence of Beggars Bush Barracks during the 1916 Easter Rising: arranging his veteran volunteers to the best possible advantage and by keeping up a constant fire on all surrounding houses occupied by the rebels, Harris prevented them from making an attack, and ‘bluffed them into thinking the garrison was much larger than it really was.’ Sold with an important archive of related material including the recipient’s unpublished diary of the Defence, written during the siege on ‘Beggars Bush, Dublin’ headed writing paper. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commander’s 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; British War Medal 1914-20 (Major G. A. Harris.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major G. A. Harris); Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top riband bar, last seven mounted as worn, minor green enamel damage to wreath on DSO, otherwise nearly extremely fine (8) £8,000-£12,000 --- C.B.E. (Civil) London Gazette 3 June 1927: ‘Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland.’ D.S.O. London Gazette 24 January 1917: General citation but awarded in connection with services rendered during the Sinn Fein Rebellion, Dublin, April 1916. O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with the War.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 25 January 1917: general citation but in connection with services rendered during the Sinn Fein Rebellion, Dublin, April 1916. George Arthur Harris was born in 1879 at Longford, Ireland, into a family with successful business interests and long Ulster associations. He won a scholarship to Trinity College Dublin, where he gained a gold medal in mathematics, played rugby for the 1st XV and assisted in the foundation of the Dublin University Officers’ Training Corps before graduating via open competition to an appointment as a first-class clerk at the Admiralty in London in 1903. The following year he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Prince of Wales’s Own (Civil Service) Rifle Volunteer Corps but, having chosen to return to Dublin, in 1910 he was appointed an officer of the Dublin University Officer Training Corps. Appointed to the command of the Infantry Unit in 1911 and promoted to Major in February 1913, it was in this capacity that Harris was serving on the outbreak of war in 1914. Additionally appointed to the command of the 1st Dublin Battalion Volunteer Training Corps from August 1915, Harris was leading a party of these veteran volunteers on military manoeuvres in the Dublin Hills on 24 April 1916 when he received news that Sinn Fein had risen in Dublin. Easter Rising Following the armed insurrection of around 1800 Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army in Dublin on Monday 24 April 1916, the VTC were ordered to return to Beggars Bush Barracks at once. Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Browning, the senior officer present, split the volunteers into two columns placing the larger party under Harris. These part time reservists, many of them lawyers, doctors and other professional men were mostly above military age - the Irish Rugby Union also had its own contingent. Unofficially termed the ‘Gorgeous Wrecks’, they wore civilian clothes with an armband emblazoned ‘GR’ - Georgius Rex. As a Volunteer Force they had no ammunition and many of their rifles were dummies for training purposes only. Unarmed and militarily ineffective then, this body of men was led back by Harris who recorded his experiences over the following days in his contemporary personal diary of the Easter Rising written on Beggars Bush Dublin headed note paper. Of the journey back to the Barracks, Harris notes: ‘I immediately collected them and marched back via Anglesea Road having a protective screen in front. All went well until I arrived at the corner of Lansdowne Road and Shelbourne Road where I heard from civilians that they heard that the Sinn Feiners were sniping at the Barracks. I sent on two motor cyclists for information and they brought back word from the Barracks that the road was fairly clear. So I ordered the GRs to go up in small parties of four or five. I went on horseback with the foremost parties. As I rode up Haddington Road several shots were fired at me and one man was hit at the Barrack Gate. All the rest of the party got in without further casualty. The wounded man was carried in by Elie and Stranthers of the VTC who displayed great gallantry. The wounded man (Clery) unfortunately died during the night.’ (Harris’ diary refers) Meanwhile, Browning’s smaller party, taking a different route, had run into a rebel ambush at the corner of Haddington and Northumberland Road. Fourteen men were hit, five of them fatally. One of these casualties was Browning, mortally wounded at the head of the column. He was rushed into the Barracks where he died two days later. Major Harris meanwhile had already arrived to find it garrisoned by around twenty seven men of the Catering Corps. He set about organising the defence of the barracks immediately: ‘On getting into Barracks I found that I was senior Officer and took over command. I discovered that there were only about 15 rifles in the Barracks with a lot of disabled and convalescent soldiers, in addition to women and children. The troops with me - about 80 - had only unserviceable rifles for which no ammunition was available. There were large stores of ammunition and it was of the utmost importance to hold the Barracks, as it formed the first link between the city and troops coming from England. I arranged the troops round the wall to the best possible advantage, and by keeping up a constant fire on all surrounding houses occupied by the rebels prevented them from making an attack, and bluffed them into thinking the garrison was much larger than it really was.’ Harris had all the bricked up portholes opened and strategically had the ammunition, food etc. stored in the central block which he proposed to hold as a final post. Sniping continued from houses all around: ‘During the night Colonel Sir Frederick Shaw arrived and took over command, but I was ordered by the Irish Command Headquarters to remain and assist him. The night passed wearily in expectation of attack. All next day we h...
Lot 370
Pair: Private L. Smith, 22nd Battalion, London Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 4 August 1916 British War and Victory Medals (5754 Pte. L. Smith. 22 - Lond. R.); Memorial Scroll, ‘Pte. Leslie Smith, London Regt.’, nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140 --- Leslie Smith was born in 1896 and prior to enlistment he was a greaser employed by the Great Eastern Railway, at Peterborough. He was serving with ‘D’ Company, 22nd Battalion London Regiment when he was killed in action on 4 August 1916. He is buried in Louez Military Cemetery, Duisans, France. Sold together with enclosure slip for the BWM and VM; original Army Form E(1) advising his next of kin of his burial place at Duisans, North West of Arras; Imperial War Graves Commission notification that a gravestone had been erected at Louez Military Cemetery; small official Postcard from the Royal Arsenal requesting that the card be signed and returned when the memorial plaque has been received (unsigned); and an original letter from a Private A. Steele, of 15 Platoon, ‘D’ Company, 2/22 London Regiment, regarding the circumstances of the recipient’s death.
Lot 353
Family Group: Pair: Corporal E. Plester, Hampshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (4136 Pte. E. Plester. Hamps. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (4136 Pte. E. Plester. Hamps. R.) good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (9656 Cpl. W. R. Plester. R. Berks. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £50-£70 --- Edward Plester attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 8 August 1914 and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 June 1915. Later transferring to the 23rd (Garrison) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, he was discharged on 15 February 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no B.238274. William Robert Plester, brother of the above, was born in North Newington, Oxfordshire, in October 1894 and attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November 1914, and was killed in action on 29 August 1918. He is buried in Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle, France. Sold with copied research.
Lot 124
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (R. Millard, Boy. Schooner Constance) edge bruising, otherwise good very fine and rare £500-£600 --- 30 clasps issued to Europeans and 2 clasps issued to native crewmen of the iron schooner Constance. The example to this vessel held in the collection of Captain Douglas-Morris was also to a Boy.
Lot 341
Four: Lance-Corporal H. R. Ayres, Royal Marine Light Infantry, later Royal Fleet Reserve 1914-15 Star (Ply.11170, Pte. H. R. Ayres, R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply.11170. L-Cpl. H. R. Ayres. R.M.L.I.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ply.11170 (B.448) H. R. Ayres. Pte. R.F.R.) generally very fine (4) £100-£140 --- Henry Richard Ayres was born in Dauntsey, near Malmesbury, on 11 July 1883 and attested for the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Swindon on 2 September 1901. He transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 15 October 1905, and was mobilised on the outbreak of War on 2 August 1914. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Caesar and Impregnable, before reverting to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 8 March 1919. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1921, and was discharged on 11 July 1923. Sold with copied record of service.
Lot 230
Victory Medal 1914-19 (6) (Lieut. J. H. Bate. A.I.F.; Lieut. H. T. Williams A.I.F.; 2406 Pte. T. W. Board 3 Bn. A.I.F.; 6522 Pte. R. Huggins 8 Bn. A.I.F.; 766 Pte. W. H. Sentance 20 Bn. A.I.F.; 3160 Cpl. O. J. Kiellerup 59 Bn. A.I.F.) generally nearly very fine and better (6) £160-£200 --- John Henry Bate served with the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company during the Great War on the Western Front, and was promoted Lieutenant on 13 August 1917. He was severely gassed on 13 March 1918, and was discharged from hospital two months later. Thomas William Board, a native of Sydney, New South Wales, attested for the Australian Imperial Force and served with the 3rd Infantry Battalion during the Great War. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 22 July 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. Roy Huggins, a native of Warrenheip, Victoria, attested for the Australian Imperial Force and served with the 8th Infantry Battalion during the Great War. He died of wounds on the Western Front on 12 February 1917, and is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Ernest Betland, a native of Forbes, New South Wales, attested for the Australian Imperial Force and served with the 17th Infantry Battalion during the Great War. He died of wounds on the Western Front on 15 May 1917, and is buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, France. Walter Horace Sentance, a native of Waratah, New South Wales, attested for the Australian Imperial Force and served with the 20th Infantry Battalion during the Great War. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 August 1918, and is buried in Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France. Otton James Kiellerup, a native of Melbourne, Victoria, attested for the Australian Imperial Force and served with the 59th Infantry Battalion during the Great War. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 119 July 1916, and is buried in VC Corner Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France. Sold with copied research.
Lot 418
Pair: Trooper E. R. Newman, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (22440922 Tpr. G. R. Newman. 5 D.G.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, in U.N. card box of issue, good very fine (2) £120-£160 --- The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards arrived in Korea in December 1951 as part of the 1st Commonwealth Division equipped with Centurion Tanks. ‘B’ squadron of the regiment were heavily involved in support of the Black Watch during the Second Battle of the Hook that commenced on 18 November 1952. The Inniskillings left Korea the following month bound for the Suez Canal Zone.
Lot 231
Five: L. D. Edgar, Australian Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, last two both officially named ‘20262. L. D. Edgar.’, nearly extremely fine War Medal 1939-45 (WX19575 R. A. Pretlove) good very fine Four: Private S. D. Baker, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (52063 S. D. Baker); U.N. Korea 1950-54 (52063 S. D. Baker); Vietnam 1964-73 (52063 S. D. Baker), with ‘1960-’ clasp on riband; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Australia (52063 S. D. Baker) good very fine (10) £300-£400 --- Sydney Desmond Baker was born in Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, on 6 March 1933, and served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, in Korea from 24 July 1953 to 24 July 1954. He subsequently served with the 85 Transport Platoon, Royal Australian Army Service Corps, and died in March 2007. Sold with copied research.
Lot 316
Three: Private D. Evans, Royal Marine Light Infantry Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884 (D. Evans. Pte. R.M. H.M.S. “Orion”); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin River 1894 (D. Evans. Pte. R.M. H.M.S. Phœbe.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £500-£700 --- David Evans was born at Neath, Glamorgan on 21 February 1857, and enlisted into the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Neath, on 21 September 1875, at the age of 18, being numbered Ch.915. He first served at the R.M. recruiting depot at Walmer, and subsequently in H.M.S. Royal Adelaide and H.M.S. Shannon from 1877 to 1881. He served in H.M.S. Orion from June 1882 until June 1883; in H.M.S. Dryad from December 1883 until November 1884; and in H.M.S. Kingfisher from November 1884 until May 1888. He subsequently served at Chatham, and then in H.M.S. Phoebe from December 1892 until January 1896, and H.M.S. Sappho from January 1896 to April of the same year. He was discharged from the Chatham Division, on completion of service in September 1896. He had been appointed Lance Corporal in 1894, and Acting Corporal in 1895, but had reverted to Private by the time of his discharge. His service record shows entitlement to prize money for vessels captured by H.M.S. Kingfisher, whilst undertaking anti slavery and piracy patrols off East Africa and Zanzibar, and also confirms that he was employed in the operations at Benin River, and had served in the Naval Brigade in operations against Chief Nibaruk, in British East Africa. Sold together with the recipient’s original parchment certificates of service, in two parts (Admiralty Forms R-138 and R-138A).
Lot 570
An attractive enamelled India General Service Medal 1854-95. India General Service 1854-95, with suspension but lacking retaining rod and clasp(s), the obverse showing the diademed head of Queen Victoria, as normal, the reverse completely smoothed with the design of Victory crowning a seated warrior finely enamelled, the edge impressed in the style associated with the Umbeyla campaign ‘Provost Marshal D. Buchanan’, half-hearted attempt to obliterate surname, edge bruising, generally very fine and a most unusual example £100-£200 --- D. Buchanan served as Provost Marshal to the Central India Field Force, commanded by General Sir Hugh Rose, during the Indian Mutiny. Sold together with a copy of the Book ‘Bloody Provost’, by R. A. J. Tyler, in which the recipient is mentioned.
Lot 43
Four: Private W. J. Magee, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Wiltshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (5420 Pte. W. J. Magee. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1728 Pte. W. J. Magee. Wilts. R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (5564674 Pte. W. J. Magee. 4 - Wilts. R.) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £180-£220 --- William James Magee served in both the 2nd/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and the 4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. He was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal in Army Orders of February 1924. He appears on the T.F.W.M. Roll for the Wiltshire Regiment where the rank of Drummer has been deleted and replaced by Private. Sold together with an all brass Wiltshire Regiment cap badge, and a blackened brass Buckinghamshire Battalion cap badge.
Lot 376
Four: Private E. S. Miles, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was taken Prisoner of War at the Fall of Singapore, 15 February 1942 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3855416 Pte. E. S. Miles. Loyal. R.) minor official correction to unit; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star, this a copy; War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (4) £100-£140 --- Edward Stephen Miles, a native of Liverpool, attested for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in November 1934 and was taken a prisoner of war at the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942. The Japanese had landed on Singapore Island on 8 February. Some counter-attacks were attempted, including at Bukit Timah on 11 February by the re-equipped 18th Recce, but in general the invaders were allowed to retain the initiative as the garrison fell back towards the suburbs of Singapore city. The 2nd Battalion, Miles included, defended positions on Reformatory Road before starting a series of withdrawals which took them to Gillman Barracks, their former peacetime base. Their final withdrawal to Mount Washington left the surviving Loyals were ordered to lay down their arms on 15 February.

Miles was interned at Changi Camp from February 1942-July 1943, being held at Osaka Camp for the remainder of the war. He was transferred to the reserve in June 1946 Sold with copied research, including two photographic images showing the 2nd Battalion while in captivity in Changi.
Lot 347
Eight: Lieutenant-Colonel G. West, Suffolk Regiment, later Burma Auxiliary Force 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. G. West Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. G. West.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Burma, reverse engraved, ‘Lt-Col. G. West, B.A.F.’, mounted court style for wear, very fine, rare (8) £500-£700 --- Provenance: Long Service Medals from the collection formed by John Tamplin, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009. George West was born on 18 September 1894. He was granted a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, Special Reserve of Officers, on 7 October 1914. Serving with the 1st Battalion on the Western Front, he was promoted to Lieutenant in October 1915, Captain in September 1916, and Temporary Major and an Acting Lieutenant-Colonel in December 1917. West relinquished his commission on 1 April 1920, and was granted the rank of Major. After the Great War, West was in India and Burma. He was employed in the Medical Service in Burma, being appointed Secretary of the General Hospital at Mandalay in February 1939. On 8 June 1930 he was granted a commission as a Lieutenant in the Upper Burma Battalion, Auxiliary Forces India. He attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in September 1938. On active service during the Second World War, he was mentioned in despatches for his services in Burma (London Gazette 19 September 1946). For his service in the Burma Auxiliary Force he was also awarded the Efficiency Decoration (Burma) though his award has not been traced in the Burma Gazette. The Efficiency Decoration (Burma) to West is featured in The Efficiency Decoration, by J. M. A. Tamplin. Sold with copied research.
Lot 304
Four: Trooper D. E. R. Silcock, 13th/18th Royal Hussars, late Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22539714 Tpr. D. E. Silcock. 13/18 H.) good very fine, and believed to be the only member of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars to have been awarded the Atlantic Star (4) £200-£240 --- Dennis Ernest Reginals Silcock was born in New Denham, Buckinghamshire, on 19 September 1925 and joined the Royal Navy as a Ordinary Seaman on 29 March 1943, serving during the Second World War borne exclusively on the books of carious shore based establishments, including H.M.S. Copra, the Combined Operations Pay Records and Accounts shore base. He was shore released on 6 September 1946, and was discharged on 1 October 1950. He attested for the 13th/18th Hussars at Acton the following day and served with ‘C’ Squadron in Malaya from 14 February 1951 to 21 January 1954. He transferred to the Reserve on 2 October 1955, and was discharged on 1 October 1962, after 12 years’ service. Sold with the recipient’s original Parchment Certificate of Service in the Royal Navy; Gunnery History Sheet; and Regular Army Certificate of Service Red Book.
Lot 22
Five: Private S. Wharton, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, later Hampshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (5395 Pte. S. Wharton. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5395 Pte. S. Wharton. Oxford: L.I.), suspension post repaired and loose; 1914-15 Star (16343 Pte. S. Wharton. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (16343 Pte. S. Wharton. Hamps. R.) nearly very fine (5) £180-£220 --- Sidney Wharton was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in 1879 and enlisted into the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 18 February 1897. He went to South Africa on 11 December 1899 and returned home on 5 October 1902. After transferring to the reserve on 17 February 1909, he re-enlisted on 21 September 1914 and transferred to the 3rd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, on 28 May 1915. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 June 1915 and received a bullet wound on 12 July 1915. He died in High Wycombe on 26 February 1945. Sold with copied service record.
Lot 549
The Memorial Plaque to Sapper R. Daniels, Australian Tunnelling Corps, who was killed in action on the Ypres Salient on 27 November 1916, within a week of arriving on the Western Front Memorial Plaque (Richard Daniels) polished, therefore nearly very fine £200-£240 --- Richard Daniels was born in London in 1894 and having emigrated to Australia attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Linda, Tasmania. A miner by occupation, he served with the 3rd Tunnelling Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 November 1916, and was killed in action on 27 November 1916, within a week of arriving on the Front. The unit War Diary for the date states: ‘Hostile activity in the Hill 70 area [in the Loos Salient] towards the last part of November was considerable. On 27 November 1916 while preparing to tamp gallery 21.DD, the charging of 17,500 lbs of ammonal having been completed, the enemy exploded a comonflet, which exploded our charge. Casualties were 1 Officer and 20 other ranks killed, and 8 other ranks mine gassed.’ Daniels is buried in Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, France. He is the only man by the name ‘Richard Daniels’ recorded on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
Lot 246
A rare Great War A.R.R.C. and M.M. group of five awarded to Acting Sister A. G. Boyd, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamel; Military Medal, G.V.R. (A. Sister A. G. Boyd. A.R.R.C. Q.A.I.M.N.S.(R).); 1914-15 Star (S. Nurse. A. G. Boyd. Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.); British War and Victory Medals (A. Sister A. G. Boyd.) mounted court-style for display, together with Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. silver cape badge and Overseas Nursing Association silver recruiting badge with ‘1919’ bar brooch, nearly extremely fine (7) £4,000-£5,000 --- A.R.R.C. London Gazette 2 May 1916. M.M. London Gazette 4 March 1918: ‘For bravery, coolness and conspicuous devotion displayed in the performance of their duties on occasions when the Casualty Clearing Station has been under hostile shell fire and bombed by enemy aircraft.’ Her Military Medal was awarded for bravery at No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station at Noeux-les-Mines, near Béthune, the original recommendation held by the Imperial War Museum giving a more detailed account: ‘For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in that during the night of September 12/13th 1917, during very heavy enemy shelling, when pieces of shell were striking the hospital, and one of the personnel was wounded she carried out her duties with the greatest courage and coolness. Her bravery, cheerfulness, and devotion to duty during this horrible night were of the greatest advantage, when the darkness and helplessness of the wounded made many of them seriously alarmed. Her presence of mind and absence of fear gave a much needed confidence to the patients. This is only one of the many dangerous occasions when Miss Boyd has acted up to the highest traditions of the Nursing Service.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 May 1916 (Despatch of Sir Ian Hamilton dated 11 December 1915) and 21 June 1916 (Despatch of General Sir John Maxwell, commanding the Forces in Egypt, dated 16 March 1916) this second mention being specifically for her service in hospital ships. Anna Georgina Boyd was born on 23 May 1888 at Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, the daughter of a farmer, and was educated at the Model School, Newry. She trained at the Royal Victoria Hospital from August 1909 to November 1912, and left in October 1913 after a period as a Staff Nurse and Sister in the Rotunda. From then until her enlistment she was engaged in private nursing and midwifery. She was accepted into Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve on 9 July 1915, and disembarked at Alexandria for service at No. 19 General Hospital on 26 November 1915. She later served in hospital ships before transferring to France. She arrived at No. 4 General Hospital, Camiers, on 29 February 1916, and later served in the Hospital Ship Aquitania followed by a month at the Lord Derby Hospital, Warrington, before returning to France and No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station at Noeux-les-Mines. She was promoted acting Sister on 1 August 1917. After a period at No. 46 Stationary Hospital, Etaples, she arrived at No. 38 Casualty Clearing Station where she remained for a year. Her final posting saw a return to No. 4 General Hospital in December 1918, prior to her demobilisation on 14 March 1919. After the war Miss Boyd took her Central Midwives Board certificate at the Lying-In Hopsital and applied to the Overseas Nursing Association, being posted to the Malay States in 1920 (Honours and Awards to Women - The Military Medal by Norman G. Gooding refers). She died in London on 29 January 1957. Sold with original letter of congratulations from the Matron in Chief, B.E.F. upon award of the M.M., and War Office letter advising that all ladies who attend an Investiture at Buckingham Palace to receive the decoration of the Royal Red Cross should afterwards proceed to Marlborough House to see her Majesty. Together with copied research.
Lot 273
A good Second War 1943 D.F.M. group of six awarded to Sterling rear gunner Sergeant, later Master Gunner, D. Collins, 149 (East India) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, for his gallantry during an attack by a night-fighter whilst on a raid to Berlin, 1 September 1943 Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1581322. F/Sgt. D. Collins. R.A,F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (M. Gnr. D. Collins. (1581322). R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (W/O. D. Collins. (1581322). R.A.F.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, very fine, the rank of Master Gunner on the GSM rare (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.F.M. London Gazette 11 February 1944 (jointly recommended for the D.F.M. with Sergeant D. J. D. King): ‘Flight Sergeant Collins as rear gunner and Sergeant King as mid-upper gunner have together completed many operational sorties against some of the most heavily defended enemy targets such as Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, the Ruhr and others in the Rhine Valley. On one occasion, these two gunners volunteered to fly with a strange and uncertain crew in order to maintain maximum squadron effort. The target was Berlin. During the bombing run, an enemy night fighter, identified as a Ju. 88, attacked inflicting damage to their aircraft but with cool co-operation, the mid-upper gunner directed the defensive action whilst the rear gunner opened fire. The attack was successfully defeated and the enemy aircraft was claimed as damaged. As a team, these two gunners are unimpeachable, their keenness for battle and determined devotion to duty being of a quality demanded only by the highest standard of Bomber Command. Their reluctance to be withdrawn from operations is most evident. I recommend most strongly that they be awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal, a recognition they assuredly deserve.’ Dennis Collins served during the Second War as a Flight Sergeant, and rear gunner, with 149 (East India) Squadron (Sterlings), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He flew in numerous operations with King, and with Sergeant C. Saunders as their regular pilot. On the above trip to Berlin, 1 September 1943, their pilot for the raid was Pilot Officer R. Gill. Their Sterling suffered damage whilst taking evasive action from the enemy night-fighter.
Lot 367
Pair: Acting Sergeant H. Thompson, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (26817 A-Sjt. H. Thompson. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) very fine Pair: Private W. R. Costin, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (30807 Pte. W. R. Costin. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly extremely fine Pair: Private E. Scarrott, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (19373 Pte. E. Scarrott. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with a British Legion lapel badge, edge wear and loss to service number on BWM, therefore good fine (6) £60-£80
Lot 244
A scarce and poignant Second War A.F.C. and Second Award Bar group of five awarded to Wing Commander S. R. Hinks, Royal Air Force, who initially flew Hudsons with Coastal Command, prior to being employed as an Instructor in Canada. Hinks served with 24 Squadron (King’s Flight), and flew a number of VIP’s during the war, including Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, and the Royal Family. After the war Hinks was employed as a civil pilot in Argentina, and flew Eva Peron for the entirety of her tour of Europe in 1947. He was subsequently employed by El-Al Airlines operating out of Israel - and flying a Lockheed 049 Constellation from London to Tel Aviv, via Vienna and Istanbul, strayed into Bulgarian airspace at the height of the Cold War. The passenger aircraft, with a crew of 7 and a passenger list of 51 (including Hinks’ fiancée), was intercepted and shot down by two Bulgarian MiG fighters, 27 July 1955. All of the crew and passengers lost their lives, in what became a major international incident Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’, with Second Award Bar, reverse officially dated ‘1945’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as originally worn together with an Eva Peron Medal, gold (18ct) and enamel medal, naming embossed in raised letters ‘A L Cap. Stanley R. Hinks’, generally very fine or better, last rare (6) £2,400-£2,800 --- Provenance: Christie’s, November 1982. A.F.C. London Gazette 16 April 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘This officer, an excellent Flying Instructor, has set a very good example to both staff pilots and pupils and has maintained a high standard of flying in his flight. The success of this unit depends to a large extent on successful Hudson conversion training. Flight Lieutenant Hinks, by his outstanding zeal and energy in the performance of his duties, has, to a large degree, been responsible for the high standard of training obtained. In a period of nineteen months this officer has completed 860 flying instructional hours on Hudson conversion training.’ A.F.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 3 April 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘Since joining this Squadron [24 Squadron] as a Flight Commander in July 1944 this officer has completed 191 hrs. flying which includes thirteen overseas flights. He is a most reliable and dependable Flight Commander. In the performance of his duties he has not only proved himself to be most efficient, but also a very capable leader. His interest in, and knowledge of administration has been invaluable to the Squadron. Total flying time in R.A.F.: 2,882,00 hrs. Total last 6 months: 191.15 hrs.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 11 August 1940. Stanley Reginald Hinks was born in North Devon in February 1920, and educated at King Edward VII School, King’s Lynn. He was commissioned in to the Royal Air Force in 1938, and served in Hudsons with Coastal Command, 1939-1941 (M.I.D.). Hinks was posted as an instructor to the first flying training school in Canada, and was based at No. 31 O.T.U., Nova Scotia until 1943. He was subsequently posted to 24 Squadron (King’s Flight), and flew VIP’s in Dakotas: ‘With the King and Princess Elizabeth standing chatting beside him, Squadron Leader Reginald Hinks, of 18, Temple Drive, Nuthall, yesterday [17 July 1945] piloted the Royal plane - a silver Dakota - escorted by two squadrons of Mustangs, to Long Kesh, R.A.F. Station near Belfast, where the King and Queen began their tour of Northern Ireland. Pilot for many V.I.P.s during the war, including Mr Churchill, Mr Attlee, and Field Marshal Sir Alan BrookE - Squadron Leader Hinks took off from Northolt yesterday afternoon at 4.30 with the King and Queen and Princess Elizabeth aboard. The journey took two hours and one minute. It was the second occasion within a month that he has piloted the King and Queen - he flew them home from the Channel Islands in June. “We had a lovely flight,” the Queen told the Duke of Abercorn, Governor of Northern Ireland, who greeted the Royal trio on the airfield. Squadron Leader Hinks actually made history, for it was the first time that a sovereign has travelled to Northern Ireland by air. He was also piloting Princess Elizabeth on her first flight.’ (Newspaper cutting included with lot refers). After the war Hinks was employed as a civil pilot for F.A.M.A., the Argentine airline. As a civil pilot, Hinks flew Eva Peron round Europe on her tour in 1947, and when they reached Buenos Aires on returning, she gave him a present of £150, and presented him to President Peron. Hinks was next employed as a pilot by El-Al Airlines. On 27 July 1955 an El Al Airlines Lockheed 049 Constellation (4X-AKC, flight 426, flying from London to Tel Aviv, via Vienna and Istanbul, strayed into Bulgarian airspace, likely due to strong winds in very bad weather. The crew of the aircraft was Hinks as pilot, First Officer Pini Ben-Porat, Flight Engineer Sidney Chalmers and Radio Operator Raphael Goldman. The aircraft was intercepted in the early morning darkness at 17,500 feet by Bulgarian MiG-15 Fagot fighters, and was shot down near Petrich, Bulgaria. The aircraft crashed near the Strumitza River, close to the Yugoslav and Greek borders in south-western Bulgaria. All fifty-one passengers and seven crew were killed. It caused an international incident at the height of the Cold War, and whilst lost in diplomacy lead to a number of conspiracy theories even to this day. The victims’ remains were transported back to Israel, and buried in a communal grave. A memorial to them was built at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, Tel Aviv. Sold with the following original documents: M.I.D. Certificate, dated 11 August 1940; photograph of recipient in uniform with Winston Churchill; a newspaper cutting and copied research. Note: Although it is not known exactly how many ‘Peron Medals’ were issued, the fact that the recipient’s name is embossed in raised letters, rather than engraved, would have necessitated a separate die for each medal, and consequently it can be assumed that the medal was sparingly presented.
Lot 222
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal R. H. English, 14th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force Military Medal, G.V.R. (8885 Pte. R. H. English. 14/F.A. Aust: A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (8885 Cpl. R. H. English. 14 Fld. Amb. A.I.F.) very fine (3) £1,000-£1,200 --- M.M. London Gazette 21 September 1916. The original Recommendation, dated 23 July 1916, states: ‘For devotion to duty in the most arduous circumstances, being ever the most willing to go forward and bring in wounded, often under fire, and though hardly able to continue from exhaustion, still his fine spirit and sympathy for the wounded enabled him to carry on.’ Robert Hutchinson English attested for the Australian Imperial Force on 27 September 1915, and served with the 14th Australian Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front, being awarded the Military Medal. He returned to Australia on 12 June 1919.
Lot 249
A Great War 1915 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant C. Brownlow, 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8380 L. Cpl. C. Brownlow. 1/E. York: Regt); 1914 Star, with copy clasp, loose (8380 Pte C. Brownlow. 1/E. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (8380 Sjt. C. Brownlow. E. York. R.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 23 June 1915: ‘For conspicuous courage and ability displayed while employed on patrolling and scouting duties, and also in erecting barbed wire.’ Charles Brownlow was born in 1889, the son of Mr and Mrs T. Brownlow of Armley, Leeds. He attested for the East Yorkshire Regiment at Beverley in August 1906, and served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 8 September 1914. After the war he worked as a porter for the North Western Railway Company at Leeds Railway Station. Brownlow died in May 1928, and at the time was being treated as an ‘ex-service’ day patient at the High Royds Lunatic Asylum. The cause of death was given as ‘dementia paralytica’ - a mental disorder almost certainly brought on by his war service.
Lot 195
The Americans in Panama by William R Scott Hardback Book First Edition 1912 published by The Statler Publishing Co with unknown signature on Title page dated May 1913 some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots from 4.99 in UK, 6.99 Europe and 8.99 ROW. We can ship a 20kg box in UK for 12 pounds.
Lot 63
Tales from Scott Waverley and Ivanhoe retold by S R Crockett 1925 Hardback Book published by A & C Black Ltd some ageing and fading to spine good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots from 4.99 in UK, 6.99 Europe and 8.99 ROW. We can ship a 20kg box in UK for 12 pounds.
Lot 6
The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone 1858 1863 edited by J P R Wallis Hardback Book vol 2, 1956 published by Chatto & Windus Ltd some foxing good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots from 4.99 in UK, 6.99 Europe and 8.99 ROW. We can ship a 20kg box in UK for 12 pounds.
Lot 76
Outcomes of Old Oxford by Rev W K R Bedford Hardback Book 1899 published by F E Robinson & Co some ageing and foxing, fading to spine good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots from 4.99 in UK, 6.99 Europe and 8.99 ROW. We can ship a 20kg box in UK for 12 pounds.
Lot 329
Crime Writers Reflections on Crime Fiction edited by H R F Keating First Edition 1978 Softback Book published by British Broadcasting Corporation good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots from 4.99 in UK, 6.99 Europe and 8.99 ROW. We can ship a 20kg box in UK for 12 pounds.
Lot 257
The Hobbit Or There And Back Again Paperback Book By J. R. R. Tolkien 1982 A well-read copy with signs of use. A small section of the text block at the first chapter is loose (approx 35 pages). Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots from 4.99 in UK, 6.99 Europe and 8.99 ROW. We can ship a 20kg box in UK for 12 pounds.
Lot 271
A Royal Christmas card signed "Elizabeth R and Prince Philip", 1961 with image of "Rubens Holy Family with St. Francis" (Provenance: Air Vice Marshall Sir Edward "Mouse" Fielden GCVO, CB, DFC, AFC - Personal Pilot to Edward VIII when Prince of Wales, Chief Air Pilot and extra Equerry when Captain of the King's / Queen's Flight)
Lot 371
AFTER THOMAS BOWLES (ca 1689-1767) “The Chinese house, the rotunda and the company in masquerade in Renelagh Gardens”, black and white engraving, later coloured, printed for R Wilkinson, London, approx. 42.5 cm x 55 cm including frame and FRANK NORIE (fl 1870-1900) “Middle Eastern scene with boat on bank and figures in tents in background with flag flying”, watercolour, signed lower right, approx. 28.5 cm x 30.5 cm
Lot 417
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Sailing boats and fishing boats", seascape with seagulls in foreground, oil on canvas, unsigned, 24 cm x 42 cm, together with N W AFTER R BECARIS ? "Study of Cavaliers on horseback", watercolour, initialed and dated 16 5 82 lower right, 16 cm x 24 cm, and W JACKSON "Study of soldiers charging on horseback", watercolour, signed and dated August 1905 lower right, 14 cm x 22 cm
Lot 250
A collection of snuff or patch boxes including a Bilston type enamel box decorated with “Two nesting birds”, inscribed “Efteem The Giver”, 5.5 cm wide, another depicting “Figure fishing by water's edge”, 4.5 cm wide (very damaged), another inscribed “Have Communion with Few, Be Familiar with One, Deal Justly with All, Speak Evil of None”, 4.2 cm wide (very damaged) and a Sèvres oval patch box bearing crossed “Ls” and capital “R” to base, 5 cm wide
Lot 274
A Royal Christmas card signed "Elizabeth R and Prince Philip", 2015 with image of "The Queen and Prince Philip at Royal Ascot" (Provenance: Air Vice Marshall Sir Edward "Mouse" Fielden GCVO, CB, DFC, AFC - Personal Pilot to Edward VIII when Prince of Wales, Chief Air Pilot and extra Equerry when Captain of the King's / Queen's Flight)
Lot 273
A Royal Christmas card signed "Elizabeth R and Prince Philip", 1963 with image of "Adoration of the Shepherds" by CAMILLO PROCACCINI (Provenance: Air Vice Marshall Sir Edward "Mouse" Fielden GCVO, CB, DFC, AFC - Personal Pilot to Edward VIII when Prince of Wales, Chief Air Pilot and extra Equerry when Captain of the King's / Queen's Flight)
Lot 270
A Royal Christmas card from Queen Elizabeth II signed "From Elizabeth R", with image of "The Castle of Mey" (circa 1957) (Provenance: Air Vice Marshall Sir Edward "Mouse" Fielden GCVO, CB, DFC, AFC - Personal Pilot to Edward VIII when Prince of Wales, Chief Air Pilot and extra Equerry when Captain of the King's / Queen's Flight)
Lot 439
A large collection of assorted pictures and prints to include a set of six engravings AFTER BARTOLOZZI to include "Buffet the Bear", "Hunt the Slipper", "Playing at Cockles", "The Turkey Cock", "Playing at Thread and Needle" and "Children Feeding Chickens", each 38 cm x 47 cm, together with a set of four shooting engravings AFTER R HAVELL, etc
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